.... is getting depressing. Mrs. E's in Florida attending a baby shower.
Sam Adams is at the vet recovering from loosing his manhood.

And I am getting sucked into political discussions again due to boredom.

Think I'll go to the boat for the rest of the day and spend the night.
Always something to do there.

Eisboch

not so for us (Mid-Atlantic) .. we've had a serious lack of rain (and gloom)
for a couple of months now. It's been great for boating (lots of time on
the water this year !) but not so nice for the yard. "Fortunately" though
we got some of the remnants of Tropical Storm Tammy this weekend and
although it has hit harder in some spots than others, it only left us with a
couple of inches of rain and a much needed ground soaking. Even the two
ponds in the yard got topped off nicely.

It wasn't a weekend for boating but I'll definitely take the MUCH needed
rainstorms.

--
G.D.Smith
Harpers Ferry, WV

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"Eisboch" wrote in message
...
... is getting depressing. Mrs. E's in Florida attending a baby shower.
Sam Adams is at the vet recovering from loosing his manhood.

And I am getting sucked into political discussions again due to boredom.

Think I'll go to the boat for the rest of the day and spend the night.
Always something to do there.

Eisboch

Harry Krause wrote:

We had a bit of excitement this morning. My wife looked out the front
bedroom window and saw nine wild turkeys on the front lawn, scrounging
for who knows what.

Big birds, too, and very pretty. I've never seen wild turkeys on our
property, not until this morning. In fact, I've not seen them in the
field or in the woods surrounding us.

If you're that bored, you should head on down here. We've got leaves
falling now, and you could rake them up!


We've had heavy rain falling for two days now. Forecast calls for two
more days of same. Nice way to spend the last half decent holiday (long
weekend re Thanksgiving). We expect this weather on Remembrance day
Nov 11, but not now.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...



We had a bit of excitement this morning. My wife looked out the front
bedroom window and saw nine wild turkeys on the front lawn, scrounging for
who knows what.

Big birds, too, and very pretty. I've never seen wild turkeys on our
property, not until this morning. In fact, I've not seen them in the field
or in the woods surrounding us.

If you're that bored, you should head on down here. We've got leaves
falling now, and you could rake them up!


Be careful around those turkeys. Some of the wild ones can be pretty nasty.

Thanks for the offer, but I think I'll leave your leaves for you to relieve.

Eisboch

Harry,
The problem is you have been leaving scraps outside, hurting the wildlife,
leading to their early death.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Eisboch wrote:
... is getting depressing. Mrs. E's in Florida attending a baby shower.
Sam Adams is at the vet recovering from loosing his manhood.

And I am getting sucked into political discussions again due to boredom.

Think I'll go to the boat for the rest of the day and spend the night.
Always something to do there.

Eisboch





We had a bit of excitement this morning. My wife looked out the front
bedroom window and saw nine wild turkeys on the front lawn, scrounging for
who knows what.

Big birds, too, and very pretty. I've never seen wild turkeys on our
property, not until this morning. In fact, I've not seen them in the field
or in the woods surrounding us.

If you're that bored, you should head on down here. We've got leaves
falling now, and you could rake them up!

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...


".....For the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more
respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America... He
is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage, and would
not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards who should
presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on."

Benjamin Franklin

--

I read somewhere that if old Ben had had his way, the Turkey would be the
National Bird of the USA rather than the Eagle.

Eisboch

"Don White" wrote in message
...
Harry Krause wrote:

We had a bit of excitement this morning. My wife looked out the front
bedroom window and saw nine wild turkeys on the front lawn, scrounging
for who knows what.

Big birds, too, and very pretty. I've never seen wild turkeys on our
property, not until this morning. In fact, I've not seen them in the
field or in the woods surrounding us.

If you're that bored, you should head on down here. We've got leaves
falling now, and you could rake them up!


We've had heavy rain falling for two days now. Forecast calls for two
more days of same. Nice way to spend the last half decent holiday (long
weekend re Thanksgiving). We expect this weather on Remembrance day Nov
11, but not now.

I'm ready to murder all three of our local weather "experts", just for
grins. Or, at least egg their cars.

It's Mr. Shortwave's fault. He's doing something to the clouds with some
sort of weird antennae.

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...


".....For the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more
respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America... He
is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage, and would
not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards who should
presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on."

Benjamin Franklin

--

I read somewhere that if old Ben had had his way, the Turkey would be the
National Bird of the USA rather than the Eagle.

Eisboch


They're smarter than people give them credit for. If that's not true, then I
need this contradiction explained:

- Most articles I've read about turkey hunting say that they're extremely
wary birds and very hard to stalk & get close to for a good shot.

- Sitting on my GF's porch, we'll watch a group of them come within 50 feet
of the house, 3-4 times a week. We don't stop talking, they look at us, we
stand up, grab the binoculars, make all sorts of normal noises & movements,
and the birds do not leave.

If statement #1 is true, then turkeys must know exactly what a shotgun looks
like, and what it means. I may buy an inexpensive one, just to hold it up in
the air and see what their reaction is.

Possible, actually, but for more interesting reasons than the obvious: Here
(upstate NY), the DEC finds a much higher rate of infectious diseases among
ducks which congregate in areas where people purposely provide or
incidentally leave food scraps. The reason is simple: More ducks congregate
in tighter groups for longer periods of time as they chase pieces of hot dog
buns & ice cream cones, so there's more opportunity for contagious disease
to spread. The DEC believes it's probably true with other animals which
humans like to feed.


"Starbuck's Words of Wisdom" wrote in message
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Harry,
The problem is you have been leaving scraps outside, hurting the wildlife,
leading to their early death.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Eisboch wrote:
... is getting depressing. Mrs. E's in Florida attending a baby shower.
Sam Adams is at the vet recovering from loosing his manhood.

And I am getting sucked into political discussions again due to boredom.

Think I'll go to the boat for the rest of the day and spend the night.
Always something to do there.

Eisboch





We had a bit of excitement this morning. My wife looked out the front
bedroom window and saw nine wild turkeys on the front lawn, scrounging
for who knows what.

Big birds, too, and very pretty. I've never seen wild turkeys on our
property, not until this morning. In fact, I've not seen them in the
field or in the woods surrounding us.

If you're that bored, you should head on down here. We've got leaves
falling now, and you could rake them up!