Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

22F clear sky upper 30's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...Pickup truck load grit for the icy driveway,couple wheel barrow loads wood in the basement,take walk about see what the critters are up to,watch college football.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Ridgeline has lots of bells and whistles we never had before. Couldn稚 help but think that kids the grow up learning to drive with all this stuff will likely be less attuned than those of us that learned without.

They'll certainly be more distracted.

 

[ronjhall]

Ron, any chance you have a pic of that '64 Fury? That is a long time favorite of mine.

Not mine. From 2018 car show. This year there was black one with red interior like the one I had. Not sure why I did not get a picture of it.

 

[DABSGT]

33 and sunny today good morning.
Drew that pile of sweet potatoes made me think of sweet potato pie. For years the wife of my Sgt. would make me a sweet potato pie every thanksgiving right up to his retirement and move to NC great guy and family, I later supervised his son.
Don good That you found a cardiologist that you like and had good report.
Randy nice cars pictures my 2 favorite as a youngster a1967 Buick GS and a 1964 Chevy Impala wit a 283 that car was a tank.
Hawkeye hope all is well with your daughter I'm sure you will make the right job choice.
RNG after going to the local auto parts store and getting new plow pins and getting everything put together wile putting things way I found the missing ones right where I put them.
Dave my new truck has so many gadgets I don't think I'll ever use them all or figure out how to use them. I do like the wifi.
Plan for today head to pet shop pick up some treats for the dogs, grocery store and car wash to see if that F11 is as good as they say put 2 coats on the truck as soon as I took it home looks great said that dirt should just hose off.
Buckeye happy to read your doing so good
Great day all

 

[check]

Drinking second cup of coffee. 18° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 42° with PM clouds. I was able to do a lot energy conserving yesterday. Today I need to change batteries in alarm system sensors and smoke/carbon dioxide alarms. Should have done it when DST ended. May get out and blow some leaves away from house and garden pond.
Not sure I can go with the sweet potatoes. I still remember them from when I was a kid. Candid sweet potatoes with marshmallows. Didn't like them 70 years ago. Hard to change my mind on them being good in Air Fryer. :ashamed:

Don, good news on Dr report. Good pictures.

Randy, nice cars. Wish I had taken pictures of my many muscle cars. Top ones were a 56 Chevy with 63 327 vette engine. 64 Plymouth Fury with 426. 68 Corvette. 1974 El Camino SS. 1970 AMX and others.

bunyip, 40+°C is way too hot in what we would call spring. I remember being in Toronto in the late 80's when temperatures hit 40°. Only consolation was I had my boat out on Lake Ontario fishing for some relief. Lots of fog from water temperature difference from air temperature.

Drew, good report on hauling sweet potatoes.

Hawkeye, special prayers for your daughter.

Kyle, prayers for your family.

I am sure I missed some reply's. But Sassy is barking about something.

Good Morning All.

Hey, Ron, sounds like you may be originally from Canada. Is that so?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 57F @ 6:00AM. Sunny. High 69F. Winds light and variable.
NWS has issued a Winter Storm Watch starting Tuesday going all the way through Thursday. Snow down to 2500' (I'm at 1200' here), and much lower temps. So long fall...

Another trip to town and back yesterday with out the van setting the Check Engine Light. Almost feel like I'm getting a handle on "modern" circa 1994 engine management technology.:laughing:

Got the rear bench seat out of storage yesterday, which also converts to a bed. The end closest to the stove was covered in cooking grease that was so hard I had to scrape it off with a putty knife. The seat hinges were the same, and got a nice coat of Rustoleum when they were done. The contact cement arrived yesterday, so today I'll see if I can't get the front of the bench refinished with new Formica. Not sure if I can get the old stuff off, or if it's OK to just rough it up with some coarse grit sandpaper and glue over it.

Also need to get the wood shims swapped out for aluminum ones under the container so it's ready for the road base gravel on Monday. Hopefully it arrives early enough to let me get it formed into ramps at the end and get the firewood loaded. Nothing like waiting 'till the last minute. I also need to get pre-emergent spread in advance of the coming rain or I'l have weeds everywhere. Except I also need to get the fresh decomposed granite that will come with the gravel spread first, so that's looking doubtful as well. At least the DG and gravel will be dry when they load it, so I won't be paying for water.

Hope everyone enjoys a nice weekend...

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning! It's 43° and clear this morning. Our forecast indicates 67° for this afternoon.

Drew ... good luck with your down sizing.

David ... enjoy your new truck. Seems like I find a new bell or whistle every time I drive my new F-350 KR.

Ron ... I agree on sweet potatoes. My wife loves them but, for "baked potatoes" I prefer russets and the yukon gold for "mashed potatoes" and in beef stew.

Don ... our HEB had sweet potatoes 6# for $1 ... but 8# limit ... whuuu?

Hawkeye ... hope you daughter gets better.

Lots of car guys here. My first "car" was a 1951 Chevy 5-window pickup (my only Chevy truck ever), then a 53 Chevy Bellaire 2D HT, 57 Chevy 2D sedan 283 bored .020 over and cam, 40 Ford pickup w/ sm block Chevy , 66 Chevelle SS 396 / 375 HP, 67 Corvette 427 ..... then USAFSS for 4 years.

Hope everyone has a great Saturday and weekend.

Prayers to all.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 28, going up to 44 today. Most of the 4" of snow we got melted off, but the remaining slushy areas are not solid as a rock. Supposed to have a big storm system move in next Wednesday with lots of snow / rain covering the state. Not good for the holiday travel.

Ron J-------"LS, talked to son yesterday while he was trucking through Albuquerque. Only rain while he was driving" -----The snow avoided Albuquerque, the surrounding areas got varying amounts. The mountains got a lot....

Hawkeyes, hope your daughter is doing better. Hope you are able to sort out all the job choices.

It's odd how prices can vary so much on food...sweet potatoes here are now at $.98/LB, down from $1.15..... We wish they were $.14 . Other things are a lot cheaper than what you guys post...I can't figure it out.

Drew, I don't envy you one bit... Just went through shredding years of business stuff. Took days to do. Seemed like every time I got one box done, two more appeared. I just took the last computer monitor and printer to a local "horse rescue" charity store. It sure feels good to finally get things cleaned out. Today, the last 2 desks that I have will also be going there to be put to good use!

The weather has put a damper (literally) on the son's garage project. We got about halfway up on the siding before the rain/snow hit. Now there is soupy mud all around it.... Hopefully it will dry out enough to get some more done before the big storm next week.

After much research, and indecision, I purchased a Firman dual fuel generator at Costco. It was the only one that had all the features I was looking for without going up into the 12K watt range. Time will tell if I made the right choice.

I'm still experiencing the computer issues.... The replacement purchase will happen during the "Black Friday" sales. Some "sneak peek" reports are showing $50-100 off the current Apple prices this week. I can deal with my current frustration for another week. It will only make my patience stronger....

Everyone have a great weekend! Prayers sent for all, a few special ones for those needing.

 

[ronjhall]

Hey, Ron, sounds like you may be originally from Canada. Is that so?

Nope, born a yankee. But my job was to service/install machines that the I company I worked for made. I spent about 1/2 my time in Canada. Most of my holidays were spent there fishing. I have been accused of having a Canadian accent, Eh.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Oops... Forgot the pic of the garage build...