Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Slept in today 58 high of 64 time to clean vacuum get ready to head home. Really enjoyed time off with good friends last night

Prayers for all our country

Glad you had a nice vacation!

 

[wngsprd]

I hope the dump was open and you didn't have to drop it off the side of a cliff on Thanksgiving weekend....

Yep, it was open...was closed Thursday and Friday only. The county sends a nice email out as a notice.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I hope the dump was open and you didn't have to drop it off the side of a cliff on Thanksgiving weekend....

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And not everyone agrees that one big pile is better than 2 little piles. But it is harder to bring that pile up than to throw your pile down.

 

[toppop52]

29 early, 56 now, beautiful day. Looks like heavy rain moving in tonight.

Had great dinner yesterday but Ellen and I were spent by bedtime, kids did most of the cleaning up. I made creamed candied yams, man they’re good. All the kids, grandkids and step kids got along without a hitch.

Ellen went to feed the outdoor cats this morning and stepped on the side ramp I built for my late wife, it was frozen and she fell on her butt. She seems OK, but I suspect she will be sore tomorrow.
She’s gone to her sister’s to make fruitcakes, we can always use another doorstop. LOL
I’m feeling a nap coming on.
Have a good day.

 

[Bird]

After dark last night, but before midnight, we got about .65" of rain and were glad to get it. Temperature today is 45 going for a high of 53, but supposed to be below freezing in the morning.

She’s gone to her sister’s to make fruitcakes, we can always use another doorstop. LOL

If they're anything like the ones from The Collin Street bakery in Corsicana, TX, they'll be great.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

She’s gone to her sister’s to make fruitcakes, we can always use another doorstop. LOL
I’m feeling a nap coming on.

Maybe a longer nap than you had planned if she hears about the doorstop.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Was working in utility room and decided to install the junction box that feeds power to one of my geothermal pumps. Been running 9 yrs with wires hanging out with wire nuts on them. Disconnected wires, and junction box is a little too big to fit between the two pump boxes. Must have been the reason I didn’t put it in 9 yrs ago. Will need to get smaller box, or mount this box below the lower motor, and make a short flex run to the top motor
I did put 2 90s on one of the hoses going into pump, so hose enters from bottom. The hose was kinking from bending, this eliminated the hose bend. Letting the pipe dope set some before trying it. Should do other side also, it’s not quite as bad.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Maybe a longer nap than you had planned if she hears about the doorstop.

Hope Ellen isn’t hurt.

 

[daugen]

built another birdhouse and then took a half hour trip up to Popgadget/Paul's farm in Bedminster where it took him
all of 5 seconds to figure out what I was doing wrong with my new nailer...5 seconds. Sigh. He has the exact same model.
I was loading the nails on the wrong side, they went in, just the track
to nowhere. Duh.....

Paul's place is gorgeous, at least 15 acres of beautiful green fields and a shop to die for. I think I can easily say he has one of everything and clearly
knows how to use them. It was great fun looking at his tools, bought several pairs of alpaca socks from his wife, and then went to visit the alpacas in the barn.
Yes they are related to llamas. Whole bunch of them too, they were inquisitive and came up to check me out.

So PJ/Paul and Popgadget/Paul are both musicians; second floor of the shop today was full of musical instruments, Paul builds professional speaker cabinets, and there were at least four nice
guitars hanging up there, plus a full drum set. I was sure impressed by the man's talent, including the fact he is still an active pilot. While we stood outside talking, his son flew overhead in his plane which used to be his father's.

Very nice to meet another TBN'er and put a face to a name.

 

[txdon]

Good afternoon! The high of 51˚F has been reached and it will be right at the freezing mark tonight and in the twenties Tuesday morning. Only had .32" of rain yesterday.
Just had some homemade Cathy Fisher's Enchilada Casserole (page 89, RNG). We made it because it calls for 5 cups of kale and the garden is producing about 50 cups a day. In the pic -- left, 1 row of broccoli, middle 4 rows of kale, right 2 rows of beets. Next year only one row of kale. The gardens were busy this afternoon with people preparing for the freeze. All I had to do was remove the irrigation timer and filter.




The Meyer lemon tree has a good crop of 15 lemons this year. They will be harvested tomorrow and made into marmalade.

