Good morning!!!!

daugen · Feb 5, 2022

good morning all
24 degrees and some nice sunny weather today
1.65 inches of rain in last storm; my drainage ditch is now almost frozen over with ice

going to be a quiet day, have neighbors coming over after lunch to look at pics from my Florida trip.
Which means I have to tidy up the office.

Don, I love the Seen On Tv label. You would think they would have worn that out by now and frankly for me
it gives the reverse reaction. Most stuff so labeled is inexpensive foreign junk backed up by a lot of marketing.

and I have a small electric heater on my feet all the time in the office. Why heat the house, just where you are.

Rich B1 · Feb 5, 2022

Good morning! 10 now, very sunny, low 20’s later. Supposed to be above freezing tomorrow.

Not sure what I will get into today. But have to do something that I am sad about. Have an appointment to take Callie to the vets for the final time. She has cancer and her quality of life is not good. She has been an awesome little cat. Going to miss her waking us up in the morning.

Everyone stay safe out there!

RoyJackson · Feb 5, 2022

Rich B1 said:
But have to do something that I am sad about. Have an appointment to take Callie to the vets for the final time. She has cancer and her quality of life is not good. She has been an awesome little cat. Going to miss her waking us up in the morning.

My sympathies...stay with her until the end (I know that's really tough, and I weep when I do it)

daugen · Feb 5, 2022

Rich, sorry about your cat. I'm sure she will go to sleep feeling your love.

daugen · Feb 5, 2022

Tire Chain Alternatives to Get Your Car Unstuck

Tire chains can be a pain to put on your wheels—here are some easier (and less expensive) options.

www.autoweek.com

any of your Northerners ever try one of these chain alternatives? Strap on studs should help. Probably would have to go pretty slow
with these on, but as long as you are going...

Lou, you are our chain expert. Think they would work?
I want the ones that install with a push of the dash button.

visions of an Outback or Audi or others with really good full time awd, and then add a set of these.
As long as you had ground clearance, very secure feeling.
We had studded snow tires here in the 50's and 60's; they were outlawed at some point.

local roads a wreck after last rain. Potholes everywhere, driving at night hazardous to your rims.
During day folks swerving all over the place. At least if you see it you know why.
All these low profile tires common today, must make for job security for rim shops.
Simply love the 60 series tires on my truck. Wish they were 65s...more sidewall the better.
45 series on car are borne to blow.

buckeyefarmer · Feb 5, 2022

Sorry about Callie.

Dads power estimated to be on by 7pm tomorrow. The state road just opened last night after being closed due to multiple trees down. I figure trees down on the road to his house. For years before he retired from the county, Dad was the one who got the call for trees down across roads. I went and helped cut many with him.

I hope he fired up the wood stove.

Temp still dropping, 24° and windy. Outdoor work will have to wait.

Eric Salop · Feb 5, 2022

Good afternoon all. The telephone engineer was here for a few hours this morning to locate and fix a fault on our broadband. Eventually he found a couple of poor connections, once close by and another in their service box down the road by the cemetery. Uploads are still chronically slow and with 80% packet failures, but at least the service is good enough to download pics and has been nicely tested just now with Kyle's Kohler.

Rich, sorry to hear about Callie.

We had a lovely glimpse of the rising new moon for a few minutes before cloud came over. Wonder if Ron is still taking moon pics, he may not be posting at the moment but I still think of him each time I see the moon in the night sky.

Ken, in the relatively short time (17 years) since we started planting trees here, 3 of the native species I selected (ash, oak and alder) have since come under great threat of dying out from newly introduced diseases. The world is becoming an ever more dangerous place for trees, but at least the demise of your ash has occurred while you are young enough to see a good amount of growth on whatever you choose to replant with. Pick plenty of different species, then you have a better choice of spreading any future disappointment

kenmbz · Feb 5, 2022

Good morning , 21 and sunny- does not look too bad after a few inches of warm rain - freeze seems to have come after the rain dissipated a bit.

I got an email from a family cousin last night. he wrote a book on his family, which documented my family tree quite a bit.
He included pictures of my GM GF and GF brothers/sisters (most were deceased when I was still a toddler.)
Even had pictures of my GGF, who I am named after, all the way back to Eastern europe in 1874.
Seeing my dad and uncle as little kids was fun. Many pictures I had not seen before.
My Great-Great Grandfather was even in one picture with my Great grandparents.

He had so much detail on their travels from Europe to NY and his family all the way to California.
With early Vegas and Santa Monica and their his parents house in Van Nuys.

With almost 300 pages and lots of side families, and mixed from Eastern Europe and his line with Italian marriages. Will be reading again.

While not as exiting as some of the family histories I have read here, this is my family history, so really amazing for me and my brother.

JD Z735M - Cereal and ice cream-my son would be so happy!

Sorry about Callie Rich - Still miss our cats

Stay safe and be well,

Standing is my Great Grandfather who I am named after.
Seated is my great great grandfather and mother back in the 1890's

Buppies · Feb 5, 2022

Rich sorry about the kitty, Roy has good advice

buckeyefarmer · Feb 5, 2022

kenmbz said:
Good morning , 21 and sunny- does not look too bad after a few inches of warm rain - freeze seems to have come after the rain dissipated a bit.

I got an email from a family cousin last night. he wrote a book on his family, which documented my family tree quite a bit.
He included pictures of my GM GF and GF brothers/sisters (most were deceased when I was still a toddler.)
Even had pictures of my GGF, who I am named after, all the way back to Eastern europe in 1874.
Seeing my dad and uncle as little kids was fun. Many pictures I had not seen before.
My Great-Great Grandfather was even in one picture with my Great grandparents.

He had so much detail on their travels from Europe to NY and his family all the way to California.
With early Vegas and Santa Monica and their his parents house in Van Nuys.

With almost 300 pages and lots of side families, and mixed from Eastern Europe and his line with Italian marriages. Will be reading again.

While not as exiting as some of the family histories I have read here, this is my family history, so really amazing for me and my brother.

JD Z735M - Cereal and ice cream-my son would be so happy!

Sorry about Callie Rich - Still miss our cats

Stay safe and be well,

Standing is my Great Grandfather who I am named after.
Seated is my great great grandfather and mother back in the 1890's
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