[AT] Thanksgiving Day tractor chores+trees

[Roy Morgan]

On Dec 2, 2008, at 8:02 AM, David Bruce wrote:

> I've seen a couple coyotes here but many more groundhogs.
> Between the two I'll take the coyotes. <g>

David,

We certainly do have ground hogs, but the coyotes in this area are  
still legends for us.  No doubt there are some, but we have neither  
heard nor seen any yet. (Finger lakes region of NY state.)

> The bigger problem here is the "long legged rats" (deer).

We have them.  But not as many as back in VA.  They will have to leap  
over our new fence instead of going through the holes in the old  
rusted out ones.  No problem for them, for sure (the fence is 4-foot  
horse fence).  If they try hard enough to go THROUGH the new fence,  
we'll have deer mince meat.

>  ... The wild turkey can also be a problem.

We have seen a very few wild turkey around here - 5 or 6 in a group  
near country roads.  I'm quite certain that there are more than we  
see.  What trouble to they cause?

> ... a volunteer fire chief... was adamant that tossing a lit  
> cigarette butt out the
> window of a moving car would not ignite dry grass.

Oh, it doesn't.  Not while you are watching.  It only ignites the  
grass after you have left or when no one is nearby.  Just like the  
cards in a deck being dealt at a crucial moment in a game which move  
around to give you a good or bad hand, the lighted butts *know* when  
you are nearby.  That's what I have heard, anyway.  Must be true.

Roy


Roy Morgan
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Groton NY, 13073