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32 and supposed to get to 40. The wind, altho not real bad, makes it feel colder. Need to help my wife today, then off for a plumbing "challenge" at our new building. Have a good one guys!!!!

34 and going to the 40's. Rain and snow expected. Just heard that 96 is full of wrecked cars, lots of accidents this am. Retirement is good....

Sorry to hear that. My folks are in their late 70's, and are planning to take one last big vacation in the next year or so. They want to go back to europe, and take a river cruise.

Trying to get motivated. Got a bunch of stuff to do today.

I noticed it yesterday, it seemed to be a lot colder than the 30 or so indicated. I was going to work outside, but it really didn't feel good, so I went back inside to have some hot coffee. Maybe a function of humidity?

I used to work with a guy that told me that he had 110 acres in WV. He said it equaled about 10 acres of flat land in Michigan. It's good that your wife wants to go too. Good luck on the job, it's good to hear of folks doing better.

Good luck!!!!

Roy, did I miss something, you are going to WV? Did a job come thru there?

Good Morning!! 34 and supposed to go to 34. Gotta help the wife at her biz today. After that, a few little errands..... Have a good one, guys!!

Good morning!! Off to help my wife at her biz. Had my coffe, need another. Then later a trip to HD, and a couple of phone calls.... Have a good one guys!!!

40 and a very light rain here. Need to get my scripts updated by my doc.

Somedays I'm not sure - it is impossible to see where in the sky it is, sometimes for weeks.

34 here, supposed to go to 39. I hope the sun comes out today. It gets a little gloomy without the sun here in Michigan.

I just got her a small bouquet of flowers at the supermarket. I didn't bother with a card, nor will my wife. But something is nice, only cost me $8. That is a bunch of flowers that usually sells for $5 at the same market. But it will do :)

28 and going to the mid 30's. Gotta go get something for Valentine's day.

Need to get showered and shaved here. Time to rock it!!

10 degrees here in Howell. Only supposed to get into the mid 20's here. I guess winter isn't done with us yet.

It's 37, but it supposed to go down to 13 by tomorrow night.

Good afternoon? Up early this am, working around the new building we bought. Need to leave in a few, talking to a guy about floor coverings. Have a good one, guys!!

Late start today. Had a app with a guy to do the floor covering. Surprisingly, he said that he is booking up his installer's schedule for the 1st time in several years. Apparently folks want to fix up their homes.

Didn't get on thia am, had a dentist app. Hope you guys have a good one.

32 and headed to 47. Hope this keeps up. Best winter I've seen here in Michigan. Got a bunch of things to do today.

Great game, right up to the end, but for me, the best part was the Clint Eastwood ad for Chrysler. Really great stuff.

35 and headed for 40 or so. Nice day for Feb in Michigan.

Good luck!!!!

David, when I had horses I had a similar experience: I was on midnights, got home about 10 in the morning. It was november, about 40 degrees, and raining on and off, went out to check on the horses. Saw the big thorobred mare touch her nose on the hotwire, get poked. She ran back about 100...

Good luck, Roy. It's a new year, new opportunities.

38 and headed in the 40's today. I have to get a couple permit things done on one of my projects, then this afternoon, maybe some tractor time!!! Have a good one, guys!!

Little late today, but I made it. Nice, up to the 50's today, hope tomorrow is as good.

31 and going to 32 today. No sun in sight. Got a few thing done this am, need to organize stuff for my taxes.

I was in Florida to help my parents out. My dad had a back operation, and needed some help.

33 and snowing? yech!! Only supposed to go to 34. Snow for the next 2 days. I really should have tried harder to get the wife to move to Florida.

Thanks, Moss. I got home last night, everything was ok. I am real happy to get home. I have a lt of stuff to catch up on. Good luck, and have a good day!!

62 here in Florida, and at home it's 31. Going home today, not going to like the weather, but it will be nice to get home. Have a good one, guys!!

62 and headed into the upper 70's. Florida is nice :) Going home tomorrow, back into the slop in Michigan.

