Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Made it to the farm.

Day started with sleet and snow with freezing rain on our route, so we delayed our start. Western MD had lots of iced over trees on every mountain top. Got to Morgantown and the temp was 53°.
Stopped at local house.

Sign said 110000 lights.

Having lightning and thunderstorms here now.

 

[sodamo]

I recently bought a Ryobi electric pole saw. I haven't used it a lot but it works well. I haven't used it with the harness so it is a bit heavy at full length. Just watch where the branches fall. Saves having to get the ladder out. Chainsaws and ladders don't mix. My wife loves the Ryobi chainsaw we have. She calls it hers.

Sophie has the 8” Ryobi chainsaw and loves it. I hope when I ask to borrow it she says Yes.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 60F for the start, fog, clam wind. Light wind, partly to mostly cloudy sky, and high temp was 73F, DP 38F. Finished bike maintenance, tracked down scraping noise and readjusted rear brake. Volagi was nice after new drive train installed. Bike ride then lunch the mowed leaves in back. Napped then called it a day
Covid update: Cooke 4317 confirmed cases, 109 active cases, Montague 2799 confirmed cases, 81 active cases, Grayson, 16,870 confirmed cases, 243 active cases. Cooke 17, Montague 19, Grayson 54, new cases.
Two_bit failed to notice Texas website not updated from 12/23 to 12/27 numbers are current now.
Bill hope you had good luck with your slush, good to hear wood furnace working well.
Ron won't your coffee take longer to cool off to drinkable temp? nice pic. Impress your voice would last that long.
Buppies sounds like you really enjoyed your time in SC. hope you had safe trip home
Bird I still drink too much milk hoping drinking skim not quite as bad. Warm weather will last till Friday.
Drew sorry about the snaps, hope you got home before road gets slick
Roy hope snow blowable when done
Mike good luck with plumbing, sorry about the colic, glad horse better
Billy I am surprised you have any BBs left Sorry to hear about the Covid, hopefully mild cases for all
Paul nice pics. My uncle got my started in a TriPacer back in the late 60's never got to ride in the Comanche.
Dennis that where they were last time
Rich remember you are practicing for retirement
Don it seems like you are making good progress, good to hear oak milk better than bean milk. Just wait till you use oats
RNG Glad you got pipes insulated, good thing you have water to pump. Sorry about the coolant leak, and mouse damage on cable.
PJ how are we supposed to have fun while behaving? good to see you back
Ted glad to hear wind slowing down, and you got some good moisture. Congrats on the weight loss, I think I found it. Sorry about the irrigation water
Randy sorry about the phones getting erratic, and that your cataract is bothering you. hope surgery is soon.
Drew glad car repair went so well.
David hope day went well.
Roy hope Dr visit had good news. Sorry about stepdaughter and UTI
RS lot of progress on planting front and good to hear wife is feeling better
Thomas better than 10 1/2 hour but really?
Ken enjoy the high tea.
Kyle no cordless chainsaw or weedeater or lawnmower.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, Bird/aging issues/, Don/knee recovery /ring bearer/back broken & infections, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL covid, /new cancer surgeries /cataract surgery, PJ/FIL death, Dennis /wife wrist surgery and recovery, Roy/ palpitations/ angina, wife/ankle recovery, Billy/ wife fall, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Buppies/good biopsy report, Thomas/gout, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted/knee recovery/retirement, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/injuries from fall, Paul/ wife's disc issues, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Bill/ getting care for DIL and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[Buppies]

Made it back home left it was 73 now 42 and I’m freezing

yes mostly we had a great time

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Okay team, I need your help! My father-in-law is looking to possibly buy a electric pole saw and I know many of you guys have different versions of electric pole saws and chainsaws. I'd like your honest assessment of what you bought and if you like it, and if you would buy it again.

I'm pretty satisfied with the Makita XAU02ZB 36V pole saw I purchased earlier this year for $499.00 + tax = $535.18. It weighs about the same as the Stihl it replaced, but has more reach, and it uses two of the same 18 volt batteries that the rest of the Makita tools use. I put a 14" bar on it so I could use the Stihl chains I already had, and it works just fine. The Stihl now lives with someone else, so there's no goin' back.

 

[Alien]

Covid is going bananas in Aussie right now. They opened the borders for Christmas and it's spreading like wildfire. Couple of weeks ago we had no cases. Travellers have bought it in with a vengance. Glad we don't live in the city, not that that is any guarantee of avoidance. We have been invited to a couple of new years eve parties and it really makes you think twice about accepting invitations.
Anyway, back to real life. I managed to get a nice thick coating of gravel spread in front of the barn. It has stopped the muck getting tracked in. Set up a bed for the dogs as they like to be in the barn with me.
Getting all the cladding back on the house now the electricity and plumbing are both complete.
Lesley is pushing me to complete the aviary.
Our young koala is back in the tree by the barn. I have set the game camera up to catch him when he ventures back down.
Bought a bug zapper today to deal with mozzies that have appeared since the rain. It is zapping away happily tonight.
Met the new neighbours yesterday. They have family staying for Christmas and the family bought their huskys with them. I was rudley interrupted at 6.00 am by two huskys chasing my poultry past my loungeroom door. Managed to chase them off before they caused damage and then managed to catch one of them and tied him up in the barn. A bit of research around the neighbourhood tracked down the owners and led to meeting the new neighbours. The other husky turned up home about 6 hours later.
Had a 'big' day. I'm in bed.
Hope everyone is ok.

