Good Morning!

[ReefGrammie]

when mom and dad lived across the state from you in stuart dad cut the crowns off the store bought pineapples and planted them in miracle grow. he eventually had six going that produced great pineapples.

My dad did the same thing!! :)

I occasionally see people doing this, but we don't. Some people do bananas. Our neighbor has huge avocado and star fruit trees. We get a lot of those as a result. If you have never had star fruit, don't bother. Really bland. Of course, there are lots of people with orange and grapefruit trees. Also a lot of mango and papaya trees. When we walk our dogs we can just pick up a few from people's front yards because there are always plenty on the ground that will get thrown out.

When we lived in Miami, we had an avocado tree that produced the large "Florida" avocados and a lime tree. We also had a HUGE mango tree in the backyard. People used to come by with long poles with a net at the top to "borrow" our mangos, which was okay because they were scattered all over the yard!

 

[sp1187]

Good Morning Reefies
played in the LRO live sale this weekend.
bought a few things.
need to check the after sale.
snow just started. we are under "alert".:rolleyes:
3-6". ;Yawn;Yawn;Yawn;Yawn

pork belly is ready for the smoker.
note to self: don't put the smoker to close to the house.
apparently fat molecules get carried out in the smoke.

have a fab day.

 

[ReefGrammie]

Good morning! Found out yesterday that one of our sons was in a wreck while we were on our trip. He's fine, thank goodness, but the car isn't. Some guy had a medical event or fell asleep or something (it was around 8:00 a.m.) and took out about 6 cars. Our son had an older Mazda, so of course it was totaled. The insurance company is major low balling him by several thousand dollars and he can't even replace his car for what they are offering. I don't even know what to tell him other than keep arguing! He sent them a comp of a local car he found, which is the same year/make/model/similar miles and was about $3,000 more than they're offering. Any suggestions??

 

[sp1187]

Good morning! Found out yesterday that one of our sons was in a wreck while we were on our trip. He's fine, thank goodness, but the car isn't. Some guy had a medical event or fell asleep or something (it was around 8:00 a.m.) and took out about 6 cars. Our son had an older Mazda, so of course it was totaled. The insurance company is major low balling him by several thousand dollars and he can't even replace his car for what they are offering. I don't even know what to tell him other than keep arguing! He sent them a comp of a local car he found, which is the same year/make/model/similar miles and was about $3,000 more than they're offering. Any suggestions??

glad he's alright.
my nephew wasn't so lucky.
same kind of event... someone fell asleep at the wheel.
broken femur, ankle, knee, plus all the cuts and bruises.

NADA
https://www.nada.com/

 

[vetteguy53081]

Why couldn’t the sailor learn his alphabet?
He kept getting lost at C.

 

[Mike from TN]

Good Morning!
Mid 50’s today, WAHOO!
Gonna try to actually get some stuff done today.
Y’all have a great Monday!

 

[Paul B]

Sorry, nothing witty this morning but something rather heartbreaking.

I walked this cold morning like I always do and came down this slightly snowy patch of service road for a golf course here.



I then came across a very disturbing sight. This cat must have gotten his head stuck in this can and must have died almost instantly.

We normally only talk about our pollution killing sea creatures but skim over the land parts.

This will affect me for a long time.

I was asked to delete that disturbing photo and I agree so I did. If anyone wants to see it, PM me.

 

[fishguy242]

good morning all... :)

 

[ReefGrammie]

glad he's alright.
my nephew wasn't so lucky.
same kind of event... someone fell asleep at the wheel.
broken femur, ankle, knee, plus all the cuts and bruises.

NADA
https://www.nada.com/

Thank you! I'm so sorry about your nephew and hope he's better now. The first few cars the guy hit had drivers with worse outcomes. We feel very fortunate.

 

[WVNed]

Good morning
Rain and snow. Snow and rain. Hoping to go see another car today. Dont want to jinx it.

 

[Mike from TN]

Very disturbing photo @Paul B
Ruined my day. Please delete.

 

[sp1187]

Very disturbing photo @Paul B
Ruined my day. Please delete.

i have a hate relationship with cats that are outside, but that really sucked.

 

[Paul B]

I don't know how to do that, but I will try

 

[sp1187]

I don't know how to do that, but I will try

edit
delete the pic
save

 

[sp1187]

Thank you! I'm so sorry about your nephew and hope he's better now. The first few cars the guy hit had drivers with worse outcomes. We feel very fortunate.

thanks.
happened two weeks ago.
one multi hour surgery.
more to come.

 

[Mike from TN]

i have a hate relationship with cats that are outside, but that really sucked.

It’s the owners who get tired of them and set the unaltered ones loose that add to the feral cat population.

 

[MrsBugmaster]

Good morning. The bluebirds are back! Seems a little early. They are usually not here until late February early March. Guess I better get my bluebird feeder up.

 

[Ippyroy]

Good Morning! It's a bit nippy this morning at 5 with about an inch to an inch and a half expected. Usually not enough to even turn on the plow trucks for. I remember living in the South and cities would shut down over that much and here we don't even give it a second thought.

Good morning! Found out yesterday that one of our sons was in a wreck while we were on our trip. He's fine, thank goodness, but the car isn't. Some guy had a medical event or fell asleep or something (it was around 8:00 a.m.) and took out about 6 cars. Our son had an older Mazda, so of course it was totaled. The insurance company is major low balling him by several thousand dollars and he can't even replace his car for what they are offering. I don't even know what to tell him other than keep arguing! He sent them a comp of a local car he found, which is the same year/make/model/similar miles and was about $3,000 more than they're offering. Any suggestions??

Insurance companies are very well known to low ball, especially their first offer. The best thing to do is to just deny the offer and ask for more. Hopefully he won't have to get a lawyer involved. The one thing I learned is if you ever get in a wreck, be sure to say you are hurt. The insurance companies act a lot faster and settle for more money in order to avoid being sued for more.

 

[MrsBugmaster]

@ReefGrammie glad your son is ok!
@sp1187 hope your nephew has a speedy recovery

 

[sp1187]

It’s the owners who get tired of them and set the unaltered ones loose that add to the feral cat population.

that and owners that just let them out to go roam for a few.
they put a huge hurt on birds.
when i lived in the mobile we used to find cat killed birds at the feeders all the time.
got in a big argument with the cat owning neighbors about them letting their cats out and them killing birds.
got told "that's just what cats do.":rolleyes: