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Good Afternoon Guys, Ct,27 to start going to 45 ! Got a call to come into work for an emergency deliveries! Normally would just go in for Wednesday but with the snow storm coming they asked for a favor ! Wanted to finish turning the front legs, I only have two short tapers to turn on two...

Good Afternoon Guys, Buppies, with a name like Thomas, it must be hard to go with another brand ! ;) :D :cautious: Ted, I know the feeling well my friend !;)

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 34 to start going to 46 ! Sounds like clouds moving in later ! Event with the Grands went well, kids had a great time ! Don, beautiful addition to your top shelf, Phil nicely done as usual ! Actually did some turning work on the legs yesterday, and hope to wrap it up on...

Good Afternoon Guys , TBS, really interesting story on George Paul ! L4N, glad that tree didn’t crush something!! Your luck is on the right side of the fence ! 😉 LS, sounds like you dodged the bullet Ted ! Sometimes I dodge the bullet and sometimes not ! The thing that keeps me thinking safe...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 33 to start going to 58 ! Sunny and unseasonably warm. Wanted to get some lathe work done on the front rocker legs, but I have some type of function to go to with the grands and the family ! That starts at 2:30 at least I think we leave the house then , so maybe a...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 31 to start going to 50 ! Drew, sorry to hear about your almost fire ! Hey guys, nice deer pics today ! Working so back to work ! Pizza tonite ! 😁 Hope all have a good day ! 🙏

Good Evening Ted, Really sorry to hear about your BIL ! That kind of news is never easy to understand! 🙏

Good Morning Guys, Ft Lauderdale Airport ! Sitting in terminal waiting for boarding to start at 7:30 ! GM Dennis, we went to the Dole Plantation ! Did you take the train ride through the plantation? That was quite cool ! The ice cream was very good also ! Enjoy the rest of your stay ! Hope...

Good Afternoon Guys, Beautiful and sunny day but with plenty of wind ! Red flags on beach, so no swimming today either ! Thomas, unfortunately we have produced to many people dependent on government handouts ! Heck, even paying for college etc ! 😒 RS, it has to be 5 years since I installed a...

Good Morning Guys, Deerfield Beach, 55 to start going to 73 ! Nice sunny day but sounds like some wind coming in ! Yesterday the waves at the beach were huge ! Surfers were out and I enjoyed just watching them along with the big waves ! Some waves looked to be about 7 or 8 ft ! Plow hog, nice...

Good Afternoon, Sad day in the Country Music industry! He was one of the best, and was a huge advocate for our Troops and Service people abroad ! 🙏

Good Morning Guys, Deerfield Beach, 56 to start going to 68. Hope to see a little more of the sun today than yesterday! Down to our last two days, but it’s time to get back to reality! Dennis, beautiful pictures ! Sounds like it was a great happy hour and get together with David ! We enjoyed...

Good Morning Guys , Deerfield Beach, 59 to start going to 65 ! Some showers this morning, not one of our better days ! Actually yesterday turned out ok, the sun did come out later in the afternoon ! We leave here very early on Thursday morning. All in all we had pretty nice weather while here !

Good Evening Guys , Frits our prayers to your daughter ! Terrible story ! 🙏 Hope all have a blessed evening ! 🙏

Good Morning Guys, Deerfield Beach, 72 and cloudy going to 75 with chance of showers between 12 and 3 ! Need to make a run to Publix for a few groceries to get us to when we leave ! Maybe some reading, not much planned! Frits, hope you can get your flooding problem resolved ! Don, nice...

Good Evening PopG, Well we have done plenty of that the last few years ! Enjoy that special time together with them !

Good Afternoon Guys, Thanks Guys, I will pass on the BD wishes to Kathleen ! 😉😁

Good Morning Guys , 56 to start going to 75 ! Another sunny day but I think our weather is about to change ! Sounds like some showers coming in tomorrow and Monday ! Hopefully they are wrong ! Wngsprd, we are here until Thursday morning, so 15 days total ! It’s going by very quickly ! But...

Good Afternoon Paul, Hopefully meds will help Zoe ! 🙏 Good Afternoon Kyle, Will do buddy ! Plenty of things to see on the beach also ! Sunglasses are required around mein Frau ! 😉😂 Got about 10 seconds into that news girl video, the squats were too much for me ! 😂 Hope all have a great...

Good Morning Guys, Deerfield Beach, 56 to start going to 75 ! Partly sunny today ! Happy Birthday Kilroy ! Have a Great Day ! 🙏 Drew, are you talking about me or Scootr ? I do see some large ships going by out on the horizon! I can try and load that AP, to see what is going by here ! But I...

Good Evening Guys ! Ditto Helo ! Couple of pictures from tonite ! Kathleen and myself walking the area !

Good Afternoon Mike, Sorry to hear that Mike! I have done some slate and tile work, it’s not crazy difficult! Have you considered doing it yourself?

Good Morning Guys, Deerfield Beach, 56 to start going to 74 !Another sunny day ! We went out last night for happy hour, went to 3 different places, and just had some starters for dinner !😉 Mike,hoping your milk house guy starts soon for you ! 🙏 David, any chance one of your safety switches is...

Good Morning Lou, We have all LG appliances at our Vermont home ! Bought new about 10 years ago when we remodeled the kitchen ! To date we have had no problems with any of them, other than a broken shelf on the right refrigerator door, which I was able to get a replacement for !

