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28 still...and still snowing. looks to be about two inches...so far. Not enough to get the equipment out. Tried to feed the horses. They are in their run in about a quarter mile away and seem content to stay there. Lol. So back inside I came. Grabbed a few pieces for the wood stove on the way...

28 outside this AM, snowing, looks to be about an inch so far. Heading to mid 30's. Spent most of the day yesterday at the seminar for downsizing and estate planning, Nothing I did not already know. But came away with reenforced vigor on what I will NOT put my kids through. Is interesting that...

7 outside right now, Yep. Hey, two degrees warmer than yesterday around this time. No wind, so it is tolerable. Heading to upper 30's today. Yesterday I was battling frozen hoses and frozen water tubs in the pastures. All but one pasture has an auto-waterer. They don't freeze. I think though...

Well...Excel macro or a free database program...MS Access....

Our zoning and regulations here are suspect too. I cannot have a trailer on the property for live in purposes, even if I construct something. I do not have to file for permits if I build an agricultural type building. I chuckled to myself as I was reading various rules and regulations as I...

Of interest is this machine appears to be a puller/dragger implementation. No FEL seen in the market speak. Safe bet we will be seeing more autonomous machinery heading towards farms, especially the small farm/hobby farm market. Unless the labor market kicks in.

David, Look into "You Need a Budget". YNAB. An advisor friend recommended that to me, a long while back. I am though a re-dedicated .xlsx format user. The website is ynab.com

Let us not start down that path again....

5 outside right now. Double take. Heading to lower 30's today. If the wind kicks in...ouch. Stoked up the wood stove again. Will have to talk to the owner about last log rules for the night. Nothingness is on the agenda. I had to run out yesterday for wife meds...sinus issue that has not...

Blows me away when I see some peoples resumes and accomplishments. That's what our country offers. Opportunity to excel in anything.

The total collapse of the NFC East teams was really unpleasant to watch. Both teams appeared to have believed in their minds they were better than they were and could just show up. Not shocking considering, just unpleasant. I guess wholesale changes from the top down to a few select players are...

28 outside right now, heading to lower 30's. Looks like around four inches of snow on the ground. Need to fire up the wood stove, someone, not me, did not add any wood to it before they went to bed. Sigh, that means I need to go outside and get kindling. I'd rather watch the snow with a hot...

My tractor is a back saver, not an investment for financial gain. Although they have probably "saved" me monies over the years. That said, I am writing off depreciation as you read this. LOL.

Around here we have been through solar, electrical infrastructure and data center developments. County benefits are rarely mentioned. Rarely. There are huge transparency issues with these developments. Neighboring counties also bare some burden to support these developments and they are usually...

If you fixate your eye on one spot....blink a few times...the floaters should move about...they also should be of various shapes....think of a partical in a sphere filled with water...looking through the sphere at one angle...the partical may traverse that path.

In regards to the eye... Floaters float. They move about. A lot of floaters, dark curtain shading, flashing lights is cause for concern. A opthomologist should be consulted. Spots that don't move about....no idea. I would consult the medical community.

The "thumbs up"/like - always presents an issue for me. Is it the post or the poster one is being "positive" towards? We have the "thumbs up" functionality, we should have the positive, ambivalent or negative functionality too. But then, after 20 years....does it really matter?

Nothing wrong with that. There is no need to reply.

28 outside this AM, heading to 31...LOL. There is a white substance on my grassy surfaces and sidewalks. Not sure what the weather people were yacking about...but they are over-hyped and usually not right when it comes to snow precipitation. In any event, I guess I need to go look at the...

D E T R O I T. wow...congrats.

Seems the GM thread is a little on edge of late. It is cold here...need to get the stove going again. Today will be spent with all the girls. Took this the other day and forgot to post. Nice work. Hope all have a great day.

Good luck with your water issue. Do apply the pressure to get it right. My neighbor elevated his yard, acres worth, by a significant amount and created a whole new flood plain on our property. It screws us over to this day. My county now has laws against work like that.

45 outside right now. I think that will be the high for today. Lots of standing water everywhere....yuck. The girls are all on the way home, since we all missed our Christmas get together, it will be great to see them all. Not much on the agenda for today, at least we are not dealing with...

All this talk of Costco....never been in one.. I always thought it was bulk purchases aficionados. Never h a d the need for that. Am I missing something? ...and I go to Walmart for cat food.. that's the only place that stocks the food the cats like... other than that....I cannot say what else...

