Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

this is for RNG and Popgadget, too long for rest of us non Prius folks
all wheel drive, 49mpg, 6.7 to 60. A veritable rocket shop compared to before.
amazing to get that mileage with awd.
nice looking car too

Thanks for the link, Drew. The press embargo expired today, so this is the first video I've seen where the car got driven. Pretty impressive. But that engine compartment is pretty daunting, too. Not much an owner can do beyond fluids and filters, but on the last two Toyotas I've owned, I didn't have to do anything more.

Good news, too, that they'll start showing up in January. I wonder how much over MSRP the dealers will try to gouge. I bet it's a lot...

 

[scootr]

31º going to 60º finally. Almost a week of cold and wet weather has passed. Will clean out half of the parage in preparation for the new hotrod delivery Thurs or Friday.
Merry Christmas to me!

 

[Buppies]

Nice hot rod

 

[gstrom99]

I worry about that upper respiratory crud going around, like my brother has.
Hospitals are filling up again due to covid, flu and the RSV (?) chest crud.

most of us have either gotten sick or had family members sick.

I'm one of the sick ones. I've had this cough for a month and a half. I'm on my third dose of (different this time) antibiotics, with Prednisone this time too. Albuterol inhaler helps, some. I did get a negative chest x-ray yesterday, which ruled out the really bad Dx's I've been fretting about. Outside work / dog walks aggravate it badly, so they'll be none of that stuff...

Feeling like crap sucks!!!

 

[scootr]

Nice hot rod

Yes Sir, Thank you - we are excited.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 17°, but the wind chill put it down to the single digits.... we weren't outside, so didn't matter....
The highs are only expected to be around 32° all week until Sunday, when it will hit 38°. Maybe some precip just before Christmas.

Cold, windy, blustery with snow flurries.... did a great job of keeping me inside yesterday after the errands. Which were successful, no goose chases. The list somehow grew, now requires a Costco run today. --- non grocery items, so shouldn't be too bad.

David, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! Hope you had a nice day!

Hope you guys that have the crud, get better soon!

RNG, the wifey tried using her Mac-mini the other day, first time since getting the new internet service... now it will connect to the internet server, opens Safari and search engines..... but all sites will not open, giving a message that the connection is not secure.....
I told her the OS is too old.... it's Leopard... something like 10.5 ... it won't even connect to Apple Support.... guess she needs a new 'puter. She's being stubborn.... she still wants to use the old "Appleworks" software.

Buppies, that's what I was expecting.... periods of cold / wet. The weather here has so many 'different micro climates'.... It can snow / rain here and 10 miles away it's sunny and warm....

Scootr, nice ride! I bet you will have some fun!

Gonna get moving..., want to be at Costco when they open and avoid the majority of the crowd.

 

[daugen]

gstrom, feel better.

cold morning, cold floors in house, wanted to warm up kitchen so time to make a nice breakfast.
ham, succotash, shredded potatoes, Mexican blend cheeses on top. The corn got nice and crunchy, that roasted smell and taste.
glad I have another serving or two left.

came out of supermarket yesterday and got that really confused look, what happened to my car...ahhhhh, the one behind it.
I should just look for the hitch. Both cars from same local dealer. Obviously pretty common.

 

[Thomas]

Had some "visitors" just before we headed out:

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These characters were not who I had in mind when I put out the cracked corn for "the ground feeders" ...

They are just checking to see if it's up to standers for their friends.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, the wifey tried using her Mac-mini the other day, first time since getting the new internet service... now it will connect to the internet server, opens Safari and search engines..... but all sites will not open, giving a message that the connection is not secure.....
I told her the OS is too old.... it's Leopard... something like 10.5 ... it won't even connect to Apple Support.... guess she needs a new 'puter. She's being stubborn.... she still wants to use the old "Appleworks" software.

That's pretty vintage, Ted, but she should still be able to over ride the security warning in her browser security warnings. The link might have a link called something like "more info", which leads to a page with another warning, and a link that sez something like "visit the site anyway", then another drop down menu with something like "are you sure". At that point it'll open the site, and add it to a list so you don't have to go through that nonsense again.

I guess now you know what to get her for Christmas now, though.

 

[sodamo]

66°F and 1.22 inches rain

Hope for enough dryness to be productive. That might involve moving Sophie’s BX so I have enough room to work on the honda generator. Seems my tractor shed has most of its space filled with no room left to work, not even on whatever is parked there. I see major cleanup/reorg in the future.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day