bigwheelzip
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Twenty, veinte !!!!
A watched pot never boils.
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A watched pot never boils.
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bigwheelzip
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So it seems the tire shop guy was correct, about those nails not innocently falling off a horse.
So your wife shoe's horses, huh? Wow, that's quite a process. I greatly admire the skills acquired in pursuit of that bucolic lifestyle.
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She is retired as a farrier, and getting real close to completely retired with everything!
When she was full time as a farrier she usually did 8 or so horses a day. Now she takes several days to do a horse. She does only her horse and mine when I am nice ?
She used to load and unload her 105# anvil by herself, now working together we struggle if we have to move it.
She was also a master falconer back in the day, and we both trained dogs , worked with horses, etc. Now a goldfish is probably more appropriate?
Good morning all,,,,Happy Monday! Looks like a nice day starting this morning!
Still with the granddaughter and we have to go out soon and check on the turtle!Fresh water and food every day!
At 5 years old she takes this responsibility very serious!
Something I never knew about Box Turtles, if you remove it from its area and let's say we take it ten miles away, it will spend the rest of its life trying to find and return back to its original area. They never stray to far from where they are born?
Well we will be taking her to school and then heading for home, big week at the home front, the contractor will finally be coming to work on the deck!
Well we have to get moving, check back later,,,,Drift on!
You know, on some level I think I knew that. Many years ago, some band mates & I were traveling between Paris & San Antonio. Apparently, the annual turtle migration was in full swing. The turtles weren't having too good a time of it, as evidenced by the carnage all over the highway. For some reason(I won't hazard a guess here...winkwink!)It seemed like a good idea to pull the cargo truck over & load as many turtles as we could into the cab, thirty, thirty five? And move them down the road a ways to a less well traveled area & release them. Now I hear this, about the homing factor...I think those turtles have been cursing me every since, & that would explain a lot about my life to date...
bigwheelzip
Absent Comrade
Has she seen this new use for birds-of-prey?
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Back in the days of my Utes (youth) and I worked on the Horse farm where I baled hay, shoveled horse manure and drank beer, I use to enjoy watching the crusty old guy when he came to shoe the horses!
I learned a lot of different things back then!
One very important thing we learned was that we didn't like Schmidt's beer!
I learned a lot of different things back then!
One very important thing we learned was that we didn't like Schmidt's beer!
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BigCityChief
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For the man who has almost everything...
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kwselke
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Good afternoon. It's Beer Time for me! Today I'm having a Kolsch style ale produced locally by Karbach Brewing. Although Karbach Brewing is located on Karbach Street, they named this beer Love Street. Has something to do with the peace, love, flower child movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
All and all, it is a light refreshing Kolsch ale, lightly hopped with flora and fruit tones, not sweet at all, slightly cloudy yellow in color. ABV is 4.9% so this is not a light beer. It came in an interesting 19.2 ounce aluminum can, good size. The cost was $2.69, about the same as a 24 ounce can of Bud. Good beer.
Cheers!
All and all, it is a light refreshing Kolsch ale, lightly hopped with flora and fruit tones, not sweet at all, slightly cloudy yellow in color. ABV is 4.9% so this is not a light beer. It came in an interesting 19.2 ounce aluminum can, good size. The cost was $2.69, about the same as a 24 ounce can of Bud. Good beer.
Cheers!
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My warning light was recently triggered by a full size Phillips head screwdriver.
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When we left the daughters house the turtle had moved a small plastic flower pot out of the corner of its new habitat.
It started digging, if it uses the flower pot to cover the dig we know it's tunneling and planning The Great Escape!
Told my daughter to keep an eye on it!
It maybe looking to return to its birthplace!
The Great Escape
The tire pressure sensor was acting up on our Tacoma. The warning light was always on.
Somebody asked me, how I could tell if a tire was low without the sensor?
I told him I'd just do it the old fashioned way, I'd look at the tires occasionally.
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Went for a coupla wanderings in the mountains.
Weather's sunny warm and pleasant.
I went for a hike earlier then another after my wife came home.
We just had salmon and asparagus for supper.
Weather's sunny warm and pleasant.
I went for a hike earlier then another after my wife came home.
