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Coffee, sunny again, Going to buy some fuel before the extra turd tax starts tomorrow. Grumble grumble grumble. And process some more dead wood,
 
This morning I was cleaning brush from the yard, found someone's car and house keys... My computer Hard Drive had a failure this morning. I think I may need to replace my system, it is a little old (2007) but I hate to have to pay for software again... Today, I will try to record all my passwords so I can get back online if something else happens. If I go dark, don't take it personally... :)
 
The Princess asks me...

"Do you know what this is? I found it in the bottom of the dishwasher."

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Yikes!

1.5 hours latter I have a replacement assembly on order and is expected to be delivered on Tuesday.

So what did I do today?
A lot of Googling to earn my keep. ;)

Ben
 
12icemaker said:
Looks like the foam gasket got against the heating element.

Did the water just shoot straight out at the top or just run down the back?
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Not sure when it fell out of the center arm support assembly. The wife had just run dish washer cleaner through it when she found it.

Ben
 
hashbrown said:
All I have to do is start a pressure washer when Alexandra is around! She will hear it and come take it away from me. It’s like magic, all of our vehicles are clean.

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Evidently you have her better trained than Hubby has me. When he turns it on, I leave so he doesn’t spray me with it 😂
UrbanHunter said:
This morning I was cleaning brush from the yard, found someone's car and house keys... My computer Hard Drive had a failure this morning. I think I may need to replace my system, it is a little old (2007) but I hate to have to pay for software again... Today, I will try to record all my passwords so I can get back online if something else happens. If I go dark, don't take it personally... :)
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Last time I found a set of keys, I gave them to the police. Too many whackos anymore.
 
We had extra early service at church today. Had to be up at 0630 ended up drinking church coffee. Wasn’t bad, but it was in the wrong time slot of my Sunday routine! Great service. Got home and painted a coat on a batch of cabinet doors. Had dinner with a mess of family and spent some time going over fun design details with Grandma for the house. She really enjoyed getting to pick some stuff out. Sitting down and watching the Netflix Moses episodes. Watched the first one last night and it was actually pretty good, wasn’t expecting that! The wind is howling outside, so not a lot of outdoor Easter activity today except wrangling a giant tarp on the haystack. It was heading for the east side of the state when we noticed it flapping. Took four of us to get it tied back down!
 
Well, the Race fizzled out as far as I am concerned, with just about 5 laps to go to the end of the 1st Stage there was a minor altercation and it went under the Yellow Caution, they said that Nascar Officials said it would run the last of Stage 1 under Caution...!!! Sure Stage Win for Larsen, so I turned it Off, ate some Gouda, the Beddar Chedder and the Rolling Rock are still untouched and unopened in the Fridge for another time...!!! :(
 
Dinner guests just left, and mom is having a bad medical day at the manor. Just got a call from them. Her O2 is wonky, and won't eat, so hospice will check on her tonight. Bad, but not bad enough for me to run down there. Sis was sitting with her this afternoon and she wouldn't get out of bed and was cussing like a sailor, so there's that. Funny about finding keys...a few days ago I found a set of car keys near out grill. They looked like they had been on the ground all winter. Don't recognize them at all. Sis flies home tomorrow. I'm beat from cooking all day.
 
Changed all the calendars, goodbye March!! Watching a commercial for new HARDBALL ultra clumping cat litter!😮🤔 Few minutes of coffee, waiting for daylight so I can feed Buddy. Regular Monday job, then I'll see what I can get into around home. I need to put some laundry away, apparently it's not going to take itself out of the dryer!☹️ Hope everyone has a good day!!😃
 
no goat kids, didn't do much yesterday. Played a game , the farm game husband got for Christmas. I won, first time I won this game , beat son by 1 point, and they accused me of cheating ( when you have 2 of a kind animals in a pasture, you breed them and get an extra, and I took an extra for all my animals but they told me you only get 1 LOL)

I am afraid the kid will arrive tomorrow when husband has a dentist appointment an hour away. He will be gone for half the day probably

today I am going to take care of the animals and maybe clean the house or do laundry

