Good morning!!!!

[riptides]

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Dug out the drone and charged up the batteries and downloaded the latest software. Liz wants to get some pics of what our new neighbor is doing on his property. Luckily he is 3 lots over and not right next to us. He has been clear cutting the land and digging up some of the marsh land. He is doing it without a permit and he is violating, county, state and federal laws. The property is gated, he works on it nights and weekends when the authorities aren't around, otherwise the gate is locked preventing access. From talking with folks who have met him, his arrogance knows no bounds.
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Well sorry to say, but report him to authorities.

I did not take action against my neighbor, I attempted to talk with him about his "grading". The end result was now I have a creek where I had none, in a part of my front yard.

Don't be like me.

 

[IXLR8]

Well sorry to say, but report him to authorities.

I did not take action against my neighbor, I attempted to talk with him about his "grading". The end result was now I have a creek where I had none, in a part of my front yard.

Don't be like me.

Several others have reported him. I heard that one Sunday evening the sheriff and the county inspectors showed up to see what he was doing. He was given a ceast and desist order, the feds were called in the next day due to his work in the wetlands. His attitude seems to be to just pay the fines and continue on. He is still working over there and is careful about keeping the gate locked. Everytime I hear him working on a weekday, I call the county inspectors, as they want to see what he is doing. So far by the time the inspectors have arrived, he has locked up and left.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

So far by the time the inspectors have arrived, he has locked up and left.

A few years ago I attended a county supervisor meeting that started with reviewing building code and zoning violations. One case involved a dope grower that had made extensive modifications to terrace the land, and build roads. All without permits. Really messed up the drainage, too. The supervisors levied tens of thousands of dollars in fines. They'll get them, too, even if it means confiscating and selling the property. So don't be too concerned if the neighbor isn't caught in the act. The authorities will catch up with him eventually, and there will be H3ll to pay.

 

[m7040]

good morning all, 43 now cooler going forward

Ac contractor for the mini split was here and will get proposal Monday. Daikin is the supplier of the mini split. He said to go bigger to give more heating capacity. I had figured 12 K BTU he may propose 15K BTU. Likely costly for a simple installation.

Rip, good luck with the installation of Mr. Cool

making a traditional scrimp salad dish today we had promised for one of the kids

Check, ice falls are not good. found out the hard way a few days ago and I am always careful. It is easy when it is all iced over. Know what to expect but when a small patch remains hidden in water on the road... watch out
Lou, would it be better to have the Sheriff block the road for you?

Not sure what I will get into today

 

[sodamo]

67°F and .29 inches rain

Progress with my cleanup effort yesterday. Fuel area dissembled, power washed and stacked for next life

Off to town this morning. Some food shopping and HD to pick up Simpson tie components.
Have to make a dump run as well.

H&F this afternoon.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Mark P.]

Good Morning - currently 55° and that will probley be the high for today..

Lou - good luck with moving the cattle - been awhile since I had to do that..

Popg - I think that I have read where you have been to Stuart, FL. before taking your customers.. The question I have is that a new area for people to vacation or do they have buisness that takes them there.. Just curious if it is a vacation area..


Hope everyone has a great weekend..

Mark

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 26°, going up to near 50°. Supposed to be windy today, 25-30 mph. Right now only 10-15 mph. Hopefully it will stay like that.

Going to try and run the drip today, might have to be done over a few days, having to wait until afternoon temps un-freeze the lines.
The stock tank heater that was ordered arrived yesterday, might try to break up the ice in the pond and get it installed.

Not much else on the home front.....

Everyone have a great day!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

48° and sunny

Got my ceiling primed and painted under the light.

Blended right into the rest of the ceiling, don’t you think?
I even put some zinsser primer on the wall where it is dark. The wall appeared to have soot like dark spots, don’t know if that was from when I used oil boiler. Don’t think it’s mold. We tried to scrub it once and it just smeared.
If I paint the rest of the ceiling, it connects down the hall and into the front music room, so that will be a chore. But, This is original paint from when I built and whole house needs painted.

 

[m7040]

Good Morning - currently 55° and that will probley be the high for today..

Lou - good luck with moving the cattle - been awhile since I had to do that..

Popg - I think that I have read where you have been to Stuart, FL. before taking your customers.. The question I have is that a new area for people to vacation or do they have buisness that takes them there.. Just curious if it is a vacation area..


Hope everyone has a great weekend..

Mark

Used to travel there over a several year time span building several projects including the largest Biomass burning project in the US ( Ockeelanta ). This coast line down to West Palm Beach is a very affluent area of Florida> The owners of the biomass projects was the Fanjul Family living in Palm Beach. They operate 170000 acres of sugarcane fields around Lake Ockeechobee

 

[Mark P.]

m7040 - Wow...thanks for the info --- that is a lot of sugar cane..

Mark

 

[Looking4new]

m7040, I thought those fields were watermelon patches back in '85 when I was there.

I like my music loud. The louder the better as long as there is no distortion. Probably why I can't hear for beans anymore, and my ears ring most of the time.

 

[pennwalk]

Mid 40s & overcast. More rain last night.

