What's up today (bullchiting) thread.

No Chit !!??!!

 

Seems to be your favorite line here lately...

 

Just a habitual reaction I have when I learn some new nugget of wisdom each day...............your never too old to learn.....

 

although, my house currently doesn't have a bathroom or heat source....

 

Took care of some odds and ends and errands today. Also cleaned kitchen and did laundry for the family. All they had to do is put it away.

About 18-20 months ago or so, I had reduced our TV channels to 2-13, the internet, and disconnected the land line phone through our cable service and just went with our cell phones. This reduced our cable bill by $58/month.

Today I went to same cable company and I politely asked them why my bill keeps going up and I’m not getting anything better from the service.

And told them I’m not going to pay more for less and I don’t want my bill this high. PERIOD.

I hadn’t been there in a while, but over the last six months or so my bill went up over $30/mo.

Not getting more channels, not faster internet, etc.

A good man looked at my account and said we can get you into a package deal that will have the latest technology, you will have way more channels(over 100 more), twice the internet speed, and have your land line (cable)phone back. All for $22 less per month than your paying now. And we will credit the difference on your account for the last two months.

Why don’t we go ahead and do that then.

Done. I hooked up all three TVs and programmed the new remotes when I got back this afternoon. Son and I are currently watching an Ancient Aliens marathon.

 

I think they are pretty close to dead on. The deer you see in those feeding pics were taken this afternoon and the pic doesn't do them justice to the amount of stress they are showing. I was out to that same place in late Feb early Mar and they seemed much better (normal?) at that time of year.

I do not know the other snowfall areas or depths as I haven't been up to the Keweenaw in quite some time (years....99 doesn't care for it) but it is easy enough to search and find out snowfall totals.

As far as the ground cover goes, again, they are about dead on accurate. It is only as of yesterday that some bare spots showed up in the yard-those being in the drainage ditch where there is some water moving and catches full radiant form the sun-so it is the first spot to melt. I saw my first robin on Mon and had to laugh because there is no bare ground for the poor bird!

You can't see it in the pics, but close to half of those deer (and almost every young one) had the "fuzzy face" which, I learned decades ago, is one of the later indications of severe stress/starvation/weakness. Also, the fat reserves were down as evidenced by the hip bone to rump angle. In a healthy deer with good reserves, that part of the deer will remain level...in a stressed deer, there is a noticeable downward angle from the hipbone to the rump.

One more thing, we both know that when a deer is starving, it is more willing to take more chances "risk versus reward" sort of thing. I realize other people must be feeding these deer, but these came up to within 3 arm-lengths of me as soon as I opened the trunk on the Corolla to get the bag opened! They were cautious, but also bold enough to begin feeding without me leaving the immediate area. In years past, old timers would hand feed them cedar boughs! I have seen pictures of this.

Usually by this time of year, the deer are breaking up their yards or already have done so. Very true this year, they seem to be yarded up yet.

 

Yeah, I gotta call them up about once per year and complain about escalating prices. Then they get them back down to my "normal" price until the next year.

 

Funny - I just got an email about my next bill being available (I automatically pay thru cc). Took a look and yep, it had just gone up $35 since last month. Guess my year is up and I will have to call again.

 

Next month is the end of my two year contract gotta make sure I call em soon

 

Good morning Firewood Hoarders. Caffeine going in here. Not good weather outside so today will be doing some carpentry work in the barn. See if I can get the ceiling/roof joists over the room called the office. Then the floor put down on top of those.

 

Its snowing and windy so ripping and planing some boards to finish closet doors I started years ago..

 

Wheels changed over on the car

 

About to head home on our second leg of today's flights. Yes, the crap weather is still in Wisconsin. Tomorrow it is to snow. Whatever. Going from 80 degree days to 30's is going to be a shock. It's nice in DC. 79° now. I've got a feeling something of this crap weather will hit DC and similar areas out east soon.

 

Snowing still boards ripped and planed oh pics

Short of it, 500 dollars of lumber for less than 100 if you can turn 3/4 into 1/2 we have the tool