Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 54ºF for the start, overcast, light breeze. Light wind, overcast with patches of rain, and high temp was 68ºF. Made coffee to start day, puttered, then worked on incoming mail, then started in on taxes. Got a short nap, check outside for wetness and it was raining. Tried to talk myself into indoor ride but no joy.
Ron hope not much snow.Glad grocery shopping good, and chipping away at the pile of limbs. Interesting sand crane there in the pic
Drew hope you don't wash away. I agree turkeys and vultures not the best looking bird. Hope switch replacement goes well.
Thomas sorry to hear about snow total. Hope you are ready for it.
Billy sorry about the woodstove running all week. Do you use wood with termites? Glad you got saw out with only a bent bar. Glad lesson only $47.
Mike glad you got the dump/gas run done yesterday. Seems like something wrong to dress for winter when mowing Good to hear most fires out, few mile from house scary close.
Buppies glad you are getting rain. about 1 inch forecast for us yesterday, .1 inch fell . Hope deer not munch too many flowers. prayers sent
Drew hope your chargers and batteries are off the floor now. Hope birds got some of the seed.
Scott(vt) sorry to hear about your cat. Hope flooding not too bad
Don good to hear Ranger will have temp control on both sides of the truck.Hope windows went smoothly.
Bill hope buying new tank went smoothly. Hope tree cut up went well also.
Lou hope your snowstorm last of winter. Enjoy your seat time.
Masseyrider sorry about winter's return. Hope you had a good nap.
Paul sorry about more rain in the forecast. Glad ruts are less bad, hope you can deal with manure bin soon. Sorry about the cost of tube and tire. Sorry no music.
Ken good to hear sled done, hope rail go well. Have fun at day job.
Drew your post got posted
Don didn't that thread get locked?
RNG sorry about rough start to trip. Glad you checked the straps, since they came loose. Glad you made it safely. Hope unload goes well.
Drew enjoy your outside time.
Ken thanks for story.
David Happy Birthday to Sophie! Hope memorial goes well, while it is good to swap stories, I suspect all there will be feeling some loss as well.
RS glad you are getting some warming. Sorry about the ash tree. Hope you can deal with the tree. Good to hear progress in the garage. Hope wife not overwhelmed with the seal replacement details. Hope your taxes have no surprises.
Drew nice score on the salmon.
Paul nice saw.
Buppies there does not seem to be very many PC on this thread.
Mike sorry your season starting so early.
Don nice windows.
Thomas surprised kittens will give you up.
Randy(wag) good to hear paddock cleaned up and neighbors dealing well with loss of son. Good to hear call lesson went well. Hope town run went well and all errands accomplished.
Dennis sorry to hear about your dad's decline.
Bill thanks for the stories. glad trees are taken care of.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 24° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 36° with partly cloudy skies. Got about 6" of snow yesterday. Cleaned up walkway to garage. Decided to not do driveway. But neighbor wanted some seat time. So my drive and rest of the neighborhood got their drives cleared. Got a new robot vacuum. Took a while to get it programed and put in place. Lots of action at bird feeders.
Ducks swimming in pond gave me good thoughts that real spring will be here soon.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
just the opposite of turkeys, look how pretty those ducks are!

heavy rain this morning, two to three inches predicted
41 going to 49 with rain ending later today
I'm headed over to a friend's later this morning to fix those light switches I mentioned.

glad that's not snow here, I've had enough this winter

Ron, you really are good with your neighbors. I hope they appreciate you

lot of rain coming North and yup New Hampshire, you've got snow!

 

[Thomas]

23F steady snow falling might reach 30F.
Weather stations still forecasting 14-18 inches of snow,maybe mix with some rain towards the end.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...4 hours at part store,afternoon first round cleaning snow.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[daugen]

https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/taxi-and-takeoff-20240318142639477.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill/f_webp

after the Russians blew up the Antonov 225, only matter of time before someone built another.
Consortium of wind turbine manufacturers want a huge new plane to deliver their new larger windmill blades, 350 feet long.
folks in Colorado working on this.

this plane won't win any beauty prizes, but I'm sure there's a market for hiring out for other oversize loads
going to take some deep pockets to build it
I thought the promo pic was interesting, they've cropped it so you don't know if there's another pair of engines on it

 

[wngsprd]

46 and raining steady. Getting ready to walk down and check the gauge. Going to 58, then "blustery" as the NWS says.

Happy Birthday Sophie! Many more!

Rip, that lawn looks real nice...almost took my mower for a ride yesterday, but found other things to do first...grass will really need it after this rain.

Mostly, termites were only in the first 18 inches up the tree on about half the trunk, hollow inside...I left that section for the foxes and birds to dig into to eat them.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 15 going to a high of 28°F. Wind ESE 8 mph. A few flurries.

Ron, do you like to eat duck eggs? They ARE good! Bigger than a chicken egg, so where you would normally have 3 small chicken eggs you would only have 1 duck egg.

Drew, that new heavy looks like a pregnant whale.

wngsprd, the wood peckers will thank you.

Today I get to murder the crowns of the felled trees.

Have a safe day all

 

[riptides]

41 outside this AM. Raining.
No power. Just went out and looks to be area wide.
Not a good way to start the weekend.

Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

 

[ronjhall]

Looking, never see eggs from visiting ducks. The lake that is 1/4 miles south is where they have nest. At least that’s the direction they go when they leave my place. When we had ducks we ate their eggs.