Good Morning Ted, Just a few pics for you ! 😉

Good Morning Guys, Deerfield Beach, 54 to start going to 73 ! Another beautiful sunny day ! No plans yet, but I need to get some beach pictures for Ted ! 😉 I see it’s only 30 back home so I’m not complaining! Good Morning Mostly, dinner was good, we Ubered down to Pompano, had dinner and then...

Good Evening Ted, I Promise to do Better Tomorrow ! 😂😂

Good Evening Drew, I took my tractor to work one day years ago when I worked as a Modelmaker at Pitney Bowes ! 😂

Good Evening Guys , BEF sad story for sure, prayers for the boy ! Ted, very interesting ! I have always wondered about what happened to her ! Wondering if PopG has any opinions on that, since he is our resident flight expert ? Nice day on the beach, we were out there from 12 to about 4:30 ...

Good Morning Guys, Deerfield Beach, 53 going to 70 today ! Sun is out and it looks like a warmer day for us today ! Last year at this time we spent 2 weeks in Pompano, one town south of here ! We found a nice little Italian restaurant there called Rubys by the Sea ! We may try that tonite ...

Good Evening Don, Maybe fill it with expandable spray foam, file it smooth and repaint !

Good Evening Guys, Nice day in south Florida, but cool with a breeze ! We still managed to go for a long walk up into Bica Raton, saw some very expensive homes, and it didn’t take much for me to realize that I was a long long way from my house up in the mountains of East Wells, Vermont ! 😂 A...

Good Morning Guys, Deerfield Beach, 54 to start going to 65 ! Cold front hit us ! Looks like hoodie weather today ! Big change from 84 yesterday! 😳 David, the Wall that Heals, is very impressive ! We had it in Ct a couple of years ago ! I missed it the last time, but hope to get there the next...

Good Evening Guys, Our friends that we came down with had his birthday today ! We all went out for dinner and I had encrusted Red Snapper ! The wife did a double take when they brought it out ! 😂 It was worth getting it just for that reason! 😉

Good Morning Guys, Deerfield Beach, 71 to start going to 84 ! Looks like another nice sunny day before a cool front moves in tomorrow ! Last night we made a nice salad at the apartment and then ordered a meat livers pizza from Umbertos up the street then we found a vacant table at the beach...

Good Evening RS, Sorry to hear about Missy ! Prayers for your pet ! Lou, thanks for the education on the 340 ! Didn’t think it was that big of a difference ! The 560 was an awesome tractor! Still sought after today ! Good pulling machine also ! Going out for pizza and then sit on the beach...

Good Morning Guys, Deerfield Beach 72 to start going to 82 ! Buppies, thinking and praying for you this morning, doesnt sound like much fun but hopefully better soon ! David, too many Happy Hour bars in close proximity down here ! It caught up with me yesterday, so a slower pace for me today...

Good Evening Ken, Totally different down here these days unfortunately!! Good Evening Lou, that tractor. Is really. Just a worked over version of the Super C I believe ! Good Evening Bill, I have done that before , not fun !

Good Morning Guys, Deerfield Beach 74 to start going to 81 partly sunny ! Ron , thanks for the pics ! Wngsprd, thanks ! Well I really don’t have many responsibilities down here, so sending some pictures keeps me a little busy ! 😉 We were able to walk from where we are on A1A, over the inter...

Good Evening Guys , Drew, interesting temp readings ! We all have a little kid in us at times ! 😂 Just thought I would post a picture of our sunset tonite going over the Hillsboro Bridge for a bite to eat tonite ! Pretty spectacular! Hope all have a good night ! 🙏

Good Afternoon Guys , Ted, as promised! A little cloudy but comfy on the beach listening to the waves with a good book !

Good Morning Guys, Deerfield Beach, 72 to start going to 80 ! Accommodations are very nice and it’s warm with a nice breeze! Slept good last night, after being up for about 20 hours!😉 Buppies, hop you feel better and get some sleep ! Don, sorry to hear about your shoulder! But you were a very...

Happy Birthday Scootr !! 🎊🎂🍺

Good Morning Ted, Very nice job ! You should be happy your not here so far, new departure time is 11:58 ! 😒 We should get out of here sooner or later !😉

Good Morning Again, TBS, condolences to you and your family ! Mostly, prayers ! We are stuck in Charlotte until 11:23 !😒 Hope all are doing better than Kathleen and me ! 😉

Good Morning Guys, Ct31 to start going to 40 ! Hey I beat Ron today, we are on our way to the airport in Hartford ! Darn it’s early ! Hopefully later today when the temp is warmer and a beer in my hand, the shock of traveling this early will be worth it ! 😉 BTW, someone else is driving! 😂...

Good Afternoon Guys, Sorry late check in, working today ! Ct, 30 to start going to 40 ! After work a few hours of work and the hop on jet to southern Florida! Kids did have fun last night ! Nana is having withdrawals already and we haven’t left yet ! 😂 Hope all have a blessed and safe day ...

Good Evening Guys, Just a couple pictures of the grands at the Toro Hibachi tonite ! They had a ball, loved when the whole grill was on fire ! 😉😁

Good Evening Don and TBS, I pulled the new anode out of the tube box they sent me. Looks like it will clear with a few inches to spare. I think it is something like 42" long. So it should not be a problem to install other than removing the old rod. As mostly suggested, I am not going to...

Good Morning Kyle, Wow, funny you should bring that up ! Our Ct home inside refrigerator has a broken shelf, I ordered a new one and it came in wrong ! So today I get to call GE and hopefully can get the correct part ! 😒 The lady on the phone yesterday said that I ordered correctly with the...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 13 to start going to 34, so first time above freezing in quite awhile! Would like to get the salt off the side of my truck ! We will see ! Kilroy, yes I think I will need a deep socket ! Like Mostly suggested, I’m not starting this job now ! 😉 Mostly, feel better...

