pecans

Reg said:

Pete C. said:

Reg said:

I've seen the Kinetic Kracker before and it works well. Many
sources via google. I also see them turn up on ebay from time
to time.

Hmmm, not sure that would be any improvement over the arbor press I've
been using. I can crack pecans at about a 2hz rate with the arbor press,
and it was only $40. What I want to find / build is a fully automated
unit I can just fill a hopper on and watch it go.

Yes, a functioning hopper would be the next step up. If I
come across anything like that I'll post the info.

I'm sure anything you build will blow the doors off a Kinetic
Kracker.

King of overkill here...

Quoted message said:

Knowing you it'll have afterburners.

Well, you do need to crack and shell them in the winter season, so
burning the shells ought to smell good and heat the house.

Goomba38 said:

Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

modom (palindrome guy) said:

So far I've shelled 5 1/2 gallons of them. I'm getting calluses.
--

modom

Mine haven't arrived yet. Did you use the wrong zipcode or something?
I heard that it's a bumper crop this year. Lotsa rain.

Actually, bumper crop but no rain. Amazingly enough the drought has
worked to the benefit of the pecan crops here.

Not sure where you are, but the next town over from me had massive
flooding this spring, so there was certainly plenty of rain around here,
just not in the last six months or so.

Pete C. said:

Goomba38 said:

Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
"modom (palindrome guy)" <[email hidden]> wrote:

> So far I've shelled 5 1/2 gallons of them. I'm getting calluses.
> --
>
> modom
Mine haven't arrived yet. Did you use the wrong zipcode or something?
I heard that it's a bumper crop this year. Lotsa rain.

Actually, bumper crop but no rain. Amazingly enough the drought has
worked to the benefit of the pecan crops here.

Not sure where you are, but the next town over from me had massive
flooding this spring, so there was certainly plenty of rain around here,
just not in the last six months or so.

Georgia, where more pecans are grown than anywhere else. The drought has
caused a more bountiful pecan crop this year than has been seen in decades.
The drought is worse than seen in decades also. 🙁

modom (palindrome guy) said:

So far I've shelled 5 1/2 gallons of them. I'm getting calluses.
--

modom

Texan weighing in: This is what I use
http://www.redhillgeneralstore.com/A28157.htm

It was the first site Google brought up for Duke's Easy Pecan and Nut
Cracker.

I've use the red nipper-type shellers, where you nip off a piece of the
bottom then a piece of the top and the nut should come up whole, but
those are callus builders. The Duke's is the best I've used.

This has been a bumper crop year for pecans in Texas.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Janet Wilder said:

Texan weighing in: This is what I use
http://www.redhillgeneralstore.com/A28157.htm

It was the first site Google brought up for Duke's Easy Pecan and Nut
Cracker.

I've use the red nipper-type shellers, where you nip off a piece of the
bottom then a piece of the top and the nut should come up whole, but
those are callus builders. The Duke's is the best I've used.

This has been a bumper crop year for pecans in Texas.

Texas may be Georgia in pecan production, that happens some years.

Becca

In article <[email hidden]>,

modom (palindrome guy) said:

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:14:45 -0500, "Nancy Young" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot in Texas?

Quoted message said:

I believe a standard lot here in Cow Hill is around 75 by 150 feet.

Standard lots do vary a lot. When we bought our house, it was 60' X
100'. Ours was 60' X 90'.

We got a cheap price, so I didn't feel cheated.

I worked in San Francisco for a year. The houses I saw all had 25' lot
widths. If you wanted to go in the back yard, you had to go through the
house. There was no other access. I talked to a fireman there. They
had to be very aggressive about putting out fires. You couldn't just
let it burn. It wasn't one house, it was the whole block.

Dan Abel said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

modom (palindrome guy) said:

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:14:45 -0500, "Nancy Young" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot in Texas?

Quoted message said:

I believe a standard lot here in Cow Hill is around 75 by 150 feet.

Standard lots do vary a lot. When we bought our house, it was 60' X
100'. Ours was 60' X 90'.

