Good morning!!!!

[Helogabals]

Good morning !

Put in order garage and backyard, while waiting for installers of new gates. Done all things and even more, still nobody... Just when I start calling them - guys are sick ... Maybe another team tomorrow
OK, anyway there was a lot of mess to be cleared. But still...


Still cant stop that hoarfrost business At internet have steal some pictures from other people, like 30 mi away from my place

Now all is gone, wind has blown it away

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee has finished brewing. 23° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 34° with partly cloudy skies. Sassy got her grooming. She likes going there for her grooming. Does not like me giving her a bath.
Did get all my last minute shopping done for Christmas.
Door lock was another fail. It is on it's way back to Amazon. This time I called Ring. First person I talked to was very good solving my problem. Ordered a different model of the same lock I have. It puts out a Z-wave signal.

Txdon, yes always seemed to freeze at least one time each winter. We stayed in McAllen. One year we got freezing rain. Another year lots of hail.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[ronjhall]

it is not far from here in PA on one of our drives last summer

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Like those old Shell stations.
This one was at Gilmore car Museum in Hickory Corners Mi. Visited there this summer.

 

[Buppies]

Feeling under weather never left yesterday pooper problems

Today another day soon heading home

Prayers for all our Country

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning,
The low this morning was 33F, presently 35 with sunny skys, forecast high of 44.

Did more cleaning and sorting in the work shop. Found the power cord for the CD player, and some CD's... more tunes to work by.

Better half due home today, finished up her honey do list yesterday. All easy stuff, although finishing up pressure washing of the second story was no fun when it is 42F out.

Chimney guy coming in 20 minutes to see what it is going to cost to properly install my wood stove.

Be safe out there.

If you are installing a high-efficiency stove, don’t forget that there is a 26% Federal tax deduction on both the stove AND the installation

 

[wngsprd]

20 going to 42. Weather folks still saying we may see a little snow Thursday, but it may disguise itself as sleet and freezing rain.

Buppies, hope you are better today, and safe travels. Just saw the AAA report on holiday travel...one of the worst days is Dec. 23, best days are 12/24, 12/25...always worst time is 2pm to 8pm...glad I'm an early riser.

Thomas, sounds like the price of throwing it away may be more than the price of buying it. I didn't know there were fees like that.

Ron, can't see your museum pic.

Decided to prep for the possible ice storm and give the generator a test run. It's stored where it is a bear to remove, but started on the first pull after the 2 choke pulls. I'm sure it helps that I only run it on LP. I checked my LP tank "inventory" and need to fill 2 empty tanks...their dates have expired, so I may have to do a swap instead of a refill.

Took a cruise through my forest, looking for dead trees and those otherwise needing to be cut down, such as a small one crowding under the canopy of a large oak. Found a few that volunteered to become firewood. I also have one large tree top that broke off one of the biggest oaks on the edge of the field from the heavy wet snow storm last year. I'll need to try to pull it down with the tractor, which will require some careful study.

 

[ronjhall]

Ron, can't see your museum pic.

Couldn't get picture to post. So did a link to museum.

 

[ronjhall]

Buppies. Get better soon.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
really cold weather coming in for most of us over next week; going to be a chilly Christmas.

Buppies, feel better.
Helo, gorgeous picture

senior discount day at supermarket, will go there this morning for a few things.
Need to get myself something special for the holiday, a treat of sorts.
want to stock up a little, shopping later this week will be nuts.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good morning!

God has given us another day to get it right (or at least not screw it up too badly).

Currently 33F. Going to do the last grocery run before Christmas Today. It is close enough to keep things fresh and far enough to get in front of the last-minute shoppers.

It stayed below freezing yesterday - the sun never came out long enough to warm up the front steps enough to add grit, but today is is supposed to get into the 40’s - and maybe even rain (which wasn’t supposed to happen until Thursday. Want to make God laugh? Tell Him you have made plans. . .

on the plus side, the new toilet went in with ZERO problems, which was a nice change of pace. Now to get rid of the sucker (since I don’t want to pay disposal fees at the Sanitation Center) I intend to start with a couple good whacks with a sledgehammer and then proceed to break it down into gravel, and hide it in the bottom of post holes for drainage.

Reduce/Reuse/Recycle, right?

the upstairs toilet got that treatment and went into the French Drain we installed up at our woodlot, albeit in larger pieces. I am keeping both tanks, as I have visions of an instantaneous dump shower sortakinda thingy to use with our sauna, since I don’t have a dunk tank (yet). They are now hiding under the woodshed, so MrsKilroyJC can’t complain about “keeping more junk”

yesterday’s convos about coffee inspired me to find the box in the shed and dig out my briki - but where is that superfine grinder? Grandma’s coffee grinder won’t go that fine, and I am NOT putting coffee beans in my flour mill!

have a wonderful healthy safe and blessed day, everyone!

 

[m7040]

Good morning all, 25 going to 37 getting colder. Thankfully we are not up north in Canada.

Fire started and going good.
The van will be picked up this morning. We are going to town to pick up groceries from the curbside pickup. Several hundred dollars of stuff for holiday and beyond
Our hunter neighbor was back at exercising his AR15 with bursts of fire. Must be a huge clip. In my teens I experimented with gunpowder and explosions, small cannons etc until my brother got hurt. That put a stop to that craziness.
Mostly, yes she is the same daughter. As I said earlier she has "been everywhere" like in the Johnny Cash song.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 45˚F heading to the low 50s cloudy, North wind. Today will be the warmest day this week at the "Farm" and I hope the parents take advantage of it to get the kids some outside time before the big freeze.

