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Been working on State taxes. Think I have them figured out. Turns out the estimated I made to Feds wasn't needed. wind is lower, but cold.

another plane incident in Toronto Canada. flipped after landing.

So that's where it's going. Our forecast is now no snow this week, after having 6" forecasted originally. Hope we get the 0". Mostly, have a good trip home. My oldest was in AR this weekend, had to drive thru the storm front on the way there, got home last night. Winds to die down today...

Still getting some strong wind gusts. Camp David recorded 76 mph this afternoon, and the town next door where some of my friends live, 74 mph. Rt15 shut down because of power lines down across it. lots of outages, fortunately we are still on

37° Wind 28mph peak here, someone said 74mph up on the mountain. Lots trees down and power outages up that way. Next 3 hrs should be highest winds then drop by morning. Good class tonight. Dad was without power some today, winds took down trees that blocked state route, so resolved quick...

48 deg, foggy dreary chilly day outside. Still had ice on driveway this morning. Good Worship Good meal after at the usual Italian place. Ken, hope dog is better. Buppies, hope power comes back soon. All this wetness is good for the ground, after being so dry last summer. this morning, the wed...

Hope it comes back soon, that's a long time to be out.

calling for high winds tomorrow, cold again next week, down to low teens a couple nights, 3-4" snow starting wed.

Got a covering of snow, some sleet, maybe some freezing rain now. Glad I stayed home. Did get a 15 mile bike ride in. Wonder when the Governor is going to actually resign? lol Disappointed in Apple airtags. I have one in a remote camera battery. my brother took the battery home to charge...

Busy on here this morning. Decided to skip breakfast with the gang. Snow supposed to start soon. Not as much here, but where we eat calling for heavy snow to start soon. Up late is another reason. 5 hrs of restless sleep. Maybe I can get some more. Dad sure missed his cows when he got...

Mostly, glad safe trip and fun with GGD. another problem with lot, it last perc'd for sand mound septic, but apparently needs new perc test. Going to pass. Would have been nice to have a lot only 1 hr away, was real close to where we ate tonight, and real close to where I got GBS 5 1/2 yrs...

sorry for the break..

Took wife out to a place in PA we hadn't been to for awhile. I had a good prime rib, wife a good steak. Got home 30 sec after our son got home from work. Saw an interesting lot up in PA today, inquired. Downside is it's on a forest service road, and they don't maintain in the winter...

If a house, I would say that's a sin in and of itself to paint any stain grade wood. But since it's the Hospital, I'd salute and say Yes Sir!

Any decent piece of land I’ve looked at has a contract on it within 4-5 days.

Wow, didn't see any mention of snow next week when I looked last night, now 6" showing up. Need to find a place to take my wife out tonight.

Snow went away quick. Windy now. Last week it was snowmageddon coming, 6-10” and snowing tue-Fri. Got 2-3” and gone already. 45° and partly sunny

Thanks

33 deg, only got to 34deg, slight misty rain which is freezing in some areas.

Creek below our pond. Note the tree at the end.

Mowing last summer

Me mowing last summer

they can have it. LOL 2.5 - 3" here, melting has started. son is off work.

Been there, done that. Was in snow plow one night, 2 in the truck at night, working winter break while in college. Got stuck somewhere on a road in the middle of the night in the middle of nowhere. Before cell phones, no radios. Don't remember how we got unstuck. Might have been the same...

Scott, so sorry for your friend... Sad.

watching another starlink launch in a few minutes. THis never gets old, so neat to watch them launch, and the booster landing. snow began at 2:30 pm, son wishes he had gone to work, could have gotten a half day in.

by the time I got a drivers license, I had been driving several years on the farm... No parking lot, just our narrow 1 lane road with a creek on one side, big hill in the middle with a turn. Got hung up in snow many times, sometimes had to park the car and walk home. Drove like the Duke Boys...

Moon really bright last night. 29° and snow due soon I connected basement tv to network and logged into the YouTube app on it, instead of using my phone when on the bike. TV app not good, hangs up all the time, longer commercials than using the phone, so back to using the phone.

36° Let my class out 5 min early, got home start of 2nd quarter. First supper bowl (cause we eat) or pro game I’ve had on in years. What did they do with the kickoff, where everyone stands and watches? That was weird. Anyways, had chips and queso, and was hoping for good commercials, but...

