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Nice relaxing day on Sunday, never left the house. I watch two races a year from beginning to end, the Daytona 500 and the Indy 500 and I do enjoy them immensely. The remainder of the TV time goes to the Cubs..... I know, why? Fortunately the blizzard was gentle with us, the worst of it went...

Greetings from the frozen Heartlands where winter is playing another cruel trump card of rain, sleet, snow and howling winds. We actually are under a blizzard warning, first one of the year Doug, batten down the hatches, this one is dangerous. I've spent quite a bit of time on the roads since...

Doug-- If your magic wand has the power, how about just a little south east towards---say---North Carolina? No need to hurt the citrus growers with our cold temps. I think a little sub zero would strengthen their character a bit:thumb: Jon

Doug, STOP IT! The wind has switched to out of the east, we DO NOT want that weather back. Good grief, it's bad again today with snow on the way. I filled the truck up this morning and I got back in while it was filling with the motor off just to get some shelter. We are off to Florida in...

Just returned from two malls, we're both going stir crazy with this weather. Woke up to an even zero with strong winds out of the north west, ugg. Apparently I've finally fixed the frozen pipe problem on the north side, took long enough. We walked about 60 yards into a north wind from our car...

I was afraid last night when I wrote that NASCAR comment I would be stepping on too many toes but it looks like some of you feel the same way. This is way off topic but it just irritates me. I am a huge baseball fan and it just kills me to see the unbelievable salaries that men earn playing a...

NASCAR----sorry boys, left turns with highly paid actors and mostly over rated machines. Can we say commercialsism at it's best? or worst? The networks/NASCAR know how to market their product. Jon

Ozzy-- Do not be afraid of wiring, it's not that difficult. I've had DCS since it came out and I found it easy and straight forward to install, seriously. I did buy the AIU and it still sits in the box :mrgreen:. I have all of my switches and accessories wired to the sides and I don't mind...

Thanks for the report Ozzy, sounds good :thumb:--keep those spirits up. Jon

When will spring be here? Removed a little over 9" of white death from the driveway yesterday, I LOVE my ATV w/blade--did the whole thing in less than 45 minutes and remember, it's about 100 yards!! Today should be a no snow day, that would be nice. Our sub soil is completely filled from last...

Ozzy-- I am really SICK of this Iowa winter, without a doubt I think it's one of the worst ones we had since we moved to Adel in '76 and tomorrow looks like we may get heavy snow, just what we don't need. I expected these kinds of winters when we lived in northern IA but not down here. Had a...

Buckeye-- Funny you should ask about the summer vacation plans, we just finalized them Sunday morning over coffee in St. Paul. Ryan & I are headed to Colorado on the bikes:mrgreen::mrgreen: I think we will trail the bikes to Denver and leave the trailer at sister in laws and head directly to...

Ozzy--I see that SE IA got most of the snow today, EXCELLENT, better you than us :thumb::thumb::thumb: A most excellent outcome to the sort of a Super Bowl game, nice to see the underdog win. If it can't be the Pack or Vikings I'll settle for the Giants. Chief--just you wait until your...

Ozzy--great report on the health front, stay well. Just home from a wonderful extended time with our youngest son in MPLS/ST. Paul, what a great town(s). Attended the International Motorcycle Show yesterday, I need to win the lottery:thumb:. The boss and I are already setting aside time for...

Laz-- Like Doug said, we had the blizzard yesterday and graciously sent it your way. It was one of the worst days we've had in years with the wind/cold & visibility, thank goodness the snow fizzled. Monday we had a high of 56, yesterday with the wind chills we were -25 and north of us it was...

Ozzy-- This wife is a keeper, no doubt about that. Maybe I should sell half the trains and just use the one room downstairs for trains then I could have my man cave :mrgreen:

Hopefully a better day on tap here, yesterday was simply dangerous. Most folks do understand that if you have car trouble you don't even think about walking for help, you won't make it. No wind this morning, thank goodness but #@%$ cold. Chief--tell me how you talked your wife into getting...

Good Morning, Sing along "What A Difference a Day Makes", good grief. Last night I was grilling in shirt sleeves--56 wonderful degrees, during the night I heard twigs hitting the windows along with a howling wind. The temps dropped all night, it is now 23 and schools are closed north of us...

So, I leave the house at 7:20 AM and the thermometer on the truck says -13, I get into town which does sit lower and it's -17 :eek: and it's only 1.7 miles to the school from our house. I'm not sure what I'll do Monday when it hits 40--perhaps go to the beach :cool:. Getting ready right now...

Chief-- I can't take credit for that pic of the deer and cat. We've had deer get close to the 3 steps of our deck but never have come up, thank goodness. You will NEVER see a cat in our house just aintagonnahappen :) I have some pics somewhere of a very large buck in the yard last year, I'll...