Good Evening Lou, Just a ditto on what rswyan just said. The magnesium anode is what they sent me, and I got it free of charge !r Don, mine is one solid rod, I think I have enough clearance above the heater but will check tomorrow !

Good Evening square 1, Yes, I did know about the Nebraska Tractor Tests, but not all the back round info ! So ditto on what stuckmotor just said ! Very interesting info ! Thanks !

Good Evening rodneyn, No truer words were ever spoken ! (y) ;)

Good Afternoon TBS, Well I went on YouTube and the videos that I looked at highly recommended using an impact gun. So before I attempt this job I will take a trip down to Harbor Freight Tools and pick up an inexpensive electric impact gun ! And yes, I will let you know how it works out ! I do...

Good Afternoon Ken, I have not drained it out since initial install ! When I get back from vacation will drain it. On previous heaters I would get some orange colored water, we have high iron content at this location ! So it has been 1 1/2 years without being drained !

Good Morning Again, Ok, so either Ken or Kilroy, cant seem to remember !:cautious: We were talking about replacing the anodes in electric hot water heaters. I ordered and received a new rod. I installed the hot water heater in july of 2022 so it will be two years this summer. Any suggestions on...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 8 degrees to start going to 26 ! I think this is the last really cold day ! 🙏 I hope ! At least the sun is out ! 😉 Mostly and Phil, thanks for the tips on the garage heater ! Yes, agree on the CO detector ! We are leaving early Wednesday morning for southern Florida for...

Good Morning Guys , Ct, 9 to start going to 21 maybe ! At least the sun is out ! 😉 Thomas, actually Nana does most of the spoiling, I guess I am considered an accomplice! 😂 Ron, wow those tractors are seriously stuck ! 😳 Good video with music !! Plow hog, beautiful picture thanks !🙏 We...

Good Evening TBS, We just had my youngest sons kids over here this afternoon ! Ryan will be 4 in the beginning of June, and my grand daughter Olivia was 2 in the beginning of October, so not much older than your grand daughter ! They both love their ice cream ! They also love visiting Nana and...

Good Afternoon Guys, Yes, I think we could work something out ! We could talk tractors and woodworking on the beach ! ;) Ken some nice pictures there ! Is your dog a Corgi ? Years ago we had a Shepherd and Corgi mix ! That was one very strong dog ! Snowing lightly here, they originally said...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 22 to start going to 26 ! The snow will start here about 10am, so want to get my 3 Mike walk in before that ! Once it starts to snow, you can’t see all the ice patches, and with snow on top that could be lethal ! I don’t want to end up like Ted ! BTW, Ted hope you get...

Good Evening Dennis, By gosh, I have had that feeling before myself ! ;) :rolleyes::D

Good Afternoon Guys, Don, I have started recently doing the same thing, if I can get 2 full lessons in then I consider it a win for the day ! PopG, a couple of years ago I installed a DVL EmberGlow propane insert in our fire place. Looks nice and throws a good amount of heat ! We did have a...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 13 to start going to lower 20’s ! PopG, you are getting close if your in Newburg, Ny ! Less than an hour from out Ct home ! Safe trip to you today ! Kilroy, nice score on the ice melt ! Doesn’t get much better than that other than Free ! 😂 Ron, great picture of your...

Good Evening Guys , Drew, good one with Officer Bob ! 😂 Ted, nice work on the shelves ! Many years ago I made up valances for all the windows in the front of the house out of pine ! At the time they were all stained the same as all the wood trim in the house ! A couple of years back we painted...

Drew, Sorry , wholesale price is $2.67 today !

Good Afternoon Guys, Ct, 10 to start going to 22 ! The sun is bright so not too bad in the sun working outside today ! Drew, the wholesale price at the oil terminal in New Haven, Ct was $2.57 today ! Don, glad to hear that your on the final leg of your PT ! You went through a lot to get at...

TBS, ;) ;)

Good Afternoon Guys, Well I went down to my youngest sons house, plowed him out, then plowed our DW and finally plowed ther older sons DW. Also shoveled his walkway to the front door. He comes out to tell me that a 72 yo shouldnt be shoveling, but did thank me for doing it ! He said he would...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 20 to start going to 29 ! Still snowing lightly, and may last until later this morning before wrapping up ! My youngest son left the plow on his truck for me if we need plowing! I would need to plow his DW along with mine and also my oldest son who is not far from us ...

Good Evening Guys, Ted, my optometrist said the same thing ! Im still waiting! Truthfully they are not in my line of sight, so not a long time! I will give it a few more months and hopefully they will disappear! 🙏

Good Morning Drew, Yes, I have some black opaque dots in the right corner of my right eye ! I went to the optometrist last year, and he told me they were floaters, and would eventually go away ! Well that was over 6 months ago and they have not gone away yet ! ;) On a more positive note, I...

Good Morning Guys, Vt, 10 to start going to 22 maybe ! Sun is just coming up over the mountain as I sit in front of my wood stove having my coffee ! So clear day, winds seem to have finally subsided ! Will be heading back to Ct later today ! It looks like a rather cold week here, getting subzero...

Good Afternoon Helo, Great team picture !! Thanks for posting ! 🙏

Good Afternoon Guys, Got the dump run in at 10am, and then picked up some Duracell AA along with Zicam over the border in Ny ! Kathleen is not feeling great and neither am I for that matter! I did get the other two end pieces rough shaped in on the first rocker seat ! After that I just...

Good Morning Guys, 24 to start going to 28 with windy conditions! Looks to be a very cold week coming ! GM TBS, yes it’s a great place to lose myself out there ! Time just flies by quickly, but hopefully I am making progress on the project ! Thomas, sorry that you had so much storm damage...

Good Evening Ted, Yep, the legs are in Vermont and the lathe is in the Ct garage ! 😉 Got a chance to remove some of the seat material today, hopefully I can get the outside boards shaped in tomorrow! Hope all have a good evening!

Good Morning Again, Just a couple shots of my Happy Place today !

Good Morning Guys, Vt, 34 to start and going to 44 before dropping in the afternoon! Thomas the winds here are like a freight train ! Can’t believe we didn’t lose power yet ! 😳 Of course no power no shop time ! 😩 NHBX, we have nothing around here, we have to travel into Ny or a pretty good run...

Good Afternoon Guys, Looks like we might get out of here by 2 pm or so, earlier than expected! Bright sunny day out there right now, but doesn’t sound good for Vt weather tomorrow! But I will likely be in my shop with the wood stove on, so I guess it doesn’t matter ! MikeZ, nice pictures from...

Good Morning Guys, Ct,30 to start going to 44 ! Looks good until later tonite when the rain and wind comes in once again ! Later this afternoon we head north to Vt, planning on staying until Monday ! So will definitely bring home the front rocker legs that need to be turned on the lathe in Ct...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 34 to start going to 42 ! Another semi warm day, and maybe can get a little more work done outside ! The official rain numbers are in for our last storm. We received 4.6” of rain, which is pretty close to what I recorded in my very unprofessional 5 gal rain gage bucket ...

Good Afternoon TBS, My two sons and DIL's bought me a new laptop for Christmas ! I have not figured out how to make my commonly used websites stickies like the old laptop ! I guess I will need them to come over and show me how! I am guessing if I fooled around with it long enough I could do...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 44 to start going down hill from there I believe! Will be back in the 30’s by early evening ! Looked down in the basement this morning, and sure enough have some puddles to vacuum up ! 😒 We got a lot of rain and along with the melting snow and slush I pretty much...

Good Evening Bill, Good point ! I guess I’m just optimistic that I’m not going to lose it ! But if I knew that for sure it was going out, then do like you say and hook it up and just tarp it until it’s needed ! Something to think about in the future !! 🙏 In my case my wife’s car is parked at...

Good Evening Guys, Busy day at work ! I stayed fairly dry until about 2 pm and the it started coming down at a pretty good clip ! So last 2 hours of work I got a bit wet ! Probably didn’t help my cough and chest congestion! Dennis, I think I am into this thing for 3 weeks now also ! PopG...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 24 to start going to 54 with heavy rain ! Work today, need to get going ! Hope aall have a blessed and safe day ! 😂

Good Afternoon Guys, Got the DW cleaned up a little better after the sun melted some of that nasty ice that Drew was talking about ! Drew, you are 100% correct, dont walk on the packed down wet snow, or you will fall ! Helo, very cool, thanks for the explanation ! I have to admit, I have...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 24 to start going to 38 ! Lots of ice out there, but with the sun and some warmer temps this afternoon I hope to get rid of it ! Walked the DW carefully this morning to grab our paper ! Kyle, your daughter is not only a Great marksman but a very attractive young lady ...

Good Morning Again, Phil, beautiful job on the bowl with cover. Im guessing a little tricky hollowing the inside out ! Nice touch with the cover ! GM, Thomas, thinking the same thing, do we want to lose and get top round draft pick, or just take it to those Eagles ?? :unsure: ;) GM Drew, I...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 31 to start going to 34 ! Looks like we got about 3” at best, wet and heavy, will deal with it later ! Hoping that church was not canceled! Will have to check my email ! Not a lot planned for today, snow and slush cleanup will be the big project ! Still doing a little...

Good Evening Guys, Ct, no snow yet, im guessing about 7pm to start ! RNG, You have to love when these people put in a system and then you need them to upgrade, and nobody can give any advice or help you out !:unsure: Drew, years ago I purchased a Ruger Model 77 , 22-250. I used to buy Hornady...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 22 to start going to 34 ! Snow coming in early evening according to what I hear from the weather man ! Ron, about 8 years from now when I’m 80 and laying on my back in the snow trying to hook up the generator plug to the house socket, I will think of your advice then ...

Good Evening Guys, Ron, I would love to have one, and do have two propane tanks ! I don’t know if anyone on here told you, but I’m kind of on the thrifty side ! 😂 Ted, this project of building two sculptured rockers for my grand daughters, is a long range project at best ! If these rockers get...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 16 to start going to 35 ! Kathleen says that there is more Christmas decorations to remove !;) Went out at 6 this morning to get the paper, and it was definitely chilly ! I am mad at myself for not bringing the 4 front rocker legs back from Vt, but honestly the temp in my...

Good Evening Dennis, Boy isnt that the truth ! Two more days of hype ! :unsure: :)

Good Afternoon Guys, Well I got the outside Christmas lights taken down today ! So I did get some putter time out in the Ct garage. I set up the wood lathe and attached it to my work bench for rigidity, and I think pretty successfully turned the long taper on the first rocker leg. We thought we...

Good Morning Ken, Being of German heritage, my mindset that is that all things German are good !:unsure: Maybe not, was just getting ready to ask where the E-stop button on those things are located !;) Time to get going on Christmas light removal ! I have to show Kathleen some progress before...

