Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Many of us have had life/death experiences that shape our overall outlook- give us the proper perspective. It happened to my wife and I 10 years ago and solidified our desire to retire early. We both walked away 10 months ago and couldn’t be happier with our decisions.

Thank all of you for sharing. It gives me new perspective when talking with all of you who have been to the doorstep.

Not a good day for seat time. Temp dropped to 38F before I got out of the house it was windy and very overcast. I was just about to go home from the gardens when a lady requested some mulch, I was cold already and starting up the tractor for 1 FEL of mulch was hardly worth it, but then she said she needed 60 wheel barrels full for our pocket parks in the gardens - I quickly figured 3 hours seat time and said: "i'll get right on it Ma'am". While out, 3 others also needed tractor work - I froze my ___ off but still smiling.

Today I also joined the wood working club and they will teach me how to operate all of the machines and my wife is giving me a whole year to build her a custom desk. They are a little behind on the orientation classes because of high demand so I'll really get started in about two weeks. The club also provides a mentor for your first project.

Ahhh, seat time.... Good luck on the desk. The clock is ticking until next Valentines day.


Farmer, it looks like you guys and PJS had the weather this last couple of days.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Today I also joined the wood working club and they will teach me how to operate all of the machines and my wife is giving me a whole year to build her a custom desk. They are a little behind on the orientation classes because of high demand so I'll really get started in about two weeks. The club also provides a mentor for your first project.

I think the most valuable advice Mr. Wagenknekt gave me in 7th grade wood shop was to keep one eye on my fingers, and the other one on whatever blade was involved in whatever I was doing. Fifty some years later, and I owe itl to him that I still have all my fingers...

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning. The sun is trying to squeeze through a light layer of cloud and again it is warm enough to enjoy being outside without a hat.

Each day I have been spending an hour or two digging in 2 or 3 cleft oak posts in a new fence line that has a layer of stones just below the soil surface. Slow progress for a hare, but for an old tortoise like me it has been a nice steady way to eventually get it done. I always hope to make a discovery like Randy and sure enough, in two of the holes I found someone's lost treasure - a broken tine and 18" of baler twine. :confused3:

Yesterday finally made it to the strainer and got the stock fence pulled.

 

[Looking4new]

14 below and rising to 18°F. Wind NNE 10 mph. Partly cloudy.

I gave this place a 'lick and a promise' yesterday so I could get up to the Bay before the zoo that is Saturday shoppers started. I had full intentions of cleaning it all up today. Not gonna happen. Nope. I don't run my tractor at any temps below about -10 F.

I have a town run and dump run to do later today, then conserve energy for the rest.

Have a good day all

 

[daugen]

up early but then went to bed too early...
Good morning all.
Eric, could you describe the implement on the back of your tractor? I have no experience with metal fencing like that.

So much of life seems to focus on setting priorities. I retired early to take care of my wife.
It cost me a lot of money to do so, both in lost earnings and huge amounts of uncovered experimental drug costs,
but none of that was the priority. You just do what you have to do and try to do the right thing.

Half my life I've been the boss, half I've said yes sir no sir like most of you.
When you retire, if you are lucky enough to have a good wife, all of that yes sir no sir stuff just goes away,
and it's such a free feeling. Free to do what I wanted to do, which was farm.
Well, let's modify that to include the always necessary Yes Dear.

which brings me to an interesting topic. Maybe Toppop's magic is in the air.
Got an email from a childhood friend, the very close friend with the second house in Delray Beach,
that both he and his wife think I should meet his first wife.
Retired nurse who likes hot cars.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.
And owns two homes so is not impoverished.
My same age.

Need to have a long chat with my friend about why they got divorced 35+ years ago.
this should be interesting...
Toppop keep flinging that magic around please.

Don, you just sound like you are having so much fun there.
Don't forget to stop and take pictures please.

 

[wngsprd]

27 going to 39 and maybe more sleet. We got sleet and snow and rain most of the day yesterday.

RNG, sorry about your friends.

Thomas, I like your bobcat story.

I had one of those near death experiences after an operation, but was only 16 and don't remember any of it until the doc told me.

Had a good workout at the gym yesterday while my wife went grocery shopping. Some days the gym seems like a struggle, while others, like yesterday, seem easy. Don't know why. We decided to gas up on the way home...price jumped 10 cents per gallon since we drove into town. I think they discovered they were the lowest price in town. Still pretty cheap to think of all the work it takes to get it from the ground somewhere, refined, and then into my tank and still under two bucks a gallon.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured second cup of coffee. 22° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 27° with good chance of snow in evening. Yesterdays forecast of chance of sun did happen. About 2 seconds. I did get my projects completed. Today is a trip to Port Huron to visit my Aunt and Uncle. Always a good visit.

Interesting about retirement and life changing events. My life changing event so far is retiring. Would not ever want to go back to working for a living.

Don, glad you got Seat Time. But you need to dress to keep warm.

RNG, may your friends RIP.

Drew, let the magic happen. :cloud9:

Eric, I have one of those bolt together fence stretchers some where in my collection of tools. Do not plan on putting up much fence any more. With all that weight on back of tractor. You should be able to get stretched tight.

Thomas, "Today was good day everything I touch I fix" :thumbsup:

Wngsprd, wish we had less than $2 gas.

Prayers for all.

Good Morning All.

