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Post by Clipper on Jul 25, 2022 11:38:45 GMT -5
Another hot day here but at least not into the mid nineties.
I hate being limited by the heat from partaking in any physical activity, but I am one that has to stay on the move and moderate physical exercise is a valued part of my daily routine. Whether it be working outside, working in the shop, or just walking. Sometimes I walk around the lake at our city's park, and when the weather is bad I try to get some walking in by walking around a store. I occasionally will walk the aisles at Bass Pro, Home Depot or Sam's Club, mainly to just get in a brisk walk on a rainy day.
Today we are getting thunder storms and scattered rain so I am heading to the produce market to get a bushel of tomatoes for Kathy to can chili sauce, pasta sauce, and plain canned tomatoes. While she occupies herself canning I am going to the bowling alley and throw a few games just for the exercise.
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Post by Ralph on Jul 25, 2022 13:43:21 GMT -5
Betty hides in the house with the AC plugging away, and I have lots of AC at work.
I get a good 5 miles minimum walking every day, sometimes 7 or 8, usually at a decent clip too.
Spent the afternoon on Friday walking out side thought, spotting for my boss as he moved stuff back and forth across the outside of the store with a forklift. It was pretty toasty out there!
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Post by Clipper on Jul 25, 2022 15:36:42 GMT -5
I bet it was. Today I went up to the bowling alley and threw 4 games in rapid succession just for the exercise. I hadn't bowled since March or April. I bowled a 150,134, before I found my line, and then I finished with a 191 and a 210. Man was I rusty, haha. The last game I had 7 strikes, but when you are close to the pocket but not in it you get some nasty splits and I didn't pick them up. Those open frames cost me what could have been a great game.
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Post by clarencebunsen on Jul 25, 2022 23:47:53 GMT -5
It has cooled off nicely now, the last few days have been quite hot. Too hot for me to be very active.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Jul 26, 2022 9:12:20 GMT -5
No sports activity for me but I do pick things up and put them down. I also like being driven around by Buses. I am up to 6 per day!!! Yippy......
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Post by Clipper on Jul 26, 2022 10:12:17 GMT -5
I am sure that as active as you are in getting out every day and going to Walmart and beyond provides you with a good dose of walking and physical activity. I would probably assume that with your daily trips that you are not simply sitting around sedentary.
Any progress in the AC installation?
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Post by BHU on Jul 28, 2022 10:04:44 GMT -5
Went fishing last night at Lock 20 in Marcy. Weather was perfect, caught a couple of decent size carp which went back in the water. Lol. They're fun to catch but we won't eat them.
This morning I'm sitting out on our deck having a cup of coffee. I look up & there's another groundhog scurrying along our fence, he crawled under & into the yard behind us. The nature lover's yard going with the natural look for his place. This is no.4. In a little while out comes the Have A Heart, so it looks like I may be taking a road trip if I get that sucker. Those critter's stink to high heaven & this is getting old.
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Post by Clipper on Jul 28, 2022 11:48:01 GMT -5
You need a much bigger Have a Heart trap. One big enough to accommodate your pain in the butt neighbor. He may smell worse than the woodchuck, but you could take him far away and relocated him. Maybe at a landfill. He might feel quite comfortable and at home there.
As for your next woodchuck capture. They are actually quite good eating. Very much like a big rabbit. You simply have to remove the entrails, cut the throat and let them hang and bleed out. Next you skin them and remove the scent glands from the armpits of the front legs and along the small of the back. they are about the size of large corn kernels.
Once you have them cleaned and dressed, a smaller woodchuck is good marinated, breaded, and fried just like a chicken. A larger woodchuck can be tough and a bit gamey, but they make a good stew. Like I said earlier, they taste much like a rabbit. Just a fat and chubby short eared bunny. If they are older and larger and the fat smells gamey just trim most of the fat and soak them in a sink full of cold salted water for an hour or so and it draws out some of the blood and eliminates the gamey smell. I haven't hunted or eaten any since I was in my forties but it used to be a great recreational hunt to take my 22 magnum rifle with a scope and hit the road on a Saturday with the boys during haying season. Once a field is mowed and baled, the woodchuck hills and holes are easy to see where they mowed around them. We had several farmers around the Verona, Oneida, and Munnsville area that gave us an open invitation to hunt for them on their land. They are a scourge to farmers. Getting to know some of those farmers also opened the door to them allowing me to hunt deer on their land in the fall.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Jul 28, 2022 16:04:21 GMT -5
Ammonia, red pepper flakes, talcum powder, and garlic also make suitable woodchuck repellents and are often found in the home.Apr 6, 2022
How do you get a groundhog to leave?
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5 Natural Ways To Get Rid of Groundhogs
Epsom Salts. Epsom salts sprinkled near or around the burrow entrances or exits will keep the groundhog away. ...
Castor Oil. ...
Human Hair Clippings. ...
Soiled Kitty Litter. ...
Offensive Scents.
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Post by Clipper on Jul 28, 2022 17:01:48 GMT -5
I might be tempted to use red pepper flakes, epsom salts, and human hair. As for human hair clippings, if your garden is very big you would almost have to collect some from a barber shop or salon. Castor oil would probably be a bit expensive. SOILED KITTY LITTER??? You have got to be kidding. Who would put cat crap around their garden. It upsets me to find that a cat has made even a single deposit or scent mark in our flower beds. A few years ago we had a neighbor's cat crapping in the raised bed in the back yard. I used ammonia from the dollar store and it lasted a little while, but he came back. I then poured pure dollar store bleach around the outside of the treated lumber box and it chased the cat away and killed the grass in about a 6 inch border around the box, cutting down on my weed eating.
