Texas Fall/Winter thread!

[Bob77064]

Ice is very hard to drive on with any vehicle, snow is much easier.

 

[blueriver]

I managed to go to work for a few hours this afternoon. Temps were already beginning to fall when I got home, and with my driveway in the shade, it never melted. Had a very thin layer of liquid on top of an inch of ice. So, after sliding a bit, hoping to get into the drive, with no luck, my truck is now parked in a dry area between the house and the barn. Even that took a little effort Might be noontime tomorrow before I try to drive it out of here again. I've had enough ice to last me a lifetime, in this one event!

I bet is was tough walking in those spiked black heels !!!

 

[Bird]

Maybe it's just my old memory fading, but I can remember some times when this area had some colder weather, and I can remember some times when we had more serious ice storms with even worse driving conditions than we've had lately, but I can't remember the ice and low temperatures ever lasting this long here. With the clear skies and sunshine today, the rain gutter downspouts on the south side of the house had water running out of them this afternoon, but the ones on the north side of the house show nothing but ice.

 

[farmgirl19]

I bet is was tough walking in those spiked black heels !!!

It was, but at least those heels make my tush look good, even under all those layers of clothes! :laughing:

 

[NativeSon]

It was, but at least those heels make my tush look good, even under all those layers of clothes! :laughing:

Add more layers of clothes when having to work out on the ice........protect the tush at all cost.

Charlie

 

[Western]

25* and still allot of ice, kinda getting old. Have 13 more jobs to do for this contract year and getting further behind every stink'n day!

 

[farmgirl19]

Add more layers of clothes when having to work out on the ice........protect the tush at all cost.

Charlie

Thanks! I think protecting the tush is important too!

 

[pacerron]

I got the impression that Blueriver was talking about food. I don't consider hormones as food. What about antibiotics? Female hormones and antibiotics are common in poultry production.

IMO blueriver is doing an excellent job of trying to produce a healthy meat product. Whether his practices are individual or as a result of a group of producers that he is affiliated with they go far beyond the term "Natural"
That does not mean that we can expect "Natural" from other producers to be the same practices, which was my point.
Since we are what we eat, and you brought up questions concerning hormones, antibiotics and poultry, here are a couple interesting references
that tie food production and labeling together.

Food Politics » Yes, one more post on the meaning of “natural”

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/co...ling-terms/meat-and-poultry-labeling-terms#14

 

[farmgirl19]

And even more scary is that the FDA is going to allow chickens to be imported from China. Last I heard, this past summer, FDA has given approval. What many don't realize, is that, some already are imported from China, and still called "product of USA". If it is hatched here, it can then be sent to China for grow out and processing, then frozen and shipped back here as USA product. At least one of the "major names" in your supermarket do that.

Also, since arsenic is considered an element, and not a drug, producers of poultry use it to add weight gain, and the levels are not regulated, as an antibiotic would be. You should see some of the levels of arsenic found in chickens, bought at your local grocer, and sent to independent labs for testing. And yes, some growers are worse than others. Pilgrim's Pride used to be free of added stuff, such as that, but since Bo Pilgrim died, I have not seen how things are changing there, other than the name on the package.

As blueriver said, chickens are a whole 'nother story. If you think eating chicken is healthier, you might be surprised, unless you raise your own. And if you buy eggs at the grocer, and get some that come from chickens fed organic scratch and free roaming, when you crack one of each and put them in the skillet side by side, you can see a HUGE difference. There is as much difference in taste too, as between raw milk and the stuff you buy in the stores that is called milk.

There is no definition to "Natural". I am aware of that. From the PM I rec'd, I think blueriver and I are talking the same language, and meanings/understandings. I do laugh at the items in grocery stores called "all natural". That doesn't always mean healthy. After all, my dogs' poop is all natural, but I sure wouldn't want to eat it!

 

[jinman]

Got more robo-calls last night from Alvord School District. School is closed today, too. This is the longest string of closures I can ever remember. They don't want to run buses because the daytime melt/nighttime refreeze makes the county roads very treacherous at 6:00 AM when the buses run. With 4" of sleet-pack on some roads, this event has really had a slow healing process. We don't get this weather normally in the dead of winter, much less in the late fall. It had me actually looking at and pricing a hydraulic angled snowplow yesterday. I'm just not sure I want to spend $3700+ on a nice plow that may sit most of the time.