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[Almeta]

jaxnsmom wrote: "I'll be out and about for part of tomorrow. I have a visitor, Flat Tim, and my friend Teresa and I will be taking him around town. Note to self - find camera battery and charge it! My 7 year old niece, Caitlyn, and her class are sending Tim and his clones to various places, and Caitlyn sent her Tim to me. We'll take pictures at various places (Note- no picture of Tim drinking alcohol! And don't let Tim fall in the river while waiting for a coal barge to go by.), and I'll take him to work and the library one day, so he can see what my day is like. Note- don't let Tim hear me cursing at work, keep mouth full of chocolate if necessary. And really, really important - don't leave Tim alone in a room with Jingo!! But that could lead to some great pictures at the hospital :) ..."

I noticed that you changed your icon to Flat Tim. I am secretary of The Senior Citizens Club of Plymouth, whose goal it is to keep Seniors active. Your Tim has inspired me to encourage a Flat Stanley Project between a group of school children and these elders.

We are still in th e planning stage. I think it will be a lot of fun for everyone.

Thanks for the inspiration!

[Stephanie]

Sad :(
Just read an article that the co-pilot may have crashed the plane on purpose? Did anyone else see this news?
I hope it is not true:(

[Berit]

I heard the same thing. It's just still surprises me when people do these things, I just don't understand. On a much much lighter note, I am going prom dress shopping with my daughter today :-)

[Stephanie]

Same here..how can people be so evil? Makes me sad :(

Hope you have good luck prom dress shopping with your daughter, Berit :)

[Lisa]

I have just seen about the co pilot on the news. Sadly it looks like it is true, the pilot went to the toilet and asked him to take over and he locked the pilot out of the cockpit and crashed the plane deliberately according to investigators. The black box flight recorder picked up passengers screaming and apparently the pilot was fighting to get back into the cockpit according to the report on the news. Absolutely horrible!

[Stephanie]

That is so so sad :(

[Janice, Moderator]

Terribly sad!

[Berit]

That is so heartbreaking.

[Peggy]

I read it too, horrible :(

[Sandra, Moderator]

It's really difficult to believe someone doing something like that...

[Peggy]

Indeed. It makes me wonder if it was deliberate suicide (and whether that was 'personal' or perhaps because of some extremist beliefs) or whether perhaps he had a psychosis or something.

[Lisa]

Sandra wrote: "It's really difficult to believe someone doing something like that..."

I know, it is shocking!

[Lisa]

Peggy wrote: "Indeed. It makes me wonder if it was deliberate suicide (and whether that was 'personal' or perhaps because of some extremist beliefs) or whether perhaps he had a psychosis or something."

At the moment they don't think that it was a terror attack as he doesn't appear to have had any links with terrorist organisations. Unless he held extremist beliefs and it was a 'lone wolf' attack.

[Travis]

Only supposedbto get 3 inches of snow today but wiyh snow flakes the size of golf balls only flat gonna pile up quick

[Berit]

The current news is saying it was suicide, but as far as I can tell they really have no evidence leading them to that conclusion. Whatever it was it was horrible.

[Stephanie]

Travis of NNY wrote: "Only supposedbto get 3 inches of snow today but wiyh snow flakes the size of golf balls only flat gonna pile up quick"

Hope the snow melts fast! When does snow finally stop for you up there? It rained quite a bit here this morning by now the sun is out. A little humid though.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Travis of NNY wrote: "Only supposedbto get 3 inches of snow today but wiyh snow flakes the size of golf balls only flat gonna pile up quick"

Yikes!

[Travis]

Stephanie wrote: "Travis of NNY wrote: "Only supposedbto get 3 inches of snow today but wiyh snow flakes the size of golf balls only flat gonna pile up quick"

Hope the snow melts fast! When does snow finally stop f..."



Hipefully soon! Should be safe after mothers day. We actually had some patches of grass showing yesterday but still is a foot of snow on ground most places around here.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I can't agree with the suicide idea. Takes an incredibly selfish person to take 150ppl with you on your suicide. But we will see. Our news is saying they are combing all his stuff at the moment so who knows what will turn up.

