Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

26 and a sky full of stars, going to 47.

You guys were busy while I was in the mountains yesterday.

Rich, glad to read of your activities since it must mean you are steadily improving.

Kyle, I see now why your son riding bareback wasn't his "story"...looks like being a biker attracts more "interest."

Well, Don, you sound like you were just as excited in getting snow as my wife and I are everytime we get any. It's fun, and nice to see a happy Whipper pic again.

I met a most beautiful dog yesterday on the trail...named Atlas, a color of Golden Retriever I've never seen before...English Cream. Nice owners, too. I saw some remnant snow patches on the trail, but glad it wasn't covered like your place, Don. I hiked Blackrock Summit to Trayfoot Mountain to Furnace Mountain, and an extra short spur. Met one couple that were getting ready to bushwhack from Trayfoot over to Hall Mountain. He said there used to be a trail, but not maintained any more, and told me some history of the area, since they live nearby, where Ed lives.

Yes, Buppies, prayers for our country.

 

[riptides]

23 outside this AM, heading to mid 40's.

Abandoned the log pile work yesterday and got involved in some pasture and trail work with the wife. Better than swinging an axe.

I demo'd my outhouse and chicken houses a few years back. The foundation (concrete) that was in the outhouse (high class) is now a sitting bench by the koi-less pond.

Hope all have a great day today, be safe and stay healthy my friends.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 26° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 31° with continued clouds. Spent 3 hours in neighbors woods cleaning out the shrubs in open areas. Felt good to be outside doing seat time. Will be doing it again soon. Have to do some work on hoses that run grapple today. They keep wanting to move into a area where they will get pinched. Could not get my Ryobi trimmer to start. Neighbor got it started with no problem. My right arm is asking why I did that to it this morning. Need to sharpen a couple of chainsaw chains. That should be enough for today.
Found what Sassy rolled in. Some Raccoon scat in lean-to.

Drew, i had to use a out house many times when I was younger. Do not miss it. Never took a picture. The Bidet I installed with GS last week has a heated seat. :cloud9: We lived in the country. Had fuel oil as long as I can remember. That snow blower has every option except for heated seat.

Don, I saw the blue flag on computer. Could not find it on iPad. You need a telephoto lens. :ashamed:

Kyle, did kids do Angels in the Snow?

Eric, sad when they have that many that are dying. Then not have proper burial.

Rich, deer are a big problem in my area. Larger park west of me has herds of them. Drive safe.

Buckeye, good pictures of your dads tree removal/trimming. My neighbor hire a guy to take tree down that climbed like that guy. Not my thing. But I would not do it in a bucket either.

Everyone stay safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

outhouse (high class) is now a sitting bench
from one kind of sitting bench to another. :thumbsup:

Sitting on an ice cold toilet seat just doesn't sound conducive to getting things moving
My friend with the cabin in the Catskills had a fireplace and wood stove but the heat never quite made it into
the bathroom. I dreaded sitting on that ice cold oak toilet seat with the rusty hinges. Thankfully since replaced.

 

[Thomas]

12F upper 20's for high mix sun and clouds for today.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today...Grain store for critter food and putter. :confused3:

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Thomas]

daugen.
" I dreaded sitting on that ice cold oak toilet seat with the rusty hinges."

Than realizing there yellow jacket nest or paper wasp hive about the door after your seated.

 

[Bird]

Ah yes. Homes used to be advertised in the newspaper with words such as "3 rooms and a bath". Well, we had 4 rooms and a path. It was nice when we finally got running water in the house and great when we actually got a bathroom. Our kids never learned what it was like to take a bath in a wash tub in the middle of the kitchen floor, or to go to the outhouse with a flashlight at night.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 45F @ 4:00AM. Areas of fog early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 59F. Winds light and variable.
Previously foretasted rain has disappeared from the 10-day; replaced by cloudy weather.

Makita makes a power head with string trimmer and pole saw attachments, Ron. Not cheap, but would fix the issue you're having with the gas engine making your arm sore. The one I found only used one battery; it would be nice if they also make one that uses two because it would last longer between charges.

