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5x that here. Just had one put in about two years ago. It was a bureaucratic nightmare. Architects, Consultants, Designers, Builder....County People..... Horrible, took way too long. Really no help. Without it, they condemn the property.

61 outside this Am, heading to upper 60's. Rain expected. Not much accomplished yesterday. Day job sort of ruled the time. Wife got back home, so today I get to run my errands for gas, beer and food. Did not even manage to look at any project yesterday. Sigh. Hope all are on the mends. Be safe.

Was it a black ops helicopter? They might have got the address wrong.

Big project. Working with old outbuildings and oak boards I have found nails to be unpredictable in how they come out. Some are easy, others are stubborn. Some do more damage to the wood coming out, if at all. Don't have much to add other than wear gloves, and best of luck.

Wow, always so cool to hear history from people that lived it. I was fortunate enough to purchase our place from only the third owner. Even then, there were questions that remained unanswered and to this day. So much changes so quickly.

65 outside this AM, heading to upper 80's. Humid, chance of rain later. Trying to get accustomed to new coffee mug. LOL. Not working, too heavy, and just a tad bigger than the Keurig puts out. Did a preliminary survey of what is left available in the cabinets looking like Goldilocks for the...

My coffee took a dive off the desk this AM. Hit the floor and shattered into a quadrillion pieces. At least it missed the laptops on the way down, the server though got a good splash. That was the last of my favorite coffee mugs. Rough way to start the day.

66 outside this AM, heading to upper 70's. Humid and damp with rain expected. Again, seems to be the pattern for a few. Wishing for the sun so I can get some pics of all the blooming flowers. So pretty and colorful. Not much on the agenda today. Need to recover some more barn wood for the Milk...

Clean water. Mostly for animals is a bigger concern for us. I need an xfer switch just for my well pump. That would do it for us. I do have a hand pump... but lugging water is too much. Plus.. who knows what's up with that.. being a 100 years old. Gag.

Yep. Sounds about what we went through. I think they purposely create this process just to weed out potential development.

You sure you can rezone? My county put minimum acreage requirements and a slew of other requirements that would impede if not outright discourage zoning/development changes.

Sorry for the troubles. Be porous. Let it flow through you. In a positive sense. Hang in there.

63 outside this AM, foggy, heading to mid 70's. Rain expected today and for the rest of the week. Busy weekend, today will be no exception. Neighbor was cutting their grass yesterday, in the rain. Amazingly weird. I heard their lawn mower self destruct after a few hours. Bet that wet grass did...

Kids are priceless.

Super expensive in that area now.

Generational transfers is really the only way home "ownership" is returning on investment if one has a thirty year mortgage.

52 outside this AM, grey, and raining. Next ten days looks to be about the same according to the people who attempt to predict weather. No loose horse this AM. Fence showed no sign of where she got out yesterday. And the electric is good. Luckly there is enough to keep all the animals...

LOL. Unless your a dumbass like me and purchase a money pit that used to be a dairy farm and sink 20 years and a few hundred k into "renovation". No worries here about capital gains or selling if that time comes. There are enough bad memories to out number the good. LOL.

The time you spend trying to beat down 5 foot weeds with a ZTR would have been better spent on the tractor. Maybe don't let it get that high to begin with and then use the ZTR, after attempting to smooth the rough spots with the tractor.

60 outside this Am, heading to upper 70's. Had to go round up a loose horse this AM. Not a fun way to start the weekend. Looks like fence work will be the order of the day. Hope all have a great start to the weekend. Be safe.

55 outside right now. Low fog banks over pastures. Barely see the horses grazing in spots. Should reach into the upper 80's today. Yesterday was pasture cutting time. Rescued SO from getting stick in mud. Showed her the FEL trick to unstick. More weed whacking on tap for today. Also, one more...

Ahhhh... productive day. The SO broke out her tractor and started cutting the back eight acre pasture. I washed up the reclaimed barn wood and let the sun dry it. Will have to lay it out and start cutting in the AM. Looks like grass cutting season has officially started.

62 outside this AM, heading to lower 80's. Foggy outside too. Cannot see front pasture. Quick burst of rain last night. Yesterday mowed the grasses, that's the fourth full mowing of everything so far this year. Even took the weed wacker for a walk. More of that later. Post Office saga...

