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   / Good morning!!!! #203,052  
31°F with light rain and fog this morning, got up to 41° here today.

Ran a bunch of errands for The Wife this morning, which found me in Fairview Heights, THE shopping mecca of the Illinois side of the STL area. And boy was it crazy today. I was glad to finally get done and get back to my regularly scheduled peaceful life. Made some delicious tacos for dinner. Yummy.

Youngest stepson had yet another surgery on his leg Thursday. This was number 8; 7 on his leg, and 1 on his hand. This one shortened a screw holding his tibia and fibula together, which was protruding enough to cause discomfort in his prosthetic. They also removed a spur that had formed, and rounded the bottom of the tibia where it was cut. They kept him overnight, then released him Friday morning. He had a great conversation with his employer earlier in the week. They are still holding his job and seniority until he can return. Gotta love that.

Welcome to the GM thread, pearson_n.

Your NC farm experience was enjoyable to read and watch, Drew.

Good evening, gents.
 
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The daffodils are up, just waiting for the tulips to bloom. The tulips are being irrigated and are looking good.
High today was 87 nice crowd at the farm. The strong breeze made it seem cooler than it was.

Before work went to an estate sale and bought a dining room set for $300 - table and 8 chairs. Since I already have a good table I just needed the chairs but the estate wanted everything gone so I had to buy the table and move it also. I arranged to move the table Monday and they agreed to put a price on it and try to sell it in the next 3 hours they were open. I got a call at work that the table sold so I won't have to load that heavy table. Selling the table brought the total price I paid for the chairs to $32 each - good deal.
 
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Good evening all. 64ºF for the start, overcast with heavy dew, breezy. Moderate wind with brisk gusts, overcast cleared out about 3PM, and high temp was 76ºF, low temp forecast to be 45ºF. Cold front went through about noon, and felt the temp dropping as we finished about 3. Made coffee to start day, bike ride out the door at 7, 71 miles, headwind most of the way, so too longer to ride. Lot of longhorns out on route including two where debating whether to have a go at each other, or take care us then have a go at each other ;) lunch nap, dinner.
Resuming at 8:57 AM CST, post 203,001:
Buppies Good advice prayers sent.
David hope tank replacement went well.
Dennis sorry power still out at MIL, presume no generator. Hope stove got cleaned and back in service.
Scott(VT) my german is far less than my Spanish which is muy poquito. Nice pic
Dennis did they have weather event like microburst at MIL? Lot of trees down.
Bill glad plowing done for day.
Drew hope dealer comes through for you.
Dennis good to hear power returned at MIL house. Glad to hear stove cleaned and returned to service. Yes exact storm tract bounces a bit, so don't worry too much with totals.
Randy(WAG) hope cheese good as well as meeting.
Drew glad you got outside for a bit. Yes dive bombing did far more damage as opposed to the torpedo planes that were expected to do the most damage. For the CIWS to do damage on hogs would need to be able to follow them. If you got 2/3 hogs, the remainder would repopulate in less than a year :(
Scott(VT) thanks for the stories from your father, and thank you for his service.
David glad old tank replaced. hope no leaks when back on line.
Don you mowed in shorts, we rode bikes in summer clothes. Was cooling off as we got done. Sorry about floor robot died. Front came though here today.
Saturday 3:18 AM CST post:
NHBX enjoy your snow, hope dump run was ok.
Drew sorry you are so close to freeze line. Hope not too much ice. Hope sock ok after laundry.
Ron sorry about driveway ice, glad you were still able to get out and get papers faxed. No analog phone lines here so no faxing.Glad you got feeders refilled, would have made funny video :) Good hawk pic.
Drew definitely need good cold weather grip for shoes.
Phil hope breakfast good, sorry consignment store didn't work out. Neat wood project. Hope day went well after the tire store.
Buppies sorry you are missing out again.
Billy skunk will be back without an attitude adjustment. Glad wife was able to get enough eggs without breaking the bank. I understand the supplement reluctance, doesn't seem like very many really do testing for safety and effectiveness. Hope you can get tree taken care of before bridge suffers damage. Good to hear progress in taxes and financial statement, and you ad Della got hike in :). Good to hear house has goodies again.
Ron you mean no credit for crawling?
Spike56 sorry recycle people insisting for much more to recycle propane bottle. Is the EA-37B to replace AWACS? Nice pic
Bill hope light replacement went well.
Scott(VT) hope C driveway kept clear. Looking forward to Cardinal baseball.
Mike hope you got enough firewood. Sorry bulb of wrong hue not returnable.
Frits sorry new cleats not easier to use.
Happy(NC) hope you had fun wandering around Rual King and HF. Hope you can get contractor to up your priority. Nice steps over 11K
Frits sorry hospital still not up after a week of down time.
Billy thanks for user report on the Snow Trax cleats
RNG good to hear house near ready to sell. Sorry about lizard sneaking in and will eat your buddy lizards. Glad you go him.
Don hope good day on the tractor.
Drew my son in law has suspenders that clip on his jeans, seam to work well. And here I thought we would be treated to Drew impersonating Ron with the propane bottle :)
Buppies right after first NFL strike Cardinals left St Louis for Phoenix :(
pearson_n welcome to GM thread. Care to share about where you live.
Drew sorry to hear about rich and famous moving in. Have the same problem here, but not Taylor Swift.
Engineer thanks for reminder.
Ken had that same problem, was on the actual medicine not the generic, got Dr to change to generic once effectiveness established. Nice bench work :) and crazy Mumbai laundry pic
Dennis glad good breakfast and stove and Tiger hard at it.
NHBX glad you are ready, yes I wish they would skip the drama as well.
David hope target mowing is practical. Hope you get generator tech in.
Frits glad new Delhi laundry service worked well.
Lou sounds like you are ready for storm.
Randy(WAG) hope church was good.
Kyle sorry to hear about some of your life's changes, hope you mom's stay goes well. How dos your om feel about proposed changes? Glad you are paying attention to being tactful, prayers for you and your family. We have possibly more winter mix next week. Hope you get some Yamaha time.
Drew Thanks for the pic and your experience in North Carolina.
Scott(VT) not sure much has changed over time.
Thomas hope you energy and motivation come back in time for snow control.
PJ glad you survived the crazy shopping center. Glad tacos turned out. Hope for quick healing from stepson surgery. Prayers sent.
Don nice pic of the daffodils. Hope tulips bloom on time. Glad you were able to resell table you didn't want and got good price on chairs.
Catch up complete! yea!!
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer,parathyroid,blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Israel, Ukraine war, hurricane victims, and Country.
 