You all are civilized, no Public Service announcement for toilet paper stocks? Amazing. :)

Some random person, LOL, the dog made sure the phone got returned. :)

25 outside this AM. Heading to mid 40's. Rain expected this evening. Yesterday the wife and I decided on a break and headed out for a nature hike near the Appalachian trail by Front Royal. It was good getting away from.. stuff. The dog enjoyed it too. Hope all have a good day and a better...

30 outside right about now, heading to lower 50's. Nice and soggy here. Ran around yesterday doing estate stuff... Not much going on around the farm, standard chores for the animals, zero work on the Milk House. The latter being a project that's 90 percent complete but life events getting in...

New laptop just showed....now I know why I am a Linux fan. Sheesh, the amount of advertising and unnecessary programs on Windows boggles my mind. How invasive for a "personal computer". Now to transfer all the needed stuff from my other dead windows HD. Should be fun. ...and trying to scan...

44 outside this AM, heading to upper 40's. Lots of rain, no power loss for us....roads all flooded in area. People are attempting to pass through our road, some turn around, some don't. Makes for a quarter mile backup. Just a matter of time before a water rescue is needed. There has to be at...

I was hospitalized at a young age at an overseas Army base. I went in speaking fluent German, I came out speaking fluid (not fluent) English. It was a traumatic experience. Not kidding.

Thanks for asking....sort of....not well. Been on hold with SSA now for 35 minutes....ugh......ugh.... Rain started...blah...better than snow.

31 outside right now, heading to mid 50's. Buckets of rain expected any minute, continuing throughout the day. Better than snow, I guess. Brought Dad home last night before he heads off to Arlington, sometime later this year. Final farm tour. Laptop decide to crash, windows unrecoverable...

I had Verizon through a Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) provider. Verizon did not offer a home plan to my address, so I went with a MVNO that did. Pretty weird eh? In any case, it was expensive, and performance was just - adequate. Now we have T-Mobile as the home based internet...

38 outside this AM, heading to upper 40's. Just trying to get back to normal, whatever that is. We are ground soaked here. and more rain appears to be on the way. Kind of puts a damper on moving about the property. Gets messy and muddy quick. Hope all have a good start to the work week, I...

30 outside right now, grey, overcast, blah.... upper 40's expected. Not much on the agenda for today. More planning and paper work. Eldest bought another camper, looks to be heading out, westward again, with the National Park Service, sometime in the next few months. A bit of good news for...

32 outside this AM. No precipitation as of yet. Been a crappy two months. Picking up the pieces from my in-laws lifestyle, and of course my Dad's estate. Lawyers involved already, on the latter. Hope all are having a good start to the New Year, and are doing OK health, family and friend wise.

31 outside this AM. Hope to have an OK day. These last six (6) Decembers have taken a toll on my family. A few weeks ago we lost a family friend in an aircraft accident. A few days ago, my father passed. Yet more friends to Arlington, now my father too. This AM I will make a road trip to...

Good evening morning crew. Happy New Year and all the best to you all. I will not be posting for a while longer. Additional family matters. I appreciate the reach outs.

37 outside this AM, heading to upper 40's. Taking a break for a while. MIL has broken pelvis, wife will go take care of her. Daughters friend killed in plane crash a few miles from here this weekend. Not a good time for my girls. Hope all have a great day.

44 outside this AM, heading to lower 50's. Not much on the agenda today. Making arrangements to deal with in-laws and SIL. Pretty stressful w/e. No relief in sight. Hope all have a great day and a good start to the work week.

53 outside this AM, heading to lower 60's. Nice and warm outside. Rain most of the night, lots of it. Probably biggest rain event this year. Hope all have a great day today and a good start to the week.

46 outside this AM, heading to mid 60's. Nice and foggy outside. Looks to be an indoor day. In-laws expected late this afternoon. Now it comes out MIL had a fall and is in pain, yet they still are traveling by car with SIL to here. Then they want to go to their house another 3 hours away. SIL...

33 outside right this moment, heading to upper 40's. Rain expected this afternoon. Hello December. The in-laws are treking up from Florida. The stress is here already. What txdon stated about home care..... my in-laws have not been thinking about that and now will rely on us 3 hours a way to...

Lol. Trashy adds.... Me thinks the OP browser is collecting info behind the scenes.

You can always buy land, you cannot always get a sale price you want. :) Take the money.

Alt+0176 Type character in the search box on Windows 11. Run the character map, copy paste.... °

Property rights can get ugly. Some people just have no respect for others.

Too much tech these days. ID, cut, split, burn. Is it dry test? Smack a few logs together...what do they sound like?

