Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Latestarter]

Hated to "like" your post Jan... Sorry there's so much "crap" happening. Really hope the end of this year leaves it all behind for you and you have a great 2019

So I'm making lamb burger helper for dinner again. Cheesy Italian shells this time. Making sure they really are as I "doctored" them up with added basil, oregano, pasta sauce, onion, garlic, and parm cheese. Simmering now and should be ready for consumption here in ~10 minutes. Had hands and wrists on blue ice (reusable blue plastic ice block things) most of afternoon. They aren't happy at the moment. Guess I can set the pan down and when cool eat like my dogs... What the hey... it's how most of us started eating as babies in high chairs...

Still gray, overcast, damp, and cool here. No rain but might have had some sprinkles off and on through the day, the ground is wet. Got chilled today and turned the heat up to 74 to try and get warm. It helped a lot. Will turn it back down before bed. Nothing on the radar anywhere near me. Not even showing the cloud cover, so it must be pretty low and solid. Everything is south by/around Lufkin and moving rapidly to the east. Not supposed to freeze any night this week which is nice.

 

[Baymule]

Hope your hands feel better. It was fairly nice early this morning, but the temps dropped all day and now it is cold. No freezes though. The dance floor looks good. I like the way you placed all those 2x4's to help the goats learn where to place their feet when you crank up the music so they can line dance.

 

[greybeard]

still does some 2-stepping

2 step and line dance are completely different. I doubt 2 step will ever fade away, as it has been around for a very very long time... before I was born.

I think it was about 1983, some friends of mine and I were in a dancehall outside of Bryan Texas and that's the first time we ever witnessed some people getting up and 'line dancing'.
The whole place just stopped talking and stared with mouths open..the 'wth is this?' look, us included.

Saw a band at a local VFW refuse to play for some Houston folks that got up to line dance a couple years ago and management asked them to leave, tho I believe they really bounced them because one of the guys was violating the "No Mullets Allowed" rule.

What line dancing leads to?

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Too many upsets and things lately

Miss @farmerjan,

You seem like a goodhearted, decent person. It's a shame that you have endured so much. I really hope you can get the stem cell treatment you need and the troubles you are having can go away for awhile. I hope cattle prices will start rising for you so that you can more easily meet your financial needs.

Wishing you and your son the best.

Senile Texas Aggie

 

[Baymule]

Uh-huh......and @farmerjan is looking over her shoulder for some creepy old man pointing a camera at her......

 

[Bruce]

They can't dance on it right now all that well.

No but they can practice their speed and agility like football players running through tires.

Will be so glad for 2018 to end and maybe have a better year in 2019.....

I sure hope the worst is over and there are NO bad events!

Had hands and wrists on blue ice (reusable blue plastic ice block things) most of afternoon. They aren't happy at the moment.

Are you nailing the studs? I don't know if you have a pneumatic nailer. If not, you might want to raise the walls and screw them in place rather than having to pound nails. Yeah costs more but no shock to the hands and wrists.

 

[Rammy]

Uh-huh......and @farmerjan is looking over her shoulder for some creepy old man pointing a camera at her......

 

[Latestarter]

Bruce, They have been running and chasing each other through the wall studs exactly like football players do with the tires. I've been using screws exclusively. Only nails so far were to nail the joists to the sills. The torque of the DeWalt battery pwrd drill on the wrist and hand when the screws seat can hurt but yeah, not nearly as much as the repeated pounding from hammering. All the decking was screwed down an all the siding will be screwed on as well.

Oh, and @B&B Happy goats I drink my tea hot with splenda and international delight french vanilla creamer. Or I drink crystal light iced tea made from a mixture of the lemon flavored with the sweet tea flavored.

 

[greybeard]

Are you nailing the studs? I don't know if you have a pneumatic nailer. If not, you might want to raise the walls and screw them in place rather than having to pound nails. Yeah costs more but no shock to the hands and wrists.

And added torque too.
1-1/2" length screws just to get thru the 2x4 bottom plate of the wall framing, + 3/4" to get thru the plywood decking, then at least 1 1/4" to screw into the sill= 3-1/2" long screws...they aren't cheap, and getting them screwed in tight is going to be hard on hands as well. The #10 star head deck screws are about $8/lb, and you can figure about 60 screws to the lb. Won't be easy drilling either, going thru 2 different woods to get down into the sill or joist and still be able to pull the wall plate down tight...be prepared to strip out some heads, break off some screws and wear out some bits..keep your batteries charged up good...

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Bruce, They have been running and chasing each other through the wall studs exactly like football players do with the tires. I've been using screws exclusively. Only nails so far were to nail the joists to the sills. The torque of the DeWalt battery pwrd drill on the wrist and hand when the screws seat can hurt but yeah, not nearly as much as the repeated pounding from hammering. All the decking was screwed down an all the siding will be screwed on as well.

Oh, and @B&B Happy goats I drink my tea hot with splenda and international delight french vanilla creamer. Or I drink crystal light iced tea made from a mixture of the lemon flavored with the sweet tea flavored.

I drink my tea hot in the morning, but iceed tea for the rest of the day