Good morning!!!!

toppop52 · Apr 11, 2018

Been out uprooting a stump and filling low spots, I estimated 40 minutes, took two hours. Great seat time, gave that little FEL a workout!

toppop52 · Apr 11, 2018

jbrumberg said:
Randy- You are being kind. The world is full of clueless jerks with no social skills. I am glad the situation did not deteriorate further. One never knows what weaponry the "other guy" may be carrying If the guy had tried to hit you that would constitute elder abuse in addition to assault.

Elder abuse, Gee, thanks! :laughing:

toppop52 · Apr 11, 2018

txdon said:
Ron our cedar work is holding up well.View attachment 548311
Even with a rat snake. Do you see it.

I saw it three times, third one was really him.

300UGUY · Apr 11, 2018

Good day today, we got some sun, finally. Helped the wife out, then took care of some chores around the yard.

Have a good one!

txdon · Apr 11, 2018

Please come and get all these plastic snakes

Can you find his head in the first pic?
Hint: this is a very long snake.

daugen · Apr 11, 2018

Melons were popping up, fun to watch like the beans.
Real UN here, funny that Russian melon popped up first.
Probably was doped...

by late afternoon half of these melons had come up.
Always interesting to see what germinates and what doesn't.

unexpected frost last night killed a lot of cucumbers and other plants that likely shouldn't have been planted this early.
Onions, cabbage, snow peas seem not to care, and even the beans are popping out of the ground.

Looking4new · Apr 11, 2018

CWB Wyo; nice Moose. Lots of roasts and steaks there.

txdon; what kind of snake is it?

txdon · Apr 11, 2018

Looking4new said:
txdon; what kind of snake is it?

Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri

mostly_gas · Apr 11, 2018

Good evening all. 54F this morning, clear sky gusty south wind. Wind kept up today, sky stayed mostly clear, and high temp was 79F. Men's meeting, bike ride, and upholstery removal getting ready for rebuilding the wood. Also did 1 hour consulting tonight for work.

Prayers for all

farmer2009 · Apr 11, 2018

Made it to 65 today. Currently 54. 78 tomorrow.

Got all feed down and heaters on for birds tomorrow. Get all 4 barns filled tomorrow. All windows and fans are installed. Finally. Crew finished today. One guy has to come back tomorrow for warranty work. One of the fans had a bad motor. We checked the wiring by wiring in another fan and it worked.
With all fans running I should be moving around 230,000 cfm per barn. Birds shouldn’t know it ever gets hot outside.

Had 15 of 96 2x4’s left over. Maybe 20 screws out of 25 pounds. Glad I didn’t follow contractors estimates of 60 2x4’s and 15 pounds of screws.

Will have to change our tunnel curtains next layout. Then upgrades will be done.

Don is your place named Snake Heaven? You seem to have lots of legless creatures around.

lostcreekranch · Apr 11, 2018

farmer2009 said:
Made it to 65 today. Currently 54. 78 tomorrow.

Got all feed down and heaters on for birds tomorrow. Get all 4 barns filled tomorrow. All windows and fans are installed. Finally. Crew finished today. One guy has to come back tomorrow for warranty work. One of the fans had a bad motor. We checked the wiring by wiring in another fan and it worked.
With all fans running I should be moving around 230,000 cfm per barn. Birds shouldn’t know it ever gets hot outside.

Had 15 of 96 2x4’s left over. Maybe 20 screws out of 25 pounds. Glad I didn’t follow contractors estimates of 60 2x4’s and 15 pounds of screws.

Will have to change our tunnel curtains next layout. Then upgrades will be done.

Don is your place named Snake Heaven? You seem to have lots of legless creatures around.

“Don is your place named Snake Heaven? You seem to have lots of legless creatures around.”

Farmer ... it’s a Texas Thing.

. We live with all our friends ... unless they insist on getting into places they don’t belong.

txdon · Apr 11, 2018

farmer2009 said:
Don is your place named Snake Heaven? You seem to have lots of legless creatures around.

Nah, just one, he moves around a lot by energizing in the transporter room.

toppop52 · Apr 11, 2018

txdon said:
Nah, just one, he moves around a lot by energizing in the transporter room.

Just don’t let him near the transmogrifier!

lostcreekranch · Apr 11, 2018

toppop52 said:
Just don’t let him near the transmogrifier!

The Who?

lostcreekranch · Apr 11, 2018

rlgustafson said:
The Who?

I just had to look that one up Randy.

Transmogrifier | The Calvin and Hobbes Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia

Now .... I’m worried. I’ve got a stack of Amazon Prime boxes, in my shop, to be broken down. Should I be scared to go into my shop tomorrow?

RoyJackson · Apr 12, 2018

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30 right now...not too bad. High in the low 50's! Looks like we got a dusting of snow, so it ain't over yet...

Eric Salop · Apr 12, 2018

Good morning. Very dull again this morning. It seems we are stuck in this weather system because the jet stream has split into two over the Atlantic, with the lower half swirling back to us over our east coast. As I woke up the radio was playing Annie Lennox - Here Comes The Rain Again ...

txdon said:
Ron our cedar work is holding up well.
Even with a rat snake. Do you see it.

buckeyefarmer said:
This one was easy..

Not for me ! If it it wasn't for Newbury showing where that "little" snake was hiding (in full view :ashamed

, I could have spent the whole morning staring at the bridge - I got it in my head that it was in the cedar :confused2: You got me Don.

toppop52 · Apr 12, 2018

rlgustafson said:
I just had to look that one up Randy.

Transmogrifier | The Calvin and Hobbes Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia

Now .... I’m worried. I’ve got a stack of Amazon Prime boxes, in my shop, to be broken down. Should I be scared to go into my shop tomorrow?

Be afraid, be very afraid!

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toppop52 · Apr 12, 2018

Good morning all, pretty morning if cool, 37 going to around 70 today, then 80s and windy for 3 days or so. That will be a nice break.

We have a lot of snakes on the Eastern Shore, but for some reason only one pit viper, the copperhead. No idea why we don’t have rattlers, but I’m not unhappy. I grew up in NE NC where we had rattlers, copperheads, cottonmouths, and coral snakes.
I still have a rattle from a velvet tail with 11 rattles and a button.

Looking4new · Apr 12, 2018

Currently 24 and going to a high of 36 F. Wind S 9 mph. Snow mixed with rain, dry so far.

The only snakes we see here are Copper Belly water snakes ( they are supposed to be a cousin of the garter snake). They are nasty little boogers. Strike first, ask questions later. How they get into my concrete lined dug well, I have no idea. It is a good thing we only use it for watering the garden, now.
The daughter in law says she saw a very large snake on the road the summer after she came over here. She said it was about 6' long and brownish in colour. There have been no rattler sightings around here in over 50 years, so I have no idea what she saw. (The only poisoness snake in Ontario, Canada is the Massasauga Rattler.) This is from 2013.
Rattlesnake bites increase in Ontario: MNR | Globalnews.ca

Have a good day all