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OK, I spoke wit Rich about extruded "pipes". He said the airline we use is likely made from nonvirgin resins. Medical extrusion is a virgin resin of the highest possible equality. He suggested line used for Hospital IV, anesthesia and such or gas lines for the highest quality They are also...

"Advanced" societies, or at least many in "advanced" societies pretend meat and produce grow in the cooler sections at the grocery store. Frankly I get a charge out of the way some people think, or do not think, about what they eat.

Another monsoon durig the night .... started about 6 PM and ended sometime after 9 PM. Big warming today and tomorrow ... perhaps 80 degrees on Thursday. Snow is in our future but hopefully it will be a distant future!

This a thread I will read in full at some point in the near future. I am from a hunting family but do not hunt very much and depend on others to put me in the right spot. I participate in the hunting party usually two weekends each year, mostly for comradery although the others are quite...

A washing machine mixing valve or Simmons temperature-controlled shower valve would solve many issues.

NOTHING is made like it once was!!! I will be using plumbing pipe. either CPVC or SharkBite when I run air lines into the fish room. A double pipe reverse Monoflo system just like I used to design for hydronics. Not certain yet about final connections to sponge filters but will figure that out...

Pretty lazy past two weeks. Spent a few days at a friend's camp on Sacandaga Lake. Did some light fishing but mostly played retired. Cleaned the pond bottom a bit and did a big flush and water change. Took the rocks out of the middle, cleaned them, then put them back in, also added a few more...

I wish I could take such lovely photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Built a small closet between the developing fish room and laundry, (they share a common wall). Inside the closet is an insulated chamber that is temp controlled with two small heat lamps, one at the top and one at the bottom. There is also a small fan in the bottom that circulates the air...

Indeed a great movie. Watched it again a couple of nights ago. It is a fitting movie to represent the end of Wayne's career.

The only video game I actually play is Civilization. I have pretty much all of them.Do not play the game often but when I do Linda will not see me for several hours.

Tick was removed by Doctor ... Linda was sent home with a script for an antibiotic, ten-day supply. After a discussion I guessed the source was a bedraggled flower bed in the area where the septic system was rebuilt two years ago. It was out of sight and sort of forgotten. I took a small white...

Waiting on Linda to dust herself off. She discovered a tick on her chest and I am unable to remove it safely because it is deeply embedded.\ Off to the doc we go.

Timely advice .... I will be removing fish on Wednesday (projected 75F here). I had been thinking down to a foot but will take your advice and go a little more.

Lost 32 baby black molly this morning ... all my fault. Linda has only 8 remaining. The air pump died, second one in three days so I had already used the spare. I put a small HOB on while I went to pick up a replacement. We returned two hours later to find I had failed to slow the flow despite...

II do not know much about baking but your plans for the Mrs birthday is sweet.

We spent 15 years or so traveling from November through April or May throughout the Southern States. This will be third winter since we curtailed that activity, and each reminds me of my dislike of the season. I find hot / dry weather wonderful. Hot / Humid not so much .... Cold / Snowy hateful.

We had four days of cold nights, (oxymoron there). The days have been chilly enough to turn the cars heat seat on. The forecast for the next several days is warm (70'sF) with decent nights. I dislike the cold and hate snow.

I get so sick from the Covid Jab. Fever, chills, lethargy. I have had three full doses, (a story in itself), and three boosters. Each worse than the last, or so it seemed anyway. I see the value in the shot for people in Linda and my situation, old age and chronic conditions associated with that...

Received flu shot today. Discussed Covid jab with Dr. I am still undecided but will need to decide soon.

There are only two of us with the exception of a few gatherings each year so this would also be for consumption, but I am pretty sure there would be an excess over our needs hence the mention of the fish monger. The excess would most likely be too small for a monger in retrospect and more...

Been watching this thread and will reread it soon. Are you harvesting these for your family or are you going to sell to a fish monger. When we had the homestead fully running I often toyed with raising fish for consumption but with the Snookhill only a few hundred feet from my door and a real...

