Good morning!!!!

[JDgreen227]

There is a word for that: addlepated

Save you a lot of typing in your decrepitude.

I'm always trying to make life easier for the senior citizens among us. :laughing:

What did you say, dave1949.....?

 

[rswyan]

18F @ 17:45 ...

Was mostly sunny today and that helped get the temp here in the house up to 68F ...

Woke up a little bit ago ... just checked the stove and it was down to just some coals in the bottom and the blower had shut-off ...

The wood pile up at the shop is mostly empty, save for a couple of odd pieces that need to be cut to fit into either of the stoves ... the wood pile here at the house has been gone for several days now.

There are some rounds up in the field ... some of it is from a nice straight-grained maple and is seasoned ... but most of it is from some type of maple with a real twisty grain and is unseasoned ... it's an absolute _____ to split by hand. Kinda like hard rubber ... try to sink an axe head into it with a sledge hammer and it just bounces off.

Talked to the girl that answers the phone at the HVAC company this morning ... she had no info on the replacement gas valve. Told her I wanted her to call and check at their supplier and give a call back - one way or the other - by the end of business today - which she agreed to do. 17:00 rolled around and nada ...

That right there tells me I'm dealing with absolute morons ...

Looks like New Years Day will be spent gathering firewood ... at least it won't be quite as cold.

Happy New Year ... y'all stay safe out there.

 

[RoyJackson]

Can't understand what Roy is bitching about....AT LEAST I wished him a HAPPY BIRTHDAY...did he wish me one....oh no, he probably was so old and absent minded he forgot the date....:laughing:

One old geezer to another...I didn't forget since I never realized it was your birthday...if it was.

For you guys calling me old, ancient, etc., well, you'll be here one day...if you're lucky!

 

[Larro Darro]

Larro, what's in your "traditional" new year's day meal?
be interesting to compare that to the fare in Texas or Hawaii.
Are peas a treat or don't you eat them anyway?
or do you just prepare them "special"?

Considering all the fats and sugars consumed over the prior weeks, probably be
good if we all ate some broiled fish.

Drew, in the South there is a tradition of eating black eyed peas and hog jowls on New Year's Day. It is thought to bring prosperity in the new year. But I think the black eyed peas part was a Jewish tradition for a couple three thousand years before there was a South. I don't use fat meat, but a nice slice of ham in mine. I think most food traditions come from what you had as a kid, with a few changes for taste. As far as the rest of the meal, it is what ever we are in the mood for. This Year Margie is in the mood for something Cajun.

Larro

 

[dave1949]

What did you say, dave1949.....?

Just checking to see if you can still subtract. Happy New Year!

 

[Buppies]

Happy New Years to all happy birthday Roy. May everyone have a great year upcoming be safe in your new endeavors and God bless all

 

[B7510HSD]

Happy New Year to All!! Happy Birthday to Roy!

 

[newbury]

Happy New Year to all TBN'ers

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Happy New Year from Massachusetts!

 

[txdon]

Happy New Year from Central Texas!

Happy Birthday Roy.

 

[daugen]

And happy new year from North Carolina also.
Seems the rest of you are just going to bed...
and Roy, I hope you slept in this morning and today you
are treated as royalty.

26 degrees going up into the fifties in clear weather. Not much planned for today, cleaning and puttering.
I was going to light a fire last night and stay up and promptly fell asleep. Nothing unusual there.
So today I'm going to make some pancakes, fire up the fireplace, and put books away on shelves, hang pictures, etc.

and yeah, I might step on the scale to see what's needed there too...
probably more work than I want after the last month.

may this be the best year ever for all of you.

 

[Eric Salop]

When I set off around the fields the tracks were still hard frozen. By the time I came back I was sliding through mud.
It was -5C/23F here yesterday morning and today has shot up to 11C/52F and climbing in a stiff wind.



Happy New Year from England.

 

[daugen]

great pic Eric, and welcome!
you will have to teach us about Ferguson tractors; didn't the three point hitch start there?

just saw the future weather forecast. 74 degrees and rain on Saturday, in January. Strange...
I want some frozen ground to go play in the woods, not muck and mud...

 

[wngsprd]

26 here on a clear morning, warming to 46 on this first day of the year.

Our dog welcomed me into the new year by throwing up on the new carpet about an hour ago. It cleaned up very nicely, so I am impressed with the carpet and the cleaner...but not so much the dog. Well, first time that happened, so I'll overlook it...and she is so sweet.

We'll probably take a New Year's hike today - certainly good weather for it.

Beautiful pic, Eric.

 

[JDgreen227]

Keep the noise level here DOWN, guys...we don't want to wake up the old guy (Roy Jackson) or make his hangover worse....:laughing:

Happy 2015 all.

 

[Gary Fowler]

38F here this morning but still too dark to see if it is cloudy or clear. Supposedly a new arctic blast is coming to drop temps into low 20's. I had to get up and go look at a burn pile that I had tried to burn Christmas day but didn't have much luck. Well it was burning pretty good this morning 7 days of smoldering thru a couple of days of rain, it finally got started. There are some 36" diameter logs in there that seem to be on fire so it is going to burn for a while yet.
I will take the LS down at daylight to punch it up a bit.

 

[dave1949]

Happy Birthday Roy! Wishing you many more.

Happy New Years from Maine!

Welcome Eric!

8F & mostly clear this morning. Mid-20's today & sunny is the forecast.

After another cup of coffee I will get the pork roast and sauerkraut going in the crock pot.

 

[ronjhall]

Need to get fist cup of coffee poured in the new year. 38° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 47° with some sun all day. Not much planned for today. Maybe do some shopping with wife. TSC has a 15% off sale on your purchase today. Plus there is a Harbor Freight next door.
Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good Morning All.

 

[txdon]

GM! HNY! HBR - if you will ever wake up.
38˚ lightning and pouring down rain.

 

[daugen]

Gary enjoy your ride today. I have a grapple on my FEL and sometimes stuff gets stuck on it. Only once did it get exciting when it caught on fire while stuck on the bucket trying to dump trash onto an ongoing burn pit fire. Mine has a two foot block wall around it so I have to be careful with my front wheels for sure.
Actually, I have some stuff ready to burn in mind, sure is a cold enough day here and plenty of frost on the ground. Yesterday I saw the heaviest frost of my life. It was amazing on my truck's hood, about a quarter inch high, and I had to get out the scraper before I could go anywhere.

so what causes a "heavy" frost? Lots of moisture coming in overnight in the low temp hours? Not sure of the mechanics here. Maybe it's just living near the coastal waters and totally normal for here, my first winter. But I've never seen a layer of frost on my cars like I did yesterday. Lot of moisture, but the sun is still hot enough to burn it off fairly quickly. Trying to time the driest day before the rains again this weekend to get the tractor over one section of lawn. R4's with a loader create a real imprinting issue from the front tires. It makes tracks and I wish for some drier weather.

If only it could be like in Camelot, where it only rains on Wednesdays. If we could dial in 1-2 inches of rain every Wednesday, that might be interesting to try...