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JRR, I’m also happy to hear your wife is doing well and at home
Yes, the turnout of help for tornado recovery has been jaw dropping. Just knowing such a large amount of people came to help has to be encouraging to those in need
High 50’s in my neck of the Tennessee woods today. Lows here will be mid-30’s. It was a great day to saw the 40+yr old tree off the fence (we counted the rings), from when the massive amounts of rain finally caused it to tipple over in January.
It was a live tree and had grown on the edge of the small gorge behind the barn. Broke my heart that it was live, more than the fact that it smashed 20’ of perfectly good woven wire to smitherines.
DH broke down last year and bought a new Stihl chainsaw with a 21” bar. That is one slammin’ chainsaw compared to the other two we wore out. We left the bottom thirty feet in tact for someone we know who has a bigger chainsaw and wants the wood.
We got all the cleanup down today so tomorrow we can fix that section of fence. Supper was fried potatoes plus I thawed out a container of split pea w/sausage soup I made awhile back. They go together nicely when one is hasn’t eaten all day
I’m pretty sure I’ll be asleep shortly after we get the horses in for the night - 6:30, lollol.
You made a direct hit on two of my favorites; fried potatoes and split pea soup! I made some split pea soup with ham a couple of weeks ago and made some sourdough bread to go with it. Talk about comfort food on a cold day!
Went over to Crossville this afternoon to see Clue at the Cumberland County Playhouse. Apparently the coronavirus scare has not hit here too badly yet as it was a full house. In fact the only difference I have noticed is that when I went grocery shopping yesterday, the shelf was empty of Purell. But when I stopped by Dollar General the other day, they had plenty of hand sanitizer.
In the It's good to be retired category - stupid time change. Got up at 8 which is really 7 but if I would have got up at 7 that would have been 6 and I ain't about to get up at 6. Now waffles!
<sigh>. I can’t believe we still have to go thru this crap.
I didn’t get up until 5:15 AM, that would have 4:15 AM yesterday. Now I’ve got to get my horses re-acclimated to the feeding time.
This was really a huge PITA when I was kid on the dairy farm. Cows have to be milked on time. Fall Back and Spring Ahead were the only two times of the year I heard my dad swear and I mean swear ——
At least the clock in my car is correct again, lol.
<sigh>. I can’t believe we still have to go thru this crap.
I didn’t get up until 5:15 AM, that would have 4:15 AM yesterday. Now I’ve got to get my horses re-acclimated to the feeding time.
This was really a huge PITA when I was kid on the dairy farm. Cows have to be milked on time. Fall Back and Spring Ahead were the only two times of the year I heard my dad swear and I mean swear ——
At least the clock in my car is correct again, lol.
When I had livestock I didn't bother trying to acclimate them to the time change.
I just fed them 1 hour earlier or 1 hour later and adjusted my meal time to be either before them or after them.
Heck of a lot easier to change my meal time then theirs IMO.
Then again I just had a small hobby operation; nothing big or commercial.
When I had horses at home I used to start changing their feeding times about a week before the real time change. I'd do it about 10-15 minutes earlier (or later) each feeding, gradually transitioning them. That worked for them. When I started boarding them out, I asked management what they did and they said they didn't do anything - just went by the clock, whatever that was. The first day was a mess - horses kicking the walls of the stalls, neighing and carrying on, running around the pastures. So I made a point of being at the barn at the old feeding times and giving them a snack for the first few days. Fortunately, I lived nearby and they soon adapted.
The thing that has been the most worrisome and annoying is when I've had horses and dogs on medications that were time-interval specific. So the dog who had to have her seizure meds at 6AM at the "old time", for example, had to be transitioned gradually to the new time. And she had that med three times a day. That was fun. This year is the first year I haven't had that juggling act as so far the incumbent critters are not on meds of that sort.
I wish the powers that be would just pick one time and stay that way. I don't even care anymore whether it's Standard Time or Daylight Savings Time. I just want one!
@TMSRetired I was a kid when we had dairy cattle. Dad also had a full time job away from the farm, to make ends meet, so adjusting the cows to the time change was always swear worthy — and he continued to swear over the time change, long after we stopped dairying, lollol
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Originally Posted by movinon
The thing that has been the most worrisome and annoying is when I've had horses and dogs on medications that were time-interval specific. So the dog who had to have her seizure meds at 6AM at the "old time", for example, had to be transitioned gradually to the new time. And she had that med three times a day. That was fun. This year is the first year I haven't had that juggling act as so far the incumbent critters are not on meds of that sort.
I wish the powers that be would just pick one time and stay that way. I don't even care anymore whether it's Standard Time or Daylight Savings Time. I just want one!
That’s the issue with one of my horses with Cushings. While not anywhere near the critical path seizure meds are, the vet was adamant about keeping his Prascend schedule as close to the same every day as possible. At least I’m retired.
Wave your magic time change wand and see if it works. We will all send you a free dinner gift card to wherever you want, if it does
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