Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

Thomas, saw a video of a guy that made friends with a fox. The fox would come to him every time he played his banjo..... the first persons we thought of was you and the misses..... then we saw they had a small child and figured it couldn't be you.... Are the foxes still around your homestead this time of year?

2 out of 6 fox visit every night...8 deer,2 BIG raccoons,1 skunk.

 

[two_bit_score]

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Did you see this wngsprd? Botetourt county parkway

That’s going to leave a mark.

 

[Thomas]

23F light snow falling calling 1-2 inches.

Been slow motion day...plans were to make pot old fashion clam chowder but Mrs. decided to add her own favorites now it's seafood chowder somewhat puzzling when woman cooking it's hands off but when guy cooks they step in and strongly suggest etc..

Time to clip kittens toes nail,one kitten falls asleep while clipping,but the other kitten

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[PJSprog]

34°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 43° today ... which is where it is right now. Looks like we're getting a little sun today, too. Been awhile.

One of The Wife's cooking companions couldn't make it, so it's just two of them up there baking 14 dozen cookies all day. I popped up there for lunch around noon, but have spent the rest of the day in the basement. Even got in a short nap with the dogs.

Yes, Ron, tomorrow is my first day at the new job. Looking forward to this. Feels like a new lease on life getting out of the old place, as it was doing no favors for my morale.

Need to go out and clean the windows inside my car. Beyond that, probably back in the dungeon to wait out the cookiefest.

Good afternoon, all.

 

[txdon]

Don, I have a question about your knee replacement. Is there a considerable size difference between both your knees or are they about the same now? Meaning does swelling after walking / working increase or has that subsided?

That is a hard question so I had my wife take a pic so I could figure it out. They are not exactly alike but maybe the pic will answer your question, it did not answer it for me.

 

[txdon]

The Coexistence of Good and Evil
Just figure we need to focus on what brings us together, not apart. Like tractors, the love of the land, the love of family and personal friendship.

That reminds me. Yesterday as a young family was getting off the trailer I noticed an accent I thought was German and ask him what county he was from. He said Russia. I really could not think of what to say . . . the only thing I could think of was the guy from Ukraine that picked up mom's car for Carmax (same accent) and was worried about his family still back in one of the bombed cities.

 

[m7040]

Frits, that book is a classic and widely read in schools
But I think the reason it was banned was the theme below:

What is the main message of To Kill a Mockingbird?

The Coexistence of Good and Evil

The most important theme of To Kill a Mockingbird is the book's exploration of the moral nature of human beings—that is, whether people are essentially good or essentially evil.

that issue is a very religious one and gets a lot of folks excited in a hurry if you disagree with them. So we can't talk about it here.

My almost seven years of living in NC was in a town where the blacks and whites are and have been totally segregated. Two separate societies. Same with the Hispanics.
Everyone got along, lot of surface politeness.
Entirely different from where I live now. Though four black males in a car are going to get eyeballed here likely too much as they are in other places.
Police pick up on what's different.

Frits, I think of your beautiful daughter getting snide, ignorant comments. Thankfully you clearly raised strong kids.
Kids desperately need self confidence.
I may get written off as woke by the far right but I'm glad DEIJB is succeeding in education and industry.
But then I was a psychology and black studies minor in college and this young white boy from the all white suburbs and country got quite a wake up call.

I got another wake up call in NC. This world has lots of nice people with very different opinions on race and religion.
Just figure we need to focus on what brings us together, not apart. Like tractors, the love of the land, the love of family and personal friendship.

As usual you always have a balanced view point. Thanks
I gained a good understanding of NC during 4 years of college for one of our kids at Elon University. The different societies and separation was very noticeable

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

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Wow, your good knee looks a tad bigger than the replacement.

More ammo (not the pic) for when I go back to the surgeon in January. My replacement knee is relatively the same size as the other when I wake up....
Within a couple of hours, it's a little swollen doing nothing....
When I came in after 4 hours in the shop, it was 30-40% bigger. This happen with even just going to the grocery store..... Something just isn't right.....

He mentioned at the last visit that they might aspirate some fluid at the next appointment to have it tested.... "tested" for what?

 

[m7040]

That reminds me. Yesterday as a young family was getting off the trailer I noticed an accent I thought was German and ask him what county he was from. He said Russia. I really could not think of what to say . . . the only thing I could think of was the guy from Ukraine that picked up mom's car for Carmax (same accent) and was worried about his family still back in one of the bombed cities.

Could be that he escaped Russia? Or that he had been here prior to the conflict with Ukraine. Hard to say. Probably best to not say you are from Russia these days I would think

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Another completed project! The tamers are all mounted in place, ready to go for any snow.
Painting them:
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.....And installed:


Next major project will be building the land plane. I have all the metal, but a lot of cutting, welding, painting. Might have to wait until spring.....