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[bill from lachine]

Folks,

For those of us in the Northern areas this video might be of interest.

 

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[Tom_Restorer]

Tom,

Here you go I'll just add my research fee to your bill.....

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WOW!

Thanks Bill!! Exactly what we was looking for!

 

[Tom_Restorer]

Nice recycling

 

[Rookster]

GOOD MORNING, Everyone have a great Wednesday.

 

[Blak bart]

First day of school........ive been up since 5. I will cherish every morning that we walk to school. This will be the last year of walking my boy to school. It has always been a special 15 minute walk that both my boy and I really enjoy. We walk and talk greeting our neighbors along the way, and searching out wildlife in the neighborhood. I will miss this special time next year when he gos off to big boy school. Cherish every moment, time is ticking !!!

 

[Rookster]

rook,

That's why what we read online or see in videos is not always 100% correct. Most fish farmed products or at least those produced in the West are done according to strict standards as to what they are fed and proper filtration/cleaning of waste products from their ponds.

Certain countries who will go unnamed are shall we say a bit less careful in how the fish or shellfish are raised.

Ironically shellfish such as mussels are way cleaner when produced commercially than when wild caught. The commercial ones are grown on ropes and filter algae from the water for nutrition. Those wild caught live in the muck on the bottom and require a few days to cleanse them with corn flour before they're ready to eat. The same method is recommended for wild caught crawfish.

And too, a lot of the Catfish and shrimp farmers in our State get assistance from Mississippi State University which is a University of Agriculture school with lots of research going on all the time to assist these farmers with plans and new ideas. Who would have though that shrimp could grow to weight 2 lbs.? MSU has been working on that project for quite sometime. They had been researching with different kinds of Carp that keep the Catfish ponds clean of algae.

 

[WannaDig3687]

First day of school........ive been up since 5. I will cherish every morning that we walk to school. This will be the last year of walking my boy to school. It has always been a special 15 minute walk that both my boy and I really enjoy. We walk and talk greeting our neighbors along the way, and searching out wildlife in the neighborhood. I will miss this special time next year when he gos off to big boy school. Cherish every moment, time is ticking !!!

I'm happy for you that you are smart enough to realize how precious it is!

 

[bill from lachine]

Hillbilly Prince,
My Aunt used to string the apple slices together and hang them along the clothes line to dry.....as you say no doubt some flies got on them, etc..... but she used them to make pies during the winter and lived to be 89 so it wasn't all that bad.

When I was seven or so, our teacher brought apples and we sliced them,ran thread through one end, and strung them up to dry out. Unthinkable today, but she might have been demonstrating how pioneers preserved apples for winter. Actually good as I recall.

 

[bill from lachine]

Tom,
Or you could do it the way the Sicilians do sun dried tomatoes. Problem is most countries don't have dry enough conditions to do it the old fashioned way.

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WOW!

Thanks Bill!! Exactly what we was looking for!

 

[GB1]

Good morning

 

[RTR]

Real Time Silver prices.........Now below $15.00 per oz. Silver Price Today in USD | Silver Spot Price and Silver Chart | KITCO

 

[bill from lachine]

Good Morning gold boy.

Good morning

 

[bill from lachine]

RTR,

Do you invest in precious metals? I haven't been following the prices much lately.

I used to try and buy lots of silver coins on ebay at or just below melt value including shipping but haven't bothered much lately.

Real Time Silver prices.........Now below $15.00 per oz. Silver Price Today in USD | Silver Spot Price and Silver Chart | KITCO

 

[RTR]

RTR,

Do you invest in precious metals? I haven't been following the prices much lately.

I used to try and buy lots of silver coins on ebay at or just below melt value including shipping but haven't bothered much lately.

No.I'm more into finding them

 

[GB1]

No.I'm more into finding them

since they are low i thought about buying some junk silver

 

[holepuncher]

 

[GB1]

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[bill from lachine]

Folks,

Sweet Potato Gnocchi.

 

[bill from lachine]

Folks,

A couple of funnies....