IMHO, suspension comfort is related to speed. Speed to me is time saved, so I went for speed and cut width. I have sort of figured out the areas to slow down on, but you know, when you hit a rough spot at speed your glad you have all the safety features, a robust deck and a forgiving body. LOL.

61 outside this AM, heading to lower 80's. Warm. Nice. Switched over to a/c mode on the upstairs yesterday. Nice and cool for bed time. Did not sleep, LOL. Yesterday was busy with environmental impact meetings, power line and data center meetings and lawyers. Nothing new or productive came...

That lime green HD hose I bought sometime last year, sprung a leak last night. POS. LOL for me.

Wife mailed something certified through USPS two weeks ago. It has been bouncing around between/around facilities since it left her hands. I could have driven it up to the recipient faster. Even the status messages she gets are of no help in locating it, "...arriving at next facility..." What...

I have heard that 1000 hours seem to be the watermark for Kawasaki engine "maintenance". What's the deal?

Around here, these appear to be city dwellers and relocators who have cashed out. Plus the stray lone proprietor whose business is doing well. Half a mile up the road, 10 acre lots (used to be farms) 1.25 - 2.5 million dollar range. Small builders. Further up the road seven miles, hundreds of...

Rent prices exceed mortgage amounts in my area right now. A decent apartment will run one close to 3k a month. Availability exceeds supply. I'd say another factor in the OP choices is employment. That could dictate area/location and quite possibly size of homestead.

Personally we have not planned to move or have made a move in 30 years. But speaking from experience with current and past family members, the sooner you start making formal plans to move the better. For you, that seems like now. One does not want to get to a point where one has to: - move...

58 outside this AM. May touch 90 today. The heat is upon us. Road trip to in laws yesterday for cleanup. Not good, either dealing with in laws or with their stuff. Pointed out a hornet infestation in their house attic. Reiterated that a professional needs to come in and help out. Lots of...

Ahh.... Humans have various levels of experiences. And experience in handling those experiences. <- yikes. Programmed machines, only do what they have learned or been programmed to deal with. In time, there is a predictable end result to an experience, no variations. In time.

42 outside this Am, heading to lower 60's. Nothingness on the agenda today. Will putz around and see what I can get into. Hope all have a great start to the weekend in a few hours, LOL. Be safe. Those in need, positive and may you find solace.

LOL. So it is a really interesting subject. They have air gaps now. And they really don't transmit to China. They transmit to either Chinese owned or hacked locations. Barring that they hack globally and steal what they want, when they can. Why set up an infrastructure when I can just "use"...

Yes, by Executive Order and the National Defense Authorization Act , FTC, GSA, NSA, Pentagon, Treasury and Commerce all have info. I think they are in the process of selling to Taiwan to escape sanctions. Don't follow that anymore.

Cloud stores are oversold and over marketed. There is enough technology available today at agreeable price points to where storage should never leave your property. I am talking terabytes available under 100 bucks. Unheard of 5 years ago, dreamed of 10 years ago. LOL.

49 outside right now, heading to upper 50's and that is about it. Weather needs to return to averaging out and get over these wild swings from hot to cold and cold to hot. Speaking of trees, looks like my favorite tree service will get some business again from us this year. I have three that...

Dahau is a banned manufacturer in the USA.

Always include a fake camera where someone can see it.

Probably tied to insurance requirements. IMHO, the bane of medicine.

First, sorry about your Mom. Cudos for you trying to find a solution. Second, nip that neighbor crap in the butt, hard and fast. Leave no quarter or doubt about their relationship with your Mom and family. None.

58 outside this AM, heading to lower 70's. Easy day yesterday. Vet visits for horse shots and some barn wood lumber scarfing. I think I have enough collected to do the wall. Just need to lay out a pattern to make sure they are as straight as can be. And, clean them up a bit. Not much on the...

Sorry, too many red flags. If they were interested in selling they would have a package at hand ready for a prospective buyer. That includes survey, plat from county, health department paperwork and standard area/plat information.

We have a 100 year old dairy barn that has been converted to horse stalls. No equipment goes in it. I have had two friends that their barns burned down from hot equipment. Since our barn is so old, the equipment, even lawn equipment does not get housed in it. It's irreplaceable. That said, the...

I'll just add, easements, ROWS and HOA's, I would stay away from (inspect utility easements). Last two purchases of property we spent some time at the court house looking over deeds and tax records. Amazing what one can find in older documents. Also for rural lots, survey paperwork and...

