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Yep, keeping vehicle titles up to date has long been a problem. And one that I had lots of experience with many years ago. I was a senior in high school when I very briefly had an old Pontiac (in my Dad's name). I sold it for $50 and Dad signed the title and gave it to the buyer. The buyer...

I suspect most, if not all, states have a law similar to ours in Texas that makes it "advisable" but not mandatory for the seller to notify the state when you sell or trade a vehicle. FAQ - Registration Renewal/Cancellation

Reminds me of some years back when my youngest brother had a little heart attack. A cousin came to my house and we went together to the hospital to see my brother, who has long been a golfing fanatic. And as soon as we walked in the room, our cousin asked my brother, "If you don't make it, can...

I went to the horse races in Detroit, MI, once and to the dog races in West Memphis, AR, once. Never saw any reason to go to either again.

80 degrees going for 90 today with a 20% chance of rain, mainly after 4 p.m. At least it's partly cloudy with a pretty good breeze which keeps it from feeling so hot.

I hate summers in Texas. It was down to 80 degrees early this morning (the low for the day) when I did the string trimming and edging on the yard. Then I stopped to go to my credit union to get some cash and to Walmart for just a few groceries. And then back to the yard work; mowing with the...

Happy Birthday, Ron. Hope you make that other 23.

Our average ANNUAL rainfall is supposedly 30.08 inches. But this year we've already had rain on 47 days for a total of 26.07 inches and not even halfway through the year.

Not a very good start to the day here. 66 degrees going for a high of 87 with a 60% chance of rain, according to the NWS. Well, I awoke to lots of lightning about 3 a.m., went back to sleep, then got up about 5 a.m., still lightning and thunder. And then with the daylight, it's finally quit...

I hired a professional to put the vinyl siding on the shop, the patio ceiling, around the front door, and all the eaves, soffit, etc. In other words, I decided when we bought this place that I never wanted to have to do any outdoor painting again.

67 degrees this morning, going for a sunny 90 today. Ron, sorry to hear that. Hope you have a good roofing company to do the work. Miss Bunny has done it again. I've mentioned her, in the past, Cottontail living under our patio. She's raised some young'uns twice in the past, and yesterday...

58 degrees this morning is hard to believe for this part of the country, but I love it! Going for a high of a sunny 84.

Yep, Randy, I know how good it feels to get out of a hospital. Glad to hear you're getting there.

Reminds me of the first time I played golf in Alaska with my brother. It was a bit late in the day and I don't think there were any other players were still on the course. And my brother told me, "If you hit one into the trees, make plenty of noise going after it." Naturally, I asked, "Why?"...

I just checked and found that my fire extinguisher in the garage is one included in the recall, so I just now filled out all the questionnaire and sent it to them.

We're just the opposite. I like it, wife won't touch it and claims it stinks up the house. And you know, she's the same way about my sardines.:laughing:

I don't know enough about the chemical composition to know if I'm changing anything very much, but I have sometimes opened a little can of kraut, poured it into a sieve and rinsed it with cold water and let it drain before putting it on my hot dog. When I was kid growing up, my Mother used to...

I figure Spam IS barely edible if it's fried. I used to occasionally eat it 60 years ago because it was cheap. But I tried it again a couple of years ago and remembered why I quit eating it. But from the amount of it I see on the grocery store shelves, I think it must be popular. Sauerkraut...

68 degrees this morning, going for a mostly cloudy 80 degrees. That fast moving front that went through here yesterday shortly after noon blew a few leaves off the trees, but nothing serious. My gauge got about .28" of rain while the airport 10 miles from here reported .51". But our weather...

Severe weather warnings on TV and the Internet this afternoon, as a rainstorm came south from Oklahoma. It got here about 1:20 p.m., brief very heavy rain, then lighter rain and some pretty loud thunder before it passed on south and the hot sun popped back out. My rain gauge got about .28" of...

For many years I just bought the cheapest hot dogs AND buns that the store had. But as with many things, I've found the more expensive hot dogs and buns definitely suit my taste better, and I no longer buy the cheap ones. 69 degrees this morning, going for 93 with a 40% chance of rain this...

Ron, glad to you got those tools to working. 66 degrees going for 84 today with a 20% chance of a shower this afternoon. The 50% chance each of the last 2 days didn't happen. Gotta take the wife to the younger daughter's this morning and leave her overnight; supposedly to help with some...

Denton has a little Farmers Market 3 days a week (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday). My wife likes to stop there, even though the prices are higher than at the grocery stores, because their vine ripened tomatoes taste so much better than the grocery store tomatoes, and sometimes they have the white...

In many cases, especially if you use the tool every day, if you have a dryer on your air lines, etc., it may not be a big deal at all. But as with many things, moisture, which leads to corrosion, is your enemy. So after use, if you put 2 drops of oil into the air intake, give it a very short...

68 degrees this morning, going for a high of 87 with a 50% chance of rain. The NWS is including that chance of rain every day, but the last measurable precipitation I got was 5 days ago. Anyway, the yard was in dire need of mowing, so even though it was damp with dew, I trimmed the shrubs, did...

