Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[jinman]

Well, I got another 1/2" of rain and a full two inches of thunder and lightning. I still can't get into my bean rows without sinking up to my ankles. I'll have bigger beans than the Jolly Green Giant before this is all over. With the very hot days, I've noticed my beans vines are starting to show stress. This cooler weather and rain may have extended my beans for an additional two weeks. I think beans are like winter rye grass, when the temperature gets into the high 90s, they go away. Maybe I could extend the season by shading my beans, but I have not built any shade for them yet. I got my tomato shade cloth in right before it rained and haven't had a chance to get it up either. All my 'roun tuits are buried in the mud right now.:laughing:

 

[Western]

Jim, send the boy out on a "bean pick'n" field day in high-top rubber boots!

Your supposed to be chase'n the bride around anyhow!!!

 

[Lou66]

Talking about traffic,, I was in the back pasture the other day right after it had rained,, field were wet and soft,, so I had to stay on the roadway,, not much of a road at all,, just a good solid packed ground with grass growing in the middle,, anyway I was headed back to the house,, Of course I was late,, when I rounded a clump of tallow trees and right there in the middle of the road was a mother skunk and three babies,, Now there is no way I am going to honk at them or try to pull around them,, mother skunks don’t like to be bullied,, So all I could do was slow down to their level of speed and hope they would find an exit ramp,, After about 100 yards or so she decided to leave the road with her followers,, I kicked it up a notch and head right to the house,, My wife said “you are later..” I said “yep traffic,,”

This old way of life, as we know it, will change and the new way of life will become others old way of life..
That life,, But there is nothing stopping us from smiling as we watch the changes,, Lou

 

[Western]

, But there is nothing stopping us from smiling as we watch the changes,, Lou

Lou, that is exactly how I felt when I was 6 or 7 and I would be drug into the ladies changing room at the mall!:laughing:

Glad someone understands, mom sure as H3LL didn't!!:shocked:

 

[Lou66]

:thumbsup::laughing: Lou

Lou, that is exactly how I felt when I was 6 or 7 and I would be drug into the ladies changing room at the mall!:laughing:

Glad someone understands, mom sure as H3LL didn't!!:shocked:

 

[Lou66]

More than likely most have read this but I found it interesting,, the Chinese has built the fastest supercomputer,, it is capable of computing 33.86 petaflops per second,, that's equivalent of 33,860 trillion calculations per second.. We can only do about half that per second at 17.59 petaflops,, :shocked:
I will be glad when they come on the market so I can buy one for my wife,, so she can balance her check book.. I think the supercomputer will be able to keep up with her spending,, I could be wrong tho.. Lou

 

[Western]

Lou, we didn't have the "net" and all this TV when we where kids:laughing: We had "Cowboys and Indians", "Tonka toys" and imagination..... And I used mine:rotfl:

 

[jinman]

When I was a kid, gimme a piece of bacon wrapped in a small piece of cloth tied to the end of a string and I'd "fish" for crawdads for hours. There's nothing quite as entertaining as a big ol' red crawdad to play with and test his pincer strength.

 

[Western]

Jim, we did that too!!, Mostly to catch them for bait though. They where excellent for catching Walleye in the river. Hooked so they could still swim/paddle, , dropped them down in front of a rocky bank and they swim right into the rocks where the Walleye hide. Worked good on Black bass and perch too!! Extra fun if there was one of them "girls" around to throw it on!

 

[Bird]

When I was a kid, gimme a piece of bacon wrapped in a small piece of cloth tied to the end of a string and I'd "fish" for crawdads for hours. There's nothing quite as entertaining as a big ol' red crawdad to play with and test his pincer strength.

Yep, I've done that, but I quit testing pincer strength after one brought blood from my finger.:laughing: