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48 outside this AM. Heading to mid 70's. Got some seat time in, time to refuel and do some supervisory work today. Looks like more clearing and digging is on order for today. Not much else going on. Got my tax assessment yesterday. A 24 percent increase. Actually 24.385. Going to have to...

Flat tax is a fantasy. There is much more to be made with a revamp of the entire system. And taxing the "rich", "wealthy" is only a small step. Much easier to say such things to the general population than to follow through. We have short attention spans and just eat up those sound bites. You...

Pensions? In this day and age. LOL. Had three at one time in my working career. All bought out or defunct. That's reality in the private sector.

LOL. Hardly. It's simple economics. A human being is a lot of drama and wants. A machine, not so much. Yet....

Adler's definition of work covered more than the 9 to 5 routine. His thing was nearing retirement you still have value, expertise and wisdom, you need to work to create that good life in retirement. “Find a way to work for the sake of others and you will step up” Dr. Mortimer Adler

45 outside this AM, heading to upper 70's. Looks like our septic/drain field project will get underway today. For real. Pretty sad that it has taken almost a year to get to this point. Two miles down the road my county is installing sewer hookups because this whole area has issues perking and...

Hmm... I was not aware cell phone numbers were publicly available. Technically I guess if you fill something out like a bill of sale and put your cell down....well you just gave it up? I am super careful with cells.

Around my parts? Sheesh...data centers....lot of data centers..... And clustered developments around....data centers. I have the solar people knocking....and the land grabbers calling....and the tax man....waiting and counting their future beans. The tax people, probably calculating their...

I find philosophy to be of great value in this time of my life. For retirement, conceived as a protracted vacation, is a form of prolonged suicide. It marks the first formal stage on the road to oblivion. Dr. Mortimer Adler Extracted from the book: Boundless Potential: Transform Your Brain...

When the sun came up this AM, I noticed some crazy white stuff all over my fresh cut pastures and lawn. It seems to have disappeared for the most part, except in the shadows. I wonder what that is/was. LOL.

Texted you? I'd be on that persons butt for invasion of privacy/spamming/unsolicited and what not.

And I bet your original price of 3,400 looks like a fantasy price today. With all the development around me, NC is looking more interesting everyday. I am anxious to see my tax and insurance bills this year. Amazon just bought some land for close to one million an acre nearby. I expect my...

Yeah. There is no such thing as extra land in my mind. Grab all you can get while you can. Especially so if it around your primary house. In your case, it looks to have been of value in more ways than one.

45 this AM, outside. LOL. Mid 70's today. Should be awesome. Did not get around to picking up my walnuts. Need to do that today. Spent most of yesterday cutting grass. ZTR did not make elbow feel any better. Still a little swollen and lots of pain. Have a little better motion range, but not...

Contact your local extension office. You may need permits in your area. I don't know about your area. The extension office, if like mine, has a wealth of information and probably can assist you from the local to state level with resources and points-of-contact. My state has quite a lot of...

It is much more than Postal in my area, it is wide spread skills needed in most every industry. Minimum wage up to high tech types. It is a good time to be looking for a job, on your terms. Not someone else's. IMHO, it is a huge shift in the relationship of what it means to be employed. The...

43 heading to upper 60's today. I think Fall announced itself yesterday. Was pushing near 80 yesterday at 2PM, then came the gale with the horizontal rains. By 5PM we were in the 60's. Officially turned off the A/C in all the houses. This AM I hear one heater running. LOL. Hope all have a...

59 here this AM. Heading towards upper 70's. Had a nice visit with some family friends yesterday. Was unexpected, seems I stole his chain a long while ago. Funny thing I just used it day before yesterday and thought it was a real nice chain. Thought the daughter left it. Then he calls up and...

That is a very powerful picture. A lot of emotions come through. You should document that time/event on the back of the pic for future reference. If you have not already.

Depends where the leaves end up.

LOL. About this time of year we go to a special place and collect them. They are supposed to help control rodents and insects, so we use them around our out buildings. Plus they make excellent décor this time of year, and I get quality time with the SO on the walk.

Yes, so how does one get by with not working? It depends on other resources available. I see it as a lifestyle choice factoring into a good majority getting out of the rat race. Downsizing comes to mind. The new "worker" economy is definitely shoring up to be the worker calling the shots and...

The economy is changing, and with it, geographic location is becoming more of a lifestyle choice than tied to a workplace. I think areas like California, that attracted based on work, are now finding that the economic conditions and lifestyle choices are now moving in another direction. Now and...