Ron, that's kind of like having a car that won't start. Where do you begin? Maybe lack of proper lubrication (some people just lubricate it when they start to use it, but it's more important to lubricate it each time when you finish using it), dirt in through the air intake, rust internally...

67 degrees this morning, going for a high of 82. Yesterday we got about 1.09" of rain in an hour or two, but less than 20 miles north of us (Sanger, TX) they say they got 3" in an hour that flooded and shut down I-35 for 45 minutes. Supposedly, our annual rainfall amount is 30.08", but so far...

Rick, this reminds me of a coworker, years ago, who bought a new car and in less than 6 months, one Monday morning when he started to go to work, it wouldn't start. But the battery checked good; just had to be charged. The problem persisted for quite some time before the dealer finally found it...

Jay, that reminds me of the fact that only once have I seen rabbit in the grocery store. Now I grew up eating every cottontail, swamp rabbit, AND jackrabbit that we could find. In 1972, in a grocery store in Niles, IL, in the frozen food section, I found a 2 lb. cut up rabbit "imported from...

Many years ago, my younger brother who lived in Anchorage, AK, for about 25 years shot a black bear that was a record big one, so I'd assume it was an old one. But on one of his trips down to Texas to visit, he brought us a rolled roast that I cooked on the rotisserie, steaks, and ground meat...

63 degrees this morning, going for a high of 83. I had sort of planned on mowing this morning, but a very heavy dew and no breeze at all, not to mention the ground still being very wet made me decide to wait. There was no rain in the NWS forecast, but now the radar shows it's coming.:( Oh...

Hope you're well enough to get out of that hospital soon, Randy.

Well, the weather forecast was right. The rain started just about 1:00 p.m. and the TV programming changed to a weatherman discussing the possibility of tornadoes, the city's warning siren was blaring, supposedly some places had hail and high winds, flooding, etc. We just had relatively light...

76 degrees this morning, going for a windy 83 and a 90% chance of rain this afternoon and tonight. And of course we sure don't need the rain.

I can't remember who told me (maybe on TBN) but several years ago, when I had a nice garden, and the local cottontails also liked it, I was told that Blood Meal spread around the perimeter would keep them out. Of course after every rain, it needed to be reapplied. I guess it worked because I...

74 degrees going for 90 today. We can expect miserable weather for at least the next 4 months.:(

As far as I'm concerned, that's too hot for anytime anywhere. 72 degrees here this morning, a bit cloudy and going for a high of 89. Just finished second cup of coffee; gotta go get another one.

76 degrees going for a cloudy high of 90 again today. AAA is forecasting record high traffic for this coming Memorial Day holiday. I think we'll just stay home and only read about it, instead of joining the crowds.:laughing:

76 degrees this morning for a low, predicted to go to 88, but 90 currently. But the good news was that 20 mph southerly breeze and clouds that kept the sun covered most of the morning. It had been 9 days since the yard was mowed, because it's been so wet with too much rain, and it was in dire...

Don, since the car is still under the factory warranty, the policy I got is for 84 months, and yes, there's a $100 deductible, and cost an astronomical (to me) $2460. As with many other things, I hope I never need it. I'm ahead of the game with such policies on our washer/dryer, a window unit...

65 degrees this morning going for a high of 83. About 6 a.m., as I was putting my hearing aids in my ears, I learned that we were getting a heavy rain It appears that the heavy stuff passed pretty quickly and only left a half inch in my gauge, but more lighter rain on the way this morning...

Yep, it was Avon selling Skin So Soft. One of our daughters used to be an Avon lady before she changed to Mary Kay.:laughing:

Yep, this morning the NWS forecast for us was 74 degrees going for a high of 82 with an 80% chance of rain. Well, the rain arrived just about noon and so far I've gotten 2 inches and it's still raining.

Glad to know that it actually IS a law. Of course I've always known it was dangerous in certain situations. But unless an accident is involved, I'm not sure how the police would enforce it.

Yep, I heard that "coasting" was illegal when I was a teenager, and it MAY be, but if so, I've never seen such a statute. Can anyone quote such a law? I also heard that driving barefoot was illegal when I was a teenager, later even knew police officers who thought it was illegal, but no one...

I've only broken one axle in my life. Late at night, on a cold winter night of 1956, in Marietta, OK, I got in my cold natured 1946 Chevrolet with almost 100k miles on it, parked head in, slightly downhill, in the middle of town. I started it, but when I started to back out, killed the engine...

57 degrees this morning and FINALLY going for a sunny 77 with NO RAIN in the forecast before next weekend, at least.:dance1: All lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, etc. are full in this part of the world.

All this talk of Marmots and recipes reminds me of something I haven't heard of for many years, and that is Nutria. Most folks in the Dallas area have never seen one, but late at night I used to occasionally see some of then around Bachman Lake and White Rock Lake. And long ago, I had an uncle...

I awoke to the sound of rain and only a tiny bit of thunder about 4:30 a.m. Fortunately no wind, and almost no breeze. NWS says the rain started just before midnight, but it's light enough that I've only gotten about .55" in more than 7 hours. However, the ground was already saturated. Our...