22 outside this AM, heading to mid 50's. Another good day to be outside. Need to work on some cabinetry in the Milk House. Shopping today on the agenda. Fuel stocks and whatnot. Need to get the xMas decor down and start that process. Maybe later in the day? Hope all have a great day, be safe.

Hassle. You might not care about broadcasting but your end user devices (storage, PC, tabs, phones, printers) may. Old tech, maybe mixture of protocols (speeds, throughput, channel limits, etc.)... I'd go with a newer mesh system. Need some more coverage, go buy another unit and plug it in.

What was the real outcome of that? I recall reading somewhere that it was not quite like the OP presented. I also believe someone tracked down the court case, but never posted that link or info either. Do you know what the real story was?

15 outside right now, heading to maybe 42 today. The wind picked up yesterday sort of in the middle of the afternoon, that brought the nice day to a halt. Well sort of. It just got colder and I started to slow down. Managed to get another 1/2 cord cut, split and stacked into the wood shed. Will...

The key is lettuce. Splurging was a salad. Adding carrots or a radish was over the top.

At least on FB you can investigate the person a little if you choose depending on if they are the buyer or seller. CL not so much. That said...I still use both.

I had no idea editing would get - that expensive. I guess a drop in the bucket if one is determined to break away from the pack. chatGPT can help too. One should cover all angles when looking for the next step in the career path. Your daughter has done well. Public service, too! Good for us all.

Und ich hier die Ohnmacht kriegen? Bier her, Bier her, oder ich fall um. Bier her, Bier her, oder ich fall um!!! From days long ago...LOL. Is it 5 0'clock yet?

I have not figured it out, eventually...maybe. A shame, need a steadier hand, well you know. A tripod. With the sun coming up and the moon close to the horizon, it is quite spectacular to see. Unfortunate the point and click of the android just does not capture it at all. Even the night mode...

29 outside this AM, may get to 40. Beautiful moon these last two mornings. Just cannot seem to capture it in photographs. So I just sit and look at the wonder of it for a few minutes. Need to move some firewood around this AM. Possibly make the trip into the back with the splitter to work on...

29 outside this AM, heading to maybe 50. Spent all day outside yesterday running the chain saw and wood splitter. More of the same this AM. Need to get stump out of pasture and down to the burn pile. A nice day with little to no mental gyrations on order. Need to find another tile guy, one...

37 outside this AM, heading to lower 40's. If I am home most of the day, will start the wood stove up. Finished with the tree yesterday that was in the pasture. Just need to move the tops to the burn pile. For some reason it took most of the day. Got a lot of wood to split. A lot of wood...

33 outside right now, heading to mid 50's. More wood cutting and splitting on the agenda today. I have some helpers here with stronger backs. The pasture tree needs its top moved to the burn pile, and the cut wood split and stored away. Shame, it was a pretty tree. More family rolling in...

43 outside this AM, heading to mid 50's Hope all are where they want to be today. Happy Thanksgiving.

Looks like the weather is clearing, time to get the chain saw out. Sinks finally made it back home. Look good. Only issue, the Milk House cabinet will not fit the sink. So if there is time available I will need to build out a new counter top. Hey, I did not pick out the cabinet...... Other...

In a past life an engineer told me that if you ever want to piss off another engineer, just add a wire. Seems that may be universally applied.

well...I will not be working in the woods today. Luck on our side, no animals or out buildings were taken out. Part of the morning routines are inspections of e v e r y t h i n g. It was rather windy last night. That was a picturesque tree.

46 outside this AM, heading to 57. Nice and foggy this AM. Yesterday ended up stacking the oak I had collected thus far. Since I had been dumping it in the wood shed, but with the remaining tree left, I was starting to run out of space. Today I may end up back down in the woods if the ground is...

And your satellite phased array tracking station - Starlink. :) I recall working with NASA on ground segments (land based tracking stations) earlier in my career, then came sat to sat communications, eliminating a large number of the ground based systems. Now I too can have one in my own back...

As a child did you think you would be running your own power station? :)

Congrats to your family and you. Job well done. Service to others - a noble cause. To the country - the highest of honorable commitments.

Six degrees of separation. LOL.

....well I beat some of the rain, got the final splits into the wood shed. Have about 25 feet of oak yet to saw up. Yeah, it was a big one, root ball and all came up. Makes it nice that it is sitting off the ground at a perfect level to cut. In a few days it will have been three years since it...

38 outside this AM, heading towards lower 50's. Rain expected within the next few hours. I am trying to beat that with one more run to the back forty to get some split oak. I managed to get a few split loads and the log splitter back to the house yesterday. Man, I like splitting in place. Less...