Good Morning Guys, Ct,22 to start going to 40, with light snow falling now ! Sounds like more significant storm coming in on Saturday evening and going into Sunday! Will recheck snow blower later today again ! Dennis, that pretty much makes it your table ! 😉 Kilroy, those clocking in rules...

Good Evening Guys, Sorry for the quick check in this morning, but kind of a busy day ! Buppies, prayers for your wife, and Frits also for your wife, getting well soon ! Ken, you have to remember that Drew has that E-Bike now, so maybe he could use that instead of a lot of walking ! Hope all...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 24 going to 40 ! Sorry have not read latest posts ! I will later, in work now, talk later ! 😉 Have a blessed and safe day ! 🙏

Good Evening TBS, Yes, it definitely does ! I wake up in the middle of the night having a coughing fit ! Of course my prostrate wakes me up anyway ! 😉

Good Evening PopG, I asked you a couple of days ago if it was harder to land a model plane on water as opposed to on a hard surface! I guess you didn’t see it. You posted a real nice picture of the plane on the water that piqued my interest ! Thanks ! 🙏

Good Morning Guys, Vt, 18 to start going to 30 or so ! Return to Ct later today, after trip to local law office ! We are finalizing the transfer of our Vt property into a trust for the kids ! After that will be a long ride, about 176 miles to Ct ! Seems a shame to go back because we come back...

Good Evening Guys, A nice sunset for the first day of 2024 ! Also got the front legs for the sculptured rocking chairs to the point were they are ready for turning the tapers on the lathe ! Where is Phil, when I could use him ? 😉 Hope all have a good evening! 🙏

Good Morning Again, A parting shot of my grandsons on Opa’s tractor ! 😁

Good Morning and Happy New Year, Vt, 20 to start going to 28 ! The gang leaves later this morning ! Kids had a great time, Nana made it special for all of them ! When everyone goes, major cleanup, and then some puttering in the shop ! Drew, hope all your tests went well, I can honestly say I...

Good Evening Guya, Have been using propane my entire life, at 72 I have not blown myself up yet !! Someone stated that a properly maintained oil furnace or boiler will not do that, so true but a lot of oil furnaces are not properly maintained !Although I only do part time oil delivery, I have...

Good Morning Guys, Vt, 24 to start going to 31 ! Still have not seen the sun Ron ! 😉 Ted, yes that is walnut ! Way too expensive, so when I was in the shop yesterday and the sleeve on my old coat grabbed my crosscut fence and I screwed up one of the motices on one leg, I’m glad no one was in...

Good Evening rodneyn, I can’t disagree with that statement! Can it be done ? Yes probably, but not advisable !

Good Evening Guys, Got a couple hours in out in the shop. Fitting the legs to the seat mortises is a little tricky. I will get it done, just hoping I can wrap it up sometime on monday before we head back to Ct ! My hope is to get the front legs to the point where I can bring them to Ct to turn...

Good Evening Caleb90, Lou has it pretty much summed up !My MF 1040 is about 32hp with 28 at the pto. It is a heavy tractor, with loader over 5000 lb. When I am doing the hills on my property with a 5ft bush hog, this tractor is working hard. On the flats, its fine ! If your doing flat mowing...

Good Evening Guys , Phil very thoughtful and beautiful gift ! Nicely done ! Kyle, Love them all, but Opa is ready for some peace and quiet ! 😂 Everyone leaves Monday morning !

Good Morning Guys, Vt, 32 to start going to 38, snowing lightly now ! Ron, I have been thinking the same thing ! Hopefully soon ! Mike, prayers to you and your family on your fathers passing ! At some point you might think about putting a plaque together in remembrance of your fathers service...

Lou, I know you guys are talking about kitchen cabinets and hardware, but when I made a cherry and walnut highboy for our family room, I used delrin AF slides dadoed into the cabinet carcase. I dadoed matching grooves in the draws that pullout. So not wood on wood, wood on delrin AF, which will...

Good Morning Guys, Vt, 40 with fog and another strange day going to 44 ! GM, Wngsprd , I’m thinking a seal ? Tmrw looks like we could get an inch of snow ! We shall see ! The house is loud this morning ! 😁 Drew, good luck with the foot issues ! Frits, many years ago I broke the tibea...

Good Evening Guys, Vt, blanked out the stock for the front rocker legs ! Previously had milled up the stock for the rocker seat ! The gang is here ! All hands on deck! 😂 Have a good evening ! 🙏 Frits, interesting picture with the tree climbing goats ! 😉

Good Morning Guys, Vt, 41 to start going to maybe 45 ! NHBX, so not terribly different here today ! Usually by this time of year this place is frozen solid, multiple inches of snow and the DW is like a luge run ! :) The clan will be here sometime this afternoon, so time to get prepared for the...

Good Afternoon Ted, We will make it work ! 😉😁

Good Morning Guys, Ct,38 to start going to 46 ! The big news today is me trying to pack two truck loads of stuff into one truck ! 😒 Wife is killing me slowly ! 😂 Vermont bound ! So the house will be bursting at the seams by tmrw ! Six adults and four kids in a 1600 sq ft house ! Should be...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 32 to start going to 46 ! Fuddy and Mrs. Fuddy, hoping for speedy recovery for you both ! Woodchuckdad, beautiful picture and so glad daughter is doing well ! BEF, Dennis those mashed potatoes look really good, one of my weaknesses !:) Thomas, we had them on the ropes...

