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I ended up getting values for some of the collection at coin shops. I also ended up looking on an app called CoinFacts, that gave information, values and has links to eBay sales. That way I sort of had an idea what I was looking at. The issue is filtering/looking/inspecting each coin and...

30 outside this AM, heading to lower 40's. Yesterday was a pretty good rain day. Today should be clear and cold. Daughter number 2 had to stop and assist motorists on the interstate yesterday as they crashed in front of her. Someone lost it in the rain and took out multiple cars. Daughter...

No more regulations...... Some government agencies perhaps can become more efficient at their analysis of food production? As far as Americans go, well we have personal choice. So...choose wisely.

61 outside right now, that should be the high for today. Wind is picking up and rain on and off. Storm is moving up from the South East. Lull in the work week, trying to play catchup and report on real jobs. Is busy work and not fun. Went with wife for errands yesterday, that blew up the whole...

Don't discount those chinese vehicles based on past experiences. See some reporting from the likes of Motortrend. Those companies also have deep roots in all things automotive.

Dusted a hole....then when I started remodeling found this in the wall.

Look what happened when we let the Japanese in.

45 outside this AM, heading to mid 60's. Not sure what the weather will do today. Foggy out. Started rolling in last night. Was on the road again. Not sure what the day will bring. Wife is busy with Milk House stuff, making it habitable for her mom. Looks like I am done with construction...

Get a chatGPT account or similar AI based assistant. Summary... Cut..paste...

We are a services based nation and captalist economy. If manufacturing returns it will be highly automated employing highly skilled people. An outlying factor is returning the supply chain. That is certainly not changing any time soon. Tariffs or not.

It is pick up sticks time for us too. A burn pile that will be visible from space and yet more stick piles ready to go. It never ends.

40 outside right now, drizzle coming down, heading to upper 50's. More late night work on Milk House and real job (finally). Sort of threw a wrench in the morning routine so I need to get busy. Hope all have a great day and a good start to the work week.

BCP's posting is a criminal offence.

35 outside right now, heading to mid 60's. Should be nice to be outside today for sure. Replacement fridge showed up, later than expected. Installed and is quieter than the last one. Some weird noise on that last one, sounded like a fan bearing was out. High pitched annoying, intermittent. All...

17 outside heading to mid 40's. More touch up painting in the Milk House this AM. Not much else left in there that needs priority attention. Road trip in a few. Daughters Jeep ended up at a dealer for a look over. Wanted close to 9k to replace hoses and heater core. Tow truck enroute to bring...

Wife Chevy has, knobs, touch screen and steering wheel buttons. Fun to drive her nuts changing stations when driving and not reach over to any controls on the dash doing it!

29 outside this AM, heading to upper 30's and that is it. Sun is out, no winds yet, no clue as to what the weather will do today. Dry and sunny is fine with me. Need to go rescue a daughters car this AM. She broke down on the way to work yesterday. Could not help out as I was in the city doing...

I have had pools all my life. I started with a basic above ground. Nothing fancy. You need to own one through a few seasons to figure out how far down the pool hole you want to go. You may end up not liking it...or going full throttle into something bigger and permanent. Our current pool has a...

39 outside right now, maybe the high for today. Some drizzle coming down, nothing expected to accumulate. Got one side of door painted, will do the other side later this evening and see if I can get it hung tomorrow. Need to head into the city shortly. Real job stuff. Been out of it for a...

I sport a beard, it is scissors and disposable razors for me. I ditched the straight edge a while back. Never had anything electric that worked for me. I keep it short, too.

19 outside this AM, heading to lower 40's. Dry here. Nothing on the agenda pressing. Spent most of yesterday hanging the scalping frame for the bathroom barn door. No drill bits were broken. No more blood drawn. Seemed like a win. The door itself needs painting, and the walls need touch up...

20 outside this Am, heading to lower 40's. Running a little behind on all the morning chores. No reason, just slacking off. Was working on Milk House bathroom door yesterday. Had a piece of wood over the bathroom frame that needed to come off. Unfortunate it was also wrapped in metal, and...

22 outside this AM, heading to mid 40's. Still a lot to do stuff on the list in the Milk House. Kind of cold for painting in the barn so I will have to rearrange stuff in the MH to get the bathroom door in there to paint. Managed to get the kitchen counter tile cut yesterday. I think I got more...

LS....Home is a good place. Stay positive and know a lot of people are thinking of you and your wife.

24 outside this AM, heading to mid 40's. Good day to be in the woods, hope that happens. PO just delivered my Milk House bathroom barn door style frame. Will repurpose an old farm door for this. Got a message that it could not be delivered yesterday due to an inaccessible driveway or front...

