OMG, so much this morning! And EXTRA funnies because of LadyDi's road trip and accompanying narrative! LOL!
Great post Lannie.......YUP..... I was a lurker for quite some time also......but I really became hooked on this thread and all the crazy people ........Scott and Hoss are the really the extent of my face to face friends. But I still felt the need to socialize with creatures other than Scott and Hoss so I visited this thread and immediately found my home.
I have lived in the city all of my life and knew little about country life.......or elks that bugle or the crap that farmers have to deal with but through this thread I have been exposed to so much knowledge and made some really great friends that I will cherish forever.
You are my newest friend...........chic living off the grid.........we really admire your grit!
AND ...unlike our face to face humans ... .....when we feel the need for quiet....all we have to do is log off............this group is family to me.
Plus it is really good to know.... that so much love remains in this world............our coop demonstrates this love.
And yeah............I even love ECIN.........he irritating ......but consistent.
Some of my best and closest real life friends I met on a forum. One of them flew out to visit me and Rich on September 29, 2001. She had already planned the trip and bought her ticket before the 11th, but she conquered her fear and got on the plane anyway, all the way from Sudbury, Ontario to Redmond, Oregon. Her family told her she was crazy to get on a plane and fly all the way across North America to visit people she'd never even met, but we already felt like sisters then, and she came anyway. And we are still friends to this day.
Okay,
Lannie, I just learned from you some new farm lingo.... That Roosters are referred to as "Roos" by you ranchers.
This is a quandary- so what are roosters called in Australia?
https://www.desertusa.com/animals/red-kangaroo.html
The Interweb is such a wealth of info- Pet Rooster Names & Rankings: :2smile:
https://www.ranker.com/list/funny-rooster-names/pet-project
All my Aussie friends call their chickens "chooks," whether they're hens or roosters. Just us 'Mericans call 'em roos.
I think the friendships people make here can be very, very "real" and really cool. It's funny how online friendships can be very deep. I'm forever grateful to this forum. I stumbled on it when I got my first girl...backyard bred, with a whole lot of problems. I've made some very very good friends, and I couldn't have gotten through everything with Shanoa without the support of folks here. Nor would I have learned everything I've learned without people here. I still miss a lot of the people that have left (or, disappeared...I still worry about a few people that have simply gone "poof" with no trace).
In other news, we did, in fact, get a few snowflakes this morning. They disappeared within about 15 minutes but...yuck! A little too early for me!
Yep, like I said above, I've made so many friends that started out as online acquaintances. You can tell if a person is making stuff up, or if they're really showing you the real "them," if you read carefully. I've always just been me online, and that way I don't have to remember what I might have said at any given time. Like, I used to be really pretty (I have pictures to prove it!), but now, even though my hair is still red, isn't not AS red as it once was, and I have a bit more "insulation" now than I used to, and I've developed the famous "Hansen jowls" that look so very attractive (NOT!). But I'm still nice.
Even if I'm not a hottie anymore, like Doc.
There, see? Now I don't have to remember whether I said I was a gorgeous redhead or not. (It's NOT.) But I'm nice, and that's what counts, eh?
Posted by Beau
This Larry joined a dozen years ago, and contributed much & often. - often more or less, to the dis-satisfaction of the regulars...sometimes
Beau.......what kinda fast talk is this.............much and often .......... more or less........sometimes ...watch this dude Lannie he is quite the salesman.
Before you know it you will give him everything you own...and be left thinking you got a great deal!!! Watch'em
I am so fortunate to have you to look out for me! But not to worry. My ex was a car salesman, and I know all the salesman tricks.
I worry about the heated base things. Are they a danger starting my wood shavings on fire and burning down my coop?
And, you are like a sister to me, being all BAD. Since Ma doesn't want to claim anymore children I hope you will accept being my Step Sister, with Ma's approval of course! >
I, for one, are glad you are here! This thread, is meant for fun and respect and support for each other. You did mean this thread, right? If so, I couldn't have done it by myself. Thanks everybody!
You won't burn down your coop. The base is 4 or 5 inches tall, and the heater element is a mat with wiring in it, glued to the underside of the top. However, because fire in a coop is a major disaster, set the heater base on something that's not flammable. We have a couple of concrete blocks, like chimney blocks (kinda flat) that ours sits on. Make sure there's no gap or overhang of the heater base off the blocks, however, because the mice will nest in there because it's nice and warm. And they'll drag flammable stuff in under there and shred it for their nests. We clean ours out every spring, and it's never caught fire (and even if it did, it would be contained under the heater base). Those dang mice can get in such a small hole, you wouldn't believe they could do it, but they can. Anyway, don't worry, just set your base on blocks or even a clean sheet of plywood, because the heater element won't get hot enough to catch anything on fire at floor level.
And, I am guilty of blanketing Stryker. He hasn't got as much meat on his bones and he used to. I try to use it sparingly. But, when there is a long term bitter snap, the blankie goes on. I never have seen him shivering, but when it's freezing and raining I put the blanket on because I can't keep the weight on him. He's pushing 30 years old.
That's a different story altogether. Bless him for making it this far. My girl, Aiesha made it to 29 before she went, and yes, when it was going to be wet and cold out, I blanketed her, too. I tried not to if it was dry and cold, or just cold and snowy, but the wet really chills them to the bone, especially if they don't have enough body fat on them, which she didn't, either. I was talking about young, healthy horses in good flesh when I made that comment.
I made the blanketing mistake, though, when I first got Aiesha. I put a blanket on her and PUT HER IN A STALL! ROFLMAO! She disassembled the barn to get out, and then somehow shimmied out of that blanket without undoing any of the straps and buckles! To this day, I don't know how she managed that, and I'd love to have seen it. I had her inside and blanketed because it was "COLD!" out, like down to 32 degrees! LOL! I was young and ignorant of a lot of things back then, as we all are. Or were. But like I said before, I'm a graduate of the School of Hard Knocks, and I remembered most, if not all, of my lessons.
SmartArse!
She was abbreviating. Unless she says she wasn't.
:|
I wasn't.
I don't find my brother Kenny irritating at all, even when he is picking on me.
He's too cute to be irritated at.
Lannie? Have you read backwards enough to see how cute he is? He's a Hottie. And, he's got big machinery! :wink2: >
And! He can back the hell out of a semi/trailer combo!
He can send some more front seat videos with louder music, however.
Kenny?
That was a hint, in case good spelling got in your way.
:x
I have not been able to read back, as a matter of fact. I'd like to, but it's all I can do to keep up with the last 24 hours! I'll take your word for it that he's a manly man.
I admire ANYONE who can back a tractor/trailer in a straight line! And rocks out to Tom Petty.
See? It's almost 7:30 (time to go wake up Grumpy Bear) and I'm just finally finished reading and replying to everything since I was last on here.
Thanks for the daily smiles! Off to "work" I go! (Man, I'd give anything to have my old 8-5 hours back, with weekends off! Dis farm work be
hard workz. And no time off. Boo. But I have kitties and doggies and cowies and one silly horsey to fill my days, so it's all good!