Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

42F cloudy.

Out the door 3:30am for 4am working with boss getting coolers etc. empty so younger fellows can clean power wash everything...state inspection Thursday afternoon.

Mrs. kinda on my butt last evening some today about getting new pickup,nope I told her but if you can find 1/2 2wd or 4wd with bench seat wing windows 8 track player 3 on the tree dimmer switch on the floor I am sold....got a

No plans for this evening...watch little YT share bowl ice cream.
Guess I better get head refreshen scent rope with Doe scent,young bucks having field with rope hanging from the tree,older wiser bucks sniff rope paw the ground.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[daugen]

I sent out fruit to siblings and a few friends for xmas.
I always send one to myself to check it out.
this is not encouraging.

new vac really sucks. I mean it really sucks.
had to flip the lever on vac head to elevate itself from bare floor, or it sucked down so hard I
had a hard time moving it. I stuck my hand in the nozzle and it tried to eat my hand.
So....no complaints on suction. Cheapest Miele canister still made in Germany for 350 bucks.
All the hardware is thick and heavy duty. And quiet too. Cleaning lady should be thrilled tomorrow.
She's got a little Mercedes to drive.

 

[Mark P.]

Need help --- which battery powered chain saw should I take a look at... 40v - 80v --for use around the house for occasional limbs..

 

[buckeyefarmer]

18° and heavy frost this morning.
Not feeling well now. Talked to Dr earlier about scheduling my 5 yr colonoscopy, felt ok then. Always something.
My niece and her dad both have alligator bite. Sister ok for now.

Financial guy gave for me to retire. So tomorrow I tell the boss it’s going to happen. The experiment starts in January. I’m nervous. He thinks ok to partially draw from IRA till I’m 67.
Rain starts tomorrow morning.

 

[LouNY]

I sent out fruit to siblings and a few friends for xmas.
I always send one to myself to check it out.
this is not encouraging.

new vac really sucks. I mean it really sucks.
had to flip the lever on vac head to elevate itself from bare floor, or it sucked down so hard I
had a hard time moving it. I stuck my hand in the nozzle and it tried to eat my hand.
So....no complaints on suction. Cheapest Miele canister still made in Germany for 350 bucks.
All the hardware is thick and heavy duty. And quiet too. Cleaning lady should be thrilled tomorrow.
She's got a little Mercedes to drive.

That is a shame with the fruit, those individually wrapped boxes like that are not cheap.

 

[m7040]

BEF, good luck with retirement. I started with 4 percent from the IRA and has gone up some to meet minimum withdraw per tax rules and even with that the account has increased in value although it is down in general now but still above the starting point 10 years ago

 

[daugen]

guy on classic car youtube channel was expounding on all the features he wished cars still had.
One was Thomas's floor headlight dimmer button.
nice chrome button switch that goes click click satisfyingly

now I have a light switch with so many settings it gets genuinely confusing. Am I on auto dim? Are my headlights that to a degree steer/look around corners
actually doing that? Do I want the rear fog lamp on so I look Euro?...
Front fog lights do help with pot hole detection.

yes Lou, that moldy one went right in the trash. I give half to a neighbor but thankfully can repack them.
they look green and unimpressive. I wonder if the bad one, which was at the very corner, got frozen.
If I send that pic in they will send me something. Now I have to wonder what my siblings got, any moldy mayhem in them?
Can only wonder what that mold is, benign or?

Next year I know exactly what I'm doing to avoid this. Going to go get couple pecks of apples, pack them in USPS box prepaid mailers and send those instead.
Do my own fruit delivery with local apples. Each apple in bubble wrap. No matter what you send something by UPS and you don't know if it will sit in a freezing truck overnight.
by by oranges; apples I think will be more durable. Plus I can inspect every one before it goes out. I bet it will cut my cost in half, plus keeps money more local.

I can finally chew inside of apple, can't do skin yet. Baked apple slices I made were yummy. They were soft and easy to eat but skins there a problem too.
Just shows how much you depend upon your molars to grind down on things. No grinding today.

 

[riptides]

I sent out fruit to siblings and a few friends for xmas.
I always send one to myself to check it out.
this is not encouraging.

...

UGH. Is that from H and D?

 

[daugen]

Buckeye, that sure sounds like good news.

Riptides, no from Hales Groves.
5 years straight nice stuff. Last year and this year, rotting fruit in selection.
That's strike two. Might not give them another at bats.

 

[m7040]

Need help --- which battery powered chain saw should I take a look at... 40v - 80v --for use around the house for occasional limbs..

I got the Makita and I like it. Several here have it as well