Farmerjan's journal - Weather

[farmerjan]

No, you are not paranoid.... there is a war against the decent, hardworking, RESPONSIBLE, taxpaying person in this country. The "woke" people.... whatever that means anyhow, have made their money off the backs of the little guy, and have elevated themselves above everyone else... so they want everyone else to get more and more dependent on them for everything so they can control people....
I agree, that there are people that are decent in every walk of life...... live and let live.... but today the "alternative lifestyle" people seem to think that they are the only ones that should be heard and they are owed a living by everyone else. Stay out of my space, I will stay out of yours.... but do not force me to like what you do or promote it.....there is too much intrusion into people's private lives.... and to try to take God and religion out of everyone's lives is wrong.
The lawlessness is a sign of the times.... lack of respect for others, for right and wrong, because there is no morality being taught... there is no respect for others in any way.... it is considered wrong to work for what you get....it has become the age of self centered entitlement.... it is all about "me".... gimme gimme gimme......
And that comes from a lack of personal self respect......

Home from testing, going in to get a shower and wash my hair.... then sit and pack the samples to go out tomorrow.... PT in the morning then heading up to the farm 125+ miles away to be there ready to test by 1 p.m..... it will be a long day, but it makes no sense to come home from PT then turn around in less than an hour to go back in that direction to go to work. So I will take everything with me in the morning, and stop at a Goodwill or something to do a little browsing... find a few books, and have some lunch, and go to work....

Windy and partly cloudy and chilly most all day. Testing went fine....

 

[CLSranch]

Am I getting paranoid?

No but one quote I like " Just because your paranoid doesn't mean your not being watched.

I agree, that there are people that are decent in every walk of life...... live and let live.... but today the "alternative lifestyle" people seem to think that they are the only ones that should be heard and they are owed a living by everyone else. Stay out of my space, I will stay out of yours.... but do not force me to like what you do or promote it.....there is too much intrusion into people's private lives.... and to try to take God and religion out of everyone's lives is wrong.

Amen. I'm bothered from simple commercials and newer t.v. shows, that force a view. I've had gay friends for a long time but why is it "wrong" to have a show or commercial with straight couples for my kids to watch. That's why half of our viewing is pre 1980.
Every body today feels intitled to something for doing nothing. Your not next in line for the queen of England shut up leave, me alone and earn your keep.

 

[Mini Horses]

I want them to stop paying to stay home! Stop $300 a week to be unemployed....pay 3 workers earning under "xxx" $100 per week supplement. There are "hiring now" signs everywhere!!!!!! I'm working at 75, those who are younger can get their butts in gear! It does a body good.

 

[Baymule]

I still feel safe here, but there are places in the big cities that I’m not interested in going to. Heck, I don’t want to be in any big city. There is crime of opportunity out in the rural areas in the county, people go to work and no one is home all day, thus opportunity to break in and steal. We have no problem, house is 200 feet off the road, gate across the driveway and big dogs that race to the gate to bark.

Texas is a law and order state. Our capital, Austin, made noise about defunding the police and our Governor Abbot passed a law that any city that tried to defund the police would have their sales tax funding cut off. So that defund the police idea fizzled out. Texas is now passing a law that allows a right to carry-without a permit. Criminals do it anyway, make it legal for the rest of us.

I don’t know how good, law and order people can stand to live in these states that are bastions of stupidity where criminals have all the rights and law abiding citizens have none. Vote with your feet. Leave.

 

[farmerjan]

Morning all. More craziness with the new "gas shortage" problem here due to the hacking of the computer stuff controlling the pipeline that has shut down at present. As I related in the Coffee thread... prices here jumped over $.40 a gallon of regular.....one station was still 2.83 last evening and then 10 miles south, they had gone up to 3.29 and the one station (a PILOT with 10 or 12 pumps) had all the gas lanes closed off because they were out and the 3 other stations were 3.29.... Same price as the diesel fuel.

Cloudy, drab and dreary out. Possible few showers but then supposedly clearing off and mostly sun this afternoon and tomorrow with more showers maybe coming in.

The horse is supposed to get picked up today to go to the breeder so that will end that chore. She's not a bad older mare...glad the younger one was picked up a week ago.... but it will be nice to not have to go there.

Got to pack the samples from yesterday afternoon.... get the meters and hoses and sample bottles for the owner sampler farm and the bottles for the farm I am going to test this afternoon . Going down the hill to see about loading a load on the truck. It can go under the carport overnight and I can unload it tomorrow. Then the plans are to empty the freezers and load the cooler chests on the truck to bring up and put in the freezers here in the next couple days... get them cleaned out and ready to be moved. Then DS can move them when he can get to it one afternoon. They are both going out in the building out here.

