I could walk up to within 10-20 yards of 200" bucks every day here in the suburban forest preserves. Tens of thousands of acres of awesome deer habitat with 100% free range deer and -0- hunting allowed.
I once said that it may be a good thing for Covid to take out Biden. Something like... "Maybe he can catch Covid and Covid can fix it". I was chastised by a member no longer willing to defend his position, he wouldn't wish that on Trump.... I don't regret it, never will. Trump contracted it, 85% of the world got it and lived. China killed a percentage, not a goal. Remember that. Also remember Russia killed a percentage and a goal in Ukraine. Remember that.....
Ouch. For the most part, I am amazed we have 4 of us on the same page. My one sister is doing a great job getting everything in order, keeping the bills paid and making sure the t's are crossed and the i's are dotted so we don't have legal problems down the road. My main job is to keep the others at bay and off her back so they don't mess things up and drive her crazy, surveillance of the place. upkeep of the place and make sure everyone follows the rules we all agreed to. My brother is gung ho to get selling things so we have him feeding the barn cats and live trapping the skunks to basically keep him occupied and out of trouble. He is doing good with the cats but so far no skunks. It's been pretty cold and they are not moving much on the cameras. There is one really big nasty raccoon running the place that needs to go. He is a destructive bastard. Looks like a miniature grizzle bear. Bet he is close to 40 lbs. He is a big boy. The other sister is a super big fan of checks and balances to make sure everything/everyone is accounted for. She is helping the other sister out. The other sister is in Ohio. We all hope she stays there!!!!!!!!!
The day is starting off great. Broke my front tooth off on top. 5 or 6 years ago I was working on the combine and got a bar stuck in the bubble up auger in the hopper. Was in an awkward position. When the bar come loose from me pulling like hell, it smash into my face and broke off part off the tooth. Hurt like hell. My dentist was old schooled. Drilled and stuck wire in the remaining part and built the tooth back up. Only cost $450 and he did a very nice job. Fast forward to last fall. Smoked a rock, flexing pinto beans with the combine header. Bent a metal piece. Went to straighten out the piece of metal the next morning with a wrench. About had it almost straighten back in place when the wrench slip. Of course my face was in the way again. Back fisted myself in the mouth. Seen stars and dropped me to my knees. I must of cracked the tooth but didn't notice it. Bit into a peanut MM of all things this morning. Daughter is getting married late this summer. Probably shouldn't look like a toothless hillbilly. My dentist is retired, Got to find a new one and hoping they are old school. I don't what to part with thousands to fix a tooth.
Somebody needs to invent a soresto collar for humans. Love my thermocell but it only works if your not moving and if it isn’t too windy. I’d be 100% fine with wearing a collar if it meant I didn’t have to worry about ticks and skeeters for 8 months.
When you say PEX to faucet fitting are you referring to the stop valve under the sink that connects to the main 1/2” PEX supply line coming out of the wall or are you talking about the PEX faucet riser that goes between the shutoff valve and the sink? The reason I ask is because they make flexible sink supply lines that have 1/2” npt female fittings on both ends, ones that have 3/8 compression fittings on both ends, and ones that are 1/2” on one end and 3/8 on the other end. (Bathroom faucets usually use 3/8 fittings, kitchen and laundry sinks may use either 3/8 or 1/2 depending on the sink). If you are referring to the shutoff valve itself then you could install a PEX to 1/2” npt male fitting on that supply line from the house and use one of those flexible lines that has 1/2” on one end and either a 1/2” or 3/8” on the other depending on your sink and connect it that way temporarily. You wouldn’t have a shutoff valve under the sink if you did that but that shouldn’t be a big deal since it’s just a temporary fix until you get the right parts (or you could add a 1/2” ball valve and a close nipple and you would have a shutoff down there). If you’re just missing the riser that goes between the stop valve and the faucet then you could get one of those flexible hoses with the 3/8” on both ends or the 3/8” on one and 1/2” on the other depending on your sink. And it would be a permanent fix. The 3/8 fitting on those flexible sink supply hoses is designed to connect to the same standard 3/8” compression fitting that the old school 3/8 hard plastic sink risers that you cut to size connect to. Just remove the little female screw cap and compression ring that went over the cut end of the old style hard riser and screw the end of the flexible hose straight to the valve. It’s not as neat and clean as the old style since you don’t cut it to exact size so there is always some extra hose flopping around under there but they come in different lengths so you can get it pretty close. Just be aware that you shouldn’t tighten the 3/8 fittings on the flexible hose style sink lines nearly as much as the old style compression fitting. The hose style uses a built in rubber gasket to make the seal whereas the old ones you were physically compressing a metal ring into the plastic pipe. If you tighten the hose style as much as the compression style then you’ll crush and cut the rubber seal and ruin them. I think it’s like finger tight plus 1/2 turn of the wrench if I remember correctly, but the label or package should tell you exactly how much to tighten them. I think the hose style actually seals a whole lot better than the compression style hard pipe risers. I’ve never seen a fitting in the flexible hose style sink connectors leak as long as they weren’t overtightened unlike the compression fittings on the cut end of the old style hard plastic riser where something as small as a roll of toilet paper falling over and bumping it the wrong way was enough to make it start dripping.
Live trapping skunks? How exactly is he planning on dealing with it once he catches one? He does realize that they are able to aim and fire a stream of stink juice at you from an extended distance, even if they’re in a trap? Make sure you get this on video and please share said video with all your friends on BH.com.
Already do, helps with the ticks but ain’t **** for skeeters since they can fly and go for the face. Even with ticks occasionally one still finds it’s way in. Plus I live in the south where summers are crazy humid and hot as balls so wearing long pants and long sleeves kind of sucks. Basically forces you to decide whether you prefer picking ticks out of your gooch and getting Lyme disease or if you wanna get swamp ass and heat stroke.
This is the fitting I'm looking for. Straight from the 1/2" pex. Female adapter to the integral supply line on the faucet.
Damn. That's doing it the hard way. A written and notarized agreement is really needed in your case. We always thought our parents had a handle on their wills/estate until my dad passed away. He never updated his will after mom went into the nursing home. Of course, she was first in line to carry out the will followed by his bank. Her will had dad first followed by the bank. Don't know if they ever talked to their bank but the bank declined to act as executor. The will was straight forward so no real issues there. Mom got everything. Thankfully, the trust had wording that allowed us kids to appoint an executor via majority vote. My sisters pointed at me when the lawyer asked who would be the executor. Oh joy!
When I read that the first thing that popped into my mind was driving a combine on crack sounds like a terrible idea… reminded me of the documentary “Slippin’ 10 years wit the bloods”… where uncle Jarvis steals a radio…
Catch skunk. Take a bed sheet. Hide behind it and walk slow/quietly up to the trap. Drop the bed sheet over the trap. Make sure the sheet completely covers the trap. What a minute or so. Pick the trap up and walk it over to your truck. Put in the back of the truck and haul it away. Make sure the bed set doesn't blow off the trap. Take trap out of the truck. Open trap door carefully and run back. When the skunk comes out... shoot it. I have never had an adult skunk spray and I have done it numerous times. The wife doesn't want the yard smelling like skunk piss. I live in a small town. I try not to wake the neighbors up to gun shots in the morning unless I have to. Young skunk... Just shoot it. The will spray no matter how carefully you are. My brother will just shoot them. Let them air out for a day. Reset trap. We are not too worried about the yard smelling like skunk since it already does from too many skunks. We use live traps so we can release any cats that are caught. If it wasn't for the cats, I would run a 220 conibear in a box set. Skunk is dead. There is a chance it won't spray but not a real great chance. Very effective.
