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Please stop being media illiterate

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@molly, "" We're all being manipulated and the only defenses we have against being puppets are to question what we hear"" Totally agree. The best way to fight that is with an embedded chip that's wired to your brain. It's coming...lol

What's for Dinner

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Shish kabobs. Homemade kafta, filet, peppers, onions and tomato. With homemade tzaziki with dill from the garden and yogurt from a local farm Used the smoker to cook them worked out well

Happy Thoughts and Bitchfest

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BF #2 now I might as well replace the busted inverter in the coop so I can run the fountain off the solar setup on the coop. Been dreading that for a while.

Happy Thoughts and Bitchfest

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Lol nope. Chickens won't have light tonight & early morning in the coop and the pond fountain doesn't work now. Add it to the list of things to do tomorrow or next weekend

Happy Thoughts and Bitchfest

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BF, forgot where I buried a (temporary) electric line aka 10/3 extension cord out by the chicken coop. Well while digging a trench to put a line out there I found it with the trencher. Lol

Aliens

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I think a lot of what we have in custody is from us "shooting" them down or crashes.

Chickens/ gardens/ canning/ etc

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Forgot my wife needed adult supervision. She thought she was harvesting collard greens and it was the cauliflower lol. So the compost got a healthy does of greens. Some cauliflower was good enough to use, some not so much. She did find the…

Aliens

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@yourluvr, you're right my bad, no disrespect meant lmao

The day's news. Anything worth conversing about?

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[quote=tbrmskss]Painters make a lot of money on time and material. I can't tell you the times Mrs. T has told me that they got their painting done and the next trade comes in and nicks the walls, screws up the baseboards, ect. Cash cow.[/q…

What's for Dinner

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[quote=MelvinBoinkster]Last Tuesday, I received an early birthday present, but did not build it until yesterday. I received via FedEx a small, two burner propane grill. I grilled at home for the first time yesterday, since my most previous…

What's for Dinner

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[quote=windowShopping7][quote=FlipFlops_and_Droptop]Smoking a stuffed meatloaf today to make sandwiches on sourdough rolls. https://youtu.be/HtJusFnn8lA?si=9whizMlCQspmQI38[/quote]How is your mistress?[/quote]Just pulled her out of hiding…

What's for Dinner

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Smoking a stuffed meatloaf today to make sandwiches on sourdough rolls. https://youtu.be/HtJusFnn8lA?si=9whizMlCQspmQI38

Chickens/ gardens/ canning/ etc

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@calcan, the water ph I had been using was 7.3 or .4. I started lowering the ph to 6.5 for my indoor "plants". Planning on using one of my water totes that I collect rain water in for the garden. That ph is 7.0. Should I adjust the pH for…

What's for Dinner

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@molly, I'm fairly certain is was the dirt I had in that raised bed. Same issues I had with the garlic and potatoes which has since been fixed.

What's for Dinner

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Don't wanna jinx it but I "think" potatoes are doing very good. Same with garlic amazingly lol

What's for Dinner

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Filet from local farm cooked in homemade butter and jalapenos from the garden. Grilled Zucchini from the garden.

Aliens

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Yep, good start. I just hope they give us enough info. I doubt it though.

Recipes

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ingredients: Soybean oil Water Whole eggs and egg yolks Vinegar (often distilled vinegar) Salt Sugar Lemon juice (or lemon juice concentrate) Calcium disodium EDTA (used to protect quality) Natural flavors It's way too easy and cheap to ma…

Recipes

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Wife said she got our immersion blender at a 2nd hand store for $10

Recipes

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What @molly said. You need a whurer mixer. (The sound it makes) Wife makes small batches all the time

The day's news. Anything worth conversing about?

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[quote=Someonescoming]"Traditional United States values include racism and misogyny. You mean SPLC? Yea the ones pushing racism?" My thoughts EXACTLY! As I have often said, the true racists are the ones calling everyone else a racist. Let'…

The day's news. Anything worth conversing about?

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[quote=Someonescoming]Mickey, Have you seen the stories about the "fake Biden" contacting the FBI and wanting to turn states evidance before he is unalived? He claims to have served as the POTUS for over two years. It began when the people…

Happy Thoughts and Bitchfest

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HT: had both my twitter accounts suspended permanently a month ago. Not for posting, it was "inauthentic behaviors" I'm pretty sure it was cause of the VPN I use on my phone. Turns out after barely going on to "read only", my life got bett…

The day's news. Anything worth conversing about?

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[quote=calcanfun2]"ICE has poor hiring standards." My best friend growing up works as a pilot for ICE in San Diego and confirmed to me exactly that. He can't wait to retire. He called it "a zoo".[/quote]Could be said for every part of govt…

Happy Thoughts and Bitchfest

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BF, dug a 30' trench about 10" deep from the corner of jy house to the garden to put 3/4" PVC pipe for a water. This way there isn't a garden hose going out to it and I don't have to move it every time I mow the grass. Sure didn't help my…

WTF

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[quote=calcanfun2]"As an I. T. and Cybersecurity student about to graduate, the geolocation of your I. P. address not matching your location, is concerning." Concerning too is tracking by ISPs and websites for reasons that have absolutely…

Happy Thoughts and Bitchfest

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HT & BF, wife rescued 4 baby hens from the farm store today. BF, we really only have room for 2. Told her to give 2 back or find someone who wants chicks. The oldest hens we have is only 3 years old so way too soon to harvest them, they're…