I need to get with the rest of my farmers, and see what their plans are for testing.

DS was supposed to move some cows to pasture yesterday... haven't heard anything.

Got a load of clothes in the washer to hang in a little bit. Should dry and all if the sun comes out like forecast... and from what the radar is showing.

Nothing much else going on. Got to get something done.

 

[farmerjan]

Thursday evening. Sunny but not a great day for me overall. I have been having a little bit of a problem with frequency of trips to the bathroom.... yeah, suppose to be a thing with older females somewhat.... Turns out I have a UTI that is really raging... the burning was unbelieveable and when the urge hit, I had 3 seconds to get my britches down.... WHAT a PITA..... went to the urgent care right up the road this afternoon as I was hurting.... no question about it. Got the prescription filled and they will run it for cultures but hope this is all it is.
I have been hurting big time. Hopefully by this time tomorrow I will be feeling a little better as it starts to work. Have no idea why or where or how I got it.... haven't done anything different. Thought at first it was a change to this water here... hadn't changed any soap, clothes washing soap, nothing. Finally couldn't take it. I had been drinking more cranberry juice and thought maybe I had gotten too acidic in my system....
Kinda glad that I at least know the basics... if I don't hear anything in 48 hours then the lab tests on the specimen didn't show anything "terrible".....

Got the samples packed and sent off but did not get the clothes on the line. Tomorrow morning I hope. The rain chances have deteriorated to less than 20% so I will get them out.
Then time to get back to the other house. Was gone testing on Tuesday, and then yesterday afternoon that was very miserable, even though the actual herd is not a bad one to do. I did get the meters and sample bottles and all dropped off at the other farm after testing, and they are supposed to be testing today and tomorrow morning so will wait for a call. I could not have managed to go to the other house today if my life had depended on it.

Hope to be getting back to getting things done starting tomorrow. Weather was nice out today and I just could not go out and enjoy it.
Got to get some lawn mowing done too,but there was no way I could sit on the mower the last few days....

Tomorrow's another day.....a better day I hope.

 

[Baymule]

Mix 4 tablespoons of baking soda in a quart of water, keep in refrigerator. Put 2 tablespoons in a glass of water and drink it twice daily while the UTO is so bad, then once a day until UTI is gone. BJ gets that once in awhile and the baking soda usually clears it up. He wound up in the hospital a few years ago with an antibiotic resistant UTI and it took sever days of super duper antibiotics to get it under control. Since then we use the baking soda at the first hint of a UTI. Hope you get better soon.

 

[Mini Horses]

Hope you're feeling better!

Mom used to get those a lot...your memory gets out of sorts during them, oddly. So while she didn't know she had one, I could tell. Worse than where'd I put my keys? More like keys, what keys? A confused state.....

Nice you found some freezer goodies. Less shopping! You still need to get a stove to cook? Know you were looking. Now that you are in your house, that kinda moved up the list. Just think...you have only a few more trips to the stone house!! Then life begins .... Get set up, moved around and plan for Fall. Push yourself outa that stone pit!!!

 

[farmerjan]

Morning. Better morning than the last few days that is for sure. I am feeling better already with 2 doses of antibiotics in my system. WOW, what a relief already.
I am going out to hang clothes on the line. It is mostly sunny out there, some high clouds, but now the chance of a stray shower is less than 20%.
Then a trip down the hill to get to work on things down there... Haven't heard from the farmer about the samples, so maybe he did not get to test like he had thought. Will play it by ear.....

Knees are really aching the last 2 days too. Maybe just from everything else being out of sorts???

I am falling apart !!!!! This getting old sucks....

Hope everyone has a nice day. I might even be able to stand getting on the mower.....

 

[Mini Horses]

Aging is not for wimps! You just wait..it gets interesting.

I've been working the garden and I KNOW I will be sore tomorrow...but, will have more to do. So Aleve and get to it. That stuff helps me with the sore muscles, which is what I will surely have!!!! Rake, hoe, lift, toss, walk, grumble. Can't get mower to start. Walk behind tiller, waiting on throttle cable, larger tiller no mower to pull.....cuss, cuss!! Yes, I have! There's always tomorrow. . More fun.

The other tractor hydraulic filter came in...need to get that in AM and get those two switched, new fluids, etc. $100 parts job for my little tractor....glad I don't have those big uns you have!! This is all I want to worry with. But done for season for that. Oil was done last month. Worked at mower this morning... Guess I need google now. I'm thinking plugs or starter issue, in that order as it's the less expensive first. Already switched out key thing, battery is new and charged; yes, has gas, carb working, fuel flows...damn, mechanics rate of labor charges are looking better!