I don't think you need to remind yourself.... Maybe drop the hint to the buyer, inspection and survey services...again. All my real estate transactions were/are "AS-IS". For me as a buyer and seller. Some people will try and skirt that, anyway they can.

Too chilly out to go start wood splitting. LOL. Taking in more java. On the meeting the neighbor, he also said he would work with me to address my concerns. He stated he would build some type of screen or something like that. I did not reply to that only thanking him for his attempt to address...

31 outside this AM, heading to low 50's. Rain is expected tomorrow. Good thing too. Pretty bad drought here. Yesterday while I was at the corner of my property the neighbor started shooting again. Pretty loud when you can hear it over a chainsaw. Estimate I was half mile away. Since I do walk...

53 outside right now, heading to upper 50's. Looks cold outside, nice breeze. Woke up to rain on the roof earlier in the morning, then just laid there for a few more hours....here I am. Peeking outside now, nice and dry. Not good. Wife got our custom counter top for the bathroom yesterday, I'd...

43 outside this AM, may reach 70. They say rain might bless our area later tonight. We are classified as in extreme drought conditions. The wildfires to the South of us seem to have made their appearance here with smoky haze late yesterday. Buppies area. Kylie, wife doing super all around...

I have been un-retired for seven years now. If it was not for medical issues in the immediate family, I would probably be fully retired. As is, time flies....and it feels like a lifetime. Hint: It is. Anyway, I have a goal. That's what I am working towards, and the goal is mostly based on ...

32 outside this AM. Heading to 70. Yep....70...may..may get to 71. Dry. Very. No rain in sight. Yesterdays sink recovery was a bust, guy called while we were on the road to pick them up, after confirming time earlier in the morning, that they were not ready. So now he gets to bring them back...

Noted. I am the construction person. The designer has other thoughts.

29 outside this AM, heading to 61. Need to go get my sinks today. Still looking for fixtures. Hope all are doing well. Half way through the month, already. Nice pics all around this AM.

No, they (Dominion) still operates a few. The breakdowns can be found on their web site within various reports. "For comparison, the 2021 average mix of resources supplying Dominion Energy Virginia included: Coal (9.7%), Nuclear (29.3%), Gas (40.1%), Oil (. 2%), Hydro (. 8%), Solar (2.5%)...

From our meeting last night.... Dominion is our supplier. "Virginians learned for the first time that Dominion has already signed agreements with data centers to provide over 13 gigawatts of additional power by 2038." That 13gw is an additional 8 nuclear plants required, scaled off our largest...

Condolences your way, Mostly. Sorry for your loss.

This entity is the driver of the electrical grid for our area. PJM stands for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. The link is their intro page. If you care to seek information on projects and planning, they have all their documentation available. It's a monstrosity...

38 outside this AM, heading to 60. Another nice day on tap. Household and farm chores on tap for today. Spent last evening in a Town Hall meeting about the influx of data centers and transmission lines into the county and neighboring areas. Seems Virginia is globally unique in this growth...

Your late and grumpy. 😆

25 outside right now, heading to - may touch 60. Looks to be a nice day. Needless to say, burn ban into effect until further notice. Yesterday while traveling the property scavenging firewood came across a lot more ashes from the neighbors barn fire. Their place was one and a quarter mile away...

I had a space heater catch fire in my house. No way would I leave anything of these type heaters plugged in, in a non-occupied house.

Mine is because you can always be caught up in something that changes your direction. And well, personal experience. LOL. Being an old guy, they don't call them that anymore.

42 outside this AM, heading to lower 50's. Yesterday was a blur. Spent most of the day in the Tile Stores. LOL. Did manage to pick out three finalists for the bathroom walls and shower stall. We (she) needs to decide on the floor. Getting from one place to the other was over an hour in traffic...

If it is unoccupied why not just turn the water off and drain anything holding it? No way I'd chance space heaters without a person with them.

A go fund me has been set up. They lost quite a lot of family history too. And their boarders losses in animals and equipment is significant. Heartbreaking. Sad.

Thanks to all who are serving or have served. 34 outside this AM, heading to upper 50's. Busy and sad start to the weekend yesterday. Neighboring farm lost their barn. By the time fire crews could get to it, it was already collapsing. 4AM Saturday. It was a show piece, horse event place, in...

Depends on the market location. No? Around me it looks expensive, but then twenty years ago, "at the height" of the real estate boom, it was expensive. I recall selling for a fortune and turning around and buying at that fortune. LOL.

