Island Of Misfits

[SubmarineGirl]

Come on now
I sure you are full of all sorts of surprises

Oh I have surprises of course. Every grandparent should do something at least once that their grand kid will never forget or perhaps always want to forget

 

[Hippie420]

 

[stain]

If you are physically able you should try the I fly. It is a blast. A bit noisy with the fan you are riding the air stream of. There was a competition between the 7 people that were flying for the first time. This was based on who flew the best. Dammed if I did the best. To me it was easy. Just relax and fly. Will be going back. It's also now a true sport. There will be competitions at the next Olympics.
If I was younger I would master it.

A good day...

 

[SubmarineGirl]

If you are physically able you should try the I fly. It is a blast. A bit noisy with the fan you are riding the air stream of. There was a competition between the 7 people that were flying for the first time. This was based on who flew the best. Dammed if I did the best. To me it was easy. Just relax and fly. Will be going back. It's also now a true sport. There will be competitions at the next Olympics.
If I was younger I would master it.

A good day...

You go ahead stain with your bad old self. They have one here but I’ve never been. Congratulations on your win

 

[pute]

That's a wrap

 

[Hippie420]

^^^Yep, me too. Good night, shipmates.

 

[Unca Walt]

My grandfather lived right next door. He was my best friend. And a pull my finger guy too

I never had a grandfather. I was too poor.

 

[ness]

My grandmother was the one that did everything with us kids. Lots of loving memories. From fishing to playing in the wood and cooking hot dog all of us cousin got to go. My grandmother would fit us all in the car and off we would go. Morning

 

[Unca Walt]

My Grandma taught me how to make soap. Out of what 99.9% of people throw away.

TINS. What you need is the white ashes from the hickory and ash you burned in the fireplace all winter. These ashes were kept in a big barrel. Outside was the "rainy barrel", which collected rainwater.

The ashy barrel had small gravel and a buncha hay padded down (by the kids jumping on it) on the bottom. And a coupla small holes.

You dumped a small bucket of the rainy-barrel water into the ashes and stirred them with a paddle, <-- fun job for kids, BTW. So you wound up with a barrel of thick ickywater that you were not allowed to get on you or your clothes. Let it settle for a hour (we kids all had to go down to the yucky stream to wash up at this point).

The liquid would drain out of bottom of the ashes barrel to the big giant black kettle under it. <-- AHA! So THAT's what those big black kettles you now see all over as lawn-decor planters were originally for!!

You tested the liquid by grabbing a chickum and taking a feather. Toss the feather in the liquid. If the feather dissolves, your liquid is fine. Otherwise, send it through the ashes again.

Then you added about ten pounds of liquified deer tallow. This is the finest, purest fat you will find anywhere, in case you are interested. If you have to use pork fat... well, OK, but it aint as good.

Then the kids are up again to stir the mixture in the big black kettle until it gets real gooey. Kindle the fire under this goopy mess for about an hour.

Pour it out into the cast-iron soap molds and let it harden. Voila. Soap.

 

[user 60570]

Good morning

had a migraine yesterday and I am in a foggy mess this morning

to bad because there is a lot of watering and weeding to do today and then there are Swedes Projects , like painting the deck today , filling up the raised beds with top soil and then planting them , plus all the regular chores like feeding 6 cats and 11 chickens

so headache or no headache I am off to the Salt Mines!

 

[SubmarineGirl]

Good morning

had a migraine yesterday and I am in a foggy mess this morning

to bad because there is a lot of watering and weeding to do today and then there are Swedes Projects , like painting the deck today , filling up the raised beds with top soil and then planting them , plus all the regular chores like feeding 6 cats and 11 chickens

so headache or no headache I am off to the Salt Mines!

Maybe some caffeine, sugar and a square one would help? Hope you get to feeling better today big

 

[WeedHopper]

My dad and his best friend telephoned in the Red River. It works better in running water. Mostly it knocks out Catfish because they have a soft spot on the top of their heads. I have seen them bring home a 96 pound Channel Cat and some big Blues too. It's against the law because it stuns and kills smaller fish of all kinds,,but mostly just stuns the fk outta Catfish which is the only big fish it will stun because of the soft spot. My grandfather could kill a catfish with a piece of wire shoved right thru to his brain.

 

[SubmarineGirl]

Smells like rubber or a tire store this time. That manifolded ugly one is GG4 but there are two GDP in there too also in week 11.
Same crazy smell as last time after trimming up the one that was ready last week in my spare bathroom/drying area. I’ve got all kinds of weed action in different rooms clones seedlings vegging some for the tent ready to flower some almost ready to pick and some ready to go outside. Can hardly keep up checking on everything.
hey couldn’t find any monterery spi locally but how about this on Amazon. I have it in my notes from you last year. Also pyganic but don’t see anything in my price range. Will this stuff work?
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@bigsur51 what about this stuff. I need to order something. I see caterpillars around and are hoping they don’t like weed. All I have on hand is sevin spray which I use for my tomatoes but don’t know if it’s ok for vegging weed outside. I inspect them several times a day. Have seen some bugs but don’t know if they are good ones tile the assassin bugs that I smashed before I realized they were good for the plant by eating bugs or if they are bad ones. This one I saw yesterday and gave him a pluck too.

 

[SubmarineGirl]

@bigsur51 what about this stuff. I need to order something. I see caterpillars around and are hoping they don’t like weed. All I have on hand is sevin spray which I use for my tomatoes but don’t know if it’s ok for vegging weed outside. I inspect them several times a day. Have seen some bugs but don’t know if they are good ones tile the assassin bugs that I smashed before I realized they were good for the plant by eating bugs or if they are bad ones. This one I saw yesterday and gave him a pluck too.
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another one…

 

[Tattered Old Graywolf]

hmmm, just sayin...finally got stuff done, cleaning ladies did their thing and just left, damn place sparkles and I can see clearly out of all my windows...took 2 ladies 2 days to get the place looking nice, gave them a nice tip and said see ya in a month...good help is hard to find...

We've had the same two cleaning ladies every two weeks for over 30 years and consider it the only way to fly. We pick and clean up after ourselves, but let them do all the heavy lifting while we do something that we have more fun at.

1000.oo bucks says you don't miss the HUMIDITY.....

and the ticks , chiggers , copperheads , water moccasins , and the tornados

Or going to the storm cellar in the middle of the night because of tornadoes.................................

I HAVE!! Our farm was three rings. I was not strong enough to crank it (nor was I allowed to be even near it without a grownup's OK). But I could stand on the box and turn down the daffodil and put the tulip to my ear and say "hello".

Our first phone was crank and we did get in trouble using it once and pranking the operator, who of course knew exactly which line it was.

Yep,,for fishing.

Story about a crank phone. I was fishing with my grandpa, I must have been maybe 6 or 7. My grand parents were planning a fish fry later that day we were sent to get the fish. The fish must have taken the day of cause we weren't even getting nibbles. Time passed and it was getting hot and late. First time I have ever heard my grandpa say "Fk this"! He reeled in his line and told me to do the same.......we rowed to a spot with a lot of brush and he dropped something in the water......then rowed to the other side of submerged brush and dropped something else in the water...... Suddenly he got this s-hit eating grin on his face and said WATCH THIS.....he picked up a crank phone and let er go. BOOM!.....looked like a covey of quail taking off......fish jumping out of the water everywhere. They were all stunned and we spent the nest few minutes gathering up fish. I couldn't believe it.
We had a successful fish fry. I have never seen that done again.

My dad and his best friend telephoned in the Red River. It works better in running water. Mostly it knocks out Catfish because they have a soft spot on the top of their heads. I have seen them bring home a 96 pound Channel Cat and some big Blues too. It's against the law because it stuns and kills smaller fish of all kinds,,but mostly just stuns the fk outta Catfish which is the only big fish it will stun because of the soft spot. My grandfather could kill a catfish with a piece of wire shoved right thru to his brain.

I remember going "fishing" with Dad, brothers, cronies, and cousins using both seins and a telephone magneto in the Washita River for catfish. We also caught some huge carp, drum, buffalo, needle nose gar, et al, which we delivered to a group in the poor part of town before skinning and filleting out the cats. The et al included water moccasins, snapping turtles, which we left behind.

