Them stupid things took over the local pond. Had one light in my tree out back and the neighbor thought it was a turkey. Dumb birds....dumber neighbor.

What are y'all doing cutting the lawn ... Didn't y'all hear of " No Mow May" to help out the pollinators? Lol

I don't cut grass anymore, but the grounds crew have been out twice already manicuring the green carpet at our facility.

Bidder 5***3 has a higher max bid than was your current bid. His max is not disclosed and the algorithm will keep bidding higher against you until the bid exceeds his limit or you give up. That is why eBay asks you for your max bid when entering your bid ...asking what is the value you are willing to pay. The algorithm has built in incremental increases built in as the value increases through the various price ranges. So a bid at $10 may only increase by a dollar, but a $100 may increase by $5. It appears for now 5***3' s maximum bid is $163.50 as his bid is winning; but the bid amount over your last bid was less than the algorithm's automatic bid increase, their bid being made ten hours ago. And they have been sent a notification that they are in this case still winning but they are at their max bid asking if they want to increase their max bid and to enter a new limit bid. If you chose to increase your max bid, you may be able to win if no one would bid higher than you within the remaining time left in the auction; but if 5***3 is intent on winning, they will probably have already increased their max bid or are waiting until the last few seconds to try and snipe (ethically steal) the auction away from you by placing a ridiculous high bid, knowing the price will only increase by the algorithm's stepped price above competing bids.

It all gets down to what value each bidder has individually placed on the auction, the number of bidders, the risk/reward profile of each bidder, and gamesmanship. Did you win Wolfie?

I'm inclined to use a set of modified bolinger bands and a few other technical indicators to make my market decisions.

If looking solely at percentage numbers, follow the Fibonacci prime numbers, resistance levels and income averaging.

Corrosion has a bigger influence on spring strength in the shorter time periods. And corrosion doesn't necessarily only come from being in water.

Number of cycles will effect strength over time, always a design compromise ... average number of stress cycles expected/time times the design life vs design stress along the fatigue stress curve for the material used. Depending on assumptions for an application.and costs, cycle count could range from a few thousand to several millions.

And yes, manufacturing issues, poor maintenance, environmental extremes, and/or a bad lot of material all have a way of compromising the real vs design stress limits and thus number of expected endurance cycles.

There's a lot of tender perennials that are grown as annuals in cold climates. Some other ones are geraniums, lantana, impatiens, and I believe all the varieties of peppers. My paternal, maternal great grandparents had huge numbers of geraniums. My great grandfather would cut then severely back and store them just barely alive in their basement, during the Winter and then put them back in May. A lot didn't make it, but he would propagate more by rooting cuttings. Everytime time I smell geraniums I remember my great grandparents.

My great grandfather was one of the very first professional football players. He was the largest player on his team at only 164 pounds. He guarded a still during prohibition and became a master carpenter, who built fantastic homes and toys for us. I still have the Noah's Arc he made me out of wood. It has an enclosed cabin, gang plank and lower deck with stalls for the animals. It has wheels, so I could push it around. It was sized to hold the Britains Aniimals, of which they gave me a lot, which I still have too.

I've seen pepper plants that were like small trees in Florida.

Keith

You wash your car??

weeds are green too, lol

We jig for flounder over ocean structure. Old wrecks, rocks, various structure on the ocean bottom. Depth varies from 25 ft to 200 ft. Get over top and jig big baits for those big fish. Gulp tipped with a strip bait most common for this. Keep that rod tip erratic, those flounder are ambush predators. I’ve never broke the 10 lb mark but killed a 8.92 , and several 6-8 lb fish. Put ALOT of fish in coolers doing this , and it’s so much fun


You can have it lol, you’ll catch throwbacks all day doing that here ( few exceptions of course )

Cool pic

Have a safe trip Tater and have fun.
Good country up there we enjoyed it last year.

Breakdance!!!!

I ordered me a couple traps made by Harris traps in Montana. I got them in the mail today. A heavy built trap looks like it should do what it is supposed to do. And really different on the way the jaws are held down and also the way it trips. Took some thinking. A different way the chain hooks to the base of the trap. Anybody use these the last couple years. I buy a few traps of any kind just to have to show off at my trapping demos I do whenever I get the chance. These traps should get some questions and comments from some at my demos.

This is a very unique trap. It is basically a Cortland #1 1/2 LS Double Jaw with some modifications.
By the looks of the patina it was done a long time ago. This is a dog trap with an early cast pan.
The pan is not readable with the exception of a few letters.
The trap is functionable with the dog going through the double jaw to the pan.
The chain is unique too. It has a safety pin chain with a solid ring.
Own a piece of early trap history.
I will send pictures if you send me your email address..
Price is $225 shipped to you.

Louie Krumwiede
PO Box 3
Buckley, IL 60918
Email-krumui5@gmail.com
Phone 217-781-8778