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BigAl
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Headed out and tried fishing again today . Everybody caught fish .....except me 
.The wife even mistakenly made a few comments about my lack of gettng any bites . Thats ok ... She can laugh it up . I just cut her off sex for the next week .
She how she likes it without the "big Kahuna"
Somehow ended up catching a lousy cold so I am running on about 1/2 speed .
I was suppose to install the decking for new dock we poured concrete on the last couple days . Guess I'll wait and see how I feel tomorrow .
Chickens are still growing like weeds and I really want to bring in another 100 but Genaro wants to be damn sure the first bunch stays healthy.
The new favorite shooting sport is to sit on the deck each evening and shoot crabs with the new pellet gun . I am getting pretty good and killed about 20 tonight .
Between Moy, Nati and myself we got them running scared !!!
.The wife even mistakenly made a few comments about my lack of gettng any bites . Thats ok ... She can laugh it up . I just cut her off sex for the next week .She how she likes it without the "big Kahuna"
Somehow ended up catching a lousy cold so I am running on about 1/2 speed .
I was suppose to install the decking for new dock we poured concrete on the last couple days . Guess I'll wait and see how I feel tomorrow .
Chickens are still growing like weeds and I really want to bring in another 100 but Genaro wants to be damn sure the first bunch stays healthy.
The new favorite shooting sport is to sit on the deck each evening and shoot crabs with the new pellet gun . I am getting pretty good and killed about 20 tonight .
Between Moy, Nati and myself we got them running scared !!!
BigAl
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It would be more fun without the cold and to be able to actually catch a fish .
A cold in the tropics is just a pain in the butt . Even Rum and coke won't help . I switched to Rum and Alka Seltzer . Not much better
BigAl
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Back at it ! Hittin on about 7 out of 8 pistons again .
Finished the new swim deck today .
Got another 100 chickens coming in on Saturday . The first group are growing like crazy and are all sold .
The wife is taking our caretakers son out the meet with the director of the Smithsonian about a after school work program . Its looking like we may be able to get him in the door . The rest is up to him .
Wife is now saying she wants a big ass bird feeder out front . Anybody know what they eat down here ?? Fruit, Birdseed, worms, Rum ???
.Finished the new swim deck today .
Got another 100 chickens coming in on Saturday . The first group are growing like crazy and are all sold .
The wife is taking our caretakers son out the meet with the director of the Smithsonian about a after school work program . Its looking like we may be able to get him in the door . The rest is up to him .
Wife is now saying she wants a big ass bird feeder out front . Anybody know what they eat down here ?? Fruit, Birdseed, worms, Rum ???
BigAl
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Pasta?? You are not serious . I know nothin about this but pasta is one I would have never thought a bird might eat .
BigAl
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I'll give it a go and see what we attract . More than likely it will just be a bunch of dirty matted hair hippees that need a bath ,that show up .LOL
BigAl
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Well,,,, I had no intentions of doing much work today and through determination and self will I was able to accomplish it . A completely wasted day . I feel great ! The new hammock was strength tested to 300 pounds and recieved a seal of approval .
Tomorrow we are off to the mainland again to buy more chickens. Another 100 meat chickens and 50 layers .
Artist has finished up stairs and the work looks great .
I'll be grabbing a bunch of pictures to download later tonight .
Tomorrow we are off to the mainland again to buy more chickens. Another 100 meat chickens and 50 layers .
Artist has finished up stairs and the work looks great .
I'll be grabbing a bunch of pictures to download later tonight .
muleman
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I use pixresizer. Free and easy.You can resize and rename pics as you go. The default download is a zip file that you unzip and install. Nominal setting of the program is fine for pics on the forum.
http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm
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BigAl
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Boy.... I am tired . Its been hotter than hell this week and I bet I lost 10 pounds .
Yesterday while we were at the mainland I purchased a Free standing Bedroom fan to move a little more air at night . Genaro never saw it in the back of the Taxi truck and dropped a 100 pound bag of chicken feed on it . So much for "Free Standing" . I now have it baling wired to a chair . Two strands ,so I guess that makes it a permenent repair.
