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June 26th, 2026 at 7:10:54 PM
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"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
June 27th, 2026 at 12:04:50 PM
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The deer and the raccoon show up about the same time every day, I think they remember me from last year.
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June 27th, 2026 at 12:14:22 PM
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Quote: EvenBobThe deer and the raccoon show up about the same time every day, I think they remember me from last year.
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Are you sure it's the same coon? This one is wearing a mask.
June 27th, 2026 at 9:39:24 PM
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Quote: AutomaticMonkeyQuote: EvenBobThe deer and the raccoon show up about the same time every day, I think they remember me from last year.
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Are you sure it's the same coon? This one is wearing a mask.
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We have a secret handshake so I know it's really her. Yesterday I was sitting on the bench which is a ways from the feeder and she comes up the hill from the Creek and she's walking right at me because she doesn't see me and when she's about three feet away I spoke and she stopped in her tracks and looked at me and veered to the left and kept going to the feeder. I'm not under any illusion that this is a wild animal and if I let her get too close to me and startle her she's going to bite me in self defense. I see them fight with each other and they are extraordinarily fast almost as fast as a cat. They lumber along like big fatties but don't let that fool you They have energy to spare.
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June 29th, 2026 at 10:13:14 PM
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Another baby raccoon Monday.
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July 2nd, 2026 at 5:59:24 PM
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Some people don't like grackles but I like their coloring
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July 4th, 2026 at 12:19:30 PM
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Walmart accidentally included a box of honey glazed Donuts in my order today. I know somebody who likes honey glazed Donuts. Raccoons have a phenomenal sense of smell, they can detect sweet things from a mile away. I had to sit outside and break these Donuts up into small pieces it took me about 10 to 12 minutes and the raccoon had to smell it because as soon as I walked away from the feeder she was up there chowing down.
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July 4th, 2026 at 1:07:48 PM
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Whoa... you don't have a corn cob spinner?
They should work with donuts, too. Make the trash pandas work for it.
They should work with donuts, too. Make the trash pandas work for it.
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July 4th, 2026 at 1:27:18 PM
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I was curious if there was anything raccoons won’t eat. Here’s stuff they shouldn’t eat.
Cat food: Cat kibble contains high levels of the amino acid taurine, which is fatal to raccoons over time.
Onions and Garlic: These contain thiosulphates, which destroy their red blood cells and cause hemolytic anemia.
Chocolate and Coffee: Both contain caffeine and theobromine, which are highly toxic and can lead to organ failure.
Citrus fruits: The high acidity causes severe gastrointestinal upset and allergic reactions.
Cat food: Cat kibble contains high levels of the amino acid taurine, which is fatal to raccoons over time.
Onions and Garlic: These contain thiosulphates, which destroy their red blood cells and cause hemolytic anemia.
Chocolate and Coffee: Both contain caffeine and theobromine, which are highly toxic and can lead to organ failure.
Citrus fruits: The high acidity causes severe gastrointestinal upset and allergic reactions.
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July 4th, 2026 at 2:05:24 PM
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Quote: rxwineI was curious if there was anything raccoons won’t eat. Here’s stuff they shouldn’t eat.
Cat food: Cat kibble contains high levels of the amino acid taurine, which is fatal to raccoons over time.
Onions and Garlic: These contain thiosulphates, which destroy their red blood cells and cause hemolytic anemia.
Chocolate and Coffee: Both contain caffeine and theobromine, which are highly toxic and can lead to organ failure.
Citrus fruits: The high acidity causes severe gastrointestinal upset and allergic reactions.
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That's a good list of what not to feed dogs as well. Particularly, chocolate and coffee which can be immediately fatal.
So many better men, a few of them friends, are dead. And a thousand thousand slimy things live on, and so do I.
July 4th, 2026 at 5:26:33 PM
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The mother ate what she wanted then went and got the kids so they could have Donuts. Yes onions garlic and chocolate are the big three foods not to give wild animals or any animal. This is why you should never let a dog eat pizza because almost all pizza has onion and garlic in the sauce or on the pizza.
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July 6th, 2026 at 7:11:58 PM
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This is a once in a million picture. These four young raccoons will never line up like this again and have a picture taken at that exact moment. They never sit still they are constantly in motion.
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August 30th, 2026 at 11:01:21 PM
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This is what I've been feeding the raccoon family lately Hot dogs and peanut butter sandwiches. It covers all the food groups that raccoons love
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August 31st, 2026 at 9:05:01 AM
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Quote: EvenBobThis is what I've been feeding the raccoon family lately Hot dogs and peanut butter sandwiches. It covers all the food groups that raccoons love
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They eat better than I do.
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August 31st, 2026 at 11:53:47 AM
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Quote: DRichQuote: EvenBobThis is what I've been feeding the raccoon family lately Hot dogs and peanut butter sandwiches. It covers all the food groups that raccoons love
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They eat better than I do.
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That's because your wife left you for some guy in a kilt who plays the bagpipes And she ran away to Scotland with him. Now you're forced to eat what the cats are eating
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September 1st, 2026 at 4:47:39 AM
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Quote: EvenBob
That's because your wife left you for some guy in a kilt who plays the bagpipes And she ran away to Scotland with him. Now you're forced to eat what the cats are eating
To the best of my knowledge my wife hasn't been to Scotland since 2024.
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September 1st, 2026 at 5:48:23 AM
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This should be a great lunch for them.
September 3rd, 2026 at 7:05:52 PM
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Tortilla PB and granola for racoons
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September 4th, 2026 at 5:34:59 AM
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With all that wildlife around, I'd be concerned I'd get a bear discovering this bonanza. You definitely don't want that to happen even once.