We just had salmon and asparagus for supper.
kwselke
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June 6, 1945 the war was over in Europe, but on board the USS Yolo it drags on.
June 6, 1945
I was up early, had breakfast and worked on revision of the War Diary as well as the log completing both before lunch. Inspected the ship alone and got another shot at the sick bay. During lunch I slipped in the crew's chow line to see how their fried chicken tasted and what was amiss. Everything tasted good. The cooks have come a long way in 11 months. I am proud of them.
In the afternoon a LST en route to the rear area came alongside. We traded water for fuel, paint for provisions and other things. Later there came a call to GQ but shortly thereafter we secured. After dinner a short GQ interrupted the show on the tank deck. The B-29s continue to bomb Japan, while one of Halsey's groups made a high speed run to a launching point from where fields on southern Kyushu were hit.
June 6, 1945
I was up early, had breakfast and worked on revision of the War Diary as well as the log completing both before lunch. Inspected the ship alone and got another shot at the sick bay. During lunch I slipped in the crew's chow line to see how their fried chicken tasted and what was amiss. Everything tasted good. The cooks have come a long way in 11 months. I am proud of them.
In the afternoon a LST en route to the rear area came alongside. We traded water for fuel, paint for provisions and other things. Later there came a call to GQ but shortly thereafter we secured. After dinner a short GQ interrupted the show on the tank deck. The B-29s continue to bomb Japan, while one of Halsey's groups made a high speed run to a launching point from where fields on southern Kyushu were hit.
keith44spl
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Sometimes I jest shake my head.............
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vonn
US Veteran
Good drift going on items found poking holes in tires,found a switch blade in one my daughters tires when she was in college . The blade was still in good shape but it wrecked the rest of the knife and a brand new tire on her Camaro. Sun actually came out for a few hours here today,hot and muggy but no mosquitoes by the time I shut down for the day. Drift on.
Shake It Off
Taylor Swift
Lyrics
I stay up too late, got nothing in my brain
That's what people say mmm, that's what people say mm
I go on too many dates, but I can't make 'em stay
At least that's what people say mmm, that's what people say mmm
But I keep cruising, can't stop, won't stop moving
It's like I got this music in my body and it's gonna be alright
'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
I'll never miss a beat, I'm lightning on my feet.
Stay safe Geoff.
I believe i would, "Go west young Man".
Storms supposed to clip east coast after it leaves Florida.
Chuck
Her favorite bird to hunt was a Harris Hawk! They are native to the S.W., AZ., N.M., CA.
They are unique among birds of prey! They stack, one sitting on top of another, as con a saquaro cactus, and hunt as a pack, often called the wolves of the sky.
https://www.google.com/search?q=har...7AkIPw&biw=1280&bih=800#imgrc=nnACS_K5XBszmM:
Gorgeous day here today and supposed to be for tomorrow.
Humidity is gone, good breeze, mid 80's.
Everybody in Florida and along southern East coast be careful
next couple of days.
Took a local young man to Dicks sporting goods store today and
bought him 2 new Bats. He's the catcher for our High School Team.
Our local HS baseball team will be playing in the semi state this weekend.
As an Alumni and team captain back in 1975-1978 era, I wanted to help
a good kid with not a lot of resources. He is a Senior next year and gets
good grades. He also hits around .500 with power and has a great arm.
The wife loves the kid and he is well mannered and humble.
Looks like a 2 hour drive to southern Indiana for semi state.
I got wifey and I Hotel room for a couple of nights. Should be fun.
If we win saturdays games then State finals are at Victory Field in Indianapolis.
Good evening to all you crazy Drifters !!
Chuck
Humidity is gone, good breeze, mid 80's.
Everybody in Florida and along southern East coast be careful
next couple of days.
Took a local young man to Dicks sporting goods store today and
bought him 2 new Bats. He's the catcher for our High School Team.
Our local HS baseball team will be playing in the semi state this weekend.
As an Alumni and team captain back in 1975-1978 era, I wanted to help
a good kid with not a lot of resources. He is a Senior next year and gets
good grades. He also hits around .500 with power and has a great arm.
The wife loves the kid and he is well mannered and humble.