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Post by Clipper on Jul 28, 2022 17:13:53 GMT -5
Went fishing last night at Lock 20 in Marcy. Weather was perfect, caught a couple of decent size carp which went back in the water. Lol. They're fun to catch but we won't eat them. This morning I'm sitting out on our deck having a cup of coffee. I look up & there's another groundhog scurrying along our fence, he crawled under & into the yard behind us. The nature lover's yard going with the natural look for his place. This is no.4. In a little while out comes the Have A Heart, so it looks like I may be taking a road trip if I get that sucker. Those critter's stink to high heaven & this is getting old. When I was a kid and lived in Whitesboro we used to ride our bikes out to lock 20 to fish. Another place where there use to be a lot of carp was in the pool where Reels Creek spills into the canal behind the old Howard Johnson's Restaurant. We sometimes would run into an elderly black man that lived in Washinton Courts. He caught carp to eat. When we caught any we always gave them to him. When we had our pontoon boat moored at the marina on Boone Lake there was a restaurant on the water where you could eat on a deck that was built out into the water. Every one used to feed the ducks and the carp. They say bread isn't good for the ducks so we started ordering an order of fries and would break them up in pieces and toss them. Sometimes the water would boil with carp trying to get the food. Heck, potatoes and grease probably weren't any better for the ducks and fish, lol. |
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Post by BHU on Jul 29, 2022 15:19:03 GMT -5
You need a much bigger Have a Heart trap. One big enough to accommodate your pain in the butt neighbor. He may smell worse than the woodchuck, but you could take him far away and relocated him. Maybe at a landfill. He might feel quite comfortable and at home there. As for your next woodchuck capture. They are actually quite good eating. Very much like a big rabbit. You simply have to remove the entrails, cut the throat and let them hang and bleed out. Next you skin them and remove the scent glands from the armpits of the front legs and along the small of the back. they are about the size of large corn kernels. Once you have them cleaned and dressed, a smaller woodchuck is good marinated, breaded, and fried just like a chicken. A larger woodchuck can be tough and a bit gamey, but they make a good stew. Like I said earlier, they taste much like a rabbit. Just a fat and chubby short eared bunny. If they are older and larger and the fat smells gamey just trim most of the fat and soak them in a sink full of cold salted water for an hour or so and it draws out some of the blood and eliminates the gamey smell. I haven't hunted or eaten any since I was in my forties but it used to be a great recreational hunt to take my 22 magnum rifle with a scope and hit the road on a Saturday with the boys during haying season. Once a field is mowed and baled, the woodchuck hills and holes are easy to see where they mowed around them. We had several farmers around the Verona, Oneida, and Munnsville area that gave us an open invitation to hunt for them on their land. They are a scourge to farmers. Getting to know some of those farmers also opened the door to them allowing me to hunt deer on their land in the fall. All the vines, weeds, etc spilling over that we cleared out before we put up the fence have grown back & the fence from his side can hardly even be seen. The worse thing for a wooden fence is vegetation growing against it but there's nothing I can do about it short of spending a fortune on weed killer & dumping it on his side. The guy is an idiot. Saw the grounhog out there this morning eating pears that have fallen from our tree. I haven't set the trap yet but will in a little while. They seem to feed in the morning & early evening. Human hair, soiled cat litter, castor oil, etc in my garden? Don't think so. If I didn't mind that stuff I'd buy my produce from Aldis. |
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Jul 29, 2022 15:45:59 GMT -5
I am sure that as active as you are in getting out every day and going to Walmart and beyond provides you with a good dose of walking and physical activity. I would probably assume that with your daily trips that you are not simply sitting around sedentary. Any progress in the AC installation? AC is now installed but a little slanted. I have windows that open by sliding like a sliding glass door so I had to buy a piece of plexiglass to fit the opening above the AC. I went to Lowes. The guy said that stuff has really increased in price!!!! So I worried. Then he said price is $44. 87 with the tax so I said yes and he cut it to fit the opening that maintenance measured.24 wide by 39 inches. His measurement was 2 inches off so that is why the AC is slanted!!!! I ordered a 6000BTU from Walmart and was sent a 5000BTU so I hope it cools my living room and kitchen without killing my electric bill. Thank God I have a huge credit with National Grid of over $460. so I have money on tap to play with. The heat pumps with AC really save on electricity which is what I had at the other apartment. I never have good luck so let's see what happens.....next! |
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Post by Clipper on Jul 29, 2022 16:29:47 GMT -5
Wait until he isn't home and mix a good strong solution of Roundup or a brush killer. (I know. I wouldn't use it either unless I was desperate like you must be) Instead of a sprayer, put it in a sprinkling can and douse the area along the fence. Then throw the sprinkling can away unless you think you will have to do it again. Too bad you didn't think to do that when the fence was down before you put the new one up.
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Post by BHU on Jul 29, 2022 18:47:35 GMT -5
Wait until he isn't home and mix a good strong solution of Roundup or a brush killer. (I know. I wouldn't use it either unless I was desperate like you must be) Instead of a sprayer, put it in a sprinkling can and douse the area along the fence. Then throw the sprinkling can away unless you think you will have to do it again. Too bad you didn't think to do that when the fence was down before you put the new one up. You're right I didn't think of that. I may have to resort to a brush killer & if I do I'll have to wear my respirator. I hsve a 2 gallon pump sprayer that I can use right under the fence so I can hit the roots. |
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