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cudakidd53 · « **Reply #3900 on:** July 07, 2017, 07:39:02 PM »

Gave the last of three dogs a hair cut with the electric trimmers....I do NOT want to groom dogs for hire ever!

Finished some final touches on the.308 in preparation for sighting in and started reading a book on optics and rifle shooting.

Farmer Jon · « **Reply #3901 on:** July 07, 2017, 10:08:36 PM »

Quote from: JR on July 07, 2017, 06:46:21 PM

Played in the pool with the boys, was 108*.

Another getting braces, 4k

I feel your pain. My daughter got away with a retainer. My 2 youngest boys will need braces.

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TexasRedNeck · « **Reply #3902 on:** July 07, 2017, 10:30:16 PM »

Today spent 6 1/2 hours on the tractor replacing a culvert. 2 eight inch pipes are not enough for the water flow when a heavy downpour happens. Got an 18 inch pipe but had to dig 10 inches of the road base off and then come in from the side and dig a trench 20 inches deep to get the required 12 inch minimum cover on top to meet H25 rating. Almost rolled the tractor 3 times trying to compact the drive near the edges.... make you want to actually wear that seat belt......

Flyin6 · « **Reply #3903 on:** July 07, 2017, 10:42:00 PM »

Quote from: TexasRedNeck on July 07, 2017, 10:30:16 PM

Today spent 6 1/2 hours on the tractor replacing a culvert. 2 eight inch pipes are not enough for the water flow when a heavy downpour happens. Got an 18 inch pipe but had to dig 10 inches of the road base off and then come in from the side and dig a trench 20 inches deep to get the required 12 inch minimum cover on top to meet H25 rating. Almost rolled the tractor 3 times trying to compact the drive near the edges.... make you want to actually wear that seat belt......

Man, wish we were neighbors

Sarge would have loved to do that for ya!

TexasRedNeck · « **Reply #3904 on:** July 07, 2017, 10:55:59 PM »

That excavator would have saved me about 6 hours.....

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Flyin6 · « **Reply #3905 on:** July 08, 2017, 12:12:50 AM »

I could have done that in 5 minutes!

JR · « **Reply #3906 on:** July 08, 2017, 01:07:08 AM »

Quote from: Farmer Jon on July 07, 2017, 10:08:36 PM

I feel your pain. My daughter got away with a retainer. My 2 youngest boys will need braces.

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This is 3 of 3 now. Daughter didn't need em, but wife did it. Youngest has a very crowded mouth and oldest boy has a overbite and knocked out his baby front teeth when he was younger. Sucked all the MSA I had, so much for an emergency.

I have french drains around the pool and other drains for the downspouts so I am good there, all hand dug little 4 inches.

2200 here, still 96* out there, kids just got out of the pool. Now I get to watch a movie.

Wilbur · « **Reply #3907 on:** July 08, 2017, 05:21:24 AM »

Went to bed last night at 10....got up at 1 to take the youngest to the airport (2 week Outward Bound)....just got back at 5....going to bed bc I have to be up at 730 to get ready for a funeral. Yuck.

longball · « **Reply #3908 on:** July 08, 2017, 12:50:36 PM »

The last pic I'll ever take of her. She's headed to Mississippi with an Air Force pilot. Thank the lord!

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Farmer Jon · « **Reply #3909 on:** July 08, 2017, 04:04:27 PM »

Jasper and I dug some taters and onions. He is 3 and was so excited every time we dug up more. Potatoes are his favorite food and I do think he knew they grow under ground. I can't describe the lok on his face when I pulled up the first shovel full. I got my daughter and other son. 7 and 15 to do some painting on the chicken coop.

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TexasRedNeck · « **Reply #3910 on:** July 08, 2017, 04:19:42 PM »

Good times and good memories there Jon

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Nate · « **Reply #3911 on:** July 08, 2017, 04:32:46 PM »

Longball, you have to fix your post, your photo from photobucket is not working because of their new policy of you have to pay to play......

Bigdave_185 · « **Reply #3912 on:** July 08, 2017, 05:32:21 PM »

Picked up a model 10 BW trailer hitch, the four inch drop I had wasn't enough for the moto trailer and the big enclosed required me to raise the jack as high as possible to than set on the trailer

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cudakidd53 · « **Reply #3913 on:** July 08, 2017, 05:42:42 PM »

Quote from: Bigdave_185 on July 08, 2017, 05:32:21 PM

Picked up a model 10 BW trailer hitch, the four inch drop I had wasn't enough for the moto trailer and the big enclosed required me to raise the jack as high as possible to than set on the trailer

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Nice hitch and nice self portrait in that shiny new ball!

