Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

Sawzalls are changing to battery operated but I still like my old ones.

I’ve had the Makita 18v cordless for many years, the corded ones haven’t come off the shelf since I got it.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

My wife never yelled at me. But I am sure she had her ways of making me do it her way. Even today i do not have clutter that you will see when you enter my house, garage, shop or to barns. Just do not look in the 3 drawers in built in cabinets in dinning room. Almost to the point where I cannot find what is stashed in them. I have put it on the to do list today. Not much comes in paper work to me. I am almost totally digital. I do have the receipts from this year in a small basket. Will put those in a ziplock bag with this years date on it. Will put it in a file cabinet drawer. While there I will take out the ziplock from 2016 and burn it. My wife started this. Still works today.

We have 2 junk drawers in the kitchen. They are catch alls.

Good (Saturday) early arvo. Overnight Low of 15C and it's presently 25.6C, mostly overcast, calm and there was 13mm in the gauge at 0900.

Well, I wasn't going to mention it but today is one of those momentous days in my life that I thought I'd share it with my TBN Mates. Today (31st, NYE) is my 65th birthday and I'm surrounded by family & friends for the occasion... however, yesterday was my last day in the Royal Australian Navy (Reserve). All told, that's a bit over 47 years (Regular/Reserve) of Service.

Anyway, nothing is planned for today (glorious weather) apart from a restaurant dinner tonight and attempting to 'stay up' for midnight and the annual, worldwide, firework displays that mark the end of my BD.

That's about it, take care all and have a happy New Year.

Happy Belated birthday Wagtail!

50° this morning at 3 a.m. but going for a high of a sunny 70° today. And today is Margaret's 79th birthday. Our kids and grandkids are all supposed to be here this evening for a pizza/new year's/graduation/birthday party.LOL Granddaughter just finished high school. Things are different in this day and age. We used to all graduate or end school year at the same time at the beginning of summer. Now it seems the kids finish at different times.

Yep, everything's different now-a-days. Way back in ancient times before I retired from law enforcement we used to have a neighborhood New Year and Birthday party with 5 neighbors at our house every year. We had some wonderful and fun filled (and sometimes hilarious) times. I'll never forget the night it was so cold and icy that the sidewalks were iced over and a little after midnight when everyone was leaving to go home, the lady who lived 2 doors south of us said she wasn't taking any chances of falling on the ice, so she just got down on her hands and knees and went across the yard next door to her house (second house south of us). And no, she had not been drinking.

Incidentally . . . that lady is the last of our old neighbors still living in that same house. She celebrated her 94th birthday last week.

Happy belated birthday to your wifey Margaret! Hope y'all had a great party.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I’ve had the Makita 18v cordless for many years, the corded ones haven’t come off the shelf since I got it.