Depends on the area. If I hear banjo music I might try and find the owner. If the house is nearby. It's a tough call. You have to follow your instincts these days.

59 outside this AM. Fog is in it's third day of morning glory. Should be upper 70's today. Getting movement in elbow back, swelling is down, still feel the ligaments strain though. Guess another day of rest is on order. Left arm is getting really good and strong including improved dexterity...

The point is fiscal and monetary policy happen over time. Inflation just does not turn itself on or off based on political whim.

"its the obvious and logical consequence of our monetary policy"...over time.

Twenty years of the FED printing money will do that. But, those SS checks, people will figure it out.

59 outside this AM, heading to upper 70's. The cool downs at night are happening faster. Took this shot last night from the middle pasture. Like a creepy horror movie just started up. wngsprd, just caught another ground hog yesterday. I think the total since I have been back is now seven...

Here are two of the better shots of the deer yesterday. Been a long while since I have seen two bucks on the property. Was interesting to see them and their family interact. Definitely two distinct groups. Have a good day all. Be safe.

Sigh... If only people could understand the difference between a vaccine and an immunization. I'd say, considering what the timeline is, we have done rather well in identification and corrective mitigations for a new virus. Personal liberties no matter which way you side, are hard to account...

I recall at a time, and I think it was posted here on TBN about...growth and the country. There was a time when we had one Walmart within 45 minutes of us. Now we have at least seven within 30 minutes. Matter of fact, most everything is now available within 20 minutes. A horse farm 20...

Youngest daughter just got back this year. Had issues with jobs, and your lockdowns. Hard to work when you cannot move around. Hard to get out of the country too. I was thinking about relocation, but I found age restrictions in place for citizenship. Not sure how accurate my information was or...

Ditto with Buppies weather report. Azaleas are blooming again, as are some Iris in the yard. Very odd. Last night in the back pasture while feeding the horses with the wife I noticed a sapling in the pasture moving back and forth. I told the wife it was a buck and ran back to the house. Sure...

Let us then include the by products of both lifecycles. I mean we should do this right, so we have more points to discuss down to the planetary molecular impacts. Right? The economy and you is so - subjective. Biologics are not.

Finished pipeline my ARSE. Oil never stops flowing, that mine pic? Maybe the end, and like a dump that reaches EOL, can be reclaimed. Your hyper-sensitivity is at best - misguided. This is a no-win thread, that should be locked.

Herringbone is too much work. Followed by Diagonal. Followed by room size width/length vs vertical/horizontal layouts. LOL. Is best to just lay out a few square feet in each pattern, walk away for a few hours, come back and decide. I found that crawling around doing flooring is better than...

Better than immoral foolishness.

Except...the cup holder is still and issue on the Kubota's I have. LOL.

"when the kids are gone, the grass will still be there... and you will long for the kids that are gone" -riptides

Odd, here at my local HD, I just get notified that the delivery has made it to the store. I go out back, find it, track down the employee and notify them and the electronic notification system, that I have what I want and am out of there. These last few times the employees ask if I want the...

65 outside this AM. Mid to upper 70's expected. I continue to self destruct. Felt something pop in right elbow this weekend. Nice swelling and cannot straighten arm without body telling me, not doing that. Guess I need a few days off, so be it. Hope all have a good start to the work week. Be safe.

Sent you a PM.

I have US Rider, and a big name insurance. US Rider is OK. But my big name insurance covered my recovery efforts from half-way across the country much better. Our gooseneck was an issue finding someone to not only recover from the accident scene but also get back home. Luck would have it, the...

I'd say your going off topic. Congress sets the budget for the Treasury. Congress does not understand the basics of budget or financials. IMHO. Else we would not have appropriations and funding/budget battles every quarter. I'd say overall the federal government works just fine if given a...

Yeah...his lease is up. LOL.

Have you seen the budget wars of late? No? Well maybe check out funding for civilian agencies over the last 20 years. Add in modernization, policy changes over that time, and human resources and your comment looks like the standard easy fix. It's not just funding. Private industry? Yeah...no...

We just got our refund this week. Yes they are understaffed, yes Treasury is hiring, yes Treasury is making efforts to modernize and overhaul the tax collection systems.

59 outside this AM, still a little foggy. Heading to upper 70's today. wngsprd, I find the occasional siding nail here on the property even after all these years. But no where near the figures you have. I guess you win. LOL. Seems very odd, must have had a tarp not laid out correctly? Got to...

I forgot to say, RS, I did a filter change on the wifes tractor the other day. Was supposed to be transmission. Read up on it, and if you do it quick enough, no fluid loss. Well I park on a hill, get all ready, get the filter loose....and well it is pouring out of there. I mean...

