When the shit hits the fan...

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Re: When the shit hits the fan...

Postby Pat Rice in Short Shorts » Sat Apr 16, 2022 5:24 pm

I get far more work done after we go down a goal. Wood pile is getting huge!
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Re: When the shit hits the fan...

Postby Pat Rice in Short Shorts » Sat Apr 16, 2022 6:17 pm

The future of every large city? Clockwork Orange "cops" in all white rounding up folks. The day of the diamond dogs...

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Re: When the shit hits the fan...

Postby Pat Rice in Short Shorts » Fri Apr 29, 2022 1:45 am

The wife bought her layer chickens for the year. June the meat birds show up. Two cows in the pasture, three pigs on the way. Wild turkeys across the creek, one of which met a load of #2 shot yesterday. In the pot on the wood stove. Third blizzard in a week heading in tonight. Three feet of snow above 5000ft, about a foot down here at 3500 ft. Just coming out of a severe drought so any rain or snow is a blessing. Garden is going in next week.
The wild geese hatched out their goslings today. Three pairs and a bout 50 fluffy little shit machines running around the yard and creek. Love spring in Montana.
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Re: When the shit hits the fan...

Postby Rockape » Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:09 am

Sounds amazing PRIS…..we need to see some photos
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Re: When the shit hits the fan...

Postby Phil71 » Fri Apr 29, 2022 6:50 pm

Do you ever hear anything that might be Bigfoot?
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Re: When the shit hits the fan...

Postby Pat Rice in Short Shorts » Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:52 pm

Phil71 wrote:Do you ever hear anything that might be Bigfoot?


Now that you mention it...
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Re: When the shit hits the fan...

Postby Pat Rice in Short Shorts » Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:01 pm

Rockape wrote:Sounds amazing PRIS…..we need to see some photos



Will do so. I switched to a Mac and it won't allow uploads from Chrome for some reason. Tried incognito setting as per a suggestion but no luck yet. Pissing me off! :dontknow:
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Re: When the shit hits the fan...

Postby Zenith » Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:11 pm

Pat Rice in Short Shorts wrote:
Rockape wrote:Sounds amazing PRIS…..we need to see some photos



Will do so. I switched to a Mac and it won't allow uploads from Chrome for some reason. Tried incognito setting as per a suggestion but no luck yet. Pissing me off! :dontknow:

https://www.imagebam.com/

Upload your pictures, tick the gallery option, and then copy-paste the BB-Code of the gallery here. (The website will create clickable thumbnails for you.
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Re: When the shit hits the fan...

Postby Rockape » Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:25 pm

https://www.imagebam.com/view/ME9QPCP

This was me testing that out with a pic I took this week…..was a fail though!
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Re: When the shit hits the fan...

Postby Phil71 » Sun May 08, 2022 6:58 am

A great little wind turbine.

https://www.shineturbine.com/product
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Re: When the shit hits the fan...

Postby VCC » Sun May 08, 2022 8:27 am

Phil71 wrote:A great little wind turbine.

https://www.shineturbine.com/product

Good little unit that one may look at something like that for my property
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Re: When the shit hits the fan...

Postby Rockape » Sun May 08, 2022 12:16 pm

VCC wrote:
Phil71 wrote:A great little wind turbine.

https://www.shineturbine.com/product

Good little unit that one may look at something like that for my property


Rather large fan for a phone charger!
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Re: When the shit hits the fan...

Postby Phil71 » Sun May 08, 2022 12:20 pm

Rockape wrote:
VCC wrote:
Phil71 wrote:A great little wind turbine.

https://www.shineturbine.com/product

Good little unit that one may look at something like that for my property


Rather large fan for a phone charger!


You can use it for any low voltage devices. Outside lights for instance. You could power a lot if outside lights with that.
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Re: When the shit hits the fan...

Postby Pat Rice in Short Shorts » Mon May 30, 2022 1:09 pm

We are seriously looking a solar system now that battery storage with lithium becoming more affordable. Plus we have massive amounts of sunshine. Not so much for the house but for an electric UTV.

Have plans to build a "passive heat battery" greenhouse later this summer by which the southern exposure is glazed, the rest insulated and the hot air in summer pumped into the substrate four feet below grade where it is stored for winter use. Our university systems here have programs to help design and advise on small scale agriculture so the research is done. A guy in western MT and many folks in Canada have one operating and produce bananas, citrus along with year round greens, tomatoes and berries. The wife wants to grow avacados and kiwi...that might be a stretch!
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Re: When the shit hits the fan...

Postby Pat Rice in Short Shorts » Thu Jul 07, 2022 12:34 am

The greenhouse is progressing, but weather is delaying things. From a severe drought last winter to nonstop thunderstorms each afternoon. Saw my first Montana funnel cloud today.

We have been working with a guy from Minnesota to design the greenhouse from the engineering standpoint. The idea is to store hot air in stone beds five feet below grade and pump it out in the winter months. Minimal electric required to run duct fans but is designed to keep it all above 10 c year round with no heating. We get down to -40 at times so that would be incredible. I am also building solar water panels that would supplement the air system. Fun stuff.
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