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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions

« on: July 06, 2025, 09:27:32 PM »

Field corn looks spectacular.  Beans planted on Father's Day weekend, not so much.


Tom

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As someone who knows nothing about planting soybeans I am surprised at how late in the year you can plant them. At the fiances place 3 weeks ago they had just baled the hay and hauled off the bales (picture below with the turkeys).

There is a small farm pond in the corner of that 20 acres and when I went out there this weekend the hayfied had been planted to soy beans rows that were about 6 inches high.

Saw some turkeys on their recently harvested Hayfield when we were driving back to KC on Sunday morning.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: How Many Credit Cards Do You Have?

« on: July 06, 2025, 08:55:29 PM »

Sup doods, I got engaged over the weekend...When we were breaking down who is going to do what someone said  "find a CC to put all our wedding expenses on to get the points (before paying it off obviously)". I jumped at that suggestion and was like "I got this babe, don't worry".

This is where I need CHATgE to come in clutch and just tell me what to do then I will tell her I did tons of research and this is the best option because XYZ.

Current Cards - I have had a CSR for like 5 years and will be canceling it or downgrading to a CSP before December when the renewal hits. I also have a SW card that I got 4 years ago and never use that I am cancelling right now. She has an AMEX as her daily driver.

The tentative plan is for the honeymoon to be in Hawaii so maybe a Hyatt or some other card for hotel points? Any help CHATgE can provide will be grateful.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions

« on: July 04, 2025, 10:43:17 PM »

HtF did i end up with 5 gas cans in my garage?


Tom

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Rookie numbers, gotta bump those up.

Also congrats on the corn bonanza, you gonna freeze most of that?

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Omaha the NYC of the Plains

« on: July 03, 2025, 09:43:21 AM »

Nice dig at Wichita at the end

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: How Many Credit Cards Do You Have?

« on: July 01, 2025, 08:31:37 PM »

what card should I get instead of CSR now that it's dumb? I haven't been churning, just rolling with the CSR for years.

Airline / hotel specific one? I just got the big boy AA citi card as I was tired of being out of the game and my chase time is a ways off. Cap1 and Citi general cards all seem pud

I would rather have a general everyday card

Seems like downgrade to CSP then?

I think so

This is probably what I am going to do. Do I have to call them to downgrade from the CSR to the CSP? Should I apply for the CSP and then cancel my CSR?

Gracias

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: in this thread we post cute pictures of goEMAW dogs

« on: July 01, 2025, 05:50:54 PM »

My GSP Milo gets allergies during late spring/early summer where she just scratches the hell out of her chest and its all red/irritated but then it goes away after a month or so. No cones or allergy meds for her, just tough it out and stop scratching you silly dog.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Poison Ivy

« on: July 01, 2025, 05:46:24 PM »

Just did a teledoc appt. Sent them a few pics, had a 2 min conversation with the doc and they sent the steroids.

Not sure why they can't just send a drone to drop the steroids directly into my mouth but I guess I'll go to the pharmacy.

Glad you got it taken care of. I used to get poison ivy a lot when I was exploring random fishing spots and about once a year I'd just walk into the urgent care at Walgreens/CVS and say "I've got poison ivy and need some steroids" then BOOM, walk out with some Predisone.

It takes about 12-24hrs after you start taking it for the itching to stop and the rash to start clearing up but then you are golden.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: cooking

« on: June 30, 2025, 08:25:50 PM »

Flank steak with mint chimichurri, side of grilled sweet potatoes and onions.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Best & Worst Flags

« on: June 29, 2025, 11:44:36 PM »

I got a new US flag (not pictured) as the current one is fading badly.  Betsy Ross and the Whiskey Rebellion flag complete my July 4th display.  I've been debating getting a 34 star US flag, which was adopted when Kansas joined the union.  It began flying July 4th, 1861.


Tom

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You definitely should and I'm jealous of your 3 flag setup.

I'm a huge flag nerd and probably have 10 in my garage (one is a PR flag I got at fatty fest along with a clemente signed picture).

My standard flag rotation is COKEHEAD EMAW Willie flag from September until we start doing bad at football, then maybe mix in a chiefs flag around December, switch back to the EMAW flag in February or March then once the wildcats are eliminated its the old Red White and Blue flying until next September.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Kc restaurant suggestions

« on: June 29, 2025, 12:55:29 PM »

135th

435 IMO

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Kansas State Football / Re: Smoke your cigars and enjoy the band while you can....

« on: June 27, 2025, 05:39:36 PM »

They need to set up Venmo so fans can Venmo kids after a good play, as a way of cheering.

yes, instead of a powercat on their helmet put their venmo QR code!  you'll have to zoom in a bit, but should work

I believe Oklahoma State tried to do this last year and got shot down

Doesn't have to be on their jersey.  Could be on the jumbotron or even just a player website.

