Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 38F for the start, partly cloudy, breeze. Windy today, afternoon sky got overcast, and high temp was 57F. Cleaning lady prep this morning, nap and bike ride in the afternoon. Have to get wife to finish our Christmas shopping.
Covid update: Cooke 1615 confirmed cases, 174 active cases, Montague 995 confirmed cases, 67 active cases, Grayson 5666 confirmed cases, 493 active cases, local 10 active cases.
David hope new keg works better, hope you able to everything you needed.
Bill first car had blower issues, replacing was 5 screws all easy to get to, and unplug one wire. Does not sound much harder for you
Doug sorry about the Covid outbreak, same thing going on here.
Roy how are roads?
Buppies hope work goes ok
Bill enjoy your town run.
Thomas can those storm names be repeated in polite conversation? hope roofs come clean, with no accidents.
Ron good to hear home warranty taking care of bill, nice woodpecker pic, sorry about nap too long. Practice helps
Mike good to hear you can get out for supplies.
Billy glad you had good hike. My days of large snow storms were over when I left STL.
Paul Heavy wet snow with sleet mixed in is nasty to work with.
Drew we are glad you are still here. Hope you recover from the snow clean up exercise.
Drew glad melt worked, homemade muffins, are you sharing?
Dennis glad you can work from home on days like today. First tractor was rear blade on 8N. need to get chains for ice but never did. Second tractor 1700 Ford 4wd and FEL. used blade much more than FEL
Kyles impressed you can get a handle on fuel consumption already.
RS sorry about the no delivery, always frustrating when equipment does not work Good luck with soaking valves.
Dennis if PO deliver to wrong address why is your son out the cost?
RNG Good catch on Kubota and getting it running again. Hope the rain keeps coming
Ted some mighty fine results from the shop. Will look better with the finish rubbed and polished. Sorry about the shipping delay.
Ken good to hear snow dealt with, looks like somebody has a problem with the piles
Randy, don't think we have that snow the whole time I have been in Texas.
Bird, that is normal here, trash guys much more consistent.
David what has their attention?
PJ glad you got the package.
RS hope get delivery tomorrow.
prayers for all especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, RNG/fire, Ron/hearing/son/furnace, Jim/sister & family, Phil.wife's eyes, Randy/health, and Country.
stay safe and health you all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

30 now, low around 23 tonight. We may have our first teens tomorrow night.
I went to cardiac specialist today, he says my heart function has gone from 30% before the valve replacement almost exactly a year ago, to within normal ranges now. Now if my kidneys will cooperate I’ll be good to go, well except for my sciatica. LOL Always something though when you’re old.

Great news!

My son ordered a gift for his mom, USPS claims it was delivered, but it wasn’t. He went to post office, apparently they have GPS tracking, and it got delivered to wrong address, and they must have kept it. He’s disappointed as he can’t order another before Christmas and he’s out $40 from the first order.

Why doesn't the post office ask for the package back from the wrong house?

We have had 2 Christmas cards torn open. 1 had a check, and my guess is they were hoping for cash, so they left the check in it. The other had nothing in it, so I checked with person who sent it to make sure. But I've heard gift cards are fair game for theft. I guess I need to call the post office.

GT80 sitrep: I guess the piston rings got stuck at a post office in Lancaster PA. They show no movement since the 14th.

HEB store had asparagus on sale for .67/bundle. I bought 3. We'll all have smelly P here soon after. LOL.

Have to work next Monday, then off from Tuesday until the following Monday.

LS, nice woodwork.

Same for speaker your boxes Popgadget. Old audiophile here. Are your cabinets for high end stuff? I have an old Klipsch La Scala, that had been thrown in the dumpster (at my church) during renovation. I freaked out, ran home and got my truck, to haul it home. To this day, nobody can figure out what happened to it's twin. One man's trash is another man's treasure.....yes, I have too much stuff....

Still being careful at work wearing masks, clean wipes on door handles, and washing hands.

Sodamo, great dogs, they don't care if you all have any room on the couch though....I can tell.

Plan to watch A&M play Tennessee tomorrow. And then go help my new friend with his machine shop.

 

[txdon]

Kyle does your daughter know the origins of "Silent Night". The lyrics were composed the day before Christmas Eve 1818 and the melody was compose the next day on Christmas Eve for the guitar because the church organ was broke. The world first heard the hymn at midnight Christmas Eve 1818 with the accompanying guitar music.

 

[sodamo]

1.23 inches rain since midnight - a soggy day

This keg looks much better


Tastes much better as well.

 

[RoyJackson]

He should the way he eats. I call him Mikey, like that old commercial. If Sophie and I are eating it, he wants to try. When I portion out their meals he’ll eat his and part of Kekoa’s.
How’s Bella doing? Love the snow?

Bella's too old (heading for 11) to love the snow, but she tolerates it when going outside to do her business or check out the back yard...
I think I share that sentiment with her...although I do love watching it snow...and, sometimes clearing the snow (enjoyed snow blowing the last snow we had...) but getting to the tractor in 12" deep snow and walking in other areas in that deep snow just isn't fun. I think I like 8" snowfalls the best...

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy how are roads?

They weren't too bad. I kept it at 55 in the morning drive. Afternoon was no problem.
I'll never go another winter without dedicated snow tires though!

 

[sodamo]

Mostly, Me. They had just hopped up there and Sohie caught them and commented, so I walked in back of her hoping they would look at me.

Kyle, funny thing is that is what we call the dog’s seat. Have had that loveseat for all our boxers and it is only piece they are allowed on except our bed.

