Happy New Year to All Y'all
May the best of 2024 be the worst of 2025.
Happy New Year.
Slim
Happy New Year, everyone!!!!
Happy New Year!
Our 2025 is starting out rough. We went to Pigeon Forge TN for our family get together. My Missus came down with the flu yesterday, so we came home today, a day early. But good travel back, the good Lord was watching us.
Afternoon y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Micah bought his first vehicle, yesterday, from a friend from church. A 2007 Dodge Dakota quad cab.
'Tis 24 and partly sunny. WC 15. High of 26.
Slim
Congratulations to Micah! Well bad news today, my Missus doesn't have the flu, she tested positive for Covid. Weather is supposed to get cold this weekend, but thankfully the worst of the storm is supposed to track North of us. Y'all take care.
Kevin, I hope she has light bout and recover quickly....
Best wishes
Slim, The Dakota is a great truck, I had a 97 with the 5.2 V-8(318) I just had to retire it last year,That truck didn't owe me a dime.
Deacon, our prayers for your beloved to have a quick recovery
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Quote from: Major E A Sterner on January 03, 2025, 10:27:37 AMSlim, The Dakota is a great truck, I had a 97 with the 5.2 V-8(318) I just had to retire it last year,That truck didn't owe me a dime.
It has a 318.
I'm praying for her fast recovery, Deacon.
'Tis 16 and mostly sunny. North wind. WC 3. "Blustery. Partly sunny. A chance of flurries. Highs in the upper teens. Northwest wind 15 to 25 mph."
Slim
Morning everyone, healing to the sick.
Riley and have errands to run in a bit and then we are in for the up to 8 inches of snow coming.
Thanks for the prayers my friends. Andra is better, I may be coming down with it. Anyway, weather is pretty here today, don't know what the next couple days hold. Y'all be good.
Quote from: Major E A Sterner on January 03, 2025, 10:27:37 AMSlim, The Dakota is a great truck, I had a 97 with the 5.2 V-8(318) I just had to retire it last year,That truck didn't owe me a dime.
Mine is a '95 with the 3.9 V6.Somewhere around 300,000 on it, but to be honest I've about completely used up the parts truck I bought right after I got it.Right now it's on "farm duty only" until I have the time, and better weather to fix some front end issues and get the rear brakes back to working.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Quote from: pony express on January 04, 2025, 08:58:49 AMMine is a '95 with the 3.9 V6.Somewhere around 300,000 on it, but to be honest I've about completely used up the parts truck I bought right after I got it.Right now it's on "farm duty only" until I have the time, and better weather to fix some front end issues and get the rear brakes back to working.
Well. It is a 2004 instead of a 2007, 4.7L V8 instead of the 5.2L V8. The 4.7L was designed by AMC for the Jeep Grand Cherokee.
'Tis 10 and sunny. WC -3. High of 14 and sunny.
Slim
Waiting on a blizzard and not from Dairy Queen. ;D
They are actually predicting snow in Cent. Florida, I seen it twice in 70 + years.
So, it remains to be :-\ Tues. I think they say.
Check that, its Thursday
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 2 and partly sunny. WC -9. High of 18 and partly sunny. No sn*w in the 10 day forecast for here.
Slim
They've been threatening us with a blizzard and ice storm here, for the last few days. did get some freezing rain last night, but not a lot. We don't have to go anywhere farther than the chicken coop, so it doesn't matter. Church will be "online" this week. Said it might be like the 2007 ice storm. Not even close(so far). In '07 I was without power for something like a week or 10 days. Should be good this time, the electric co-op spent the whole summer in my area clearing right of ways.
Wasn't as bad here as they thought, going no where till Thursday.
Our "1 to 3 inches" was nothing. Cold and windy enough though.
0.5 inches of ice and 10 inches of snow. Work in Kansas and it is shut down. We got hit hard. The ice is the real pain.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 21 and overcast. High of 26 and partly cloudy.
Slim
Sourdough rolls with orange marmalade and coconut filling.
Plumbing check, so I'm up anyway, temp's @ 40 degrees.
The guessers were saying mid 30's does not look like the chill they expected made the show.
We will see 40 degrees the next few mornings, and just North of Orlando will have hard freeze warnings but not here.
I had to replace the solar fence charger and string new wire. The old unit gave up the ghost and the beastie figured it out Toot sweet.
The downside is the new unit has to charge 3 days in sunlight, before the unit can be activated. Therein lies the rub, we've had mostly overcast.
Setting the coffee pot for AM's 1st. light and back to the log pile... later gators
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Looks great, Del.