We got a cheap price, so I didn't feel cheated.

I worked in San Francisco for a year. The houses I saw all had 25' lot
widths. If you wanted to go in the back yard, you had to go through the
house. There was no other access. I talked to a fireman there. They
had to be very aggressive about putting out fires. You couldn't just
let it burn. It wasn't one house, it was the whole block.

a 25' wide "lot" is not a lot, it's a speck.

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:26:44 -0600, "Pete C." <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Dan Abel said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

modom (palindrome guy) said:

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:14:45 -0500, "Nancy Young" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

>I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot in Texas?

Quoted message said:

I believe a standard lot here in Cow Hill is around 75 by 150 feet.

Standard lots do vary a lot. When we bought our house, it was 60' X
100'. Ours was 60' X 90'.

We got a cheap price, so I didn't feel cheated.

I worked in San Francisco for a year. The houses I saw all had 25' lot
widths. If you wanted to go in the back yard, you had to go through the
house. There was no other access. I talked to a fireman there. They
had to be very aggressive about putting out fires. You couldn't just
let it burn. It wasn't one house, it was the whole block.

a 25' wide "lot" is not a lot, it's a speck.

Those "specks" are how Chicago lots were divided in the early 1900's.
I have a friend who had two of them. He inherited both. The original
cost was about $7,000 for both to the ancestor who originally
purchased them. My friend charged neighbors to park on them and made
enough to pay the taxes and have the lawn mowed. He recently sold
them for almost half a million dollars. I guess the "speck" wasn't in
his eye.

Lou

Lou Decruss said:

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:26:44 -0600, "Pete C." <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Dan Abel said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
"modom (palindrome guy)" <[email hidden]> wrote:

> On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:14:45 -0500, "Nancy Young" <[email hidden]>

> >I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot in Texas?

>
> I believe a standard lot here in Cow Hill is around 75 by 150 feet.

Standard lots do vary a lot. When we bought our house, it was 60' X
100'. Ours was 60' X 90'.

We got a cheap price, so I didn't feel cheated.

I worked in San Francisco for a year. The houses I saw all had 25' lot
widths. If you wanted to go in the back yard, you had to go through the
house. There was no other access. I talked to a fireman there. They
had to be very aggressive about putting out fires. You couldn't just
let it burn. It wasn't one house, it was the whole block.

a 25' wide "lot" is not a lot, it's a speck.

Those "specks" are how Chicago lots were divided in the early 1900's.
I have a friend who had two of them. He inherited both. The original
cost was about $7,000 for both to the ancestor who originally
purchased them. My friend charged neighbors to park on them and made
enough to pay the taxes and have the lawn mowed. He recently sold
them for almost half a million dollars. I guess the "speck" wasn't in
his eye.

Lou

Oh, they're fine for profit purposes, but there is now way in hell (or
anywhere else) I could live on such a speck. I'm cramped on 4 acres
here, if I didn't have 65 acres elsewhere I'd probably be
claustrophobic.

Oh pshaw, on Tue 27 Nov 2007 04:15:41p, Pete C. meant to say...

Quoted message said:

Lou Decruss said:

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:26:44 -0600, "Pete C." <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Dan Abel wrote:
>
> In article <[email hidden]>, "modom
> (palindrome guy)" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:14:45 -0500, "Nancy Young"
> > <[email hidden]>
>
> > >I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot
> > >in Texas?
>
> >
> > I believe a standard lot here in Cow Hill is around 75 by 150
> > feet.
>
> Standard lots do vary a lot. When we bought our house, it was 60' X
> 100'. Ours was 60' X 90'.
>
> We got a cheap price, so I didn't feel cheated.
>
> I worked in San Francisco for a year. The houses I saw all had 25'
> lot widths. If you wanted to go in the back yard, you had to go
> through the house. There was no other access. I talked to a
> fireman there. They had to be very aggressive about putting out
> fires. You couldn't just let it burn. It wasn't one house, it was
> the whole block.

a 25' wide "lot" is not a lot, it's a speck.

