Good morning!!!!

[kenmbz]

Backhoe Driver Shot By Police After Rampaging Through Town - Jalopnik

The driver of a backhoe rampaged through a town in New Jersey, on Saturday (Dec. 18). The incident, which took place at 5:30am local time, saw the driver of a backhoe digger drive into cars and police cruisers, before flipping over an ambulance.

jalopnik.com

This was down in Vineland NJ Dec 18th

 

[Alien]

Good morning, 19 going to a high of 25°F. Wind WSW 13 gusting to 21 mph. Snow.

I guess I should turn the block heater on. There is only 1.5" of the stuff, maybe I will let it lay, there is more coming tomorrow. I think I am going to have a white Christmas.

All I want for Christmas is a turkey dinner. As long as I get turkey for thanksgiving and Christmas I am happy.
The goodies I am looking for I can get myself, after a lot of research. Which I haven't done yet.

Alien, when I saw your stone pile I thought that it looked like 3/4" washed stone. After doing the math, it is 0.78". Close enough for the girls I go with.
Good luck getting ALL of it off the grass.


Have a safe day all

Not much grass there mate. I planned to spread it there anyway. Any left over I will use it up the driveway.

Builders arrived as planned at 7.15 and had 4 skylights fitted by 11.30. Job well done. We plan to get them back to do the bath room in the 1st quarter next year.

 

[RoyJackson]

Backhoe Driver Shot By Police After Rampaging Through Town - Jalopnik

The driver of a backhoe rampaged through a town in New Jersey, on Saturday (Dec. 18). The incident, which took place at 5:30am local time, saw the driver of a backhoe digger drive into cars and police cruisers, before flipping over an ambulance.

jalopnik.com

This was down in Vineland NJ Dec 18th

I wonder what pissed him off...?

 

[Thomas]

Backhoe Driver Shot By Police After Rampaging Through Town - Jalopnik

The driver of a backhoe rampaged through a town in New Jersey, on Saturday (Dec. 18). The incident, which took place at 5:30am local time, saw the driver of a backhoe digger drive into cars and police cruisers, before flipping over an ambulance.

jalopnik.com

This was down in Vineland NJ Dec 18th

One thing for sure he's on Santa naughty list.

 

[toppop52]

Clean bill of health all clear margins

Thanks for all thoughts prayers they really do help stitches out Thursday yippee

Great news!
Ironically I get my stitches out tomorrow also.

 

[RoyJackson]

One thing for sure he's on Santa naughty list.

Actually, not now...since he's dead

 

[toppop52]

Good Morning.
It’s 33 out and the rain has ended. We got .44 overnight, and todays high will be under 40.
No snow or deep freeze in the forecast, so the tractor will just be parked at the ready. The yellow on the blade is a Urethane cutting edge so I can run the blade right on the pavement without hurting it. It’s 2” thick, and can lowered when it wears, and then flipped over to start over.

Yesterday was busy. Breakfast, meeting, booster, another meeting, and then a little bit of desk time. After that, we went to Peddler’s Village with son, DIL and grandson to see the lights.
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Stopped for Mexican food for dinner on the way home. So far only side effects was heartburn from the burrito, nothing from the booster vaccine.

Today will be farm chores, moving hay and grain as well as organizing the alpaca goods for the farmers markets. I’ve become the strong back and weak mind in the alpaca operation, with the wife’s disc issues and being empty nesters. Youngest son was a big help before he got hired to do design work on submarines for the department of the Navy. But I’m proud of him and happy to see him move on.

Congratulations to your son, that’s interesting and vital work. My son designed weapons systems on Virginia class subs and later periscope detection radar on carriers, first was the George HW Bush. The unclassified stuff is very interesting, I can only imagine what the classified stuff is like.

 

[toppop52]

nice visit with landscaper at church, getting my second estimate for dirt work.

Drove in, heard a scratchy noise, thinking oh no, what is that. Sounded like something stuck underneath but
didn't remember driving over anything.
So I walk around the car and just laughed. There hanging down behind the front right tire was a somewhat worn but fully usable
Snap On 10MM wrench. Now I really don't think it was kicked up from the road and miraculously stuck in some spot. I think the last mechanic dropped it someplace
and it finally worked its way down and almost out. It pulled out pretty easily. May never know. Nice 10mm wrench, thanks Santa.

That’s a first, everyone loses their 10 mm, nobody finds them!

 

[toppop52]

Ron, I have a fair vocabulary for an old country boy, but I had to look up ferclempt.

 

[Alien]

nice visit with landscaper at church, getting my second estimate for dirt work.

Drove in, heard a scratchy noise, thinking oh no, what is that. Sounded like something stuck underneath but
didn't remember driving over anything.
So I walk around the car and just laughed. There hanging down behind the front right tire was a somewhat worn but fully usable
Snap On 10MM wrench. Now I really don't think it was kicked up from the road and miraculously stuck in some spot. I think the last mechanic dropped it someplace
and it finally worked its way down and almost out. It pulled out pretty easily. May never know. Nice 10mm wrench, thanks Santa.

10 mm wrench? You mean 10"? 10mm would be very small.
As for 10mm sockets, I know the pain. Everything is metric here now. AF is a thing of the past.
Years ago, as a mechanic, often road tested vehicles and found lots of screwdrivers and shifters lying on the road. I still have most of them, hence I own 3 x 6" shifters, 4 x 10" shifters and 2 x 12" shifters. Also have 3 x 4" ones that I have accumulated from somewhere. Hopefully with the new barn I may be able to keep them all together in one spot. My old tool boxes look too crappy to put in the new barn. They looked OK in the old one.