I have good intentions of doing nothing today in preparations for the labor holiday that is on Saturday .
Karen is off to the Smithsonian with Abilio to see if we can get him a after school Job .
Genaro finally told me I can build one more chicken coop . I been wanting to do that for 2 weeks . I guess he just wanted to make sure everything worked before we got to far .
Still trying to get the lousy fickin oversized pictures to load so you all can see what the hell I been talking about the last couple weeks !
Yesterday while we were at the mainland I purchased a Free standing Bedroom fan to move a little more air at night . Genaro never saw it in the back of the Taxi truck and dropped a 100 pound bag of chicken feed on it . So much for "Free Standing" . I now have it baling wired to a chair . Two strands ,so I guess that makes it a permenent repair.
I have good intentions of doing nothing today in preparations for the labor holiday that is on Saturday .
Karen is off to the Smithsonian with Abilio to see if we can get him a after school Job .
Genaro finally told me I can build one more chicken coop .
I been wanting to do that for 2 weeks . I guess he just wanted to make sure everything worked before we got to far .Still trying to get the lousy fickin oversized pictures to load so you all can see what the hell I been talking about the last couple weeks !
BigAl
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Well,,,, its been a good day in some ways .
Looks like Abilio, my caretakers son will go fill out paperwork on Monday to start a after school work program with the Smithsonian Inst . He is very excited and my wife Karen said the meeting went very well .Because of a really lousy head cold , I stayed home . The director was very excited to see that Abilio wanted to work there . Its now up to him and I told the family that they must encourage him to do his best . "Billy", as I have called him for 10 years has always wanted the work with sea life , animals and plants . I cannot think of a better place to find out if this is to be his chosen profession .
We have lost 5 of our new laying chicks . I rigged up a heat lamp to help them stay warmer . 90 degrees and they need a heat lamp ??? Go figure ... They seem to be happy now . I guess I am now their "Uncle Big Al" .
Looks like Abilio, my caretakers son will go fill out paperwork on Monday to start a after school work program with the Smithsonian Inst . He is very excited and my wife Karen said the meeting went very well .Because of a really lousy head cold , I stayed home . The director was very excited to see that Abilio wanted to work there . Its now up to him and I told the family that they must encourage him to do his best . "Billy", as I have called him for 10 years has always wanted the work with sea life , animals and plants . I cannot think of a better place to find out if this is to be his chosen profession .
We have lost 5 of our new laying chicks . I rigged up a heat lamp to help them stay warmer . 90 degrees and they need a heat lamp ??? Go figure ... They seem to be happy now . I guess I am now their "Uncle Big Al" .
BigAl
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Some chicks require more heat than others to keep them going Al. At your age you should understand this by now.
Well that was totally mean and uncalled for .
My wife says that all the time .Going to give it another try to load a few pictures .
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I mentioned that we acquired a new dog . She is amazing . House trained in about 5 minutes . Loyal as the day is long . The dogs down here are like I have never seen anyway else . A greyhound cross of some sorts . About 4 years old I think .They live about 6 -7 years .She has have the marking of a tiger . Very pretty . Knows commands in both Spanish and English . We can go to Town and tell her to stay and she will be waiting for our return and will not move until we call her .
Hell , My Kids never minded this well !!! Her new name is Emmy.
Hell , My Kids never minded this well !!! Her new name is Emmy.
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Yep, old Carlos has done a really nice job . He's coming back on Monday to finish up the last bathroom . Some special color paint for some flower that he did not have or could not produce from the colors he was using .
The wife is also having him hand paint a tropical scene on one of the local handmade canoe paddles . I guess she plans to put it above the double doors going into the Master bedroom .
Its another workers holiday down here today . One of 28 a year .I swear these guys get more paid days off than a union worker at a auto plant .
Been fighting with the caretakers dog . She's been getting in the chicken feed tray and eating everything . She is starting to grow feathers.
The new laying chicks are not doing well . We have lost 8 . Hopefully the rest will come through ok .
The wife is also having him hand paint a tropical scene on one of the local handmade canoe paddles . I guess she plans to put it above the double doors going into the Master bedroom .