Stuff happens Drew. Good standup by the dealer. Nice truck! Well, we may be back to the soil, design phase on the septic. Install guys show up for a site prep, break out the laser and....the questions start rolling. Full stop. They will take their concerns, which may be of great benefit to...

Agree. I have white coat syndrome. But not for reasons of health. LOL. I sincerely hope your are doing well, or better. Please stay positive.

LOL. I find the medical questions to be more invasive over the years. I try to opt out of all data sharing.

Sowego VA. End of town meeting..So We Go. So the story goes.

Bumpass VA

Northern VA has sort of grown outward into central VA now. If you are 1o0 miles near DC, your paying for it. The DC Richmond corridor is rapidly becoming one big metropolis. The area is B U S Y.

66 outside this AM. Another grey start to the day. The weather people just cannot seem to get it right with the forecast. BUT....one is yapping that it is hard to predict. Hmm....humble. More rain is predicted today and into the weekend. Have not seen any yet and that is OK by me. Should be mid...

You know for a fact the CDC is not asking the question or not recording the data? And I am asking you...why are you asking? Will my answer influence your choice?

I agree to an extent. However in this case, TBN is a global community, with specific location actors, that have a variety of medical, social, economic, geographic, demographic and belief systems that come into play. Observations on what has happened/is happening to a human being can be...

I fail to see your logic. Please explain what purpose my locality and my social circle, health care choices have to do with you. There are so many variables that you are in danger of overfitting your regression.

Perhaps his choice includes a medical condition, social isolation, or high natural immunity from this particular virus. One never really knows. But the numbers are staggering and sad to say the least. Vaccinations, masks, choices and whatnot. Personally the COVID discussions, narratives and...

LOL Agree. Except one of his stipulations is politically slanted. So he will have to check out the area (locality) carefully. Maybe do a drive by and look for yard signs.? Or get out and yell "Karen" a few times to see the reaction. You know, so he can really fit in, long term.

Like a soap opera this thread. Lots of drama.

Yeah, is weird here. I would think that line maintenance costs would be less with no trees under the lines. They say, no. I even ask about burial. Again, too costly. Yet when they show up every few years, or when a branch takes the lines out, it is a whole crew, two bucket trucks and a...

Over the lines, yes they will cut the branch off, but next to the lines, no. Same as they will top a tree under the line, but not take it down.

68 outside this AM. Mid 70's today. Chance of rain. Yesterday, all the rain missed up. Don't think will be as lucky today. Leaves are starting to really come down. Some of my hackberry trees are already bare. Guess I was not paying attention. Will be an inside maintenance type of day. Hope all...

Close to 10k to take 3 silver maples estimated at 70-80 years old down from around my house. No insurance coverage for preventive maintenance. Have three more to go, one is over power lines. Please send cash. LOL.

63 heading to mid 70's this AM. Rain was expected yesterday, but it was like island weather here. Nice puffy clouds, bursts of sunshine, cloud shadows racing across the ground...and the ever present throbbing of pain in the finger. LOL. Did I wreck that image in your head of the nice weather...

Already constructed? Are you talking roof, walls, either/neither? What is the building use? That would make a determination on not only insulation but climate control too.

I have an old run in on the back property. Circa 1920. Original "tree cedar" posts and Tin roof. Still standing. The various additions made to it over the years, barely so. You can see the notches where the support beams were cut into the "tree"/post. No bug damage either, or very little. The...

66 heading to mid 70's. Got all the grass cut this weekend. Just in time for the rain expected this week. May have to cut it one more time. But it looks to be going dormant. Milk house project, still working on cleanup. Smashed finger in door trying to "fix" it while clearing it out. That...

See attached. Our horses are pretty docile. No kick boards in this one. If needed, they can span the inside since the posts are 12 foot on center. Wife says should be at least 12 foot high in the front and 10 - 11 high in the back. I am six two and really don't like ladders, so this is as high...

46 outside this AM, heading to lower 70's. Ahh....I gave up on trying to catch up with you all. I am glad you all are still around and healthy into the project of life. Yesterday was interesting, trying to still clean up the demolished farm building area for the drain field/septic system...

Over the years I have gotten really good at building quick/cost effective and durable sheds and run ins. My latest was a 12X36 run in, in a back pasture. I used the standard lumber dimensions and if I am successful, don't cut anything, anywhere. That included metal roofing. I start with a...

Did it live?