Now I know it wouldn't be unusual for you folks up north, but for us down here in the south 49 degrees this morning is a bit unusual, going for a high today of 61. I love it! More rain in the forecast the next day or two, and we really do NOT need that.

In spite of the forecasts warning of possible high winds, hail, and such, we just had a normal rain that ended around 1 p.m. My gauge got a total of about 1.5" today.

I woke to thunder, lightning, and rain just after 4 a.m. this morning. 64 degrees going for a high of 79 and during a lull between rain storms I went out and dumped about a half inch of rain out of the gauge at 5:40 a.m. NWS says our heavy rain is supposed to be between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. I've...

Now you're talking my game, whether straight dominoes or 42. I guess I first learned those games in my early teens when a friend and I tried to beat our Dads. And when I started on the police department, we weren't allowed to wear the uniform to and from work, except in some particular cases...

I played most of the card games at one time or another, but never did learn to play bridge.

I didn't know anyone still played canasta. That was one of the first card games I learned, I guess. My parents and friends of theirs used to play that game until late at night.

I agree, but I'll try the cheaper stuff. If I like it, I stay with it, if not, change.:laughing: 71 degrees this morning, going for a high of 85. I was up and down the ladder most of the morning yesterday, cleaning the eaves of the house under the rain gutters, and I learned that my old knees...

I can't even remember when we ever bought anything but Miracle Whip. Of course I grew up in the days when we made our own butter.:laughing: And now we keep some real butter on hand at all times, but we also use more Blue Bonnet margarine; Blue Bonnet because it's cheap, and margarine because...

So I posted the above yesterday, had put down fertilizer and it got watered in very well, I thought. But this morning, about 2 a.m., I heard thunder. Then I got up and found about 2.5" of rain in the gauge at 5:15 a.m. 60 degrees going for a high of 76 today and more rain in the forecast...

Never owned, or even used a Dyson. I just thought they were priced too high. But when the Shark was advertised on the TV with lifetime warranty, prompt refund if not happy, etc. I ordered one online with an assortment of attachments on 6/8/2015 and we still like it better than any household...

I was just a bit off with the date above. I still have some of the old logs I kept during our travels and just now found this: "8/11/91 Beautiful sunny day. I flushed holding tanks, Margaret did laundry, then we went to visit Camp 18, a logging museum on US 26, stopped for gas and groceries...

72 degrees this morning, going for a high of 77. Yesterday evening, I guess starting around 6 p.m. we had the tornado warning sirens going, the TV regular broadcasts interrupted by continuous weather reporting, etc. Of course, as usual it turned out to be "severe" weather only in a few places...

The younger of my two brothers had lived in Ellensburg, WA, before moving back to the north Texas area many years ago. I once went with him back to Ellensburg to get some of his mother-in-law's stuff from a storage facility. He told me, on the way up there, that he had to stock up on his...

Don't know where on the Oregon coast you're going, but we spent a very pleasant week in an RV park in Cannon Beach in the early Fall of 1992. We were in sight of the ocean, and perhaps the most unusual thing about that park was the dozens of different colored domestic rabbits running loose all...

And that little problem sounds worse than our wedding. We actually got married in her aunt and uncle's home on a Wednesday evening. The preacher was supposed to come straight there after his Wednesday evening prayer service, but he got lost, so we began to think he wasn't coming when he...

Never could afford a 60's Cadillac, but in 1960 I bought the only Cadillac I ever owned; a 1955 Coupe De Ville.:laughing: Boy, do times change!! Two years ago, I leased a 2017 Ford Escape Titanium (first and last time I'll lease one). However, I think this car is plain as homemade soap in...

57 degrees this morning, going for a high of 85 with a slight chance of showers today. I went to Walmart and Sam's Club to do the grocery shopping yesterday morning, then to Buc-ee's for gas and car wash. And yesterday afternoon, after the dew dried off of the grass, I mowed, edged, and...

Glad you got back home, and hope you recover quickly from those 10 rounds.

Yes, that's the one, Kyle, 9 years ago. And my old memory is fading, but didn't you give me the Audubon clock I have on the wall over the TV in the living room? It still keeps good time and a different bird sings a bit on the hour every hour. And we'll be praying for you and your surgery this...

Thanks to everyone for the prayers for my daughter.

Yes, I got too close to my storage building and the metal on that building cut into a rear tire on the mower, just enough to make a small, slow leak and I was surprised when Brisco Alignment & Tire in Denton had the right tube to fit it.

61 degrees this morning, going for a high of 70. I just went out and dumped about 2.9" of rain out of the gauge. And I swept the water off the deck. The rain is forecast to continue off and on for the next 24 hours. I hope it is over before 10 a.m. tomorrow because I have to go to the north...

I once bought a used pickup truck with add on window tint. I guess the prior owner liked it, but it took me half a day to get that stuff off and the windows clean. I know I'll never buy another vehicle to which someone has had that done.

I have always loved shrimp cocktail. But many years ago, one evening I found I had shrimp on hand but no cocktail sauce. But I did have a bottle of catsup and a bottle of horseradish sauce, so I mixed them about 50/50 and liked it so much that it became the only way I eat shrimp cocktail to...

