Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[pacerron]

Well, I hate to interrupt this peee-nutty discussion, but I was surprised today by how dry it is in southwest Wise County. I drove down to Poolville to look at a dozer. Between Bridgeport and Poolville along FM 920, it is so dry that hay production is 1/2 to 1/3 what it is around me in northern Wise Co. QUOTE]

Is the dozer looking for the gully to pond project considered "Flip Flopping"
or just "Evolving"?:laughing:

 

[jinman]

I remember being in the US Navy in a visit to Singapore and eating at one of their local food villages.

I remember being in the AF in places that if you ate the local food you either died or had a bad case of the runs.

That was true with many places I went, but Singapore was one of those exceptional places that street food and vendors was the way to go. If you went to a hotel restaurant, a meal would cost you $25 (in 1980), but in the food markets, you could get freshly grilled shrimp, curried rice, bread, and a drink for under $4. Another place had fish and chips for $2.50. I never wanted to eat anywhere else.

BTW: Your deer fence looks great. On a scale of 1 to 10 --with 10 being very hard-- how hard do you rate the job?

 

[Western]

I just left Decatur and man what a rain storm, sure enough, get about a mile from the house and its dry. Looks like Bird may be "scoring" good today though.

 

[Bird]

I just left Decatur and man what a rain storm, sure enough, get about a mile from the house and its dry. Looks like Bird may be "scoring" good today though.

Dennis, I figured I got about .14" this morning before daylight, which is exactly what the NWS recorded officially for Denton, but then in the middle of the day, they say Denton got another .71" while I figure I got maybe .19". But I'm not really complaining; just glad for that third of an inch and hope for more tonight.

 

[pacerron]

That was true with many places I went, but Singapore was one of those exceptional places that street food and vendors was the way to go. If you went to a hotel restaurant, a meal would cost you $25 (in 1980), but in the food markets, you could get freshly grilled shrimp, curried rice, bread, and a drink for under $4. Another place had fish and chips for $2.50. I never wanted to eat anywhere else.

BTW: Your deer fence looks great. On a scale of 1 to 10 --with 10 being very hard-- how hard do you rate the job?

Job rating.. maybe 2
I have an old homemade fence post pounder that I could pound the 7.5 foot posts in while standing on the ground. I'm short, so to get the pounder off
I ended up using the FEL with a chain dropping from it. My wife would wrap the chain around the pounder and hold a piece of baling string tied around a handle as I pulled the pounder off. This kept the pounder from swinging back toward my head when the bottom cleared the top of the post.
We set the posts 20 feet apart which is plenty close. At the end of each 110 foot roll of fabric I waited till we had it tied up before setting the next post in case the fabric was a little long, short, or not stretched enough to hit exactly 20 feet.
Up here at almost 1000 feet elevation the wind always blows if your painting or trying to stretch something but the fabric doesn't have much wind resistance.
I used your idea of wrapping one end around a piece of 3/4 in plastic pipe and then tying it to a corner post to act as a 20' gate to get in and out easily.
Used 8" pieces of used plastic fiber baling twine to tie the fabric to the posts.
That's what we use to tie up tomatoes and about every other use you could dream of. When the wife unwraps the string from the horse hay rolls she winds it on a stick in figure 8 fashion like we used to wrap kite cord as kids.
I'm going to put the deer cam in a nearby tree to see how they react to nosing the fabric. We have plans for some fabric over the blueberries when they start to ripen to keep the birds from eating them.
Thanks again for all your suggestions of how to do the fence.
Ron

 

[Western]

Dennis, I figured I got about .14" this morning before daylight, which is exactly what the NWS recorded officially for Denton, but then in the middle of the day, they say Denton got another .71" while I figure I got maybe .19". But I'm not really complaining; just glad for that third of an inch and hope for more tonight.

Bird, looks like it still may happen for you,also looks like it's on Jim's doorstep, or real close!!! Thundering all around me, but still dry. Welcome the cooler temps though:thumbsup:

 

[Bird]

Bird, looks like it still may happen for you,also looks like it's on Jim's doorstep, or real close!!! Thundering all around me, but still dry. Welcome the cooler temps though:thumbsup:

I sure would like more rain, as long as it doesn't include high winds and/or hail.

 

[foreman Etexas]

Boy it has been pouring down here for about an hour,lots of lightning, it sure is nice:thumbsup:.

 

[Traxx]

Its been raining here for the last 2 days, only problem is that I am 160 miles off the cost of Port Fourchon La.

 

[NativeSon]

I remember being in the US Navy in a visit to Singapore and eating at one of their local food villages.QUOTE]

I remember being in the AF in places that if you ate the local food you either died or had a bad case of the runs. You had to insist on them bringing the US beer with the cap still on the bottle and pop it yourself.
You Navy guys always had the best food.

Yeah Fleet Sailors always had the best food??? That "Monkey Meat" cooked over a Habachi on the streets of Olongapo was safe to eat........if you drank enough San Miguel.

Charlie