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MORNING ROLL CALL JANUARY-FEBUARY 2020 CLOSED

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Good Morning to the Front Porch and Welcome to JANUARY 2020 Goodbye DECEMBER 2019

Hoping everyone has a great First Day OF JANUARY 2020.

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DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this Thursday January 23rd, 2020. We are looking at 2 more days of snow showers with a possible total amount of 6 inches of fresh white stuff.

Very interesting to catchup on the various events that are happening to our Porch group. Also some local history in some of our members.

I think it would be fun to share a little history of our hometown. So I will start out with mine. Feel free to add your hometown or the local history of where you live now.

HISTORY

Ripon's rich history began with a group of 19 Wisconsin Phalanx settlers interested in establishing a community based on Charles Fourier's principles of social philosophy.

View Ripon Historical Society Facebook Page

Link: http://www.riponmainst.com/riponmainst/about-us/history.html

Photo of the Ripon, Wis town square recently.

Have a grest day everyone!

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

LaDolceVita

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@DaveMcK Thanks for the story of Ripon Wi! I found it interesting, still googling some of the names. @LydiaN586309 Your cartoon with wind blowing frozen woman reminded me of myself during our 4 cold days. Still chilly this AM with all kinds of wrapping although it was about 30 degrees. Dampness (high humidity) adds to the discomfort.

LydiaN586309

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Good Morning, Front Porchers!

It has been a rough wintery mess this week. Snow (that actually stuck), then rain that turned into ice, freezing temperatures, and then more snow and more rain and then...... Brrrrr!

I don't mean to complain, but winter is just NOT my favorite season.

But I guess if at my advanced age, I haven't decided to move to a warmer climate, I might as well just put up and shut up about it! After all, at least I'm still here. Right?! Oh, boy it's still oh so cold!

Anyway, for the past couple of weeks, I've had a sick/recovering friend staying with me. She had a heart procedure done and has required some assistance and support and since she lives alone, we both thought it best that she stay with me for awhile--at least until she heals up from the surgery and is a little more stable on her feet. Also, at least I don't have to worry about her being a great distance away--if she needs something or just wants company. She's content and that makes me happy.

Now, since I could afford to lose some pounds and failed to make a New Year's resolution, I think the next step is in order. So.....

This way I can have an abundance of my favorite delight (hot,cream and sugar infused coffee) and remain civilized at the same time. We'll see how long this lasts! lol

Guess that sums it up for me. So to all Our Front Porchers everywhere, be blessed, stay safe, and above all else keep warm!

Lyds

Frozenoem

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30-ish and cloudy with rain to snow mix 🤣.

@LydiaN586309

Understand the idea of temperate climes and thought about it a few times.

Worst I get up here is black flies and skeeters and snow, with non-poisonous native snakes.

FL gators, hurricanes, floods, snakes, perpetual new skeeters, iguanas falling from trees, etc.

I think I prefer snow, black ice and the people, small towns of 10-750 people and friends, neighbors.

They might never have been met and live 8 hours away but, they know you or someone else from your town.

My best friend out of hospital pneumonia, need to avoid for awhile, has 12 years on me. Flu would mess him up or send him back in.

Wish you luck with friend, and New Years resolutions, I'm still trying to gain weight🤣. It's easier to haul wood if I outweight it.

Enjoy all

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this Saturday morning in January, 2020.

@LydiaN586309 Thank you for looking out for your friend. It is great to see how our friends here are willing to step up and to take others in or offer them help!

Bless you all!

We are in the last few hours of 3 days of off and on again snowfall which did not leave a great accumulation but raised havoc on the roads. Glad I'm not having go into work in this weather anymore.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this Sunday morning January 2020! Hoping everyone has a great day!

What is on your agenda for tonight?

How about the:

AWARDS NOMINATIONS & WINNERS

The rich history of Music's Biggest Night is at your fingertips. From Henry Mancini, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson to Kanye West, Taylor Swift and Adele, explore the winners and biggest moments from each GRAMMY Awards telecast.

Link:

https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards

What is your favorite song, album, group of all time?

Single by Captain & Tennille from the album Love Will Keep Us Together

My favorite all time Grammy song is:

"Love Will Keep Us Together" was the title cut and lead single of Captain & Tennille's debut album, although "Captain" Daryl Dragon originally hoped that honor would go to the duo's rendition of "I Write the Songs". The single rose to number 1 on both the Billboard Easy Listening chart and the Billboard pop chart, staying atop the latter for four weeks starting June 21, 1975. It also hit the top of the 1975 year-end chart. In the US it was the best-selling single of 1975. "Love Will Keep Us Together" was certified gold by the RIAA [ and also won the Grammy Award (1975) for Record of the Year on February 28, 1976.

