Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Good morning! A UK kind of morning at 43˚ - and we are not returning it. However we switch to Texas winter weather this afternoon with a sunny 65˚.

 

[Buppies]

Yes today is the day of the bombing of Pearl Harbor something we must not forget
38 this morning high of 54 later slight chance of rain

Thanks for letting me know about notifications from TBN thought it was just me

Got all leaves up execpt by heat pumps and pile in flower bed another day I guess but it does look nice and grass is really green

Went to hardware store for annual 25 percent off sale and bought four bags of bird seed fertilizer for grass around building and wind chimes. Long wait though cost me a hour and a half of no leaf blowing

Hope you feel better Toppop and nice to see you back

Starting to see lots of Christmas Lights one of my favorite times of the year

Rswyan you can come clean up my cabinets anytime you want and storage building too

 

[KevT]

56 now going to 75 and cloudy. Not sure what I am doing today, and may do nothing.

 

[wngsprd]

32 heading to 56, maybe a shower this afternoon.

Helped my wife do the Christmas decorating outside yesterday...lots of ladder work...looks good.

Also did our annual search of the property for a Christmas tree...getting harder each year to find a suitable one. Many of those I planted 20 years ago are too big, or rubbed badly by the deer. The more recently planted ones aren't big enough...so most years we cut a naturally (bird poop) planted one. Those always seem to grow the best. But having the same Goldilocks dilemma on those - this one too small...this one too big. Well, we have one picked out and will be happy with it once it's decorated...we always are.

Glad to hear from you, Toppop...get well soon.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 43° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 62° with mostly sunny skies (Truth or Consequences, NM.). Another day of travel today. Headed to NM. Lose another hour of time. Yesterday was another good day of travel.
txdon, did not see a blue golf cart at your dealer. Your brother had a good plan staying out of the skunk infested building.
Toppop, welcome back. Retirement can be a very stressful time. I came down with shingles. Did get over it soon. Life is good today.
Pearl Harbor, is in my thoughts for the day.
Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

46 degrees not going up much to 50, .8 rain starting shortly, sure not needed, still soft ground.
But gosh, here comes another 500 pounds of leaves. Wheeeeeee. No

Off to the liquor store to buy some hard booze for my party. I don't drink it so it will sit in a cabinet until someone does, but the nice thing is it doesn't go bad.
And since this is a drink like fishes smoke like chimneys area, that may not take too long... My mother was an alcoholic, just ruined her, and it has taken me many, many years before I could keep booze in the house. And since anyone that serves alcohol at a home party is at least partially responsible, per the plaintiff attorneys, for the health of one's guests getting home, it's a concern. No one wants to get hurt...

Well, only a two hour cocktail party, I mean how much could they drink? :drink::cool2:
Going to be fun, guest list now closed with seven children coming between the ages of 3 and 11. I have a special gingerale drink with Xanax in it I'm serving....for me too! Laid out the santa suit, looks like I should be able to do a fast change once the kids are all here. I joked with my lady friend, who knows we are not going to get romantic...that she finally will get to see me with my pants off and she really enjoyed that. I saw a little elf twinkle in her eye...

Off to Dollar General or Family Dollar or whatever, doesn't seem to matter...all the same stuff there, to get more pencils and stuff for each child's gift bag. I kidded my one friend whose son is the oldest, at 11, that Santa might drop some condoms in his son's bag. That got a great reaction, a lot of laughing and finger wagging.
Actually, nerf balls and the like going in that bag.

Toppop, glad you're retired, hope you got the free Viper, and glad to have you back.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Yes, remember Pearl Harbor.

And, have a great day all!

 

[daugen]

The day should be remembered all for itself, it needs no dilution,
but part of me wanted to put a pic of the burning remains of the Twin Towers
next to the burning remains of Pearl Harbor.
America burning, people dying.
And for what?
The dreams of crazy people.

But then if I had a family in Dresden or Tokyo, I might have felt the same.

Christmas thankfully reminds us of the importance of peaceful thinking. Seems to calm the world down.
Though maybe not in certain parts.
Pearl Harbor was still a pretty raw memorial event while I was growing up in the 50's. Lot of people around who had lived through it, including my Air Force father and my naval captain uncle. But as that generation has died off, and it's now their kids who remember, the event seems just like a day in the history books to many.

Well, never forget. We have seen man's inhumanity to man and we must reduce it.
We really aren't very civilized as a dominant species of this planet.
So Christmas is a good time to reflect on how we can do our own tiny little part.

sorry, off my soapbox it appears.
thankfully, like a good dog, we can always trust our tractor.
ho ho ho

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good evening. Am i the only one that hates the christmas car commercials, like lexas and mercedes?

Nope. But with a DVR, relief is just a few button pushes away.

I did the luxury car thing. Once. Quickly found out what a money pit one of those things is and got rid of it. But I guess some folks need one to prop up their egos. I'd rather have a nice tractor. Pays for itself every time I drive it. :laughing:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, glad to hear she's humming along. Guessing you'll have much more torque too.

Yes sir! Like a big rubber band stretched out in front. The more you screw the throttle on, the tighter it gets pulled. :thumbsup: