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re: Seeking advice from the 60+ OT crowd

Posted by bovine1 on 5/22/24 at 9:35 pm
Start stretching and stay physically active. I used to walk a lot but now I ride my bike. You'll feel better and sleep better. I'm 64 and I have working man's lower back. It locks my hip and hip flexors up. I learned to stretch and it helped a ton. I also work a physical job which helps but you've s...
I use Remedy spiked with 24-D. ...
A mama knocked me for a loop as I was tagging and weighing her newborn. Also worked back of salebarns for 10 years and saw a few aggressive ones who were tired of being jerked around. I never saw a cow you werent messing with get aggressive in a pasture. Cattle vet for 20 years and raised them for...

re: Speed Queen washers

Posted by bovine1 on 5/10/24 at 9:21 pm
We've had ours 8 years and haven't had to fix anything. I love it. Wife is happy with it. Lid doesn't lock. It's all good....
It's been awhile since I traded but I really liked Interactive Brokers. Best platform for my tastes and I liked their book trader algorithm....

re: Agencies

Posted by bovine1 on 5/2/24 at 5:12 pm
I agree. I figure if I draw 5.97% for a few months it's better than the shorter term alternatives. If I draw that for 5 years I'm still ok with it. If rates spike enough I regret it there will be trouble in a lot of our markets. I keep my commitments small as well....

re: Agencies

Posted by bovine1 on 5/2/24 at 2:42 pm
Sorry FHLMC. ...

Agencies

Posted by bovine1 on 5/2/24 at 2:20 pm
5 yr FHLB yielding 5.976% callable @100 beginning 08/24. First time lately I've extended that far. Good trading to all....

re: Worm Farmin'

Posted by bovine1 on 4/21/24 at 2:20 pm
To harvest the castings when the bin gets full I separate the worms and undigested food out. The food goes in my overflow bin. The worms I separate by hand. You can make a sifter with a wood frame and screen of some sort on the bottom. Sometimes I lay clear plastic on the ground and put the castings...

re: Worm Farmin'

Posted by bovine1 on 4/21/24 at 2:12 pm
The holes in the bottom are for drainage. You want moist bedding but not soaking wet. The biggest mistake I made when starting out was overfeeding. It creates way too much heat and moisture. If you want to catch the drainage which is great compost tea put a basin of some sort under the bin. You have...

re: Worm Farmin'

Posted by bovine1 on 4/19/24 at 9:26 pm
I use plastic storage containers for my worm bins. Drill holes around the top and around the bottom. I've got 8. 1 for each day of the week plus an overflow. These work great for me. I get a lot of castings. I agree with catching the liquid if you can make it work....

re: ponds around baton rouge

Posted by bovine1 on 4/4/24 at 9:30 pm
I was in one such club in the early 80's while in Vet School. The Pond Ltd. Reasonable and we had access to around a dozen or so ponds. ...

re: Snake ID

Posted by bovine1 on 4/3/24 at 10:04 am
We've kept several rat snakes before. At one time we had 4. Ours were all much darker than this snake. They must have been older. Thanks for the help....

Snake ID

Posted by bovine1 on 3/31/24 at 5:16 pm
[img]https://i.postimg.cc/d07BsJJT/snake-photo.jpg[/img] Is this a juvenile rat snake? We've had several mature ones but they're darker around here. ...

re: Add photo to post

Posted by bovine1 on 3/31/24 at 5:14 pm
Thanks mental decline plus impatience is a bad combination....

Add photo to post

Posted by bovine1 on 3/31/24 at 2:18 pm
How do I do this? I have a snake pic on my phone I'd like to post for ID on outdoor board. It asks me for a URL which there is none. Be easy I'm old and not as computer literate as you younger folks. TIA....
It happened in one of our HS games. My son's senior year he was about 6'5". Plate blue calls him out on a pitch just above ankle high. Next AB he apologized to my son and told him 1st plate ump after the inning told him he missed that one. This was also at an away game which made it even more surpri...

re: Where were you in 1984?

Posted by bovine1 on 2/28/24 at 9:31 pm
LSU Vet School. Watching baseball at the old box....

re: Fixed income: Bonds versus CDs

Posted by bovine1 on 2/6/24 at 2:43 pm
Thanks I'll check it out. ...