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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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agedhorse said:
Hope everybody survived the holiday intact and no scales were broken.
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No pumpkin byproducts were harmed in the making of this holiday. We did the turkey yesterday and went with leftovers today. And a couple of days ago when the first hard frost of the year hit here I realized that we had never picked the last apples off our tree. Grabbed about 25 lbs worth just in time and my wife made a killer pie, which is already dusted. I may try my hand at another one tomorrow, but she's a southern belle who really has the sweet stuff figured out. Good times!
 
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BadExample said:
Where's @agedhorse ?

@alaskaleftybass ?
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Hey bro bad. Laid real low yesterday. I made the turkey dinner and completely cleaned for my lady. She deserved that. We didn't answer the phone cell phone or anything else. We watched a lot of Andy Griffith. It was a heavenly day for me and i only wanted to share it with Carey. Tonight leftover hot turkey gravy sandwiches with the trimmins'! :D
 
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alaskaleftybass said:
Hey bro bad. Laid real low yesterday. I made the turkey dinner and completely cleaned for my lady. She deserved that. We didn't answer the phone cell phone or anything else. We watched a lot of Andy Griffith. It was a heavenly day for me and i only wanted to share it with Carey. Tonight leftover hot turkey gravy sandwiches with the trimmins'! :D
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Sounds like an awesome day for you both, Bro Will. How is she getting along? I hope and pray better and better each day!

We had a great Thanksgiving day. My wife was already feeling well after having surgery on her hand (Monday), so we both trekked up to my mother's house, went and picked up the TG meal at the American Legion, ate, rested, ate more, rested more... We are very, very thankful to see the color in my mom's face back to normal, strong voice and to see her moving all around like nothing happened. Call her about 5:00 PM today and she had just come back from a mile walk (whaaaaaaa? On purpose?) ! What more could I ask for than the two lady's in my life being healthy?
 
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Well , the ol' weather man blew it again. It was supposed to rain yesterday till about 4 PM and then clear out and warm up a bit. Nope. I had a gig last night and when I went out to load the old truck , there was about 1/8 of an inch of solid ice encasing the thing and my sidewalk could have been used as a skating rink. I usually load the truck about a half hour before I have to leave , so I loaded it and started it up and cranked the heater. I salted the sidewalk before doing this. No slipping on the sidewalk and the truck was de iced and nice and warm by the time i had to leave. Streets seemed to be OK and the gig was only ten minutes from my house.
Found out at the gig that this will be the next to the last gig I play with this band. I took a spot in a band with a killer brass section in it (something I have wanted to do for 40 years now) and the current band leader got all butt hurt and said he didn't want to book around the new band. He also doesn't like the band leader or the drummer but that's another story. I have one more gig with them that I am committed to and then he says that he is trying out a new guy next weekend. So be it. The new band already has about 15 gigs on the books for next year and booking season hasn't really started around here yet. Looks like even with only the one band , the old smelly fish is gonna be pretty busy next year.:)
When we loaded out , the windshield was frozen solid again. So much for warming up after 4 PM.
 
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sharkbait130 said:
Well , the ol' weather man blew it again. It was supposed to rain yesterday till about 4 PM and then clear out and warm up a bit. Nope. I had a gig last night and when I went out to load the old truck , there was about 1/8 of an inch of solid ice encasing the thing and my sidewalk could have been used as a skating rink. I usually load the truck about a half hour before I have to leave , so I loaded it and started it up and cranked the heater. I salted the sidewalk before doing this. No slipping on the sidewalk and the truck was de iced and nice and warm by the time i had to leave. Streets seemed to be OK and the gig was only ten minutes from my house.
Found out at the gig that this will be the next to the last gig I play with this band. I took a spot in a band with a killer brass section in it (something I have wanted to do for 40 years now) and the current band leader got all butt hurt and said he didn't want to book around the new band. He also doesn't like the band leader or the drummer but that's another story. I have one more gig with them that I am committed to and then he says that he is trying out a new guy next weekend. So be it. The new band already has about 15 gigs on the books for next year and booking season hasn't really started around here yet. Looks like even with only the one band , the old smelly fish is gonna be pretty busy next year.:)
When we loaded out , the windshield was frozen solid again. So much for warming up after 4 PM.
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Hmm. I had to run the van's A/C on max on the way to last night's gig. Just regular coming home.:smug: FWIW, 73 y/o and I've never driven in snow or ice.
 
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You should never eat the yellow snow where the husky’s go.

Freezing rain warnings today so I’m staying off the roads. We do have to go out on foot to find some food for today.

I find that the worst road condition is black ice. Everything seems fine till you hit the breaks. Then you loose control and have to recover. When you see several semi’s off the road flipped on their sides or in the ditch, you know that the conditions are bad. Slowing down helps a lot.

My SUV doesn’t seem as stable on snow and ice as my old car (Impala) was which had a lower center of gravity. That car could handle any weather. It would get up hills that other vehicles would slide back on.

Driving in bad weather conditions is nuts.
 
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beans-on-toast said:
You should never eat the yellow snow where the huskies go.
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Now you tell me. Oh, wait, FZ first told me many moons ago. Oh well.

Stay safe. Just walking on black ice is no bueno. I have crampons for my duck boots, seriously.
 
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I have an old pair of hiking boots on which I screwed about 15 hex head sheet metal screws into each sole. I can run on ice covered concrete in those, though in the interest of keeping my body intact, I don't. I also put them on in the garage and in the interest of avoiding a spousal induced near death experience, I take them off before I come back in the house.
 
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ric426 said:
I have an old pair of hiking boots on which I screwed about 15 hex head sheet metal screws into each sole. I can run on ice covered concrete in those, though in the interest of keeping my body intact, I don't. I also put them on in the garage and in the interest of avoiding a spousal induced near death experience, I take them off before I come back in the house.
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One good slip is enough to do your back in.
 
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beans-on-toast said:
For some reason, when I was out in the bad conditions, a lot of bluebirds were out there thriving. The other birds were tucked away.
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When the weather turns really nasty I see a lot of the resident hummingbirds. Probably mostly because my feeders are such a critical food resource during those times.

Unfortunately we don't get bluebirds right here. But there's a well known "bluebird trail" about an hour and a half from here. The first time my wife and I went to check it out we saw nothing for quite a while. I finally thought I saw one and we pulled over to get the binocs out. As I started scanning I noticed something on our windshield. It was a gorgeous Mountain Bluebird gleaning bugs off the glass. We've had quite a few birding experiences like that over the years.
 
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Yesterday the band I play in went into a studio to record. it was a two hour drive each way. We got there at ten AM as we were requested. Walked into the studio to find mics on stands everywhere. Except for a vocal one for me. The guy had 32 channels but couldn’t manage four mics? I plugged into a DI that was beside me but right though the recordings I could barely hear myself. I didn’t play well. The songs where I sing harmony were sung by the B/L in unison. I couldn’t wait the escape from there. Needing to use the washroom I was told it was outside in a hut. A couple of planks with a square hole was what it consisted of. No facility to wash hands. Me, I’m a city boy and I have my morning routine. By the time i got home i was so glad!!! :(
 
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