I’ve been hearing a lot about those new “Smart cars” and I’ve seen quite a few of them on the road. I saw a short review of them, the reviewer was saying how great they are, they say that they only cost $15,000, are half the size of a “regular” car and get 33 mpg. They seem to think that is wonderful. I have to wonder about that because last year I bought a used Lumina that is in great shape for only $5,000 and it gets 26 mpg. It seems to me that I got a pretty good deal!
Critters Everywhere I Turn
Over the years we have had numerous wild and interesting animals that have found their way into the back yard. Everything from opossums, raccoons, ground hogs, ducks, skunks, and even a wounded dear have ended up spending time in our side and backyard, much to our amusement and entertainment.Last week a neighbor was coming to our back door to return something that she had borrowed from my mother’s kitchen years ago and had to back off because she saw something on the porch that didn’t look like any type of dog or cat that she had ever seen before and she turned around and went back home and immediately called me on the phone to let me know that there was some type of critter that kept her from coming to the door.
Come to find out that it was a porcupine, a good sized one at that, and I spent a good 1/2 hour trying to catch the darn thing so that I could box it up and take it and release it back into a good wooded area. I even called animal control, and being that it was late at night they where closed and I had to leave a message, by the time we got a return call I had already taken care of the situation. The man didn’t believe me that is had been a porcupine and he actually came over to the house to discuss it, and it proved to be good thing that we took a picture of the darned thing before I released it, it was the only way that we could get him to believe that it actually was a porcupine. And the fact that I still had a few of it’s quills that had fallen off of it during all of the activities of the chase and capture.
So I have come to the conclusion that we are in need of a few good animal traps, because I am way too old to be chasing these wild critters around any more. I checked the Internet and found a good company called Havahart that offers a GREEN approach to critter control with a better way for the environment, more “earth friendly” and a more humane way for the animal.
I’ve decided to purchase their Havahart Easy Set Raccoon Trap, which I believe should be suitable for the majority of animals that we have had to deal with these past years. The only other animal that I can think of that hasn’t shown up at our place, beside lions, tigers, and bears, is an armadillo, it could be just a matter of time and this cage would even handle that, if needed.
The Global Food Shortage Crises
I was reading on the Internet an article titled “How to end the Global Food Shortage.” The article was explaining that the US Government subsidizes the US farmer fifty one cents per gallon to divert their corn to biofuels. The article was also explaining that a lot of the third world countries could grow a lot more of their own food if they could get a little bit of help with getting good seed, fertilizer, and irrigation techniques.
I was very disappointed to read that the US Government was subsidizing the farmers to divert their corn from the food market. Other plants can be used to make biofuel that are not part of the world’s food supply. Is there no end to the stupidity of the Government?
Nail Fungus, Going Natural
I have always tried to do what is best for our planet, our country and my health, without good health the deck is stacked against you, and can’t afford that gamble. Since growing up on a working farm with parents that came from the “old country” I have learned so many home remedies and am familiar with so many environmental issues as well.
Unfortunately one health concern never came about, as far as I can recall, is the issue of nail fungus, something that I do believe I am experiencing as of latek on two of my fingers on my left hand. So I took some time to look around on the Internet and found at Forces-of-nature.net, where they sell 100% natural certified organic treatments, and have several Nail Fungus Treatment products for sale and appear to be very affordable.
I would hate to make an appointment with the doctor and spend good money on an office visit, only to be handed an expensive prescription to be then taken to the drug store. All of this would take a good amount of gas and time, so I’m decided to give this natural solution a shot and have placed an order with them today. I’m glad that they accept PayPal, a good amount of online businesses are lacking that feature still and I am always happy to see the PayPal symbol along with the Visa, MC & Discovery ones being advertised.
Cloth Napkins
I was watching a show a little while ago where they were talking about reducing your carbon footprint. I’m probably a little bit more interested in saving the planet than most of the people that I know, so I paid attention to the show to see if there was something I could do that I haven’t been doing to reduce our carbon footprint. They suggested using cloth napkins instead of paper napkins as much as possible.
Well, I’m really not sure exactly how much “energy” using cloth napkins will save because in my experience you have to wash and iron them. I’m thinking that the “energy” used to wash and iron them might be a larger carbon footprint than using paper napkins. What do you think?
