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22 outside, upper 40's for today. Rain, maybe this evening, front moving through. Lots going on now, meter pegged in the red line. The roofers showed for the barn and promptly got about business. Starting to take metal off. Quarter way done on that side. Inside view. Love the light. Got...

We are total electric. I heat 4 buildings with 3 HVAC systems and 2 mini-splits. When the electric goes out I have a generator for water and some lights. For heat, only the main house has a free standing wood stove. Been this way for over 20 years, and the price of electricity has been pretty...

There was a farm up the road where the cows got out. People ended up complaining to the county supervisor who said there was nothing the county could do. The same supervisor that was "dismissive" of the complaints then ran into a loose cow with his car a few weeks later. Different farm. The end...

22 outside this AM, heading to upper 40's. SO checkup went well. No cancer detected. Recovery time 4 to 12 weeks. All appears good. Got a call from the Barn contractor while on the road, looks like today they will start showing up for the new roof. Had to cover all the hay with tarps last...

30 outside this AM. Heading to lower 50's. Rain seems to have missed us yesterday and this AM. Fine with that. Managed to get all the remaining insulation and foam board up on the Milk House. Ran the lines for electric and refrigerant for Mr. Cool. All sealed up. Need to get the starter strip...

And that was a big determination factor. I had another contractor put in a slim line unit in another building a few years ago. It was 4 times the cost of the DYI. That was years ago. As popagaget said... I can always call out a contractor to do the lines right...meaning shortening them. I...

Unfortunately, no. Appears I will have a coil. Will have to get creative on hiding. Maybe a sun deck right outside the house is in order.

22 outside right now, heading to mid 40's. Should be a nice day for more outside work. Rain should move in towards the evening. I hope to finish the line work and close up with insulation and foam board the remaining side of the Milk House today. If I can cut some firewood up, I will have met...

Thanks. My issues are, I don't go near electric. I ended up wiring the Milk House, but not hooking anything up to the panel. So I needed a pro for the panel work, breakers and whatnot. Then the Milk House itself, its generously applied concrete over steel mesh over petrified true 2X8's or...

Not seeing it. Love Lewes and that area. Nice to walk around.

Only one floor up. Is wide open up there. Use it for Hay storage. Access door is on East side, other side. Barn is getting new roof soon. Had an idea to put a spiral stairway into silo, that would connect to second floor of barn via a small walkway when the new roof goes on. Have to see what...

30 outside this AM. Be lucky to get to 50 today. Nice though, not too cold for this time of year. Moons about going down, nice light with the fullness. Gives a different view on the property with the glow. Have to sit down and take it in. Not much accomplished yesterday. I looked at my starter...

What LD1 said, unfortunate you have to get rid of the straight line syndrome. Others mentioned sand, and bring a level along. Don't know how many squares you plan on laying, but I would approach the rectangle ones first, then put a square into the place you want. Look at the bright side, they...

Well sorry to say, but report him to authorities. I did not take action against my neighbor, I attempted to talk with him about his "grading". The end result was now I have a creek where I had none, in a part of my front yard. Don't be like me.

Just picked one up, sitting in the Milk House ready to go. Have template on wall, just need to bust through concrete for service lines. Hang it, connect it and turn it on. LOL. I am not much of a DYI person, but the price for contractors to install these units "mini-splits" are close to ten...

42 outside this AM, heading to lower 50's. Should be another sunny day! Looks like today I need to work on the outside of the Milk House, starter strips for vinyl and what not. Still cannot find that darn access hole on that inside wall from the attic. I am really giving it a break for a few...

An old neighbors barn burned down a long while ago. He had just pulled in his tractor and something blew into the hot engine. Worked up so quick by the time the fire department showed, it was a total loss. And the fire department was only a mile away. I do not park hot stuff in my barns and...

I hope your wiring is encased and you have ample breakers on that beauty.

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Ahh, yes, epoxy paint, unfortunate my SO like the look of the original concrete work. It was well done and has aged in the patina look that she is enamored with. LOL. An interesting find when removing the ceiling light fixtures was that someone had stained the wood ceiling in a dark glossy...

Too funny.

48 outside this AM, I think it looks foggy, heading to mid-60's today. Should be a really nice day. SO managed to walk to the milk house and approved all wiring and lighting. LOL. Then added that the additions on one wall may not be needed after all. More LOL. Anyway, I am determined to fish...

