Sam's Occasional Comments
 

Sometimes I tink of things and
doone know where ta put 'em...... :confused:

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Hey I got an idea.:D

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Bagged 40# white rice in mylar.
And 02 absorbers, more to keep
the bugs down than to prevent
oxidation.

Thanks randymatt for getting
me kick started on this, .... getting
a high wattage sealer, mylar
bags etc.

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Here's something I did when we first
moved in here 14 years ago.

I put a bolt lock on our bedroom door.
It's almost never locked, but if something
happens whike I am not home, Honey can
lock herself in at night, or during the day
she can take refuge in there quickly, grap
a pepper spray and phone for help.

dtnwn

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Honey had some of her friend's landscape
crew clear most of the existing plants out
of our front yard today. I know she bought an
almond tree to plant there, but I think she
also bought several more fruit trees too.

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Better yet...install a steel door....

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I put a lock on the bedroom door. Mother made me take it off. Threw out my magazines too.:aetsch:

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Honey enjoyed reading
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
by Michael Pollan.

She has started
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
also by M Pollan.

She thinks it gonna be good too,
but is afraid it will turn her into a vegetarian.
We are getting chickens by Spring for eggs,
so that is good, but I don't think she will let me
buy anything but Lasater (grass fed) beef in the
future. Don't know where I can get pastured
chickens to eat.

We don't have enough room to raise chickens
for food. Even if we raise a few here they would
only be a few and she would get too attached to
them. When she was a child, some chickens were
pets, others were for eating.

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GR-

Steel door would be overkill,
as someone could simply bust out
the bedroom window. It wouldn't
be real easy though as I had double
panes installed with super strong
glass.

You and lhslancers have a drinkee on me ...............

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Thanks Sam I think I will. :wavey:

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As I mentioned before in another thread
I ordered a bunch of Photon keychain lights.
I think I am going to like these a lot.

I put an orange Micro Light II in my truck,
and on my dresser. It's so small and lightweight
I can hold it twixt me lips, no teeth need get
involved. Good for stumbling around in the
morning looking for clothes to put on, without
disturbing Honey with bright white light.

I am liking the X-light Micro too. One is now on
my keychain. Very easy control of functions.
Click on for full power, click off. Because of the
clear case when it's hanging on my belt, light is
spread over a wide area, allowing use of both
hands to do stuff. When stealth is desired,
click and hold, .... it starts VERY dim and gets
brighter gradually until full power, then it cycles
through strobe functions. Only have to remember
two things, click or click an hold.

dtnwn

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Curtman-

Nope, she loves bee barf, besides
she calls me Honey too, an I don't
mind. She didn't even mind when
a friend of ours alla time usta call
her "toots".

We been together 15 years.
She don't wanna get married,
had enough of that I guess.
She is still good friends with her
ex husband and his wife too.

dtnwn

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I been waiting years for this.
It had to happen.

Kenny Burell's Asphalt Canyon Suite
is now available, remastered for CD!

I ordered it from amazon..........







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Re: Sam's Occasional Comments
 

As a former Viet Nam Marine sniper buddy
of mine says,
You can buy a cheap one.
Or you can buy a better one.
Or you can buy the one that works........
__________________________________________

I gave him a old (but reliable and accurate)
30.06 bolt action mauser, even though he
don't hunt no more, he accepted it, ...
just in case.
He says he's burnt out on killin'
So he bought a fancy boat an
goes ocean fishing alla time.
Go figure ..............

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I'm lucky and don't know about that kind of thing. Guess it would burn you out if you got a heart left.

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Story after story is coming back to me,
well, I'm an 'ol fart, there's lots of 'em ah
forgot for sure.

Maybe I'll tell some later, if ah don't forget ....

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We would drift lazily along in Tom's first little boat,
just a few feet offshore of the breakers in
Santa Monica Bay
(unnerving the first time he took me trolling for buts).

That's halibuts iffin any doone know.

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Bean quiet today,
just reading the boards.
Well, I did reply to a thread,
but it must have gotten vapourised
somewhere along the way,
in cyberspace. A lucky
happenstance,
I suppose.

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Ooooops!!! :eek:

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Hi gasilat-

I was reminiscing. Fishing with Tom had to be
~20 years ago, so things could be different now.
We�d catch and release undersize buts fairly often.
I think legal was 22�, don�t know what that is in
weight. We didn�t hook keepers very often.
Using live anchovy, I think we were happy if we
caught a 20 pounder. My plater (anodizer) mentioned
fishing a few weeks ago. He catches monster buts
up north where the water is cold. If I remember
correctly, he says they catch 200 pounders.
Tall tale? I dunno ��..

� cup Dijon mustard
� cup melted butter (I use less)
2 T honey
2 t lemon juice
Salt
Back pepper

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That reminds me.
This isn't a survival item,
but if you do a lot of BBQ,
nearly so.