Merry Christmas, Opa and Nana with the gang ! Thomas, here’s hoping ! 👍

Good Morning and Merry Christmas Guys, Ct, 38 to start going to 50 ! Grands will be here shortly so better get cracking ! 😂 Happy Birthday to Fuddy and Mrs BEF ! Hope all have a wonderful and blessed Christmas ! 🌲🙏

Good Evening Ron, Yes, definitely a keepsake !!

Good Afternoon Kyle , Yes, she was a very nice lady as I recall ! You couldn’t ask for a nicer guy than Jim was ! The ribs are out of the smoker ! They do look pretty good, even sampled a couple ! 😉

Good Afternoon gckshea, They are alive and well, lots of Massey’s on this site ! I have a 1986 MF 1040, made in Japan, Toyosha Diesel and it’s been a great tractor ! This tractor is built like a tank ! Although I’m guessing your probably looking for a more modern machine ! Good Luck in your...

Good Morning Ken, Your lights look amazing !! 🙏

A later Good Morning Guys, Helo the baking looks wonderful and I’m sure the aroma from the kitchen is even better ! Kochen in der Kuche ! 😉 Ron, I finally found Eddie Walkers thread for the Octoberfest get together, with his help of course ! Here is a picture of Kathleen and myself sending some...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 31 to start going to 45 ! Heat wave ! 😉 This morning I will start the smoker around 9 am , at least get the ribs in there by around that time ! Going with hickory chips today ! We did get a bit of rain last night, but very light ! Merry Christmas Eve , to all my TBN...

Good Evening Ted, Looks good so far ! Looking forward to finished product ! Has anyone heard from Mike Z , Riptides, ?? I sent a PM and no reply a few days ago ! Just wondering ! Thanks

Good Afternoon Guys, Well I reported in this morning that it was going to 40 ! That never happened, I think it may have hit 35 tops ! 😉 LS, this is what white oak chests with black walnut panels look like ! They go together well IMO ! 😁 I also used soft close hardware on the top lid of the...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 21 to start going to 40 ! Ron, nice work on all the add ons! Looks like you have been busy cleaning and waxing also ! Nice work ! I’ve owned my MF 1040 for 20 years and still haven’t gotten around to the cup holder yet ! 😂 Of course it took me 10 years or more to repair...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 16 to start going to 30 ! I should have worked yesterday rather than today ! It’s going to be chilly today ! 😒 Don good story on older lady and BOI ! Never too late to learn ! 😁 Pizza and beer 🍺 tonite with friends! Seems strange having no snow on the ground this time...

Good Afternoon Richard, I really like LS's Idea, especially the glass on top for viewing the Bible ! People looking at a box, even if its beautifully done, do not know whats inside. The glass on top reveals the beautiful Bible ! BTW, if you can build a box as pictured, you are most certainly a...

Good Morning jwmorris, Beautiful craftsmanship ! Being in the metal trades all my life I can certainly admire your workmanship, and your welding ! I see the carbide cutters that your using, and believe that the large radius on the corners will prolong cutter life and hopefully prevent the...

Good Morning Jstpssng, Terrible news, prayers to his family and friends ! 🙏

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 28 to start going to 38 ! It never made it to 40 yesterday, I reported going to 42 so shame on me ! 😁 Had nightmares that I pinched the tube yesterday during tube install on the WheelHorse ! When I went out for the paper this morning, I just had to go to the shed to check...

Good Evening Guys, Well I have been procrastinating on this project to repair my right front leaking tire on my 1982 WheelHorse C-125, for about 10 years !😂 Finally got around to pulling the wheel and tire off this afternoon! Kind of a pain to do, but I think we got it done ! I say think...

Good Afternoon Phil , Was thinking of something like these ! I used these doing machining years ago, but maybe they would work for that your doing !

Good Afternoon LS, Beautiful job on the plaques ! Very nice !

Good Morning Guys , Ct, 24 to start going to 42 maybe ! 😉 Sunny this morning, so that’s a plus ! On the agenda today is my grandson’s nursery school recital ! That should be a hoot, and that’s this morning ! Last night was our FD Christmas Party ! Nice time talking with some old friends ! BEF...

Good Evening Guys, Little puttering out in the garage, got the lathe motor mounted and also found a 40” V belt to drive the spindle ! Also checked to see if the headstock spindle and my new center in the tailstock lined up ! Certainly good enough for a wood lathe ! When we are up in Vermont...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 29 to start going to 40 ! Sunny skies today, Amen ! 🙏 Kilroy, thanks for that video, yes have heard that song, and it was amusing this morning ! GM Drew , Last purchase for me was my 2017 F-150 ! The salesman wanted me to pay for window etchings, I refused ! Take...

Good Evening Lou , 😂 And that’s why I wear sunglasses on the beach ! 😂

Good Afternoon Lou, I think you may have saved a few people an un pleasant experience !!;)

Good Afternoon Drew, Yes sir, we did make the bacon extra crispy !! 😉 Drew, I love it !! Couple of puddles in my basement 😒, not a bit happy, but I guess with all the rain we have gotten and continue to get I shouldn’t complain too much ! The wall that I put the drain tile in the floor years...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 58 to start going to 60, which will be the high at 10 am the heading south in the temperature department! Today Kathleen has given me a pile of gifts for the grandkids that needs to be wrapped! 😒 At least I am not missing anything outside ! 😉 It is ) 8:10 and still dark...

