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   / Good morning!!!! #120,871  
45°F and cloudy this morning, going up to ... well ... that's the high for today. It will start dropping as the rains arrive later this morning, and head down into the mid-30s tonight. Looks like the same for tomorrow.

Started working on clearing out the old fence line at the east end of the pasture Saturday. The neighbor from across the road came over and helped. I think he was looking for an excuse to get out of the house for awhile. He hasn't quite adapted to retirement yet. We got nine trees dropped and a bunch of ground level scrub cleaned out. We were about halfway finished when we both decided that was enough for one day. He was a big help, and I enjoyed teasing him about the battery in my Lynxx 40v chainsaw outlasting the fuel tank in his Stihl saw. Probably finish that last half next weekend. He insisted I let him come over and help again.

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Sunday was cold and windy all day, never getting out of the 40s. Got some inside stuff done, and some puttering in the studio before a nap was in order. Finished the day by going to our favorite Mexican restaurant in town. As we sat and thought about it, this was the first time we've actually eaten inside of a restaurant since December last year. Was nice to be back there. Great food and wonderful people running the place. Hope they can survive this mess.

Also found yesterday that a guitar I'd ordered from an overseas seller, which had tracking suggesting it had been shipped September 25th, was finally released by US Customs on Saturday, and is in the possession of the USPS in New York City. It will be interesting to see how long it takes them to get it to me in Southern Illinois. Hopefully, I'll be having a "New Guitar Day" sometime this week. When I ordered a guitar kit a couple years ago, it got to me from Australia in a total of 7 days, including two days in Customs in Chicago. No idea why this one is taking so much longer, but glad it's finally on it's final leg of the journey.

Good news on your audit, Roy. I've always found that some people are just better off taking a day off during audits, as no amount of training or coaching will keep them from boogering it up.
LS started offering rear mounted 3PH controls just after we bought our XR3135HC. I still haven't ordered the kit to install one, and curse at myself every time I'm changing an implement. It really would be helpful with a cab.
I'm surprised there are no windows that open on that cab.

Congrats on the new Ranger, Rick. Looks sharp.

I'm more of a grinder, too, Randy. My welds aren't pretty, but they seem to hold OK.

Glad you got all of your stuff, Drew. Now, the fun of sorting it all.

Nine years and almost 121K posts. Quite a legacy, Irv. Remains my favorite place on the internet.

I've had fingers and sometimes my whole hand lock up on me. When it happens, it's always after a long stretch of particularly strenuous work. The notion bothers me, as anything debilitating with my hands is the ultimate nightmare for a musician. Fortunately, it doesn't last long, and I can usually massage it out in short order.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #120,872  
The temp is going the wrong way!.... it was 19° at 6am... now it's 17° at 9:30.... pellet stove working nicely....
 
   / Good morning!!!! #120,873  
48F and overcast (foggy ?) @ 11:30, headed up to a high of only 51F ... :(

Chilly temps abound in the Ten Day, Wednesday looks to be the best near-term shot for getting the front mowed again (mostly sunny, high of 57F) Probably also get the last tulip bulbs planted as well.

The Woman has departed to take another stab at voting. She tends to be pretty impatient ... so success will likely be dictated by how long the lines are and how quick they are moving ... :rolleyes:

More de-rusting of various plastic containers and clean/straighten up in basement yesterday. Need to get The Woman down there today to go through the various boxes of kitchen stuff and see what can be donated to Goodwill or otherwise gotten rid of.

Cleaned windows over kitchen sink inside and out. Amazing the difference ... :laughing: Now I just need to get the other ones along the entryway done (she says ... :rolleyes:)

Got Nat the Geo cedar feeder and the two tube feeders refilled with sunflower seeds. Replaced broken perch on one tube feeder from spares.

Modeled up some plans for the squirrel feeders yesterday and started cutting the boards. Also glued up one piece of cedar that had a little split starting. More cutting of boards today.

Got divider glued into barn owl nest box and clamped, need to drill and screw that piece later today, along with getting the doors installed.

Drew another 20+ gallons of water for PWC's, fed fish and the 6 white worm cultures.

I've been informed that repotting the Hibiscus is on the agenda for today ...

Heard from a friend yesterday that his son has come down with the 'Rona ... been sick for about a week to 10 days. Fortunately it's been mostly flu-like symptoms and hasn't gone to his lungs. Also wife informed me that I was mistaken about other friend's son's wife (in Houston) ... the hospital was able to get her stabilized and she did not go into intensive care ... which is very good news.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day ... :thumbsup:
 
   / Good morning!!!! #120,874  
Just home from early voting. Quick, efficient and no sign of any voter intimidation!

Hope everyone has had the same experience!
 
   / Good morning!!!! #120,875  
Just home from early voting. Quick, efficient and no sign of any voter intimidation!

Hope everyone has had the same experience!

:thumbsup:
 
   / Good morning!!!! #120,876  
72°F and no rain last 24 hours.

Thanks for all the feedback re my finger question. It would seem too many of us are afflicted, also some variety in results. And for those without, I seriously hope and pray you never do.

Back to my project today.

Yesterday not a total bust, got some of the network wiring cleaned up in living room cabinet.

Zoom Happy Hour this afternoon.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day
 
   / Good morning!!!! #120,877  
The temp is going the wrong way!.... it was 19° at 6am... now it's 17° at 9:30.... pellet stove working nicely....

Sounds like old man winter coming to visit.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #120,878  
The temp is going the wrong way!.... it was 19° at 6am... now it's 17° at 9:30.... pellet stove working nicely....

My wife said she didn’t know it got cold in NM, I told her she’d obviously never spent the night in a stucco motor cabin with no heat, outside of Tucumcari in Late November. Thank goodness there were a lot of blankets.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #120,879  
Yep, it is cold out here!.... the highest temp was that 19 this morning, dropped to 17 and stayed there all day... it is now 15, on the way down to 8 tonight. Snow finally arrived and is predicted to last until Wednesday morning. Maybe up to 18" of snow.

There is snow going further south to areas that rarely see just a few flakes, they might get 4-5".

Here's a pic from our front door... too cold to step outside

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So, this 'day of relaxation' has been nice.... different, but nice! I reached the end of the internet and was told to go back.... then I burned out YouTube.... I don't know what I'll do tomorrow.....
 

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