Good morning!!!!

Eric Salop · Jan 3, 2019

jbrumberg said:
Actually I have eaten squirrel stew a couple of times. I like it. It's a lot of work skinning those tree climbing rats.

Skinning all but the toughest old male squirrel is really quick once someone has shown you the easy way to do it, like this How To Skin A Squirrel In One Minute - YouTube

Maybe even quicker if you gave Brogen the tail to pull .

toppop52 · Jan 3, 2019

Up to 52 now, had morning showers, but they apparently are slipping back to the south now. More moving in tomorrow. Above normal until late next week. Got the oil changed in my truck today, tire shopping now. I think I’ll replace the 265/60/18 with 275/55. 2% shorter and a bit wider. Price is similar. Thought about 285/55 but they are super expensive.

Have a good day guys, God bless.

jbrumberg · Jan 3, 2019

Eric- He made it look easy. Thanks for sharing.

I wonder how much a red squirrel would dress out at. I have 6 red squirrel visitors and two gray squirrels as frequent visitors. The "King Tree Rat," one of the grays, figured out how to get to the feeders via a decent leap from our pear tree. It's about a 6' leap and it has an 80% success rate. I forgot who posted it, but maybe I should just go out and get a squirrel feeder and place it farther away. One of the reds really torments Brogen; charging and barking. It's a nasty bugger; missing part of its tail. I am happy and lucky that Brogen is usually choke chain conscious. Today was an exception which resulted in a doggie take down.

David- When we added the cellar the contractor used a similar product to seal the exterior over which he used some kind of tar. We had a dry cellar until this Autumn when I got a weep. I've been using hydraulic cement which does not quite stop the weeping (yet). I may resort to using a similar product or that product that you use.

bunyip · Jan 3, 2019

In for an unpleasant day, 42c with some places expectting 46c, won't be taking the BX out today as the aircon is not working.
Tomorrows forecast is 21c, looking forward to that.

jbrumberg · Jan 3, 2019

At 107.6ºF I would not venture far from the A/C.

sodamo · Jan 3, 2019

Jay
Maybe check out these guys : RadonSeal Concrete Products Store

I was very interested in their Lastiseal product but couldn’t arrange for shipping quantity I needed a few years back. This time I was working (hopefully) a shorter time schedule so didnt try.

sodamo · Jan 3, 2019

Initially concerned a tad with my pressure test, down a tick when I checked, but told wife could be temp related as it was less than hour after sunrise and would wait a bit. Checked about 2 hours later and right on. Pipes now backfilled with sand

jbrumberg · Jan 3, 2019

David- Years ago I sealed my Parent's cellar and a rental property cellar with a latex product that worked really well. Thanks for the link.

I am thinking that maybe I should do another radon check of the cellar. I was - the last time. This is a bad area for radon gas intrusion.

HVAC technician was here today to replace some failing components. He found some more failing/failed components today.

He'll be back tomorrow. Apparently the "mammal safe" antifreeze used is highly corrosive. A necessary costly evil here due to location and home design (bulkhead crawlspace).

Bird · Jan 3, 2019

Some of the recent comments about coyotes has made me wonder how widespread the news has been about the recent coyote attacks in Frisco, TX. There's been stories on Fox TV news and in The Dallas Morning News. Some people out jogging or out for a walk were attacked at different times by a coyote. Now this is in town; rather large town. After a woman was pretty severely injured in an attack, they haired a professional hunter and supposedly killed a coyote, thinking they got the right one. But since then, a person out walking a small dog had the dog attacked by a coyote and some pretty serious injuries, but the guy managed to drove the coyote off and save his little dog. Of course, all I know about it is what's been in the newspaper and on TV and I sure know how brief and inaccurate they can be.