Good morning!!!!

[IXLR8]

Dogs and kids at play this afternoon at our place:

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Life doesn't get any better than that!!

 

[rswyan]

46F and cloudy @ 15:15, heading up to around 50F for the high by 23:00 or so.

Refilled hopper feeder + some work done out in the garage yesterday, also fed the fishies.

But it was mainly an energy conservation day.

Woman pan-fried some pork chops yesterday in an Orange Marmalade sauce which were really tasty, first time we tried that recipe and it's a keeper. Continued working on cleaning up leftovers we brought home as well: green beans, scalloped potatoes, and corn souffle all of which were very good.

Woman brought home a six pack of Old Leg Humper so I had one of those as well with dinner.

Followed by a large glass of Kahlua and creme afterwards ...

We ended up watching a movie on Prime - "Where The Crawdads Sing" - which was very good.

We were both up pretty late, I didn't get up until 11:00 and She didn't get up until around noon.

Nonetheless, She's got the sausage dumplings and sauerkraut simmering away on the stove for dinner tonight over at the relatives:

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Heading downstairs for bit before I get cleaned up, need to do some gluing.

Best Wishes for a Happy New Year to all the TBN crowd ...

 

[Thomas]

Ga game wow

Now that was some football.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Now that was some football.

Just a bad ending

 

[scootr]

Sorry about flooding scootr

Spent day in Charleston SC yesterday buying wife new clothes has had no new ones since 2003 but now fully stocked for a while took best part of 4 .5 hours in one place. 71 outside light rain showers. In bed by 11:00 Ga game wow

Prayers for all our Country

At least I have a washed clean garage floor now ! 4.5 hours of clothes shopping with my wife would be the absolute end of me !
More power to ya if you still stand after that !

 

[Thomas]

35F cloudy.

Been good slow motion day.
Took walk over to side field see if it was possible use tractor clean up tree limbs tops in field...nope to darn muddy but did sneak first nap in of the new year
Mrs. said bbq chicken from the outside grill ready in 15 minutes so I better scoot.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[KilroyJC]

Happy New year and Good Afternoon.
It’s 46 and will likely break 50 with clear skies. A big change from yesterday’s foggy gloom.

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Today we should have all the kids here for an early supper, I have a ribeye roast in the oven at 210 for a slow cook to finish with a reverse sear at 575. Rubbed it with salt, pepper and olive oil and let it stand for a few hours before putting it in the oven.
Planning on steaming some broccoli and and some mashed potatoes for sides.

The talk of Potato cannons and Ben bag launchers had me go look in the shed, where I found these. They work as advertised.
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For todays roast, I instrumented the oven with outboard thermometers to measure both oven and meat temps. The oven has its own meat probe, which I am using as well, but now I can check it for accuracy. I replaced the Range a couple years ago, this one seems to do much better at controlling the heat. The old one would make a sawtooth graph as it dropped below the set point and then heated up past the set point.
This one seems to plot a smooth line without the saw tooth pattern. It’s own temp probe is within a degree of my reference probe. The oven’s actual temp is about 12 degrees over the set temp, but doesn’t vary more than a degree or two.

FFOOOOMP

 

[Rich B1]

I see you have similar taste in NEO beers @rswyan. Old Leg Humper is one of my go to’s. My step son in eastern WV has taken a liking to it as well and enjoys when I give him a 6 pack.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Monday) morning. Overnight Low of 17C and it's presently 21C and, although calm, there's a thunderstorm sweeping through at the moment. There was 0.5mm in the gauge at 0900.

Today's activities will probably be restricted to the house due to the weather... we'll probably 'un-deck the halls' (take down the Christmas decorations). A tip-run is definitely in the cards soon what with 3 people in the house.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

FFOOOOMP

No, it's FFOOOOMP --- followed by "oh crap" ..... "run!"

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Lasagna was delicious! Son and GS have leftovers, we have leftovers... all is good. Pie was too good.... the 2nd half was placed in protective custody...by me.
No precip as yet....

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good worship this morning. Oldest son on way back to TN, he has less than hour to go.
Kitty is asleep next to me.

 

[sodamo]

Drew, something like this with a hose should Superior Pump 1/4 HP Submersible Thermoplastic Utility Pump 91250 - The Home Depot

 

[sodamo]

This little fur ball is 6 yo today

First ride home with Mom

And a family

Comfy place on Mom’s shoes. Guess he decided to stay

And today I celebrate

 

[txdon]

Last day on the "Farm" today, and what a perfect day it ws. Temp was in the 70s.

