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List just one thing you did today

I asked AI to solve one of my riddles. It took several guesses following several clues to finally guess the answer. I kinda teased it with emojis like these 😉😏😂 as I provided the clues and responded to it's incorrect guesses. After it finally got it right, it wanted to challenge me to solve some that it came up with. I guessed both on the first attempt. That made me rather happy.🙂
 
Thanks, everyone, for thinking about us in the awful ice storm. Electricity is still off. It's been 24 hours now. No idea when it will be restored. I just tossed handfuls of sunflower seeds on the driveway for the birds. Later, I'll bring all the birdfeeders into the garage so the ice on them will melt and I can open and refill them.
 
Having a friend of ours including his wife come from the UK. I picked them up from the airport this morning. We met 10 years ago and that is when the friendship started. He brought my brothers and I including my dad some merchandise from a towing yard over there, Crouch recovery. They know we love collecting anything towing yard related. Said I want to come over to visit in March sometime and that is going to happen
 
I helped my sister turn off the water to the outdoor faucet in her front yard after the water line froze and burst yesterday. She had a 20-foot geyser behind her house, panicked, texted me to come help her because she couldn't turn it off. I went and immediately discovered that she was turning the knob in the wrong direction! LOL. That's why we always drain all hoses and cover all the outdoor faucets with insulated covers during freezing weather. Her husband forgot to do that for just that one water line. Fortunately, it didn't affect the water in their house.
 
Mary Terry said:
I helped my sister turn off the water to the outdoor faucet in her front yard after the water line froze and burst yesterday. She had a 20-foot geyser behind her house, panicked, texted me to come help her because she couldn't turn it off. I went and immediately discovered that she was turning the knob in the wrong direction! LOL. That's why we always drain all hoses and cover all the outdoor faucets with insulated covers during freezing weather. Her husband forgot to do that for just that one water line. Fortunately, it didn't affect the water in their house.
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Seeing Oxford MS in the news last night...looked pretty grim. Exactly as if it were a New England or Virginia ice storm. :eek:

Stay warm, stay safe.
 
@Mary Terry , in MN, we were told to leave the faucet just barely on to prevent that from happening, but l just covered the faucet heads. Had leftovers from Thai restaurant for dinner tonight.
 
Judge said:
Seeing Oxford MS in the news last night...looked pretty grim. Exactly as if it were a New England or Virginia ice storm. :eek:

Stay warm, stay safe.
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Lots of trees were involuntarily pruned by ice. The highways and roads in north Mississippi are still solid sheets of ice and completely undriveable. Many people don't realize that there is a HUGE difference between a snowstorm and an ice storm. You can plow snow off roads, but you can't plow solid ice without damaging the roads.
 
Aspychata said:
@Mary Terry , in MN, we were told to leave the faucet just barely on to prevent that from happening, but l just covered the faucet heads. Had leftovers from Thai restaurant for dinner tonight.
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We drip the faucets inside the house (actually a small stream of both hot and cold water) but it's recommended that we drain outside garden hoses and cover outside faucets. So far, so good for us.
 
Mary Terry said:
Lots of trees were involuntarily pruned by ice. The highways and roads in north Mississippi are still solid sheets of ice and completely undriveable. Many people don't realize that there is a HUGE difference between a snowstorm and an ice storm. You can plow snow off roads, but you can't plow solid ice without damaging the roads.
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Holy cow - we get weather like that pretty often, but since it happens so often, we're used to it & geared up for it.

Weirdly, the last week has been cold & blowing snow, but the real bad stuff stopped south of us (Northern Michigan).

Best wishes & be careful!


Today while filling the bird feeder I saw an impact crater, about a foot in diameter, with feathers scattered around it.

When I got nearer, a small hawk rose out of the crater carrying a bird. Blue Jay, judging by the feathers.

It seems I am feeding several types of birds.
 
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