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NC added the purple paint marking for property lines a few years ago. I use it instead of signs because it is easier, faster, and longer lasting. I have had signs pulled down by people but most of the time the signs were removed by squirrels. I can see where their claws poked into the...

We came to the conclusion years ago, that most of the stuff we have, has no value to our kids. There might be a thing or two the kids would want after we are gone but we just do not have anything they would want. This is a problem we are going to have with my parents. Most of the stuff they...

Ticks me off that JD is pushing this sort of nonsense on it's customers. I hope politicians of both sides jump on the band wagon to stop this sort of non competitive behavior. As bad as this is for tractors, it is worse for marine engines. JD has a good percentage of the marine engine market...

Florida used to use DC-3's to spray for mosquito and other pest controls. Loved to hear those engines. Course, back in the 80's, DC-3s were being flown in from further south, landed in the Everglades, and just left there after the cargo was unloaded. ☹️ That was done with more modern twin...

Wrap chicken wire around the trees you want to protect. If the beavers form a dam, install a pond level device, such as this one, http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/assistance/backyard/privatelandhabitat/clemson_beaver_pond_leveler.pdf Good Luck, Dan

We have been using credit cards that pay us back for years which has saved/earned us a bunch of money. We pay off the credit card every month. No balance. We have a couple of cards that give us cash back and a couple that give us points that we use for plane flights. Still not convinced the...

Will have to remember the baby power trick..... (y) Thanks, Dan

We have adopted dogs from rescues and the local pound successfully. The wifey has worked for rescues as well and we have not seen any issues with dog rescue groups. There is a local "rescue" of non dogs where the owner makes volunteers sign a NDA(Non Disclosure Agreement) which I find...

I played both football and soccer. Soccer was brutal, football not so much. I had soccer injuries that took months to heal. Football was a bruise and an owie here and there. Soccer was painful. While we hit each other hard, it is nothing like the college and NFL. I don't watch sports, it...

Do not know the answer to the question, but I just did something I knew not to do, told myself not to do it, but did not listen to myself... If I could just remember what it was I did, that I was not supposed to do... 🤔 :ROFLMAO: Later, Dan

Should have bumped this up earlier. I have lost count of how many drownings we have had in the last few months, not even including the ones on the coast. ☹️ This time of year seems to be when we get many drownings. I think it is because the air temperature can get hot, but the water can...

My understanding is that Google Fi is unlimited but slows downs after 22 GB of data. That won't work for us. It really is dishonest to say unlimited when it really is unlimited, which all of the service providers seem to do. :eek: Thanks, Dan

At the moment, I think we would keep DSL. For the last few weeks, my bank has not allowed me to connect with our cell based internet. :unsure: I can connect over DSL but the cell service does not work all of the sudden. Very odd. Having the back up is not cheap, but it sure is worth it...

$100 a month is affordable to us. We are paying $90 for a cell based internet service AND another $50-75 from CenturyStink. The irony is that we kept the cell service and CenturyStink to make sure the cell service works, and it does, but we found having the back up, even with the slow DSL...

If I had a virgin forest I would not logged it either. Having said that, there is very little forest that has not been logged at least once, usually more, since the Europeans arrived. I know of a few parcels in Florida and NC. There were a couple of old growth trees north of Orlando on an...

What the land looks like after logging is up to the owner. The owner SHOULD be specifying in their timber contract how the logging operation will proceed. Too many people do not know anything about the timber business and get rip off. Some very smart people I know, who should have known...

We have been getting offers to buy our land for years... At laughably low offers. When there is even an offer. :unsure: :ROFLMAO: I would guess, we just throw the "offers" in the trash, that there are 4-6 companies sending us the "offers." Recently, a local real estate broker mentioned...

We ate a few times in Famous Louise's Rock House Restaurant which is near Linville Falls, NC. Good food and the pies, oh my, the pies.... 😋 Linville Falls Tavern - Wikipedia The restaurant sits in three counties. Burke, Avery, and McDowell. We came in the door in one country, ate in...

I have been looking at solar, chargers, inverters, LiFePo, etc., for use on a boat we would like to build. Same system would work on the house though not sure it makes money sense. Any who, be careful with "lithium" batteries. There are different lithium chemistries used for "lithium"...

Do you have PROBLEMS with wildlife? If no, I would just leave well enough alone.... Later, Dan

That was what I was thinking, plenty of protein on the ground. :ROFLMAO: I read an article years and years ago about a scientist trying to figure out how people lived around the Great Salt Lake. He noticed salt covered dead grasshoppers washed up on the shore, got to thinking and sent...

The The War Zone website has been covering the US Navy encounters with UFOs for years. There are quite a few interesting articles on the website regarding the encounters, what happened to the tapes, possible explanations, but also some odd stories involving a rock star talking UFOs, the US...

You really should visit Donegal, it is special. The history, views and people are amazing. We did get lucky, and out of 10 days, only had one day of rain. We were there less than a day, and the wife was talking to a neighbor about an apartment for sale in the complex where we were renting a...

Never was a sports fan and even less so today for so many reasons. But, for some reason, I bought baseball cards, though I never really played the game and watching it is like watching grass grow. I did put the cards to make a racket on the bike spokes, so maybe that is why I bought them in...

Have you been to Donegal? We visited a few years ago and want to go back. Absolutely stunning place and the people are wonderful. Met two American men who had married Irish woman and moved to Donegal. Told my wife she had better behave. :eek: :D Sooo, names...