Well, it is scheduled for mid December. My MIL is coming to stay for a while. She needs to close out her MD estate/business now that she relocated to FLA. The more we sit in it, the more we want to rent out the entire farm and do something else. It would be a good home base while on travel...

24 outside this AM, heading to lower 40's. Need to do the winterization routines this AM, heat lamps and outside faucets. Also need to get a few plants in the ground. That should be interesting. I guess winter is finally here. Ran out yesterday for paint and caulk. Managed to get bathroom...

Just a shout out for your username handle. Too cool.

Good for son and you. Quality educational institute. Sounds like more acceptances probably forthcoming.

Suspenders and belts. For some odd reason I have gone down two sizes in the waist line and the "new" pants just don't fit right. The "old" jeans just slide down to gangsta mode at just the right times. I guess I should not complain, but I am always on the look out for the perfect fit in jeans...

32 outside right now, heading to lower 50's. May need to start the wood stove today and going forward. That means getting to the back woods and collecting some more wood. Did a survey a few days ago and there are some trees down (summer storms) that look perfect to cut and burn. Speaking of...

47 outside this AM, grey and drizzling. Heading to upper 50's. Happy Thanksgiving to all. Moved a rug from my parents house into the Milk House yesterday late. Those concrete floors are cold. I need a long talk with the Project Manager since furniture was already in there. LOL. I also need to...

Good to know. I told my wife we have step stools, that did not go over very well. My MIL will be spending time with us, starting next month, currently we have two controllers in the space. A third looks like it is the only other option. These "treatments" are danged pricey. LOL. You really...

32 outside right now, heading to mid 50's. Rain moving into the area over the holiday. Dermo check went well. Then went shopping with the wife for Milk House stuff. She settled on some blinds at HD, but unfortunate when we got home, it looks like a no go. Seems no one makes corded blinds...

Middleburg,,, The northern part of our county is old money and horses.... The southern part is blue collar and cows.... Quite the disparity.

53 outside this AM. I hear the steady drip of H2O from the outside gutter. Been a long while. Expecting less than a quarter inch. Milk House work this AM and then dermo appointment later. I have some barnacles that are irritating the crap out of me than need removal. LOL. Getting to see this...

No on the nailer. Just screwed them in the old fashion way, they were only about 2 feet long. Getting them matched up was time consuming. And of course the last piece, due to the concrete wall, was not straight. This AM it is final sanding and paint. Then I can return to the cabinet work and we...

Managed to finally patch the hole where the chimney was in the Milk House. Used original wood. Needed fo frame it out. Now wood filler and paint.. then cleanup. It was an all day job. Frits it pays to have friends at embassies if your third world shopping for booze. I had experiences with...

Prayers for you, LS. Back in town, in ketchup mode. As usual lots of drama and weird **** going on. Waiting to turn the page on this year.

48 outside this AM, may touch 70 today. Did not hear the weather report so no clues as to what the day will bring. There was talk of rain for today. It looks super foggy out this AM so it must be warmer than usual. Got the honey-do list done at daughters, matter of fact the other two daughters...

45 outside right now, heading to mid 60's. Someone said rain later on this evening. We shall see. Getting ready for another road trip to daughters in a few. Came home from checking on a real job yesterday and wife was mowing a back pasture area we have let go. Guess tractor time sooths all...

37 outside this AM, heading to lower 70's today. Like 71. Should be a nice day. Road trip to daughters was a success. May return in a day or so to do some honey-do work. No big deal, it is a break from the current grind. Really need to get back to the farm maintenance tasks, and finish the...

Walking not my dog last night. At least I could see the coyotes last night.

32 outside this AM. Frosty. Heading to lower 60's. Road trip south this AM. Another furniture delivery. At least things are not showing up here, and what is here, is slowly leaving. Well the new fridge showed up. Yeah, three months without one really messing up feeding times. Shopping too...

53 outside this AM, may make it into the mid 60's. Yesterday was a blur, maybe an energy conservation day? - mentally. LOL. Need to start rounding up firewood today, tomorrow is a road trip to daughters, Not complaining though, we get to remove some furniture from our house. Today, some dump...

Cold crankng amps...check rating of battery.

Squirrels are a fine meal.

I am in a moderate climate. One of my Kubotas went over 10 years sitting outside with the original OEM battery. No issues, no chargers or tenders. My Kubota ZTR battery, is like two years old and was replaced once already. I did disconnect and bring that newer battery into the house, just...

46 outside this AM, heading to mid 50's. Still sprinkling. Might have been a good light rain that started yesterday while I was mowing, but it never really seemed to drop any water of significance. Better than nothing. Managed to cut the middle and front 40 yesterday, all done. The windshield...

