Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

She has not woke up yet wngsprd

 

[daugen]

good morning all
30 out now going up to 38 with clouds and maybe a snow flurry

woke up with really sore neck, sat under hot shower for about ten minutes and made it better.
sometimes I turn over and sleep in wrong position. I have to sleep almost flat on my back with my head straight up, versus
curling up on side like many do. Probably need another epidural; just doping up the old race horse to keep him moving.
Gotta keep moving or the glue wagon will come.

Buppies, please tell your wife about 20 hot looking guys want her to feel better! Might get a smile...

put a new birdfeeder out, a better one with metal inserts. Learned the squirrels just chew the plastic ones to bits, and then the seed
falls out. One feeder into the trash can yesterday. Try chewing on this metal tree rat.

Hope you all have a great weekend and do something fun.

 

[daugen]

a nice new addition to checking account this morning, first SS deposit of the new year and it went up 200 bucks a month.
That sure helps. Good thing I maxxed out SS all those years, though I wound up with a slightly higher payment since my wife was out on full disability
before she died and I got the survivorship benefit. Hers slightly more than mine, not sure why.

 

[WVH1977]

Good morning. In the mid-20s here in VA. Drinking coffee and getting ready to go rabbit hunting with some friends.

 

[KilroyJC]

The blacksmith drive started when I was 15 as an apprentice. The old blacksmith we worked for had arms the size of tree trunks and we the kids were helpers for him. He could make anything in metal. He had a big lathe too. If we needed a part that was not available he looked at it and made it. All by eye mostly. Putting tires on the wood rims for wagons was an experience that I remember well. He had us 3 kids line up with sledges and he set the tempo with his blacksmith hammer. We were worn out end of day. Horse shoeing difficult horses was another activity I remember well. Sometimes we ended up across the road but he never let go of the leg and kept control. We the kids lived in the attic of the shop and worked 6 days a week for room and board mainly for 4 years to get to master certification. Mine was auto mechanic but he used me for anything. What I hated most was plumbing having to make holes in concrete walls with a chisel. Many more stories about this

Nowadays they teach “important” stuff to children— not like all THAT fluff you wasted your time with

 

[KilroyJC]