 

[daugen]

Don, your gardens look amazing.
RS, hope you are ready for snow tomorrow, heading your way
Supposed to start raining here after midnight tonight and go into tomorrow evening.
If this were snow, it would be pretty blizzardy with the winds predicted.

time to curl up with a good book

 

[farmeratheart]

Maybe a longer nap than you had planned if she hears about the doorstop.

Am I the only one that truly likes most fruitcakes ?

Frank

 

[sodamo]

Am I the only one that truly likes most fruitcakes ?

Frank

I like most of the one’s I’ve had. When I was in the Army, I’d alway take the C ration fruit cake most would give away.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Turned my basement geo unit on to make sure there were no leaks. Pump isn’t working. This is a $1000 2 pump unit, connected each pump individually and neither is working. They are getting voltage. I replaced the other pump a year or so ago. I checked flow rate not to long ago on this one and it was ok.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Interesting report of our new friend Popgadget, Drew. Looks like they have the alpaca market cornered in their neck of the woods.

Randy, hope Ellen is not too sore. I like some fruitcake. But not the hundred year old stuff.

Wifey is making tollhouse cookies with Ghirardelli chocolate chips.

Church this morning. Then went to eat, and met daughter's new "friend"....apparently, they have snapchatted their way into some sort of relationship.

Not sure why, but they have Monty python's quest for the holy grail 1974 streaming. Didn't care for it decades ago, still don't. I prefer the 3 stooges. Haha.

Work tomorrow. I was going to do some homework, but they upgraded passwords at work, and my work laptop won't VPN into the system.

Have a great weak y'all. Stay warm.

Prayers for all in need, especially our country.

 

[LouNY]

I like quite a few fruitcakes, and also plum pudding with hard sauce.

I've done my best to stave off the snow this year;
new snow tires on my pickup, mounted up the new snow tires on my wifes car today.
Made Nokian dealers happy.
Bought a used snow blower for the tractor.

 

[sodamo]

Watched some football, another couple hours mowing finishing up area from yesterday. Mowing was more rewarding.

Drew, we need a report on the socks. Should we mount a concerted GM effort to support?

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 43F for the start, overcast , breezy. Windy day, mostly overcast with Peeks of sunshine, and high temp of 53F. Went to chapel, made wife's breakfast, the conserved energy till early afternoon ride. Updated Garmin devices and uploaded ride
Covid update: Cooke 955 confirmed cases, 223 active cases, Montague 637 confirmed cases, 128 active cases, Grayson unchanged, local unchanged.
Thomas enjoy your football
Drew enjoy the good weather, won't have a lot of good riding weather here this week.
Eric must have been nice with wife and Max along. Thanks for the link
Ron nice moon shot, hope you can decide what to do outside.
Roy hope the tire pick up goes smoothly.
Billy sorry about your plantars hope shoe change helps I do love the Christmas lights
RNG nice pic, waiting for the white bike road test, glad panels are in place on to the electric hook up
Paul sorry about poor weather at Hilton Head, hope you can help Drew
Bill have fun conserving energy,
Buppies glad you had good time at beach
Ken(tinhack) 3.5 in rain is a lot of water in 1 day. Welcome to GM :welcome:
DF glad the daughter story turned out alright.
David hope you don't get too far behind on mowing
Randy glad kids did a lot of the cleanup. Wife and I have made fruitcake in the past and it was outstanding, he mother's recipe.
Dennis hope you get the utility room squared away.
Drew glad you got to meet Paul. Farm I ride past has alpacas in field next to road.
Don great garden this year, in the family garden it was boob or bust could never get close to family needs
Frank no, I like homemade fruitcake
Dennis sorry about pump issues. Good thin you have back up.
Kyle I hate it when they change passwords and I am the last one to know.
Lou at least you are ready now.
prayers for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, David)moss)/remodel, RNG/fire, Ron/hearing/son, Jim/sister & family, Phil/wife's eyes, and Country
Stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[Buppies]

Back home raining now

Someone left flood lights on

Love fruitcake

Nice to be home

 

[Looking4new]

A nice moist dark Christmas cake with almond paste icing will do me nicely. It can be made with either rum or brandy, I like 'em both.