Ahh...gates. Make them as big as you can. Make a serviceable path to them. Both for live stock and humans. I have a pasture that has a 12 foot and a 4 foot right next to each other. Not my idea, but it has worked out very well. And someone even put up a solar light pole right where the gates...

I have come to the conclusion that if I visit a building on the property more than twice a day, it needs a bathroom. Recent events on my property now have me planning to add living space and garage space to the mix. Both will have full bathrooms. This should aid in me not deterring ground hogs...

Rural property in my area is scarfed up before it even gets listed. Word of mouth. My neighbor "sold" their property before I even knew it was for sale. Probably close to a 48 percent increase from when they built it less than a year ago. Million dollar properties are the norm around me these...

I wonder what will happen when you get out of your car and use your cell phone to park the car. Not kidding. I think the days of parallel parking on the drivers test are numbered.

Around my parts we have two new roundabouts. They work, the only issue is some over educated engineer must have designed them for golf carts. Not kidding. You should see the tire marks on the curves. It's a good power steering test. I avoid the road as much as I can, because, it is just not...

We get weekly offers on our land for solar installs. Flat, near high transmission lines, no trees. Serious cash. Only issue, county government. Really big issue. Most always say NO. Like 9 times out of ten. Their claim is, "don't want to remove land from agriculture zoning". Property owners...

Hello all....been a while. 46 heading to lower 70's today. Maybe the grass will finally slow down. Just cut it again yesterday. Just a swath in the middle pasture remains. My job took me away for a while. Then some bad family events and they got mixed in with the supply chain woes of today...

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Looking4new, prayers for you both.

34 outside this AM, heading to 50. Well yesterday got sidetracked again, started on the privet bushes. Talk about a nasty job. Heck some of those bushes <----bushes, were 20 feet tall and three inches thick at their base. Totally out of control. Only managed to cut about 100 feet, about 1/2...

45 outside this AM, heading to mid 50's. Yesterday was glorious, and I managed to get outside for maybe 10 minutes. Too bad for me. Did the grill last night, yep, been a while. Chicken and fish. No one to share with, wife and daughter....car shopping. Nothing new came home, so I expect more...

Dang buppies, I thought you had that beat by now. Sorry. Prayers your way. Stay positive. I know it gets tiresome.

Biggest fusion reactor is only 93 million miles away. Or 149 million klicks...to be PC about it.

30 outside this AM, heading to lower 60's. Cleaned up pastures last night, fence line work, added to burn pile. Rescued younger daughter, looks like car blew the head gasket. 280k miles, looks like a call to the junk yard is in order. It was a 2003 Hyundai. Oh well, not sure how she is going...

Errr....

That is a really interesting statement. My electric bill does not reflect that at all. What influences would account for a steady billing monthly through widely fluctuating seasonal temps?

30 outside this AM. Heading to mid 50's today. Look as like a great day to do some vehicle checks. I priced out materials for a 12x30 run in. Need to show the wife. Even with crazy lumber prices I am still well below 5 grand. And I will have wood left over for kindling. LOL. Not a fan of...

Those ping times are.....not good. All that effort you are putting in is amazing. I hope Starlink works out for you. And me....and anyone fighting signals and ISP's.

30 outside this AM. Heading to lower 40's. Supposed to have 1 to 3 inches of snow, today? Had a fox going nuts outside last night. Wife was banging pots and pans trying to get it to move along. Yeah....I got up and took a peek with the night scope just to get it's whereabouts...too many bushes...

Well she reminded me I took out a barn window that sits about the same distance as the bushes do. And that side of the house is the sun room....so it was a good idea....but not gonna happen. LOL.

On medical positioning....is coffee good or bad for you? How about an aspirin a day?

27 outside this AM. Feels like 19 according to my phone. Heading ro lower 30s. Sun is up. Should get some decent melt on the man made surfaces today. Will work on fence lines in a bit and go look at some downed trees in the back forty. Ground being solid frozen I should be able to get equipment...

Yeah...ever wonder how many people actually do just that? Complete the entire dose. Kind of makes you wonder, since new super strains of stuff are out there and you hear that medicine is down to their last "silver bullets" fighting certain things.

The science is behind the data. Which is ever changing, daily. More data...better science. People seem to want instant gratification and results at 100 percent effectiveness from day one. They don't sense or get that....then it opens doors for other paths and behaviours. New virus, new...

30 outside this AM, heading to 40 today. Need some warmer weather to melt the driveway. Have four projects going on now. Drain field is still in design phase. $$$$. Barn, still working insides, Fence line, need to make it hot, and now driveway bushes need trimming. Wife wants 6 foot removed. I...

