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   / Good morning!!!! #107,611  
Opps, don't say that around Drew. :eek:

Morning session was a rare combo of Trailblazers and FireWise people. We had a large group of about 20 clearing underbrush with loppers two battery sawzaw's and my chainsaw.
Trailblazing started up again after lunch, a bit sore this evening.View attachment 643809

That's an awful lot of tinder still left on the ground, Don. It'll conduct fire to whatever else can burn. Is your Firewise group also putting in fire breaks that are cleared down to bare mineral earth?
 
   / Good morning!!!! #107,612  
a warm 52 going up to 65 today, showers tonight. Less rain this week than predicted, seems to fizzle out before it gets here.
Which is ok, ground is plenty moist.

going to be a clean up day here mostly in garage, and then maybe bag up more xmas stuff. Need to make a recycle run to dump so if I'm taking the truck out, might as well deliver more clutter to Goodwill. Had a good night's sleep finally, and woke up feeling much better. Waiting patiently for lab work and Lymes test results to come back. Should be later today

Tornados are very scary things, particularly when your house doesn't have a basement. I almost put in a tornado shelter here.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #107,613  
Good morning, the temp here is a balmy 28ーF and it is going to a high of 34. Wind W 6 mph. 40% chance of flurries.

I am going out to move some temporary piles of snow to a better location on the property, then it can melt at a later date and I can bury the cat. She has been in the little freezer since November. I use that freezer exclusively for dead pets.

Another reason to live where I do, NO tornados and very few hurricanes. That is on top of no bugs in winter.

Have a safe day all
 
   / Good morning!!!! #107,614  
44 high of 65 today no rain today maybe finally get those trees

Prayers for all in need
 
   / Good morning!!!! #107,615  
44 high of 65 here, too. We got only a sprinkle yesterday.

Jay, I fly my quad with the prop guards on...never thought about them catching tree branches, but can certainly see that. When I ran it into a tree trunk last week, two of them popped off but no prop damage. I was able to insert the guards back good as new.

Had an early annual eye doctor appointment yesterday. I actually enjoy that one...she's a treat to talk with...only downside is wearing sunglasses the rest of the day and being slightly out of focus. Since it was cloudy, the folks at the gym were looking at me oddly wearing sunglasses inside.

Picked up my mower blades at the Kubota dealer...didn't notice until I got home that they charged me $5 "freight." Ron, I think it was you that suggested Amazon...may have to look at that next time. I did a search this morning on the part number, and only one choice appeared - Oregon Gators, at $10 more a set. I'll have to dig deeper. I know some of you swear by the Gators, but I've been very pleased with my OEM blades, so stuck with them this time...only a 60" SD deck.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #107,616  
Good morning. Slightly overcast today and for a nice change, very little wind. Rainfall radar shows plenty of rain not many miles away, however it is travelling very slowly, with a bit of luck we should stay on the dry side for a good few hours yet.

Another reason to live where I do, NO tornados and very few hurricanes.
Sounds like a good place to live if you don't like the wind.

Who would have guessed that the chance of getting caught by a tornado in the UK is over 3 times higher than North America ?
Although we only get an average of 35 per year (and not as powerful) compared to 1,000 in the US, they occur over a much smaller area of land.

IIRC Holland takes top place for the most tornadoes per square mile.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #107,617  
Finished converting almost all of my bills to online pay. I hope those flimsy check envelopes don't get lost in the mail,
but printing checks is a lot less convenient and boy do they charge you a lot for those blank checks.

about to head into storage room. Realtors coming on Friday and I just have to make it look better in there...
 
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   / Good morning!!!! #107,618  
wngsprd having used gator and original my preference is gator but not enough to discard old blades. Try to sharpen once a month to keep grass from tearing instead cutting. Healthy grass better looking yard
 
   / Good morning!!!! #107,619  
44 high of 65 here, too. We got only a sprinkle yesterday.

Jay, I fly my quad with the prop guards on...never thought about them catching tree branches, but can certainly see that. When I ran it into a tree trunk last week, two of them popped off but no prop damage. I was able to insert the guards back good as new.

Had an early annual eye doctor appointment yesterday. I actually enjoy that one...she's a treat to talk with...only downside is wearing sunglasses the rest of the day and being slightly out of focus. Since it was cloudy, the folks at the gym were looking at me oddly wearing sunglasses inside.

Picked up my mower blades at the Kubota dealer...didn't notice until I got home that they charged me $5 "freight." Ron, I think it was you that suggested Amazon...may have to look at that next time. I did a search this morning on the part number, and only one choice appeared - Oregon Gators, at $10 more a set. I'll have to dig deeper. I know some of you swear by the Gators, but I've been very pleased with my OEM blades, so stuck with them this time...only a 60" SD deck.

I got mine off EBAY. You may get more choices if you know blade dimensions. Having a JD gives me many more choices. I have 3 spare sets of blades for my 72" Kubota MM mower. Those things are tough. May never wear out the originals. Unless my JD dies.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #107,620  
Like RedNeckGeek, we voted early by mail this time for the first time in our lives. We did happen to drive by one of the polling places yesterday and it appeared that they had a pretty good turnout, but nothing really great.
 

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