Good worship, good lunch after. prepping for my class I teach this evening. was 38 deg when I got up, it had melted the ice that came in around 9 pm last night.

Breakfast with the gang, wife didn't go. I bought milk and chips at grocery story, filled up car with gas. roads now being salted, but radar shows everything sliding by to the south of us. stove purring nicely, or maybe it's tiger on top purring... He loves that heat.

That's the problem with buying used, you inherit someone else's prior problem. MIL power came on about 11 am. Got pellet stove cleaned out for the 2nd time this season, hope to only do 1 more final clean at the end of the season. 45 deg, so will wait to turn it back on. Saturday night...

Wife said there were 5 trees down along the road to get out.

Power still out at MIL house in VA. Wife just got home from a visit. The tree got cut out yesterday afternoon, so she could get out the drive. 43 deg, but the wind is very cold. turned pellet stove off, so I can clean it again. should have turned it off before I left this morning for breakfast.

Sat night calling for ice now, instead of snow.

you get 6" of snow every other day I think. They are calling for that here next tuesday and everyone is already in panic mode.

Phil, your work is just amazing. got up to 38 deg today, the ice all melted away already. Now attention is on a little snow Sat night, but a big snow predicted starting next Tuesday. Mother in Law had a large tree come down across her road out of the development. Hopefully someone will get...

I now have a surge protector on mine, and if I need to run on generator, it's the inverter gen that gets used now.

32 deg and freezing rain. Not too bad, roads are moving and ice on vehicle isn't solid. Lots of ice on trees.

He was another one I was trying to meet up with and never got to. He was so proud of his grandkids.

No snow tonight, but got ice on the deck already.

Where do you get the boards? I have Harman, love it. Mine won’t shut off unless I crack the pellet lid. But I’ve ran it like that for years. That started after running it on generator w lousy harmonics.

He told me his dad's watch was in the B&O museum in Baltimore. I've always meant to go and try to find it, but never did.

what brand of pellet stove?

32° and overcast. Won’t get much warmer. Radar shows snow, but nothing outside. Freezing rain starts at midnight, until about 9 am tomorrow. Called an old HSA to verify no funds left there. All good there. Woke up, son had left early. Forgot he had Dr appt. Only got 5 miles on bike and...

Thanks. I see Roy was still with us then, and Eric from the UK.

Saw that in the obit. sad. Never met Bird, but we chatted a lot on here.

I still want to see it in writing... Got an escalation clause for future pipeline pricing, but only after 10 yrs. I had also tried for a penalty clause if they were late paying, but dropped that to push the escalation clause. We got most of what we asked for. Just the price increase paid for...

RIP Bird, you will be missed. Had many great discussions with him. Thanks Muhammad for letting us know.

RIP Bird, you are missed.

Good news regarding the farm pipeline. Looks like the pipeline company came around to our way of thinking. Ice event coming wed night. Next week snow returns, current 4-6” predicted.

My office desk is an old oak dining table that my parents had once upon a time. Only 30" x 52" long including the one 10" leaf. It might have gotten passed down. It had 4 chairs, think I have 3 of them, but chairs falling apart. When in High school, this was my desk in my bedroom. I used to...

Soon you'll be seeing eggs listed as "Market Price" on the menu.. Spent morning looking at my auto insurance costs. Think I might have mentioned car ins going up about $500 from last year, or 23%. Was 14% last year from yr before, 10% the preceding 2 years... Got a letter from Ins saying I...

My garage is now smaller than what I have to organize. I’ll use that in my argument to build another garage. Lol We have a fox hanging around, see it on camera.

Under DNI I think.

Today ended up being errand day. 600# of pellets to porch box. Starting on my last ton from the barn. Then picked up meds 2 places. Walmart again tried not to use the special card for the one I get there, which is why I get it there. Good chipotle bowl. Then Costco run for some sale items...

ken,hope you feel better soon. Buppies, Did you ask the cops what you are supposed to do?

27°. Looks like snow coming wed night for a couple hrs. 50s until then. Keep forgetting to pick up pharmacy items, running low.

Ron, condolences to your neighbors. Scott, happy birthday to your wife.

I have a ninja, but she doesn’t make coffee.

thanks, was contacted.

my son had one of those coffee machines, but switched back to a regular pot.

might have a penalty. I did estimated tax payment federal, but didn't think about state.. I haven't looked yet.

sold real estate in different state.

