Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

Snow days

Back in the '50s there was no such thing as a 'snow day' from school. There was a 'hurricane day' when hurricane Hazel blew through. I was in Grade 2 and we got out an hour early.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all 29F for the start, clear, light breeze. Light wind today, moderate gusts, started to cloud up late morning, and high temp was 54F. Bike ride delayed for cold, nice weather after about 10AM. Nap time killed the afternoon. Did get to see some football.
Covid update: Cooke, 2481 confirmed cases, 130 active cases, Montague, 1462 confirmed cases, 72 active cases, Grayson, 8766 confirmed cases, 685 active cases, local 28 active cases.
Roy hope you get your snow.
Ron glad you got your check. glad Dr visit went well. Enjoy your visit with both your aunts. Interesting bird
Billy how is Coco doing? Some of us call your yesterday a putter day
Drew good luck with winning the Lotto.
Bill Sorry about the hole egged out.
Thomas enjoy your chowder and snow.
Roy have fun with your mixology experiment, and chili :drink:
Mike hope you get to enjoy some seat time.
Paul enjoy your puttering and have safe trip to FL
Rich good to hear you are doing better job of pacing yourself
Don enjoy your coffee experimenting. Might try some later when we get grinder back.
Dennis prayers for your older brother, will he need chemo? hope you get to see your dad soon.
DF our insert has a variable fan, when help limit heat into the room as well as fire size.
Roy don't think PJ's will work for snowball fight, just saying
Rick our winds were very light today compared to yesterday.
Dennis sorry about cat's health issues
Randy, show off!
RNG good to hear you an get the pallet jack, should help with firewood. Sorry about the waste and mr back.
Randy 21 for a cat is good. understand about vaccine, Cooke county is having trouble getting any to inject.
Eric you say you are floating in an ark?
Ken good to hear rollout done.
Don good news on the cat food.
David hope you can get appointment soon
Paul quite the collection, keep an eye on battery 13
David does not sound like fun, hope you are close to done on ladder work
Roy glad tractor is working out for you, nap is an excellent idea!
Dennis sorry about motivation or lack of it, good to Christmas decorations/lights getting put away and very sorry about back.
Drew that is a nice looking pad
Thomas wish you would reminded us earlier about National Do Nothing Day
Roy glad you had a nice nap
Dennis but he told you before next summer!
Roy thanks for the mixology report
prayers for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/sister Covid, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, RNG/fire, Ron/hearing/son/aunt, Jim/sister & family, Phil/wife's eyes, Dennis/older brother, and Country.
stay safe and health you all.

 

[Dftodd]

Good evening all 29F for the start, clear, light breeze. Light wind today, moderate gusts, started to cloud up late morning, and high temp was 54F. Bike ride delayed for cold, nice weather after about 10AM. Nap time killed the afternoon. Did get to see some football.
Covid update: Cooke, 2481 confirmed cases, 130 active cases, Montague, 1462 confirmed cases, 72 active cases, Grayson, 8766 confirmed cases, 685 active cases, local 28 active cases.
Roy hope you get your snow.
Ron glad you got your check. glad Dr visit went well. Enjoy your visit with both your aunts. Interesting bird
Billy how is Coco doing? Some of us call your yesterday a putter day
Drew good luck with winning the Lotto.
Bill Sorry about the hole egged out.
Thomas enjoy your chowder and snow.
Roy have fun with your mixology experiment, and chili :drink:
Mike hope you get to enjoy some seat time.
Paul enjoy your puttering and have safe trip to FL
Rich good to hear you are doing better job of pacing yourself
Don enjoy your coffee experimenting. Might try some later when we get grinder back.
Dennis prayers for your older brother, will he need chemo? hope you get to see your dad soon.
DF our insert has a variable fan, when help limit heat into the room as well as fire size.
Roy don't think PJ's will work for snowball fight, just saying
Rick our winds were very light today compared to yesterday.
Dennis sorry about cat's health issues
Randy, show off!
RNG good to hear you an get the pallet jack, should help with firewood. Sorry about the waste and mr back.
Randy 21 for a cat is good. understand about vaccine, Cooke county is having trouble getting any to inject.
Eric you say you are floating in an ark?
Ken good to hear rollout done.
Don good news on the cat food.
David hope you can get appointment soon
Paul quite the collection, keep an eye on battery 13
David does not sound like fun, hope you are close to done on ladder work
Roy glad tractor is working out for you, nap is an excellent idea!
Dennis sorry about motivation or lack of it, good to Christmas decorations/lights getting put away and very sorry about back.
Drew that is a nice looking pad
Thomas wish you would reminded us earlier about National Do Nothing Day
Roy glad you had a nice nap
Dennis but he told you before next summer!
Roy thanks for the mixology report
prayers for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/sister Covid, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, RNG/fire, Ron/hearing/son/aunt, Jim/sister & family, Phil/wife's eyes, Dennis/older brother, and Country.
stay safe and health you all.

