Good morning!!!!

[jerrybob]

Absolutely beautiful today......35 right now.....blue skies.........will push 50's later today. Geese everywhere. 25 elk in field below. More tree falling today.

 

[jbrumberg]

BEF- Thanks. About the only thing wifey did not get was the heated steering wheel and the fancier audio/video electronics....... Now she wishes that she should have gotten the heated steering wheel. From what I now know about these "packages" the Premium should meet your needs. We really like those heated seats. They can help with those lower back aches & pains. Good luck with the dealership. IMO the dealerships make their $ with the different "warrantee packages" on exterior paint, wheel/rim dinger, scratch, and re-coating coverage, interior "protection," etc. By the time one gets to the "financial" person part of the vehicle buying process they are already on "sensory overload" conditions and barely able to process the "package" information. This is when one is the most vulnerable. Again- good luck.

RNG- I agree. At the outset we talked about self paying for the vehicle and yes, it did make a difference in the salespeople's approaches. In real life Wifey was a CFO for +25 years. We had the funds available; she made that decision. I suspect it came down to her having to drive 30 miles to our bank to get a cashier's check/certified check. We were getting double and triple teamed by the salespeople and the manager. We had a written quote from another dealership. That really helped. :wink:

Raccoons and fisher cats have been problematic for those we know who raise chickens around here.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

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Despite the rain, I had to go out and set up and try this out. Should work for my kids, the oldest two anyway, to split the nice straight pieces of wood. Last week my wife got a splitting axe with a two foot handle and two pound head when she was getting a replacement handle at the hardware store for the other axe. It seemed to her the right size for our six year old who was in the store with her. He can just lift it, but can't really split anything. I searched these forums for what size axe to get for kids, and saw a mention of the "smart splitter", which I'd seen before but was terribly expensive. Started poking around for dimensions, figured I could make one, but just for laughs checked the price in the eshops here.

Turns out that since Logosol started marketing it in different colors that the old green one had gone on sale for 19€. I would have a hard time buying the materials to make one for much less.

I need a new splitting block to put it on that isn't slanted, but otherwise, it seemed workable on dry, straight pieces of wood just dropping the weight down. Thursday the weather should get better, and I'm putting these kids to work!

Usta be any six year old worth his salt would give his eye teeth for his own axe. Now any parent in the US that gave an axe to that same six year old would be brought up on charges and the kid taken away by Child Protective Services. I'm starting to see why you choose to live where you do!:thumbsup:

 

[jbrumberg]

Usta be any six year old worth his salt would give his eye teeth for his own axe. Now any parent in the US that gave an axe to that same six year old would be brought up on charges and the kid taken away by Child Protective Services. I'm starting to see why you choose to live where you do!:thumbsup:

I agree. We live in the namby pamby PC state of MA.

 

[PJSprog]

I would think the hawks, owls, coyotes, foxes, stray dogs, domestic pets, chicken snakes and bobcats would get all the uncaged chickens in a few months.

We have all of those predators around us. I've seen some owls recently that are positively huge. Foxes and coyotes will probably be our biggest worries. We know we have 'yotes visiting the barn on occasion, as I've seen the tracks in and around. We were kind of OK with it for awhile, because they seemed to be helping with the groundhog issue. Now, we're going to have to warn them off. I told The Wife we might need to set up a sniper's nest in the sunroom. Her cousin lives across the lake from us, and lost about a dozen chickens a couple years ago to a persistent fox.

 

[sodamo]

OK you three guys that express a desire to loose 10-20 pounds how serious are you?
Cardiologist approved:
ProLon - Intermittent Fasting Diet - The Fasting Mimicking Diet

Serious, but apparently not serious enough to have to give up my personal info in hope of getting any useful info that might entice me to buy something. I really dislike websites that require your info before they tell you what you want to know, only the hype of what they are selling. I’d also guess their advertising claims pretty much mimick those of most other structured, “eat only our stuff” plans. That said, I will be doing interim fasting. Maybe I’ll post my results along with the wx report

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My quote is 2900 below msrp.
I dont buy any extended anythings.

Hyundai dealer says, dont you want the extended warrantee in case it breaks down? My response, if it's that bad, maybe i shouldn't buy it...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Hyundai dealer says, dont you want the extended warrantee in case it breaks down? My response, if it's that bad, maybe i shouldn't buy it...

Good one, Buckeye! I'll have to remember that, just in case there's a next time (which, considering my experience with modern cars, is probably never).:laughing:

 

[sodamo]

Pretty much like most vegetables. Would prefer fresh or frozen but wife likes canned. Her Dad was an Army cook so that’s how she was raised. I too was raised on a lot of canned moreso than frozen until we got a big freezer, but always fresh in season. Seems even when we didn’t have a garden, fresh was readily available by the basket. Home canned better than tin can, but as a kid someone else paid the freight and made the decisions

 

[sodamo]

Usta be any six year old worth his salt would give his eye teeth for his own axe. Now any parent in the US that gave an axe to that same six year old would be brought up on charges and the kid taken away by Child Protective Services. I'm starting to see why you choose to live where you do!:thumbsup:

Have to agree. My own hatchet as a boy was a prized possession. Favorites I got from an uncle.

