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Post by urbino on Jun 1, 2022 0:15:47 GMT -5
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Post by Silver on Jun 1, 2022 0:29:08 GMT -5
Hope all is well with them. |
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Post by urbino on Jun 1, 2022 0:36:30 GMT -5
Yep, they're good, thanks. Going back this weekend to help with a little project.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 1, 2022 8:53:51 GMT -5
Up to $8.00 a gallon in LA today. š I just saw that California gas stations are reprogramming their pumps to remove the tenths of a cent from the display. This will allow them to go over $10 a gallon. Most pumps can also measure litres, so they can now go up to $99.99/litre. |
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Post by sperrytops on Jun 1, 2022 11:48:41 GMT -5
Sitting out on the deck enjoying a smoke and coffee. Listening to the hum of weed eaters as they chew up the dying grass on my property. There's a couple of guys cutting away in advance of fire season. We have to have all low growth cut by mid June. A fire prevention measure. I've also been removing dead trees and shrubs. Interestingly, the only growth that seems to know how to survive drought is the indigenous growth. Plants and trees not indigenous to the area are the first to take the hit. Interestingly oaks never seem to die. They just grow old and become local folktales.
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Post by rastewart on Jun 1, 2022 12:57:31 GMT -5
... Interestingly, the only growth that seems to know how to survive drought is the indigenous growth. Plants and trees not indigenous to the area are the first to take the hit. Interestingly oaks never seem to die. They just grow old and become local folktales. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 1, 2022 13:51:03 GMT -5
Sitting out on the deck enjoying a smoke and coffee. Listening to the hum of weed eaters as they chew up the dying grass on my property. There's a couple of guys cutting away in advance of fire season. We have to have all low growth cut by mid June. A fire prevention measure. I've also been removing dead trees and shrubs. Interestingly, the only growth that seems to know how to survive drought is the indigenous growth. Plants and trees not indigenous to the area are the first to take the hit. Interestingly oaks never seem to die. They just grow old and become local folktales. We have a lot of rain here and the invasive plants are terrible. Chinese wisteria, privit, quince and more. It's a full time job to keep the yard clear. Putting up a shade sail over the front of the barn. I should have done it last month. |
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Post by adui on Jun 1, 2022 13:58:58 GMT -5
Up to $8.00 a gallon in LA today. š  DANG!!! Yet another reason to avoid going to California I guess |
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Post by toshtego on Jun 1, 2022 18:42:55 GMT -5
Sitting out on the deck enjoying a smoke and coffee. Listening to the hum of weed eaters as they chew up the dying grass on my property. There's a couple of guys cutting away in advance of fire season. We have to have all low growth cut by mid June. A fire prevention measure. I've also been removing dead trees and shrubs. Interestingly, the only growth that seems to know how to survive drought is the indigenous growth. Plants and trees not indigenous to the area are the first to take the hit. Interestingly oaks never seem to die. They just grow old and become local folktales. We have a lot of rain here and the invasive plants are terrible. Chinese wisteria, privit, quince and more. It's a full time job to keep the yard clear. Putting up a shade sail over the front of the barn. I should have done it last month. Stop bragging! Just cause you have rain, special, eh?  |
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Post by toshtego on Jun 1, 2022 18:56:46 GMT -5
My neighbor tells me he shot and killed three beavers yesterday up at the big pond. .222 with a scope. Two sank to the bottom and one died hauling out on a log.
Mixed feelings about that.
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Post by Gypo on Jun 1, 2022 20:26:24 GMT -5
My neighbor tells me he shot and killed three beavers yesterday up at the big pond. .222 with a scope. Two sank to the bottom and one died hauling out on a log.Ā Mixed feelings about that. Beavers usually float after being done in not sink |
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Post by Gypo on Jun 1, 2022 20:28:46 GMT -5
Up to $8.00 a gallon in LA today. š Ā DANG!!! Yet another reason to avoid going to California I guess Hey now we have two fine members out here sperrytops and what's his face. |
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Post by sperrytops on Jun 1, 2022 20:55:46 GMT -5
We may have the highest gas prices in the country, but they're not at 8 dollars yet. Only 6.20. But these days I'm glad I live in California. No need to go into explanations.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 1, 2022 21:47:21 GMT -5
We may have the highest gas prices in the country, but they're not at 8 dollars yet. Only 6.20. But these days I'm glad I live in California. No need to go into explanations. I'm glad you're glad. Everyone should like where they live. And we can all be thankful that we don't live in LA. |
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Post by trailboss on Jun 1, 2022 22:21:55 GMT -5
And in the words of the philosopher kings of Creamā¦ Iām so glad, Iām so glad, Iām glad, Iām glad, Iām glad.
(To live in Arizona)
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Post by bigwoolie on Jun 2, 2022 8:21:15 GMT -5
It rained this morning, which has helped cool it down a bit. Doing some riding this morning, then a couple more classes this afternoon.
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Post by Plainsman on Jun 2, 2022 8:35:06 GMT -5
Itās awful to live here. The weather is murderous, both heat and cold. The people are rude and voracious. The cost of living is sky high. Constant violence from a very high proportion of psychopaths, rapists, and home-invaders. Just awful. Please stay away, for your own good. Youāve been warned.
