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Well, technically, I pay property taxes to the center line of the highway (it is officially part of my acreage), so even though the ditches are notated as "Highway ROW" (right of way), each land owner can use the grass in those ditches as he sees fit. Some mow it with a big tractor and bale it for hay. Others do nothing and it just grows wild. I pretend it is part of my lawn and mow it accordingly. Everyone who has ever driven past our place and has eventually met me, comments on how beautiful I keep this place. Brownie points?
Probably big pharma, they have their greedy mits into everything, sure woGood boy for knowing that. I should have been more to the point. I meant a couple more than "normal." And we are definitely having a magnetic shift. Magnetic North has always been (at least in my lifetime
I was thinking more like some used-to-be vice president who demands we all believe in man-made global warming, yet owns a mansion that uses more electricity than a small town.
That's just insane DaleGotta say it again, damn it was one HOT SOB here today....112+..?
Didn't look, but my truck said 110 at noon......
Only another month and a half, then it'll be getting back to normal again....
Or both
Good time for a fishin trip up NorthOnly another month and a half, then it'll be getting back to normal again....
These ditches (a 90-degree pic from SE corner at edge of highway and down perpendicular east fence).Oh, that ditch.....was wondering why you would have ditches.....
That big tuft of grass in the foreground is a culvert under the highway, big enough you can walk through it. Then you see pasture. All my buildings hide behind the trees in the background.
Does this all look like lawn to you?
Can only wish, this economy is booming, gotta get it while the gettin's good, so I can sell everything sooner and get the fuck outta here.Good time for a fishin trip up North
BIG ditch, not what I had pictured in my melon....was thinking about a culvert pipe under the driveway with a lil ditch along the road....These ditches (a 90-degree pic from SE corner at edge of highway and down perpendicular east fence).
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That big tuft of grass in the foreground is a culvert under the highway, big enough you can walk through it. Then you see pasture. All my buildings hide behind the trees in the background.
Does this all look like lawn to you?
Yeah, my ditches (I pluralize for east and west of my driveway entrance) are 1.4 acres of my total property. Most people don't have that much land where their house sits.BIG ditch, not what I had pictured in my melon....was thinking about a culvert pipe under the driveway with a lil ditch along the road....
Yes, I photoshopped it, but because it is actually two photos stuck together to make one (my camera is not that much wide angle). But the sky is real.Did you photoshop the picture to get duh blue sky?......
More growth on tree this year than any 2-3 years gone by. It must be all this extra rain. And, while it is on my "to do: list, I am a long way away from getting my tree pruning done.
Prolly a good thing, they'll just grow taller, then the wind will rip um out of the ground....
That has happened to many of my Cottonwoods at the north end of the property. They got really tall in very soft ground and a 70+ mph wind turned them into firewood.
Yup, the cottonwoods don't fare well here during monsoons.
The trees I would like to pull out of the ground are those wild plums. I got a couple more pretty deep cuts in my left forearm while mowing yesterday.
Don't think I've ever seen one. Altho I don't know much about thorny vegetation......
Every fucking thing here has thorns, including palm branches....who'd a thought.....
In the desert, that is a matter of survival for the plants. The more thorns/stickers they grow, the less likely something will eat them. Those plants man puts in the ground there don't last long because the critters find them quickly and eat them.
I see we lost Jimi a page or so back, and it is time to put my super tired old ass to bed now too. Yak more tomorrow folks.
Getting my tub ready for a soak
G, Night Rich
G'Night Dale, have a good night and a better tomorrow my friend
Anyone here tonight?
Whats happening Rich, just checked in and about ready to check-out. Another HOT SOB here today, brutal....115? I believe. Not a cloud in the sky, but it felt humid
Yeah... HOT! OK, the thermometer only said 87 (or was it 89?). We had early morning thunderstorms and rain and late afternoon thunderstorms in the area but not over us. Overall, I would say we were "partly cloudy" for most of the day. Even though the grass was damp, I spent most of the day mowing and had to stop many times to unclog the deck. Managed three new cuts on my left arm even though I was nowhere near those damn wild plums - it must have been the Caragana (AKA Chinese Peas - huge bushes).
I think the destruction manual says something about not mowing really tall grass and wet grass. Obviously I am not compliant (even though I used to write those kinds of manuals). Sigh...
Manual?...whats that?
AGAIN?
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Altaire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Issues Voluntary Recall of Multiple Ophthalmic Products Sold at Walgreens
July 3, 2019 -- Altaire Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announces today that it is voluntarily recalling the Over-the-Counter (OTC) drug products and lots, within expiry, sold at Walgreens during the time period as indicated in the tables. As a precautionary measure, Altaire is initiating the recall due to management concerns regarding the sufficiency of Quality Assurance controls over critical systems in the manufacturing facility. This recall is being carried out to the retail level and is only for the specific lots listed. No other lots are being recalled.
Yup, same jackasses.
I jack up the front, lie down on the floor, and scrape everything off the bottom of the deck every couple mows. I'll be doing that again in the morning before I do the dog yard again. I never bother with the lube though.
Something they think we're gonna read before using... Ha ha ha ha...
I have been driving my F150 for... uh... 7-8 years? The manual is in the glove box, but I still do not know how to set a station on the radio. Typically, if it is not intuitive, I don;t bother using it.
Same here, just need to get from point A to point B, could care less about anything else. I know how to open and close a gas cap, they haven't fucked that up (yet) where is takes a button or cellphone app to do it....but I'm sure that's coming
I have noticed many contests I cannot enter because I do not have a cellphone. There are many "responses" I cannot make to online posts because I do not use Facebook. If they ever make a car that requires a cellphone app to open it, I guess I have to stop driving.
I WOULD stop driving, get a fucking mule. I plan on keeping the trucks I have for many years, hopefully I won't need to buy anything else.
Those contest are just chilling garbage anyway....no need for a cellphone
My first car was a 1952 Mercury Monterrey, V8 flathead, hand crank windows, wing vent on doors, manual AM radio, bench seats, no seat belts... I wish I still had that because I sure don't want all this modern shit that is supposed to make my life better or safer. I does not. Not even a little bit. Most of that computerized or automatic stuff is bullshit and I don't want any of it.
Got that right, it cost 250 bucks for them to just tell you what's wrong, then the bill is usually over 1000K every fucking time I take the Ford in for something. like coil wires, or a valve cover gasket.
Not long ago I was bragging how good the truck has been, now it's breaking me
You meant $1000, right? 1000K is a million bucks, so you should just buy a new one instead of fixing the old one.
Yeah, a grandYou meant $1000, right? 1000K is a million bucks, so you should just buy a new one instead of fixing the old one.