That is funny right there! (y) :ROFLMAO::LOL::LOL: Do you look over your shoulder much? :unsure: Later, Dan

In NC, at the county jail. :D There is a magistrate at the jail to verify probable cause for an arrest before a suspect is given a place to stay or bailed/bonded out. Later, Dan

I have read that but one is supposed to have swollen lymph nodes if one had the virus previously. I did not have swollen lymph nodes for whatever that is worth. At work, 81% of us have reacted the same way to the vaccine. It is possible we were exposed to the virus but none of us had...

If the reaction was just pain from the shot, that is a who cares. Being laid out in bed for days with a fever, chills, body ache, etc., is something else. This is in the top five or so of me being sick. Worst was Whooping Cough, which I have been vaccinated against, many times, but still got...

I had the worst headache ever from the first shot but just a so so headache with the second. It was the fevers, chills, body aches, etc that was so bad with the second shot. My average heart rate has not returned to normal and is still up a couple of points. Supposedly, swollen lymph nodes...

That is what I have read, heard, and experienced. What bothers me is that I have never, ever, ever reacted to a vaccine like this before. Why is this vaccine so bad compared to the gazzillions of the vaccines I have gotten? :unsure: I don't expect you to answer that question. :D Later, Dan

A family member got the second Pfizer shot yesterday and today has fever, chills, etc. Talked to a guy last night who said both Moderna shots took him down. Was about to ask for symptoms when the conversation went elsewhere. The guy is in really good shape too. Later, Dan

I thought I had mentioned this up thread but maybe I only thunk it. :unsure: :D Years ago they were replace power poles in town, and before they put the poles in the ground, the poles were just laid out along the side of the road. I noticed that all of the poles had a copper wire running...

Search TBN for previous discussions over the years. There have been some long conversations that might be helpful. Members of my family have had knee replacements starting back in the 1990's. I would not call any of them successful. Best that can be said is maybe less pain. Walking was...

Our first restaurant in China was kinda dingy due to all of the smoking but it was popular with the people we were visiting. The place was packed with people. We would walk by this place at least twice a day and on the sidewalk they had rabbits, chickens, and ducks, you would pick to eat...

We got UbiFi a few years ago, it is expensive at $90 a month, but it has been reliable and we have never been limited by bandwidth. Speed from our tests before ordering were 6-8 mbps on average, if I remember right, but it can be much faster depending on the traffic to the tower. I think we...

Does not matter, I do not want any more kids. Got more than enough as it is. :unsure::D Later,, Dan

Got my second Moderna shot and it was in my top five of being sick. :eek: Started having a headache 8-10 hours after the shot but not even close to as bad as the first shot. The headache from the first shot was the worst I have ever had. In the evening fevers, chills, and body aches...

The house we used to own in the city has more than doubled in value in 15 years! :eek: It is in an area that has great demand for housing but this is a 45 year old house, that was put up fast when built, is not energy efficient, and is pretty small. I have been looking at our local market...

In the US, this is one of the two things that the government has messed up big time. There is just no excuse of the lack of planning and failed process to get the shots. None. Some areas around me are a real mess. I signed up once, maybe twice, and never heard a thing. Saw a notice about...

Well, the pubs have been closed down, and at times during the lock down, they have not been able to move 2.5K from their homes. If anyone has a right to be cranky, it is the Irish. :ROFLMAO: Later, Dan

In the context I used, the word "state" it meant countries. So I am assuming that you mean going to other countries and not between different US states. :) I have never heard of US state requiring a yellow card, it was and can be, a requirement between countries. This goes back to the 1930s...

Getting on my vitamin D soap box. There is quite a bit of evidence out there prior to the pandemic, and now during, that vitamin D helps fight of respiratory illnesses. It also fights inflammation many of the things that make WuFlu so bad. But it does more than that including helping with...

People have needed "Yellow Cards" to enter certain countries in the past but it's use has been minimized. We will go back to using "Yellow Cards" to travel to other states. It is already happening in Europe. Later, Dan

I was giving blood once and we were in a long narrow room that was used as a conference room. There was a set of "beds" running along each wall with not much space in between.... The Vampire Girls were already taking my blood and they stuck a needle in the guy on the other side of the room to...

Course, the other side of the coin is, does the company match a ROTH contribution? Mine does not, and to get the match, requires a 401K contribution. Funny thing is that we planned on Social Security not being available, or greatly reduced, when we retire. I suspect it will be available...

I had beavers on some property I owned last century. Told the story more than once on TBN. :mad: :) Bottom line was that the beavers were killing trees, some over a century old, and flooding out a major part of the property. They had to go. Long story short, and it was mentioned a bit up...

Sounds like yellow jackets to me. Vicious little buggers. Once was clearing a trail with a friend of mine when I was a kid. Got near a nest and we got swarmed. I got bit worse than my friend mostly on my head of all places, but many stings on my hand. My hand swelled up like a softball...

OHHhhhhhh, you are one of THOSE guys who asks for The Grey Poupon! :eek::LOL::ROFLMAO::LOL: Seriously though, last year we were on a trip and staying at place with a kitchen so we could prepare our own food. The local store has a brand of mustard we do not have locally. One was a horse...

The NC governor was talking recently about spending huge sums of money to improve rural internet service. Course, huge sums have already been spent, but my county has seen very little improvement by this spending... This is a common problem around the world, and I saw that in Ireland, they had...

One of the strangest, and hard to believe, mowing accidents I read about, most likely on TBN, was a guy they found dead on his tractor. Took a while to figure out what happened and at first they thought it was health related. His mower had kicked up a fence stable or nail, which bounced off a...

