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MORNING ROLL CALL JUNE 2022. CLOSED

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February 27, 2022
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MORNING ROLL CALL May - JUNE 2022. CLOSED

Good morning everyone on this first morning of June 2022.

Due to the limited use of this topic I am extending it here for another two months.

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bp58274922

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I thought i was confused and had lost a day

Frozenoem

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March wth 5 below, started the day awaiting the oil company to fling a string of expletives at, no heat from furnace, after being charged $100 per hour for fixing it.

Now I remember why I have wood backup, temperature is finally rising, expletives are slowing in usage.

Kitchen pipes are frozen, heater is aimed at cabinet to thaw pipes and bleeder valve is still trickling in basement.

@LaDolceVita

Hope your move goes smoothly.

Frozen takes on a new meaning.

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

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

Wednesday after noon, house has returned to normal👍, 5 am Tuesday heard water draining in bsmt thru bleeder valve, and gurgling Gertie airing out in kitchen. Have water once more in kitchen, celebratory laundry day.

Sometime in June, really need to put in bsmt railing and maybe explore more insulation, haven’t had a freeze up since 2001, the year with minimal snow and frost down to 10 foot level.

Discovered more about plumbing that year than I ever want to remember again, septic system froze that year but, Charlestown was warmer.

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!

MsStretch

Community Champion ⭐⭐

Blowing freezing snow here -- my worst nightmare after the debacle at the beginning of the year.

Developed serious medical issue and can't remember that last time I saw this many doctors and had this many tests, so I've been pretty scarce and will probably continue to be so until we call a wrap on this.

@catwoman500 , I can assure you that medical offices still require masks. Here in VA anyway, but for the most part, they are scarce everywhere else. Mandates have been lifted in all 50 states and yet we have empty trucks driving in circles around here still protesting. 🤦

Catch you on the flip side.

Frozenoem

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@MsStretch

Isn’t maturity grand, 2-3 years later, 20-30 specialties later, lots of maybes.Tests, dyes and to many acronyms to remember later -ekg,emg,cat, bloodwork,etc.

My issues are delayed courtesy of still Covid high numbers, see me in June.🤬 After 30 more tests😡🤬

@catwoman500

Even in my little backwater, masks required in hospitals, doctors, cabs, public transit,, and TSA has extended mask requirement for another 30 days.

At this stage 2 forgot the color, I’m just wearing a mask if anyone doesn’t like it ,they can deal with my cane or neighbors, even R’s.👍

Time to feed the fire newest, greatest pills are keeping me cold.

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!

LaDolceVita

Community Champion ⭐

@catwoman500 My daffodils are finished for the year. I have made 2 trips moving stuff but all that is at a standstill as basement is being finished. @Frozenoem @MsStretch Sorry about the medical issues you are having, being sick is bad enough but the appointments take up so much time and you just sit and wait for hours as their prisoner.

OscarE1968

Community Champion ⭐

Good morning Wonderful People here On The Front Porch 🙂. Hope everyone is doing well! Thought I stop by and say hello, it's been a while since I was last here. Wish everyone a Wonderful Blessed day, hopefully soon I can return to my retirement and spend more time on the front porch. Be safe, stay sane 🙂

Frozenoem

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@OscarE1968

I did almost retire but, decided work would be better at least until the lakes are open water again, or perhaps until grass appeared once more.

@LaDolceVita

@catwoman500

@MsStretch

Only feel really trapped during 3-4 hour appointments. The rest of the time it’s in & out, no more than hour, and what joy can I expect next.

It’s the 1 1/2 hour ride to hospital that irritates the most each way, rural life for sanity.

Won’t have to undergo another 4-hour test until April, and that one promises to be a bugger, I’ll. Be slightly radioactive for 2 days after.

Beyond that it’s hurry up and wait and dwindling sanity, returned to work so I wouldn’t think about my tests.Or anything other than work, it’s just easier.

At least the numbers of delta, omicron? And Covid are down finally lowest numbers in 2 years. Now, if they just could stay that way until May-June or earlier I’d be happiest.

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!

catwoman500

Community Champion ⭐⭐

Hi, Everyone,

Hoping you all are enjoying some spring-like weather. We certainly aren’t. Cold and rainy all day today and then colder this weekend. Hope we soon surface from this dullness into some nice warm sun!

