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A Note From Lori: How To Pull A Post Without A Tractor (Tips From My Dad)

5/30/2014

Moving to a farm near my parents has given me priceless opportunities to learn more about their early lives and heritage. Tackling various projects on my farm, with their help, has helped me learn so much about the way they did things back then, especially the ways of my Dad and his father.

The bottoms of the posts holding up my barn had all rotted through, causing the roof to be very uneven. To fix it, we cut off the post bottoms, pulled the broken piece out of the ground, jacked up the roof to level it out, and poured a new footer for each post.

Not able to get a tractor to the posts, Dad told me to get two rocks and two pipes. Huh? Having no idea what that was going to do; I fetched the rocks and pipes. As the video demonstrates, we ended up rocking the post straight up and out of the ground! Nice!

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People Of Interest: Bextra Bale Feeders

5/30/2014

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In April, Lori traveled to San Antonio, TX for the 2014 TSCRA Convention and Trade Show. She had the opportunity to meet Tim Mumm, who was with Bextra Bale Feeders.

The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation conducted a study over different brands of livestock feeders. Their research indicates that the Bextra Bale Feeder demonstrates hay savings of up to 70% over conventional feeders and consistent with more costly and large, heavy cone feeders. The Bextra feeder has proven to be the customer favorite for ease of use and hay savings.

Founded in 1945, The Noble Foundation conducts direct operations, including assisting farmers and ranchers, and conducting plant science research and agricultural programs, to enhance agricultural productivity regionally, nationally and internationally.

See how much money Bextra Bale Feeders can save you.

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Internet Explorer Security Issue

5/22/2014

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Do you, your family and friends, or people who work at your company click on the iconic big, blue e to access the internet? If so, everyone who uses this Internet Explorer may be putting their privacy at risk.

Last April, a security glitch that allowed data thieves using a network computer to get around security protections and access personal information was discovered within Internet Explorer 6 through Internet Explorer 11. This issue caused the Department of Homeland Security to advise users not to use the browser until the problem was resolved.

Microsoft has fixed this security glitch in Internet Explorer.

Most users will not have to take any action as the fix will be downloaded automatically, but customers who haven’t enabled automatic updates are encouraged to apply the update manually as quickly as possible.

To manually install an update, you must access your computer's control panel and choose the System & Security option. Click on Windows Update and follow the instructions to install any new updates. It is highly reccommended that you turn automatic updates back on, so future issues are addressed as quickly as possible.

The security glitch potentially gave data thieves using a networked computer the same level of access to personal information as the legitimate user.

Web users who are still using Windows XP were especially vulnerable. Even though this IE security issue has been taken care of, Microsoft is encouraging Windows XP users to upgrade to Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, as they are no longer supporting or updating the system.

Microsoft says, “Just because this update is out now doesn’t mean you should stop thinking about getting off Windows XP and moving to a newer version of Windows and the latest version of Internet Explorer. Our modern operating systems provide more safety and security than ever before. The latest version of Internet Explorer has increased support for modern web standards, better performance, and expanded the ability to deliver an immersive experience from within the browser. In other words, cool stuff that you need even if you didn’t know you need it. And when you turn on auto update, we make sure your computer and your browser get better all the time.”

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A Note From Lori: How To Pull A Post Without A Tractor (Tips From My Dad)

People Of Interest: Bextra Bale Feeders

Internet Explorer Security Issue

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