1. Goodby strawberry fields.
2. Goodby Christmas trees.
3. The tractor driver has left the farm.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 50ºF for the start, partly cloudy, and light breeze. Light to moderate wind, partly cloudy sky and high temp was 77ºF. Chapel to start, Hot cereal mix for breakfast then kitchen cleanup. Then motivation fell off. Did get nap in. Seat heater in truck not working, took a peak underneath to see if cable unplugged, no such luck. Failed to get lights done on such a nice day, and that is a strategic error.
Bill sorry your driveway is the worst you plow. Good luck with clean up.
Drew Hope your walk was good. Enjoy your warm weather.
Ron 20 yo battery is impressive. hope you enjoyed your phone calls. Nice looking squirrel.
Kilroy dinner prep sounds impressive. Sorry about the solar disappointment.
Kilroy I will follow your advice and not make the potato launcher.
Billy glad you had good New Year Eve.
Frits I did not stay up either, it still came. Hope family and dog time went well.
Billy thanks
Jim sorry shingles shot was that hard on you.
Dennis sorry about missing end of game and ball drop. I was asleep before both. Nice Kitty pic
Thomas thanks
Dennis thanks
Thomas hope you plan worked.
Scotty sorry about the flood, not a good way to start 2023.
Frits love old tool pics
Buppies good to hear wife has good upgrade to wardrobe. prayers sent
Ron thanks
Don enjoy your time off. how did winter garden fair after last cold spell? Thanks for the encouragement, took the day off
Kilroy that is a lot of eggs.
Ken glad New Year Eve was fun. Nice pics
Ted sorry about the New Year entertainment or rather the the lack of it. Hope you enjoy the day off.
James Glad you got good sleep last night. Sorry all snow melted. Hope you got TV out of snow. Sorry about Covid, glad so far so good with taste. nice pics
Ted interesting pic
David sorry about pig break in
Frits nice pics
Paul I got some herb infused olive oil to try. Impressive oven performance. neat pics
RS dinner looks good
Thomas glad you got slow mo day. Naps are good
Randy(wag) hope the un-deck was successful.
Ted good to hear pie and lasagna both good. Hope protective custody was successful.
Dennis good to hear good worship this morning, and good to hear son almost home safely.
David nice pics, happy birthday to the not so little fur ball.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, 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, Phil /reflux, /wife's fall and recovery, 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, /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.

 

[sodamo]

Congrats on all those miles, Mostly
Well done.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp 30 and the high to 30°F. Wind W 7 mph. Light rain. The one thing I hate about winter...Freezing rain. Hopefully we don't get much of it.

Years ago when I had chickens, I had a two circuit power wire running under the driveway about 2" in PVC conduit. I think it was 8/3 wire (nothing like overkill), it replaced what the previous owner of this place had [14/2 in a copper pipe]. The wire ran from the breaker panel to a junction box under the eaves, then down the log wall and was direct burried under the lawn and across a permanently wet swale and through the copper pipe. Is there any wonder his electric bill was $1,000.oo every three months? Well, I hooked it with the back blade yesterday and uprooted it. [The two breakers to the hen house have been shut off for about 5 years or so.] No big deal there, but now I need to get the rest of the wire out of the driveway and that is the job for today IF it doesn't rain too hard. I think a hacksaw will make quick work of the whole thing. The driveway is all cleaned up though, so there is that.
The worst of it was up by the house. Now the snow/slush is down to the ice. Some ashes will take care of that.

I never had a potato cannon, my Dad wouldn't allow that. I had a Lee-Enfield .303 instead. Mother hated it and firearms in general so she made Dad promise to NEVER teach me about it. Dad was an armourer and an instructor in the R.C.A.F. during the war.

The foreman (21 years younger than me) I haul to up north had a potato canon and powered it with a mixture of acetylene and oxygen from his torches on the service truck. That lasted until the day it exploded in his hand and drove a piece of PVC pipe into the fatty part of his thumb.
I told him it wasn't a very bright idea, but you know how kids are.

You guys have a safe day

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee just finished brewing. 37° with fog this morning. Heading to 45° with cloudy skies. Good relaxing day yesterday. Back to doing shop projects today.
Caught a break in clouds yesterday evening. If we get some clear skies. January Wolf full Moon will be Friday night.

I like all the New Year comments. May all wishes come true.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[KilroyJC]

This little fur ball is 6 yo today

First ride home with Mom
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And a family
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Comfy place on Mom’s shoes. Guess he decided to stay
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And today I celebrate
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Awwwwwww