Sorry to hear that. Thoughts of comfort your way, and to his family.

35 outside right now, heading to upper 40's with rain expected by noon. Will believe it when we see it. The cabinetry on the wall did not work out. I had a helper platform built and set and we staged the cabinet on that. One look after I got it hoisted up and I went looking for the wife. It was...

That's incredible. What kind of coverages and deductibles? Or point me at a web site. I have been raked over coals for a decade due to medical issues within the family. Even went to court and lost. Fine print, ya know.

Health insurance is super expensive. Most large companies if they cover you foot close to 2/3 the bill before they ask you to dip into your paycheck. Of course, not having it, sigh, even worse.

It's a form of camouflage. Just kidding. This guy was definitely the lighter of the bears seen that day. I picked him up from movement between the rocks. YIKES.

I got this guy just past the trail I went up, GNP, Montana. Got a female with cubs a little later. Needless to say, the trail was closed again, shortly after.

35 outside this AM, heading to lower 50's. The car guy cancelled on the pickup, so we are attempting to get another date for that. Sort of sets everything back. Not much on the to do list. Need to head out shortly for some work at a local Post Office. Then back to retired mode. LOL. Should...

I hit four deer at once. Managed to get sort of between two. The other two smashed into the driver side door and the passenger side bed. The truck became known locally as the "deer slayer".

53 outside this AM, heading to 60. Seems like a cold front has finally showed up. Been missing for a few weeks. Worked on some cabinetry yesterday and not much else. Looks like I'll be out of a real job for at least another three to four weeks. At this rate, I might as well be considered -...

58 outside this AM. Heading to mid 70's. Rained a little to wet the sidewalk down last night. Not gonna help the drought much. Will clean up the equipment today and get it ready for winter storage. May work on some cabinetry. Hope all have a good day, be safe.

There have been two studies in the past few years. No common sense recommendations like lowering the speed limits have happened. If no speed limit signs are posted, rural roads (six hundred series) in VA have a limit of 55mph. Of course that means 60mph and a little more are average to the...

44 outside this AM, grey and expecting rain later. We need at least a week of soaker type rains, and that might not get us back to average. Managed to mow the grasses all around the farm yesterday. Even got the weed whacker out. It was like I was back in the desert, dry, dusty and messy. Just a...

50 and sunny out this AM. Heading to lower 60's. A "cool" down from the past many days. Serious bad news last night. Neighbor was killed by hit and run driver while checking his mail. So far this AM, no news on apprehension. Be safe.

Throw some minced garlic and or shredded cheese in them before baking for variety.

45 outside this AM. Wow, it's still really warm. And super dry. Heard last night on the news MD has a state wide burn ban, including - outdoor grills. That would put me in a spot since I am a year round charcoal guy. LOL. Should be in the lower 70's today. I'll take it as I still have a lot of...

A feel good market for sure. I give it a few more months....then no clue as to direction.

Happy Birthday! 37 is young. Oh, wait.... LOL.

60 outside right now, heading to upper 70's. Hopefully I am home on the farm for the next week or so. Met car appraiser yesterday at in-laws. He was impressed and said so. Thanked me for being honest and giving good evaluations. Said the dollars jumped and will provide figures by today. We have...

Personal preference for me is tile. Been replacing and redoing floors on the properties and it is now refinishing original woods or tile installs. Carpet and viynl are not part of our going forward.

61 outside this AM, heading to lower 80's. Yikes....need rain bad. Another road trip today, getting the cars at the in-laws appraised. Sigh. House contract offer was not accepted. Sigh. All this BS for a few thousand dollars. Meanwhile the family is trying to provide house cover from other...

In and out in minutes, took longer to drive to our polling place. Heard close to half the county already voted early. Mailed in ballots. Voting should be easier on people, should not be tens of peoples deep.

Our Federal government agencies are moving towards newer technologies that allow for single sign on to multiple agencies. SS and IRS for instance are starting to utilize a service called login.gov. By registering with that service, one can use on-line services from both agencies. Sort of gets...

51 outside right now. Heading to upper 70's. A lot of smoke in my area, fires to the south of us. Super dry, no rain for at least 30 days and counting. Need to unpack truck and head back out on what I think is the final road trip. Course I said that two trips ago. Pretty tired of running up and...

What about goat rentals?

41 outside this AM. On the road, again.

Hang in there LS.

Medical costs....forced me back into the work force twice. Even with insurance coverage. And insurance was expensive to begin with.

I would do a mini split. Summer is next. A year round conditioned space is a nice to must have.

