Good morning!!!!

[RoyJackson]

Squirrel season always opens here on August 1st. Never feels like hunting season until we get the first frost.

You eat em?
Never cared for tree rat...my father loved them...

 

[LouNY]

Used to eat a lot of the big grays, but the damned red squirells have come in and interbred with the grays and they are only 1/2 the size they used to be. Fried the hind quarters up and soup or stewed the fronts.

 

[Looking4new]

L4N - Just unloaded a BMW we were not using much. Put some money in my pocket and shrunk my insurance bill by $720 annually... plus $500 registration was due and new high dollar tires were needed plus a brake service due and a recall... was the breaking point for me.

The frame on my Jeep was rotten and had been for 2 years before this. The tub was also looking like swiss cheese.

I had gotten a buddy to weld in a floor on the drivers' side, that one was almost a flintstone car.
He diagnosed the frame AND the frame problem on my trailer. The trailer has been fixed all except the spring and that will happen real soon.
My plate sticker renewal is free. But that was just a recent political move. It used to be that license plate renewal stickers were $75.oo/year and I bought them 2 years at a time.
The insurance was the biggest expense on the Jeep but the rotten frame scares me. I can get saf-T-cap frame parts but they are expensive to start with and then add 35% exchange on the U.S. buck plus shipping and when all is said and done to get the parts into my hands I am looking at $4500.oo CDN
It is about the same price for the tub. $9,000.oo for a 21 year old Jeep?? Unh, unh not me. It has a good motor (4Litre) or based on the AMC inline 6, both rear ends are 4:56 and the front is posi-trac.
Buddy called and he will be here tomorrow noon with a stock car trailer and off she goes. He will put new brake lines on it and use it to plow his driveway.
There are a lot more Jeepers around where buddy lives than there are right around South River.
I bought it in 2004 as a used jeep just off lease with 72,000 kms (45,000 miles). It has been good to me and I worked the snot out of it, not it is time for it to go to a different home. My buddy can also weld.

 

[daugen]

I shot a lot of those fat grey squirrels as a kid Lou, used to eat holes in barn sheds. Plus we had a huge mulberry tree which they absolutely adored.
when you think that a squirrel mostly eats nuts, and maybe some grubs, pretty clean food, no reason not to eat them. Like a chicken second joint but stronger?

Bill I never owned a rotter until I bought a second hand 2015 Ram 1500. Two out of four quarter panels already replaced. Frame had thick layer of rust on it.
Body shop owner told me to sell it. I took his advice promptly.
whatever you do make sure no fumes get back into the car through the floor. I'd spray a layer of rubber coating or similar on it. Jeep has lots of sellable parts if you give up.

7 straight hours of school board visitation day and meeting. Sat in classes, gosh these young kids are smart. One 7th grade girl used a medical term I didn't learn until college.
And was talking like an adult to teacher. What do they put in the vitamins these days? 7th grade girl using "epidemiology" perfectly on a question of disease spread in ancient Rome.
Her father must be a doc, my jaw dropped. I asked about what used to be known as "civics" and was told that was in 8th grade. They get civics in one grade, yet they can take french in six grades. Sort of scratched my head on that one. Civic duty and not being a drain on society should be reinforced...

On most mornings the Head of School greets the kids getting dropped off at the front of the school, shakes every little hand, knows their names, and makes sure they look you in the eyes when the shake your hand. Something I was taught there in first grade. So then the school board, well half of us, who were there sucking down free coffee and pastries decided to join the Head. So we all stood outside on a very brisk morning and shook the hands of all the kids coming in. Yes, oh yes, I thoroughly washed my hands when done, but what a nice experience. I had nice warm hands and some of those little kids were mighty cold. They were simply adorable and every one looked you in the face if not eyes.

Eyes tell you a lot, both ways.

had lunch with another board member in Spanish classroom with three boy 7th graders. We got them to talk about what they liked
and they thought it was cool I went there in first grade.
Rest of the time I went to public school, rode the bus. No Range Rovers delivering me to school...
It was an hour bus ride each way, until eleventh grade when I finally could afford a junker car to drive in 1966.
So for at least ten years I rode that bouncy yellow bus all over Solebury Township, looping back to school.
My nickname was sleepy. I guess I used to fall asleep on way home and driver would have to wake me up.

got chilled several times today, as campus tour spent a lot time outside. And science classroom where Board met must have been set at 65.
Got my heater cranked up at home, finally feel warm.

cup of coffee and a fruit muffin is sounding pretty good right now

 

[Thomas]

50F sun cloud mix.