I had a Martian lander watch party.

Truth. When I was a lot younger I recall walking to the bay, past the duck farms. The smell was intense. Feathers were everywhere. Now, it's mega-mansion ville.

LOL. I got one of the first ones in my area. My issues to date are operator errors only. I am still running the original tires on three of four. We are on our second tail gate. Don't dump with the tow hitch attached. LOL. My bed is starting to age, has a few rust holes in it. Everything else...

Sleeting....icing over quite nice. popgadget - Depends on your need for speed? LOL. We opted for brute strength many years ago. The original RTV is still going strong and has never gotten stuck anywhere as far as I recall. It is the farms most used vehicle. For an interesting diversion today...

27 outside this AM. Heading to 30. Ground is already covered. Anywhere from 2 to 10 inches is expected. Then ice on top of that. Got the temp fence done yesterday and two more horses showed up. CFO is making some moves. Here she is inspecting the fence line. I was only off 100 feet on the...

wngsprd and buppies, you all take care tomorrow. I am now hearing 1/4 to 1/2 inch of ice in the latest reports. wngsprd, I think Hechingers got ran out of town by Home Depot. Just came in from setting 100 t-posts up for another temp pasture. I'll be calling my wood guy this afternoon and...

25 outside heading to upper 30's. It was a mud festival yesterday moving stuff around. Wife has new boarders showing up today, so I need to get another 500 feet of temp fence up. I hope the ground cooperates. LOL. I thought I was done with fencing, guess not. ronjhall - Neat pic. I can recall...

Yeah...desperate. Is why I said get as much out of the water system when available. Snow in ground contact...should be boiled. But I get it.

Fill the bathtub for water if you can. Bring snow inside for flushing.

Your lack of wind power is not the issue. Read the link in the Texas winter thread.

36 outside this AM, heading to......54. Warming trend before another round of possible snow/ice moves in. Yesterday while working on the barn had an interesting find. Some old cabinets have been in there since we bought the place. Large, over 8 feet tall, one door each runs the length of the...

Sorry to hear of the passing. She done raised a fine family. Thanks for sharing your wonderful amazing mom.

Just hang in there...you'll be good as new in a few.

34 outside heading to 39 today. Had a decent melt yesterday. We put up our youngest daughter in a hotel by her work for the night the other day because of the ice. Good thing too because the roads were really bad. Yesterday morning I could not even walk on the gravel driveway. I managed to get...

38 outside this AM. Thawing....driveway and sidewalk was impassable this AM. That skunk died last night. I found it by the sidewalk this AM. Will have to call the health department in the AM. Hope all handle the weather. Have a good day. Happy valentine's.

Lol. As in into the yard area from the dog run. It has been going back and forth by the windows now...I guess looking for grubs by the mulch areas. I offered to shoot it...wife wants a have a heart..... I said no because I am not relocating it in this ice mess.

28 outside and we are in the middle of an ice storm. Walking the dog this fella or madam followed us in. Lots of excitement for the day. Hope all can cope with the weather.

Same boat. Different oar. Been looking for a new primary for over a month. Most referrals from friends are not taking new patients.

Atomic Blonde. Cold War Fall of Berlin Wall spy movie. MUCH better than Salt or Red Sparrow.

30 outside this AM. Heading to 30. LOL. Some white stuff fell. And it looks slick. No serious accumulation, all South of us. Hope all have a good day and great weekend. Be safe, and stay healthy my friends. Prayers and positive thoughts for LS, Randy and Kyle.

Sympathy for you toppop.

34 outside this AM. Slight drizzle. Yesterdays snow event missed us by just a few miles. Todays snow event looks like it will miss us too. Very odd to see on the map and weather reports. I am OK with it. Need to scrounge up some more firewood today. Using last of the seasoned wood. Hope all...

People want connectivity and decent speeds. Others are at their wits end dealing with poor customer service.

32 outside this AM, heading to lower 40's. Snow moving in for the next few days starting this evening. Dump run and barn work today. Hope all have a great day. Be safe and stay healthy my friends.

28 outside this AM. Heading to mid 50's. Calm before the snow storms. Will actually work on the barn wall today. If I can get it out, we can double the space of that room. Just need to finish a back wall in the room to hang stuff on. Buppies good luck with the well. Looked at my driveway...

28 outside this AM. Heading to mid-30's. Should be sunny. Wife wants more space in the barn for horse stuff. Looks like a wall needs to come down between the tack room and the barn office. Then redo the floor and inside walls. Said she cannot wait 18 months for results. So I will be getting...