39 outside this AM, heading to lower 70's. We have some significant changes in the weather here these last few days. Either way above average, or below average. And yes, the body feels it. Frost on the ground again this AM as it were yesterday. Turned out to be an outside day with the weed...

I stay away from boney fish. We like Rock, Salmon, Orange Ruffy, Flounder and Catfish. Tuna, I can never get moist on the grill where most of our fish are cooked. Gave up on Haddock and Cod, just never either got a flavor or taste that we like out of them. I like Monk Fish too, a poor mans...

37 outside right now. Heading to lower sixties. Bad day yesterday for a neighbor. I am sort of overwhelemed at the moment and yesterday proved just how crazy things are are around here. I was working on recovering some barn wood off an old outbuilding when I heard someone yelling. I thought...

45 outside right now. Done with the morning chores. Yesterday ended up being somewhat productive. Took the wife out for ice cream. Big win. Because ice cream makes everything better. LOL. Managed to start tearing into outbuilding, reclaiming wood for the Milk House wall. Unfortunate, not as...

Good one. We all appreciate the lack of time progression....in some things.

Interesting and honorable. https://www.military.com/off-duty/television/2024/04/19/band-of-brothers-cast-needs-your-help-recreate-easy-companys-drop-normandy-80-years-later.html

Replacing two existing 500kw lines. Adding a third with the new ROW. I think the twin towers are 120 feet tall. The plan looks like it calls for what they say is a mono-pole. Lawyers...lol. I have been engaged with them for literally years. Various issues. I need some shark repellant or a...

Yeah...disappointed it did not show up on the radar a lot earlier. But then 30 minutes up the road it is a different world. What used to be farms is now 1,000's of homes, shopping centers and over 30 data center projects. That project means more than one building. That county has made national...

Just like wngsprd this AM. 55 going to 71. Yesterday it never really rained, and the sun never showed up. Those conditions -cloudy, prevented me from doing any grass work. Today does not look any better for that job. I'll need to find something else to do today. Maybe it will dry up later. In...

It's irrelevant, because life conditions a million years ago are not life conditions of today.

I get tired just reading your postings of activity @rswyan. I think you have a mastery of time.

Abiogenic petroleum origin hypothesis. Postulate accordingly.

Views are fleeting, unless there is a view easement. Growth comes from unexpected sources. For me, it's gotta be about adaptable to life changes. I see that with my FIL whose house he cannot maintain and I saw that with my Dad nearing his end. The properties became a burden for both.

Not a relative, not a friend, not an acquaintance, passing or present. Have no idea who this person is. Except for their criminal record.

54 outside this AM, heading to mid 60's. Cloudy and quite a difference from yesterday. Day job and more yard work on tap when the sun comes up. Kind of sore this AM from the weed whacker. I forget how much fence line is out there in one pasture, but it is done. Around the koi-less pond, I...

Just got in....weed whacked the middle pasture fence lines and all animals fed. Time to kick back and have a cold one. Or two. Tomorrow....day jobs and maybe the ZTR will make the third run of the season.

No. It is just me. The will produced had chicken scribbled my name over the beneficiary. One conversation which my wife recorded (wife felt something was wrong) my Dad was adamant about me taking care of his estate. There were and are other red flags but obviously the will is the issue. At...

Too much money in the economy. 20Trillion available. The EV/ICE battles will continue for the foreseeable future. More upside to all things related to - electric. The party will continue. LOL.

My tours in Saudi Arabia, it rained mud. At least once a year. Dubai, I hear it was self inflicted, cloud seeding.

Good for you. I have a gold digger involved. Someone whom I never met, nor did my father talk of them (to me). And they produced a will.

Depends on the enforcement policy or procedure attached to them. A mandate is not a law.

55 outside right now, heading to upper 70's. Yesterday I hopped on the tractor even though the ground is soggy and made my way to a back pasture that promptly got bush hogged. That burned a few hours and got my mind off a lot of things for a bit. After cutting I had to get the blower out to get...

Yep! Them saw blades are bestest! Good recommendation.

59 outside this AM, heading to mid 70's, Wife road trip today. Sigh...cleaning out her parents house. It's overwhelming. More lawyer stuff for me. $$$$. It's not looking good for me (right now) trying to settle my Dad's estate. Played pick up sticks yesterday. Burn pile area is still soggy...