"Rescued" Frogbit from the pond Monday for use in aquariums. It currently sits in a tub under timed lights in Linda's growing room in the basement. We plan on giving the plants two or three bleach treatments over the next two weeks before adding them to the tanks. Pretty certain they are...

Today I will be meeting with mine and Linda's insurance gal to discuss my health insurance, (Medicare Advantage). Had some claim difficulty with the current company and although we eventually squared them away it left a sour taste in my oral cavity. Linda's ongoing conditions require that I be...

I have some pretty strong opinions on what is being posted .... I will just say equity is an impossible dream in an unfair world. I wonder if the fry I just watched get swallowed by an Angel might agree if given the opportunity. I'll say no more and am actually disappointed that this...

Well, it is a Vulcan and has therefore been transported from the deepest regions of the universe. On top of that the Vuvan planet was destroyed in a terrorist attack making this denizen of a previously thought extinct species extremely rare.

Berm is finished. I finished at about 3:30 and they picked the dozer up at 4 PM sharp. Two 7-yard loads of rough gravel have made the "road" better than primitive. It is amazing how much work a small dozer can do. Next week we will seed the berm with a mix of buffalo grass and fescue to...

Neighbor dropped off sausage and bacon just now from the hog he raised. His is a young family learning how to be self sufficient and he is extremely proud of his new knowledge. I do not blame him and look forward to sampling his effort tomorrow. Today I will finish the dozer work. Serviceable...

Today I have rented a small bulldozer. I will build a crude but serviceable road down to the lowlands where Alex the Woodcutter made a good-sized clearing when he cut trees. The area is about an acre that I want to address. The dozer will remove and pile stumps and brush as well as make a berm...

Interesting conversation. In this house we treat animals with respect. We consider it a moral duty to provide them the opportunity for their best lives within the confines of being a domesticated animal. From day one we learned about the basics of husbandry for each particular animal type, ne...

Today is shopping day. Linda has decided to stock the pantry heavily with nonperishables just in case. She plans on a six-month supply of staples in storage by weeks end. She is pessimistic about current events. Me, I just go with the flow but cannot disagree with her in this. I suppose that is...

Still driving my 1950's Dodge pick-up although I changed it to a flatbed in the 70's. Used it as a daily driver for about 5 years in the late 70's and have used it as a workhorse around the place ever since. Burns no oil, starts everyday despite sometimes sitting for a while, and is a brute in...

We wiped out every tree that could fall on any building on the property this year. Not really we. I had Alex the Woodcutter do it and he actually paid me instead of me paying him. Two years ago a humongous maple toppled in a wind storm. The top of the tree lay against the side of my house and a...

We have settled into a more normal routine in the past week or so. No major projects, no hurry, and no push to complete anything. It is relaxing and both Linda and I are pretty much recharged from a busy summer. I have begun the process of building modules for the fish room build. Actually...

Today is clean the garage day, or at least put it into some semblance of order. It has become a catchall for the past two years since one of our storage sheds was crushed by snow. Went in there Saturday to retrieve a seldom used tool from a rollaway and found said toolbox had become an incubator...

Just some unsolicited and perhaps unappreciated advice .... NEVER depend on the advice of a person untrained in the field for legal advice. Most locations have pro bono or low-cost legal eagles available for those who cannot afford an attorney such as legal aid. Most locations also have Bar...

Have not done much international travel. We took my mom to Italy to visit her parents family in Palmero and while there visited a bit of Italy and Switzerland. Amsterdam to meet with a group that was buying our company and saw a bit of the Low Countries. We did see the Canadian Provinces in our...

What a great trip(s) Gwand. travel was our great retirement pastime and we spent several years on the road. The only states we missed during that adventure were Alaska and Hawaii but we had visited them on past vacations. We began by doing Rt 66 in its entirety over a 30-week period beginning...

Hard to post anything that is worth a darn after reading Back In the Fold's post. My heart goes out to you and your other. Adding you all to our prayers.

I do not believe in making excuses for dogs that are violent. I recognize that more often than not it is the human that causes the problem but be that as it may any dog that creates havoc with my critters is not one that will survive. A bit harsh but that is what is actually required.