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Post by drlj on May 17, 2023 7:29:02 GMT -5
On this day a year ago, I got up, had coffee and then breakfast. Pictures unavailable. History repeats itself!!
Get up and do something.
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Post by paleo on May 17, 2023 7:35:29 GMT -5
Good morning, I'm up and I'm not happy. Over night my nemesis, the GD #@!$#@% raccoons got into my garbage last night. Typical this time of year, they have pups to feed and they get desperate for food. I could trap and kill her, but that means the pups would starve to death. I hate coons, but not that much.....yet.
Have a great day.
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Post by jdd2 on May 17, 2023 7:57:02 GMT -5
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Post by billhammond on May 17, 2023 8:04:44 GMT -5
Good morning, I'm up and I'm not happy. Over night my nemesis, the GD #@!$#@% raccoons got into my garbage last night. Typical this time of year, they have pups to feed and they get desperate for food. I could trap and kill her, but that means the pups would starve to death. I hate coons, but not that much.....yet. My late great-aunt Hilda was a great cook in the German tradition and had an annual coon feed at her house. The meat was delicious, probably had all kinds of secret beers or wines involved in the roasting. On one Christmas trip home while I was in the Navy, she presented me with a plastic tub of coon meat, and I was thrilled. Just sayin' ...
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Post by Cornflake on May 17, 2023 8:14:21 GMT -5
Good morning. It's 73, headed for the upper 90s.
Yesterday I got dehydrated. It's fairly easy to do in the desert, particularly at this time of year, and it makes you feel awful. But yesterday is past.
Not much planned for today. Hope yours is a good one.
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Post by drlj on May 17, 2023 8:24:10 GMT -5
Good morning, I'm up and I'm not happy. Over night my nemesis, the GD #@!$#@% raccoons got into my garbage last night. Typical this time of year, they have pups to feed and they get desperate for food. I could trap and kill her, but that means the pups would starve to death. I hate coons, but not that much.....yet. Have a great day. Ugh! I truly hate raccoons. When we lived in the old house, we were on the edge of a large wooded area so we got lots of animals in the yard. One day, in the living room, I could hear a bird-like peep coming from the fireplace. I went out & looked at the tall chimney, and saw the cap was missing & then I saw a raccoon come out of the chimney. I called a “raccoon specialist” who arrived with a 4 man crew. They erected a tent in the living room around the fireplace, and one skinny guy in a hazmat suit went into the tent and began the clean out. He filled 4 big black garbage bags with every disgusting thing you can imagine, including the missing chimney cap. They ran brushes down from the top and collected every bit of nesting debris. Luckily, the raccoons were not home at the time. They then put a stainless steel chimney cap on that was cemented and bolted in place. I asked if raccoons could get in that and was told only if they can use a wrench. As I handed the guy large sums of money he said he hated to see dead raccoons on the roadway. I asked why. He said, because I can’t make any money off them.
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Post by Marty on May 17, 2023 8:26:02 GMT -5
Good morning, I'm up and I'm not happy. Over night my nemesis, the GD #@!$#@% raccoons got into my garbage last night. Typical this time of year, they have pups to feed and they get desperate for food. I could trap and kill her, but that means the pups would starve to death. I hate coons, but not that much.....yet. Have a great day. They love dog food. A big bowl placed well away from the cabin near a stream if possible. Just for a while so she'll leave stuff alone. Yes the bears like it too. EDIT: I suppose you could just leave small bags of the stuff out there and not a bowl but the bowl gives her a visual to begin with.
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Post by PaulKay on May 17, 2023 8:35:03 GMT -5
Our landscaper comes by today to refresh the stone in the yard. Desert scapes are easy to maintain. No shortage of rocks out here. And the fake grass doesn't need to be cut and only grows plastic weeds.
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Post by Marty on May 17, 2023 8:40:51 GMT -5
Good morning 49F-73F sunny. Another perfect day. Go feed kitties next door. Poor Oreo is SO lonely with his people gone and that little shit Nox is showing signs, she let me pet her yesterday. She usually won't let anyone but her people touch her. I'll sit with them for a little while. Zaria is coming to dinner, nice steaks and roasted garlic potatoes. EDIT: I did a typo and typed "mice steaks". Have at guys.
