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jon f mn

jon f mn

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Guess what I did this morning, and what I get to do this afternoon


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Jon my wife asked me the other day if I left the water on to the horses. When I had the dairy farm walking to the barn in the morning with below zero temperatures and hearing the water running out the barn cleaner. Those were good ole days!
 
There is a cleanup service on a commercial where a dream of a sailboat race morphs into a 4 year old pouring water out of a pitcher into a full sink with plastic boats. You need a few plastic boats. jim
 
That?s why when you are filling a stock tank, you need to have a hose that it too short to reach the tank. That way you can?t just stick the hose into the tank, and go off and do other jobs. You have to stand right there and fill the tank, while holding the hose. Guess how I know this?
 
Oops! The bright side is: At least warm weather is closer... so they (and you), don't have to skate on ice for several more months.
 
This city boy's backyard looks about like that -- although without livestock and stock tank -- from the last few days of rain.

(Feel free to take his as a hint at plausible deniability.)
 
BTDT. About all I can say is what my wife tells me when something like that happens.
"did anyone get hurt?
"no.
"well then get out there and clean it up.
 
hummm , u did say you would worry about cleaning the pens when time comes, well guess the time has come. lol.
 
We have a koi pond. In the winter we put the fish(Large Fish) in a stock tank in the basement and change the water regularly to keep it clean. One day I changed the water before going to work, got to the other side of the county and realized I left the hose running, called the missus, no answer, drove as fast as possible home. Missus was there, tank had overflowed and some fish were on the floor, she put them back, they survived or I would have been looking for a new home. One of the fish was probably at least 15 pounds and had been with us a long time.
 
Look at the bright side, Jon- That water in the tank is sure nice and clean, ain't it?

If somehow only the ones who had never done that could respond to your post, you'd think the whole board had up and died.
 
You must have some good water. When ever that happens to our Koi pond If it's isn't caught in time we end up with floaters, because of the chlorine added to our water. I hate it when that happens. Poor fish didn't do anything wrong. We have lost a couple of the bigger fish in the past. Stan
 
I have a 300 gallon aquarium next to my desk in the office where I meet clients. I have been known to do that. We have backup protocols now. Timers and such. It makes a hell of a mess in the house.
 
Better than leaving the gate open. That's my most common oops. You get this memory flash when you are 60 miles from home. Why can you remember something an hour later that you couldn't remember at the moment?
 
I had to make another rule for myself. Never leave the immediate area when filling a livestock tank. Just like the one I had to make when I get to the end of the drive with a trailer. Get out and do a complete walk around and double check the connection to the truck before I pull out into the roadway. Don't ask my why I had to implement those rules.
 
We got in the habit of putting our hat on backwards when the water was on.....it usually served as a reminder to turn it off....
 
Oh that sucks these things do happen sadly.
The good news is it wasn't 200 market weight hogs in a straw based barn that ripped a 6 hole drinker off the concrete floor about 10 minutes after the last night check Then the pump system fed the hose spraying water for over 12 hours. Until the feed truck driver calls and says the barns flooded, but the hogs are having a blast playing in the fountain and swamp they created L.O.L
Take care, Regards Robert
 
I had an old Guernsey cow that would use the frost free hydrant as a scratching post. I can't count how many times she ran the tub over while I was elsewhere doing chores. I sold that old girl over 20 years ago but now her ghost haunts me more now than when she was here.
 
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