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   / Good morning!!!! #203,055  
23:59 hrs, didn't get to the light. Junior says it is the fixture. It doesn't like the colder weather.
.75 inch of flurries for tomorrow. Another .75" on Sunday. Might plow on Monday, then again might not.
Went to bed at 7:30, couldn't hold my eyes open any longer and am now 'up'. Probably go back to bed eventually.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #203,056  
Good morning,
23° now highs in the upper 20’s today. Winds NNW 5-10 mph. Looks like 6 or 7” snow on the ground and still snowing lightly, should end mid/late morning.

Only thing on tap is snow cleanup later today.

Enjoy your day everyone
Stay safe and healthy
Prayers for all
 
   / Good morning!!!! #203,057  
Poured first cup of coffee. 22° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 27° with continued clouds and brisk winds. About 1" of snow dropped yesterday evening. Did some puttering in shop yesterday. But nothing got done. A few inches of snow are forecast for later this week. So I topped off fuel tank in both tractors. Not much planned for today. Get walkways cleaned off. Then see what comes up.
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Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #203,059  
good morning all
looked outside and saw everything shiny and four inch long icicles hanging from the gutters.
thankfully going up to 40 today so it should melt.
no plans for today

woke up in middle of night, heard rain and sleet wacking against the windows, didn't sleep well after that.
so today should be a nap day

glad you got your cleats Ron
 
   / Good morning!!!! #203,060  
36 and clear, except some ground fog. Got about a quarter inch of snow and sleet early, but then temp hovered at 33F all day, so never got anything but rain. Glad no ice, but standing water in some of the fields.

Mostly, I used to have dogs in my path while biking, but glad I never encountered longhorns.

Roasted 3 batches of Central and South American coffees. Doing a "science test" on one right now to see how smoothly it goes down. 😁
 

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