My insert has a variable fan as well. We updated windows, doors, and added insulation. Doesn't take much to heat the house anymore. So even when the fan is on low on the insert it will run you out of the house if the outside Temps are mid 30's or higher.

So, it only gets used when the temperatures are gonna be below freezing for a few days or power outages. I just run an extension cord inside and run it off the generator.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Thomas, NOW you tell me it was "do nothing day" ! ..... too late....

I got up to the saw mill a little later than I thought I would.... could be due to the fact it was really, really hidden..... the original owner (50 years ago) started the mill out in the middle of no where.... over the years, residential properties went in surrounding the mill.... I thought the directions were wrong and turned around twice, after missing the street into the subdivision the first time.

The fourth time in, sure enough, there it was in the middle of a residential area.... go figure.

BUT.... well worth it! I was like a kid in a candy store! I ended up getting double the amount of wood I was planning to get, at less than what I was expecting to pay! They had a few stacks of cut off 'drops' that were 4-6' long.... perfect for what I needed. Got them 1/2 price of regular board foot price.
An amazing place... the owner took me on a tour. He is the son of the original founder. He had some trees / logs there that were 36" in diameter and 60' long! I will be returning there for sure!

Then when I got home, the neighbor that I put in fence posts for last weekend, called and asked if I could spread some roadbase for him. Took the tractor over and spread 16 tons of gravel (got the gravel addiction taken care of)... then cut in a drainage ditch along the drive so the stone doesn't wash away again. He is going to need about another 20 tons to complete the job.... next weekend maybe... (should need a gravel fix by then)

Finished up the day with a slow cooked chuck roast, carrots, and mixed baby potatoes. The batch had some of those purple potatoes in it.... very strange to mash one of those and see bright purple inside..... they sure are tasty though!

Time to bed down for the night....

 

[sodamo]

Antenna prep finished.

Removed and power washed the Yagis, reoriented to the cross polarized configuration. No improvement, signal strength the same.

Will mount the Verizon panel at top of pole turned about 90° left.
If that works than I’ll try the cross polarized set to my Mobley. That will leave the bottom antenna should I decide to get a cell signal booster.

Enjoyable pizza at a distance party with 4 of our friends, checking out the progress of their house being built.

 

[BravoXray]

Back in the '50s there was no such thing as a 'snow day' from school. There was a 'hurricane day' when hurricane Hazel blew through. I was in Grade 2 and we got out an hour early.

We had some snow days in the late 50's and early 60's, but I lived directly across the road from the school, so I could have always made it.

 

[daugen]

good morning all. 33 going up to 45 today in sun and clouds, should be a nice winter day.

I think it took more than a foot of snow to shut down our schools here back in the 50's, busses all had chains and I know the drivers did
not enjoy putting them on and off. I had to plow our 1/4 mile long lane anyway first before thinking about school. That bare steel steering wheel on the JD B
was sure cold. And the chains were a real pain to put on. Now I look back at that and think how much fun it would have been in a heated cab tractor.
With finger tip hydraulics instead of pumping the lever endlessly.

Simply because I think we all have gotten "softer" in our outlook, and for some more ready to sue, our school administrators today are more likely to call a snow day than they used to.
7 years ago when I moved to NC PA had six feet of snow that winter. That just isn't happening any more. Famous last words.

no plans for today

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is cooling in first cup of the day. 31° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 35° with chance of snow. Yesterdays trip to Port Huron went very well. Lighter than usual traffic and dry roads. Both aunts were glad to see each other. Celebrated my uncles 87th birthday while there. Going to put chipper on tractor today. Go to neighbors and help do some more cleanup of his woods.
House Finch.

LS, gravel fix. :thumbsup:

David, hope Verizon works out for you.

Drew, I remember when you bought lotto tickets to big lotto amounts. You were going to buy everyone on Good Morning a new tractor if you won. Is the offer still good.

Buckeye, special prayers for your brother.

Looking, never had a snow day in the 40's and 50's either.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

no winner in the Powerball last night
Megamillions on Monday
just think of the trip you could have to the Kubota dealer then...:thumbsup:

Ron, offer is still good.