It looks like neither by Dad nor my MIL will be using the golf cart I bought from Drew. If anyone is interested, I'll sell for same price I bought it for. I think Drew said there was some other interest. It's been kept inside my garage all winter.

When I ordered the last truck filter on amazon, the package came with an oil fill cap also included, which wasn't on my order. but don't think it's the right on for my truck. Got my 2 mazda filters today, need to get it changed later this week. good Worship, good lunch after. I got a whole...

I need to do 2 states this year, $45 just to download another state., in addition cost to file 2 states... Should look at doing it on paper instead. Turbo tax almost made me miss reporting my land sale. Wasn't where I expected, and it wasn't one of the questions. Only because I went...

14°, been dropping all morning. Geo doing fine after the warm spell. Woke up being too warm. Buppies’s, sound like a rough night. I have all old files back to late 70s, semi organized.

I’ll use paper maps before I’ll pay extra for the car version. I use my phone, with car play. Sometimes it just cuts out. Maybe I should go back to the garmin, it can’t give out where I am. Bigger issue is the apps learning where I go, and they sell that data. It knows where I live. It asked...

geocaching been around a long time. Local commie town has outlawed plastic bags, so try not to shop there. If they charge for paper, it's the store's doing it probably. Used to be a nice town, but now we just refer to it as north montgomery county. They ruin one area, then expand to the...

Up early, getting sore throat from sinuses. Need coffee to sooth it, but will have to search for it. Been long time since I made it. Happy Groundhog Day eve, to those that want to get ready to shoot that rodent. 😂

Don, that agrees with what i've seen reported so far, I had watched the ATC videos over and over, and with the confirmation by DOD that the Copter was too high, I believe the copter pilot was looking at the wrong plane also, and didn't see the one slightly above him. The only downside to that...

I wrote down the different vehicle oil capacities, plug wrench sizes on the box where I keep the funnels. I also take picture of the mileage at each change, and a picture of me putting oil in. THat reminds me, I need to do the mazda already, but don't have a filter. Just ordered 2 for mazda...

I think Drew was referring to the dash board readout, not ODB readout. I get trans temp on my HD2500 dash menu. UHC rant: Just had a frustrating call with United Healthcare in regards to my 2024 HSA they never funded. They basically put the blame on me for not opening an account for it with...

From ATC

Helicopter crashed into plane landing at National Airport. 64 on plane, 3 in copter. Prayers for all.

Nice looking blade with all those hydraulic lines. Mail brought sad news, one of our old friends we sent Christmas cards, the lady had passed away, her daughter answered it.

sure has been a windy day. Wife and I wanted to try a new lunch place, but neither wanted to go out in the wind. should go get the mail in.

my oldest son is learning why not to try to sell on ebay. What a rip off. windy out today. hit 51 deg. Still ice on driveway, but most near garage in the shade. started on taxes the other day.

Yea, the paper is the less expensive part. Can’t believe no manual.

47 years ago, Jan 26, 1978 Ohio got hit with the big blizzard. Roads drifted shut, used bulldozers to open roads. We used our little John Deere dozer to open our road. Unfortunately, most of our pics are blurry from that event. from my diary: Jan 17 (Tue) No School- 8-10" snow Jan 18 (Wed) NO...

Kyle, hope deed works out!!

No, but son totaling a vehicle didn't help.. I calculated the difference after that vehicle was removed from the policy.

Local hospital says they can't take anyone. Turns out a ransomware attack, and all computers are down. Took my recycle out last night, but just realized pickup is next week.... Auto insurance went up $720 for the year.

That’s from Happy Gilmore. Lol

Like you said, some are legitimate. But some are illegal requests. A police officer does not have the right to violate the law, even if you think you’ve done nothing wrong. There is no freedom without people standing up for their rights. Just be respectful. I’ve seen plenty of YouTube videos...

Just wear this shirt.....

Drew's Ford service debacle reminded me while I never bought another Ford after my 1988 F150. The local Ford dealer did me wrong, breaking more stuff than they fixed. That truck was nothing but Fix or Repair Daily, a vehicle true to the name.

Mostly, congrats on getting caught up. Snagglepuss has been sleeping in garage every night while cold outside, where she gets food and water. She want's out in the day, even when cold, but if she comes back to the door wanting in, she gets let back in. Sat night I got the email back with the...