61 degrees this morning, going for a gradually clearing 68. I sometimes feel a bit sorry for the weather forecasters. When they forecast things that don't happen, people accuse them of being incompetent, but if a storm happens that they did NOT forecast . . . well, they really get criticized...

Hope those ailments get better, Ron. I mowed our yard this morning before the mist started, more rain expected tonight. Of course today was the third time I've mowed this month, three times last month, and once in February.

The posts on this topic remind me of the summer I spent in Anchorage working at the garage/tire dealership owned by my younger brothers. A customer came in with an almost new pickup truck and said it had a vibration that the dealer had not been able to identify and correct after several visits...

51 degrees with a light southerly breeze, going for a high of a sunny 79 today. For some time now, I've been fighting the leaf change on the big live oak tree in the front yard. The live oak stays green year round, but in the Spring, it sheds as many brown leaves as any other tree. And now ...

Actually I like'em all, but my preference on French fries is the Country Gravy, also known in some places as white gravy or milk gravy. There used to be a very popular restaurant on Harry Hines Blvd in Dallas that was called the (Something) Biscuit. I can't remember the first word of the name...

I never heard of "Poutine" and never had French fries with cheese curd, but many years ago in western Canada I ordered lunch that included French fries and the waitress asked if I wanted gravy on them. I did, and I liked that.

It appears that our rain is over for this spell. They broke into the TV programs many times today to keep reporting new areas under severe weather warnings. We sometimes had a heavy, but brief downpour, sometimes light sprinkles, twice had brief spells of very small hail, and pretty good...

Wood shop was all that kind of thing I had in junior high school. I reckon I was 14 years old and still have what I made in shop class, a sewing table for my mother to keep her sewing materials in. The top is 18" square, 2 drawers 2.5" deep, all oak except the interior of the drawers...

59 degrees around midnight and now down to 53 with a forecast high of 54. I heard rain at 6 a.m., a little thunder and lightning, then a little hail at 6:15 a.m. What I saw didn't appear big enough to do any damage and it didn't last long. Doctor recommended it for me, so I've been taking it...

Yep, that was mentioned before, and I can only guess that they don't sell enough half gallon containers to be worth keeping in stock, but we go to a lot of different Walmart stores in this area just for a little variety and I've never been in a Walmart that didn't have the half gallon size of...

I DO like the convenience that system provides on our Ford.

Aaaahhh yes, Summer is coming. 68 degrees this morning for a low, going for a windy, sunny 89.:mad: Denton, TX, has a Farmers Market that we like to visit every Saturday during the summer, and along with it, there's the Community Market one Saturday a month. Homepage - Denton Community Market...

52 degrees this morning going for a sunny high of 88. It was actually 88 here yesterday although the official high was only 82. I mowed the yard right during the hottest part of the day yesterday; won't do that again. Long ago, I posted about a cotton tailed rabbit having babies under our...

I never grew any collards and don't remember any of my family growing them. However, when we lived down in the country, our nearest neighbors who also quickly became our best friends always had collards, so I've eaten and enjoyed a lot of them.

65 degrees for a low this morning, going for a high of 74 with an 80% chance of rain in the forecast. And sure enough, thunder, just a little lightning, and a brief windy spell came just before the rain that started before 10 a.m. The radar makes it appear that it's nearly over about noon and...

51 degrees this morning, going for a sunny high of 79. Then supposed to be a rainy weekend. Turned the house HVAC from "heat" to "cool" yesterday afternoon for the first time this year. Yep, I've sure been fighting that on our patio recently.

60 degrees this morning going for a high of 80, with fog and mist early, sun now coming out. The forecast yesterday was a 50% chance of rain between 8 p.m. last night and 8 a.m. this morning. Sure enough, between 6 and 8 a.m. this morning, I got about .01" in my gauge, although the NWS shows...

Yep, when I had my right knee replaced, my doctor prescribed the same CPM. Now the nurses said I dialed it up more and faster than they'd ever seen done by anyone. Now of course I don't know whether they were telling the truth, or whether they say that to everyone just to encourage the...

Yep, I've no doubt that he's both a nice guy and a good worker that you're lucky to have helping.

I've read some places that claim the duct cleaning is a money making scheme; almost never needed. However, my A/C company recommended it, with their guy doing it, of course. And since my wife has advanced COPD, I figure anything that even might help her breathing was worth a few dollars. So...

40 degrees going for a sunny 70 today. This is a nice time of year and my favorite temperature range; it just doesn't get any better than that.

38 degrees this morning, going for a partly sunny 60 degrees. It's been a busy day. First thing this morning, I discovered that my remote control for my hearing aids wasn't working. So I went to Beltone, confirmed that it's not repairable, and ordered a new one for $190. Then I went to the...

Never tried that, but today I sure ate a big helping of broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots that I cooked in our Pampered Chef pressure cooker. I just added about a fourth cup of water, dash of salt & pepper, and about a fourth cup of olive oil, put it in the microwave about 4 minutes, stirred...

Congratulations on the anniversary!!!

