Recent content by Bilge Rat

A plastic 55 gall. drum works great. With the top cut off the sides flex so it is easier to slide over the lower unit. Cut a small hole in the side down near the bottom large enough for a wine cork for a drain plug.

Here in southeast coastal Georgia we have some of the highest salt concentration in our seawater on the whole east coast. After we use our boats in saltwater we run the motor in a barrel of water mixed with vinegar or Salt Away. If you flush in a barrel the water warms and fully opens the...

morning all Going to get my false teeth this morning. Some things you can't eat without teeth, salad, pizza, and crunchy chips and salsa

Morning all It has been one of those nights with no real sleep. I am trying to work at stuff during the day to wear myself out in order to sleep at night . Sometimes it works and sometimes not. I can sleep really good in the afternoon for a few hours but that screws up the night sleep. Being...

And we are building energy sucking Artificial Intelligence computers so we can think even less. The sights that are being selected for the AI complexes and solar farms are right in the middle of some very good cropland. How wrong can we do things?

Some of the questions ask if you have resided in other countries and what nationality you "identify" as. No "Are you a US citizen" question. That would be insulting.

I recieved a questionable piece of mail yesterday. It was from The US Census Bureau. You have been RANDOMLY selected to take an American Community Survey. Your Response is required BY LAW It is addressed to resident BTW. So now I opened this packet Just to see what this was about, I love...

Morning all I have been in Minnesota for the last week seeing the wifes brother. Spent the whole time in the rural parts of the state. Lots of corn and soybeans mostly under center pivots. Saw the source of the Mississippi River. Lots of campers around the many lakes. Some strange small...

I have been without internet for over a week. Now with internet restored i fully realize the amount of useless information that comes into my email inbox.

Still raining here in Georgia. It is much cooler and since it's so soggy out I can't be forced to do any work outside. I did get the neighbors tree cut up. My MM 261 makes a fine old man's saw.

Well in spite of doctors and friends betting against me I have made it to the rope old age of 67 today. One of my friends just called and said that due to all the rain and oak tree is down in his yard come cut it up. For my birthday he said .

Rain, rain and more rain. Been rainin everyday for weeks. Went to the doctor and had my 6 month PSA test for prostate cancer. Been about 8 months since radiation treatments when the PSA# was .05 Now today the PSA # is only .03 Everybody is happy, happy, happy.

Around here we caught them alive then took them to an old man who fed them corn mash for a month then his wife would cookem up. My uncle would also take them to be released in a hardwood bottom then a few nights a month he let out his coon dog. Listening to the dog at night runnin a coon is...

Get some fast saws then you have time for the other stuff. Ported saws solve all ills.

Looks like we are going into day 3 of no afternoon rain. For the last few weeks we had afternoon showers to cool us down . Now the reality of 95 degrees will take over. Now we can watch a yankee melt, it will be fun then the skeeters and gnats will feast on the body. The joys of summer in the south