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  1. MontyJ

    Close call with a skunk

    Not a chance Red. I have googled it many times in every variation I could think of and got nothing. As I said, this recipe was given to me by another farmer. I think he may have stumbled upon it by accident. It consists of common, easily purchased ingredients nobody would ever think of...
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    Typing on my new PC

    If you're running Vista 32 bit, you're limited to 3G RAM. You can install more, but Windows 32 bit won't be able to use it. In fact, 2 gig RAM in Vista is more than enough, and will rarely bottleneck a machine. You can check your performance meter and see how much RAM you are actually using...
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    Close call with a skunk

    I won't share the ingredients or recipe online. It's a concentrated cholinesterase inhibitor...a nerve agent in other words. It's very scary stuff and I would bet it's illegal to make. I always hated using it because I was nervous about spilling it on myself. I was afraid it would be absorbed...
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    Typing on my new PC

    Nothing against Lubuntu, but it just doesn't have the horsepower I need. I used Linux quite a bit some time ago, but it never really got mainstream enough to justify the grief it sometimes caused. The LDXE just isn't for me either. I like my desktop. Even so, 15 seconds is pretty fast. Makes me...
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    Meant To Be 2

    I used to have a pair of Quaker parrots. We were moving from one base to another and I was putting the birds in the travel cage. My son opened the door to the hotel room and Gloria took off. She was the wilder of the two and I hadn't had her more than a few months. Her wings were clipped, but...
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    New property owners again

    I once made "Electro-Magnet on a Stick". I got tired of having to pick all the stuff off the magnet by hand. It worked OK, but wasn't as strong as I wanted it to be. It was kind of scary to use too, being built from scavenged stuff and plugged into an extension cord and all.
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    well looky there got a present from ny

    Lookin' good there Major. Now if Nyboy gets business from NC, is there a profit sharing agreement?
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    Typing on my new PC

    In another thread I mentioned that building computers was a hobby of mine. Our old PC was just that...OLD. I've kept it alive for years (running Vista!), replacing the power supply once and a stick of RAM, the hard drive... The motherboard was finally starting to fail. The hard drive...
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    She got me a Sumac start.

    I'll have to keep a closer eye on the local Sumac. I don't recall any having red berries, but I don't pay much attention to it.
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    DH Having Open Heart Surgery

    Every time I miss a few days on TEG something happens! I so very glad to hear that DH is doing well. Now... When is your stress test? You listen to me Missy! What's good for the gander is good for the goose too. You've been under a lot of stress lately and a simple check-up wouldn't hurt. We...
  11. MontyJ

    Inexpensive chicken water heater

    Really? I would have thought it would be a little more. Certainly not nearly 150, but not as low as 25.
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    Dews laid up a bit

    What Dew's pics don't show is the crumple in the trunk deck. It has to be replaced. The car has a unibody and can be straightened again. I spoke with the body man and he assured me that it is completely repairable.
  13. MontyJ

    Inexpensive chicken water heater

    It can't burn down the chicken house if it can't touch anything flammable. I safety wire the fixture to the ceiling so it can't fall.
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    Inexpensive chicken water heater

    It's a 150W bulb. My TV uses more. I wonder how many watts those heated dishes use.
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    She got me a Sumac start.

    I missed this whole thread on Sumac! At first I thought it was somebody mis-identifying a plant, but nope. They really meant Sumac. I hate that crap. It grows everywhere! And now I discover people are eating it? And it makes good Sumac-ade? I'll pass. Just pass me the creole seasoning and a few...
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    Inexpensive chicken water heater

    For inside the coop, I use a 1 gallon metal feed pan with a heat lamp hanging about a foot and a half over it. Works like a champ. If the run has a covered place, the same method would work outside. Our chickens rarely go outside when it's bitter cold, so we generally don't bother with it. If...
  17. MontyJ

    How To Say Anything To a Southerner

    Isn't that the truth! Do y'all say yins down there Journey? As in yins all going to the mall later? For those that have never heard it...you ins...youins...yins...would be the pronunciation path. It's pretty prevalent here in the northern panhandle.
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    I found a kitten! Help?

    Wow, that's crazy. Dew knows more about what it cost us, but I'm sure it wasn't nearly that much.
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    Away with you, vile heron!!!! >=[

    I can't stand Blue Herons. I dealt with them on the Texas coast, and am now dealing with them here in WV. They will stroll along stream beds eating every single minnow and crawdad they can find. They've made it impossible for smallmouth bass to live in many creeks because of a lack of food. I...
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    Meant to be

    Need a good recipe? I have several ;)
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