42 outside this AM, heading to upper 70's. May set some records today. What is on record is - lack of rain. We need some rain here. Yesterday was a blur. Did not get done what I wanted to get done. Always today. LOL. Wife came home with fixtures, a toilet, a surplus cabinet and a whole bunch...

49 outside this AM, heading to mid 60's. Household chores on the agenda today. Maybe screw in the final metal panels for the Milk House. Sealed the concrete floor the last two days. Used some cheap Behr sealant. Looks to be really nice. Made the concrete and all the patches really pop. May get...

LOL. The property line is a 1/2 mile down the road. At least. They don't abut me, there are four other properties between me and the agitators. Like I said, I cannot imagine what their next door neighbors are feeling and hearing. It sounds good for an hour or two, eight to twelve hours, not so...

That would work. In addition to Opera and Rap back at them. Perhaps Puccini and Hollywood Undead. Problem is, I respect my neighbors.

Mine appear to be renters. With the noise issues, if I start whining, it is pretty bad. My occupied houses sit over a few thousand feet from those noise making issues. I cannot imagine what the neighbors abutting the noise makers are going through. This weekend a new mariachi band played until...

55 outside right now, heading to 77. Happy Birthday, scott. Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, mein Freund. Super dry here, managed to cut the trails yesterday. Beaver is back and dropped a tree right on my favorite walking trail. No water in the creek, must be foraging for food. New neighbor started...

25 outside right now, heading to 60. Should be a really nice day. Got the sinks cleaned up as best I could yesterday, wife did a really good job cleaning. But around noon they are going to the professionals for re-glazing. Also today, I need to finish the metal work on the Milk House entrance...

Check out YouTube. Seems real.

From FB, not sure if it is real or not. But yeah...could happen.

Nope. They are earmarked for the Milk House. They started their history here, and they will continue. Refreshing them, professionally, gets one high dollars though... I found both in the woods, behind an out building when we moved here.

23 outside this AM. Heading to lower 50's. Had to check that cold temp, yep... Of course I threw seed yesterday. LOL. Well. the ground heave should absorb it for spring. Milk House is officially roughed in for plumbing. Got the one pipe moved out of the way for some cabinetry or wall work...

Pain to move around. Need the rtv...has a fun factor.. puts way more work on the schedule though...pretty safe...just need eyes in a 360 degree field.

My manlift. Up to 30 feet. 20 too many. Lol

Jealous. Is cold here.

41 outside this AM, may make it to 50 today. Nice windy day so far... Will continue ground work on Milk House today. Got water turned on, roughed in, later yesterday. May have to move those water lines though, inches to the left. Sigh. Need a wall there. Hope all have a great day, welcome to...

Look at it this way...always test your working backups. Now you know...they work! Tell the boss, they should have looked at the schedule for the disaster exercise.

48 outside this AM. Heading just a little higher...lower 50's. Plumbers and I started trenching the yard and busting concrete. So far...so good. Hope all have a great day. Also yesterday a cold front came through and the trees really shed their leaves. Unfortunately will have to rake...

59 outside this AM, heading to upper 70's. Maybe high 70's. Digging has begun for Milk House project. On tongue and groove, our whole barn walls and ceiling is like that. Must have been a lot of work. Has held up well for 100 years. Have a great day all.

LOL. Agree... but then it's all about purpose.

63 outside this AM, may touch 80 today. Yesterday was a run around. Got my curbside pickup from HD, only took an hour. LOL. Not like the other store in my shopping area, a lot slower yesterday. Proceeded to work on Milk House and Wife started with elbow grease on the "kitchen sink". That will...

Last I heard grids were part of a capitalist's theory infrastructure buildout. I'd start with your local utility conglomerate.

54 outside this AM, heading to lower 80's. Yep.... warm. The wife decided enough on the bugs, she sprayed the house down...serious chemical warfare. It was the end of days for the little critters. She promptly left the premise shortly thereafter. I dealt with the residuals, probably shortened...

..and everyone whines and complains when other countries take ownership and lead the markets when the government does not step in. The battery supply chain is about 1/2 fully dominated by one country. The rest are minor players. It's a market that is probably at its peak with current...

57 outside this AM, heading to 80, again. Last dance of the bugs. My goodness, I was invaded yesterday. Your AI chat bot at work. Best thing humans have ever done. The chat bot. Fun to program, even more fun discussing forks and branches (pathways) with clueless people that have zero...

46 outside this AM, may touch 80 today. Yep 80. Whilst cleaning up the yard again yesterday, walnuts, one pinged me in the head. The revenge of the walnut tree. It actually....hurt. Still redlining on the home front. Some stuff is coming together, Milk House plumbing on schedule for next week...

