Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

25 going to 50. Perfect winter day to end the year.

Happy Birthday, Wag! and New Year, too!

Nice tractor and bush hog, DF! You must have a good boy this year.

Ken, The National looks like a real nice place. Glad to see historic buildings restored, too. Maybe your son can play at the Rathskeller.

Ron, nice squirrel tail (tale). Terrible looking explosion...sorry about those folks. Some house explosions are caused by gas leaks or meth labs.

Worked on firewood some more yesterday...moved 10 wheelbarrow loads rather than use the tractor. Sill have about half a pallet left to split and stack before heading back into the woods once it is drier or frozen.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).

21.9F going to low 50s, sunny day forecasted.

Good News! I have calculated that I have enough cash on hand to live comfortably for the rest of the year!!!


Church in a little bit, then preparatory cooking for tomorrow. Last trip up the mountain for the dogs this year, once it gets to the day-high temperatures—- it was nasty raw yesterday so that trip didn’t happen.

Now coffe and catchup on GM.

I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

 

[KilroyJC]

Good morning! Started off this morning with a heavy frost and 28˚F but with clear skies and Southerly wind we will be in the mid 60s this afternoon.

Rip sorry for the loss of your Dad, may he Rest In Peace.

In PT BOI is preparing me for participation with my wife in pickle ball, he has me working out on the Agility Ladder like this but only about 5 of the 20 drills. But he has me do 8 reps X 3 sets.

The day after PT is my recovery day.

My Brother who has been very persistent on getting each new covid vaccine as it come out has covid now. I gave up on the vaccines in the spring when I got covid.

H&F cards last night with the neighbor and the wives were very victorious, 4/1.

There is a statement that starts with “What Do you mean that…” which,if I finished. Would get me put in TBN Timeout…

 

[KilroyJC]

Good evening all. 31ºF for the start, clear sky, light breeze. light wind, clear sky, and high temp was 63ºF. Bike ride to stat day, 58 mile for me, slow to meet up with the group. Nap after lunch. After dinner watch Guardians of the Galaxy II and the Dallas game, wild finish, got away with poor clock management.
Friday 5:30 AM CST:
Kilroy Hope shopping for hunting gear was fun.
Kilroy interesting link.
Bill sorry for ice around the house, ashes would have helped. I'd rant too if I had that situation
Scott(vt) hope you got your snow.
Frits glad wife like the coffee, you will get your coffee you like Hope you figure out how to post the correct link.
Dennis glad it is working for you.
Ken glad good dinner Friday night. Sorry about coffee maker. Hope the light project works out.
RNG hope you have a good weekend and safe trip back to Yankee Hill. Sorry to hear about your friend and tinnitus. Sorry HD trip.
Drew hope raking went well.
David hope trip to Hilo went well.
Gstrom looks like Texas weather
Frits Glad good trip, and firewood stash replenished. Hope the kids are moving out.
David good luck with finding the right balance on the pump.
NHBX hope you got the tools put away and shop cleaned up.
Scott(vt) interesting option.
Randy(wag) glad you had help and laundry hoist in place.
Kyle glad you got wheel off and onto the trannie work.
Saturday 3:44 AM posts:
Ron glad you found leak and easy fix. Hope you enjoyed your day. Nice pic
Billy glad rain stopped. Hope you got your wood stash replenished. I flunked Rorschach test
Mike very sorry to learn of your dad. My sincere condolences. Hope you day was OK.
Thomas hope good day and nothing pending.
Kilroy glad good shopping trip for hunting gear. My last trip to Buc-ees included a fill-up for 2.399/gal unleaded. Hope today went as well.
Frits sorry about landline. nice pic
Bill hope dusting was nice.
Scott(vt) hope you got your puttering in today and some snow. nice pic
Buppies sorry no snow. Have fun with Ron's weather forecast. prayers sent.
Drew nice of you to sell the tV cheap and help them.
Paul sounds like you are enjoying having the plane back. Don't remember you mention the tail light strobe. Hope you were not exiled for too long.
Scotty hope rock removal went as good as dragging the driveway. Plasma cutter, oh boy toy, er, tool!
Kyle as far as I know cat was replaced. 34K on the truck. Misfires a few months ago did not help cats. Antihistamines did end up working last night, may get some nasal spray next town trip. Is that the Impala?
Don interesting agility ladder. Sorry brother has covid, does he have other health risks? Sorry about H&F same luck as David
Drew glad you thought to put new batteries in remote. Sorry about power not to the speakers .
Dennis sorry about wife having heart issues.
Dennis hope you enjoy the piddling.
Ted good luck with Jeep, hope you can fix the trannie line, and no slipping after refill.
Morec catch up tomorrow.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Mark /sister liver transplant and recovery, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, and Country.