Hope the novelty of snow in Texas doesn't wear off too soon, and it all melts before it's time to drive anywhere. The Whip seems happy about it though, Don.:thumbsup:

I spend quality time regularly in outhouses in the campgrounds. Makes you appreciate the clean smell and warm seat that also come with indoor plumbing.

The Dakar race is going on now, Kyle. Are you watching? Not looking good for last year's American winner in the bike class.

Lots of buttons and knobs on that panel, Drew. Why are there two on/off switches? Sounds like it might be pretty easy to talk your nephew out of some seat time...

Ran the new propane heater out in the garage for a few hours Saturday morning, and it works real good. But the temps here were only in the lower 50s, so it wasn't much of a challenge. It was still nice not to have cold fingers, though.

Glad no one was hurt and there was no damage either, Rich. Deer's gonna be sore for a few days, it sounds like.

Funny story, DF. I bet you miss the dog, but maybe not the skunk so much?

No work on the transmission yesterday, instead made tools for working on friend's final drive housing. He learned that steel takes a lot more time to drill and bore than aluminum, and I need to start looking for a boring bar that holds indexable cutters.

Got a start on modifying first two firewood pallets to be the same as the later designs; should be able to finish those today.

Craig's List add to sell big stack of moving boxes was answered by three people yesterday, after sitting ignored for several weeks. One of them can't read very well, and thought they were free. I'll get them loaded into the truck today for delivery on Wednesday.

Mailman brought the Otterbox case for the new phone yesterday, so it looks like Amazon won the race with Verizon to see which would get here first. Wow, that's a big case! Wore the belt clip around for a little while to see if I could get used to it, and it's a bit unwieldy, especially when compared to the now tiny feeling SE. More packages due in today and tomorrow, be nice if one of 'em held the glass screen protector.

The replacement foot and locking pin for the Makita reciprocating saw was delivered on Saturday, so I installed them yesterday. Both of the old parts were badly worn, so this looks like it'll be a good fix, letting me use all of the blade instead of just the first inch.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a friendly start!

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
23 outside heading to upper 30’s again. Partly cloudy with no precipitation.

Yesterday didn’t go as planned, wiring project stopped by fire stops in the walls, we’re working on a different plan of attack, probably a wireless deployment. His garage was absolutely stunning, beautiful textured epoxy floor, with lifts for stacking the classic cars. Second floor with bar, pool table, shuffleboard, video arcade and a full bath.

Almost finished at airport, got a call from the restaurant, the walk in freezer was swarming up. Turns out that the condenser compressor on the roof failed. About all I could do to help was to take a thawing cheesecake home. Hopefully get a new compressor installed today, but that will be a job for the refrigeration contractor, I’m too old to wrestle that compressor onto the roof without a hoist.

Seeing Kyle’s son on the motorcycle brings back memories from almost 60 years ago when I was the kid with the motorcycle in the neighborhood. I also remember being fearless on it. It will be interesting to see how his rear fender holds up. Mine suffered from me learning to ride wheelies.

Drew interesting that your snowblower is fly by wire, my son’s fancy new Honda still has a carburetor, but chute rotation and tilt is joystick controlled. Funny you mentioned Kerosene, I’ve got to get some for the space heater at the airport, it ran out yesterday. There are a few places around here that have it, but it’s not as common as it used to be.

Ron great to hear that you will soon have central heat again, at least you didn’t have to deal with a plumbing issue sending you to the outhouse.

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning! 27 now, maybe 35 later. Cloudy now, miss yesterday痴 sun.

Need to go to town this morning. We forgot some stuff yesterday.

Kyle - Cory Texter ran the Winter Throwdown this past Saturday. I was supposed to be there..... He had 397 entries, 62 heat races, 31 semis, 15 finals. It was an All Star Amateur race along with an All Star AFT race. Jarod Mees won the 450 Expert race, then won the Open Expert race on his Indian, he collected a $2500.00 bonus from Indian for the win. Guy I help got 3rd in Open Amateur. Cory was tired last night and had almost no voice....good thing we were texting to save his voice! The finals are on YouTube somewhere.

Everyone stay safe out there,