62 here, headed for 80. Dad is getting around a little better. JD, good luck with your health issue.

57 here in Florida. Going to the 70's later. Nice weather down here.

I went to the Florida flywheelers show today. My dad went with me, and he had his back operated on a week ago, and he can't walk or stand for very long. So I rented a golf cart. What surprised me was that it looked like 90% of the folks there had carts. Very few people walking. I've been...

Good morning!!! 52 and going toward 78. Nice!! Only 2 at home....yuck! Hope you guys have as good a day as I am.

Good luck on the job thing. I've been unemployed a couple of times. Not much fun.

Good luck!

My grandparents retired here in the early 60's. My parents came here in the mid 80's. I'd like to retire here, but between the real estate market up north, and my wife's desire to be close to her family, I don't see it happening. Oh, well, maybe I can talk the wife into a cab tractor......:)

Englewood, outh of Sarasota on the gulf coast. My dad had back surgery recently, and I came down to help them out a bit.

Good morning from sunny Florida. Visiting my folks it's about 70 right now. Have coffee, now need to wake up.

42 and raining here. Lucky it's not snow.

I think the printer cost me $89. The black cartridges cost me $32. The colored would be about another $50... Pretty close to just getting another printer.

Not up to getting a swarm yet. But, hopefully, soon.

I hadn't even looked at it. I've been a member for several years, but I retired a couple years ago, I've more time for surfing on the web now. I just got back from Staples, I got some ink for my printer, I need it to print out my membership app for a beekeeping club. We have chickens and...

24 here, and supposed to get to 41. Hope so. Coffee is on now. I reallllly need it!!

19 here, looks pretty cold and dark out. My birds have a pretty good coop, and I can see the lights came on as they should. I don't let them out until about 9 am. That lets the predators go to bed before my girls go out.

21 here, headed for 25 later. Supposed to be up to 40 by monday. Still the mildest winter that I can recall.

I got just a couple of inches. All I need......

The kind of retired I am, the working stiffs are long gone by the time I get up!!! :)

I guess I am ready, got the blower all gassed up and shovels ready, salt. But mentally, no, no, no! :(

31 and heaed to 50. Tomorrow it's predicted to be colder. I am gonna miss this nice weather. I was working outside yesterday in a long sleeve shirt. Usually, this time of year it's multiple layers of long everything!

32 and the coffee is on. I have a meeting to day at noon, then I need to take a tree down at the shop my wife is moving her biz into. We have a bunch of clocks, analog and digital, altho more digital nowdays.

28 here, and headed for 45. Amazing weather for January in Michigan. I read that a local ice fisherman went thru the ice and had to be pulled out. He's ok, but what was he thinking?

Good day, not morning anymore. Got off to do some errands this am, after sleeping in. Then ate bfast, off to work on the new shop, home to check on things, off to the neighbor's, then lunch with said neighbor, and now the day is pretty well shot. Oh well, God willing, tommorrow is another day.

37 and going to 47 today. Great weather for January in Michigan. Off to Home Depot pretty soon, have a couple of things I need to pick up.

Computer thingy shows us at 41 here. I've been outside for a bit, I believe it. Fantastic weather for this time of year. Bring on that global warming!!!! Coffee is going, wife off to work, life is goooooood!!!!!! :)

Good morning. Had bfast, coffee, meds, off to the new shop, Purple heart is coming by to pick up some stuff the previous owner left. Gotta be there by 8. Have a good one!!

19 and cloudy here. Calling for flurries in the morming. It's supposed to get back above freezing later this week. Strange weather for Michigan. Have a good one !!!

Gonna make some coffee, get the wife off to work. Marrying a younger woman is SO much work!!!!! Then gotta take care of some banking, and get to work on the "list". Have a good one guys!!! :)

Wow, I started reading that & I got all happy!! Then I realized that it wasn't part of my reality here in the mitten. Have a good time down there, us frozen left behinds will be thinking of ya!!!

Google FIRE - financial independence and retired early - very good forums on financial independence. Lots of good calculators for this sort of thing.

