Good morning!!!!

[KilroyJC]

Do you know if fuel purchases qualify?

Doesn’t Jim Beam qualify as fuel?

 

[Thomas]

When we moved to NH about 45 years ago grocery or any type shopping was an event! Now if we drive south and back home in a 20 mile loop there are 4 major grocery chains, a Wally, a Kubota, Home Depot, TSC, 8 gas stations (no E0), about 20 coffee shops and now I just realized we need to move. NH used to be nice place to live

Also whinners selfish people multiplying plus property taxes...couple more years Mrs. retires taillights down the road.

 

[ronjhall]

The community I live in has about 22,000 residents. There are 2 grocery stores to shop at in town. Alway crowded. Near the Sam’s Club there is Kroger, Meijer and Walmart. Kroger has sales to get you in store. Everything else is higher priced than other stores. Meijer has fair prices. But their checkout and people that are there too assist customers. Act like the police. Put them on my do not shop at list. Walmart has fair prices. Not so good fruits and vegetables. Make sure to check expire dates.

 

[plowhog]

At 3am in Beautiful Northern Nevada it is 36F, going to 46F today.

Here is a pix of a recent visitor. I know its a female because she had two cubs with her. Each year in early winter the garbage cans get raided for a few weeks, then the bears disappear for the winter.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

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

33.8F going to barely break into then40s, sunny day forecasted.

going in to work for first try of weekending, two days off on a weekday were nice for shopping and administrative tasks, even though yesterday was heavy rain from noon until after dark. I had to fire up one of my vintage coleman lanterns so I could get 150lbs of chicken feed pellets into the storage drum in the dark!

There is a doggy daycare right across the highway from work, Harry will be attending four days a week to preclude any more “creativity” and to give Bailey a break. Drop him off on the way in, pick him up on the way home. $20/day is a small investment for everyone’s health and sanity!

and now, coffee.

i hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

 

[KilroyJC]

Well, I really dont know why US govt likes to look so, but yeah, from general public's pov it looks like endless charity.
But is you really think that US govt is like St Nicholas, flying in red sledge and throwing presents to peasants.... how to bring it polite... let's say - it's just not like this.

Now charity even is not on table. Our army have got Black Hawks, ordered HIMARS, Patriot. And we are paying full.

Many moons back US army have donated to our army Chevrolet trucks. Ambulances, delivery pick-ups. Yeah, we got them free. And that was a great move, we are really thankful.
No problem they was 20 years old. All army vehicles normally are in good shape, doesnt matter how old they are
Now they are in army museum:
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I have seen report of that transition (there was some emergency medicine vehicles too). US govt bookkeeping has written off like millions worth vehicles. In their statements they consider not value of THAT vehicle but value of substitute. They logic is - ok, we donated one old Blazer and now we have to replace it. With new Humvee. So according bookkeeping that "Blazer's charity" "cost" to American taxpayer "1.000.000 $". But in fact that's just publicity stunt.

We have that saying - do not check teethes of horse you got for free. We really don't. But I really don't get why your govt likes to inflate those figures

Anyway, make no mistake - your govt doesnt spend US taxpayer money for nothing. They always get something in return. Sometimes not directly, sometimes not very transparent (I am trying to be super-diplomatic here), but they are not throwing your money from flying sledge

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Sorry for off-topic, just got a feeling that it has to be said

There is also a phrase about “Charity begins at home”, yet the folks at Lahaina got a measly $700, and the train wreck victims in Ohio are mostly forgotten.

if I say any more I get TBN timeout…

 

[NHBX]

But seed catalogs coming in, makes me wish I still had a greenhouse and a big veggie garden.
Maybe after I stop traveling in rv, that will be next.

Drew, one of the best winter pleasures is looking through the seed catalogs and planning a garden. Although I don’t have a greenhouse it’s always been on the wish list! One of my fondest memories of being a kid was being in my dad’s greenhouse and smelling geraniums. Dad was a cop but his passion was flowers and he had one of the big old wooden greenhouses with the hand cranks and gears to operate the windows and vents, I can’t imagine what something like that would cost today. Must be where my love of plants and gardening comes from. Unfortunately dad passed when I was 4yo, mom kept the greenhouse going for a couple years before it fell into disrepair and was demolished about 10 yrs later. To this day when I walk into a greenhouse the smell of geraniums will stop me in my tracks. Well that’s enough rambling for now, need go wipe a tear.

 

[NHBX]

Doesn’t Jim Beam qualify as fuel?

