If you think Nutria or AKA Coypu are kind big friendly over grown rats, well scratch kind and friendly. They are pests and highly destructive. Here is what one does when it moves into YOUR neighbourhood and mine. This is in Frisco, Texas. It’s not a matter of can do… does is the correct action word. You can see he (she?) is big, by how high it can reach to strip bark. This amount of...
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The Bug
There is a slight problem in the display of the lead articles in the timeline view of the blog articles in TheHobbyistMachineShop – Blog and the RoboBoatBlog. The program used to create the format of the blog is called Artisteer. The bug is that article photos are not being displayed in the multi-article view normally used as the lead page in these blogs. In single view it works properly. The RoboBoatBlog has a little warning...
Continue reading...We Have a Break
I have been blogging about the Texas heat all summer. Now I have the break for which I have been praying. This week has ushered in some fall weather. The home A/C has been shut off and we were coasting in neutral until last night. At that point I turned on the heat and set it for 71 degrees. The house had become cooler than that set point. This morning (5:30 AM) the OAT (Outdoor...
Continue reading...Oct Rain
Hey, it’s raining in Dallas (Frisco)! It looked for awhile that the best of the rain would stay West but it has slowly creeped far enough East to give my yard a long awaited drink of fresh water. The lake behind the house filled back up to the overflow so that is good. The skies remain gray and there is slow drizzle from time to time. Just perfect for the yard. I may have to...
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