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MORNING ROLL CALL! ! ! SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER CLOSED

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September 1, 2019
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Good Morning to the Front Porch and Welcome to September 2019 Goodbye August.

Hoping everyone has a great Labor Day Weekend.

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DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this Friday morning in September! Been off line for a while as we were in Milwaukee for a couple of days to see a couple of Milwaukee Brewers games. We were part way there and discovered I had forgotten my cellphone. I decided it was to far to go back so I decided to go without it for a couple days.

It was fine and as Mary said I would see more of the game,

My golf leagues are over with for the year.

Fall garden work will be starting soon once the leaves start to fall. Hoping everyone has a great weekend!

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

catwoman500

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Hi, Porch Peeps,

I went to post this with a photo, and my photo wouldn't go through, so lost the page and I'll try again.

Woke up to 48 degrees, but now it is 70 and promising to go to around 77. Getting warmer this weekend with the EAGLES sweating in close to 90 degrees and with several injured players out.

Tonight is our monthly Chinese dinner out.

Forgot to mention that when I went to Starbuck the other day it was chilly and I ordered my first hot skinny mocha since the spring. I have been getting the iced one. When I got my cup at the drive thru, the guy had printed this on the cup:

Now if the photo doesn't load, it said, "It's getting hot in here!" 🙂

Have a nice weekend! N.

OK....photos not loading again. I press "done" and the page just freezes.

What should we expect? The Games are screwed up again, too. Grrrr!

Frozenoem

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@catwoman500

Now you just know AARP is playing or updating the site.

You can try updating your browser, whichever you use.

I'm on phone so its memory 3 dots vertically in right corner, click on help about> and see if you have latest update to browser.

Beyond that will have to wait until I find computer. Have spent more time on iPhone than computer this month👍.

Your right site won't accept photos, the gremlins are at work behind the scenes.🤣

@n566192l

I actually managed to finally get AARP to accept a pm to you👍.

Somethings coming from Jersey to Jersey in next couple of days.

Figured it was quicker than waiting a month for Maine to update stocks. Whenever it ships will send tracking number.

76* and sunny in Maine.

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!

LydiaN586309

Community Champion ⭐

Good morning, Front Porch Peepers!

Today is September 23, 2019 and it is officially the first day of Fall. So happy Fall to everybody! I am enjoying the warm days and cool nights. Holding on to the best of summer until the advent of winter.

Hoping everyone out there is living their best lives--whatever that means for you! In the meantime....

while enjoying Fall.

Lydia

catwoman500

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Hey...now I cannot even get on here via my computer. Some message about too much data or something. So am on my Kindle tablet, but this is a pain. So not much from me until something changes. 😞

Hope everyone is fine and dandy. N

Frozenoem

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@catwoman500

AARP gremlins are at work or you're on cellphone or your connection to internet is set for metered use, least those options are what it sounds like.

If you use dsl or cable, turn off meter connection.

If you are using cell or on metered internet.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028229/windows-10-set-your-data-limit

Total roll of the dice😇, I could be in a similar boat. PM's don't work once more.

@n566192l

Hope you will be around tomorrow, pkg requires an adult signature. And tracking number isn't happening today, just love gremlins.

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 Friday of September 2019! Hoping everyone has a great weekend and may your favorite teams.

Golfing is officially over for me as we had our end of the season luncheon Wednesday.

We are meeting with a realtor to see what is needed to be done before we put our house up for sale next Spring. We are looking at moving into a condo early next summer. The yard work and snow removal is getting to be to much.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

catwoman500

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Good Morning Porch Peeps,

Quite chilly here in the burbs, but going close to 80 again. It started off in the 50's, now in the 60's, but my feet are cold! Loving this weather and all the sun. We dod have a brief shower yesterday

Lawn guys came yesterday to mow, but are back again now to tame the jungle that overtook the property this summer. A second truck just arrived, so they must have had to call in reinforcements! That's on them...if they kept up with it during the summer,the job wouldn't be so big now. Duh!

Hope everyone is happy and healthy. Going to try to post a pic, but it probably won't load. I'll keep trying until maybe magically the photo ability will return. N.

PS...nope no photos loading for me.

Frozenoem

Community Champion ⭐

Morning 63* and sunny temps will rise to 70's. The leaves are turning, unlike last year.👍

@catwoman500

It has to be an AARP issue, I had to change browsers on my iPhone to get this little ditty out.

I knew there was a reason I have 8 browsers on phone, stuff just happens.

@DaveMcK

Lotsa luck with realtor and repairs, trying to find roofer up here during hunting/fishing season is an impossibilty.