I'd look at you payback period. It might be in your late 70's before you break even. And it will help you between contracts.

Good afternoon!!! Way late today, was up late last night, went to the inlaws in A2 for a NYE party. Had a good time, didn't drink at all, I noticed nobody did, I guess we are all getting older, nobody wants the hangovers and other after effects. Didn't get to bed until abou 3 am. Latest I've...

37 here and cloudy. Supposed to rain / snow tommorrow. Have a safe NYE everybody.

Pretty neat, How many birds you running? I have 22 now, but I never get more than about 12 eggs lately. Some of the girls are 3 years old, the rest 2. I'd get new ones, but my wife likes the girls, so I guess they are in their forever home.

I cleared out my lane that goes to the back of the property today, it had gotten hard to get tru for about 100ft. The brush is a mixture of russian olive, some sort of wild rose, and what looks like grapevine. Really nasty to cut out. I think the guy who decided to import russian olive into...

32 and dreary here. Hope the sun comes out. Need more coffee, got my meds, looking at my "to do" list. I really think I need a heated shop, it would give me more stuff to do. :)

21 and headed into the mid 30's here. I dislike this weather, I'd rather it freeze up and stay there than rain / snow / mud that we are getting.

I didn't sleep too good last night, hope I do better tonight. Haven't done much today, it's been snowing all day.

It's 34 and snowing here, pretty wet snow. I might go into town for lunch. Or maybe not.

Good Morning!! Woke up, couldn't get back to sleep, so gonna stay up awhile. Have a good one!!

Good morning!! It's already 38 and sunny out, wife is making bfast now. Really a great day. Going for a walk later, might take some pics to post. Give it a try, anyway.

My dad is 76, and until recently in excellent health. He has had back surgery and is facing a long period of rehab, and basically cannot do his regular activities. I am planning to buy him a couple of scale model kits, it's something I think he will enjoy. Any thoughts on this generally, and...

30 and headed for 40 today. Got the coffee, cereal & toast going, so I am good to go!

Really early this am!! Just got back from a neighborhood xmas party. Now I'd better get some sleep, got some work in the am!!!

Good morning!! 24 and clear here. Coffee's gonna start in a minute. Congrats Depmandog!! Good looking kids!

Congrats!!

Good Morning, gots my coffee, bfast, and my meds done. Early start for me. I used to get up at 2:30 am to be at work at 4 am. Got by on 4 or 5 hours a night for years. But my health suffered, I gained weight, was always cranky, bp & sugar were way up. Now that I am retired, my weight, bp...

I'd rather have the rain. I've never had to shovel rain. :)

Got my coffee, my meds, now onward & upward!!! HD again, pick up some stuff, then lunch, then hopefully some tractor time this aft. Have a good one!!!

Good morning!! coffees on, it's 38 here in BFE Michigan!!

30 and a high of 35 here, probably rain. Yuck, but better than snow. Gotta make some coffee....

Congrats!!!

A snowbird eh? Where do you guys go in winter?

I tried to get comcast set up at a place I just bought. I want cable, phone & net. One guy answered the phone, asked my zip code, ( not a comcast guy ) I got transferred to another guy for sales. Not a comcast guy. Fine. Got all my info, transferred to Luis, from Mexico, for installation...

I am not normally very religious, but I will pray a very mild winter.... :)

55 here in Michigan. Thank you, Lord!!!

Missed another morning. And tommorrow, I have another early errand. Oh, well, Have a good one!!!

27 here and headed for 37. Hope we melt off more snow. My chickens like to scratch in the dirt. Have a few things to look at today, might buy that little giant ladder I've been looking at. BTW, Good luck on the job thing, guys!!!

Slept in this am, then ran some errands, had lunch with my wife. I have to put a shoe rack together in a bit, then take care of the animals. Nice day here, 27 and sunny. Too bad it isn't 70 and sunny.

15 here. I really miss the warm weather!! Got a few things to do, but not gonna do much until about 9. Cold and dark out there. I'll stay inside. I think I heard a coyote a couple minutes ago. Don't hear them much.

