Glenn's Underground Cabin Update

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Sent to me by Texas Tornado - I'm dedicating it to our International friends wherever they may be or be from.  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgWFxFg7-GU


Seems fitting.   [cool]



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Yes... she is squeezing me right now... how could you tell?   [noidea'


OHHHH the cattle squeeze.  Yes.  I am the proud owner of a new .. old cattle squeeze.  Not too fancy but I think it will work just fine for my high volume of cattle.... [waiting]
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This Year, Our Official Veterinarian of the Underground Complex is from the government of Tanzania via UC Davis......


http://humphrey.ucdavis.edu/fellowship/2011_2012/assenga.html




.....so... I had to get him this Mariposa Modern piece of office equipment in case he has to hold on to one of the cow beasts to work on it.  Maybe I should clean it up and make sure it works well before he comes back for his next visit.  :)





Wow... nice and expensive looking.  [ouch]
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Windpower

Calf seems to be growing fast

Sure looks like a heavy duty cattle thingy

The only time my uncle used his was to trim the hooves on his cattle

I never got used to that smell
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Growing like crazy since she got into the new pasture.  Just does not seem to be able to stop eating outside of the wire.  She has about a mile of fence to eat outside of the wire on now.  That should last her for a while.

I remember branding in the squeeze... the smell of burning flesh and hair.... yummy... and then the young bulls who got too big for the elastrator....

Whack them off - throw them in a bucket ....pour KRS and salt into the wound.  It's a wonder they even lived.... then de-horning... what a terrible thing that was with blood shooting ten feet into the air..... OWWWwwwwwww ... that hurt.    [waiting]
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We've had good luck with the dehorning paste on calves.. Smear it on a day after they're born and cover it with duck tape. It's horrible on goats though--at best it temporarily stunts the growth, at worst it kills 'em..

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Quote from: Windpower on January 04, 2012, 11:45:40 AM
Calf seems to be growing fast

Sure looks like a heavy duty cattle thingy

The only time my uncle used his was to trim the hooves on his cattle

I never got used to that smell

The heavy duty cattle thingy is a squeeze chute.  That one looks sort of like a home make one.  Sort of a take off from a Teco pattern.  Sort of  [waiting] well maybe............. but then maybe not.  With the price of scrap such as it is.  I know Glenn!   :-X  Now that you are becoming a cattle pet baron you might look for a good used Powder River chute. 

Yepp KRS - Kleans Repels and Smells - Nothing quite like it..... De-horning is almost a thing of the past with the polled breeds coming on so strong.  Can not say I miss it.  But as my dad always said.  "If one has horns they all better have horns.  It has to be all or none.  Those with them will make life hell for those without."  And as the infamous Mr Bass says dehorning paste works well.  Never used duct tape however.....             
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Quote from: Ernest T. Bass on January 04, 2012, 06:00:13 PM
We've had good luck with the dehorning paste on calves.. Smear it on a day after they're born and cover it with duck tape. It's horrible on goats though--at best it temporarily stunts the growth, at worst it kills 'em..

Ouch... that sounds rough, Andrew.
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Quote from: rick91351 on January 04, 2012, 06:10:48 PM
The heavy duty cattle thingy is a squeeze chute.  That one looks sort of like a home make one.  Sort of a take off from a Teco pattern.  Sort of  [waiting] well maybe............. but then maybe not.  With the price of scrap such as it is.  I know Glenn!   :-X  Now that you are becoming a cattle pet baron you might look for a good used Powder River chute. 

Yepp KRS - Kleans Repels and Smells - Nothing quite like it..... De-horning is almost a thing of the past with the polled breeds coming on so strong.  Can not say I miss it.  But as my dad always said.  "If one has horns they all better have horns.  It has to be all or none.  Those with them will make life hell for those without."  And as the infamous Mr Bass says dehorning paste works well.  Never used duct tape however.....             


If Beefsteak was not about twice as big as the rest it would be rougher for him, but even at that they almost put his eye out a while back.  The light went most of the way out of it in pictures.  Haven't checked it since it healed up.  You can't tell looking from the outside now but not sure if the light came back.... referring to the glow when you take a late evening picture.