Good HoarFrost pic Helo. It will be cold enough here for HoarFrost but the 30 mph North wind will mess up our chances to get it.

 

[newbury]

man there's a lot of spam this morning. I've reported about 5 or 6. Sure miss Roy, RIP

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s 27 with a high in the upper 30’s, another dry day.

Yesterday started with a trip to the optometrist to get a replacement nosepiece for my glasses. Have no idea how I lost one, but it was gone. They replaced both of them and gave me a spare pair, only took a few minutes, and no charge.
Ran some errands and started getting ready for a new puppy, which will now be here Thursday morning instead of the 26th. The breeder contacted me and said that her vet was driving to PA from Wilmington, NC, and had offered to transport my puppy. Even more amazingly, their destination is less than a half hour from me.
As long as it all works out, it will be a great thing.

Today starts with going to military honors ceremony for an old friend at the Washington Crossing National Cemetery. He was a good friend and generally a man of few words that probably would have scorned the ceremony, but he deserves it.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 25 and feeling it, still waiting for sun to come up over the trees.
Only one more workday to the year for me.

Got three more panels up. Next few will be more complex cuts, probably take some time to do.
Then clear sailing on back wall.

Found an air leak at top of garage doors, will have to figure out what kind of seal to put there that won't get chewed up by door open/close.

Used two heaters 1x1kw and 1 x 1.5kw and they are able to warm up the garage 10 degrees in a few hours, so insulation is having some impact.

PopG- early dog arrival sounds nice and certainly cheaper than taking the plane up. Condolences on the friend.

Buppies - feel better- maybe a change in diet is needed short term?

Great pictures this morning, thanks all for sharing.

When I worked for the government, even though I worked on cameras, we could not take pictures of anything, were not even supposed to be "in country". So no pics of our detachment or my coworkers/friends. We weren't even allowed to keep in touch after project was dissolved. We had some good times, some nerve wracking times and lots of adventures.

Be well,

 

[KilroyJC]

Good morning all, 25 going to 37 getting colder. Thankfully we are not up north in Canada.

Fire started and going good.
The van will be picked up this morning. We are going to town to pick up groceries from the curbside pickup. Several hundred dollars of stuff for holiday and beyond
Our hunter neighbor was back at exercising his AR15 with bursts of fire. Must be a huge clip. In my teens I experimented with gunpowder and explosions, small cannons etc until my brother got hurt. That put a stop to that craziness.
Mostly, yes she is the same daughter. As I said earlier she has "been everywhere" like in the Johnny Cash song.

Yes I am being pedantic: *magazine*

 

[daugen]

Washington Crossing National Cemetery very pretty place
Not too far from Ken.

Kilroy, I know almost nothing about guns. Can a clip be more than five?
magazine I assume can be any size, straight or round?
pedantic is good if we all learn

getting a new puppy must be such great fun. New member of family.

have been reading about SEER and ROI of a new HVAC system.
apparently cost savings are often oversold...
but learned a lot about single speed, two speed, variable, etc.
and the one name brand he gently suggested not to buy

this guy seems pretty credible.

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[riptides]

23 outside this AM. Heading to lower 40's.

Trying to get the house stocked up and in order since we will be away on and over Christmas. Daughters will hold down the farm while we are away. Been a crazy last few months with scheduling and what not. Reality bites sometimes.

Unfortunate but events turned most of my projects to the sidelines for a long while. I have another electrical contractor scheduled for mid-January to fix and finish what the first one did on the Milk House. I guess I really need to learn about electricity, but am hoping this project is the last of the electrical/plumbing projects. LOL.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all. Health, happiness and prosperity in the New Year for you and your families.

 

[IXLR8]

Morning,
Another bright sunny cool morning. Low this morning was 30F, presently 37, forecast high of 42. There is a thin layer of ice on part of the creek.

Chimney man actually showed up early. Reported chimney was in good shape and it would be easy to drop a flex pipe down to the wood stove. Damper frame is rusted out, that needs to come out anyway. Will be putting in a new frame and a blank plate with a hole just large enough for the pipe. Wood stove is a Vermont Castings Defiant Encore that I bought in 1987 and this will be the 4th home I have installed it in. They don't make them like they used to.

With ice forming on the creek, looks like my boating days are ending sooner rather than later.

Spent some more time working in the shop yesterday, so nice to have a choice of tunes. I have mini-splits in one of my garages and my shop. The one in the garage wouldn't startup, green light just flashed away. I powered down the system, waited a minute and powered it back up, now both units are working properly. These were installed less than a year ago, time to call service tech to see what is going on. Probably operator error, but I need to know.

Miss's is home from NC, I'm betting there is some Christmas stuff to do on her 'honey do' list, although I haven't been told that yet.

Have a good day all.

 

[m7040]

Yes I am being pedantic: *magazine*

I guess from my early years it was a clip and that sticks in my memory bank. In the old Royal Enfield rifles it was a clip that held the cartridges together and then you pushed them down into the rifle