I bought model 211-172.
It is worth every penny.

Note: There is a Thermopen out there.
What you want is a Thermapen by Thermoworks

Re: Sam's Occasional Comments
 

Doone remember subscribing,
but somehow I get e-mail newletters
from organicconsumers.org/.
That's ok, ...
it introduces me to new topics,
things I didn't know I might want to consider.

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Looks like I won the Kitco
POG guessing contest for Jan 12th !

dtnwn

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Gosh
what was ah thinkin
musta been drinkin
when ah started this
blinkin thread.

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I got to thinking about having to make
really ugly, like oily, water drinkable.
Then I remembered I have several
gravy separators. They cost a few FRN.

http://www.abestkitchen.com/store/me...-separator.jpg

_______________________________________________

Edit: Separating the oil, of course, would just be the first step.
Next, a coffee filter to remove large particles.
Then, carbon/silver filter, .... etc.
_______________________________________________

In a longer term bad water situation maybe use
a Berky since the ceramic can be refreshed many
times. But the carbon gets used up before the
ceramic goes bad. When that happens use a cheap
carbon filter like PUR or similar, after the Berkey.

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Hey sam, what's your call for this week on Gold?

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Hi naccarato-

Based on licking a finger and sticking
it in the air, I submitted 627.40 (Kitco bid chart)
for next weeks Kitco POG Guessing Contest,
up a two spot from this week.
That was before I saw that the
Doomsday Clock will be reset on
Wednesday. Depending on how much
media attention the event receives, it
might induce some gole bugs to buy
a lil more, but I doubt it will put POG
on J6P's radar screen. I am leaving
my bet unchanged.

I tried day trading gold twice.
For longer than a year each time.
Finally gave up, and will never
trade futures again. (Anybody go long
OJ? I'm in a big citrus farming area and
the weather just turned COLD. :eek: )

For "long term", I have the majority of my
bets on shares of PM explorers. I think
this gole bull will go full cycle, (on into
Phase III), ... eventually.

dtnwn

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Besides lemons a lot of oranges are grown here too.
Some are fancy and are shipped overseas, but most
gets made into frozen OJ, I think.

venturacountystar.com

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Is "Sam" short for "Samwise" per chance?.....

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Wyldwil-

The kids that made the nickname Sam
stick to me some 45 years ago, hadn't
read Tolkien I'm sure.

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I searched the archives.

Did not find any mention of
Sylvan Hart

Here's another about Buckskin Bill

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While searching for the Sylvan Hart documentary
I stumbled onto Lust for Gold,
directed by Sylvan Simon.
Put it in my Netflix queue.

dtnwn

Edit: All we have is a medium size LCD display
and players for DVD and VHS, ....
no TV tuner.

Warm climate apples
 

We have a dwarf Anna apple tree in back yard that got big.
Great taste.

The Fuji apple tree in our narrow side yard got woolly aphid,
which is very difficult to eradicate. Thought it was going
to die years ago, so I gave up and quit spraying,
now it looks like it is going to survive.

We just planted a Golden Dorsett in the front yard.
_______________________________

Have not read this book..., but will soon. growingapples

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Not about survival preps/strategies,
just an observation .....

Some of our backyard birds
(the Mockingbirds and House Finches)
love our home grown Anna apples. When we
have a lot, we cut some in half and put 'em
out on the ground. Luckily the birds don't peck
on them (not much anyway) while still on the
tree. But if we don't have any Anna's, like now,
the birds won't eat any variety of store bought
apples.

dtnwn

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We had a Five-in-One apple tree just outside
my office window. Not to say one wouldn't
be good for someone with limited space, in
another climate, but it was a disappointment
for us. It didn't grow well. Because it had so
many grafts, the branches grew in weird directions,
it was very difficult to know how to prune it.
The shape kept getting worse and worse. And
it never produced very many apples. Not sure
what Honey will plant in that spot next.
Maybe a persimmon, maybe another Anna.

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I sometimes have a problem with woolly aphids on our Hemlock and white pine evergreens, hate them.

Re: Sam's Occasional Comments
 

Hi naccarato-

The reason woolly aphids
(at least the kind that infest apple trees)
are so difficult to eradicate, is that part
of their life cycle occurs fairly deep in the
soil.

I just went out and looked at our Fuji.
There is no evidence of active infestation.
I believe that low temperatures help keep
their outbreaks down, but the aphids went
away during normal mild weather. Something
else got to 'em.........


dtnwn

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Hi Sam;

I was thinking about you last night (well at least your avatar and text). Wondering how we all are coping with the loss of our former sheepleness sort of thing, then I realized I have a friend out east your persona here reminds me of that I need to check in with.