Failure to respect elders.

Ls....nice work. Looks really good.

39 outside this AM. Heading to mid 50's today. Looks like another great day on tap. Warm enough to do my mid-winter equipment check. Wrote the check for the surveyor yesterday on the drain field project. No comment. No luck on the truck registration whereabouts. No comment. No luck with Verizon...

28 outside this AM. Heading to lower 50's. Will let wood stove burn itself out and clean it out later. Nothing else planned. Need to check up with DMV on truck registration. Looks to be MIA. Hope all have a great day. Be safe and stay healthy my friends. There looked to be good news on the...

A Robert Frost moment for sure in that pic. Very nice. The Road Not Taken or Stopping by Woods?

The SUN is out! The SUN is out! Can you tell I am happy? The wind is picking up ...again.

32 outside this AM. Heading to mid 40's. The wind finally died down about an hour or so ago. From. "good thing we took those trees down" to "it's really windy" on the rip scale. LOL. Sheesh.....talk about a back-end to a NorEaster. RIP Sir Tom. Hope all have a great day. Be safe outside and...

32 outside. Heading to upper 30's. Wind is howling. Looks like a feed the wood stove day. Found a dead buried chicken in one of my run-in's last evening. No tracks though. All I had to do is clean it up and cook it. LOL. I took it to the back woods. Forgot to set the game cam up for the...

We like ours square. No two are alike. It is a lot of fun though.

It is just cold and nasty here. I went to check on the animals and went by my koi-less pond. It was pretty. I also managed to drive down the driveway just to bust up the ice with the tractor. The bench is from my outhouse.

Those are pretty good. I can relate to the hand warming effect.

Is great news. On the bananas too. Good for you.

28 outside this AM. Heading to mid 30's. Looks glazy out there. No desire to go anywhere near the sidewalks. Suppose to have another chance at accumulations today, maybe another inch or two. Blasphemy I know - I did not even get the tractor out yesterday. Usually I drive around just to get the...

30 outside with high expected to be in the upper 30's. Snowing...has been for a few hours. Looks like 3 inches already. Grass and pastures are covered. From where I sit in the house I can see all compass directions with various angles of snow coming down. The barn roof has blended into the sky...

19 outside this AM. Heading to mid 40's. Snow anywhere from 4 to 10 plus expected starting tomorrow. Busy day yesterday. No grocery run. Daughter is hosting a new dog. First time in a few years the farm has a dog on it. Do not know if she will adopt. Poor thing looks skittish...but after I...

Actually it does. The places with the most infections are mutating.

23 outside this AM. Awesome sun rise. Awesome moon set. Nice fresh air too. I hear snow is in the forecast. Maybe a grocery run today, never got around to it yesterday. What is cash? I have not seen cash in a long, long while. Coins...even longer. Use to have a coin jar....sits empty. Between...

30 outside, with a nice howling wind. High mid-30's today. No precipitation. Looks to be just south of us. May go out today and see if I can get some groceries. Other than that....nothing planned. Hope all have a good day today, be careful in the snow, and stay healthy my friends.

I usually have burn pile that sit for a year before they get torched. I always call them in, always have a hose, always cut a firebreak around the perimeter and always have the tractor on standby. And wouldn't you know it...I know the Fire Chief by name, because some neighbors are always asking...

37 outside this AM. Looks foggy, hard to tell. Heading to mid 40's. Could use some sunshine. Like the rest of the world. Hope all have a great day today. Be safe and stay healthy my friends.

34 and I don't know what it is doing outside because it's all glazed over. SO I will stay in and feed the wood stove. Until it gets light out anyway. Just a yucky day shaping up. Speaking of tree limbs, up the road from me, about a year or two ago, guy was on his Kubota and got crushed by a...

34 outside this AM. Feels like snow is in the air. Heading to 43 today. Weekend was a lot of chainsaw work, must have been trying to keep up with wngsprd. LOL. Cleaned out the fire wood shed and restacked the last two rows of years gone by wood. Need to get the splitter on line soon. Axe just...

Lol. Yeahhhh...you must be a serious gamer to be looking at that type of card.

28 outside. Heading to lower 50's today. Was really nice yesterday. So I just sat back most of the day. Likewise today. Watched the surveyors do their thing, might need to call them back for a boundary survey when things settle down. They said we have nothing current on record. I knew that...

Take the Covid issues to TNT.

29 outside this AM. Heading to lower 40's. Today the surveyors are suppose to show for the drain field project. While hunting for a plot stake yesterday I came across a small animal grave. Or that's what it looked like, so I stacked the rocks back up, and set the small concrete animal upright...

