Good morning! Are you up yet? What's your plans for today?

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I’ve been predicting Flytrap’s demise for two years.  She’s a huge mongrel.  84 lbs. and 16 years old.  She’s still getting up and taking herself outside but it’s getting harder for her each day.  She seems to be enjoying life so I leave her alone. She still loves to ride on the UTV though she has to sit in the foot well now.  She loves to lie in the garden in the sunshine while the memsahib potters with plants.  Someday she won’t be able to get up and we’ll have to face it. The cat is seventeen and has recently gone blind. Probably be looking for a new cat soon.  Even Flash is slowing down.  Well he is eleven.  Belle is nineteen months old and a ball of Fire!  I keep thinking that at my age she might be my last dog.  If she is I picked a good One!

Rambo was special kinda like your first born. When Killer got Boss as a puppy you never saw one without the other. If Boss didn't come home Killer knew she was at our house. Sleep overs were common.
When Killer went to the nursing home we naturally inherited Boss and she became child #2. We took her in and love her like our own.
Fact of the matter is that since Rambo passed Boss has filled a big hole in our hearts. She'll never completely replace Rambo but she sure makes that road less bumpy.
Boss is not without issues.. she has been in several death matches with all 3 species of venomous snakes we have here. She won them all but they've taken their toll. She's near blind and deaf among other things.
Not sure how much longer she has but I am not looking forward to that experience again.

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Morning...
Temps are definitely falling. 41f over night. Might not seem cold to some of you but if you take a boy from the north where the air is much dryer and bitter cold in the winter and put him in the humid dampness of the southern swampy woods where in never freezes and dries it's a whole different world.
The dry cold up north burns your skin and the wet cold in lower Alabama gets in your bones.
Sounds like I am complaining but I'm not.. because I have my newly installed wood stove in the shop and I just can't wait to fire that thing up and feel the warmth for it's first cold season.

[maraudinglizard]

My squirrel curse is finally over. One down and two more to get. Just have to wait the other 2 out this afternoon. Feed the zoo, start the crock pot for the squirrels collected in the last few months, trying figure out do I want bbq or lemon/herb for seasoning. Start running traps, the bigger pests are on the move. Open up fire lines while it's dry. Probably work on the boat some.

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Put a fire in the stove just to knock the chill off in the shop. I won't feed it anymore. It should warm up by the time that burns down. The shop is naturally cool with the 2/3 gravel floor. It's easy to cool off in the summer because the a/c basically just dries the air.
A small fan blowing up in the winter brings the heat down and blowing down in the summer moves the cooler air up.

Next I gathered all the yard tools up from recent projects and put them away and put the 3 large trash cans back where they belong.

The sink and washer drain tank is working as I planned. Betty Lou washed 2 loads of clothes and did the dishes twice yesterday. We also had some rain Thursday night. I see the water level is only half full. I had ran enough water in it to fill it when we first put it in so it has drained that off and seems to be keeping up just fine. It will be even better when we replace the tote with a 55 gallon drum. Then I can take the roof tin off the ditch that they used to let the grey water run into and fill it in.
In the end it will make that area less inviting to water snakes. 

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Sunday! I slept in until nearly 0600. I’m having coffee and reading. Today we have Church and small group. Not much else planned. My back and neck are still doing pretty good. Andi has some cooking and baking for small group. I might get to shoot an airgun later, in the middle of the day.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Mornin y’all.  Taking it easy today.  Belle and I are headed to the woods for a leisurely amble around the squirrel spot.  After that I have no plans and we will see what the day shall bring.

[Back_Roads]

 Sunday go out for brunch and do paperwork at the local establishment, will have some airgun time then watch the NFL May retreat to the basement and tinker after the game

[Frank in Fairfield]

Field Target at BayPoint

[Sqrl Klr]

I got that old laptop out and spent the day trying get 1 of 4 OSs on it. No joy there either.. it is now laying on the dump trailer with the 4 gb ram and the 500 gb HDD laying on the table....   pos.

Get it off the trailer and shoot it! The dr can't give you any pills that will make you feel as good as repeatedly shooting a pos that gave you such hassle.

We're trying to FINALLY get a vet to put our German shepherd down. Our go to hasn't returned our phone calls to get an appointment and our GS has really gone down hill. She got me up twice last night to clean up poop which I have no problem doing but she's pretty much stopped eating and needs help standing up. It's time 😭.

That's what happened with my mastiff. Had to put him down the same year I lost my grandmother. Mighty tough year. I still miss them both daily but thank God I'll see them again never to be separated anymore.

[Madd Hatter]

Up at 0730 and it's cold out there. 29f but a wind chill of 20f.🥶🥶🥶 It's so cold our mixed border Collie wants in after letting him out to do his bidness and he never likes to be in. Nice and cozy in the house so I'm waiting for it to get warmer. Might go down to HD and pick up a new globe for the ceiling fan.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

I have been up since 3:30 this morning. Done with Sunday School and morning Church. My wife and I are going to our youngest daughter's house for a "Thanksgiving type feast" today. Not all the family can get together on Thanksgiving day. So, we are having today's feast to accommodate the ones that can't make it on Thanksgiving day. My wife and I plan on being at both so we get to spend some time with all.

[Sqrl Klr]

Not one but two Thanksgiving feasts! Some guys have all the luck.

[Back_Roads]

 Woke feeling a bit under the weather, I think I should call in and spend a day with my airguns

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Morning...
Spent most of the day shooting airguns yesterday.. wouldn't make me too mad to do the same today. 

[maraudinglizard]

Woke feeling a bit under the weather, I think I should call in and spend a day with my airguns

I can just hear that one now, " Hi boss, I am not coming in today, one of my air gun children is sick."

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When I first got my new Harley I was riding to work. Instead of pulling into the parking lot I went right on by. I stopped at the next pull off and called my boss and told him I wouldn't be coming in because I couldn't see. "You can't see? Are you OK?"
I said yea, I just got my new Harley and I just can't see coming into work today.
He was also a biker and laughed.. "Ok, enjoy the ride, see you tomorrow."

[Madd Hatter]

Today is GS Rainey's day to cross the rainbow bridge. We are going to be driving to Kingman which is 90 miles away. We couldn't get into either of the vets we normally use. It's more of a drive but no more time because we can take interstate 40 to get there.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Bless you Robert.

Mornin y'all.  I slept in and wallowed in bed with the memsahib.  The plan for today is work the phones in my battle against HR and WC.  I'm about to threaten to sue for stalling my treatment.  Everyday I'm in pain and they drag their feet is one more day I can sue them for.  I filed a suit years ago for pretty much the same thing and they settled quick after that so the threat ought to be enough.

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Monday! I got up at 0430. I’m at work, a 2 hour ride from home for a 5 door freezer. It’s windy today and we might get a little more rain later. My condolences, Robert, for your GSD.

[bReTt]

Finish sealing and trimming the outside of the new window.  I’ll probably run new wire from the panel to the outlet for the washing machine.  After that I’ll have to prep the shower with the drain and the hole for the water controls and get that installed.  I’m hoping to get that all completed today.