Yes, all else is trivial in details. Thank you. I took another stab at it, measuring the inside wall to an outside wall. Then I added the true 2x4 widths for the wall, went up in the attic and I am still entering the black hole or worm hole. It's like the wall doesn't exist in this dimension...

I was referring to Tulsa King in my posts. Yellowstone has lost its appeal to me, although the prequels of 1883 and 1923 were/are pretty good.

When we bought our current place, one realtor would not even offer to show me the house. The barn was in better shape. I still need to refinish the original wood floors in the front of the house, 26 years late. LOL.

I never noticed the Category thingy on the My Home paglet. Not sure what that is all about?

Yeah... well there is loyalty, honor and self drive in the show. LOL.

Sylvester Stallone is doing a pretty good job in Tulsa King. Sure a step up from Rocky and Rambo. The writing is pretty interesting too. Think about it, you are actually rooting for the bad guys to succeed. LOL. At least I am.

57 outside this AM, heading just under 70 today. Yesterday we got to 70, it was really nice. Company came and went over the weekend. All wanted to see the SO who is doing well. Managed to get the Milk House electrical done. Then the SO decided on more lights and more outlets. So I have to dig...

47 outside this AM, heading to 60 with rains moving in this afternoon. Don't need the water, but it is better than snow. Did not get out yesterday, road was blocked due to a really bad accident. Today, I plan on returning to the Milk House project. End the year doing something constructive...

The Right Stuff Tom Wolfe America's early astronauts. They made a movie out of it too.

26 outside this AM, heading to lower 60's. Anyone will take lower 60's and sun, this time of year. I'll have to get on the porch today and enjoy it. Wife is doing OK, last night, no oxycodone for first time. Yippie! I have some errands to do today, so she will be by herself for a few hours...

Think I will trust the people over the process and management on this one.

That's rough. Good though that you and your family is taking care of her.

27 outside this AM. Heading to mid 50's. We will take that, with Sun shine, any day. Hope all have a great day today. Be safe.

Four days from Florida to Virginia. Management was well aware of their software issues for years. There is also a "nice" management memo to employees during this fiasco. More out of touch management.

Best of luck on your projects going forward!

On ROW's - investigate and investigate. My neighbors neighbor has a ROW for an electrical utility line. The power company upgraded the line. From some single pole structure to one of those massive 120 foot towers, then the upgraded that line again. By installing a parallel 120 foot tower beside...

Mine had a $$$ limit before they got the lender involved. Then that process became even more of a nightmare, getting the funds from the lender. <--- Beware.

It's the easement and ROW that should be of concern. Check for those. Also, you might want to consider what happens if other utility companies have access or rights to those. That may change the equation dramatically.

They help. Thankful for all coming her way. Appreciated by me too! The adventures of the morning crew brings a sense of normal to me. Whatever that may be. LOL.

18 outside this AM. Might just get to 50 this afternoon. Grounds like permafrost, squishy on top, hard as concrete just below the squish. Need to take the blankets off some of the horses. Will be hovering around wife today, would like to get out into the back woods with the chainsaw...

Thanks for all the positive thoughts. I managed to get outside and split some wood. Life is good. Just heard one child is stranded in Atlanta for the past few days. Southwest airlines fiasco. WOW.

When the wind dies down, be safe RNG. Good luck with the damage and repairs.

30 outside this AM. Heading to lower 40's. Still see the ice skating rink in the front pasture, the winter sun ain't going to melt that any time soon. Need to get some more fire wood gathered, all depends on SO though. Not much sleep, interrupt every four hours for some pills. My sleeping...

22 outside this AM. Have a nice ice skating rink in the front pasture. I missed all that rain in this area since I was not here. Brought wife home yesterday. Am in care giver mode for a while. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and with hope, to all of us, a better New Year.

Merry Christmas to all, wishing you a Happy New Year too.

My house has the chimney effect. From the foundation to the roof the walls are framed straight up. No breaks for floors.

Hope all are warm, safe and where they want to be. Wife is in private room and may be discharged in a day or so. We have been here before so no big deal. Miss my girls though. Docs said all went well. Just need clean bill of health from pathology. Double vision was an issue last night....to...

33 outside this AM. With slushy/icy stuff coming down. Lower 40's today and rain expected. Did final shopping yesterday for food stocks and whatnot. Will make the trek up to Baltimore in the next few hours. Wife's surgery is early tomorrow.