My wife hung what I think is my first or second grade school picture on the wall in this room, and yep, suspenders with a white open collar shirt.

50 degrees going for a sunny 74 today; much like yesterday. I mowed, edged, and trimmed all of our yard yesterday, with the grass catcher because of all the Live Oak leaves in the front yard that I wanted to get up. Then I mowed (mulched) the front yard next door. I had posted before about my...

When we lived where we had a septic system, we didn't have a garbage disposal, but usually have had everywhere else. Dishwshers? I learned to hate'em when we bought our first house with one. In those days, there was a Gaffers & Sattler brand dishwasher that was apparently very popular with...

Looks like your wife did a beautiful job on that. Looks new.

What a day this has been so far. I got started right after I posted the above, and got the SuperDeck done. Then I came inside, got a shwer, and my wife told me the garbage disposal was not working. I found the "breaker" on the bottom of it needed to be reset; still no luck, just hummed and I...

54 degrees this morning, going for a high of a sunny 71. We had a rainy forecast for this past weekend, and finally late yesterday I got about .14" of rain. We were under a severe weather warning for a good while, but it all happened just a little bit north and east of us. Apparently, lots of...

I'm not sure we'd have room to list all the things we used to do that our kids and grandkids cannot do. My granddad hauled the outgoing mail from the Post Office in Ardmore to the train station and the incoming mail back to the Post Office, seven days a week, 6 trains a day. And we used to...

Looks like a fine party.

I've never been in your part of Canada, but I have driven across western Canada to Alaska three times, and flew up there in a little Cessna once, and I much prefer the cold weather. You can always bundle up to stay warm, but you can't take off enough clothes to stay cool in the summer.:laughing:

60 degrees this morning, going for a high of 69 with a 40-50% chance of rain. A couple of days ago, I moved our table and chairs from the patio/deck into the shop. Then yesterday, I went to Sherwin-Williams and got a gallon of SuperDeck clear sealer. This morning, I thoroughly mopped the...

40 degrees this morning, going for a sunny high of 68. Yesterday morning, I did the first complete yard mowing, edging, and trimming of the year. I also removed the winter covers from the outdoor water hydrants. After I finished and got a shower, my wife wanted to go out to eat, so we did...

35 degrees this morning going for a sunny 63 and almost no breeze so far. And I'll admit to never hearing of starting a fire TOP DOWN until this thread; always started at the bottom.

Denton, TX, has two Panera Bread places. My wife and I ate in one (the newer one) once. I wouldn't say it was "bad", but I figure it wasn't good enough to ever go there again. However, it appears that they are both quite popular.

I could not have said it any better.:laughing: I don't think I've ever been hungry enough to eat that stuff.:laughing: 33 degrees this morning going for a sunny high of 58.

Same here, except my refund is much, much smaller. I guess you and I just aren't real smart money managers. 39 degrees here this morning, going for a sunny 56. We don't have any rain or snow in the foreseeable future, so I even got the car washed yesterday at Buc-ee's.

Yep, I get the same PI, but being a cheapskate, I wait until Walmart puts them on the bargain rack back by the milk and eggs.

I have a noon appointment tomorrow to see a new doctor; one I haven't even met yet. The primary care doctor that we liked died not long ago and his partner has changed everything, including all the employees, office location, billing methods, etc. So I'll see this new doctor tomorrow and my...

Yesterday just stayed cloudy with a mist all day. Put about .08" of moisture in my gauge. This morning, 56 degrees, rain, a bit of thunder, winds up to 46 mph, and going for a high temperature of 73. I started the AARP online Defensive Driving Course yesterday, so I reckon I'll finish it...

Yep, I learned on my neighbor's yard that mowing taller grass doesn't change the engine sound. In other words, it never sounds like it laboring, as a gasoline engine will. But the heavier load really does shorten the battery charge time span. And the same is true for the string trimmer. 56...

We have one of their new stores in our area. My wife and I went in and looked around a bit once; can't imagine having a reason to go in there again.:eek:

49 degrees going for 54 with a 40% chance of rain today. NWS says 60% chance tomorrow and 100% chance Wednesday, but also gradually getting warmer, and we may see some sunshine after Wednesday.

Maybe I spoke too soon. This morning, my wife told met there was a rabbit in our backyard. I walked out on the deck and it came right to the step, stopped, and listened to me a minute, then slowly went under the deck where she always went in and out. So apparently it was Miss Bunny instead of...

62 degrees this morning, going for a high of 74. I awoke at 5 a.m. to a loud and bright thunder and lightning show with rain. The NWS says the Denton Airport, 10 miles from here, got 1.16" of rain and had 18 mph wind gusting to 46 mph. And all that happened in not much over an hour. We do...

And she's got'em from here.

59 degrees this morning, going for a partly sunny 75 today. And I've got a 7 a.m. appointment with one of my eye doctors.

I have, for at least two years, had a cottontail rabbit living under our back deck. She produced one litter and I saw them in the yard when they were less than half size, but then they all disappeared. However, Miss Bunny has sat there by the deck every morning for a long time, and I usually...

38 cloudy degrees going for a high of 69 sunny degrees later today.

In years past, twice I've had fraudulent charges on my Discover Card. The first time was when someone in another Texas city charged their monthly Internet bill on my card. The second time, some years later, was when someone charged a fairly large bill at a jewelry store in New York. Each...

Unfortunately, that seems to be quite normal in this day and age. I know there are exceptions to every rule, but from what I've seen the last few years, I'd say that most doctors couldn't care less about their "customers" (I don't think I'd call them patients); they're just something the doctor...

I understand, Don, and don't disagree with you. However, even YOU are going to die someday, no matter how you try to follow the regimen the doctors recommend. You may, or even may not, live longer. Will you enjoy it more? In your case, I'd say, "Yes" but that doesn't necessarily apply to me...

Don, I don't recall diet being discussed at all. I know my diet would be considered terrible by your standards. And I've no doubt at all that you're right. BUT . . . Oddly enough, my triple bypass was 3 years ago today. And I'm 79 years old now, and really should try harder to lose weight...

And I never heard of putting lard in them. In fact, I don't put any kind of oil in mine. I've posted this before, but more than 50 years ago, my wife told me her family in southern West Virginia preferred "October beans" to pinto beans. I'd never heard of "October beans" so it was many years...

I just started using the same EZ cup filters about a month ago. But I'm still just using Folgers Classic Roast coffee. It seems to me, without having any reliable statistics, that we had a very mild February and hopes for an early Spring. Lots of white blossoms on trees in the area. And now...

We had a relatively mild (warm) February, but maybe that's about to change. 34 degrees going for a high of 38 today, BUT supposed to get down to 20 tonight and stay below freezing for a couple of days. We've had plenty of cloudy, damp, misty, dismal days lately. The NWS shows we got about...

Sounds like the same setup that my wife has; both the oxygen generator in the house and the portable bottles. But my wife's will be for the rest of her life. And she has to do a breathing treatment twice a day with a nebulizer with Brovana and Budesonide. 28 degrees here this morning, after...

More crazy weather for us. 56 degrees for a low this morning with a heavy mist in the air and going for a high of 62 today. BUT the forecast is for 32 tonight. Yesterday, I noticed the blossoms on one of my Bradford Pear trees. This morning, I had a couple of places to go and I noticed quite...

31 degrees this morning, but supposed to go to 62 sunny degrees today. The ground is still too wet for mowing, but I did do a little string trimming yesterday. I'm just hoping it doesn't rain anymore for a few weeks.

I HAVE had 2 different Walmart managers tell me something that was not true in the past. I don't know whether it was deliberate on their part, or just a mistake.

My milk with "best by" date of today was certainly still good on my cereal this morning, but I went to our nearest Walmart (Hickory Creek) for a couple of things and bought a new bottle with a "best by" date of 3/3/2019 and they had 40 bottles of it on the shelf, as usual. But the price today...

48 degrees for a low, going for a high today of 51. I guess we're lucky to not have the cold and snow like so many have this year. But I sure am tired of WET weather; not big rainstorms, but such consistently wet weather. I only got about .02" of rain day before yesterday, .08" yesterday, and...

If I'd known that, I'd have checked in the Walmart I was in with my wife this morning, but the "best by" date on my current milk is still 2 days off, so I didn't look at the milk today. We have 4 Walmart Super Centers and one Walmart Neighborhood Market that we use regularly, plus 4 other Super...

That's a good idea, except . . . . the only reason I don't use it up is because I need to lose weight instead of adding more weight. Store bought ice cream with milk, flavors, fruit, etc. in our blender makes great drinks that I'd like to have often except for the weight problem.

Walmart stopped offering Great Value in 1/2 gallon sized containers??? Are you talking about a particular type, such as skimmed milk? The only milk I ever buy, or have bought for several years, is the Walmart Great Value 1/2 gallon "Vitamin D" milk (I only want full strength) and there's never...

I once saw a picture of a frozen lake in Alaska in which it appeared that there were large black things scattered on the surface. My brother told me that was ice fishermen who cut the hole in the ice, then put down enough padding to lie on, then covered themselves with a black tarp to block the...

I've never been ice fishing . . . and NEVER wanted to.:laughing: My younger brothers lived in Alaska for 20 and 25 years and did lots of fishing, but they, too, said they never had any desire to go ice fishing.:laughing:

Hope all goes well for your wife, Roy. NWS says our low temperature was 35 shortly after midnight, forecast high of 37, although it's currently 38.:confused3: And they've lowered the chance of rain from 100% to 90% mainly after 9 a.m. Looks like a good day to stay inside.

40 cloudy degrees this morning, going for a high of a sunny 54 this afternoon. Today is our younger daughter's 50th birthday, so we plan to take both daughters and our granddaughter out to eat this afternoon.

Congratulations Randy and Ellen. Hope you have a long and happy life together.

Randy, if I'm not mistaken (and I certainly could be), Genie was the number one garage door opener years ago and that's what I had installed in a new house we bought in 1977 and we never had a problem with it, but we sold that house in 1989. I'm told that LiftMaster is now the top rated one...