Micah is registered for welding classes at Fox Valley Tech.
'Tis 7 and partly cloudy. High of 24 and partly sunny.
Slim
Sunny and 11 degrees here. "The great blizzard" didn't amount to much here-after the initial freezing rain, we got less than 1" of the white stuff.
Well the temps are in the 20s here, clear right now but Thursday heavy snow is coming through. Could be up to 5-6", thankfully no ice forecast. We got out today and went to the Post Office, Bank and then the dreaded Walmart. We made it home safely, even though we weren't in our pajamas. Homemade soup and bread for dinner tonight.
I'm sure glad you two are on the mend :)
Greeting all.
I ain't dead yet. Might be nice though. Think of how much I'd save on taxes. ::)
Anyway,not much to report. Been busy with "things."
Currently in Palisades, CA, fighting the Palisade fire. It's bad. We're on break at the moment. Been at it for almost 10 hours now, probably another 24 before we're released for bed.
Further update as events warrant.
Keep the hoofed side down,
—TK
Take care Kid, news here say's its very BAD with the winds :o
Best wishes to all the responders.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Keep safe, TK.
'Tis 8 and overcast. High of 20 and mostly cloudy.
Slim
We survived the night. Sounds like others may not have been as lucky.
Between 10pm-5am we got the worst of the Santa Ana, winds sustained at 50mph+, and gusts 100 or more. We've been working as a Strike Team of USFS engines from the north state, going behind the fire front and trying to save houses. Mixed results on that.
—TK
Praying for you TK, be as careful as you can with the job you're doing.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 2 and partly sunny. High of 24.
Slim
Morning all.
We pulled a 30 hour shift, before we got relieved for 10 hours rest. Right now I'm dealing with getting a set of new tires for our utility truck right now. Lost 3 to nails last night, and the fourth to a wrench burins by ashes in a pothole.
We're still doing okay.
—TK
My friend Gun store was subject to a CRASH & GRAB :o
https://www.wesh.com/article/teens-accused-driving-car-st-cloud-gun-shop/63242316
Major,Two good things, They didn't get any guns and they were caught right away.Hopefully they will be charged to the full extent possible by the DA.
They are 16 & 17, so far grand thief auto & criminal mischief.
However, they did have another stolen gun in possession.
So, if the DA charges them as adults, which is the hope (one of the perps had active warrant) another was on probation.
I they could get 15 -30, (probably won't) they are minors and Hispanic.
Bleeding woke court appointed liberal lawyer will argue,
Probably juvy detention till 18 and released to do crime again.
Not good Major, hope that true justice is done in this case.
Anyway, it literally just started snowing here, forecast is for 4-8" before it quits tomorrow. Anyway, we are tucked in with plenty of food and toilet paper so we will survive the next couple days. ;D
TK praying for you and your crew out there.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Dusting of white on the ground.
'Tis 23 and overcast. "Mostly cloudy. A chance of flurries. Highs in the upper 20s. West wind 5 to 10 mph."
Slim
29 Degrees here, and about 2.5" fluffy white stuff appeared overnight.
M2, someone tried that at our LGS a few years back. Tried to back a stolen truck through the front door. Was stopped by "Eddie the dog". Eddie was a concrete English Setter about 18" tall, they tried to run over him getting to the door. Truck couldn't get over him, so they left and tried the same thing at a few other places, and succeeded at breaking into a convenience store about 20 miles away, and burned it to the ground. Now the LGS has those big concrete "lego" blocks all around it.
A year ago, or so Guy hell bent on Suicide by cop or other means
drove through the store front of a Kydex Holster manufacturer.
That wingnut had room to get his KIA SUV up to about 60+ and was deep inside the show room.
That shop was an FFL too, the dude took one on the guns and offed himself.
The store itself sustained entire frontal damage and internal wreckage.
The kicker was the store is just over 100 yard from the Police Sub station on main street, cops were on seen in 2 minutes.
He was already history by his own hand.
https://www.clickorlando.com/traffic/2023/11/09/car-crashes-into-downtown-st-cloud-gun-store/
Has a SUV thing down by my daughters played pin ball with curb, fire hydrant and a retaining wall before hitting a 2nd floor bedroom and being ejected. :P Probably a stick, spoon and garbage bag deal. Speed limit is 35 there with need for caution because of refreezing.
Headed to the big city tomorrow, Wed was payday and it's been a month.
Evening all.
Today was "search and destroy," going through the burned neighborhoods and extinguishing any heat we find. Anticipating more Santa Ana tomorrow. Fingers crossed.
In other news, they have us camped on the beach in Malibu now. Best part of the whole ordeal.
