The Coffee House

smoke665 · Jun 29, 2018

davidharmier60 said:
Buttermilk Pie later

That's something I haven't had in ages! Need to remind DW :allteeth:

tirediron · Jun 29, 2018

smoke665 said:
...Update: Power company is working on lines, said we should have power shortly

Their version of 'shortly' or yours?

smoke665 · Jun 29, 2018

tirediron said:
Their version of 'shortly' or yours

Apparently thier version was a little longer than mine, but the powers just came on. 29 hrs without a/c in Alabama in the summer is no fun.

smoke665 · Jun 29, 2018

Wow finally had a chance to tour the property. Had a lot of trees down, several blocking the fire lanes. I was able to push most out of the way with the tractor and loader except for one massive pin oak. Will have to go back with the chain saw to break it down into more manageable sections. I've come to believe now that we got hit by a small tornado. The trees weren't just blown over but twisted and splintered, something more on the order of a tornado.

davidharmier60 · Jun 30, 2018

Hi y'all. My part of the world without AC is pretty bad.
A little over 4 hours today.Just not enough make work to keep me there any longer.
27.52 for the week. Could be better but it is what it is.
Going to do my comics online next.

CherylL · Jun 30, 2018

smoke665 said:
Wow finally had a chance to tour the property. Had a lot of trees down, several blocking the fire lanes. I was able to push most out of the way with the tractor and loader except for one massive pin oak. Will have to go back with the chain saw to break it down into more manageable sections. I've come to believe now that we got hit by a small tornado. The trees weren't just blown over but twisted and splintered, something more on the order of a tornado.

Strong storms here too Thursday evening. Lost a big branch from the maple and smaller ones. One of the pines was hit hard and will need to come down. Power back on after 14 hours and fortunate no damage to the house or fence. The team schnauzer has been busy marking all the "new" trees out back. The back yard is a mess. Our tree guy will be here in a day or two. His priority is trees on houses.

smoke665 · Jun 30, 2018

@CherylL I saw on radar where the line of storms was all the way up in MO. We have most of the property her in pine plantation. Not sure of total damage as we lost the tops out of several pines (which leads me to also believe it was a small tornado).

limr · Jun 30, 2018

There is still 15 minutes left and we are the first to score on Uruguay in 500+ minutes of play. Força Portugal!

limr · Jun 30, 2018

Four minutes of stoppage time.

It's not looking good.

A minhota can still hope, though!

CherylL · Jun 30, 2018

smoke665 said:
@CherylL I saw on radar where the line of storms was all the way up in MO. We have most of the property her in pine plantation. Not sure of total damage as we lost the tops out of several pines (which leads me to also believe it was a small tornado).

Very may have been a tornado. I am outside St. Louis in IL which is the Metro East. There was rotation spotted in Mo before it moved into my area. The pine tree damage is very strange. There are 5 mature tall pines in a row and touching limbs at the base. The 2nd one from the end looks like limbs were randomly torn out with the one side pretty much gone of limbs. The other pine trees look untouched.

smoke665 · Jun 30, 2018

@CherylL we must have had the same storm. LOL because the same strange things here. I have about 3 acres of planted long leaf pine behind the house. The top 15 feet was twisted off one tree in the center of the stand, the others weren't even damaged. Throughout the remaining plots it was pretty much the same. One tree here and there with no damage around.

davidharmier60 · Jun 30, 2018

Had a Chef Salad about 4 hours ago. It's getting hungry around here again.

Gary A. · Jun 30, 2018

Miss Maggie got a hair cut.

smoke665 · Jun 30, 2018

Look'n good Maggie. Ms Sadie got her summer cut today. I don't really like it that short, but it's so hot, I know she's cooler.

smoke665 · Jul 1, 2018

Got really bummed out last night. Yesterday shot some in studio of Sadie that didn't really go as planned. She was great as always, but the preconceived ideas in the brain, fell short in real life. When I imported them I quickly grew frustrated with the set. So then I go over to the file with my granddaughter to edit a couple that her mother wanted, and they looked off, which started me questioning how much my eyesight has actually deteriorated. After the optometrist visit, it seems the cataract in the right eye has gotten pretty bad, and the left eye isn't far behind. Finally just shut it down in disgust.