OMG! How do you (or did you) deal with perimenopausal brain fog?
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Comments (78)In Maine it is standard practice for farmers to protect their crops from wildlife threats. I think most states have laws to help farmers. We are exempt from the season and bag limit thing. With deer and some other game animals you can contact your warden service and they will help. They generally don't want to bother with coon, squirrels, wood chucks, skunks etc. With wild geese you can get a permit to shoot a few and hang up the carcasses and the rest will not come back. For years I shot a crow for pulling up corn. Hung it up and no more problem. I now find light twine over the top of the garden 10 feet in the air also keeps them out. We don't eat coon due to rabies but do trap and kill them to keep them out of the corn. Farmers should always know their rights in protecting their crops! Having said that it is not a good idea to go down to the local coffee shop and brag to animal rights activists that you had to trap 15 coons. Those people do not care about your fruit or garden!...See MoreHow do you deal with stress?
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Comments (37)A quote from the internet: "Obama can help lead us into a new era, toward a more sophisticated conversation about culture and race. He should be celebrated as our first African-American president. He should also be allowed to be Kenyan and Kansan, Hawaiian, Indonesian, Luo -- all the legacies that have made him the man he is today." I agree with this quote - let people be who they are and either live with it or move on. We also need to remember that Tiger Woods is caucausan and black - so what. He's regarded as a golfing hero - few people have a problem with his ancestry. IMHO, if one is prejudice regarding a certain group of humans, it may be sad, but justifiable. If we all were honest and looked within ourselves, we would probably find we are also prejudice about particular sects of people. I thought about it and realize I am prejudice against gamblers - reason: my youngest son is a gambaholic. I am also prejudice against drinkers of alcohol - my bio-dad was a bad alcoholic - a dear friend was killed in a car wreck this past Thursday night, while driving drunk. She killed a 22-yr. old man in the other vehicle - she leaves a loving husband and two small sons, ages 5 and 7. I have now realized I AM PREJUDICE!...See MoreHow do you deal w high ceilings in kitchen?
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