Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Prayers Randy.

Nice day, light when I got home.

Haven’t seen they gray cat in a few days.

Prepping for teaching the Bible class the next 2 Wednesday nights.

Working on house plan ideas, already bigger than I want. 1 story on a basement. Basement with a walkout, everything but utilities on 1st floor, including laundry. Garage in back. Front and side covered porch. Have no idea how we will pay for it in today’s economy.

 

[PJSprog]

Got up to 68° here today. Can't say I hated it.

You got this, Buppies.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 49ºF for the start, overcast, windy. Windy day, overcast most of day, intermittent sprinkles, weather line moved through, no rain. High temp was 71ºF, DP 51ºF. Slow start, still trying get back in Daylight time. Did get a ride in air penalty .92 mile. Did get nap in.
Dennis hope nothing serious.
Bill hope you got some seat time.
Helogabals welcome to the GM thread.
Roy hope Margaux and you do ok.
Buppies sorry about the itching prayers for good biopsy.
Drew sorry about poor sleep. hope dinner went well.
Bird you have had more rain than I
Ken hope you were able to enjoy the snow. hope nothing serious on no heat. Glad you can help neighbor out.
Billy thanks for the reminder
PJ at least you have the sun at your back. Never did like the days when sun would be in between visor and dash.
Don good luck selling your mom's car, hope potatoes happier today
Eric another way to celebrate Pi day
RNG glad you got 400 hr service done. hope camp fire was nice and you can light burn pile in morning.
PJ at least you do not need the birch plywood Paul is using for his speaker cabinets
RNG quite the jump in prices. I have tire on order for Volagi, curious as to new prices
David let us know answer to your question. Hope in person happy hour goes well.
Thomas hope you did not work over 8 hrs on job.
Ken my alma mater was more interested in St Pats day.
David what kind of mashed potatoes are those on top of pie?
Kyle nap good Sound like you rather be at work than at home during visit. Bet barn calls to you often
Randy(wag) no rain here. now that it is past me coverage much thicker.
Buppies you need more surgery?
Dennis good luck with teaching class, house sounds nice
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /mom recovery, living alone, Bird/aging issues/, Don /mom's pipeline process, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's FIL death /new cancer surgeries /cataract surgery, Roy /palpitations, /angina /UTI, Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel /divorce, Buppies /skin cancer surgery and recovery, /wife head wound healing, Thomas/gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted/knee recovery/retirement, /family issues, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes /rib, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery follow up, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/injuries from fall, Paul/ wife's disc issues /dog seizure, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis/ brother "alligallyitus" and improving, James /wife's fall and recovery, Drew /brother's wife Covid, Ukraine war, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[txdon]

Wife took this pic this evening.
Kind of scary with the times we are living in.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Am I the only one that has to go back and see what I said after Mostly replies.

We haven’t heard why the fire truck and ambulance next door last night. Don’t want to be nosy.

 

[Helogabals]

Opps, major mistake. SW - By Germany/Poland boarder. That might be South of you?

GER/PL (old Prussia) is SW from me.
In straight line Berlin is 515 miles.

 

[JDZ735M]

Prayers @Buppies

 

[Helogabals]

Went to the tax office and paid for 2 license stickers. Here in Texas, you have to get your vehicle inspected ($7), show proof of liability insurance, and pay $74. per year for the sticker you put in the window. The tandem axle trailer sticker was $75.


Welcome Helogabals. Nice pic. enjoy your weather. Have you lived there all your life?

Prayers for our team, our country, and Ukraine.

Thanks !

Yeah, I have born here. Just after UNI ( I am woodworking engineer) traveled a bit across EU. But now I am raising my 5 kids 100 km from village I was born. My sis never have changed her place, she still lives there, we visit her quite often.
I have noticed, that Americans are very mobile comparing to Europeans. I guess - because of language. Texans might sound a little different than Californians, but still it's "the same" English. Danish and Italian have nothing, absolutely nothing in common. But there is "only one country" between them

Here we have to inspect cars annually either. New cars for first 4 years - every 2 years.
Inspection (frankly - quite strict) - 30 €, sticker - 5 €.
Biggest issue is Company car tax, depends. ev - 12 €/m; 2 L diesel Škoda - 30 €/m; once I will be in mood I will ask how much neighbor is paying for his Porsche. My guess - should be just below 100 €/m

 

[sodamo]

Am I the only one that has to go back and see what I said after Mostly replies.

We haven’t heard why the fire truck and ambulance next door last night. Don’t want to be nosy.

Was thinking I was the only one.

 

[sodamo]

So what did I learn during the Zoom with my County Council person. (In no particular order)

Yes, we are fortunate that real estate values have increased. The fact that any increase is only on paper unless you sell is not relevant. It’s only a tax increase if the tax rate changes. I got the feeling that with the increased property value and the tax rate is lowered but my total tax rises, it is still considered a reduction. . My comment that writing a larger check than last year was a tax increase in my book wasn’t really acceptable. Homeowner class owners should take comfort that their taxes are limited to a max increase of 3% per year.
The county is required to have a balanced budget, spending cannot exceed income, but when asked why the budget increases because increased income is anticipated, the answer was lost in list of mandatory expenditures.
When asked if the Council person supported the Mayor’s proposed increase - yes, because so much hasn’t supported in the past.
Overall, not an encouraging discussion, taxpayers ripe for the picking.