So best wishes to ya Sam and I'm also getting in touch with my friend out east.

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Hi keehah-

In the 60-70's, I listened to late night radio
talk shows,.... topics like fractional reserve
banking, NWO, cabals, and etc were typical.

Yeah, get in touch with your old friends, I owe
one an e-mail reply right now.........

namaste'

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I keep one of these in my cell phone holster.
May be good in a bug-out pack?

http://businessboosters.net/images/p...dard/8327A.jpg

Shorter than it looks here when telescoped down.
I get them at Staples.

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Got any suggestions on what's best to get rid of woolly aphids/adelgid, sam?

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Hi naccarato-

A landscape maintenance friend
gave us some spray available only
to licensed professionals, if I recall
correctly. I'll try to find out what
it was. BUT it didn't work for me
long term anyway.

What will slow them down for a
while is a mixture of pyrethrin and
safer. These are both fairly innocuous
for people and birds. You have to keep
spraying frequently. I believe both
labels say you can spray up to the day
of harvest.

pyrethrin

"Safer" insecticidal soap concentrate is
getting hard to find. Try to find a supplier to
landscsape professionals in your area.
Ready-to-use stuff is way too expensive,
the concentrate is priced steep enough.

I think the soap helps as a sticker (wetting agent)
if nothing else. I mix them together as if the
other wasn't in the sprayer. Example: For a two
gallon sprayer I add 5 tablespoons of Bug Buster-O
AND whatever the Safer instructions say for
two gallons.

I don't like to spray unless absolutely necessary.
One really bad whitefly season a few years back
had me using this mixture a lot.

A natural enemy like wasps or mites (wild guessing)
might have been what finally knocked out my woolly
aphids. Or who knows, they might return this spring.....

dtnwn

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Yeah I don't like to spray either but sometimes I use the insecticidal soap, thanks for the Pyrethrin tip. I clicked on it but nothing came up, I'm going to do a search on the computer, thanks.

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That link requires Acrobat Reader.

Try this for bug_buster_o

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Ahm gonna go now.
Throw ANOTHER log onna fire.
Listen to some blues onna stereo.
Have ANOTHER wodka.
Dish up some chicken
soup for our dinner .......

dtnwn

Re: Sam's Occasional Comments
 

What does "idiotocracy" mean?

dtnwn

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Be careful with Safer's soap, or other insecticidal soaps. They can be phytotoxic if sprayed on plants in full sun. It is advisable to wait for a cloudy day.

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Thanks Lackluster.

I'll remember that,
although I'm usually spraying
soil just outside our kitchen window
to kill the ants that have invaded.
Otherwise I leave them alone.

The last plant I sprayed I
didn't care about, just wanted
to kill the few billion whitefly
that were on it.
________________________________

Well, I thought I coined a new word last
night, ... "idiotocracy" but come to
find out, .. not. Googleweb and
Googlegroups reveal that the word is
already in widespread use.

dtnwn




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You all know about virkon-s right?

Added comment-

There is a distributor in USA.

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Just now while I was writing a post
for Ghost Recon a smoke detector
started beeping.

No fire, no smoking oven, no burning pan
onna stove, no nothing.
Doors were open because I was hauling
firewood through the house, and it had
just started raining.

What happened?
Ionization from distant lightning?
But I didn't hear any thunder.
Maybe just a building electrical charge?

Mystified......

Re: Sam's Occasional Comments
 

Planted today a 24" boxed tangerine tree
where the 5-1 apple used to be, just outside
my office window. Beautifully shaped tree.
A few dozen fruit already on it in the box.

The old orange trees here at our house are
doing fine, ... squeezed some fabulous oj today.
But Honey just came home with gossip about
local citrus growers. This cold snap was nasty.
They are losing not just the current crop, but
the trees too. Some of these citrus farmers
are going to be wiped out. Don't know what
this means for the future of oj.

dtnwn

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How long can orange trees endure freezing temps sam?

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Brother naccarato-

I'm no expert, but from what is going on
here it apparently doesn't take that long.

Here in Ventura County we've only had
about four nights of really low (sub freezing)
for us temps.
Lots of citrus trees are dead and dying. (pers com)
(Don't ask me how they know so soon
that the trees are goners)
____________________________________

It snowed on Malibu Canyon today,
they closed the road!!! That's gotta
be a first........


dtnwn




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naccarato-

I am interested in what kind of
low temperature x hours it takes
to kill fruit trees too, since we
are planting more trees soon.
Two bare root and one 24" boxed
are already in the ground.

I will try to find something out
from locals. Meanwhile this article
talks mostly about fruit damage
but there is a passing mention
about the trees themselves.

Citrus damage

Re: Sam's Occasional Comments
 

(A lil off topic for the NYC gun thread, so I'll post it here.)

