Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

63°F and 1.88 inches rain.
And a great time had by all, at least that seemed to consensus. Like old types was a popular refrain.

Not sure what the day holds other than possibly freezing some leftovers and making turkey soup. Not a Black Friday shopper.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[sodamo]

Happy anniversary to Mr & Mrs Wngsprd

 

[Rich B1]

Happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Wng!

 

[Buppies]

39 presently temps dropping throughout the day quite windy

 

[rswyan]

27F and cloudy @ 12:00, heading up to a high of 32F with snow for the day. Some evidence on the back deck that it's been spitting snow/sleet/ice pellets. Wind currently howling.

Red-bellied woodpecker out the kitchen window while I was fixing my coffee. Numerous birds and several squirrels out at the feeders around back.

Good time at Thanksgiving gathering yesterday, was nice to get together after so long. No lack of food to chose from, wish I could have sampled it all. Think The Woman brought home plenty of leftovers so I might get to still.

First time I have been over to their place, Woman has been there a number of times. They have a very nice home. Our hostess raises and sells day lilies as one of her side gigs, currently has over 300 varieties if I understood correctly. Will be looking to order up this coming spring once she has them available again.

Not much on agenda for today, and another email to do beyond that.

Do need to refill hopper feeder at least, also possibly sunflower tube feeders. May throw some corn in the deer feeder as well.

Have a document I need to scan and email out.

Probably bring in aquarium stand planter.

Plants are due in today via USPS.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe Black Friday ...

 

[rswyan]

Billy,

Happy Anniversary to you and the Missus !

 

[rswyan]

RS, make sure you get a nip of Cointreau. Or two

I was deep into it the night before, while I was making the sheet cake.

Also had a few nips after the Thanksgiving meal ...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 56F @ 9:15AM. Partly cloudy. High 64F. Winds light and variable.
Still no rain in the 10-day.

My money's on some RC flying, Ted. Take it easy when you can...

I have the same sentiments as you regarding assisted suicide, Eric. I've watched both my mother and father suffer long, painful deaths for absolutely no reason. I think it was last year California passed legislation allowing it, and I'd be more than willing to use it under the right circumstances.

The Mustang looks good in its new home, Doug. What'll you put in the high bay?

That squirrel looks plenty enough plump to make it through the winter, Ron.

This year's turkey was of the Green New Deal variety: over priced, one sitting, no leftovers. Smoked it on the BBQ, found the rotisserie attachment and it worked fine. Browned it with the IR burner for the last 30 minutes or so, and it came out perfect, falling off the bone.

I also enjoyed a nip of Buffalo Trace; did you know the same distillery also produces Blanton's? BT is much easier to find these days.

Fell asleep on the couch in mid movie, woke up and went to bed.

Did a little Black Friday shopping this morning, not finding anything of use on sale. Went ahead and ordered another SSD for backups, and another 1000' of ethernet cable to reach up to the cul-de-sac. Also found that Shield is offering 10% off their red dot sights, and have a new larger size, so one of those is on the way, too. It'll be interesting to see how long shipping takes now that the HoliDaze are upon us.

 

[RoyJackson]

I have the same sentiments as you regarding assisted suicide, Eric. I've watched both my mother and father suffer long, painful deaths for absolutely no reason. I think it was last year California passed legislation allowing it, and I'd be more than willing to use it under the right circumstances.

I also enjoyed a nip of Buffalo Trace; did you know the same distillery also produces Blanton's? BT is much easier to find these days.

Suicide is a very personal decision...if I were in such a desperate situation, I expect I'd go for it...
The mother of a friend of my stepdaughter did the assisted suicide thing. The lady was in her late 70's and was dying of pancreatic cancer...apparently a rather painful way to go with no hope to survive. The mother opted for a green burial as well.
Well, we're all gonna go sometime, and this sounds as good, and dignified, as any way...

Blanton's!!! Great stuff!!
Never tried Buffalo Trace...guess I ought to give it a try since we have all the makin's for an Old Fashioned

 

[Popgadget]

Well the predictions of the weather in Burlington being ugly were accurate. But we got in and out dropped off in Hagerstown, and landed back in Philly. Weather was clear enough for the return legs, but pretty breezy, over 35 and bumpy. But we are done and on our way home in the Prius.

