Thanks Rob! This reminds me of annual “Plan of Work” meetings we had each year with our state parks and wildlife areas. We would ask site superintendents to perform certain natural resource tasks each year, including personnel required, timing of work, and total hours required. Some sites were masters at committing to doing ANYTHING we asked with only the notation of “TMD” - Time and Material Dependent.
In time, we learned that really was just a polite way of saying “NGH” - Never Going to Happen!
Good to see the thoughtfulness that goes into your planning, Rob. (And, from my experiences trying to reason with poultry, you are wise to effect their infrastructure repairs WITHOUT the poultry present!)
Oh, among my (many) piccadillos: My Dad ran a landscaping business -- a smaller flora growing naturally was a bush, if we planted it it became a $hrub, "... we expect to put in some more trees and bushes in certain parts of the farm." :-)
Know that your increasing expertise in planning will help compensate for your decreasing strength and agility, Rob.
Reasoning with poultry. Well, today, when the temps may not get above zero, we have a hen that has decided to leave her warm shelter and go traveling. On days like this, we typically keep their room closed (except to go in and give them food, water and collect eggs). It helps keep the warmth in and blocks the wind. If we opened the door on days like this for them to go out, they usually rush out and then come back in after about five minutes (or less). But this bird? Yeah. We'll see how the day goes. I'm not going out to logic with it until the next egg collection.
Thanks Rob! This reminds me of annual “Plan of Work” meetings we had each year with our state parks and wildlife areas. We would ask site superintendents to perform certain natural resource tasks each year, including personnel required, timing of work, and total hours required. Some sites were masters at committing to doing ANYTHING we asked with only the notation of “TMD” - Time and Material Dependent.
In time, we learned that really was just a polite way of saying “NGH” - Never Going to Happen!
Love it. Ours is mostly TED - Time and Energy Dependent. Though "material" does play a role too, of course.
Good to see the thoughtfulness that goes into your planning, Rob. (And, from my experiences trying to reason with poultry, you are wise to effect their infrastructure repairs WITHOUT the poultry present!)
Oh, among my (many) piccadillos: My Dad ran a landscaping business -- a smaller flora growing naturally was a bush, if we planted it it became a $hrub, "... we expect to put in some more trees and bushes in certain parts of the farm." :-)
Know that your increasing expertise in planning will help compensate for your decreasing strength and agility, Rob.
Reasoning with poultry. Well, today, when the temps may not get above zero, we have a hen that has decided to leave her warm shelter and go traveling. On days like this, we typically keep their room closed (except to go in and give them food, water and collect eggs). It helps keep the warmth in and blocks the wind. If we opened the door on days like this for them to go out, they usually rush out and then come back in after about five minutes (or less). But this bird? Yeah. We'll see how the day goes. I'm not going out to logic with it until the next egg collection.
Here's to the best year ever in 2025!
I can get behind that!