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Post by Marshall on May 17, 2023 8:51:04 GMT -5
We had raccoons in our chimney. Made a ruckus one day. Called an animal control guy. He put a cage on the top, and used a long rope wit a spreading claw on the end. He caught the momma and dragged her up and out into the cage. I saw the momma in the cage on the ground. Big unhappy animal. Probably pregnant.
Then he put a steel cap on the top.
I asked the guy what they do with the raccoon? He said they released them in the wild.
. . . , right.
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Post by Cornflake on May 17, 2023 8:56:04 GMT -5
"Our landscaper comes by today to refresh the stone in the yard. Desert scapes are easy to maintain. No shortage of rocks out here. And the fake grass doesn't need to be cut and only grows plastic weeds."
Your area is very different than mine, Paul. I envy you the easy maintenance.
I heard a few days back that A-frame cabins in Munds Park, about 20 miles south of Flagstaff, start at a million dollars these days. There's only so much private land in the Flagstaff area. Everybody in Phoenix wants a place where it's cool in summer. Supply and demand.
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Post by drlj on May 17, 2023 9:14:32 GMT -5
We had raccoons in our chimney. Made a ruckus one day. Called an animal control guy. He put a cage on the top, and used a long rope wit a spreading claw on the end. He caught the momma and dragged her up and out into the cage. I saw the momma in the cage on the ground. Big unhappy animal. Probably pregnant. Then he put a steel cap on the top. I asked the guy what they do with the raccoon? He said they released them in the wild. . . . , right. I had a service trap raccoons on my property after the chimney adventure. They caught 10 or 11 in a 5 day period. The guy told me they took them to the forest preserve off I-394 and released them because in IL it was illegal to harm them with anything other than a speeding car. I figured they eventually made their way back to their home turf.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on May 17, 2023 9:40:23 GMT -5
Raccoons taste good? Who knew?
Up and coffee. Good news for me. My retest of hbA1c returned at 6.4. Which is good, better than 6.5. So my primary and I will discuss tomorrow the path forward for avoiding full blown diabetes. I suspect on my end it will have a lot to do with the Mediterranean diet. And more excercise.
Messed around with the Beatles “Julia” last night. What a pretty little song. Another hot day. Mowing in a bit. Bike ride after.
Mike Wordle 697 5/6
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Post by paleo on May 17, 2023 10:52:11 GMT -5
Good morning, I'm up and I'm not happy. Over night my nemesis, the GD #@!$#@% raccoons got into my garbage last night. Typical this time of year, they have pups to feed and they get desperate for food. I could trap and kill her, but that means the pups would starve to death. I hate coons, but not that much.....yet. My late great-aunt Hilda was a great cook in the German tradition and had an annual coon feed at her house. The meat was delicious, probably had all kinds of secret beers or wines involved in the roasting. On one Christmas trip home while I was in the Navy, she presented me with a plastic tub of coon meat, and I was thrilled. Just sayin' ... I ate coon once, as a teenager, our neighbors invited us to their home for a coon dinner. As I recall, it tasted OK, but was really greesy. There used to be a coon hunting group where my wife was from, every year they'd have a big coon roast. They cooked the coon on spits, over a charcoal fire in a large metal trough. I was told they cooked it this way to burn, render off the fat. Never went to one but I was told it was pretty good.
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Post by billhammond on May 17, 2023 11:00:11 GMT -5
I ate coon once, as a teenager, our neighbors invited us to their home for a coon dinner. As I recall, it tasted OK, but was really greesy. There used to be a coon hunting group where my wife was from, every year they'd have a big coon roast. They cooked the coon on spits, over a charcoal fire in a large metal trough. I was told they cooked it this way to burn, render off the fat. Never went to one but I was told it was pretty good. Not sure what Aunt Hilda did before it reached the white enamel roaster, but the meat I recall vividly was closest to dark turkey meat, moist but not greasy, and not gamey, either.
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Post by drlj on May 17, 2023 13:52:00 GMT -5
Raccoons taste good? Who knew? Mike Wordle 697 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Well, not as good as a plump Indiana squirrel.
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