Those "specks" are how Chicago lots were divided in the early 1900's.
I have a friend who had two of them. He inherited both. The original
cost was about $7,000 for both to the ancestor who originally
purchased them. My friend charged neighbors to park on them and made
enough to pay the taxes and have the lawn mowed. He recently sold
them for almost half a million dollars. I guess the "speck" wasn't in
his eye.

Lou

Oh, they're fine for profit purposes, but there is now way in hell (or
anywhere else) I could live on such a speck. I'm cramped on 4 acres
here, if I didn't have 65 acres elsewhere I'd probably be
claustrophobic.

It's all in what you used to.

--
Wayne Boatwright

Date: Monday, November(XI) 26th(XXVI),2007(MMVII)

*******************************************
Countdown 'til Christmas
4wks 4hrs 57mins 5secs
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On the other hand, you have different
fingers.
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Wayne Boatwright said:

Oh pshaw, on Tue 27 Nov 2007 04:15:41p, Pete C. meant to say...

Quoted message said:

Lou Decruss said:

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:26:44 -0600, "Pete C." <[email hidden]>
wrote:

>Dan Abel wrote:
>>
>> In article <[email hidden]>, "modom
>> (palindrome guy)" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>>
>> > On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:14:45 -0500, "Nancy Young"
>> > <[email hidden]>
>>
>> > >I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot
>> > >in Texas?
>>
>> >
>> > I believe a standard lot here in Cow Hill is around 75 by 150
>> > feet.
>>
>> Standard lots do vary a lot. When we bought our house, it was 60' X
>> 100'. Ours was 60' X 90'.
>>
>> We got a cheap price, so I didn't feel cheated.
>>
>> I worked in San Francisco for a year. The houses I saw all had 25'
>> lot widths. If you wanted to go in the back yard, you had to go
>> through the house. There was no other access. I talked to a
>> fireman there. They had to be very aggressive about putting out
>> fires. You couldn't just let it burn. It wasn't one house, it was
>> the whole block.
>
>a 25' wide "lot" is not a lot, it's a speck.

Those "specks" are how Chicago lots were divided in the early 1900's.
I have a friend who had two of them. He inherited both. The original
cost was about $7,000 for both to the ancestor who originally
purchased them. My friend charged neighbors to park on them and made
enough to pay the taxes and have the lawn mowed. He recently sold
them for almost half a million dollars. I guess the "speck" wasn't in
his eye.

Lou

Oh, they're fine for profit purposes, but there is now way in hell (or
anywhere else) I could live on such a speck. I'm cramped on 4 acres
here, if I didn't have 65 acres elsewhere I'd probably be
claustrophobic.

It's all in what you used to.

I'm not convinced of that... Fact is that when they pack animals too
close together in a zoo, they fight... When they pack humans too close
together in a city, they fight... Think about it and where all the crime
and conflict is...

Oh pshaw, on Tue 27 Nov 2007 07:07:07p, Pete C. meant to say...

Quoted message said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

Oh pshaw, on Tue 27 Nov 2007 04:15:41p, Pete C. meant to say...

Quoted message said:

Lou Decruss wrote:
>
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:26:44 -0600, "Pete C." <[email hidden]>
> wrote:
>
> >Dan Abel wrote:
> >>
> >> In article <[email hidden]>, "modom
> >> (palindrome guy)" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:14:45 -0500, "Nancy Young"
> >> > <[email hidden]>
> >>
> >> > >I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot
> >> > >in Texas?
> >>
> >> >
> >> > I believe a standard lot here in Cow Hill is around 75 by 150
> >> > feet.
> >>
> >> Standard lots do vary a lot. When we bought our house, it was

60' X

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> >> 100'. Ours was 60' X 90'.
> >>
> >> We got a cheap price, so I didn't feel cheated.
> >>
> >> I worked in San Francisco for a year. The houses I saw all had

25'

