JANUARY FADING AWAY, WHOO WHOO!

40 DEGREES AND RAINING, NORTH WIND, NOT GOING TO GET MUCH WARMER. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO "MERRY AND BRIGHT"? LOOKS LIKE A TWO NAP DAY FO' SHO'.

WADING THRU A BOOK ABOUT RUSSIA'S FIRST CIVIL WAR, 16TH- 17TH CENTURIES. WRITTEN BY AN ACADEMIC WHO COULDN'T TELL A STORY IF HIS LIFE DEPENDED ON IT, AN INDIGESTIBLE MASS OF UNNECESSARY DETAIL. IT'S NO WONDER STUDENTS HATE HISTORY.

IF IT EVER STOPS RAINING, I'LL MOVE THE BUMBLEBEE FROM THE BARN TO THE READY RACK, IN BETWEEN NAPS THAT IS.

ALWAYS FORWARD, GURUS!

HELLO OUT THERE---

ANOTHER GRAY DAY IN THE NATIONS, 40'S ALL DAY AND MISTY.

AS I EXPECTED, THE TOMATO WAS DEAD THIS MORNING, BATTERY AS DEAD AS BEFORE. GOT IT HAULED OVER TO MUSKOGEE FOR DIAGNOSIS. ONE FAVORABLE DEVELOPMENT, WITH THE ORIGINAL RECHARGED BATTERY BACK IN THE WRECKER GUY COULD HEAR SOMETHING RUNNING, LIKE A SMALL ELECTRIC MOTOR, WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED OFF. THAT SHOULD HELP FIND THE PROBLEM; JUST PULL FUSES TILL IT STOPS THEN FOLLOW UP. I DIDN'T HEAR IT, OF COURSE :-|

THEN WE HAD THE HOUSE FULL OF ELECTRICIANS ON ONE OF DARLING WIFE'S PROJECTS.

MAYBE TOMORROW WILL BE A BETTER DAY---

43 WITH A HEAVY OVERCAST, RAIN EXPECTED, HIGH OF 51. ANOTHER WEEK OF DISMAL JANUARY TO GO.

THE TOMATO IS TO BE HAULED OUT AND AWAY, IF ALL GOES WELL. HAD TO WAIT FOR WEATHER TO IMPROVE AND THE ICE TO MELT IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE TO MELT.

DOG IS FED, I'M WAITING IN LINE. DARLING WIFE GOT HER SLEEP APNEA GEAR, DID WELL WITH IT LAST NIGHT.

Just once I want a username and password prompt to say CLOSE ENOUGH :-)

GOOD MORNING (SOMEBODY MUST BE HAVING ONE)

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EITHER A SHORTED OUT BATTERY OR THE PARASITIC DRAW FROM HELL. IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF JUST THE BATTERY BUT I WON'T BET ON IT.

THE CHEROKEES ARE STILL BEFOGGED, 42 AT TAHLEQUAH, GOING FOR 50, THEY SAY. VIABILITY MAYBE 300 YARDS.

GOT A LATE START TODAY, I'LL GO OVER TO MUSKOGEE AFTER NOON AND GET MY TOENAILS CUT. EMBARRASSING WHEN YOU CAN'T CUT YOUR OWN TOENAILS.

PLANNING TO GET THE DEAD TOMATO HAULED OFF TOMORROW, FINALLY.

THE WONDERDOG IS WONDERING WHERE HIS BREAKFAST IS :-)

The biggest joke on mankind is that computers have begun asking humans to prove they aren’t robots .

40 DEGREES AND MELTING, STILL HAVE PATCHES OF ICE WITH WATER ON TOP SLICKER'N OWLSHIT :-O. FOGGY AS GRAFENWER TANK RANGES, HIGH TO BE 45 SAY THE WEATHER SPECULATORS.

NOT MUCH ON THE AGENDA, NEED TO MAKE A BOOK DUMP AT THE LIBRARY AND WE'RE OUT OF COFFEE. THAT RATES AS AN EMERGENCY!

DOG FED, HIS FIVE GALLON WATER BUCKET FROZE SOLID AND BUSTED. HAVE TO REPLACE THAT.

WE SEEM TO BE OUT OF OUR SIBERIAN MODE FINALLY, BUT THERE'S STILL FEBRUARY TO GO AND IT'S USUALLY THE WORST MONTH.

KEEP ON KEEPING ON, AMIGOS.

HI---

30 DEGREES AND DRIPPING OUT THERE, MINIMAL ICING, ABOVE GROUND BUT A THIN SHEET OF MELTING ICE ON THE GROUND. VERY TREACHEROUS! ROADS BAD, OKC WORSE THAN TULSA, SEEMS LIKE.