No more haying, either leasing or doing it ourselves. So it's limited pasture cuts, no venturing into the woods except for trail and firewood maintenance and about two days of cutting grasses around the structures and property lines.

Bucket number two. Not shown four 50lb grain bags....lol. One tree. In this area people are saying bumper crop. I believe.

An amount too small for the effort. 39 outside right now. Looking to be an awesome day. Going to try the weed whacker later. Getting another alligator prevention/avoidance/reducer/whatever later. Sigh...over-ruled on shots in this house. Not a republic. LOL. But with conditions the way they...

Chaos reigns at the homestead. Never set foot on the continent of Africa. Is on the to-do list. Mt. Kilimanjaro, would like to summit. The last two days I have been harvesting walnuts, so far over 400 pounds worth. Even managed to give a 50lb bag away to some unsuspecting individual. Hope all...

46 outside right about now, heading to lower 60's. Fall is upon us. Trees have yellowed out, as opposed to mellowing. LOL. Collecting firewood, working on Milk House and still trying to engage a plumber. One guy backed out of the job, at least he called back. Lots going on.... had another...

PB on saltines or a celery stick is my limit for experimenting on the taste buds.

LOL. Quite a contrast there....smoked salmon or limburger. Whoa.....

Brings back memories of Mom and Dad. I could smell that stuff when they brought it into the house. Let alone the refrigerator. Very pungent. Never tried it, cannot get past the smell.

49 outside this AM. Expecting low 70's today. Running behind on lots of projects and whatnot. On Walnuts, there is English and Black. What you see in the store is mostly English. Easier to crack. But, not as healthy as Black. We have Black Walnuts on the property. Just yesterday I gave away...

61 outside this AM, heading to upper 70's. 93% humidity. Grass was green and thick. Was. Amazing what morning dew and sun angles do. May have to cut it again as it looks to have seriously rebounded from dirt. Lol. Managed to walk with the weed whacker too before I ran out of energy. All in all...

52 outside this AM, heading to upper 70's. 89% humidity. Rain expected tomorrow sometime. Looks like grass is the order of the day. Managed to get the foam board up yesterday. All nice and sealed, just need to work on the roof metal now where the walkway joins the building. And vinyl.... Time...

Your home network looks like a job I had to do for a major bank that had routing issues. LOL. The CEO themselves responded to my carefully worded not throwing anyone under a bus analysis with...we are not paying for your thinking...we are paying for your doing. LOL. With that I threw groups of...

Yeah.. investigating into our "rules" for rental or other kind of makes me want to fly under the radar for tax purposes. Anyways.. we have options and that is the best part. Sounds like you do too. All the best for you and yours.

Timing is everything.

I lived through a corporate take over that saw "right-sizing" of benefits including the loss of a established pension plan. The union workers within the same company, saw no such decrease in benefits or plans.

Yes, I have about 3 miles of fence lines that the ZTR goes into and out of. So I weed whack the posts only. Around the house I am good for getting in close to a few inches on stuff. The ZTR has expanded our "lawn". What used to be tractor, garden tractor areas are now considered ZTR territory...

53 outside this AM, heading to lower 80's. 91% humidity. Another really nice day on tap. Today is foam board day for the gable Milk House area. It needs to be sealed up before the critters move in. Kind of sore from crawly around, knees took the worst of it. Trying to stay on rafters, even...

Taking the rest of the day off did not get to foam board. But attic is nice and clean. SIX loads dumped from the shop vac. 100 years makes a lot of dirt. Lol. Hope all can enjoy the evening.

AirBnB ...rental.. or wife and I move in..retire completely once and for all...rent farm out...use Milk House as home base while traveling. More sucking sounds. Just a little more to do...break time.

Age limit takes care of that issue too. Perceived or actual.

I have no problem amending for positions. The precedence for age is established. Service years has been established. Should be simple right? LOL. No problem with use by or expiry dates.

I am referring/responding to p o l i t i c a n s. If some of our major corporations have mandatory age limits in their c_suite, so should our government.

60 outside this AM. Heading to lower 80's. 90% humidity. More Milk House attic cleaning on the schedule for today. Need to get it done. Hope to get to foam board today. We shall see. Grasses need cutting to. Nice and green again. Morning dews. Hope all have a great day. Be safe. Those ailing...

Any test can be manipulated...good or bad. Your age...not so much. Plus the older one gets the more out of touch they are with prior generations and ingrained issues.

I have the opposite issue. No kidding. I have mutiple properties that are mixed up in all the geolocation services. Add my tax address and you get one of my undeveloped lots. I get offers for way more than that property is valued and assessed as. I actually corrected Google maps a while back...

