Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[farmer steve]

Good thing you guy use ° Celsius; that would be over 100° Fahrenheit !

Philbert

Celsius always sounds so much cooler.

 

[MustangMike]

Hope ur recovery goes good , what ya have done ?

Hernia surgery (right side this time, left was done about 30 years ago).

Broke down and took two extra strength Tylenol today, which reduced the discomfort a bit.

Have 3 black + blues, the one for the scope through the belly button is by far the worst.

I'm fine until I have to get up from the chair or out of the bed, and for some reason my left knee started acting up!

Luckily there is no pain lying down or sitting and walking and stairs are no problem. But putting sox on gets a little painful!

My brother cautioned me to go slow ... my father (who was very stubborn) had to have his re-done twice more after the initial operation - I don't want that!

On the other end of the scale, I get worried that I can't do the exercises for my back every morning. It is like a catch 22! And I hate being a couch potato!

 

[Squareground3691]

Hernia surgery (right side this time, left was done about 30 years ago).

Broke down and took two extra strength Tylenol today, which reduced the discomfort a bit.

Have 3 black + blues, the one for the scope through the belly button is by far the worst.

I'm fine until I have to get up from the chair or out of the bed, and for some reason my left knee started acting up!

Luckily there is no pain lying down or sitting and walking and stairs are no problem. But putting sox on gets a little painful!

My brother cautioned me to go slow ... my father (who was very stubborn) had to have his re-done twice more after the initial operation - I don't want that!

On the other end of the scale, I get worried that I can't do the exercises for my back every morning. It is like a catch 22! And I hate being a couch potato!

Yea taker easy, heal up

 

[LondonNeil]

I saw this and thought of you…lol

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That's definitely the messaging but not as fast from reality as any sensible person might think. Farmland/grassland/woodland fires in several locations including and London, some led to loss of homes. I've also seen coverage of fires on trains or the train network. Stuff overheating I guess. It's embarrassing but understandable, our infrastructure other built for it as we don't get these temps. This extreme weather is a once in a hundred year occurrence for us, but now seems to have happened twice in 3 years. Include the floods and other extreme events and or infrastructure is failing somewhere every year or two.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Very nice! I hope your time up here was a good time!Trophy blacktail hunting is a passion of mine that ranks right up there with trolling for saltwater Kings.

I lived in Alaska for many years, and hunted all over the state, anyway those antlers look pretty nice, I've shot a lot of bucks there, but I've never been much of a horn hunter.

Same with fishing, it's always been for the freezer and that's where those two kings went, that and I canned a bunch of it up in cans. I caught those kings near the mouth of the Kenai. When it comes to fish, Halibut is the real king! lol

I have no idea what the names of those boats were, 70's was a LONG time ago! lol

SR

 

[Kodiak Kid]

I lived in Alaska for many years, and hunted all over the state, anyway those antlers look pretty nice, I've shot a lot of bucks there, but I've never been much of a horn hunter.

Same with fishing, it's always been for the freezer and that's where those two kings went, that and I canned a bunch of it up in cans. I caught those kings near the mouth of the Kenai. When it comes to fish, Halibut is the real king! lol

I have no idea what the names of those boats were, 70's was a LONG time ago! lol

SR

Halibut is definitely great. And no fish in Alaska can fill a freezer faster than a big Halibut, but in my honest opinion. As far as white fish goes. I prefer the flavor cod or rockfish over halibut, and bigger halibut can be bland and dry. Even when properly cooked!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Hernia surgery (right side this time, left was done about 30 years ago).

Broke down and took two extra strength Tylenol today, which reduced the discomfort a bit.

Have 3 black + blues, the one for the scope through the belly button is by far the worst.

I'm fine until I have to get up from the chair or out of the bed, and for some reason my left knee started acting up!

Luckily there is no pain lying down or sitting and walking and stairs are no problem. But putting sox on gets a little painful!

My brother cautioned me to go slow ... my father (who was very stubborn) had to have his re-done twice more after the initial operation - I don't want that!

On the other end of the scale, I get worried that I can't do the exercises for my back every morning. It is like a catch 22! And I hate being a couch potato!

Get well bud!

 

[ValleyForge]

That's definitely the messaging but not as fast from reality as any sensible person might think. Farmland/grassland/woodland fires in several locations including and London, some led to loss of homes. I've also seen coverage of fires on trains or the train network. Stuff overheating I guess. It's embarrassing but understandable, our infrastructure other built for it as we don't get these temps. This extreme weather is a once in a hundred year occurrence for us, but now seems to have happened twice in 3 years. Include the floods and other extreme events and or infrastructure is failing somewhere every year or two.

La Niña has been one of the worst we’ve seen, it’s affecting the global weather patterns significantly. It’s been a bad 5 year cycle.

stay cool brother!!!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I heard the federal government was going to outlaw round bales.

i never heard that... but, seems that others have:

APRIL 1, 2021 – Internal memos obtained from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) indicate that the agency is getting prepared to recommend a ban on round bales for animal feed.

