Good morning!!!!

[NHBX]

Randy, thoughts and prayers for your mom you and your family.

 

[wngsprd]

Prayers said for your mom, Randy. You've shared stories about her that have been quite impressive.

 

[toppop52]

33 now and light snow, expecting 1-2” of snow and covered with a glaze of ice.

 

[RoyJackson]

Took the ranger for a spin in the snow. That was fun, but cold. Lots of tracks down by the creek.
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Only got to 30ｰ today.

You have tracks (pods) on your Ranger?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

You have tracks (pods) on your Ranger?

No, but it was fun sliding around in the snow.
Went right up this hill.

 

[txdon]

The cold predictions keep getting colder. Now they are predicting 3˚F for Tuesday before it starts to warm. It has been below freezing now for 24 hours. They really missed the icy conditions and it caught a lot of people off guard both in Forth Worth and Austin. 30-130 car pile-ups.

Sadamo, The Tempest Weather station is still recording rainfall (and everything else) even though it is covered in ice. It is doing better than the Cocorahs rain gauge which has frozen up at the funnel.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Randy .. we've added your Mother to our prayers and are very glad you had the opportunity to spend some time with her.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Randy, our prayers and thought are with you and your mom.

 

[sodamo]

Prayers for you and Mom, Randy

 

[sodamo]

Changed my mind and put an order in for Starlink.

LOL

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good evening. It's been hovering just above freezing all day and that should continue all night. We've had rain off and on all day .. with about 3/8" in our $2 rain gauge.

The Weather Channel is forecasting 7° for here, this coming Tuesday morning. Guess this is the payback for pointing out 75° temperature difference between LCR and my two Brothers in Iowa, earlier this week. 7° will be lowest temperature since we've owned LCR. I recall 8° in Richmond back in the mid 1980's. We lost all our palm trees around the pool. No palm trees at LCR. I'll shut off water to all the out buildings Monday, drain lines, and should be ok .. I hope. We'll see.

Patricia is getting her second Covid vaccination in the morning and was going to head for LCR after that. GD Madison was coming in from Texas State in San Marcos tomorrow morning, as well. I called our weekend off, postponed to next weekend, when we'll be back in the 60's/ 70's and sunshine.

Prayers to all involved, in the Ft. Worth and Austin pileups.

Hope everyone stays safe .. and warm.

Prayers to all.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Well, closing is done without any glitches. Done deal! I am officially mortgage free now! We own the adjoining acreage, house, and shop/garage, so now I will just owe the annual gooberment extortion.... thats OK, most of it pays for the police, fire, and ems services.

We had a discussion at the table about 'closing' vs 'settlement'.... back in the day, it truly was settlement. All moneys, checks, utility payments, etc., were all balanced and paid in full. The buyers would pay any deposits for utilities, and sign their mortgage agreement. The sellers would receive their payoff less any outstanding balances. All balances and associated accounts were "settled" at that time.

In today's day and age, there is a 3 day 'remorse clause', which allows the buyer or seller to change their mind. This prevents any of those balances to be paid before 3 days, so the new term used is "closing".... basically just closing all the old accounts and opening new ones.

If you figure out how much money is 'held' for those 3 days, multiplied by how many 'closings' occur across the country every day, just the interest on that money would pay for all of us to get brand new tractors of our choice.....

I have to go pack for tomorrow's adventure.... surgery scheduled for 9:30, I have to check in at pre-op at 7:30. That will be a long 2 hours.....
I probably won't check in here until Sunday after getting home. I am hoping for an early release, but at the soonest will be Saturday afternoon.

Everyone have a great day tomorrow!

 

[lostcreekranch]

Well, closing is done without any glitches. Done deal! I am officially mortgage free now! We own the adjoining acreage, house, and shop/garage, so now I will just owe the annual gooberment extortion.... thats OK, most of it pays for the police, fire, and ems services.

We had a discussion at the table about 'closing' vs 'settlement'.... back in the day, it truly was settlement. All moneys, checks, utility payments, etc., were all balanced and paid in full. The buyers would pay any deposits for utilities, and sign their mortgage agreement. The sellers would receive their payoff less any outstanding balances. All balances and associated accounts were "settled" at that time.

In today's day and age, there is a 3 day 'remorse clause', which allows the buyer or seller to change their mind. This prevents any of those balances to be paid before 3 days, so the new term used is "closing".... basically just closing all the old accounts and opening new ones.

If you figure out how much money is 'held' for those 3 days, multiplied by how many 'closings' occur across the country every day, just the interest on that money would pay for all of us to get brand new tractors of our choice.....

I have to go pack for tomorrow's adventure.... surgery scheduled for 9:30, I have to check in at pre-op at 7:30. That will be a long 2 hours.....
I probably won't check in here until Sunday after getting home. I am hoping for an early release, but at the soonest will be Saturday afternoon.

Everyone have a great day tomorrow!

Good luck and we've added you .. and your Docs .. to our prayers for an excellent outcome.

 

[sodamo]

Back from Sophie and I getting 1st Moderna shot at our PC.
What a great experience!
Had to take Soph to Waimea for DQ 1st. I got a burger for lunch. Had planned on getting to clinic a bit early to meet friend who was also get a shot, but earlier than us. So we got there even earlier, 2PM for 3:15 appointments. Sign outside pointing the way and 3 people standing there, 2 obviously staff. Sophie says she’s gonna see if maybe we can get in early. See one off the staffers nodding and as i open the truck door hear her ask if I was going to stay in truck or take a seat outside. Locked truck and took a seat. Less than 10 minutes later we are both in the observation area, still an hour before appointment time. Soon joined by our friend, also early. Released after 15 minutes and there outside are 2 neighbor couples. Basically, all in and out before appointment times. We know of at least 7 more friends and neighbors with appointments for Saturday. Smooth operation with personal touch.

Not quite 3 hours later and not reactions. Also, never even felt the shot, have had more painful mosquito bites.

 

[Buppies]

Sorry about snow blower Drew

LS prayers during surgery

No one dead that I know of but down the road one lady told him she was a good shot he ran

Love old cars just do not have one

Toppop prayers for your mom and you truly a marvelous lady

Closing here is what we call it

Thomas maybe April for start of spring

Working on quotes today one half in of rain so far 29 now freezing rain oh joy

 

[buckeyefarmer]

LS Good luck on surgery

David, congrats on shot.

I like classic cars, but don’t have one.

 

[Buppies]

Thanks kenmbz we were lucky one garage door to fix lost alarm remote with lost keys

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 21F for the start, overcast, no freezing rain last night. Light wind today, overcast all day, and high temp 25F. 3 days of snow in forecast for early next week, more high below freezing than above, most days 30+F below normal temps. Slow start this morning, slept better than previous night, doing better with C-PAP. Cleaned out stove, stoked fire made coffee, puttered on computer, got 1st round vaccine this afternoon. Civic center was set up to handle the crowd, less than 25 minutes from parking to leave to hit store before going home. Did get the nap in. Should catch up tomorrow.
Covid update: Cooke 2938 confirmed cases, 64 active cases, Montague 1654 confirmed cases, 27 active cases, Grayson 10381 confirmed cases, 286 active cases, local 7 active cases.
2/09 afternoon postings:
Randy I hate those storms where small path changes mean big result changes, hope the stool is done and pie is good
Kyle 6 gig not much when streaming movies
Don we have -2 forecast for Monday night.Tuesday morning ugly ditch to work, rocks are so hard on chainsaws
Paul neat story on bike, glad you got that kind of speed, I have fiber, but 35 meg plan ( too cheap to pay more)
Bill they always know vet stop is on agenda!
Roy neighbor stealing seat time ?
Phil besides HA there is no place always warm.
Luther motivation is always the stumbling block
Ron sorry about snow in the boots, great pic
Buppies hope they came also for the well. long time to go with out water.
Rich ain't it the truth, you have to be gone until they really know what you do
Drew it is rare to get a gift of something that you would(did) buy for yourself. Hope cruise is enjoyable
Workonit always wondered what regulates the generators welcome to GM thread :welcome:
Eric cormorants gone? pretty pic.
Thomas have fun puttering
Paul never seen ethernet switch in curio storage area, wood shedding with a bass?
Lou information has been hard to come by on vaccinations
Ken posting every day, just limited time so not getting through all your postings
RNG good to hear you are back home, sorry drivers out there.
Drew sorry to hear about the feeder marauders, hope next counter measures work better.
Ted hope surgery goes well tomorrow, interesting no scheduled time.
Buppies great new on the water.
Ron great you have second shot, Mine is March 9
Bill glad for boring trip!
Ted hope closing went well.
Don Monday high 11F low -1 9+ inch snow through Wednesday
Kyle you nay have to work out with wife and not just watch, prayers for Son's Covid
Ted Covid neg result, priceless
Kyle Lake Kiowa worst kept secret in Texas, no lot available all sold, lot of building last three years.
Randy glad you got one good phone call
RNG hope Starlink works for you as well.
Mike one issue is poor customer service and slow Internet speed go together.
Rick good deal on the #2 vac for you and wife
Dennis glad you beat snow home good weather for chili
prayers for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/sister & family Covid/friend's grand baby/son's Covid, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Ron/hearing/son/aunt, Phil/wife's eyes, Dennis/older brother/son/dad's minister, Grev/wife's eye, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[Buppies]

Sodamo glad you and Sophie got shots no ill effects

 

[check]

The young lad dug this up for me;
COVID-19 vaccines for Ontario | COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Ontario

Excellent link, Bill. It puts a lot of info together in one place.