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Old 11-26-2007, 07:52 PM
 
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Yes, but do MAINERS wear them? Can't have us looking like tourists again!!
es, im sure we do,,keep in mind,,we have an aging society,,so if these help to avoid slips abd falls,,,they will be worn!
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Old 11-26-2007, 07:56 PM
 
Location: Teton Valley Idaho
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El, my MIL who is 80 wears them


ok, the trick is, and this sounds funny but you will learn it--some ice is more slippery than other ice....honest! for me it seems that the clearer the ice the more slippery it is...geez, I hope everyone else knows what the heck I'm talking about here or I'm going to look even more stupid than I did about the moving north comment!! lol Anyway, you will also learn how to step straight onto the ice, and not lead with your heel (hence the a** over teakettle fall) and when to take the little steps as opposed to taking the longer strides.

you will also learn the best part....when you can run, jump onto the ice and SLIDE! (without getting hung up and falling face first!) and that sliding is FUN! you'll get it
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Old 11-26-2007, 08:54 PM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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good idea forest,,,i have some i put in the atv tires,,to grip the ice
Thanks, I use the hex head wood screws.

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Old 11-28-2007, 01:17 PM
 
Location: Cape Cod, MA
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I'm wondering about "snow tires" for my shoes! We did a lot of slipping and sliding while we were up there. Don't they make things for the bottom of your shoes?
YakTrax! Get em!
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Old 11-28-2007, 01:56 PM
 
Location: Corinth, ME
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As you desire.

If you cut and hauled away four cords for yourself; cut and stacked one cord for us; that would be fine too.

We have made the offer on Freecycle many times, but most folks want the wood already cut and stacked ready for them to just load it up. They don't want to cut it.
But where is the fun, exercise and fresh air in that?? I mean, here in town, in the southlands, I have to pay $40 a month to someone ELSE and all I get out of it is a place to go do work that accomplishes nothing but make me sweat (and hopefully burn a few extra calories), and a shower to wash off that sweat. LOL Much rather the sweat accomplishes something... and if it helps someone else too, more the better. Of course with the water/sewer rates I have to pay here, maybe the sweat is free and I am just paying for water somewhere else!

As long as you don't mind the sound of a chain saw, I'm good. I don't think I have it in me to put up a year's worth of wood for the Maine climate with only human-powered sawing (though I did that for several years in WA... but I was younger then.)
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Old 11-28-2007, 03:19 PM
 
Location: Maine
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I know a gent that went to a livestock auction and bought a full grown hog. He took the backseat out of his car and the hog rode half in the trunk half in the backseat... aaaaall the way home.
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Old 11-28-2007, 03:24 PM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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... As long as you don't mind the sound of a chain saw, I'm good.
It is the only way to keep the goats off of you.

They don't like the sound of an engine running.

Our buck has been getting randy lately.
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Old 11-28-2007, 03:29 PM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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I know a gent that went to a livestock auction and bought a full grown hog. He took the backseat out of his car and the hog rode half in the trunk half in the backseat... aaaaall the way home.


I brought home ten goats in the back of our stationwagon once.

While I drew some looks stopping for groceries, though I don't think that over-all it was an entirely un-usual sight.

I have gone into the VFW a few times with a goat or three in my car, they give me grief about it.

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Old 11-28-2007, 03:38 PM
 
Location: Maine
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forest,... you're a hoot!! (is the goats name "Randy" ? )

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Old 11-28-2007, 04:49 PM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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This guy is a Toggenburg-mix, someone tried to remove his horns but did not do a good job, his horns grew thin and curl tight, they are not useful in defense.

If you named him according to what I yell at him most often it would be: "Get away from me"

We were given this buck. A family had him as a pet for their grandchildren, they had kept him on a dog run on a trimmed lawn. Their grandchildren do not visit much anymore, and they realized that the guy has been spending more and more time by himself. He has never been able to socialize with other goats, and really seems to have seen himself as a dog.

When I first introduced him to our herd, the girls beat him up and chased him around. He was terrified of the girls for the first week.

We have been calling calling him: "the old buck"

In the last month, he has began to really stink and to do 'buck things'.

"Blub-blub-blub"
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