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I know- no pictures, it didn't happen. Yesterday I took some trash out to burn it in the barrel. Couple of cardboard boxes, an egg carton, a few plastic bottles. I threw a plastic bottle in first so the boxes wouldn't get wet in the bottom, started ripping up a box to throw in, and noticed a dead animal in the barrel. I thought "now who in the world would throw a dead animal in the trash barrel"? Then I saw the dead animal move. Upon further investigation I determined that it was a possum. I felt sorry for the fella, no telling how long it had been in there. Probably climbed in looking for a snack, then couldn't get out. I laid the barrel down so it could come out but it was scared and crawled as far up into the barrel as it could get, getting coated with wet ashes in the process. Then I thought "I should go get my camera". But, I got another plastic bottle and reached up in the barrel and nudged him towards the exit. He opened his mouth and looked at me, and didn't even hiss at me. It looked about as much dead as alive. But when I got him out on the ground he perked up right away and waddled off towards the woods at a high rate of waddle- black and covered in wet ashes, but probably happy.

Strange how things happen like that. I.................probably wouldn't have had time to stop.

Looked around a little more today, the timber crew's not working, been drizzling rain here all day. Spotted something i'd never seen before- it's on the far right side of this picture. Zoomed in-

I think a Morbark was the only kind of chipper i'd ever seen before. H.H.Moore was a contract carrier for Westvaco for years, and we hauled chips, then pulpwood, from Westvaco woodyards to the paper mill in Covington. Hauled some to Luke,Md. too. Westvaco had Morbark chippers, the old ones had V12 Detroits on them, the later ones they got had 600hp. Cummins engines on them and they would just eat a big stick of hardwood up- like in a couple of seconds. Morbark chipper- Best chip truck I drove- Chip pile at Covington-

Saw head- Skidder- Chipper- Mats-

Here's a good magazine. This is the second issue i've gotten, it's not very big but it has really good stories and pictures, and no ads.

I...I...I guess i'm speechless...future bleeding heart liberal democrat. "When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns". When criminals break in and slap him around and rape his mommy he'll wish that gun was still there.

More pics. They moved the chipper down here this morning, it was just down the road about a quarter of a mile. Chipping the first load. A little tight coming out, it's a narrow road I live on. They had a skidder behind pushing. And...he's off! A Mack backs in next.

I don't wear mine much, mostly when I know i'll be having a lot of ketchup, like on prime rib at a fancy restaurant. When it drips onto the red jacket it's hardly noticeable.

I'm with you on that one Ken. I prefer a good ribeye steak so I can cook it a little more if I want. I can do pink in the middle, but not red. I've seen Chef Gordon Ramsey on TV screaming "this beast is ruined,it's over-cooked!" and throw what looks to be a perfectly good steak or roast in the trash can-what a waste!

Paranoid, I can neither confirm nor deny either that this may or may not be making mockery of another member of BMT who just happened to make a perfect prime rib last night for New Year's Eve Dinner........And posted pix of it on Facebook....

Both had saws on them. What they were cutting right there was pretty much just poles, no big stuff. They're chipping all of it anyway.

Well thank you, thank you very much. I never cooked one before, but even an idiot like me can cook a fine looking prime rib...tastes a little funny though, but that's probably because of the diesel fuel I had in the can.

I don't know who the redhead in their commercials is, but holy mackle, I think she's smokin' hot!

One was right across the road yesterday, when it looked like this. It was yellow. Today there was a big green one over there. Now it looks like this over there. Shouldn't have to worry about my interweb signal being blocked for a few years anyway.

I never had prime rib before, so I decided to cook one today...looks pretty good for being cooked on a stick over a fire in a tin can! I put my red jacket on to carve it- I wasn't sure what to do with it, so I put a slice between two pieces of bread and smothered it with ketchup- pretty tasty!

I saw it on facebook yesterday and it said it was in Iowa, just saw it on facebook again a little while ago and this time it said it happened in Nebraska.

Thanks Bob, and happy new year everybody.

One more thing to add to the list. poisonous snakes poisonous spiders man-eatin' crockerdiles tire eatin' ants

Well said! It's nice to see someone who's not afraid to ask questions, and even nicer that none of the replies are to ridicule or make fun of a new driver.

Just got finished installing Google Earth.

She passed out, uh, I mean fell asleep right after she drank it. Then I heard gravel crunching in the driveway and didn't know how I could explain the sleeping neighbor, so I carried her out the back door and dragged her over to her own yard. I didn't have time to carry her inside, so I just left her laying in her back yard. I had just gotten back in the back door and sat down when Jo came in the front door. I went over to check on her today and she was fine- she didn't seem to remember being drugged, uh, I mean dragged across the yard.

Yep, if somebody's looking for a project that looks like a good one, and affordable.

Yeah, she just moved in next door. I was just sitting here watching the Cosby show and got an ideer. Jo had to go to the store and as soon as she got out of the driveway I ran next door to invite the new neighbor over for some kool-aid.