What Did You do Today?

[seanz]

just went and had an interview at the local meat processing plant,finger crossed as i need some work! Sold a couple of text books on trademe and then went and spent the cash @4noggins :D (why i really need some work) now i am going to go strikle up a nice bowl of virginia flake in my ropp cherrywood and think of what i have to cook for dinner as its my turn :wink: So far its Pork meatballs in some sort of sauce with jasmine rice

 

[baronsamedi]

unclearthur, get better! This place gets all screwey if you don't post every day.
I always think it's important to remember the privelages and rights I enjoy as an American. Today I remembered that there are people who can't stand the fact that I enjoy those rights and privelages and that they killed nearly 3000 people in NYC Pennsylvania and DC 10 years ago today.
All those people accomplished is that made my vision more clear, my beliefs in personal freedom more stalwart and my flag and whit it represents more important to me and to anyone who crosses my path.
They wanted to change this country. They did. To their own peril.

 

[unclearthur]

Some better. Slow but sure. Too stubborn to quit!

 

[baronsamedi]

That's the spirit!

 

[hobie1dog]

Hobie- I'm still using a pair of Altec 19s on our stereo. I have always loved the way they put out the sound.
I think I bought them in the late 70's or eraly 80's. They are hugemongous compared to today's offerings.
Do you remember the specs on those JBLs?

Altec 19's :worship: You need to get rid of those old speakers and get some new little Bose speakers your wife will accept better in the living room, so I'll be over to take them off your hands this weekend for $100.00 :nana:
Don't have the specs on the JBL's....they were on display outside the demo room which had 28K worth of speakers in it...4 of their 18" subwoofers, and another 52K in amplifiers and processors...impressive to say the least.

 

[mlaug]

Hmmm.....$100 is tempting, Hobie, but I think I'll be buried with these speakers. 8)
I can assume you're familiar with the model? I saved like a fool back then, they cost serious money. I don't remember what I paid for them, but in 1970s dollars it was pricey.
They were awesome speakers in the 1970s and can still hold their own today against other off the shelf speaker systems.

 

[hobie1dog]

Hmmm.....$100 is tempting, Hobie, but I think I'll be buried with these speakers.
I can assume you're familiar with the model? I saved like a fool back then, they cost serious money. I don't remember what I paid for them, but in 1970s dollars it was pricey.
They were awesome speakers in the 1970s and can still hold their own today against other off the shelf speaker systems.

uhhhh....yeah, quite familiar with them, been wanting a pair for 30 years. Be smart, never get rid of them, they will sound just as good 40 years from now as they do today. Great dynamics, slam, impact, efficiency. :worship:

 

[mlaug]

I'm starting to haul manure on our harvested ground. Here I am loading at one of our barns. The building has an eight foot deep pit uinder it. The manure is a slurry, thicker than water and weighs about 10 pounds/gal. The tractor in the background has a pump that fills the 6000 gallon tank.

Here I am applying the manure. We incorporate the manure into the soil. It is injected and covered in the same operation. This protects the material from a rain event that might wash it away and pollute nearby watersheds and helps hold down oder. It also protects the manure as a fertilizer, holding it in place until its absorbed by the soil. The manure is metered on at a precisely determined amount for various fields, depending on soil type and crop history.

The tank has a gated valve controlled by a flow meter. It reads the speed of the tractor off the ground radar and applies the targeted amount of material. This particular field is getting 4000 gal./acre.

This shot shows how the knives and openers work. You can see very little manure on top of the soil after my pass.

Here is the inside of one of my barns. This is fairly typical of the layout inside. Each pen shares a feeder and water source. They look clean and happy don't they?

They be marketed in December, weighing about 280-290 pounds.

So there you have it....more info about poop than you ever thought interesting.
I took a picture of the photographer, too.

:D

 

[thesmokindragon]

Peterson UF in a cob

 

[baronsamedi]

mlaug you should fill that bad boy up and roll through an anti-tobacco protest, spreading the good cheer the whole way. Think second hand smoke is bad? Try second hand poo.

 

[baronsamedi]

I just caught up on watching Sons of Anarchy. Season 4 is gonna be bangin!

 

[ace57]

Very nice pics. :clap:

 

[hobie1dog]

thanks for the pics :D
oh, and today I squandered more of the precious minutes of my life working at a shithole of a job.

 

[unclearthur]

Finally got the latest addition to the smoker's corner cleaned up and into the living room.

 

[igloo]

Got a new to me Sansui amp going with some solder and a couple of capictors . The tower of power is alsmost done . The neighbors can either rock out or move , makes no differance to me . [evil laugh ]

 

[matchstickman]

Woke up with a cup of coffee and a bowl of Navy Cavendish, finished refurb work on a few pipes, had a good cigar, went to town, picked up supplies, came home, had dinner, bought pipe racks off the internet, played some video games, shared some pipe tobacco with a couple of good buddies of mine, and am now sitting here enjoying a good beer and reading the forums before bedtime. Gentleman, life doesnt get much better than this. :puffpipe:

 

[hobie1dog]

Got a new to me Sansui amp going with some solder and a couple of capictors . The tower of power is alsmost done . The neighbors can either rock out or move , makes no differance to me

What speakers are you mating up with the Sansui?

 

[marmal4de]

Just picked up my Clements speakers from the shop, had the cones replaced on the subs, now they're sounding amazing again.

 

[unclearthur]

Very nice swine operation you have there mlaug.

 

[seanz]

Nice pens Mlaug, its good to see pigs with some room to move.

There is legislation on the cards down here to get away from sow crates, bloody criminal and unhappy animal means unhappy meat!

I pllan to sow more havanna today and dig over the plot in readynes for planting soon