Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 40F @ 7:00AM. Partly cloudy. High 53F. Winds light and variable.

Our littlest friends are the hardest ones to lose, Bird. Maybe someday you'll find another as nice as Dee.

What next, Rip? You two have been through so much the last couple months, and you'll get through this, too.

Pretty chilly in the house this morning, and I'm sitting here listening to the wood stove ping and pop as it heats up. Something very satisfying about finding a coal or two in the ashes and fanning them into a cheery and warming blaze with just a few breaths of air. Not to mention the savings in newspaper and kindling!:laughing:

And speaking of kindling, my supply will last the rest of this season, but I'm going to have to find/make more for next fall. What I had was gathered up from splitting the ten cords put up several years ago, and with so much firewood still left, I have no plans to buck and split more in the foreseeable future. So I'm wondering how well one of the newish kindling makers work, like this one. I'll be using it on seasoned oak, and I already know it's more of a job with a small hatchet than I want to tackle. Anybody have an easy and safe way for turning out a lot of hardwood kindling?

 

[daugen]

I have told my stories of my locally infamous neighbor aka The Drunk Farmer, and what was melancholy to see now was a picture of his farm before the hurricane blew down his
greenhouses. His place looked hugely better. All of the old greenhouse plastic is now lying in a dump/pile on his property and he wanted to set fire to it to get rid of it. My fireman neighbor and I convinced him not to do that.
We'd all die of fumes. Plus the stuff is likely recyclable.
His place needs about thirty dumpsters.
Funny that someone who lives like a genuine pig has a driveway named on the map as Hog Ave.

I need to go down and clean up my woodshop on a wet day. At least it's not cold though temps are headed in the other direction.
Also have about two bucket loads of beer cans and trash to pick up out on the road.
Pretty hard to do that task and not feel there are pigs on the road too.

 

[jbrumberg]

RNG- I went with a Homelite 5 ton electric wood splitter and I kick myself for not having bought one earlier. It's slow with ~5 second cycle and not the best ergonomic design, but it makes kindling with a lot less body strain than splitting it down with a maul. It splits some pretty gnarly wood rock/black maple easily. It can take a 20" piece of wood.

There is/was a recent TBN thread comparing this unit to a DR unit.

 

[newbury]

I only see history with street view. Mine also 2008 and 2012. In the current view, i am sitting on my front porch waving to the Google car driving by.

Yeah, I bet Google is working on real time and future view but they are not there yet

Lou, you're right in my mind. I check the site regularly to make sure it hasn't taken a picture of me taking a whiz outside my barn. Or something embarrassing.
If they ever fly a drone over the center of my place and start taking pictures there, i will be seriously upset. Stay off my land.

With rumored satellite resolution they can do that now.

 

[ronjhall]

Time to get the tractor to get unstuck View attachment 536868

Don, there is tool for that. It's called a Bucking Wedge. It does have one fault. You have to use it before the chainsaw gets stuck.

 

[PJSprog]

Also have about two bucket loads of beer cans and trash to pick up out on the road.
Pretty hard to do that task and not feel there are pigs on the road too.

Man, I really hate that. I have to do that about once a month along our road, too. Wish I could find out if it's someone local or not. I'd pick it all up and dump it on their front lawn. Where we are, you almost have to be going there to be there, so I suspect it's either locals or visitors of locals. It's also possible that it's just teenagers passing through while out for a ride, as it does seem worse on weekends.

 

[jbrumberg]

I do not mind the $.05 deposit cans and bottles. It's the "other" stuff that requires no "direct" personal skin contact.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Don, there is tool for that. It's called a Bucking Wedge. It does have one fault. You have to use it before the chainsaw gets stuck.

So ...... that would be the anticipatory bucking wedge?

 

[wngsprd]

Don, there is tool for that. It's called a Bucking Wedge. It does have one fault. You have to use it before the chainsaw gets stuck.

I started using one of the orange plastic ones made by Stihl a few years ago when needed. It's light, and if the chain hits it, no chain damage. Being orange, easy to find.

 

[jerrybob]

41F right now.....rain all day......wind warning this afternoon......Tsunami warning cancelled........that was a good size quake off Alaska.

