The key is to stay busy. I told my wife I wasn't going to work past 80. She said, why do you want to quit when you're so healthy? I told her, that's why I want to quit. I don't want to quit when I'm not healthy. I want to be able to still do things. I have been running a food shelf for 28 years. I go to the health club Monday - Friday and workout. When the weather gets warmer, I'll be cutting wood in my woods. I don't burn wood anymore since my outside wood boiler died. So, I give the wood to my neighbor free of charge. I just want the exercise. He has a nice shooting range he lets me use whenever I want to. I've been fighting buckthorn in my woods too. I make walking sticks out of them and give them to all my friends. I like to eat fish, so I go fishing when the weather cooperates.
This year we boned out my deer, my son in law's and granddaughter's deer. We save the trimmings that aren't edible such as fat, blood shot meat, and etc. I put them in a wire basket for the birds. They love it. Plus, I have two seed bird feeders, one with sunflower seeds, the other with mixed feed. It seems you never get all the meat off the bones especially the neck. So, I hang the bones in a tree until they are picked clean.
If you’re not ready to get out of metals, now is the time to convert silver to gold. The ratio says so….
It's a wild guess, but I think you may be right. If anything makes a big correction it will be silver first.
Here is my thought on this Mark. Since Nixon shut the gold window and we were taken off the gold standard in 1971, we have seen two drastic plunges like the one that is occuring
March 2011 38:1
December 1979 15:1
In between those two time periods it stayed pretty much range bound between 40 to 60.
After the GFC ended we saw gold level and then start climbing while silver stayed cheap. IMHO what is happening silver catching up to gold causing the increase as much as industrial pressures.
Starting right now from today I can see a window for silver to correct 30 to 40 percent. Gold? I don't think we will see 3500 dollar gold again.
Now putting it on the other foot, I see a 15 to 1 ratio, there are lots of pundits who do. If we do see that I won't lose any sleep not swapping gold for silver, it isn't worth the risk.
To each there own though, I traded some silver for gold 10 days ago, if I had waited until today I would have saved 5 oz. No worries though, it part of the strategy.
I'm on the spectrum. When I was growing up, we had no such diagnosis in our country but bullies and predators singled out the likes of us instantly. Too old now, so no point in confirming it formally. ALways had to listen about how "bright" and "special" I was, but it has not been a happy life. I wish I never existed.
All 12 issues from the year 2025 which was the 100th Anniversary year for Fur Fish Game. The issues are in very nice condition, they were never read, lol. My eyesight went South and I can no longer read a magazine. The first issue of Fur Fish Game was September 1925 so the September 2025 issue will be worth lots of money years from now, this is a good investment they will pay for itself many times over as it ages.
$35.00 Postpaid, I accept personal checks, money orders and PayPal.
Pet people, pet parents, whatever they call themselves are the worst. Selfish to a fault all while claiming they’ll do anything for their pet, when it really comes down to what that pet does for them. They exalt them to god status and expect the world to do the same. Russ Carmen wrote a very insightful book called Illusions of Animal Rights and touches on this religious aspect of these looney misguided pet freaks. Don’t get me wrong, I like dogs and have 2 myself, I’ll feed a stray cat or two as well. But for gosh sakes they’re all dumber than bricks and capable of anything to the detriment of their own and your health and safety.
How are you guys setting bottom edge sets after freeze up? Same as you would otherwise, but you chop an ice block out instead? Or are you just setting between 2 open holes?
Couple days ago blocked off the set I've caught a bobcat and 2 coyotes in heavy with rocks and sticks. Today I had a red fox in it. Other than slightly rubbed hips it looks to be a nice fox so I will tan it. First pic is the original set, last pic is today's remake.
No mail here either. I had to take some packages to the Post office for deliveries yesterday, the gal working the counter said that the mail was not delivered to the local offices so hence, no mail deliveries yesterday. At least that is what she said.
Took me a long time to realize how much I actually lost in my fire to this day there’s things I look for that were in there. It’s all replaceable even though that sucks but it is what it is a guy just carries on there’s a good feeling about a fresh start at least it was for me.
If you find that you’re in need of things maybe post a list so folks can see what they have extra this is a reason I don’t throw good stuff out at least that’s what I tell the wife.
I'm surprised that a skunk is active in this cold weather
They are hardy little buggers he was gone for a few days I’d guess he got hungry he’s crossed that 3 long many times he’s lucky the pan tension is set to avoid his kind. PIT pan saved his hide you could say.
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