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Post by tabitha on Mar 8, 2020 1:25:52 GMT
I hope concrete does not come from China, too, because I need a few bags.
Usually I use a simple recipe, one part portland, two parts sand and three parts gravel. Add enough water to consistency of cornbread batter.
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Mar 8, 2020 1:57:50 GMT
I'd told the folks who came over today we had a day's work for them. Pouring the footing for the block wall, hauling the debris hay from around the feeders, tilling the garden, and sawing up & throwing the cut down limbs on the burn pile. Boy, did I "misunderestimate". I figured the time it would take us, then cut it in half to come up with a full day. They cut it nearly in half again, they only got 5 hours. For instance, I'd have gotten out the torch to bend the rebar into the curves. Nope, he used his knee.
Can't remember ever getting so much done while drinking coffee.
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Post by tabitha on Mar 8, 2020 20:14:08 GMT
Hey, that stuff is what I do all year long!
When I am done here I have to load a bunch of branches on the pickup.
You must be getting old Tom. the hay the sheep tear out of the feeders, you gather that up every day and put little piles here and there, the sheep will eat them.
Omgosh, tell that kid Tabitha said not to do that. He will hurt his knees and when he gets older he will get the bill for that. the body does not forget anything.
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Stihl has a little hand held saw that would be perfect for me. Call it a mini saw. Takes a battery. >>>>>>
Am I tired. DS wanted to go shopping, he is so worried about Corona. I hurried with chores, and then we set off. 45 min. drive. Walmart, Rural King and Aldi. I don't know how many miles we walked. that concrete floor is hard on the feet. and the sun is shining outside and there is nothing but artificial light in those huge buildings and things to do at home. . Shopping is not one of my favorite activities. Compared to his old mother, DS is a lame duck dragging at least 100 extra pounds along, I run circles around the kid, But he did really well, we checked ourselves out, he did the scanning, then he paid, and then he did my scanning for me. Dealing with numbers, money etc. is one very weak point with him. He suffered braindamage at birth. I am glad he has done so well the last three or so weeks. I hope he will help me wash the windows tomorrow.
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Post by Dodges Mammaw on Mar 9, 2020 4:28:48 GMT
We are glamping. We are about 3 hours from home. Went to a local Cowboy church this morning for worship. It was a good sermon. We try to pick a different type church to visit when we travel. Spent the afternoon playing Mexican Train dominos.Tomorrow we are going to attend a production of The Sound of Music in an outdoor theater. RV Park is fairly full. Spring Break for some. Several kids running around. This area has several dinosaur attractions so it is popular with kids.
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Post by paisley on Mar 9, 2020 4:41:19 GMT
I shoveled. I did it yesterday too ....guess what I will do again tomorrow!
I did not even get the whole job done today...it's very heavy snow this round.
I hate years like this!!!! I am in very good shape. Florence came by early she did not spring forward
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Post by DEKE on Mar 9, 2020 5:58:30 GMT
I hope concrete does not come from China, too, because I need a few bags. I looked it up, China is the world's leading exporter of cement. The US is the third largest producer of cement, but also the world's largest importer of cement.
The bag of concrete is surely safe because no virus can live for long in caustic cement powder and the cement is mixed with aggregate and bagged in the US.
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Post by tabitha on Mar 9, 2020 14:42:04 GMT
I remember about 25 years ago, the price of cement went up because China was buying all we produced. They had a huge need because of that Dam they built. forgot the name. I was not even tongue in cheek when I asked if concrete is importet from China, too. Crazy. Sorry deke, I was not worried about a virus on the bag. I just want a few bags. maybe nothing will come of it, but on the other hand, if it gets really bad, like in China, what is it that we do not import? Like I always joke, if China does not sell us shoes. America goes barefoot.
I am talking shortage.
So I have to go back to get a few bags of Portland. We don't import sand and gravel as far as I know.
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Post by DEKE on Mar 9, 2020 16:41:30 GMT
Three Gorges Dam on the Yangzee River, by some measures it is the world's largest dam, but is still significantly smaller than the dam uttered by the MSM on the night of the last presidential election.
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Post by Txsteader on Mar 11, 2020 19:52:49 GMT
I pulled the last of the winter greens today - collards, beets, spinach and cabbage - washed 'em, spun dry in the salad spinner & now I have a couple trays dehydrating in the oven. Wouldn't ya know, my daughter is using my electric dehydrator but putting them in my gas oven (pilot light) works just as well. I sorta stumbled on the idea of drying greens; one day I noticed, in just a couple of hours, the couple of leaves that had missed the skillet & landed on the stove top were crispy so, out of curiosity, I popped them in my mouth....and they were delicious! IMO, they were even tastier than regular cooked greens. Well, I figured as much as DH loves greens, he loves soup even more. What better way to add extra flavor and nutrition than by throwing a handful of dehydrated greens in the pot? Anyway, I got the garden bed cleared, fertilized, cultivated today and ready for my tomato plants. And now I'm pooped. But happy.
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Post by Jolly on Mar 11, 2020 20:28:45 GMT
Raking and mulching. Mulching and raking. Raking and mulching.
I am nothing if not imaginative.đ
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Post by Tricky Grama on Mar 12, 2020 12:08:36 GMT
Getting ready to have a (early) St Pat's dinner tomorrow eve. Irish stew & choc bailey's cake. So cleaning, etc, for that. Transplanted the little pots of green beans to the garden on the E side of the house -they'll die there after we leave this summer Shopped til I dropped for food, a green shirt, dollar store St Patrick's day décor, & got a wild hair & bought 4 matching pot graduated sizes, got a bunch of on sale petunias & filled 'em all for the front porch. Lookin' good. Cleaned the screened porch in back & carried all the plants that have been dying in my house all winter out there. Transplanted the hiacynth bean vine behind the back fence, it does well there & makes the alley look pretty. Found some shamrock looking weeds there & put some in terra cotta pots for table décor...hope they survive. Found a recipe for 'shamrock sangria', prolly will be awful: Irish whiskey, white wine, lime juice, simple syrup, club soda & chopped apples. Will mix it in my big iced tea container w/spigot. Are y'all comin'?
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Post by DEKE on Mar 12, 2020 12:58:24 GMT
TG - Willow wants to know if there are real shamrocks in the sangria
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Post by Tricky Grama on Mar 13, 2020 11:45:14 GMT
Of course!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2020 22:07:50 GMT
My motivation today didnât only leave the room I think it left the state. Ugh. I havenât done hardly a thing.
Got up at 7a and fed the critters and cleaned the minisâ stall. Then ran to the co-op to buy 100# wheat and talk to them about a custom goat mix. Saw the price of fuel oil so placed my order.
Came home unloaded the grain then took the truck to the dealership for oil change and to fix that darn rattle. Ended up being a heat shield loose so they changed it and a couple other little maintenance things.
Got home, changed clothes and went to the ânext doorâ neighbors for a load of hay. Took him eggs and peaches. Got the hay unloaded, goat stalls cleaned, eggs gathered and duck boxes cleaned out.
Other than getting everyone back in the barn this evening, I havenât done a darn thing. Not like me at all.
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Post by tabitha on Mar 14, 2020 23:54:38 GMT
It rained cats and dogs most of the day. the day looked promising, took the critters to a paddock and spread the rest of the round bale so they could get at it. By noon had to take them home, non stop rain since then. finished reading the biography of a missionary to China around the turn of the 19th century.
Spent time on the phone,
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