Good morning!!!!

[CWB Wyo]

It was 20° this morning and partly cloudy. It was mostly cloudy yesterday and it started snow in afternoon ended up with about 3 inches overnight. Today is going to be overcast with a 80% chance of snow later in the day. The high will be in the mid 30's with a light wind.

I'm about done with the tool box, it still looks bad but all the drawers work and top is in good shape and it has wheels now. One of the neighbors has a couple sets of ATV tire chins that we can make fit the side by side. They are heavier then the ones I've been using. Hope to get that done later to day.

LS... I will look for that switch, but I think I may have buried it the last time I moved snow. But I will keep looking.

Hope everyone has a nice day.
CWB.

 

[sodamo]

69°F and .16 inches rain.

$2700 of concrete stain and sealer ordered. Can hardly wait for that fun to start - power wash, stain, neutralize, seal.

Welcome Farman Joe

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Not a bad start this morning, low was only 42. Going to another balmy 55. Tonight a front moves in with high winds in front of it, temps dropping to the 20's. Early morning brings a chance of snow, rain, mixed precip. Looks like 3 days of that, temps slowly creeping downward to a high of only 30 on Sunday.

I had a great nights sleep last night. Took a bit at first to find that "sweet spot" position of comfort, but only woke up one time....WOOHOO! Not too much pain this morning...knee doing good. Haven't done any weight bearing yet, so the jury is still out. Fingers (and toes) still crossed hoping for a final resolve to this.

Saw a story on the news this morning about a small community up in arms over a Christmas light display in New Jersey. The town is going to charge the homeowner $3000 per night each time he turns on his display. They say it's to provide police security and traffic control. They are describing his display just shy of a 'public nuisance'.....really?

At least he's going to stand his ground....1st amendment right of freedom of speech. Also stating his choice of freedom of religion. Good for him! He said he'll pay the first few nights of the town's 'fee' out of his pocket, they started a go fund me page to help with the costs.

Worst part about this was the loss of a charitable contribution if they put a stop to it. The family started collecting donations for wounded service veterans over the past few years. 100% of the donations go to veterans. They had donated over $30,000 previously.

This family has been doing this display for the past 10 years and it was a local attraction. Someone new moved into the neighborhood and complained to the mayor. Maybe they can make a better donation to the community? Probably not....

I have one thing to say to that person... SIT DOWN, SHUT UP, AND SUCK IT UP FOR A FEW WEEKS! You'll be a better person if you do....

Ok, I'm done with my rant. Thank you.

 

[PJSprog]

33°F and partly cloudy this morning, going up to 54° today. Some rain expected this evening.

I was somewhat surprised to see gas here this morning at $2.26/gal. $20 actually filled my tank for the first time in awhile. I recently stumbled across an old Facebook post from several years ago where I was elated that gas prices had dropped back below $4/gal. The Jeep Liberty I had back then was costing me $100/week in gasoline just to get to and from work. I don't miss that.

Welcome to the Good Morning thread, FarmanJoe.

Wife called me yesterday evening on the way home from one of her dog trainings, and said to feed the fuzzy butts early so we could go pick up her car. I assumed she meant the Sorento that's in the shop. Nope. We went to Fairview Heights to the Kia dealer and picked up her new Niro. It's a 2018, the last one they had on the lot. It's the sport hybrid package, and has every bell and whistle with the sole exception of a sunroof. There is even a nifty app that the salesman loaded on her phone that will notify both her and their service department if the car's self-diagnostic detects a problem. She was all smiles when she got it home. Fits nicer in the garage, too, as compared to the much larger Sorento. Sitting next to my Soul, it's a little longer, but about the same height and width. The cargo area in the back is more rounded at the top, where the Soul is more squared. She said she didn't notice any transition in the engine until she was pulling into the garage and actually heard the engine shut off. If she hadn't heard it, she wouldn't have known it had switched over to electric. I'm still a bit skeptical of hybrids over the long term, but the fact that she averaged 51mpg on the drive home is pretty impressive (my Soul averages about 37mph).

