Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

Heat Wave!!! 16 going to 38.

Jerrybob, sounds like you have our spring weather out there...hummingbirds and kayaks...sounds nice.

Eric, seems like most of our places are named after places/royalty in Great Britain...Norfolk, Suffolk, Southampton, Richmond, Middlesex, Sussex, Gloucester, Princess Anne, King William, Charlotte, Buckingham, etc. or Indians: Pungo, Mattaponi, Pamunkey, Powhatan, Nottoway, Rappahannock, etc.

The stories told of how many places were named includes pure flattery to royalty, or a view of the landscape that reminded the founders of home...such as Richmond's view of the James River reminded them of a similar named place on a rise above the Thames. We don't have a Shropshire, Virginia, but we've had folks here with Shropshire as a last name.

 

[daugen]

46 today and 55 tomorrow. Thank goodness.
Good morning all.

Eric, I thought the only bottomless pits were boats...
I wonder how many pennies and things get thrown in there, signs or not.

 

[Thomas]

Balmy 13F compare to last several morning upper 20's for high...start of mini warm up.
1/2" snow fall more snow shows to day,close to 2" when all said and done.

Guess I better be thinking dusting of pickup and quick once around steps etc. also bird feeder area before heading to the grind.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 30° with snow this morning. Heading to 36° with cloudy skies. First day with a above freezing high since Christmas. Couple of inches of snow overnight. Need to clean walkways. Wife has a doctor appointment today. Yesterday's faucet/drain project. Went like most plumbing projects. 6 hours later and trips to Menards and Lowes. Looks and works good. I have pains in places that I do not remember having before. Still need to put items away in vanity cabinet and put tools away.
Hope all are feeling better today. Prayers sent.
Riptides, have a safe trip home.
Good Morning All.

 

[toppop52]

Prayers for all who need them, pretty much all of us.
Eric, we have that too. I live near Salisbury then we have Dover, Princess Anne, Queen Anne, Cambridge, Easton, Queenstown, Centreville, Middletown, etc...

 

[toppop52]

8 last night, 14 now and mid 30’s later.

 

[RoyJackson]

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14 degrees...as Thomas wrote, balmy...practically tee shirt weather! High around 30 and maybe a little snow (<1")

The TV I've been writing about gets delivered today, so I'll be working from home

 

[Buppies]

16 high of 35 and ice coming

Prayers for Riptides Buckeyefarmer Toppop and all others needing them

 

[Looking4new]

18 above now, looking for a high of 28 and 2-4cm (about 1.5") of snow. there is already 1.5" of snow on the deck from overnight snowfall.

The Jeep goes in this morning for a new oil pan and pump. The original one is leaking so out it comes. Barring any 'complications' it should cost me about $800. to $1,000.oo.

Eric, when the DIL gets out of hospital I will ask her about the caverns. Right now she is battling new-moan-ya (I cant spell the word but you can figure it out from what I typed). Over New Years she was in North Bay hospital twice and both times they gave her a bunch of pills and kicked her out. This time she went to Huntsville, because North Bay was swamped with flu cases. Huntsville shipped her down to Bracebridge, that is a good thing. Bracebridge is a no nonsense hospital and will fix her up better than new.

The kitchen tap was leaking yesterday, so I took it apart, turns out the taps are a Moen copy and the Moen cartridge will NOT fit. So after the Jeep comes out of mechanics, it will be off to Home Hardware and get a new set of Moen taps. I swear by Moen mainly because of the lifetime no hassle warranty on the cartridges.

In 45 minutes I will slide into town and the mechanics, they will give me a ride home and pick me up when it is ready. They also call when there are complications with additional estimates. Minor things like 'we busted a stud off in your head and it will need to come off to drill out and re-tap for a new stud'. To which they will get told, 'DO NOT do the valves".

That is it for now, not all doom and gloom,

Take care people and try to stay warm, I don't want to hear of any chest pains from shoveling snow.

 

[Einthewoods]

After the last more than a week of periodic sub zero temps the 28F that it is right now feels like spring! Very need break before the chill coming this weekend.

Looking forward to getting through the work week and hope I get my tractor delivered this week. Would be nice to get it soon enough while the temps are nice so I can start to get used to it.

Good morning everyone!