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DaveMcK
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October 1, 2020

MORNING ROLL CALL! ! ! OCTOBER -DECEMBER 2020 CLOSED

  • October 1, 2020
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Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021.

    217 replies

    DaveMcK
    DaveMcKAuthor
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    November 8, 2020

    Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this  warm, sunny Sunday 2020 with a high of 73 which would be a record temp!  Hoping everyone had a restful night's sleep. 

    Yes Election results are starting to coming in! Hurry! Hurrah! May your weekend be restful!

     

    Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper
    catwoman500
    Community Champion ⭐
    November 9, 2020

    Good Afternoon, Porch Peeps!

    Happy Monday!

     

    Ran my errands this morning and almost felt hot by the last one! It's 75 here in the Philly burbs!

    Would love to get some porch time in before the rain hits on Wednesday and the cooler temps arrive. 

    Think I'll go grab another cuppa Joe and my book.

    Hope your weather is as nice as this!

    Y'all take care!

     

    LydiaN586309
    Community Champion ⭐
    November 10, 2020

    Morning, Folks!

    It's been a ride this past week or so.  Been helping one of my senior friends who is pretty much shut-in.  Did her grocery shopping and cleaned up her kitchen and did some laundry for her.  I am truly happy to even be able to help her as she has no family in the immediate area.  So we have become family to each other. During our get-togethers, we usually do something constructive (chores) all the while cracking jokes, breaking bread, and just enjoying each others company.  Still yet I have to finish up with that tree I cut down in her back yard a few weeks ago now.  I want to cut up as much of that tree as I can and get it to my place to dry out as it will keep me in firewood for months.  I'm planning to take a few days off from work very soon--just to rest and catch my breath.  So I plan on tackling that big job then.

     

    The weather here has been absolutely wonderful especially considering that we are well into fall.  It has been in the seventies for the last few days and I hope that it continues.  Oh, what  a happy camper I would be if we could have such mild weather as this all year 'round!

     

    As the year draws closer to it's end, I must say I am thankful for each passing day.  But I will not miss 2020 when it is over and that's for sure! 

     

    Anyway, I hope this day finds each and everyone healthy, happy, and doing well in your pursuits. 

    Well, y'all know it's that time.....

    Lydia

     

     

    Frozenoem
    Community Champion ⭐
    November 10, 2020

    @LydiaN586309 

     

    73* and sunny here and know it won’t last , 3 more days before cold air returns.

     

    Hope your planning on splitting to dry quicker with your new firewood.

     

    One cord has been stacked since last year, with 2 cords drying since March of this year, like to let it dry for at least 6 months.

     

    Keeps the Lopi Liberty happy, my old Fisher Grandpaw only liked 3 year old hardwoods and burned 8 cords per year.Modern double burn woodstove beats old radiant stoves. The Lopi produces same amount of heat using 2-3 cords👍

    And now it’s off to the garage to tune up my chainsaws, and annoy the neighbors, feel like 2cellos blasting away on old Sansui.

     

    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!
    DaveMcK
    DaveMcKAuthor
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    November 10, 2020

    Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this  warm, sunny Tuesday with a high of 59 which will no be a record temp!  Hoping everyone had a restful night's sleep. 

    I went for my annual physical this morning which turned out quite well with a just couple of spots on my body witch the doctor froze. I have already received a very  favorable A1C results posted in my online MyChart account. Very interesting to have this kind of information source. 

    The developer is EPIC Systems whose headquarters is about 30 miles from our Retirement Center. They have online systems for the records for about 54% of patients in the US. They employ about 10,000 people and count some of the

    more prestigious medical centers on the country. Hoping everyone has a plan to deal with this new wave of Covid-19!

    Again be safe, be well!

     

     

    Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper
    DaveMcK
    DaveMcKAuthor
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    November 10, 2020
    Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper
    LydiaN586309
    Community Champion ⭐
    November 11, 2020

    Porch Peeps!

    Well, I guess I finally caught up with myself.  Yesterday morning when I posted, I really thought it was Monday.  And I didn't realize it was Tuesday until I got to work yesterday evening an noted that everything was coming up Tuesday!  lol  I guess I'm straight for today.  So...

    happy Hump Day!

     

    Also, wishing all of our vets Happy Veterans' Day today.  

    I've got some wood in my garage that I intend to cut up today for the fireplace.  And yep @Frozenoem, I intend to let all the wood I'm gonna be cutting up dry out for at least 6 months.  The wood I'm burning in my fireplace now was some I had cut almost a year ago. I just keep it in the garage until it's time to move it inside for use. This past weekend I burned quite a bit and it was nice.

     

    So hope all you peepers are enjoying this fall weather.  I sure know I am.  And even though I have been enjoying the fall colors, it is so nice not to have so many leaves to have to rake up since I had those trees removed this past spring.  I have a few leaves that blow in and out from other peoples yards, but it's not like it used to be.  Yay!

     

    So take care of you all.  And...

    Lyds

    DaveMcK
    DaveMcKAuthor
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    November 11, 2020

    GOOD MORNING AMERICA!

    Mary and myself

    Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper
    Community Champion ⭐
    November 12, 2020

    (Stumbles in with coffee in hand and YAWNS!)

     Good Morning to everyone!   A frosty 28 degrees here this morning. Brrrr!  

    Jack Frost made a visit last night, and the woods are beautiful in their first, lacy coat of hard frost!  We seem to have begun rounding the corner, and are knocking on winter's door! 

    Frozenoem
    Community Champion ⭐
    November 12, 2020

    Morning and yes, I am surprised to be awake, 43* in my mountains.Trying to get weather- will it be Autumn or Winter when I return from PT.

