Good evening all. 41ºF for the start, clear sky, light breeze. Wind had brisk gusts, clear sky, and high temp was 61ºF. By Friday high temp back to 85ºF, Tuesday after that down to 70ºF, along with .5 inch rain. Went to the fire station to replace batteries in breathing apparatus, could not finish, no enough batteries. Chef said he would get more today. Bike ride this afternoon, needed arm warmers, and wind penalty almost 1 mile. Did get nap in and help wife mast pasta primavera. In spite of 1.3 inch rain not much water flowing into lake.
Doug sorry about plane. Was it operator error or did plane become unresponsive?
Scaredy getting a lot done after the hockey injury.
Roy hope you need/want the rain.
Bill hope you can catch up on winter prep before the cold really sets in.
Billy I asked because we had pink flowering dogwood, never had berries or leaves that thick. Enjoy the fire.
Drew hope you had good news at the endocrinologist.
Paul hope you enjoyed the music as well as the dog. Hope trip is safe and uneventful.
Don thanks for the update.
Alan hope it melted quickly.
Ken ugh meetings. Good luck with leaves and decorations.
Don glad you have cooler temps and some rain to report. Just don't forget extra pair of boots till the mud is dry. The soy milk sounds like good flavor.
Billy you are a good husband.
Rich hope you can get power back on in barn. Wood burner sounds nice. Hope wife did not have dental problems. Glad saws are done hope you can find the bars.
PJ good to hear the reorganizing is progressing. And your trash has been picked up

Hope the other trash company works out for you.
Drew good to hear good lab numbers. Many states and local areas haved banned hand held phone use. Hope the scatches buff out. Thanks for the response on tractor. I am partial to Radial engines and large Detroit Diesel 2-stroke engines with roots blowers.
Frits sorry to hear shoulder not improving. I always enjoyed wood fires. Hope cleanup goes well. Good to hear travel was safe, sorry about the other daughter job bot so good.
Mark hope fair goes well today.
RNG Sounds like much of your trip was fun, neat Shay type steak locomotive. Sorry about hotel. Hope you can get gate working correctly.
David hope town run and cleanup go well.
RS sounds like plenty to work on in the barn.
Kyle sorry about the fever, any clue what caused it? prayers sent.
Scaredy glad you can take it easy today.
Randy(wag) hope town trip was productive.
RS glad trip to get fixtures went without major incident. Always nice to have homemade dinner

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Dennis I am impressed the cat can lay on stove comfortably.
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