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  1. Took a bunch of scouts camping this weekend.  It was -3F when we got up this morning.

    We had a giant bonfire and had a ball. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that much of Old Hickory Lake frozen. I had forgotten how many truly strange noises frozen lakes make. It was groaning and whining all night long.

    We cooked in cast irons and Dutch ovens all weekend.   I bet they all consumed 5000 calories yesterday. 

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  2. A good sock is a must.  I love a pair of full cushion SmartWools to start - but I would fit your boot so that it actually fits your boot with one pair of socks.  With age and circulation issues - you want to make sure your base is as firm as possible.

    I would go for a boot with some actual insulation - as opposed to something that looks like it ought to be a cold weather boot but is actually just a dressed up rain boot. You probably want something with some Thinsulate or similar.

    Merrell makes some great ones. So does Columbia at a generally lower price point.  Sorel is a solid cold weather boot maker.  I've got a pair of Bogs insulated rubber rubber slip ons that are surprisingly warm - they won't win any fashion contests - but they were maybe $29 and my feet never get wet walking the dog in the rain.  

    A maybe controversial opinion - UGG makes some great cold weather boots that are functional and won't necessarily have you looking like an instagram influencer.

  3. 48 minutes ago, Darrell said:

    My drive-clearing operation wasn't too successful. But I did manage to scrape an inch or three of snow off the top of the ice using my tractor and FEL. Maybe MacGyver can send a kid over.....

     

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    With three plus an exchange student in the house right now - give me a minute and I might send them over.  
     

    We’re all in about the same place as @Alleycat72’s wife. 

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  4. 4 hours ago, FUJIMO said:

    If it's the type of elderly folks I grew up around you can't buy those kind of treats anymore.

    Our kitchen counter looks like the dessert table at a church potluck. 

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  5. 1 hour ago, Alleycat72 said:

    She has been stuck in the house for 4 days with 4 kids who were also stuck at the house.

    Any judge would immediately side with her...

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  6. 16 hours ago, FUJIMO said:

    Schools out tomorrow. Surely one of them has a kid wanting to earn a little extra video game money

    My youngest was bored - so I told him he could go clear all of our elderly neighbors cars.  He was out for a couple of hours with the leaf blower and a brush.

    They tried to pay him but he wouldn’t let them.

    regardless, our kitchen had filled up with the treats they made him.  Good trade in his eyes. 

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  7. You might look for local maker spaces.  I know of a couple here in Nashville that have offered classes in the past that are focused at a hobby level. 
     

    Edit to add: The Forge is definitely one of those spaces. 

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  8. Love some smaller brands.

    I’ve got two Maratacs that have absolutely been through the wringer over the last 15 years and have been dead reliable the whole time.  I bet my TSAR has been in the saltwater 100 full days in the time.  

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  9. I think if I lived where you do and have the issue with vandalism - I’d invest my time and effort into making sure that there’s not a car or person that comes down that road that isn’t captured on video.

    You’ll likely lose another mailbox in a year or two - but then you’ll have the data to solve the problem for lots of folks. 

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  10. FWIW, if the part that failed is CPVC, save yourself the headache and replace as much of it as you can with PEX now.  I recently replaced plumbing in a place with CPVC. It seems like once the environmental/age conditions are met for that stuff to start failing it fails all over.  I bet in the stuff we replaced because of one problem that was visible - we discovered ten that weren’t.

    CPVC is the devil. A brittle devil - but a devil nonetheless. 

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  11. 35 minutes ago, Erik88 said:

     

    Do they have Calhoun's in middle TN? I try to avoid going there at all costs. The owner does not have a great reputation and the food hasn't improved since the 90's. 

    Typically we’re in y’all’s neck of the woods sometime over the holiday - so it’s been the one in Oak Ridge there on the river.  To my knowledge the one in Nashville closed years ago. Fortunately it’s been years since I’ve eaten in either. For a few years honestly the deciding factor was that we could get on the boat and just cross the river way faster than we could drive anywhere from my in-laws house.

    I will give my in-laws some props about the holidays. My wife has is one of several siblings, and when the oldest got married my in-laws decided they weren’t going to fight over holidays. They just decided that in their family - whenever the holiday fell - they would gather the Saturday following.  It’s been such a healthy practice that I expect we’ll recreate when our kids get married.

     

  12. I will say that siblings on both sides of my family have traded giving gifts for leaving kids at home one evening over the holiday and going out for a meal together.  Sometimes it’s a nice restaurant - sometimes it’s Calhoun’s.  But, it’s a time to just catch up and be thankful. 

  13. I guess I’ll call myself thankful to get to spend a few  days and share a meal with people that I truly love.

    My mom has a habit of buying people presents that are things they’d never buy for themselves.  I asked her about it one time and she said, “you and your sister are productive members of society.  You never call and say the kids are going hungry or we’re going to lose the house or anything like that. I’m glad to get the chance to do something nice.”

    I recognize that’s a privilege a lot families may not have - for a whole lot of reasons. Life is complicated sometimes. But, that’s something that I’ve tried to incorporate into my own life.  Sometimes it’s nice to do something really nice for someone with no expectation of them doing anything in return. 

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  14. 15 minutes ago, Alleycat72 said:

    My 20 year old Daughter has taken up knitting and makes stuff for people. She's actually good so you don't need to pretend you like it.  LOL

    I do admit I find it weird for a forensic science major to be into knitting. 

    FWIW that's probably a sign that she's in the right place.

    When I talk to students about going into forensics, the question I most often ask is whether or not doing the same thing, exactly the same way over and over brings them joy.  If they look at me weird, I can encourage them in a direction that's more suited to them.  If they're like, "oh my goodness yes - then they've found their people."

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