23 outside this AM. Heading to lower 40's. Trying to get the house stocked up and in order since we will be away on and over Christmas. Daughters will hold down the farm while we are away. Been a crazy last few months with scheduling and what not. Reality bites sometimes. Unfortunate but...

46 outside this AM, be lucky to see 50 today. Be on the road most of the day, wife pre-op stuff. Hope all have a great start to the weekend. Be safe. Sad news about the cat, PJ.

Frits...what do you call the little troll like guy? My mom use to call him a ya ya man. His head would bob up and down. Yes yes man.

Freind pulling into driveway sees Santa's reindeer at rest.

You using a tripod?

Yeah, I was on my lunch break in Qatar, I figured you would be excited. Sadly we did not come to an agreement.

This mornings sunrise over the house and barn. The cloud streets are back too. It will be a good day.

46 outside this AM. Heading to lower 50's. Never got to the back woods yesterday, it was drizzling all day. Was supposed to clear. This AM, still looks wet outside. Funny on the coyotes, wngsprd, day before yesterday one, just one, was in the back howling like a wolf. Usually a bunch of them...

Some agencies require new prints every x years.

Just WOW!

Yeah, I used railroad ties, half posts and 4x4's. I had a demon dog, he was big, his jaw power and teeth basically wore out the chain link. He just kept tugging at it until it unraveled. At least he did not get under the fence. I sunk field fence under all the wood. He just wanted out and to...

Get better quick Ken. Lots of fluids.

They come and go. I ended up putting chain link around some trees to deter them. I also trapped them with great success using Conibear 220 traps. Easy to use, simple to setup, great kill rate. A phone call was all I needed to DNR with the magic word "pest" in it, to get around seasonal and other...

47 outside this AM, heading to 60 today. May venture into the woods today and cut up some more downed trees. Mostly, the deer are car victims, except the one was skinned. We have had drop offs before. Some people have no respect. Hope all have a great day. Be safe. December 7th, take a...

Unworldly comes to mind.

I took this last night. Coming home.

Cool. Hard work. My fork is just above the rope hanging in the middle of the pic.

My Poulan, 20 plus years old, no new parts, does the same. HAH! Throttle cable keeps slipping back into the handle though.... means I have to cut at full power! Dangerous.

Please share. I have never seen hot lava in person. I have seen people in hot lava mode, but that don't count. LOL.

The wood! The history! THE WOOD!!

34 outside right now, be lucky of we get to 50. Rain supposed to move in. Need to move some deer carcasses off the property. One right by the mailbox. Seems it was a bad night for them last night. Saw them on the way home from the airport. Mostly, we don't do cats. I don't like them that much...

Yeah. I was very fortunate to have found our dairy barn. It has 12 foot ceilings on the first floor. The loft area is at least another 30 feet clear in the middle. I was able to drive my small Kubota clear through it. Still has the original hay hook. And it works.

UGH. Is that from H and D?

I sunk railroad ties, half posts and 4X4's around the perimeter of the dog run. Inside and out. Had some dogs that just would not stay put. The benefit was - I was no longer hitting chain link, trimming the area up.

Stocks and Crypto is an apple to oranges comparison. Cash out your stock, now compare the power of the legal tender in hand vs. crypto. Take a logical next step with crypto, same, same.

Impressive and beautiful.

I am about to reroof a 1920 dairy barn. Gambrel, 36X62. In the 70's. And that's before the metal comes off.

Almost sounds like the current stock market.

All this talk of vacuums... I have a Kirby G4, 30 years old. Purchased via door-to-door salesman. LOL. Neighbor said "you HAVE to check this thing out". They came, they cleaned a carpet. Can you say color change? LOL. And... I drove it around the room sucking up stuff left behind by other...

20 outside this AM. Heading to 50. Managed to get the remaining xMas lights strung on the house yesterday. And shopping.... yippie. Spotted this young eagle yesterday doing the morning chores. Watched it for a while just to take it in. It was a good start to a productive day. Missing barn cat...

34 outside this AM, Be lucky if we get to 50 today. Yesterday with the warm weather we were out in the back restringing hot wire on the pasture. Only made three trips around the perimeter to get the job done. Wire and mesh had lasted close to seven or eight years. Only replaced a few t-posts...

....and now your just piling it on. :) :)

I feel ....sooo......not worthy. Geesh, I am lucky to have a pile <- yes pile, of probably 100 or so pieces at a time. Impressive.