—TK
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Monthly systems outage day. Going to verk in a bit.
'Tis 18 and mostly clear. High of 29 and mostly cloudy.
Slim
Have the exact same here Slim.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
1/4" of white overnight.
'Tis 28 and overcast. "Cloudy. Light snow likely in the morning. Freezing drizzle also possible in the morning then a chance of freezing drizzle and light snow in the afternoon. Little or no additional snow accumulation. Minor icing possible. Highs in the lower 30s. South wind 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 60 percent."
Slim
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 1 and clear. -17 WC. High of 11 and blustery. Wind chills to -25.
Slim
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis -5 and cloudy. WC -23. High of 13 and mostly sunny.
Slim
Morning all, 45 here, supposed to hit 49 today. This week should be nice, then next week a lot colder. Fighting with our internet provider today, they are dropping channels and not the price!
Both "SHE" and I seem to have a variant of a virus.
SHE brought it home from the work 20 Saturday, the whole shop does or has had it.
I've been trying to watch "REACHER" on Prime.
I binged watch the 1st. season.
But the second season is denying me access. ???
It may be Pay for view, rather than free to watch like Season 1.
Greetings all.
I am home from the Palisade fire, and happy to report that I managed that in one piece. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a pillow and mattress that require my immediate attention.
—TK
You should leave a wake-up call for February, that has been a herculean effort.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Glad to hear you are home safe, TK.
'Tis -2 and clear. High of 18.
Slim
Glad you ae safe.
They say the whole area has virus stuff. I am avoiding people as much as I can.
Major and anybody else ill, hope you recover soon. TK, glad you're safe! Never met you but been thinking about you out there.
Good news TK, glad you are safe. You guys fighting those stupid viruses have my sympathy and prayers. Lady C is doing better and we should have some decent weather the next couple days, then Sunday cools off again, that week will be in the 20s and 30s.
Today "SHE" and I are observing 37 years of our journey together :)
Legally that is....
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Congrats, Major 2.
1/2" of white last night.
'Tis 28 and overcast. High of 34 and mostly cloudy. High of -1 on Sunday and -3 Monday. ::)
Slim
Quote from: Major 2 on January 16, 2025, 06:58:32 AMToday "SHE" and I are observing 37 years of our journey together :)
Legally that is....
Glad you made it legal. ;D
Not much here.
Quote from: Delmonico on January 16, 2025, 09:25:21 AMGlad you made it legal. ;D
Not much here.
Yep ! Up till then I was just poking around ;D
Congratulations Major.
Thank you, gentlemen,
we had plans for dinner out, but that went south due to the ailment.
"SHE" is still under the influence, but I seem to have shaken it mostly.
Congrats Roger! Was supposed to be off today but my boss called so wound up going in to work after all. Then he found out that not only was there a problem during his remodeling, that someone had broken into his work cabin and stole a bunch of expensive tools, reloading equipment and other stuff. So I am working tomorrow too. Rats, was gonna hit the range tomorrow.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Took a couple pot-shots at a coyote this morning at 200+ yards with my pistol. Made it run faster. ;D
'Tis 28 and mostly cloudy. High of 40 and mostly cloudy.
Slim
Thanks Kevin,
Working? well it's a COOL place with lots of toys. :D
Sad about you Bosses' possessions, hope the perp gets caught.
Nothing really on my agenda today :-\
Last nice day here, going in the deep freeze, wern't much for snow last I looked.
Just not as good as I used to be plus I wore out another diamond stone, not forever, about 15 years. Got 3 flat diamonds, 3 grits for touch up but got one of them multi-stone one that clamps and has an arm and a bunch of different grits. Get if figured out yesterday, going to go through all my knives a little at a time, set the angle for what they need and finish them up with the grit needed. Going to order the diamond ones for it also so I don't need honing oil in my dining nook. ;D
Morning all. Or afternoon now, I suppose. Depends on your time zone. But I digress.
Not much going on here today. Mrs TK had the day off, so we're taking a lazy day. I have to go to the local Boot Barn and pick up a new hat that I ordered before going south. They've been holding it for almost 2 weeks. It's a Stetson, and one of 2 "real" hats that the USFS approves for wear in uniform.
I don't recall if I mentioned it before, and I'm too lazy to look, but Mrs and I celebrated 3 years of matrimony on the 3rd, with just enough time to grab breakfast at a local joint before I got sent south. We might do something more after payday.
—TK
Congrats, TK.
Slim
Indeed congrats, to TK. and Mrs. TK
Congratulations to both of you. Enjoy some time together now!
