Good early morning, everyone.
Thank you all for your kind words. The funeral is Monday and Dianna is doing her best to stay busy and help in any way she can. Having lost a child myself, I have some idea of what they are going through. I hope they can get in some grief counseling once things settle down.
Sandy, thank you for your kind offer. I got her there on the Super Shuttle and it worked out fine. The weather seems to pretty decent for January so she won't have to adapt to any of that below zero stuff you were having. I sent her out with her LL Bean down parka but Southerner's have been known to freeze to death right through a parka.
LTF, thanks for reminding me that life goes on. I'm glad the horses are getting some good homes. I'd like to meet you in person someday - you must be a very special woman to have devoted yourself to all your horses like you have.
Barry, I do think we need to put a lot more effort into getting dealers who are selling things that kill people. We used to spend an inordinate amount of time enforcing pot laws while heroin dealers mostly got a free ride...as long as they stayed in the ghetto.
We're now finding out what those folks have been dealing with while we sat idly by and did nothing.
Rex, we had a couple of flashes of lighting and some elevated thunder but nothing else but heavy rain. It looks like the thunderstorms were all staying north and south of us again. Got 2.17 inches altogether and it looks like we have another round coming Sunday into Monday. The hitch camera is a great idea. I have one on my rig and couldn't get the car hooked up to the Trek without when I was traveling alone. It was also nice to see the car was still attached as I was bouncing down the highway.
Jeffrey, I think we can officially declare the drought dead. We're now eight inches above normal here and the swamps are even starting fill in again.
Matt, indeed, 23 is so young, but young people believe they are immortal sometimes. Don't you guys get to run around naked if it gets past 45 up there?
Bob, that's one more thing I hated about winter in Cleveland - ice, especially if it froze your car doors shut. Yuck!
David, they've had 14.7 inches by my old stomping grounds in Cazadero.
People there are starting get suicidal with the thought of any more rain.
Phillip, excellent news that your wife is already home. She must have good protoplasm to be recovering so quickly. I hope she continues to do well. Nice shot of the CSX train. I see why they paint all the covered hoppers gray now. It's winter camouflage in Indiana.
Chris, a new clutch
and a new rear tire? You're not trying to blame this all on your son, are you?
Jeffrey, after having to make 34 rescues in one season, the NPS finally made people get a permit to climb El Cap and prove they had the equipment, experience, and skills to not get in trouble. I participated in a few of those rescues when we were there for training and there's no way I'd try free climbing on El Cap, but lots of people do.
Corey, yes, the same doofus. Now it turns out he was "overseas" but never exactly went to Afghanistan. It was six months in Spain, really tough duty, I'm sure. That guy lies so much that, if he told me the sky was blue, I'd run outside and check.
Had a decent day today with no rain and temperatures that topped out at 75. Got some of the tree-like weeds out of the back 40. The ground is so saturated you can pull up ones with five foot roots with one hand. I installed a new TV in Armada's room (Daughter #2, the not crazy one) and the picture was awful. I unhooked everything and even with the cable going direct from the cable box to the TV, it was still bad. I hooked up her old TV and it was bad on that one too. I finally pulled the cable out of the wall and the coax has a nice sharp bend where the original installer crammed it on the box. Over the years, the sharp bend has turned into a cut rubber jacket and interior braid. Time to call Charter and get a new piece of cable spliced in. I think maybe doofus has a cousin that works for Charter.
