Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Good show last night at Sight and Sound. Dinner was at neither of the recommended favorites due to show ending after 5pm and then the crowd out of the parking lot.

Settled on Olive Garden by the hotel (wife likes it). Stopped at the Apple Store in Park City this am for appointment for her iPad. No fixing, they are ordering another that I'll grab at the Christiana Store. So other than the fuel to pick it up, free replacement.

Back home after stopping at Grotto's in town for a very late lunch/early dinner.

Bailey the Beagle was very happy for us to get home.

lol, I commented to my wife the other day, that Olive Garden is out of place there... Odd to see the Chick-fil-a there also. Glad you liked the show, wouldn't mind seeing it again. I really enjoyed the Christmas show we went to.
We had a couple Beagle's on the farm over the years.

 

[daugen]

for about ten years I delivered cardboard boxes full of food at Thanksgiving and Christmas
for a local food pantry outside of Wrightstown. Some were delivered to very nice townhouse developments, one had an older Mercedes
suv in the driveway. All of these folks had been vetted by some local church. Almost all the ones that initially made me
raise my eyebrows were single moms with multiple kids at home and perhaps newly struggling. Several folks were foreign and
I remember being bowed to in thanks.

that very positive experience is what helped create my desire in retirement to farm and grow food for the poor.
I wanted to do more than just deliver boxes. Every one had ten pounds of potatoes, would usually do 8-10 boxes.
thankfully I had an early Garmin back then.

later on, the red potatoes I grew were bundled up in clear plastic bags and were taken home by the folks in line at the
food pantry.

seems in all the youtube animal videos I watch, it's clear the number one way you bond with an animal is to feed it.
not so different for people

in the NC food pantry, the patrons were divided in pretty even thirds, whites, blacks and Hispanic.
I admit I checked out the cars in the parking lot very carefully. I was wondering where my potatoes
and tomatoes were going. Most of the cars were beaters, old vans, crown vics, and small nissans.
they were just plain poor and I was glad to feed them. Couple of nicer pickups came in but it was clear they were delivering
relatives as the driver sat in his truck. These folks had also been vetted, every one had filled out a financial form of some kind.
There was government and local supermarket give away food there too,, and one of supermarket's requirements is that some form
of vetting occur. I'm sure someone gamed the system but basically it worked and folks got fed.

folks who cheat on fuel oil probably cheat on their income taxes too.
hopefully proper karma will prevail

 

[daugen]

just a dusting

 

[Happy in NC]

Good morning TBN!!
36 again this morning. Should be upper 40s with some breaks of sun.

Yesterday was working on the buggy again. Ended up replacing the rest of the cross member braces as the old one were too rusty to weld with out burning through. Must have been up and down on the lift about half dozen times. Measure, measure again, tac, weld but got er done.
Also got the wheel back on the tractor.
Burned the paper and boxes since it was raining some of the day.
Rearrange some owner manuals I have filed. Harbor Freight got it's own folder. Not that their manuals are all that great. Not sure why I keep them all. Easier to find on the net then in my drawers. LOL
Spent some time looking to see if any of the consumables I got at an auction would fit my equipment would fit. Of course not. If anyone needs any HyperTherm or Miller consumables let me know.
Homemade sketty for dinner and called it a day.

Time for a second cup
Everyone have a great and safe day!!

 

[Thomas]

14F cloudy day might reach 30F.

Outside chores done E muffin time,5 deer vacuum all the bird seed from the ground overnight lots of tracks going both ways.

Plans for today...AM remove snow from front roof,quick trip to town,PM visit gentleman invited me to see young female bear denning in his barn, watch good football game.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Thomas]

Congrats on the 800 mile stroll Billy also BIG thanks for sharing pictures over the year.

 

[daugen]

Thomas, if she smells young Boo on you
she'll come a running...