Dragon and Tennille acknowledged Sedaka's authorship—as well as his mid-1970s comeback—by working the phrase "Sedaka is back" into the song's fadeout, where the applause from the studio musicians can be heard. Their version would earn Sedaka and Greenfield a Grammy nominationfor Song of the Year. Twenty years later in 1995, the duo would re-record the song for their Twenty Years of Romance CD.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

catwoman500

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Hi, Porch Peeps,

It’s 40 and sunny here in the western Philly burbs. We had a ton of rain yesterday. The back yard was partially flooded for a while and the sump pump was working overtime. We must have received about 2 inches. Can’t imagine if it had been snow.

Grocery shopping is done and my shopping peeps and I had a long conversation today since we didn’t see each other last Sunday.

Wonder of wonders they were selling Girl Scout cookies today…Last year they did not set up shop at my Acme and so it’s been 2 years since I have been able to buy any. Made up for it today. I know they freeze well and if you bought 5 boxes, you can go online and enter to win GS cookies for a year! I’s a good cause anyway, so I did buy the 5 boxes. HA! Wonder what the poster who my late husband would have called “a legend in her own mind” would say to that. Some of you might remember she and I got into a quite tizzy over GS cookies when I started a topic about “your favorite GS cookie” in one of the other forums.

Stay warm and safe, and enjoy your day!

No snow here, but coffee is a must!

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this Monday morning January, 2020! I'm not sure what everyone here thinks about Professional Athletes but I think we should take a moment to note the legacy of Kobe Bryant! On April 13, Kobe Bean Bryant will don his Lakers jersey for the last time. And during this, his 20th and final NBA season, Bryant has received an extended valediction fit for a king, replete with a plethora of celebrations, movie star-commercials, and unanimous praise from basketball stars past and present. His professional résumé is, of course, indisputable. Bryant is an 18-time All-Star, 12-time member of the All-Defensive team, and 5-time NBA champion. He will go down as the second-best shooting guard in NBA history—behind His Airness—and one of the Top 20 players to ever set foot on the hardwood.

Lakers legend Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crash on Sunday at the age of 41.

There were nine people killed in the helicopter that went down around 10 a.m. PST in Calabasas, Calif, officials said. Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, who were on their way to a travel basketball game, were among those dead, according to multiple reports, confirming the initial TMZ story.

Bryant has been flying via helicopter for years, going back to his playing days to avoid LA traffic.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

catwoman500

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Good afternoon, everyone,

Cloudy here, but at 36, feeling like 30, it's not too bad for the end of January.

Was out for breakfast with the school retirees this AM, and came home to unclog another sink. I think I have earned a plumber's badge this week as I finally got my kitchen sink unclogged yesterday after a frustrating time with that. Today the bathroom one was a breeze.

@DaveMcK ...Kobe Bryant was a local hero here in the Philly burbs. Although way younger than I, he attended Lower Merion HS which was one of my HS's rivals. Their Lower Merion gym is named after him. We played Lower Merion in all sports. Local and Philly news has been going nuts over this tragic accident.

Hope all you Porchers are warm and cozy.

Drink up!

Frozenoem

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Morning perhaps, wearing 3 watches for time zones and totally confused.

15* sunny and a warmup again in the future week.Temp's above 30*.

@catwoman500

Your perfectly welcome to fix anything you wish. When in doubt for any repairs my first stop is repairclinic.com 😎.

Especially when Sears tells me I need to pay for their serviceman and I need to pay for an entire part $195 to use a cable for $5 from repair clinic.

How to fix an oven for $20 and a screwdriver. Versus $380 parts and labor, let's hear it for frugality.And right to fix laws.😇

On that note, time to call snowblower guy, I know weather won't stay warm and just got a new friction disk for simple things like going forward and reverse, versus dragging 400> pounds around.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning everyone on the Front Porch on this last Friday of January 2020!

Our weather here starts out with scattered fog and a temperature of 29*.

No big plans for today or the weekend other than watching some college basketball games. Sunday we will watch the Super Bowl game quitely at home without a party as we have done in the past. Will be pulling for the Chiefs but mostly to see the the ads. There is one about a dog that was favorably treated here at the UW Veterinary School. I'm hoping to get the car washed for the first time in a while due to cold weather. Saturday looking for a high of 36 and Sunday of 41*.

Have a great weekend everyone.

‘Lucky Dog’ Scout and UW School of Veterinary Medicine star in WeatherTech Super Bowl commercial.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

catwoman500

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Good Morning, Peeps, Happy February!

A foggy start to the day here. I was out for breakfast again, and then tonight it’s dinner and Game Night.

Not watching the Super Bowl tomorrow…have to see my Masterpiece Theater shows on PBS, but hope the Chiefs win for Andy Reid. Loved him when he used to coach the Eagles.

Enjoy the weekend!

need more of this!

MsStretch

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@catwoman500 wrote:

Not watching the Super Bowl tomorrow…have to see my Masterpiece Theater shows on PBS, but hope the Chiefs win for Andy Reid. Loved him when he used to coach the Eagles.

Wait! Surely you're watching Kitten Bowl VII and Puppy Bowl XVI tomorrow!

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this first Sunday 2-2-2020!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Here in Wisconsin at:

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (WMTV)-- Jimmy the Groundhog saw his shadow which means there will be six more weeks of winter.