Bigdave_185 · « **Reply #3914 on:** July 08, 2017, 06:01:21 PM »

I had a duck face too

. But I didn't want to just come and post a selfie

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longball · « **Reply #3915 on:** July 08, 2017, 06:11:53 PM »

Quote from: nmeyer414 on July 08, 2017, 04:32:46 PM

Longball, you have to fix your post, your photo from photobucket is not working because of their new policy of you have to pay to play......

Well shucks. $400/year? Good luck with that Photobucket.

Fancy new Ram is gone. That's the important part.

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JR · « **Reply #3916 on:** July 08, 2017, 06:47:56 PM »

I am seeing that photobucket pic come up all over the place. Knew there would be a catch sooner or later. Hope no one is saving their pics there.

Dave, looks like you are wearing a mask there. What did that set you back?

We are just trying to stay cool. Went to Costco to cool down, came out and in the lot it was,,,,,,,,,,,,,then it cooled to just 112 on the way home with a little breeze.

Bigdave_185 · « **Reply #3917 on:** July 08, 2017, 07:03:38 PM »

JR. Set me back $230 for the hitch. Amazon has about the best price I have seen but I picked mine up at the place I got my trailer for a little less

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wyorunner · « **Reply #3918 on:** July 08, 2017, 07:53:31 PM »

Not sure where but there's a fire here, been three birds coming to and from the local airfield. Saw this one again today....

Have several others of this bird flying over the house. Wasn't at home when we saw him today but his path was basically right over our house again.

We were at a friends unloading her flatbed, and changing implements on her tractor for her. Then we tended to our little garden area at the house.

Sammconn · « **Reply #3919 on:** July 08, 2017, 07:57:32 PM »

Quote from: longball on July 08, 2017, 06:11:53 PM

Quote from: nmeyer414 on July 08, 2017, 04:32:46 PM
Longball, you have to fix your post, your photo from photobucket is not working because of their new policy of you have to pay to play......
Well shucks. $400/year? Good luck with that Photobucket.

Fancy new Ram is gone. That's the important part.

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Holy smokes...I'm in the same boat...
Dang!
And I got a lot of pics linked there too...

wyorunner · « **Reply #3920 on:** July 08, 2017, 08:08:42 PM »

Quote from: Sammconn on July 08, 2017, 07:57:32 PM

Quote from: longball on July 08, 2017, 06:11:53 PM
Quote from: nmeyer414 on July 08, 2017, 04:32:46 PM
Longball, you have to fix your post, your photo from photobucket is not working because of their new policy of you have to pay to play......
Well shucks. $400/year? Good luck with that Photobucket.

Fancy new Ram is gone. That's the important part.

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Holy smokes...I'm in the same boat...
Dang!
And I got a lot of pics linked there too...

I'd bet there's a lot of that are in this situation. Just looked at my posts, pictures are a "pay the piper" note!

I think if you have an amazon prime account they have photo hosting service, that can be used like photo bucket... not 100% certain but will be looking into it more now.

Sammconn · « **Reply #3921 on:** July 08, 2017, 09:21:19 PM »

So what other sites are you guys using that isn't pay like that?

longball · « **Reply #3922 on:** July 08, 2017, 09:37:35 PM »

Unfortunately I was using photobucket to store pictures. That's what I get for dragging my feet on mass storage and counting on someone else instead of being self sufficient. Hopefully they change their policy and at least let people save their own pictures. Gosh I hate saying that. Hoping someone else lets me use my own property....

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KensAuto · « **Reply #3923 on:** July 08, 2017, 10:01:21 PM »

Wyo, you're in Sierra Vista right? There's a pretty big fire on the southern end of the Chiricahuas, by Elfrida. It's been going for a couple weeks now.

Longball, 400 bucks a year? wth
Sam, I use Imgur, per recommendation by one of the senior staff members. I think it's 10 bucks a year iirc. When I was helping Don transfer pics from DF, they were sent to imgur first....just hope I don't forget to pay the dues!

TexasRedNeck · « **Reply #3924 on:** July 08, 2017, 10:36:49 PM »

Today was a day of mostly rest. Parents came up and spent the night at the weekend place. Grilled fajitas last night and made big breakfast this morning. Got up at 5 and drank coffee with my dad before everyone else got up. After they left I took a nap (????? Hadn't done that in a long long time). Went out and worked on the casita for a while in the sweltering heat and then with only a 15% chance of rain we got a toad choker for about 1 1/2 hours my new drainage was spot on. Unfortunately because a lot of the ground was freshly worked it eroded severely. I had hoped to get end walls on the culvert and another 54 tons of road base brought in before the next big rain.....not so much.

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Flyin6 · « **Reply #3925 on:** July 08, 2017, 11:10:50 PM »

Quote from: wyorunner on July 08, 2017, 07:53:31 PM

Not sure where but there's a fire here, been three birds coming to and from the local airfield. Saw this one again today....

Have several others of this bird flying over the house. Wasn't at home when we saw him today but his path was basically right over our house again.

We were at a friends unloading her flatbed, and changing implements on her tractor for her. Then we tended to our little garden area at the house.

That's that Columbia Helicopters Chinook again. That thing is getting used quite a bit

wyorunner · « **Reply #3926 on:** July 08, 2017, 11:32:48 PM »

Quote from: KensAuto on July 08, 2017, 10:01:21 PM

Wyo, you're in Sierra Vista right? There's a pretty big fire on the southern end of the Chiricahuas, by Elfrida. It's been going for a couple weeks now.

Longball, 400 bucks a year? wth
Sam, I use Imgur, per recommendation by one of the senior staff members. I think it's 10 bucks a year iirc. When I was helping Don transfer pics from DF, they were sent to imgur first....just hope I don't forget to pay the dues!

Ken,

We are. Didn't know it was that far south. All these birds are headed north. Through the grape vine from Wyoming and back, my brother said up near thatcher and morenci was burning up. So this would explain the constant smoke in the valley. It sure has been dry down here.

Where do you get your fire info? I get old info on fires past burned but have a hard time finding current fires. Wife saw a little something via Cochise county sheriff on facebook, but that was a few weeks ago.

JR · « **Reply #3927 on:** July 08, 2017, 11:36:47 PM »

I have used PB but only when required. Everything is on my PC and backed up with carbonite.

Bear9350 · « **Reply #3928 on:** July 08, 2017, 11:45:40 PM »

I've got backups of all my important photos. Kind of a pain that al most all the photos I've posted will no longer show up so used pb for most all of them.

KensAuto · « **Reply #3929 on:** July 09, 2017, 12:11:02 AM »

Heck, our whole state is going to burn... that's what we get for having a wet winter... I'll look up the site I've been using. I think mt Graham has a decent fire going, along with the one on Mt lemon and a dozen more. Ugh

Here's the site. Lots of info. Scroll down to Maps, then click Large fires in the southwest.

http://wildlandfire.az.gov/links.asp

wyorunner · « **Reply #3930 on:** July 09, 2017, 02:24:08 AM »

Thanks Ken.

As far as photobucket and our out of luck with them. Here is some information;

it is indeed 400 a year for 3rd party hosting.
you can pay 100 a year for unlimited linking but no hosting.
photos are still accessible and downloadable (remove them now before they change this).

Carbonite is a solid back up but it doesn't seem they offer a third party hosting option, which isn't surprising, their aim is towards protecting data away from a house fire type situation.

Imgur is an option, with a caveat, their front page can have some crude images on it. https://imgur.com/
Smugmug is another storage and hosting option, this one is not free 48-300/year, https://www.smugmug.com/memory-makers
Flickr is yet another one, that is still free. https://www.flickr.com/

These are the big three that will most likely be inundated. Im going to guess that Amazons photo storage service will soon be a hosting platform as well, currently it is primarily another online storage option, but does have some sharing features.

Photobucket info links

http://blog.photobucket.com/please-review-latest-changes-photobucket/
http://photobucket.com/pricing

Please feel free to move this anyone, if you think it should be elsewhere.

Farmer Jon · « **Reply #3931 on:** July 09, 2017, 11:13:11 AM »

A family friend won tickets to see Queen with Adam Lambert. Her Husband didn't want to go so she asked my wife to go. Jen don't really like queen so I ended up taking her. I was pretty skeptical. I thought Adam Lambert would suck. And I'm not really a huge Queen fan anyway but I went and it was pretty awesome. Hes no Freddy Mercury and he admitted that on stage but he did pretty darn good.

I have to take the wife out today for our anniversary. It was July 2nd but we were on vacation and just didn't have a chance to get away on our own.

cudakidd53 · « **Reply #3932 on:** July 09, 2017, 12:41:55 PM »

Happy belated Anniversary there Jon! Hope you and your wife enjoy your time together and many more years of happiness together.

JR · « **Reply #3933 on:** July 09, 2017, 12:56:12 PM »

Happy anniversary, mine was the 23rd.

Wilbur · « **Reply #3934 on:** July 09, 2017, 03:18:08 PM »

Doing some odds and ends I haven't been able to do the past few days. Pulling gear out for my fishing trip to Maine next week (5 days).

Was doing some looking for cheap Mountain House preps and see that Overstock.com has a lot and seems pretty cheap. Just figured I would pass that along for anyone interested.

JR · « **Reply #3935 on:** July 09, 2017, 04:43:08 PM »

Have you tried the other brands? Used MH camping and it was good.

TexasRedNeck · « **Reply #3936 on:** July 09, 2017, 05:35:11 PM »

Jr your anniversary was the 23rd ?so was mine.

Today I drilled for brackets and epoxied the bolts for attaching the structure to the piers

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Wilbur · « **Reply #3937 on:** July 09, 2017, 06:18:12 PM »

Quote from: JR on July 09, 2017, 04:43:08 PM

Have you tried the other brands? Used MH camping and it was good.

I havent....I've only had MH and it is not bad so I stick with that. Don't have what I want to be "complete" bUT always looking to add some.

wyorunner · « **Reply #3938 on:** July 09, 2017, 07:41:58 PM »

Quote from: Wilbur on July 09, 2017, 06:18:12 PM

Quote from: JR on July 09, 2017, 04:43:08 PM
Have you tried the other brands? Used MH camping and it was good.

I havent....I've only had MH and it is not bad so I stick with that. Don't have what I want to be "complete" bUT always looking to add some.

Wilbur and JR, I have had, and currently have several brands, MH, Wise, foodforhealthinternational.com, Thrive Life, and the costco cheap large bucket (dont currently have this, but have ate it).

The price at overstock is about normal, possibly even high. To give you an idea, https://www.overstock.com/Emergency-Preparedness/Mountain-House-Just-in-Case-Classic-Emergency-12-meal-Bucket/12972928/product.html?recset=67e4dede-7e59-4020-bbcc-f087c066f3b3&refccid=5FBEHIQFKQTK7I2PAMIOHENI2Y&searchidx=8&recalg=63&recidx=8&keywords=mountain%20house&refinement=

I have never paid more than 60 for that bucket and others like it from MH, I have bought them all from Amazon. That being said, I wont buy pre made meals any more, single ingredients is what we like, and use almost every day. Amazon prime day is coming on Tuesday, they will probably have some MH buckets for 55 or less, but they go quick so if you see it buy it.

I am partial to Thrive, for several reasons, but a side by side comparison of their product to the stuff from Emergency Essentials.... well there isn't really a comparison. Thrive simply is better, looks better, tastes better, smells better, seems to last longer. Now, I may be a little biased because I am a Thrive consultant, but we have been eating freeze dried products for several years, and emergency essentials was our go to before I did a side by side comparison and look at how long they last once the can is opened. I will see if I still have the pictures and post them up if I do.

Edit: two comparisons...

The little pieces on the left are emergency essentials, while the whole green bean is Thrive life.

Thrive life on the left, looks like a dehydrated banana, normal color. The right is emergency essential brand, it's got an odd reddish color near the center.

JR · « **Reply #3939 on:** July 09, 2017, 11:22:19 PM »

Thanks, the price on OS did seem about normal.

Taste and looks is a huge thing. Worth trying other brands.

Wilbur · « **Reply #3940 on:** July 10, 2017, 01:26:43 AM »

I was looking at the #10 cans and those seemed pretty good but I hadn't compared them to Amazon. The single serve pouches are a lot more per meal, but handy for one person.

I'm not familiar with Thrive so thanks for posting this.

rpar86 · « **Reply #3941 on:** July 10, 2017, 02:45:14 AM »

Quote from: wyorunner on July 09, 2017, 02:24:08 AM

Thanks Ken.

As far as photobucket and our out of luck with them. Here is some information;

it is indeed 400 a year for 3rd party hosting.
you can pay 100 a year for unlimited linking but no hosting.
photos are still accessible and downloadable (remove them now before they change this).

