We went to the post office Friday to get my package. My pulley for the well was damaged in shipping. How do you bend and cut steel in shipping? A new pulley should arrive Wednesday. We will return ship the damaged one Tuesday when we go to town.
We need to get several new handles for various tools. I pick up rakes, shovels, and other tools as I find them priced cheap. The local auction has been a good place. I hope to pick up several handles tomorrow. That was a hole in our preps I had over looked.
My neighbor ended up with 25 chicks I hatched. 22 are good strong babies, but the 3 late hatchers are weaker. They may not make it. But she will give them every opportunity to do well.
We have been working on fire wood. We had bought some few years ago that after it was dumped, we saw it had pieces that were too long. This is the year we need to burn it so we are going through it. We are moving it to the spot that had some of last years leftover wood. That will leave us an empty space to put the new wood we are cutting. All the long wood will be cut to fit our stove. We should finish that up today. Hubby will be glad to have that chore done. It has been on the list a long time.
Everyone have a blessed week.
That explains a lot. I think I've been the victim of that a time or two. Especially when a metal item is broke and the box it came in had nary a blemish but the inside box the manufacturer put the item in was torn to heck and back.in regard to the pully you received damaged - you might have been the end recipient of an insurance scam >>> crap gets damaged in the warehouse by the idiot workers - they keep the damaged goods aside for individual orders like yourself - insurance claim gets filed with the shipper and they ultimately get a double sale .....
That's what we do. We don't buy anything like that new unless we have no choice but I've noticed they are getting more and more scarce. There use to be an old man that set up at the sale barn north of here that sold new handles for about anything you could think of from a shovel to a hatchet and his prices were very reasonable...we are both sorry we didn't stock up on his stuff but money was pretty tight back then. The new handles we find now cost almost as much as the tool they are made for.We went to the post office Friday to get my package. My pulley for the well was damaged in shipping. How do you bend and cut steel in shipping? A new pulley should arrive Wednesday. We will return ship the damaged one Tuesday when we go to town.
We need to get several new handles for various tools. I pick up rakes, shovels, and other tools as I find them priced cheap. The local auction has been a good place. I hope to pick up several handles tomorrow. That was a hole in our preps I had over looked.
My neighbor ended up with 25 chicks I hatched. 22 are good strong babies, but the 3 late hatchers are weaker. They may not make it. But she will give them every opportunity to do well.
We have been working on fire wood. We had bought some few years ago that after it was dumped, we saw it had pieces that were too long. This is the year we need to burn it so we are going through it. We are moving it to the spot that had some of last years leftover wood. That will leave us an empty space to put the new wood we are cutting. All the long wood will be cut to fit our stove. We should finish that up today. Hubby will be glad to have that chore done. It has been on the list a long time.
Everyone have a blessed week.
Exact thing happened to me this order from ADC. I called and they reassured me it was in transit. It did arrive about 10 days late but all intact!I finally found canned hams at Walgreens...been looking for a while. They are only twelve ounces but much better than nothing. When I found them, they were on sale with the sale ending at midnight and it was close then so I ordered the maximum amount of 12 at a little over $3 each and free shipping.
It took a few days for them to ship and it was split into two shipments. The first one held ten and they came in a box that was not professionally packed...a few pieces of bubble wrap and lots of empty space. Miraculously, they came with only one tiny dent in one can. The next package shipped from Tennessee containing two hams and it sailed right on past Arkansas, heading for California where it stayed for several days before finally coming back in my direction...they eventually got here about a week late and in a brown, well worn, unpadded envelope and well dented but could have been worse. They still seem to be well sealed with the vacuum in place so I'm keeping them. They came Fed-Ex.
I'm not having the best luck with shipping lately. I ordered from All Day Chemist about four weeks ago and thank goodness I wasn't desperate for any of it because a few days after it shipped, the tracking number quit working. I finally messaged them this morning and haven't heard back yet but they are in a different time zone. If I don't hear something by tomorrow, I'm calling. It said my package would be here by 11-6 when it first shipped so I'm not concerned yet. I should have addressed the issue sooner but life has been busy. Considering my last few shipments have been here in three weeks, it may be lost.
Thanks for responding...that's been my gut feeling. I didn't call but did that message thing earlier today but haven't had a response. I'll call tomorrow.Exact thing happened to me this order from ADC. I called and they reassured me it was in transit. It did arrive about 10 days late but all intact!