Condolences to you and your family.

65 outside right now. Heading to lower 70's. Ran into and through a hail storm yesterday while on the road. Yikes. Talk about loud. Eyeballed the wife's truck and we escaped damage. Trees and bushes got clean up, a lot. Lots of sticks around for the burn pile. Another road trip on the agenda...

So is it the front or back? LOL. So many red flags on that pic. Patio, shutter, as previous poster noted, fireplace? Garage? Not a good look. Sorry to say.

65 outside right now. Heading to lower 80's. Wide awake so... LOL. Mowers all better. Replaced fuel filter that came in Sunday at 5AM. Finished yards up and then broke out weed whacker and push mower to finish up. Looks like grass cutting has started in earnest. When the sun comes up guess I...

Hmmm.... my ZTR has picked up Davids issues. Sympathy pains. Was mowing and just stalled out. Started right back up, then died a few minutes again. Had to run it back to the house under full choke. Must be something in the fuel line or system. Ordered new fuel filters, should be here in the AM...

I had a bad diagnosis on that one. I ended up going elsewhere for a second opinion which they said it was just a capillary had busted. Saved me injections and what not. Ended up staying with that second opinion doctor and organization. I get monitored every six months. Just because.

I have had nothing but legal issues and $$$$$ coverage issues with BC/BS in my state. I think there are multi-plan state by state, group by group, member by member differences negotiated behind the scenes. As far as eye issues, lost one in a tractor accident. The other retinal hemorrhages...

Virginia has a trade in program for certain pears (Callery) since they are considered invasive. I can attest to that since we have acreage going back to wild and those pears are dominating the landscape.

I had to laugh at hanging xMas lights. My house sits under some big maples. My neighbors house is clear. The one year he spies me maneuvering around stuff he asks if I can come over and help. I responded with do you have any obstacles? He says "no..?" questioning the response... I say good "then...

54 outside this AM, heading to mid 60's. Should be nice out according to the weather apps. But there is a serious big gray cloud bank over us right now with a clear demarcation line just to the north. That big dark cloud over me is so appropriate right now. I have to laugh. Spent most of the...

I have on that goes up to about 40 feet with around a 16 foot reach. A 360 degree coverage. Capacity is rated at around 500 pounds. My use is trees and roof work. I have flat ground but even then the stabilizers are used. My only issue is it is not everyday use so it sits months on end. One...

60 outside right now, may head to 65 for today. Rain passing through right now. Not much on the agenda today, or the weekend. Probably yard work and mowing when it dries up in the next day or so. And...the dreaded Milk House project. Daughter made it to Glacier. Unfortunate camp ground hookups...

Climate change has an interpretation all its own according to a person studying or collaborating on it. The thread is about EV's. I'll stick to the science of battery tech and general physics of vehicle models.

Agendas change, physical science...not so much.

63 outside right now, heading to upper 60's and that's it. Rain expected later. Need to cut the grass again in a day or so. Wow. That chore just started. Wife back from road trip. My turn in a day or so. Not much on the agenda today, day jobs, dump runs...exciting. Hope all have a good day...

An TBNers StarLink RV customers out west around MT, ID, WY areas? Interested in coverage and speeds.....please tell all. Thanks!

Here is a funny pic. A whitewater rafting outfit in Wyoming. I think most places are still closed for her. She already had to make new arrangements for tomorrow's stopover. Having fun though. New sights...a great country!

60 outside this AM, heading to mid 70's. Quite warm yesterday. Managed to escape road trip, wife went by her lonesome. Parents house cleaning time since they are back from FLA. I estimate at their pace and place, over a year before it is cleaned out. Without professional help. My dads place just...

My contribution.

55 outside this AM, heading to lower 70's. Managed to wash equipment yesterday, ZTR & RTV. Our place is still super muddy so the equipment was happy. Got a few pics of the eclipse. Did not notice or hear anything different. Even on the pics. Today, a road trip day. Got taxes done. I owe, I...

Nice. I would use that for trail prep and base back into the woods.

We are in an 80+ percent view area. Broken clouds. Of interest is NASA is launching three sounding rockets that will pass overhead during the eclipse. Now that should be a sight to catch.

34 outside right now, heading to lower 70. Could use the warmth. Lots of tile work yesterday, setting 1x1 down along the wall edges. Two more wall edges to go. Each piece is custom cut due to the wavy concrete walls. Time consuming and lots of walking back and forth. Tile cutter, wet saw is...

