Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

PJ, congrats.

I just watched the Outdoors with the Morgan’s episode from a year ago where Mike announced he quit his job to do YT full time, as it now made him more money and he didn’t have to travel. At age 54.

I’m still contemplating my next move. Right now it’s to retire at the end of the year. The uncertainty with no paycheck coming in is an uncomfortable feeling,

Tracking sons trip, he’s at Buc-ees in crossville. So should hit his hotel about 11.

 

[Popgadget]

Congrats PJ!
Are their products audio related? That would be icing on the cake. Well, maybe, that industry seems to have lots of instability.

 

[Buppies]

Great news PJ

Ron sorry about your son hope he recovers very soon

Very nice day today worked on trail got half done rest next week

Good evening all

 

[PJSprog]

Congrats PJ!
Are their products audio related? That would be icing on the cake. Well, maybe, that industry seems to have lots of instability.

Thanks, guys. No, not audio electronics. They're a contract builder for a bunch of industries, a big chunk of which is automotive.

Commute should be way better, Drew. No interstates, no bridges, ... just a couple of two-lane state highways through mostly farmland. 29 miles instead of 45 each way.
I'm really looking forward to the change.

 

[scaredychicken]

Congratulations PJ, exciting change

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning (evening) everyone! Nice day again today, but now the wind is kicking up in front of the cold front coming tonight. Chances of some light snow tomorrow, only an inch or two.

Snow is no worry..... everyone is here that will be for thanksgiving. No need for travel. Food prep was started, finishing in the morning.

PJ, CONGRATS! Sounds like it will be a nice upgrade! Just the diminishing commute time is worth it..... then not having to dodge bullets... well enough said!

Ron, sorry to hear that the son got bitten. Hope he gets over it quickly.

Drew, sounds like a nice trip! Enjoy the soft bed!

Picked up the wifey's glasses today (1 out of 2 pairs). As I was standing there, another order was delivered.... I asked if they could check to see if her second pair was there.... the girl quickly looked and said "no", "they will probably come in Friday". By the time I got home, they called.... second pair was there!

I will be speaking to someone when we go back on Friday..... I hope they are ready for it..... maybe I won't be as aggravated by then...... considering that it's a 65 mile RT, maybe I'll push for some gas......

Time to go put up the feet....

Everyone have a great Thanksgiving..... I am definitely grateful

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 48ºF for the star overcast, light breeze, trace of rain. Light wind, fog at time, drizzle, and high temp was 52ºF. Men's meeting to start day, then off to town so wife and I could get hair cut and she got perm. Did some last minute shopping while she was still getting hair done, then off to lunch. Did get nap in, dinner at stepdaughter's
Dennis glad son does not have alligator issues. Hope coughing not messing too much with sleep.
Phil Happy Birthday to your wife! Nice flowers! Hope she had a nice day today.
Ron glad no lines or empty shelves shopping. Looks like black squirrel want to join the waiting party.
Frits good to hear Sheriff on top of neighbor shooting into your property. Nice to see Cody relaxed.
Buppies god to hear nice fall day. prayers sent.
Billy nice day for a hike, thanks for letting me know that "looking west: was not a pic caption. Your hike pics are always so scenic.
Frits hope you know the controls better now.
Mike hope you had a productive day.
Killroy hope house is clean now. Sorry to hear about your mom's back. Understand about itinerary.
Ron sorry to hear son has alligator bite. prayer sent.
Bill good day to conserve energy.
David glad dog area mowed, I know more than 1 dog who does not like butt tickling during business.
Billy probably good move to avoid E15 until you verify your truck is ok with it. E15 can cause trouble in vehicles not designed for it.
Paul glad Nantucket trip went smoothly. Wonder what radar was for? Nice dog. Have fun with wife at Friday event. Pic of counter as proposed and as finished
Scotty hope you got pipes tested and flushed. I like old cars but have none.
Ken Sorry about second load getting lost. Glad panel installation started. Apple crumble pie sounds yummy.
Don Sorry to hear rain messing with Thanksgiving plans. Sorry to hear of brother's medical procedure, prayers sent. Have fun on tractor.
PJ sorry to hear he details on water damage. Hope the instruments are ok. Really sorry to hear about the backed up drain episode.
Dennis sorry to hear you had to cancel the Ohio trip. Missing family get together no fun.
RNG saw your video yesterday, glad apple crumble turned out. Hope you start getting some rain soon.
RS Got a lot done yesterday, hope it continued today. Nice deer pic
Lou great turkey pic
Scaredy good you have support through all this. prayers sent.
David quite the gathering.
Billy love the quiz. question 4, how big of turkey. Question 6 over what time period? Turchetta look yummy.
Randy(wag) hope the wood stacking went well.
PJ congrats on new job, no more North STL, and no more river crossing!!
Drew full day even with nap, hope you slept well.
Dennis hope son has safe trip
Buppies glad you got to work on trail.
PJ sounds like great change.
Ted Glad you are getting some precipitation without messing with Thanksgiving. Sorry about having to go back when glasses were there and you asked them to check.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, Bird /aging issues, Roy /passed away, /wife ankle,recover from getting sick, Don /brother medical procedure, Ron /broken arm and heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, /wife's pain, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes and fall, Frits/ daughters hip replacement /veteran son with mental issues, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Lou / eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /wife not feeling well, /marriage not doing well, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /coughing, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, James /death of FIL, Scotty, /back pain, Frits /daughter recovery from surgery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Mark /wife colon surgery, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[sodamo]

