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[Rookster]

Morning bill, Bart and RR

 

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[pepperj]

Good morning.


So yesterday I'm on an industrial parkway in Boyd County Kentucky, driving 60 in a 55. It's the most boring road in the Union, straight, level and nothing to see. To drive anything less than highway speeds is mind numbing. But I do my best, to follow the rules, and my top speed usually hangs around 60. Yesterday I was doing that, and a state trooper past me, and turned on his lights. I about died a thousand deaths, and my heart went up in my throat. NO! Not my first ticket! He turned around, and flew past me, after someone else. Talk about giving someone an unnecessary stroke!

Morning Rusty

I tip my hat at you having a clean driving record.

 

[Idahodutch]

Morning mates,
ARC, Rook, Bart, RR

Finally a break in the heat, feels nice and cool this morning.

 

[Idahodutch]

Not really sure what happened to yesterday it came and went in a blur it seems.
Did get the driveway, yard, back laneway done with crushed 5/8 limestone.
It's nice not to be stepping on round stone, or having little spots of mud, and it's pretty level on the first day of levelling.
Have some little areas that will need a tweaking but over all we're liking the results.
Drove up the back laneway to in reverse at 15mph and it was great, smooth, straight, and great improvement over a lane that was made in the forest originally.

Was just getting ready to release the chickens from the fenced in triangle and they were nowhere to be seen. Then this big Turkey Vulture took off from a large pine tree, then up popped the 5 chickens hiding in the thick undergrowth, and came a running over to me to be let out.
Problem I buried the bottom 6" of the fencing under gravel to protect the area from the 4 legged critters going under the chicken wire. So it was a 150ft walk up the lane to get them out. (Need gate to be finished) It's amazing that they have the innate ability to know that they were a meal for this raptor.
20 minutes later while the Mrs and myself were watching the chickens and going over what was the next battle plan for the landscaping the chickens all took off under the two leaning aluminum extension ladders. We looked up and sure enough the buzzard was right over head. We walked out in the open and it took off-now it's another thing we have to worry about before getting my first omelette made.

Morning pepperj
You do stay busy. Glad to hear the chickens are alert.
They make pretty good alarms. Our chickens see other critters before our dogs do.

It usually brings a smile to hear about or see chickens running to their Sheppard as soon as they see him, they are usually clucking up a storm, I’d like to think that they are greeting us, but it’s probably food requests lol

 

[Idahodutch]

Rusty,
That’s quite the driving. No tickets
It’s been years since I got one, but no shortage before that.

Good job!

 

[Rookster]

Morning dutch

 

[Idahodutch]

Morning dutch

Morning Rook.

 

[Idahodutch]

Morning RC.

 

[pepperj]

Afternoon everyone

 

[pepperj]

Rusty,
That’s quite the driving. No tickets
It’s been years since I got one, but no shortage before that.

Good job!

It's probably been 25yrs maybe more since I saw one. Though was a time when I didn't care how many I racked up.
When I realized it wasn't a right to drive but a privilege, I had racked up 69 points on the driving record.

One time I was doing a burn out and low and behold there was a Queen's Cowboy with the car all lit up in he middle of the smoke.
I pulled over, 2 tickets, pulled out, another ticket (for no signal when pulling out) This carried on he had me rattled and a total of 14 tickets in a few miles.
I went to the station and stated this must be harassment, the sergeant ripped them up and threw them in the trash can.
Mistake I just painted a big bull's eye on my plate #-I was their ticket quota.

The Gov't at the time took 3 points off a year, and the square rooted the number and added $10 so the bill was heavy every birthday.
This was in 1978-1983 time frame I just kept paying the nearly $5K, and then the insurance was on top-and they still kept writing them.
Sure there was the 30/60/90 day suspensions, but I'd just go south and carry on like I had one still.
I finally found some common sense, drove with even more and things settled down.

 

[pepperj]

2x4 lumber is now .93cent a ft. Crazy prices.

 

[releventchair]

I've been wanting an 8x8 floored platform a couple feet off the ground that could hold several hundred pounds of weight.
Came up with an easy 300 dollars cost at the lumber places website , and quit looking.

 

[RustyRelics]

Morning Rusty

I tip my hat at you having a clean driving record.

I shouldn't have a record, I'm 17. 18 in October.

 

[Idahodutch]

I've been wanting an 8x8 floored platform a couple feet off the ground that could hold several hundred pounds of weight.
Came up with an easy 300 dollars cost at the lumber places website , and quit looking.

If you guys have access to trees, the misses and I were watching a thing on log cabins, and then another show came up right after, and they were slabbing up a log, right where it fell. They had a sort of chainsaw jig that could be set for depth.
WOW. What a cool idea , almost perfect rough sawn lumber with that set up.

They can’t be that expensive. Maybe couple hundred.
I haven’t looked into them yet, but want to for future reference.

 

[Idahodutch]

I shouldn't have a record, I'm 17. 18 in October.

Rusty, still a good job. I had tickets before I had a license (did I say that out loud)

 

[Idahodutch]

Ok I think it’s time for a bad joke.

Did you know the tooth brush was invented in Idaho?
If had been anywhere else, it would have been called a teeth brush.

(disclaimer- fake news)

 

[Rookster]

2x4 lumber is now .93cent a ft. Crazy prices.

Treated?

 

[Idahodutch]

Hello dutch, I've never met you here before!

Hello Antiquarian,
It’s nice to meet you,
Most call me Russ, but here it’s usually Idahodutch, or idaho or Dutch.
I like being outside in fresh air, enjoy animals, camp fires, and dumb jokes.
Was raised in Phx, Az and liked watching Green Acres.
We raised our kids in Newberg, OR - then downsized and moved to Idaho Dec 31, 2017

One day I got an invite to check out this thread from the Cap’n.
Had a great visit, and so try to keep up, can be lots of swimming if you stay off the ship too long though.

 

[bill from lachine]

Jim,

You can't take it with you buddy unless it's in traveller's checks....

2x4 lumber is now .93cent a ft. Crazy prices.

 

[Idahodutch]

Afternoon Bill.