Good morning!!!!

[kenmbz]

Morning all, kinda gray and cooler today.
Tried to clean up halloween decorations, but wife wants them to stay for a while...

Mostly-no nap!
Buppies-feel better

be well and stay safe,

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Buckeye, maybe the white stuff will show up today.

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You can keep it.
They were calling for some in western MD mountains. Light rain here today, low was 37°

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Everyone
GET OUT & VOTE.

I hope the right one wins.

 

[pennwalk]

"I hope the right one wins."

Guy, the right one never wins. He won't even run.

Chris

 

[buckeyefarmer]

"I hope the right one wins."

Guy, the right one never wins. He won't even run.

Chris

Well, there is that. A thankless job for sure, as you are never the right one for one side. I sure wouldn’t want to, but some people thrive on it.
As a leader at my church, I hear when things aren’t done right.

No election here today, just a few town mayors.

 

[daugen]

stood in line for about ten minutes before getting a very manual voting sheet that took a while to
fill in the darkened areas. No hanging chads here...
Was accosted at booth in parking lot by lady asking me if she could talk to me about write in candidates for school board.
I almost went into a rant about my father being president of this board for 15 years, my brother being president for many years and my nephew
now on the board, and that the last thing we needed on the board was one note partisanship from folks who just moved here from NY.
But I kept my mouth shut.

And I was happily greeted by an older lady sitting behind the tables with Hi Drew. I couldn't tell who said it but I recognized the voice. Betsy and I grew up about two
miles apart in New Hope, and her husband ran the local savings and loan. They both have worked the polling booths for over 50 years.
Nice to see folks I knew.

 

[rswyan]

41F and fairly sunny @ 11:00, heading up to a high of 48F for the day. Low this morning hit 36.3F ... so no freeze yet.

WU Ten Day still showing less than a 25% chance of precip throughout the entire period ... plus some highs in the low 60's ...

Hopper and two sunflower tube feeders filled yesterday first thing. Also two suet feeders.

Got oil and filter changed in the Cub Cadet so that should be handled until sometime next year.

Mowed upper half of lower front, also about 90% of east side down around the house. Leaves probably better than 50% down at this point. Dropped mower deck 1/4" (2.75" vs 3" previously)

Trash and recycles taken up to the road.

Agenda for today:

Handle some email.

Go vote.

Then possibly more mowing, depending on how warm it feels.

Also probably get a few more plants in the ground.

Otherwise more clean up inside.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day ...

 

[Rich B1]

I have a new polling place. Used to be right up the road in the township hall. Now it is in town, about 6 miles away.

Walked in, I was the only one there besides the poll workers. Got asked if I was there to vote.

“No, I am here to pay all of my unpaid parking tickets to the village”

Every single one of the poll workers busted up laughing.

Things went smooth and quick after that

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 56F @ 8:45AM. Cloudy early with peeks of sunshine expected late. High 69F. Winds light and variable.
Yesterday was overcast all day, with another couple tenths of rain in the afternoon. With everything so damp, I think I'll light a burn pile this morning and keep it going most of the day.

I thought it was illegal to campaign at a polling place, Drew.

Well at least you've got a good foundation for whatever bridge deck you decide to build, Don. What do you do until then? Gate it off and let people wade across?

Lithium batteries are also a lot lighter than lead acid, a good reason to use them in a portable device like a golf cart. Too bad they're not cheaper by the pound, though.

Maybe the spider gets more use out of that computer than you do, Mike.

Shouldn't that Red Wing have flown south by now, Ron?

It seems clutter is an occupational hazard, Paul, of having the right tool for the job.

Took the day yesterday to update some old fashioned web pages on the red bike, as I was starting to lose track of the modifications I've made to it. It was also a test of the web building software running in the virtual environment, and it didn't go very well. Worst problem was that the cursor didn't click where it was pointed, requiring a dose of invisible Kentucky windage to hit the mark. Other parts of the user interface didn't work at all. And it was slow. So may have to come up with another solution, or just dedicate a computer to that and not worry about updating it.

 

[rswyan]

good morning all.
Yes, vote today, easy for me, right across the street at municipal building.

Just down the road at the church here.

We have three write in candidates for school board running on a one note band, no masks in school. Sigh.

They have never served on a school board before and have never attended a school board meeting, so I feel obligated to make sure I vote against them. One school board member in Central Bucks, next big school system nearby, quit from getting threats from public.

If one wants to get rid of decent people in public service, threats and intimidation are one way to do it.

But there's a way to handle that ...

Politics was always knocking on the door of school boards, now it seems they are trying to knock the door down.

We've got our own little bit of political drama here.

Someone apparently targeted one of our local town council members ... by creating a false Facebook account/page impersonating him. A (false) statement (in the voice of the impersonated council member) was then apparently posted to that Facebook page, by whoever created the account ... which was then posted or shared on another Facebook page run by another fellow who I believe is running for council.

This resulted in a investigation by the local police (wasting precious time and limited resources) ... which apparently traced back the activity back via IP address to the wife of another guy who is running for mayor.

It's a safe bet that none of the parties involved in that will be getting mine or The Woman's vote ... except for the guy who was targeted.