Recent content by PuffyC

What would I do? This right here. I'll happily pay for a landscaper myself before burning a weekend, a tank of gas and my body in Hill County heat to work on the in-laws place, especially when I have my own stuff that needs to be done. Now if it was someone I actually liked it might be different ;)

Most businesses I've dealt with don't have the competence to organize something as simple as a child's birthday party without screwing it up.

There are a lot of reasons I might go with before just starting out with 'global conspiracy'. Maybe they had trouble predicting their supply chain recovery? Maybe there was prior uncertainty about the availability of these items? Maybe they were trying to hedge inflationary increases by...

This sounds like an SNL skit. If only Lorne Michaels still knew what comedy was.

I don’t necessarily agree with all your theories but I always enjoy your insight. You seem to be one of the few who bases their opinions on more than just “because that’s what CNN/FOX news told me”. 10 thumbs up for you sir.

This thread is starting to veer off course but I’ll comment by saying I’ve worked in high tech among the top 5 for 30 years and every last one will gladly hire anyone anywhere if it means they can save 7 cents a year. White, brown, male, female, American or foreign, they don’t care at all. All...

Here in Oklahoma the fire ants and ticks seem to have signed a nonaggression pact with each other. Instead they both target their common enemy which is us.

Can’t really comment on attracting feral cats but if you want a critter to get rid of mice, rats, and gophers, a cat is a poor choice. Get yourself a miniature dachshund or a rat terrier. That’s what they were created to do and will out hunt a cat 10:1. We have a mini dachshund and she’s a...

$60 a pound for crab?!? How many pounds did you buy?

I’ll echo what some others have said and suggest you may want to rethink the chipping. We had that exact same idea but once we realized how much wood you have to feed through a chipper to get a bucket of chips, and how much work is required to prep the wood before running it through the chipper...

I’m glad you posted this because I was just thinking the same thing. We’ve never seen ticks as bad as they are this year but I have no idea why. Starting to get a lot of feedback from the wife that Something Must Be Done too. We use permethrin on the goats and they seem to be tick free but when...

Don't take the bait Puffy, be strong and just keep walking...

That sir is an excellent question! I've asked myself that before yet here I am. I guess deep down I feel people want to learn even though logically I know that's not true. People just want to be right and have their team win. I'm going to try to avoid these topics going forward - wish me luck.

Oh, gotcha, well my ego is OK if that's what you're worried about. Didn't mean for it to come off as defensive, it's just that these threads always turn into Groundhog Day where people go round and round chasing their tail. Pro: EV's are cool, amirite? Con: Ma grid! It's a conspiracy. Ma birds...