Good Morning!!!!!!

[LPS]

Morning boys.  We have 11 here at the moment.  That sucks JB.  What a pain.  I hope you can still access the lake this winter.  Got my landfill trip done yesterday.  Was a nice day for it.  I then go down the Min Maint road a ways and let the dogs out to do their thing.  They love it.  SO I did make my north of Hwy 11 famous spaghetti last night and it was great!  I was going to sprinkle some Cajun seasoning  on it but then took another look at the bottle.  I have had it for as long as I can remember.  It is so old that it doesn't even have a use by date on it.  I also saw a sticker 2 for $1 on it.  LOL   Decided not to use it.  If anyone wants it I will send it to you.  No big plans for the day.  Will do recycling so that will get us out and moving around.  So Bucko is loving that Senior Sweet Feed that the attractive neighbor lady gave me.  She said it got her horses too wound up.  I only give him a Campbells soup can full a day.  If it is cold and I grain him twice I split it in half.  Now he comes running with his head up and talking to me.  He is about 22 or 23 years old so I just want him to be happy and healthy.  I sold my horse trailer and the round pen.  He won't be leaving here in a horse trailer.  He is a little stiff on his front right shoulder at times but other than that he is an easy keeper and looks good.  He had some bird crap on him the other day.  I see a bird sit on him now and then.  Well TGIF and you all have a good day. 

[mike89]

mornin all, 22 here and it might make to 23 today they say..  it's amazing the power of the ice and just water too..  good luck JB!!  not much going on today, maybe clean up some more snow and then wait for more snow tomorrow..  have a good day all!!! 

[LPS]

I was able to use the blower again to clear the deck off. 

[glenn57]

morning fellers....... 25 here........ damn JB that looks ugly..........hope it all works out. the ramp on little turtle by Talmoon was pushed up to when i fished it.......but nuttin like that!!!!! it definitely is amazing how that ice works especially on them big bodies of water!!!!!!

[markn]

I need to find a haircut today.......says the wife. Christmas with her side on Sunday in Lakeville so I have to look nice. Menards after that since I didn't get there yesterday. JB, good luck with your Spring project at the access. Hopefully you can just push it back out into the water. Later........

[Dotch]

Mornin' fellow gulag comrades! 25 at choretime, heading for a high in the upper 20's. .4" of snow at the ranch, melting out to .04" of liquid equivalent precip, with .3" in Bugtussle, melting out to .03" here in Bugtussle. Wife is driving me nuts. She thought I just oughta come home this afternoon & put the forks on the skidsteer so I could clean barn tomorrow. Laid that one on me just before just as I was heading out the door this a.m. I told her with the cornstalk bales coming sometime tomorrow, I need the bucket on the skidsteer to move the wagon in place and haul the bales into the shed so I can stack them. Changing back & forth between the bucket & forks is a royal PITA on this older skidsteer. On & off, dicking around to line it up so the 2 pins go into place properly. Then it needs to be greased, the chit spreader needs to be greased, the bale spear needs to come off the 3 pt. on the tractor, the the tractor should be filled with gas & hooked onto the spreader. Then a gravity box full of corn needs to be moved to access the manure pack from the west side. The sloping dooryard is tight enough with all the round bales so I don't need more equipment out in the way. Be lotsa goddamn fairies working OT at my place over the weekend between chores I tell ya. Makes me tired & pissed off just thinking about it. 

[LPS]

Mayhaps you just need the afternoon off to pound down some G&T's.  Tell her  feed the sheep.   LOLOL  Don't tell he I said that.  Blame it on Glenn.

[glenn57]

  well this was kinda one of them days. tomorrow i am going to a wake of a guy i knew for years...........he was a year older then i was, worked and owned the old richmond concrete products.  he's been to the cabin with my brother and his wife is a life long friend of the family.

then right before noon........i get a call from another friend we hung around with....her ex......still a friend of mine, informed me he died. had some medical issues, found hin dead in his apartment after a welfare check.

then tonight my daughter texts me, a guy 4 years younger then me and i worked with him like forever at DCI informed me he died!!!!!! while fishing!!!!!!

majes a guy wonder..................

[Steve-o]

Yep, Glenn, it does.  Sorry to hear about all that bad news. 

[roony]

Sorry to hear of your losses Glenn.

[mike89]

mornin all, 13 and could see 23 today along with some snow...  dang Glenn that's a bunch, sorry to hear that..  it does make one wonder for sure..   have a good day all!! 

[Gunner55]

Mornin all, we have 20 now & we should top out around 33. We've got a little overnight snow in the forecast too. It started lightly spittin a little snow yday when I came home from the Y about 10:00 & it kept that up pretty much all day. Then it turned more to flurries about 4:30-5, still not enough to even tint the grass though. Yeah, sad to hear the bad news, glenn. 'Bout it here, have a good day.

[glenn57]

morning fellers.......THANKS guys.... just a wierd kinda feeling........there guys are all my age!!!!!!!!

had 15 this morning when i looked. it was pretty cool yesterday the light snow falling all day pretty much without any accumulation. sounds like snow this afternoon. not sure what the plan for most the day is yet.

the road to the super bowl starts today so............i guess some football to watch.

[Jerkbiat]

Morning boys. 8 here and heading for 17 today. Chance of some snow too. Sorry to hear about the fellers you knew Glenn. Yo are right. Makes a guy wonder. Enjoy each day that we are top side, because we know when our number is up. Well, the wood stove is fed and the coffee is made. Enjoying a little coffee now with Chis Chis Mexican mudslide. Makes a great creamer. Plan for today is load the woodshed and then start tackling the ramp issue. See what I can accomplish there. Have a good one boys.

