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MORNING ROLL CALL! ! ! November - December CLOSED

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November 1, 2019
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Good Morning to the Front Porch and Welcome to November 2019 Goodbye October.

Hoping everyone has a great First Day November.

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DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this 24th day of December 2019. We are starting out the day with fog and a high of 45* today. We will be celebrating Christmas here today as our 3 daughters will be heading to other places tomorrow. Hoping everyone has a great day today!

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

WebWiseWoman

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@DaveMcK wrote:
Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this 24th day of December 2019. We are starting out the day with fog and a high of 45* today. We will be celebrating Christmas here today as our 3 daughters will be heading to other places tomorrow. Hoping everyone has a great day today!

Dave and Family, thank you for the greetings and especially sharing your beautiful tree!

This is our first year without observing this holiday, as our faith was tested and lost post 1-Oct.

We wish everyone safe and happy holidays, whatever observance they have.

And we wish those who observe religious holidays do not pass judgement on those of us who do not.

Thank you, again, Dave and Family!

catwoman500

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Good Morning Porch Peeps!

Sure hope you are enjoying your Christmas Eve or Third (?) night of Hanukkah, or whatever you may be celebrating or not celebrating. Just have a lovely day!

It's 45 here with sun and may reach 50.

I slept late this AM and then had a slice of my neighbor's pumpkin bread for breakfast.

Have to write a note to remind myself to burn a bayberry candle down tonight.

Later I will watch the George C. Scott version of A Christmas Carol...that's my favorite version. Then tonight I will watch It's a Wonderful Life. Christmas Eve is kind of a lonely time here, so it's nice to do the things we used to do to enjoy the memories.

Tomorrow I'm heading to my friends' house to enjoy Christmas with their family.

I hope you enjoy your holidays in whatever ways you like to celebrate. N.

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this Friday the 27th of December 2019. Next week we will be looking at the arrival of 2020. It seems that the years are going faster and faster. The day to day changes in our lives seem to bring more unknown challenges.

I hope everyone has a restful weekend!

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

Frozenoem

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@DaveMcK

My back and ribs are now saying the snow drought has ended. And soon we lose the sheets of ice formerly known as driveway and streets.

👀Ng forward to 6-10" , and hopefully running the snowblower again. Translation boredom from sitting on my hindquarters has set in.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this last Sunday morning of 2019. So what could be ahead in 2020?

Checking in on Predictions for the Year 2020

People are talking about timeshares in space in 2020. Which got me wondering... what else did people think we'd be doing 4 years from now?

BY KENDALL BAKER

APRIL 21, 2016

The International Space Station Could Get Its Own Timeshare by 2020.”

When I read that headline last week, my first thought was, “Holy crap, that is epic. A freakin’ Airbnb in space? Humans are awesome.”

Then, my second thought was, “This sounds exactly like a prediction someone would have made twenty years ago.”

I mean, space is the most classic “future” theme ever. The year 2020 is a nice round number. And people hanging out in a “space apartment” sounds like every 12-year-old’s semi-realistic fantasy (or the entire premise of The Jetsons).

Which got me thinking…

What are some actual predictions people made decades ago about the year 2020? What else did we think would be going down? And are we exceeding or falling short of expectations?

Using this thing called the Internet, I wound the clocks back to find out.

Link: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/12/22/2020-predictions-decades-ago-self-driving-cars-mars-voting/2594825001/

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

catwoman500

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Good Sunday afternoon to all,

@DaveMcK ...Yeah....Not exactly sure that I'd want to be Jane Jetson, but would love to have the flying car and the robot maid...was her name Rosie? That cartoon show was so creative back in the day.

Kind of blah here...45 and feeling like 39. We are expecting rain in a few hours that will last through Monday, but at least it's rain and not the mess other parts of the country are getting.

Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday week whatever you are doing.

New Year's Eve's weather is looking good here, and I appreciate that since I'll be going out...not far, but driving at night is a pain no matter how far I have to go, and let alone watching out for the DUI folks.

Now it's time for more coffee.

Stay safe!

Lovin' a cup of Joe!

Frozenoem

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@catwoman500

@DaveMcK

Flying cars we've had for the last 5-10 years, honestly don't see myself plopping down that spare $150K for it just now.

Self driving we kinda have now in Tesla's happy price point still a little way away perhaps cyber truck @40k or BMWi's or Mercedes and or any lane assist models. But, true self driving with or without painted lanes still not quite there.Eveb in $500k semi's, give it time technology is coming.

See me on the magic day Tesla's can be worked on by non-Tesla maker for repairs, almost there (legally). Like Electrified Garage in MA, for how to build a salvage Tesla for $10K.🤣

cell phone or watch radios got enough, beats the 300pound Motorola mobil phone that I had in the 70's, with maybe 20 channels in the head unit under dash.The remaining 290 lb stuffed in the trunk.

That funky new fangled internet or ARPA net has improved since the late 60's when it was Telecommuting with a 90lb laptop, a Teletype and 300 foot thermal paper, and 2-line display. Thankfully we've mostly said good bye to dialup modems.And lighter cells that perform like computers for a fraction of size or my older laptops.

Power - from Solar or Wind or Tidal action using non-fossil fuels to make electricity.

As for weather 👀 ng forward to snow on Tuesday, still looks like fun day and night. Seeing ice and grass beneath is a pita.Just not the same riding 30 minutes to see 68 trails of ski slopes open at Sunday River vs opening the door to snow🤣.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on the last Tuesday of December 2019. Hoping everyone has a great New Years Eve.

We had about 2" of snow last night and our Big Red truck was here at 3 am to shovel the driveway and patio.

Mary and I will have a quiet evening at home this evening and have a nice dinner.

Tomorrow will start with the Rose Bowl Parade and watching the Wisconsin Badger fans celebrate before the game at the parade.

Hoping everyone has a great 2020!

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

Frozenoem

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Afternoon all, awoke to the sounds of 14" of fluffy falling from my roof and burying my front doors.

Town plow clearing the road and burying my driveway. Neighbor burying my house with a V8 tractor snowblower.

Don't think I'll be seeing the lawn for awhile. Planning to dress like a penguin and do the walk later, as I return some of the deposits made by neighbor.

Hope all enjoy their New Years, I might be busy for awhile and the toddies purely for medicinal values may start earlier than planned.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

MsStretch

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Happy New Year! 🎉

Went on a last day hike in a national park today (Shenandoah) and planned on doing my annual First Day Hike at a state park tomorrow. BUT it was a strenuous one today and kicked my butt. Dropped about 1000+ ' in less than a mile and not on any trail, over rocky terrain and dead fall. But what's worse is we had to come back up. So don't know if I'm gonna be as raring to go tomorrow morning. Don't know if my sore legs will cooperate, but c'est la vie.

Be safe. Be happy. Enjoy your toddies or toast of choice. 😉 🥂

See you in the next thread.

DaveMcKAuthor

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THIS EDITION IS CLOSED! USE JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2020!

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

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