What's up today (bullchiting) thread.

He, he.

Thankfully, I haven't had to use the solder iron this year.

 

Temps getting above freezing ice starting to melt pic's from my deck.

 

We have a beautiful Christmas tree farm right across from our house. It's a young Finnish family that farms it, on the property of the elderly widow of the farmer that lived there for years 80+years. I used to play cribbage with him and listen to RedSox games on this ancient RCA Victor multi-band tube radio console. (that still works!)

...anyway, it's $20 for a tree you pick it and tag it prior to Christmas at anytime, and he cuts it and helps you load it if you need help. That's the best deal around these parts. Since I live across the street I hear the laughter and playing of the children as they go with their parents to pick out the tree. When I stack wood I play my jazz Cds, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, etc. ,on my boom box. I guess the music carries over to them next door and the young man that runs the tree farm commented to me that people say they love the music he plays. He told them it's the neighbor (me), and they said, well your neighbor's got great taste in music.

We always buy our tree there, but since the kids are now in their early 30s, we only buy smaller trees. I put it up one weekend before Christmas and take it down day after New Years. I don't burn the living room Fireview during that time, only the Resolute downstairs.

When I'm out stacking, I need some background music to keep me going.

Here's one of my daughter in 06



..where does time fly.. another of my daughter in 07 with Capote, the amazing Royal Puppy

 

This isn't the x-mas tree farm that uses the heli is it?

 

How much snow did you get?

 

You lost me on that one, so I guess the answer is no. It's just a little Mom and Pop Christmas tree farm. 4 or 5 acres and Mom and Dad and a couple of kids.

 

It was 2" then it turned to sleet / freezing rain the heavier snow went south of me

 

Is this the one from the Harbor Freight add? Have you run it yet?

 

How are you connecting it into the electrical system?

 

I could easily be wrong, but I think that gen is one you plug your appliance into (with the right cord ). Doubt is has enough power to put the house on it.

 

After my mom went without power one Christmas holiday for three days, she invested in a generator. I don't think it has run more than 5 days since and it has been 12 years.

 

Don't forget to plug in the router!

 

Well I had to bring the little guy to the doc this morning. He goes through allergy shots. Luckily he is down to a shot in each arm once every two weeks now. It has helped him and improved his quality of life.

After I take him to school it will be time to head into the woods to cut some more wood.

 

Got it.. I had a slightly different need as we also have a artesian well and when we lose power we lose water and the pump is a fairly high powered item. In 09 we lost power for 2 weeks and it was also averaging 0'F so very cold. I had a freezer full of meat, wanted to be able to take a shower and flush the toilet, run the lights and TV if possible. Just didn't need the stove.. as we had a gas grill on the deck, or the heat, (obviously we were okay with that )

 

Still in the freezer here, although now we are having a high temp in single digits so we the situation is improving I guess. Got a buddy coming over tomorrow, planning on cooking something Italian but I am not sure what yet. Had pizza last time a spaghetti the time before. I'm open to suggestions.