Good morning!!!!

[scott_vt]

Good Tractor Evening Thomas,

I shall continue working on my 1968 new years resolutions 2026.

Isn’t that the truth my friend

 

[Looking4new]

Good Tractor Evening Bill,

Low RPM shifting is what I learned with unbelievable amount of torque, I could be in the wrong gear and still pull the load with that Mack

That is one thing about a Mack, they pull like stink. The company I just retired from had a RSX model Mack with the V8 Mack motor. The speedo was a little bit off, I got caught going to Oshawa from Guelph out in the hammer lane most of the way (this was a straight job). The cop hauled me over when I got off the 401 at Harmony Rd., do you have any idea how fast you were going young fella. Well officer I have a speed recording device (tack-o-graph) right here that proves I was doing 62 mph. The cop say with a giggle, come back to my car and I will show you what the radar says you were going. 85 mph...Is that the same radar that will clock telephone poles speeding? He laughed and told me to get the speedo fixed. No ticket. Got out of that bucket of excrement smelling like a rose.
That Mack had walking beam tandem suspension. One rough riding truck. Most of the other R models I drove had camel back suspension. Pretty squishy when you had a big load on them. All of them were full tandem drives.

 

[Wagtail]

Good New Year Day (Thursday) morning. Overnight Low of 8C and it's presently 23.8C, mostly clear with a breeze as the day goes on.

For a small town, the traffic was pretty solid yesterday. Still, I was able to get my weekly grocery shopping done... just needed to keep a smile on my face plus eyes in the back of your head to dodge other shopping carts.

I did make it to midnight and rang in the New Year. I watched the Sydney fireworks, which lasted for 12 minutes, then straight to bed.

Proceeded to wake up at my regular time this A.M. Again, nothing really planned.

That's about it, take care all. All the best for 2026.

 

[Engineer42]

Woman has the Bob Evans sausage out thawing, for the dumplings and sauerkraut.

Mine has the Black Eyed Peas on low simmer, . I obediently eat one spoonful after midnight.

 

[Highlandr]

Black-Eyed peas are soaking in the crock pot, will be seasoned appropriately in the morning and heat applied. Turnip greens will go on in the morning, prepared like this. Ham goes in in the afternoon. Gonna eat large!

Tonight it's beef tenderloin from a local outfit... and probably a tater.

 

[two_bit_score]

It was downright warm today!

Finally got a good day to work on the Old House. Replacing the front porch floor. Always something interesting when working on it. Hauled off some debris and got to have a little fun.

I'm ready for a nap.

Happy New Year everyone!

Prayers for our Nation!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I miss my mom making pork with kraut for new years.

 

[Buppies]

I miss my mom to BEF

Got a couple things done today. Been hard since dinner she wants to go home, hates me wants divorce calling police on me etc. Her life is miserable and I’m at fault.

Hope all have a wonderful New Year so to vent just at end of my rope

 

[ponytug]

@Buppies sorry to hear it, and I'm sorry that she is so frustrated.

Best wishes for 2026!

All the best, Peter

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I miss my mom to BEF

Got a couple things done today. Been hard since dinner she wants to go home, hates me wants divorce calling police on me etc. Her life is miserable and I’m at fault.

Hope all have a wonderful New Year so to vent just at end of my rope

Prayers Bupps. I hope the police all know about the situation. I have dealt with similar with my grandpa, but only for a week at a time for a couple of months. Glad he didn't get so angry, but he wanted to know where his Buick was. (It was like a late 50's model he remembered)

Happy New year's to all our team. Prayers for God's will be done, and for me to abide in it. And for peace in the world.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Happy New Year!!

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

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[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 36ºF for the start, clear sky, light breeze. Light wind, mostly clear sky, and High temp was 65ºF. Made coffee to start day, office work, made oatmeal for breakfast, leaf control on front porch and back fence, bike ride, total miles for 2025 is 6,858. Not quite the 7,000 mile goal, always next year. Town run for lunch, meds, groceries, and HD for corded lead vac. Did get nap so I could stay up till midnight.
Happy Near Year!!!
resuming
Don good to hear BIL out of ICU and recovering.
Buppies sorry to hear about long no help stretch. My closest Costco is 1 hour away. prayers sent
almost caught up
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Scott(vt) /wife's back pain, Don, / BIL motorcycle accident, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Eye recovery, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.