Congrats PJ

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Happy Thanksgiving

Son made it to hotel last night, 6 more hrs today.

Gotta Listen to the traditional song today.

And the traditional video

 

[Bird]

52° going for a high of 57° with light breeze but raining now, rained yesterday a little (.31"), and supposed to continue through Saturday, but no large amounts forecast. Our city has posted a request on the website to restrict watering, conserve water, etc. because the lake is down more than 20%.

I haven't posted about my physical problems lately because they seem so minor compared to what some of you are having. But I've been having what I'd consider a weird problem with my left knee. Weird because it's not too bad walking, or even sitting in a chair, but then aches so bad I can't sleep when I lie down. Maybe I'm just weird, but I slept on my stomach until I was in my fifty's and finally changed to my left side. I just have a devil of a time sleeping on my back; just doesn't work for me. So after weeks of sleeping, for short periods of time, in my recliner instead of the bed, I tried to get an appointment with the doctor who replaced my right knee several years ago, and he was booked up solid (or on vacation) for a month. So yesterday I saw a new young doctor in the same group, and was very favorably impressed with him.

X-rays show old age problems with the cartilage of the knee. I still cannot understand why it hurt so bad lying down anyway except on my back but not sitting up in a chair, or even driving. Now that left leg is the one that was affected by polio, so I thought that was a possibility. Anyway, I had told my wife that I wondered if the nerve in that knee couldn't be killed. I did NOT mention that possibility to the young doctor, BUT he gave me 3 options; one was surgery to kill that nerve but said he'd think that would be last choice, two was a medication (the name of which I've forgotten) that amounts to an incredibly large dose of an inflammatory medication that CAN cause some digestive problems, and three an injection in that knee that might last 2 or 3 months. I went for the injection; looked like a very big needle but didn't hurt at all. And he sent a prescription for something I've never used or heard of; Meloxicam 15mg. So I was comfortable and slept better in my chair for about 5 or 6 hours, then got up to find I'm dizzy and unsteady on my feet; apparentlyi a side effect o Meloxicam. Sometimes you just can't win.LOL

Oh well, daughters, son-in-law, granddaughter coming for dinner today so I think we'll have a pretty nice Thanksgiving. I'm cooking two smoked turkey breasts, and I've made two dozen deviled eggs, picked up two BIG pies at Sam's Club, and the kids are bringing everything else and I'm sure we'll have all we can eat for the rest of the week.LOL

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 25° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 54° with overcast skies. Kind of disappointed that Son is unable to come up to my place for Thanksgiving. But the rest of family will be at my younger Son's place this afternoon. Went out to shop and worked on a couple of projects. Then relaxed rest of the day. Need to prepare Ham for todays dinner before heading to my sons place.

Everyone have a Happy Thanksgiving. [/size]​

PJ, congrats on new job.

Buckeye, keep getting better.

Bird, good you got some relief from your knee pain and some sleep.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Buppies]

38 high near to get ready to leave for down south trip

Happy Thanksgiving

Prayers for Roy and Toppops family’s prayers for all our Country and be thankful for all we have

 

[daugen]

good morning all and Happy Thanksgiving.
up early, had coffee with brother's wife also up early, starting her decorating for dinner table.

bed is too soft, my back is going to start talking to me about it...
should be a nice day today with a family dinner at 2pm, some other guests invited.
I'm looking forward to it.

I hope you all have a wonderful day with your families also.
Toppop and Roy will be joining us in spirit

going for a walk this morning, need some fresh air and exercise. Just can't sit around talking and eating...

 

[NHBX]

Good morning and happy Thanksgiving,
Mostly sunny today, with highs in the low 40’s. Calm wind becoming SW around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Quiet day at home today, just wasn’t up for traveling 2+ hours each direction for either of our families gatherings. The Mrs picked up a small 10lb turkey and the fixings so plenty of food and leftovers for us.