So did you learn what CAUSED it to short and catch fire? Or did I miss that somewhere. This reminds me of one of the dumber things I ever did in my younger days. A friend had a garage door opener given to him by a neighbor. So my friend asked it I might be able to install it, or help him...

Sure looks good to me.

I looked at Dysons a long time ago and I reckon they're good, but also expensive. Of course, I have a Craftsman 12 gallon wet/dry vacuum in the shop that I used to use on the carpet in the cars, but more recently I've just used the Black & Decker corded hand vac/blower in the car. We've had...

Eric, we have new houses AND huge new apartment complexes going up all over this area. But I don't know of a single new house being built without an attached two car garage, and three car garages are quite common now.

Part of my job many years ago was supervision of 17 wrecker companies that contracted to tow for the police department. All but one of those companies were using Chevrolet trucks; gasoline powered of course. And a year after Ford came out with the 7.3L powerstroke, they all changed from...

I have regretted letting my Ranger go. In December, 2004, I bought a 2001 Ranger extended cab with 36k miles on it. My mistake was trading it off in November, 2015, with 114229 miles on it. It had the biggest V-6 engine and averaged 18.361 mpg while I had it. It was a very good little truck...

My nearest dealer has a new 4 door Ranger in the show room. It's beautiful, but . . . it's too larger for a Ranger, and the window sticker is over $43k. So while I'd like to have one, it ain't gonna happen.

70 degrees to start the day yesterday and 22 degrees this morning. And the NWS thinks we're going to have a rainy weekend. I liked the clear skies and 70 degrees better.

Our temperature continues to fall, going for a forecast low tonight of 24. wngsprd, my first salaried job was as a part time, temporary mail carrier and I think the pay was about $1.60. But 3 years later when I became a clerk in the Dallas post office, it was an even $2 an hour. I still have...

We've been having some beautiful, pleasant weather lately, but I reckon it's time for a change. NWS says it was 70 degrees at 4 a.m. and down to 44 degrees an hour later, with 23 mph north breeze gusting to 33 mph. And I just dumped about .45" of rain out of the gauge.

I went to work in the Dallas Post Office as a "sub" (substitute clerk) when I was 19. Everyone started on an evening shift back then. You looked at the bulletin board before going home each day to see what time to come to work tomorrow. It could be anything from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. And when we...

Never cared for bourbon, but yep, sure did occasionally have a beer with friends when we got off work at 7 a.m.

60 degrees this morning, going for a high of 73. Weird weather for February!

I don't think I've ever actually seen a Zenith 701. There are lots of 2 seat airplanes, but what I liked about the Helio Courier was not only the performance, but it has a 6 person capacity.

Yep, I'd love to own a Helio Courier; had more fun with one than a barrel of monkeys several years ago. helio courier - Bing

Of course the world is always changing. Until I was 19 years old, I never lived, never slept, in a house with A/C. We did have a "swamp cooler" (evaporative cooler) in a living room window that was never left on at night. And we had a Dearborn space heater for the living room, cookstove in...

Eric, our little house, built in 1992 is pretty typical for this area. We have a heat pump system. Naturally, there's the condenser unit located outside and our evaporator, blower, filter, auxillary heat strip, nd ductwork in the attic. We have 12" of blown in insulation in the attic and the...

Ron, I know that some "experts" say duct cleaning is an unnecessary scam, but last March, I let my A/C company clean all the ducts, add an additional air return vent in the hall (and the necessary ductwork, of course), and replace the old, leaking filter system with a complete new return air...

I don't reckon the government shutdown has affected the IRS a great deal. I filed our income tax return on 1/28/2019 and the IRS AND my bank already show that the refund will be deposited on 2/4/2019.

April will be 2 years since my shoulder replacement, so maybe this will be the last time I need to take the amoxicillin. My knee replacement was about 8 years ago and I think 2 years was what was recommended back then.

I've always liked grapefruit, but haven't bought any except the 4 lb. jars at Walmart in a long time; just too convenient (and tasty). https://www.walmart.com/ip/Marketside-Ruby-Grapefruit-Segments-No-Sugar-Added-4-lb/819592578 And I have a dental appointment in the morning just to get the old...

All this talk about motorcycles of different makes, but no one has mentioned the Zundapp which was my first motorcycle. It was a 250cc machine that I bought in 1959. I think it was a 1955 model, but I didn't keep it very long. I understand the company collapsed in 1984, so that might be the...

I THOUGHT that might be the case, but didn't really know since I've never tried any of the Mogan David wines. I know some of the "experts" tell us which wines are best with which foods, but I've always thought that Justin Wilson, The Cajun, had the best idea. He said the right wine is the one...

I've mentioned this before, but when I was a young rookie officer, the wino's drink of choice was Thunderbird wine. But later, it seemed that they all changed to Mogan David (MD 20-20 or Mad Dog 20-20). I'm not sure why the change from a white wine to a red wine unless the MD 20-20 was...

Texas does NOT have such a law; HOWEVER long before I retired, the police department had such a rule for the officers; a result of some lawsuits around the country in which lawyers started suing police departments for inadequate training. In Dallas, officers back then were issued .38 special 6...

