Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 31F for the start, clear sky light breeze. Wind increased till mid afternoon, 15 -30+ at end of ride, clear sky, and high temp of 69F. Bike ride to start day, started wear almost all cold weather gear, finished in basically summer kit. 59+ miles, so past the 6K mileage. Had run-in with squirrel during ride, he tried to beat the front tire and did not. He was gone next lap, but bet he more careful next time. Nap after lunch, got text, last present in so will get it tomorrow. Mexican restaurant was closed so finished Christmas leftovers. :licking:
Covid update: Cooke, Montague, Grayson, local, unchanged.
Ron agreed we have been very blessed, thanks for update on son, glad you missed deer, when wife hit deer, took three tries to get all the vacuum lines working.
David(moss glad you checked in.
Randy agreed stuff is nice but not as important as family and friends!
Don glad sopping went well and whipper got to walk the golf course. We had electric candles at Christmas Eve service so mask not an issue.
DF so Arkansas was colder than Vermont!
Drew hope visit with family went well, what no pics of new book shelve?
Drew, glad visit went well.
RNG glad you have rain in forecast, Splitting went well.
David glad you got some pipe run and got to watch a movie with Sophie. Turkey stuffing sounds good!
Dennis nice kitty pic.
Bill did not have a road bike till away at college. And that was a 100cc dirt/street bike.
RS nice white Christmas.
Kyle neat story, would ride down to 45F with fairing and lowers.
Rich nice view, glad you are home to enjoy it!
Doug nice Christmas
David nice view, pups look relaxed, guess no supervising today
Ron nice whit Christmas.
Randy glad your not overwhelmed.
DF sounds good hope new grandson is well, Any estimate on GS coming home?
Randy nice haul hope blanket works!
RS sauerkraut balls? glad snow not cramping your activities. interesting recipe
Bailey welcome. :welcome:
Eric wife put it in stepdaughter's stocking, I will get me some next bike shop trip
Drew nothing like homemade lasagna
Bill never had Kahlua and Baileys in same cup
Thomas hope shopping goes well.
Ron hope seat time was enjoyable, and nice squirrel pic
Drew if there was a no eating sign for the deer would that stop them?
Roy and no snow!
Rich good to hear the improvement
Paul Sounds ambitious today.
Don no pool time today?
Dennis sorry to hear legs not all the way back yet.
DF great dog story.
RNG nice more rain, probably have a lot of office work to catch up on.
Rick glad you not under the loads.
David sounds good to me!
DF looks like she is picking her treats
David nice sunrise and supervisory crew up and at it!
Randy those short naps warm you for the long one don't they.
Kyle hope the get the links out.
RS have fun on KP
Ken glad duck was good, sorry about the intolerant.
RS good luck track light issue down
Ken neat pic and story
RS glad you are trying to not overfeed the deer.
Don never knew deer liked pumpkin
prayers for all especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, RNG/fire, Ron/hearing/son/furnace, Jim/sister & family, Phil/wife's eyes, Randy/health, and Country.
stay safe and health you all.

 

[rswyan]

Deer like pumpkins and they are good for them. Are any still around after Halloween?

Dunno ... I haven't really checked around.

Just looking on craigslist real quick, I see there was an ad posted 15 days ago for free pumpkins ... but it's in Marion, OH which is a bit of a haul (probably 90 - 100 miles one way)

Still up though ...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I spent the day parked beside the pellet stove in a lazy boy, making it true to it’s named. Cleaned up and labeled 3 yrs of pictures from the 70s, with the help of my diaries I kept then. Was able to accurately date most pictures.
Found that dad purchased our dozer on 13 nov 1975, and how much he paid, and how often it broke down.

27° , thermometer didn’t move much today.

 

[Popgadget]

My neighbor grows about 30 acres of pumpkins, the deer are very destructive, they will go down a row, breaking them open, then continue to the next one without really eating them.
They are pretty much like rats with antlers......