Up to 45° today, that felt good. Good worship, good lunch, Class tonight went well. Got recycling out. Pebbles curled up asleep on my lap. Now 25°

Ted, thanks for checking in. Praying for Dona.

did last year, but appears they stopped this year. Ordered online at sams club.

My dad tried to tell me, didn’t listen. :ROFLMAO:

Made sams run, got everything except what I went for. TurboTax display said download only, no cd. Zoo there on a Saturday, but not like Costco. Gas was cheaper there than Costco, but less pumps, and a crazy laid out station with too little room. 34°, so no warmer than yesterday.

4 deg to start, now 27 deg. Just got past freezing yesterday far a short time at 34 deg. Good Bkfst with the crew this morning. Might do a sams club run, just to get turbotax. They have it on sale, same price as costco sale. Will price some other things there also, get gas. got tax files...

I’ve gotten good at repairing them. Most are made the same. I have new set of seals and new rotor plate in stock. Last time the problem was a hole in the side of the resin tank, but I didn’t see it until after I drained the tank.

went to pay my electric bill online, found out they now have a service fee to pay the bill. Unless you mail it in. They didn't list the amount, guess you gotta pay it to find out. Even payment in person has a fee. Back to mailing it, and I gave my 2 cents worth of what I thought of their new...

First order of business, took down and packed away the Christmas tree. What will ornery get into now?

18° low was 11° near midnight, and climbed all night. That’s a good thing Geo systems keeping up. Ron, nice to help neighbor out Phil, more excellent work. Will take the day as it comes. Need to pick up TurboTax sometime and get started.

When I was at scout camp near Bangor, the water lines ran on top of the ground. Too rocky to bury them, and I guess they just drain them at the end of the year.

My brother had to thaw dad's well line, where it goes from pump into the ground. Keep a heat lamp on it below 28deg, but it froze yesterday. Got to 29 deg today, tomorrow will finally get above freezing. Hopefully only the high teens tonight. Both geo systems have caught up and should...

would love to have the L5740 right now....

Say started at -4.9 deg out. now sunny and 22 deg. Had a breakfast meeting that went well, with good food, some grocery shopping, now home to relax. I have been getting on the bike about every day, usually try to do 10 miles. did more medicare learning last night. Looks like it will cost me...

Currently -0, which is colder than 0 shown earlier.

But i'm having so much fun trying to figure out Medicare and SS.... And realizing that when I take Medicare, I get to pay extra, because I have to keep my existing health plan for my wife's coverage.

My conundrum is, My wife is on my plan, and won't take medicare for 3 years, so I need to keep her covered until then. It looks like I'll be paying for Part B, in addition to my existing Health ins. My current plan UnitedHealthcare does not have an allowance to cover any of partB

The latest MedicareSchool video (Best medigap plans for 2025), he claims they are Independent Brokers.

Buppies, happy birthday to Holly!! Hope your recovery goes well

Fixed speed loop pumps 2 stage scroll compressor variable speed blower motor I can control flow by adjusting ball valve manually. When installed, this was pretty much the advanced system, not so today. And no mechanical system permits required here.

It's the extended cold that really effects the geo system. Loop geothermal doesn't have the delta T in this cold weather like a pump and dump geo system like paul has. In an extended cold or heat spell, the ground temp doesn't change fast enough, the loops cant recover much. It's still...

Still -8 and sun starting to shine. 64° in the room with pellet stove running. Analog thermometer on porch says about -10, so I’ll believe the weather station. If sitting in front of stove, my front is warm, back is cold. Can just feel the cold from the windows.

-9° set a new low. Wow, didn’t expect that. Need to check how old fashion thermometer compares. This has been a very cold January. Temps are below the geo system design temps. Bin data does not go negative for this area. The water loops are gaining very little temperature with this extended...

Ron, sorry about your neighbor

WM75guy, thanks for info UnitedHealthcare PPO is my current plan, that can be used as a supplement plan. Or I can go with their advantage PPO.

Medicare School say they will review your medicare options for free, has anyone done that? There has to be a catch somewhere....

did you calculate yourself using the MedicareSchool guys formula? That's where my difference lies. I hope SS site estimate is right, it is $700 higher value. lol

I do need to figure this out sometime. The upstairs unit i just replaced with a new unit, but old stock. The basement unit is as old as the one that already failed with leaking condenser, so maybe it also has leaked some. After what the last guy charged me just to come and run a sniffer and...