I have a 9mm semi-auto, and I've qualified with it, but if or when I carry, it's usually the S&W Chief, .38 snubby revolver that I bought new in 1965. Fact is that I just almost never carry anymore, too inconvenient.

That USED TO BE RIGHT; but not anymore. Qualify with either one and can carry either one. I've forgotten exactly when that changed but it was more than a year ago.

Your first sentence is the important one. I renewed my CHL last year, but for the renewal, wasn't required to attend a class or anything else; just apply and pay.

Thanks to all for the birthday wishes. Both daughters plan to come and take up out to lunch today. 42 degrees this morning (dipped to 37 briefly, then started back up) and going for a high of a windy 56.

The way things have gone lately, I may, too, forget.:laughing: But thanks, anyway.

Never used them myself, but like you, I sure thought I might want then after seeing a demo.

Nope, the pension system lowered the withholding amount last year (I've forgotten why the letter said they had to do that), and my refund was actually less this year; however, overall I did pay a little less income tax on the same net income in 2018.

Since I nearly always have a refund coming, I nearly always get my income tax return filed early. I wondered what the government shutdown might do, since I'd seen news reports about the IRS employees off and other news reports saying they were still working.:confused2: So yesterday, I filed my...

And the bottom line . . . . your electricity rates will be going up.:mad:

We started the day yesterday with 56 degrees and this morning with 28 degrees. Supposed to be sunny today, while yesterday afternoon, we had a little drizzle off and on; had to use the windshield wipers intermittently and probably got a total of about .02" of rain.

I've used WD-40, of course, but for some time now I've been using 3-in-1 Professional Garage Door Lube, although I haven't applied it more than once or twice a year.

Besides the unusually cool weather, and unusually warm weather, and the very unusual amount of rain in the last 6 months, this past week I got a letter from the city. It seems that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has "updated" their studies of the floodplain and I'm now in an...

I'm glad we're not having weather as cold as many of you have, but our weather is certainly unusual, to say the least. The LOW last night was 56 degrees in the middle of the night and is going for a HIGH today of 59; not much difference, and a southerly breeze of 21 to 35 mph.

I have NEVER seen, or known of, a brushless car wash that was worth a plugged nickel. I seriously doubt that such exists, but cannot say for sure that they don't.

Me, too. And we have a car wash place close that does a good job for $6. However, the new Buc-ee's costs a little more but is without a doubt the longest and best. most thorough drive through car wash I've ever seen. Denton Car Wash

We don't have nearly as cold weather as many of you do, but yesterday's 33 degree low with 23 to 32 mph wind seemed colder than this morning's 23 degrees with no wind, but it's forecast to go to a sunny 48 today.

We had a very pleasant 70 degrees yesterday afternoon, so I got a couple of outdoor chores done. And now . . . 33 degrees going for a high of 39 with a 20% chance of showers (and I've already had some light showers) and we have a 22 to 37 mph north wind.:( I made up a big pot of chili...

Ouch, I can only imagine what it's like, and you can certainly add my thoughts and prayers to the others.

What did you say when you hit your finger? I know this is a bit long, but I've always like it. phone call from god comedy - Bing video

Harvey, I assume those sun shades are the kind that let you see out, but not in?? Never seen anything quite like that. And our LOW temperature this morning is 52 degrees, going for a HIGH today of 60. Yesterday's high was 65. Unusual, to say the least, for January. But the forecast is a...

My last motorcycle was an '87 BMW R80RT; very nice bike, but not in the same category as my '85 Honda Goldwing. The longest trip I made on the BMW was a one day drive from Dallas to Colorado Springs, and on the return trip I first rode up to the top of Pikes Peak, then on home that day.

I guess for me it would be the 1956 black & white Mercury convertible I got in my senior year in high school In 1958. And my wife still says her favorite of the cars we've owned since we got married would be our 1968 Plymouth Roadrunner.

And even without a HOA sometimes we have such rules. When we bought our current home, I quickly noticed a rooster crowing in the morning in the block south of us. Now being a former old country boy, I kinda liked hearing that rooster. However, it wasn't long before 2 little girls came ringing...

Sounds like a good birthday party, Kyle. I wish her a Happy Birthday and hope for many more.

Narrow temperature range here just as others have; 42 degrees for a low going for 48 for a high. And I just dumped about .48" of rain out of the gauge from yesterday, mostly after dark last night.

I told you a bit about my next door neighbor a week ago. Well, family, friends, and doctors finally convinced him to go to "rehab". A few minutes ago, the wheelchair van took him away to a nursing home/rehab facility, ostensibly for physical therapy to get strong enough to get around in the...

47 degrees for the low this morning and going for a high of 49. In other words; won't be able to tell the difference all day. But NWS says 100% chance of rain and it just started to sprinkle at 6:15 a.m. We've had 7 days without rain; sure would liked to have had more days without rain.:laughing:

36 degrees this morning, going for a high of 51. We have now made a whole week, 7 days, without rain.:cool2: I noticed yesterday that the puddles in this area appear to have dried up, finally. And now . . . 90% chance of rain tomorrow again.:eek:

If there's an insurance agent to whom that does not apply, I've never met him or her.