Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 31F for the start, clear sky light breeze. Wind increased till mid afternoon, 15 -30+ at end of ride, clear sky, and high temp of 69F. Bike ride to start day, started wear almost all cold weather gear, finished in basically summer kit. 59+ miles, so past the 6K mileage. Had run-in with squirrel during ride, he tried to beat the front tire and did not. He was gone next lap, but bet he more careful next time. Nap after lunch, got text, last present in so will get it tomorrow. Mexican restaurant was closed so finished Christmas leftovers. :licking:
Covid update: Cooke, Montague, Grayson, local, unchanged.
Ron agreed we have been very blessed, thanks for update on son, glad you missed deer, when wife hit deer, took three tries to get all the vacuum lines working.
David(moss glad you checked in.
Randy agreed stuff is nice but not as important as family and friends!
Don glad sopping went well and whipper got to walk the golf course. We had electric candles at Christmas Eve service so mask not an issue.
DF so Arkansas was colder than Vermont!
Drew hope visit with family went well, what no pics of new book shelve?
Drew, glad visit went well.
RNG glad you have rain in forecast, Splitting went well.
David glad you got some pipe run and got to watch a movie with Sophie. Turkey stuffing sounds good!
Dennis nice kitty pic.
Bill did not have a road bike till away at college. And that was a 100cc dirt/street bike.
RS nice white Christmas.
Kyle neat story, would ride down to 45F with fairing and lowers.
Rich nice view, glad you are home to enjoy it!
Doug nice Christmas
David nice view, pups look relaxed, guess no supervising today
Ron nice whit Christmas.
Randy glad your not overwhelmed.
DF sounds good hope new grandson is well, Any estimate on GS coming home?
Randy nice haul hope blanket works!
RS sauerkraut balls? glad snow not cramping your activities. interesting recipe
Bailey welcome. :welcome:
Eric wife put it in stepdaughter's stocking, I will get me some next bike shop trip
Drew nothing like homemade lasagna
Bill never had Kahlua and Baileys in same cup
Thomas hope shopping goes well.
Ron hope seat time was enjoyable, and nice squirrel pic
Drew if there was a no eating sign for the deer would that stop them?
Roy and no snow!
Rich good to hear the improvement
Paul Sounds ambitious today.
Don no pool time today?
Dennis sorry to hear legs not all the way back yet.
DF great dog story.
RNG nice more rain, probably have a lot of office work to catch up on.
Rick glad you not under the loads.
David sounds good to me!
DF looks like she is picking her treats
David nice sunrise and supervisory crew up and at it!
Randy those short naps warm you for the long one don't they.
Kyle hope the get the links out.
RS have fun on KP
Ken glad duck was good, sorry about the intolerant.
RS good luck track light issue down
Ken neat pic and story
RS glad you are trying to not overfeed the deer.
Don never knew deer liked pumpkin
prayers for all especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, RNG/fire, Ron/hearing/son/furnace, Jim/sister & family, Phil/wife's eyes, Randy/health, and Country.
stay safe and health you all.

 

[rswyan]

Deer like pumpkins and they are good for them. Are any still around after Halloween?

Dunno ... I haven't really checked around.

Just looking on craigslist real quick, I see there was an ad posted 15 days ago for free pumpkins ... but it's in Marion, OH which is a bit of a haul (probably 90 - 100 miles one way)

Still up though ...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I spent the day parked beside the pellet stove in a lazy boy, making it true to it’s named. Cleaned up and labeled 3 yrs of pictures from the 70s, with the help of my diaries I kept then. Was able to accurately date most pictures.
Found that dad purchased our dozer on 13 nov 1975, and how much he paid, and how often it broke down.

27° , thermometer didn’t move much today.

 

[Popgadget]

My neighbor grows about 30 acres of pumpkins, the deer are very destructive, they will go down a row, breaking them open, then continue to the next one without really eating them.
They are pretty much like rats with antlers......

 

[Dftodd]

