CJ and Jon are coming late tonight, they will halter the 4 dairy beef steers so I can help them load them. We have to take them to their fairgrounds Saturday morning (Jasper Co, Indiana) about an hour away. They will get their tags checked and get weighed. This establishes the base weight for rate of gain when they get checked in at the first day of fair this summer. CJ has to work tomorrow night (he makes popcorn and works concession stand at local movie theater) so Lou and I will bring them home and put them away, eat dinner and probably fall asleep for an afternoon nap!! Have a couple piles of wood cut that needs split, might be Sat or Sun. Otherwise, taking it easy this weekend. Stay safe and healthy everyone!
I did all my haltering a few weeks ago(actually, I have no clue what this means, Ill go google it when Im done here)
in the early 70s I dropped out of college and moved to ft lauderdale florida to help my buddy and his dad run a movie theater his father purchased. the movie theater was closed and not for a reason anyone would ever guess.(the manager of the theater was running a prostitution ring out of there, and there were beds behind the screen, unbelievable, we discovered this after his dad purchased it) anyway, my favorite part of the day was making popcorn, smell up the entire theater and like grizzly bears smelling an open garbage can the people would come wandering into the lobby as soon as the smell was strong enough. our biggest concession item besides popcorn and soda, was hotdogs, on the roller type grill, and dill pickles. we had a huge glass jar of pickles on the counter and for 25 cents wed put it in a small mr pickle bag, b ig seller, never saw anything like that in new york, or any other place actually
moving on.....I did not escape covid as I thought I did. we both have tested negative now, me for 3 days, elen for 2 i think, but Ive got a problem with my lungs. doctor told me I have some bronchial swelling, or something like that he told me....put me on prednisone, singulair to help air passages, and tessalon pearls for the cough. I cannot believe it, but I knew if I ever got any virus bad enough having been on immuno suppressants for 15 years I would be in trouble. Im hoping this will not be a lifelong thing, as covid is a sneaky sucker and can cause lifelong headaches.
I feel ok, just a deep cough but not as bad as a few days ago.
been out in the shop alot, started today at 930 and just came in now, finishing up 2 more red bird feeders and working on 2 whimsical bird houses made out of cedar. no plans for the cedar birdhouse, just looked at a picture and Im figuring out all the angles and parts myself. making an extra part each time so if I need to make more, as Im sure family members will want one, Ill have a much easier go at it. I like the challenge.
no big pieces in my future, and I keep telling my kids, if they need furniture, or any pieces or any woodworking, I have to get it done soon, as Im not going to be able to handle large pieces as I age, and my back and knees arent being nice to me.
Im really looking foward to sunday as the grandkids will come here and Ill finally get to see them again.
I was getting paid $15 to clean each of those theaters so you know how long ago that was.