Being spit on, literally or figuratively, by the elements in the population can be handled, but when the command staff of the agency, and the politicians are also "spitting" at officers, there is a problem. This is why there are large numbers of officers leaving agencies. Surprise, surprise...

It was easy to remember because it was such an odd event. Some time after that power line was stolen for copper, the power company was putting up new power poles in town. They dropped off the poles along the road and I noticed that the poles had copper wire installed. Figured they must not be...

It is a shame we do not teach more history in school regarding other countries. It is normal to focus on one's country, state, locality but looking over the horizon can be very educational and put things in perspective. This is a long post, and I am trying to cram centuries of complicated...

I eventually learned that lesson. Took far too many years though. :eek: So much of the news is just gossip. Seriously. Go read the headlines, and even the story itself, and see how much is in fact, fact, versus gossip. I regularly read one local "news" source and the Wall Street Journal...

I stopped watching TV news back in the 1990's. I should have stopped sooner. 🤔 There is a TV show on PBS that every one should see before being able to vote. It was called the military and the media, or some such, and was done back in the mid to late 1980's. I have looked for the show on...

This winter was weird. It never got really cold, I don't think we got into the low 20's, much less teens, and certainly not in single digits this winter. However, it was never really warm either. We usually get a warm spell but not this winter. Then there was the rain. The average last...

I don't think it is a problem with "modern American" life but just life. Other countries have it far worse with noise, congestion, rules,... Can't imagine what it is like to live in China, and I have visited China, nor Russia, Cuba, Venezuela, Pakistan, ... In those places, and others, the...

Mental illness and/or wanting to be "famous" and/or just wanting to hurt people... Later, Dan

Pulling this from deep down in the memory dump.... Eddie, didn't you have a problem, or maybe it was your neighbors, where someone STOLE the power line years ago? Well, decades ago? Hooked a truck up to the cable and pulled it down the road? Later, Dan

Back in the 90's I was on a mailing list, where one of the members was in Canada. His job was working with the CA health system to get care for people in a timely manner. Good thing that was his job because he had a very serious health issue that required surgery NOW or he would likely die...

I don't know if you need ditches, but the water has to get off the road and stay off the road. Our shared road has been graded, and even had ABC gravel added, but the road bed is not high enough to drain properly. We get pot holes in the same place, time and time again. Until we pay to do...

We got the cord a decade or so ago and should have done it sooner. Don't miss a thing from pay TV. We have been on vacation where pay for TV was included in the room and it was even worse than what we used to buy. Could not find a thing to watch on 100+ channels. Seriously. The first two...

Design is an iterative process. Design to a price point is even more iterative. I designed our house. I took three years of drafting in high school, and from what I can tell, it is not taught any more, which is a shame since I use the skills from those classes all of the time. The first...

Yep, Walken and Wagner know something they ain't saying. They were on a 55 foot boat. 55 feet is a big boat, but it is still a boat, and thus has small, close spaces. It is hard to believe that the captain of the boat, Walken and Wagner did NOT know what happened. The boat is/was a sport...

Seems like every few years someone "has new information" about her death and the answer remains the same. There are quite a few deaths of men falling off boats when they wee over the side. Never heard of a woman falling in for this reason much less dying. :unsure: Lots of people out there...

Yep, I remember when Crane was killed and it is odd that the murder has not been solved. You would think that someone knows something. My theory was that the irate husband or boyfriend, of a woman that Crane was fooling around with, killed Crane. If that was the case, one would expect the...

Interesting things I read/heard about some of the cast of Hogan's Heros a while ago. There are some interviews on YouTube of actors from the old TV shows that are interesting. I watched a video of Robert Clary, and maybe Werner Klemperer ,where they mentioned that some of the actors on Hogan's...

Our house is built on a slab. There is a quarry 5ish air miles away. We hear, well FEEL, explosions a couple of times a week. Usually, Tuesday and Wednesday around 11:00ish. The only thing we can figure is we can hear/feel explosions at the quarry. :eek: We heard/felt an explosion today...

While I would love to have the DNA tests done, there is no way to secure you privacy and make it anonymous. There are ways to send in your sample so you are anonymous, but with the DNA, they can figure WHO you are based on other people's DNA. It does not mater how one hid their tracks with...

Or they are Phoning Home....:ROFLMAO::D:LOL: Later, Dan

I gave up watching TV "news" decades ago. No use watching that scat show.... What I find ironically funny, yet sad and pathetic, is that Cuomo gets into trouble for sexual harassment, but barely a whisper when he orders people with The Virus into nursing homes, and said order kills thousands...

When I was a teenager I worked on a farm mostly splitting firewood for the summer. :eek: The farmer was cutting down trees for firewood that did not have saw timber value. He had hired a guy to cut down the trees that had saw value. My understanding was that the farmer was paying the guy by...

You did not have an issue because you hired a forester. Many people do not know how to sell timber and their lack of knowledge costs them dearly. We used a forester who cruised our timber so we knew WHAT and HOW MUCH we had to sell. He set up the timber sale, which was closed bid, held just...

People get ripped off selling timber as well as just having trees stolen. I used to work with a very smart woman who had some rural property with trees. She sold the timber to some guy that contacted her out of the blue. She did not have the timber cruised, had no idea what she was selling...

You are welcome. Very sorry for your loss. Taking a beating would be easier would be easier to handle.... :( Later, Dan

I don't see StarLink throttling data. I don't think they will need to do that at all, but as someone else said, even throttled, it would be better than CenturyStinks 1.5 mbps we get now. Right now we have DSL that we use as a back up and for the kids. We have two DSL lines. Are primary...

