Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

29 high of 54 dry till Friday only showers then. Lots of storms out west patter will switch soon move to eastern half of country. This will happen as far as precipitation and types have to get closer. The hype masters are at it again Armageddon

Continued prayers for m7040 family, wngsprd wife and MIL, plowhog, all others I missed

Never got them mostly

 

[Helogabals]

GD played in a HS play yesterday together with her friend. Her friend killed herself yesterday after the performance,
She is devastated
She was very popular
Howard county school system is pretty good so there should be counseling available
She is with some of her class mates supporting each other and with us and kids providing support

sorry to read this


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Lot of snow today, but T is above freezing
Forecast says T will go down soon and remain negative (C) for a week, so I am fighting snow. Till now I am winning

Lazy weekend, or speaking TBN language - energy conserving
Watched mini-series on Netfilix - Griselda. Another story about great Colombian entrepreneurs
Cant stop thinking - what drives those guys ? That Griselda had few nice opportunities to step out of that spiral with lot of cash. But choose to stay and play the game. Is there a [silly] hope they can win that game ? Or just greed ?
Please get me right, I don't feel sorry for them, they got what deserved. just curious.

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Tesla's heater is kaput. Mine is preFL, with resistive heater (PTC). Now I am driving around like one of those morons who literally try to conserve energy at cost of comfort. Foggy windows etc. But yeah, consumption e.mpg is low
Service promised to take in car already at Wednesday.
Estimation - 1k

That's about it. Take care

 

[Buppies]

Hello sorry about car snow equals good right

Found reruns of Combat, rat patrol Hawaii Five-o I’m in heaven from my youth

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s 33 with a high of 45 forecast and a brilliant, cloudless sky.

Yesterday was used up with the trip and all day wait in Ogdensburg. We considered crossing the St Lawrence into Canada, but unless we went to Ottawa there wasn’t any real difference from the US side of the river.
So we drove around and checked out the neighborhood, which is largely in a state of decline. Browsed a Harbor Freight and a Tractor Supply, but nothing came home with us.

The highlight was when the airport workers took us for a tour of their snow removal equipment.

That truck has rear wheel steering and a mid mounted blade that comes down as well. The blade is 22 feet wide, and they tow the Cat powered broom behind it. The broom has a huge blower as well.

Other than that it was a pretty unremarkable day.

Tomorrow, I actually have to take my suitcase out of the house. Going to Jacksonville, spending the night, then going to Mansfield, OH where we will have to wait for a few hours and then head home.

So today, I’ll have to make sure my bag is packed before I get sidetracked. I have to replace the metal deck on the rear of the Progressive mower, I have a piece of stainless all cut out, but it’s just too wet to pull the mower around to the shop to remove the rear deck. I should have done it while the ground was frozen. Hopefully I’ll get another chance, or it will dry out before spring.

 

[wngsprd]

Was 26 when out feeding birds...working its way up to 53. Had a deer walk up close the window I'm sitting by a few minutes ago...rare for here...most local deer are very shy due to dogs and hunting.

Had a pretty productive day so far.

1st crocus of the year opened yesterday...a few days earlier than last year.

 

[gstrom99]

I have a 1995 ATV that I bought (not running) about 20 years ago, when I lived in Illinois. I fixed it up and it still ran fine (after I got here 3 years ago). I'm gonna see if it still does. The grandson has a dirtbike, which I can follow around. There are some good offroad "parks" around, but Iowa requires registration/title etc... before they allow you to ride it anywhere off your own place. I still (somehow) have the old bill of sale, but nothing else. There are needed prior owner info, forms, affidavits, photos, bonding to get the thing legal. Geez, they take legal ownership SERIOUSLY here. Might be more trouble than it's worth, for this. Maybe I'll just buy a new $13k+ UTV...

 

[Buppies]

That’s ridiculous gstrom99

 

[gstrom99]

That’s ridiculous gstrom99

Which part, the registration paperwork snafu or getting a $13k+ UTV?

 

[Buppies]

Paperwork

Personally I in the past used to buy and sell ATVs once a year and only lose $200 on one. That changed in 2000

 

[scootr]

Good Morning
We got some rain last night. Nothing like they did north of us...all the drain and gutter cleaning paid off. No flooding problems here. The 2 foot FP flue extension I put on 2 weeks ago has fixed the draft problems that plagued our zero clearance FP. Nice to keep a fire in the house on cold and rainy nights. More rain today and feet of snow in the local mountains, we need it.
Stay safe and enjoy