Homeowner Forum / Rural Living / April 2005

A rather morbid subject, but something has to be done.
Residential neighborhood, firearms are not an option.
Per consensus of neighbors, this thing has already killed two cats in the
immediate area over the past year.

Power went off last night, by this morning the power company people
were still scratching their heads and trying to figure out where the
transformers were, etc.  No estimate on when power would be restored.
So, I fired up the generator.  This is a 5KW model.

Just wondering about the build quality, they look very good online, but
at a price!
THX
Dean

Should I be worried? We just bought the house and it passed inspection.
I dug around with my hands and it was only a very localized patch,
maybe a foot across. But I didn't dig down.
Tips welcomed!

we have a small flock (very small) of chooks, a 2 year old
white leghorn & 3 one year olds (2 leghorns & a red).
yesterday i bought chicks. 2 each (all female): Buff
Orpingtons (2 weeks), Reds (2 weeks), Aruacunas (1 week), &

To be specific, the rigid compound mitre 12" saw.  Its about $150
cheaper than the dewalt and appears just a bit better built.  Was sold
on the unit up until i read the made in taiwan on the box.
Now i humbly seek your opinions on this prod.  I know, have also

I have had a few estimates for my 99 foot by 13 foot driveway.It is
all soil now. they range from 2900.00 to  4500.00
Some of them said 2.5 inches of asphalt over compacted stones was how
they would do it.

Anyone know what fish this is? I say fathead minnow but it seems to be
bigger than the 3 1/2" max and I think I saw a 5" one.
http://www.wildlifereserve.org/fish/f1.jpg
http://www.wildlifereserve.org/fish/f2.jpg

I have a leaky (cinderblock) basement wall, which had a horizontal
crack and bow, but which has been re-inforced now and is fine. But at
the bottom of the wall, where it was leaning in slighly, there are a
few places where it leaks after heavy rain (and putting in french

FS: 200 US Gallons of Used Motor Oil
I know a guy, who is somewhat of a shadetree mechanic, and he has been
saving used motor oil, waiting for the price of oil to rise high enough
to make it worthwile to sell the stuff.

 I'm not super protective of my property, but I sure like to have it
left alone. Was wondering what anyone would think of encouraging
poison ivy or poison oak growing in a limited and protective barrier
around their property?

Anyone else out there noticed that the products of these two companies
taking a big dive in quality?  Just had a pair of carhartt jeans fall
apart on me after half a dozen washings--never had this happen before?
Ditto a pair of dickies logger jeans, did not last past the first

How even a kid can measure the height of a tree
Some Native Americans had a very interesting way of doing this. To see
how high a tree was, they would find a spot where, looking under their
legs (as shown), they could just see the top of the tree. The distance

Can anyone help me. On the M56 west of jun.14(Chester Services) there
are a number of what look like disused WW 2 buildings but of an
unknown design. I have tried to research this  but to no avail.
Any assistance greatly received.

How can I measure the vertical rise from a pond surface to the place
that I want to irrigate?
I've seen a number of postings in this group that talk about irrigating
out of the pond, with seemingly accurate values for the rise and