25 outside this AM, should get to 50. First time in my life I got a Flu shot. And first shot in forever that actually hurt. Wife is going into "no sick" mode. Doesn't want to catch anything. I get that. Starting to see chinks in her armor too. Breaks my heart. Need to go restart the wood stove...

Yeah, batteries are just another thing to worry about.

Christine McVie (RIP) , Fleetwood Mac

Congrats! Good news this time of year!

I don't think you need to worry about a global outage. Services are sort of decentralized.

37 outside this AM. Weather front moved through last evening, highs in the upper 40's today. Need to restart the wood stove. Thanks everyone for the prayers and kind words. I am still in a brain fog about the whole situation. I did manage to get some Xmas lights strung on the front porch...

46 outside and raining. Heading close to 60 today. A frontal system moves in later in the afternoon so temps are expected to come down. Managed to get the chainsaw into the woods yesterday. Loaded the RTV and split and stacked it too. Lots of trees on the ground, nice and dry too. Looks like...

35 outside this AM. Mid 50's today. Rough day yesterday. Went to see the Wife's oncologist. Biopsy and all the prior tests are inconclusive on her. Will have to have surgery soon. We expected that, we were hoping for more conclusive results on tests and imaging. Most of the meeting after the...

49 outside this AM. Mid 50's today. Pilot and passenger rescued from plane. Had a head on (perfectly) with the power tower. Skewered it. Nothing on the agenda today. Taking wife to see doctor. Hope all have a good start to the work week. Be safe.

Big time power outages. Coworkers and daughter are lights out.

48 this AM, heading to mid 50's. Supposed to be raining according to weather app. It is not. Managed to work on the milk house yesterday. Turned into an all day event, more framing, more concrete work (no sidewalk repair) and more wiring. Still not happy with the feed to the building. Will call...

32 outside this AM, heading to 60. Worked on removing the acrylic/concrete sidewalk patch from the electrical run to the milk house. That crap never got set up and one of the cats decided to dance through it. Guess I will go back to a quick set mortar mix. Have had better luck with that stuff...

I thought MD had a 300 yard limit for hunting, shooting, next to occupied buildings or something like that? Is that applicable to your situation?

To really appreciate the quality of wood these days, you have to have had experiences with houses and structures built like mine in the 1920's. I had no idea wood could get so hard, or be "so old". :)

Congrats on the anniversary, wngsprd. Belated Happy Birthday, Sodamo.

47 outside this AM, heading to lower 60's. Raining a bit. Managed to get out yesterday with the wife for a quick hike. Visited the store yesterday AM for a piece of turkey. Not a whole bird, just a breast. Nothing to be found. Our plan of Chinese food were dashed with them being closed too. So...

25 outside this AM. Heading to 60, again. Wonderful weather these last few days. Managed to wash the tractor yesterday. Missed the lawn mowers. Both ready for winter. LOL. Happy Thanksgiving all. Just me an the SO today. Girls and family all in other places. Hope all have a blessed day.

News is coming out that the launch pad is badly damaged from the lift off. Badly damaged. https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-artemis-launchpad-damage

Oh.... Sheetz gas stations in VA are selling gas at 1.99 until November 28th. Not offered in MD or WVA due to State Laws on pricing. :( Fill'er up boys and girls!

23 outside this AM. Heading to lower 60's today. :) Not much on the agenda. Did not make it into the woods with the chain saw. No activity on any game cams. Looks like my efforts on the owl box in the silo have not panned out. I'd like to wash something today. Or spread some concrete. This...

23 outside this AM. Heading to 50! Yeah buddy. Looks to be a really nice day. Yesterday just sort of flew by. Had to replace some lights on the front porch. Need to think about getting the Xmas lights ready. I know I have a string with a dead bulb in there, somewhere. Setup a game cam in the...

Not fair.

That's dangerous. Any ordnance about firearm discharge around housing or property lines you could acquaint him too?

Always, especially so with a neighbors deer stand close on the property line sighted to my direction. Need to go talk with him about that. Find it odd that one would set up a stand facing and within eye sight (couple of hundred feet) of a fence line and horse pasture. With animals in it no less.

18 outside this AM, heading to 48. One degree lower than wngsprd. Nice crescent moon this AM. Cold and crispy outside. Will venture into the woods today for more firewood. Also need to weed wack the back pastures fence line. Should be a great day for both. Lucky no drama from the family get...