I love that tent set up...a lot. We've always loved tent camping but we haven't been in a long time. Prep camp sounds like fun...wonder if I could convince this bunch.Here are a few pics from prep camp. Enjoy!
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I have a block of yeast that has never been opened that's been in the freezer for years. Do you think it would still be viable? I suppose I should open it and test it to find out. If it's good, I could put in vacuum sealed bags and back into the freezer. If not, it would be wise of me to replace it pdq. Project for tomorrow.
Thanks. I'll open, test and then refreeze. I think it might be older than 2014!!I'll bet it's fine! I'm currently using yeast from 2014...having finally used the last of the 2008 yeast in 2022!
I open the vacuum sealed brick, pour some into an 8 ounce jelly jar, then put the rest into one or two pint jars and immediately put them back in the freezer. No vacuum seating necessary... when I run out in my "working jar" in the fridge, I refill it from the freezer jar.
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At least you could retrieve the key. One day at the post office to pick up the office mail, I put the keys in my pocket, got out of the car and then decided it was too warm for the jacket, took it off and tossed it back in the car, locked it and went into the post office. I don't recall the how of it, but I had the extra key. Maybe in my purse or on the key chain with the key to the post office box.It's been Monday - at least half the day. Got yelled at by a patient, my coffee was not strong enough, then I went to the post office on my lunch break. I pulled in, took the key out of the ignition (no key chain), and it slipped out of my hand and between the seats. It took me almost 15 minutes to find it and fish it out! In the meantime, a guy pulled in and went to the liquor store next door. When he came out, he looked at me and said, "Ya want a beer? You kinda look like you could use one!" I said, "Thanks, but my employer kinda frowns on that. Otherwise, I'd take you up on it!"
You know you're having a rough day when complete strangers offer you alcohol at the post office!!
Check into a Speed Queen washer. They are old school technology and last I knew, you could still get one without any digital gizmos. They are a little spendy but can go for years with no repairs.I love camping and still have my 10 x 10 tent. I can set up by myself with great effort, but I don't want to camp alone. Even though Iowa has open carry laws, you are not allowed weapons in state parks. I still have most of the rest of my camping equipment and could camp if forced. I do not have a heater so no cold weather camping. The coldest weather we ever camped was in the low 50's upper 40's at night. Summer weight sleeping bags on cots with mattresses and wool blankets both under and over sleeping bags. I put a pillow above the top of my head __| which also helped.
The washer repairman came this afternoon, and the news is not good. The washer is 13 years old and needs a $400 repair. I decided not to have it repaired and will go to town when I feel better and purchase a new one. The repairman said that the expected lifetime of a washer today is ten years. Degusting but that's the way it is. I asked the repairman if I could still use the machine, and he said he would not recommend it because it could damage it beyond repair. Since I'm replacing it, I did a load of wash of badly needed socks and undies. If it self-destructs, so be it. Interestingly enough he said, it was best not to mix loads with heavy and light items as that leads to the off-balance issues. If I was younger, I think I'd buy a wringer washer that will last for 50 years with no issues and forget all the EPA approved, electronic crap machines that we're forced to buy today.
I have a good-sized list for Walmart which I plan to take care of the same day. I'm sick of driving to town after weeks d-i-l was in the nursing home and hospital there. Spent more on gas in three weeks that I typically spend in three months. Once a month shopping has saved me a bundle through the years. I don't really need groceries, but will cruise the aisles and pickup whatever catches my eye to add to my preps. I'm thinking of buying and freezing some mozzarella for pizzas this winter. I have an excellent pizza crust recipe and all the other fixings on-hand but no mozzarella cheese.
I have a block of yeast that has never been opened that's been in the freezer for years. Do you think it would still be viable? I suppose I should open it and test it to find out. If it's good, I could put in vacuum sealed bags and back into the freezer. If not, it would be wise of me to replace it pdq. Project for tomorrow.
I brought up a box of empty quart jars to get water into, boiled and sealed. I think that would be an easy job for this week while I'm feeling like crap. I found a good-sized space to put the jars of water and took down the four I did a week ago. I need to clean the shelf before adding more, but thought my head would fall off if I leaned over to do so today. I always store water on the bottom shelf as it is heavy and might leak. The quarts aren't going to leak so that's not an issue but with glass jars weight is an even bigger issue.
They sent me a working tracking number and chastised me a little for being concerned since it's only been three weeks since it was shipped and they plainly state it takes longer.Thanks for responding...that's been my gut feeling. I didn't call but did that message thing earlier today but haven't had a response. I'll call tomorrow.