bcschief
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Nature has danger everywhere.
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100% truth right here^^^^^
middleagecrisis
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I was outside of Fairbanks, Alaska a few years ago and saw a mama grizzly with her two cubs from about a quarter mile away, and that was still too close. You can recover from a snake bite, but a grizzly bite is a whole different level!
They don't like us either. Just dont want to suprise them.
harrisonm
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That's just a dusting in ND isn't it. How much snow does it take to close schools there? In Topeka, if the weatherman even predicts snow for the next day, they cancel school by about 4:00 PM. Then, most of the time, it doesn't snow, but the kids have a day off anyway. BTW, I really like your house.
Here is one solution to the Fire Ant situation. Covering over the sandy lawn areas with crushed concrete, where they live.
Before:
After:
Making such a huge improvement and makes a nice place to park things, way less grass to mow, sand burs are almost non existent now.
Does not leave an environment for the fire ants to exist.
Like it so much am doing another lay over area on the South end of the property, dang fire ants were mounding up there.
Knock down and kill off fire ant mounds, kill off existing grass/weeds with roundup. Shovel back the weed clumps and finish cover with crushed concrete.
Will be nice when it's done. Hardly any grass left to mow on the lot. Makes it easy for my neighbor lady to mow when I am gone.
Some solutions to some nasty problems, easier to maintain, like the looks of it.
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Before:
After:
Making such a huge improvement and makes a nice place to park things, way less grass to mow, sand burs are almost non existent now.
Does not leave an environment for the fire ants to exist.
Like it so much am doing another lay over area on the South end of the property, dang fire ants were mounding up there.
Knock down and kill off fire ant mounds, kill off existing grass/weeds with roundup. Shovel back the weed clumps and finish cover with crushed concrete.
Will be nice when it's done. Hardly any grass left to mow on the lot. Makes it easy for my neighbor lady to mow when I am gone.
Some solutions to some nasty problems, easier to maintain, like the looks of it.
☆☆☆☆☆
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Yes they are, I had one up in Missouri about 5 years ago.
We had a chap from Australia do a work exchange with a fellow that I worked with. I mentioned the same sentiment. His response was....."You guys have something 7 feet tall in the forest that wants to eat you" LOL, I assume that he was referring to bears.
middleagecrisis
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Or sasquatch
famous bob
mopar misfit
don't believe in sasquatch .
I've had 3 light colored , black diamond marked 5-6ft snakes here recently , killed 2 of them , lost my little rottweiler to a snake of unknown origin just recently . Think it was water moccasin , I could smell him , but didn't see him , ;haven't smelled one in about 60 years and couldn't put my finger on what it was immediately...
middleagecrisis
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Sorry about losing your dog. I found one of our dogs in her death throws. The only thing I found was an upside-down U mark on one of her paws. Leads me to believe it was a coral snake. That knucklehead dog couldn't leave snakes alone and she ran out of luck. We have our dogs vaccinated by our vet with some sort of rattlesnake vaccine, but it didn't work on whatever got her.
I agree, the water moccasin STINKS bad. I was raised in SW Ga and every little mud puddle has several! And those SOBs just as soon go toward you as away! At least a rattler rather just go away!
Pound
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Thanks! We average 48 to 50 inches per year. 2023 was exceptional. We had a blizzard a week for almost 2 months straight. School here is is postponed or canceled if no travel is advised due to visibility or if the roads are impassible.
Part of my career was spent as an engine calibration engineer for one of the OEM's. We did our cold winter testing in northern Ontario where the typical morning temps are -20F. We would go do our morning starts and drives around 7:00, park the vehicles to cool down again, and then go to breakfast around 9:30.
So one typical cold morning at -22F, we do this and head to a local diner for breakfast that just so happens to be across from an elementary school. Had to laugh in amazement as there, across the street, the elementary kids were out on the playground for morning recess. At 22 degrees BELOW 0!! Only in Ontario. Haha...
So one typical cold morning at -22F, we do this and head to a local diner for breakfast that just so happens to be across from an elementary school. Had to laugh in amazement as there, across the street, the elementary kids were out on the playground for morning recess. At 22 degrees BELOW 0!! Only in Ontario. Haha...
Big Dad
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Pound
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As long as there's no wind...
You can see where I live now. That cold stuff is a big NOPE for me!! Too old for that. Gimme this 65-95 degree stuff every day!!
mopar head
DoD nuisance Alien/Squatch extermination team
Those kids make me feel like a woose, I don`t like to go outside at 22 above
Fl. guy : " It ain't the heat, its the humidity"!
N.D. guy: It is not the cold,. its the wind!"
Ga. guy: it ain't the hear or humidity... "it s the 1damn gnats and skeeters!"
Tx. guy: We give a chit whether its HOT (always ) or cold, wet or dry!, its always one or all!"
Canada guy: EHhhhhhh!!!!??????
N.D. guy: It is not the cold,. its the wind!"
Ga. guy: it ain't the hear or humidity... "it s the 1damn gnats and skeeters!"
Tx. guy: We give a chit whether its HOT (always ) or cold, wet or dry!, its always one or all!"
Canada guy: EHhhhhhh!!!!??????
like_A_pike
that's not factory
Working in the woods in SE Texas & Louisiana, I ran into a lot of snakes. I carried a pistol but I only ever used it on pigs! They showed up on my trail cameras at home once and awhile. My son couldn’t resist playing with velvet ants as a toddler. Stung twice poor little guy! Live on the south face of a hill in Washington now. Ran into a cougar on the north face of the same hill!
We’re all scouting for deer in the same spot I reckon. Kids haven’t been playing out at their fort since….
We’re all scouting for deer in the same spot I reckon. Kids haven’t been playing out at their fort since….
THIS Florida guy LOVES the heat and humidity. Lived in Michigan way too many years and these old bones need all the heat they can get to thaw out. Get too hot...jump in the pool. Rinse and repeat as needed!!Fl. guy : " It ain't the heat, its the humidity"!
N.D. guy: It is not the cold,. its the wind!"
Ga. guy: it ain't the hear or humidity... "it s the 1damn gnats and skeeters!"
Tx. guy: We give a chit whether its HOT (always ) or cold, wet or dry!, its always one or all!"
Canada guy: EHhhhhhh!!!!??????
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I've been out playing with the wolves, got a large pack in my hunting area.
We have a few Grizzlies that made their way via Montana, haven't seen one yet.
We have a few Grizzlies that made their way via Montana, haven't seen one yet.
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