Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

Very mild outside but very humid 58 currently>

Went for a drive that wife likes down to West Virginia. Always a pretty drive. Took a picture of restored barn that we had followed during restoration of the stone foundation, replaced floors and siding as well as wood shingle roof. It is now in the original condition as it was in the 1800's

 

[riptides]

Very mild outside but very humid 58 currently>

Went for a drive that wife likes down to West Virginia. Always a pretty drive. Took a picture of restored barn that we had followed during restoration of the stone foundation, replaced floors and siding as well as wood shingle roof. It is now in the original condition as it was in the 1800's

Just WOW!

 

[Mark P.]

Good Afternoon - raining and 63°

Alien - sorry about your fall - hope you get to feeling better soon..

Thanks for all the help with chainsaw - watched u-tube videos - lot to think about

Hope everyone has a good day..

Mark

 

[Popgadget]

David,
Those pictures are stunning, we sure nothing like that here in Pennsylvania.

Ken, sorry to here that you’re sick.

 

[wngsprd]

Ken and Alien, hope you are well soon.

 

[wngsprd]

Kyle, better keep practicing baseball with your son...Judge just signed with the Yanks for 9 years for $360 million. That's a million per home run, if he can average 40.

 

[LouNY]

Very mild outside but very humid 58 currently>

Went for a drive that wife likes down to West Virginia. Always a pretty drive. Took a picture of restored barn that we had followed during restoration of the stone foundation, replaced floors and siding as well as wood shingle roof. It is now in the original condition as it was in the 1800'sView attachment 773615

Shows what can be done when money is not an object.
It does look beautiful and I would love to see the inside.
I grew up working in plain bank barns with low ceilings,
most people were bumping there heads daily while working, looking down while feeding or carrying milk pails,
or shoveling the gutters out to clean the barn.
So while I can admire the workmanship in the old post and beam structures and the appearance of a restored old barn.
I can remember vividly the unfriendly working conditions in those old barns,
so my enthusiasm for them is somewhat lessened.

 

[Alien]

Very mild outside but very humid 58 currently>

Went for a drive that wife likes down to West Virginia. Always a pretty drive. Took a picture of restored barn that we had followed during restoration of the stone foundation, replaced floors and siding as well as wood shingle roof. It is now in the original condition as it was in the 1800'sView attachment 773615

Looks beautiful and they should be very proud of their work, but I wonder at the practicallity of all those small doors. I guess it depends on what it is/will be used for.

 

[Looking4new]

Popgadget, gotta love goobermint incompetence. WTH is wrong with the fingerprints that they had on file? If they lost the file, that is on them and shouldn't cost you anything.

Rich B 1, thanks for that.

I got the V plow attached.

 

[Buppies]

Feel better soon Alien we are too old to fall and break things

 

[Thomas]

Ken & Alien hope you kick that nasty illness real soon.

 

[m7040]

Looks beautiful and they should be very proud of their work, but I wonder at the practicallity of all those small doors. I guess it depends on what it is/will be used for.

Alien, hope you feel better soon. Being in hospitals and nursing homes is no fun. Fully understand your decision.

The restoration was to bring it back to original condition as it was in the 1800's. The doors I believe was for access to the animal pens inside. This barn is part of the Antietam Battlefield nearby our property

 

[riptides]

Popgadget, gotta love goobermint incompetence. WTH is wrong with the fingerprints that they had on file? If they lost the file, that is on them and shouldn't cost you anything.

Rich B 1, thanks for that.

I got the V plow attached.

Some agencies require new prints every x years.

 

[m7040]

Shows what can be done when money is not an object.
It does look beautiful and I would love to see the inside.
I grew up working in plain bank barns with low ceilings,
most people were bumping there heads daily while working, looking down while feeding or carrying milk pails,
or shoveling the gutters out to clean the barn.
So while I can admire the workmanship in the old post and beam structures and the appearance of a restored old barn.
I can remember vividly the unfriendly working conditions in those old barns,
so my enthusiasm for them is somewhat lessened.