My go to general contractor has retired to teach at the vocational school so, he can guide during summers.

Time to call the blighters at insurance company, think I'm looking forward to rentals, HOA's just don't thrill me.

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 bye September hello October to everyone on the Front Porch on this first Tuesday in October 2019! Looking like a couple of days days with rain here in Madison. Our high temps will be around 70*. Hopefully my lawn will get mowed this week.

Fall is starting at Green Lake, Wisconsin

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

catwoman500

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Hi Folks!

90 right now, feeling like 93! Tomorrow the high will be 63. Talk about a roller coaster! WOW!

Embarrassed to admit that I haven't been to the movies inabout 3 years, but HAD to go see Downton Abbey. So yesterday I took myself to the theater and I felt so out of it...Now when you buy your ticket you have to choose your seat by looking at a little digital screen (like a tablet) that shows the seating chart. OMG, it was so strange. Maybe the rest of you are used to that since you probably see more movies than I do. Plus, the senior matinee price is $10!

I'm thinking that if I was going to meet friends to see a movie we would have to all arrive together or wait until everyone got there to buy seats together. We usually just meet inside the theater where our movie is and find seats together...it never mattered when we all arrived. Now if we did that we'd be sitting all over the place. The times they are a'changin.'

Anyway, the movie was wonderful. I'd see it again! N.

Queens of wit!

n566192l

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Catwoman500,

I know exactly what you mean about going to the movies 😂. I thought taking a small group of veterans to the movies would be fun. They would be out of the heat and bugs for a while. Easy right, some thing here in New Jersey. Just glad we got there early, boy did we need help.

Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying your day 😊♥️

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this first Friday of October 2019! We have a cool start to our morning at 46* with a high of 56* and partly cloudy skies. There is a possibility of rain tomorrow during the Wisconsin Football game.

Hoping everyone has a restful upcoming weekend and a chance to enjoy the Fall season. Flooding continues to be an issue for many low areas in southern Wisconsin. Hopefully there will be some dry days ahead next week.

We are hoping to get to the new move about Downton Abbey.

Hopefully things will slow down for Mary as she is going now to pick up her sister from the rehab center were Kathy has been rehabilitating from pneumonia for two.weeks.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

LaDolceVita

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Fall has finally come to Georgia thankfully. @PattyDiane I am sure we broke all kinds of records but I have been too busy to check. We did hit 97 degrees for a few hours last week.

I am expecting mom's companion to return from rehab in a couple of weeks so hopefully life will return to what it was a month ago. Everything I do is interrupted so there are very few things I even attempt to do. Mom is up from 8:30AM to about 8PM and she does not nap. There are a few quiet hours but one never knows ahead of time when they will happen!

I enjoyed my trip to Deliverance country (Rabun county) but they put a Walmart next to Home Depot. The mountains were smoky & beautiful. Foxfire the movie with Jessica Tandy & John Denver was also shot there.

LydiaN586309

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Good morning , Front Porch Peepers!

It has been very cold here in the early mornings. So today I decided to slide out of bed, close back the covers, turn on the electric blanket, and then as quickly as my aching bones can carry me, make my way to the kitchen and make myself that one perfect mug of coffee. Of course, while enroute I thought I'd stop by here and send greetings to the Peeps. But then I'm gonna slip back under my warmed covers and nurse and slurp my coffee along until either it's gone or I'm gone....back to sleep. Be good everybody and be good to good ol' irreplaceable YOU!!!

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this Thursday morning in October 2019.

We are looking at a cooling period over the next few days with some rain. We are not expecting to get the snow they are getting from Colorado Colorado North to the Dakotas.

Hoping everyone is having a great day.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone here on the Front Porch on this Friday morning October 2019! It is cold, windy with into the early afternoon. There is a good chance of frost tonight in low areas.

We are looking forward to going to Young Frankenstein this evening with friends at the Preforming Arts Center at one of the local high schools. They will have 3 other plays over the next 6 months. We have always enjoyed going to live performances go back to when we were in college and saw live performances of singing groups like Peter, Paul and Mary.

Wishing you all a restful and enjoyable weekend.

Breakfast served in Fiestaware

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

Frozenoem

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I know I'm late been occupied, tests 🤬, 63* and cloudy.

@n566192l

Been thinking about your inability to PM and read this bit of n AARP help files, a place I haven't been since maybe 2002-3.

Thought maybe you should check your setting, they're illustrated on the page.

The fact that you can post in this group suggests it may just be a setting needs to be tweaked.

https://community.aarp.org/t5/Technology/How-do-I-send-a-private-message/ta-p/2185159

And on that cheery note I'm ravenous and need to call for takeout.