I see two options, and I can't work out which is more terrifying. One it was opportunistic. The captain left the cockpit and he made a spare of the moment choice to do it. Or two, he made the decision ages ago and was waiting for the opportunity to do it.

The thing that kills me about it, is the idea of the captain outside realising exactly what was happening. They say the passengers wouldn't have been able to tell, but the poor pilot!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Do you keep your cows in a barn while all this snow business is happening Travis? Or do they go out and play in the snow too?

[Travis]

Mine stay in. Last winter I did tjat was 2002 and one day temp dropped amd had about 5 cows get teat frost bite. Enougj of that

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Travis of NNY wrote: "Mine stay in. Last winter I did tjat was 2002 and one day temp dropped amd had about 5 cows get teat frost bite. Enougj of that"

Oh ouch! I've seen chicken's combs and wattles with frostbite, and that looks nasty, let alone on teats! Do your cows sleep in barns in summer as well? I'm just thinking about cattle here, as I think they usually have a shed or a barn for milking or other acts, but not usually for housing as it doesn't get that cold.

[Travis]

It all depends. There aren't so many grazing herds anymore. Mine stay in all the time unless it is during their 40 day dry period during nice weather. They have their mattresses and big fans for tunnel ventilation and if the humidity is too high I hose them down 3-4 times a day. They hate going outside usually just stand in back of barn bellering. Why graze when the farmer will just dump the feed in front of you. Plus I have the hoof trimmer in about every 4.5 months so I rarely have a lame or injured cow. I tried grazing for about 3 years and couldn't make it work for me. Truth is somehow through artificial breeding the holstein breed has lost the instinct to graze. Most graziers are looking to normandys or jerseys or jersey/holstein crosses. They love those crosses in Texas becausr they handle the heat better and eat less. So they say.

Other than once a month herd health which is mostly just preg checks we almost never have a vet call for a sick cow so as long as their healthy and happy I see no reason to makr them leave the barn

That being said I am the only one in my family not to have been a grazing herd but their all retired now

[Travis]

This winter was so stinking cold I didn't even raise any calves outside in hutches. I have never had any problem with hutches in winter. Calves were all in barn amd had at least 2 I'cmve noticed that must have had frost bite on their ear tips an a half quarter size of their ear broke off. Talked to onr other farmer who has a few hundred calves all raised inside a barn and they had countless numbers of calves have their ear tips freeze and break off. Temps should have never been so cold I don't know if a draft hit them or what. Never heard of such a thing. I did see one farmer who had calves in hutches outside had custom ear muffs made for his calves. Apparently his own idea but probably shoukd patent them and sell them after this winter

[Tejas Janet]

Omg, ear muffs for calves. I kind of love it.

But I also think our planet needs re-booting.

[Peggy]

My boyfriend gave me tickets to a Sea Sick Steve concert for my birthday. Yesterday I told my dad and now he, my mom and an uncle are coming along too. I really like going to a concert with my dad :D We also went to the Rolling Stones with the same group of people, 8 years ago or so (it's him and me who like the same music, my mom just joins for fun :))

[Sandra, Moderator]

Sounds cool, Peggy!

[Sandra, Moderator]

Anyway, when was your birthday?

[Tejas Janet]

Travis of NNY wrote: "It all depends. There aren't so many grazing herds anymore. Mine stay in all the time unless it is during their 40 day dry period during nice weather. They have their mattresses and big fans for..."

The drought has been so bad for cows and ranchers in Texas and elsewhere. Not enough water for drinking or growing grass for feed to maintain large herds. Pretty discouraging to ranchers. Farmers and ranchers contend with so much uncertainty it seems plus do a lot of demanding physical labor to keep us "civvies" fed. Thank you, Travis!

[Berit]

One of the solutions to our current drought, is no longer growing almond and avocado crops. I guess they are water intense crops, but I can't imagine that would be as easy as they are trying to make it sound.. Perhaps we should stop watering all the golf courses and swimming pools ;-)

[Lisa]

Peggy wrote: "My boyfriend gave me tickets to a Sea Sick Steve concert for my birthday. Yesterday I told my dad and now he, my mom and an uncle are coming along too. I really like going to a concert with my dad ..."