45 outside this AM. Hard to believe it was t-shirt weather for the last few days. Need to make a hazard dump run this AM. County offers up one day a month to get rid of chemicals and what not. We cleared out TWO truckloads of chemicals and oils from the in-laws. I got a third on the way to our...

Today I also managed to move a fire hydrant I brought home from the in-laws. Just because. I think it will be a good conversation piece.

I managed some tractor therapy today. Managed to bushhog all the trails. Dusthog would be more appro. Need the pressure washer now. Yikes. Had to move a tree out of a trail path. Seems Mr. or Mrs. Beaver is back. Guess the chain saw comes out tomorrow. That and the ZTR. It is summer all...

67 outside this AM, heading to upper 70's. We are home at the farm, we have cleared out our in-laws place down to four cars that we will sell. We are in decompress mode after these past few weeks. Two, estate sales over two weekends, four dumpsters and many, many trips to donation centers and...

It's groundhog day for me. Just rolled into the farm, with another load of antiques. Our houses are now stuffed with in-laws, my parents and two daughters furniture. LOL. Darn depressing. Will hold some sales after things settle down. People have way too much stuff. Will unload and head back...

Hope and faith Buppies. Back @ you.

wngsprd, Condolences to you and your family. At in-laws again. OMG. Back up and down the road numerous times these past few days. Dazed and confused. More family showed up from FLA to help. Talk about elevated stress and different reality. LOL. Anyway, dumpster time now. Number three on...

I use mint off usb sticks. Work related and personal. Disposable.

Ahh...yes....sound reasoning. My MIL went to talk with an Estate planner, yesterday. From what I know, not from the planner, I told the in-laws YEARS ago to move assets around. They never did, and now it is too late. The person care they require NOW, is all out of pocket on THEM. Guess who...

I think time and partnership influenced me too on the cooking.

I am a year round grill/smoker person. All weather too. I find it easier than cooking and cleaning up in the house. Tastier too.

My one daughter when she was with us, got the alpha-gal tick bite which meant she could only eat fowl. She had a fish allergy too. I cooked chicken so many ways I swear it ended up in everything in everyway possible. Now-a-days, it might make it to the grill a few times a week. LOL.

35 outside right now, heading to 70. Looks like a nice day in shape setting the stage for a nicer weekend. The cool down looks to have started. Don't like it dark in the morning. Like it less in the evening. Just like longer daylight days. Road trip again this AM. Sigh, now I find out that my...

I usually wing all dishes. I have no plans or recipies. I hope to get better when I retire. I would like to attempt my late mom dishes....someday.

It's a muscle. I guess I need to practice better lifting techniques and posture. Or that's what they keep telling me. But thanks.

60 outside this AM, may get to upper 60's later. Need to regroup and recover today. Lots of running around to do. All that moving tweak a muscle in the back, so that's not good. Still a lot more to move around, and just getting around now is unpleasant. Phone went dead sometime yesterday, No...

Good evening. Road trips these past few days. Yesterday was 8 hours on the road. Sigh. Running out of space in the farm houses for all the furniture that did not sell. Good thing is it is quality high priced stuff. Do not need it so when wife comes back....sales start again. Found two old...

40 outside...heading to upper 70's. Estate sale went even better yesterday. Looks like offers on the house lined up too. Unfortunate have to head back down today....and maybe stay the week. Our place is taking overflows on stuff that should bring a lot of money for the in laws rather than cut...

Still in MD. Yard/Estate sale over for the day. Lots of interest in the cars...lots of stuff went out today. More tomorrow and next weekend. Had a lot of stuff move that we did not think would go...all is good. Hope all have a great evening.

37 outside right now, Ground is frosty and the Super Moon is beautiful. Heading to upper 60's today. Road trip in a few, in-laws yard sale weekend. Probably will consume the weekend and then some days. Will inspect the relics a little more closely. And that's about all. Yesterday shuttled wife...

Make sure the credits xfer. Also....hard to do...make sure the career path matches the education undertaken. One of mine switched majors....sigh...

With the first daughter I was shocked at how expensive college really was/is. We spent months chasing down scholarships, best to start early. No grants. After we blew through our cash it was ParentPlus loans for her and her siblings. The cost of the game is high. Look everywhere you can and...

42 outside this AM, heading to lower 60's. Hope your son is getting better Kyle. Managed to get the front acreage mowed yesterday, including the leaves around the house. Hope to get to the back, today. Wife came home with her parents wagon (steel wheels) late last night. Reminder not to let...

That's a pretty maze. I'd definitely cheat with my phone if I got frustrated. LOL.

39 outside this AM, heading to mid 50's. Frosty outside. Managed to cut some grass around the houses yesterday. Cleaned up the barn aisle ways from my construction projects and blew some dirt and leaves around. Maybe another road trip this AM, will see when wife wakes up. In-laws relocated to...