Spent the day in the attic of the Milk House. Four empties of the shop vac and two showers. Have one more round to go. Slow roll, hot, limited space and lots of creepy stuff. Chilling now with a cold brew.

There is a eye drop coming on the market soon to reverse medically induced dilation. I have been watching that space for over 20 years.

. Nope age. Cannot get around that.

2 to 5 acre lots zoned residential on one side. About 600 feet away. That's where most of the neighbors who violate the zoning noise ordnance laws are. Rural, farms, surrounded by encroaching suburb types. One neighbor in back about 1/2 a mile away, with his "factory" mufflers hits over 80db...

We have noise ordnances for our area. None of my neighbors are farm lots so they fall into those rules. None of them follow it, or are aware. I have complained to some about their violations, they continue to violate accordingly. I usually get the smart remarks back. It's pretty loud when you...

I did not notice that...but you can set your browser zoom accordingly. Or get into it altogether and change font settings.

55 outside this AM, heading to 80. 91% humidity. Spent most of the day yesterday with the Milk House. Sheesh. Managed to get the last of the wood siding off on the gable area. Also managed to get the last of the pipes out of the attic space. I was hesitant to use the angle grinder up there, but...

55 outside this AM, may touch 80 today. 93% humidity. Spent most of the day yesterday working on Milk House gable area and roof of walk-in area that is now enclosed between Barn and Milk House. Roof metal was bent up against gable side outside of siding. Today it is remove some more siding...

64 outside this AM, heading to mid 70's. 84% humidity. Got the call yesterday to formally shut down a few projects at the real job. Too bad. That set my mind racing to complete the wifes wishes here at the house. Today is Milk House attic cleaning day. Chase the squirrels out, clean up the...

Pictures please. Would like to see it.

Property is now bank owned. It was a slow roll over the years. Accessed value was 1.5 million.

59 outside this AM, heading to lower 70's. 94% humidity. Not much on the agenda. Waiting for tractor return, debating if I should cut grass or not. Pool did not get closed, supposed to be nice for the next 10 days or so. Heck, just sitting by open, blue water with the fall background is nice...

49 outside this AM. May get to 70 today. 88% humidity. Nice moon out, will go enjoy the moo of the cows, moon and coffee on the front porch. Nothing on the agenda, need to make a dump run. Hope all have a great day. Be safe. Those ailing - wishing you will get better.

Saw that. Only caught because a customer talked to a crew person.

Solar panels all over again. Invent, produce, divest, get swamped, whine.

Glad you clarified policies. Some seem hard stuck on US policy alone. The oil companies have "policies" figured out. 2024 looks to be a another high bar year for them. Why? They play in a global market, not a US defined or influenced one.

You seem stuck on policy. Too bad for you. Profits are up, records set. New highs, across the board, drilling, refining, sales.... all at a time when some major players have been sidelined.... Yeah policy.... Oils gonna do what Oil does, follow global markets and money.

Yeah, short term profits are up 11 billion this quarter alone. LOL. Mine, not so much.

57 outside this AM, may get to 70 today. 93% humidity. Weathers kind of yucky, indoor activity only. Mortality talks and births in the same few posts. Life and time go on. Waiting on one more plumbing estimate, these last guys are smart. Both work together, one does trenching one does indoor...

Middle finger gets one company 55 billion in profits in 2022.

Yup!

59 outside this AM. Heading to mid 60's. 97% humidity. Ran to the pool store yesterday to get the closing chemical brews... then started the process of the final cleaning. Maybe later this week, close it down. :( Summers over, :( , new record for pool use this year...one time. ONE. Next year...

Obviously a delivery hawk.

61 outside this AM, heading to lower 70's. 91% humidity. Weekend was nice, road trips for wedding and household items. Wedding was fun, except for the drive in the rain and darkness. We had between two to four inches of rain here on Saturday. Nice, but we are still way below where we should be...

56 outside this AM. Steady RAIN since last night, around 9PM. Heading to lower 60's today. 97% humidity. Rain throughout the day. Road trip later for a wedding. Got a do all estimate back from one plumber, good news. Kind of about 3-5 grand more than expected. It's the darn line run to the...

Credit card companies do the things you described already. It's part of their fraud detection processing.

No crops left to be harvested in my area of VA Drew....too dry for too long. Stay safe....50mph is of concern for winds. Gee Scott....your a few steps ahead of me. Bad timing on my part closing pool. With the wet weather coming I imagine lots of cleanup before closing. Bad on me....scheduling.