Carbonite is a solid back up but it doesn't seem they offer a third party hosting option, which isn't surprising, their aim is towards protecting data away from a house fire type situation.

Imgur is an option, with a caveat, their front page can have some crude images on it. https://imgur.com/
Smugmug is another storage and hosting option, this one is not free 48-300/year, https://www.smugmug.com/memory-makers
Flickr is yet another one, that is still free. https://www.flickr.com/

These are the big three that will most likely be inundated. Im going to guess that Amazons photo storage service will soon be a hosting platform as well, currently it is primarily another online storage option, but does have some sharing features.

Photobucket info links

http://blog.photobucket.com/please-review-latest-changes-photobucket/
http://photobucket.com/pricing

Please feel free to move this anyone, if you think it should be elsewhere.

Flickr I believe is owned by Yahoo... With Verizon having just bought Yahoo, i wonder what will change...

Bear9350 · « **Reply #3942 on:** July 10, 2017, 07:51:56 AM »

Our 5 year was last Friday and we celebrated Sat. Headed to a Brazilian steak house down in Madison.

Wilbur · « **Reply #3943 on:** July 10, 2017, 10:08:11 AM »

Quote from: Wilbur on July 10, 2017, 01:26:43 AM

I was looking at the #10 cans and those seemed pretty good but I hadn't compared them to Amazon. The single serve pouches are a lot more per meal, but handy for one person.

I'm not familiar with Thrive so thanks for posting this.

wyo- double thanks....the cases of 6 #10 cans from Amazon are definitely much lower than what I saw at Overstock. I had seen prices against the sponsored ones in Google search so Overstock seemed cheap (I should have known right?!

) I do see WalMart has the same price for the #10 cans as Amazon (WalMart has dramatically increased the number of SKU's they carry online (I am sure in response to Amazon) so I find myself checking prices there a lot now too).

Maybe you could do a thread on Thrive some time...curious (beyond what you showed) what the plusses are versus the "tried and true" MH. Always tough for companies to get a foothold in a space where someone has dominating market share but like to learn about them. Also good to know alternatives.

But this whole thing is making me think about the dehydrator route myself.

EL TATE · « **Reply #3944 on:** July 10, 2017, 01:39:53 PM »

I went out yesterday morning to get the crab pots, (only got two) but found these 4 bald eagles and one osprey, AKA Seahawk, battling over a dead fish. snapped this pic of the Seahawk and the Baldy in a 4g negative pushover directly above my Seahawks themed boat. Coincidence? I think not.

EL TATE · « **Reply #3945 on:** July 10, 2017, 01:48:55 PM »

Then later on that afternoon these eagles coming from Oak Harbor

Wilbur · « **Reply #3946 on:** July 10, 2017, 02:30:47 PM »

Very cool pics tate!

Of course whenever I see an osprey I think of this now....

JR · « **Reply #3947 on:** July 11, 2017, 06:06:10 AM »

I had a cool comment, but it degraded the osprey to much,,,,,,,,,

dave945 · « **Reply #3948 on:** July 11, 2017, 08:30:55 AM »

About four weeks away from some major changes. Expecting the new baby to be born early August, selling our 55 acres of play land, buying a new house on 63 acres and then selling our current house. Talk about irons in the fire. We have seen prayers answered in the way this has all fallen into place. I'll post up more about the house when we get occupancy, it's about 4500 sq ft of living space all on one level, a 6000 sqft garage, and a "small" guest house. Wife is really excited and happy, which means I'm happy.

Flyin6 · « **Reply #3949 on:** July 11, 2017, 09:28:53 AM »

Quote from: dave945 on July 11, 2017, 08:30:55 AM

About four weeks away from some major changes. Expecting the new baby to be born early August, selling our 55 acres of play land, buying a new house on 63 acres and then selling our current house. Talk about irons in the fire. We have seen prayers answered in the way this has all fallen into place. I'll post up more about the house when we get occupancy, it's about 4500 sq ft of living space all on one level, a 6000 sqft garage, and a "small" guest house. Wife is really excited and happy, which means I'm happy.

Wow, thats a big house
I have 5320 sq ft on three levels and my main floor is big, 4500 on one floor, two words: Wal Mart
(Yes I know it's one word, just trying to use the hillbilly card that others expect from people from Kintucky)