On a related subject, was watching the latest MedicareSchool video today on the SS Fairness Act just passed, eliminating the WEP and GPO reductions. He explains the formula for calculating your SS benefit. So I ran his method on my numbers that I downloaded today from SSA. MedicareSchool...

Kyle, Costco wouldn't honor their road hazzard warranty for a nail thru a tire, because I didn't have proof of rotating the tires every 3K miles. Like that had anything to do with a hole in the tire. Just tells you what warranty's are worth.... Now up to14deg and sunshine. room temp finally...

I spoke too soon, now 1 deg. Inside temp dropped another deg, and I turned the pellet stove up.

Coffee is getting hot

2° set a new low for the young year. At least it stayed positive. Congratulations to my buckeyes!!! There was a lot of cries to fire Ryan Day after TTUN loss. Pellet stove was about out, forgot to top off before bedtime. Purring right along, but room still 69° on high.

9° and dropping just set new yearly low. 9 was the low last year, but think it came in March.

The more I look at it, I believe they are trying to bait people into an advantage with the “we will reimburse part B”, while listing it under the Traditional Medicare. I have to keep traditional insurance for my wife’s coverage. Looks like I’ll have to pay both.

Just a second there professor, we just “fixed” the glitch.

My existing united health ins brochure is confusing on the subject. In one paragraph it says I can have traditional Medicare A and B , then it will reimburse me most of part B if I select Retiree Advantage. It says part A and B are primary. So it sounds like a supplement plan I think for it...

What a Great moment in American History, Congratulations President Trump!

21 deg. Got my snow pushed. first I brought the last 8 bags of pellets that was on the pallet forks to the porch box, then changed to the bucket. After putting tractor away, the barn garage door cable unraveled on one side, so door would not come down. Had to prop door up, relieve tension on...

18°, won’t go up much. Will set new yearly low tonight, and again tomorrow night Will probably get tractor out later. Unfortunately still got forks on, pellets on pallet, aimed wrong way. Hard to decide to plow this amount. Both geo units down 2°, but didn’t turn pellet stove up, it’s set low.

That’s what I said

25° and 4-5” of snow so far. Day started with decision to cancel worship, except they said I would try to stream an old service. So I drove to the church building to grab the backup drive to have something to stream, and grabbed breakfast, and got home just as snow was starting. Was 35° then...

I need to double check mine, I said it can be used as advantage, but maybe it’s supplemental instead.

32° Snow is late, start changed from 8am, now 10am. ER slow on everything except wanting paid.

Ouch Sun and temps melting my driveway.

40 deg and a light drizzle that hasn't even registered. looking at Radar, don't know where this big snow tomorrow is coming from. Guess it will pop up from somewhere. swapped my wifi alarms, so the good one is now on the mailbox, and the one I had to cut the screw off the cover, is now indoors...

My current health care plan on United Healthcare can be used as an advantage plan. I have had no problems finding Drs that take it, pretty much every one does.

Court appointed executor that’s trying to suck every dime they can from the estate. Same thing happened with my great aunts estate a few years ago. No reason for this to be drawn out so long.

My cousins estate been in probate over 5 yrs now. Everything sold, new owners tore down everything. Not a dime has been disbursed to the heirs. Crooked judge and lawyers.

I prefer they over salt than under. Mostly, a good catch up. Need to prep for incoming cold weather. 34° currently. Rain and ice today. 4” snow tomorrow.

Saw YouTube video yesterday about gas buddy selling your driving info. TX suing Allstate regarding them getting more driving info than they claim to collect. Lawsuits against GM for onstar tracking. I removed the Mazda app from my phone. Not going to use my phone and data I pay for, to spy on...

Happy anniversary Buppies!!

Scott, hope you recover soon.

Good breakfast, except they didn't inform us of the time change, and we were late... 39deg and sunny. cut the screw that I couldn't get out of the mailbox alarm. Took alarm out to mailbox and couldn't get it to work with the magnet, however it triggers in the house. Too much traffic on...

31° this morning Calling for rain Saturday, 3” snow Sunday, then near 0° mon-Wed nights. Brkfst with crew this morning

They want to build new 765KV power line near me from PA, 3 mile island, to feed new data centers all around DC.

