THE Random Chat Thread - AKA "The RCT" - No shirt or shoes required - Open 24 / 7

[newnan man]

Lock the hubs! Or in the 21st century push the 4x4 button.

How close to you? My grandson is in school at Eugene.

 

[Oregon Viking]

How close to you? My grandson is in school at Eugene.

I'm on the Oregon coast and right on the California border. We have 7 rivers within 60 miles so the area drains fast.....very little flood problems here. At my cabin (unfinished) in Galice, a few miles from Grants Pass Oregon. Still not that big of a flood problem. The Rogue river is close and drains a lot, up fast down fast.

 

[Chilli]

Saw this in my news feed stuff today. Amazing find.

Bom Jesus: The Oldest and Most Valuable Shipwreck Found in the Namibian Desert - Arkeonews

In a remarkable archaeological discovery, the Bom Jesus (The Good Jesus), a Portuguese ship that sank over 500 years ago, has been found in the desert of Namibia, revealing a treasure trove of gold coins and other valuable artifacts.

arkeonews.net

 

[ARC]

G morn T Crew.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Good morning!☕️

 

[robertk]

Good Saturday morning, everyone.

We had a sparrow visit the feeders yesterday. We sometimes see them on the ground, but almost never at the feeders.

 

[pepperj]

Morning everyone

 

[CreekSide]

Good morning
Found some NA pottery yesterday but no arrowheads

 

[CreekSide]

Winter is back. 30s last couple of nights and mornings

 

[ToddsPoint]

Your chipping sparrows have made it back to Taney Co.👍🏻 They should be back up here in a week or so. My phoebe is back and also the brown thrashers.

 

[newnan man]

Cool in Florida this morning, 54. Brrr! 🥶

 

[fishstick]

Good morning gang

 

[fishstick]

I was out driving yesterday checking out the damage from a tornado that touched down the night before the next county over. While doing so I see a fella out in a field metal detecting which I rarely see, most are park or in town hunting. Since he was right next to the road I stopped and after an hour of swapping stories I left making a new connection with this great passion of ours. We planned a future hunt soon and I'm looking forward to it. Small world sometimes

 

[oldmxrat]

Good morning

 

[Evan in CA]

Good morning all

Here’s some update photos of my garden build progress

 

[robertk]

Here’s some update photos of my garden build progress

That looks really nice!

 

[newnan man]

Good morning all

Here’s some update photos of my garden build progress View attachment 2198917View attachment 2198918View attachment 2198920View attachment 2198919

I like the mortar between the smooth stones. Try this type of mortar. Very rich & smooth. Stronger too.

 

[robertk]

A couple more food rants from me....

First up, I posted a thread here about fake food because of some "cheese" sauce that we bought last night.

Second, I can recall some high priced eggs at the grocery store that bore this label (click to enlarge if needed):

Notice the "Vegetarian fed hens". I've seen other places boast about this, like it's a badge of honor to feed your hens a meat-free diet. Well I have news for vegans ... hens are not naturally vegetarian. They're omnivores. They eat plants, grains, bugs, worms, and yes, meat.

Don't believe me? Well this morning when tending our chickens, I saw some debris that looked like a mouse nest in the fold of a tarp up by the roof. So I pulled back the tarp to check and sure enough, there sat the mouse and a whole litter of little mice. The mouse rightly surmised that I was a threat, but made the mistake of jumping down into the floor of the coop. The chickens were on it instantly and the mouse was gone in seconds. As I attempted to remove the mouse nest, the whole thing (nest and all) fell out, and again, the chickens instantly dispatched all the little mice. And these are well fed chickens, with constant access to as much food and water as they like, fresh grass, and plenty of water, so they weren't starving. But they hit those mice like they hadn't eaten in a month.

Chickens are not vegetarians.

 

[AU Seeker]

A couple more food rants from me....

First up, I posted a thread here about fake food because of some "cheese" sauce that we bought last night.

Second, I can recall some high priced eggs at the grocery store that bore this label (click to enlarge if needed):
View attachment 2198928
Notice the "Vegetarian fed hens". I've seen other places boast about this, like it's a badge of honor to feed your hens a meat-free diet. Well I have news for vegans ... hens are not naturally vegetarian. They're omnivores. They eat plants, grains, bugs, worms, and yes, meat.

Don't believe me? Well this morning when tending our chickens, I saw some debris that looked like a mouse nest in the fold of a tarp up by the roof. So I pulled back the tarp to check and sure enough, there sat the mouse and a whole litter of little mice. The mouse rightly surmised that I was a threat, but made the mistake of jumping down into the floor of the coop. The chickens were on it instantly and the mouse was gone in seconds. As I attempted to remove the mouse nest, the whole thing (nest and all) fell out, and again, the chickens instantly dispatched all the little mice. And these are well fed chickens, with constant access to as much food and water as they like, fresh grass, and plenty of water, so they weren't starving. But they hit those mice like they hadn't eaten in a month.

Chickens are not vegetarians.

Chickens are modern meat eating dinosaurs!!

 

[Oregon Viking]

Rain and more rain.