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Lots of things happening with our international family and former guests now.

Our friend Athar (Mohammed) from Pakistan was the security guard at my Burlingame Job.  He has returned from his trip to Pakistan to pick up his wife after she successfully got her papers to come here.  Athar got his US citizenship in September and had worked under a visa before that. 



They will come to our house some day but for now, they have invited us to visit them so tomorrow we are going to their house in the Bay area.

Pix to follow after the visit.  :)
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The hydroponic vegetables are putting out a bit now.

They were a bit stunted for a while as it seems that the Nitrogen was a bit short in the new fertilizer.  Got some  Ammonium Nitrate  and added it to pick them up a bit.  Looking better now and we have had Broccoli for a couple dinner salads.  We cut the main head off and let the flowerlets continue to grow and produce.  Not a big harvest as we are just getting started again but ...hey .... it is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.




...and  Whitlock and I are horsetrading labor (barter) again. [deadhorse]


I helped him with his stove pipe and he helped me get started on cleaning out my unnatural resources pile to be able to make it into a nicer park like setting for our international student and dignitary visitors.  Sassy and I decided we enjoy it so much we just as well improve the experience for them as well as us.   :)

Found a large family of skinks as we were cleaning up a pile of sheetmetal.  [noidea'




Those little rascals can really bite too.  Many more than there were in the picture.  [scared]
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Whitlock

Those are not Skinks they are Alligator lizards [slap]
To bad we didn't have something in the picture for size.
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Silly me... [ouch]

I know they can bite.  :)
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Sassy

I had one of those alligator lizards (tho't they were skinks) in the master bath tub while Glenn was gone - the body was at least 10 inches + the length of the tail...  Glenn told me to pick it up & take it out - yeah, right  d*  I lowered the bath rug into the tub so it could crawl out...  next day no lizard but now it was running around in the bathroom or bedroom  [scared] Never did see it again, though [waiting]
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Went to visit our friends from Pakistan yesterday and while there was a slight communication mixup, we had a good visit with them.  I sent a computer message we were coming but failed to also call.  No problem though.

We took them a good sized bag of fruit and sweet potatoes as  we don't like to go empty handed.

On the way over we went the back roads and saw a lot of cool Magpie nests.  I fail to understand why such a small bird needs such a twiggy big nest.  [noidea'







Athar's wife and sister made us a nice meal of Roti - chicken and vegetables.  I had a nice discussion of current events with his neice and we met both of the children.  They are making plans to visit us and the park in the spring.






As promised several months ago, Athar's wife made us a nice set of traditional Pakistani clothes while still in Pakistan.  He had us give him custom fitting measurements and also had a master tailor put special work, sewing and trim onto Sassy's outfit.  No pictures of mine yet but will put them on soon and have Sassy get my picture.  :)





What a great gift from our Pakistani friends.   [cool]




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We had a wonderful visit - Athar's wife was very sweet although she only spoke a few words of English; the kids were great.  We also met Athar's sister, nephew & 3 nieces.  His brother-in-law had taken his other niece down to Riverside to a university there.  His sister has been here for years & speaks fluent English. 

They fixed us a very tasty traditional meal, even though Glenn had not called & confirmed our visit & were gracious & hospitable. 

We were presented w/traditional Pakistani clothing.  Mine is very elaborate.  In the picture you can mainly see the shawl which is made of a sheer fabric/velvet (silk?) w/a silk border.  The dress has flower-like designs embroidered all over & a pretty trim at the neck & the borders.

I plan on wearing it to church tomorrow.  Many of the members have been on mission trips & brought back traditional clothing or have had visitors who have sent them clothing from their countries & they often wear them to church.  It's neat to see the different types of styles & fabrics.

