Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Roy, glad to hear Suzette is back home and doing well.

Drew, good luck with CT and hope you get good answers.

We used to see a Hawaiian owl around at night, but not for a few years now. Often saw it perched on fence post along drive. One night coming home it flew right into the headlights and over the hood, quite impressive.

 

[jbrumberg]

It's a rare sight around here in Winter, but some years we see Snowy Owls. They hunt 24/7 and sometimes will fly along a car's headlights at night looking for game. Impressive.

24 unexpected turkeys counted today. A lot more easy to count than all those active little Tweetie birds that look alike.

David- I hope your sore throat is history.

 

[toppop52]

The first time I saw a snowy owl he was standing on top of my septic mound in bright moonlight, I thought it was a minion ghost! LOL

 

[PJSprog]

Just finished a little while ago going through a stack of 56 job applications, and ... oh, my ... now, there's a skill they obviously need to be teaching in high school; how to fill out a job application. Some scary, sad stuff in that pile.

 

[cat fever]

There was a guy hired at the same time as me. It was Amoco oil. During our initial training (lots of book work) he quit. It was stange, no one quits working for Amoco oil. We found out he couldn't read. :confused3:

 

[toppop52]

Just finished a little while ago going through a stack of 56 job applications, and ... oh, my ... now, there's a skill they obviously need to be teaching in high school; how to fill out a job application. Some scary, sad stuff in that pile.

It’s a mess, nobody can spell, they don’t understand what is expected of them, they don’t know how to dress, be on time, properly address others. We learned the basics in school, not anymore.
The last application I read was after I closed my business and had come out of retirement to be the service manager at my best friends dealership.

The guy wrote a rambling comment that included he was an “ x-pert in steal break lines “ could do “ break jobs on n e thing “, I guess the word brake was just too daunting for him, and typing entire words was hard for him too.

 

[cat fever]

Not that I agree but he was writing like he texts. With some poor spelling to boot.

 

[jbrumberg]

"... Some scary, sad stuff in that pile."- Paul

"... It’s a mess, nobody can spell, they don’t understand what is expected of them, they don’t know how to dress, be on time, properly address others. We learned the basics in school, not anymore."- Randy

Children are no longer learning the basics from their educational systems and many children are not learning social and cultural values from their parents and/or from within their families. Many young people do not know the value of work, but they definitely know the value of a pair of sneakers and other superficial junk.

What we are seeing is an empire starting to fail. Sadly, history seems to be repeating itself.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

What we are seeing is an empire starting to fail. Sadly, history seems to be repeating itself.

And just like the Rome before us, we're expected to be entertained and distracted with bread and circuses.

 

[Looking4new]

"... Some scary, sad stuff in that pile."- Paul

"... It’s a mess, nobody can spell, they don’t understand what is expected of them, they don’t know how to dress, be on time, properly address others. We learned the basics in school, not anymore."- Randy

Children are no longer learning the basics from their educational systems and many children are not learning social and cultural values from their parents and/or from within their families. Many young people do not know the value of work, but they definitely know the value of a pair of sneakers and other superficial junk.
What we are seeing is an empire starting to fail. Sadly, history seems to be repeating itself.

What ever they want, they will steal.:thumbdown:

 

[cat fever]

Good morning all,

25 this morning but warming up, already 30 now.

Tried to get my 30' PJ trailer out to gather up more of my farm stuff from my brothers place. The snow was just to deep and I couldn't even get it to move an inch. Looks like it'll have to wait till the snow melts.:thumbdown:

My wife was not waiting, she dug and dug and dug until we could get the trailer out. Got some of my stuff.

Bale sweep, Bale forks and the V-rake.

 

[Buppies]

Nice rig Lynn what are you hooking the Chains to in the front

Society is indeed degerating rapidly lack of family has a part but there are others and we are seeing history repeat itself

Busy day but rain out tomorrow

They doctors do not know why Ca is so high back to drawing board

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good job CAT.

Calling for 2-4" snow tonight. Already told work I'm working from home tomorrow. Some programming work. Worked a 10 hr day. Just got home.