Congrats TK! And we do want pics of the hat!
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Going to church in a bit.
'Tis -5 and clear. WC -22. High of 0.
Slim
+6 and -8 here.
We're having our first major S**W storm of the year, started around 1:30 and is supposed to go until mid morning tomorrow. about 4inches on the ground so far with it adding up to 1 inch a hour at times. Total of 8 or 9 inches. Y'all stay warm and dry.
Dropped to 16 here this morning, supposed to hit 28 but no snow this time around. Watching the Inauguration and enjoying some good coffee. Prayers for all of you, my friends. And whether you like our new President or not, pray for him and wisdom is his leadership.
Afternoon y'all.
Take #1 daughter to General Mitchell Field (Milw). Started at 0300 with -17 degrees. When we got to Milw, it was -6. When we got back to Oshkosh for shopping at 0800, it was -14. It is now -6. ::)
Slim
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Back to verk. Area schools are closed because of the cold temps.
#3 daughter, Micah and I have a CPR/AED certification class at 1700-2100. It was supposed to be at the local tech college center, but it closed today because of the cold. So, I is now being held at our church since there are 8 parishioners taking the class.
'Tis -16 and clear. WC -35. High of -1.
Slim
Hit 15 for a low today, 21 right now. Tomorrow is supposed to start warming up a little. Sad phone call to my boss this morning, a woman called and said that her son had killed himself. He had bought a gun from us on Saturday and killed himself this weekend [not with the gun he bought from us] and was simply asking if he had shown any signs that worried us. I was the one who sold him the gun and he seemed quite normal. Just a sad event and a tragedy for the family.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
We are CPR/AED certified.
I'll be praying for the family, Deacon.
'Tis 5 and light flurries. WC -11. "Not as cold. Cloudy. A chance of light snow in the morning then a chance of flurries in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 20s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent. Lowest wind chill readings to 15 below zero in the morning."
Slim
Amazon was here. Gonna buy the heavy stuff from them and put my cart outside to put it on. Also buying stuff that is hard to get or takes a long trip. 100 mile round trip for the Bob's mill stuff and it's hit and miss sometimes. The White Lily, who knows, going to try it, got to see if it really is better and worth the higher price.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are
'Tis 2 and partly sunny. High of 19.
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on January 23, 2025, 07:57:46 AMMorning y'all.
Coffee and tea are
'Tis 2 and partly sunny. High of 19.
Slim
Amazon says tomorrow on that. ;D Got 3 kinds coming, enough to last at least a couple months. ;D
Hit 49 today with sunshine! Took the Missus to Lunch, then did some straightening up in the reloading area and put a Red dot on a Trump 10/22 she bought me! ;D
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis -10 and clear. High of 17.
Slim
Greetings all.
Warm and sunny today, high of about 70. Spent most of the day being lazy, with notable excursions to remove and replace blankets on the horse.
Hopefully this picture attaches, and I can show my hat.
--TK
That looks good, TK!
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Nice hat, TK.
Going to the men's breakfast at church in a bit.
'Tis 11 and partly cloudy with a crescent moon. "Blustery. Not as cold. Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly cloudy. A chance of flurries. Highs in the lower 30s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph shifting to the west 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon."
Slim
Morning all.
It seems a tragedy has befallen our household: my cast iron pan, which had been seasoned nicely enough to not even need butter to fry eggs, must now be reseasoned. On Friday, I cooked some pork chops, which had been marinaded in a mixture containing vinegar. I put a little water in the pan after cooking to soften the spice mixture that had collected on the bottom, and then was called away to an emergency (some piles on a prescribed burn had escaped). The pan was placed in the oven to get it out of the way, and promptly forgotten about until last night when the oven was preheated to cook a frozen pizza. It was then discovered after having much of the water boiled out, with the majority of cooking surface now being bare metal. My bacon and eggs just don't taste the same cooked in a nonstick pan this morning. :-\
In other news, I have about 18 hours worth of computer based training to complete this week at work, which will be a lot of fun, he says sarcastically.
—TK
Tragic indeed....
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Real bummer, TK.
'Tis 22, mostly sunny with a brisk SW wind. "Blustery. Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming mostly cloudy. A chance of sprinkles and flurries in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. West wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph."
Slim
Quote from: The Trinity Kid on January 27, 2025, 08:11:11 AMMorning all.
