Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

14 year old Gray2 says he's a better mouser than any girl.

29˚F. the Ice just won't melt. My truck got hit by flying ice from an "outside" car going down the road. I was going in the opposite direction when the sheet of ice flew off his roof, over 3 lanes and hit the hood and grill of my pickup.
No damage but you Northern guys did not warn me of flying ice and frozen mailboxes. Any non-obvious other hazards to watch out for?

Gray2 is an anomaly.

The northern guys didn't warn me to put my firewood stack on the southeast side of my home. It's on the northwest side, and every time I open the door to get a load.....WHOOOOOOSH...comes the cold blast. RNG, please put your biggest fan outside and point it Northwest!!!

Watched some movies. Someone had mentioned The Final Countdown, I'll give it a 6.5, We just watched SALT, with Angelina Jolie as a russky spy. I'll give it an 8.

Any other movies I need to watch?

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

My wifey just gave me and the son haircuts yesterday. Saved us $40.

 

[txdon]

TXDon, when you are driving along the road and the mist off the tires in front of you seems to disappear, look for a dull shine on the pavement. That will be black ice. Just take your foot off the throttle and let it slow down gradually. Don't try to turn or stop, cause it ain't gonna happen.

Good info, thanks. I was getting gasoline and noticed ice on the ground, put one foot out and yes it was very hard and slippery, went to another pump on the south side. They have lower the predicted temperature for a fourth time for Nodic Tuesday - now it's predicted be -1˚F in central TX We are now at 48 hours below freezing.

No flag pole here Rick.

Ron, Whipper says there are hidden messages in "yellow snow" and must smell it a long time to figure it out.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Over 75 posts behind for today.

Snow still on the trees, not enough warmth to even drop the snow. Temp only changed 5° all day yesterday, and 6° today between low and high. We also set yrly low at 13° a couple nights ago.
But the roads were good today.

Long lines for gas at Costco after work, they are $2.21 while other nearby stations are $2.50s.

This weekends snow going south, we have weather advisory for tomorrow into Sunday.

Now to see what everyone else did.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

48 here in SC this morning and raining again. Supposed to do that for the whole weekend and most of next week. My big farmer friend that I've been horse trading with bought 4 new 8000 gallon fuel tanks. He had a really good looking 500 gallon tank left that he gave me. I got it setup yesterday and ordered fuel which was delivered. Filled that tank and topped my 200 off. 600 gallons. I should be good for a while.

Yes another Randy, Randy. I'm Randy F.

I got two 275g tanks sitting in my barn I would give to someone. I used them for heating oil.

 

[wngsprd]

Kyle, sorry to hear you caught it. Keep taking those D3s and zinc. I vote for watching The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

BEF, only changed 2 degrees here today. $2.21 is good. Prices really jumped here last few weeks.

Don, watch for walking under trees when the ice gets heavy (branches suddenly break off, especially in an area like yours that hasn't seen ice in many years) and when the ice starts to melt (big chucks fall fast).

 

[riptides]

Atomic Blonde.

Cold War Fall of Berlin Wall spy movie.

MUCH better than Salt or Red Sparrow.

Gray2 is an anomaly.

The northern guys didn't warn me to put my firewood stack on the southeast side of my home. It's on the northwest side, and every time I open the door to get a load.....WHOOOOOOSH...comes the cold blast. RNG, please put your biggest fan outside and point it Northwest!!!

Watched some movies. Someone had mentioned The Final Countdown, I'll give it a 6.5, We just watched SALT, with Angelina Jolie as a russky spy. I'll give it an 8.

Any other movies I need to watch?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My wife and I both have an appointment Monday morning with a new doctor that we think we want to be our "primary care" doctor in the future. But we haven't met him yet. However, with snow forecast for the weekend, and maybe even Monday, I'll probably change that appointment to a later date.

Speaking of Drs, I last saw my Dr in August. He does blood work on me every 3-4 months. He retired last Oct, he told me to call in oct to get appointment with new Dr. when I called, they weren’t taking any patients, even though I was an existing patient, till a new Dr started in Jan. Called in Jan , got appointment for next Monday. Except they called me yesterday to cancel. Today I called to reschedule, they can’t see me till April. Friggin ridiculous.

 

[riptides]

Same boat. Different oar. Been looking for a new primary for over a month. Most referrals from friends are not taking new patients.

Speaking of Drs, I last saw my Dr in August. He does blood work on me every 3-4 months. He retired last Oct, he told me to call in oct to get appointment with new Dr. when I called, they weren’t taking any patients, even though I was an existing patient, till a new Dr started in Jan. Called in Jan , got appointment for next Monday. Except they called me yesterday to cancel. Today I called to reschedule, they can’t see me till April. Friggin ridiculous.

 

[txdon]

Cold sure is pretty.