Its another workers holiday down here today . One of 28 a year .I swear these guys get more paid days off than a union worker at a auto plant .
Been fighting with the caretakers dog . She's been getting in the chicken feed tray and eating everything . She is starting to grow feathers.
The new laying chicks are not doing well . We have lost 8 . Hopefully the rest will come through ok .
BigAl
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Well it Sunday ! Still trying to recover from the worst Thunder storm I ever been in . We lost a few Banana trees and a coconut tree but over all we were damn lucky. In talking with the locals it appears we were hit with more than 2 lighting strikes . They said the house had a bluish tint and damn near was glowing at one point .
I have seen it rain so hard down here that you would swear the rain was coming out of the ground ,but last night took the cake !!!
We have another storm like that tonight and tomorrow i will be on bus sightseeing the mainland until I head for Haiti . No way in Hell , I want to be in another one like that . The wife is in full agreement and says good luck trying to get her ass anywhere near a airplane to fly off the island . I don't blame her. I can't imagine being in a airplane and running into a storm like that .
I thought I had a pretty good idea of what Panama could throw at me . Last night showed me a side of her that would put the fear of God in anyone .
Thunder heads are already building up again .... It may be a long night . We decided to sleep in one of the downstair bedrooms where it is a little more protected if it starts up again tonight .
Genaro told me this morning he was too scared to move from his bed last night . He took one of the boats and headed for the mainland and said he would return in the morning . Somehow ,that don't make me have a lot of confidence
I have seen it rain so hard down here that you would swear the rain was coming out of the ground ,but last night took the cake !!!
We have another storm like that tonight and tomorrow i will be on bus sightseeing the mainland until I head for Haiti . No way in Hell , I want to be in another one like that . The wife is in full agreement and says good luck trying to get her ass anywhere near a airplane to fly off the island . I don't blame her. I can't imagine being in a airplane and running into a storm like that .
I thought I had a pretty good idea of what Panama could throw at me . Last night showed me a side of her that would put the fear of God in anyone .
Thunder heads are already building up again .... It may be a long night . We decided to sleep in one of the downstair bedrooms where it is a little more protected if it starts up again tonight .
Genaro told me this morning he was too scared to move from his bed last night . He took one of the boats and headed for the mainland and said he would return in the morning . Somehow ,that don't make me have a lot of confidence
BigAl
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Good Morning People ! I am still alive ! Very little thunder last night .
Going to head out in a bit to go catch sardines to go fishing later today . Last one in the boat may get left so hurry up and grab your fishin pole .
Dang laying chicks are still giving us problems . Lost 2 more last night and 4 more are under the heat lamp this morning .
Genaro showed back up this morning and everything seems to be much better .
Bill, yes I leave here on the 26th and then head to Haiti . I will take a camera and maybe a laptop ,if I have room .
Then I am suppose to report to work on the new Super market project on the 2nd of July. If I can get crews lined out and sub contractors hired than I may return to Panama by late August or the first of Sept for 2 months . End of Oct will find me in Idaho for a few weeks guiding on a Elk hunt for a good friend . No hunting for me as my shoulder can't take the concussion of a rifle ,but thats ok .
So its going to be real busy for awhile ,but that is the way I like it .
Boat leaves in 20 minutes so grab your fishin pole and move your butt or be left at dockside
BigAl
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Sharks ! Sharks ! I caught 2 Sharks . Boy they fight strange . About 2 ' each . Thay are being smoked as I write this !!Lost two right off the get go . I could not figure out what pulled so damn hard . On the third I nailed his ass ,by keeping steady tension on the line so he could not cut the line .
OK , Now for my secret weapon .. WD40 . Yep I sprayed my bait with it . I had heard it would work but could not believe that I caught the sharks and a whole bunch of other little fish using it ??????Genaro still can't believe it !
Lost two right off the get go . I could not figure out what pulled so damn hard . On the third I nailed his ass ,by keeping steady tension on the line so he could not cut the line .OK , Now for my secret weapon .. WD40 . Yep I sprayed my bait with it . I had heard it would work but could not believe that I caught the sharks and a whole bunch of other little fish using it ??????Genaro still can't believe it !