Leaves are falling piling up 4 hours yesterday and 5 hours today listening to backpack singing it's song.
Scooter one of kitten started her early winter mold,curls behind neck and shoulders and if I move she let be known.
Early to bed out the door 4:30am.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[m7040]

Rest of the time I went to public school, rode the bus. No Range Rovers delivering me to school...
It was an hour bus ride each way, until eleventh grade when I finally could afford a junker car to drive in 1966.
So for at least ten years I rode that bouncy yellow bus all over Solebury Township, looping back to school.

Reminds me of my school days walking to school on the cobblestone streets in Ebeltoft Denmark. It was an old school with outside rest rooms but the teachers were very good and caring. School was in session 6 days a week and summer vacation was 4 weeks. I had to walk out to end of town after school to meet my dad and help unload the truck on the delivery route. I was driving the truck at an early age of 10 so dad could offload and not run in and out of the truck. Also lots of the deliveries for stores had attic storage rooms so lots of heavy sacks of stuff to carry up. But I liked it and was great to be with my dad.

 

[m7040]

Ebeltoft

 

[Wagtail]

Good late (Thursday) morning. Overnight Low of 8.5C and it's presently 18.5C, however there's a stiff breeze on this primarily sunny day which adds a wee bit of wind chill. Friday + Saturday are predicted to be another 'rain event'.

Part of my 'in-to-town' excursion, yesterday, included stopping off at the town's only hardware store to spend a A$100 'gift card' that I received for my community garden tractor-fun. I got garden hose connectors in order to re-arrange my paddock horse trough supply system. Quality connectors (mostly brass) sure do eat up the dollar value. I managed to only have to 'pay' A$5 at the end of it all.

As it was a beautiful day I also took a quick trip over to Pyengana to pick up some cheese... good thing too as there were road crews repairing the Tasman Highway after last Thursday/Friday rain event. Darned if I didn't get a stone-chip on my windscreen on the way there. Oh well, it happens.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[PJSprog]

You eat em?
Never cared for tree rat...my father loved them...

Used to. Haven't shot any in probably five or six years. Too much work for so little meat. I never used to mind that when I was younger. Just lost interest once I got into my 50s. We have a freezer full of beef and chicken from a local processor, so it's not like we need the protein.

As rodents go, I always preferred rabbit anyway (I know, not technically a rodent). Easier to hit, easier to clean, more meat per shot.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 34ºF for the start, clear sky, light breeze. Light wind, clear sky, and high temp was 65ºF. 3/4 inch rain and several windy days in forecast. Men's Meeting to start day, cleaned up kitchen after last night's cooking, and puttered and watch YouTube. Did get nap in.
Roy hope you have a good day. Working from home?
Doug sorry about the error in judgement. Can you get some thumb exercises?
Buppies thanks for heads up. Have plenty wood for insert.
Drew hope the school board hat does not chafe too much.
Don sorry to hear about the fire, does not sound like the mega keg will be up and running for the warm weather. Bummer about the visitor falling and not expected to live.
Don glad you had such a nice day yesterday. Quite a swing in employees to take care of visitors.
Paul sorry about the winds on the trip. Hope you got everything done today. enjoyed the pics
Ken hope nothing important lost to frost. Hope you get more time to work around house.
Scaredy glad you are able to cope with hockey injury. Hope you can complete your agenda for up coming weeks.
PJ hope trash pick up happens, nice to hear wife happy with sewing room improvements. Enjoy the studio time.
Mark glad to hear great show.
Randy(52) welcome to GM thread. Snow is a 4 letter word
Frits thanks for sharing story and pic. I am impressed knurling still on adjustment screw.
Bill hope you got to put in wood today. Hope the Jeep departure also was painless.
RNG sorry about the rain evaporating. Good luck with radio. neat pic.
RS good luck with track lighting. Hope the basement got some clean up.
David glad trip into town successful. Hope you get good visit in. New phones always exciting
RNG sorry deer season already gone.
Bill most important thing to know with older cars is know when it is time to go.
Drew don't know about squirrels but rabbits could get parasites, first freeze helped control those things. I got a '73 Blazer when wife and I got married, it did not last long. Sounds like good day at school.
Thomas lot of leaf hours, hope work went well.
Frits great story. nice pic
Randy(wag) $100 gift card came in handy. Glad you got your cheese, sorry about chip in windshield.
PJ used to hunt rabbits near Nashville, IL. No dogs had to wander around and scare them up.
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