We have made that clear to all who show up.... All job, part of job, part of part of job. At this point, I may start busting out the inside myself and worry about the septic hookup later. I just want this project off my plate. It was like this with electricians too, until I found the guy. He...

It is a big job. Outside - No one seems to want to dig. 150 feet to septic, need transit for grade, decide on pump or not. Inside - Bust out floor for drains and pipes in 8 by 12 area. Connect to water supply 20 feet away. No one has given me a written estimate on costs for either or both.

57 outside this AM. Heading to low 70's. 81% humidity. Waiting on the rain to come in tonight. Unfortunate, but we have two weddings to attend this weekend that look a little wet. Still waiting on plumbers estimates. Guess I will write them off after today. Worked on some vinyl on the Milk...

Spend less...tax more. Simple.

Beyond dry. No rain if forever, I think my area is down at least 10-12 inches. Creeks bone dry in back. Actually walked it the other day. Cleaned it up a bit. :( Hope you are getting well. Stay positive.

51 outside this AM. Heading to upper 70's. 86% humidity. Nothing on tap today. Waiting for plumbing estimates and one person for digging stuff. Wife is pruning bushes...most are not doing to well and it is a good chance we will lose them anyway. Went on a material run yesterday for the Milk...

Where is management for quality control? Where is management for process control? Where is management for marketing? The problem is mismanagement. And it goes all the way up to the c-Suite.

You honestly think a group of individuals making a product wants lower quality products on the market? That's a question.

Compared to the c-Suite boys and girls and supporting staff? ROTFL.

They sort of did. You need a Real ID or a passport to travel. Abroad. They were hoping to standardize on Real ID for all states and all travel. The states keep balking. Now the states have to support more forms of ID.

Well....there are always special interests. Me, I side with the individual on this UAW issue. And not the corporate individual at that. I view the latter as part of the problem.

Not really the Federal issue, more like states saying "we are not doing that". Conforming. And the Fed has to bend accordingly.

Most "ordinary" drivers licenses are being moved to "conform" and "comply" with RealID standards. Just a matter of time.

49 outside this AM. May get to 80 today. 90% humidity. Low key day. Not much on tap. Took a walk through the front pasture last night looking for a horse fly mask. The grasses were crunching under foot. We are expecting rain on Saturday. We really need it. I think the wife has decided on the...

100 crude is not sustainable. 240 is someone smoking crack.

Amazing isn't it. WTH are they thinking? In some parts of my area we actually have VISUAL conservation easements.

I have some neighbors, well they are a mile down the road, that are at odds with each other. I hear all sides of the stories. Amazed at some peoples behavior. One person wanted to remove some overhead power lines between houses at no coast to either....turned into a war zone. Another cannot...

The bidding wars in my area are pretty impressive. The one to two million dollar range seems to be where it is at. Gentlemen and woman, insert favorite younger person type slang here, looking for large house and large acreage. And they ain't from California. There is still a lot of money...

55 outside this AM, heading to upper 70's. 86% humidity. Finished insulation and foam board on one end of the Milk House gable. Up and down the ladder is tiring. Will wrap it with vinyl later today. Still waiting on two plumber estimates. Neighbor plumber came by late last night. Late...but...

No dumb questions. I appreciate it. I could not see any other bolts or tensioners holding the belt back. Maybe it shrunk. LOL. Or there is a secret Kubota process I am not privy too. Dealer said Wednesday for pickup. Oh well. Need a once over anyway. Just to be sure. That branch was in there...

The alternator slides freely in the notched bracket. It does not slide any closer to the engine block, and the notched bracket has about 1/4 to 1/2 inch more available space to slide in that direction. I will go re-examine to see if the tensioning notched bracket itself has any bolts to...

Yes there is a tensioner bolt, and on the bottom, I call it the alternator bolt. Both are loose. The whole alternator moves when the bolts are loose. But the alternator itself will not get any closer to the engine block. And it needs to get closer to get the belt over it. I appreciate your...

Anyone change out the alternator belt on this model? Loosened the tensioner all the way and still cannot get the belt over the pully. What am I missing or tricks welcome?

Safe travels...Drew. And to those hitting the roads today.

Nice fungi. Back at you all with these.

60 outside this AM, heading to upper 70's. 92% humidity. All I did yesterday was eat and chill with the family. Two of three daughters met at our favorite eatery that we have adopted. LOL. Been going there for over a decade. One of the few all you can eat Sushi places for a decent price. And...

Lunch and dinner. LOL. Took the day off from all chores and projects. Been a long time since I have done that.