Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

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Think the couple will nest near close enough to view daily? :thumbsup:

 

[freedomlives]

I have a friend with a 110V pump that I'm sure he will lend me, so I just need to find a way to feed it with a few amps. Another friend gave me a 2.8KW generator a year or two ago that I've done nothing with, apart from confirm that it doesn't work, so trying to get that running is the next bit of fun.

I thought the UK was on 230V?

 

[Bird]

Glad you are OK. I want a small tiller too.

I bought a Mantis direct from the company several years ago, and it was good. But with age, it had gotten a little contrary about starting, and the grease seal was leaking at the gear box. So I gave it to my grandson, who is a truck mechanic, and I bought a new one a year ago last month. This time I just bought from a local tractor and lawn equipment dealer. And another reason for buying it was that I'd had some surgery and this new one has their "fast start" system. You just pull the rope slowly and, of course, it's winding a spring that will let go and turn the engine. Very easy to start.

 

[toppop52]

A basketball seems like an awful big ball for a 6 year old. Do they use an age appropriate sized ball and lower basket?

Yes, they use youth size. And the basket is 8’ not 10.

 

[toppop52]

Mmmmm, I like Brazil nuts. Didn稚 know what they were as a kid as they had a different name, now politically incorrect.

Yes they did! :laughing:

 

[jbrumberg]

JerryBob- I am envious about the eagles. I hope that they breed successfully. They may be fish stealing "bully birds," but they are magnificent. We vacation at a lake in the Adirondacks that has a successfully fledged quite a few eaglets over the years. They did drive the ospreys away. There are a couple of lakes/ponds around here that have nesting eagles as well as along the CT. River.

Bird- 4 hour day of physical activity in the yard is pretty decent.

Don- I appreciate your research efforts on a plant based diet. The information that you have provided makes me think.

Drew- I hope that you have a boring uneventful drive back home.

A boring day here as I had hoped.

 

[LouNY]

Yes they did! :laughing:

Yep; ended in toe
Even now sometimes I have to stop and think what they are

 

[RoyJackson]

easy drive from VA up to Princeton NJ. Lot of tree damage here too.
...my heating blanket has warmed up the bed (my sister is a genuine tree hugger low house temper) but I see they raised the thermostat to 68 from 64 for me. Much appreciated. Off to dinner tonight with my next older brother and wife and my younger sister and husband. All good.
Now for a few chapters in my book.

Heck, Drew....64 is higher then we keep our thermostat. We're far from tree huggers (although there are a lot of pseudo-tree huggers in Vermont). We keep ours at 62 degrees. When we're not using the wood stove, we just put a sweater or sweat shirt.

 

[ronjhall]

Heck, Drew....64 is higher then we keep our thermostat. We're far from tree huggers (although there are a lot of pseudo-tree huggers in Vermont). We keep ours at 62 degrees. When we're not using the wood stove, we just put a sweater or sweat shirt.

As you age you will find it harder to live in that low temperature.

 

[newbury]

easy drive from VA up to Princeton NJ. Lot of tree damage here too.
I'm home alone as my sister and husband went to a funeral, and I have heated up my neck warmer, my
heating blanket has warmed up the bed (my sister is a genuine tree hugger low house temper) but I see they raised the thermostat to 68 from 64 for me. Much appreciated. <snip>

One of the selling points around here is energy usage.
Keeping the temp bills real low (cool in the winter, warm in the summer) can make a well insulated house appear super insulated.

<snip>But sheesh, 64F inside? I'd have to wear a stocking cap to keep my ears warm!:shocked:

Hope your return drive goes as smoothly.

I've been known to wear a cap when it's down in the mid 50's.

Heck, Drew....64 is higher then we keep our thermostat. We're far from tree huggers (although there are a lot of pseudo-tree huggers in Vermont). We keep ours at 62 degrees. When we're not using the wood stove, we just put a sweater or sweat shirt.

I like sitting around in my LL Bean flannel shirts in the winter.
The thermometer right above the mantel is showing a toasty 64F.