A Turkey In The Hay 🦃

[Beachwalker]

I meant like physical strain, bending over and lifting things, anything that might give you a headache I would think you'd want to avoid. I've never heard of a concussion coming back like that, but what do I know?

I've seen your cat playpen, I love it! I wish my cat could go out, although honestly she doesn't seem very interested in the outdoors, although she does nap out on the screen porch in the summer.

Edit: I'm terrible at chess, I used to play a Russian down the beach, don't think I ever beat him

 

[Beachwalker]

Enjoying my 2:00 a.m. coffee ️, wondering if this is the fire that will burn till spring (doubt it), we've been having warm days so far, I've only had about a handful of fires this month. When I can light my fire and just keep it going it's a lot easier

This year I'm using something I learned of last season called Fatwood to get my fires going and it's amazing stuff! Highly recommend

 

[Pipecarver]

I meant like physical strain, bending over and lifting things, anything that might give you a headache I would think you'd want to avoid. I've never heard of a concussion coming back like that, but what do I know?

I've seen your cat playpen, I love it! I wish my cat could go out, although honestly she doesn't seem very interested in the outdoors, although she does nap out on the screen porch in the summer.

Edit: I'm terrible at chess, I used to play a Russian down the beach, don't think I ever beat him

Hey, my boys love going outside with us. They're all leash trained so we can put them on a long line out front. The 3 get tangled a bit but we keep an eye on them and untangle when needed. Yes they like their outdoor enclosures. I've let it get a bit weather worn I'll have to do some major maintenance on it next Spring to clean it up some. They bring in a lot of critters though. 1 week this year they brought in a Flying Squirrel, a reg Squirrel, a Chipmunk, a Shrew & 2 birds. We found a live Robin inside on a drape rod in a bedroom one morning still alive, feathers all over the room, I capture it and took it outside, I've never seen a robin fly so fast in a straight line over our old store and gone out of sight....lol always something with 3 boys.

 

[stonemason]

Enjoying my 2:00 a.m. coffee ️, wondering if this is the fire that will burn till spring (doubt it), we've been having warm days so far, I've only had about a handful of fires this month. When I can light my fire and just keep it going it's a lot easier

This year I'm using something I learned of last season called Fatwood to get my fires going and it's amazing stuff!

My second fire this year been real warm and dry this fall for us. I love the fatwood makes life easy.

 

[Beachwalker]

My second fire this year been real warm and dry this fall for us. I love the fatwood makes life easy. View attachment 117224

How did I not know about it, this is my fifth year heating with wood and I just heard about it late last season, I'm sold on fatwood!

I've been lighting the fire sometime after midnight and letting it burn out in the morning like I'm doing right now, it gets too hot in here if I keep it smoldering all day

 

[Beachwalker]

Hey, my boys love going outside with us. They're all leash trained so we can put them on a long line out front. The 3 get tangled a bit but we keep an eye on them and untangle when needed. Yes they like their outdoor enclosures. I've let it get a bit weather worn I'll have to do some major maintenance on it next Spring to clean it up some. They bring in a lot of critters though. 1 week this year they brought in a Flying Squirrel, a reg Squirrel, a Chipmunk, a Shrew & 2 birds. We found a live Robin inside on a drape rod in a bedroom one morning still alive, feathers all over the room, I capture it and took it outside, I've never seen a robin fly so fast in a straight line over our old store and gone out of sight....lol always something with 3 boys.

That's great I'll bet they're happy! My late second wife and I did animal rescue for 10 years in the projects of Boston, at one point we had seven cats in a five room condo! before I met her I'd only had dogs, I didn't know how great cats were!

It wasn't so much abuse but neglect that we found, these idiots would give their kids or girlfriends a cat for their birthday, Christmas etc. and that would entertain 'em for about a minute and then the cat ended up on the street unfixed and breeding, a lot of disease too, particularly FIP

This is my cat Kitty doing flips this morning, she's a rescue too, satanic abuse on Halloween 10 years ago.

 

[Beachwalker]

This is a better picture of her, her eyes are doing that crazy flash picture thing in the other

 

[Pipecarver]

This is a better picture of her, her eyes are doing that crazy flash picture thing in the other View attachment 117244

Pretty Girl, a short haired cat is much easier to look after. They still shed a lot but we don't have to daily brush like we did our last cat, Maggie. She'd mat up so bad we had to take her in for a Lion cut every Summer, too cold in the Winter for her. We still brush but its more fun brushing that real grooming, 2 of our Boys love it the other ( Qnight) is no fkin way human 1-2 brushes is all you get...

 

[stonemason]

How did I not know about it, this is my fifth year heating with wood and I just heard about it late last season, I'm sold on fatwood!

I've been lighting the fire sometime after midnight and letting it burn out in the morning like I'm doing right now, it gets too hot in here if I keep it smoldering all day

Ya same I just light one at night for now.some good old boy showed us Fatwood, he called it fat lighter.we were down south somewhere proubly kentucky or Tennessee around the 4th of july one year he was lighting fire works with it..he gave us a big old chunk of it.i was young barely remember it my dad cut splinters of that chunk for years to light fire works and fires. I just started using it again a few years back.the smell always brings back memories of shooting bottle rockets and roman candles at each other

 

[Beachwalker]

Ya same I just light one at night for now.some good old boy showed us Fatwood, he called it fat lighter.we were down south somewhere proubly kentucky or Tennessee around the 4th of july one year he was lighting fire works with it..he gave us a big old chunk of it.i was young barely remember it my dad cut splinters of that chunk for years to light fire works and fires. I just started using it again a few years back.the smell always brings back memories of shooting bottle rockets and roman candles at each other

I wish I knew about it sooner it makes life easy! Does have a smell though, right when you light it

Another thing I'm going to try this year (haven't got it delivered yet) is that creosote powder, you throw two tablespoons in every other day, supposedly you don't get that thick gooy shit, it turns it to powder. My pipes are clean all the way up to the last foot or so where the thick goo accumulates at the cap, so hopefully it will minimize that

 

[stonemason]

I wish I knew about it sooner it makes life easy! Does have a smell though, right when you light it

Another thing I'm going to try this year (haven't got it delivered yet) is that creosote powder, you throw two tablespoons in every other day, supposedly you don't get that thick gooy shit, it turns it to powder. My pipes are clean all the way up to the last foot or so where the thick goo accumulates at the cap, so hopefully it will minimize that

Ya we would just keep a cherry going on it when we used it for fire works like a big incense no actual flame.we barely have to clean our chimney.we have been burning 80% ash trees the last 5 or 6 years mabey longer.almost no creosote from it.