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[farmeratheart]

Good morning All. 31 with light snow on grassy surfaces this morning. Supposed to get much colder by tonight. Breakfast out with our neighbors this morning and an appointment in the city this afternoon will pretty much use the day. Thanks for all of the pictures. Have a good hump day!

Frank

 

[Buppies]

Thanks for sharing pictures of those who are apart of the greatest generation

 

[daugen]

watch out for black ice Frank.
Road right in front of my house is shaded by overhanging trees, so often icy when other parts are bone dry.
Already fixed lawn out there three times as folks skid off the road into the ditch. Then the wrecker makes even more
of a mess. Very important to stay out the ditches...

47 out, rain just finished but I think a few more showers this morning, temps slowly dropping all day, chilly weather returning, but a lot
more exciting for others with more snow coming.

other than a drugstore run, not much planned today, having dinner with friend tonight. Though at 9am I have to call the lady at an rv campground to confirm my reservation for third week in January, they said they were full but a spot opened. Good timing. Del Raton rv park ten minutes from friend's home in Delray Beach, could not be easier. While campground is very nice, location is awful, Route 1 in front and Dixie Highway in rear, and car dealerships on both sides. Usually these campgrounds are more remote, but land is so expensive in that area not many rv parks. This place is reasonable, in Key Largo the rv rates start at 110 a night. But Key Largo has its own private beach and snorkeling, which I really enjoy. Who wouldn't want to swim with pretty fish? Plus swimming is good exercise for me and I love the water. I'm trying to get in a few beach days before I head over to other side of state and visit other friend in Ft Myers.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good Morning. It's 44° with a light wind and high expected to only get to 59° this afternoon. Yesterday's less than 1/8" was disappoint but, still ... better than nothing. Forecast says we'll have a slow warmup back to the mid to high 70's over next five days with a chance of rain by Monday. Patricia is in Birmingham, AL this week. It's 31° there, this a.m.

Jay ... hope you're enjoying Costa Rica. My wife and I got engaged there, in 2006. We usually stay at Los Suenos on the Playa Herradura but, looking for someplace new for next time.

Hotels Herradura, Costa Rica | Los Suenos Marriott Ocean & Golf Resort

Mostly ... you're close and no doubt you'll easily make 6k.

WNG .. we gave up on our Galaxy 5's. I put new batteries in both and didn't help much. Since we both use iPads we decided to go with the iPhone 8+ about a year ago. Trying to remember how to do things on two different platforms was getting old. Much better now and we will probably upgrade our iPads for Christmas to Air 3's. My old Air 2 runs out of Battricity after about 2 hours.

David ... steel posts and trusses?

Randy ... you're in all our prayers for a successful procedure Friday and quick & complete healing.

Hope everyone has an excellent Hump Day.

Prayers to all.

 

[Thomas]

mostly_gas
"Had to drop Scooter at vet for surgery, they found bad tooth and took care of it at same time. He 's not a happy camper tonight"

Hope Scooter in better mood and no pay back.

"Thomas sorry about camcorder, I too enjoy your critter stories. Boo Boo laying low?"
Thought for sure Boo Boo would have drop by due to last couple days warm weathers...no signs yet. ;(

 

[ronjhall]

Poured second cup of coffee. 18ｰ with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 23ｰ with cloudy skies and a brisk west wind. Never got my projects done yesterday. To much time on phone. Neighbor brought a plate of cookies over. Today was my wife's birthday. Son invited me over for dinner. I got a bottle of Amaretto for a after dinner sip. I bought her a bottle every year for her birthday. Need to get Christmas packages ready to mail that I did not get done yesterday. No other plans for today.
Tried to take picture of moon last evening. Could not figure out how to take it with Canon. Took one with iPhone.


Jay, great pictures of a warm climate. Enjoy your trip.

Looking and David, great pictures. I have pictures of my dad from WWI someplace. I think in a trunk stored in cellar. On my list of things to go thru. But it's to cold this time of year down there.

Drew, my biggest problem is finding keys. Have not lost a phone yet to be found later. Tried a key finder for the keys. Problem is sound transmitted by Tile is in range of my tinnitus. Cannot hear it. Oldest son has one that will find his wallet. Need to check that one out also.


David, like car port plans and pictures.

Scrambler, Lowes stories are always good.

Randy, stay healthy and get the procedure done and over.