Daughter number 2 reported a tree down across the farm lane last week. I checked it out yesterday. Yup. It was completely covered in vines. Virginia creeper, honey suckle and poison ivy. The poison ivy looked pretty fresh. The lane was pretty squishy but I managed to get the tractor down to the log without making too much of a mess, I pushed the log off the lane and that will have to be good enough. I noticed a lot of downed trees but it is too wet to try to move them over to my neighbors house. I wonder if the ground will freeze any time this winter. It would be nice to get the logs out of the woods before things start to grow again.

Hope the weather isn't messing anyone up.

Chris

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Light is done
Ordered a couple canvas painter cloths for the future.

 

[scaredychicken]

Good Morning Everyone, Happy New Year !!! Blessings

crazy start to the New Year for me. not enjoying it, but managing.

i'll check in when i can, and i'll try to keep up a bit

praying as i become aware of the needs

 

[LouNY]

Lou, would it be better to have the Sheriff block the road for you?

We do this numerous times a year to different fields, the laneway we use to move them from the barns comes down to the highway and they have to turn and travel 100 feet down the road and turn again. The easiest way is one man and vehicle diagonally on the road at the gates with poly wire from the vehicle to the far fence. Then one vehicle up on the knoll to stop and or slow traffic so they don't top the hill at 45-55 mph and have people and animals exposed to idiots. So depending on whose available depends on who goes were. It seems like I get the position up on the knoll the most another brother and an older neighbor get the two diagonal spots.

Well it took a bit longer then I had anticipated to get the cows moved. I thought they were after the small bunch of finishers, turned out it was cow calf pair from one of the bigger bunches about 60 cow calf pairs moved from their feed lot field to the barns to sort out the cow with a bad foot and her calf then run the others back across the road to the field.

This was from last year one day;

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Never fun moving cows across a public road. Glad you got it done.

 

[rswyan]

34F, wet, and cloudy @ 13:30 ... heading up to around 37F for the high. Chance of some light snow which won't accumulate.

We're about a week out from what is typically the coldest week of the year (mid January) Judging from the forecast, if it holds up, I suspect the ground here will not freeze to any significant depth this year.

More progress out in the garage, bench on north wall almost cleared and cleaned off. Slow going as there is little in the way of horizontal surfaces to move things to while other horizontal surfaces are cleaned and organized.

Woman was headed out to Wally World yesterday, dropped me off up at the shop and I grabbed the pop rivet gun and a rivet to fix the ground wires on the Keurig. Forgot to grab the Craftsman drill guide while I was up there of course ...

Was going to move the [AFFILIATE=1, nofollow=true, newwindow=true, title="Kubota"]Kubota[/AFFILIATE] over to the barn, but managed to put that off. Now it's cold out and I don't want to do it ...

Removed the last 9 gallons of water for pwc's from the stationary tubs so The Woman can use them to wash up some stuff. She picked up a cheap dish rack at DG I can use for things to dry down there.

Fishies were all fed.

Looking out at the feeders this morning, I believe I still see food in the hopper feeder.

Woman asked where all the junk that was sitting in the entry way had gone, told Her that I had moved it down to the basement.

Rest of the day will likely be split between the garage and the basement.

Hope everyone is having a good TGIF ...

 

[txdon]

New Study with 54000 participants show potatoes do not increase risk of type 2 diabetes, IF you don't add fat when cooking.

"When we separated boiled potatoes from mashed potatoes, fries or crisps, boiled potatoes were no longer associated with a higher risk of diabetes. They had a null effect,” Pokharel said in a press release.

The study found that those who ate the most potatoes also consumed more butter, red meat and soft drinks, which are known to increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes."

MSN

www.msn.com

 

[Thomas]

34F cloudy.
Weather station said dusting maybe maybe 1",ended up 2 3/4" heavy wet no plowing ground way to soft,paths deck walk clean feeding area shovel free...kinda nice first week in January for sweatshirt weather.
Plan on doing critter food run didn't clean sweep shop downstairs...2 kittens and I had nice long nap instead.

Will I guess I better comb my brush pile and put on some good rags for date.

Enjoy your evening all.


Slow stroll first week of January.

 

[daugen]

finally home, what a long day
lot of driving, fun to be with my friend.
First place told me I really should be using a smaller trailer and showed me a similar model without a walk around queen bed
that was lighter and made more sense. Length went from 19 to 16, all they did was put the bed sideways.
For two people, that doesn't work at all. For one person, it's fine. Otherwise identical, stove with oven, dry bath/shower, larger fridge.
Just one place to sit down, the table but that's where the laptop will be anyway.

second place I looked had what I thought I wanted and then the weight tag said it actually weighed 300 more pounds than published.
going to ponder this tonight.
The real issue is do I want this very small trailer or should I get a truck and a bigger one. Need to sleep on that.

at least the stock market went up nicely today

drove past the big stacks of the Limerick nuke plant today, they really are visible from a ways.

the only problem with a boiled potato Don is who wants to eat it plain? I guess the key is the seasoning, not the fats added.
So I can't wrap my potato in three strips of bacon?