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I'm not sure what the ranch was being used for at the time that the tennis court was built. Most of the ranches in that area were built as small cattle ranches, but they generally were transitioned to something else, usually centered around hunting or fishing. The tennis court could have been built after that transition, in which case you could hunt big game in the mountains, or game set and match on the court.
Tennis is just a racket.
Most of that ranch burned down. They were courting disaster, as happens in the backcountry. The court served them well.
What was also interesting was that there was an ancient tractor and bulldozer, neither of which had burned. So, all the buildings burned down, but the fire didn't burn two items with very flammable parts.
I suspect that the buildings might have burned due to blowing sparks.
Or the tractor and dozer weren't insured. :p
It's quite possible that none of it was insured.
In holdings are weird. They're ex-ranches that existed before the creation of the Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness. They aren't part of the wilderness, but are surrounded by wilderness. Some of those end up as historic sites, some remain in private hands, some end up in public hands. This one appears to have remained in private hands, but with no apparent intention of ever rebuilding. I don't know why that is, or what the issues around it are.
None of the remaining in holdings that are operated as businesses seem exactly lucrative. You could host anglers and hunters, but that is always a very brief time of the year. Hunting seasons aren't all that long, but out there, the winters sure are. It may just be that there is no compelling financial reason to do anything with the land...yet, but they are holding onto it in case a compelling reason appears.
The structures that were there were all pretty tiny. Perhaps one main building and two small bunkhouses, with even the main building being quite small. If they can't build more than what was already there, they might not be able to make anything useful out of the property.
I had to look up what "in holding" was. Stop making me learn things, it hurts.
I ended up reading up on the history of the ranch. Apparently, it was almost always a dude ranch. In fact, it might have ONLY been that. Guess they liked tennis.
Stopped on a bike ride to pull a bunch of goat heads. I had to stop once my hands were bleeding and too sore. I had only pulled up half a dozen, or so. Those things are nasty. I really needed HEAVY gloves for those.
Were you pulling them out of your tire or the ground???
Out of the ground so that I won't have to pull them out of my tire later on.
That does sound risky. Been a long time ago but think we always used a hoe. Need to strap a hoe to your bike.
Wow, that has a suggestive sound to it. :p
Land ho!
I was going to comment about that, but you beat me to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
I should have brought some tools, but I didn't expect to be doing that.
It was a bit pointless anyways. What was really tearing up my hands were last years remains. That means that there are plenty of seeds remaining from last year, so removing the plants from this year is going to have pretty modest benefit.
I considered going back there with some topsoil and grass seed. Pretty nearly anything will crowd out goat heads. They don't do well with competition. It would be a bit pointless, though, since there were other patches around, the place has had a lot of recent construction that has opened up new land for the plant to colonize, and the vegetation that would crowd them out has yet to take root.
As long as he beat... you know what, I won't finish that statement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Maybe go back with some Roundup and PPE.
My wife has a step-uncle who caught some sort of lymph node cancer that they traced back to Roundup.
And yet, I still use it. ???_???
lol apparently the windows Kaomoji's don't work 100%
(????)?
That's hilarious
I don't know what you were trying to say. Too many question marks.
Still, parentheses must be respected, so (???)? means that the inner questions come first.
I considered what I would do if I lived near that place. It was a patch of bare dirt with a road on one side (with a curb) and a bike path/sidewalk on the other side. Both were curved and met in two places such that the pack of dirt took on a lenticular shape of no very great size. I think whoever built the road and sidewalks just didn't bother doing anything with that little patch.
I was thinking that putting down some Roundup (which I also dislike), then spreading topsoil over it and seeding it with grass, might work. Might not, too, because the area might be bare due to not getting enough water for grass to survive.
Just spend $2,500 on a Peloton, problem solved.
The train at Zoosiana has "tchu tchu" on the back of it :lol:
How true!!
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Did you find that on the internet? I don't believe it's true...or do I?
It's just a variation on the classic cartoon about, "On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog!"
Being outed as a dog could be ruff.
They'd have quite a tale, though.
Why is it that I get hungrier, earlier, when I work in the office rather than at home? My stomach thinks a day is only 23 hours, and keeps rotating earlier, but still....
Holy smokes, I have that same issue!
I've been working remotely since COVID but recently switched employee with a company that requires me to be in office.
Since I've started going to the office, I find that I'm hungrier.
This should stop the hunger. I was throwing up from @ 2:30 to 6:30 am. Have no idea why. Just trying to eat now. We'll see how it goes.
My dad used to tell me "better to burp and taste it than to fart and waste it".
I never knew how I felt about that statement.
I wish it was like a burp. My abdomen muscles are sore from the contractions. Probably been well over 10yrs since something like this happened.
My guess is food poisoning but I eat the exact things I had the night before. I had made enough for two nights.
And left it out on the counter overnight?
No, I left left it on the table with the knife and fork.
We're finally getting rain again.
Early in the summer it rained every single day, around the same time, and would pour down.
Then we went through this little drought and hadn't had rain in probably a month and a half.
Well earlier this week it would sprinkle for a few minutes.
Today we're getting full blown rain again.
Had a nice thunder storm last night. Lots of lightening. Not very common around here.
Whenever we get heavy rain we get mud slides and other fun things. Not around me, but in the mountains.
Has VBF been down for the rest of yall for the most of the day today?
No.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Been on the site a few times today.
It's time to talk about Sapator. His last activity was in June. For a time, I was thinking that a lengthy European vacation might be the thing, but it's almost October. Nobody has THAT long a vactation.
Where o' where has our Sapator gone?
Ty has also went silent. I'm a little worried, he wasn't a young man.
No kidding. Hard to believe that either of those two would go silent.
Right, never ever let yourself be persuaded to help someone to move house.
Bloody hell, there are muscles hurting i didn't even know i had muscles in that place....
Couldn't even fart without pain....
I bet!! Houses are really heavy. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Zvoni
I know what you meant, I just couldn't resist.
:D:bigyello:Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
Yeah, but i dodged the bullet with the washing machine.....
from the 4th floor down to the street into the van with no elevator and a tight staircase, out of the van to the third floor with an elevator
Curious, how exactly at that time i had an important phonecall from a friend.....
Some washing machines aren't terribly heavy. Front loaders are, though.
Living on the 4th floor with no elevator sounds so foreign to someone like me, living in California. I guess that's one way to get your daily cardio.Quote:
from the 4th floor down to the street into the van with no elevator