Condolences to you and yours. Always great to hear about those good parent-child relationships. Yours sounds special too. My thoughts are with you in this difficult time.

40 outside right now, may touch 60 today. More tile work this AM, after checking on animals. Yard work started yesterday. Took the ZTR for a spin. LOL. Ended up cutting everything except around the houses. Hit lots of water and left quite a lot of tracks. Wow, the ground is super saturated. Had...

39 outside this AM, heading to mod 50's. Rounded up a loose horse this AM, must be getting under a hot wire somewhere. SO more fence work on the back forty this AM. Sigh. Filled up tire with air on the ZTR, tire pressure gauge is MIA. Sigh. What an odd day weather wise yesterday. I got...

No way I have your skills or work ethic. I am just trying to juggle and maintain. If and when I get rid of the day jobs, then I can do stuff even slower but with more - perfection.

LOL. Thanks. Sore subject right now. Knees, back. Will be up close and personal to it in the day light. Too bad she has moved furniture into the room, I would have liked a clean picture set of the overall project. Going on 18 plus months now....sigh...I worketh slowest. LOL.

35 outside this AM, heading to mid 50's. It's NOT raining. LOL. Gosh, felt like we were in the tropics these past few weeks, minus the warmer air of course. Grasses and fence line maintenance is in order for today and this weekend. ZTR looks like it is getting a flat so will have to check that...

Interesting. Off the top of my head I'd say the younger generations has yet to learn how-to adapt to changing conditions. And yet they are the ones with the mostly better opportunities.

Tesla --> Elon ---> Baggage . No escaping it.

I have had thermal issues on flipping cellular hot spots. The batteries suk. Poor quality.

pandemic fallout - A reset on what is important to ones life and well being. Many people took that as an opportunity to get to their "goals" faster, on the other hand many did not.

8mpg with the 2500hd diesel pulling a Coleman light. Winds suck.

37 outside this Am, heading to mod 50's. More rain expected later. Had a nice creek running through the front pasture. Grounds are squishy. Don't step on a mole hill or tunnel. Mud volcano! LOL. Eldest is in Kansas now, survived the high winds. Trailer fender was the only damage. Blew off part...

My work is all remote until reporting is due. My coworkers took advantage of remote and went remote all over the world. They absorb the cost of world travel for reporting purpose. Even write it off. Smart people. Happy people. Let's all sing Shiney Happy People....

Before or after this news? https://bigthink.com/hard-science/us-largest-known-lithium-deposit-world/

Too late.

That's scary and too bad at the same time.

Where I am is where I want to be. Better with the SO. Fortunate to have enough living space where we can accommodate our families needs or our own "down-sizing" needs if applicable. The property has afforded us many different directions to take. It's all about finding options and having long...

It's a trap. No win. I see that. LOL. Just spent hours on my hands and knees laying them. LOL. I have worn a hole in my jeans knee caps. I doubt she will get on the floor to recolor. I am hoping to find a solution that I can dump on the floor, mop it around and presto - done. Most research...

48 outside this AM, heading to mod 50's rain. More rain, rain....and you get the picture, Yesterday was kind of stressful. To say the least. The daughter heading to Montana promptly ran into the severe storms in Kentucky. Luckly she pulled under an over pass as what she described as a tornado...

Sorry to hear. Hope for healing and recovery.

So is it a farm or a home according to the insurance?

50 outside right now. Heading to mid 50's today. Rain came in early this AM and will be with us for a while. Eldest left for Montana yesterday. She's one year post op, got the green lights from all the doctors, packed her camper up, took the dog and is heading west. Good for her. Major...

That suks. At least my carrier gave me a reason in my more than doubled premium a few years ago. And, is your house really classified as being on a farm? As you eluded to in a later post? Is that a difference maker between you and the insurance company? Farm with home? vs Home

52 outside right now, heading to lower 60s. Rain...off and on today. Last nights sleep interrupted by loudest thunder clap I have ever heard. Sounded like a USMC jet decided to go on multiple bombing runs with our house as the primary. Dang. Last minute camper modifications ruled the weekend...

Happy Easter, to the GM crew and TBN community.

37 outside this AM, heading to upper 60's. Should be a nice day. Need to get really busy. Way behind on the farm/home projects. Other life events keep happening and the day jobs have been consuming more and more life time. Need to find that work/life balance. Again. I see the horse are waiting...

