Haha. Funny you mention that we literally just got a body shop when we purchased a Chevy dealership a few towns over earlier this month. We never had a body shop before. Not sure how busy it is but I’d say it’s doing pretty good.
I had two Doctor appointments that have been re-scheduled. I just did not feel up to the getting out early and driving in the 20dg weather. One called me yesterday since many of their employees called it. Then I cancelled another one for today. I have to get out anyway to go check on mother in law but that is just a 3-4 mile ride.
Just stay home and stay safe.
Be careful. It is so easy to get hurt the older we get. I am having flashbacks of picking up my elderly neighbor , taking him to hospital who kept falling and getting hurt doing jobs in his yard as he got older. He passed away several years back. What is scary is now I am the 69 yr old who had two trips to the ER last year. From hard falls in the house on tile floor. The 2nd was not so bad. The first , head hit on ceramic tile floor and was unconscious with eyes opened for 20 minutes before the EMTs got me into ambulance. I had symptoms of concussion for a month after that hard one. Actually have appointment with neurologist to follow up on that coming up soon. I know so many older guys who retired many years before me who have injured themselves in the cold wet weather trying to do things for themselves. Good luck - take care - not accusing you of being elderly ?
Thawing is much easier than cracking. We used to buy from Morrows (1980s era) and I would make a enormous mess with acorns and walnuts all over the dinning room floor. We had a tree out back but the squirrels bury them all over the yard. Its impossible to walk back there and they get defensive if you pick them up. I bet there is 200 squirrels back there;too much for one Beagle-hound and they pester her daily through the back door windows.
Heck with that. Just eat the squirrels.
When I was a kid I hunted squirrels until my mom told me to stop filling the freezer.
Squirrels ... rats with bushy tails, lol.
Saw a cartoon once where the punchline was "Squirrels are just rats with better publicity agents."
I hunted lots of game but enjoyed the squirrel hunting the most. Creeping thru the woods trying to spot them without letting them see you first. I never had a trained squirrel dog. I had a mixed breed who would go with me and sit right under the trees with me. He got to knowing the plan after a few hunts. He would sit there with me until I shot one. Then he would take off fast as he could and bring it back to me.
I just saw a video recently of some folks who installed a door bell for their neighbor's dog. This dog apparently goes next door each day to visit these people. They installed a door bell and then trained him to press it with his paws but he started to push it with his nose!
My grandparents had one in their attic and he spent a lot of Saturdays climbing up there trying to unalive him with the pellet rifle in the '80s. They are gorgeous little creatures, my grandmother had one that would sit out right outside the back door and wait for her every morning to put food on his dish. She probably could get within a foot or so of him or her I don't know which of the two genders it was but very tame and docile. Unfortunately she passed away about 20 years ago and I always wondered what would happen if they would understand that she's not there anymore. Old people have a way of trying to make the world better than they found it and she certainly did for the neighborhood children but her love was for the birds and the bees and all the critters in the trees. They're driving by that neighborhood it doesn't have the same feeling anymore.
My wife feeds one by hand. The squirrel also comes up and tugs on my pant leg for a peanut. He backs away and won't take if from my hand like he does with her though.
I’m 48 but recently had a sobering experience with a fall. I walked into the living room and smashed my foot into the corner of a chair. That made me jump and a laundry basket was placed just right such that I fell over it and went down hard.Be careful. It is so easy to get hurt the older we get. I am having flashbacks of picking up my elderly neighbor , taking him to hospital who kept falling and getting hurt doing jobs in his yard as he got older. He passed away several years back. What is scary is now I am the 69 yr old who had two trips to the ER last year. From hard falls in the house on tile floor. The 2nd was not so bad. The first , head hit on ceramic tile floor and was unconscious with eyes opened for 20 minutes before the EMTs got me into ambulance. I had symptoms of concussion for a month after that hard one. Actually have appointment with neurologist to follow up on that coming up soon. I know so many older guys who retired many years before me who have injured themselves in the cold wet weather trying to do things for themselves. Good luck - take care - not accusing you of being elderly ?
Oh man - rubber snake in drawer - iPhone on video !
Your grandmother sounded a lot like one of mine. Here we have a few different type squirrels. We have a majority of the smaller greys.
