Island Of Misfits

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GOOD MORNING FRIENDS
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ROSTERMAN said:
OK now Have you ever pissed off one of these docile creatures Scared me good the first time my dog cornered one. They dont attack unless provoked
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The only time I see them around here anymore is early morning while it is still dark walking the dog and they always hiss and go into defensive stance.

We had lots of pheasants here locally and someone reintroduced possums here during the depression for possum pie. They thrived and pretty much wiped out the Pheasant population, before the coyotes showed up and now you seldom see a possum, and a whole lot less raccoons or stray cats.

Bubba said:
Yes I have. They can be quite viscous when cornered. We used to catch them as kids. Racoons were nicer, but have opposable thumbs and can grab things out of your pocket like a monkey. I will take a mean opossum over a mean rat that is just as big....never caught those, just shot them with .22 LR. Rats can get huge, chew through cement, bricks, wiring etc.
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Grandmother raised to two, Bugger and Henrietta. About the time they reached adulthood, she donated them to the Oklahoma City zoo because they are incorrigible as indoor pets. They are most active at night, when they climb everything in site to check it out, knocking things over and pulling things down. They fill their water bowl with food and stir it around.

I played and wrestled with them as they grew up, which mostly worked until they got excited and rowdy. I got a needle teeth bite on one bicep that I remember to this day, though I've been dog bit worse.

Fun, intelligent, inquisitive and always snooping.

Bubba said:
Here's a good kind one:This pig spent 10 years in dark stall. Watch how she responds to love. - YouTube
Bubba
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Heartwarming to watch her come out of her shell. We raised them I befriended the first one, who followed me like a dog when I was in his pen. I was responsible for taking care of him, so we got quite close and then we killed him for food and I started treating pigs well, but never again became best buds with one again.

58F @ 81% RH, partially cloudy and predicted to reach 86F.

My underground cable finder didn’t arrive again, soooo I mostly took the day off and fiddle farted around with upgrades to the test sled recovery jar, extra time in the puppy park, and on line in an ongoing palace coup attempt on Future4200.

Contemplating my next sled experiment and think I will dilute some 190 proof, 95% ethanol to 50% and run in the vacuum refluxing still to see what proof I end up with using the 36” column. I have more 2” column sections and stainless ribbon packing to add if needed, but I need a baseline.

I also need to pick up some 2” foam pipe insulation for the reflux column, so that will be my first morning project.
 
Tattered Old Graywolf said:
The only time I see them around here anymore is early morning while it is still dark walking the dog and they always hiss and go into defensive stance.

We had lots of pheasants here locally and someone reintroduced possums here during the depression for possum pie. They thrived and pretty much wiped out the Pheasant population, before the coyotes showed up and now you seldom see a possum, and a whole lot less raccoons or stray cats.



Grandmother raised to two, Bugger and Henrietta. About the time they reached adulthood, she donated them to the Oklahoma City zoo because they are incorrigible as indoor pets. They are most active at night, when they climb everything in site to check it out, knocking things over and pulling things down. They fill their water bowl with food and stir it around.

I played and wrestled with them as they grew up, which mostly worked until they got excited and rowdy. I got a needle teeth bite on one bicep that I remember to this day, though I've been dog bit worse.

Fun, intelligent, inquisitive and always snooping.



Heartwarming to watch her come out of her shell. We raised them I befriended the first one, who followed me like a dog when I was in his pen. I was responsible for taking care of him, so we got quite close and then we killed him for food and I started treating pigs well, but never again became best buds with one again.

58F @ 81% RH, partially cloudy and predicted to reach 86F.

My underground cable finder didn’t arrive again, soooo I mostly took the day off and fiddle farted around with upgrades to the test sled recovery jar, extra time in the puppy park, and on line in an ongoing palace coup attempt on Future4200.

Contemplating my next sled experiment and think I will dilute some 190 proof, 95% ethanol to 50% and run in the vacuum refluxing still to see what proof I end up with using the 36” column. I have more 2” column sections and stainless ribbon packing to add if needed, but I need a baseline.