Oh one more bad thing: the bottle lambs now have orf , it's a nasty looking virus that looks like chickenpox on their noses. It's not dangerous but looks groce and there is nothing you can do about it other than I put some antibiotic ointment on it. Some of our goats got it last year, I guess it must be in the barn. So I have been looking up how to disinfect barn. We usually just dump some bleach on the concrete after cleaning in summer but I guess there might be too many organics still there for the bleach to work well. Good disinfectant ( like what hospitals use) is actually expensive. But might rent a pressure washer ( Hashbrown, want to send your wife?) and clean well this year
Plus now we are going through a ton of plastic gloves again, since humans can get it ( it's not dangerous but groce, so far we haven't gotten it, and last year vet said just wear gloves and let it run its course). Weird thing is that only the bottle babies seem to get it , last year's goat bottle babies got it. Make me wonder if the virus is in the milk replacer? But that shouldn't be possible it's dried. It's probably in the barn and the bottle babies have less immunity since their moms are not feeding them
 
sonya123 said:
no goat kids, didn't do much yesterday. Played a game , the farm game husband got for Christmas. I won, first time I won this game , beat son by 1 point, and they accused me of cheating ( when you have 2 of a kind animals in a pasture, you breed them and get an extra, and I took an extra for all my animals but they told me you only get 1 LOL)

I am afraid the kid will arrive tomorrow when husband has a dentist appointment an hour away. He will be gone for half the day probably

today I am going to take care of the animals and maybe clean the house or do laundry

Oh one more bad thing: the bottle lambs now have orf , it's a nasty looking virus that looks like chickenpox on their noses. It's not dangerous but looks groce and there is nothing you can do about it other than I put some antibiotic ointment on it. Some of our goats got it last year, I guess it must be in the barn. So I have been looking up how to disinfect barn. We usually just dump some bleach on the concrete after cleaning in summer but I guess there might be too many organics still there for the bleach to work well. Good disinfectant ( like what hospitals use) is actually expensive. But might rent a pressure washer ( Hashbrown, want to send your wife?) and clean well this year
Plus now we are going through a ton of plastic gloves again, since humans can get it ( it's not dangerous but groce, so far we haven't gotten it, and last year vet said just wear gloves and let it run its course). Weird thing is that only the bottle babies seem to get it , last year's goat bottle babies got it. Make me wonder if the virus is in the milk replacer? But that shouldn't be possible it's dried. It's probably in the barn and the bottle babies have less immunity since their moms are not feeding them
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Orf can live on surfaces for many years. When I raised hair goats we had it two years in a row. We used a dog kennel disinfectant to get rid of it! A young man that worked for us got it, rare to transmit to humans, but it can happen!
 
@Snowman how's the DieCast race going? That was is bad way to end any race. why not just call the race for the leader and not waste everyone's time.

They could always stop, then run a few circles to warm up and restart like they have before.

I am thinking of getting a backhoe and removing some BIG stumps from a few trees I had cut, one is right at the corner of an outdoor shed and I will have to brace it and pour concrete where the stump comes from.

I guess I will get a JD 410 with Extendahoe and two buckets, that seems to be the best for that type of work.

The Case with the NO WELD ductile boom is not a good idea for it because you may crack the jib boom pin bosses.

It takes about 30 minutes a stump to get them out but it is a lot of shaking need to keep your feet on the floor if you can.

I may wear a neck brace to do them. HEHEHEHEH.
 
Pearl said:
Orf can live on surfaces for many years. When I raised hair goats we had it two years in a row. We used a dog kennel disinfectant to get rid of it! A young man that worked for us got it, rare to transmit to humans, but it can happen!
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do you happen to remember the name of the disinfectant? And the guy that got it , what happened to him? I looked it up and it said mostly immune compromised people get it, or if you have an open cut on your hands .
 
sonya123 said:
do you happen to remember the name of the disinfectant? And the guy that got it , what happened to him? I looked it up and it said mostly immune compromised people get it, or if you have an open cut on your hands .
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I believe it was called Rescue?! Also a product called Odoban is great! It's an antiviral and antibacterial! Our baby barn was an old house, we went in and mopped the whole place, walls, ceilings and all. Never had a problem after that. The poor guy that got orf had sores in his mouth and nose for a month or two!
 
@12icemaker, Didn't watch the rest of the Race and No Die-casts this Year unless turd-o gets ousted...!!!

Good Morning to All Here and Remember what day it is... If'n Youse Need a Reminder, check Me avatar...!!
 
Pearl said:
I believe it was called Rescue?! Also a product called Odoban is great! It's an antiviral and antibacterial! Our baby barn was an old house, we went in and mopped the whole place, walls, ceilings and all. Never had a problem after that. The poor guy that got orf had sores in his mouth and nose for a month or two!
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I will look for it! Thanks!! ANd wow, poor guy! Our sheep seem to improve after about a week
You should see the size of our barn, it's going to be a LOT of work , and the area the goats are in can't be done well, since it has dirt floor but we do keep all the bedding very clean, so the only way they can get it is through direct contact or feeding stuff . I have been washing the feeding containers and buckets out with bleach every day and we keep goat and sheep stuff seperate
 
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