How's the Weather Out There

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We could really use some rain here. It's dry. Trees on the sides of the dirt roads here have dust on them 25' or so up. I live in a swamp and I'm praying for rain. Lol

Trump Quote of the Day

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[quote=marioncountycouple7688]"JUST IN: President Trump has named Dr. Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, as the new director of the CDC. "It is my Honor to nominate the incredibly talented Dr. Erica Schwartz as my Director of…

What's for Dinner

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[quote=owcangrace][quote=FlipFlops_and_Droptop]Just started smoking a brisket, if it's done in time, that's what we are having[/quote]in the egg? If so how are you maintaining temps? Air flow only or? Thanks![/quote]Yes in the egg. I have…

Trumps Iranian War

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@mayhem, As far as I can tell there is no actual evidence of CNN "intentionally" doing this, but obviously people believed there was intent."" They did the same thing to joe rogans face, turned it green to make him look sick I guess.

Happy Thoughts and Bitchfest

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The ptesla powerwall does an amazing job of switching between them. You wouldn't know you switched to battery power if you don't get a notification on your phone.

What's for Dinner

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Grilled cheese sandwich with leftover bbq pork in it and a salad (partially from the garden)

WTF

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[quote=Goodenuff][quote=MelvinBoinkster]I want to fire The Judge... Just have not had the chance to. The one that I held when doing a transfer of ownership on it, damn... I want one![/quote]Wrong thread for this but... Everybody I've ever…

Happy Thoughts and Bitchfest

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Unfortunately I can't sell back any electric so mine is not tied to the grid either. Like @scamp, I have it mostly for power backup in case the grid goes down, any savings are a bonus. Tankless water heater is in my future. The HVAC is the…

WTF

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We use a judge with 410 to handle snakes around here.

WTF

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@funfor, there is an app that you can track the sharks with. It's interesting and scary too

Happy Thoughts and Bitchfest

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[quote=_rabbit_n_scamp_]HT: My electric bill for March was only $31.95, the lowest monthly bill we’ve had since we bought this house 10 years ago. We used only 176 kWh (5.7kWh per day) from the grid, also the lowest in ten years. We have n…

Happy Thoughts and Bitchfest

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I'm researching doing another solar setup to add on to the current. Not sure what I'm doing yet but I'll probably do this one by myself with help hooking it up from a buddy (electrician)

What's for Dinner

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[quote=calcanfun2][quote=FlipFlops_and_Droptop]Smoking a small pork butt, should be ready for dinner. Putting it on some sourdough with homemade BBQ sauce and homemade coleslaw.[/quote]You might have mentioned this before and I'm sorry to…

What's for Dinner

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Smoking a small pork butt, should be ready for dinner. Putting it on some sourdough with homemade BBQ sauce and homemade coleslaw.

Trump Quote of the Day

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[quote=funfor2houston]Right now there is kayos in Washington . Things that will never make the mainstream news .President Trump has something he is being blackmailed for.[/quote]It's been chaos in DC for years. They're ALL criminals. Crimi…

Happy Thoughts and Bitchfest

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@mayhem, "" We have a fence company nearby and they put all of their old skids out for people to take. Most of these skids have 6' 2x4's and some even have 8'ers. An hour with a prybar and a hammer and I had all of the wood I needed for th…

What is for Breakfast

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Tomorrow I'm making left over elk tenderloin I'll grill up with 3 eggs and some peppers, onion and jalapeno.

Happy Thoughts and Bitchfest

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Don't really have a strong opinion on this but I guess pie. That's only cause the fruit works out better that way and it pairs with vanilla ice cream really well. That alone seals the deal.

Just Wondering

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[quote=MelvinBoinkster][quote=tbrmskss]"retaliatory flatulence" Just when I think you might have some redeeming quality, there you go...[/quote]I am a Jeep owner... A Cherokee, not a Wrangler. But, it is still a Jeep.[/quote]But it's not a…

Happy Thoughts and Bitchfest

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@vab, "" The Orange Dreamsicle cake that is sold locally at a place called Yellow Dog Eats is mind-blowing"" taking notes for my next trip south. God that sounds good lol

Chickens/ gardens/ canning/ etc

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@pooking, we got our coop about 3 years ago. Like you I went overboard and I'm glad I did. They are amazingly fun. Wife spends a lot of time in the run or coop. When you getting more ?

Trump Quote of the Day

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[quote=frenchbravo]'Praise be to Allah' - Easter 2026[/quote]We ain't voting our way out of this mess...

Happy Thoughts and Bitchfest

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BF: the tv mount I wanted to use out under the pergola/solar panels ain't gonna work. It's way too wide to mount it to a 8" aluminum beam. Found some other strap type brackets but I'm Leary how strong they would be. Waiting to hear back fr…

were to sun bath nude

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@beingnme, "" Went to The Playboy Mansion in Vernon one winter to Ski, and,,,, Decades ago. Is it still there? "" You must have been there a long time ago. It's been abandoned for years it's basically just a good course now (the property)

Trumps Iranian War

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[quote=funfor2houston]I am going to warn y’all and get you ready . Just like a big anaconda it will affect us . It’s hitting Asia right now. Singapore has 11 days of energy left today . Think what comes out of Singapore. Chips for everythi…