Its been running 112 here days, and a low in the 80's at night. Definitely no fun.
Colorado job fizzled, so I'm looking at a job in Duluth right now. Haven't lived there in 50 years, but your current "heat wave" is looking pretty attractive!
Yeah, I've had one or two squirt, but they have to be pretty alarmed to do it. I leave them alone, as they eat more ants than any other critter I've seen. I used to watch one out in my driveway, it would sit about a foot away from an anthill, and for hours on end, it would patiently gobble every...
I grew up as a military rugrat, moving every year or two, and mostly living on military bases. No animals other than dogs and cats.
'Course, I was always bringing home frogs, lizards, snakes, and turtles, but couldn't keep any.
LOL! When I was about 16 or 17, I bought my first nice rifle, a Parker Hale model 1200 in .308. Really beautiful gun. So, I hit this arroyo across the street from my house, itching to shoot my new toy. Finally, I spotted a sparrow perched in a tree. I only found ONE feather!
Yeah, one of my "ol' favorites" is a .458 Win Mag, loaded with 500 grain roundnoses. I don't know why I like it so much, as there isn't anything around here big enough to use it on. On the other hand, if you ever need to stop a Greyhound bus, this'll do it.
All it takes is one day shooting a heavy caliber rifle with no hearing protection. Silence is golden (sometimes).
I only watch DVD's that are close captioned. Don't even own a radio or TV.
Actually, I have a cochlear implant on the right side, with an external coil that sticks to my head with magnets, and a regular sound type hearing aid on the left side (cyborg, get it?).
The advantage is they both have off switches. Neighbors playing loud music? NO PROBLEM!
Yeah, I checked out the weather, sounds about the same as here, but about 15 degrees cooler. Supposed to be about 110 here all week, 95 all week in Grand Junction.
As far as rude? I'm totally deaf, so they can be as rude as they want, I ignore most people anyway.
Well, spent the day tearing down Casita de Pollos and loading everything into a 16 foot and 20 foot trailer. Backyard looks like an empty wasteland without the chicken pen. 110 degrees today, so I'm feeling a little wrung out. Where I'm going in Colorado (Grand Junction) is still considered high...
Well, the job in Colorado is a temporary (?) job, so I will be in a motel for the first week or two, then looking for something to rent. No chickens. Ultimately, I am buying 40 acres in northeast Arizona, where I'll settle when I retire (hopefully, in the next 4 to 5 years). Going to be pretty...
SIGNING OUT FOR A WHILE, FOLKS!
I am relocating to western Colorado next week, so I'm shutting down the Arizona chicken farm. 2 ladies showed up today, and took almost all my chickens, the second lady is coming back for the rest. 3 trucks packed wall to wall with chooks! The second lady is...
Well, I'm getting ready to relocate to western Colorado, so I put out the word that I had about 150 chickens, free for the taking. Most people wanted laying hens only, naturally. Then another lady called, wanted hens only, as many as I had. I mentioned that I also had Cornish X at butcher...