Yesterday the rain held off until the late afternoon. I was happy since I had a couple of friends over for coffee and to see the renovations. So they got in and out with no rain.

@MsStretch…hope you are feeling better. 🌻

@LaDolceVita …my daffs are finally blooming and I see a faint green on the lilac bush!

@Frozenoem …I’ll get a Geiger counter or look for a glow in the sky to the north next month! That test sounds scary. 😲

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good evening to everyone here on the Front Porch! It is nice to be updated by several here. Seems everyone has been busy and some have been dealing with some of life's challenges and finding some solutions

Things here in Southern Wisconsin have been full of minor issues. We have had a full range of weather from temperatures well below freezing to Temps in the 60's. We have had rain, sleet, and snow. A few sunny days mixed in.

We got our 2nd booster shot this morning.

Take care, be safe and stay well.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

OscarE1968

Community Champion ⭐

Good morning Friends On the Front Porch ☀️!!! Want to wish all of you a very Wonderful Blessed Passover/Easter. Be safe, have fun but most of all have a great time with family and friends.

LaDolceVita

Community Champion ⭐

Hello everyone I have missed you and glad to catch up with you again. @MsStretch I am glad to hear you are doing well and do not need chemo! Yeah good for you being active and hiking in those parks. @Frozenoem it is miserable for you to be tortured thus. Sounds like you still have no idea what is going on. I had a bout with being imprisoned in the health system, over 3 hours. I had to have diagnostic mammogram and they put me through the wringer. More and more pictures and then a sonogram. Nothing showed on sonogram so they want me to return in 6 months. I do not like these networks most doctors have joined, feel like its one size fits all.

Happy Easter to all. I really will move in the next few weeks🤞

MsStretch

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Hi everyone. Oh yeah, I've been having a rip roaring time. I was in the hospital at VCU in Richmond last week for surgery to remove a mass from my colon -- yep, colon cancer. BUT... all went well. Just got home on Sunday and moving slow and easy, but I am hanging in there. Got good vibes from my initial appointment with the surgeon and she did say chemo would not be necessary.

Had a battery of tests/scans prior to surgery to see if anything had spread, including a lung biopsy, and all came back clear/negative. 😮‍💨 Whew!

Gee, when I decide to go down, I go big. Go big or go home, huh? 😁 70 hit and everything went downhill, but all my labs said I was in fairly good health and the surgeon did say it helped I was normally active. So remember, physical activity does help, even it it's just a little bit at a time. 🙂

Frozenoem

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@MsStretch

Glad you got answers quicker and solutions, happy that everything is improving. My downfall came at 68, despite walking and exercising regularly.

My bugger was accepting using a cane for stability,and slowing down, to.2 miles per day regardless of weather - snow, sleet or cold.

Walking does keep things working, long hikes will take awhile to reach that stage.But hopefully will be back to normal by black fly or tree frog season, aka Summer.

@catwoman500

@DaveMcK

Might be why I’m so over Winter snows and arctic cold, and ready to start the Maine perpetual wave, for flies and mosquitoes.

Time to get moving and consider putting the parka, Sorels, wool hat and gloves away, temp finally hit 59* with no snow in forecast🤣.

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

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this sunny Tuesday morning.

Yesterday's lite snow has melted. It is headed East from here.

Need to find someone to bring a new car battery for my older car as it has died again.

Love our indoor parking area here at our retirement center until something goes wrong with the car.

Such is life when you own a car.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

LaDolceVita

Community Champion ⭐

Hi folks. @DaveMcK I have had a terrible time with everything going out the last few months. Two refrigerators, washing machine, and today the battery in the stairwell chair. Flat tire last Friday in the grocery store parking lot.

We are enjoying beautiful weather, about 70 for a few days.We have already not enjoyed some 80s.

catwoman500

Community Champion ⭐⭐

@LaDolceVita ...Holy cow! Talk about things happening in 3's...You're working on SETS of 3. Hope some better luck flies in your direction. You deserve it!

Happy May to everyone. Kind of hard to believe it's May already. Our temps have yet to prove that it's spring, let alone May. Sitting inside with 2 sweatshirts on, and a while ago I had my fingerless gloves on.

Hoping you all are doing well.

@Frozenoem ...thought of you last week when I heard 8 inches of the white stuff could land in ME...did it?

