jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 21, 2023 7:04:08 GMT -5
Tela: "I wish I had a picture of the pin oak they cut down across the street the other day." Pin oaks limbs are a PIA to handle and hang straight to the ground. And drops limbs constantly. Worse than thorns, the branch tips are like razors. GOOD RIDDANCE and great for firewood ! Check out these bamboo cooking containers, it is an Asian/Indian practice where they are stuffed with rice and a medley of meats veggies spices and cooked right in the campfire. their wood is full of water they make plenty of steam. The bamboo enhances flavor. Bamboo is also a fine smoking/grilling wood. Plenty of sugar and soft flavors. Yum. High winds blew these three 50 footers down. A heavy walled bright yellow variety. Asian dinner at Jim's place this weekend!! 15,000 members ? Nuthin to it. Bring it on ! Most we ever entertained was 150 and that kicked our butts Jason.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jan 21, 2023 7:11:29 GMT -5
Asian dinner at Jim's place this weekend!! 15,000 members ? Nuthin to it. Bring it on ! Most we ever entertained was 150 and that kicked our butts Jason. 150?? Holy smokes that's a lotta burger flippin'!
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Post by mohs on Jan 21, 2023 9:21:30 GMT -5
I'll bring mostly
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Post by jamesp on Jan 21, 2023 9:37:30 GMT -5
15,000 members ? Nuthin to it. Bring it on ! Most we ever entertained was 150 and that kicked our butts Jason. 150?? Holy smokes that's a lotta burger flippin'! That one had to be catered Jason. For about 20 years we had an annual pup party in July when kids were out of school. All the people that bought puppies from us were invited from all over the country. Each annual litter received a specific color bandana(the brilliant wife's idea). So it was about a dozen litters aged 1 to 12 years old including a few patriarchs from the older 12/13/14 year old litters. It was usually 70 to 90 dogs along with their owners/families. All the dogs hooked up and all the owners hooked up meeting each other and the litter mates/parents/uncles/aunts/etc. The result was interesting, people that lived close to each other would hook up at dog parks and run their dogs together and socialize. Those were fun parties with a great theme. The setting was in the parking lot and open front yard next to our west forest for shade. Some would take their dogs down to the shallow lily ponds and let them chase and swim. My place, house with silver roof,'dog' ponds below let the fun begin
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Post by jasoninsd on Jan 21, 2023 10:00:34 GMT -5
150?? Holy smokes that's a lotta burger flippin'! That one had to be catered Jason. For about 20 years we had an annual pup party in July when kids were out of school. All the people that bought puppies from us were invited from all over the country. Each annual litter received a specific color bandana(the brilliant wife's idea). So it was about a dozen litters aged 1 to 12 years old including a few patriarchs from the older 12/13/14 year old litters. It was usually 70 to 90 dogs along with their owners/families. All the dogs hooked up and all the owners hooked up meeting each other and the litter mates/parents/uncles/aunts/etc. The result was interesting, people that lived close to each other would hook up at dog parks and run their dogs together and socialize. Those were fun parties with a great theme. The setting was in the parking lot and open front yard next to our west forest for shade. Some would take their dogs down to the shallow lily ponds and let them chase and swim. My place, house with silver roof,'dog' ponds below let the fun begin Jim, that is SERIOUSLY one of the coolest "family reunion" ideas!! Your wife nailed it with the different bandanas!
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Post by liveoak on Jan 21, 2023 11:49:42 GMT -5
Contented Froggie, just had his daily worm
Patty
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Post by jamesp on Jan 21, 2023 13:47:48 GMT -5
That one had to be catered Jason. For about 20 years we had an annual pup party in July when kids were out of school. All the people that bought puppies from us were invited from all over the country. Each annual litter received a specific color bandana(the brilliant wife's idea). So it was about a dozen litters aged 1 to 12 years old including a few patriarchs from the older 12/13/14 year old litters. It was usually 70 to 90 dogs along with their owners/families. All the dogs hooked up and all the owners hooked up meeting each other and the litter mates/parents/uncles/aunts/etc. The result was interesting, people that lived close to each other would hook up at dog parks and run their dogs together and socialize. Those were fun parties with a great theme. The setting was in the parking lot and open front yard next to our west forest for shade. Some would take their dogs down to the shallow lily ponds and let them chase and swim. My place, house with silver roof,'dog' ponds below let the fun begin Jim, that is SERIOUSLY one of the coolest "family reunion" ideas!! Your wife nailed it with the different bandanas! Those parties led to a lot of people getting together and making long term friends Jason. The common denominator was the dogs and them connecting at the party. Most return pup customers are known and trusted dog keepers from those parties.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 21, 2023 14:29:21 GMT -5
Yea, looking so innocent Then laughing because they dug a hole in the wife's front yard(her bailiwick) Then not laughing because they dug up my 220VAC line to my barn(my bailiwick). How'd they find that electric line buried 20 years ago ?
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Post by jamesp on Jan 21, 2023 14:36:21 GMT -5
Fresh frozen raw jumbo peanuts available in the frozen foods department done in a crock pot are yummy. While wife out shopping I cherry picked the super jumbos, she'll be angry. Maybe I shouldn't tell...ell naw, what's a wife for ?