Buckeye, I do not miss driving to and from work.

Good Morning All.

 

[Thomas]

22F cloudy gusty winds letting up clear sky mid afternoon low 30's for high.

Outside chores done time for E muffin. :licking:
Last couple days rain warm temps wind there a lot of green brown showing everywhere and critters are liking that...even got whiff skunk last evening small white moths were flying by.

Plans for today... inside puttering this morning than restack wooden pallets outside,1pm appointment with Mrs. and investor,late afternoon check bog for wildlife activity.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My head Cold had me up till early morning. I reset alarm, but can’t get back to sleep. Can’t take off so gonna have to move.

Got an inch of snow on grass, roads fine. Going to mid 30s today with sun.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

G' morning!

My beautiful wifey made me yummy southern pecan decaf, with a scoop of swiss miss chocolate. 42F here.

Been up an hour to do some homework.

Thomas, now that I think about it, my camcorder is 20 years old. Most of the newer cameras have video mode. I like the shape of the smaller video cameras now. Storage and ease of moving data are 2 big parameters. Many people install an additional huge spinning hard drive to hold terabytes of video data.

Drew, I always wanted to go to the keys. But they seem so overcrowded. We need more keys.

Eric, I wouldn't recommend uncontrolled paragliding....you could hit a sheep that couldn't see you coming wearing dark shades.

Prayers for Randy. Ron too.

Oldest daughter (14) has been sick. weird symptoms. Passed out at doctors office. Weird headache on top of head to back of head when any exertion is encountered. But feeling better this AM.

Have a blessed day all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Kyle, prayers for daughter. Sounds scary.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 37˚F not freezing like predicted, cloudy getting to the mid 50s. I need to take the hay off my tender garden plants and weed the garden today.

Drew glad you found your phone.
Enjoyed the "DAD" pics.
Eric your glasses are most likely not on a black sheep but in a pile of black _____.
Kyle hope the Dr. can figure out what is going on with your daughter.

I'm in a rental car provided by the distracted lady's insurance co. It does not have all the driver assist bells and whistles like the Stinger does and have to resort back to old fashion driving. If the distracted lady was in a Stinger the alarms would have undistracted her and prevented the big bump.
Have a safe day everyone.

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning Everyone!!!!!


The maitre de remembered us from our last visit here and we got the royal treatment including special seating to view the sunset, putting 3 waiters, 2 bar tenders on us and himself and a personal introduction with the head chef

Wngsprd- I do not know how you remembered my anniversary better than I. Thanks for the reminder. My Wife thanks you too We toured the coffee region in a previous visit and I brought back 17 kilos of assorted coffee beans. USA customs were already giving me a hard time due to my activities with livestock and the residue on my boots and then they found the coffee. I think they let me pass just to get rid of me.

I tried to, but could not enlarge this sunset picture

Randy and David- Thanks for sharing the pictures of your Dads The greatest generation. Randy- more + vibes sent your way.

David- Thanks for sharing another beautiful picture of HI. HI is now on our bucket list.

Grev- Good luck with the trucks and creating a crown on your driveway.

Mostly- I hope Scooter recovers quickly

Eric- Good luck with the new and improved Christmas tree stand

Rick- Villa Caletas is in the same general area, but more southward. It's an amazing place. I asked Wifey what this room cost us, but she could not remember

RonJH- Great moon shot for a handheld camera. I am currently working on how to use my iPhone to operate my TGE-6. They are already WIFI linked.

Kyle- I hope that your Daughter continues to improve. Those are weird symptoms

Had it not been for the services and sacrifices of the Greatest Generation I/We would not be here in CR enjoying the people and Nature.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers

 

[Looking4new]

watch out for black ice Frank.
Road right in front of my house is shaded by overhanging trees, so often icy when other parts are bone dry.
Already fixed lawn out there three times as folks skid off the road into the ditch. Then the wrecker makes even more
of a mess. Very important to stay out the ditches...