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-12-28, 0541

26° right now...high in the mid-30's. Another light dusting of snow last night.
Got a doctor's appointment this morning, but I'm feeling a bit nauseous...think I'm going to skip it.
However, I do want to make a dump run.
Right now, I'm going to lie back down for a while...

 

[daugen]

good morning all
Roy, feel better.
I woke up with the sniffles and wonder what's going on...

going up to 50 today in clouds

going to make a trip to JD dealer to pick up my special ordered arm rest kit for the lawn mower.
Then think I'll get a car wash on way home.

Doug, glad your chickens survived.

 

[ronjhall]

Got first cup of coffee poured. 28° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 34° with chance of snow late afternoon. Neighbor invited me to help with cleaning up his wooded area. Made some progress while he started a fire in the piles of branches that we cleared last winter. Nothing on my list got done yesterday. May spend rest of week in the woods.

Got to be a better place to discuss Covid opinions then on the Good Morning Thread.

Everyone stay healthy and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Buppies]

Temperature went up overnight now 58 going into the 60s. Very tired this morning

Hope you feel better Roy

Ron do not work too hard in the woods

Prayers for all

 

[riptides]

37 outside this AM. Heading to upper 50's.

What happened to take the Covid discussions to another thread or place? Why does one poster continue to bring it up here? Why the hypocrisy of some?

Kyle, I have a Ryobi, picked it up at Home Depot. Nothing special. It does the job, wife even uses it with her
exoskeleton back.

Hope all have a good day. Be safe.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp 22 and high to 28°F. Wind WSW 8 mph. 70% chance of flurries which are happening as I type.

I slept in today, usually up att 5 A.M. not today, didn't get up until 6:45. It is a good thing I have an oil furnace to take up the slack when the woodstove dies down. The bad thing is that the tractor doesn't get to waste more hydro through the block heater. I usually like to turn the block heater on for about 4 hours before I go out and start the tractor.

First thing today is plow snow, then I may go to North Bay for the month end shopping trip.

That is pretty much my day mapped out for me.


Have a safe day all

 

[wngsprd]

45 looking for 60. Another beautiful sunrise earlier.

Last visitors, middle son and his wife, leaving today.

Kyle, I have to recommend against what I have...an Echo 58V battery string trimmer...works about 90% as strong as my Stihl gas trimmer, so I use it exclusively, and switched to a brush blade on the Stihl for woody stuff. The guy at the Kubota dealer told me about buying the pole saw attachment that fits on the Echo gas head and using it on the Echo battery head...I got one at HD and it just doesn't seem to have enough torque...binds frequently. My son has the gas Stihl pole saw and it's fantastic. Good luck on your search.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 36F @ 4:30AM. Steady light rain this morning. Showers continuing this afternoon. A few flurries or snow showers possible. High 43F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90%.

Noting like a good running machine to make a nice ride, Bruce. No surprise all those miles are wearing stuff out, though.

Sounds like good progress, Doug, in spite of the Huskys.

Will you use oat milk to make your oatmeal, Don?

Still more rain in the 10-day, Ted, so I'll try to head more of it your way.

Guess I shouldn't be surprised that the other Ethernet cable running through the same hole in the attic crapped out yesterday. It was also abraded/chewed, but I thought a wrap or electrical tape would take care of it. No time to deal with it now, though.

All loaded up and pretty much ready to go this morning. No telling what kind of internet access we'll have in Kernville, as we'll be in a lodge a few miles out of town. So I might pull a Paul for the rest of the week. Play nice while I'm away, OK folks?

And Happy New Year if I don't get back too late.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s 35 and going to middle 40’s today.

Yesterday was a slow but semi productive day.
Today, I’m getting ready to head down to Palm Beach, crop of some passengers, get some kerosene and come right back. Weather looks pretty decent, hopefully another uneventful day.

I’m another happy Makita 36v pole saw owner, I have the adjustable one that extends to 13 feet. I don’t miss the gas one at all, the Makita is far nicer to use.

I agree with taking the Covid discussions some where else, and apologize for taking the bait. Minds are pretty well made up and won’t be changed in either direction.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Mostly, my wife’s wrist has healed, you can remove her from your list.

 

[daugen]

just watched first episode of 1883, the prequel to Yellowstone.
All about their journey West. Wagon Train Westward.
Big part of US history, fun to watch.

yes, Mostly's list is a good list to get off of...
but it sure is helpful to the rest of us. Like someone taking notes we can all refer to.

have a xmas gift certificate to TSC. Going to head up there this morning, thinking of another spare propane tank
Their store in Souderton was the largest I've seen, huge displays by Dewalt and Makita.
Wouldn't it be nice if they made it a requirement to work there that one actually has to have driven a tractor?....
Some of these folks only know how to sell blue jeans and dog food. The one I go to closer to Popgadget's home is a good sized one
also and they fill propane tanks for the lowest price around. I wonder however how much their propane prices have gone up recently.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

41° at the farm.

Looks like more rain on tap today.

Told dad I’m going to put a game camera up to leave here. Aimed at the driveway. He’s had some stuff go missing before.
My ordered cellular camera hasn’t arrived, but will swap it the next trip.

Too wet to do anything outside. Might fly drone if I get out before the rain.

 

[daugen]

is there way of posting a youtube link without getting all the advertising with it?

 

[MikePA]

Got to be a better place to discuss Covid opinions then on the Good Morning Thread.

There is TopNewsTalk.

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