That's been know for a short while. You can still get it because your not 100 percent vaccinated.

Wahhh.........

I am sorry for the loss of your friend and co-worker. Condolences.

39 outside this AM. Heading to mid 40's. Nice and windy. Hoping the ground dries out, need to move some old fence posts from the back forty. Checked on neighbors from driveway, told them over phone, if they need something.... Talked with neighbor on back forty, needs a different muffler system...

30 outside this AM. Heading to lower 50's. Neighbors, friends, up the road are battling Covid. Will check on them, later today. Was outside most of the day yesterday. It looked a lot warmer than it was. Got the burn pile moved, and managed to punch a hole through another tree line. Found lots...

35 outside this AM heading to mid 50's. Just a grey, drizzling day yesterday. Ended up moving half the burn pile, area it ended up in still has surface water in spots. Made some new ruts...sigh...whole yard is a mess. Told wife it will be that way until mid summer. Hope all have a great day...

26 outside this AM. Looks frosty out. Heading to upper 40's. Zero on the agenda today and this weekend. May hop on the tractor and move a burn pile. wngsprd, good ID on Ron's bird. There was an article in the news about a pigeon that is on "death" row in Auz. Hitched a ride on a container...

The tail looks German, circa WW1, could it be a Fokker BIplane in the making?

Wow! That was a stroke of luck he caught that in time. Just wow. I charge all mine in the middle of a tile floor. Two purposes, I don't trust batteries and I will never forget where I am charging them. It's a tripping hazard reminder.

32 outside this AM, heading to mid 50's. I managed to get a nice coat of primer on the porch yesterday. I am getting lots of cudo's and well... yeah...it looks nice. Just need to get the gutters back up. A small engineering feat, keeping the same position while you remove the front half of your...

LOL. We have a long bed Sierra DuraMax/Allision that is considered the real truck. Hopefully no one takes that wrong. This one has to fill the role of an everyday vehicle, and double as an emergency backup for some trailering purposes. Hopefully my construction days are just about over, so the...

25 outside this AM. Heading to mid 50's. It is close enough to the weekend for me to call a mental health day. Here is the wife with her new toy truck. Trying to figure out where to park it. LOL. Hope all have a great day. Be safe...and stay healthy my friends.

26 outside this AM, heading to 52. I WILL prime the porch this afternoon. LOL. Spent most of the day with the Chevy dealer yesterday. I still have a major headache. My wallet is fine. The wife has a new vehicle and I lost track of how many times she said she is pleased on the way home. So that...

Yes it is. How serene and peaceful. Very nice.

21 outside this AM, heading to 49. Yesterday was about as grey and cold as it could get without rain/sleet or snow. Odd day. Thanks Rick for all the detailed info on the pump. I will be looking at it today to see what is up with the handle. wngsprd, yes on the partial. Talked with all...

Looks like it is cleanly missing.

Ouch... another hit to start the New Year. The Drain Field Drama. Looks like the surveys and/or plat information is lacking at the court house. Is what happens in 100 years of ownership and "verbal descriptions". So, now it looks like I have to get a partial site survey for the drain field/...

Good memories, kind of sad, though. Better than what they do around here. A lot of the farms are now commercial plaza's and suburbia. The lot across the street from us, the only things left are the stone house foundation and a well pump. Same as mine, with a handle. Otherwise it is all gone...

We still have our original well pump at our farmhouse. Should be 100 years old. Still works...couple of pumps and you can get ice cold clean water. Sadly...the handle is from an old broom. Not my doing....previous owners. You can see part of it in this picture...lower right. I laid the...

23 outside this AM, heading to mid 40's. Abandoned the log pile work yesterday and got involved in some pasture and trail work with the wife. Better than swinging an axe. I demo'd my outhouse and chicken houses a few years back. The foundation (concrete) that was in the outhouse (high class)...

Is this a significant event for your area? I think Kyle said it was the first time his kids have seen snow?

I am looking for some splitters. Today...the axe and I get reacquainted. Here is a size shot....and a pile shot. It was a rather expensive project.

36 outside this AM, heading for upper 40's. Spent most of the day yesterday on the road looking for trucks. Somewhat fun, but well.....budget...budget. <- Limits the fun factor. For some odd reason, and I have no idea why, I seem to be attracted to shiny stuff with all the gadgets. And well...

LOL. Guess what I traded in for the Chevy? Guess this issues. LOL. I am cursed across all brands with transmission issues. I must have done something wrong in my travels through Africa. Cursed I tell you. LOL.

