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Things are not going my way
#7916342
07/30/23 10:06 AM
07/30/23 10:06 AM
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Joined: Jun 2007
Tennessee
Scuba1
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"color blind Kraut"
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"color blind Kraut"
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Tennessee
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I got back a couple of days ago from a week of boat work and have been semi laid up with a bad case of gout that I get now and then. So between doing the must do chores and resting my foot, I did not get a lot done. The corn is ready to start harvesting and the raccoons found that out last night and ruined half of my stand. So today I have to hobble through the rows and pick what I can and freeze it. I don't have it in me right now to stand and prep the stuff for canning. So after missing the harvest time for my green beans because I was stranded on Hilton Head for a couple of weeks with a busted transmission on my truck and now the corn being decimated by raccoons, things are not going too good right now.
There rant over
Now for some Ibuprofen and then back to it picking corn
Let's go Brandon
"Shall not comply" with morons who don't understand "shall not infringe."
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Re: Things are not going my way
[Re: Scuba1]
#7916345
07/30/23 10:09 AM
07/30/23 10:09 AM
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Joined: Nov 2015
OH
Catch22
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OH
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Sorry to hear that Scub. Had a year when I ripped and tore muscles in my shoulder and we froze the corn in the husk. We put them in paper grocery bags and right in the freezer they went. It worked good. Hope ya heal up soon ole boy!
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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Re: Things are not going my way
[Re: Scuba1]
#7916348
07/30/23 10:15 AM
07/30/23 10:15 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
williamsburg ks
danny clifton
"Grumpy Old Man"
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"Grumpy Old Man"
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williamsburg ks
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I have froze raw corn without husking or blanching and it worked good for me too. Takes up a lot of freezer space though.
Last edited by danny clifton; 07/30/23 10:16 AM.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Things are not going my way
[Re: Scuba1]
#7916353
07/30/23 10:22 AM
07/30/23 10:22 AM
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Joined: Aug 2008
ny
upstateNY
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ny
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Wheres them corn field guarding dogs of yours?
the wheels of the gods turn very slowly
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Re: Things are not going my way
[Re: upstateNY]
#7916361
07/30/23 10:30 AM
07/30/23 10:30 AM
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Joined: May 2011
Oakland, MS
yotetrapper30
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Oakland, MS
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Wheres them corn field guarding dogs of yours? Probably the same place mine are. Sleeping on the couch in the A/C, lol.
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Re: Things are not going my way
[Re: yotetrapper30]
#7916368
07/30/23 10:38 AM
07/30/23 10:38 AM
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ny
upstateNY
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ny
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Wheres them corn field guarding dogs of yours? Probably the same place mine are. Sleeping on the couch in the A/C, lol. LOL,,same place my Beagle is at.  She sure can hold down a couch though!!
the wheels of the gods turn very slowly
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Re: Things are not going my way
[Re: Scuba1]
#7916372
07/30/23 10:56 AM
07/30/23 10:56 AM
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Joined: Dec 2009
mt
insanelupus
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mt
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Prayers lifted for a quick recovery, Scuba.
"My feeling is this, give him plenty of time, plenty of birds, and a little direction, and he'll hunt his heart out for me. That's all I ask."
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Re: Things are not going my way
[Re: Scuba1]
#7916398
07/30/23 11:57 AM
07/30/23 11:57 AM
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Joined: Jul 2012
SE Missouri.
Pirogue
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SE Missouri.
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I got back a couple of days ago from a week of boat work and have been semi laid up with a bad case of gout that I get now and then. So between doing the must do chores and resting my foot, I did not get a lot done. The corn is ready to start harvesting and the raccoons found that out last night and ruined half of my stand. So today I have to hobble through the rows and pick what I can and freeze it. I don't have it in me right now to stand and prep the stuff for canning. So after missing the harvest time for my green beans because I was stranded on Hilton Head for a couple of weeks with a busted transmission on my truck and now the corn being decimated by raccoons, things are not going too good right now.
There rant over
Now for some Ibuprofen and then back to it picking corn If you have a Convenient Care place anywhere close...go and see about getting a steroid injection...usually fixes me up in a matter of hours when mine flares up.
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Re: Things are not going my way
[Re: Scuba1]
#7916425
07/30/23 12:26 PM
07/30/23 12:26 PM
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Joined: Jun 2007
Tennessee
Scuba1
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"color blind Kraut"
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"color blind Kraut"
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Tennessee
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I am going the Ibuprofen and rum route I think. .... Those trash pandas are not long for this world once I can get out and about again. I am going to pick what I can today, Freeze some and can the rest tomorrow, then run the bush hog through the corn patch to get an easier sight picture for an evening coon hunt.
The dogs are busy holding down the sofa and looking after the geese and chickens on this side of the fence. There is a chance that a coon or two will be attracted by the corn in the cart that I have picked and try to get some of it tonight. ... then its game on for the dogs
Let's go Brandon
"Shall not comply" with morons who don't understand "shall not infringe."
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Re: Things are not going my way
[Re: Scuba1]
#7916446
07/30/23 12:43 PM
07/30/23 12:43 PM
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Joined: Mar 2011
Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
Sharon
"American Honey"
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"American Honey"
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Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
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Good deal. Those coons, as you know, will go for your chooks and geese in a heartbeat if they can. It's great the doggies can take them out immediately as soon as they run them down. I wouldn't want to see either of them get bit, though, either. Almost as fun as shooting them 
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Re: Things are not going my way
[Re: Scuba1]
#7916473
07/30/23 01:29 PM
07/30/23 01:29 PM
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Joined: Jun 2007
Tennessee
Scuba1
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"color blind Kraut"
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Tennessee
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I don't take meds other than the odd pain killer here and there. I have a pretty healthy diet. But I know that I did not drink enough last week while working in 110F and warmer. In some boats without AC it was above 120F and I put in 10 hour days for 8 straight days. And as I said I should have taken breaks and sit down with a cold water now and then, but I didn't and promptly got the tab handed for it. ... Sometimes its a head game. I pulled an engine on a sailboat that was on land so could not run the AC. I did the job from start to finish without a break as I thought to myself that if I get off that boat and step outside into the nice breeze and just 100F , I would not go back into the heat on board. So ya carry on till its done.
Let's go Brandon
"Shall not comply" with morons who don't understand "shall not infringe."
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Re: Things are not going my way
[Re: Scuba1]
#7916478
07/30/23 01:39 PM
07/30/23 01:39 PM
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Joined: Oct 2021
South central Minnesota.
Old pup
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South central Minnesota.
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I do feel for you, Scuba. Gout sucks. Had a big flare-up back on January. On crutches for almost 3 wees.
No fun watching everyone do my chores while I sat on my butt.
Hope it quits soon.
ergo, bibamus.
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