MOI on far right and Dad squatting in the middle.................

58F @ 86% RH, rain with sun breaks late, and predicted to reach 64F.

I finished painting the trim at the duplex and took the rest of the day off to read, walk the sleek sly pup, and catch up on napping.

An empty calendar so more of the same today, except for the painting part...............

 

[user 60570]

We've had the same two cleaning ladies every two weeks for over 30 years and consider it the only way to fly. We pick and clean up after ourselves, but let them do all the heavy lifting while we do something that we have more fun at.




Or going to the storm cellar in the middle of the night because of tornadoes.................................



Our first phone was crank and we did get in trouble using it once and pranking the operator, who of course knew exactly which line it was.







I remember going "fishing" with Dad, brothers, cronies, and cousins using both seins and a telephone magneto in the Washita River for catfish. We also caught some huge carp, drum, buffalo, needle nose gar, et al, which we delivered to a group in the poor part of town before skinning and filleting out the cats. The et al included water moccasins, snapping turtles, which we left behind.

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MOI on far right and Dad squatting in the middle.................

58F @ 86% RH, rain with sun breaks late, and predicted to reach 64F.

I finished painting the trim at the duplex and took the rest of the day off to read, walk the sleek sly pup, and catch up on napping.

An empty calendar so more of the same today, except for the painting part...............

great photo GW!

 

[user 60570]

@bigsur51 what about this stuff. I need to order something. I see caterpillars around and are hoping they don’t like weed. All I have on hand is sevin spray which I use for my tomatoes but don’t know if it’s ok for vegging weed outside. I inspect them several times a day. Have seen some bugs but don’t know if they are good ones tile the assassin bugs that I smashed before I realized they were good for the plant by eating bugs or if they are bad ones. This one I saw yesterday and gave him a pluck too.
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get rid of that Sevin , it kills honey bees and can be toxic to humans…there is a big debate on the safety of Sevin for humans so I avoid the debate by choosing something more safe , like Spinosad , Azamax , and Pyganic

those three weapons will pretty much insure a bug free garden but , they also kill bees but not as bad as Sevin

use neem oil and or insecticidal soap only if you want to save the bees

its a tough choice , do I kill the good bugs and bad bugs , or , do I take a chance on bad bugs hurting the garden by using only bug safe insecticides

myself , I try to find a happy balance between the two choices , but I am very sad when I see dead bees

 

[SubmarineGirl]

get rid of that Sevin , it kills honey bees and can be toxic to humans…there is a big debate on the safety of Sevin for humans so I avoid the debate by choosing something more safe , like Spinosad , Azamax , and Pyganic

those three weapons will pretty much insure a bug free garden but , they also kill bees but not as bad as Sevin

use neem oil and or insecticidal soap only if you want to save the bees

its a tough choice , do I kill the good bugs and bad bugs , or , do I take a chance on bad bugs hurting the garden by using only bug safe insecticides

myself , I try to find a happy balance between the two choices , but I am very sad when I see dead bees

We have tons of bees of all kinds in our yard as I have flowers blooming all the time. Will this work? If so I will order it today

 

[user 60570]

We have tons of bees of all kinds in our yard as I have flowers blooming all the time. Will this work? If so I will order it today
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you needed to order that yesterday but better late than never

i have used Monterey Spinosad for 20 yrs and it always gets the job done , especially effective on trichome worms , the Miller moths lay eggs on cannabis and then turn into worms which bore into the stems and cause the buds to rot….a realmcannabis nightmare if one has an infestation

be sure and apply it regularly right up into the first week of flowering

good stuff


get the 32 oz bottle of concentrate , I use four tablespoons per gallon of water

 

[SubmarineGirl]

you needed to order that yesterday but better late than never

i have used Monterey Spinosad for 20 yrs and it always gets the job done , especially effective on trichome worms , the Miller moths lay eggs on cannabis and then turn into worms which bore into the stems and cause the buds to rot….a realmcannabis nightmare if one has an infestation

be sure and apply it regularly right up into the first week of flowering

good stuff

Thanx big