... under California law a person can actually carry a
concealed gun legally who reasonably believes that
he or she is in grave danger ...

California carry

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bro naccarato-

For woolly aphids try Impede mixed with
dormant oil. Only place I can find Impede
is in Australia. Monterey Weed Impede
obviously isn't the one you want.
___________________________________

Four to five hours at 28F can damage/stunt
orange trees, longer and/or lower than that
they start dying.

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Hey sam, dormant oil, yes I have had the trees sprayed with dormant oil in the past but I have been to cheap lately. Bug Buster o is on my to order list, thanks for that info. Next I'll do a search on Impede.

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Look also for M-pede. This used to be manufactured by Mycogen, but maybe isn'y anymore. I used to use M-pede on my farm several years ago. Reading this thread, I tried to look it up, it may have been discontinued.

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Lackluster-

M-pede, yes, thank you, that has to be it.
Honey got the name of the product by phone
from an orange grove manager. I didn't
think of this spelling.

naccarato-

The smallest quantity availble may be
2.5 gal at about $90 (125 gal working solution.)
That is why I guessed it was only available to
professional users.

Since Safer soap seems similar to M-pede,
you may be able to substitute, BUT call
the maker and make sure that it is safe
to mix Safer with dormant oil.

dtnwn

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Just downloaded Growing Apples in the City
It arrived as file: get.asp
which I was able to open with Acrobat 6.0.
The printout is a big stack of paper, so I bound
it with three LARGE paper clamps.

http://www.ted-kyte.com/3D/Pictures/Paper%20Clamp.jpg

Open the wire levers to read the book.
Honey grabbed it as soon I got the clamps on.
She says it looks great.

dtnwn

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I printed treatments for
the most urgent conditions.
Will put a copy in each vehicle
and near home first aid supplies.

FirstAidIndex

dtnwn

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Hey sam, what's your call for this week in Gold and Silver?
FWIW I'm looking for a big up week, so maybe it goes down.

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Hi naccarato-

I submitted 644.40 to next weeks
Kitco POG contest, up nine bucks,
onna whim.

Goldbugs paid little attention to the
Doomsday Clock change, same for
China blowing a satellite out of the
sky. USD was in a sideways channel
last week, which way next? I dunno.

I believe this gold bull market will
eventually go to the moon and
beyond, but my trying to call weekly
closes is ludicrous.

BTW twowave hasn't been calling POG
well lately, but sometimes he gets on a
roll, and his charts become spookily
accurate for awhile.

dtnwn

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twowave's chart for the coming week
is straight downhill to ~$600.

Haven't touched my portfolio in a long
time. Wonder if I should sell one or
two stocks Monday morning, have 18,
two of which are triples.....
Nah, ride it out, ahl prolly forget to do
it anyway.

dtnwn

Re: Sam's Occasional Comments
 

Packed up some rice in mylar with O2
absorbers. Love the way the O2 gets
sucked up. The way the mylar looks
there must be a decent vacuum inside.
What I am thinking of trying next is
sealing beef jerky in mylar with O2
absorbers. Anybody try this at least
a few years ago? How well did it work?

dtnwn

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Don't care much for the fur industry.

If I had the time I'd start hunting
again, eat the meat, and use the hide.

It's not what you think P E T A/

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Out of nineteen stocks
(last time I said eighteen, but
forgot to count my ROTH portfolio)
fifteen are up on the day.
Only one is down and it's a
pharma stock. A rare event .....

dtnwn

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Good call for the week sam, off 20 cents, better than twowave, By far.

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Thanks naccarato.

My DSL modem died Friday morning.
Just now back on with (ugh) dial up,
until I get my new ADSL service in a
week. So, I couldn't make a Kitco POG
guess for this week....

dtnwn

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Over in the 9mm thread, I inquired
about the interchangeability of
5.56 BALL vs .223 REM.
Now I remember why I asked.

I believe a Ruger Mini 14 will fire
both rounds, but there could be an
issue with firing 5.56 BALL in a bolt
action chambered for .223 REM.
Many years ago I asked the owner
of my local gun shop, called Ruger
and some others who should know,
but got conflicting answers.

What say you folks?

dtnwn

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Hillary has a decent chance of grabbing the top spot.

Why do I think so?

She looks sooooo much like George Washington.

Sorry Geo, gotta call it like I see it........

dtnwn

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For the record-

I swear, onna stack o bibles,
there is no possible way
that I might even remotely possibly
be the father of Anna Nicole's daughter.............

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see what I mean?

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Got two chicken hens last night. :yippee:
No eggs yet, ... heh.

I thought I read here that there are
a few items that should not be fed to
chickens. If true, what are the nixed items?


tankee
_____________________________________

Just found out, one of them has started laying
(at her former home), the other should start laying soon.