Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

Good morning,
temp is -18°F and going to a high of 3. Wind NW 5 mph. 30% chance of flurries.

I've got a dump run and town to do this afternoon. Nothing after that.

daugen; what cheap energy co$t$ were you talking about? regular gas = $1.229/L = $4.65/US gallon.
diesel fuel $1.329/L = $5.05/US gallon, home heating oil, I paid $1.20/L = $4.54/US gallon on my last fill up.
Electricity or hydro as we call it is a 3 tier affair. from 7 AM to 11 AM = $0.208 cents/kwh, from 11 AM to 5 PM $0.144/kwh and from 7 PM to 7 AM $0.101/kwh, statutory holidays are at the cheapest rate of $0.144/kwh.
Those prices are what I pay for living in the boonies, if I was to live in the big smoke (Toronto) my gas prices would be lower and I would have gone nutz years ago. The only bonuses are that I live on a poorly maintained gravel road (the snow plow comes down the road sometimes), on 5 acres and only pay out $1,000.oo/year land taxes. I cannot see my neighbours, I can hear them from time to time. I have everything from Moose down to rabbits wander through my property at night.
No daugen, the grass is NOT greener on the other side of the road, at least not on this side.


Have a good day all

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. I am feeling a little apprehensive, in a couple of hours I go to collect my hearing aids. Never had them before and told they will take a few weeks to adjust to. Think I should set my expectations accordingly, maybe for this first day I should be content with just finding out how to turn them on and off.

Bunyip, I saw the temperature record for Australia was broken yet again, can't imagine how you cope with temperatures so high. Do you get much relief when it goes dark ?

 

[daugen]

Good morning all.
cold sunny day, 24 going up to 42, likely I'll continue to work on organizing my stored stuff, need to decide whether to go find a shredder place or do it myself. I lubed my shredder just like suggested, used the oil and spread it over the sheet, and yup noise pitch increased and motor ran faster.

I bet Unfriendly Politics will be going nuts today

cleaning ladies coming shortly, boss plus six helpers makes this complicated for Christmas. They each got a little cash, three bars of different chocolate and
a bar of girly smelly soap, you know the lavender stuff none of us would use...I think.

Lights on barn wreath went off last night. That's a good job for when the temps get over 40. Aluminum ladder rungs mighty cold in winter...

Weather starts to gradually warm back up starting tomorrow, then gradually increases to a peak on Christmas Day to 64.
Some of you are very cold, and poor Bunyip is frying eggs on the pavement.
Roy don't slip in the snow.

 

[Buppies]

20 high of 42 still very cold this morning breezy until about noon

Prayers for all in need

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning, 7 now, 28 later. Wood burner feels good this morning!

Next to last day for the year at work today. Nice break until January.

I saw the temps in Oz......that is brutal....

Everyone have a safe and good day.

 

[daugen]

So Canada is expensive no matter what...
I've driven to Toronto, not Quebec and not further West.
That will be a future rv trip I hope. The Northern route during the summer.

Bill, my total all in taxes on the farm are under 2k. It's why the schools are poor here.
It's one thing if you pay more and actually get something for it. In retirement living off savings one of my priorities was low
cost of living, to leave more for fun things. I used to pay four times that in a row house in a development.
And the schools were like colleges.

I've never had kids but I know schools are the core of an intelligent society, one that hopefully makes informed choices.
Sometimes it looks like we need to live way "out there" in order to get some peace and quiet anymore.

Don has gone from a rural farm to a planned city. And seems to be thriving.
It's simply the concentration of people near you when you go home at night, I think we all have a comfort level there.
Like the lifelong brownstone residents of the Bronx. Not sure I could do the Bronx...

 

[ronjhall]

No coffee this morning. 13ｰ with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 33ｰ with mostly sunny skies. Found a good deal on a better lens for my camera. So I drove down to Ann Arbor to pick it up. Then came back to conserve energy. My weather station shows temperature got to 3ｰ about 10 pm last night. Glad the clouds moved in an warmed it up a little.
Annual Wellness Checkup with Dr this morning. Then back home for my allotted coffee. No other plans for the day.

PJ, belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Mrs PJ.

Bunyip, 117ｰ F is way to hot. Stay hydrated and cool as possible.

Drew, be careful fixing the wreath lights.

Kyle, I am sure some of us to hire you to get rid of the skunks if you need a side job.

Looking, I remember friends in Canada complain about income taxes that are collected before you even get to pay those high amounts for everything.

Hawkeye, hope the transition starts to go smoothly.

Jay, get a good nights sleep.

Thomas, moving trail Cams?

Prayers and best wishes to all.

Good Morning All.

 

[Thomas]

-3F clear sky mid teens for high wind going to increase 10+mph.

Outside chores done quickly E muffin time. :licking:
4 heavy snow squalls last evening but #3 was the worse little after 5pm for 15 mins :shocked:enough so mother doe with her little one hunker down between shed and wood pile.
Plans for today...wheel barrow load of wood in basement,remove snow walks steps plow driveway from over night snow,trip to town for critter food,most of ll keep wood furnace purring but going to wait until temp about 10F before my nose goes outside.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Thomas]

ronjhall
No coffee this morning.

Your going to be 2 cups short today.


Thomas, moving trail Cams?

Seems wildlife gone into there winter mold early this year thick and nasty areas don't want to disturb them,plenty wildlife around the house tho.

 

[Thomas]

toppop52
I’m under orders to do virtually nothing for another week. So we will see.
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By the sounds going to be long week but on the other hand better than laying in hospital bed.