     

    Need Luwak, don’t judge it’s available, and yes I am aware of where it comes from.

     

    Time to find smaller pants and shower , quick check in.

     

    @RosemaryF433825 

    Welcome to coffee time, it was either Luwak or Folgers, guess what won out.

     

    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!
    Community Champion ⭐
    November 12, 2020

    Thanks, Frozen!   Kind of you to welcome me on my first visit here.😀

     I have no clue what Luwak is, but I'm betting it is some brand of coffee?  Hazelnut happens to be my favorite flavor of java.

    Have a wonderful day, and stay warm!

    Community Champion ⭐
    November 13, 2020

    (Wanders in with coffee in hand, rubbing the sleep from her eyes) 

    Good Morning, AARP world!  A whole 21 degrees here, but only 14 factoring in the windchill.

    With the sun hitting the ground frost, it's like little diamonds sparkling everywhere.  BEAUTIFUL!!!

    Here's wishing everyone a productive, healthy and safe day....wherever you are.  😊

    catwoman500
    Community Champion ⭐
    November 13, 2020

    Hey, Peeps!

     

    Hope you all have GOOD luck today. My friend says that Mercury is coming out of retrograde, (whatever that means.)

    Going out to lunch with a couple of friends today. Hope to have the first hamburger I've had in over a year. I don't cook much other than vegetables as most of you know, and I usually have a hamburger on Memorial Day and Labor Day when we go out to eat. But...since nothing was allowed to happen this year, I missed 2 burgers! 😢

    I'll let you know how it goes.

     

    Another rainy day here, but it should clear later. Highs in the 50's today. Guess those 70's are gone until next year.

    Have a good weekend, all! 

    DaveMcK
    DaveMcKAuthor
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    November 14, 2020

    Per Mike at AARP:   Yes, you can delete your own post. It's in the topic options or the three dots. 

    Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper
    MsStretch
    Community Champion ⭐
    November 14, 2020

    @DaveMcK wrote:

    Per Mike at AARP:   Yes, you can delete your own post. It's in the topic options or the three dots. 


    I am on a desktop and I am not seeing this option. I can 'Edit Reply', but I cannot delete it. 

     

    Under Topic Options at top of page (3 dots), I have the option to 'Unsubscribe'.  But Topic Options references the entire thread, not just my post, so a mod may have the option to delete an entire topic/thread, whereas the rest of us would not.

     

    I looked for @AARPMichaelP 's post about this in About Our Community, but it must be buried and I gave up.

    Community Champion ⭐
    November 14, 2020

    (Wanders in with coffee in hand, slippers slapping the floor)

    'Morning everyone!   What are you talking about?  Oh!  Deleting a post?  I'm with MsStretch. I don't see the word "delete" in the topic options...just "edit reply" is at the very top of my list too.

    (Shrugs). Sorry...

    LydiaN586309
    Community Champion ⭐
    November 14, 2020

    Good morning, Peepers!

    I hope you are enjoying this fall morning.  It's really cold here today.  I  think we are only expecting a high of 45 degrees and very overcast with rain anticipated tonight. Anywy, I'm in a mellow kind of mood today and found the sultry voice of Doris Day fit just how I'm feelin' right about now.  It started with Autumn Leaves and has just quietly moved on.  Will be lighting the fireplace soon and just R-E-L-A-X in front of a warm fire with iced lemonade and ginger snaps.

    Doris Day - Autumn Leaves

    Hope you all enjoy today whatever you do and take a moment to listen to the musical tunes of this memorable songstress.  My mood is set for the day.  Smile.

    Lydia

     

     

    catwoman500
    Community Champion ⭐
    November 14, 2020

    Hi, All, Good Saturday afternoon to all of you.

    @LydiaN586309 ...cold here also, but nice to see the sun. 🌞

     

    So, I had my burger yesterday, and it was worth the year plus wait.  So big I had to bring half of it home.

    French fries, too!! What a treat!

    Made my day, month, and year.

    Hope you all have a happy hamburger weekend. 

    My hamburger looked a bit like this one...

    Unbelievably delicious!

     

    😻

    Community Champion ⭐
    November 15, 2020

    Good grief!  I had to practically tie my leg to a tree while feeding the birds outside this morning!

    30 mph wind, with gusts of up to 50 mph.  And the temps only being in the 20's and 30's today.

    I'm hunkering down and sealing up the doors!    Happy Sunday, everyone!  😀 💨 🌬

    Frozenoem
    Community Champion ⭐
    November 15, 2020

    Dang, 24* and cloudy took a nap? at 4 pm Saturday, and just awoke.

     

    Flashing lights on clocks say we lost power for hours, doubt if I missed anything. Has t conceded yet?

     

    Need to play, do PT, and bring in more firewood 45-50 mph gales called for tonight may be brisk.

     

    Count me down for the count today, need to set-up a home entertainment center for customer, as soon as I translate the manuals into English. Off-grid no electricity unless generator is started, city folks to country.

    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!
    Community Champion ⭐
    November 15, 2020

    Morning, Frozen!

     

    Haven't lost electricity here, but wind gusts are blowing hard here.

    I remember bringing in firewood when there was a wood burner to keep warm in the old house.

    Wow!  Hours of dragging in wood and stacking, stacking.  Sometimes in weather so cold you couldn't feel your face.  But that beautiful, encompassing heat was lovely.  There was nothing else like it.

    I miss it sometimes when all I have to do is have heat at the click of a button.  But I sure don't miss the labor and that darn cold.  

    Watch your step in that wind!  Stay cozy.