Fred W. Hargis Jr

The big story for us yesterday was the wind. With Frequent gust up to 45MPH, it was impossible to do anything. It wasn't as nice as it was supposed to be otherwise, we did get to 48°, but it was cloudier than I expected. So this morning it's 32, and today will be cloudy all day with a high of 48. The winds dies down late yesterday and we're still calm this morning....I can nly hope it stays that way. Rain moves across south of us and we might get some sprinkles out of that. Back to the wind yesterday. I had a 9:30 Dr. appt. and was in the exam room when the power went out. The office though it was just their area, but they rushed me though the exam and told me to call back for an the next appt. As I drove across out little town going home it turned entire town was without power. We're 3 miles outsides city limits and on a completely different grid/supplier, we had power at the house. The Dr. office called me about noon, so I guess it lasted at least a few hours.

Yesterday was as predicted. We reached 46° and had light rain most f the day. The stunner was the slushy snow that showed up for 15-20 minutes. It melted as soon as it hit something, but was still not welcome. The wind was miserable as well and all this joy was made better by the heavy cloud cover. Today should be a lot better, we get near 50 with a fair amount of sun...no word on the wind. May be a lot warmer for the upcoming weekend.

That's pretty cool....also a little disappointing. There's a "flower shop" and a "chocolate shop" in the White House? I hope DOGE catches that.

Yesterday reached 48°, though once again the wind made it less than nice. Still, wee had some sunshine and this is fairly typical for this time of the year. his morning it's a cold 29°, and we'll be in the mid 40s or so again. But last night's rain won't be here until this afternoon, and it should be lightly raining most of the rest of the day. I'm making a 90 mile drive today, really don't want to drive in the rain but that's Mother Nature slapping me in the face again.

Interesting, I had always thought that a dishonorable discharge was final. Thanks!

How about that! I never doubted that Gene was correct, I haven't seen a skunk on a pole either...or even at the polls for that matter.

Do you get a DD214 when you've been dishonorably discharged? I thought maybe it was like you were never in the military.

I learned yesterday while talking to an old work colleague that there was an acquaintance who was in the Navy, something I didn't know. It turns out this fellow was dishonorably discharged, but then through some appeals process got that changed to something called "other than honorable" discharge. That almost sounds like the same thing to me....what's the difference? This just curiosity on my part, I was unaware you could change a dishonorable discharge. Maybe there's some benefit thing with the other than honorable label?

Well, we got up to about 48° yesterday with a fair amount of sunshine, but the wind still made it a little uncomfortable to be outside. Today looks to be about the same, although it's warmer to start. We're at 45° right now and will stay near that all day. the sun comes and goes (apparently) as a front crosses and then later rain moves in and sticks around through part of tomorrow.

Nice job on those dovetails!

Still working on a small table for Marie's CD player. This one is taking even longer than my normal slow pace since I'm making turned legs for it.

We use those all the time for steak hoagies and Italian subs I make. They come in a "mini" size that I buy most often, it's about 1/2 the size of the large ones. The small ones are also great with Johnsonville brats.

We fell into the uppers 30s yesterday afternoon and with cloud cover a lot of wind it made things pretty cold outside. A few snow flakes and graupel fell though it wasn't enough to cover anything. This morning it's still cold at 27°, though we may be sunny and near 50 later today. Looks like th lows near 30 and highs near 50 are the norm for quite a while around here. The wind will still be in the upper 20 MPH range today and I guess will shift to the NW from the SW as the day goes on.

Raffan's video was useful Lew, thanks.