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  1. alleyyooper

    Sunny, yet cool low 70F so went out and cut fire wood.

    Seemed like a nice day and with it being Sunday no one is going to call me to get a pet scan, do a chemo set or ratate my body. Might as well see if I can cut some wood with out cutting my self doubled up in pain. Strange as it sounds it went well, the more I cut the better I got to felling...
  2. alleyyooper

    Tree service guy.

    We have about 350 feet of power line right away that services our home only. We got notice from the power company a crew (contracted) was going to come and trim the right away. Fellow shows up this morning and says he is going to servey what they need to do. I tell him that there are about 7 or...
  3. alleyyooper

    Wood drying pretty fast.

    With the 90F temps and low humidity the wood i cut during rhe winter is drying fast. The creek is nearly so dry you can cross with out getting your feet went in many places. That normally does not happen till mid September. I think I am going to try to make time to move it to the house in a few...
  4. alleyyooper

    Intrest in old antigue cars/trucks.

    A one day show of old cars and trucks in Flint Michigan Back to the bricks. seprate lot for the old pre 1939 stuff, seprate lot for the hot rod drag cars and even Buick has a seprate area for their cars. 2019 they estmated over 650 thopusand people attended the show just to view a few hundred...
  5. alleyyooper

    Creamy butternut squash soup.

    Butternut squash soup is a very good veggie to make a creamy soup out of and it is so sweet. I peel about a pound and a half to two pounds size. Peel the squash and cut in half to deseed. I use a sharp flexable knife to work under & around the seeds then a soup spoon to drag them out...
  6. alleyyooper

    Explain the difference please.

    91PX62CQ And S62 LP saw chain. Al
  7. alleyyooper

    Thought I was finished.

    I have let thr furnace go out several times not thinking we would not want any more heating. But ma nature has came along with some nasty cold damp and windy weather, one of our coldest Aprils ever. Tuesday it was 70F for th ehigh, Wednesday morning rolls around and it is raining and windy...
  8. alleyyooper

    Drove thr Bota 6 miles yesterday.

    MY largest sumer lawn to mow customer called said they had a tree down and wanted it removed. I loaded 3 saws on the bota and drove the 6 miles one way to remove it for them. I started out with the CS400 on the extreamly hard dry Ash.got 3/4 of a bucket load of some nice wood. The chain that...
  9. alleyyooper

    This kill switch wire Husky 455.

    This kill switch wire doesn't want to slide in place for me. Any one ever replace the plastic switch with a metal toggle switch like the Echos and the Old poulan and sthils had? Or even the old slide type husky used? :D Al
  10. alleyyooper

    Bet early car shows will get cancled.

    Here in Michigan they have cancled any gathering of over 250 people. St. Paddy days parades and such. recommending groups to be under 50 however. With that in place I am betting the April, May and possiable June possiable longer if the coronarvrise stuff continues. :D Al
  11. alleyyooper

    Think the early car shows will cancel

    I believe the early April and May car shows will cancel this spring and may go thru the summer if the virus threat is not put down quick. Do not be suprized to drive down a road this summer and see a group of antique cars going for a drive. I know I will not leave our Buick setting in storage...
  12. alleyyooper

    Home Made crispy Onion rings.

    I saw. a Onion ring comment. Thought every one in the USA knew about them, you can get them at most resturants and some fast food places like, Burger King, Dairy Queen and A&W Root Beer joints. Any Onion will pretty much work, my self I like the big yellow ones and some times the white ones...
  13. alleyyooper

    Have people who hunt your woods?

    There was a fellow who hunted the property we bought a year ago. Good thing the former land owner did not live near by and inspect his place. There was a two man ladder stand swinging around up in a Elm tree not connected to a ladder any longer. There was a tree stand in a real nice Oak tree...
  14. alleyyooper

    Al's Venison Summer Sausage.

    I grind my venison on the fine side and do not add any pork to it. If I wanted pork I would grind op a pig butt roast. 4 pounds of ground Venison. 1/4 Mortons Tender Quick Salt. 1 Table spoon of Mustard seeds. 5 crushed garlic cloves or 2 table spoons of garlic powder. 1 table spoon of...
  15. alleyyooper

    Poulan 2150 fuel lines.

    Bought the two line kit to replace thre lines on the 2150. No problem till time to install the fuel pick up line. the second line the smaller of the two to go thru that tiny fuel hole is to small can stand back and throw the line in the hole like a car thru a garage door. Is a feasable to just...
  16. alleyyooper

    Burning Elm.

    After burning Ash for years I am now buring standing dead elm I have taken down. About 90% the bark has fallen off and the other 10% the bark comes off of easly. So burning it I am not finding at the front of the furmace a hunk of ash stuck together like a clinker my folks got when burning...
  17. alleyyooper

    TSC Bar and Chain oil.

    Been useing this brand county line brand of oil for several years now. It is on sale at my LOCAL TSC for $5.00 a gallon. did a quick search of TSC web site and is on sale there also. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/countyline-bar-chain-oil-1-gal?cm_vc=-10005 :D Al
  18. alleyyooper

    My First attemp, Red Beans & Rice

    My first attempt at red beans and rice. Cooked with out a recipe the way I wanted for them to taste. I knew I wanted to make a good amount. 2 cups of rice to start in a big pot, 4 .5 cups of Hot water. While rice was cooking I cut up a large red onion. Boss in living room complained the...
  19. alleyyooper

    Echo CS 400 Chain brake.

    The chain brake likes to engage when I wear winter gloves when cutting. It also likes to engage whern cutting large rounds where the bar only sticks out a inch or a bit more when cutting. Has any one else had the same problem and did you fix it or judt decide to live with it? I was cutting up...
  20. alleyyooper

    Al's Navy Bean Soup

    In 1907 the US senate passed a resolution that bean soup would be on the menu every day in the senate dinning room when ever they were in session. My self I want pure unadulterated Navy bean soup, Just for the two of us. I start with two large cups of navy beans dry, sort thru them to remove...
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