 

[toppop52]

Man, I really hate that. I have to do that about once a month along our road, too. Wish I could find out if it's someone local or not. I'd pick it all up and dump it on their front lawn. Where we are, you almost have to be going there to be there, so I suspect it's either locals or visitors of locals. It's also possible that it's just teenagers passing through while out for a ride, as it does seem worse on weekends.

My old house was on a corner, the side road went to a high school, last day of school looked like a paper drop!
Where I am there’s only 200’ of frontage but I get my share of fast food and beer bottles, especially on weekends.

 

[txdon]

I'm not sure that I would say important enough, so much as sorry they got you.
I don't have to worry about street view I don't believe they will ever get mine and If they do all they will see is about 50 feet of driveway and trees :laughing:
Well I went and looked at goggle maps they did go by my road but not down it,

And that's a good looking road!
The Google car probably did not want to get dusty or muddy on mine.

Jbrumberg my wife sounded like a kitten purring when she breathed - that can't be good. But we are finished with the "thing" and feeling great again after 3 weak weeks.

 

[DABSGT]

48 heavy rain until late afternoon. not getting much done dogs driving me crazy wanting to go out told them they have to hold it until rain slows down some.
Had coffee with friend this morning then stopped at PD had to pick out and pay for my Super Bowl square wonder what I'll buy after i win lol

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Cold here this morning, low of 6*, going up to 46. All the snow is already gone! Didn't even get a chance to use the tractor... Wind blew most of it away! Back in a dry spell again... Nothing predicted for the next 7 days. At least it will be warmer up into the 50's.

Got a chance to build a small workbench in the shop yesterday. Just before the little voice inside said 'don't pull on that', my hand slipped across the edge of a 2x4, a 1/8" wide sliver kerfed out a channel across my ring finger and put the point into my middle finger. Big a*^ splinter now embedded. Tried digging it out, real deep, can't get to it...oh well... Pain for a few days. Used crazy glue on the kerf on the other finger, feels pretty good now.

Bird, sorry for your furry friend loss.. It always hurts.
Riptides, hang in there! Just another hurdle to get over. Take care of your Lady and stay ahead of the "thing".
BEH, glad to hear your out and about and getting back to work but saddened to hear of your discomfort. Hang in there... You've got 'a few steps forward'
For everyone needing prayers.. Sent out some this morning...
Oh, and happy birthday to Mrs Buppies...
Finally got caught up on the forum... Too much stuff to remember...

 

[jbrumberg]

Don- I am happy to read that you and your wife recovered. It's never a good thing to start hearing one's lungs laboring. It was a 5 week event for our "Thing." Once a respiratoryinfection gets down to the bronchial tubes I still break out my finger oximeter to monitor my O2 levels.

It finally got to 33F here and the fog is thinning. I may break out the YakTraxｮ slipover ice cleats and check what's happening outside.

 

[rswyan]

37F with rain and 22 mph wind. Temp is dropping and will continue to do so ... could have snow by midnight. Calling for sunny skies and a high of 50F by Friday though.

Had heavy rain with lots of lightning and thunder last night ... almost all of the snow is gone at this point.

Have to run up and grab the garbage can off the road and bring it back down to the house ... after that hard to say, no shortage of things to do though ... might make some beef stew.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Ran into the Depot and exchanged the $7 bulbs that would not work with my lights for the $15 ones that I hope will. Hope to work on them this afternoon. Very windy here but nice out.

RIP, Praying for your wife and you.

Prayers for a lot more of you. Ed

 

[rswyan]

Bird,

Sorry for your loss.

The picture of her sleeping on your shoulder was the cutest thing.

 

[txdon]

Got him. This pic from 50 yards

 

[rswyan]

Rswyan - So you have the cat tower in the house, ...

Not yet ... in the garage still.

It was stored in the basement of one of The Woman's co-workers after they no longer had cats ... and needs cleaned and the dust/cobwebs vacuumed off.

Won't bring it in until I'm ready to do that.

and "The Squeek," and soon to be 800G fishtanks filled with all kinds of neat stuff all in a semi-closed living space.

Life sure is interesting.

LOL ... no doubt.