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> >> lot widths. If you wanted to go in the back yard, you had to go
> >> through the house. There was no other access. I talked to a
> >> fireman there. They had to be very aggressive about putting out
> >> fires. You couldn't just let it burn. It wasn't one house, it

was

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> >> the whole block.
> >
> >a 25' wide "lot" is not a lot, it's a speck.
>
> Those "specks" are how Chicago lots were divided in the early 1900's.
> I have a friend who had two of them. He inherited both. The

original

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> cost was about $7,000 for both to the ancestor who originally
> purchased them. My friend charged neighbors to park on them and made
> enough to pay the taxes and have the lawn mowed. He recently sold
> them for almost half a million dollars. I guess the "speck" wasn't

in

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> his eye.
>
> Lou

Oh, they're fine for profit purposes, but there is now way in hell (or
anywhere else) I could live on such a speck. I'm cramped on 4 acres
here, if I didn't have 65 acres elsewhere I'd probably be
claustrophobic.

It's all in what you used to.

I'm not convinced of that... Fact is that when they pack animals too
close together in a zoo, they fight... When they pack humans too close
together in a city, they fight... Think about it and where all the crime
and conflict is...

Then it's a wonder that there's anyone still alive in NYC. There are
plenty of other cities not so condensed that have high crime rates.

I thought we were talking about residential properties here. Small lots
are not at all uncommon in many parts of the country.

Ours is 80' x 150', which I find accepetable, though I have lived on much
larger properties.

--
Wayne Boatwright

Date: Monday, November(XI) 26th(XXVI),2007(MMVII)

*******************************************
Countdown 'til Christmas
4wks 4hrs 57mins 5secs
*******************************************
On the other hand, you have different
fingers.
*******************************************

Wayne Boatwright said:

I thought we were talking about residential properties here. Small lots
are not at all uncommon in many parts of the country.

Ours is 80' x 150', which I find accepetable, though I have lived on much
larger properties.

Wayne Boatwright

I lived about 5 miles from where I do now and it had a very large lot
and when I bought this house 19 years ago I sorely wished the lot was
larger. It's 50 x 150 which is the standard lot size for this older
section of town. When I mowed it with a walk behind mower I was
wishing it was a 50 x 50 lot!!

itsjoannotjoann said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

I thought we were talking about residential properties here. Small lots
are not at all uncommon in many parts of the country.

Ours is 80' x 150', which I find accepetable, though I have lived on much
larger properties.

Wayne Boatwright

I lived about 5 miles from where I do now and it had a very large lot
and when I bought this house 19 years ago I sorely wished the lot was
larger. It's 50 x 150 which is the standard lot size for this older
section of town. When I mowed it with a walk behind mower I was
wishing it was a 50 x 50 lot!!

Once you're in the acre + range you're on a rider or larger so that's
not an issue at all. I rather enjoy moving my lawn for lunch, well about
1/3 of it per lunch.

"Pete C." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

itsjoannotjoann said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

I thought we were talking about residential properties here. Small
lots
are not at all uncommon in many parts of the country.

Ours is 80' x 150', which I find accepetable, though I have lived on
much
larger properties.

Wayne Boatwright

I lived about 5 miles from where I do now and it had a very large lot
and when I bought this house 19 years ago I sorely wished the lot was
larger. It's 50 x 150 which is the standard lot size for this older
section of town. When I mowed it with a walk behind mower I was
wishing it was a 50 x 50 lot!!

Once you're in the acre + range you're on a rider or larger so that's
not an issue at all. I rather enjoy moving my lawn for lunch, well about
1/3 of it per lunch.

DH spends 3 hours mowing -- but this is when he darned well feels like it --
sometimes I see him with his eyes glazed over (or looking in the distance),
and the mower is going in a circle -- no coddling this acreage -- it is
'not' a lawn. Just keeping the snakes away from the door at best.

Dee Dee

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:07:07 -0600, "Pete C." <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

Oh pshaw, on Tue 27 Nov 2007 04:15:41p, Pete C. meant to say...