Altogether, a great day w/friends & also sightseeing.  We had a video of our drive down Lombard street in SF but Glenn inadvertantly deleted it   [noidea'  I hadn't driven down this street since I was 17 y/o.  We'll have to get a video of it in the Spring when there is a profusion of flowers.  I think it is supposed to be the crookedest street in the world.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://htmlhelp.com/~liam/California/SanFrancisco/LombardStreet/LombardStreet2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://htmlhelp.com/~liam/California/SanFrancisco/LombardStreet/&h=480&w=640&sz=83&tbnid=w7nJ29ogVIiFyM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=120&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dlombard%2Bstreet%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=lombard+street&docid=e7NVl2JuM39-NM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=350IT9_RI5LRiAK_hoWqCQ&sqi=2&ved=0CFoQ9QEwBQ&dur=4894

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Most probably know this already, but, when splitting wood it is easier if you put a rubber strap or snubber around the wood block so you don't have to re-stand it after every chop with the maul.  You can even chop it to kindling if you keep it together.    [waiting]








The best way to bring the wood to the wood shed?   [noidea'



The Bobcat of course.    [ouch]







I think this log made around 3/4 cord of split wood.  It is Black Oak - in the Red Oak family.  This limb averages about 18 - 24 inches dia - roughly 12 or so feet long.  It came from around 40 feet up in the air and was over 2 horses and split with a 2" x 8 foot gap in the center.  Another limb had previously fallen and killed another horse about 100 feet away.  I removed it on an insurance job.


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A little video of chopping the wood with the rubber snubber around it.

Click the pix if you would like to see an old fat man splitting Black Oak with a 15 lb maul.   [waiting]

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mtman

You always amaze me Glenn. Watched the video, and the old fat man did pretty good! Good idea with the strap, never thunk of it   d*
Now after the camera was off, you put Sassy to work splitting the rest, didn't ya  ;D


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Got to admit I saw someone else do the wood with the rubber strap but I thought it was good enough to include and share the information.  :)

Sassy was right there throwing the wood into the woodshed whenever there was no danger of getting hit with it or the careless old fat man with the maul... [waiting]
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As mentioned previously, last week we went to visit our friend Athar in SF along with his wife and family. 

Here is a shot of Sassy in the garden showing off the special work done on her outfit.

Had to wear them to church on Sunday.  :)






Their hometown is in a textile area in Pakistan.
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Got a video of my Granddad's old tractor up. 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM6FThUvH14

"This is the tractor my grandfather used to pull firewood logs out of the woods with.  I think it really was uncle Joe's but grandpa was the one who used it.  In the 1980's uncle Joe gave me permission to bring it to California.

Grandpa used to pull 3 or 4 logs at a time behind this old beast, the Oregon dust just flying in the air in the summer as he drug them around the corner of the old house foundation.

He had an old wooden wheel barrow he would use to roll the sawed chopped wood into his basement where he would store about 10 cord for the winter.

This would allow him to keep the house around 100 degrees all winter long the way he loved to do..... OK - well ...maybe 90 degrees but I know it was always extremely hot in there. 

Til later.  Glenn"
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Quote from: glenn kangiser on January 14, 2012, 03:16:38 PM
Got a video of my Granddad's old tractor up. 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM6FThUvH14

"This is the tractor my grandfather used to pull firewood logs out of the woods with.  I think it really was uncle Joe's but grandpa was the one who used it.  In the 1980's uncle Joe gave me permission to bring it to California.

Grandpa used to pull 3 or 4 logs at a time behind this old beast, the Oregon dust just flying in the air in the summer as he drug them around the corner of the old house foundation.

He had an old wooden wheel barrow he would use to roll the sawed chopped wood into his basement where he would store about 10 cord for the winter.

This would allow him to keep the house around 100 degrees all winter long the way he loved to do..... OK - well ...maybe 90 degrees but I know it was always extremely hot in there. 

Til later.  Glenn"

I love old machinery,before all the safety gadgets, when you actually had to learn to use the equipment, and learn your limitations with it.

Quote from: glenn kangiser on January 14, 2012, 12:58:02 AM
As mentioned previously, last week we went to visit our friend Athar in SF along with his wife and family. 

Here is a shot of Sassy in the garden showing off the special work done on her outfit.

Had to wear them to church on Sunday.  :)






Their hometown is in a textile area in Pakistan.

I like that.I think the Asian and middle eastern styles are very elegant and great looking.Way better than our mostly plain dressing here in the US.

PEG688

 9 or 10 years old and  in High School eh Glenn, you where a  gifted child!  What went wrong after that  rofl [rofl2] [scared]


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