 

[Dftodd]

Good evening all. 31F for the start, clear sky light breeze. Wind increased till mid afternoon, 15 -30+ at end of ride, clear sky, and high temp of 69F. Bike ride to start day, started wear almost all cold weather gear, finished in basically summer kit. 59+ miles, so past the 6K mileage. Had run-in with squirrel during ride, he tried to beat the front tire and did not. He was gone next lap, but bet he more careful next time. Nap after lunch, got text, last present in so will get it tomorrow. Mexican restaurant was closed so finished Christmas leftovers. :licking:
Covid update: Cooke, Montague, Grayson, local, unchanged.
Ron agreed we have been very blessed, thanks for update on son, glad you missed deer, when wife hit deer, took three tries to get all the vacuum lines working.
David(moss glad you checked in.
Randy agreed stuff is nice but not as important as family and friends!
Don glad sopping went well and whipper got to walk the golf course. We had electric candles at Christmas Eve service so mask not an issue.
DF so Arkansas was colder than Vermont!
Drew hope visit with family went well, what no pics of new book shelve?
Drew, glad visit went well.
RNG glad you have rain in forecast, Splitting went well.
David glad you got some pipe run and got to watch a movie with Sophie. Turkey stuffing sounds good!
Dennis nice kitty pic.
Bill did not have a road bike till away at college. And that was a 100cc dirt/street bike.
RS nice white Christmas.
Kyle neat story, would ride down to 45F with fairing and lowers.
Rich nice view, glad you are home to enjoy it!
Doug nice Christmas
David nice view, pups look relaxed, guess no supervising today
Ron nice whit Christmas.
Randy glad your not overwhelmed.
DF sounds good hope new grandson is well, Any estimate on GS coming home?
Randy nice haul hope blanket works!
RS sauerkraut balls? glad snow not cramping your activities. interesting recipe
Bailey welcome. :welcome:
Eric wife put it in stepdaughter's stocking, I will get me some next bike shop trip
Drew nothing like homemade lasagna
Bill never had Kahlua and Baileys in same cup
Thomas hope shopping goes well.
Ron hope seat time was enjoyable, and nice squirrel pic
Drew if there was a no eating sign for the deer would that stop them?
Roy and no snow!
Rich good to hear the improvement
Paul Sounds ambitious today.
Don no pool time today?
Dennis sorry to hear legs not all the way back yet.
DF great dog story.
RNG nice more rain, probably have a lot of office work to catch up on.
Rick glad you not under the loads.
David sounds good to me!
DF looks like she is picking her treats
David nice sunrise and supervisory crew up and at it!
Randy those short naps warm you for the long one don't they.
Kyle hope the get the links out.
RS have fun on KP
Ken glad duck was good, sorry about the intolerant.
RS good luck track light issue down
Ken neat pic and story
RS glad you are trying to not overfeed the deer.
Don never knew deer liked pumpkin
prayers for all especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, RNG/fire, Ron/hearing/son/furnace, Jim/sister & family, Phil/wife's eyes, Randy/health, and Country.
stay safe and health you all.

A couple years ago we were colder then Anchorage Alaska for about 5 days. We were getting down to 5° at night and 20° during the day. Anchorage was hitting a balmy 20° at night and 30° during the day.

Weather patterns can be pesky little things.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Dunno ... I haven't really checked around.

Just looking on craigslist real quick, I see there was an ad posted 15 days ago for free pumpkins ... but it's in Marion, OH which is a bit of a haul (probably 90 - 100 miles one way)

Still up though ...

My brother lives there, he can bring them. Lol

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Lots of black birds of various species hanging around at the feeders. It appears all squirrels are hunkered down in their dreys for the time being. They hit the feeder hard yesterday - almost empty, deer feeder now also empty as of this morning.

4 and 20???


Just got home from a quick roadtrip 100 miles south of here, to visit my mom. Stopped and bought her some groceries. We wore masks. Brought back some of my old vinyl LP's. Daughter's friend got a record player for Christmas. Is this 1965 again?

Some crazy old albums in the stack, with some from my older brother and sister's collections.

 

[rswyan]

My brother lives there, he can bring them. Lol

LOL ... I bet he loves you volunteering him ... :laughing:

Can he haul a couple of gaylords worth ?

I can fit two (tall ones) in the van.

 

[rswyan]

4 and 20???

More like 4 ... and hundreds ... :laughing:

 

[sodamo]

Pipe run requiring ladder finished, hose spigot relocated. - pending leak check tomorrow that is.

Relaxing remainder of day, FaceTime calls, nice lunch of leftovers. Not sure I reported how good that stuffing turned out. Will definitely do again. Would have liked to see a couple of today’s games but not available to us. Nice game of Hand & Foot with Sophie.

Tomorrow’s another day