MARK I THINK YOU'VE VIOLATED THE KISS PRINCIPLE ON THAT AR. A SIMPLE LOW POWER (IX4 OR 2X7) WOULD SERVE YOU WELL IF YOU WANT TO GET AWAY FROM IRON SIGHTS AND NO BATTERIES TO MESS WITH :-)

DOG IS FED, I'M UP NEXT.

DON'T GO SLIPPY SLID'N Y'ALL.

HELLO OUT THERE IN GURULAND---

20 DEGREES AND CLOUDING UP, BREEZY, HIGH OF 36 AFTER NOON, THEN FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. HOPE WE DON'T LOOSE THE LIGHTS.

DISGUSTING!

HOPE YOUR PROSPECTS ARE BETTER---

HI Y'ALL---

10 DEGREES, CLEAR, NORTH WIND, GOING FOR A BLISTERING 27 DEGREE HIGH. BUMMER, BUMMER, BUMMER! FINALLY GET ABOVE FREEZING SUNDAY AND THEN FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN FOR DAYS.
LA NINA I SUPPOSE.

TEE, I HOPE YOU'RE ABOUT OVER YOUR MALADY.

NOT MUCH ON THE AGENDA TODAY, MAY GO OVER TO TAHLEQUAH TO CHECK ON DINOSAUR BONES.

AT LEAST THE SUN IS SHINING---

STILL FREEZING---

12 DEGREES, NORTH WIND, SORTA CLEAR, GOING FOR 24. WHAT A MISERABLE JANUARY THIS HAS BEEN!

PLUMBER THINKS WASHING MACHINE PROBLEM COLD RELATED, DOESN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING DRASTIC UNTIL THINGS THAW OUT GOOD, THINKS THE PROBLEM COULD GO AWAY.
WE SHOULD BE SO LUCKY---

DOG IS FED, I'M UP NEXT.

BARNCAT SEEMS TO BE PROSPERING, STILL BUCKING FOR HOUSECAT :-)

DARLING WIFE STRESSING OVER IG INSPECTION OF HER FEMALE SUPREMACY COVEN BY THE GRAND IMPERIAL DRAGON OF OKLAHOMA.
OUTFIT HAS AN AMAZING BUREAUCRACY---

FARE THEE WELL. Y'ALL

BACK IN THE ICEBOX---

CLEAR AND CALM, 27 ON THE FRONT PORCH, PREDICTED HIGH OF 45.SOME OF THIS WHITE CRAP SHOULD MELT OFF. BUT THEN IT WILL REFREEZE TONIGHT AND BE WORSE TOMORROW. THIS HAS GONE ON FAR TO LONG.

WAITING FOR THE PLUMBER: COLD WATER LINE TO THE WASHING MACHINE STOPPED UP, HOT IS OK. THE LAUNDRY BASKET RUNNETH OVER :-o

NOTHING ON MY AGENDA, DW WANTS TO GO OVER TO MUSKOGEE TO SWIM. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE PLUMBER.

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GOOD MORNING TO YOU---

STILL MISERABLY COLD IN THE SNOW FIELDS OF THE CHEROKEES. TWO DEGREES OUT FRONT, THREE AT TAHLEQUAH. THEY ARE PROMISING 38 AND SUNSHINE---LET US HOPE :-)

THINK I'LL VENTURE OUT AND OVER TO MUSKOGEE AFTER WHILE.

READING AN INTERESTING BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF THE UKRANE: CONFUSED, LIKE A BONE AMONG BIG DOGS.

ALWAYS FORWARD, AMIGOS!

GOOD MORNING FROM THE FROZEN NATIONS---

MIDNIGHT MATT? THAT SOUNDS HARD TO ADAPT TO. THE ONLY TIME I WAS ON DUTY NIGHTS I NEVER DID GET COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

IT'S ZERO ON THE FRONT PORCH, ONE DEGREE AT TAHLEQUAH, CLEAR, LIGHT WIND, 18 THE PREDICTED HIGH.

I'M GETTING CABIN FEVER; THE ONLY PLACE I GO IS TO THE DOG PEN AND BARN.

GGS YOGI HAS TURNED THREE, A DELIGHTFUL LITTLE BOY :-)

HERE'S HIS GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER AND ME AT THE END OF THE LAST ICE AGE:

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AIR RIFLE

SHOOT-SHOVEL-SHUT UP

THE COUNTRY SOLUTION---

THE CHEROKEES ARE DREAMING OF SUMMER.
TWO DEGREES, OVERCAST, THREE INCHES OF SNOW, NORTH WIND, AND A PREDICTED HIGH OF 15.

ALL DOING WELL AS CAN BE EXPECTED: DOG, CAT, US.

