Good Morning!!!!!!

[Dotch]

My heartfelt condolences roony. Very sorry to hear that.

[Scenic]

Good morning All.  -5 and the wind is already blowing some.  Not a lot going on here today.

Roony sorry to hear about the loss of your friend.

[Jerkbiat]

Morning boys. TGIF!! 3 above here and heading for 20 today it says.  Just getting ready to head into the salt mines. Usually leave early on Fridays. So plan is to go move my big fish house when we get home. Need to get it out of the donut hole. Also want to move it out to the mud. Just need to find a way across the Crack with my track truck. Have a good one boys.

[mike89]

mornin all, 8 here and could see 23 today..  bring it on!! got a few things to do today and then who knows!!  saying a chance for snow today too..  have a good day all!!

roony sure sorry to hear about your friend!! 

[Gunner55]

Mornin gents, currently -1 & we should see 28. Got a couple little things on my list for today but that's about it. Sad to hear about your buddy, roony. Have a good day

[LPS]

Morning boys.   We have +5 here this morning.  It has been awhile since we have had an above 0 here in the morning.  Should see mid 20's today and for the next week to 10 days.  A retired buddy is coming over today to check out the excavator and help me put the hydraulic thumb on it plus other add ons.  Should be fun.  I need to make a feed run for oats for Bucko too soon.  TGIF, man it has been a long week with the cold.  Spring is right around the corner.  LOL 

Roony, so sorry to hear about your dear friend.  Good thing his family got there to see him and I am sure you were in their conversations and thoughts too.  May he RIP.  Like you said you still have your great memories with him. 

[LPS]

Remember yesterday I told you about the almost new furnace filter that wasn't letting enough air into the furnace.  Our house has been a little cool this last cold stretch.  I just put that new filter in a couple of weeks ago. We just haven't been warm enough and the furnace has been running more than it should even though it was cold.  Changing that filter made a huge difference.  I am going to look at it closer to see if I can tell why it failed.  Glad I noticed it before the fan or something else failed. 

[markn]

In Perham last night for a meeting, headed to Deer Creek for straw bales shortly. Good thing I changed oil last week. Take a Kid Fishing is tomorrow here. It's free and the kids have a blast catching the rainbow trout we stock in the pond. When I haul them back to the parking lot and ask if they caught anything the smiles are huge. Especially if they caught one. One more cup of coffee and I'm off. LPS, you feed Bucko from "a far" with that new toy. A scoop a day should do it. Have a great day everyone, later......

Sorry to hear about your friend rooney.

[LPS]

Mark, LOL.  Now I have to figure out how to get it in the barn for storage. 

[glenn57]

morning fellers........damn LPS.......must be tough making all those executive decisions with all them toys!!!!! 

Roony.......my deepest condolences to you.........sucks to lose a friend.........i'll be saying goodbye to one on mine tomorrow!!!

with it being as warm as its supposed to get today..........i need to find something to do outdoors!!!!! not much else going on!!!! 

[Dotch]

Mornin' fellow gulag comrades! Overnite low of -1 around 10 p.m., 9 above at choretime, heading for a high in the mid-20's. Long nite in the lambing barn. Was worn out so went out to feed bottle lambs a little early so I could go to bed a earlier. So much for that idea. Was a ewe that had lambed. I came back inside to ask for assistance and things went south from there. When we came back, the ewe came flying out of the barn like a rocket, leaving the poor lamb behind. After many attempts to coax her back in with the Mrs. riding my @$$, I told her to go back to the house, I'd handle it. Waited about 15 minutes for things to calm down, got a couple slices of hay & a bunch of them came back in, including the ewe that had lambed. Caught her, stuffed her in a pen with the lamb, tossed her some hay, & got her a bucket of warm water. The ewe was one of those bat$hit crazy yearlings, wound like a top. Left her alone to chill. Went out at 1:30 a.m., held onto the ewe & allowed the lamb to nurse or at least make sure it did. This morning, all was better. Ewe was still nuts but was letting the lamb nurse while she dug into her feed. Getting too old for this crap. 

[roony]

Glad it worked out Dotch.

[Bobberineyes]

Afternoon peoples was -1 this morning but somehow ripped up to +26 with some light snow, but i tell ya that wind still makes it not fun outside.  While playing with the pooches a bit ago I could smell burning of wood, me's thinking the fireplace needs to be fed tonight. Dang Roony really sorry to hear about your buddy. Anywho gents, chat with ya tomorrow....See ya!!!