Sounds like what I go through. Had an issue with my ZTR stalling....turned out to be sediment in the fuel line that would of course back itself out of the way during diags and refills. Ended up disassembling the whole fuel system and cleaned the tank out too. I am hoping you have a positive...

You have bug guts on your windshield already? LOL. Congrats to your son. Good score on the cow parts. I saw 20ish dollars a pound in the store and hour ago. LOL. I thought I wonder how much a riptides portion would cost? And then I went and bought more chicken. LOL.

You really think the government will do a big reset on the accounts of a Twitter collection? LOL!!!

Ugh.... I had to bow down to the insurance companies dealing with a roof replacement. All I can say is I dotted their I's, and crossed their T's. To the letter. Since they control the purse strings, and have the lawyers as proof, all I could do was follow their directions, instructions and...

42 outside right now, heading to 60 today. No rain for today. Hope all have a great weekend. Be safe. Happy Easter.

How many strands? Or field fence and wire? Make sure you have a lot of visual markers for the animals. Personally I avoid wire of any type and horses.

47 outside right now, heading to mid 50's. Here is hoping the rains are over....for my immediate area. We don't need it. Day jobs and domestic stuff today. Need to file an extension. Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

45 outside right now, heading to lower 50's with rain expected any minute. That will continue if it materializes for the remainder of the day. More paperwork and inside stuff on tap for today. Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

Don't confuse hardware with software. And both have import and export controls.

Cars today all look the same to me. The older American steel, the older you get, the more style and shape they had. Love it, love them.

It is not only speed to worry about. It is actual connectivity and stability of the connection. Good signal strengths all the time is better than fast speed and drop outs. I rely on stability first, including all weather conditions at the best and worst.

First off, prayers for Baltimore. I was up there, yesterday. Oh my.....gulp. With my wife.....oh my. 29 outside, heading to 60 today. More inside work today. Recovering paperwork and fending off the vultures associated with the paperwork. Found a nice water damaged pic of Dad in Vietnam...

Ditto on wngspd weather, and forecast. 26 outside and may touch 60. Road trip today. Heading out shortly. Need to play pickup sticks soon. Piles are getting large. Hope all have a great start to the work week. Be safe. No Northern Lights from my POV this AM. There was chatter that they could...

34 outside right now, suns up! Heading to lower 50's. Late start to the AM on TBN rounds. Out the window I see lots of work, piles of sticks and branches. Hope today is calmer. BEF congrats on celebrations and get together. Your genealogy research is impressive. I can barely trace my Dads...

Power is back...sigh....now company coming over...sigh...LOL Not what I had planned for today. Seems there is this spot on the road a few miles south of me that people just lose it and take out the electric poles. Not kidding, happens at least two to three times a year. It's a mystery as to...

41 outside this AM. Raining. No power. Just went out and looks to be area wide. Not a good way to start the weekend. Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

First mowing of the season done. All "lawns" done. We think this is the earliest ever....

We are. But the systems that they feed are still.....antiquated.

Grilled with a bourbon-brown sugar seasoning mix. Followed by a nice slathering of bourbon-honey sauce. Served with cajon fried potatoes and freshly roasted asparagus in an olive oil garlic basting.

I still say synthetic is the best. LOL.

You miss a regen cycle or two? How is the heat? Check coolant level? Stalling, sputtering or just engine cut off?

Not really interested in seeing this type of "news" on the GM thread.

26 outside this AM, heading to mid 50's today. Rain moving in tonight. Sounds like lots of it. Managed to make a dump and gas run yesterday. Fueled up for mowing. Yeah, started that too. Got the back by the pasture done, a few sides by another pasture. Enjoyed the peach trees while I was at it...

Today, especially!!

When they more than doubled my Home Owners policy, two years ago, they claimed it was related to materials cost. Specifically lumber. So with lumber prices coming down..... See where I am going. LOL.

Homeowners insurance more than doubled two years. Shopped around still cheaper than competitors. Shocking. Car/Vehicle insurance holding steady. No shocking changes..... Shop around, ask for discounts, carry a large deductible if car/vehicle not newish.

Don't worry, you can get all flustered up in a few months again.

Yeah sure. Has nothing to do with companies business dealings. Just saying...your stores listed, have been having issues for YEARS. Years. They are a poor sampling of overall economic health. I'll back out now. Thanks.

