Another Bacon Rant
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Another SWD rant
Comments (45)Neighbor's peaches have them - DS and I picked for an hour Thursday, I took only the unblemished firm (but not rock-hard) fruit, left her 2 bags that had small punctures (not browning) in skin and told her she needed to clean up the drops the next day and get her DH out with a ladder to pick high ones, really have to keep on top of it. By Friday afternoon I found some of mine (kept in dehumidifed basement) were going soft, threw some out (in ziplock bag) and cut all the rest that had any soft spot at all up, peeled for dessert on Sat afternoon (family funeral). Only 1 had a larva in it that I could see. By this morning I'd found more that were rotting, cut them all up, found a few larvae - seem to go in the stem end and eat around the pit, causing brown mushy flesh and some black spots. Any that didn't peel well or were not firm went into the pot for peach butter but I found tiny white larvae in the pot after boiling so bagged and trashed the pulp, poured the liquid down the drain. The firm light yellow flesh I sliced and refrigerated with Fruit Fresh, after dinner I made a light syrup and briefly boiled the slices ( a pint at a time) and canned them, I found 1 tiny white larva in the slices (hope that's all there was). And now I have them flying around my kitchen that's full of ripening tomatoes and organic apples - I have more tomatoes picked Wed down the basement, they had been sitting in ventilated bins (single layer) next to the peaches, I hope they aren't attacking them since I am selling tomatoes at market. I did see a few regular fruit flies (black larger than SWD) on a pint of cherry tomatoes in my kitchen before I brought the peaches up. I don't have them (yet) on my TC blackberries but I've been picking them every morning, only 5 canes planted last year so not too hard to keep up with. But I imagine the fall raspberries (some still blossoming, doesn't look like first ones got pollinated) will be more subject to attack. DH cut down all the wild blackberries near the house that have come up in the past 2 years (after I picked and destroyed all fruit with any color), is planning on burning them, and is working his way out back but I don't know if we'll be able to eradicate them all - just too many out in the woods. And I used to get a good price for them too. I didn't know elderberries were a host - I'll have to have him cut those down too. I am putting all cooked fruit pulp, cores, and rotten/split tomatoes in ziploc bags before trashing them - not composting any sweet fruit or tomatoes at all. Does anybody know if cukes or squash in compost is a problem? I know the rinds are too hard for SWD to lay in, but once they start rotting are they attractive, or do they only go for sweet fruit?...See Moreanother rant...this one the bank
Comments (2)I used to work in a bank - every single time I go in something goes wrong - I feel I should be paid a training fee. Whenever I find a bank employee who is good he/she is transferred. I get paper everything. What the employees fail to recognize is that other customers in line can hear the lunacy and become concerned about their own funds. You should have heard me trying to explain that $650 divided by 50 does not equal 7. Finally after the 4th attempt I started telling her that 2 times 50 = 100 and so on. But that if she wanted to sell me $650 for the price of $350, by all means. I also have had the same problem with payments on accounts. Fees are also about to go up - and since all tellers were missing and I saw a single white sheet at the end of the counter, I decided to go and get it to read it - our type of account does not carry fees if we keep a certain balance but it also comes with a U.S. account - I get a paper statement of course - and it was very iffy if we would be charged $2 a month for the paper service to continue. None of the employees knew and had to phone and ask - that took 20 minutes and the caller made the mistake of looking at his watch in frustration. I pointed out that the supervisors at least should have known the answers before putting out the increase sheet - and that one sheet was not enough. I was told in a very nasty tone that they were being "compliant". Maybe, but not in the interests of the client. Yet you trip over notices for everything else. But the people behind me in line were grateful that I had pointed out the new fee schedule - as was the teller who originally helped me and had to ask her boss if the fee applied to us. We did not receive anything in the mail - other than the increase in annual cost of our medium safety deposit box - to $80 a year - started off at $35. We get a free small one with our bank account but it won't hold our wills etc. - the medium is pretty small on its own. So far I have shown staff how to fill in loan documents, pay taxes, bills etc. and that us just the beginning. I am also something of an expert on the credit card with travel rewards. I hope you get your money back and are not charged interest - better check that....See MoreAnother squirrel rant!
Comments (12)Squirrels go nuts for sunflower seeds. These should make a good live trap bait. You may have red squirrels. These chew anything and if they get on a roof, they can chew a hole in it to get inside. It happened to my neighbor. The gray squirrels chew also, but do not seem as destructive as the reds. The red squirrel is about 1/2 to 2/3 the size of a gray. I have not had a problem with squirrels chewing wiring in my vehicles. Prime suspects are mice and voles. Squirrels have climbed on top of my vehicle engines and dined on walnuts. They were messy and left their trash. I don't know how well it works, but I've been told that moth balls will discourage squirrels and deer....See MoreAnother rant alert..too much on my plate
Comments (34)PK, my heart goes out to you, it’s no fun to be pulled in a hundred different directions. I’m sorry your hubby hurt himself and am glad he’s going to be ok, what a nightmare. I can relate to the cooking issue because my DH has a very specific diet plan he has to stick to. I’ll spend hours putting together a weeks worth of lunches and they’re 1/2 gone before the week even starts!!! Is there anyway they can prescribe a different medication? Or maybe you can get take out? Pizza? As for the commute, the first thing I thought of was the job offer you posted about a few weeks ago. I think this short period of having to commute just confirms it was a good thing that they chose someone else. I’m glad you posted so we could send some warm (((hugs))) your way. It’s a shame that we all live in different parts of the country. I truly believe that if the folks here lived closer to each other, we’d pull together like a villiage to help each other out....See Moresushipup1
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