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I had to go for a MRI today and the medical taxi service that I use, some of the drivers have know my kin for years and of my family's former camping biz.
Now I have heard of deer hitting vehicles and vice versa, plus damage done to the vehicle and the eventual death of the deer. But this was a first for what I heard.
One of the drivers, that I knew, (luckily I wasn't in his taxi for today), was driving a female patient for kidney dialysis(sp.), when the driver had an accident that wasn't his fault... a wild turkey hit the windshield of the taxi!
(INSERT ANY TURKEY JOKE HERE, NO REFERENCES TO WILD TURKEY WHISKEY PLEASE!)
This is part of the conversation I heard over the CB on the way back to my place...
Dispatch: The turkey broke the windshield, right?
Driver: It's all gone on one side, but the whole windshield has to be replaced.
Dispatch: That's obvious.
BTW, the woman was shaken up a bit and got another taxi to the clinic, the taxi was towed to where a new windshield to be put on it, the driver is embarressed, don't know if the driver or passenger side was hit... don't know what happened to turkey, either!
Now I have heard of deer hitting vehicles and vice versa, plus damage done to the vehicle and the eventual death of the deer. But this was a first for what I heard.
One of the drivers, that I knew, (luckily I wasn't in his taxi for today), was driving a female patient for kidney dialysis(sp.), when the driver had an accident that wasn't his fault... a wild turkey hit the windshield of the taxi!
(INSERT ANY TURKEY JOKE HERE, NO REFERENCES TO WILD TURKEY WHISKEY PLEASE!)
This is part of the conversation I heard over the CB on the way back to my place...
Dispatch: The turkey broke the windshield, right?
Driver: It's all gone on one side, but the whole windshield has to be replaced.
Dispatch: That's obvious.
BTW, the woman was shaken up a bit and got another taxi to the clinic, the taxi was towed to where a new windshield to be put on it, the driver is embarressed, don't know if the driver or passenger side was hit... don't know what happened to turkey, either!
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I got some more info regarding the "wild turkey situation" here in the hills. According to a distant relation of mine, who works in forestry, but has to work with fish & wildlife on occasion, there has been an increase of incidents involving wild turkeys, but the turkey breaking the windshield was a first to him.
I once saw a few turkeys get whacked by a snowmobile. 
I was coming down a hill on a road that makes a huge circle and inside the circle is a field with basically like 2 levels. Half the field is at one flat plane and there's a little rise where it goes up a few feet to the next level. A couple of snowmobilers were cranking along teh bottom level heading for the rise. I could SEE about 30 turkeys on the upper level and I knew that the snowmobilers couldn't see them from their lower vantage point. The first guy skied his sled over the rise and actually came down INTO the turkeys. He musta been as surprised as the turkeys. He had to keep moving as the second guy was right behind him. Anyways.... I stopped. They looked over at me. Both of them laughing like hell. One guy held up 2 turkeys and the other guy held up 1. So they got at least 3 turkeys and nobody got hurt... except the turkeys of course.
Same area... different day.... driving and see a turkey apparently getting ready to cross the road. I slow down to about 45 and see him puff up, spread his wings, like he's mad at me for being on his road. Last I saw of him alive was when it LOOKED like he was taking a swipe at my pickup truck as I passed. I heard this *PANG!* like someone whacked a stone with a shovel. What happened was that I hit him in the head with the end of the front bumper. Dropped him instantly. I pulled over as did the guy behind me. I was working and had no way to deal with taking the turkey so he asked if he could have it. I said, "Sure". He was laughing and told me that if I was going to be passing through in a few weeks... deer season would be open. And to let himm know what route I'd be on.
I was coming down a hill on a road that makes a huge circle and inside the circle is a field with basically like 2 levels. Half the field is at one flat plane and there's a little rise where it goes up a few feet to the next level. A couple of snowmobilers were cranking along teh bottom level heading for the rise. I could SEE about 30 turkeys on the upper level and I knew that the snowmobilers couldn't see them from their lower vantage point. The first guy skied his sled over the rise and actually came down INTO the turkeys. He musta been as surprised as the turkeys. He had to keep moving as the second guy was right behind him. Anyways.... I stopped. They looked over at me. Both of them laughing like hell. One guy held up 2 turkeys and the other guy held up 1. So they got at least 3 turkeys and nobody got hurt... except the turkeys of course.
Same area... different day.... driving and see a turkey apparently getting ready to cross the road. I slow down to about 45 and see him puff up, spread his wings, like he's mad at me for being on his road. Last I saw of him alive was when it LOOKED like he was taking a swipe at my pickup truck as I passed. I heard this *PANG!* like someone whacked a stone with a shovel. What happened was that I hit him in the head with the end of the front bumper. Dropped him instantly. I pulled over as did the guy behind me. I was working and had no way to deal with taking the turkey so he asked if he could have it. I said, "Sure". He was laughing and told me that if I was going to be passing through in a few weeks... deer season would be open. And to let himm know what route I'd be on.
Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
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Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
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So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so...
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
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Lately my eight year old Dell laptop has been shutting off even when I have a full battery. I have had to keep it plugged up all the time to keep this from happening. Any idea what is causing this? I replaced the battery about three years ago.
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I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.
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If you can restrict the DHCP address space to assign addresses to one end of the subnet (i.e. x.x.x.50+), you can manually assign the IP address on pretty much any operating system. This is a default behavior on several popular routers. As the Router Mini only supports 235 devices, I expect that's already done.
Another option is to use a router that supports PoE to power the antenna. This article discusses that option (under PoE Power heading):
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Another option is to use a router that supports PoE to power the antenna. This article discusses that option (under PoE Power heading):
Starlink V5 Is Here: What RVers Need to Know
Overview of the new Starlink V5 model along with comparison to the previous V4 model along with a recommended setup for mobile internet users.
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