[LPS]

Good job on the lamb thing Dotch.  How many are going to be lambing this season?  The ones you brought to market were about a year old?

[mike89]

mornin all, 22 and rather windy this morning..   and that could be the high for today too..  I don't have much on the agenda for today and that's ok too.. 
have a good day all!! 

[Gunner55]

Mornin guys, we have 20 & are on our way to 32. The wind is going back to WNW @ ~ 20 today, so much like yday afternoon it'll feel chilly. Nothin big planned here either, have a great day.

[Jerkbiat]

Morning boys. 24 here and that is the high for today. Just supposed to drop throughout the day. Really windy to out of the WNW. Suppose to blow 20-30 today it says. Seems like nonstop wind lately. Just sitting here waiting for my fishing partner to get here. Then we will head out fishing. Got the fish house moved yesterday afternoon. So that is all ready to go. Have a good one boys.

[markn]

Just about to bounce out the door to get the trailer hooked up and head to the pond for the day. After that it may (will) be HH. Since the garage is clean I may back the trailer in and look at mounting the winch on it. Sounds like a four or five beer project. Later......

[glenn57]

morning fellers......forgot to look what the temp was....... supposed to be windy today. seen we got another skiff of snow......nutin theleaf blower cant handle!!!!! or the wind!!!!!

heading to Melrose this morning for the wake and service of a friend. found out they found his 2-3 days later died after his boys asked for a welfare check......he lived alone!!!!

pretty convinced i'm headed north tuesday. so mayhaps pack/get some stuff organized later!!!!!

[LPS]

Morning boys.  We are at 23 and real windy.  We have 2 or 3" of light looking snow out there.  Went to get oats yesterday and the truck wouldn't start so had to jump it with the plow truck.  Should go to Auto Value this morning and get my battery checked.  We planned on going to the Falls this morning but that may be on hold till tomorrow now. We shall see. You all have a good day and don't overdo the shoveling.

[markn]

Update. Kids are hammering the rainbows.

[LPS]

Of course I had to park my truck outside since the new toy is in the garage.  The other day it didn't start so today I went and got a new battery.  Put it in right there at Auto Value.  Great guys there.  It is the original battery in a 2016 Ram.  9 years old.  They tested it and it was bad.  Barely started today when it was 23 degrees.  I see now it has dropped to 14.

[glenn57]

sure glad i replaced the truck battery earlier this winter......while it was still respectable temp wise. the neighbors across the street has had the hood up on there truck alot this past 10 days with a charger on it!!!!

glad that wake/funeral/service is over..... it kinda sucked the juice right outta me!!!!!

[Dotch]

Afternoon fellow gulag comrades! 20 at choretime, currently 26, topped out at 28 a couple hours ago. Wind really came up about 11:30 so it bites if you can't get out of it. Made a FF trip to get some wire then stopped at Krause's on the way home to get some creep feed, cat food, snack sticks & cheese curds. Have to unload some stuff in the barn, fill the water tank & move things around to decongest the yard again. Had another ewe come in last nite just before we did chores so that was a good thing. Near as I can tell Barry, we'll lamb out ~37 ewes. We were supposed to get rid of 10 as a starter flock but that deal fell by the wayside when they didn't get a building built for them. Thinking we have about 29 to go. I have harped on this for years, that we need to cut our numbers down to 20 - 25 ewes. My poor old body ain't gonna take this much longer. Getting clocked by that ram in the trailer should've been a wake up call. As my dairy farmer customer used to say, dairy farming was great exercise but if he wanted exercise, it would've been one helluva lot cheaper to join the YMCA! 

[markn]

Here's a picture of three of today's participants. Couldn't wipe those smiles off with a D8 Cat if you wanted to. Not as many kids this year, but they did catch more fish. 

[roony]

Love it!

[roony]

Dotch, a dead neighbor of ours had a great expression. "It's a great life if ya don't weaken".
Kind of sums things up.

[mike89]

way to go Mark!!! 

[mike89]

mornin all, 7 here and that's a little warmer than predicted for this morning..   might see 27 today too..  sounds like the winds won't be so strong either..  not much else going on today so have a good day all!! 

[markn]

My open tandem trailer I used yesterday is in the garage with half of the side boards removed. Ran out of ambition yesterday afternoon. I did pick up a couple of clearance lights for it and hope to have them installed before it goes back out to the frozen tundra. Plus look into putting that winch on it. Should be fun to watch the commanders play today, don't think I'll watch the chefs. Same old crap every game, kinda like watching the cowgirls. Later.....