Good Afternoon Guys, Well the rain held off for our deliveries ! It was a good 😌 time with lots of kids coming out to meet Santa ! First picture was a few of the guys getting ready to go ! Hope all have a good afternoon with a little football! 🙏

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 39 to start going to 50 or so ! Rain coming in soon ! Big day today at the FD, Popcorn Ball and Candy Cane Sunday ! Every year we go out in our section of town and deliver popcorn balls and candy canes to the kids on our side of town ! I go over to the FD at 7 am and...

Good Afternoon LS, No way I’m going into competition with Phil on wood turning ! He is our resident expert ! I will stick to furniture construction, something I know a little bit about ! 😉 Got the lathe stand cobbled together, just need to mount the motor ! Thinking of lagging the whole stand...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 35 to start going to 50 or so ! Sunny skies so should be a good one ! Today I’m working on putting a lathe stand together to be able to turn the front legs of the rocking chairs that I want to build! Nothing fancy, just need to be able to get the lathe to working height...

GM LS, couldn’t have said it better myself ! Kyle, same trade same feelings, same amount of time in the trade ! What am I even doing in these rediculous meetings ! 😒 Good Morning Guys, Ct, 28 to start going to 52 ! Sunny skies, should be a good day to spend outside ! Don, so sorry to hear...

Good Evening Guys, Some nice ash I hauled back to the barn, with the old Massey !

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 21 to start going to 36 or so ! Sunny skies today ! Today we both go to the dermatologist! 😒 Expect to be in trouble this afternoon! Hopefully nothing too seriously wrong ! Ron, I don’t mention often enough how beautiful your bird pictures are ! My long deceased Uncle...

Good Afternoon Guys, Ct, 27 to start going to 42 ! Working today, so late check in ! Bill , The terminal price for heating oil today , Product 1993, was $2.54 our price before mark up ! We are .75 over that so $3.29 ! So a customer here would pay about $541.00 ! Of course we are only a few...

Good Afternoon Drew, Please be careful climbing through windows ! Yes, GFI circuits can be a pain !! 😒

Good Afternoon LS, Very nice decorating pictures ! Since your posting some pics, I guess I will do the same ! 😉 Actually the wife takes most of the credit for all the decorations! The chairs and ottomans near the tree are Willam Morris chairs I built many years ago, I can take credit for them...

Good Morning Guys, Ct,25 to start going to 40 ! Sunny skies today ! Monthly FD meeting tonite at 7:30. We gave away the hot chocolate at First Night for free, I spent $133 on supplies and took in $280 plus in donations ! Good PR ! Thomas, you got your wish, unfortunately I didn’t make the...

Good Afternoon Lou, We went straight Medicare, staying away from the Advantage Plans, mostly because they deny so many medical costs ! My wife was in the health field all her life, and she said that even though Medicare is more expensive, its worth it in the long run ! We also have a...

Good Morning, Looks like a few inches in Vermont looking on the camera this morning !

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 34 going to 48 ! The bulk of the rain has gone by ! It was pretty wild around 9 pm last night ! Dennis, hope your wife recovers quickly ! 🙏 Ron, nice score on the B2910 ! Phil, we are also meeting our financial person this morning ! We both are on SS, Kathleen has a...

Good Evening Frits, Brings me back to a Thanksgiving get together with the family many years ago ! I was probably about 12, and I was able to go down town to the local feed and grain store ! I would get a pound of potassium nitrate. I used that to make smoke bombs etc ! Well while in the...

Good Morning Helo, So sorry to hear of that tragic accident ! Hopefully your daughter recovers from that seeing that tragic scene ! 🙏

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 42 to start going to 54 with heavy rain coming in this afternoon! We are all at the FD, made breakfast for all the FD kids along with a couple other guys ! Here is a pic of my grandkids waiting for Santa ! Hope all have a Great Day !

Good Evening Thomas, No its an indoor event, so we should be OK ! Frits, I wish that I had started this German thing years ago, while my grand parents were still alive ! My father only really spoke a few words of German, so he couldnt help me much ! Back in the day when I was a boy, there was a...

Good Afternoon Guys, We went to Hawaii earlier this year, and Pearl Harbor tour was on the top of our list for places to visit ! It was a humbling experience to say the least, while we stayed on Oahu ! I would highly recommend it to anyone that has an inclination to travel to Hawaii ! It meant...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 39 to start going to 52, sun is out now ! Last good day before the storm will come through! Tmrw it looks like rain starting early afternoon becoming very windy with possible power outages! Better check the generator today ! Tmrw morning I will be at the Fire Department...

Good Afternoon Drew, What I would be more concerned about is whether the threads in the oil pan have been damaged and or compromised ! Should be able to see their condition with a drop light or flashlight ! That would be a pain to drop the oil pan and install another ! Hopefully not the case !🙏

Darn Frits, You shouldnt be putting pictures of something like that on the internet ! :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: Sounds and looks scrumptious !

Good Morning Guys, Uncasville, Ct. 27 to start going 43 ! Concert was good, Kathleen liked it, really not my cup of tea ! I’m more of a country guy ! Wngsprd, yes I think they have some bigger build fights there ! Have a Great day ! 🙏

Good Evening Guys, Well concert first, and then the casino for Kathleen! Hope she makes me some money ! 😉😂

Kilroy, I love the German word for helicopter ! Hubschrauber ! 😂

Paul, My friend over at the FD, has a daughter that opened up a new ice cream store this year ! While I haven’t seen him make the waffle cones , I have heard him talk about it ! So I guess I had a bit of an unfair advantage ! BTW, I do love those cones, especially with maple walnut ice cream...

