Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Bird, sorry about the loss of your neighbor.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 45F @ 5:30AM. A mix of clouds and sun. High 56F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
The chances for rain coming in tonight and into early next week seem to have evaporated, but Wednesday night is supposed to be the start of rain that will last through next weekend. We've had only 34% of normal rain for this year so far, and are still in extreme drought conditions. And we're still getting call outs for our fire fighters.

The fellow I purchased my old BMW motorcycle from died on Christmas day a few years ago. I was hoping to get it running before he passed, but lost that race. He'd been working on it for more than ten years, and would have enjoyed at least hearing it go again, if not taking it for a spin himself.


Yesterday was spent on house cleaning and paperwork, things that need done and are done best when the weather outside isn't very nice. The sun did break through the clouds in late afternoon, throwing a beautiful rainbow across the sky for a few minutes. I used that as an excuse to take down a tarp I'd put over the the ground where the splitter had sat, keeping all the kindling chips and camp fire wood scraps dry. The kindling got moved to the kindling box, the camp fire bits to the rest of that pile under still another tarp.

About then the body shop neighbor showed up with a bottle of wine to trade for the Makita tools I'd cleaned up. He'd just gifted his son with a new set of battery tools, and figured what I gave him might last a little longer as a result. It seems the young man isn't very good at putting things back once they're "borrowed", or fixing/replacing them once they're broken. Wonder where he gets that, and if I'll ever see the Have-A-Heart trap again that I loaned his old man last night? The rain that was making the rainbow earlier came for a visit, so plans for a camp fire were cancelled and instead we sat under the porch cover listening to the pitter patter and gurgling downspouts, sharing that bottle of wine and toasting to a better 2021.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Some of you may remember me talking in the past about my next door neighbor who moved in there about 12 years ago. He was almost exactly 10 years older than I am. Anyway, it wasn't long after he moved in that he started having some serious health issues. He was smart enough to realize that he had no business driving, so he sold his pickup and depended on me, a daughter-in-law and one other friend to take him to the doctors, grocery shopping, etc. I went over there to visit every day, and for nearly 10 years, the only yard work done in his yard was what I did. But then in March, 2013, he finally went into a nursing home to stay. For a year or so he still had hopes of eventually coming back home. I went to visit with him at least once a week and often twice a week. But then the coronavirus put a stop to the visits. An unmarried son who lived south of Dallas moved into the house and has been taking better care of the place and yard than I ever did. But the son came over yesterday and told me that Jack died Christmas Day. He would have been 91 next month. Rest in Peace, Jack.

Condolences for your friend Jack.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good Morning!!!! 45F @ 5:30AM. A mix of clouds and sun. High 56F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
The chances for rain coming in tonight and into early next week seem to have evaporated, but Wednesday night is supposed to be the start of rain that will last through next weekend. We've had only 34% of normal rain for this year so far, and are still in extreme drought conditions. And we're still getting call outs for our fire fighters.

The fellow I purchased my old BMW motorcycle from died on Christmas day a few years ago. I was hoping to get it running before he passed, but lost that race. He'd been working on it for more than ten years, and would have enjoyed at least hearing it go again, if not taking it for a spin himself.

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Yesterday was spent on house cleaning and paperwork, things that need done and are done best when the weather outside isn't very nice. The sun did break through the clouds in late afternoon, throwing a beautiful rainbow across the sky for a few minutes. I used that as an excuse to take down a tarp I'd put over the the ground where the splitter had sat, keeping all the kindling chips and camp fire wood scraps dry. The kindling got moved to the kindling box, the camp fire bits to the rest of that pile under still another tarp.

About then the body shop neighbor showed up with a bottle of wine to trade for the Makita tools I'd cleaned up. He'd just gifted his son with a new set of battery tools, and figured what I gave him might last a little longer as a result. It seems the young man isn't very good at putting things back once they're "borrowed", or fixing/replacing them once they're broken. Wonder where he gets that, and if I'll ever see the Have-A-Heart trap again that I loaned his old man last night? The rain that was making the rainbow earlier came for a visit, so plans for a camp fire were cancelled and instead we sat under the porch cover listening to the pitter patter and gurgling downspouts, sharing that bottle of wine and toasting to a better 2021.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend!

I'm not so shy about asking for loaned stuff back....."hey are you done with that ________, I need it for _______" .....Hope you get more rain. We still have cracks 2" wide in our back yard.

Eric, sounds like quite the storm. I wish I had a fast greyhound or whippet, that could catch birds eating my fish....

 

[ronjhall]

Ron, was this your first experience with a claim on your home warranty? Sadly, it sounds typical of what I hear from contractor friends, including getting thrown under the bus by the warranty company. I’d be curious if any claims go smoothly.

Yes it is. Bought the plan from my neighbors recommendation. They had a good experience with them. Waiting to get a dishwasher repaired for 2 weeks is not a problem. A furnace or well pump is a different story.

 

[Looking4new]

My motto; neither a lender nor borrower be. Anything I need to borrow, I just go out and buy one, way cheaper. If I was to borrow said item and it broke then I would be buying 2.

 

[Looking4new]

Christmas and Boxing Day snow for you guys in warmer countries that don't see much snow.

 

[sodamo]

69°F and 48 inches rain.

No big plans for the day. Maybe get a start on next pipe run, leak test yesterdays work. Maybe watch some football, but was more interested in yesterday’s games. Of course the maybe’s will be influenced by the wx.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[toppop52]

4 and 20?

Good old Blackbeard. Amazing where nursery rhymes originate.

 

[toppop52]

2020-12-27, 0735

25 right now...high at 32 today...
When I went out (about 1000) to see if the walks needed to be salted, they weren't bad at all, so I didn't spread salt. When our stepdaughter got home (about 1600) she remarked that the walks were pretty slick...freezing drizzle... So, I'll check again this morning and probably spread the ice melt.
Nothing else planned....I watched the first disk (of a 3 disk set) of the science fiction series "Firefly" yesterday...probably continue today.
Thinking of it just now...guess I'll drag my company laptop in and catch up on any e-mails.

Roy, I watched that whole series a few years ago, very entertaining.