Just one of those weeks

rjmacres · 2008-09-20T02:43:35+00:00

Last week I thought I would have time this week to do some work on thegarage & shop. But nope, our farm got hit by a tornado on Sundaymorning.So once again the garage & shop get put on the back burner.So I get to spend the next couple of weeks cleaning up the mess. Lotsof largeoak trees got uprooted and some just got snapped off. Of course morethen afew had to land on the fences. Got most of the fences fixed exceptfor 1 area.Found out the hard way that there is a nest of ground bees or hornetsright wherethe tree was on the fence. Little bastards got me good and my wifehad to take anepi-pen to me. That kept me down for a day. Went out the next dayand put along strap on the tree and pulled it off the fence with the tractor.Didn't see anybees at all so I waited and watched. Nothing. Great, went out to fixthe fence andsure as shit, the bees swarmed and got me good again. More epi-pen.Guess Iwill have to find the hole and gas them.Good part is we will have enough firewood to last for years. Will betaking someof the larger tree trunks to the local sawmill. They'll cut them upinto boards for25 cents a foot. Pretty cheap for good oak boards.Bad part is we have to rebuild the chicken coop and put up a new goatshed.Good news is the 67 bug and the barn it's sitting in came thru withouta scratch.In fact, all vehicles came thru. Trees landed all around them anddidn't toucha single one.Same for all the animals. Not a scratch or injury to any. All thegoats have beenthrilled with the downed tree. They love the leaves and think thetrees make greatplaces to play. Even with the fences being down they stayed right athome andno predators paid them a visit.Other bad news is the chiggers got me yesterday. Got bites frombetween mytoes up to my shoulders and everthing in between. Now that reallysucks.Some weeks and days are just like that.Randy

Sep 20, 2008 22 Replies

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rjmacres 17 years ago

Air cooled is air cooled.

Randy

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NotMe 17 years ago

}Air cooled is air cooled.{

I've a J3 Piper Cub -- hand cranked- no electical system.

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MUADIB 17 years ago

Snippage8<

Ummmmm..... They don't like to be called chiggers anymore....

They prefer "Cheegroes"

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