Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Latestarter]

I just got back from meat shopping. 103° in the shade here. Local store had whole chickens on sale for .77/lb. I bought 5+ pound whole processed chickens for ~$4. They had split chickens (fryers) advertised for .97/lb. I didn't see them so asked a meat guy where they were and he asked if I wanted him to split the whole chickens at no additional cost. I said HELL YEAH! So asked him to split 4 chickens from the whole birds and paid .77/pound for them Maybe should have had him split a dozen at that price...

I can't/couldn't buy and raise frankenchickens for that price. Not even considering the labor involved with raising them.

At another local store they have pork butts on sale for .99/lb, limit 3/day, got my 3 and he said they only had one more case and no more in till Sunday. 2 other folks were waiting with me when he brought the case out. Needless to say that box was gone when I left. Each of us took 3. I may go back beginning of the week and pick up three more. I also picked up 3 more St, Louis rib racks @ 1.97/lb. Already had 4 or 5 full racks in the freezer, but it's such a good price.... I couldn't buy, raise & butcher/pkg a hog for those prices either...

Had the goats out again this morning. Boy is it getting hot earlier. They're getting a lot more exploratory on me and it's getting a bit more challenging to keep them from scattering to the winds. Mel is crashed on the living room floor and Elf is out hiding under the deck. Nap time for me I think.

 

[RollingAcres]

Wow good deal! You can have a huge BBQ and we will all be there!

Nap time for me I think

You won't be able to sleep tonight if you take a nap at this time.

 

[Latestarter]

At my age a nap matters little to my night's sleep... I don't sleep well regardless, making the nap all the more important to my overall well being.

 

[Bruce]

I don't take naps on purpose, I fall asleep reading forums.

 

[RollingAcres]

I don't take naps on purpose, I fall asleep reading forums.

are you saying we "bored" you to sleep???

 

[Bruce]

No, I'm saying if I'm not moving I'm likely to fall asleep! Narcolepsy doesn't help but I can't blame it all on that.

 

[greybeard]

I also picked up 3 more St, Louis rib racks @ 1.97/lb.

Not a really great price unless they were a lot meatier than most.
heb has been running full spare rib slab for $1.79/lb, which I consider a St Louis style plus deal, since there's nothing on a St Lois style rack that isn't on the spare ribs.

Of course if you want the all natural, free range, non-gmo, nothing added, gluten free, 100% organic ribs, never touched directly by human hands, blessed by the gawds themselves, and raised on a secret pristine island with nothing but pigs and unicorns on it, then they are (Drum roll please) :

 

[Baymule]

Not a really great price unless they were a lot meatier than most.
heb has been running full spare rib slab for $1.79/lb, which I consider a St Louis style plus deal, since there's nothing on a St Lois style rack that isn't on the spare ribs.

Of course if you want the all natural, free range, non-gmo, nothing added, gluten free, 100% organic ribs, never touched directly by human hands, blessed by the gawds themselves, and raised on a secret pristine island with nothing but pigs and unicorns on it, then they are (Drum roll please) :
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Just what I wanted! Until you got to the unicorn part. No unicorn contamination on my pigs! No Siree! Nope!

 

[Bruce]

Yeah I don't think we know enough about unicorns to know they won't cause some sort of contamination to we humans!

 

[Latestarter]

Ahhhh excellent, I get post #5000 Now to make it something worthwhile.

As some may know and most who own goats DO know, they are cute, they are entertaining, they make great pets, they are funny some times, their milk is delish, and above all, they can be very DESTRUCTIVE!

So as my recent batch of kids have grown, they have become extremely rambunctious. This has rubbed off on a few of the adults as well. In the past couple of weeks, they have decided that the hoop house makes a wonderful climbing wall/trampoline. Much more fun when climbing it from a running start. Today, they were finally successful in a complete redesign, however, to their detriment, they lost their climbing wall, the trampoline, and indeed, even their shelter... I submit the following as evidence of all of the above:

As you can see, even my big heavy buck decided to take part in the redesign. I have tried to bend cattle panels and it is not an easy thing to do but they made it happen like child's play.

I'm looking forward with some glee to seeing their reaction the next time we have a T-storm... I suppose I ought to at least attempt to repair/replace some sort of shelter for them before winter... Hmmmmm