Power of attorney.

44 outside this AM. may get into the upper 50's. Did not get to mowing yesterday, needed to run out and get food stocks. Lifted a paintbrush to do some doors on my stalled Milk House project. That did not last too long. Another up and down day in the books for the alligators. I think we are...

63 outside today and that might be the high. If I have the energy, will hop on the mower. This Covid stuff is like a light bulb, on...feel great...off...where is the bed. Oh well. Lots to do and lots that require time management. Need to choose, wisely. Hope all have a good holiday. In the...

I got ruled out for the road trip today. I stayed back and cleaned house with many a break in between. Still not right from the alligator. Hope tomorrow is better. What in the world is happening with the Detroit Lions. They are really good...wow. I recall smelling NJ as a child when we drove...

We had 1k for 5 people when remodeling the farm house. Then we all moved into 3.5k. As the kids left we rented out the 1k. Now we have finished an addional building remodel at 400sqft. The plans could be to move back into the 1k...then if needed the 400sqft. As another poster noted....it is not...

GM, In ketchup mode, still. LOL. Suns up, I woke up in my own bed, and so far so good. Yesterday was a road trip day, 8 plus hours on the road. Got some big furniture moved out and around from various places. I still think the farm house got more than what we got rid of. But that's on the...

Is cold out. LIKE that. LOL. Energy conservation day. Road trips and moving crap at 5AM tomorrow. GM is fine as is. IMHO. My personal stuff is on FB. Have a great day.

This guy looked and acted good till a vet visit revealed major infection on a tail wound no one picked up on. Pretty shocking. Long hair hid the wound. Vet said it was just his time....never easy.

Still no comms from BIL. Friends of friends of friends say house looks intact, no major damage. Forgot to say, buried our eldest cat yesterday. He showed up when the neighbors left the neighborhood late in the night some twenty years ago. He adopted us. Broke my heart knowing people would just...

Wife just cancelled our refrigerator on back order two months. Need to start that process up again. Been living with a dorm type frig in the main house since August. I have another dorm type frig just for beers, also in the main house. I ain't stupid. The hurricanes will make the appliances...

49 outside today. Mid 70's. Got back from job trip, took a few detours and wife along the way. Now looking for new job, brought covid back from out west. Hit wife pretty hard, multiple hospital visits. In rest mode now a daze. FIL fading fast, went to see yesterday. Bad times for sure. BIL...

63 outside this AM, heading to mid 80's. Got to the grasses yesterday. Yippie. Then got a real job call. So I am out of here in a few hours and will go into read mode for the next week or so. Hope all have a good weekend, and a good start to the work week. Sure is fall looking here, lots of...

61 outside this AM, lots of fog. Heading to lower 80's. Looks like a nice day shaping up with a few more lined up. Road trips wore me out yesterday. Finally got out of car mode around 11PM last night. Today is recovery day. Not much on the agenda. Most all projects on a halt. Hope all have a...

67 outside this AM, heading to upper 70's. Big rain event sort of fizzled out for my area, yesterday. Unexpected road trip this AM, sort of puts a halt to all other activities. Hope all have a good day. Be safe.

68 outside this AM, heading to lower 70's. Rain on and off this AM, expected through the day. Phone went belly up, only 5 models behind in upgrades, so I had to get a more current one. Wow. I liked my phone, I don't keep up with tech as I should. LOL. We shall see how the replacement process...

Paw paw hunting should have started a week or so ago. Most all are ripened and on the ground already. And chewed. Too late for us, We are on the fast track to fall this year.

67 outside this AM, heading to mid 70's with rain expected this afternoon. That is a good thing since we are pretty dry. Cleaned and moved some furniture around yesterday, most of it heading elsewhere soon. Not much going on the estate cleanouts. Scheduled dumpster for one, need to get pro...

59 outside this Am, heading to mid 70's. Last day of dry from what the weather wizards are saying. We are under draught warnings, have been for a while. Lots of busy stuff on the to do list. Including grass. Have to chuckle about the animal counts, last night again the deer population decided...

56 outside this AM, heading to lower 80's. Seems like fall weather these last few days. Happy Anniversary, Ken. Was a road trip day, yesterday. Recovered some furniture and tools for the daughter. Good to see pass down from her grand parents. Sad in a way. Got the farrier coming by in a...

61 outside this AM, heading to lower 80's. Road trip again this AM. Sigh.... Last nights animal feed had a dinner bell for Mother Nature. I had been noticing a drop in the deer and turkey numbers since spring. Well they all showed up. 14 deer and ten turkeys. That's a record number of deer for...