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Post by parfive on Jan 21, 2023 15:24:10 GMT -5
Those wire nuts, jamesp , whad’ya buy . . . a variety pack? : )
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Post by jamesp on Jan 22, 2023 7:53:57 GMT -5
Those wire nuts, jamesp , whad’ya buy . . . a variety pack? : ) The folly of buying salvage building materials Rich. Probably time to replace them and seal the connections in silicone caulk. That connection(memory returning) was a quick repair due to another dog digging the 300' wire up about 20 years ago. That insane dog a bull terrier was less fortunate and had a taste of 110VAC. He survived the incident but probably never chewed on wire again . Or getting shocked motivated him to attack the wire more intently, he was a nutcase.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 22, 2023 8:09:47 GMT -5
This is a 7 acre stand of pines I have been managing for 30 years. They were about 10 feet tall when I bought the property. Every 5 years I would thin the unwanted saplings and create optimum spacing for growth. The highway is about 1500 feet from them and they serve as a sound blocker. The nextdoor neighbor has been bugging me to buy this section to add to his horse farm. He'd just cut them down and convert it to pasture. Wife says keep it as is so they will stay.
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Post by HankRocks on Jan 22, 2023 8:33:18 GMT -5
This is a 7 acre stand of pines I have been managing for 30 years. They were about 10 feet tall when I bought the property. Every 5 years I would thin the unwanted saplings and create optimum spacing for growth. The highway is about 1500 feet from them and they serve as a sound blocker. The nextdoor neighbor has been bugging me to buy this section to add to his horse farm. He'd just cut them down and convert it to pasture. Wife says keep it as is so they will stay. I agree with your wife, "keep it". That or when the time comes to sell, you have someone harvest the trees before selling or factor that into the sales price. Those trees do give your place a real sense of seclusion. My wife and I were both wondering what kind of remote area had we gotten ourselves into as we drove into your place. Henry
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Post by jamesp on Jan 22, 2023 10:10:03 GMT -5
This is a 7 acre stand of pines I have been managing for 30 years. They were about 10 feet tall when I bought the property. Every 5 years I would thin the unwanted saplings and create optimum spacing for growth. The highway is about 1500 feet from them and they serve as a sound blocker. The nextdoor neighbor has been bugging me to buy this section to add to his horse farm. He'd just cut them down and convert it to pasture. Wife says keep it as is so they will stay. I agree with your wife, "keep it". That or when the time comes to sell, you have someone harvest the trees before selling or factor that into the sales price. Those trees do give your place a real sense of seclusion. My wife and I were both wondering what kind of remote area had we gotten ourselves into as we drove into your place. Henry Good advice, timber clear cuts are not appealing. To the north west to the south is 4 to 6 miles of forest Henry. No residences. About half has been timbered in the past 35 years. North and east is about a half mile from neighbors or roads. Remember the commercial jets, they do interrupt the peace at times. The worst timber job was when they timbered the 80 acres to the left of where we were sitting. It was an unusually mature mixed forest. The guy said he cut $240,000 worth of timber off of it back 25 years ago. Welcome to Georgia. Thankfully they left about 3 acres of timber adjacent to the back yard which blocked our view from the destruction.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 22, 2023 15:15:21 GMT -5
RickB there is a red cedar and a sand cedar. The sand cedar grows along the coast. Not much difference in the wood. Sand variety "silicicola" means 'flint dweller'.
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Post by RickB on Jan 22, 2023 16:59:54 GMT -5
RickB there is a red cedar and a sand cedar. The sand cedar grows along the coast. Not much difference in the wood. Sand variety "silicicola" means 'flint dweller'. The difference I see in the sand cedar compared to the inland red cedar is probably due to the harsher conditions along the immediate coast. The wind twists and bends it all the time, hurricanes and salt water damage it. Perfect for a knife handle. Here's a 5 1/4" handle close-up to give you an idea of what I look for in a knife handle. I have a very hard time finding good red cedar pieces with "character" inland as most is smooth and straight. Yesterday someone asked me what kind of deer antler this was. I said "cedeer".
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Post by jamesp on Jan 22, 2023 19:26:28 GMT -5
RickB there is a red cedar and a sand cedar. The sand cedar grows along the coast. Not much difference in the wood. Sand variety "silicicola" means 'flint dweller'. The difference I see in the sand cedar compared to the inland red cedar is probably due to the harsher conditions along the immediate coast. The wind twists and bends it all the time, hurricanes and salt water damage it. Perfect for a knife handle. Here's a 5 1/4" handle close-up to give you an idea of what I look for in a knife handle. I have a very hard time finding good red cedar pieces with "character" inland as most is smooth and straight. Yesterday someone asked me what kind of deer antler this was. I said "cedeer". Sand cedars grew inland 40 miles along the St. Johns River but seemed not so wind gnarled. The ancient live oak wood found in Lake George had amazing patterns. It never drifted as it sinks, receding shorelines left it behind. Also full of sand in tiny cracks. Cedeer does look like antler !
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Post by mohs on Jan 24, 2023 20:11:09 GMT -5
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Post by fernwood on Jan 25, 2023 4:54:16 GMT -5
A couple more scanned photos. Circa about 1929. My Grandpa, his brothers and their cars. Event was a Birthday party for their 90 something Aunt. She raised the younger boys after their parents died. I have 12 photos from this event. Here is one showing the brothers and their wives. The child is my mom. Her parents to the right. My Grandma looks really old in this photo. She was only about 26 years old. Unknown to her, she had polio at the time. Was diagnosed with it about 8 years later. Dr. said she probably had it for many years.
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Post by miket on Jan 25, 2023 15:41:12 GMT -5
In case anyone needs a smile 😁
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