Good morning!!!!

Kyle_in_Tex · Jan 9, 2017

I will have to mow spring weeds.

So do I need to cut some more firewood?

hawkeye08 · Jan 9, 2017

26F this morning, about 3" more inches of snow after I ran the snowblower last night. Daughter left early this morning since there were reports of freezing rain around the area in addition to snow.

daugen · Jan 9, 2017

RNG, you need to go white water rafting on that river! Hang on...

Massey started in three seconds in 12 degrees. No heater. :thumbsup:
even if it is a Northern tractor...

txdon · Jan 9, 2017

Kyle_in_Tex said:
I will have to mow spring weeds.

So do I need to cut some more firewood?

Yes, If you have a wood fired boiler to power air conditioner/chiller.

RNG, I never got to drive through that redwood tree.

PJSprog · Jan 9, 2017

21°F and clear skies here this morning, going up to 41° today. Had 3° and 6° mornings over the weekend, and we're now expecting highs in the 50s and 60s for the rest of this week. :confused2: Then, we plunge back below freezing on Friday.

We ran into our first remodel snag on Friday; termites. Carpenter peeled back some flooring in the bathroom - which we knew was soft, but thought was from water damage - and found an active colony. Not good. We've been paying a service for about 10 years to provide treatment and bait traps. Wife was seriously hot about this, and is calling them this morning. I feel bad for whoever answers on that end.

Kyle_in_Tex · Jan 9, 2017

RNG, I hope those rains fill up everything they can.

Kyle_in_Tex · Jan 9, 2017

PJSprog said:
21°F and clear skies here this morning, going up to 41° today. Had 3° and 6° mornings over the weekend, and we're now expecting highs in the 50s and 60s for the rest of this week. :confused2: Then, we plunge back below freezing on Friday.

We ran into our first remodel snag on Friday; termites. Carpenter peeled back some flooring in the bathroom - which we knew was soft, but thought was from water damage - and found an active colony. Not good. We've been paying a service for about 10 years to provide treatment and bait traps. Wife was seriously hot about this, and is calling them this morning. I feel bad for whoever answers on that end.

Keep us posted on this. Wonder if they have some insurance to cover the inevitable?

toppop52 · Jan 9, 2017

But it was brutal. I still get a chuckle when someone thinks they live in the South and the State they live in starts with a North.

Now Don, I was born and raised in NC, we had Spanish moss, palm trees, big rattlers and coral snakes and most winters little to no snow. It wasn't the frozen tundra. Winter usually lasted about 6 weeks, and like you guys sometimes it got cold and snowy, and sometimes it was 100 and humid.

Now having said that, it was 2° at daybreak but it's up to 18° now. Thankfully mid 60's are due by Thursday.

daugen · Jan 9, 2017

and look how nicely this Northern tractor starts in the cold...
my first Youtube video
Massey Cold start - YouTube

RedNeckGeek · Jan 9, 2017

Kyle_in_Tex said:
RNG, I hope those rains fill up everything they can.

Well Kyle, just looking out the back window I can see the level in Lake Oroville is up by about 10' or so. And on the news the other night they interviewed someone on the state water board that said that they've increased releases from the dams to make room for what they said were going to be record inflows from the storm. This in an effort to avoid overtopping the dams, which apparently causes flooding below the dam sites. So avoiding flooding in the drainages appears to be a higher priority than filling up the reservoirs. And when actual rainfall doesn't measure up to the predictions, the reservoirs don't get filled. Classic case of dammed if you do, damned if you don't.:laughing:

RedNeckGeek · Jan 9, 2017

txdon said:
RNG, I never got to drive through that redwood tree.

Don't worry, Don, there are still several drive through trees out here still waiting for you. This page lists three of them, all on the northern coast. The one that blew over was a Sequoia in the Calaveras area of the Sierra Nevada foothills. There are probably others as well; Google is your friend...

sodamo · Jan 9, 2017

64°F and no rain since midnight.

No major plans, yet. Need to wake up first.

Be safe
Have a great day

300UGUY · Jan 9, 2017

PJSprog said:
21ｰF and clear skies here this morning, going up to 41ｰ today. Had 3ｰ and 6ｰ mornings over the weekend, and we're now expecting highs in the 50s and 60s for the rest of this week. :confused2: Then, we plunge back below freezing on Friday.

We ran into our first remodel snag on Friday; termites. Carpenter peeled back some flooring in the bathroom - which we knew was soft, but thought was from water damage - and found an active colony. Not good. We've been paying a service for about 10 years to provide treatment and bait traps. Wife was seriously hot about this, and is calling them this morning. I feel bad for whoever answers on that end.

My neighbor had a claim with Terminex. It took 2 years and court, got $5k, damage was closer to 15k. A lot of the guys doing this are scammers.

PJSprog · Jan 9, 2017

300UGUY said:
My neighbor had a claim with Terminex. It took 2 years and court, got $5k, damage was closer to 15k. A lot of the guys doing this are scammers.

That's who we've been using, too. I have no idea of the extent of the damage yet. They were supposed to be sending someone out today to look while the carpenter opens the rest of the floor. Guess I'll find out when I get home from work.

txdon · Jan 9, 2017

Kyle just came in to Lexington VFD - tractor roll over, person trapped, fm696. Heading back to the house in case they call us.

lostcreekranch · Jan 9, 2017

I want this guy's job.

See license plate. Why Michigan, I don't know, they're made in Bowling Green Kentucky.

farmer2009 · Jan 9, 2017

rlgustafson said:
I want this guy's job.

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See license plate. Why Michigan, I don't know, they're made in Bowling Green Kentucky.

That's funny. Always heard if you ordered one you could watch it be built. Don't know as I've never been to the museum much less the plant.

Both of my boys were born in Bowling Green. The closest Lowe's or HD is there. Also the closest mall and Harbor Freight. I'm in town a couple of times a month. Have to drive by the museum to sell cattle. But never stop.

Don hopefully you're not needed. Wife's uncle turned one over about 3 years ago. Took him over a year to get back to work.

mostly_gas · Jan 9, 2017

Good evening all. 34F and clear and clear this morning and moderate wind. Made it to 65F windy and clear. Made it to choir practice, bike ride ( was windy) and got Christmas lights down in front.

Buppies · Jan 10, 2017

Never made it above 27 today high 30s for Tuesday and 50s and 60s rest of week. Work is at standstill until snow is gone. Looks like mild weather here for two weeks or so

Blue Jays are eating up all my bird seed really at a loss how to stop them

Finish rest of driveway cleaning today then day as it comes