One of my father in laws dogs, might have been his last one, got old and sick. The dog was at it's end. One day, my father in law got up to go outside, and when he opened the door, the dog ran out and would not return when called. The dog just disappeared. The dog had NEVER done that before...

Unreal.... Sad... Awful... Not going to even ask the obvious. :eek: Later, Dan

Thanks! Will have to see if we bet this on Britbox. It sounds interesting. We watched a three part series on Britbox that was from/about Ireland in the 50's, or maybe early 60's. Very good, kinda dark and should have had more episodes. Three was too few...

TBN has had its share of nasty property line disputes... MDBarbs was epic, depressing but educational, though very expensive for him, Help! I need legal advice re: easements. It went on for five years or so. o_O Later, Dan

I have been wondering if the reason people have not be given access to StarLink is because of the lack capacity to build the dishes instead of the number of satellites. The satellites seem to be up there for many locations, so is the "slow" roll out due to lack of dishes? Later, Dan

My impression is that the British and Irish treat November 11, their Remembrance Day or Veterans Day, a bit more widely than we do. They seem to have monuments all over the place to pay respect to their dead during WWI. Some of the monuments have been put up recently too. We stood at a one...

Yes, but could it be removed easily by the passengers? That is the question. The ones in Dublin looked to be easy to move out of the way by the passengers. I just saw a photo of the DUCK that sank. It did not show the very top of the DUCK but what could be seen, it looks like the fabric...

There are other websites that show weather and moving wind speed/direction. They certainly help one visualize the weather. I looked at the link and they don't say which weather model they are using. I am assuming the US model since it is free. The other weather model people use is the...

So much red tape in the US is because of lawsuits or fear of lawsuits. When we were in Ireland we stopped at a very small port that had a mix of private boats as well as some pretty large trawlers. There was a boat ramp into the water where kids were wading and swimming, not sure that was a...

Another interesting tid bit in the link, is about the photo of the execution of Bay Lop by Major General Ngoc Loan. Many years ago, I remember reading/hearing what the photographer, Eddie Adams, said about the events of the photo, which is almost always missing in any discussion of the photo...

<sigh> I guess it is our turn. Our 13-14 year old Goodman HVAC system has a leak. The HVAC guy was out today, and since our unit has the older refrigerant, we need to have a new condenser and evaporator. <sigh> Long story short, the condenser unit is a good 65 foot run to the...

To give one an idea how busy the waterway is in the Malacca Straights and near Singapore, here is a screen shot from MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence | AIS Marine Traffic You can click on the image to make it readable. :) The ships are picked up on AIS which is a VHF...

Another reason to NOT mix batteries, I might have mentioned this but it is good to repeat, is that different batteries, even of the same type and AH, can require different charging voltage. One needs to check the battery manual for proper charging voltage at a given temperature THEN see what...

I have been reading up on batteries for boats. Not start batteries but the type and capacity of batteries one needs to live on a boat where your power is stored in batteries and one might have 1,000-2,000 Amp Hours of 12 volt batteries. Reading what electricians that deal with these batteries...

12 years ago,:shocked: a woman named Rox joined TBN to talk about tractors and farming. What made Rox a bit unusual is that she is one of the few TBN woman and her "farm" is an olive orchard in Provence France. Rox is an American, and if I remember correctly, her husband Nico is/was a...

:laughing::laughing::laughing: Showing my age here... The visual in my head when you said, "when they change the vial twice and fill er' up." was of the old time oil cans where you had to stick in the spout to pour the oil.... :D:D:D Later, Dan

I can remember seeing baby gators for sale in gas stations and roadside attractions in Florida. Used to be able to buy them at Gatorland which is one of the few surviving roadside tourist attractions in FLA. To enter Gatorland you had to walk through the gator's mouth...

These guys fly over my house constantly. You ain't paranoid if it is true.... Just say'n. :rolleyes::shocked::laughing::laughing::laughing: Later, Dan

We heat the house with a wood stove, but last week, when the temperatures were down in single digits and the highs were in the low/mid 20s, the wood stove could not keep up with the cold. :rolleyes: That meant the living room was at 72 instead of 80 and the Wifey was not happy. :laughing: I...

You can save your placemarks by opening the Places side bar, highlighting the Placemarks, and right mouse click to Save Place As. You can open the file, if the placemarks get erased by File-Open Later, Dan

Now, if you are going to squeeze a duck for juice, you need a duck press. The French have been doing this for danged near forever. :eek::laughing::laughing::laughing: From https://blog.foodservicewarehouse.com/weird-kitchen-gadget-duck-press/ You can go to the page and follow the link to...

After 214 PAGES of posts, I can't believe the TBN Brain Trust has not figure it out yet..... From, Firefighters build record truck with beer crates - The Local My guess, is that the pallets were going to be used to build a big Pallet Tractor. Mostly likely, a nice JD Green pallet tractor...

Here is something I learned recently that really surprised me. Did you know that France still has territory in North America? I did not know this, I thought with the UK fighting France for Canada, and the US fighting the UK for Canada, that when it was all said in done, the UK got all of the...

Early this year, a man was killed at a logging operation when a pine was dropped on the excavator the guy was running. :shocked: The pine hit right smack on the operator station on the excavator. If the pine had been three feet left or right the guy would have lived. :eek: Later, Dan

The Washington Post had a very unique map that shows two possible arcs along which the last none ping was received. One arc is north of, and the other is south of, Malaysia. The article does not say why there are two arcs but I assume it is because the possible positions along the arcs are...

I have been reading quite a bit about cruising around the world on a number of different websites. One of these websites, http://www.noonsite.com/General/Piracy, has extensive coverage of piracy events going back years. Last night, I read the incidents they knew about in 2013. There were only...

Last night, I watched a documentary on PBS about the Apollo 17 moon mission which was the last mission to the moon. The show was very interesting but what really got my attention was the use of duct tape to fix the moon rover! You can't make up stuff like this! :laughing: The short summary...

EE_bota died back in October and I did not notice the announcement,http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/family-friends-announcements-notices/295319-ee_bota-has-passed.html, on the Family and Friends section of TBN until yesterday. EE's guest book closes on 11/16/2013 which only gives TBNers three...

OH NO!!!!!! Later, Dan

I can't believe your wifey was upset seeing these guys: :laughing::laughing::laughing: Later, Dan

I was shocked at the the price of the trip I linked previously. I read the PDF file when Hogan announced the trip and it sure sounded interesting but then I read the price! :shocked::laughing::laughing::laughing: I figured I would have to buy or rent about $20,000 worth of gear to go on that...

I saw a video in the last week or two of a kid at a small wave pool start to drown. The pool was full of kids and when the child starts to drown, none of the other kids reacted to the child struggling in the water. It took the lifeguard about seven seconds to see the child in trouble and...

I saw this article today about RVing. The writer used to be a very funny columnist for the N&O in Raleigh. He retired what seemed like only a few years ago, but it turns out it was back in 2007! What he had to say was really interesting and fits into TBN conversations about RVing and...

Guys Guys Guys Moss does not put an umbrella in his drink... Unless he is wearing his bright Hawaiian shirt and straw hat and mixing with Hawaiian punch. :shocked::laughing::laughing::laughing: Funny thing is that I have not seen most of the booze ya'll are talking about. :confused3: I...

All of the talk of Crawdad head sucking reminded me of a cooking show with Julia Childs and I think Jacques Pepin. They were cooking lobsters and after they cut one open they went ga ga fro the lobster Tomalley. From Wikipedia: Childs and Pepin went after the tomalley like it was crack...

Tis around 35ish this morning and we are getting more rain. The ground is saturated and has been for weeks so not tractor usage. Supposed to rain all day, end this evening, clear out on Sunday but then start raining again on Monday. Good thing we have kayaks and a canoe otherwise I would be...

There is an pool club in our town that is very old and small. It is the only pool in the county that I know of that is not part of a development. I would guess the pool has to be at least 40 years old, and when it was built, there was nothing around the site. As a result, the pool has a bit...

I usually just fold up a dish towel which has always worked okey dokey but for some reason I got distracted twice and got burned. I use a set of red manly man welding gloves for working around the wood stove so I was thinking about just buying a set for the kitchen. Instead I just ordered this...

Going into the 70s again today. Yesterday was actually muggy. :confused3: High winds were forecast for today when the cold front arrives. The wind is here and I the rain will be soon. Last week we were freezing, this week we are nice and warm, but tomorrow the cold comes back. Not as bad...

Interesting that you had the fog as well. That stuff moved in around lunch time on Friday. I don't know that I have ever seen fog in the afternoon. The fog stayed around until Saturday afternoon and FINALLY left. We went from dark and gloomy to blinding light streaming through the windows...

I pick the brand that is cheapest, yet has the thickest foil. It does not take much foil to cover my head and I figure the thickest foil would provide the best protection from the mind rays. I need to buy cheaper foil because the hats tend to wear out and any little hole in the hats will let...

Since she is trying to upgrade her photo skills, think seriously of buying a used camera. I am lucky in that there are still a couple of camera stores locally, well, 30-60 minutes drive local :laughing:, and I would buy used equipment from them. That is saying something because I do NOT like...

Merry Christmas! :santahat::frosty::xmastree::holidaylight::candycane::mistletoe::ornament::stocking::snowman::present: The kids woke us up at 0545! :shocked: :laughing::laughing::laughing: Twas better than 0400 a few years ago. :D:D:D By 0800 gifts and stockings were opened and...

Warm this morning and the high temp is supposed to be in the 60s. Supposed to be some nasty weather hitting this evening and tonight. I had day old coffee, scrambled eggs, and apple bread toast for breakfast. :licking: Dehydrated about 10 pounds of apples yesterday and made almond crackers...

Almost freezing this morning. We started a fire last night and I let it die out early in the morning but the house was still at 73 when we got up. I have split by hand a cord of wood over the last few days. I think today's chore will be apple drying and almond cracker making...

Did the bunny have long legs, kinda tall, have long blonde hair, and wearing a skimpy outfit? :D:D:D Supposed to have had heavy rain yesterday and we got sprinkles. Just enough to stop me from working. Then a big storm was to hit over night but thankfully it missed us. Forecast called for...

Thanks. I will give it a shot. :laughing::laughing::laughing: Later, Dan

Rained yesterday and more today though it has cleared out for the moment. The lows might have made it into the mid 40's the last couple of nights with highs in the upper 50's and lower 60s. We let the fire die out a few days ago and the house has maintained mid to upper 70s. If the rain...

I last saw one of the albino's back in September in our front yard. We never saw them near the house but one day one of the twins walked across the front yard. I hope nobody shoots them during the hunting season but I am afraid someone will. The albinos were pretty safe where that...

Seeing the albinos is/was something special, especially at night and/or in fog or rain. The albinos looked like spirits in the forest especially if they were a good distance in the forest. Very spooky looking. The whiteness of the albinos really stood out in the forest. Your eyes are drawn...