 

[sodamo]

My quote is 2900 below msrp.
I dont buy any extended anythings.

Hyundai dealer says, dont you want the extended warrantee in case it breaks down? My response, if it's that bad, maybe i shouldn't buy it...

Either that or I tell them if it’s gonna break it better be during original warranty.

 

[ronjhall]

As a kid my parents planted at least a acre of Vegetables. They were canned along with the fruit tree crops. When freezers became available the crops were both canned and frozen. When we moved here in 72 we put in a garden. Lots of frozen vegetables and canned tomato sauce. Would like to still be doing that. But do no think we are up to the task. Plus to easy to go down to the corner and buy fresh good from the local farmer stand.

 

[freedomlives]

Usta be any six year old worth his salt would give his eye teeth for his own axe. Now any parent in the US that gave an axe to that same six year old would be brought up on charges and the kid taken away by Child Protective Services. I'm starting to see why you choose to live where you do!:thumbsup:

Reading the Amazon reviews for the Smart Splitter, I found it really interesting to read grown men who bought it for themselves because it is safer than using an axe or maul. And the US price for it is $150. I learned as a kid that you stand with your legs apart while splitting wood so if you slip you don't hit your legs. 8 winters of living over here and having to split wood not just for fun and I haven't injured myself swinging an axe. The device was a steal at 19€, but really just suitable for those who lack the strength to swing an axe-- like my 6 and 4 year old. Maybe also I can put my wife out there on splitting duty, should be safe enough for pregnant women.

There's a saying that Slovakia is 20 years behind the US. In some things, maybe even further behind. In one of the national parks, Slovak Paradise / Slovensky Raj, there are some hiking trails where you climb up a metal ladder over a water fall, and walk a narrow path along a cliff with just a chain to hold on to. I'm trying to think back, having been in a lot of US national parks, and those areas that are improved by the park or forest service tend to be these huge metal construction stairwells with railings all over. This short youtube video gives a nice overview: Slovenský raj / Slovak Paradise / S?owacki Raj - YouTube

Another thing people do here, and in Czechia, even in Prague, is that they let their not yet even teenage children ride public transit alone. I was pretty shocked 9 years ago, when staying with friends in Prague, and their 11 year old daughter took me to the church I wanted to go to on Sunday, and after the service, she just went back home on her own-- subway ride, tram ride, then bus ride.

 

[freedomlives]

I need to go shopping with my son for a hatchet. The thing my wife bought-- well, it doesn't work for him for splitting, and it doesn't really work for me either! Too heavy for him, to short a handle for me, and can't return it, at least it was just 9€.

 

[Bird]

Usta be any six year old worth his salt would give his eye teeth for his own axe. Now any parent in the US that gave an axe to that same six year old would be brought up on charges and the kid taken away by Child Protective Services. I'm starting to see why you choose to live where you do!:thumbsup:

Just what I was thinking.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Frozen peas and corn is ok
Frozen or storecanned greenbeans, yuk.

Frozen, Yes you are 100% correct, but have you tried Hanover brand blue lake green beans? They are the ONLY ones we buy and they are good.

 

[PJSprog]

There's a saying that Slovakia is 20 years behind the US. In some things, maybe even further behind.

I'm thinking this is probably a good thing in most cases.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Either that or I tell them if it’s gonna break it better be during original warranty.

Hyundai dealer FINALLY got back with a price on tucson SE. $9 less than further away dealer.

Subaru Forester 2.5i with alloy wheels about $100 less, the premium with heat seat is $2000 more. Tucson has tinted windows, no heated seats.

 

[Ed of all trades]

We have all of those predators around us. I've seen some owls recently that are positively huge. Foxes and coyotes will probably be our biggest worries. We know we have 'yotes visiting the barn on occasion, as I've seen the tracks in and around. We were kind of OK with it for awhile, because they seemed to be helping with the groundhog issue. Now, we're going to have to warn them off. I told The Wife we might need to set up a sniper's nest in the sunroom. Her cousin lives across the lake from us, and lost about a dozen chickens a couple years ago to a persistent fox.

Run several electric fence wires around the chickens pen. They won't come back for more. Ed

 

[Ed of all trades]

I agree. We live in the namby pamby PC state of MA.

Wonder what will happen if hard times come, real hard times. I took over the family farm when I was 10 when my dad got very sick from a drug that the dr's gave him. He never really was able to work again. At 10 we had 64 cows, two bulls and the calves. At 12 we had 102 cows, bulls and calves. What if I was not able to work before that happened. We would have been in a hard spot. Ed