I also need to pick up some 2” foam pipe insulation for the reflux column, so that will be my first morning project.
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Pigs are said to be smarter than dogs. I don't know for sure. My dad came home from a construction project where a mother skunk ran out and was killed by a car. They found where it nested, and there were several small hairless young. Several men, my father among them, took the small infant skunks. I raised that
skunk full grown. Very much like a cat.

Never sprayed anyone but once, when small it got stepped on. We did have it descented, just in case. Big mistake. It got out of the shed one night and the neighbors dog killed it. Poor neighbors.

Bubba
 
GW, I had a pet coon that ruined a hunting trip for me. A couple of my buddies and I went north to attempt to kill Bambi during bow season. I had an old camper trailer that I hauled up for us to sleep in. Second night in, I pour bacon grease on the logs in the firepit so it'll start up easier next evening. Wake up in the morning to take a whiz outside (no bathroom inside), and here's a baby coon licking the grease off the firewood. Laughed and told the guys, and as I went to shut the door, the little bugger rocketed past me, across the floor, and dives under the covers of the back bunk that was occupied by my buddy, Mike.
Mike screams and jumps out, while his brother Porky grabs a .22 and levels down on the critter. I intervene and steer the little bugger back outside. He waddles off.
I'm up in the tree stand, hoping to see a deer, and who comes climbing up the tree? Yep. Rocky. Climbs into my lap like he'd known me all his life.
Long story short, he winds up coming back to town with me. He would sit on my shoulders with his head on my head, and would peel my lips open to get a bite of a Nestles Crunch bar. I'd put an ice cube in his water dish, and he'd play with it for however it took for it to melt, then would look for it for another 15 minutes or so. He just couldn't fathom the idea that it somehow disappeared.
 
I had two pet raccoon's. Had them for two years. Just like a dog. Keep them both indoors and out. The finally started staying away longer and longer. I think they found mates and went back into the wild.

Quick walk done. Now getting ready to cut and hang a Golden Pineapple. Cutting the grass later....time to move.
 
Might have been hard work but it's done. Roster, I never use one of those but I sure spent some time using this kind. A bit easier than the cycle but still a lot of work.

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I actually have one of those in the garage but the gas powered whacker is so nice. Can't believe we actually had to us that fkr.
 
Who cares what it is called.....pain in the ass. Funny thing all my relatives that are retired just sit and talk.....I am always busy. How do you just sit. You will turn in to a ball of mush and die. I have a lot more people to piss off before I take a dirt nap.

Eye appointment in an hour. New glasses....yea.....I will be able to see the computer screen again.
 
Bubba said:
Pigs are said to be smarter than dogs. I don't know for sure. My dad came home from a construction project where a mother skunk ran out and was killed by a car. They found where it nested, and there were several small hairless young. Several men, my father among them, took the small infant skunks. I raised that skunk full grown. Very much like a cat. Never sprayed anyone but once, when small it got stepped on. We did have it descented, just in case. Big mistake. It got out of the shed one night and the neighbors dog killed it. Poor neighbors. Bubba
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I don't know if pigs are as smarter than dogs or not, but I do know they form strong bonds. We put a calf in the pig pen with a boar Hampshire until it was weaned and once it was weaned and released to the pasture, we couldn't keep the pig in the pen, but would always find it with the calf.

Sorry to hear about your skunk. Must have been a full size dog as skunks are members of the same family as bears and wolverines besides their stink butt.