25 outside this AM. Road trip to MD, family get together still on, despite FIL in hospital. Not saying anything. Just keeping mouth shut. New roof on run-in. It's a 30k run-in now. Not joking. Guys had to have one of their work trucks towed out of here. Always, always something. Some odd...

Good Morning Buppies, I hope all is well for you! Or as best as can be expected. Stay warm these next few days.

26 outside this AM. More crunchy grass. LOL. Maybe the mower can remain parked. Roofers supposed to be here this AM. Materials are on the ground waiting. Should be fun watching. Not much else going on, FIL back in ER, may have to cancel family get together tomorrow at his place. Hope all get...

Pet Milk - condensed milk I poured over my cream of wheat or oatmeal in the AM. LOL. Your probably cringing at my food choices. LOL. I assure you, the only thing I take to heart is moderation in all things. Although I am back to eating more red meat - Lamb.

... What's that hike like? Time wise? Level of conditioning? Footing? I take it since you were doing it after the park re-opened, the footing must have been good.

That's a great idea. But I need the fat and calories. I have issues keeping weight on.

Most pumps in my immediate area are of short supply. That's probably a 30 mile radius. More concerning is dairy products. Went to two different stores in two different directions yesterday for heavy cream and milk. No joy. Also, one pumpkin pie, I needed two. Last case of my favorite beer too...

24 outside this AM. Nice and crunchy getting some wood. Looks to be a great weekend for outside work. Will start today when the sun comes up getting some more wood. Wood splitter tire keeps going flat. Fix-a-flat not working. May need to try slime. Least I catch it before bead breaks. Roof guys...

That's what I thought I said. You give it to the OP, it adds it to the OP profile counter. Now give me another, please. LOL. Thank you sir, may I have another. I should have added original posters profile. :(

37 outside this AM, heading to mid 40's. Nice buck, Joel/ak. Reminds me to go have the talk with one of my neighbors. Into the woods I went the other day for firewood. Not more than 200 feet in and still within visuals of the horses and pasture I spotted a tree stand. It's super close to the...

No, it adds as a Good Post Score to the posters profile. Are you Good?

re -.2 Yeah they said that 50 years ago about the Apollo program too. And yet, here we are, on the way to the moon again and beyond.

I have not kept up with forum software changes, but a while ago there were some statistics available that showed - Average posts per day. I was around 1/2 a post a day in my current lifetime. I thought it was interesting to see that. Is it buried or just unavailable these days?

re -.1 On my Windoze PC I can hover over the Avatar UserName and get the info in the Browser status bar. No clicks needed.

Go NASA!

32 outside this AM, wood stove started up yesterday. Nice and toasty this AM in the house, with a good crispy sound to the lawn out back. LOL. Hope all are well. Wife and daughter in need of some work. Praying for wife, the dreaded "oncology" will be present is looming. Daughter looks like she...

48 outside this AM. Heading to upper 70's. Looks like a a great start to the day and weekend. On the Wolf Snout you can go to their web site directly and get kit. This has been the most difficult week of my life. One day, one hour at a time.

First off, sorry to hear of your troubles. Sincerely hope you, Eddie, can take care of yourself when you are dealing with this. On the laptop, you may find a boot disk from another operating system can get you to see the contents of the drive bypassing the locked O/S. Google bootdisk. They can...

I think you are discounting Ukrainian intelligence and your general timing of things maybe has led you astray in their resolve. Since 2014 Ukraine has been preparing for an all out war with Russia. They could see it coming with the "war" in Donbas and the annexation of Crimea. Strategically...

He is giving the USA too much credit with his boots on the ground theory. If anything, it is a few well versed Russian, Ukrainian, USA dual citizen contractors. Other than that, it is Ukrainian preparation, motivation and outright strategic/tactical brilliance brought on with the best C4ISR...

51 outside this AM, heading to mid 60's. More rain and just a yucky grey day. Seems like forever ago that the sun was out here. Will go get my alligator booster today. Wow. Exciting day ahead. LOL. I'll make a beer run at the same time. I stopped drinking altogether for like three months, just...

49 outside this AM. Coldest it has been in a while. Energy conservation today. Rain will be hit and miss. Need to go looking for some firewood in the back since the stock is rather meager for this season. While feeding the animals yesterday a bald eagle had landed on the corner lot in the...