57 outside this AM. may get to 80 today. Road trip in a few. Looks like tomorrow too. FIL not doing well and some family members are not facing reality. Just adds to the stress of an already stressful time. Hope all have a great day, Be safe. TGIF.

I like the tile. Sorry but your flatjacks are too flat. Lol. Have a good evening.

59 outside this AM, heading to lower 80's. Quite a view for this guy this AM. Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

Life is hard. There is always, always a choice to be made. And hope. 53 outside, heading to mid 80's. A day of reflection, and remembrance for sure. Hope all have a good day. Be safe.

Twenty years...still finding it the wrong way. Have removed miles of it. This is not the way. Lol.

Original Star Wars movie poster sells for around 1,500.00.

very cool, very nice idea, very nice display.

Best of luck, plowhog. We all are hoping for a positive outcome.

49 outside this AM, heading to lower 80's. Just hoping to get something done today. Hope all have a great day, be safe in whatever you do.

I use an older version of PlantNet. Using it for years. Simple...point...shoot...or get photo..for identification. Leaves and flowers.

What a voice too.

47 outside this AM, heading to mid 70's. Still need to get to the grasses, LOL. Spent most of the day yesterday working on cabinets and counter tops for the Milk House. No real progress other than basic framing. Wonky walls, a concrete floor that's not level, matching up to sinks and avoiding...

49 outside this AM, heading to lower 70's. Nice and sunny out this AM, looks wonderful. Don't know what happened to yesterday, kind of came and went. Lots to do that did not get done. Managed to get some more parging and paint on the Milk House bathroom walls. This AM, for sure another coat. I...

62 outside this AM, heading to lower 70's. Zero accomplished yesterday. Managed to make it to Home Depot and get some wood for framing a soon to be built cabinet and window trim. While we were out, stopped by and got an ice cream as our favorite spot has days left before winter closing. What...

True. I was not let down by their service. 1. They could not identify my road. 2. The first crew started back cutting for about 100 feet and disappeared. Leaving the cuts in the drainage ditch. 3. The second crew started back cutting in a different direction than the first crew and...

55 outside this AM, mid 70's expected. Have not seen any weather reports these last few days, but I suspect it will be dry and nice for today. TGIF. Today is stick patrol and burn pile runs. Have lots of piles in the yards around the houses. Easy, simple stuff. I hope to get the lawn mowers out...

Man, those words are reprehensible to me now-a-days. Dealing with in-laws and family. Some people just cannot accept reality.

52 outside this AM, heading to upper 70's. Spent most of the day yesterday on the road, then at daughters new house. Did some dad things for her. She is on travel so the SO and I got to mess with her place, our way. I left a skeleton wolf at her back door just to freak her out for Halloween. We...

Nope. We looked at where we wanted to be for our home. The job location was not a factor.

Ya gotta seal....up.....anything and everything..... It will not be easy and you may never get there (to a state of no mice) but...you may get them to where they are not in the walls.

LOL. Same boat, different oar. I have had my fill of driving, especially trying to get into our Nations Capital over my career. It was not uncommon to average six (6) hours a day on the roads. And that was leaving at o'dark thirty and getting back in the nighttime too. If someone else wants...

58 outside this AM, heading to mid 70's. Actually...cool. Was a road trip weekend. Moved stuff around two households, heading towards a third, tomorrow. Spending way too much time driving, but no other options. Hope all have a good week, short as it is.

71 outside this AM, heading to mid 80's. Grey outside. Our road is open. Mail came last night at 8PM. A mile or two further south the main roads (two) of them county roads, still closed. Still hearing chain saws. It was a collision of two pretty strong storms over the area. What a mess...

PJS, strong prayers your way. Stay positive. Thank goodness he is ALIVE.

70 outside right now, heading to mid 90's today. Well that was an interesting evening last night. Two big weather lines collided over our area. Never seen so much lightening in all my days. Just WOW, The winds were pretty rough too. Changing directions almost by the gust. It was wild...

We have been working out our banks coin counter machines the past few weeks. I am down to the old stuff. On the penny side, American wheatbacks circa 1909 to 1958. The stack towards the front of the picture is the 1950's. I have learned a lot about pennies these past few days. I also learned...

73 outside this AM, heading to mid 90's. Very Humid. Very Humid. Yep. Well the good news is the Milk House is now a fully functional living space. We have water. The hookups went well. Unfortunately neither the plumber or I planned for venting the pump area. We needed a pump to get stuff to the...

Use a magnet!

Based on the grading, anywhere from $1 to $35,000 dollars. eBay averaging $100.00 this year. Also of interest, that year some struck as bronze. I need to find out how to tell the difference, steel is easy. Bronze and Copper, look the same to me. LOL.