Hippie420 said:
GW, I had a pet coon that ruined a hunting trip for me. A couple of my buddies and I went north to attempt to kill Bambi during bow season. I had an old camper trailer that I hauled up for us to sleep in. Second night in, I pour bacon grease on the logs in the firepit so it'll start up easier next evening. Wake up in the morning to take a whiz outside (no bathroom inside), and here's a baby coon licking the grease off the firewood. Laughed and told the guys, and as I went to shut the door, the little bugger rocketed past me, across the floor, and dives under the covers of the back bunk that was occupied by my buddy, Mike. Mike screams and jumps out, while his brother Porky grabs a .22 and levels down on the critter. I intervene and steer the little bugger back outside. He waddles off. I'm up in the tree stand, hoping to see a deer, and who comes climbing up the tree? Yep. Rocky. Climbs into my lap like he'd known me all his life. Long story short, he winds up coming back to town with me. He would sit on my shoulders with his head on my head, and would peel my lips open to get a bite of a Nestles Crunch bar. I'd put an ice cube in his water dish, and he'd play with it for however it took for it to melt, then would look for it for another 15 minutes or so. He just couldn't fathom the idea that it somehow disappeared.
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pute said:
I had two pet raccoon's. Had them for two years. Just like a dog. Keep them both indoors and out. The finally started staying away longer and longer. I think they found mates and went back into the wild. Quick walk done. Now getting ready to cut and hang a Golden Pineapple. Cutting the grass later....time to move.
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I haven't played with any since gramaw's two, but a mating pair raised a litter under my next door neighbors porch a few years ago and they were all over our fences and our roof here. They never tried to come in the back dog door, probably because of the vigilance of the dog the door was for.

We have a skylight in the downstairs bath and one morning during ablutions a pair of the kits were wrestling and playing like two puppies and didn't care that we could both see each other.

Alas my neighbor replaced his porch with a patio and the family moved on. We still see raccoon families during our early morning and late evening walks, but can't tell if it is the same one. In general the coyotes have been hard on their population here in town.

pute said:
Might have been hard work but it's done. Roster, I never use one of those but I sure spent some time using this kind. A bit easier than the cycle but still a lot of work. I actually have one of those in the garage but the gas powered whacker is so nice. Can't believe we actually had to us that fkr.
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I grew up using one of those, which we called a "Whim wham", and have one around here somewhere, but haven't used it since I discovered electric weed whackers.

65F @ 68% RH, gaugus, and preducted to reach 92F.

Portland just passed the record number of homicides for a given year and we are just in August.

!@#$%^&*()_+)(*&^%$#@! rat fink mother humpers were once again unable to deliver my underground cable tracer, because they arrived an hour and a half after the !@#$%^&*() UPS store closed again. I've used that UPS box for over a decade without any issues and this !@#$%^&*()_+_)_()*&^%$#@!@ Amazon delivery driver has blown it twice.

I picked up the 2" pipe insulation that I needed for my reflux column, and got everything set up for a run today, which I've already started. I have the boiler filled with half Everclear and half water. This run will tell me if I have enough column height running under vacuum, or if I have to add more to reach 190 proof in a single pass.

Dinner out with oooold friends, a decade older and getting so slooooow. A heartbreak to watch two such vibrant people wind down, but a delightful dinner at Ernesto's Italian restaurant in Beaverton.
 
Tattered Old Graywolf said:
!@#$%^&*()_+)(*&^%$#@! rat fink mother humpers were once again unable to deliver my underground cable tracer, because they arrived an hour and a half after the !@#$%^&*() UPS store closed again. I've used that UPS box for over a decade without any issues and this !@#$%^&*()_+_)_()*&^%$#@!@ Amazon delivery driver has blown it twice.
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H1-B and J-1 are just two of the U.S. work visas that Jeff Bezos's Amazon is using to hire their DELIVERY DRIVERS. Just try to engage one of these drivers and you will detect a Caribbean or Nigerian accent . They barely know how to speak the English language let alone read it.

I had an interaction with one of these ' drivers ' and he said the computer onboard tells them where to go and where to deliver, no knowledge needed . No turn signals, going the wrong way against traffic, and have been told not to interact with the public. I suppose so that Bezos secret does not make the public view ..

We try our best to never use Amazon .. but, the devil is in the works
 
ROSTERMAN said:
Looks like a Beautiful.............................................................................................................................................................................................................Sunset
Grow em Big - Indian name
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that was a sunrise shot and here is a sunset shot....lots of smoke from Colorado fires

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