I am thinking of buying one of these ladders. What is your opinion of them? Worthwhile or a goofy gadget?

I missed this am, had to be at the new shop by 8 am to meet the furnace repair guy. Really glad everything seems to be working out good, this place is a repo, bought from a bank. I plan to have the remodeling done by March 1. So far everything is coming along well, but then I am mostly...

It's 26 here in southern Michigan. You guys are in a banana belt or something.....

26 here, did a little chainsaw work yesterday. Cut down a cherry tree that was growing too close to the new shop. Like a giant bush, it had as many branches as a big oak or maple, all twisted around. But got it done, now got a couple more to go. Neighbor there helped me clean it up, I gave...

Good Morning. I am up, but really don't want to be!! Coffee is brewing, that will help some. Got some errands to do today, then off to work on my latest project - a shop for my wife's biz. We bought a repoed house here, and we are converting it into a shop for her pet grooming biz. Lots...

I was on that shift for about 3 months. A lot of guy put up with it just so that 1/3 of the time they were on days. I volunteered for a permanent 2nd shift job. Some of the other guys, ( all salary ) were really mad at me, even tho I was taking 2nd, the worst shift. I eventually changed...

I worked 3rd shift for years. I was cheated on sleep for years. After I retired, my health got better, BP, weight, sugar, everything got better. Off shifts are bad for your health. Take care of yourself!!!

37 here and dark!! Gotta go to the autobody shop this am. The wife backed into a tree at a neighbor's, she was keeping a eye on the place for them. Kinda sucks, do a good deed and we are out a 1K deductible. Then off for some other chores. A busy day today.

Good Morning!! 41 here, the rain melted all our snow. Weird weather for Michigan this time of the year, but nice. Going out for a late breakfast pretty quick.

I was told recently that Goodwill had stopped taking entertainment centers at it's furniture outlets. Folks are going to wall hung flat screen tv's, and don't want the big cabinets anymore. Goodwill can't sell them, and they take up a lot of space. Recycling the wood is a good idea. My...

34 here and headed into the 40's. Maybe rain? Going let the critters out soon, then gear up and go help my wife today at her shop, plus give our 2 boxers a bath. Then back home for a few chores. Did some tractor time yesterday, clearing snow. Have a good one, I gotta get a coffee!!!!

Back from the barn. Got 7 eggs so far. Need to pickup some straw today, then clean out the coop and goat pen this afternoon. I think I might scrape a spot out with the bota, let the chickens have some ground to scratch at. I was going to build a range shelter for them, the neighbor gave me...

32 and headed for 35. At least that's what the weather guessers say. Coffee is starting, got a late start today. Lunch with a friend today, then some other stuff this afternoon. Might get the Kubota out - but the ground is pretty soft yet, it hasn't frozen up.

27 here, warming up some, but I haven't checked the forcast. Just started the coffee. Is there a plan to follow on that ramp? It's nice of you to be doing that.

She buys nice stuff!! I'd reconsider the ban on xmas presents!!!

I am in the process of buying a commercial building for my wife's business. I have not owned commercial property before. I need to get insurance on this building, but I don't seem to be getting much traction from local agents. Examples: * One agency told me that all their underwriters were...

28 and they say 6 inches of snow here in Howell. Guess I'd better get to it. I hates snow. :(

Ya know, I hadn't looked at the weather thingy on my puter all day, a case of advoidance I guess. But 6 to 12 inches of snow is darnright depressing. :( Yuck!!!

Went out to check on the chickens and goats. What a misreable day!! cold, rainy, windy. :( A very good day to stay inside. Sure has been a good fall so far, tho. Think I'll have 2 cups of coffee!! :)

36 here, but supposed to get snow this afternoon. Just heard some gunshots, we are still in hunting season here, I guess. Gonna put some coffee on, and figure out what to do today.

I was at TSC today, and they had some parts that I think are mower guards or fingers? Sickle bar mower stuff, on clearance, 50 cents apiece, the original tags were marked $11.50. I guess they aren't going to carry them at this store anymore.