Looks like a 2 hour drive to southern Indiana for semi state.
I got wifey and I Hotel room for a couple of nights. Should be fun.
If we win saturdays games then State finals are at Victory Field in Indianapolis.
Good evening to all you crazy Drifters !!
Chuck
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bigwheelzip
Absent Comrade
Mediocrity, anything is better
Mediocrity, anything is better
Closest song I could find with shake in it per his quote on Dwight Yoakum
Not a Taylor Swift fan!
Key was the last line quoted, "...I'll never miss a beat, I'm lightning on my feet..."
Knowing Keith44spl only from his writing, stories, and pictures here on the forum, this line fit into my imagined perception of his aura !
Everything copecetic ?
USS Moosbrugger DD-980
Namesake: Vice Admiral Frederick Moosbrugger
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down: 3 November 1975
Launched: 23 July 1977
Acquired: 27 November 1978
Commissioned: 16 December 1978
Decommissioned: 15 December 2000
In service: 1978
Out of service: 2000
Struck: 25 April 2006
Motto: More Than Required
Nickname(s): The Moose
Fate: Scrapped in Brownsville, TX 2006
Status: Scrapped
Namesake: Vice Admiral Frederick Moosbrugger
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down: 3 November 1975
Launched: 23 July 1977
Acquired: 27 November 1978
Commissioned: 16 December 1978
Decommissioned: 15 December 2000
In service: 1978
Out of service: 2000
Struck: 25 April 2006
Motto: More Than Required
Nickname(s): The Moose
Fate: Scrapped in Brownsville, TX 2006
Status: Scrapped
bigwheelzip
Absent Comrade
Never paid her singing any attention until I saw those soulful lyrics you posted, and wondered at the connection.
The little I hear about her, she seems like a sweet kid with a big heart.
Those Harris Hawks are incredible.
It did startle me the first time. And it was Twilight Zoneish, the way the oldest girl, maybe 16, quickly mumbled something to the kids and they all stood and silently marched past me with no eye contact.
I wonder what their reaction would have been if the next time that you came home you walked in on them with a willow switch in your hand.
Maybe the oldest would mumble to them to, assume the position.
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Never paid her singing any attention until I saw those soulful lyrics you posted, and wondered at the connection.
The little I hear about her, she seems like a sweet kid with a big heart.
Those Harris Hawks are incredible.
I agree. I watched a program on them sometime back & it was fascinating. As already mentioned, they hunt like a wolf pack, & one thing they'll do is make the younger birds actually find & flush the prey, & then the older more experienced birds will swoop in for the kill.
'Night drifters, I'm goin in early, big day tomorrow....
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XFBUM8dMqw[/ame]Shake It Off
Taylor Swift
Lyrics
I stay up too late, got nothing in my brain
That's what people say mmm, that's what people say mm
I go on too many dates, but I can't make 'em stay
At least that's what people say mmm, that's what people say mmm
But I keep cruising, can't stop, won't stop moving
It's like I got this music in my body and it's gonna be alright
'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
I'll never miss a beat, I'm lightning on my feet.
An aspect of a lot of falconery now is that many birds used are a result of captive breeding programs, and are sold on the open market. With captive breeding this is legal, but we have no experience with this. It does take the pressure off of the wild populations, and various species of hawks are available in nontraditional locations. We have heard that Harris Hawks are popular in Great Britain for example. Dependant upon how the young bird is raised, if imprinting has occurred, it may likely be difficult for a captive bird to be returned to the wild, or if lost, survival in the wild could be a problem, especially if in a nontraditional enviroment. In some cases as with many sports of the wild, it has become a boutique sport, and maybe not the best (definition all over the place
) for the sport. Sort of a environmentalist vs. biologist vs. practioner vs. ?????? type situation !Having a bird does take a total commitment in time, energy, resources, for some hunting during the appropriate season. If you have a falconery license you do open yourself up for surprise inspections of your 'entire' premises from usually a DNR type, state and/or federal. And we know how firearms owners feel about this!
There have been cases of officious types confiscating birds for an imagined fault, stuffing the bird in a box, abpnd the falconer having to go to court to rectify. And the bird did not survive the experience! 
. Enough pontificating! 
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