My grind, when I have time is using an app called coinfacts. It offers info on grading/value and has links into eBay for current and past auction values. So far after a few hours I have found 3 steel 1943 pennies out of approximately 500 or so wheat backs. I am sorting piles of coins, then...

I have a pretty large collection of coins to go through. I have noted on a quick peek that some are really old. I'd like to id them and set them aside. The key is volume and time. Inspecting and identifying a possible value is very time consuming. Anybody have advice on getting through a large...

73 outside right now, heading to 100 today. Humidity is back. Plumber should show up this AM for final Milk House hookups. Got into that buildings attic last night, nice and clean still, no rodents, and fished the hot water tank power line through the wall. Thank goodness that was easy. One...

67 outside this Am, heading to lower 90's. Looks like the heat is back on for a few. Wife came home again late last night from her parents. Ugh. Looks like another road trip for me in a few days. I managed to start cutting grass again last evening. Don't think I can finish up today, need to do...

65 outside this AM, heading to upper 80's. Got home late last night, from middle daughters. Her big move day will be Friday with friends. We gave up a few items and I did the tool thing for her. Gave her a Weber grill (to carry on the charcoal tradition) as a back porch present. Along with all...

66 outside this AM, lower 80's. Wife came home late last night, we are packing up truck again for another trip to middle daughters. Gotta love the road trips. At least this one is pleasant. Unfortunate, my to-do list is not getting attention. Starting Monday, tomorrow, things look to get even...

55 outside this AM, heading to lower 80's. Middle daughter is a proud homeowner as of yesterday. Wow. Home alone at the moment, so need to get busy with morning chores. Me and the SO are just two ships passing by...these last few weeks. Did manage to get the grass cut around the pool late...

I got lawyers involved a few years ago with coverage issues through third parties. I lost. It was for a surgery in the seven figures. We managed to get the hospital to forgive some debt owed...but we were still on the hook for a large sum of money. Some BS procedure that was not on the books...

51 outside this AM, heading to lower 80's. Back home, again, and leaving this afternoon to help middle daughter out with her newly purchased house. Closing. I get to play locksmith, and am part of the moving company. LOL. Funny, life, two estates in closing, daughter just beginning. There was...

49 outside this AM, heading to upper 70's. Nice day ahead, need to rethink a lot of things. FIL diagnosed with advanced cancer, was not doing to well mentally anyway. This may set him on the real fast track to see the lord. Still trying to get his house in order. Roofers coming by shortly...

Interesting height and speed control functions. What's the cut size? No roll bar?

51 outside this AM, heading to mid 70's. Yesterday did not go as planned. Wow. A true crap show. Attempted to get to real job, stuck in road closed due to accident. Had to turn around and go back home, cancelling all work at last minute. Tried to fill up truck on way back, pumps not...

Buy and old farmhouse that your SO insists on remodelling. I think I have seen it all. Last quote for a bathroom in our Milk House way north of 35k. So far..doing it myself...about 6k in materials. That involved getting down to studs in the shower area.

Completely different machines, for different jobs. The ZTR is the optimum "lawn" cutter. IMHO. you gain nothing with a sub-compact trying to mow your acres.

74 outside this AM, heading to lower 80's. Nice storm through this area last night. Dumped a lot of water. I did manage to find some time a while back to replace one of the sump pumps in the crawl, so the majority of the house floorplan is sitting dry now. Have another pump to get too. That...

70 outside this AM, heading to upper 80's with rain expected later. Been on travel with real job work the past month or so. Helping boss go after new business. Got some interesting things going on for him. Company doing extraordinarily well. On the home front, a little behind in keeping up...

I have been cleaning out my Dads house for eight months. My FILs for six. My Dad had nice stuff, he kept what he had functional and clean. My FIL, not so much. We will require a lot of outside assistance including dumpsters for the FIL. It's hard, emotionally, mentally and physically. I have...

What do you do with the trap after you shoot the skunk in it? LOL.

Get a nice vinyl plastic work tarp. A big one, hold it over your head (covering your body outline) as you slowly approach the skunk in the trap. Place the tarp over the trap, make sure you know where the handle is, don't leave too much tarp over the entrance. Relocate accordingly. As long as...

64 outside this AM. Nice and cool. Heading to upper 70's today. No rain, none last night with the front that passed through. At least the oppressive humidity is out of here for a few days. The 100+ heat indexes were a little much to deal with. Just walking one would break out a sweat. Hope all...

78 outside this AM, heading to the 90's. No rain here again yesterday, north of us. Maybe this afternoon, we could use it. Spent most of the day yesterday running around shopping. Wife is out of the picture, not feeling well. She stayed home. Then after unpacking went to play pick up sticks and...

