Don't drink coffee with no elf on a shelf. (Dec coffee thread)

[Silver Creek Slim]

I don't want to be pregnant 

Then don't burn popple.

Slim

[litl rooster]

We burned our share of Aspen in the west and Tulip Poplar in the east. Not a real hot burner but will work, another that leaves alot ash.  Nice wood for furniture and crafting though.  I've seen cottonwood that was milled also for mostly barn building.  I believe Teddy Roosvelt wrote in his journals about cutting logs for his cabin the Blackhills. I believe it was Cottonwood.

[pony express]

Good thing we don't have a lot of popple here then. I'll already be retired before the kids I got are graduated. Don't need any more at my age.

[litl rooster]

Good thing we don't have a lot of popple here then. I'll already be retired before the kids I got are graduated. Don't need any more at my age.

Lol I don't even want bragging rights at my age.

[litl rooster]

Morning coffee is up... and the other fixin's.


Rain here in the Sunny South today and next couple.   

[pony express]

Rain and a warm 42 degrees here in Mo. Made biscuits for breakfast. no sausage to be found, so I made bacon grease gravy. Not bad. Couldn't bring myself to crumble up the bacon to put in the gravy, it looked too tasty all by itself.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee.

The popples we have are quaking aspen. Our shed that was made 80+ years old is almost entirely made from it. 1 1/2 years old, we stabilized it and put steel on the outside.

'Tis 24 and overcast. High of 30.

Slim

[The Trinity Kid]

Afternoon all.

Sunny and 45 in California.  Headed for 50 according to the NOAA.  We'll see how close they get.

Went up to one of my lookout towers from the summer last night.  The local radio club, of which I'm a member, has some equipment up there that needed work, so we worked on it.  Seems to be fixed.  It was about 20 degrees up there at sunset, and got colder after that.  About a 20mph wind.  Had to put the front end in on the truck to get through the sn*w/ice on the way up.  The tower sits right at 6000 feet (6055 in the cab ).

About that wood.  We loaded the Ranger (short base 2003 Sport) cab high, with log lengths about 7- 9 feet.  Some logs were 12-14" diameter, and I'd guess 200lbs or more.  Took both of us to load them.  The springs were bottomed out, but it wasn't my truck, and he seemed not to care.  It was only 1 mile or so back home, but it was a little squirrely.

--TK

[pony express]

My Dad and I used to haul wood that way in his CJ-7(of course, they were 6" poles, not 12-14")Leave the tailgate down and stack it full with poles sticking out 2-3' beyond the tailgate. Just 15-20ft from the road was a small dip, and one time....the wood went down and the front wheels went up. Mud in the dip. Jeep wasn't going anywhere with the front wheels spinning in the air. So from the safety of the gravel road, I hooked a tow chain to my Chevy Vega and pulled him out. Ok, actually all it did was pull the front down so he got traction, but forevermore, I had pulled his JEEP out of the mud with my VEGA!

[litl rooster]

Love the old CJ's, there is nothing like them today.

[Major 2]

My Dad and I used to haul wood that way in his CJ-7(of course, they were 6" poles, not 12-14")Leave the tailgate down and stack it full with poles sticking out 2-3' beyond the tailgate. Just 15-20ft from the road was a small dip, and one time....the wood went down and the front wheels went up. Mud in the dip. Jeep wasn't going anywhere with the front wheels spinning in the air. So from the safety of the gravel road, I hooked a tow chain to my Chevy Vega and pulled him out. Ok, actually all it did was pull the front down so he got traction, but forevermore, I had pulled his JEEP out of the mud with my VEGA!

BOY oh BOY !  the Jeep Forum crowd  would have a 5HiT  hemorrhage....
Having had 3 Jeeps  CJ , YJ & TJ myself & moderated such a Forum ,  you can trust everyone of them have a tale to tell of their rescue prowess .... some true,  many imagined
Funny to see the all show no go element with their "Hummer rescue vehicle decals "

By the By the CJ was rust bucket w/ a 305 V8 .... the YJ a 4 banger & the TJ a Straight 6 Auto with AC & hard top.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Coffee is hot.

'Tis 28 and cloudy. High of 36.

Slim

[The Trinity Kid]

BOY oh BOY !  the Jeep Forum crowd  would have a 5HiT  hemorrhage....
Having had 3 Jeeps  CJ , YJ & TJ myself & moderated such a Forum ,  you can trust everyone of them have a tale to tell of their rescue prowess .... some true,  many imagined
Funny to see the all show no go element with their "Hummer rescue vehicle decals "

By the By the CJ was rust bucket w/ a 305 V8 .... the YJ a 4 banger & the TJ a Straight 6 Auto with AC & hard top.

There are Jeepers, and then there are "Jeepers."  The former likely have rescued a Hummer or something of the sort.  The later bought a $30,000 JK Sahara and park it on the curb at the mall in their skinny jeans.  I know both types. 
If the F-150 hadn't panned out, my backup was a '76 CJ with a Chevy LS1 V8.

Morning all.

Temperature is 24, and clear.  Could get white stuff tonight, though. We'll see.  I got some Aguila subsonic 22 yesterday, so I'm going out in a while to test that out, then I have a potluck to go to.  Hey, free food.

--TK

[pony express]

Dad's jeeps were both CJ-7s. Fist I believe was late 70's (77 maybe?) Sis cylinder automatic. Pretty much unstoppable. Then he traded it for a new mid 80's one, still a six, but with a 4 speed. That's the one we stuck with the firewood. He always regretted the trade. No mechanic we could find could keep it running right. I think it was a case of trying too hard to make a carbureted motor meet the ever stricter emissions standards.

[litl rooster]

I turned a topless with Windshield removed, Willys over responding to a tripflare. The M60  ammo cans and 2 nationals were thrown free. The steering wheel kept it from crushing me. That and it was low speed roll over. I was able to dig my self out while the other 2 grabbed up our firearms and called for help. It was a ferrel cat or dog that set off the flare.  Seemed like a long time but a apc crew showed up and we righted. Recovery crew showed up later changed the oil and anti freeze the jeep back on it's wheels. We finished the shift. I recieved a reprimand.  Always loved them Jeeps ever since

[Delmonico]

Well rocker is ready for paint and folding stool just needs the seat made so tommorow I clean off the sewing table.

Got a nice oak Lt Dan chair. Nice and solid, oak, needs stripped and new legs.  Getting longer ones, will be the stool for my loading bench. Going to make up some old type varnish for this one.  I need a test project anyway.

Also, forgot about my cabbage cutter so it's going into the line up.

[Delmonico]

Fergot, need to fire blue the hinge screws for the stool.  

Need two washers to use between the legs and nothing in the junk bucket suitable and doubt much chance at the hardware store, weirds most of them out when I show up with calipers.

Will just make them, should be about the same time involved as a hardware store trip unless I got lucky and scored at the first one.

Film later.  

[litl rooster]

The slaw cutter is cool hadn't seen one in some time...



It was 53 degrees and 99% humidity at 2300hrs last evening same numbers this morning.  Had a busy day yesterday delivering things. Today it is bible srudy and then rehab. Mail one final package out.


Calling for T-storms on Christmas possible snow



BTW Coffee is up!

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee.

'Tis 36 and overcast. High of 38.

Slim

[Major 2]

 Foggy and 62 ° expecting a 83 ° High.... looks like the same most of the week ....

NICE    and I'm on PTO till the 27th. & 28th  then off till the 2nd ....