Good evening all. 31F for the start, clear sky light breeze. Wind increased till mid afternoon, 15 -30+ at end of ride, clear sky, and high temp of 69F. Bike ride to start day, started wear almost all cold weather gear, finished in basically summer kit. 59+ miles, so past the 6K mileage. Had run-in with squirrel during ride, he tried to beat the front tire and did not. He was gone next lap, but bet he more careful next time. Nap after lunch, got text, last present in so will get it tomorrow. Mexican restaurant was closed so finished Christmas leftovers. :licking:
Covid update: Cooke, Montague, Grayson, local, unchanged.
Ron agreed we have been very blessed, thanks for update on son, glad you missed deer, when wife hit deer, took three tries to get all the vacuum lines working.
David(moss glad you checked in.
Randy agreed stuff is nice but not as important as family and friends!
Don glad sopping went well and whipper got to walk the golf course. We had electric candles at Christmas Eve service so mask not an issue.
DF so Arkansas was colder than Vermont!
Drew hope visit with family went well, what no pics of new book shelve?
Drew, glad visit went well.
RNG glad you have rain in forecast, Splitting went well.
David glad you got some pipe run and got to watch a movie with Sophie. Turkey stuffing sounds good!
Dennis nice kitty pic.
Bill did not have a road bike till away at college. And that was a 100cc dirt/street bike.
RS nice white Christmas.
Kyle neat story, would ride down to 45F with fairing and lowers.
Rich nice view, glad you are home to enjoy it!
Doug nice Christmas
David nice view, pups look relaxed, guess no supervising today
Ron nice whit Christmas.
Randy glad your not overwhelmed.
DF sounds good hope new grandson is well, Any estimate on GS coming home?
Randy nice haul hope blanket works!
RS sauerkraut balls? glad snow not cramping your activities. interesting recipe
Bailey welcome. :welcome:
Eric wife put it in stepdaughter's stocking, I will get me some next bike shop trip
Drew nothing like homemade lasagna
Bill never had Kahlua and Baileys in same cup
Thomas hope shopping goes well.
Ron hope seat time was enjoyable, and nice squirrel pic
Drew if there was a no eating sign for the deer would that stop them?
Roy and no snow!
Rich good to hear the improvement
Paul Sounds ambitious today.
Don no pool time today?
Dennis sorry to hear legs not all the way back yet.
DF great dog story.
RNG nice more rain, probably have a lot of office work to catch up on.
Rick glad you not under the loads.
David sounds good to me!
DF looks like she is picking her treats
David nice sunrise and supervisory crew up and at it!
Randy those short naps warm you for the long one don't they.
Kyle hope the get the links out.
RS have fun on KP
Ken glad duck was good, sorry about the intolerant.
RS good luck track light issue down
Ken neat pic and story
RS glad you are trying to not overfeed the deer.
Don never knew deer liked pumpkin
prayers for all especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, RNG/fire, Ron/hearing/son/furnace, Jim/sister & family, Phil/wife's eyes, Randy/health, and Country.
stay safe and health you all.

A couple years ago we were colder then Anchorage Alaska for about 5 days. We were getting down to 5° at night and 20° during the day. Anchorage was hitting a balmy 20° at night and 30° during the day.

Weather patterns can be pesky little things.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Dunno ... I haven't really checked around.

Just looking on craigslist real quick, I see there was an ad posted 15 days ago for free pumpkins ... but it's in Marion, OH which is a bit of a haul (probably 90 - 100 miles one way)

Still up though ...

My brother lives there, he can bring them. Lol

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Lots of black birds of various species hanging around at the feeders. It appears all squirrels are hunkered down in their dreys for the time being. They hit the feeder hard yesterday - almost empty, deer feeder now also empty as of this morning.

4 and 20???


Just got home from a quick roadtrip 100 miles south of here, to visit my mom. Stopped and bought her some groceries. We wore masks. Brought back some of my old vinyl LP's. Daughter's friend got a record player for Christmas. Is this 1965 again?

Some crazy old albums in the stack, with some from my older brother and sister's collections.

 

[rswyan]

My brother lives there, he can bring them. Lol

LOL ... I bet he loves you volunteering him ... :laughing:

Can he haul a couple of gaylords worth ?

I can fit two (tall ones) in the van.

 

[rswyan]

4 and 20???

More like 4 ... and hundreds ... :laughing:

 

[sodamo]

Pipe run requiring ladder finished, hose spigot relocated. - pending leak check tomorrow that is.

Relaxing remainder of day, FaceTime calls, nice lunch of leftovers. Not sure I reported how good that stuffing turned out. Will definitely do again. Would have liked to see a couple of today’s games but not available to us. Nice game of Hand & Foot with Sophie.

Tomorrow’s another day

 

[rswyan]

:licking:

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 24° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 35° with cloudy skies. Got my projects done yesterday. No tractor seat time. Sassy had all her paths in snow all knocked down to her height. Did go over and watch the big smile on my neighbors face as his new Kubota tractor was delivered. His whole family was there to watch.
No plans for today. Conserve energy day.
Got a call from warranty company. Contractor can get the parts to fix Furnace. They are trying to blame delay on contractor not giving them the information. That's not what he told me. :confused3:
There is always someone at feeders wanting their picture taken.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All

 

[daugen]

good morning all.
A chilly 17 this morning going up to 40, getting warmer tomorrow with high of 51.
Not much planned for today other than doing some laundry and taking car to car wash to get the salt off it.

