All About Pocket Knives

philco wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 8:08 pm On a recent trip to North Dakota and South Dakota, I saw mile after mile of roadside that had been mowed and baled. Rather than cut the grass and let it go to waste, they roll it up to be used for cattle feed. Makes perfect sense to me.

treefarmer wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 2:05 am

philco wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 8:08 pm On a recent trip to North Dakota and South Dakota, I saw mile after mile of roadside that had been mowed and baled. Rather than cut the grass and let it go to waste, they roll it up to be used for cattle feed. Makes perfect sense to me.

Years ago when we were in the cow business, we thought about bailing some roadside Bahai grass. We were informed by several older heads that it would not be a good idea for several reasons. They said the residue from vehicle exhaust would contaminate our "free" hay crop. Also we would possibly contribute to hardware disease by unintentionally baling bits of metal, cans, plastics and glass commonly found on public right of ways. Back then, in the late '70s, we scrambled around and bailed about anything that could be made palatable use of hot mineral lick.
I can see a lot of uses for bailed right of way grass without feeding it to cattle.
Just a comment from an old feller almost over the hill.
Treefarmer
Farmer out there you don't worry about pollution and trash on the interstate like you do east of the Mississippi. Just a point of information ole man you and me are way over the hill and we've got a fast downhill slide with nothing but hole waiting for us at the bottom.

philco wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 8:08 pm On a recent trip to North Dakota and South Dakota, I saw mile after mile of roadside that had been mowed and baled. Rather than cut the grass and let it go to waste, they roll it up to be used for cattle feed. Makes perfect sense to me.

bighomer wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 6:02 pm

philco wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 8:08 pm

I noticed on my little trip to Illinois this past week that there and Ky. they have cut a swath next to the highway and are letting the rest of the median grow up. I kinda hope they come back and cut it, just looks ugly to me.

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 5:44 pm We had an incident recently that buried a Lexus into my neighbors garage up to the windshield a half block from me. The 15 year old student driver with mom in the front passenger seat were going round and round our street that is just a dead end loop when the driver mistakenly mashed the accelerater to the floor instead of the brake. Wall of the garage is demolished as well as damaging a Chrysler van parked in the garage. Glad she missed my buildings.

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Waukonda wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 6:54 pm

bighomer wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 6:02 pm

philco wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 8:08 pm

I noticed on my little trip to Illinois this past week that there and Ky. they have cut a swath next to the highway and are letting the rest of the median grow up. I kinda hope they come back and cut it, just looks ugly to me.

Unk wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 3:05 pm I posted some pics of this copperhead we killed in the front yard a few weeks ago. We took the hide and made a hat band for my buddy last night for his cheap-ass gas station cowboy hat. Complete with a turkey feather. I told him there's a "You might be a Redneck" joke in there somewhere.

Unk wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 3:05 pm I posted some pics of this copperhead we killed in the front yard a few weeks ago. We took the hide and made a hat band for my buddy last night for his cheap-ass gas station cowboy hat. Complete with a turkey feather. I told him there's a "You might be a Redneck" joke in there somewhere.

doglegg wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 12:33 am

Unk wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 3:05 pm I posted some pics of this copperhead we killed in the front yard a few weeks ago. We took the hide and made a hat band for my buddy last night for his cheap-ass gas station cowboy hat. Complete with a turkey feather. I told him there's a "You might be a Redneck" joke in there somewhere.

Pretty color on that one. And the hat..... well...

Unk wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 3:05 pm I posted some pics of this copperhead we killed in the front yard a few weeks ago. We took the hide and made a hat band for my buddy last night for his cheap-ass gas station cowboy hat. Complete with a turkey feather. I told him there's a "You might be a Redneck" joke in there somewhere.

bighomer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 1:57 pm Love it looks of the hatband and the hat it'll probably do it's job just as good as a 200 buck Resistol just ain't as handsome.

bighomer wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 3:01 pm You tell him ole homer up in Tn. Said he's got it going on don't pay no 'tention to those that can't see it. I give him a x ten.

bighomer wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 3:01 pm You tell him ole homer up in Tn. Said he's got it going on don't pay no 'tention to those that can't see it. I give him a x ten.

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 4:14 pm

bighomer wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 3:01 pm You tell him ole homer up in Tn. Said he's got it going on don't pay no 'tention to those that can't see it. I give him a x ten.

And buy him a real beer!

BTW I have several relatives of that copperhead here on my place. By my calculation of over 40 years observation, if you see a snake here there’s a 50% chance it’s a copperhead.

Ken