Quoted message said:

Lou Decruss wrote:
>
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:26:44 -0600, "Pete C." <[email hidden]>
> wrote:
>
> >Dan Abel wrote:
> >>
> >> In article <[email hidden]>, "modom
> >> (palindrome guy)" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:14:45 -0500, "Nancy Young"
> >> > <[email hidden]>
> >>
> >> > >I guess. Freeze them? And I'm curious, what is a standard lot
> >> > >in Texas?
> >>
> >> >
> >> > I believe a standard lot here in Cow Hill is around 75 by 150
> >> > feet.
> >>
> >> Standard lots do vary a lot. When we bought our house, it was 60' X
> >> 100'. Ours was 60' X 90'.
> >>
> >> We got a cheap price, so I didn't feel cheated.
> >>
> >> I worked in San Francisco for a year. The houses I saw all had 25'
> >> lot widths. If you wanted to go in the back yard, you had to go
> >> through the house. There was no other access. I talked to a
> >> fireman there. They had to be very aggressive about putting out
> >> fires. You couldn't just let it burn. It wasn't one house, it was
> >> the whole block.
> >
> >a 25' wide "lot" is not a lot, it's a speck.
>
> Those "specks" are how Chicago lots were divided in the early 1900's.
> I have a friend who had two of them. He inherited both. The original
> cost was about $7,000 for both to the ancestor who originally
> purchased them. My friend charged neighbors to park on them and made
> enough to pay the taxes and have the lawn mowed. He recently sold
> them for almost half a million dollars. I guess the "speck" wasn't in
> his eye.
>
> Lou

Oh, they're fine for profit purposes, but there is now way in hell (or
anywhere else) I could live on such a speck. I'm cramped on 4 acres
here, if I didn't have 65 acres elsewhere I'd probably be
claustrophobic.

It's all in what you used to.

I'm not convinced of that... Fact is that when they pack animals too
close together in a zoo, they fight... When they pack humans too close
together in a city, they fight... Think about it and where all the crime
and conflict is...

....and some animals are 'pack' animals. maybe most humans prefer
groups.

your pal,
blake

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:24:38 -0600, "Pete C." <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

itsjoannotjoann said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

I thought we were talking about residential properties here. Small lots
are not at all uncommon in many parts of the country.

Ours is 80' x 150', which I find accepetable, though I have lived on much
larger properties.

Wayne Boatwright

I lived about 5 miles from where I do now and it had a very large lot
and when I bought this house 19 years ago I sorely wished the lot was
larger. It's 50 x 150 which is the standard lot size for this older
section of town. When I mowed it with a walk behind mower I was
wishing it was a 50 x 50 lot!!

Once you're in the acre + range you're on a rider or larger so that's
not an issue at all. I rather enjoy moving my lawn for lunch, well about
1/3 of it per lunch.

huh? you some kind of ruminant?

your pal,
blake

Pete C. said:

I'm not convinced of that... Fact is that when they pack animals too
close together in a zoo, they fight... When they pack humans too close
together in a city, they fight... Think about it and where all the
crime and conflict is...

The answer is free-range people.

--
Dave
www.davebbq.com

"Dave Bugg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Pete C. said:

I'm not convinced of that... Fact is that when they pack animals too
close together in a zoo, they fight... When they pack humans too close
together in a city, they fight... Think about it and where all the
crime and conflict is...

The answer is free-range people.

--
Dave
www.davebbq.com

No, no! I've heard that people don't like it when other people go off by
themselves. That's strange behavior = loner.

Perhaps we could just teach them to wander off 'a little.'

Dee Dee

Dee.Dee said:

"Dave Bugg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Pete C. said:

I'm not convinced of that... Fact is that when they pack animals too
close together in a zoo, they fight... When they pack humans too
close together in a city, they fight... Think about it and where
all the crime and conflict is...

The answer is free-range people.

--
Dave
www.davebbq.com

No, no! I've heard that people don't like it when other people go off
by themselves. That's strange behavior = loner.

Perhaps we could just teach them to wander off 'a little.'

Maybe a wireless fence / shock collar contraption?
--
Dave
www.davebbq.com