Wow, woke up at 10:00, but went to bed after 1 am 10° set our new low for the year. Looks like next week will beat it. Geo kept up with pellet stove on high. Better fill it soon

Mostly, those were 2 bobcats. Electric sure has gone up. First several years in this house, my Yearly electric bill was under $1000 a year. 1998, my first full year in the house, electric was $697. Last year it went over $3000. When first built, heated with fuel oil, and now it's electric...

You know those new panels you put on the roof, and the generator mods, ....lol

different issue, not related. my power bill last month over $500. Never had one that high..

Been a long drawn out case, settled out of court, but still no payment. Might have to go back to court.

fired off email to the lawyer that we are sticking with our price. Told them we prefer the pipeline goes around us. It's amazing the gall of these people and what they say and do. Dad still hasn't received a dime for them drilling wells under our farm.... But that's another court case. 29...

This pipeline isn't transporting finished product like that. A texas Eastern natural gas pipeline goes thru our county. Dad worked on it in the 1940's. This is gathering from well pads, to go to processing plants somewhere. Just don't know why they want 3 lines. The above ground is most...

The above ground temp pipeline is probably for water, but they don't explicitly say so. I'm trying to limit the time it's there, as in the county, there are above ground water lines that have been laying for years and years. I missed the lawyers had put in a year limit. I want wording like...

Anyone can sue, not sure about winning part. Pipelines generally deemed for the good of all. Another cat video

Pipeline people have not mentioned eminent domain at all We have been already using the lawyers for other oil & gas case, I would not want to do this without them. They do not get a cut of the settlement. Pipeline people want to put in up to 3 lines. As it’s now worded, they pay per line. Our...

Nice expensive talk with our lawyers today regarding pipeline contract at the farm. Is there a way to find if they have the option of using eminent domain? I'm at the point, for what they are offering, to tell them to go away, it's not worth the hassle for what they are offering.

congrats on passing. does every restaurant employee have to pass this test?

29 deg and sunny. thought NWS said we would get some wind, but nothing much. Did fill up the pellet box on porch, was down to 4 bags. Been burning them faster lately. Had to switch bucket to forks on tractor. While warming up tractor, also warmed up the truck a bit, since haven't driven it...

Got electric bill yesterday. Shazam, highest ever, but not highest usage. Used same amount a few yrs back and bill was $200 less. Mostly, geo units keep up until real cold. Upstairs is 2° below setting right now, but probably 20° out. My weather station periodically drops connection to...

my finger still dark where i burned it on the muffler of my blower, was lifting it with 2nd hand to blow snow off the truck.

Started the day with a visit to the Dr for the annual physical. Will get results of most blood work tomorrow. Was going to get lunch at Mission BBQ, but was done early, so grabbed chinese food and brought it home. Dr does want me to see an ENT about one concern. Got pellet stove cleaned out...

On one of my Hondas once upon a time, bought new key fob from Honda, and seems I just had to go thru some series of button presses for it to learn. Might have been 15 yrs ago on 2008 pilot. Maybe a magic wand was also used.

26° Morning all

Same here, lots of peppers and onions in the bowl yesterday. It was so good, but paid the price later.

Kyle, could never get my boys interested in working on cars. Oldest starting to get interested when he sees the cost now. Not really something I’m interested in either, I do it because of cost.

37 deg out, feels like 50s after the cold we've had. hope it melts some of the snow, before the next cold comes in again tuesday. good worship, good lunch with a large crowd at the usual italian place. I usually bring half my meal home for later. Pellet stove needs cleaned, maybe tomorrow...

Sitting up in chair is helping. Had a game night at church last night, people brought board and card games, and snacks. I didn’t eat a lot, but maybe something upset. That or the big bowl from chipotle yesterday, that was so good.

Up early, stomach little upset. Will sit in chair some. 29°

Not what I really wanted to hear at breakfast. Was with them tonight but did not ask how her sister was, didn’t want them to have to repeat for the umpteen time. They were there today to see her. Surgery at Hopkins in downtown Baltimore, an hour + away. Roads tonight had drifted from the...

Just ran out and got the mail, wind is cold again. Hit mid 30s but now mid 20s and dropping as the sun is about to set. spent afternoon reviewing lawyer papers for a pipeline at the farm. Money not worth it for the hassle is my opinion, will see what my sister says. other siblings haven't...

Went to pay at chipotle and no wallet. Ran out and borrowed cash from my son, barely had enough. lol. That’s what happens when you go out early to warm up and clean off the car.

