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At least your postman isn't stealing anything that can be easily fenced. We turned in a complaint online back just after Christmas on a stolen card worth $200. Still haven't heard a word from the post office. We have rec'd envelopes torn open (looking for cash), packages torn open looking for easily sold goods. I believe it's local...or possibly in the Austin unit that handles our mail prior to it getting here.
I think it’s one of those situations where 10% are doing 90% of the work and then another 10% are the bad apples causing trouble, stealing, etc.

Several, several years ago I had a major problem in a branch at the Austin PO which required the involvement of Postal Inspectors to resolve. I did get a good glimpse into the problems management was having with some individuals, who were employed solely because of preferential treatment and were quick to manipulate the system.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #166,022  
Good evening all. 45ºF for the start, .5 inch in rain gauge, raining. light breeze. light wind, rain heavy at times, and high temp was 51ºF. Men's meeting to start day, trip to town to get VFD bottles filled, lunch and groceries. Nap when got home, Stepdaughter joined us for dinner.
Buppies hope not too cold, prayers sent.
Ron hope hot tub removal was smooth and no issues. Thanks for link to article. neat pic.
Spike hope your guy's trucker gets his act together. Neat pic of F-35.
Drew hope neck is doing better today.
Kilroy hope you were able to get more wire up. Good luck fixing coffee machine. Hope shift fork replaced and cabbages do well for you.
Billy glad wife was able to do so well reconstructing grocery list. Sorry about the cool down.
Mike sorry you lost power glad you had generator to take up some of the slack. Hope you got more firewood ready.
NHBX hope hunt for new furniture goes well.
RNG hope you find drier weather. The magazine sure got mis-delivered.
Frits sorry turning off WiFi didn't help with dropped calls.
Ken glad you are feeling better. Nice buck
Bill hope start up meetings go well.
Phil impressive collection on mantle.
Frits hope you got somewhere with ATT.
Don that pic reminded my of the drives to Kerrville for the Easter Hill Country ride.
Gstrom what happens to the wood, doe the river get high enough for it to float over dam?
Drew the video is a hoot.
Ted glad less wind, sorry no precip. Glad your Costco trip went well. Nice you got more irrigation supplies. Hope you got last zone repaired and watered.
David hope you made progress on painting and maybe mowing.
Dennis nice pics and sorry about the kitties misbehaving.
Straight how late do you normally get snow? mice pic
Drew hope battery maintenance went well.
Paul that is one busy airport diagram. Happy birthday to Mrs popgadget. Glad you were able to do something for her birthday.
James I would settle for the back seat in an F-4 :)
Kyle cute.
Thomas glad short work day. sorry about boo boo during snow blow.
Drew hope dinner was good.
RS sorry about the hole omission in the wonderboard. Twice? Sorry road blocks on wood bench drawers. Router table drawers look good.Hope progress continues today.
Randy(wag) glad you found rattle. Glad yu can recycle the coop roof. Sorry about tree.
Kyle I thought MIC Alley had MIG 15s ;). Checl laptop for missing rubber feet and vents are clear when in use. Both my Toshiba and works Dell fans are very quiet, wife's dell you can hear if HVAC not running. Check battery to see if that is what is hot.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /loss of brother, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #166,024  
Randy(wag) glad you found rattle. Glad you can recycle the coop roof. Sorry about tree.
Yeah, there's not a lot anyone can do about that. I noticed that this particular tree was dying about 6 months ago... oh well, that's nature, eh?

A 5th of it is still alive but it's only a matter of time. At least I can plan for its takedown. These blackwoods are a unique type of tree. Sometimes, as in this case, there're several 'trunks' growing out of what would look like the common.
 
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Happy Birthday to Mrs PopG

33 high in 50s today rain snow Friday Sunday high in 30s

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country
 
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Moon is still bright tonight
 
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Moon is still bright tonight

Yup
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Yeah, there's not a lot anyone can do about that. I noticed that this particular tree was dying about 6 months ago... oh well, that's nature, eh?

A 5th of it is still alive but it's only a matter of time. At least I can plan for its takedown. These blackwoods are a unique type of tree. Sometimes, as in this case, there're several 'trunks' growing out of what would look like the common.
Have you thought of making pipe chanters out of them?
 
   / Good morning!!!! #166,029  
At least your postman isn't stealing anything that can be easily fenced. We turned in a complaint online back just after Christmas on a stolen card worth $200. Still haven't heard a word from the post office. We have rec'd envelopes torn open (looking for cash), packages torn open looking for easily sold goods. I believe it's local...or possibly in the Austin unit that handles our mail prior to it getting here.


Korean war term. You get the blue star!

Work, work, work, makes the day fly by. I need 48 hours in a day. I worry about what slips thru the cracks, not getting done.

Son's 2nd track meet tomorrow, daughter's tennis game tomorrow, would like to see both, can't be in 2 places at once. My boss said take off, and don't even consider reconciling with vacation.

Refurbished laptop sitrep: I upgraded it to Win11. It took a while. Then plenty of Win updates also installed. Next, Dell's website recommended I install an app that keeps it updated as far as Bios and drivers are concerned. That took a while. We only have about 14mg down internet. My son was complaining about it getting too warm. I need to make sure the fan is coming on when the temp is high. I can't actually feel it humming or hear it. But haven't checked now after all the updates. It was built in 2019.
Had to struggle with mom’s new laptop we got week before last, it wouldn’t let me install Brave or Thunderbird… until I found it had something called “S-Mode”. (I am a member of another website that is considerably more ”free-wheeling” than this one and can use the particular language that truly applies over there instead of here - use your imagination…) The Nice People at Morosoft really want to ensure they have access to all your data.. .

I converted my laptop to Linux (ubuntu) two years ago, and I am quite happy that I did.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #166,030  
Good morning, the low is 19 and going to a high of 28°F. Wind N 11 gusting to 30 mph. 30% chance of flurries.

Went to bed last night at ten and was wide awake at 01:00 hrs. I think I will go back to bed for a power nap, now.

Have a safe day all
 

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