cgrand

I keep about half my property in Hammond wild and there’s a pretty big creek running behind me so I have plenty of snakes. I rarely see them unless I go looking for them and then they are pretty easy to find. 18 years here, have never seen or found a water moccasin or a rattlesnake. Plenty of c...

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re: Random Google Maps browsing of the day.

Posted by cgrand on 5/10/24 at 2:35 pm

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re: Craft Beer May 2024

Posted by cgrand on 5/10/24 at 10:27 am

Gnarly barley is fairly well distributed you should be able to find all of their flagship beers (catahoula, korova, jucifer and skater aid)...

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re: Dickey's BBQ is opening at Arlington in BR...

Posted by cgrand on 5/10/24 at 7:39 am

[quote]I have never heard anywhere in Louisiana called Arlington[/quote]or inniswold LOL...

Food and Drink

re: What to look for when buying a golf cart...any advice?

Posted by cgrand on 5/10/24 at 7:34 am

[quote]We spent $20,000 on ours and it’s not worth it. [/quote]hard to imagine ...

re: Best way to get rid of vines

Posted by cgrand on 5/10/24 at 6:51 am

if it is Virginia creeper it’s easy to pull. It runs across the top of the soil and doesn’t root very deep. Get a hold of a good piece and pull up and away and you’ll get a bunch of it up. Pull again when it re sprouts. One of the very few woody vines that you can manually eradicate ...

re: Songs with dark, but profound, lyrics

Posted by cgrand on 5/9/24 at 10:32 pm

And in her eyes, you see nothing No sign of love behind the tears Cried for no one A love that should have lasted years...

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re: Circles don't actually exist. At best, they are tubes.

Posted by cgrand on 5/9/24 at 3:38 pm

circles (or squares or any other geometric item) are not objects; they have no mass...

re: Why is Business Report so woke?

Posted by cgrand on 5/9/24 at 3:32 pm

[quote]That is the real issue Landry needs to worry about—but I guess that won’t get him on Fox.[/quote][quote]Landry clearly cant go on fox news and run the state, its impossible. [/quote]not at all the same thing. but you already knew that...

re: The horde has emerged, the Cicadavasion(tm) is in full swing

Posted by cgrand on 5/9/24 at 1:41 pm

[quote]"Cicadas are at their most tender just out of the shell. The tough exoskeleton is not very tasty," he said in a post for the university. "Watch them climb up a tree and begin to molt from their outer shell. When they're out of their shell, gently grab the soft bodies, blanch them in boiling w...

re: The horde has emerged, the Cicadavasion(tm) is in full swing

Posted by cgrand on 5/9/24 at 1:20 pm

The copperheads will be right behind them...

re: Why is Business Report so woke?

Posted by cgrand on 5/9/24 at 12:53 pm

[quote]Landry’s Administration is trying to push through bills giving the Governor’s office MORE power and control[/quote]and installing the worst kind of cronies and grifters all across the executive branch and statewide boards. And punishing perceived enemies who didn’t kiss the ring (sound famil...

re: Deer mushrooms

Posted by cgrand on 5/9/24 at 12:04 pm

[quote]How can I get rid of them?[/quote]why would you need to get rid of them? What you see is the fruiting body of the fungus. The actual organism is deep underground. It is decomposing the buried wood matter...

re: Why is Business Report so woke?

Posted by cgrand on 5/9/24 at 11:49 am

much worse wags or Nelson would have been a home run. This slimy turd might be worse than honor code...

re: Ruger American stock swap

Posted by cgrand on 5/9/24 at 11:45 am

I have put Boyd’s on all my rifles ...

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re: What is this on my live oak trees?

Posted by cgrand on 5/9/24 at 11:21 am

all of the juvenile live oaks i've transplanted have those or got those. its no big deal and nothing to be concerned about...

re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by cgrand on 5/9/24 at 11:20 am

very similar to ant piles... each hive has a queen and the workers (the bees you see) are bonded via pheromones to that queen only. the field bees out gathering dont interact with each other at all. back at the hive, the workers will indicate to the others if they found a juicy flower stash to ...

re: Geoengineering Weather - Remote Control Tornados Edition

Posted by cgrand on 5/8/24 at 10:31 pm

bischoff cookies and milk...

re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by cgrand on 5/8/24 at 9:27 pm

[link=(https://www.mannlakeltd.com/blog/7-tips-for-getting-started-with-beekeeping/)]LINK[/link] [link=(https://www.lsuagcenter.com/topics/environment/insects/bees_wasps/honeybee-equipment-suppliers)]LINK[/link] obviously you can be more involved than I am, and obviously you can manage the bee...