@MsStretch ... Sure hope you are making progress! 😻

My lilacs are blooming!

Frozenoem

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

@catwoman500

It did snow 3-4 days back, temps now up to 55*.Been camping with spotty cell coverage. Reason to drop off planet for abit.

Lakes are finally in ice out stage, and with luck might hit 60 in another week or so. Not getting my hopes up until Mid-May for last frost.

Enjoy

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!

OscarE1968

Community Champion ⭐

Good morning Friends On The Front Porch !! Hope everyone is doing well! I would like to take this time and Wish All You Wonderful Ladies A Happy Mother's Day 💐💐💐 May You all have a blessed day surrounded by Family and friends.

catwoman500

Community Champion ⭐⭐

Hi, Everyone,

@LaDolceVita ...WOW! That is way too hot, and we are way too cold.

Mother's Day weekend was a trifecta of ugly...rain, wind, and cold. Then for some unknown reason on Sunday night we lost power for about an hour. My thought is that a car hit a utility pole because I heard loads of sirens right after the power flew the coop.

Funny thing...I was in the bathtub...thank goodness it's still light at that time or I would have been in one "youknowwhatof" a mess! 😮

This week promises to be warming up. 70's by Thursday, maybe????

You all take care!

My hands are cold...need a mug of...

Frozenoem

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

Finally mud season has passed, tree frogs are 🐸 ng., and temps have hit 70-80 by day👍.Overnight lows in 40-50’s.

Have volunteered to fill water towers at lake camps, and the ice on the lakes are disappearing finally. Water in lakes has finally been released by dams, looks like things will be back to semi-normal.

Finally have been rescheduled for Doctors appt’s, and looks like answers and corrections by June?

Time to store my winter gear and put away the parka and boots with luck.

Will be back eventually.

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

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

Good Saturday morning to everyone on the Front Porch. We have had several record breaking days with temperatures in the low to mid 90's. We have not had the major wind storms that many parts of fhe country have had.

Many parts of Wisconsin and other locations in the Great Lake state are having continuing droughts which will impact food crops in the months ahead.

Large numbers of chickens have been destroyed because of Avian influenza so do not expect any decreases in your food costs from here.

Hoping everyone has a blessed weekend!

Our flowering trees and flowers are in bloom which are brighting our days.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

LaDolceVita

Community Champion ⭐

Very dry here too. Home grown tomatoes will be a struggle this year. Very little spring to enjoy looks like we are in summer mode. I am packing and cleaning and all that entails.

MsStretch

Community Champion ⭐⭐

Dreary and on the cool side (for me) here in VA. The 80s sound marvelous to me and a little solar energy would be nice. 🌞

Unfortunately, I am gearing up for chemo after all. Pathology came back that all was clear, BUT 2 of the lymph nodes that were removed were cancerous, so surgeon recommended chemo as a precaution against a reoccurrence in 5 years. Had a follow-up PET scan and oncologist said all was looking great. Had the port inserted a couple of days ago and will begin next week. So on to the next phase in this grand adventure, but looking forward to some great outdoors adventures for sure. 🚶‍

Frozenoem

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

@MsStretch

Personally would rather not have this lengthy of an adventure but, glad you’re getting repairs done.

90* in my mountains and I’m bored beyond belief.Walking fine but, don’t overexert? Isn’t that why we hike? Don’t cut the grass when it’s hot? I’ll figure that one out Monday when Spring returns.

Time to mist clothes with Permethrine, it’s that time of the year - black fly season. Passed my first shiny kid smelling of Deet last night, followed by 2 frantically “Maine waving” parents Find myself hoping the next cold snap and frost actually kills some of the flies next week.

On that cheery note have to fill a 1000 gallons water tank, that ought to be fun, rest and I don’t agree, at least I now know (kinda) what impending doom feels like and when to find somewhere to sit.Looked at the air conditioner last night and decided against putting it in window, got the extended weather and just didn’t want to bother 30-40’s overnight lows a week out.

Blood lunar eclipse coming Sunday night to a dark corner of the planet, should be visible everywhere, east coast between 9pm -12:23am. Just keep looking up, no funky viewing equipment needed for this eclipse of moon.Next in November and then maybe in 2-3 years. I’m going to try if rain, fog or smoke in white mountain state park (NH) doesn’t impede my view.

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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!

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