THEIR IS NO JOY AM GRISHEIM---

TWO DEGREES :-O

BETTER THAN THREE INCHES OF SNOW. NEVER DID WARM UP, THREE DEGREES. TOMMY, CAN WE COME LIVE WITH YOU?

OUR GOVERNMENT IN ACTION:

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SAY GOODBY TO YOUR LUGGAGE. NOBODY COULD MAKE THIS STUFF UP!

TWO DEGREES ON THE FRONT PORCH, ONE AT TAHLEQUAH, NORTH WIND, SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. PREDICTED HIGH 10, HOW DELIGHTFUL :-(

DOG SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE HOUSE, BOXED UP. GOT UP EARLY TO LET HIM OUT, I'LL FED HIM DIRECTLY AND CHECK ON THE BARN CAT. I FEED THEM HEAVY IN THE COLD.

NO BREAK IN THE DEEP FREEZE TILL THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. GOOD THING I'VE GOT PLENTY OF BOOKS TO READ---GOING OUTSIDE IS NOT AN OPTION.

KEEP UP THE FIRE, GURUS, AND STAY CLOSE TO IT :-)

DAMN IT'S COLD---

TOO BAD THEY DECOMMISSIONED OUR LAST BATTLESHIP NOW THAT THEY HAVE FINALLY DECIDED TO COUNTER BATTERY THE HOUTHIS.

A RADAR DETECTED SITE COULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY A SALVO OF 16 INCH HE WITHIN MINUTES OF LAUNCH.

MO' BETTA CHEAP THAN AIRPLANES OR ROCKETS AND QUICKER.

CLEAR, COLD, NORTH WIND, 17 ON THE FRONT PORCH, PREDICTED HIGH 26. I WISH YOU NORTHERNERS WOULD KEEP YOUR WEATHER AT HOME WITH YOU :-O NO RELIEF TILL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

THREE DEGREES TONIGHT, DOG WILL SLEEP IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM; DOGHOUSE IS FOUR BY FOUR BY TWO, TOO BIG FOR HIM TO KEEP WARM BY HIMSELF. CAT OK IN THE BARN SAYS DOGGYDOC DAUGHTER,
IT HAS COZY LITTLE SPOTS TO GET IN AND A NICE FUR COAT :-)

AND THERE'S STILL FEBRUARY TO COME---
THE CHEROKEES ARE NOT HAPPY AND NEITHER AM I.

KEEP WARM, Y'ALL

A NEAR MISS :-)

A DEPRESSING MORNING IN THE NATIONS: HEAVY OVERCAST, DUSTING OF SNOW, 20 ON THE FRONT PORCH, PREDICTED HIGH OF 32. NOT NICE AT ALL.

I'LL GO OVER TO MUSKOGEE, FIRM UP ARRANGEMENTS TO RESURRECT THE TOMATO AND RESTOCK BIRDSEED.

TOOK DW TO THE BARN TO TAKE COLLAR OFF CAT WHILE I HELD IT.
CAT DID HER "I LOVE YOU" ACT. NOW DW IS TALKING HOUSECAT :-O
(I DON'T LIKE COLLARS ON CATS AND THIS ONE WAS LOOKING TIGHT.)

THE WEATHER WIZARDS RE PREDICTING A BELOW FREEZING WEEK.
OH JOY---

HIPPO BIRDIE TWO TEEBEE---

TOMMY SAID
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SOME NIGGLING

I thought people couldn't say that anymore.

A FEW YEARS BACK SOMEONE TOLD ONE OF THE DC SACRED MINORITY HE WAS "NO NIGGARD". HE IMMEDIATELY SCREAMED RACISM. HE SHOULD HAVE PLEADED IGNORANCE :-)

CLEAR AND COLD, 24 ON THE FRONT PORCH, WIND PICKING UP.
THEY SAY IT WILL HIT A WINDY 60 AFTER NOON. LAST DAY BEFORE A BELOW FREEZING WEEK :-(

ALWAYS SOME DAMN THING: LOW TIRE AND HEADLIGHT OUT ON TRUCK, TOMATO DEAD IN THE GARAGE. BROUGHT IT HOME TUESDAY, PUT IT OF BATT MAINTAINER, NEXT DAY THE BATT WAS COMPLETELY DRAINED...
WHAT A MESS, WILL HAVE TO HAVE IT PULLED OUT AND TRANSPORTED, NOT SURE WHERE.

EXPLETIVE DELETED!

WINTER HERE ALSO, 25 WHEN I GOT UP, BUT THE SUN IS SHINING AND IT'S 35 NOW. MINIMAL WIND, WILL PICK UP LATER, 52 FOR THE HIGH.

SO FAR SO GOOD WITH NEW BARNCAT. SHE HAS A VORACIOUS APPETITE, MUST NOT HAVE BEEN FED WELL.