47 out, rain just finished but I think a few more showers this morning, temps slowly dropping all day, chilly weather returning, but a lot
more exciting for others with more snow coming.

other than a drugstore run, not much planned today, having dinner with friend tonight. Though at 9am I have to call the lady at an rv campground to confirm my reservation for third week in January, they said they were full but a spot opened. Good timing. Del Raton rv park ten minutes from friend's home in Delray Beach, could not be easier. While campground is very nice, location is awful, Route 1 in front and Dixie Highway in rear, and car dealerships on both sides. Usually these campgrounds are more remote, but land is so expensive in that area not many rv parks. This place is reasonable, in Key Largo the rv rates start at 110 a night. But Key Largo has its own private beach and snorkeling, which I really enjoy. Who wouldn't want to swim with pretty fish? Plus swimming is good exercise for me and I love the water. I'm trying to get in a few beach days before I head over to other side of state and visit other friend in Ft Myers.

In 1973 when I spent the winter in Fla, I stayed at a rv park in Boca Raton. Right across the highway from a bar. perfect!

 

[Looking4new]

jbrumburg, "USA customs were already giving me a hard time due to my activities with livestock and the residue on my boots".
Doesn't customs like good fertilizer?
With all the schit that they shovel, a little bit more on your boots shouldn't phaze them one bit.:laughing:

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 24, going up to near 50, sunny, breeze 15 to 20 mph.

Jay, gorgeous sunset pic! Keep them coming! Sounds like you are getting the 5 star treatment!:thumbsup:

Drew, I knew you would find your phone soon after returning home!

Mostly, I am still amazed how by how many miles you ride!

We are heading out to the garage project early this morning... in a few minutes.... we are going to get some metal put up while the ground / mud is frozen. Should be a good solution even if only for a short time each morning.

So... got to get moving... everyone have a great day! Prayers sent.

 

[txdon]

Jay that is a WOW! pic on the sunset.

 

[hawkeye08]

Good to see everyone busy.

Jay, enjoy your vacation/anniversary, make those lasting memories!

30F this morning, a couple inches of snow overnight. Roads will be slick this morning, news already reporting 25 accidents locally at 7am. Daughter left early for work, will take route through town and avoid some freeway. She purchased new tires recently and has AWD so should be ok.

Stay safe, prayers for all in need.

 

[jbrumberg]

Thanks for the +'s.

LFN- The closer the bar is to where I will be sleeping the better.. The problem here is the labyrinth of paths around this place. The incident with USA customs was my second time there due to work. We stayed at a farm in the middle of nowhere in the Osa Peninsula. The Osa is is known to be the place where only the wanted and unwanted go. We built a spring fed water system down to the public school in the jungle; I learned how to manually milk a cow during this endeavor. The. cows loved my snoring at night and in the morning they would be by my open air window some looking in. The bull was not pleased with their interest/my presence. Wifey hooked up with me after my “tour of duty.” I spent a month in CR that trip between work and R&R.

A Capuchin monkey just walked by on our deck. ; It was limping (I did not do anything to it... really) probably a forward observer. They must have heard that I was back. This is not good,

BBL

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG good luck getting tire, cranking voltage project shelved?

I'll be shopping for a new battery today, Mostly, hopefully one I can pick up when I'm in town tomorrow. The Subaru man also has a new water temp sensor ready for pickup. Now I have to find where the old one is installed...:confused2:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 51F @ 8:15AM. Cloudy this morning with showers during the afternoon. High 58F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 60%.
Dense fog advisory in effect for down in the valley this morning. Pretty typical December weather. Man, that fog can be COLD!

Seeing camera blur on last ride's GoPro video, so ordered an isolation mount to try. Not sure how much room there is for it, though. When I put the LED lamps on the van, the headlights didn't improve much. Then I noticed there were metal shields over the lamps. I cut them out and the lighting was very, very good. Found the same problem with the headlight on the touring bike yesterday, and also learned I could separate the reflector from the lens. I did, and was able to pop the shield out without cutting it up. Made a big improvement in the light, but it still seems like the high and low beams are switched, even though all the alignment notches are in the right place. It may be that I need to swap the high and low beam wires on the headlamp socket.:confused2:

Forgot to say that the gal at the building department called Monday to say she was on vacation a few days last week, and would try to get my application to the inspectors this week. Later in the day, she emailed that the application had been submitted. Good she didn't have any questions, but now the real waiting game starts...

Anybody remember Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys? Screened a movie called "Love and Mercy" the other night that chronicled his struggles with mental illness and abuse in the '60s, and for me, at least, helped me understand where the Pet Sounds music came from. Very enjoyable, uplifting movie, even if you're not a Beach Boys fan.

Hump day already. Sheesh, seems like it was just Monday!