Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 50F @ 4:00AM in Yankee Hill. A mix of clouds and sun early followed by cloudy skies this afternoon. High 66F. Winds light and variable.

Sorry about your detour, Drew. GPS is a two edged sword: really nice when it works, a hot mess when it doesn't. I've had much better luck with Google Maps than with stand alone Garmin units, as road closure information is much more up to date. On the previous trip we saw a road closed sign coming out of Boulder Creek, pulled over, and saw where it was on Google Maps. Ended up turning around right there, a much better spot than at the closure itself, and saving a good bit of time.

Smooth return trip yesterday, except when it wasn't. I5 is in terrible condition along several stretches, and just pounded the suspension on the van and trailer. I let my friend drive for a couple hours, and instead of using the smooth fast lane when he could, he just stayed in the torn up slow lane. Nice to get a break driving, but not if it means breaking everything else.

He was just awake hacking up a lung coughing, now he's snoring his head off. God love him, I'll be happy to get some peace and quiet after he heads home this morning.

Still no word from the trailer people on a final bill; I'm in no hurry to get one.

Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!

 

[Popgadget]

Good morning
44 and overcast going to low 60’s and partly cloudy.

Yesterday kept me busy, did some cleanup and paperwork, went to airport and moved my dead friends plane to a different hangar for the buyers, so his hangar can be cleaned out. I wanted to buy a bead blast cabinet from his widow, but she won’t take my money, not sure what I should do.
Got all the pastures mowed, created a repair job for my self when I caught a gate with the tractor. At least the tractor is unscathed. Moved some hay to the barn, as much as I felt like, but not as much as I should have.
Uneventful airport authority meeting, I went in person, rather than zoom for a change.

Today will be off to Palm Beach, hopefully back home by mid afternoon in time to move some more hay from the shed to the barn. And get the trash and recycling to the street.

I am a proponent of consumption taxes rather than income taxes. Encourages people to save and be prosperous, generally applied more equitable without deductions and loopholes.

Here in PA, I pay Federal and state income taxes, local earned income tax, local and county real estate taxes, and school tax. And of course taxes on fuel, electricity, internet, etc.

While it is easy to blame the schools for the failure of the parents to properly raise their children and instill admirable values in them, I don’t think that they actually have the ability to make up for the parents failure, regardless of policies.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I hope to meet up with Buppies later on today. He is nice enough to drive down here to the campground and we hopefully will go to an early dinner at Carl's restaurant in Penhook.

thoroughly enjoying my blueberry muffin baked by Mrs Buckeye

hope for better trip today.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Since they took paddling out of the schools. Some kids just don't participate. Schools should not suffer, when they are told they can't discipline. My son says many of the minorities just don't care. They don't turn in work, they think it's a big system coming down on them because they are minorities, and so they don't have to participate. Not all, but many. You just can't blame the teachers for these, and they have dumbed down to some degree. Yes, my son takes the accelerated classes but the regular classes are just full of kids who don't care. They can't easily push these troublemakers out either. Unless they break the law, and then the laws are lax and they are back in school. Case in point was the punk who threatened my daughter and wife a year and a half ago. He barely got a slap on the wrist, and I'm not sure if he missed a day of school. He should have gotten a court case.

Google top 10 rap songs lyrics and read them.

Last night I told someone the same thing. Bring back discipline in schools. Bring back basic teaching of math, science, reading and writing. Get rid of troublemakers. Unfortunately there are way too many disruptive students, and too many teachers with weird ideas. The answer isn’t to build new building after new building. Take care of and maintain the old buildings.
We, as a nation, have lost our way.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

While it is easy to blame the schools for the failure of the parents to properly raise their children and instill admirable values in them, I don’t think that they actually have the ability to make up for the parents failure, regardless of policies.

Important point. The ones that won’t try and saying the system is against them are just following what they have been told. The underlying cause is broken homes, no family support structure.

Hope your trip goes well and fence isn’t too damaged.

 

[Looking4new]

Ate off the mantle many times. A blistered backside never really hurt me. That is the way I was brought up.
Spare the rod, spoil the child.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I looked out the window and we were getting a lot of snow, a blizzard. Then I woke up.
But I did have that dream.
I taught class at church last night, it went well.
Today will be get ready for a trip, son will hold down the fort at home. Will follow Drew down I81, but he has a head start and we not going as far down today. Since the road thru harpers ferry has been closed for months, I usually go I70 to I81. But, I might try the route via the detour that Drew missed. I know the detour road but haven’t been on it for years. Drew showed me his planned route to get off at Brunswick before reaching the detour, and head south on 287 to VA Rt7, but he missed the exit. Easy to do when you don’t know the area. Even that route gets confusing with 3 or 4 traffic circles.

 

[Buppies]

Nice day to drive BEF

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 42 going up to 65.
More resting after work, not getting much done around the house, bad night again.

Neighbor who put house up for sale last week has a pending sign out, he asked double what we paid for our house. Same house size and land. Crazy market.
So many less trees.

 

[Buppies]

Home prices are nuts way too expensive