Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Buppies, sorry I missed wishing you a happy birthday a couple of weeks ago. Hope it was special.

Then try to catch some World Series tonight...Kershaw v. Glasnow is a good matchup.

Buppies, happy birthday! Don’t remember if I said it a couple weeks ago.

Just watching the 9th inning replay now.

 

[sodamo]

Bet that pic brings back some good memories, Randy

 

[sodamo]

Glad you returned safely, Drew.

 

[sodamo]

Happy Anniversary to GM. thank you Irv.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Curious, any of you guys ever have your fingers lock up? Not talking just a cramp, but grab with other hand to try to straighten with tears in your eyes kind. Seems to be triggered by unusual hand activity like yesterday making my cables. Thankfully it doesn’t last long, usually my index fingers and not frequently.

Not a whole hand, but individual joints on several fingers. Got a rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis during this year's physical. Those same joints are sore most of the time, resulting in lost range of motion. It's getting worse, so it's time to figure out if anything can be done to stop or improve it.

Cable wise, I found it most helpful to leave plenty of length on the individual wires until I can get them straightened out and in the correct order. Only then do I trim to the correct length. I'm using Ubiquity cable and connectors now, and its solid conductor is easier to get into the connectors as well. The connectors are shielded, which makes observing the conductors a bit of a pain, but it's doable. Don't know if the shielding makes any difference, but haven't had any issues even with the long run out to the generator pad.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Last year I fed over 600 lbs. of bird seed. Well worth the cost. With all the entertainment and pictures I get of all the critters at feeders..

Mom always feed the birds with multiple feeders, one feeder right in front of the picture window. , and also would put corn out.
Not sure what kind of bird this is.


This is one of 5 sugar maples in their front yard. My trees I have grew up in their flower bed from one of these.

 

[Looking4new]

Curious, any of you guys ever have your fingers lock up? Not talking just a cramp, but grab with other hand to try to straighten with tears in your eyes kind. Seems to be triggered by unusual hand activity like yesterday making my cables. Thankfully it doesn稚 last long, usually my index fingers and not frequently.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

In answer to the question; YES! Daily if I eat too much sweet stuff.

 

[Looking4new]

Not sure what kind of bird this is.
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Looks like a grey legged bandy bird to me.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

On I66 opinions....it has been a parking lot from the DC line to points west for 15 years.

Caught this guy yesterday when I took a break in the back.
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When I was dating my wife, I lived in Laurel and she was In Harrisonburg va, so I drove the beltway and I66 every weekend for 3 years. I haven’t been down that way in over a couple years.

Nice picture.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Forgot to answer bird feeder questions. I fill feeders 2 times a week. Suet 1 time a week. Takes about 5 gallons to fill all 4 feeders. All 4 are never fully empty. When the blackbirds finally head south the amount of bird feed will drop off about a gallon each filling. Last year I fed over 600 lbs. of bird seed. Well worth the cost. With all the entertainment and pictures I get of all the critters at feeders. I added one new feeder this year. Always seems to be the first one to be emptied. It is a little smaller than others and has a suet cake hold on each end. But the birds seem to like it better than the other 3.

Nice picture, and I'll bet you make a lot of birds happy too. Our new barncat "Waffles", an orange and white female, is providing us good entertainment. Especially when the neighbor's male cat and her get into a scrap.

Good morning! 48˚F heading to the mid 70s.

Kyle as temping as the road trip sounds I'll have to decline. I'm already committed for Tue and Wed and for me that would be 8 hours on the road. But be sure to take lots of pics and let us know the size of the Kubota motor and the condition of the mower.

I had to order a rain gauge like I left on the farm, the one that measures 100th inch of rain, to verify what I and thinking about the tempest weather station, that it only records about 1/2 of the rainfall. Then when I get the exact difference I'll have to figure out how to adjust it or get it adjusted, I'm still a little foggy on that procedure since it records rainfall by vibration.

Rick, my mom has a lot of sand burs in her yard. What is the best way to get rid of them and when is it done. When I had the sand burs I just pulled them out where I walked and never tried to treat a large area.

Drew, looks like you are prepared to make you new yard look like Holland, I'm sure you will have a nice crop of flowers in the spring.

I'm not quite sure why the college football coaches on the sideline want to protect their necks with facemarks.

Is anyone not going to celebrate Thanksgiving with family because of covid? Costco now sells the covid home test.

I have a new friend who is going to go with me.

MSMA also works if you can get your hands on it. Maybe some of your cousins that do hay can offer advice.

Quite deafening as I walked back to the house a couple of minutes ago, hundreds of jackdaws are in the air circling around, as one group lands another takes off, all the while telling one another something with their distinctive call, though I know not what that can be. Sounds like this, ony more intense Jackdaw Bird Call Bird Song - YouTube

I intend staying in for the rest of the day for a bit of rest. On Friday I foolishly tripped over a brick in the dark in my haste to shore up some boards keeping rain off the fresh mortar. I stayed upright, however the plank of wood I was carrying took the opportunity to clonk me on foot, knee and forehead, all in one go :confused2:. Much better today, just a bit stiff

Hope the stiffness goes away soon. Those Jackdaws are saying "Hey, here comes the human, who whacked himself yesterday to provide us entertainment."

Happy Anniversary to GM. thank you Irv.

Yes, thank you Irv!

RNG, still wished you were a Texan nearby. I'd take you too. Just have to do a virtual update for you guys. Looking at the weather, it might be best to hold off until Thursday...