Dollar tree has also revamped their stores to include other than crap products. Some are fresh food markets. They are still a crap store, IMHO, and as a business, run poorly with baggage from take-overs and aggressive store build outs. And Rite-Aid? yeah....opioids. Just saying....neither are...

I thank my Mom for every picture she dated, handwritten with time, place and people. Amazingly there were pics of her and dad before me that I never knew of. But I had a story of the event, then I found the pictures. So cool. I am doing the same now, digitally, adding tags and commentary where...

Condolences. My dad passed two days before Christmas, last year. Still dealing with it. He went into a nursing home and inside of two months before Christmas that was it. All I can say is get together and close out whatever you have/had with him. My Dad told me he was proud of me and...

32 outside this AM. brrr. Heading to lower 50's. Yesterday late afternoon multiple fires broke out in my immediate area. Thought it was too hazy, then smelled smoke. Of all things I checked FB and another area resident chimed in concern too. Then the reports started rolling in. Especially bad...

Rate cuts have been on the table for Wall Street for a while. Speculation. Driving markets....as almost always. Lol. Funny that all time high and high interest rates.

In production no. Research is still king. https://www.androidauthority.com/lithium-ion-battery-alternatives-3356834/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/04/1066141/whats-next-for-batteries/ https://www.topspeed.com/battery-technologies-currently-in-development/

The market overall..... Soft landing affirmations/confirmations, strong labor market, stubborn inflation, consumer spending and.....possible rate cuts. High tide syndrome.

2030 is a long way off. Battery technology is rapidly advancing. More upside to electric than burners for many an industry. More upside, more interest, more investment, more money to be made.

33 outside right now, heading to mi 60's. Due to excessive wind, and low humidity, the area is under a firewatch. Weird that I still have standing water in the pastures and woods. Oh well. I get it. Flowers are out in force, daffodils in spots have seen their peek. Lots of bees on the old...

If it shows up on googleMaps you can report it or add in a correction. It feeds other open sourced markup language map applications too. Most share the same data. LOL.

Switches and all safety relays too.

Zero sum game is best kept in mind when visiting some forums on TBN.

LOL. A paper map here is outdated and wrong within a month. Even the various maps programs themselves get various levels of confused in this area.

LPR takes over three years to attain, on average last I checked. A friend of mine took over 5 years to get US Citizenship. And he was sponsored within all the rules and filings. I recall my Mom taking over three years for Citizenship in the 60's. The issue IMHO, is not the person, it is the...

Everyone has a different idea what that means or looks like. Almost always it downplays the individual.

Don't confuse content with programming. Programming has many different types and can be directed towards many different applications (use). Including AI technologies. Content is directed towards a specific use model, and is interpreted within a context. That context can be ever changing...

Certainly the weed doesn't mellow him out.

32 outside right now, heading to lower 50's. Hoping the cold does not wipe out the flowers. Seems to be the pattern for the last few years. Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

41 outside right now, heading to lower 50's. Weekend was pretty busy. Had to break the lawn equipment out and started grass cutting. Even the weed whacker made its debut. Wife and I also managed to get the dead tree out of the pasture. Funny how it looked a lot smaller than it was. I guess...

These were among the heaviest objects (two of them) to ever have controlled reentry back into the atmosphere. One of them did not execute a mission requirement with a recycle burn. From that point the mission objectives changed. Schematics on returning safely I think. Both were not intended to...

You learn more from failures. You don't input all the parameters and variables for success and you see what the model does.

59 outside this AM, heading to lower 70's today. Rain expected later....sigh. Will be working indoors today I guess. Yesterday we got to 80 degrees. Nice, but warm. LOL. Managed to get the pressure washer out and do the trucks. Also managed to get in some domestic time. Noted another...

Good for SpaceX. Looks like serious progress this AM.

45 outside this AM. Heading to upper 70's. The warm weather has super charged the grasses. Actually thought about spot mowing around the house yesterday. Then I got better. LOL. Soon... Need to do some errands today. Not much else on the agenda. Been resting my back these past few days. Hope...

Not tonight...

37 outside right now, should get into the 70's again today. Was on the road most of the day yesterday. Do not miss that drive at all. Rescued a few outdoor plants from Dad's place, brought them to the farm. Mom would have liked that legacy to continue. Not sure where I will put them. It is...