Shopping was fun, Mrs now understands why I didn’t want to go the weekend BEFORE Christmas

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Happy New Year’s Eve!

 

[Thomas]

Santa delivered an Brand new Massey Ferguson 1825E with quick attach bucket loader, woods rotary cutter and a box blade


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Now that's what I say being on Santa super nice list...congrats enjoy.

 

[Thomas]

Wishing you many many more trips around the sun Wagtail.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Guys,
Vt, 24 to start going to 31 ! Still have not seen the sun Ron !

Ted, yes that is walnut ! Way too expensive, so when I was in the shop yesterday and the sleeve on my old coat grabbed my crosscut fence and I screwed up one of the motices on one leg, I’m glad no one was in ear shot of me ! After much thought, I came up with a fix by widening the mortise and gluing in a filler piece, which will not be seen after assembly! I’m sure I will screw something else up before this project is done !

Wagtail, Happy Birthday!

Dftodd, wow talk about a Great Christmas!! Very nice, hope for many years of enjoyment with your new tractor ! I’m jealous!!

Mountain peaks look frosty this morning !

Hope all have a blessed and safe day !

 

[Thomas]

30F snow fakes dancing in air low 40's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.

Plans for today...soon head north bear rehab center with goodies,check game cams,later on watch some football going to be slow motion day.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Dftodd]

Good morning on this last day of the year!

All the beautiful snow has melted but now thaw ended and the cold is fast approaching.
It looks like it will be hoarfrost. -15 C = 5 F. With now snow that can be rather destructive. We will see

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No big plans for today. The older daughters will be away in the company of their friends. We with the little ones will be at home
For the evening we have tradition - will do metallurgy - we will melt tin and cast fortunes
Other than that - nothing special
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We have that saying (I will try to translate literally) : relatives are like fish, they both start to smell on the third day


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I don't know man...
As we all know Santa brings best presents only for those who behave good.
You must have lived all this year veryveryvery boring way to get so beautiful toy

I just had to talk missus clause into it

 

[Popgadget]

Michigan house destroyed in fatal Whitmore Lake explosion, authorities investigating

Police are investigating a deadly house explosion in Whitmore Lake, Michigan.

www.foxnews.com

This happened about 9 miles southwest of me. What could cause an explosion that would destroy a home to nothing but debris?

There was a propane tank…..

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
39° with a high of 41 under a mostly cloudy sky.
No rain for today, maybe late tonight.

Yesterday started with Zoe in the shop, a friend came by with some 1/2” x 4” arms from his bush hog that magically bent. They were straight when he lent it out, but he noticed they were bent some time after he got it back. No mention from the borrower.
At any rate, the 50 ton press made short work out of straightening them. I got some other tasks accomplished, some cleanup and organizing, I have to make some workspace in the wood shop, as I have speakers to build. I have a nearly endless list of waiting customers, when I have the time and material, I will take some orders, and I figure it’s about time to build a few.

Had fun with son flying RC float plane on the pond-

Finished the day with a small job at the restaurant, had a nice dinner of ribeye and steamed fresh greenbeans when I was done.

Not sure what today will bring, I might plasma cut some pieces of 3/4 steel for press blocks, or at least square up the ones I used yesterday.

Son was asking about flying somewhere for lunch, which would be fun.
We used to fly together all the time when he was young, I originally bought the little plane to teach him to fly. But we haven’t done much of it in the last 15 years, but we are doing more of it now, as it’s fun to get back to it.

Besides it waaay to wet to do anything outside, but I still haven’t put in the driveway markers. The tractor is backed into the shop, but the snow blade isn’t on it, and as wet as it is, I’d make a mess swapping the bucket for it now.

 

[sodamo]

63°F and no rain. Yesterday stayed cloudy and misty at times. Today’s forecast actually calls for some sun.

Got the spare refrigerator installed in the garage. Relocated from the cottage which is getting all new appliances as part of the remodel.

Got some end of year stuff done on the computer.

Enjoyed the Detroit Dallas game more than expected. Likely watch more football today.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 42 going to 44 and cloudy.
Finally got most of the ornamental grasses cut and dumped out back.

Son off to GF for New Years, us to a local restaurant for dinner.

Did take dog for a walk at peddlars village, did not spend too much time, too crowded.

Happy birthday Wagtail!

