Rammy's Ramblings

[Mike CHS]

I was able to cut most of my neighbors field yesterday between showers but I had to cut at the highest setting. They haven't been getting home till dark and leave in the morning before the sun is up so before much longer it would have been too tall to cut.

 

[Latestarter]

I love venison, and IME folks who say they don't like it (but DO like/eat other domesticated meats like beef) have experienced poorly handled meat. Care & preparation/cooking of the meat and moreover the carcass long before it's food is paramount as well as proper processing and care after the kill. My kids were raised on venison when they were young as it was cheaper and easier for me to fill the freezer with deer than pay grocery store prices for meat. There's typically very little fat, so you need to be aware and compensate when cooking it. The lamb I just got from Mike is very similar to good venison, but with much more fat.

My favorite venison was mule deer that had been browsing extensively in sage. It was like the meat came pre-seasoned. SO tender and flavorful

 

[Bruce]

Yeah, my backyard is fenced in but its only 4 ft high woven wire so its easy for them to jump it. Venison is gooood. Love a hood steak. Nect year I will just get deer fencing. Or a good shotgun.

You can also double fence, they won't jump over the first fence if they can't then launch over the second. I've seen a property from the interstate with that arrangement. Of course who wants to put in that many more fence posts? BUT a 7' high fence isn't the easiest thing to construct either.

 

[Rammy]

Thats a good idea but my back yard is pretty big so double fencing might not work. If I fence in one area they will just jump over somewhere else. One of the gardening magazines I get that I order seed from has deer fencing and deterents so might try that first. They also eat my apples of the trees, too.

 

[Bruce]

Yep, apples are a deer favorite. We have a couple of "wild" (ie likely someone on a tractor tossed a core) trees at the edge of the field. See deer there this time of year looking for drops or those they can reach in the trees from the ground.

 

[CntryBoy777]

We use 5' fencing here and yes the deer can jump it, but they don't prefer to....I will sow an area outside the fence for some winter browse for them, but there isn't anything inside the fence that peaks their interest enough to jump it....they have paths that go around the fencing to areas of quick cover....ya may have more pressure there than we do....most hunt deer here and keep the numbers down.....

 

[Rammy]

Put mozilla firefox on my phone today since everytime Id come here on chrome, I was getting that stupid popup saying I needed to update my video player to continue. So far, no pop up and no annoying voice telling me to do something I didnt want to do. It would also do it on the samsung internet app too. Not sure why or what for.
Ive also read and noticed that chrome has been signing me into its webpage, youtube, whatever when I know I signed out. And it seems to keep track on where I go. Thinking its a privacy issue so Im probably not gonna use chrome much anymore. Too many eyes watching.

 

[Rammy]

For the past three weeks, I havent been able to get a certain tv station I normally always get. I called and they are not off the air. Everyone Ive talked to gets it but me. All the other stations come in I normally get but this one. I only have antenna now since I got fed up with paying $$$ for only watching 10 channels.
I went up in the attic and cleaned up the cables and tried repositioning one of the antennas, a Mohu Leaf, if anyone is familiar with those, and still nothing. I also have a regular 150 mile antenna and its been in the attic for 25 years, no rust, nothing, and it cant get this station either.
Anyone have any ideas? I am at the bottom of a hill but have never had a problem getting this station in the past. Its always come in strong before. Makes me kinda ticked because there are alot of programs on there I like to watch. My parents can get it and they live further away than I do. Thought about a new antenna that I can move around easier. The big one doesnt have much wiggle room. Id love to put it outside but am afraid it will get struck by lightening.

 

[Mike CHS]

Do most of your stations come out of Nashville? We have a mast with a big antenna and get most of the networks and some that we like such as GRIT and ME TV in the lower band but we lost some of the upper band stations not long ago.

 

[Rammy]

Its channel 30. I never had a problem with getting it before. Couple weeks ago it disappeared. I called and they said it was on thier end so I figured it would be back soon. Nope. I lost 8 and 4 long time ago. But 30 always came in. Im not sure whats going on. I would have to put a mast 10 to 15 ft over the house if I put it outside and am afraid of lightening strikes. You know it can get bad in Tn with that. I may try a smaller attic antenna.
Right now I can get 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 5.1thru 5.3, 17, sometimes 28, used to get 30, and get 58. If I didnt delete about 6 to 8 channels, Id get around 30 channels normally. But for some reason, 30 went bye bye.