 

[Buppies]

44 high of 53 here cloudy back home in the 30s and ice should be gone by the time we get home. Good friend from high school died funeral Monday

Drew you folks have high gas taxes but nice roads.

Prayers for all in need

 

[Thomas]

wngsprd
and then into my tank and still under two bucks a gallon.
.................
Its been so l o n g sice we seen gas that low around here.... $2.29 gallon 5 cents less if you belong to club etc.

 

[Thomas]

Buppies
Good friend from high school died funeral Monday.
..........................
Sorry for the loss of your friend.

 

[RoyJackson]

2019-02-17, 0723

-4 right now...high today in the mid-20's.

got most of the chores done yesterday, but I'm still struggling with that mat entangled in the snow blower's impeller...so, back to that today...

 

[Bird]

40 cloudy degrees this morning, going for a high of a sunny 54 this afternoon. Today is our younger daughter's 50th birthday, so we plan to take both daughters and our granddaughter out to eat this afternoon.

 

[Thomas]

8F clear sky mid 20's for high,might get dusting or couple inches snow over night.

By the looks of new deer feeder deer weren't impress for they ate very little from it,other feeder got hit hard.
Plans for today...take Mrs. to super market,clean sweep basement work shop,catch some of Daytona 500,just take the day as it comes.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Buppies]

Bird hope your daughter has a wonderful birthday 50 is special if only I could remember

 

[riptides]

21 outside this AM. Heading to lower 40's or 50's. I already forgot. Need....more...coffee.

RNG, Buppies, sorry for the loss of your friends. I hope there are plenty of good, happy and funny memories when you think of them.

Today looks like a good day to hang my run-in solar lights. The solar power hookup, proved to costly, since this run-in is really looking like a second barn, now. That's serious scope creep from the SO. A pure electric hookup is a little costly too, need panels and over 900 feet of wire. Where I thought I could connect, just cannot handle the load. Such is life.

My wife says I am aloof, stoic and/or nonchalant with life after my accident many years ago. I can rant with the best of them, yap like a dog, move like a turtle, pounce like a lion and howl like a 'yote.....
Make the best of the moment, I say, but try and leave things better than you found them.

Happy Sunday, remember the Lord blessed you. Now get to giving good.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 37F and raining @ 4:45AM. Rain and snow showers this morning changing to rain showers for the afternoon. High near 45F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Snow accumulations less than one inch.

It's probably snowing a few hundred feet higher up at the Highway 70 junction; at least the radar map thinks it is. I'll be happy with the rain, but snow sure is pretty, especially when it all melts off before noon.:laughing:

Around here, the less said about gas/fuel prices, the better. :muttering: I'm just happy I can buy all I need any time I want. Hasn't always been that way.

Sorry about your lost friend, Buppies. It's a sobering moment when you hear about a contemporary passing on, and sad if you knew them well.

Do you give fence building lessons, Eric? I think I'll be spending some "quality time" on one this year, and it'll be a new experience...

Don't forget about the bobcat in the barn, Thomas. That would be a surprise neither of you would enjoy.:laughing:

Spoke briefly with my WalMart trucker bulldozer drivin' neighbor yesterday, and he's "up" (or is it "down") for doing some trenching here when it's time. With i-80 closed over the Sierra, he's been making long detours on smaller, often snowy, roads, not much fun in a big 18 wheeler. He did say he'll soon rotate to a schedule where he has weekends off, and every other one is a three dayer. We were conversing via cell phone, his being a new "smart phone" he's having trouble using. Said he was trying to call me, but was having difficulty figuring out how, and wasn't sure his repeated banging on the thing caused his call to go through or not. Sounded a bit disappointed when I told him I called him!:laughing: Maybe we can get together when he's in town and I can help get him up to speed on his new fangled phone?:confused2:

Probably a good day to take another swipe at the taxes, then maybe screen a movie. Both good rainy day activities...

Hope everyone enjoys what's left of the weekend!

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning! Been up for a while enjoying some coffee and the wood burner. It is 22 now, supposed to go to 35. Sun is shining, but it is supposed to all go to crap later. Freezing rain and snow. You will have that this time of year in this part of the world.

Condolences to those who last friends recently.

Not sure what I will get into today. I will find something to keep me occupied.

Wife is making breakfast. Haven稚 went to look, but smells good. Seems she has added garlic....I can smell it.

Everyone have a safe and good day.

 

[CWB Wyo]

The low looks to be 1° this morning. Yesterday was mostly sunny and in the mid 30's with some gusty winds. Today is going to be partly cloudy with a high in the upper 20's.

I got the driveway done yesterday, still need to do some shoveling. I'll get that done sometime this morning.

Not much else planned for today. Probably watch the Daytona race.

Hope everyone has a nice Sunday.
CWB.

 

[cat fever]

Good morning,

15 degrees, cloudy with dark skies but not snowing. Not even sure what the forecast is. It might be snowing up on the mountain just not at my house.

Hope everyone has a nice day.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low went down to 16, only going up to 38. We got spoiled the past week, snow is already falling about 60 miles to our west. Supposed to be here this afternoon with falling temps. They have snow advisories and storm warnings posted through Tuesday. 8-14" forecasted....

Didn't do the dump trip yesterday, so today is the day. They are closed on M & T, so no excuses today. Now I have to beat the snow... Might do some other errands that were planned for tomorrow.

Condolences for all those with a loss, always sad to hear of people's passing.

Everyone have a great Sunday, prayers sent.