Nice tractor DFTodd - congrats

Off to bring up more firewood to the house.
Son hit a rock on the side of the road, Tire seems to have survived but will need to keep an eye on it.

Be well,
Now you see it,

Now you don't

Gorilla cart works just fine for this. 5+ full loads to do the larger grass clumps.

Still a few smaller ones to be done and need to trim our the crape myrtles.

 

[daugen]

I thought of Thomas when i saw this, over 3 million hits.

lot of bucks

there was a time when I counted 31 deer in the front field of the family farm here.
Farmers could not plant corn profitably. Even with no rent charged, local farmers would not plant in our fields.
So we had to do hay or mow. Many times i mowed that field with an ancient Bushhog and a JD B.
pucka pucka pucka round and round and round. 31 acres of fields in 116 total. We would have much rather had corn or a crop there.
We weren't farmers, but my father and grandfather wanted a farm, not an estate. You grew food.
wound up all we could grow was low grade hay for mushroom hay, carted off to Kennett PA
All because the deer wrecked the crops. So my father became quite a gardener, Rodale from early on, mulch and organics,
it's where I got my interest, and we sure
fenced those gardens.

the deer were just too much competition, as far as they were concerned, we were on their habitat and were the rodents.

I suppose if the community wants to feed them daily and install a large flashing light on each one
so I won't hit them at night, well ok. They are pretty animals.
just not very bright

ask anyone who has gotten Lyme's disease how much they like deer. Including permanent neurological damage.

if they can dip sheep, maybe we can start dipping our deer.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Michigan house destroyed in fatal Whitmore Lake explosion, authorities investigating

Police are investigating a deadly house explosion in Whitmore Lake, Michigan.

www.foxnews.com

This happened about 9 miles southwest of me. What could cause an explosion that would destroy a home to nothing but debris?

Almost always some explosive gas.

Happy birthday Wagtail!

Church today first, then Mickey Dee's for lunch. Wifey is tired of cooking.

Hope to get son shredding today

Nice shiny new tractor DF, I hope it lasts you a long time.

Happy New Years all!!!

 

[LouNY]

I thought of Thomas when i saw this, over 3 million hits.

lot of bucks

there was a time when I counted 31 deer in the front field of the family farm here.
Farmers could not plant corn profitably. Even with no rent charged, local farmers would not plant in our fields.
So we had to do hay or mow. Many times i mowed that field with an ancient Bushhog and a JD B.
pucka pucka pucka round and round and round. 31 acres of fields in 116 total. We would have much rather had corn or a crop there.
We weren't farmers, but my father and grandfather wanted a farm, not an estate. You grew food.
wound up all we could grow was low grade hay for mushroom hay, carted off to Kennett PA
All because the deer wrecked the crops. So my father became quite a gardener, Rodale from early on, mulch and organics,
it's where I got my interest, and we sure
fenced those gardens.

the deer were just too much competition, as far as they were concerned, we were on their habitat and were the rodents.

I suppose if the community wants to feed them daily and install a large flashing light on each one
so I won't hit them at night, well ok. They are pretty animals.
just not very bright

ask anyone who has gotten Lyme's disease how much they like deer. Including permanent neurological damage.

if they can dip sheep, maybe we can start dipping our deer.

I watched that video and then saw the dumb sob feeding those damned things.
In many locations it is illegal to feed deer, there have been people ticketed and fined for doing so, but not enough.
That many animals gathered that densely and at such a high population density is an invitation to disease. Not to mention the damage to vegetation and vehicles.

 

[kenmbz]

Happy New Years!

 

[txdon]

ask anyone who has gotten Lyme's disease how much they like deer. Including permanent neurological damage.

if they can dip sheep, maybe we can start dipping our deer.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chronic wasting disease is "a prion disease that affects deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer and moose" and has been found in Norway and South Korea as well as the U.S. and Canada. Signs of CWD in animals include lethargic behavior and dramatic weight loss, and testing has indicated primates can contract it by eating tainted meat, according to the CDC, raising concern that humans could, too.

Wasting disease has not been transmitted to humans yet. I was wondering which "primates they used in the experiments, probably monkeys.

https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-02-25/chronic-wasting-disease-risk-very-high-of-transmission-to-humans

 

[Thomas]

27F cloudy.

Good morning at bear center afternoon tempted take tractor chainsaw to side field for tree clean up,after walking around decided ground was to soft which would cause lot of extra work...been numbing it all afternoon.
Plans for the evening I doubt very much I greet New Years baby.

All enjoy your evening.