Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

35 and cloudy, going to 42...no snow this morning, but was only a 40% chance.

Eric, great job saving that ewe. Your wife is right about the toothpaste.

Thomas, hope your wife now appreciates even more what you have to do to keep the drive cleared.

Mostly, pretty sure it's a coyote, but a big one. I've been capturing it on the trail cam about once every week, usually around 6 or 7am. I got a red fox photo on that same log yesterday...a big difference in size.

Worked on the flood debris and sand accumulation at my little bridge yesterday...lots of fresh air while I shoveled sand and pebbles, close to where that coyote photo was taken. Brought half a pallet of firewood onto the porch...used the wheelbarrow since the ground is too soft to run the tractor.

Ron, we've had a flock of evening grosbeaks hanging around the feeders this week...like to get your camera on them.

Probably a coywolf, almost all eastern coyotes now have wolf genes and some have dog genes. They’re way bigger than what I saw in California and Florida.

 

[pennwalk]

In case you are a little bored this morning. I bet your mud isn't this deep.

Two Excavators stuck in deep clay - Heavy Recovery - Terribargarn, Sweden - YouTube

Chris:laughing:

 

[toppop52]

Got as low as 26, up to 40 now, rain moving in. I’m going to work on the flagpole today, needs some cleaning and I need to remove the old swivel collars to get ready for the new ones, hopefully coming this week. Had home cooked sausage biscuits for breakfast and then church service. Now I’m heading out to take the flagpole to the garage and work on it.

Have a good day, God bless.

 

[lostcreekranch]

RNG .. "How long does it take to fry a turkey, Rick? "

With oil @ 350°F and proper sized burner .. about 3 1/2 minutes per pound will give you great results. You need a good long thermometer to monitor oil temperature as you cook.

It can be very dangerous .. if you skip any safety steps;

NEVER .. fry an even partially frozen turkey.
Make sure your Turkey is dry and the innards packet removed.
Assure the neck opening is at least 1".
Cook outside, in an open area .. and NOT on your nice clean concrete patio nor driveway.

Before frying .. put your turkey in the empty pot and fill with water to a level of 2" over top of the turkey. Remove the turkey and mark the level of the water on the outside of the pot. This will be the level of oil in the pot. If you're cooking multiple turkeys .. do this test with largest bird.

Lower the uncooked turkey .. into the hot oil very slowly!

Yes .. we'll have fire extinguishers present.

In past years, at the ranch, with big Thanksgiving gatherings we would buy three roughly 12# turkeys. I would brine them in advance, then smoke one, fry one, bake one.

 

[Frankenkubota]

RNG .. "How long does it take to fry a turkey, Rick? "

With oil @ 350°F and proper sized burner .. about 3 1/2 minutes per pound will give you great results. You need a good long thermometer to monitor oil temperature as you cook.

It can be very dangerous .. if you skip any safety steps;

NEVER .. fry an even partially frozen turkey.
Make sure your Turkey is dry and the innards packet removed.
Assure the neck opening is at least 1".
Cook outside, in an open area .. and NOT on your nice clean concrete patio nor driveway.

Before frying .. put your turkey in the empty pot and fill with water to a level of 2" over top of the turkey. Remove the turkey and mark the level of the water on the outside of the pot. This will be the level of oil in the pot. If you're cooking multiple turkeys .. do this test with largest bird.

Lower the uncooked turkey .. into the hot oil very slowly!

Yes .. we'll have fire extinguishers present.

In past years, at the ranch, with big Thanksgiving gatherings we would buy three roughly 12# turkeys. I would brine them in advance, then smoke one, fry one, bake one.

Do you have a preference? I was so so skeptical about oil fried turkey until i tasted it. It was great!

I did see a video of someone putting a frozen turkey in hot oil, like an explosion.

Here's a non sequitur, virtually all the cold cuts you eat from the franchised sub sandwich shops are made from turkey.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

buckeyefarmer.
Still can稚 convince her to clear snow with her tractor?
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Mrs. lasted about half an hour yesterday pushing back snow banks,she said tractor rides to rough with ice bar tire chains and rather be baking...she did good job.

If baking is the alternative, that’s not a bad deal.

 

[sodamo]

68°F and 1.8 inches rain. Forecast unchanged. It is rainy season.

Guess I’ll watch some football.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[pennwalk]

It can be very dangerous .. if you skip any safety steps;

For some reason the turkey frying instructions reminded me of chemistry class all those years ago. We were either supposed to add the acid to the water or add the water to the acid. Which ever I did the opposite. My shirt came out looking like I had been shotgunned without the blood. So that's why they made us wear safety glasses. I guess I will keep using my turkey fryer for boiling lobsters. I never had one blow up.:laughing:

Chris

 

[sodamo]

Greatstory, Eric. Thanks for sharing.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

SPL is Sound Pressure Level, measured in decibels. I measure the response of the speaker with a calibrated microphone, a signal generator, and measurement software. I don’t have an anechoic chamber, so I do it outside.

Cool, pretty much how I test RF transmitters and Receivers, only we have anechoic chambers also.