 

[Looking4new]

The high today was 32F Wind WSW 7 gusting to 17 mph. 60% chance of flurries tonight.

The good old reliable Hydro went out at 4 A.M. and came back on at 11. I was at the garage for my yearly oil change at 8. No juice so no oil change, but I went to Sundridge for another purpose and when I got back I only dropped onto the garage for a quote, but ended up getting the oil change as the lights came back on just then.

Regular gas in South River, ON $1.099/L ($4.15/US gallon in CDN money). This is the lowest I have seen since last summer.

A trip to North Bay tomorrow. The monthly shopping trip.

Have a good day all

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all, was down in the 20's last night and going to 41 and mostly sunny today. Woke up with a bad head ache last night and was up from midnight to 6 am. doing fine now. Going to get wife's I Phone worked on, it acts like she never used her phone sence 2016.

RNG. I like the 8 ex, it is just like my 6 as far as how it works and the larger screen is very nice. It has some new fetures that I just ignored and don't rely know what they are. It is harder to fit in my pocket. I think I would be getting upset about not getting home. Prayers sent.

LS sounds good, prayers sent.

Have a great day, prayers sent. Ed

 

[hawkeye08]

Good morning all, we warmed up getting down to high 30s, low 40s at night, getting up to mid 40s, low 50s during the day.. Coffee tastes especially good this morning after rough night with back pain (muscle ache, some sharp pain, think I stressed it last weekend moving stuff in shop). Almost done with Christmas shopping, late on getting tree up this year (we have fake tree due to wife's allergies and usually put it up after we finish black friday shopping)..

 

[txdon]

RNG, saw this painting on the town square and thought of yours.

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Afternoon everyone!!!!

The now "typical" 4:00AM start to the morning, but at least there was nothing to shovel off the living room rug. Those 4:00AM walks walking around in the dark with a headlamp are eye openers. Actually I can see resident wildlife easier by headlamp. Like a lot of you I had a decent slip/fall on the ice that now necessitates wrapping my "good" knee and ankle prior to venturing outdoors. I have elastic knee and ankle braces on order; hopefully UPS will deliver them soon. My old knee and ankle braces were designed for wrong side. I walk my property paths daily; I have seen no bear tracks or scat for several weeks. I am not taking my bird feeders down at this point. I have no clue as to why the bears have not been more active in my area.

El Nino winters in theory should be wetter and "warmer" for the NE, but statistically at least for my area some of the greatest seasonal snow accumulations and individual storm snow levels have occurred during these El Nino Winters. It is a winter wonderland here at JaysterAcres, and there is green grass down in the CT River valley 24 miles away. I have a lot of tree damage from the recent wind and snow/ice storms. I plan to have a tree service take down all the trees near the driveway and house. This may happen sooner than later. We'll see.

I want to thank you for the "welcome backs." It's nice to be back here. I do not plan on expanding my "social" media world any time soon.

FarmanJoe- Welcome. Post freely and often.

Ted- It's nice to read that you finally got some restful and relatively pain free sleep last night. I hope the sleep pattern continues and you knee rehabs quickly with a fully functional knee. Thanks for the recipe.

Kyle- Brogen's rear jaw muscles have atrophied due to a rare canine autoimmune disorder. He can only open his mouth around a 1/2". He can barely grab a rice cake between his teeth.

Bruce- Thanks for the pumpkin suggestion. I/We have an oversupply of delicata squash from our garden. I need to see if this variety of squash works as well as pumpkin. Brogen is getting some squash tonight. It can't hurt. Again, thanks.

Drew- I agree with your post. It's so sad. I saw/experienced a lot of pain in my years working with the victims of violence/physical/sexual/emotional abuse. I have memories that I wish I could forget. The almost daily news reports of violence directed against the helpless does not help.

RNG- I too hope that you can return home and start reliving your life again. Thanks for sharing your experience and thoughts about this catastrophe.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers for all.

J

 

[FarmanJoe]

Thank you all for the warm welcome even from those with cold weather!