 

[Buppies]

Sorry about no power riptides

46 raining over one inch since midnight still raining wind gusts over 40 mph this afternoon hope this puts all fires out.

Prayers for all our Country

 

[Buppies]

Never had duck eggs that I’m aware of

 

[ronjhall]

Riptides, hope you get power back soon.

 

[DarkBlack]

27F and snowing steady. I’ve got about 5” of snow so far from last night, and it’s to continue all day. Guessing I’ll get about a foot total.
Glad we don’t have to drive anywhere today

 

[daugen]

Never had duck eggs that I’m aware of

I was wondering what a duck omelette would taste like...?

all you guys up North be careful, don't get hurt in this but get some quality seat time

 

[daugen]

just watched a show on class action suits being filed against Dollar General for deceptive pricing.
Three states are involved and it appears to be spreading.
These stores are specifically situated to provide to the lowest income households and they are apparently often ripped off.
What it says on the shelf is not what the register rings up.
That is called theft by deception in most areas.

and apparently that thievery is quite profitable because they keep building more.
For years I stopped shopping at Harbor Freight I got so annoyed at their even worse deceptive pricing, often three prices
for same thing. Then the Fed stepped in, fined them and made them change their advertising. Now much better and better quality gear too.

Would be nice if Dollar General would do the right thing and fix this.
If you shop there at times, just be sure to check your register tape.

part of the problem might be inadequate staffing needed to keep up with repricing.
easy to change the software program charging folks. Labor and intelligence needed to go find the right shelf
and correct the label. If the help is of low caliber, I can see this happening.
But these class action suits allege something more insidious, more intentional.

raining hard, finishing my coffee before I drive in this over to Doylestown to help my friend with her light switches.
Taking lots of flashlights including my big area Makita light. Can't fix what you can't see and we are turning the lights off...
I'll try not to stand in a puddle...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Rain is what WV and VA needed with the fires. Even MD had some burning.
No too much rain overnight in OH.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Class action lawsuits benefit lawyers..

 

[LouNY]

Morning all,
Cloudy precipitation morning here, 27 when I got up and snowing. Had about 8 inches last night. Still coming down as snow/sleet and or rain/sleet the accumulated amount has shrunk by an inch so far this morning so likely getting quite soggy. Calling for chilly weather the next couple of nights down into the low teens. Precipitation of some type till late afternoon or this evening. So not sure just what I'll do, may run the back blade backwards and try to squeegee some of this stuff off the side or curl the bucket back a bit and push some off that way.
May wait till tomorrow to do anything and just use the tractor to go down and get yesterdays mail and a couple of packages.
Everyone stay or get well.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

29 going to 58. I've been burning the woodstove all week. Usually would have been done with that by this point in the year. Forest fire in Shenandoah caused the closure of the Skyline Drive and nearby hiking trails. I could smell a little smoke a few times during the day, but not bad.

So, decided to go back in the woods and cut some firewood before the big rain softens the ground again. Had one dead oak in mind, but in exploring I found another dead oak that I had flagged a while back and forgotten. Harder to cut and not near the woods path, so decided to do it first.

Saw a little rot at the ground, but turned out to be badly infested with termites, and so when it was time to fall, it twisted and took a slightly different path down...right on top of another tree. Tried to "walk it down" by cutting a few rounds, but pinched my bar after cutting several rounds. I knew better. Had to drive back across the creek and up the hill to get my chains. Was able to get the tractor close enough to use 2 chains and pull it down, like I should have done from the start. I removed the chainsaw body from the bar first...good thing because the tree fell right on the bar and bent it.

So had to go back and get another old bar...the chain was okay. Finished sawing and brought a big load back. Wife was in town so she picked up a new bar for me...so this was a workout and a $47 lesson.

glad you got to use the old wood for firewood. I hate it when chainsaw bar gets pinched. Keep a 2nd chainsaw just in case.

64°F and 1.35 inches rain.
Happy Birthday to my dear sweet wife and partner, Sophie.

A very different day ahead.

My 24 sheet shredder was delivered late yesterday. Will be putting it through its paces shredding cardboard. Will use as soil amendment.

Afternoon will be spent at Memorial for our Friend Joyce who passed just after Thanksgiving. About 150 expected between 1-6. Potluck. While it will be a joyous celebration, it will be emotional at some point. Then we are on tear down duty.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

Happy Birthday Sophie from Texas!

Gave dad a sneak preview of the picture show for tomorrow. We kept him up past his usual 7 pm bedtime.

I hope y'all have a great 100 year celebration!

Chilly, 51F here. Headed down south to pick up my new to me oven. Hopefully get to ride motorcycles too.

Great couple of days at work with good progress on some things. Free lunch 2 days in a row. Chinese on Thurs, TexMex on Friday.

The border situation is a cluster.

Prayers for our team, our nation, Ukraine and ******.

 

[scootr]

Good Morning all,
Rain forecasted for 2 days. I have 2 days of classes so let it rain. Mowed some yesterday with the SS. Talked with the mower manufacturer and swapping the hose ends reversed the motor direction so my my single direction lock worked. What a relief no having to hold the toggle button to mow. Flushed a rattlesnake out while mowing. Had to get off and find a post to kill it.
That is 2 rattlesnakes in 2 days. Spring has sprung. I need to start packing while mowing.
Hope you all have a great weekend.