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<p>OKlahoma was about the same. The winter and spring that would
never end, then in July the hottest most humid heat I ever
experienced. I waited for September to get some outside work
done, and then it started raining and when that quit, it turned
cold. I have to get the shop cleaned out to get something done.
I have worked outside on everything for years, and the weather
just will not cooperate.<br>
Cecil<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/30/2019 7:12 PM, Indiana Robinson
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<div>Hi Greg:<br>
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<div>Year from hell is about right for the weather here in
Central Indiana too. At least we have only had a tiny amount
of snow so far. There were thousands of acres unplanted here
and south of here. Then it stayed really hot and dry most of
the summer. Pastures did poorly early and in mid summer both.
Hay is running quite short around here and quality is poor.
About "everything" was difficult this year.</div>
<div>Diana and I have both been ill since the weekend after
Thanksgiving with what the medical folks said is bronchitis
caused by a viral infection. It is very prevalent around here
and they say it has been really hard to get rid of it. We keep
thinking we are going to get over it and then it comes back. I
"think" that I have a handle on mine now but I'm not sure
about Diana yet.</div>
<div>Everyday stuff like horse fence work and wood cutting and
splitting has been tough along with any brain work. :-) I
got a major reprieve on part of that this past week. Our
youngest daughter came home for Christmas from Vermont along
with her daughter and son-in-law. She announced that she was
giving us 8 ricks of seasoned and split firewood from a local
vendor as a Christmas present. Also last week our son dropped
2 tri-axle loads of big wood he acquired from a tree trimmer
that we can cut and split. Lots of stuff in it is short logs
about 5' to 6' or so long and about 12" to 28" in diameter.
Most of it is pretty straight stuff unlike a lot of tree
trimmer wood. Then later he dropped off a shiny new 25 ton
wood splitter that he said he decided that the farm just
needed. It is a trailer type that will pivot to vertical or
horizontal as wanted. I've always split all of my firewood by
hand with mauls and wedges (since 1965).<br>
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<div>We have good kids... I understand that there had been some
behind the scene discussions about these things<br>
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<div>*****</div>
<div>BTW, Happy Birthday Spencer...</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 12:27
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I have not solved my problem, I did get Ralph's reply and his
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weather report. Our weather here in Michigan's thumb is
different. We <br>
have had the year from He$$. Spring was late and cold and
wet. We <br>
started planting when we should have been done planting. Then
it quit <br>
raining and we had only about an inch for the whole summer and
that came <br>
in about 5 small rains of only a tenth or two. Then we went
from summer <br>
straight to winter with over a foot of snow the first part of
November <br>
just as corn harvest started along with temperatures of as
low as 7 <br>
degrees F. We broke all kinds of records the first half of
November. <br>
Harvesting losses on corn were quite high as I had to keep the
header <br>
above the snow. One time I guess I wasn't high as the sieves
in the <br>
combine plugged with snow and I lost about 75 bushels before I
caught <br>
it. Also with all the snow and mud, and there were many like
me, each <br>
bin load in the combine had to be taken to the road and
unloaded there, <br>
further slowing things down. The seasons have reversed because
as I <br>
write this after 11 P.M. it is 40 degrees out and raining with
around 2 <br>
inches expected. The weatherman on the TV station for our area
said in <br>
the next 2 days mother nature is going to throw us everything
but the <br>
kitchen sink; rain, snow, sleet,cold and high winds. Our
normal temps <br>
for this date are 30 daytime and 15 night time.<br>
Greg Hass<br>
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aka "farmer"<br>
Central Indiana USA<br>
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