Good evening all. 29ºF for the start, clear sky, light breeze. Light wind, clear sky, and high temp was 56ºF. Light putter until I could tell breakfast was going to stay down. Dropped of fish finder at repair shop 71 mile one way bike ride when I got back and had lunch. Got new toe warmers cut for cleats, and mirror mount on new helmet improved. Early Bike ride in morning.
Yesterday afternoon posts:
James Sorry about having to dig pipe out to get get keys.
RS Sounds like you got a lot done, energy conservation very effective every now and then.
Kilroy entertaining story.
Frits did you get the impression somebody needed to get out more? Deer strikes were not uncommon in Missouri.
Frits any idea if new or used barrels?
Dennis sorry drive home was so bad. At least you got to sleep in your own bed.
Frits nice collection of tools!
Ted glad water heater done, I need to do mine dinner sounded good.
Randy(wag) glad you got to sleep in. Hope laundry got done. Sounds like you will get some nice seat time as well.
Bill water in 70% what I drink, although some of that water has electrolytes. Coffee, black(mostly decaf) and ice tea in about equal amounts.
Today's posts:
David thanks, today much better.
Bill hope you got dump run and successful town run in.
Buppies much better today. Hope you sinuses start behaving soon. prayers sent.
Ron glad fish no longer in filter. Glad eve troughs mostly clear and the one downspout now clear of pine needles. Good luck converting feeder to pole mount, Nice pic of hawk. Feeling better today.
Kilroy going to be nippy for pole work.
Drew no nap today. Sorry about the assisted living experience, glad you had motorhome at the time.
Mike glad barn roof done. Hope you were able to make do progress on milk house.
Drew hope you will consider a stop hear when you go west.
Kilroy real bummer training getting worse rather than better. Hope you can make some progress tomorrow.
Dennis it is Saturday #5 of 6.
Thomas better today.
Thomas Hope you don't end up with too much ice on ground.
Billy better today. Glad you got dump run and hike in. No pics of grosbeaks .
Dave not bad for winter.
Dennis I thought it was to show the squirrels, opossums, and skunks et all, that it could be done
Ken has been warm Monday and Tuesday here. Glad Company is contributing to garage work. Congrats to son on three month anniversary.
Paul glad you could get tenant improve. Sorry about you experience with Verizon, have not been with them long. Apparently Fri 13th got you worse than me.
Bill hope you were able to conserve some energy.
Jim hope you get tree down on time. Just be glad you are not in California registering a non Cali compliant vehicle is ROYAL pain. Hope you can get Big Red registered.
Don yes am feeling better today. Nice you don't have to wait on battery charging. Sorry about no seat time. I have reminder set up in phone to tell me trash day.
RNG getting plenty rain for a while, hope mountains are getting their snow. Sorry about the oil plug. Hope you can get the rest of the hardware of back porch and cleaned up. Hope you can get somewhere with insurance.
Ted sounds like nice snow. Yes better today. Hope nothing new on list
Ted sorry about your experience with Verizon, ATT cell service was deteriorating to match it's customer service, which is why we switched.
Buppies good you are better, sorry wife has it. prayers sent.
Frits will be interesting to see what Volkov has planned for door.
David good to hear progress on setting pots. I thought I did well on the bike for my age until San Antonio. Hope H&F was fun and guys did ok.
Frits not sure I could do as well. Nice tools
Mark good to hear roof work went fine.
Frits sorry hear about your experience with nursing home, Mom used to volunteer and nursing said she would come back and haunt us if we put her in one. I have no idea on how to get anything from Texas DMV.
more catch up tomorrow.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /broken arm and heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's vioce, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, Ken /dad possible dementia, /uncle's surgery, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Lou /eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage not doing well, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's surgery, Scotty, /back pain, Frits /daughter recovery from surgery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Mark /wife colon surgery, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[KilroyJC]

Nippy AND Slippy

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).


WeatherWonks got it wrong again - it was SUPPOSED TO BE snowing all morning, done by noon. Instead, it was fairly clear until around 2PM (and at least our solar got to charge up some) and the snow started.

flurries at first, then for realz. . .

so we got home from work, got unworkified, sat down and relaxed a bit to a podcast, relaxed. Set up the woodstove for later lighting. And then the power went out. . . And after five minutes decided it wasn’t coming right back on.

So the stove got lit immediately and the soapstone panels came off the top and a frying pan starts heating for grilled cheese sammies. A couple of tea light lanterns and kero skaters lanterns to chase the dark and we were good to go.

luckily, power came back after about two hours.
the snow stopped two hours after that.

And we just saw where our coffee machine is leaking, so I can work on that later - it wasn’t on the removable reservoir valve… it is spraying out the side — but not every time you make a cup and I don’t have enough projects on my list for the day . . .

one way or another, StarLink Dishy is going up today. First batch of ice Melt pellets getting dispensed in about fifteen minutes. . . It was warm yesterday and sunny so the ground was warm and the first batch melted. Then froze. . .

morning view:

 

[ronjhall]

My SSA check showed up Thursday. $200 more than last year. Suppose get check on 3rd Wednesday of each month. Last 2 have come the Thursday before that. Have they changed when checks are sent?

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is -8 and going to a high of 12°F. Wind ENE 5 mph. Sunny.
We got about an inch of snow yesterday, not enough to plow.

The next time it gets above freezing, I have another driveway to clean out at the mouth (where the township plow deposits the snow). The guy has been driving on it all winter so far.

When I REALLY want to know the day of the week, I move my cursor to the upper right hand corner of my brouser and hover there. the time and date and day of the week all come up.

I think I will conserve energy today.

Have a safe day all