You are right on that for the ground level where the animals are but many barns have higher ceilings on the ground floor. This barn restoration was to be historical correct for the civil war period.
Our barn has 10 ft ceilings on the ground floor. There is a barn a couple miles from our house that was also completely restored but turned in to a useful ground floor level with concrete floors and big sliding doors for access.
I will take a couple pictures of it next time I go by

 

[m7040]

Here is a picture from the front of the barn

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Thursday) morning. It turned out to be a yo-yo weather day yesterday... from an 'official' Low of 5C to a calm High of 26C, then a rapid evening plummet, with associated wind, to 13C. It's gusty out and the wind-chill put the overnight Low at 3C. It's presently sunny and there was 4.5mm in the gauge.

I'll probably mow the front paddock/equine arena this arvo. I do need to walk the property with my Roundup spray bottle, hunting for thistles before they flower/seed.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[PJSprog]

50°F and cloudy this morning, slowly and steadily dropping all day to 44° right now.

Had a nice, long post all ready to go Monday, hit the blue button, and got the dreaded "server maintenance" notice. Oh, well, so it goes. I'll not recount all that again this time. Woke up Tuesday morning feeling under the proverbial weather. Think I've contracted a head cold. Slept much of the day away. Wife woke up this morning with a headache, and has slept most of today away. Aren't we the rowdy bunch this week!

Some great pic, fellas.

Sorry about your fall, Doug. Hope it's healing well. And, "spit the dummy" is yet another new one for me.

Good evening, all.

 

[sodamo]

pretty gunked up after 8 months. guess I have to do twice a year regularly
got effective counsel from both Paul and Ken, and with confidence knowing which way to really push, off they came.
Will do the ph/calcite filter next time. It's double this size.

now to get a new valve

Those 10” Drew?

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 51ºF fir the start, rain, trace in rain gauge, and light breeze. Light wind today, rain drizzle, fog, and high temp was 57ºF. Men's meeting to start day,
Helogabals enjoy your seat time doing snow control. Sorry about the commute, glad you can work from home. Nice pic
Scaredy sorry your are not comfortable using chainsaw.
Ron good to hear water filters changed out. Hope you got haircut, and start cleaning shop. Nice feeder pick.
Drew you hung in there longer with fan noise than I would have! Hope you get inflatable moved and filters changed.
Mike Good luck with cutting up trees. Thanks for the deer deaths info.
Drew thanks for story.
Buppies sorry about dreary weather, same here. prayers sent.
Drew hope filter replacement went well.
Bill good luck with getting V-plow mounted.
Dennis weird dream. Sorry you could not get back to sleep.
Don good luck with shopping. Glad seat time was good, got garden work caught up.
Paul sorry trip was dreary. Sorry about the fingerprint fiasco. Sorry about puppy pick up slipping.
RNG glad no rain for rolling gravel. Thanks for pic and description of roller.
Rich hope you found something to do.
Ken sorry about flu, prayers sent.
Ted surprised you have not ordered gravel yet . Hope you get to Costco, and get into the shop.
Gstrom pretty pic. Interesting about snow on dog.
Don thanks for info.
David hope Sophie's dr appt. went well.
Thomas hope you got away form work before inspector shows. Sorry you missed big buck.
RS that is a bunch of starlings. good to hear progress yesterday. Hope the progress continued today.
Drew Good luck with plumbing.
Dennis you have to love it
Doug sorry to hear of your issues, prayers sent.
Frits neat barn and nice restoration.
Lou understand, a few lumps can knock some sense into a person.
Bill congrats on V-plow attachment. Will it be easier next time?
Frits thanks for pic
PJ sorry about post lost. Really sorry about you and mrs under the weather. Prayers sent.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, 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, /uncle's surgery, 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, /fall and recovery, / 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, mike /wife's surgery, 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.

 

[Wagtail]

... And, "spit the dummy" is yet another new one for me.

Have you figured that expression out or do you need an explanation?