Lockered Beef....

[Packy]

Well, that's interesting. Shortly after a neighbor moved in, they started keeping an enormous steer in their backyard. It would be at the fence, watching my dogs. Once it got their attention, they would go into woolf pack mode, and line up, yipping at it. The steer would back up and charge at the fence and just stop short of it. At one point, the steer disappeared. Did they find it another good home? Not sure, but from then on, almost on a daily basis, they had their charcoal grille going before supper. My thought is, if I am pinched for cash, and need provisions, I can go down the street to the store that caters to us poor folks, and get a huuuuge bag o' taters for $7-8, boxes of house-brand Mac N' Cheese, and a giant-sized plastic sack of generic cheerios, and more than enough apple juice to put on them for less than $7-8. Only other poor people that I'm familiar with that stock up on cuts of meat(cart piled high), are the OTHER USDA Dependents--the Food Stamp Recipients.

[bae]

I just have 4H kids raise 'em for me, most of the time. County Fair is this week, should be another good livestock auction.

[sweetana3]

My family in the 1960s in Alaska would buy a side or a hindquarter from a company in the states and have it shipped up in wrapped and frozen portions. The cheapest and easiest protein to store in freezers when we did not have subsistance fish. Much more expensive for a big family to buy it piecemeal from the local grocers who added a big % for overhead and profit. Much of it was hamburger. I remember seeing the order form where you could request it be cut up a certain way. They also sold pork the same way and bulk poultry.

[iris lilies]

... OTHER USDA Dependents--

haha I get that sly reference. But the USDA dependents in my family think that the government should get outta the subsidy business.

[Blackdog Lin]

I know Packy is just being Packy.....but where I come from, buying a 1/4 or 1/2 or a full beef (nobody stores them in lockers, you wouldn't buy one if you didn't have the freezer space for it) - it's just good frugal common-sense stockpiling. Better meat for a decent price.

[Packy]

I know Blackdog is just being Blackdog, but Hey--it sure WOULD a total disaster if we ran low on rib eyes and T-bones and hamburger, no doubt about it! After couple days, we'd be so skinny n' WEAK, and our cholesterol levels would drop below 300 for the first time in Years, and we'd prolly dry up and BLOW AWAY!! I mean, what're we SUPPOSED to EAT--TOFU and BEAN SPROUTS? I mean, my STOMACH couldn't even BEGIN to handle nothin' but RABBIT FOOD bein' put into it! Kansas=The Heartland. Zurra=The Heartland Iowa=The Heartland. See? What'd I tell you kids?

[bae]

I eat mostly meat, veggies, and fruit. I am 51 years old, have low cholesterol, a resting pulse of 55 bpm, bp of 110/70, and can lift and carry a 250 pound rescue manikin with one arm, while wearing 80 pounds of gear. I sometimes eat 6000+ calories a day when on duty or training. I maintain myself at 10-15 pounds of excess water weight, because I can go through that much water for cooling on a bad day.

Packy, why don't you meet me at North Bend, and we can see what you can do on the challenge course..... You can probably bicycle there, it is a pretty road.

[Packy]

BAE, I am very OLD, and WEAK, and in almost constant pain! I could even collect Social Security, if I wanted to! The only time my pulse is 55 bpm, is in the morning right after I wake up from a sound sleep. The rest of the time---75-100 bpm. There is a 3' by 4' by 3' high concrete utility "pull box" sitting on my trailer, that was given to me by a concrete casting company FOR FREE because it was unsuitable for sale. But, I can use it. Thing is, I can't even budge the darn thing! Not even a silly millimeter! I tried to just move it a little when I got it home, causing me to have muscle spasms in my chest on the way downtown to the bike shop to buy a set of panniers. Good thing I didn't mess up my lower back again. Plus, I had to take an especially potent arthritis pill this afternoon , to alleviate the nagging ache in my right inner thigh, so I could walk around without limping. I'm a mess. Last but not least, I live, and ride, in 'Zurra, The We Mow State, which is completely Flat, except for some places that are downhill. But, I'll keep your challenge in mind. Thanks, anyway.

[goldensmom]

There is a 3' by 4' by 3' high concrete utility "pull box" sitting on my trailer, that was given to me by a concrete casting company FOR FREE because it was unsuitable for sale..

What is a concrete utility "pull box" and why is it on your trailer?

[Packy]

What is a concrete utility "pull box" and why is it on your trailer?

It is a reinforced concrete box, rectangular shaped, that has no lid or bottom--those are separate, because the specifications vary on them. Utilities buy them to protect underground lines, junctions, valves, and so on. That company also makes cast concrete components for city sewer and drainage systems, like manhole access covers and culvert pipes. It is much more efficient and allows better quality control than trying to form and pour them on-site. See? But, the pieces must be loaded, transported to the site, and unloaded into position. Being concrete, they are quite heavy, even a small part like the one I've got. I'll figure out a way, though.