 

[ValleyForge]

i never heard that... but, seems that others have:

APRIL 1, 2021 – Internal memos obtained from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) indicate that the agency is getting prepared to recommend a ban on round bales for animal feed.

Us farmers will be bootlegging hay like back in the prohibition days..lol

 

[ValleyForge]

Halibut is definitely great. And no fish in Alaska can fill a freezer faster than a big Halibut, but in my honest opinion. As far as white fish goes. I prefer the flavor cod or rockfish over halibut, and bigger halibut can be bland and dry. Even when properly cooked!

a agree with both your choices…My neighbor is a rock fisher and brings me some all the time…and Skrei, mmmmmm….

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Back in the 70's I bought king crab right off the boats in Homer, 50 cents a pound. Personally, I'm not fond on Dungeness, and also to be honest, I got burnt out on salmon long ago.

Here's the last two I caught,

It's like moose, I've shot so many that I got to the point I wouldn't even shoot them, caribou is just soooo much better eatin!

SR

hi SR - it's a well known medical fact... palates change as we get older... for one reason or another. what area of the country did u catch those big salmons? impressive, imo! i still prefer salmon, poached if possible over beef. that is other than a good cheeseburger, don't particularly care for salmon patty burgers! lol

can't imagine a Pacific NW Crab Louie w/o Dungeness... yum! its all about flavors and those tasty crab legs pcs dipped in C L sauce are delightful! however, cleaning one fully is a bit of a pita! i was at one of our town's better seafood counters yesterday... cooked, prev frozen King Krab.... ready? $51.95/#! and Dungeness same preps... $32.95!

it's like shredding grass, etc... i long ago got my fill of such farm activities... couldn't pay me enuff to sit out on a tractor all day and cut grass...

lol

thanks for the comments. bit amazing u got King Krab for 50-cents... and yesterday's price here was $51.00/#

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Us farmers will be bootlegging hay like back in the prohibition days..lol

'i have round bales, too!'


can beer be far behind!!!! ?

 

[WoodAbuser]

Good morning, bootleggers and all the rest of u outlaws and scalawags. Get well soon MustangMike.

 

[LondonNeil]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62232654 seems yesterday was the busiest day for London fire brigade since the blitz. Ok that's a sensationalist headline, but it was a busy day

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Us farmers will be bootlegging hay like back in the prohibition days..lol

 

[MustangMike]

I'll take the Salmon any day, but I'm not a flat fish guy (Flounder, Fluke, Halibut). But if it is fresh, I do really like Tuna, Swordfish and Artic Char. Striped Bass can also be pretty good (but I've never been a fan of freshwater bass).

Starting to feel better, not sure how much is due to the Tylenol, but I'm just glad I'm feeling somewhat better.

May actually clean a couple of guns while I'm feeling better (but can't do much)! Maybe even put a new scope on my Hastings Rifled Slug barrel (that fits my 870).

Picked up some of those Hornady SST Sabot Slugs (300 gr - 2,000 FPS). Will have to see if my gun likes them!

 

[Be Stihl]

Government had declared a national emergency. Well, I say government, you've probably heard we kinda don't have one just now..... The caretaker has declared a national emergency.

Don’t feel bad Neil, we kinda don’t have one here in America either at the moment.

 

[ValleyForge]

If you fish guys ever need to go to a Washington DC to bribe a politician, you’ll love this restaurant…it’s not one of those glam joints…

https://www.grillfishdc.com/

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I'll take the Salmon any day, but I'm not a flat fish guy (Flounder, Fluke, Halibut). But if it is fresh, I do really like Tuna, Swordfish and Artic Char. Striped Bass can also be pretty good (but I've never been a fan of freshwater bass).

Starting to feel better, not sure how much is due to the Tylenol, but I'm just glad I'm feeling somewhat better.

May actually clean a couple of guns while I'm feeling better (but can't do much)! Maybe even put a new scope on my Hastings Rifled Slug barrel (that fits my 870).

Picked up some of those Hornady SST Sabot Slugs (300 gr - 2,000 FPS). Will have to see if my gun likes them!

hi MM - i am up for some lake side salmon grilling any day! i saw some haddock at the seafood market yesterday. nice fillets. $12.95/#... doable. imo. 3 pcs for 13 and some homemade fires, too... chips... ok by me! and they had never frozen red snapper. $12.95/#. thinking that could be a bargain. no doubt had to buy entire fish. but... to go get is more costly than $12.95/# by time u loose early morning sleep to drive to Galveston... pay for ride out to snapper fields, long arduous unpleasant boat ride... fishing is ok... then back. and buy bait. and prob pay the shore guys to clean, too. gets up there fast...

shoreside salmon fresh caught and to be grilled - Alaska