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-01-17, 0619

31 right now...light to moderate snow falling. The high today is mid-30's. As far as accumulation...probably not the 6" from last night's forecast.
Right now, there's not enough on the drive to use the blower....walks will need it though. Hope this snow is drier then yesterday's!

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the temperature is 25°F and going to a high of 25. Wind NNW 13 gusting to 22 mph. Periods of light snow.

I will be plowing today. This problem with the front end is only the third problem in 8.5 years of ownership of the Kioti. first was the mid PTO wouldn't come out of gear, second the blend valve for the heater leaked (twice) and now this. I don't think that is a bad track record.

Now you've done it daugen, bragging that PA doesn't get the snow it did way back in the last century.:laughing:
I guess you want the lake effect that Rochester, NY gets? Lake effect snow is usually nice for snowball fights. Packing snow is good if you only pack it lightly, if you pack it hard it will turn almost like an ice ball and they sure do hurt when you get hit with one, just like getting hit with a rock.

Ron, how did you fare during hurricane Hazel?


Have a safe day all

 

[Thomas]

29F now mid 30's for high mid 30's winds 10-20 mph chance snow shower.

Outside chores E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today...4" snow not as wet heavy as yesterday think tractor with rear blade would be better than pickup with plow,sneak in nap before 3pm,watch Browns barely defeat Chiefs,than see what the rest of the day brings.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[daugen]

Now you've done it daugen
maybe subconsciously I want to see the new snowblower work...

let's see, how do I velcro the controls on so I can get a picture of it throwing snow?
which is about when I slip and fall and watch the machine head out into the traffic
maybe not

time to heat up some home made apple cranberry crisp.
Nice way to get my Vitamin C along with my second cup of coffee.

may you all have a happy and content day.

 

[wngsprd]

31 and starry, going to 50.

BEF, prayers for your brother.

Don, glad that new grinder is exceeding your expectations. Roasting is a great hobby, with tasty results. I'm roasting later today. I've never used a hot air popper, but watched videos and they seem to do a good job. Hope the Whip didn't bring that grass into your house.

LS, what a big productive day you had. Good neighbor award, too.

Coco is a sweet mess. She has healed from the summer's infection, but lost much of her coat...still has a Lupus created type of arthritis that causes her to limp...amazing how well dogs run on 3 legs, but occasionally affects two of them. Been trying CBD oil with her other meds, at Vet's direction, but no improvement. She seems happy, and we wouldn't trade her for a million dollars.

Speaking of snow, remember that Snow song that Bing, Danny, and Rosemary sang in White Christmas? They were on their way to Vermont on the train, and sang... "Snow. Snow, it won't be long before we'll all be there with snow. Snow, I want to wash my hands, my face and hair with snow. Snow, I long to clear a path and lift a spade of snow. Snow, oh, to see a great big man entirely made of snow." I never understood the line about washing hair with snow. Anybody ever done that? Anyway, when they got there, there was no snow. Nearly snowless years even back in the 50's. We watch this movie every year. We had snow yesterday (unfortunately mixed with rain).

 

[riptides]

35 outside this AM heading to mid 50's. Just a grey, drizzling day yesterday.

Ended up moving half the burn pile, area it ended up in still has surface water in spots. Made some new ruts...sigh...whole yard is a mess. Told wife it will be that way until mid summer.

Hope all have a great day, prayers for all. BE safe and - stay healthy my friends.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s 31 and go in up to 41 with mostly clear skies and windy.

Yesterday went pretty much according to plan, got some cleaning accomplished, realized that I have a lot of cordless tools.

Today’s another Florida trip, looks like headwinds will cost me almost a half hour getting there, and only save me 15 minutes coming home.

 

[ronjhall]

Ron, how did you fare during hurricane Hazel?

Most of Hurricane Hazel went East of my area. So had no problems. I live 40 miles North West of Detroit.

 

[daugen]

I live 40 miles North East of Detroit.

Saturday night cruising on Woodward Ave?
With your perfectly restored Royal Pontiac GTO...
Trips and a Hurst four speed. Sun tach on the column.
boys will be boys
I sure never wanted to grow up...

 

[Buppies]

29 high of 44 today colder tomorrow

Preview of summer very warm April May very hot June July August more hurricanes than one can count sounds terrible to me

Prayers for all

Prayers for our Country

Prayers for BEF brother and family

Fast cars those were the days age of innocence love fast cars

 

[Buppies]

Ron glad your aunt is better

RichB1 glad you are doing better