RollingAcres
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Actually I was trying to be a smarta** with the buying another bale comment. Feed the alpacas the hay. I'm sure the hen will adapt and find a new place to lay her eggs.
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Bruce
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I know! 
I was going to suggest the alpacas can just go paw through the snow and find something to eat. After all in the Andes they live at around 10,000'. Of course there are also (to my knowledge) no alpacas in the wild. They are the domesticated descendants of vicuñas. Probably don't spend a lot of time struggling to find food for themselves.
I was going to suggest the alpacas can just go paw through the snow and find something to eat. After all in the Andes they live at around 10,000'. Of course there are also (to my knowledge) no alpacas in the wild. They are the domesticated descendants of vicuñas. Probably don't spend a lot of time struggling to find food for themselves.
RollingAcres
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Did you dig yourself out of the snow yet? 
Did your DD's work let them stay at the resort an extra day?
How's your DD1 doing in college?
Did your DD's work let them stay at the resort an extra day?
How's your DD1 doing in college?
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Bruce
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Yes up in the car area. Used the big tractor yesterday. Used the blower on the garden tractor today. Then ended up having to park it in the barn facing in because once the chains on the rear wheels hit frozen ground they just polish it ever finer, wheels spinning. Couldn't back up the hill to turn around and back in. I don't know if I could get it backed up and turned around if I took the heavy blower off. Of course then I would have to figure out how to get the blower back in the front. I shoveled down to the lower barn door a few times to get to the animals. The wind funnels through between the barns and deposits snow it has picked up off the ground.
Wish they would have! She got home fine last night, crashed on the way to work this morning. This is the 3rd time she's crashed her car, twice last winter. Kid just doesn't get winter driving. Apparently she WAS going quite slowly and leaving enough space between cars that people pulled in from side roads/driveways. But she was doing the "suggested in bad weather" 15 MPH on the corner after the bridge rather than slowing way down to something reasonable for the CURRENT conditions. I don't think there is a clear road anywhere (possibly the interstate). Blowing snow, snowplow polished snow, etc. Couldn't stay in her lane, left front hit the left rear of a car going the other way. Don't know if she totaled it this time or not. If it damaged the inverter it is totaled. Cop gave her a $220 ticket with 3 points for driving too fast for conditions. Oh, and I found out that while I THOUGHT she had collision and not comprehensive, it is the other way around. So no insurance coverage.
Don't hear much from DD1. Do know that her new computer (received in Dec) is acting up and apparently she needs to send it somewhere. It is a Razer brand, never heard of them, her BF helped her pick it out. Have only received 2 emails. One had the line "Stupid phone". No idea what that means. She was going to meet with the dietician to see if they could get some different stuff at the gluten free station. Apparently it is mostly Indian food and I guess they use a lot of nightshades (peppers, tomatoes, potatoes) and she has issues with them as well.
Wish they would have! She got home fine last night, crashed on the way to work this morning. This is the 3rd time she's crashed her car, twice last winter. Kid just doesn't get winter driving. Apparently she WAS going quite slowly and leaving enough space between cars that people pulled in from side roads/driveways. But she was doing the "suggested in bad weather" 15 MPH on the corner after the bridge rather than slowing way down to something reasonable for the CURRENT conditions. I don't think there is a clear road anywhere (possibly the interstate). Blowing snow, snowplow polished snow, etc. Couldn't stay in her lane, left front hit the left rear of a car going the other way. Don't know if she totaled it this time or not. If it damaged the inverter it is totaled. Cop gave her a $220 ticket with 3 points for driving too fast for conditions. Oh, and I found out that while I THOUGHT she had collision and not comprehensive, it is the other way around. So no insurance coverage.
Don't hear much from DD1. Do know that her new computer (received in Dec) is acting up and apparently she needs to send it somewhere. It is a Razer brand, never heard of them, her BF helped her pick it out. Have only received 2 emails. One had the line "Stupid phone". No idea what that means. She was going to meet with the dietician to see if they could get some different stuff at the gluten free station. Apparently it is mostly Indian food and I guess they use a lot of nightshades (peppers, tomatoes, potatoes) and she has issues with them as well.
RollingAcres
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That wind was really brutal today! Doing animal chores was almost unbearable. The drive to work was kinda bad too but I knew to take my time. I pulled over for others to pass when they got too close.I'm not taking any chance.
Sucks that DD crashed her car but glad that she wasn't hurt. Maybe this time she'll learn to slow down.
Sucks that DD crashed her car but glad that she wasn't hurt. Maybe this time she'll learn to slow down.
Mike CHS
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At least your daughter wasn't hurt but it's still something to cope with.
I believe comprehensive is pretty much required/standard all the time, the collision is optional (unless the car is financed and the lender requires it). Then again, maybe neither is required as the insurance totaled my truck, so now I have only liability. Either way, Hope your daughter is indeed OK. Hope the car isn't a complete loss. Hope the repairs are less than what the deductible WOULD/SHOULD have been... That way at least you'll know you'd have been paying for it regardless. I believe there's a (bad/negative) trend developing here WRT her driving. Hope she can get that reversed...
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Here in Va comp and collision are "one package" and liability is the basic. I just dropped the comp and collision on the Subaru when I renewed and just kept the liability. It has 287,000 miles, what they would pay for it at book value isn't enough to pay for the comp and collision, in 2 years, if it were totalled. But I keep the rest at the top of the limits. Still cut my ins costs for the year in half.
Glad that she was not hurt.
Glad that she was not hurt.
greybeard
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I have comp, collision and of course liability on wife's car and just liability on my pickup.
It's been worth it to keep it on her car, since she is prone to run in to things, tho the comprehensive also saved my bacon (pun intended) when i hit a feral hog Christmas morning a few years ago and tore up the front left qtr and a bit of the grill. That was my 1st accident in 39 years (no fault too) but wife has had 4 'at fault' accidents involving other vehicles in the last 6 years (nothing serious-no injuries) ......
..and she got a ticket for 90mph in a 65mph zone in 2004....obviously, I pay a pretty high insurance premium considering my age and my own driving record.
Ain't love grand?
It's been worth it to keep it on her car, since she is prone to run in to things, tho the comprehensive also saved my bacon (pun intended) when i hit a feral hog Christmas morning a few years ago and tore up the front left qtr and a bit of the grill. That was my 1st accident in 39 years (no fault too) but wife has had 4 'at fault' accidents involving other vehicles in the last 6 years (nothing serious-no injuries) ......
..and she got a ticket for 90mph in a 65mph zone in 2004....obviously, I pay a pretty high insurance premium considering my age and my own driving record.Ain't love grand?
RollingAcres
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We have comp, collision and liability on both our vehicles. I know the day we decide to drop comp and collision that's the day when we'll need it. 
In the past 17 years, I've gotten into 2 accidents, no other vehicles involved, it was just me. First time was 17 years ago, I didn't slow down enough exiting the highway, hit a patch of slushy snow and hit the guardrail. The second was about 3 years ago, it was snowing, again I should have known better to slow way down but I didn't, slid off the road into someone's yard. No damage to my car, just bruised my ego a bit. DH has good driving record.
In the past 17 years, I've gotten into 2 accidents, no other vehicles involved, it was just me. First time was 17 years ago, I didn't slow down enough exiting the highway, hit a patch of slushy snow and hit the guardrail. The second was about 3 years ago, it was snowing, again I should have known better to slow way down but I didn't, slid off the road into someone's yard. No damage to my car, just bruised my ego a bit. DH has good driving record.