55 outside right now. Should be the high for today. Not raining, which is good. Rained all weekend. No flooding, just a steady, yucky, cooler rain. BIL power just came back a few hours ago. He has managed to secure his house and FIL's. FIL had a few walls collapse and there is extensive damage...

51 outside this AM. Heading to mid 60's. Rain moving in after noon. Managed to get the old window out of the Milk House yesterday. Should be a dump run this AM. The framing has some rot but the new window size will take care of that. All wrapped back up for the weather for the next few days...

Some horses are bomb proof. Meaning their demeanor is that nothing will phase them.

Is very fitting for this time we are in right now. Bet a lot of people don't realize the history behind that. Errol Flynn introduced me to that part of history.

53 outside this AM, heading to upper 60's. Should be last nice dry day for a while. Have not heard from BIL since mid-afternoon yesterday. Horse not doing to well, change in grasses really messed her up. So yesterday was horse care day. Will need to be moved into dirt area and hayed for food...

I worked overseas for two years on government business to save money for a down payment and interest rate buy down. IIRC I managed to snag a mortgage rate of 10 percent on a 105k purchase. 1986.

Putin got his mobilization number, just going the wrong way.

Time to leave. https://www.foxnews.com/world/americans-should-flee-russia-immediately-wake-mobilization-us-embassy-urges

41 outside this AM, may get to 69 today. Not much accomplished yesterday. No window work. Maybe today. BIL is in hurricane bulls eye, and has elected to stay. Is a few blocks away from inlet, another "block" from beach. Says it is quite windy this AM. Hope all have a good day today. Be safe.

52 outside this AM, be lucky if we break 70 today. Will try and install window today in Milk House. Yesterday I managed to cut more grass, had a nice wind helping dispersal. It is starting to thin out, thank goodness. BIL in FL, prepping for a Hurricane visit. He is about an hour south of...

To be used as an efficiency or maybe an AirBnB.

54 outside this AM, heading to mid 70's. Busy weekend, SO wants another window in Milk House, so Saturday was spent on the road shopping. Managed to hit the local HD up, supplies, then grocery store, then Ice Cream. Gotta have the ice cream. LOL. Yesterday I managed to make some more progress...

Cockroach.

Good you caught those Retinal detachments early. Early is KEY.

Gotta heal fast, Buppies. Had fun at the Marines Museum yesterday. Got my annual photo with Iron Mike. Payed my respects. Then wandered about with the Budweiser crew. Managed to get the jingle out of my head after a few hours. Then I sort of lost track of the rest of the day....today I know I...

Late start this AM. Paperwork and real job. Real job kicking in more and more hours. It's either red line or no line. Such is the nature of the work. 52 outside this AM. Be lucky to crack 70 today. I am cool with that. <Har har Did a dinner at a german restaurant last night with all the girls...

Yeah, I usually dispatch 6-10 a year from my properties. Why they insist on going under buildings is anyone's guess. Since there is so much open space available.

Yikes! Sounds.....messy. Compliments to you, and your family, especially daughter on the UN/State Department work. Gives one hope that better times are indeed ahead.

68 outside, heading to upper 70's. Looks like the cooler weather is upon us. Hope all have a great day and are on the mends if need be.

Spectracide??? Maybe it was the species or something in the DNA of the "hornet"/"wasp" nest that I was spraying..... But that **** don't work. Seriously.....And it was multiple attempts with new store bought bottles.

I just ran into a Bald Face hornets nest at eye level in my Cab while bush hogging. I did not stick around to find out what they were up to, after reading this thread a while back.

Waking up, COLD, to a nice blizzard like storm, only to find you ran out of gas sometime during the night. This too is life in a trailer.

I'd focus on building something for yourself. Let the kids use it (IF they want too) and hopefully they can save their money for what they want. Picture yourself in 10 to 20 years if you stay on the property. Is your current home accessible to that person? Is it the right size? Is the layout...

65 outside this AM, heading to mid 80's. Looks to be another day to whack down the grasses. Got the big pasture fence line tamed, inside and out. Three tanks of gas, two trimmer string replacements and two gatorades. Not bad. LOL. Need to cut back some trees today for the mower. Mostly, he is...

61 outside this AM, heading to low 80's. Was a busy weekend. More stress with the insurance claim. Contractors now threating to sue. Claim I breached contract. Ahh.....no communications for 5 months and no final proposal and no cash exchanged for ratifying contract. What the heck is wrong with...

