Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

34 going to 70 and sunny.

Scott, real nice display for your dad's medals.

Hope you had a great birthday, Tinhack.

Mostly, congrats to your Rangers.

Ditto on the crickets...and I've been wearing hearing protection for decades when using equipment or target shooting...but maybe too much loud music in my youth, and shotgun blasts when waterfowl hunting.

Scootr, glad you got to see the family for your mom's 100th. Real special.

Once the frost dried up yesterday, mowed most everything...probably one more all around mowing plus several more under the maples to mulch the leaves.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

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

39.3F going to low 70s, sunny all day.

Woodlot work yesterday, another load of firewood split by Mrs, milled more boards for the shed, I think I have enough to the whole interior plus a couple, which probably means that I will actually be short a couple… we brought up a set of scaffold to do the insulating and paneling in the cabin.

Aterwards, some more Halloween decorating took place, big inflatable with imagery protector went up, plus a couple other small items. More projectors go up tonight. Need to stop at BigBox and get a few more extension cords, plus some bundles of insulation after chiro visit today, which will be preceded by unloading and stacking yesterday’s firewood, and followed by a trip with dog to woodlot for a nice walk (and drop off insulation ), plus harvest some of the Choi and chard for dinner. Also need to collect seed from marigolds and German Winter Thyme since they are appearing now.

I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe productive day!

 

[Thomas]

Seems like somebody told me retirement was supposed to be less work. It’s more. It’s more confusing because all days are the same except Sunday.

Ain't that the truth.

 

[Buppies]

42 high in 70s today looks like 80s in our future but no rain.

Scootr very special birthday for mom thanks for sharing.

Took more pictures of neck three need partial removal parathyroid that is

Prayers for all our Country Ukrainian and Israeli people’s

 

[Thomas]

View attachment 828314no s’mores here.

That's having me myself and I time.

 

[Thomas]

Back home from Mom's 100th birthday celebration in FL. It was great. We are so blessed. Not too many 65-75 yr olds (5 kids) have both of their parents who are 95 and 100 yrs old. First time we were all together in 15 years. It was a very special visit.
but it feels good to be back home on the ranch.

Glad the event went well...HB to your mom ...home id where the heart id do they say.

 

[Thomas]

35F upper 50's for high partly cloudy day ahead...still no frost this autumn.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
8 hours at part store,late afternoon till dark putter outside side.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[KilroyJC]

Mrs picked up a sign for the cabin at the flea this weekend:

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, was 37 going to 68 and supposed to be sunny
Did not get much done yesterday, where did all the time go.

Ordered new tank for the blower, $65 shipped.

Lots of small stuff to do outside today. Moved some more branches that fell, when I get time I will take the tractor out to move the larger ones, or I will saw them up based on how solid they are (firewood vs. scrap).

Be well,

This mornings visitor

 

[Tinhack]

Back home from Mom's 100th birthday celebration in FL. It was great. We are so blessed. Not too many 65-75 yr olds (5 kids) have both of their parents who are 95 and 100 yrs old. First time we were all together in 15 years. It was a very special visit.
but it feels good to be back home on the ranch.

My mom will be 98 in January. I'm hoping she makes it. It's been a little rough on her lately with bad knees. Her aunt lived to 105 with the same ailment. Lost my dad in 2010 but he had a good run to 86.

 

[daugen]

I have always thought a giraffe was an elegant animal
that's a lot of neck to scratch...

mailed off check for 1200 bucks for fuel oil, prepay for 300 gallons.
there is no reason for it to cost this much except for greed.
of course that applies to our prescription drug industry also.

a fair price for the fuel oil ought to be around 3 dollars a gallon. The current profit level of
our refineries is obscene. great stocks to own, big paybacks to investors.
We need a glut of oil some how, drive the cost down, and not send so much to China and elsewhere.
2nd and 3rd world demand for fuel ever increasing, we are all competing for world resources.

super cheap oil is no bargain either. Look at Venezuela. whole country has economically collapsed.

there is cost per barrel and cost per gallon. Whole lot of games played to get from one to the other.
I'd be happy at 3 bucks a gallon.

which I guess sounds laughable to David in Hawaii or to our Canadian friends
who seem to get taxed on fuel even more.

we started off in campfires with gathered wood we found to keep warm.
looks like we are still hunting for the best fuel.

for four bucks a gallon, what else could I use? Two buck Chuck?
not sure my Beckett burner would digest left over cooking oil well...