MossFlowerWoods thread about white tails reminded me to tell the tale of the albino twin white tails. Hopefully, the resident TBN Grammar POlice will approve my usage of tail and tales. ;):laughing::laughing::laughing: We got lucky a last year in that there were twin fawns born. We see quite...

Ivory Bills require old stands of pine trees that are cleared with wild fires which is a very specific environment. Wolves live all over the world in areas that really surprised me. This is from File:Wolf distr.gif - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Surviving in those locations really...

There is a privately owned website and chat list for my county. The chat list is used to talk about things going on in the county and on Friday's business advertisements are sent out. A fair number of the conversations are recommendations for plumbers, sparky's, etc. Someone posted today that...

:thumbsup: Well, that was danged cute. :D:D:D I am going to use SDC on the kids. :D:D:D Good One. Later, Dan

I figured that shirt was a rag he put on to keep his good clothes from getting dirty..... :p:laughing::laughing::laughing: Later, Dan

You are SO right about the open enrollment being a PTIA and having a job with benefits! :thumbsup: Later, Dan

Can you attach Bullwinkle, or is that Bambi, to your hardhat? :laughing::laughing::laughing: Toppop's weather is like mine. Overcast this morning but not too cold. I think it was 50 when I woke up. We did not need a fire last night but it was 72 this morning so I fired up the wood stove...

Tried to sleep in but the dog got me up at her usual time so she could go outside. :( Not too cold to day, it was in the mid 40's when I got up with the dog and sun. I let the fire burn out over night buy the house was still at 75. Waited for everyone else to get moving and made coffee...

Removing the leaves from the forest floor will allow MOSS to grow. :D We know that was the real plan, GrowMoreMoss(GMM), not deer stalking. :laughing::laughing::laughing: My FIL has no grass in the yard. He is deep in the woods and he keeps the leaves off the ground so he can grow moss...

My FIL went from Might Hunger to Nap Hunter many years ago. :laughing: Wifey calls him Rip Van Winkle. He takes the dog and rifle for a walk in the woods. He hunts for a nice napping spot with a tree, sits down, and "hunts" while snoozing. :D:D:D Later, Dan

Throw in some cinnamon and cloves as well. If later in the day, a dash of alcohol seems to help. :laughing::laughing::laughing: I started buying candied ginger instead of trying to keep fresh ginger in the house. The candied ginger keeps very well. I eat a piece every once in awhile but...

Roy, Congratulations on the new job. Getting an interview is hard enough but actually landing a job in this day and age is impressive. Not sure if you know it..... But it is COLD in Vermont! :D:D:D I hope the hiring package package included a couple of Vermont stoves to keep you warm...

Mr. MossFlowerRoad reminded me of this thead... It was 38ish when I got up. Had scrambled eggs from our chickens. Through in some chives that we grew. Yummy. I am finishing off the coffee waiting for it to warm up outside a bit. Work has been crazy busy. I keep trying to take a day or...

I had to look.... Wish I had not.... This aint me.... Nor was that me... Nope, not I. :laughing: What was most disturbing is that I clicked on an image and it took me to a TBN Member of the Month... Somehow one of my images is linked to MossFlowerWoods! NOOOOOOOOOOO...

We have been looking to buy a vacuum sealer aka FoodSaver for years. The problem was that every time I would start researching models and brands, the number of bad reviews scared me away. For the last week or so I started up researching again and the reviews were bothering me. They still are...

Be very careful that it is not the Deer Lady or Deer Woman.... Just Say'n..... :laughing::laughing::laughing: The Deer Woman is from North American Indian lore about a beautiful temptress who is part human and deer. If one does not notice her deer hooves, one falls under her spell and...

O TBN Hams, TBN Hams, where art thou TBN Hams? :laughing: We are tired of paying Directv half a decent car payment each month, and finding nothing to watch, so we are getting ready to cancel the service. We are using Netflix and Amazon Prime for streaming but we do watch some gardening and...

We have been looking at food dehydrators for years. The round models I have seen have not seen large enough the reviews have been iffy at times. We eat quite a bit of dried fruits and we are planning to plant Blueberries and Apples this fall so it was time to look at dehydrators again. I read...

On another thread, I think it was one about protecting chickens from foxes and coyotes, I mentioned that the NC WRC had a survey early this year or late last year about allowing the hunting of coyotes at night with a light. This is currently illegal in NC. Today I got an email from the NC WRC...

For a couple of years our youngest has wanted chickens. She is always wanting something. :o I long suspected that the wifey also wanted chickens but was letting the child be the lead on the chick acquisition mission. :) A month or so back we they bought six chickens and I had to build a...

Ran the wood stove over the weekend and it almost went out Sunday morning but I figured it was just cold enough to stoke it back up. That was a mistake. It got warmer outside quicker than I thought and before long the house was at 86. :o:D Twas a bit cold Monday morning but the house was...

I saw the add for this pump in Grit magazine. Bison Deep Well Hand Water Pumps The pump will work for wells up to 200 feet deep. It is not cheap, the above ground "pump" is $790. The cylinder in the well is another $438. Eight foot sections connecting the two are $52 each. It sure ain't...

I could have sworn I had a thread on well house design but I could not find it. It was interesting reading the titles on the threads I created many years ago. :D We need a well house. When we built the house, I built a box that is roughly 5'x5'x5', as a temporary cover for the well. This...

WHAT! It is warmer up in Yankee Land than down here in Dixie! :laughing: Temp was 20 this morning at the house. The house is on a slight hill. Our gate is at the bottom of the hill and it was 14! Later, Dan

Last summer I was running the tractor and noticed that the FEL was jerking/shuddering when being raised. The tractor needed engine oil/filter, coolant and hydraulic fluid/filter changes so I parked the tractor until I had time to do the work. Work was requiring seven day work weeks over the...

