Good Morning!!!!!!

[LPS]

Morning boys.  We have 26 here and we may see 41 today so they are raising it for me.  We did get another skiff of snow too.  Been an every night occurrence for the last few days.  Not sure what the big plan is for the day.  Having coffee waiting for my orders.  We are up to 11 hrs and 26 minutes already I see.  I am wondering if the wife wants to torch the brush pile today.  ???   Well you all enjoy the day.

[markn]

Tore into the front of the skid loader yesterday. Sure hope new pins and bushings tighten it up. Sure could have used that new parts washer that I'm waiting on pipe fittings for. Have a great Saturday everyone. later......

[Gunner55]

Mornin guys, 27 here presently & we're on our way to 46, I hear. We were s'posed to have gotten a little snow overnight too, but it must not have made it to the the ground. There's a small load of clothes in the dryer already, so it should be easy to finish those before the day ends. Got a couple more things I can do outside early today as well. Going to be a nice day, so make it a good day!!

[Jerkbiat]

Morning boys. 26 here and supposed to make 39. Skiff of snow here too over night. Been out fishing since little before 7. Had a flurry of mostly small ones. But got 1 keeper and a 21" Wally. That was fun. I moved the house in shallower thinking the fish might start moving in. Keeping my finners crossed. Have a good one boys.

[Dotch]

Mornin' fellow gulag comrades! 24 at choretime heading for a high in the mid-40's. Tore up a big hunk of sod with the tractor moving snow away from the livestock trailer. Happens when you have only one small flat spot in the yard. Just gotta replace yer divots. Otherwise, got everything ready to go for today so just waiting on my bro to show up. On his way up from IA to get his feed & I gotta get hay this afternoon. I'm in shock. Think I'll actually have some help today. Odd.  Good luck on that markn. I see the neighbors at it with their machine this a.m. moving a round bale. 

[Scenic]

Good morning.  They say mid 40s for us today and I am showing 45 right now.  So guessing they are going to miss their forecast.   Going to ride with to go leak test a boat that the shop replaced a strake on just to be sure all is good.   The damn on a near by lake has an access that has open water.  I am guessing this warm stretch will eat up the boat landings around here this weekend.   Have a great day !! 

[glenn57]

Morning fellers,  been busy.  A bit windy but it's fine. Fishing for crappies is so so.

Seen 4 deer yesterday between Talmoon and the cabin,  thry look pretty healthy!

[mike89]

mornin all, I still say day light saving's suks..  33 here and going for the mid 50's today..    I would like to take the grill apart today and give it a good cleaning..  need to do that once in awhile..  got a few things done yesterday and just keep moving in that direction today...    have a good day all!! 

[glenn57]

Morning fellers.. all balmy 28 here. Not sure either about daylight savings time, doesn't really bother me alot, but I hit the rack at 8 last night.

1 more morning on the cabin lake then switching modes. Gonna hit the little lake, I noticed it's still virgin,  like noones been fishing it... I plan on changing that.

[Gunner55]

Mornin all, we had 35 when I was out on the garage about an hour ago. I'm seeing 52 for the high & we had a decent breeze already when I went out to barrel earlier too. I see, our day is 11 hours & 34 minutes long (7:39-7:13) here today. The time change is of little consequence to me as it's usually still dark out when I start moving anyway. Nothing special in the works, so a normal Sunday here. Have a great day!!

[Jerkbiat]

Morning boys. 38 and windy as heck out here on the lake. Happy to be in a hard house today. Supposed to make mid 40s this afternoon. I will fish until noonish, or is it 11ish. Depends on which clock I look at. I 2nd Mike's thought. The time change sucks. It is down right stupid. Hope fishing is better than yesterday. Luckily I got a bonus pike yesterday. So that made for a nice batch of fillets. Have a good one boys.

[LPS]

Morning boys. We have 33 now and I see smoke from yesterdays fire.  Will have to monitor the wind before we decide what to do with it.  Used the Ex to move some big logs into the fire and really got it going nicely.  Really helped get it burned up.  Just a few big stumps smoldering now.  I took out a big ribeye to grill today so looking forward to that.  I think the Gophers BB play at noon so may check that out too.  Have a good one.

[Bobberineyes]

Mornin forum fellas! sitting at 34 headin for 55 they say. We got 9" of Snow last week in that storm, and most of it is almost gone already. Had a good time at the home and garden show yesterday, have 2 different outfits coming out to give us quotes on kitchen updates, talked to some other people about building something at the Lake also. We did 2 Ribeyes last night that were a little over a pound a piece,  good stuff. Kids n pooches are coming over this afternoon fer burglars n fries it sounds....See ya!!

[Cooperman]

Morning all, going to pull the grills and smokers out of the shed today. I’ve got a pastrami going on the pit barrel tomorrow, and a couple pork steaks on the Weber. Be nice to be grilling again.

[markn]

Watched the Moorhead game last night. The Stillwater kids made a game of it. Fun to watch. Need to set up Pay Pal this morning, don't have it yet, and get pins and bushings ordered. Rubber Tracks America has them for $235.00, Cat is over $500.00. Think I'll try the cheaper ones first. It wasn't as bad of a job as I thought taking this apart. Just greasy as all get out. Later......

[Dotch]

Mornin' fellow gulag comrades! 32 at choretime, heading for a high in the mid to upper fitties. Agree, DST sux. Sheep were still asleep & looked at me like WTH are you doing out here? We don't eat for another hour yet! Had a great visit with my brother yesterday & this a.m. Got a lot done too, got feed & hay then unloaded the hay this a.m. while the ground was frozen. Had lunch at The Willows yesterday while we were at it. Grilled pork tenderloins last nite & did our gin taste testing. 😋 Sounds like another one of those picking up the terd by the clean end jobs mark n.