 

[KilroyJC]

I have always thought a giraffe was an elegant animal
that's a lot of neck to scratch...

mailed off check for 1200 bucks for fuel oil, prepay for 300 gallons.
there is no reason for it to cost this much except for greed.
of course that applies to our prescription drug industry also.

a fair price for the fuel oil ought to be around 3 dollars a gallon. The current profit level of
our refineries is obscene. great stocks to own, big paybacks to investors.
We need a glut of oil some how, drive the cost down, and not send so much to China and elsewhere.
2nd and 3rd world demand for fuel ever increasing, we are all competing for world resources.

super cheap oil is no bargain either. Look at Venezuela. whole country has economically collapsed.

there is cost per barrel and cost per gallon. Whole lot of games played to get from one to the other.
I'd be happy at 3 bucks a gallon.

which I guess sounds laughable to David in Hawaii or to our Canadian friends
who seem to get taxed on fuel even more.

we started off in campfires with gathered wood we found to keep warm.
looks like we are still hunting for the best fuel.

for four bucks a gallon, what else could I use? Two buck Chuck?
not sure my Beckett burner would digest left over cooking oil well...

But whose greed?

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Guys,
37 to start going to 63 with some nice sunshine today !

Kilroy, nice sign for your shed !

Frits, beautiful animal pictures, and happy birthday to your daughter !

Scootr, happy birthday to your Mom, what a milestone, my Pop made it to almost 94, a good run also !

Phil, love the figure in those turnings !

Hope all have a blessed and safe day !

 

[KilroyJC]

I have always thought a giraffe was an elegant animal
that's a lot of neck to scratch...

mailed off check for 1200 bucks for fuel oil, prepay for 300 gallons.
there is no reason for it to cost this much except for greed.
of course that applies to our prescription drug industry also.

a fair price for the fuel oil ought to be around 3 dollars a gallon. The current profit level of
our refineries is obscene. great stocks to own, big paybacks to investors.
We need a glut of oil some how, drive the cost down, and not send so much to China and elsewhere.
2nd and 3rd world demand for fuel ever increasing, we are all competing for world resources.

super cheap oil is no bargain either. Look at Venezuela. whole country has economically collapsed.

there is cost per barrel and cost per gallon. Whole lot of games played to get from one to the other.
I'd be happy at 3 bucks a gallon.

which I guess sounds laughable to David in Hawaii or to our Canadian friends
who seem to get taxed on fuel even more.

we started off in campfires with gathered wood we found to keep warm.
looks like we are still hunting for the best fuel.

for four bucks a gallon, what else could I use? Two buck Chuck?
not sure my Beckett burner would digest left over cooking oil well...

 

[Tinhack]

We need a glut of oil some how, drive the cost down, and not send so much to China and elsewhere.
2nd and 3rd world demand for fuel ever increasing, we are all competing for world resources.

You know that's not going to happen with the current administration. He has already said, "No more oil". We'll have to go to war before he breaks that promise. Or folks are so poor, hungry and out of work because our life depends on China.

 

[KilroyJC]

You know that's not going to happen with the current administration. He has already said, "No more oil". We'll have to go to war before he breaks that promise. Or folks are so poor, hungry and out of work because our life depends on China.

Careful, Tinhack— talk like that can get you put in TBN Timout…

Ya gotta be a bit more subtle

 

[Popgadget]

I can remember paying under .25 a gallon for gas when I was in high school. Now I can get a .60 a gallon discount from the grocery store with a good month’s worth of points.

 

[Tinhack]

I see a what looks like a 39 Ford on the right side of that picture. It also looks like it's in the South. That price was good until about the late 60s when the then administration again locked down the oil and there was NO gas. Remember the gas lines of the 70s?

 

[kenmbz]

Happy anniversary M7040 , 58 is a good number.


I remember gas jumping from .35 to 1.00 in a year or so, right around when I got my first car.
Most of the work money I made went into the tank, left over to partying, and somehow I paid for college too.

 

[KilroyJC]

I see a what looks like a 39 Ford on the right side of that picture. It also looks like it's in the South. That price was good until about the late 60s when the then administration again locked down the oil and there was NO gas. Remember the gas lines of the 70s?

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