Re: Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)
You and her have my positive wishes as well, defspace.
Re: Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)
For those of you who live with ticks—what about your own flock of guinea hens to eat those little buggers?
Re: Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)
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72gmc
For those of you who live with ticks—what about your own flock of guinea hens to eat those little buggers?
Coyote and bobcat fast food. But yeah, might be worth a try at some point. They aren’t like chickens. You have to train them to come home so you can lock them up at night. Otherwise they tend to overstay their welcome at the neighbors. We’re doing a lot of tick habitat removal within 50-75 yards of the house - where we will spend most of our time. By “we” I mean the landscape architect and her gardeners. Plus paths through the woods. But once we finish we might try other more entertaining approaches. There are guineas (and chickens and ducks) down the road and they are an amusing sideshow on evening walks.
Re: Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)
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j44ke
There are guineas (and chickens and ducks) down the road and they are an amusing sideshow on evening walks.
We took the dogs for a walk on Herrington Road on Saturday after a trip to drop off the recyclables.
When we rounded the corner and were greeted by the "gang" my dog Tennessee did an about face and beelined straight back to the car...they scared the shit out of him.
SPP
Re: Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)
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SlowPokePete
We took the dogs for a walk on Herrington Road on Saturday after a trip to drop off the recyclables.
When we rounded the corner and were greeted by the "gang" my dog Tennessee did an about face and beelined straight back to the car...they scared the shit out of him.
SPP
That's the ones! I haven't seen the ducks recently. But the guineas seem to enjoy scaring people. And dogs.
Re: Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)
This time of year the male Canada Geese that feel they have something to prove are the thing that most makes me apprehensive when I'm out for a ride. Dogs you can reason with. Those birds, there's no talking to them.
Re: Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)
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johnmdesigner
I am sorry to hear this.
Give her your love and support.
This. Sounds like a tough situation defspace. Hoping for the best for her.
Re: Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)
Not Thursday, push-ups forthcoming...but my locked OneUp rack was stolen off the hitch today right in front of my house in broad daylight. Argh.
Re: Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)
Having some fairly extensive sinus and nasal surgery tomorrow. The grump component: will be off the bike for two weeks minimum (doc says three but what do they know?). Work is busy AF so no real opportunity to slow down other than the day of the procedure. The good things: Have not been well for several months so it will be nice not to have the right side of my head filled with pus. Plus it will also fix some chronic problems that may have been impairing my aerobic capacity. 'May' is the key word there. Hope to be posting in the Friday thread about improved performance in a couple of months.
Re: Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)
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ldamelio
Having some fairly extensive sinus and nasal surgery tomorrow. The grump component: will be off the bike for two weeks minimum (doc says three but what do they know?). Work is busy AF so no real opportunity to slow down other than the day of the procedure. The good things: Have not been well for several months so it will be nice not to have the right side of my head filled with pus. Plus it will also fix some chronic problems that may have been impairing my aerobic capacity. 'May' is the key word there. Hope to be posting in the Friday thread about improved performance in a couple of months.
Good luck tomorrow. I've had bad sinus infections frequently enough that I've considered going to a specialist. Seems like problems with pressure equalization between E-N-T (makes flying a literal pain) is the result. Would be nice to get that sorted.
Re: Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)
The AC compressor on my car blew up on the first 80 degree day of the year.
Uncle Joe giveth and the car repair shop taketh away.
Probably cheaper to make a suicide vest and replace the C-4 with freezer packs.
Re: Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)
I'm getting grumpy at the "everything is backordered" status lately. seems like everyone is behind for months or longer. i cant complain too much because none of this is stuff i need to make a living or keep me healthy and alive, but it's still annoying.
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Every day at work is an adventure to see what will be delayed or just not show up. Some delays are due to shipping, some are due to vendors not having labor (lumber mills), and others due to a trucker shortage. Things you never expected to run out of, you run out.