It took me five years before i got them all out of my barn. A nesting pair tried again just the other day. You have to remove the nest everyday and make sure they have zero access. That may mean temp screening material until they get the message.

72 outside this AM, heading into the 90's. Unstable weather is upon us. Could be some t-storms today, tonight, tomorrow. Need the rain, don't need the wind. Have another nice burn pile ready to go. Played pick up sticks yesterday. Back neighbors property listed for sale yesterday. Two barns...

Make a deal! A deal, deal!

66 outside right now, heading to mid 80's. TGIF Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

Feeling for you. I think your patience is a gift on this LS issue.

70 outside this AM. Heading toward 90. Brief thunderstorm last night gave us some much needed rain. According to my scientifically proven method of measure, horse grain buckets, about 1/2 an inch. The lightening was more impressive, it managed a bolt that brought the wife into the house. That...

72 outside this AM, heading into the 90's. Again. Rain forecast this afternoon. Last I checked we are down quite a few inches from where we should be. It shows as the grasses and plants are browning out and wilting most everywhere. Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

County is officially in a drought condition. And no-burn is in effect. Wonder what July and August will look and feel like? The lack of rain is worrisome. The fields and pastures are already browned out.

58 outside right now, heading to lower 90's. I see a low crawling fog coming up from the creeks. Looks like we are finally getting some moisture on the pastures. Rain hopes are up, maybe tomorrow. Time for the morning chores. Hope all have a great day, be safe.

This has been going on for a long while. Months.

73 outside this AM, heading to upper 80's. A cool down from the last few days. Spent the day yesterday working around the houses cutting back mother nature. Something like 3 or 4 RTV loads worth of leaves and branches. Need to keep up with that a lot better. Even walked around the house fence...

I found when flying things are approching me...I turned my back to them...swivel my head...and get the comfort level back at the controls

78 outside this AM, heading to upper 90's again. The grasses and everything else are taking a sun beating. Even the dandelions are wilting. Gotta run and get the animals taken care of. After that a little lawn work between the houses is in order. Hope all have a good day. Be safe, hydrate...

Hit 100 today. Heat index definitely higher. After morning chores ended by noon made a pool chemical run to the store. Treated wife to BBQ then returned home to install window a/c in the barn. Yep barn. Gotta keep the critters cool. Cats. Blah....well plus grain and tack. Managed to get two...

Friend of a Friend of mine just launched a product called "True Hydration". They have a web site, says just pay shipping for a sample. Not sure what that cost is. Zero Sodium, Zero Sugar, Zero calories, 12 oz, Calcium 150mg, Magnesium 150mg, Chloride 310mg and Potassium 360mg. Various...

Scott, we use YouTube TV. Carries local stations. Carries sports channels of interest to us. Been flawless for over 5 years? now... got rid of DirecTV. Streaming apps beats satellite content carriers hands down. More choices too in steaming apps.

72 outside right now, heading to 100. Dangerous heat for sure. Spent most of the day yesterday with the weed whacker. More this AM. Wife dragged me out shopping. A horrible experience. I am a grab and go person. My wife shops, even for food. Examines, compares, reads stuff....who does that...

Interesting graphic on launches.

My in-laws are stuck on their stuff, they think they can handle life like they did 20/30 years ago. They do not see the ramification of their actions or decisions.

68 outside right now, heading to lower 90's. Dry, no rain in the forecast and starting to get humid, later. Managed to get a walk in with the weed whacker yesterday. Really hot for that. The activity abruptly ended when I found a ground bee nest and one managed to get up under my shirt as I was...

Kelly's Heros. What a cast. Quite the movie for popcorn. RIP Donald. Ride 'em all you want.

https://dronewhispers.com/t/what-drones-dont-have-geofencing/197/5

Amazon stocks some items "locally". A particular brands laptop though, when ordered through the brands web site directly, gets made and shipped on demand, from China.

66 outside this AM. Another day in the 90's. We are pretty dry and things look like that - dry. I managed to spend some hours on the ZTR yesterday and in the pool. Set a new pool record, hopped in four times in one day. The sun was beating me yesterday so the pool helped out a lot. Today I need...

Good move on the purchase as there is legislation moving to ban sales from that company. Sigh.

70 outside this AM, may touch 90 today. It is a very dry heat so far this summer. There is no dew on the grasses in the AM. I can walk in the pastures and not get my boots wet. It's been like this for a couple of days in a row now. It would be good to do grass work before the sun really beats...

You need to be aware of the airport designation classes. Some smaller airports can be off limits. And then you wonder why.

This time of year I start getting sun baked spots on grasses and plants from all the windows. Things are drying out fast too.