Coffee anyone ?

[Blue Sky]

Smart man!

Indeed.

 

[Mini Horses]

How did that happen? Did she not let the kid nurse???

Apparently not much!!! I know I had to restrain her for him but, that may have been the most he got. FF and premature, so very little to start with. .

He’s presently out of town on business.

Who sent him...??.... Sounds suspicious!

So my plans were radically altered as the rains projected for 7ish got here at 11 ish! . Rushed to unload feed. Then, sprinkles off and on. Decided to feed early with rain event and tossed hay in far end of field about 3. Proceeded to gather eggs and find a doe in shed beginning to kid. Added a fence panel to give her own space, added more bedding which she promptly tore up...at 3:40 delivered the second of twin bucklings. Wow, 4 of 5 now -- boys . Big ones, too, except the little preemie. At least all are fine! While she was cleaning them up I checked orifices, cleared plugs and got couple ounces of some fresh colostrum I'll get another 8 ounces tomorrow as she's one of my heavy bagging girls. So day wasn't a loss but I swear. This morning I felt she'd go soon, probably over weekend...obviously she had her own calendar!

 

[Mini Horses]

Gotta add this. Sr horse feed I use went from $24.98 last WK to $26.49 today! TSC
This time last yr it was $18.98. . It's just killer pricing.

 

[Alaskan]

Yeah on pricing...

My huge issue is that I started driving, and so filling up the car, when prices were like 60 cents a gallon.

So all fuel prices are compared to that!!


I put 5 gallons into the car today...FIVE gallons. Cost me over $25.

 

[Baymule]

Galloping inflation. It was hard to struggle through under President Carter, it will be worse now. People are more connected on social media, people get angrier and wages have stagnated for years.

Even for people like us, who raise gardens, eggs, meat and have a closer tie with where food comes from, it’s going to be hard. Pity the families that will be trying to put food on the table.

 

[Bruce]

He’s presently out of town on business.

Are you resisting the urge to go to Lowe's and get new locks?

Yeah on pricing...

I put 5 gallons into the car today...FIVE gallons. Cost me over $25.

I got 100 gallons of fuel oil today, didn't want to run out again like I did in January. $500.

I'll have to use some gas tomorrow as I'm going to Northampton, MA for my semiannual optometry appointment. 425 miles round trip, will be about $30. I'll fill up at Costco 25 miles south of here on the way back. I've been driving so little that when I wrote down my winter to summer tire change today I saw that I've driven only 1,000 miles since mid November.

DW drives the Leaf to work 5 days a week, her 2006 Prius once. 70 miles round trip. We take the Leaf to visit her parents on Sundays, another 70 miles. But the fuel for the Leaf is prepaid ... solar panels and off peak net metered nightly refills. Doesn't matter how much the price of gas fluctuates with the Leaf

I do hope the price of gas goes down in a month as we have to go move DD1 out of her apartment at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada. Stupid school doesn't have graduation right after classes get out at the end of April so we have to go back mid May.

At least they are changing the Covid test requirements to get into Canada starting April 1. Only need to show that you are vaccinated. No problem, I've had 3, DW just had her 4th owing to her 20+ years on immune suppressing drugs for Rheumatoid Arthritis.

 

[Show Sebright]

You know schools should really invest in coffee for testing days. I fell asleep so many times. But I mean I finished the test…

 

[Show Sebright]

Yeah on pricing...

My huge issue is that I started driving, and so filling up the car, when prices were like 60 cents a gallon.

So all fuel prices are compared to that!!


I put 5 gallons into the car today...FIVE gallons. Cost me over $25.

We are lucky it is supposedly cheaper down here. $5.15 a gallon right now. Gas station gave up on manual signs. Most just have up arrows now. A digital sign changes in a 10 cents difference every few seconds. Getting hit down here too. Officially summer! Chilly mornings, HOT days, rainy evenings, with they 89% humidity all day long. Do y’all just live living in a swamp.

 

[farmerjan]

Got the automatic fill on propane yesterday... still 2.99 / gallon... Gas is holding pretty steady at 3.99 to 4.19 most places... Diesel in the 5.25 to 5.45 range around the area...

 

[Blue Sky]

Are you resisting the urge to go to Lowe's and get new locks?

I’m resisting the urge to employ fire ants. On the bright side the greenhouse that lived in the garage in pieces, was assembled. And I can get some Marans if I can find them. I had Barnvelders years ago and really liked them but they kept having mishaps. Sort of the Aunt Beas (Mayberry) for the youngers
here.
of the chicken world. Ok in their area but in trouble everywhere else. Leo is a good chicken guarding dog maybe I’ll try bvs again.