Happy belated birthday to Mrs Phil
BEF congratulations on upcoming retirement
PJS good luck on new job

Prayers for those in need, our country and peace around the world
Enjoy your day everyone

 

[wngsprd]

28 going to 62, very nice weather.

Great news on your career change, PJ. I'm real happy for you...makes up for the leak a little?

I have so much to be thankful for, including you guys.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Here are the answers to the trivia:

 

[wngsprd]

Wingspread’s Best Thanksgiving Turkey Trivia

• Swanson was the largest producer of turkeys. They created the TV dinner to sell leftover turkeys. What year?
• How many of these frozen TV dinners did they sell in the first year?
• What % of fresh whole turkeys are sold in November?
• If you buy a frozen Butterball, how long should you defrost it in the refrigerator?
• True or False: Benjamin Franklin proposed the wild turkey to be the national bird of the US rather than the Bald Eagle.
• How many pounds per person of turkey is consumed in the US?
• The tofurky market (vegan tofu/wheat substitute) has grown to what % of real turkey dollar sales?

Tie Breaker: On Thanksgiving 2020, how many whole turkeys were consumed in the US?



Answers

• What year?
• 1948
• 1952
• 1959
• 
  
• How many in 1st year?
• 100,000
• 1 million
• 10 million
• 
  
• What % November?
• 40%
• 60%
• 80%
• 
  
• How long in fridge?
• 1-2 days
• 2-3 days
• 3-4 days
• 
  
• Ben Franklin: True or False?
• 
  
• Pounds per person?
• 6
• 16
• 26
• 
  
• % tofurky $ sales to turkey sales?
• 1% b. 5% c. 9%

Tiebreaker: # of Thanksgiving turkeys consumed? 46 million

 

[RedNeckGeek]

And he sent a prescription for something I've never used or heard of; Meloxicam 15mg. So I was comfortable and slept better in my chair for about 5 or 6 hours, then got up to find I'm dizzy and unsteady on my feet; apparentlyi a side effect o Meloxicam. Sometimes you just can't win.LOL

Good to hear from you again, Bird. In the FWIW department, I've been taking Meloxicam for a few months now, and haven't experienced any dizziness, even when I first started on it. It's helping with back pain, but isn't a cure. More like just takes the edge off...

 

[Yander]

Good morning, 28 degrees here in Central Ohio supposed to get to high 50s. Had our thanksgiving two weeks ago Saturday due to kids work schedules. Today, working on organizing my garage.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[scaredychicken]

BEF great stuff. i have that vinyl album from Arlo Guthrie , and WKRP was terrific

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 63F @ 3:30AM.
Sunny. High 69F. Winds light and variable.
That forecast is much at odds with the current weather, at least wind wise. It's been roaring outside, with gusts above 35MPH. Enough to shake the porch roof and howl through the trees, and wake me from a sound sleep to go outside and bring in the patio furniture before it ends up in the lake.

Welcome to GM, Yander. What part of Ohio are you from?

Now that's some welcome news, Paul. What a great way to start the new year! Sounds like a big change jumping into management. Hope it goes well for you.

Yesterday started with a Costco run that was supposed to have us at the doors when they opened. The hours seem to have changed recently, and they'd already been open for an hour. But there were plenty of parking spots available, and, at least at first, the isles weren't crowded. My friend isn't a member, so took advantage of the prices to stock up on some clothes, while I let a big bottle of Woodford's Bourbon jump into the cart, as well as some foodstuffs. By the time we were finished, I was getting that dizzy feeling you get watching a train at a railroad crossing, there were so many shoppers in the store. We hit my favorite taco stand for lunch, tried to get into the Bidwell mansion for a tour but found them all full for the day, and settled for a cruise through a blown glass studio. Back at home we dove into making up a couple of apple pies, which went smoothly until I tried to get the crust into the piepan. I'd forgotten the old trick of winding the crust onto the rolling pin, and flipping it off the pastry sheet made a huge mess. Got the job done until I eventually remembered on the second pie. Yes, we'd started off to just make one, but we had a ton of apples and shortening, so why not? Then we still had enough left over to make a third in a small baking dish, which we sampled after a Costco rotissery chicken dinner. It was pretty good, all things considered, like neither of us had made an apple pie in maybe forty years!

Today we're off for my bulldozer buddy's around noon to join he and his wife and mother for an early Thanksgiving dinner. We're bringing a pie, and the apple cobbler, and a little wine and a bottle of his favorite Bourbon. Sure hope the forecast turns true and these winds die down.

Here's wishing you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. I feel like I've got a lot to be thankful for this year!