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
September 4th, 2026 at 12:50:50 PM
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Quote: odiousgambitWith all that wildlife around, I'd be concerned I'd get a bear discovering this bonanza. You definitely don't want that to happen even once.
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Very few bears in my part of Michigan the last one was spotted in April and it's always a really young male who wanders down from up north. They cause no harm and stay away from people.
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September 4th, 2026 at 6:21:25 PM
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Quote: EvenBobTortilla PB and granola for racoons
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I would eat that.
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September 4th, 2026 at 9:48:25 PM
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Quote: DRichQuote: EvenBobTortilla PB and granola for racoons
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I would eat that.
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This is what I gave them today Peanut butter and granola on Hamburg runs
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September 5th, 2026 at 5:25:54 AM
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considering how much wildlife we see... hug a hunter today!?Quote: EvenBobQuote: odiousgambitWith all that wildlife around, I'd be concerned I'd get a bear discovering this bonanza. You definitely don't want that to happen even once.
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Very few bears in my part of Michigan the last one was spotted in April and it's always a really young male who wanders down from up north. They cause no harm and stay away from people.
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the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
October 7th, 2026 at 12:38:43 PM
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After 67 years I finally got around to paving my driveway. And it cost more then my parents paid for the property in 1959. When we moved out here absolutely nobody and I mean nobody had a paved driveway. Then in 1962 the old house across the street was bought by a big time lawyer from the city and he added on to the house, built a gigantic barn for his boat and paved the driveway.. We couldn't believe it We'd never seen a paved driveway anywhere out here and it was fairly long. He also drove a Mercedes Gullwing and bought the first front wheel drive American car the Oldsmobile Tornado in 1966 but that's a different story.
My driveway is 300 feet long and it took 42 tons of tarmac to cover it. They first put down 21 tons of new gravel. It was a crew of eight men that worked on it and they were very very fast because they're working with 400 degree hot tarmac and they have to get it shaped and rolled in a very short amount of time before it cools too much. So they were running around and kicking and stomping and rolling the black goo. They did an excellent job and I have zero complaints. I gave him cash so gave me a really good discount no receipt under the table just the way contractors like it. He'll be back next summer after it's totally cured to coat and seal it.
My driveway is 300 feet long and it took 42 tons of tarmac to cover it. They first put down 21 tons of new gravel. It was a crew of eight men that worked on it and they were very very fast because they're working with 400 degree hot tarmac and they have to get it shaped and rolled in a very short amount of time before it cools too much. So they were running around and kicking and stomping and rolling the black goo. They did an excellent job and I have zero complaints. I gave him cash so gave me a really good discount no receipt under the table just the way contractors like it. He'll be back next summer after it's totally cured to coat and seal it.
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October 7th, 2026 at 1:06:17 PM
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My driveway develops objectionably deep potholes in it every year, but there's a lot more traffic on it than for a one house driveway. The potholes get filled every 2-3 years, and a re-pavement much more spaced out than that.
October 7th, 2026 at 2:42:10 PM
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Quote: ChumpChangeMy driveway develops objectionably deep potholes in it every year, but there's a lot more traffic on it than for a one house driveway. The potholes get filled every 2-3 years, and a re-pavement much more spaced out than that.
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I was just reading that driveway potholes are primarily caused by not enough foundation gravel and too much heavy traffic for a home driveway. I'm hoping I don't have that problem because I've got 67 years of gravel base that was added to over and over plus tons of new gravel that they just put on. And it's very lite traffic.
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October 7th, 2026 at 4:20:10 PM
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Quote: EvenBobQuote: ChumpChangeMy driveway develops objectionably deep potholes in it every year, but there's a lot more traffic on it than for a one house driveway. The potholes get filled every 2-3 years, and a re-pavement much more spaced out than that.
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I was just reading that driveway potholes are primarily caused by not enough foundation gravel and too much heavy traffic for a home driveway. I'm hoping I don't have that problem because I've got 67 years of gravel base that was added to over and over plus tons of new gravel that they just put on. And it's very lite traffic.
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Only in the north. The gravel provides drainage and keeps masses of water away from the underside of the asphalt, where it will freeze and crumble the asphalt and that's where a pothole comes from. But in your heavily wooded area root heaves will be doing as much damage as frost heaves.
The highways in New Hampshire are known to be very good despite the freezing, and it's said that's because when they were blasting through the mountains to make the roads they had more rock left over than they knew what to do with, so the gravel beds under the highways were made several feet deep just so they could get rid of it.
October 7th, 2026 at 5:33:41 PM
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Quote: AutomaticMonkeyQuote: EvenBobQuote: ChumpChangeMy driveway develops objectionably deep potholes in it every year, but there's a lot more traffic on it than for a one house driveway. The potholes get filled every 2-3 years, and a re-pavement much more spaced out than that.
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I was just reading that driveway potholes are primarily caused by not enough foundation gravel and too much heavy traffic for a home driveway. I'm hoping I don't have that problem because I've got 67 years of gravel base that was added to over and over plus tons of new gravel that they just put on. And it's very lite traffic.
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Only in the north. The gravel provides drainage and keeps masses of water away from the underside of the asphalt, where it will freeze and crumble the asphalt and that's where a pothole comes from. But in your heavily wooded area root heaves will be doing as much damage as frost heaves.
The highways in New Hampshire are known to be very good despite the freezing, and it's said that's because when they were blasting through the mountains to make the roads they had more rock left over than they knew what to do with, so the gravel beds under the highways were made several feet deep just so they could get rid of it.
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The gravel bed on my driveway was 6 inches deep before they added the new gravel. We would periodically in the last 67 years have a truckload of gravel dumped and spread and it ends up being 6 inches deep after being beaten down by car tires for decades. Nothing grows in it It is solid as rock
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