Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Fuddy were you there when Carl Wells was sheriff of Bedford County?

 

[Fuddy1952]

Duffy were you there when Carl Wells was sheriff of Bedford County?

We were!

 

[Buppies]

Great man in my opinion

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 32F for the start, clear sky light breeze. Light to moderate wind, clear sky with some high cirrus clouds, and high temp was 61F. Did not restoke the insert because of forecast. Puttered this morning then went to firestation to work on battery replacement. napped after lunch but got up too late to ride
Covid update: Cooke 4478 confirmed cases, 254 active cases, Montague 2877 confirmed cases, 128 active cases, Grayson, 17553 confirmed cases, 1141 active cases. Cooke 35, Montague 11, Grayson 220, new cases.
Buppies hope you can get up driveway
Dennis good story, glad you and car received no serious damage.
Ron hope the chore and shopping went well.
Lou sounds like a cold job hope no more heat needed.
Drew sorry about 1 number on PB ticket, taxes thankless job.
Dennis hat it when wake and can't get back to sleep
Bill hope you had a good trip
Drew hope you get the Barbasol, not much scent. 1 can lasts me 1 yr +
Roy 1F is cold. no sense in pushing it when that cold
RNG what is 1st gear? I don't get much done either when fire needs tending
Ken neat pic hope you ok with no snow.
Paul sounds like good day to me
Eric glad feeder working well. that link was good nap prep !
Wood I not a fan of torpedo heaters, do you have CO monitors in house?
Don thanks for the info. One of my former coworker had knee surgery, and he is a big guy. When he complained about the pain level PT worker said to him don't be such a wimp. Glad you are doing so well.
Rich glad you got tire fixed. Have safe trip to FL
Wood glad you got wife fooled
PJ glad you found new investment guy and you actually knew him from before.
David hope Sophie is reating comfortable and heal nicely
Dennis things have a habit of changing, and not in our favor
Thomas 9 hrs full time
Mike last year during cold snap we lost water for 3 days. snow took too long to melt, had to chip hole in lake ice.
TMGT Welcome to GM thread.
Drew thanks for neat pic
RS sorry wife has sneezing problems , and sorry to hear about relative with son with Covid.
Don was in grocery store tonight and did not notice shortages. sorry about garden freezing.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /mom o2 levels, 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, Roy/ palpitations, /angina, /shoulder, 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 follow up, 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.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Wife & I lived in Va all our life, 67 her, 69 me.
What ruined our area was LU (Liberty University) & people not acclimating. They leave NY, CA, etc., move here bringing their ideas with them.

Can’t imagine too many from CA and NY going to liberty.
My youngest son’s best friend in HS went 1 yr to liberty, then transferred to UMaryland, just graduated as a civil Engineer.

I spent evening looking online at land in Floyd co and the area. Nothing stood out. My wife liked one, but then I looked at the neighbors and it was junk and trailers. One place we liked a month ago now has contract on it.

More choices in Montgomery co.
I went to scout camp one year at blue ridge reservation in Montgomery county, liked that area.

Old friends of ours have a place on Leesville lake, and a family at church has a place on smith mt lake.
Still like the lot in rockingham co, but wife doesn’t want too close to her moms place.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Floyd real estate prices seem high for what you actually get.

But you get a lot more there for the price than up in Shenandoah valley.

 

[Buppies]

Up again way too early headed home today hopefully trip not too bad

Prayers for all

 

[Buppies]

Fuddy we lived in Bedford County for 21 years and left for some of the reasons you state

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 27° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 34° with cloudy skies and wind. Grocery shopping went well with well stocked shelves. My old torpedo heater would not fire up the other day. Found that a couple of hose had gotten so old that hey had crack in them. Fixed the hoses so they would not leak. Heater works. I now need to disassemble heater and replace hoses. Did not do laundry as planned. Will get it started today. At 4 am this morning my son finally cleared Fredericksburg on his way to Miami. Going to be a long week for him.
Birds like my new feeder.

Riptides, hope you get power back soon.

Everyone stay safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
30 degrees out and freezing rain this morning, should make the commute miserable for some.

I'm headed down for a haircut and it should be interesting.
Have to get there exactly on time, they are very serious about not having too many clients overlap.
Last time, which was my first time in this shop, I had a very nice 6 foot tall guy with flowing big blonde hair,
perhaps a little eyeliner and some really nice nails. ....Ok, here's a little of my DEI/tolerance training; sure a transvestite
cutting my hair is a new experience. Frankly he was a nice guy (lady?) so who cares.
I'm not sure if he was transgender, transvestite, or what.