Safe travels kenmbz.

56 outside this AM. Heading to upper 70's. Not much on the agenda today. Grass, Milk House (maybe). Wife's truck needs a good wash. BEF, looking at lots is fun. I definitely will be turn key if and when we ever elect to move. Maybe it is a time management thing, too many jobs. Hope all have...

Cool. Talent too. I believe one can never have enough hardscape or stone work.

m7040, your gizzmo looks like a panic button for the end of the world times. "don't press here" type of thingy. Just got back from checking the fresh smell of lumber in the back. Ahhhhh..........what a relief. Only need to move the horses around.

60 outside this AM, heading to upper 70's. Looks like grass cutting is the order of the day. Yesterday our run in for the horses finally got a new roof. Managed to recover/save all the remaining metal panels about 20X24 worth and will reuse for the wife's tractor shed one day. Guys re-framed...

Dermatology has been like a year out, forever. With the growth of urgent/minute clinic types, getting to a primary care doctor if they are still in business is usually by appointment only. Getting to an urgent/minute clinic depends on how busy they are. Getting to a doctor in a hospital is...

Trying to get drains under/in poured concrete. The concrete is 100 years old, very thick, very hard. LOL. Just trying to get some foundation supports for a wall took days. No rebar anywhere.

Air dry of course! On the serious side now, really, serious... I wish I kept the bidet in our old farmhouse. When the wife had her major spine revision, twisting to cleanse yourself is an issue. Matter of fact, anyone with back issues knows that tweak and pain of certain movements. And taking...

54 outside this AM, heading to upper 70's. Roofers starting at 8AM. Yippie. This issue with repairs has been since a March storm. Hope all have a great day today. Be safe.

I followed your thread as I am attempting to work my way through 100 year old concrete. Have not got a clean solution or idea yet other than a jack hammer and lots of manual digging. LOL. Your house is AMAZING. You should be proud of that. Quite an accomplishment. Good for you and your family...

Friends of mine, just completed I think "467" miles of the Colorado trail. They averaged 13 or 16 miles a day. Some of the pictures I saw last night looked like CGI or paintings. Breath taking. On their last day they met and walked with an 80 year old man who too was completing the trail. He...

67 outside this AM. Rain came through yesterday. It was a soaker event. Then more last night. Should be around upper 70's today. Need to move some animals around so that the roofers don't get bothered tomorrow. Not much else on the agenda. Last night while feeding the animals I stopped and...

The contractors showed up, on time and with their full teams. Wednesday the work starts. Barn and run-in get new standing seam roofs. House gets siding and roof repairs. Garage gets repaired. I may be able to salvage enough metal to build a place for the wife's tractor. Because.... I don't...

I found renting a dumpster to be invaluable. It saved time, it saved my muscles, I worked at a pace of my choosing and I ended up loading it with way more than the project at hand. Perhaps that is an option for you too?

71 outside this AM. Heading to lower 80's. Took the day off yesterday to re-energize. LOL. Back still hurting, but manageable. Wife got stuck in a 12 hour trip due to accident on Beltway. Should have been 4 hours. When she gets back home, I am sure she will not be very happy for the next few...

70 outside this AM. Rain moving through. Looks like a feet up day. And a day of remembrance. The feet up, not by choice. I recall reading about Roy and his ZTR. Yeah, I started cutting grass, like David, it is an hours long job. I decided to cut horizontal to the house and not vertical...

All I can say is they are a messy neighbor. And when they take up residence, they leave their scat everywhere.

m7040....The mortgage company got involved because of the dollar amount. A few other claims from the same storm came directly to us. Was hoping the same for the big claim....unfortunately no. Our property took a pretty big hit. Seven damage assessments. Each with their own dollar amount. Still...

Nice pics wngsprd. 60 outside this AM. Hoping it dries up a lot before the rains move in over night. Really need to cut the back yards and pastures. Shot the whole day with insurance paper work and quotes yesterday. And another kicker the claim check has to go through the mortgage company...

58 outside this AM, heading to lower 80's. Looks like grass cutting is on order for today. Should have tracked how many times I cut the grass this year so I don't exaggerate the work in the coming years talking about it. Seems like it was at least once a week if not more right through the...

Farewell Queen Elizabeth. Condolences for the peoples.

