Random Thoughts

ridered3 · Apr 28, 2020

dwa2469 said:
I believe it stands for "Fake Internet Friends"

You are correct.

Eddyj · Apr 28, 2020

I posted in the rides section but I'll repost here.
I'm setting up a carnival style concession stand at choc this weekend for the MYM bash. See y'all this weekend.

Eddyj · Apr 28, 2020

Menu so far:
Corn dogs
Funnel cakes
Fresh lemonade
Some kind of breakfast

xjmarc · May 16, 2020

So the wife and I decided we needed to get away so we drove up to Gatlinburg today. So much for social distancing, this place is packed even though half the places are closed. First meal sitting down in a restaurant was nice after months.

muddinmetal · May 16, 2020

Social distancing is for pussys

Lil ugly · May 18, 2020

muddinmetal said:
Social distancing is for pussys

you have to be close to a ***** for it to work right.

zukimaster · May 18, 2020

I went yesterday to eat somewhere inside for the first time, no salt, pepper shakers or anything on tables, plastic spoons, forks, knifes, crazy!

xjmarc · May 19, 2020

zukimaster said:
I went yesterday to eat somewhere inside for the first time, no salt, pepper shakers or anything on tables, plastic spoons, forks, knifes, crazy!

In a lot of places they've made it mandatory. Our restaurant is in Chattanooga and we have to have paper menus, and everything must be disposable, so plastic cutlery and packets of salt and pepper. We even have to fix your drinks and if you get a refill you get a new cup. All this is going to add up and the fact we can't get beef is making things hard.

extremetownie · May 19, 2020

Where is the beef?

87TPIYJ · May 19, 2020

The family went to St Augustine for mothers day dinner. The St George street looked like any other normal day. 99% of people weren't wearing masks besides workers. Needless to say it made me happy to see people moving on with life and not living in fear.

xjmarc · May 19, 2020

extremetownie said:
Where is the beef?

That's the million dollar question, and we can't get our normal brand of potato chips at the restaurant either.

TBItoy · May 19, 2020

It's gonna be a good year for small farmers (ranchers) and slaughter houses. No problem selling beef this year... If you can get a kill date...

screamn56 · May 20, 2020

I'm calling bull **** on that... just sent 3 steers to the auction. Got .82$ lbs which is about 40 less then normal. Plus milk is down to 11$ a hundred. That's like taking a 6k a month pay cut.

jeeptj99 · May 26, 2020

Dude i work with has never seen Heat. Makes me sad.

dwa2469 · May 26, 2020

screamn56 said:
I'm calling bull **** on that... just sent 3 steers to the auction. Got .82$ lbs which is about 40 less then normal. Plus milk is down to 11$ a hundred. That's like taking a 6k a month pay cut.

I had a friend post something on FB about meat being in a shortage, so prices are high at the store, yet ranchers are getting low prices. Somebody is getting fat on both ends!

TBItoy · May 26, 2020

screamn56 said:
I'm calling bull **** on that... just sent 3 steers to the auction. Got .82$ lbs which is about 40 less then normal. Plus milk is down to 11$ a hundred. That's like taking a 6k a month pay cut.

Not sure I understand that. When ground beef is $8/lb at the grocery store, people that have the means & people that have freezer space are looking to buy beef.

Now that's not saying the guy that bought your steers at auction isn't going to grass feed finish them and sell em for $10-12/lb.

The people that I know that run cattle sell them dead, cut-up, and frozen. Not on hoof. :eat:

screamn56 · May 27, 2020

It's a dairy farm so the steers help put money in the bank. They are around 1500lb when they go. No time to try an sell to the public. It's not a big time farm just a family farm running about a 1000 acres milking 100 head of holsteins

money_pit_yj · May 27, 2020

TBItoy said:
Not sure I understand that. When ground beef is $8/lb at the grocery store, people that have the means & people that have freezer space are looking to buy beef.

Now that's not saying the guy that bought your steers at auction isn't going to grass feed finish them and sell em for $10-12/lb.

The people that I know that run cattle sell them dead, cut-up, and frozen. Not on hoof.

Most of my friends that I would consider "commercial" operations are getting hosed by the packers. They are in a win win because they set the price on both sides (buying and selling). They are backed by some pretty hefty lobbying groups so it is an uphill battle for producers.

TBItoy · May 27, 2020

money_pit_yj said:
Most of my friends that I would consider "commercial" operations are getting hosed by the packers. They are in a win win because they set the price on both sides (buying and selling). They are backed by some pretty hefty lobbying groups so it is an uphill battle for producers.

Damn, I guess we're in one of those weird times when dealing with volume is screwing people over. The few people I know that run small beef operations are selling 1/2 a beef minimum to individuals, and are usually booked up a few years ahead. and they kill about 20-30 or less a year.

ridered3 · May 27, 2020

TBItoy said:
Damn, I guess we're in one of those weird times when dealing with volume is screwing people over. The few people I know that run small beef operations are selling 1/2 a beef minimum to individuals, and are usually booked up a few years ahead. and they kill about 20-30 or less a year.

We just bought another cow from a small farm in Baxter that will get processed sometime in November. Based on talking with the farmer, his price from the processor down in Dunlap was the same year to year, so our price was the same year to year.