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   / Good morning!!!! #85,191  
Ron, a dirty tractor is a happy tractor.

Sometime soon we will be losing the hydro, yet again. The lights have been flickering for the past hour or so.

Maybe later today I will fire up the tractor and go for a cruise to see what trees I can plow off the road.

Lots of power outages over the past few days up at the cottage near Dorset, Bill. Not too sure what is going on there. They had a major upgrade to the power infrastructure not that long ago, but the power outages seem to have in fact gotten more frequent since then!

Anyway, raining again this morning, and not a heckuva Lotta snow left. The lake might not be skateable this Christmas!
 
   / Good morning!!!! #85,192  
Haven稚 been able to work last 2 days during the day. Having to pull night shifts. Youngest has the flu. Had to see two doctors yesterday to get the full diagnosis. Then had a useless discussion today with a supervisor of the first doctor. Will no longer use her. Fist diagnosis was for a cold/upper respiratory infection. I understand theyæ±*e all viruses but the flu requires extra prudence especially in a 2 year old with breathing problems already. Second time first doctor missed something. First time she missed a pneumonia in an infant. Doctor rolled his eyes and shook his head when I said I壇 seen a partner nurse practitioner the day before. He heard it in the scope and used X-ray to confirm.

Farmer and wife, I pray for your son and all, to get well and to get some rest. And that it doesn't spread. Viruses are a beeeotch.

RNG, patience is your best friend right now.

Drew, nice shiny new red tractor pic. Even waxed at that. Is the hood metal or the composite type? (not inviting any debates here, just noting an exceptional paint job.)

I went to the deere dealer yesterday. They had a 5055E MFWD cab tractor new, on sale for $32,599, but no FEL. The salesman says deere is making some tractors purposefully at 73 hp to stay under the DEF threshold of 75hp. I am in no market for a tractor. Just want to keep the ones we have in decent shape. Hard to believe but they are both 16 years old now.

The hydraulic part I will hopefully make is just the temporary split band that fills the internal groove to take the piston out. Deere wants $12.+ for a .25 cent part. If I don't turn it on the CNC lathe, I might just print it on the plastic 3D printer. The last time I bought and used one, it got torn up, making it a one time use part. If they made it out of a bit better plastic, it could be re used.

The light of day is just starting to make it's presence known here. 43F here. We turned off the AC. It was 80F yesterday and nice. Today, I will open the blinds and let the sun shine in.

Eric, I hate single lane, blind turns. Especially with people driving fast through them. Can you get the government to proactively clear some of the growth to make things safer? Or is it some growth on your land that you do not want taken down? Can they widen the lane?

Good to hear from FreedomLives, keep the home fires burning over there. Hope the neighbor doesn't like to eat goat meat, if he catches them snacking.

Randy, hope Ellen's migraines subside. They are nasty.

I am feeling much, much better with no pain. I have the appt on the 13th, to take a look see. Thank you all for the concerns.

Ed, I'm praying a bit extra for you and yours this am.

Many of you guys amaze me with your activeness. This must be a large key to long life and happiness.

RIP President Bush 41. A good man. He will be buried in College Station (town where I work) at his library. I used to work "a few stone throws" from the library.

Have any of you been keeping up with the serial killer who may have been responsible for 90 murders....Maybe the only good that could come out of this besides his death sentence, might be some closure for those affected. Apparently he was a rolling stone serial killer, not staying in any place for long.
Serial killer who may have committed 9 murders is linked to yet another killing | Fox News
 
   / Good morning!!!! #85,193  
Check if my reading of the weather is correct there will be no ice skating at Christmas too warm
 
   / Good morning!!!! #85,194  
good morning.
warm morning after getting two inches of rain last night.
60 out now going up to 74 degrees. Sound good Canadians?...;)
more rain/thunderstorms later.

headed out to see how little greenhouse survived its first big downpour. Looks to be in one piece...
I put six big stainless steel screws with big flat washers on them into the frame bottoms holding the whole thing down
into the wood base, which itself is screwed into the ground. Definitely need a contingency plan for high winds on this thing.

Think I'm going to work on cleaning up second floor of house now that exercise equipment is gone. Though if the sun comes out for a little while, hard to keep me inside. David, nice job on the dirt.

Larro, wherever you are, hope you are doing well. Same for David/Mossflower.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #85,195  
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(Yesterday's trip to the Deere dealer with son.). :)
 
   / Good morning!!!! #85,196  
Kyle glad you are pain free now prayers sent
 
   / Good morning!!!! #85,197  
I tried the EGO snow blower on some frozen snow....it got through, but was very slow. No doubt, the blower will work well on powdery snow and OK on wet snow...but frozen snow is tough on the machine.

One thing I learned about EGO power tools that I'm sure doesn't surprise anyone is that when they are worked harder, the sound doesn't change but the battery runs out in less time.

I guess the same could be said of me. It didn't take long for me to run out of steam mowing yesterday.:rolleyes:
 
   / Good morning!!!! #85,198  
33F 1" snow raining now low 40's for high.

Plans for today...wait later on today plow driveway etc, w/hope 1" snow will suck up the rain,put new fuel peckcock on generator,mostly putter day.
Time feed little critters poke my head outside.

Enjoy the day all.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #85,199  
great picture Kyle. Love the smile on your son's face. I think that one would go fast enough...;)
 
   / Good morning!!!! #85,200  
The low this morning was 2° and no new snow for a change. Yesterday wasn't to bad mostly sunny and in the mid 30's. Today is going to be in the low 20's with a 40% chance of snow showers this afternoon.

The neighbor and I went for a ride in his side by side that he got tracks on last week. I was impressed we didn't have any problems with the 14 inches of snow that was on the trails or the hills. We also seen a few elk but my season is over with. But his wife still has a cow tag that is good for this area. He said he would take her back out this morning.

Not sure what my plans are for today.

Hope everyone enjoys their Sunday.
CWB.
 

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