[LPS]

Morning boys.  Glenn that is a lot of bad news.  Hang in there.  SO that brings me to this:  Should a guy quit the fun stuff like drinking and eating a lot of meat and sweets or just say the heck with it and go with a smile on my face?  I haven't made any big changes yet and don't know if I will.  Looks like we have 10 degrees with a little south wind.  Should see 19 before the day is done.  Not sure what the wife has in store for me yet.  Just having my coffee with Bob helping me talk to you.  She likes to sit in my lap when I am typing.  Man we have 20% humidity in our house.  That is really dry.  We are wondering what to do about it.  Do you guys have humidifiers in your houses?  We are shopping them wondering what to get if any. Well football later on.  You all have a good day and stay out of trouble.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

[Cooperman]

Sorry about all the bad news Glenn.

[mike89]

humidifier in the heating system

[Jerkbiat]

No humidifier here. It does get really dry though. But just as soon not have all the moisture on the wood of the windows. As far as giving up stuff that I enjoy. Na, I choose to die doing the things I enjoy. I do eat fairly healthy too. I try and stay away from the processed foods a high fructose corn syrup. Pop is about the only place I get that and I only have 3 or 4 of those a week.

[LPS]

Ya I knew that was the best way to do it Mike.  I will investigate it. Just buying one and turning it on would be easier though.   

[glenn57]

humidifier in the heating system

for a while i ran a DEhumidifer in mt house during the winter. havent for quite some time now. i hate getting zapped by low humidity. i dont have a furnace, i got baseboard electric heat and really dont have humidity issues in the house.

LPS's eating right made me giggle.....over on IDO there's quite the thread about pharms and eating right, kinda funny. then on HSO  in sillytown there's one totally goofy doofus babling all the time about fasting and drugs and eating right. more humor then anything to me.

i try and eat healthy for the most part. i do eat alot of fruits and veggies i switched away from white bread to anything but. now i dont like white bread. .......but i got this issue with sweets.....liked bakery goodies.    i have to try and behave myself asi have bloodwork done twice a year......

[LPS]

I eat pretty good too.  I do like some ice cream now and then.  We have bought some frozen quick bake things for when we are busy but other than that we make our own. We eat bakery rye bread.

[Gunner55]

humidifier in the heating system

Same for us, both here & at the lake.

[markn]

I got most of the rotten skin trimmed off the back door of the trailer, frame painted and two of four trim pieces fitted. Need to finish the last two trims and replace the seals on the door. My goal is to have to as water tight as possible. After that it's going to get a SxS and JD mower in it and parked outside. I guess I have about 20' of cupboards and cabinets coming on Tuesday and my brother needs someplace to store them other than at his place. Told me there were coming in the Spring. There are some down-falls to having a garage/shop. Later......

[glenn57]

Holy sheet man, when it rainsvit pours. Not that concerns me much but it does affect my kids.

Just talked to my son, first he tells me my ex, thee ole seahag,  had heart surgery,  a Stent put in. And there aunt died ofvling cancer, and there uncle also has cancer 

[mike89]

Holy sheet man, when it rainsvit pours. Not that concerns me much but it does affect my kids.

Just talked to my son, first he tells me my ex, thee ole seahag,  had heart surgery,  a Stent put in. And there aunt died ofvling cancer, and there uncle also has cancer

yikes!! 

[deadeye]

Geez glenn57, that's a lot of closely related and others that have died in a short time. Oh, and the older we get, the more people younger than us are noted in the obituaries. Good thing we are all young at heart on this forum.

markn, you sure have a lot of projects going on. Seems to me you are retired. Don't you think you could space things out a bit. 

Dotch, my good man you better settle down there a bit. However, from past experiences I realize that these things have to be done in a timely manner. You never want to put off cleaning the gutters.

LPS, I just read an article regarding what it takes to live longer. Turns out eating and exercise help you get to 60-70 or so but after that it's mostly in your genes. Best bet is having old relatives.

Cheers all.

 

[fishwidow]

Back on the humidifier thing—we had a Honeywell humidifier in the furnace ductwork. It was ok for about two years. We had to clean it up good with CLR every year and after a couple years the maintenance just didn’t do the job. It was always scaled up and didn’t work.
We got a freestanding humidifier at Fkeet Farm. It’s not as convenient because you need to add water during the heating season. About 2-3 gallons per day, but it does a pretty decent job. It’s about the size of a clothes hamper, maybe 30 inches tall and 18 inches square.
Might not work for you, because you need to have a place to put it. Ours is tucked in a corner near the bedroom.

[markn]

Back door on trailer is done and a new jack installed. Had to cut the base off of it and wrestle around with that for a bit before the tube from the jack came out of it. Trip to Lakeville for today got cancelled so I can remodel garage today instead of tomorrow. Still need to make room for the cabinets that are coming in the Spring .
Deadeye, if I stay busy outside the Mrs. doesn't find very much for me to do inside. Just practicing for when she retires and thinks I have all the time in the world to do her projects. Gotta stay ahead of the game. Later.....

[mike89]

mornin all, 15 here and might see 17 today..  sounds like some wind too..  not sure how much snow we got but will have tio clean some of that up today too..  all in good fun..   have a good day all!! 

[Gunner55]

Mornin boys, 25 here but with the NW wind @ 17 already it feels like 11. It looks like 25 will be our high for the day too. We had a dusting of snow & a little freezing mist overnight as well, so they're warning of slippery roads. I've got a basket ~ 3/4 full of clothes to keep me kind of busy 'til it's almost game time. No more now, have a great day.