Good evening all. 29ºF for the start, overcast sky, light breeze. Light wind with moderate gusts, overcast cleared off, and high temp was 55ºF. Front came through with some light rain but none fell here. Woke up late the morning, did not get fire rekindled. Bike ride with 2 of the normal group. 35 miles in morning, after lunch nap. Rest of day was energy conservation.
Drew glad family time was good. Hope get together went well.
Ron glad you got talk to family. Nice you to let neighbor to get seat time. Hope projects went well. Nice pic .
Dennis sorry about alarm. Did the same thing this morning.
Buppies the yoyo temps do mess with us. prayers sent.
Bill sorry about no more snow to plow. Hope you do not get a lot of melting
Billy glad your Christmas was great.
Don interesting difference of forecasts. Hope long johns keep you warm.
Kilroy there were starters that used shotgun shells to crank engine. They were used on some tractor and aircraft engines.
Kilyroy all the more reason to have a stash of oak for night burns

Chris thanks for video link, funny ending. I think since coal burns hotter, stoves that can burn coal have better high temp resistance.
Kilroy glad doggie gets her trip to the woodlot. Hope digestion went well.
Paul nice performance by the minisplits. Hope plumbing job goes well. Cute pic of Zoe.
Gale enjoy your snow.
Scotty sounds like good use of land plane. enjoy your rain.
Jim glad tree came down close to plan and no damage to pad area. Not good to be on naughty list. I take it your boat is not an ice breaker

Mike good to hear you got your wife home. prayers for healing sent.
Dennis glad you got more sleep. I would be more interested in why dream about electrical switch.
Ken sorry about the up and down night. Hope crab cakes were good. Good to hear finger is healing. Good luck with getting line pulled.
Frits glad house is is warm. Glad you got to talk to family. Hope frikadeller was good.
RS glad Christmas was good. Hope basement progresses today.
RNG Glad rain in the offing. Sorry about how long turkey took to thaw and cook. Good to hear burn pile continues to reduce the fuel on you land Hope progress continued today.
PJ sorry to hear about stepson could not get away from work. Glad you got to see youngest stepson for a bit. Amazing number of posts around hear.
Ted glad great day with family and great food as well. Sorry about the power issues. Hope you can recover with a nap today.
David good to hear the Christmas gathering included plenty family.
Bill sorry ham was dry. We always get bone in hams with water added, helps keep ham from being dry.
David thanks for the bird feeding story Could not open the pic, correction saw it later, neat pic.
David thank you for the ohana details
Scaredy sorry about nosebleed. Glad you got the skates sold.
Gstrom glad you got some seat time after tractor started right up. Does not sound like frozen barn was too bad to get open.
Thomas cute story about deer. Sorry long day at work and another in store for tomorrow.
Bird no cold weather in 10 and rain not till next Monday.
Don sorry about UPS made you hold button for 3 seconds. Glad not serious problem on tractor.
Frits thanks for startup video
Randy(wag) people post as they have time, no need to apologize

. Be careful what you wish for, sounds like summer has arrived. Hope you get your projects that need safety people done.
James hope you don't get too much ice. Sorry about the feeling less then optimal. No turkey here. Hope you got shovel work done at rental.
Bill have plenty of ashes free for the taking
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