Coffee 10-5-13

Freddy · Post by **Freddy** » Sat. Oct. 05, 2013 5:50 am

Yesterday was "10-4, good buddy", today must be one better!

Good morning & welcome to the coffee house. Come in, find a cup & a stool, breakfast will be served as it can. I'm thinking French Toast, crispy bacon & real maple syrup. Maybe some fresh honey? Who dares to sneak behind Lowfogs place & get some? *smile* I've been thinking, you know how the first pot of coffee from a brand new can always seems the best? How about every day we open a new pound (13 oz? LOL) and then give the rest to a food cupboard? Is selfish charity allowed? AAhhhhh.... doesn't seem right. OK, skip the idea. It just doesn't set right to take the best & give the rest away. But while we are here..... give thought to donating to your local food cupboard, they can use the help....and they deserve a good cup of coffee too.

I see some rain in the forecast, but I have to say, it has been some darn beautiful weather this last few weeks. I'm thinking this is the warmest Fall ever. OK by me! And today, in my book, just perfect. Sunny & a high of 65 predicted. Ahhhhh, nice.

Alrighty, let's get busy & get lots of stuff done this weekend. I'm thinking it's time to prep the AA and the Reading stove in the barn. Make it so they are both just one match away. This warm weather can't hold up forever.

Hug your loved ones!

anthony7812 · Post by **anthony7812** » Sat. Oct. 05, 2013 5:58 am

Good morning! Coffee was slowly enjoyed this morning. A low laying fog moving through the orange and red colors of the valley were beautiful this morning. Picked up 2 jugs of fresh cider from my neighbors orchard yesterday. A little spiced Rum in the mix makes one hell of an afternoon I discovered

Corn is all down, leaves are hard to keep up with pretty darn soon we will be as lucky as those folks out in the black hills and see some white stuff fall. Have a great weekend!

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Sat. Oct. 05, 2013 7:04 am

Mornin people:) Nice Freddy. Got about 100 of 350 acres of corn chopped last week--now we just wait again. Kinda drizzly this AM & 64*. HITZER continues to idle real low to keep the damp out--house is 72 with window stats---that feels just fine to me. Got a call from a friend out in Sturgis, S. Dakota last night--YEP, they got hammered indeed "the ghost of things to come" Have a great week-end all. A neighbor took some shots last week:)

HUDACIK · Post by **HUDACIK** » Sat. Oct. 05, 2013 7:24 am

Freddy, I'm going to be a first time coal stove burner this season. The Harman Mark II that I purchashed (used) has an undersized ash pan. It's like 10 x 11. It looks like I need one 10 7/8 deep by 17 5/8 wide, 3 " tall. If you're still doing ash pans what would this cost me? My email is [email protected] and my home phone is 410 374 2557. Shipping address is 4243 Schalk Road Number 1, Manchester, Md 21102. Thanks, Ronnie

SMITTY · Post by **SMITTY** » Sat. Oct. 05, 2013 7:47 am

I'd have put that in a PM ... but that's just me. Welcome to the forum.

I want to publicly thank Rob R. for his guidance on installing the boiler. I would've just thrown it together as quick and cheap as possible. I'll bet he saved me a BIG headache running this thing! Thanks Rob!

Moose sighting in the neighborhood while I was out west! Neighbor snapped a pic - good sized one for these parts!

Got some free food off a tree from my neighbor as well. Chicken of the woods - good stuff.

Got a billion things going on right now - I'd better get back at it. Later!

wilder11354 · Post by **wilder11354** » Sat. Oct. 05, 2013 8:08 am

Foggy, drizzle but starting to clear off. Gonna go get efm furnance unit prepped for some plate work, then I will go up to farm, mow down some felds I didn't hay, some today more tomorrow... Freetown, what ya doing with corn? bunker or silo? know silo on farm up hill from middle pic was torn down....?

anthony7812 · Post by **anthony7812** » Sat. Oct. 05, 2013 8:14 am

SMitty please fill some of us in..WTF is that?!

Hambden Bob · Post by **Hambden Bob** » Sat. Oct. 05, 2013 9:08 am

Pretty Lively Coffee,Folks ! Amazed when I took the Pups out and encountered a warm,very moist Sunrise this A.M. ! October's definitely stretching the Summer out.....Nice pics,guys! Is that a type of bracket fungi,Smits ? I've heard that there's fungus among us !

Hope everyone follows Freddy's thoughts and considers those among us who could use some help getting back on their feet. A lot to spank out over the next two days,but it always starts with me bein' gr

atful to the "Old Man Upstairs" for wake-ups like this! Later,Gang !

KLook · Post by **KLook** » Sat. Oct. 05, 2013 9:16 am

Good morning all! Just back from a wake up walk. just awesome weather here this week. Maybe a little rain coming from the gulf later. Off to yard sales to find some book shelves and such as we leftmost of our stuff behind and I don't want to drive 1400 miles one way for some household stuff. Great coffee this morning because it is near the bottom of the bag and I will be happy to get rid of this bag of blackfly coffee.

God this stuff is bitter. Have a great weekend all.

Kevin

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Sat. Oct. 05, 2013 9:34 am

Bill, he saved 2 silo's & we poured a 200'X14' slab--no side blocks--he's gonna sleeve what don't go in the silo's Angus Beefers comin, probably in the Spring--maybe some before snow flies??? He at least learned that some of these hills suk as far as corn crop--he'll do some but mostly just graze/hay & oats for next season--damn Kevin, now ya got me goin out yard sale hoppin--I need to up my winter book stash--love my old westerns--you got that right HB---every morning I wake up suckin air is just another gift from the creator:)

wilder11354 wrote:Foggy, drizzle but starting to clear off. Gonna go get efm furnance unit prepped for some plate work, then I will go up to farm, mow down some felds I didn't hay, some today more tomorrow... Freetown, what ya doing with corn? bunker or silo? know silo on farm up hill from middle pic was torn down....?

Freddy · Post by **Freddy** » Sat. Oct. 05, 2013 10:04 am

Nice pics, Fred....always love your photos.

Yaaa, Smitty....what are you cookin'? It looks like entrails of entrails.

New member Ronnie....Pans run $1,000.... I don't make many but we celebrate hard when I do! <evil grin> I'll give you a call tonight. I'll bet you can talk me down.

Rick 386 · Post by **Rick 386** » Sat. Oct. 05, 2013 11:18 am

S.S.D.D.,

Working again today while the wife and mother in law starts shutting down the waterfall on the front fish pond before we cover it up for the winter. Kid got another deer last night so I had to dig a hole for the carcass this morning before getting here.

Maybe late this afternoon I can sit in the treestand with the crossbow.

Now off to give another coat of paint to this pickup bed.........

Rick

jpete · Post by **jpete** » Sat. Oct. 05, 2013 11:29 am

anthony7812 wrote:SMitty please fill some of us in..WTF is that?!

Normally called "hen of the woods" and they're mighty good eating. And they retail for about $20/lb.

http://www.foodonthefood.com/food_on_the_food/201 ... hroom.html

Hambden Bob · Post by **Hambden Bob** » Sat. Oct. 05, 2013 11:41 am

Well,I'll be....Thanx for the useful link JPete !

SMITTY · Post by **SMITTY** » Sat. Oct. 05, 2013 12:14 pm

Yep that's the stuff. I figured we had the name wrong - this is MA after all - EVERYTHING is wrong here!

Coffee 10-5-13

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