It seems a tragedy has befallen our household: my cast iron pan, which had been seasoned nicely enough to not even need butter to fry eggs, must now be reseasoned. On Friday, I cooked some pork chops, which had been marinaded in a mixture containing vinegar. I put a little water in the pan after cooking to soften the spice mixture that had collected on the bottom, and then was called away to an emergency (some piles on a prescribed burn had escaped). The pan was placed in the oven to get it out of the way, and promptly forgotten about until last night when the oven was preheated to cook a frozen pizza. It was then discovered after having much of the water boiled out, with the majority of cooking surface now being bare metal. My bacon and eggs just don't taste the same cooked in a nonstick pan this morning. :-\
In other news, I have about 18 hours worth of computer based training to complete this week at work, which will be a lot of fun, he says sarcastically.
—TK
Scrub it with soap and water then dry it. Put a light coat of oil on it, if it's black it's OK, if grey you did a less than good job of seasoning. I write books and you just chew on the PDF. ;D
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 20 and overcast. "Windy. Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. A chance of flurries in the morning. Highs in the lower 40s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to west 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 40 mph."
Slim
Morning all, pretty day on tap. Supposed to hit 60 and sunny here today, the Missus and I are going to the range this afternoon. Gonna get some rain Wednesday and Thursday and cool down a little, but still in the 40s and 50s for the next week. Y'all take care.
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 27, cloudy and windy. High of 36, mostly sunny and blustery.
Slim
Morning all.
37, heading for 60, and light overcast.
Today's plan is computer stuff in the office, so that will be fun.
Del, with this pan, I had sanded down a couple little casting imperfections (they would catch the spatula and it annoyed me), but left the majority of the factory season untouched. I then coated the whole bottom in a very light coat of avocado oil (what I had on hand), and baked at 455, which is as high as my oven goes. It worked great. But with this boiling vinegar excursion, it got under a section of the factory season and started flaking away it looked like.some of the coating I had put on remained, but there was a lot of bare metal. Whatever the cause, it's reseasoned now, and back to business as usual. Though the eggs don't quite slip around like they used to yet.
—TK
Quote from: The Trinity Kid on January 29, 2025, 08:24:20 AMMorning all.
37, heading for 60, and light overcast.
Today's plan is computer stuff in the office, so that will be fun.
Del, with this pan, I had sanded down a couple little casting imperfections (they would catch the spatula and it annoyed me), but left the majority of the factory season untouched. I then coated the whole bottom in a very light coat of avocado oil (what I had on hand), and baked at 455, which is as high as my oven goes. It worked great. But with this boiling vinegar excursion, it got under a section of the factory season and started flaking away it looked like.some of the coating I had put on remained, but there was a lot of bare metal. Whatever the cause, it's reseasoned now, and back to business as usual. Though the eggs don't quite slip around like they used to yet.
—TK
The avocado likely did not fully carbonize because it has a smoke point of around 520F. See what happens though. Been thinking of trying it myself do to the high smoke point, for some things. Will hide it though, people will think I'm a Yuppie with that stuff around, 35 years ago the Yuppies were all going nuts over Canola oil. ::)
Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 19 and hazy. High of 48 and sunny.
Slim
Timely subject, I guess. Got 3 pans in the oven now getting seasoned/re-seasoned. One is a new steel frying pan, about 6" that I plan to use for solo camping (If that ever happens again) Another is a #8 Wagner, as old as I am (I believe it was wedding present to my Mom) It looks good but eggs stick. Other is a deep Griswold "chicken fryer". Used avocado oil, oven is at 500.
Dang, don't you kids keep Olive oil, you need to have some, don't you ever make pizza? ::) My Goose Fat is still somewhere between Heathrow and customs in the US or at either. ::) Gonna have the Kolachi. :D
Del, I keep Extra Slutty olive oil for when I make Dirty Rice... ;D ;D
This was in my mailbox today? No idea what the geese did before they got greased. ;D We are going to have the proper kolatch.
+Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 22 and partly cloudy. High of 38 and partly cloudy.
Slim
Supposed to hit 65 today and sunny. Y'all quit gossing them geese! They are nice birds....yeah right. I will pay good folding money to watch someone try to goose one of those Canadian Cobra Chickens!
Afternoon all.
45 and proverbial toad choking weather today. Good soup weather, which I may take advantage of. ::)
Yesterday I received my Prescribed Fire Burn Boss qualification. We burned 15 acres at 5000ft elevation as my final training assignment. So now I get to lead prescribed burns by myself. Comes with no financial incentive, but does look good on my resume I suppose. I also got qualified as an Engine Operator while I was working the Palisade fire, which was a requirement for this promotion I got. All that to say, I've been busy.
Mrs TK is in bed with some sort of respiratory illness, so I'm likely next. Taking vitamin C and drinking soup, so fingers crossed.
—TK
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