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Post by just ol ed on Jun 2, 2022 9:09:45 GMT -5
All my sympathy Bob. Yrs back knew a family from your area, none of those problems, kept rabid badgers as pets. Finally had to move, the damn things would die on their own, couldn't stay alive long enuf to do their jobs (sigh)
Ed "city boy" Duncan, Batavia NY
nuisance here, seasonal, major truck route to our Thruway. Pancaked polecats from big rigs...them thangs very slow-moving
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Post by taiguy66 on Jun 2, 2022 9:40:08 GMT -5
Successive medical appointments today curtesy of the VA. Canāt believe itās the first Thursday of the month already.š¤¦āāļø
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 2, 2022 9:42:25 GMT -5
It's terrible here in NE Texas too sub-zero winters and 112 degree summers. Meth heads everywhere. No places to eat. Just really awful. Y'all don't want to be here.šš¤
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 2, 2022 9:45:34 GMT -5
Rained all night and still raining. Got a couple of inches. We needed it.
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Post by toshtego on Jun 2, 2022 10:20:04 GMT -5
My neighbor tells me he shot and killed three beavers yesterday up at the big pond. .222 with a scope. Two sank to the bottom and one died hauling out on a log. Mixed feelings about that. Beavers usually float after being done in not sink Two of them sank. Possible they submerged on being shot? Shooter tells me there were blood trails from each of them. Certainly every time I shot at them over the years they immediately dove. |
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Post by Plainsman on Jun 2, 2022 11:05:40 GMT -5
As a type I am not excessively fond of engineers. Unless they are beavers.
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Post by toshtego on Jun 2, 2022 12:45:46 GMT -5
As a type I am not excessively fond of engineers. Unless they are beavers. I was not joyful at their demise but we do have a population issue; e.g. too many beavers in too small a creek. They can only expand in one direction- downstream, because there is a large concrete dam above their home pond. |
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Post by cigrmaster on Jun 2, 2022 13:02:29 GMT -5
My neighbor tells me he shot and killed three beavers yesterday up at the big pond. .222 with a scope. Two sank to the bottom and one died hauling out on a log. Mixed feelings about that. I believe that shooting any kind of animal that doesn't feed youur family is a complete piece of shite and deserves to be run over by an 18 wheeler. Hunters that kill even though they can afford to go to thee grocery stroe are also cocksuckers of the worst kind. Animals are precious and who are we that we have the right to kill them just for sport. Yeah I grew up in Boston but that shouldn't matter. killing animals for shits and giggles are total scum in my book. If I have offended anyone with my post, good, only assholes kill animals for fun. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 2, 2022 14:16:26 GMT -5
 Harris I feel what you feel, came back from S Asia didnt pick up a weapon till my son was 5, figured I owed him what I was taught, thereās killing and thereās killing, maybe in that area there is no resourse to move them, People that live in cities donāt understand what you have to do in the country, never see a bouchire, how you think chickens S and pork chops, ribeyes wind up in Albertsons coolers. Not Criticizing you Harris, I feel your pain, , I really do.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 2, 2022 14:37:12 GMT -5
My neighbor tells me he shot and killed three beavers yesterday up at the big pond. .222 with a scope. Two sank to the bottom and one died hauling out on a log.Ā Mixed feelings about that. I believe that shooting any kind of animal that doesn't feed youur family is a complete piece of shite and deserves to be run over by an 18 wheeler.Ā Hunters that kill even though they can afford to go to thee grocery stroe are also cocksuckers of the worst kind. Animals are precious and who are we that we have the right to kill them just for sport. Yeah I grew up in Boston but that shouldn't matter. killing animals for shits and giggles are total scum in my book.Ā If I have offended anyone with my post, good, only assholes kill animals for fun.Ā I don't hunt but I still find you offensive and abrasive and a bunch of other -Ives! ššš¤ |
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Post by Plainsman on Jun 2, 2022 14:41:02 GMT -5
What pain? Harris has been shot by a hunter? I feed my family with a rifle when it comes to meat. I donāt call non- or even anti-hunters by foul names. But if you need to express your purity and your good-guy-ness with low-brow language, go right ahead
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Post by just ol ed on Jun 2, 2022 14:50:39 GMT -5
don't enter this thread all that often, never owned gun, never cowboys & indians in the day (or after 911 was cowboys & muslims as was mentioned). no hunt/fish. Raised in suburb of Rochester, NY. Can appreciate both sides of this issue. Still no pity if can smell results of a polecat flattened by a semi in front of my house during "season"!
Otherwise, mr. neutral Ed
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Post by toshtego on Jun 2, 2022 18:40:45 GMT -5
My neighbor tells me he shot and killed three beavers yesterday up at the big pond. .222 with a scope. Two sank to the bottom and one died hauling out on a log. Mixed feelings about that. I believe that shooting any kind of animal that doesn't feed youur family is a complete piece of shite and deserves to be run over by an 18 wheeler. Hunters that kill even though they can afford to go to thee grocery stroe are also cocksuckers of the worst kind. Animals are precious and who are we that we have the right to kill them just for sport. Yeah I grew up in Boston but that shouldn't matter. killing animals for shits and giggles are total scum in my book. If I have offended anyone with my post, good, only assholes kill animals for fun. I can relate to that feeling. Senseless killing or even trophy hunting is sinful to me. On this case, the beaver population has exceeded the carrying capacity of this creek and placed homes and farm in jeopardy. Wildlife needs some management in the area of human/wildlife interaction. This particular hunter did us a favor. He is better equipped than I am for this task. To be clear, beavers in the Rocky Mountains are not scarce or rare, neither are they something to waste. |
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Harris I feel what you feel, came back from S Asia didnt pick up a weapon till my son was 5, figured I owed him what I was taught, thereās killing and thereās killing, maybe in that area there is no resourse to move them, People that live in cities donāt understand what you have to do in the country, never see a bouchire, how you think chickens