None of us have the data to make a call on this possible action of distribution. However, second hand experience within my state, shows vaccines available, but being held for second dose. In the meanwhile, more people become infected, while we wait to give the first dosers the second dose. And...

34 outside, heading to upper 40's. At least the sun is out. It looks nice. Mostly, I borrowed my neighbors tractor for splitting these past few years. Then a friend dropped off his log splitter a few years ago too. Unfortunate, the stand-alone eats carbs, I kept telling him to replace the fuel...

Seems the manufacturers have figured out how-to mass produce. Now it looks like the issue is getting it in arms. It looks to be a rather complicated balancing act of distribution vs injections at this time. I thought I saw something that said even the first dose gets a person to 60-70 percent...

Wngsprd said it great this AM. But you can see it bubbling up just below the surface even since his posting. There is another web site to discuss politics. Easy to use. Some need to use it.

Maple is easy no matter. Agree though. Unfortunate some of the Maple is 36 to 48 inches wide. Makes for two issues, moving and splitting. LOL. Hackberry - ugh! Even log splitters have issues with them.

Release rather than reserve is a logical step since we are not injecting at the levels we need.

I have an issue. My 2017 Silverado bit the bullet, is an LTZ with nice bells and whistles. My dealer is looking to swap the 2017 LTZ for a new 2020 LT. I really, really.... really like my 2017. I am emotionally attached to it. What saithe the morning crew?

30 outside this AM. Heading to upper 30's today. I am itching to paint the beams on the porch, but it is too cold. SO I broke the sander out again and went at it. Found two nails and that was it for the day. LOL. Looking long term, I might be able to get another coat of primer on next week...

36 heading to mid 40's today. Need to track down status on financials, truck and septic "projects". Hope all have a great day, be safe. Stay healthy.

38 outside. Heading to mid 40's. An energy conservation day. The coyotes were at it again last night. Not sure what they are after, but they seem to have made it a habit to carry on right around the farm house these last few nights. A few hand claps from the balcony did the trick, and I'll have...

Ouch. I bit the bullet a while back and went with Verizon which has no throttling and no data limit. The throttling was unbearable. My new provider also gave me a better modem so my speed and coverage basically trippled. I also ditched my yagi.

37 outside this AM. Mid 40's today. Mostly- too cold for painting, did scraping instead. Yuk job. I'll see what I can do today with the porch, really needs primer. Was a coyote night. Sounded like the pack got a dog or maybe just had a big time argument amongst themselves there for a while...

30 outside this AM. heading to upper 40's. Should be dry for today. Yippie. Need to get some primer on the porch today. Made a few more dump runs yesterday to get the last of the bricks and wood out of the yard. Managed to reclaim about 14 PT 2x6x7's. Not much else worth the time and effort...

Sci-fi stuff for sure.

39 outside and rain. Seems like it has been wet forever. Spent most of the last few days making dump runs for all the construction debris from the front porch. That's a few hours in the truck I'll never get back. I don't like going to the landfill as it seems it is on the other side of the...

Happy New Year. This year will be awesome.

45 outside this AM. Maybe the high today too. Rain moving in. Got back in town, unexpected. 2020 has been pretty bad for us, took another hit with my transmission going out on my Chevy. And the drain field looks like it is going to be a top end system as the water level, rock and general soil...

45 outside, Heading to mid 60's. Rain just started. Flood watches are all up. Went and saw the in-laws, that took the entire day yesterday. Happy to be home. Traffic was not good. Hope all have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Hope for your health and good fortunes to you all in the New...

30 outside this AM. Heading to 50ish. Last of the nice days before the nasty weather moves in. Hope all have a great day. Be safe and stay healthy my friends.

Amen bro! Amen.

41 outside this AM. Heading to 48. The girls will be returning to their rat races today. Looks like another road trip for me because the in-laws refuse to practice social distancing tomorrow. Figured we will sit on their lawn and wave to them. Better than them coming here and coming into the...

That's a really nice sunset. You should send that to marketing. LOL.

36 outside heading to mid 50's. Anything higher to dry up the ground is welcome. Managed to see the planets last night, hope tonight is better. Yesterday was an in house repair and refresh day. Managed to hang wifes new lamps (hit studs every time!), fix toilets, and did minor truck work. All...

37 outside this AM. Slight rain. Heading to mid 40s. Too wet to do anything. May just clean up the garages. Last official day of fall. Hoping for a clear sky tonight. Good news on that ewe Eric. Hope all have a great day. Be safe and stay healthy my friends.