Sun Prairie's Jimmy the Groundhog predicts there will be six more weeks of winter in 2020. (Jeremy Nichols/WMTV)

Sun Prairie held its annual Groundhog Day Prognostication Sunday at sunrise. The early morning prediction didn’t keep crowds from gathering at Cannery Square to hear Jimmy’s prediction.

This was the 72nd annual Groundhog Day ceremony in the self-proclaimed “Groundhog Capital of the World.” Mayor Paul Esser reported the prediction and a proclamation from Gov. Tony Evers declared it officially Groundhog Day in Wisconsin.

Jimmy was handled by the Wilderness Walk Zoo and Recreation Park. The event emcee was Mike Mahnke, the public address announcer of the Badgers and he declared, “Jimmy is never wrong.”

Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania did not see his shadow and predicted an early spring.

Following his prediction, participants took to the city’s streets for a new racing event. The Hibernation Hustle Fun Run benefits the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dane County and was added to the Groundhog Day festivities this year.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

catwoman500

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Good Morning, Porch Peeps,

I’m sitting here waiting for the heater guy to get here and fix whatever is wrong with my heater. (At least there is heat).

A nice sunny day that may reach the 60 degree mark, but the rest of the week, although decent temps, will be rainy.

Nice to see a super bowl win yesterday for the Chiefs and Andy Reid.

I did catch some of the kitten and puppy bowls yesterday. So cute.

What fun!

Gottcha!

Touchdown!

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this 5th day of February, 2020!

We have had a warmer stretch with a high of 50* earlier in the week. We are looking at a high today of only 26*. Last night our Trivia league played at our usual Pub. We did not do very well but I had a great meal of lake lake perch and some good laughs.

With the Super Bowl over the football season has officially come to an end. The basketball season is fully underway with Wisconsin Badgers playing at Minnesota tonight. Hoping everyone is having a great week.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

Frozenoem

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@DaveMcK

Gotta love weather of late, warm by day 30-40's the sap in Maple trees are officially running in February?

And have a 2-part snow storm due Thursday through Friday of perhaps 18" -24" when all is said and done.⛄️

I think it's time to clean out the ashes in the stove, just feel an ongoing fire in my future.

Hope all enjoy the day, I feel a double expresso wakey wakey, calling to me.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

Frozenoem

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Happy-ish Thursday 21* and snowing and now it's time to put on Sorel's and walk like penguin to the store.

Need coffee seem to have run out, and really want it.

Enjoy all

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this Friday the 7th of February, 2020. It is partly sunny with a high of 32*. We are looking at a snowfall of 3 - 5" on Sunday. What is the weather outlook in your area for the next few days? Hoping everyone has a restful weekend.

The American Heart Association, is the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health for all, and its signature movement, Go Red for Women, nationally sponsored by CVS Health, are rallying women to take action throughout American Heart Month this February against the number 1 killer – cardiovascular disease. Women, and those of us who love them, can show their support by wearing red today on National Wear Red Day® this Friday, Feb. 7, 2020.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

catwoman500

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Hi, everyone,

Just had a tornado warning expire as heavy storms raced through our area. Most was to the south and east in Delaware and southeastern PA. Missed us by a county, but too close for comfort. We had a severe thunderstorm warning and high winds, too. More rain is coming as the temps drop from the 60’s to the 30’s today with less wind. It may end with snow!

I put off doing a load of laundry…didn’t want to get caught in a power outage with laundry in the washer.

I also hate it when they go live with the local weather, scare everyone half to death, AND make us miss half of the Hoda & Jenna part of the Today Show, especially since Oprah was coming to meet Hoda for the first time.

OK…I’m finished complaining. Have a good weekend.

We may see sun tomorrow!

Off to the basement and laundry.

Happy Heart Day!

Frozenoem

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It's snowing and will continue until 10pm or later. Yesterday 6", eventually another 18"+.

My snowblower IS working like new! Forgot how torquey it was, no shoveling will be required👍.

Went for my first drag with it, had to use deadman to stop it, think I'll wait for the sleet to be covered up before digging out.

Staying upright is good🤣. Emergency coffee supplies arrived last night, I will survive.😎

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good afternoon to everyone on the Front Porch on this Tuesday in February, 2020.

We set a record for snowfall on Sunday the 9th. We had a sunny day yesterday and the snow melted on the cleared driveway along with the road. We are looking at about 10 below Wednesday night. More snow in the forecast for Sunday.

Not much going on here. Hoping everyone is having a safe week give the weather forecasts we have had.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

catwoman500

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Hi, Everybody,

Have you heard of the trending broomstick challenge? Not much of a challenge:

Guess I could have straightened up the kitchen before I took this photo! HA!

Don't forget...Friday is Valentine's Day!

LaDolceVita

Community Champion ⭐

Hi folks. Dealing with dreadfully slow computer so it takes me forever to get on here. Will remedy very soon. Its rain and more rain here and warm air comes in with clouds which usually means storms and tornadoes but none so far thankfully. All is well with me.

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