For some of us

 

[daugen]

the latest seed catalog was Johnny's from Maine, one I was not familiar with.
pretty fancy and lots of good info inside
radishes, oh I love radishes....

 

[wngsprd]

Do you know if fuel purchases qualify?

They don't.

 

[B7510HSD]

Cold Today

 

[wngsprd]

48, but that's the high for today.

Ron, incredible photo today...glad you got some snow.

Mostly, hope you're feeling better today.

Rain ended, but still have a windy, angry set of clouds out. Need to empty the woodstove ashpan and get the fire roaring.

Hiked our woods yesterday...all of the rain had flooded the bottom, created a log and debris dam on the creek, and flooded over my bridge too deep to cross with my regular hiking boots. Glad I brought all of the firewood rounds up to the shed before the last storm. It looks like it might be a while before getting back there.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 25 and going to a high of 28°F. Wind E 22 gusting to 28 mph. Snow at times heavy and blowing snow.

Gonna be a bit of a challenge to clean up, nothing I can't handle though. Might plow later this afternoon and into this evening. I will do everybody else in daylight and reserve this place for after dark.
6" so far on the ground, from overnight.
THE most time consuming part of this go-round of plowing will be this place.
The upper part near the house will take about ten passes to get it all back where I want it, then there is the pathway to the compost pile. I usually plow that with the bucket.

check, I was just about to send the army out to search for you. Hadn't heard from you in almost a month.

Have a safe day all

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Guys,
Vt, 34 to start and going to 44 before dropping in the afternoon!
Thomas the winds here are like a freight train ! Can’t believe we didn’t lose power yet !
Of course no power no shop time !

Now if we drive south and back home in a 20 mile loop there are 4 major grocery chains, a Wally, a Kubota, Home Depot, TSC, 8 gas stations (no E0), about 20 coffee shops and now I just realized we need to move. NH used to be nice place to live

NHBX, we have nothing around here, we have to travel into Ny or a pretty good run north east to Rutland for shopping! We do have a Price Shopper in Granville, Ny and a TSC ! That cuts the traffic situation down, like almost no traffic ! Fine with me, I don’t come here to look at cars !!

Unfortunately dad passed when I was 4yo, mom kept the greenhouse going for a couple years before it fell into disrepair

NHBX, beautiful memories, sorry your Dad passed away while you were so young ! I still can remember my trips to my grandparents farm in the Catskills as a boy ! Great memories !

Hope everyone has a great day !

 

[daugen]

at this rate, maybe I should get myself an R/C boat.....

 

[riptides]

45 outside right now. I think that will be the high for today.

Lots of standing water everywhere....yuck.

The girls are all on the way home, since we all missed our Christmas get together, it will be great to see them all.

Not much on the agenda for today, at least we are not dealing with snow...ice dams..ice...wind...so it is all good here.

Hope all have a good weekend, be safe.

 

[riptides]

good morning

Pond is overflowing again on our driveway from relatively smaller rain fall last night

Neighbor is trying to blame saturated ground from prior rain fall for the issue but also said will have someone look at it.
May have to get the county out to look at it to move this along
The 16 inch overflow pipe is only running half flow because he had installed a sleeved insert on the inlet side to fix the corroded inlet pipe and looks like the reduced diameter is restricting the flow. Also the embankment has settled over the years creating a new overflow spillway point emptying into our driveway.

D's plan to be off for long weekend was scrapped due to an issues that came up and now back to long workdays

Massey, we shop the same way. Wife has this perfected to an art saving us 1000's each year. Practice from shopping for large family is engrained. The only issue is she has a hard time scaling down. We are not 11 people any more just 2

Good luck with your water issue.

Do apply the pressure to get it right.

My neighbor elevated his yard, acres worth, by a significant amount and created a whole new flood plain on our property. It screws us over to this day. My county now has laws against work like that.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 35˚F heading to the mid 60s before the bottom drops out. North winds start at 9 P.M.and stay with us till Wednesday. Lows will be in the low teens with a possibility of ice and snow. All the citrus plants are in the garage here and the water is turned off at the estates house and the propane tank is filled with 100 gallons @ $2.82 a gallon.

 

[Buppies]

Good Morning still have fever but aches and pains not as bad

Sodamo sorry for your loss of BIL. It is going to cold here to but if I’m still sick inside I stay

Helo I love peoples ideas especially ones from other Countries

NHBX nice story had to wipe a tear thanks for sharing

Prayers for all our Country

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Also whinners selfish people multiplying plus property taxes...couple more years Mrs. retires taillights down the road.

Can’t imagine you moving from Bo