We have 2 other loveseats in same room, in kinda U shape layout. About 98% of time if someone comes in to visit, they almost immediately will sit there and of course the dogs either try to join them or sit at their feet. I never scold they dogs, just tell the offenders they are sitting in the dogs’ seat hence the attention. It is comfy.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Kyle does your daughter know the origins of "Silent Night". The lyrics were composed the day before Christmas Eve 1818 and the melody was compose the next day on Christmas Eve for the guitar because the church organ was broke. The world first heard the hymn at midnight Christmas Eve 1818 with the accompanying guitar music.

Not sure, we sang it in German and English last year.

Mostly, Me. They had just hopped up there and Sohie caught them and commented, so I walked in back of her hoping they would look at me.

Kyle, funny thing is that is what we call the dog’s seat. Have had that loveseat for all our boxers and it is only piece they are allowed on except our bed.

We have 2 other loveseats in same room, in kinda U shape layout. About 98% of time if someone comes in to visit, they almost immediately will sit there and of course the dogs either try to join them or sit at their feet. I never scold they dogs, just tell the offenders they are sitting in the dogs’ seat hence the attention. It is comfy.

LOL.

 

[NHBX]

Good morning folks

5 degrees now high in the low 30’s sunny with calm winds today.

The rest of the driveway out to the sheds and the vehicles all cleaned off yesterday.

Grocery order pick up this morning and a quick dump run after, May rake the roof if looks necessary, the rest of the day as it comes.

Stay safe and healthy
Enjoy the day everyone

 

[daugen]

good morning all
mighty cold out, 11 out now going up to only 35 today in clear weather.
not much planned for today other than delivering last birdhouse to local BIL.
I need to call carwash and reschedule my detail appt.

Kyle, could the La Scala be old enough it was running mono for PA use?
reminds me I still have to hook up speaker system for my pc, small Klipsch system with sub.
All my other Klipsch speakers stayed with my last home.

Have a nice weekend.

 

[ronjhall]

Waiting for first cup of coffee to cool. 26° with a few clouds this morning. Heading to 36° with chance of snow throughout the day. Nice and warm in house. 72°. Still cycling furnace with jumper. Service guy has diagnosed problem as circuit board. Warranty company wants a second opinion. Guy coming out Monday. Nobody want to come out on the weekend. this close to Christmas that is a contractor for warranty company. I have to live with this. Do not want to pay for a $500+ circuit board out of my pocket. No plans for the day.
Michigan Covid cases 491,875, Deaths 11,868. Oakland County cases 57,285. Deaths 1,514. Number of new cases in Michigan has dropped down 8 and 9K per day to around 5K. Number of test are at 8.1 Million. The surge in cases that was suppose to happen after Thanksgiving has not happened in Michigan.

RNG, I have been 2000iu of Vitamin D3 for years per my Dr. Will seeing him again after Christmas.

David, dogs look good.

LS, boxes look great.

Popgadget, nice speaker box.

Kyle, hope you get the GT80 parts soon.

RS, hope you get all your supplies together soon.

PJ, good to hear package showed.

Buckeye, I got the same USPS message as you and others got.

Don, thanks for the home warranty, warning. I will check it out.

Everyone stay healthy and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Thomas]

Yeah, we do!! It's one of my favorite tasks with the tractor!

huh cough cough.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning. Its 13 with a forecast high of 31 and partly cloudy skies. Probably not a lot of snow melt happening today.

Today is the coldest day since I installed the new generator back in August. It will be interesting (and comforting) to see it start for its scheduled exercise in an hour or so.

Yesterday I did work in the shop, got the speaker glued up and some of the internal parts cut up. The speakers I build are used primarily by musicians, most often bassists, and are high end, full range flat response design. They make excellent PA cabinets as well, and would be good for home use, but have far more SPL capability than you could use in a home. Most of my clients are professional touring musicians, it’s fun to see my cabs in videos or late night TV.

Instead of cleaning up the shop, I made a big pot of cheddar and ale soup, and took some to a friend who’s wife slipped on the ice and broke her femur. We were figuring out what he needed to to to the house to be ready for her when she gets home from the hospital complete with a new metal rod and some pins.

Today I’ll work on the speaker and likely clean up some.

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-12-19, 0701

-7 (that's minus 7) right now...high in the upper 20's today...
Chores: dump run, haircut and stop by the bank to get money to repay my stepdaughter (she and I bought wifey a laptop for Christmas).
After that, hit the driveway again and clean up that couple inches the came down after I cleared the 10-12 inches that I cleared on Thursday. Also, hit the walks with the salt spreader. Probably have some other chores too, when I think of them

 

[Thomas]

buckeyefarmer.
I enjoy pushing snow more with a cab tractor.
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Well than come on up and have blast next p.i.t.a. snowstorm,also all the country cooking you can eat with spirits plus critters to pet

 

[RoyJackson]

huh cough cough.

Well...some of us love it...
Some of us don't...right, Thomas?

 

[Thomas]

Buppies.
Thomas I now believe you will have a bad winter.
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That does include Roy also right.

 

[Thomas]

Well...some of us love it...
Some of us don't...right, Thomas?

:thumbsup:

 

[farmeratheart]

Good morning All.

16 this morning. Headed to 31 with hazy clouds. Not much planned for today.

Maybe watch some college football later. Some interesting conference championship games this afternoon.

Stay warm, dry, and healthy!

Frank

 

[Thomas]

3F clear sky mid 20's for high, down in the valley -7F guess that's one of the few perks living 1350' up.

Outside chores done brrrrr. E muffin time. :licking:
Mrs. has her wood furnace just purring.
Finally got my heavy duty bungee cords 8 days late from promise due date but happy there here and will put on today...better than trying to releasing tire chain free inside fender.

Plans for today...Take Mrs. food shopping late morning,mid afternoon push back snow banks in case rain storm weather station shows up end of next week...gotta to remember to flip switch Kubota heater for couple hours,kick back enjoy college football games.

Enjoy the the day all.