Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 42F for the start, clear sky, light breeze. Light to moderate wind, mostly sunny, and high temp was 60F. Wife and I got signals crossed so missed chapel, we did the DASH meal deliveries, watched some football, worked on golf cart side curtains, and napped.
Covid update: Cooke unchanged, Montague unchanged, Grayson unchanged, local unchanged.
DF great story
Roy sorry about no snow, that happened to me once or twice while living in STL.
Bill enjoy a day off
Drew sorry about no meeting of your congregation, glad birdhouses delivered intact
Ron good job getting down to 1 book shelf. Good news on son
Randy have fun putting up decorations
Thomas enjoy the football
Luther sorry about wet snow, that is all we get here, if it snows at all.
Paul I am sure you can delay the flat surface mining if you want to
Mike hope truck project goes well, and septic issues don't break the bank
RNG Glad new solar on line and working. hope you get neighbor squared away.
Ted pic of the lights when they are up(if he does not do a video), nice gingerbread men
David enjoy the football.
RS hope the plumbing work does well, with minimal upset from the wife
RS you and Doug have same issue.
Eric, I hate it when I loose a day, sorry about the grilling.
Don interesting point about no extra deaths due to Covid.
Kyle with tighter ring gap and the rings seat, should be good to go. Keep revs down and don't open throttle fully for a couple of hours.
Doug good to hear you got some rain.
Randy as it should be
Dennis good to hear main heat back up and running. 8 years on a temp connection?
RS looking good
Jim hope you can get the solar issues worked out.
prayers for all, especially jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, David(moss)/remodel, RNG/fire, Ron/hearing/son, Jim/sister & family, Phil/wife's eyes, and Country
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[rswyan]

The total US deaths raw data lag time is about 18 months - that will be when the actual numbers (as opposed to projected numbers) are given.

A closer look at U.S. deaths due to COVID-19 - The Johns Hopkins News-Letter

Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-12-07, 0310

24 right now...high of 30 and clear today...

79 years ago, Pearl Harbor was attacked...many service men and women were killed. Let us NEVER forget that!

 

[Buppies]

31 night snow maybe .5 inch better than nothing should be gone by lunchtime nice while it lasts

Pearl Harbor we will never forget

Cut down about 30 small pine trees blew all remaining leaves around house grass still green

Prayers for all our Country

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. Apart from the squelch of my wellie boots on sodden ground, there was scarcely a sound to be heard outside. Not even a single honk from a skein of low flying geese that briefly appeared through the mist. All the songbirds were staying silent too, which I suppose is a good tactic when you can't see a hungry predator approaching.

Ron, good to hear your son has recovered enough to get back to work.

 

[wngsprd]

Good afternoon! 39˚F at sunrise and 60˚F now, clear skies.

Was in Rosenberg yesterday for a family function - it was wet - they have been getting our rain, 6" the last week. visited my nephew on his new mini ranch. He already has 2 tractors and two riding mowers and the house he bought already had a huge tractor shed. He just got finished moving a storage container on a slab. He would fit in good here.

Johns Hopkins: U.S. Death Rate Remains Normal Despite COVID-19

The total number of all deaths in the US is remaining the same.

Even though John Hopkins withdrew the research article A closer look at U.S. deaths due to COVID-19 - The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
JH is still leaving up an access to the research article. Interesting numbers game. But it does make you wonder why there were not are no more total deaths in 2020 than there were in 2019 or 2018.

Favorite wood to burn is Post Oak. Smells like BBQ. It's also the wood used at award winning Snow's BBQ in Lexington TX.

Those almond balls sound interesting. anyone have a recipe? Bet they could adapted easy to be plant based with almonds and dates as the main ingredients. The spices are always the secretes to the best recipes.

Don, I've read similar info on the total US deaths...it does make you wonder.

BTW, isn't smelling Snow's BBQ cheating for you?

 

[daugen]

good morning all.
Cold morning, 28 out now going up to only 41 today.
Food shopping first thing, then trip to lumberyard for more cedar boards.
Santa's workshop still has one last batch of birdhouses to make.
Going to suck up a bunch of propane getting garage warmer today.

read an article that putting humidifier near cut fresh xmas tree made it last longer, so that's what I did, though I still
add water to base every couple of days. Humidity in living room staying in 50 percent range which is comfortable.

hope you all have a pleasant day, envy those of you with woodstove you can stay toasty warm by.

if you can, everyone should see the Pearl Harbor memorial in Hawaii. When I was there 30 years ago there were still a slow stream of
bubbles coming up from bottom.

 

[wngsprd]

Good to see the Bing photo today is of the World War II memorial with the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Dedication...2,403 U.S. citizens killed that day.

33 going to 39. Yep, Buppies, the local weatherman says we may get up to 2" of snow this morning. Would be nice.

Ron, glad your son is doing better.

RNG, do you have that model endoscope? I'm seriously interested in getting one, but not sure how to find a good one. Is 2 megapixel enough?

Alien, glad you got some rain.

Had a beautiful hike up in Shenandoah yesterday...Turk Run trail...the streams were up due to all of the recent rain, so put some waterfalls at peak. Saw very few people but the trailhead parking lot was busy...most people hiked in the other direction. This particular trail is "horse friendly" but saw no horse sign (manure/tracks) until I was about 50 yards from returning to the parking lot...2 men riding horses were just starting out on the trail. Looked like fun.

 

[riptides]

32 outside this AM. Heading to lower 40's. Much talk of snow here, but I think it will not come this far north. wngsprd maybe as far as it comes.

Today I am awaiting the septic/drain field inspectors and local government types.

Started screwing in the porch deck last night. Figured I needed to be doing that, instead of nothing.

Should be interesting next couple of days here.

Daughters big on horses in Shenandoah, but you need a good bomb-proof trail horse as some areas are a little tricky. She does Graves Mountain a lot, wngsprd.

Hope all have a good day, be safe, stay healthy my friends.

 

[Buppies]

Always enjoyed trail riding wngsprd wife did when she was younger