Here in mid Michigan, between the lakes, we often go a week at a time without seeing the sun. I read years back, that Flint, about 50 miles away from here, had the least sun of any city of it's size in the continental US.

We have had years when it snowed before Halloween, and pretty much stayed cold until March. A few years back, our last frost was June 4. The weather guys were saying that this winter would be snowier and colder than normal. I guess they aren't always right. :)

34 here, and the coffee is on!! Gotta bunch of stuff to do today, so I feel good. Amazing weather for Michigan. Usually we are butt deep in snow or mud or both by this time of the year Just noticed that is supposed to get down to 14 on Friday. I guess it was just too good to last. :(

My wife is moving her biz from one side of the county, to a spot closer to home. The present shop is in another area code. Can we keep the same number? or forward to a new number indefinately?

Didn't get on this am, got sidetracked on other things. 43 here, and raining a little bit. I finished a little project, and now am taking a break. :) Strange to have such good weather this late in the year.

46 here, and I am going to help my wife at her shop today. Then off to finish some chores around the home. Seems like a week goes by in a flash.

These big companies don't care about their employee's or their communities. My wife is in the pet business, and we have refused to work Sundays, since we want to go to church on that day. Petsmart came to town, open 7 days a week, 15 hours per day, making things difficult for those of us who...

On the way home last night, we passed the Tanger outlet mall in Howell, Michigan. The early bird shoppers were backed up onto I96, probably a mile of cars waiting to get into the shopping center.

I am showing 43 degrees here, supposed to get into the 50's today. Pretty darn nice weather for November in Michigan. I got my snowblower all set to go in early October. Not too often I get ahead on old man winter. I have a bunch of stuff to get done today, si I'd better get busy!!

36 here, supposed to go to 53 later. Nice day for november in Michigan. Actually a REALLY nice day for november here. I got the snowblower all set, changed the oil, gassed up, in the middle of october!! I was ready, for once!! :)

I am making the coffee now. Have to go help my wife today, so I will be busy today. And I have been thinking about all my blessings. I am very fortunate.

I tried to get a elderly lodge brother to come to a lunch meeting on a monday. He looked at me like I was crazy and told me that he didn't go to town on Mondays. I was surprised, he only lived a couple miles outside of town. What I found out was that he had been a dairy farmer all his life...

I generally try to get a couple extra of common things, since I am about 10 or 12 miles away from HD. That's one thing about living in a rural area, you tend to drive more, and you have to drive to get anything. And it takes time. If I am going to pick up some milk, it's still about 45...

Good morning!! Gonna start the coffee in a few. I have to go to Home Depot this am. Lots of things to work on this coming year.

You da man!!!

yeah, but ..... I got up and made the wife oatmeal and a muffin for breakfast. So she could go to work. That counts for something?? lol!!!

Congrats. I will never catch up to you guys.

Same here. It's a tough job, but gosh darn it, SOMEBODY has to do it!!!! :)

34 and headed to 45. Nice any sunny, but cool. Maybe one more cup of coffee, then out to work on my stuff.

Kinda glad I did!!! 3 am? sheesh!! must have been a hydraulic problem...

43 here. Supposed to get to low 50's. We'll see about that. Little late getting on today, went to church, then breakfast out at a local spot. My splurge for the week!! Going to work on my chicken stuff, guess I should take some pics and post them. Have a good one!!

Late here today, helping the wife out today.

28 and headed into the 40's today. Yeah, I don't like painting either. I have a lot of other stuff to do, pretty much all the time...

Gonna start the coffee in a bit. 28 and only getting to 35 today. Maybe some snow. Yuck!! At least it held off till now. By 8 I need to have taken a shower, then I need to care for our critters, chickens & goats.

My wife left at 7. Guess I'd better get started.......

41 here in mid Michigan. Gotta finish cleaning out the gutters, do some other stuff outside.

