Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

There's a simple one on the New York Times website

Thanks for posting that, Newbury, I think? Looks like the new tax plan'll save me a whopping twenty bux. Confirms my suspicions that the middle class will still end up carrying most of the tax burden in this country.

 

[toppop52]

Thanks for posting that, Newbury, I think? Looks like the new tax plan'll save me a whopping twenty bux. Confirms my suspicions that the middle class will still end up carrying most of the tax burden in this country.

You must make a heck of a lot more than me, according to the calculation I’ll save $1460, and I surely consider myself middle income. But it is likely that the middle class will pay more in totality, because in totality, we are by far the largest income earners.

 

[RoyJackson]

Here's a neat way to make Christmas music shooting at targets. Roy, maybe you can play a few songs.

They sell this Black Rifle Coffee (very black and strong) at the sporting goods/gun store in Ashland (Green Top).

Christmas Songs on Steel with Black Rifle Coffee Company - YouTube

****...I would, but
1) I'm not that good a shot
2) I'm tone deaf

Neat video though...thanks for posting!

 

[DABSGT]

OK, somebody tell this dummy how you get a photo from your cell phone to here. I can make a photo with my cell phone but never learned how to send it anywhere.

Bird I just email the photo to myself then when I open it on my computer save to my photos then when on TBN attach it to the post

Sent from my iPad using TractorByNet

 

[buckeyefarmer]

33° and dark out on the first night of winter.
Cats are snuggling up with me on the couch.
Pray all is well with riptides.

 

[txdon]

Thanks for posting that, Newbury, I think? Looks like the new tax plan'll save me a whopping twenty bux. Confirms my suspicions that the middle class will still end up carrying most of the tax burden in this country.

RNG try this one see how it compares. I came up with a result that was $1,000 better than the NYT calculator.
Tax Plan Calculator by Maxim Lott

 

[txdon]

Our local weekly newspaper reports the County Sheriff's report. Things are really getting exciting around here. On December 17 Cpl Rudolph was dispatch to FM1624 a resident accidentally locked her keys inside her vehicle.
But wait,
it does not end there, later that day Cpl Rudolph was dispatched to the same residence because the same lady accidentally locked her keys inside her vehicle AGAIN.

Oh, the excitement is too much - someone hold my beer while I take a nap. :laughing:

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

About 4 yesterday and 10 today. I don't know how they do the long stuff. I know they had a serious team assembled here. Our visits prior have been like small symposiums. Lots of knowledge being shared. Both of us are early 50's she just wore out in the lower spine and had some serious disk movement and stenosis. That led to hip issues.
We really appreciate the prayers. I pass them along and I know they help.
I caught a Xmas picture in front of a nice tree with her this AM. It reminded me of our travels together in simpler times.
Merry Christmas all. Goodnight.

35 outside this AM. Here in NYC. I must say my secret room has quite a view. I think I am looking at the Harlem River. This place sits on a big cliff and has a nice park across the street. I get to watch trains roll by on the other side of the bank. Wife is sleeping pretty deeply now for the last hour or so. I found a cup and got another round courtesy of Kerig. Hope all have a great day.

Thanks for sharing. Prayers for comfort, rest, and healing.


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New word in our household vocabulary.

Misophonia.

Pretty sure we've diagnosed our middle daughter again. Almost every symptom gets a check from our perspective. We were watching a "Longmire" episode from the new season and he went to question a prisoner in jail. The prisoner kept getting irate at smallish sounds and told them he had Misophonia. He said something like "check it out, it's a real condition".

Our daughter has trigger sounds that literally drive her nuts. The situation is getting worse rather than better. Not knowing what was going on, we had prayed that time and desensitizing would smooth things over. Not so yet. We will have to look into what the treatment centers offer. She hates to wear headphones already, thinking that someone might be saying her trigger words.

Farmer2009, I learned something more about autistic people yesterday that I wish I had known years ago. When an autistic person goes into meltdown mode, if you are causing it by confronting them for whatever reasons, you have to back off and learn when to back off before "mental scarring" occurs. The scarring can be almost impossible to overcome if you go too far with punishment, or trying to train them to do something and they melt down. You can show or tell them things kind of quickly, and then back off, giving them the space and time to contemplate or digest what you have told them.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 48F this morning, clear, calm wind. Wind stayed light to moderate, started to cloud up about 4PM, and high temp was 73F. Tomorrow won't be so nice . Went for bike ride this morning, passed the 6k mark for the year. Also filled the wood carrier for tomorrow and started prepping for Saturday's trip.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good evening all. 48F this morning, clear, calm wind. Wind stayed light to moderate, started to cloud up about 4PM, and high temp was 73F. Tomorrow won't be so nice . Went for bike ride this morning, passed the 6k mark for the year. Also filled the wood carrier for tomorrow and started prepping for Saturday's trip.

I forgot to complement you on your 6000 miles. That is awesome. If you love it, keep doing it. When I was 15, I could leg pump 750# on a leg press machine in the high school gym. I rode my bicycle EVERYWHERE except out of town.

I'll bet you are the epitome of good shape.