Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 50F for the start, overcast, light breeze. Rain began about 7:50AM intermittent rain through day with some thunder from time to time. Light wind today, and high temp was 52F, low temp was 48F at 8PM. Was going to try and sneak in ride before rain but did not happen. Did 1 hour on inside trainer, then we went and voted. lunch and help wife make spaghetti sauce and nap this afternoon.
Covid update: Cooke 4181 confirmed cases, 58 active cases, Montague 2653 confirmed cases, 59 active cases, Grayson, 16,284 confirmed cases, 88 active cases. Cooke 18, Montague 12, Grayson 56, new cases. Grayson number still don't add up, but getting closer
Gale you are getting some cool weather
Ron glad cleanup is done good luck with Fence removal. I use 2 windows for daily update, and they fit better with bigger monitor
Buppies hope you get to feeling better, prayers sent
Bird my spread was lee rain started just before 8AM.
Mike is spider trying to tell you something?
Drew our poling place is 1/2 mile down the road. Hope you got good haircut from new barber.
Roy not much warming on tap today, hope you got your haircut
Bill you having hydraulic issue on tractor?
Billy sorry about the knees. some of the restored Mills in the Ozarks were milling as well.
Don Glad barber clued you in. My haircut changes from summer to winter
Don I don't get back to 70's until Sunday
Paul good to see the backup's backup is working sorry about lodge meeting attendance. Hope the mining for horizontal space goes well
Buppies that must have been exciting when bear fell.
Chris congrats on getting bike out. On the organized rides, to fast kids go at 20+ mph.
Ken fixed the no nap today nice pic
Drew glad your voting went well.
RS hope you can get more plants in the ground
Rich sorry about the longer trek to the polls. Nice opening line
RNG hope the burn went well. Sorry the testing of webpage software did not go well. Better luck with plan B
RS sorry about the guy doing the false account
David good to hear progress on CU
Don thanks for whipper update, good to hear Covid cases going down
Buppies good to hear Voting went well.
PJ my wife and stepdaughter complain nonstop about most of the places they got their hair cut.
Doug really neat pic
Thomas good to hear wood furnace purring, glad list under control
Kyle I had trouble fitting this one in
Don Good to hear got your Mom's mail delivered close in. Was so thankful Mom's mailman got her the forms and got her changed over to porch delivery.
Randy my hair still makes it to the outside if the skin
PJ my wife still laugh about the time I tossed an oil spout (that leaked) into a field, after having more trouble with it.
Doug that is good news
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, Bird/aging issues/, Don,whipper/more tests,ring bearer/back broken, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments, PJ/FIL fall and stroke, Dennis /wife wrist surgery and recovery, Roy/ palpitations/ angina, wife/ankle recovery, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Buppies/new cancer on arm /stomach issues, Thomas/gout, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted/knee recovery/retirement, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, RS wife/ dog bite recovery, Scaredy/injuries from fall, Paul/ wife's disc issues, Mike/elbow pain, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all

 

[sodamo]

I think Makani would like to join Whipper

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-11-03, 0531

29° right now...high in the mid-40's today...

Finally got my haircut!
Also, put up the bird feeder....this one will work this year, but I want to get something more robust for next winter. Biggest problem is the lack of a stabilizing auger which screws in to the ground, then there are 4 smaller prongs. The one I bought has the prongs, but no auger. Rather then try to explain this in more depth, easier if you look this up. It is nice watching the birds feed...and we have humming bird feeders for when they're around (all migrated south by this time)

Technically, I was on vacation the last 2 days, but now I'm back to work...but still working from home...

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of hot coffee. 26° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 46° with sun then partly cloudy skies in late afternoon. Got fence taken down yesterday. Used tractor to pull fence out of weeds, shrubs and trees that had grown around it for almost 50 years. It is still laying in field. Found a old Craftsman Planer on FB Marketplace. Went checked it out. It had not been used very much. Bought it. Seller and I hauled it out of his basement. That this is heavy. Need to go back and pick up a small table saw that came with planer today. If I survive getting table saw out of basement will roll up old fence and haul out of field.
Been slow at feeders lately because I cut back on how much was in feeders. This got rid of all the Cowbird's that have been running other birds away.

RNG, picture is from a week ago. Have not seen any since. I let feeders go empty. This stopped most birds from coming except for those that will eat suet.

Don and David, great dog pictures.

Alien, great news on little girl. Great sky picture.

Drew, I need a haircut. Just need to feel like getting it done. I is not in my eyes yet. But close.

Popgadget, my bench looks like yours. When it to cold to work outside it may get cleaned up.

Chris, good buck picture.

Everyone stay safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
brrrrrr, 33 degrees out

Toppop, good post. Thankfully my school is a K-8 and I miss most of the politics.
But first question I asked when on the board was when was the last time we reviewed what history
we teach and updated text books. Gratified to hear they were right on top of it.
School spends enormous time and effort on DEI, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Kids are taught to respect
and love each other as equals. And in our lily white community we have been successful in attracting children of color and
different economic means. Not easy to do because most private schools are hunting in the same area for new students and admin.

I spent an hour last night watching one of those educational videos explaining how most of the world had slaves at one point, up to a third of Rome were slaves..., and
there was a slow transition from slavery to serfdom in Europe. The haves have a poor track record of abusing the have nots, but that's our world history.
So while slavery is a shameful part of the American past, it was also pretty common throughout the world. And many freed slaves went directly into serfdom.
The haves need manpower to grow the food and build the products, so first it was the slaves and then the serfs. Sounds like a prelim story on why unions came about...

not heading south til about 8:30am so plenty of time to putter and get house ready for leaving. I will set the thermostat down to 64 and probably should turn the water off outside.

assuming my laptop fires up, should be back on line this afternoon. Headed out the turnpike and then down route 15. Decided if I can avoid Rt 95 for the rest of my life, that would be just fine...of course I have to drive on 95 tomorrow to get to NC. Got my Ezpass updated so I'm ready to cruise. I wonder how much my mpg will improve. Currently sitting
at a dismal 16.2

 

[Buppies]

33 high of 50 today

Stayed up too late watching election results

Still have poops

Prayers for all

 

[riptides]

32 heading to 54 today.

Fired up woodstove yesterday for the first time this season and chilled.

Need to get the splitter working. Have zero split wood and split as I go is not an option with the axe.

Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

Drink a lot of water Buppies. A lot. Hope you and those ailing get better soonest.

 

[wngsprd]

36 and surprisingly foggy. First snow up in the mountains on the West Virginia side.

Buppies, sorry you're sick. We stayed up late watching returns, too. Proud Virginian . Nice to have an end to so many candidates' commercials...many were just negative and untruthful.

Rip, I fired up our woodstove for the first time this year yesterday, too. Brought firewood in during the light rain, but it stayed dry.

We voted, got our booster shots, then went to eat lunch at a real nice Chinese restaurant...then realized how ironic.

Ron, sounds like you worked pretty hard yesterday on that fence. I love watching nuthatches.

Baseball season is over. Congrats to the Atlanta Braves. Sorry, Houston.

 

[Thomas]

28F going to be mostly cloudy day mid 40's for high.

E muffin than outside to do chores.
Plans for today...blowing leaves after that???.

Enjoy your day.

Buppies hope you feel LOT better today.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp was 27 and the high will be 36°F. Wind NNW 1 mph. Mostly cloudy.

I believe today will be an energy conservation day.


Have a safe day all