Morning!! 41 here, can't see the sun yet, working on some chicken stuff today, help the wife out a bit at her shop, lunch, back to the house to work on my stuff.

Those things are a pia. They have taken over a lot of old pastures here, and much of my neighbor's property. They are very hard to kill, and spread and grow rapidly. My neighbor has about 5 acres of those things. I don't see how he can ever get rid of them.

Good Morning!!! Thought I'd take a look, since I got up to relieve the hydraulics. Back to bed for me!!

It got up to 61, but it is very windy.

I missed logging on this am. Went to church, then bfast, then TSC. I thought I was going to work outside today, but it looks nasty out there, pretty windy, chilly. I will do some little things, the wife is going shopping, so I have a little me time. I want to put the asphargus to bed...

Just starting the coffee. Sent the wife off to work. 32 and headed into the 50's. Gotta get organised and get going here!!

New covering - a laminated product my wife picked out. I never pick stuff like that out. I don't want to make a mistake. :)

Good morning!! 32 and headed into the 40's? Very busy here, having a new floor laid in the basement. Hopefully, by next week, we will be back to some kind of normal here.

In the last 30 minutes, it's been very sunny, very overcast, snowing, back to sunny, now overcast again. Michigan weather.

55 and headed for the 60's, maybe rain later.

Morning!! 48, and putting the coffee on soon. A little wet outside, typical Michigan fall day.

54 and it looks like a nice day. Had bfast, coffee, and meds. I am lubricated, medicated and motivated!!!

Good morning. 32 and dark as heck here. Gotta get some coffee, get a couple things done, then this afternoon, do a little biz. Have a good one.

32 and headed for about 60. Nice day today, hope everything is good for you folks!!

36 degrees and headed for low 50's. Funny how the weather guessers on the net show a low of 41 for the day.

I am making some coffee. Then I need to get to work. I need to finish some stuff - winter is coming to Michigan.

Just thought I'd start a Good Morning thread. Dry, and headed into the low 60's here in S. Michigan. Have a good one!!

I dropped the hammer today and got a new 6 ft county line tiller. I know it is not a King Cutter, but it is made by Tartar Gate, and they seem to have a decent warranty, and it is American made. The price was pretty good, $1200 and they threw in the gear oil and 2 free hats. I got a bit...

What are the differences between the 2 units? I looked at the KK site, and didn't see what the differences were. The local tsc has a tartar gate KK clone. Are they any good? They also have a hawkline tiller, looks ok, probably chinese?

I see 2 backhoes availible locally, a Koyker KB-85, or a MF 1710. Which would be the best match for my L3400. I really want a backoe, but don't want to get one too big.

I have been looking at buying a new tractor, and have narrowed it down to Kubota and Kioti. I have a price for a DK35SE HST - with loader, quick attach bucket. Price = $21,730, inc tax. The dealer is about 30 miles away, seems decent. I have a qoute on a Kubota, L3400, HST, quick attach...

I am looking at a L4400 HST, with loader. What do you think of this model? How does it compare to the Grand L? Is a price of 22,790 + tax decent?

I have an oportunity to buy a 336, but it doesn't have a loader. Any hope of getting one ?

This weekend there is a steam tractor show in Fowlerville Michigan. It is at the Fowlerville fairgrounds, about 1 mile west of Fowlerville on Grand River.

I went to our local TSC in Howell, Michigan. The store has 3 different lines of 3 pt implements, King Kutter, Farm Force, and Dark Horse. The Dark horse seems to be built a little lighter on some things, for example the 4 ft rear blade, the Farm Force 3 pt pin ears are .500 steel. On the Dark...

I was at our local TSC a week ago, and I saw a chipper that was painted a dark gray. Looked to be a 6" model, 3 point. Didn't see a data plate or anything, and didn't have time to really look at it much? Has anybody else seen one? Plan on going back later this week.

What do you think of the newer Yannies, the fx models and others with the ufo controls, are they a good buy? Are the ufo controls still being put on new Jap yannies? Or have they upgraded to something else? Are there any other non Japanese makes that have similar controls? Thanx!!