[Jerkbiat]

Morning boys. 28 here and supposed to make 36. Made it to 51 here yesterday. The breaker pushed up some more yesterday morning. So after lunch I knocked it down some and then pulled my skid house to shore. I will pull it back out Friday afternoon if I can. At least this way it is on the right side of the breaker. Then I cut up some firewood and put some in the wood shed. Watched a couple more episodes of Hell on wheels last night. Getting near the end. Otherwise just getting ready for another day in the salt mines. Have a good one boys.

[mike89]

mornin all, 38 here and going for 64 today..  what a change..  got a lot done yesterday except cleaning the grill so that is todays major thing to do..  watched one fellow drive his ford onto the lake so the shore line must be holding up pretty good at his place..  some places are not so good..   have a good day all!! 

[Gunner55]

Mornin boys, 32 to start & we're headed towards 57. There's ~ a 6o-65% chance of some rain or snow this evening around 7 or 8 too. It's looks like the wind will go back to WNW here a little before that now as well. We had quite a few out on the bay during the day Saturday, but it was nada yday. Got a couple things on my list for today, so I got an excuse to get outside early. 'Bout it here, have a good day.

[markn]

Well it officially got above fifty degrees here yesterday for the first time this Spring so that means the Winter beard needs to come off for the Summer. Going to "clean up my act". Yeah right. Could order propane too today. Should be down to 20% or less. I'll have to ask of they can fill to 70% instead of 85%. Later....

[LPS]

Morning boys.  We have 26 here and we are headed to 53 today.  That is good so we can put the dogs in the kennel as we are off to Bemidji today for the wife's eye appt.  We will do some shopping too. I have Rigid tools and I see they finally came out with an impact so will stop at Home Depot and check them out.  We had 51 yesterday for the high.  Was darn nice! 

[Dotch]

Mornin' fellow gulag comrades! 40 at choretime, heading for a high in the low to mid sissties! Made 54 yesterday afternoon but it took most of it getting there. Was still a lot of snow yesterday in the morning slowing the warm up. Should take most of it down today except the deepest spots in the ditches and fencelines. Tagged, vaxxed & docked lambs yesterday morning, then moved a couple ewes with lambs out of the lambing barn into the loafing area last nite. Another monster buck lamb born this a.m. Was stuck about halfway out so gave an assist. Thinking maybe 4 or 5 left to go and some of those will likely lamb this week. Hoping the snow melts off the electric fence soon so we can just let all the ewes with lambs outside. Some of those earliest lambs are huge and would be fun to watch them rip & tear.   

[mike89]

been looking for a good name brand chest freezer for awhile now..  only want one about 7 or 8 cu ft..  off brands I could find easy..  no reviews on them...  finally found one at Karl's in Sauk Centre..  go pick it up in  the morning..  it's a G E brand.. 

[glenn57]

afternoon fellers.......made it home!!! seen 7 deer on the drive before i got to deer river.......dang they look healthy!!!! :happy1:i noticed the sippi by rice is starting to open, none further north!!!!!! ice on Roosevelt in outing and lakes further south looking a wee bit dark. ice where i was hasnt even began to look crappy.

my ice season is done for the year!!!!!!

[Dotch]

been looking for a good name brand chest freezer for awhile now..  only want one about 7 or 8 cu ft..  off brands I could find easy..  no reviews on them...  finally found one at Karl's in Sauk Centre..  go pick it up in  the morning..  it's a G E brand..

Good for you mikey! Hopefully it's works out to be bulletproof for you. Been seeing several of those old International freezers on CL & Marketplace. Would need Barry's excavator to get them out of their basements 1st.

[mike89]

got done early with what I wanted done today so just got back from getting..  my last one was over 45 years...   now I just need to unpack it and fire it up!! 

[Dotch]

afternoon fellers.......made it home!!! seen 7 deer on the drive before i got to deer river.......dang they look healthy!!!! :happy1:i noticed the sippi by rice is starting to open, none further north!!!!!! ice on Roosevelt in outing and lakes further south looking a wee bit dark. ice where i was hasnt even began to look crappy.

my ice season is done for the year!!!!!!

The deer locally look like they've been fed shell corn all winter. Probably because they were. It's been an open winter until lately. There was so much corn on the ground after harvest due to the short ear placement around the outside of the drowned out spots. Guys ran their corn heads low to try to get those ears but they just busted them up once the snapping rolls grabbed them. I was watching several deer from the oval office the other morning. The 1st one I saw was just huge. In the low light, I thought the neighbor's cattle were out.   

[Jerkbiat]

Morning boys. 2 above here and heading for 21 today. I was rather shocked when I seen 2 above this morning. Didn't know it was going that low or I would have put more wood in the stove. The wind really was whipping yesterday afternoon out of the NW. Ya, it has been a fairly good winter for the deer. There are 3-4 fields near by that have been loaded with deer in the evening. So many it makes me wonder where they were hiding last fall. Otherwise just getting ready for another day in the salt mines. Have a good one boys.

[mike89]

mornin all, 19 here and might see 39 today..  got a few things to do today and nothing pressing so go with the flow kind of day..  the best kind!!   have a good day all!! 

[Gunner55]

Mornin gang, we've got 10 here & we're aiming for 32. Pretty nice here early yday but the wind started to kick in ~ 9:30-10 & changed that. We had a visitor yday about 3:00, it was the neighbor he'd just came up. Been kind of expecting him ever since the weather got nice. There's 1 thing on my list from yday yet, so I'll start there. The neighbor is replacing his gas fireplace & said yday that he might need a hand, so I'll go see what he's got going on today too. No more now have a good day.