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!

LaDolceVita

Community Champion ⭐

Hi folks. Finally some rain for us here in the dust bowl. Sometimes we do not get rain till late in November and then it just keeps raining until summer. I am still struggling to keep up some semblence of a normal life, not really succeeding. Dogs are well, mom is well and I am just tired.

@Frozenoem Sounds like your appetite is OK at least. Curious about the different browsers you are using on iphone. I am only using Safari mostly because of saved passwords. Do I need Brave? I also need glasses, can hardly see stuff on my phone! That means the eye doctor and I cannot get there too easily, exam takes a while.

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this cool and over cast morning on this Sunday morning in October 2019.

This morning brings some football withdrawal as the Packers do not play until Monday night. UW Madison keeps rolling on with a Super Defensive that has held 4 teams scoreless.

Wisconsin’s football team is good this season — like really, really good — but much of the focus has been on running back and Heisman Trophy candidate Jonathan Taylor. And that’s understandable.

But the Badgers’ defense has been practically impenetrable and is the best in the nation. The defense entered Week 7 ranked No. 1 in both average points against (5.8) and average yards per game allowed (178.6), and it seems likely to remain at the top of those two categories going into Week 8.

The latest victim of Wisconsin’s dominating defense was Michigan State, which lost, 38-0, in Madison on Saturday. It was the Badgers’ fourth — 4TH! — shutout of the season, and they didn’t give up points through the first 10 quarters of their schedule. They also have not yet trailed in a game.

Perhaps the most absurd stat, however, is that Wisconsin has allowed the same number of touchdowns this season as its defense has scored. It’s four, which is wild.

Hoping everyone has a great week ahead and restful night's sleep.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

n566192l

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Greetings,

Saw on the News that the Biggest avocado, weighing in at over 5 bls was grown in Hawaii.

Frozen, I have a box ready to go to you. Should I include ensure. If so please advise what flavor.

Weather is nice and warm and sunny. Just finished my physical therapy and knee shots.

Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying your day. Nancy

catwoman500

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Hi, All,

Today is just gorgeous! It's 70 inside and out! The sun is shining and the birds are chirping. Lots going on around the neighborhood today. Looks like the next door neighbors are getting a new garage door, and the people who moved in catty-corner across the street are having a HUGE shed built. I accomplished cleaning the porch, and other than cooking up some veggies, that will be the extent of my exertion today. In the middle of doing the porch I had to come in and change from a sweatshirt to a tee. I'm very achy after the porch job, so decided to have a sit-down, coffee, and chat with you all.

Also...I have decided that sometime this fall I will have that elusive pumpkin pie that I haven't had in 2 years. Hope to find a small one somewhere so it isn't wasted.

Have a lovely week! N.

This WILL happen this year!

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning everyone on the Front Porch on this cloudy Tuesday morning which started the early morning with light rain but will reach 60*. The next few days will be cooler but not much of a chance for rain.

Now that we are moving deeper into Fall we are seeing the last of the Farmers markets this year. So who here has visited the markets to buy some items for your table like squash and items like pumpkins to decorate your porch or deck?

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

DaveMcKAuthor

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And samples everywhereWisconsin's Award Winning Farmers Market

A Market for All Seasons Peck's Farm Market East in Spring Green is sure to delight every member of your family. With fresh vegetables, sweet corn, fruit, Wisconsin Cheese, Amish candy, gourmet specialty foods, pumpkins, gift and craft shop, deer farm and horse drawn wagon rides, Peck's Farm Market East is a great place to shop and visit year round. Located two miles east of Spring Green on U.S. Hwy 14, 35 miles west of Madison, Peck's Farm Market East is just minutes away from American Players Theatre, House on the Rock, Baraboo and the Wisconsin Dells.

Quality Fresh Produce since 1889! We are independently owned and operated.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

catwoman500

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Hi, Porch Peeps!

Another lovely day here. Not as warm as yesterday, but sunny. Tomorrow we are supposed to get a lot of rain which apparently we need.

The closest farm type market to me closed over a year ago. A family run business that probably the younger generation didn't have interest in continuing. I miss it as it's where I used to get my outside flowers and plants.

No pumpkins outside for me. Squirrel population outranks humans here and it would be a waste of money. I always used to carve a Jack o' lantern, but learned it was a waste of my time and effort.

I'd have to drive too far to reach a good farm market so didn't even get mums this year. So far our temps have enabled the summer potted plants to stay alive, so at least there's still a little color.

Enjoy life! N.

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