 

[txdon]

Good afternoon! Gray2 had his vet visit this morning and with the symptoms the vet check him for bladder infection, kidney infection and diabetes. He has a kidney infection which they treated and now he has a special diet food. The vet also gave Gray2 some appetite cream we rub on his ear, and he did eat a little after treatment. His new bed is his to go spot during recovery.

Went to BestBuy Black Friday sale and got there late because of Gray2's appointment. I thought I was doomed by the full parking lot, the store was crowded but the check out line was not. I grabbed the TV for Mom (the last one of that kind) and was out of the store in less than 5 minutes. Whew!

 

[Bird]

Looking4new said:
I do NOT agree with assisted suicide, suicide in any form as far as I am concerned is the cowards way out of life.

Eric Salop said,
I feel I have to say something, I simply can not agree that everyone who commits suicide is a coward. My mom had Parkinsons disease, which she coped with very well for many years. She was a very tough lady, however her last few months were not something most of us would wish to endure. If the option had been there to end her own life she would without a doubt have taken it and it would have been a blessing for her, not at all a cowards way out. Our laws which make it illegal to help someone in such circumstances are cruel in the extreme. We would be prosecuted for animal cruelty if our pets had the same ending to their lives.

My sentiments exactly, Eric. You just said it better than I could.

 

[sodamo]

Maybe we need a positive term, perhaps assisted passing or such as the word suicide itself has rather negative baggage.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Well the predictions of the weather in Burlington being ugly were accurate. But we got in and out dropped off in Hagerstown, and landed back in Philly. Weather was clear enough for the return legs, but pretty breezy, over 35 and bumpy. But we are done and on our way home in the Prius.

Glad you had a safe trip.

 

[toppop52]

I had lunch with my daughter and grandson today, son in law was putting out deer corn. Very nice visit, made my Thanksgiving complete.

 

[daugen]

I have a little fiddling and adjusting but so far so good. I'm amazed the wind didn't blow them away.

marvelous news that I will have the combined genius of Ken and Paul here tomorrow morning to pass judgement on my shed
and then to see if we can figure out why the almost new snowblower won't start.

sounds wonderful Toppop.

 

[Buppies]

Looks very nice drew

Toppop glad you got to see your daughter and grandson what thanksgiving is all about

 

[kenmbz]

Hi all, Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving!
We had just my wifes brother and wife over.
I cooked, turkey, mashed potatoes, fresh cranberry sauce, cornbread stuffing and broccoli.
Wife made Apple and pumpkin pies. Came out great.

Sodamo - Happy Birthday!
Wngsprd - happy anniversary!

Got the welder and wire etc. Didn't set myself on fire, so all good with first weld in 30 years.

Stay safe and be well,

 

[PJSprog]

We had 20°F and clear skies this morning, and got up to a whopping 40° for all of about five minutes. 34° now, and will stay in that vicinity all night, then head up to 57° tomorrow.

Thanksgiving was subdued for us this year. Wife got the call early in the morning Thursday that her father had passed. This was not unexpected. He had developed breathing difficulties while in the rehab center, went to the hospital again, and never really recovered. They called in hospice about a week ago, and two days later moved him to his sister's house. Wife got a call from her aunt around midday on Wednesday telling her that the nurse said he had maybe two days left, so she went to spend the rest of the day with him. He died about 12 hours later.

I told her we could delay or cancel the big meal if she wasn't feeling up it, or I could do the cooking. She wanted to cook, though, saying it would be good therapy. So, she did, and it was a fantastic meal as always.

I managed to get the heater placed and connected for the chickens' water. It was already windy and cold Wednesday afternoon, making way for our first hard freeze. Got the heaters in the well house and garage set up, too

Wife went to the funeral home today, owned by a relative on her dad's side of the family, to make the arrangements. He's ex-US Navy, so it will be a military funeral. We're waiting to hear back from Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery on what day they have available next week for interment.

Wife wants to pull all the Xmas stuff out of storage tomorrow, originally planned for today. We'll be sorting and disposing of much of it, as the display has gotten progressively smaller over the years. We've even gone down to one skinny tree upstairs next to the piano. At least we'll have nice weather for it.

Happy Anniversary, wngsprd.

Happy Birthday, David (however many trips it was).

 

[kenmbz]

PJS - sorry to hear about your FIL-