68 outside this AM, heading towards upper 70's. Looks to be a nice day, drying out today. Paperwork today. Legal stuff and whatnot. Trying to get some closure on the insurance claim. For those familiar with Sheetz, they are offering a diesel discount this month. Truckers appreciation! Hope...

HOA's coming to life, still cringe about that. Back in the day, before full disclosures and all that, bought a property off a state maintained road. Had a private road, for the development right next to it. Over 5 years nothing about an HOA. Then things started coming together, and it got bad...

70 outside this AM, rain is expected off and on. Looks like a few more grass cuttings are in the near future. Hoping all have a productive day. Be safe.

Love old homesteads and farms. I had a spring in my crawl space. It was an undiscovered pipe left live during the renovations. Cost me 10k in water proofing I did not need because the plumbers missed the pipe at the well head. The water proofers found it 3/4's of the way through the job. LOL.

Drew, Spam is a delicacy here. I had an old friend that collected Spam cans. I never knew there were so many varieties. He decorated his cube with them. He was one of our go to people for analysis of messaging traffic. Hence the Spam connection...

Wow. Interesting. Never heard of that. Reminds me of one uncle of mine. He was really into squats. That and ketchup on his eggs. LOL. I picked up the eating habit, not the exercise.

Something interesting I came across... https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/article-abstract/2795819 One of the most used apps on my cell phone is a step counter. Since I tend to sit on my butt for long periods of time and then get busy, curiosity always got the better of me. I...

Ditto, I am good for getting the ZTR sideways at least twice a year. I hit a wet spot and it just slides right into the muck. Then, you know....you just have to try and drive your way out. LOL. Which makes it sink just a whole lot more. LOL.

Hmmm......Real Estate continues to defy predictions of demise and price cuts in my general area. Plus, there is an influx of tech influences coming. Lots of data center build outs, warehousing and solar installations. I guess, we are in the happening area. I am just a few 10k's short of my all...

Very nice area. Up and coming with the Tech influences. I'd check out AirBnB or some like web services.

Condolences to you. I try and remember the good times with my friends and that always dulls the pain for a moment.

72 outside this AM, heading to lower 80's. With some rain chances. Not much movement on my projects, just waiting on other people to do their jobs. Insurance claim still open from March, my contractor decided to quit his company, so I may need to start that process over again. This past...

RIP Toppop.

66 outside this AM, be lucky to see 80 today. Nice and cool this AM. I see the misting off the pool in the sunshine. All the horses in the back were at attention this AM, so I waited and watched. Yep, buppies buck was walking the fence line. LOL. Funny how only boys garner the attention of the...

ROW and Easement sizes and use. Towers are not just cellular anymore, microwaves, fiber, various antennas, power (may include heat/ac), etc. etc... Think tower plus supporting infrastructure.

I have emptied my haul of reclaimed 2X4s from over the years. Glad I collected all those crappy boards. I still have a nice supply of 2X6's and yesterday was eyeballing prices just under 5 and 6 dollars for studs. Still double from what I recall paying a long while ago.

66 outside this AM, showers just moved through, heading to lower 80's. About the only thing right about yesterday was ice cream with the wife. I thought I could get to my big box store and get some more foam boards insulation for the Milk House. I had a nice list of needs and walked out with...

Nice looking vehicle. I think a definite market directional changer. Hey, cost is in line with similar gassers of that size, maybe not sharing the same specs....

I cancelled under billing. IIRC there was a screen presentation with the balance, deposit and cancel subscription available. But that was when there was just Starlink "Residential" available, I see now they have Maritime, RV and Business available.

71 outside this AM. Heading to mid 80's. Yesterday was a bust. The morning was gorgeous outside, well still hot and humid, but very agreeable. I managed to get the equipment together for weed whacking and got the push mower out around the barn. Then the rains came. And stayed. And it rained and...

LOL. More power and a/c. I like it. Her beast needs a finishing mower. But if we were to do that, I need dollars for a setup that can beat the speed of a ZTR. The TBN brain trust needs to give me some ideas on what to put on the back of a 60HP tractor that will match the time savings of a 60...

Total electric, I just need less infrastructure. But then that runs afoul of the SO desires. :)

72 outside this AM. heading to upper 80's. First day in a long time that it will be under 90's and probably the heat index under 100 too. Yesterday according to the weather guy it was a heat index of 107. Perfect for mowing. LOL. I am finally noticing some browning and thinning of the grasses...

That's insanely cheap. I full expect my electric bill to be close to 1000.00 this month.