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Happy Birthday Toppop mom
 
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daugen;
When I want gossip, I go to my elderly neighbours' place. I plow him out anyway, so it isn't like I take a special trip. He was born and raised here as was his wife. I am a transplant. Only been here for 25 years.

The closest hardware store is 5 miles south of me. There is no clip joint in South River that I know of, but the girls can get their hair 'done' in two places in town.
A gas station (Shell), beer store, liquor store, Credit Union (wannabee bank), convenience store, chinese restaurant, one grocery store and Post Office round out the whole town.
 
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60 out this morning...maybe the most pleasant day of the year so far...storm moved through about 3am but split apart near us and we only got 2/100s of an inch.

Lilacs very fragrant, and asparagus is up to cutting height. Maple helicopters are flying down and leaves are out. Although it's supposed to get down to 39 tonight, looks like spring is not gonna give up.

Yesterday was humid, foggy and drizzly in the morning, but my gobbler came in as hoped. Seems he had a good winter...quite a bit of fat on him. He gobbled 62 times in less than an hour...never heard so many.

Went out last night with a flashlight...so much pollen reflected when I shone it up in the air...so much easier to see it that way than in the day, although my gray hiking shoes were a pretty green after a short hike yesterday afternoon.

Don, I'm so glad you like your car. Sounds really neat. In my wife's SUV, if you drive poorly, a picture or a cup of coffee pops up and tells you to take a break. I ventured over the lines repeatedly one day just to see it, and have an excuse for another cup. :)

Glad to hear the northern guys are thawing out.

Farmer, get well soon! I eat chicken about 6 days a week.

I've got some mowing to do today when things dry out, but winds might gust up to 29...will surely blow more pollen.

Rick I need to try the gator blades. I'm happy with my OEM ones so far...have only sharpened once. But I'd like to have a second set to swap out so I can sharpen later when convenient. So would like to compare.
 
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Best of all though was metalwork. That room was always full of interesting sounds and smells, like the the short satisfying hiss of quenching our first chisel or the background rumbling from the milling machine with it's endless gushing of cream coloured stinky coolant. Someone always seemed to be hammering away at yet another ashtray for their dad. Occasionally you would hear the pop of the acetylene torch, immediately followed by the threat of the whole class getting another 100 "lines" (Gas on, air on. Air off, gas off) unless it was turned off in the right order.

Thanks for rekindling those old memories, Eric. Dunno know what was in that coolant, but it was not pleasant. Also along those lines was the oil and sand used in the moulds for casting aluminum, especially when the liquid metal went in. That was almost 50 years ago, and the memory of that smell is still sharp...:eek:
 
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Good morning! 60˚ clear skies.

Randy, Tell your mom Happy Birthday from the Morning crew!!
 
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Wngsprd been using gator blades for years very satisfied in the cut of the grass and we use 60in mower deck that mulches. Grass here has been mowed once needs it again and that large dose of rain we got will surely help spur it along
 
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Drinking first cup of coffee. 33° with some snow this morning. Heading to 53° with cloudy skies. Dr appointment this morning. Then see what shows up todo later.

Got new computer up and running the way I want. Monitor is not as good as the Samsung I have on old computer. Need to adapter for HDMI to DVI. Then I will switch them out.

Eric, good memories of shop class.

Randy, Happy Birthday and prayers for your Mom.

Drew, which hearing protection are you using.

Thomas, yesterday put last bird feed out. They have been slacking off on amount they eat for over a week. Still a few more days of corn to feed to Squirrels. That will be gone by weekend. I see the deer out in back field grazing. So they should be good to go when it runs out.

Looking, hope you do not get to much snow.

Don, new car sounds cool. I put window darkening on our 2007 Malibu. Sure helped for heat. Our newer Chevy has sunroof. But it has a insulated cover on the inside. Plus it's MI. All others windows both Chevy's came from factory with darkened windows.

Rich, hope you are able to fix machine without a trip overseas.

Rick, I need to put Gator Blades I bought on mower this week. Lot of green on the lawns. But nothings needs cutting here yet.



Good Morning All.
 
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Good morning All. 59F right now and headed to 69. Lots of wind and thunder/lightning as the front passed but only about 0.4” of rain. Happy Birthday to Mama Toppop!
 

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