<div dir="ltr">To say that 2020 was unusual , I can say I have in all my 81 years never seen so many problems in the World . We survived two HURRICANES back to back and so for have outran the covid 19 virus . Then we start 2021 with the same covid 19 and winter has sat in with a grudge , 14* in Sulphur Louisiana and 4 to 5 inches of snow on the ground with everything frozen yesterday morning and NO electricity and only a trickle of water . The only difference from yesterday and today is we have electricity . When it is all said and done , I thank the good Lord above for giving me the health and energy in order to survive . My old daddy taught me many years ago to NEVER GIVE UP as things will get better . We southerners are NOT used to or equipped for freezing rain , sleat and snow but we just have to improvise in order to survive and if we can make it for a few more days , well , who knows what happens next . just bring it on and let`s see .</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 8:50 AM Mattias Kessén <<a href="mailto:davidbrown950@gmail.com">davidbrown950@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Nice photos!<div><br></div><div>Thank's for sharing.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Med vänlig hälsning</div><div><br></div><div>Mattias Kessén</div><div><br></div><div>Hässelstad Solhöjden 2</div><div>594 93 Gamleby</div><div><br></div><div>070-523 59 00</div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Den ons 17 feb. 2021 kl 15:15 skrev Mark Johnson <<a href="mailto:markjohnson100@centurylink.net" target="_blank">markjohnson100@centurylink.net</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Dean & all:</p>
<p>This brings back memories of my youth - during one of the big
blizzards in the late 1970s (not sure if it was 77, 78, or 79) my
dad set out, after the snow stopped, with a similar setup with a
6' blade to plow out our driveway (attached to either a 620 or to
a Farmall 300) - which was the better part of a quarter mile from
the state highway that fronts the farm. However, while the snow
had stopped, there was a strong west wind blowing across the
north-south driveway...Pop had started down at the road and was
working his way back toward the house; he had plowed out about
halfway up the driveway when he looked back at where he had
started - and saw that it had already drifted in to a point where
he couldn't tell he'd done anything.</p>
<p>My dad, being the smart guy that he was (and boy, do I miss him,
even after 5 years) just picked up the blade and drove the tractor
back to the shed. He waited until the wind died down before trying
again - which was the next morning. Fortunately for the folks,
they didn't need to leave the farm for anything, just keep the
cattle fed. <br>
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<p>I think this might have been the same winter that Pop had to plow
roads across the fields in order to be able to haul hay (big
bales) to the herd. The snow was so deep that the cows used his
roads instead of walking through what was hip-deep to them! Smart
animals, too.</p>
<p>Stay warm, all! Snowing again here in Missouri.</p>
<p><img src="cid:177b077ef1774b109761" alt=""></p>
<p>Mark J</p>
<p>Columbia, MO<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">About 8” of new snow last night and this
morning, so this afternoon I got the 620 out to clear the
driveway. That was way more fun than shoveling the steps.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dean Vinson<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saint Paris, Ohio<u></u><u></u></p>
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