Pretty much the same here in central NC. :D The rain stopped from last night and not a cloud in the sky. I might be able to work on the tractor this afternoon. :) Kept the fire going over night and the house was at 78 this morning. Might be 80 by now. :laughing: The temp fell to the high...

I was up late on Saturday night. Sleeping in a bit late on Sunday when I hear the wife say to the kids, "Maybe something fell and that is why we do not have water." Hearing "...we do not have water." got me quickly out of bed. :o Turned out the water supply had frozen up. We had had 2-3...

Maybe the drawing will help explain what I meant. Instead of using a PVC pipe cast in the post to bolt the boards. How about a slot in the post to bolt the boards. The slot would give wiggle room to adjust the board. Later, Dan

We have a 35 inch CRT TV we bought for about $1,000 in 2005. The room needs a bigger TV. It needed a bigger TV in 2005 since we had a 20 inch TV that was unviewable in the new house. :D The CRT was the best bang for the buck at the time. But bigger would have been better.... Last year I...

A tractor mowing on I95 was hit by a tractor trailer yesterday. The mower operator was killed. The semi hit two safety trucks before hitting the tractor which was mowing the median. The guy that was killed was working with his brother and son. The son was injured as well. Man killed after...

My area has had quite a few tractor deaths and injuries lately.... One was a guy who had is foot and hand taken off in a chipper. :o The latest one and the strangest is http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/27/704921/rameses-owner-fights-for-his-life.html. This farmer owns the Ram that is the...

Just ran across these old color slides. Enjoy. Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943 Plog Photo Blog Later, Dan

The motorcycle threads made me think of this again... My intention is to NOT start the debate over whether one should or should not wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle..... Though I guess it is inevitable. :D A few years ago I read an article which I THINK might have been in Car & Driver...

Last Friday. Which was the 13th. :eek: I was driving with my wife and youngest when we got into a near head on collision at an intersection. We were very lucky in that I saw what was about to happen and was able to brake and turn which kept the accident from being much much worse. The...

I have been reading about the fire(s) that kill so many people down under. Pretty danged horrible. Thoughts and Prayers for those WAY down south in Australia. :) SOUNDS REAL bad. Later, Dan

Over the holidays I finally decided to get a framing nail gun. I have been looking off and on for years to get one but I could not justify the spending money. But now I have a bunch of projects that a nail gun would speed up. So I started researching. My primary requirements for the nail...

Just a heads up for TBNers.... I noticed right around XMAS that the mortgage rates had dropped under 5% for a 30 year mortgage! :eek: I thought when I got a 7% loan on my old city house that I was getting a deal. I could not buy a house in the mid/late 80s since the interest rates were...

Sounds like a strange question I know.... :) My 3PH log splitter has legs. I am not sure how steady the splitter is when its NOT attached to the 3PH but when I bought the splitter I figured it could be used standalone with the tractor providing hydraulic pressure. So I sized my lines to...

Sunday I was finally able to get some tractor work done. I have been working 10-15 hour days plus weekends. But that is over and I can finally start catching up on my chores. Way behind I am. :rolleyes: I had figured I had about 8 hours of mowing to do and I almost took a half a day from...

They DIY insulation blower thread pushed me to finally ask a question to the TBN Brain Trust. Our HVAC system is in our attic. The heat pump is outside but all of the duct work and blowers are in the attic. Not a big deal except that in my area we are supposed to have R35ish in the attic...

This was a VERY strange story. Dont read it Eddie. :D Special Forces soldier killed by snake bites :: WRAL.com The soldier was Special Forces trainee down at Ft. Bragg doing a land navigation exercise. He went missing after one check point. After 21 hours of searching his body was...

Just saw this story. Farmer sends message to neighbors with car fence :: WRAL.com Had to laugh. :D Later, Dan

Just saw this on a news page, Breitbart.tv ｻ 80-Year-Old Woman Defends Dog, Ranch From Mountain Lion With Deadly Shot. Its an 80 year old women who killed a mountain lion that was after her dog. She shot it with a 22. And wants it back to get it stuffed so she can talk about it for years to...

Last spring we had a wind storm that brought down three oak trees somewhat near the house. One tree is firewood size, roughly 15 inches in diameter. The other two are something else. Some of the largest trees we have. One is close to 34-36 inches DBH and has a good 40-50 feet of straight...

We had two HUGE oak tree blow down a few months ago in a windstorm. The one tree looks to be 36 inchs at the stump. The other one I have not quite made it to the stump yet. I cut a trail with the DR mower and chainsaw to the trees so the tractor can get in to get out the logs. This weekend...

I just bought a log splitter the runs off the tractor hydraulics. It works fine and I'm happy with it since its splits the ugly wood I could not split by hand. The manual said to make sure that the high/low hydraulic hoses where connected to the proper ports on the value. I have a Power...

I'm in a quandry or at least I have a new one to add the list. :D I need a log splitter to replace the old Mark I Manual Wood Splitter. Me. :) The choices I'm down to are a Troybilt 5.5 HP Honda powered splitter at Lowes for $1300ish. Or an Iron and Oak 3PH hydraulic splitter for $1300...

A week or so I heard what had to be a mouse. The problem, besides a mouse in the house, was that it was in our closet. Our closet has built in cabinets and the mouse was under one of them. I could not figure out how it got in, much less got out. But that was the first and last I heard the...