 

[cat fever]

Nice rig Lynn what are you hooking the Chains to in the front

Society is indeed degerating rapidly lack of family has a part but there are others and we are seeing history repeat itself

Busy day but rain out tomorrow

They doctors do not know why Ca is so high back to drawing board

Thanks,

There is a big hook right in front of the axle facing backwards. I just loop the chain around it.

 

[Ortimber]

Record breaking snow here is western Oregon.
Power has been out for most of us since Sunday. We ended up with 18” of wet snow. Other locations got 24”. This all happened below 1000FT elevation. Not sure how much the mtn passes ended up with.

 

[cat fever]

Ortimber,
That's when you're glad you have the equipment to take care of it.:thumbsup:

 

[jbrumberg]

Ortimber-

I am happy to read that you are maintaining almost "normal" operations despite the weather and/or weather-related challenges.

Too many people live w/o backup plans.

I have never seen weather/weather patterns like this.

Hang in there

 

[Ortimber]

Ortimber,
That's when you're glad you have the equipment to take care of it.:thumbsup:

Yes, we are fortunate to have everything we need to clear trees and other debris. My son and I cleared about 4 miles of our 2 lane road on Monday. It’s about 10 miles to town and we were just too tired to continue.

 

[Ortimber]

Ortimber-

I am happy to read that you are maintaining almost "normal" operations despite the weather and/or weather-related challenges.

Too many people live w/o backup plans.

I have never seen weather/weather patterns like this.

Hang in there

Thank you! Agreed, the weather patterns are definitely abnormal. We just got back from Kentucky and the rain they are having was the talk of the town.

Yes, we are faring very well. My wife and I are by no means “preppers” but we do maintain enough necessities to hold us over for a couple of weeks if necessary. This is the first time we’ve been tested. Nearly every friend I have got caught off guard. I would’ve been able to support 15-20 people but no one could reach our house. So, my wife and I have had a nice quite staycation! Best estimate is our power will be off for about another week.

My only complaint is that I waited too long to buy a diesel generator. Our Honda 5KW is doing just fine, but I don’t store much gas normally. About a week ago I bought 25 gallons for no particular reason. Guess that was a blessing!


A few necessities while leaving the house

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Drew, it is supposed to freeze here, possibly 3 nights in a row. I have 12 young tomato plants that will somehow get covered.

Kyle, I致e been bald for a long time. Hair is highly overrated. Plus I致e not spent a penny on shampoo in 30 years. Haircuts are also very cheap.....

I’ve been on statins for 30 or so years. I’ve managed to keep my blood chemistry in check, I haven’t observed much in the way of side effects. But I did start taking the statins in the morning, I feel better that way.

Still chuckling, thanks for sharing.

Confused about the wood cutting comments. I was sitting on my couch watching them work out my back window.

Here is the tree that caused the outage. My property follows this road to the right. Tree was in ROW, not on my property. It broke a pole also.View attachment 593622

That tree was a bit bigger than the one Randy initially posted.

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8 degrees right now...high in the mid-20's today and possible snow showers.

We brought Suzette home yesterday! Initially, she had that hospital look...old lady and shuffling. After a few hours she became her old self. She'll be on oxygen or air for a while, so there is a generator in the living room with a long enough hose for her to get into the bedroom and kitchen. We also have a half dozen small oxygen bottles for portable use. I'm really hoping she can wean herself off supplementary oxygen quickly.

So glad she's home. Hope she gets off O2 soon. Sooner the better.

Bird, sorry your wifey has to stay on it and take treatments. Hopefully they help her feel better.


Eric, my friends are over in Oxford. The wife took their 11 year old son over to some museum. Possibly a former prison?? Anyway the curator/tour guide was walking the crowd around and asked "What happened of significance in 1066?" After a few moments, the son holds his hand up and said "Was it The Norman Invasion?"... Mom was proud. There's a ray of hope for us Americans.....Son will probably come home with an accent and misspell tire.