35 outside right now, heading to lower 70's today. Played pickup sticks yesterday. And noticed I have a tree to push over in a pasture. Seems it is dead since it lost a good deal of its branches in the wind storm. No big deal. But not today. Road trip in a few, hope all have a great day. Be safe.

38 outside this AM, heading to mid 50's today. The wind is still pretty strong here since yesterday. Lots of power outages in the area. Hope all fare well today. Be safe.

42 outside this AM, heading to mid 50's. It needs to dry up. LOL. Did not do anything productive yesterday. Started a fire and lounged about all day with the wife. Really need to get motivated. Oh, I did manage to get into the Milk House pour some self leveling crap, after moving furniture out...

You sure the 19k model is not the 60 inch deck?

Sigh..raining... Should clear up tonight. An inside type of day, I need to get started with my taxes. For sure. There is talk once again, of raising homeowners property taxes in my county. After two new solar farms went in, and three huge datacenter projects got improvements for expansions...

Some are actual data. And some can be reproduced in conditions today that influenced their final form or factors of yesteryear.

Take a vow of poverty. Still relevant, thank Moss.

Certain climate proxies are hard data.

There is pretty good science available today through proxies that have enabled us to do so not only on our own planet, but also others.

I was out in the middle of a mid-east desert once upon a time. Up on an escarpment when I noted a clam shell at my feet. My first thought was "who is eating clams out here?". Then I realized I was standing on what once was a reef of some type. I still have the shells around here somewhere. It...

42 outside right now, heading to 60 today. Looks warm out as a nice bank of fog is over the edge of the pastures. Domestic stuff yesterday with the wife. Did manage to get into the local HD store for some more floor supplies. Got some groceries and beer too. Pickup up some red meat (lamb chops)...

You seem like a lucky person. I usually get one or two a year. And my reaction to them seems to be getting progressively worse.

And to get that 20 percent down payment, I left the country for 2 plus years. IIRC I bought down to 10 percent.

So sorry to hear that. I hope you all remember the best of times for your friend. Condolences.

Cab, It's my wifes tractor. LOL. On the serious side, she actually uses the tractor more than I do and she enjoys the climate control. If we did not have a cab, I'd be doing it all myself. I am rather glad to have the help. Climate and environmental controls are a big deal for us now...

52 outside right now, heading to mid 60's. More rain moving into the area later. Not raining now. That's a good thing. Need to get to the stores today for supplies and beer. Hope all have a great day, be safe.

Around here, we usually go with $20 an hour for farm/rural related stuff.

47 outside this AM, heading to upper 50's. More rain later. Sigh. Spring has sprung. Took a walk around the side of the house and the daffodils are all bloomed. Their cousins around the back entrance had me fooled. Now all we need is some dry weather and sun. Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

Good to know. I had the dealer do it since I had other service and maintenance that was needed. But dang..should not be that difficult.

49 outside right now, heading to lower 60's. Been raining since last night. Don't need it. Will be an indoor day. Real job stuff, estate work, taxes. Fun crap always! Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

48 outside this AM, heading to upper 60's. Rain expected tonight. Sigh. Things is greening up. LOL. Soon there will be the need to get the lawn equipment ready. Hope all have a great day, and a good start to the work week. Be safe.

41 outside this AM, heading to lower 60's. Rain stopped yesterday and sun actually came out in time for the get together. It was fun seeing everyone and a good positive send off message for the daughter. I had a good laugh as one of my neighbors was discussing how he had a run in with an old...

42 outside this AM, heading to mid 50's. Sorry about all those ailing, mentally and physically. Popping feeling on me have always been muscle tears or ligaments stretch too far. Had an ER visit for one...muscle. Recall doctor saying it was so "tight" he could see it. Hope diagnosis is simple...

Think chemical controls....bio engineering...tillage. The farmers are beholden to others on those practices and more.

It's not fake news... It's middle class Farmers protesting big business/corporate/government tendencies and policies. Some say the farmers lack - efficiency and innovation. Those are keywords in the battle for sustainability.

23 outside this AM, heading to lower 50's. Rain expected tonight. Too bad, don't need. it. Shopping on tap for today. Have a going away party for the daughter tomorrow. She took a seasonal job out west to try and get back into the rat race. She has recovered well from her reconstruction surgery...

Should have a separate topic on mandates and laws. Start off with penalties and enforcement. See how far you all get. LOL.