TOMATO HOME, NEW CLUTCH GRABBY, SOME NIGGLING LITTLE SIGNS OF POOR CRAFTSMANSHIP. NEED A NEW WRENCHMEISTER.

MY BEST TO YOU---

300,000 MILES? NOT BLOODY LIKELY---

COLD, LIGHT SNOW, WET WIND, 29 DEGREES. NOT NICE AT ALL!!!
MAY GET ALL THE WAY UP TO 39 LATER. ROADS ONLY WET AROUND HERE.

THE TOMATO IS SAID TO BE READY FOR PICKUP; THINK I'LL WAIT TILL THE WEATHER IMPROVES SOME.

DOG IS FED, I'M NEXT.

COLD, WET, WINDY, WHAT A DELIGHTFUL MORNING AND NO IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED TODAY. 41 OUT FRONT GOING FOR 47. SNOW TOMORROW. CRAP!

GOT A POTENTIAL BARN CAT YESTERDAY, HALF GROWN FEMALE. HOPE SHE WORKS OUT; VERY AFFECTIONATE, SHE MAY START BUCKING FOR HOUSE CAT. DARING WIFE NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT.

SPEAKING OF WHOM IS OFF TO TULSA TODAY FOR DENTAL WORK. LESSON LEARNED TOO LATE: CHECK TEETH BEFORE GETTING MARRIED :-)

DOG IS FED, I'M NEXT---

ALWAYS FORWARD!

HI Y'ALL

COLD HERE ALSO, 26 AND CLEAR, GOING FOR 53.

I'M FED, DOG IS FED, THE DAY IS PROGRESSING IN A SATISFACTORY MANNER.

BUMBLEBEE BATTERY R&R WAS $270; IN 2019 IT WAS $125. BIDENOMICS AT WORK.

ALLONS, AMIGOS---

THIS JUST IN:

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ANOTHER GRAY DAY IN THE NATIONS, CLOUDY, BREEZY, 34 ON THE FRONT PORCH. RAIN AND SNOW MONDAY AND TUESDAY. BUMMER!

TOOK THE BUMBLEBEE IN EARLY FOR A NEW BATTERY. ONE THING OUT OF THE WAY.

MAY MAKE A PASS OVER TO TAHLEQUAH FOR DOG FOOD, CHECK AGAIN ON DINOSAUR BONES.

NEED SOME SUNSHINE TO CURE THE SAD---

TWELFTH NIGHT/EPIPHANY

WET, OVERCAST, 34 ON THE FRONT PORCH. PREDICTED HIGH OF 45, NOT MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

NOTHING ON THE AGENDA TODAY, BUG KILLER COMING. LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER TWO NAP DAY :-(

"I STARTED WITH NOTHING AND STILL HAVE MOST OF IT LEFT"

GOOD MORNING GURUS---

CLEAR, CALM, 30 DEGREES OUT FRONT, PREDICTED HIGH OF 5O. LAST NICE DAY FOR A WHILE THE WEATHER WIZARDS SAY :-(

WE ARE GRADUALLY DISMANTLING CHRISTMAS. AT OUR AGE EVERYTHING IS DONE GRADUALLY---

NEED A NEW BATTERY IN THE BUMBLEBEE, OLD ONE FROM 2019 , GETTING WEAK.

TIME TO FEED THE WONDERDOG---

MY BEST TO YOU, AMIGOS!

CLEAR, CALM, 28 ON THE FRONT PORCH, 50 THE PREDICTED HIGH.
BE NICE TO SEE THAT.

NOTHING ON THE AGENDA TODAY, DNBFS :-)

THESE HOLIDAYS ON MONDAY KEEP ME CONFUSED HE REST OF THE WEEK, BE GLAD WHEN THINGS GET BACK TO"NORMAL". WE STILL HAVE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS UP; MAY JUST LEAVE THEM TILL NEXT CHRISTMAS TO SAVE TIME.

IT'S CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY HERE ANYWAY---

ACTUALLY, THE FIRST WEDNESDAY THIS YEAR---

I'M WITH YOU ON SNOW: COLD, WET, AND MISERABLE TO WORK IN.
GLAD WE DON'T SEE MUCH OF IT HERE.

IT'S 31 AND CLOUDY, GOING FOR A HIGH OF 45. ANOTHER GRAY DAY IN THE NATIONS.

HOUSE SEEMS EMPTY WITH THE CITY KIDS GONE; QUIETER TOO WITHOUT THE POM BARKING AT THE CUKOO CLOCK :-) AUTO ROTATION DAY, HARVEY UP. I'LL GO CHECK ON THE TOMATO AND DINOSAUR BONES.

DOG IS FED, I'M NEXT---

KEEP UP THE FIRE!