Again, I come back and a whole 'nuther round of drama. I got tangentially swept to the other thread...I agree with Don....cesspool.
We should be able to civilly talk about alligators, with personal experiences....and no drama.
Mostly, condolences and prayers for the family. Hope your sister gets well soon.
Too cold and bad road conditions to go into work today. 28F windy and wintry precipitation. Feeding the fireplace. It's hungry.
Got my freebie alligator testing devices yesterday.
Popgadget, great job on the welding table. That annular cutter magnetic drill is the shazbot nanu nanu.
I haven’t said much about latest skin cancer removal. It became infected had to go back and get three dissolvable stitches removed and now on high powered antibiotics the bathroom is new friend. Eating yogurt to replace good bacteria. Odd that it took a month for this to show up
Prayers my friend.
25 outside this AM. Heading to mid 40's.
The job - not working out too well. I am too old for training people on stuff they should know by now. If you know what I mean. Heck, been on it for not even two weeks and am ready to slide my chair over to the recliner full time. So bad the wife noted the attitude adjustment and took me out for a sit down dinner last night. I think we are at the point where our five year plan gets tore up and we start in a new direction. That includes possibly selling the farm and properties.
.......and I quit for today.
LOL.
Maybe I need an attitude adjustment. Is it 5 o'clock yet???
ROTFL.
Guess I will get the splitter out and chop some wood up.
Went back to part-time after yesterday. Big guy called, rearranged some things. We will see if that helps all of us out.
Hope you got things ironed out. You said it, "Times change".
So, more moderators needed?
Yes. and some reasonableness. remove the bad apples from the bushel.
Good morning! Happy ground hog day and six more weeks of winter! 51˚F partly cloudy light North wind the high will be 57˚F at 1pm then the cool down starts.
2" of snow and or ice is predicted for Thursday/Friday.
The news is again making it sound like a snow and ice armageddon. Schools and business are planning to shut down for Thursday and Friday and it is warned the roads will be like a bumper car ring without the bumpers. Grocery stores are flooded with people getting prepared. The governor has warned of possible electrical "Shedding", a new term meaning rolling blackouts. Our electrical line is underground so our immediate area will not be affected by downed limbs because of ice. Wind chill will be zero˚.
I made a trip to Mom's yesterday and got her ready. The HEB grocery stores parking lots in Taylor and Elgin were over filled. In Taylor all checkouts were open with lines into the aisles. Mom's county road was a muddy mess and I had to stop at the car wash close to Kyle and high-pressure the mud off the Ranger.
I'll head to the garden and get the beets, and move the outdoor citrus plants into the garage and then self PT this afternoon. I might go to the store later this afternoon to see if the shelves are empty.
Stopped at store at 7:50 AM yesterday. Had the place to myself along with the distributers.
That's the first I've heard of the insurance companies using an old roof as an excuse for declining coverage, Ted, but it makes perfect sense. Most roofing materials deteriorate with age. Then again, the roof here is concrete tile, and is fifteen years old, and now I wonder if that's yet another reason why I'm having so much trouble. Guess I should get out of here before the whole place comes tumbling down around my ears, huh?
I would believe that a tile roof has a 100 year life. Here in Texas (besides what Don wrote and scorpions), we have freedom. If you want to move a pile of dirt from one side of your property to the other....you can. Unless it might be the size of a lake.
Spent some time reading the 2 referenced threads. WOW. While I’m in the No camp, his site- his rules, I do think Mod transparency should be a part of that and Mod action without at least a simple explanation doesn’t help. I guess above is a violation. Oh well.
Good post.
I took my kids to Whataburger and had a great breakfast with them this morning. (they were let out of school and the icing hadn't started).
What we need is a place to land together, if the worst happens.
Prayers for our team and our country.