I use my corded one. Batteries in my dewalt cordless don’t hold a charge any more.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 49ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Moderate wind, Sky cleared off, and high temp was 61ºF. Putter in morning, bike ride, lunch and nap. We have a heat pad to keep wife happy while she drives. We did a walk through of items to take to granddaughter, she got laid off Trip to STL not sure of posting or reading of GM thread.
Bill hope you get the power run to your buildings. hope you knees hold up.
Ron Good to hear you and Sassy got a good walk. Good luck with new router. Nice squirrel pic, but they are facing away from each other
Drew good luck with the box of receipts. Hope visit to RV dealer went well.
Buppies sorry time in paradise not as good for soul as hoped. prayers sent.
Dennis glad you worked out why weather station off line. Good luck moving it to Starlink.
Ken glad you got outlets remounted.
Paul that bone is as big as the puppy. Hope you got the medical taken care of.
Don hope you found plenty left in the garden. Sounds like you have plenty of opportunity to fill your time.
Jim sorry about the laundry neglect and hitting nail cutting stump.
Scotty glad to hear SoCal getting some rain. I hear NorCal got about 14 inch in December.
Dennis sounds you are productive so far. enjoy the cat break. nice kitty pic
Gstrom hope no flooding. ice under snow will be fun to deal with.
Ted glad you might get moisture. Nice RV. Hope errand went well.
David hope horizontal surface mining was successful. Glad Happy Hour and food was good.
Drew good to see you are not rushing into the RV
RS hope you enjoyed the rest day. Enjoy your warm weather while it lasts.
Drew thanks for story. Health eating on road is huge challenge, then there is wife's sense of taste that varies every day
Dennis good progress, hope kitty did not protest too much when you restarted.
David sorry Kekoa reacts so strongly to thunder.
Bill glad you got cable cut.
Thomas glad work day productive. Wish you got video of tug of war.
Ted sounds you got more snow than you thought you might get.
Randy(wag) look all the room you got back getting ride of unused jackets! Hope grocery run went well.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /broken arm and heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's fall and recovery, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, Ken /dad possible dementia, /uncle's surgery, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Lou /eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage not doing well, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's surgery, Scotty, /back pain, Frits /daughter recovery from surgery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Mark /wife colon surgery, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Not a bad first day of retirement, so guess I’ll try it again tomorrow.
Got weather station online.
My mailbox monitor stopped working Saturday, need to troubleshoot it now. I verified WiFi unit is connected to my Starlink, so will check outdoor sender on side of mailbox.
Also my web energy logger that monitors my geothermal stopped working the 23rd and still don’t know why. I think last time this happened I had to have it reflashed. It’s old, so not easy.
Ordered new LED light fixture for above sink, and 2 more UPS batteries.
Got 5 months of digital pictures labeled and organized, now caught up to this month. Will back those up tomorrow.
Need to start jotting down list of things to do as I think of them. Need to tackle the garage and basement. I found another old trip lite UPS in the garage. I tried it, won’t even turn on. Will pull batteries and trash it.
I got many old UPS batteries to get rid of. After next one gets batteries I ordered, I still got 2 to replace batteries in.
I want to redo and clean up my basement Ethernet and switches.
Also rewire my energy monitor and add to it.
Also repair 2 geothermal flow pumps to have as spares.
No shortage of work.
Need to get the cracked tractor hub replaced also.

 

[two_bit_score]

BEF sounds like you are hearing Retirements song.

Retirement sings a song called “I’ve got a never ending job for you”.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low temp is 29 and the high? will be 28°F. Wind NE11 mph. Light snow. 1/2" so far. More tonight and tomorrow.

I think today might be an energy conservation day.

Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

good morning all
another foggy morning with rain this afternoon, but super warm, up to low 60's.
My garden bulbs are getting confused, they are starting to pop out of ground.
They will be in a cold surprise soon.

school board meeting tonight, not much else planned.
now to check my powerball tickets............after my first coffee

 

[daugen]

drum roll
I won the Powerball!
well....I picked the powerball number right.
I think I get 4 bucks, maybe 8.
a positive trend for sure....
of course the tickets cost me 12
first time ever won a penny
didn't go off...so back down to buy another and stroll up to the
cashier for my big payoff.!

I don't gamble at all, my faith disapproves of it, surely my financial planning background does...
but when the powerball goes over 400M, I buy tickets

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 44° with fog this morning. Heading to 52° with rain. Did not get new router installed yesterday. Waiting for 1 more part to install. Did print manual. One supplied with router was so small I could not read it with a magnifying lens. Did a conserve energy day. Going to do same today. Found a mouse in trap this morning. There has not been any action with them since before Christmas. Put fresh peanut butter on all 3 trap I have out.
Sandhill Cranes like the warm weather. They are back at feeders.

Buckeye, remember Roy tried retirement for awhile. Didn't work for him. He went back to work. More organized day plans. Be careful working at mail box. A long time family friend died when a car hit him while at his mailbox just before Christmas.

Mostly, it's like the Cardinals that visit my feeders. They are never together.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.