Sounds like it will be a great evening out Peggy :)

[Tejas Janet]

Berit wrote: "One of the solutions to our current drought, is no longer growing almond and avocado crops. I guess they are water intense crops, but I can't imagine that would be as easy as they are trying to mak..."

Good idea in my opinion. The original golf courses in Scotland certaintly weren't coddled like golf courses are now.

And swimming pools - yes especialy individual swimming pools. I think community pools are a good thing. A shared resource unlike the individual pools that are idle almost always.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

We had a huge drought here for about 7 years about 7 years ago. No grass whatsoever could be watered unless it was the stadium, and only commercial pools could be filled. We also couldn't wash our cars, and could only water plants on certain days of the week. And told to shower for 2 minutes only. Worked great, although we got to 10% of our dams left when it finally broke.

[Sarah]

Just seen the most amazing thing. On my way to the train station in the nearby village to where we moored yesterday, I spotted an old classic red telephone box which is no longer in service but instead it has rows of book shelves with books on. people can take their unwanted books there, leave them and borrow ones which are there. I will try take a picture on my way home and post for you.

[Lisa]

That's amazing Sarah. I wish more places would do that.

[Peggy]

There are a number of places like that in the Netherlands too. I think it's often used by bookcrossers.

[Tejas Janet]

Sarah wrote: "Just seen the most amazing thing. On my way to the train station in the nearby village to where we moored yesterday, I spotted an old classic red telephone box which is no longer in service but ins..."

Cool - hope you can get a pic to post :)

We have little neighborhood nook bookcrossing. Not a neato classic telephone box. But dear still.

Love these little "libraries."

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I do love the little library movement.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I love the little library movement too. We have 3 in our (little) town, and we use them pretty often. One of them is only a block from our house. My kids love to go and pick there, chose something, leave something in exchange. And I love the idea of keep the books circulating.

http://littlefreelibrary.org/gallery-...

[Berit]

I have a question, is somebody monitoring these little libraries? I'm just thinking what would happen if they had one around here :-(

[Sandra, Moderator]

As far as I know when a library is built, the person who did it, or someone chosen from the group which did it, is responsible for take a look a it, keep it clean, etc. But this is "common" people interested in the project, is not like the little free library as an institution monitors the libraries. The program works as a group of individuals interested in the project. What I mean is that the program itself is not the one who builds the library, but people who wants to participates. Two of the libraries we have here where built by neighbors who have them in their front yards. The third one was a school project of a public elementary school, and is located in the school parking lot. All the little libraries are suppose to be registered and have a number, since although each one is an individual initiative, they are part of the bigger project. Very interesting.

I agree that they won't work everywhere. All the visitors form Uruguay and Argentina we had here are surprised by the fact that the library actually have books inside and is not empty!

[Sarah]

I've seen them in cafes before but not somewhere as random as a phone box.

[ceeeeg]

i would lovelovelove to have a Little Library here...we have so many underprivileged children that likely never get a chance to see a library except at school and our library hours are limiting...

but i agree, it would likely not work well here and that is a shame...if i thought it would, hubby would be out there building one for me

[Janice, Moderator]

It's such a great idea!

[Esther]

I believe I found my 1st April Fool announcement. This is a shop in Quebec City that sells graphic novels, role-playing items and other related geeky stuff.



How long would he be there? couple of weeks?

[Roz]

Funny that you should be talking about Little Free Libraries. There was an article about them and how they're springing up here on Long Island and across the country in Newsday Long Island.

[Cherie]

My daughter told me that there was one in Hillsboro, but I have not been to visit it. I did not know that they had to be registered.

[Berit]

I think it is a great idea. I just think if they had one around here, unless it was monitored at all times, things would probably sadly happen.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "My daughter told me that there was one in Hillsboro, but I have not been to visit it. I did not know that they had to be registered."

I don't believe they *have* to be. But can be.

[Sandra, Moderator]

They don't have to be. The suggestion is to register them in order to have them mapped, and in case you want some support to buy books to get started.