Sure is quiet in here....do I need to start a fight?

[Stihl 041S]

In a motel room when I picked her up from the “other place”

 

[pioneerguy600]

Many years growing up at home dad and I would go out with a light on Christmas eve, walk way back on the property and cut a natural fir tree, haul it home by hand and put it up in the corner. Then mom and all us kids would string home made decorations on it, all the cards would be used to fill in between the branches spaced one years growth apart, usually 8 - 10".

 

[Cantdog]

Many years growing up at home dad and I would go out with a light on Christmas eve, walk way back on the property and cut a natural fir tree, haul it home by hand and put it up in the corner. Then mom and all us kids would string home made decorations on it, all the cards would be used to fill in between the branches spaced one years growth apart, usually 8 - 10".

Yep we did too on the island.......tree's a bit sparce but I remember putting 32Volt Christmas lights on it.....we had two systems...32VDC with an ancient Delco crank start with 16 glass 2V batteries. The other was a modern 110V genset that would auto start the second you turned on a light........at least in the beginning....then that feature failed but I learned to make it go on Sat mornings so I could watch muh cartoons.......the very beginning of my engine thing......

 

[dancan]

Hey Jerry !!!

How many sticks of Hucksavarnia cut wood you see in this pic ?

 

[pioneerguy600]

Hey Jerry !!!

How many sticks of Hucksavarnia cut wood you see in this pic ?

Not a one, nada, nope, not even one splinter.

 

[dancan]

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner !!!

 

[tbone75]

I am lucky , both my kids stayed close to home. Be hard on me if they moved away.

 

[dancan]

No Christmas tree for us at home this year , gonna jump in a flying cigar tube and spend christmas at the daughter's place

 

[pioneerguy600]

Yep we did too on the island.......tree's a bit sparce but I remember putting 32Volt Christmas lights on it.....we had two systems...32VDC with an ancient Delco crank start with 16 glass 2V batteries. The other was a modern 110V genset that would auto start the second you turned on a light........at least in the beginning....then that feature failed but I learned to make it go on Sat mornings so I could watch muh cartoons.......the very beginning of my engine thing......

Funny thing was, we had thousands of trees but we never cut one ahead of time, had a big barn where we could have put on inside and have it dry, clear of snow etc but nope, cut er down and bring it in all wet and lots of snow on the branches. We made popcorn, strung it on a thread make a long rope, paint it silver and red, string cranberries also them they would be strung around the tree. Started getting glass ornaments when I was about 10.

 

[pioneerguy600]

No Christmas tree for us at home this year , gonna jump in a flying cigar tube and spend christmas at the daughter's place

Likely be colder out there, wind is always cold in Alberta.

 

[Jimmy in NC]

Hey Jerry !!!

How many sticks of Hucksavarnia cut wood you see in this pic ?

73.2

 

[pioneerguy600]

Hey Jerry !!!

How many sticks of Hucksavarnia cut wood you see in this pic ?

You should have shown them all the wood in that yard, then they would understand what Stihl saws do.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Stihl cut wood keeping the inside 40 degrees warmer than the outside.

 

[buttercup]

Hey Jerry !!!

How many sticks of Hucksavarnia cut wood you see in this pic ?

Nice car too.

 

[Cantdog]

SNOW.......ING!!!!

 

[pioneerguy600]

White and quiet out there.

 

[Cantdog]

White and quiet out there.

Yep....the same here this morning heading down to the pointy end of nowhere to work......no panic.....no one there before me...took the back way to nowhere......ended up at the old flooded Callahan Open Pit Mine site......all was pretty quiet all along there....

 

[pioneerguy600]

Slippy trippy down the gravel roads yesterday, snow be froze hard this morning making traction betterer.

 

[henry r]

Wow cantdog, thats beautiful.

Also completely other-worldly from here.
Here in australia, 9pm, outside in just a pair of shorts, it has dipped below 80f from a top of 97f today. Mid severe drought but with a break from the bushfire smoke.


Edit. Pic added for effect.


This time of year that is supposed to be covered in grass starting to go to straw colour.

For your amusement, i took the pic to show the car, as a minute before when it pulled up directly across from me, i was standing at the back of my work truck, facing the road, going to the toilet... it is an "apple maps image collection" car for thier "street view" road maps.

 

[Jimmy in NC]

Wow cantdog, thats beautiful.

Also completely other-worldly from here.
Here in australia, 9pm, outside in just a pair of shorts, it has dipped below 80f from a top of 97f today. Mid severe drought but with a break from the bushfire smoke.

Cantdog also has no poisonous snakes to contend with .... not one.