Avalanche Damages Ski Resort in New York - Videos from The Weather Channel | weather.com
Don't know how many of you saw this on the news, but I did a doubletake when I read this, this ski lodge in NY Catskills is the
one my friend who owns the cabin up there goes to every year for a beerfest and to walk around. We have sat in the very room where the avalanche
came in.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the temperature is 9°F and headed to 21. Wind SSW 6 mph. 40% chance of flurries and a snowfall warning. Warning says up to 8" of snow coming tonight.

Today is another energy conservation day.

Ken, I just make brown paint. White cheeses I am okay with more or less. Extra old cheddar is good, too. Just not a lot of it.

daugen; it is good the resort was closed for Christmas.

Have a safe day all

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s 20 heading to upper 30’s with mostly clear skies today.

Yesterday went according to plan, worked on speaker, got the jack plate and crossover wired and finished, also got the baffle painted.




Also got to airport and reinstalled the repaired master cylinder, bled and tested it.
Stopped at the grocery on the way home and picked up a nice round roast. Rubbed it with olive oil, salt and pepper, and put it in a 200 degree oven until it was 110 inside. Pulled it out, covered it with a piece of foil and set oven to 525. Once oven was up to temp, put the roast back in for 10 minutes or so to get a nice crust.
Looking forward to sandwiches from the leftover.
Never got to do any shop cleanup......

Today I’ll work on the exterior finish of the speaker and hopefully go back to the airport and take the plane for a ride around the neighborhood as a final test of the brakes.

If that doesn’t keep me busy enough till bedtime, maybe some shop cleanup as filler....

Ron, was this your first experience with a claim on your home warranty? Sadly, it sounds typical of what I hear from contractor friends, including getting thrown under the bus by the warranty company. I’d be curious if any claims go smoothly.

 

[Eric Salop]

We had 50 mph plus winds last night with heavy rain. It was good this morning to see the sheep had taken shelter on the east of the Dead Oak Pit, all were fine, just a little reluctant to get up and stretch their legs as I walked through them.

Not so good was to see a pair of jet black birds with long necks plunging into the big pond, right where I had been putting the fish in. Cormorants ! I have no objection to herons taking the occasional fish as they only do it from the bankside, but cormorants are just too efficient. Perhaps I need to look at building some fish refuges. Alas cormorant pie is not an option Rs - against the law to shoot them and anyway, I am told the taste is revolting.

Mostly, squirrel playing chicken :confused2:. Plan was to stop you at 5999 miles - need to bribe it with more nuts next year

 

[Buppies]

23 high of 48 today snow will lave for sure

After being out of paper towels for ten days scored yesterday

Good football last night close games very exciting

Same five deer come thru here twice a day I am not feeding them directly but our shrubs are

Prayers for all

 

[wngsprd]

21, frosty and clear going to 47.

Winter is certainly here.

 

[daugen]

Popgadget, what does the I/II switch operate? Different crossover points?

Dayton Audio has an interesting website. I learned all about
"exciters"... Not enough excitement in your life? Well....wire a couple of these babies
into your favorite recliner
Dayton Audio - Exciters

hmmmm. RF transmit and receive to a solar powered exciter attached to
one of my bird feeders. In accompaniment to the screeches of a serious raptor like an owl or eagle.
wonder if that would scare a squirrel away.

Popgadget, I've already had questions about mounting cameras inside the birdhouses.
You could be my electronics consultant and installer.
I mean, need to top this year's model for next Christmas... :dance1:

Need a full electronics package to offer including anti egg theft motion detectors, beak print identification,
and possibly a low wattage heater for those cold nights.
And don't forget to spec the wire as non edible.

And let's put it all in a package that resembles a small utility tractor.
Ten percent for Mohammad the owner and the rest of our millions for us.
Just think how large the market is out there. All those retrofits...:thumbsup:
All those Kubota cab feeders with the cab door that opens and lets the birds in and out...
We can do this.

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-12-27, 0735

25 right now...high at 32 today...
When I went out (about 1000) to see if the walks needed to be salted, they weren't bad at all, so I didn't spread salt. When our stepdaughter got home (about 1600) she remarked that the walks were pretty slick...freezing drizzle... So, I'll check again this morning and probably spread the ice melt.
Nothing else planned....I watched the first disk (of a 3 disk set) of the science fiction series "Firefly" yesterday...probably continue today.
Thinking of it just now...guess I'll drag my company laptop in and catch up on any e-mails.