Good Morning Phil, My wife did take Nexium for the acid reflux, but now takes a generic which is much more reasonable price wise ! Hopefully your wife does the same ! I think it’s Omeprazal or something like that ! Phil, congrats on the award ! 🎊 Kilroy, that looks delicious!! Hope all have a...

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 19 to start going to 36 ! Clear skies and very little wind ! Worked 9 hours yesterday and fell asleep after supper for a short nap ! Wife tells me I'm too old to be working, and my reply is, it keeps me young ! 😁 I’m only working one day, and it makes me feel like an...

Good Evening Paul, I am thinking a tool to roll the sweet sugar ice cream cones, and slip off before they harden ?:)

Good Evening RS, That was good my friend !:)

Good Evening Lou, I use Lake Champlain Coal and Fuel, I pre bought 350 gallons at $2.23 I believe. I sent the money in early fall. I have a 330 gal tank about 40 ft behind the house, that runs the Dovre DV750 stove in the kitchen, along with our gas cook stove. I have another 100 gal tank on the...

Good Afternoon LouNy, I see a sign on route 22 on the north side of Hoosick, Vadnais Fuel, advertising propane for $1.60 per gal !! You might look into that if your not going to do coal any longer !

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 28 to start going to mid 30's ! Going in to work now, not much to report ! Going to Mohegan Sun Casino tomorrow for a concert and dinner. Overnight stay and return on friday. I am not a gambler but Kathleen likes to play the slots, so I will probably find a seat at the...

Good Evening Ron, I dont know if you remember, but I sent Eddie Walker two quarts of maple syrup that my neighbor made in Vermont ! That was for his Texas get together ! That was a long time ago ! ;)

Good Afternoon, Hi Ron, I seem to remember that, aleast a bunch of the guys down there ! MIKIM, Harv, Jinman , and of course Bird ! Doesn’t seem that long ago, but I guess I have been here 20 years on TBN ! Must have been a good time ! Today I got the old rusty lathe cleaned up and repainted...

Good Morning Kyle, Ditto !🙏

Good Morning Guys, Ct,28 to start going to 40 ! Sunny but pretty cool, hopefully we can get some things done outside today ! Mostly, as others have already said, we appreciate your posts, but don’t feel obligated to post every day ! Yes, I am enjoying the quiet for a change ! 😁 Mike, our...

Good Afternoon Drew, Congratulations !! Sounds like its a wrap !!

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 34 to start going to 48 ! Sunny skies for a change, hopefully get some outside time today ! Ron, sorry you have to deal with unwarranted charges on the phone ! One of my most unfavorite things to do ! Just wasted time IMO ! Good luck finding a real person to talk to ...

Good Afternoon Thomas, I don’t have any signs on our property, not really a fan of them, but can also understand why some landowners have to do it ! I have an agreement with a few of my neighbors, that they can traverse through our property, and they let me do the same ! It’s a nice...

Good Afternoon Helo, Would love to go to Frankfurt with you ! I could show all the Germans how terrible my German is ! Actually my Lithuanian friends complemented me on my German while on vacation with them ! 😁 Raining, raw and cold here ! Did a bunch of Christmas cards for Kathleen after...

Good Morning Kilroy, Wow, really impressed with what has happened with the price of Gold in the last couple of weeks ! 😳😉

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 42 to start going to 48! Steady rain, looks like an all day event ! Getting ready for church, and hoping they will bring back my 8am service! Train ride last night was great, kids had a ball ! Wagtail , wondering what kind of wood you guys burn in the winter ? Do you...

Good Evening Drew, Very brave of you to offer your QC services !!;):)

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 42 to start going to 52 or so ! Rain came down at a pretty good clip last night ! We were going to take the grandkids over to the tree lighting at the FD, but they have been sick and didn’t want to stand in the rain ! Tonite we will be going on the Christmas Train Ride in...

Good Afternoon, Pennwalk, loved the train video ! We are taking all the grandkids up to Thomaston, Ct for a Christmas train ride tmrw evening! Should be fun ! Frits, I knew that potatoes aren’t that good for you, but I love them just the same ! Have a good day ! 🙏

Good Morning Guys, Ct, 31 to start going to Wow 49 !:) TxDon, excellent post on what needs to be done on to stay at home ! We went through all of this with my parents a few years back. We were there 2 or 3 times per week shuttling food for them and then of course the doctor visits also, those...

Paul, it may be neither, could be a manual machine with a power feed and a good fly cutter ! Pennwalk, Yes I do, his name was Bill and I think he was from Kentucky ! I got to be friends with him years ago. I think he had cancer ! Check, thats a tough one ! My wife and I ended up putting the...

Good morning Guys, Ct, 23 to start going to 45 maybe ! Hoping it will get warm enough for one last leaf cleanup! Then I will switch the Wheel Horse and the snowblower around out in the shed ! GM Frits, That would have been the ticket yesterday, working out in the cold and wind ! Need to...

Good Evening, Yes indeed Drew ! ;) LS, Unless I missed something, I posted the corner cabinet I made a few years ago for my Vt house, unless I missed something. Maybe Frits posted one also, in that case I apologize ! have a great night !

Good Afternoon Kyle, Beautiful job on that manifold block with multi ports ! Kind of miss some of the machining I did years ago ! Very nice job !!

Good Afternoon, Ct, 20 to start going to 35 maybe ! Sorry for the late check in, am working today ! Nothing to really report, other than we get two of our grand kids tmrw, and have them until Saturday, so that should be an adventure ! :) Have a great day ! 🙏