The talk at breakfast yesterday, was one’s sister had a gut opening 6 hr surgery the day before, where they had to remove part of pancreas, rearrange organs, etc. said she came out of surgery with tubes everywhere. But doing ok so far. Drove my son to his haircut. Waiting in cold vehicle...

21° Looks like 2-3” of snow, predicted half an inch. But I haven’t been out. The deck railings full. Upstairs geo 2° low Glad to see buckeyes showed up again.

However, all bets are off for my dad.

Why would the Big Guy have to ask such a question? lol

Not allowed, use a box.

reminds me of a scout backpacking trip one year on AT in PA, they left at 0 deg F and there was wind chill. so glad my son got sick and didn't go, so I didn't go... I did drive them up to drop them off, and helped pick them up the next day. actually had to go back and retrieve one of the...

lucky you!! our temp was more positive, had 12F this morning.

thanks for reminder, I thought it was tomorrow. Phil, congrats on wife's retirement. Think at 65 my wife will get a tiny little retirement for the few years she worked years ago. I get another one from a past company later this year.

12 deg this morning was the low for the year so far. Yet the geo units kept up. makes little sense, other than less wind and the pellet stove turned up higher last night again. Now 32deg., turned pellet stove down before I left this morning Just got back from breakfast with the gang a day...

Did a lot of reading today. Also looked at medicare school videos on youtube.

I sign up later this year. Where do you look at the plans? My current UnitedHealthcare PPO plan is available for Medicare.

Mine came from dealer with filled tires and BH92 on the back. No problems in 10 yrs. Guess we missed the memo.

My son's girlfriend's family lives north of LA, and may have to evacuate soon.

I can't imagine living in CA, they really do need another approach. Ken, sorry for the in office work. Lots of work can be done remote. up to 23 deg out, sunny and windy. pellet stove is filled and burning hot.

Temp still dropping, hit a new low for the year at 18°. My weather station is kind of protected from the winds, so I know winds are higher than it shows. The screens rattling says it’s windy out. Wife shut off the room space heater in the night, she got too hot. She also exercises right in...

That’s my plan, as winds increase today. Last night cranked up pellet stove temp, and it warmed up the downstairs nicely. Will need to fill it sooner today. I fell asleep in chair last night in front of the warm stove. 19° out.

Ran errands in town, I drove, wife ran in. One screw in mailbox alarm rounded off, trying to drill head off, but got too cold in garage. Might have to order a new case, or swap with my other one that lives inside.

My eufy solar has not kept up, I had to bring it in and USB charge last week.

I'm going to dread my next electric bill. Recycle came already, so got the can in before the wind picks up. With the snow and ice on top, that thing could blow for miles.. As the wind has now picked up, the house temp is going down. My feet are freezing, up in front of the pellet stove...

L4N, I could not deal with those temps right now. I have in the past. Current winds at 2.5mph, peak 10 mph, projected at 18mph later.

I taught a few college classes back in the mid 90s. When I added up all my time, I was making minimum wage. I did enjoy it though. I lost a sister to cancer 13 yrs ago. It’s never easy. At the time, She was younger than I am now. Another sisters husband has Parkinson’s now.

Morning all 25° going to 30°, and colder tonight. Wind not as strong right now, but supposed to increase again. Wind chill last night around 10°. Thursday to be the worse. Buppies, glad power is back. That has been my concern. If not for pellet stove and a couple electric space heaters, my...

NHBX, sorry for your loss.

I have a gully, it was a mill race. half of it i use to pile brush. No water sits in it ever.

My afternoon changed. Was taking out recycle for tomorrow, as neighbor pulls into the drive. she mentions the mail boxes. No wonder i didn't get mail, it was on the ground. Plow did a direct hit on the front, bent in the side, knocked 2 boards it was on off the post, broke the wire from my...

Did manage to get my spray foam done around the basement sliding door frame, and around the foam blocks I cut yesterday. Didn't make too much of a mess. did use the window and door foam, hope it doesn't freeze and expand more later. Walked into the utility room without a light on, and noticed...

19° earlier, now up to 20° Wind chill is the issue. House is cold. Finger doing better. Glad the glove took the worst of it. Can’t imagine the pain my oldest had when he was knocked down and his hand landed in camp fire up at big meadows. That was bad. He had several visits to Hopkins Burn...

1996 big snow in january.