The Price of Oil Is All About Today’s Investors
I was surprised to stumble on to a site that talks, explains and give good solid advice on today’s day trading oil issues. To be honest I had no idea that investors play such a key role in the price of oil that we have become so dependent on in our daily lives. Millions of investors are buying and selling oil contracts and the whole thing sounds like a whole lot of extreme risks that should be left to the experts and not the novice trader. So with that in mind, I’m glad I found this site (Daytradingcenter.net)that gave me such insight on this issue that is so controversy and complicated and I would urge anyone to give it a read and find out for themselves what this oil business is all about. Very enlightening indeed.
New And Improved Park and Playground In The Works
I’m so glad to see that they are finally go start to fix up the park and playground that I have been visiting all my life and spent many years as a young boy playing at. It has deteriorated so badly the last decade or so that it was becoming a safety hazard and an eye sore for way too long. I know that there has been a lot of cut backs but something like this just can’t be left to rot for heaven’s sake.
I hear that they have ordered new playground equipment for the kids to play on as well as new Park Benches and Picnic Tables as well for families to us and enjoy. I am assuming that they will be using the new rubberized playground equipment which is so much than the old wooden equipment that was used back in my day. Can’t tell you how many splinters we all got from that junky old rotten wood. Today’s kids don’t know how good they have it, I can tell you that!
They plan on having everything ready, good to go for next spring. We will see if they manage to hit that target date or not.
Too Bad That Youth Is Wasted On The Young!
I’m so glad that we are being able to enjoy some nice weather days and evenings for a change. After weeks of dealing with the temperature being in the high 90’s and the 100’s, these past couple of days in the 80’s are just awesome. As I’m getting older it is becoming harder to deal with such extreme weather, but at least we are not dealing with tornadoes, hurricanes and all the other extreme weather that seems to be devastating so much of our country these past couple of months. We did have to deal with way too much rain this past Spring, but at least it is better than not having enough rain, which has happened too often lately. Without rain a farm like mine can go into ruins real quick like.
Last night I actually had some free time that I got to enjoy outside before hitting the sack. This is something that I don’t get to do very often as an adult. As kids we would spend a lot of time on the front porch and in the front yard, catching fireflies, playing Kick The Can, Hide and Seek, and roasting marshmallows and making those wonderful S’mores with tons of chocolate dripping all down our arms. It sucks that youth and wasted on the young.
GREEN Rubber Mulch – The Way To Go Folks
What can I say? When I think of mulch, rubber is the last thing that comes to my mind. But apparently there is a new fangled type of mulch that is being manufactured out of old tires by a company called Rubberecycle. This is the same company that provided the White House with the playground that the Obama’s daughters and their lucky play mates get to play on. I’m assuming that when a new president moves into the White House that the playground will stay right where it is, but who knows what the future will bring when that takes place when all of that comes about. But for now it is good to know that the Obamas are doing their part in going green in numerous ways that are all good to know about.
This particluar company offers several products that are long lasting, safe and extremely environment friendly, not to mention economical. I would urge anyone to check out their website of rubberecycle.com and see all that they are about. If I had kids and was looking into having a playground for them to enjoy I would certainly be interested in having this company come out and see what they could come up with for them. We all want our kids to spend time outside having fun, but safety is a big concern, right? The numbers are startling when it comes to injuries that occur on playgrounds all across the country, nothing new really, just more media attention is taking place on the subject these days. I know that I would feel like a real dog if one of my kids or one of their friends or another member of family’s kid got hurt on something that I paid for and allowed them to play on. So it sounds like this rubber mulch is the way to go folks, if you have the need.
Wonderful Rain Chains For Mother’s Day
I have the perfect gift to give some one like my late-mother for Mother’s Day or any other gift giving holiday would be good as well. I’ve never seen one before, although I’ve heard the term “chains rain” before. But as I was mindlessly surfing the net earlier this evening I was looking at some rain barrels that would come in handy around here, when I came across a site that sells the most wonderful looking rain chains. My mother would have loved the umbrella one and my old man would have really enjoyed the fish rain chain, both of which I’ve posted a picture of below so you can see how cool these babies are.
There are plenty more rain chains on the website that I found these at. Rainchainlink.com offers Free Shipping on all their orders, they also have a link to some pretty nice looking unique rain barrells that I was eye balling as well. Since we didn’t have much snow this winter we are being told that we can look forward to another summer that we have to watch our water supply and possibly have to comply with mandatory water restrictions like we have had to do on and off for the past decade or so.
Right now we may be sick of all the rain, but it is helping with some water issues that are literally right around the corner.