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On the Farm Next Door

I may have mentioned that the neighbor just to east of my place is a big-time hunter. He spends all year working on different areas of his roughly 500 acres of woodland; feed plot here, roads going there, fields in beans or corn. Normally he and his friends come up on a Friday and work through the weekend.

About 11 this morning I get a call from my son in law in Huntsville (50 miles away). It seems that one of the guys that was working had gotten a truck stuck and ‘went down’ in the general area of ‘along the trail on the northeast portion of his property. Somehow he was able to get a text out to the property owner (also in Huntsville) about where he was and that he was in trouble. No other info available and, given the very spotty cell service here, no other info would be available. So off I go.

I find the guy and he is down ‘hard’ he can’t get up, and owing to his more than 300 lbs, I can’t get him up. I drive over to where I heard the another guy working a skid-steer in the woods. Even if he had cell service, and he didn’t, he would have never heard his phone. We go back to the guy that is down and use the bucket on the equipment, slid under the big guy to get enough leverage to get him on his feet. Leaving the big guy with the skid-steer we go down the trail another 5 or 6 hundred yards and yank the stuck truck out of the ditch.

None of us are as young as we used to be. When it gets hot and humid out and you find yourself in an area that will likely not have cell service…don’t do stupid stuff! Wedge a little margin for error in all of your plans, take water, have a firearm handy.

Be prepared and safe as you enjoy your weekend.

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Dice

There are probably not a lot of folk who remember Andrew Dice Clay. His comedy routine was beyond insulting. Here is what he would probably say if he were still on stage today.

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When Idiots Are In Control of Your Life | Creating A Nightmare In Leftytown

A Seattle, Wash., councilman implied that a new effort to clean excrement off the side walk outside the local courthouse could be racist Tuesday.

The crime and smell of urine and excrement have gotten so bad outside a King County courthouse that two judges are scrambling to find ways to fix the situation, reports the Seattle Times.

King County councilmember Larry Gossett isn’t a fan of one solution to power wash the feces from the sidewalks to tamp down on the smell. Power washing the sidewalks is too reminiscent of civil rights activists being hosed down, he said.

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Madness North of the Border

Jessica Yaniv, a transgender woman, has filed a suit against Maria Da Silva for refusing to wax her balls. She’s filed the same claims against fifteen other women who refuse to to do the same.

“The people that discriminated against me are forcing their beliefs on society,”

According to The Post Millennial, Yaniv has requested “Brazilian” bikini waxes from 16 Vancouver-area estheticians even though there are other waxers in the immediate region who offer a “Manzilian,” a different procedure specifically designed for waxing male genitalia.

Full story on this madness here.

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I Agree With the Message Despite the Messenger

I think that the administration and congress are finally doing something about the hopelessness past offenders experience. I can’t imagine what it must be like to be trapped in such a cycle.

I will say that it’s hard to get folk to listen to your plea for compassion when you twitter handle reads like hers.

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Canning Blackberry Jam

I finished up canning my first ever Blackberry Jam. I tried to make it once before but ended up with blackberry globs. This time I used and followed a solid recipe.

Having a good recipe (and following it) is key to making the jam. It seems that if you don’t have exactly the right elements in exactly the right quantities and blended in sequence and cooked for the appropriate amount of time then it won’t ‘set’ the way it needs to. If it sets wrong you end up with a watery mix that separates in the jar.

I started with 9 cups of berries that I pulled a few weeks back, smashing them with a potato masher and dumped into a large pot. I added 1 and 1/3 package of pectin mixed into 1/2 cup of sugar, 1/4 cup of bottled lemon juice, a teaspoon of butter. I brought this to a full boil and then added 6 and 1/2 cups of sugar and stirred constantly until it came to a full boil once again.

I was able to jar 8 1/2 half pint jars. 8 went into the canner for a hot water bath that lasted 10 minutes. The half jar went into the fridge.

Now most recipes don’t have either the lemon juice or the butter in them, but I think both are critical. The lemon increases the acidity of the berries enough to ensure that the berries, pectin and sugar mix together and set the way it’s supposed to. The teaspoon of butter keeps the blackberry ‘mash’ from foaming once it comes to a full boil.

A short while ago I tasted from the jar that went into the fridge; it tastes nothing, nothing like store bought blackberry jam. The best way I can describe it is to say that it tastes like real fruit….like real food!

Gotta run and clean up the kitchen before wifey finds the mess I’ve made.

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The Early Adopter

While most politicians tweet to communicate, Trump uses it to shape the narrative, position an opponent, tee up an argument, and so much more. Over many years he has mastered the craft.

If your going to challenge him it’s best to stay on high moral ground. You won’t win, but if you go low the Trumpster will go there with you and you’ll come out shredded. I guarantee you won’t like the result.

Here’s some advice to those that hate Trump. Suck it up. Let the man MAGA. You’ll get another shot at the silver ring in 2024 when his time is done.

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It’s a Crying Shame

Eighty Years. It’s been 80 years since Neville Chamberlain proved conclusively that appeasement in the face of a growing threat only strengthens that threat.

It’s a real shame that (probably) seventy percent of our population has no idea who Chamberlain was, what he did, and what the results of this dolt and his actions were. Show the little poster above to a hundred folk and less than 30 would have any idea of its meaning.

Here’s a good idea, lets put a bunch of communists and socialist in charge of our educational system. Let’s put them in classroom to shape the minds of our kids. That’ll ensure that in the future we can completely forget about the ugly truth of our past and free ourselves to live the nightmare again.