IIRC one of t Boone Aggies ideas was to distribute "Menu's" around town to bars/restaurants with the Venmo QR codes for different players. For example, if Dylan Edwards had a nice run you could look down at your NIL "menu" and Venmo him $10 or whatever.

I thought it was a good idea at the time but Now that I'm thinking about it more people would definitely abuse it and send a penny just to say mean things to that person. "Xyz venmo'd you 0.01, comment - You rough ridin' suck, hold on to the ball you **************************"

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Kansas State Football / Re: Football Recruiting Thread

« on: June 26, 2025, 11:20:32 PM »

Is this our winters?

https://x.com/BoardGeniuses/status/1938403437055451386?t=Aj__u8Aw2pTxzJU3xpisyg&s=19

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions

« on: June 26, 2025, 10:32:49 PM »

when I was in HS I got suspended for 3 days for having a pocket knife. we had SEVERAL fully outfitted gun racks in the HS parking lot. and I was packing .410 mad heat in my own sled unencumbered. was the wildest thing. I had to miss kicking Cimmaron's ass in hoops. so silly. anyway, not on my permenant record apparently because the KSU Wildcats still offered (for me to go there).

Tell me more about this pocket knife story. Did you pull it on a Mennonite in the bathroom? Did you bring it for show and tell? Was it just chilling in your backpack because you were doing farm crap over winter break and forgot about it?

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Kansas State Football / Re: Smoke your cigars and enjoy the band while you can....

« on: June 26, 2025, 08:37:46 AM »

I like how creative Yormark is at getting that bread

https://x.com/achristovichh/status/1938216549518868950?t=osm0zAJoMkR_v6P0OPQAjw&s=19

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Kansas State Football / Re: Dream tailgating spread master thread

« on: June 24, 2025, 06:14:05 PM »

use the chili drawer for a little extra flavor

THE SHAME YOURSELF THREAD IS A SAFE SPACE

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Kansas State Football / Re: Dream tailgating spread master thread

« on: June 24, 2025, 01:15:30 PM »

5 layer dip

End thread. Just make a giant baking sheet sized 5 layer dip and call it a day.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions

« on: June 22, 2025, 10:00:16 PM »

Rural Kansas is rural Kansas. rough ridin' hellscape this time of year weather wise. Breathing in particulates not real fun.


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The one upside of the extreme heat and 40mph winds was that the biting flies were in hiding, too windy for them I guess.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions

« on: June 22, 2025, 09:58:54 PM »

Ate a metric ton of fresh tart Cherry's from an ancient tree and brought a bunch back with me.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions

« on: June 22, 2025, 09:56:55 PM »

The wind was blowing 30-40mph constantly and the windmill was just spewing out some beautiful ogallalah well water for the cows.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions

« on: June 22, 2025, 09:55:18 PM »

Close up pic of some cows

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions

« on: June 22, 2025, 09:54:38 PM »

Went out to the cat ranch this weekend and it was hot, windy and dusty. Long distance shot of some cows in the pasture.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Possible WW3 thread

« on: June 21, 2025, 09:50:44 PM »

Just an observation but I'm almost 40 years old and the U S of A has literally been bombing the middle east for my entire life. Iraq, Afghanistan (more central asia but works), Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Iran, etc (probably missing a couple).

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions

« on: June 19, 2025, 07:37:37 PM »

Speaking of wheat I saw this article today which features my land Barron distant cousin (IIRC his great grandma and my great grandma were sisters of the person who homesteaded the original cat ranch) who is one day soon going to cash rent the cat ranch.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/amber-waves-grain-recede-americas-heartland-wheat-farmers-struggle-2025-06-19/

“It’s heritage, but there’s no profit," said Lon Frahm, the CEO of Frahm Farmland, a 40,000-acre operation in Colby, Kansas. Surrounding Thomas County is now dotted with wind farms. Farmers there once grew wheat exclusively, he said, but they have started to diversify due to more frequent drought and global competition depressing prices.
Frahm himself now mainly plants corn. He irrigates, fertilizes and harvests the grain using multimillion-dollar machines, then stores it in gleaming, 80-foot steel grain bins. His 7,000 acres of wheat sometimes produce just 5 percent of his farm's total output.
"There's certainly profit in corn," he said.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions

« on: June 19, 2025, 07:34:32 PM »

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DK2TwWPvoM4/?igsh=cXprZmczMzZyZW8w

I'm pretty sure you would have to separate the different types of wheat upon harvest but maybe they are just going to feed it to cows so YOLO?

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Kansas State Football / Re: KSTATEO!

« on: June 18, 2025, 08:06:35 PM »

Spotted on Facebook Marketplace. $50 and it's yours.

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Is that supposed to be klieman on the left?