This whole bit about how one identifies oneself is perplexing. I asked one lady at church why she signed her
emails with her name and then (her/she) afterwards. I guess it is solidarity with folks of different persuasions.
I'd like to sign mine Drew (me). Let them guess....

I'm sure if some of you have gay or alternative life style kids this would be more meaningful.
My home town was half gay when I grew up here, so we learned to be very tolerant of other life styles.
Sort of like growing up near Key West or Provincetown.

Just seems like there are more variations out there now. Probably more like folks are just coming out.
which I think is good.
Can't repress what you are.
My uncle was Captain of a US Navy destroyer and later on in life I realized why he never married.
He had to hide it all his life. We always thought he was a hard ass just because. But he had to be in that situation.
He retired from the Navy and taught AP high school kids in Alexandria VA for 30 years into his 80's. And he never brought a friend
home, which is what his family would have wanted. But back then, well for many, you just couldn't.

so let's be tolerant of those who are different.

 

[Thomas]

Up again way too early headed home today hopefully trip not too bad

Prayers for all

Safe drive home.

 

[Thomas]

20F cloudy mid 30's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...3 stops in town,couple wheel barrow load of wood in basement,1 kitten Vet appointment afternoon other kitten appointment Friday,clean critter feeding area,other than slow steady day.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[RoyJackson]

so let's be tolerant of those who are different.

Yep...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Up again way too early headed home today hopefully trip not too bad

Prayers for all

Hope trip is good, I thought you went yesterday.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp is 23 and going to a high of 32°F. Wind E 13 mph. Snow at times heavy. There is a weather advisory in effect.
I think the weather advisories should read; "this is Northern Ontario and winter, you might get snow, freezing rain or straight rain."

The snow I was expecting overnight didn't happen, so I will conserve energy until it does.

There is lots of cheap land up here and quite a few 'unorganised' townships. Keep in mind that unorganised townships come with do it yourself roads maintenance.
They are also farther away from the beer store.

Have a safe day all

 

[riptides]

27 outside this AM. Heading to mid 40's. Power came back on a few hours ago. Everything checked out OK.

Good thing I had my generator serviced a few weeks ago. A little Honda, I cannot remember how old type. Think I will invest in a house hookup and maybe upgrade the unit. If we did not have animals it would not be a big deal, but we found out the hard way we need the well.

Lots of outside work to do the next week or two. When the snow melts, branch duty will be at least a two day job.

The tractor was fun on the driveway, even with no blade or rake attached, used the bucket to push stuff out of the way. Down and up, done. Let the sun do the rest. Took longer to clean it off than to do the driveway. LOL.

This was a major snow event for us and this area. Fast moving, heavy and wet. At one point in the back yard it was white out conditions. We have not had something like this in many years. Guess we got complacent.

Hope all have a great day. Be safe.


Our dog pen.


What we work for.


My favorite middle pasture tree.


Should be working, not sitting around.

 

[Buppies]

Nice pictures riptides

BEF decided to stay another night

 

[ronjhall]

Lots of good places for land here. But is there good access to care that you may need as you age. I can think of some great places to live here in the USA. But as we age need more care and need it to be accessible. City kind of moved out to me. Closest hospital is 5 miles from me. When my youngest son was born it was 25 miles to closest hospital. When I moved here in 1972 it was considered rural country with farms. All the farms are gone. I am surrounded by $1m homes. Glad I have been able to live here and that services have moved out to me. But today I would not be able to afford the property let alone the house and buildings.

 

[Thomas]

27 outside this AM. Heading to mid 40's. Power came back on a few hours ago. Everything checked out OK.

Good thing I had my generator serviced a few weeks ago. A little Honda, I cannot remember how old type. Think I will invest in a house hookup and maybe upgrade the unit. If we did not have animals it would not be a big deal, but we found out the hard way we need the well.

Lots of outside work to do the next week or two. When the snow melts, branch duty will be at least a two day job.

The tractor was fun on the driveway, even with no blade or rake attached, used the bucket to push stuff out of the way. Down and up, done. Let the sun do the rest. Took longer to clean it off than to do the driveway. LOL.

This was a major snow event for us and this area. Fast moving, heavy and wet. At one point in the back yard it was white out conditions. We have not had something like this in many years. Guess we got complacent.

Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

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Our dog pen.

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What we work for.

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My favorite middle pasture tree.

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Should be working, not sitting around.

No winter time blues or cabin fever for you.

 

[Buppies]

Good points Ron

We are 8 miles from two Hospital's one has medical school takes up city block and growing.