I remember a discussion years ago on TBN about MarkC working in hot weather to the point he got heat exhuastion. At the time we had a member, RCH, who was a doc and wrote up a formula for a "sports" drink. Turns out the discussion was in 2000. What is amazing to me is that I guessed the year...

We have a heat pump HVAC system that gets used about three months of the year. This past heating season I think it ran less then five times since we heat primarily with wood. We will likely start using it this month or next and then the AC will run until sometime in September. Will running...

Driving home tonight I passed a house where I have seen a guy working with a JD tractor. I think its a 7xx or 9xx tractor but I can't tell since the road curves and I can't get a good look at the tractor. Today I drove by and the man had the FEL a good six feet in the air. And he was standing...

I just received my latest NC FB magazine and they had an article on ROPS and older tracgtors. If you are an NC FB member they will pay up to $300 to put a ROPS on a tractor that is lacking one. Maybe other FB in other states have such a program. They also mentioned that most tractor...

On our survey we have a road and there is a 50 foot MBL that follows the road. I USED to know what MBL stood for but I can't remember. I have tried some web searches but no luck! What does it mean? Thanks, Dan

I get a newsletter from Blackstone Labs which does my oil testing. Their latest newsletter has a story is kinda funny but the real, and scary, story is at the bottom of the page. Blackstone Labs newslettter Later, Dan

Boondox is having a good conversation on wood splitters and I don't want to hijack the thread. For those of you with wood splitters, how many cords per hour/day can you split? Right now I split my wood with a 6 or 8 pound maul. I can do about a 1/6 of a cord in a couple of hours. My guess is...

Well I finally got the ring to move and replaced my fuel filter. JD came out and under warranty replaced the wire from the battery to the starter. Seems like the assembly can melt so they are replacing them on at least 4700s. Mine was fine though. So with a new cable, coolent, fuel filter...

I have a 4700. Saturday I changed the oil and filter as well as the engine coolent. Figured while I have the FEL and engine panels off I'll change the fuel filter..... I can't get the ring that hold the fuel filter bowl and filter to move. The ring looks like a gear. I have used my strap...

Has anyone had used/owned the DR Brush Mower/Finish Mower or generator? How did it work? Is it reliable? DR has a "sale" going on until 10/13 that is 20% off. They always seem to have a sale going on with 10% to 15% being the usual. While I have a JD4700 with a MX 6 there are places that...

I just saw this tid bit. "...Occupational exposure to mineral oils, particularly hydraulic and motor oils, may increase risk for rheumatoid arthritis in certain genetically susceptible individuals." Link To Study Summary I think the key words are occupational meaning lots of exposure. May...

Just saw this horrible accident in our area. A 12 year old and a man where riding horses along a major road when the kids horse spooked for some reason and ran into the road. The horse and child where hit by a semi and killed. The semi tried to miss but there was nothing he could do. The...

My quick connect hydraulic couplers have been siezing up with crud and corrosion and thus are not really quick connects anymore. I have replaced a couple sets over the last few months. I took off the 3ph and the my hydraulic toplink to put on the backhoe and sure enough the couplers for the...

Either last week or the week before there was an article in the Wall Street Journal about a Gas to Liquid plant being built in Qatar to produce diesel. The plant is huge 50 acres are some outrageous size and will convert gas, which Qatar has huge reserves, into diesel fuel and other petro...

There sure are alot of people building Pole Barns! My plans have been on and off again for years but this time I have to do something so here is what I'm thinking about building. I don't like the idea of wood below grade. I know it can be done but I ain't doing it. What I plan on doing...

I did not want to hijack the Dead Tree For Firewood discussion even though it was very timely, as usual for TBN, for my firewood question. I had numerous trees that fell during Hurricane Fran which I think was in 1996. There was a big oak that fell down, at least 30 inches at the stump. I cut...

Since we have a few truck and tire threads, here is another. I have a F350 Crew Cab with an 8 foot bed. The tires are Steeltex Load Range E that where on the truck when I bought it new. They are wearing fine on the rear but the fronts have strange wear patterns. I wish I had a digital...

All of the fence discussions focused my thinking on what kind of fence(s) we are going to need at our place. Our house should be done in November and we have two requirements for fences. The most immediate requirement is to keep our dog in on the house lot. The one dog will eventually be...

I just saw an article on Bank Rate regarding disaster aid. The link to the story is SBA Disaster Loans . Basically if a storm victim has damage they can get low interest rate loan of up to a 30 year term to cover repairs to a primary residence and its contents. They have to go through FEMA...

Has anyone bought the Markham Pallet Forks? I have searched TBN and I see people talking about getting the forks but I have not seen anyone who has actually purchased. Markham is near enough to me that I can travel to pick up the forks. I would prefer pallet forks that attach to the bucket...

What does the TBN Brain Trust know about supplying combustion air to fireplaces and wood stoves? I have searched the Internet and found some information but not alot. My FIL has a massive stone fireplace in his house. Its big enough to be used as a divider between the living and dining rooms...

To make sure the Dino Vs Synthetic Debate never dies, here is what I have learned over the last 6,200 miles on Rotella T 5w/40 oil. I decided to try this oil to see if it would help starting the truck on cold mornings. The truck has always started but it sure does not like it when it is...

OK, I have read the MX 6 manual twice and I still don't see the answer. How in the heck do I change the gearbox oil on my MX6? I checked the oil this weekend and it looked like margerine. I'm guessing condensation got into the gearbox so I want to change the oil. I don't see a drain...

We have been trying to close on the construction loan to build our house since January. Lots of problems with the bank. For the entire time we have been dealing with the bank on this loan the plan was to use the land as the down payment to get our 20% into the loan to avoid PMI. We have...