Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

LFN, glad daughter is back, hope everything checks out OK.

I just got a call from the title company, closing is scheduled for tomorrow at 1pm.... I told them that was the last shot that they will have... after Friday morning, I won't be available.
I guess the very stern email that my son sent them last evening got them off their butts....

So far things coming together after a few concerns over the past few days, shop time successful this morning, got the first coat of the oil finish on the blanket chest

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While this coat is drying, I'm going to go to the PO to see if my check is there.... keeping my fingers crossed!

Hope everything goes at the title company.

I was talking to a buddy about land in Texas, and he agreed, it's going up and up, around here. We are commutable to Austin, College Station, and to a lesser extent NW Houston.

So the same as it ever was, location, location, location. I'm worried that the barndo/land deals will have a lot of hidden costs such as water/sewer/electricity? The last good deal was my neighbors house, that I teased Wyoming and RNG to come on down. 5 acres, 2400 sq ft house, carport and separate garage. Paved roads, 2.2 miles to town. I believe it went for around $250K

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

I was going to to make a comment on the "21 day beach body video" ..... but I thought better.... I'll just leave it there....:cool2:

 

[toppop52]

35 going to 42 and mostly cloudy.

Ron, thank for taking some snow in the boots for that great pic.

Rich, quite the testimonial from your boss. :thumbsup:

Buppies, you might have to catch rain water in buckets for your toilet. When we have a power outage, we use water we've caught in rain barrels, and any we've stored in anticipation. I heard another neighbor running his generator yesterday afternoon...wife brought home lots of groceries and birdfood...so we are ready for whatever falls from the sky...most recent forecast said up to 8" and a sheen of ice...at least no penitentes.

I don’t think your high enough up the mountain for them.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Hope everything goes at the title company.

I was talking to a buddy about land in Texas, and he agreed, it's going up and up, around here. We are commutable to Austin, College Station, and to a lesser extent NW Houston.

So the same as it ever was, location, location, location. I'm worried that the barndo/land deals will have a lot of hidden costs such as water/sewer/electricity? The last good deal was my neighbors house, that I teased Wyoming and RNG to come on down. 5 acres, 2400 sq ft house, carport and separate garage. Paved roads, 2.2 miles to town. I believe it went for around $250K

Surprised to find out that wells were drilled, electric is at the property line at the street, and paved roads. The only extra cost (supposedly) would be a yearly road maintenance fee, in addition to the costs of hooking up to the power. Most of those subdivisions have already sold out! There are more on the horizon, so when the time comes, I'll either be out of luck or right at the prime time.... time will tell!

 

[Buppies]

Prayers for your son you Kyle and rest of family

Don it will really miss us 35 to 40 when yesterday they said 30 to 15 changes so fast mostly ice for us or rain maybe three inches of snow to be washed away the next day

Split a lot of oak twisted grain a killer good heat though unless water oak which is not so good

 

[Buppies]

Had to look it up toppop I did not know what it was

Great idea wngsprd will have to keep that in mind

 

[toppop52]

Overcast and 37 and dropping, after a pretty sunny morning, looks like some kind of winter weather for the three several days. We aren’t predicted to get the extreme cold that it once looked like. Plenty cold though.
Spent my late morning and much of the afternoon in phone calls, some of which were to correct others mistakes that affected me. Also spent over an hour on the phone with my best friend whom I hadn’t talked to in a while. He lives about four miles away.
Funny how we lose touch so easily.

Have a good evening.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Here's my buddy's feedback when I asked him if he's happy with his Starlink service:

There are occasional dropouts, but they are relatively infrequent and short duration. Rarely more than a minute. And, most importantly - it gets better all the time. From what I've read, clear view of the sky is very important for Starlink, more so than for sat TV.

Way better than any other rural option for us. We do finally have a decent Verizon signal at the house, and hotspot does work well - but the data limits and throttling kill that option for anything other than mobile/occasional use.


Based on the comments here and his response, I went ahead and placed a deposit this morning. They're saying mid to late 2021...

 

[LouNY]

If the response to sign up and put up the deposit every where is the same as has been reported here,
that is one heck of pre release interest.

 

[daugen]

weather advisory posted for 2-4 inches of snow tonight
sounds like a lot of cold and snow everywhere