Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

65°F and no rain, looking like another pretty day.

Be safe
Have a great day

 

[sodamo]

Good morning! 57 good spring day. Yesterday's cattleguard project hit a snag when dad's tractor could not lift it. I had to just get after it and clean it out by hand. But I did use the FEL as a wheelbarrow. six buckets and 7 hours later the job is done. This should keep the cattle out of the yard for for another 5 years. After I dug down I saw what the problem was. There are 6 pipes under the dirt underneath connecting the 10" I beams. My Mom used to keep it clean out with a hoe but she can't do that anymore.
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Don,
Sounds like customizing a shovel to proper width might be beneficial.

 

[txdon]

Don,
Sounds like customizing a shovel to proper width might be beneficial.

That's exactly what I was thinking. I need to grind off the edges.

 

[B7510HSD]

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I just looked at mine they are LUX. We have 2, we can do rice in 10 minutes while the other is cooking the main dish.
We also use them when steaming tamales, it's a lot quicker.

The absolute best part is you just put on the lid and it does the rest, no burning, no sticking, no stirring and fast.

Thank you good info!! And good timing my wife want a new slow cooker I think this would do both.

 

[rswyan]

Good afternoon Good Morningers

32F and partly cloudy here @ 15:00, won't get above 50F for the next 10 days ... so hibernation will probably continue a while longer.

Just stoppin' by to say Hey !

Glad to see the crew all now appear to doing well ... :thumbsup:

I recently saw a cardiologist (first time in mebbe 4 years or so I think) and had an echo cardiogram done, which turned out to be a fairly pleasant surprise. They measured my ejection fraction at just over 50% ... which is **** sight better than it was 4 years ago when the two tests they did ranged I think from in the high teens to a little over 30%.

I asked how they figured that happened and the cardiologist said "Your heart repaired itself." Ahhh ... ok ...

Told him that seemed kinda impressive ... considering I hadn't been taking any meds ... and the other thing of course ...

So with that bit of encouraging news, I agreed to get back on the heart meds. My cholesterol was borderline high (230's IIRC) so I agreed to give a statin another whirl as well. Blood ox (98%) and sugar (92) were both good ...

Also saw an orthopedic doc who diagnosed my hip condition as just being bursitis. A shot of lidocaine/cortisone in each hip and I was strutin again :laughing: ... although at this point (3 weeks in ?) the cortisone starting to wear off a bit. Good to know tho' that I probably won't be requiring new hips anytime soon.

Have some recent additions here ... two of the Julies paired off and have spawned ... probably a dozen or so fry in the tank at this point. This is either Poppa or Momma ... not really sure which at this point:

 

[riptides]

Good afternoon Good Morningers
.....

That's good news on the health front.

Your fish news brought a heavy sigh from me. We just sold the 125 gallon a day or so ago.

That looks like a beautiful setup, and a happy fish!

 

[daugen]

nice fish RS! You've really come a long way with that tank. May they all have long life and may the ick go next door.
I worked outside for six hours today, the beginning thankfully in a warm cab digging holes, and then this afternoon I planted
25 hybrid willows. Edge of an old farm field, other than roots, very soft sandy soil and easy to plant in.
Frankly it feels like magic compared to what I've been used to all my life.

High thirties, windy, plenty of fresh air for me. I'm sitting in my chair with the little heater blasting away at me and
I'm trying to warm some cold bones. One more day of this cold.

Made a fresh pot of coffee since I admit to drinking leftovers this morning with lots of milk.
A little later I'm going to sit down in the kitchen and cut up the rest of the seed potatoes I have, as my
fireman neighbor expressed interest in my leftovers. It's time to plant potatoes here. And snap peas and hardy green beans.
I just jumped the gun a little...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

That's exactly what I was thinking. I need to grind off the edges.

I did that to an old regular shovel to make a trench shovel. Can in very handy for the irrigation system I was installing at the time, and cost nothing but a bit of my time.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Thank you good info!! And good timing my wife want a new slow cooker I think this would do both.

If you order an InstaPot, be sure to get the glass lid so you can slow cook with it. That's how I use mine most of the time, and unlike most slow cookers I've had in the past, it doesn't scorch the food to the bottom of the pot. And with the saute function, I can sear chunks of beef and clarify onions in the same pot.:thumbsup:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Hey yerself, RS! Good to hear yer alive'n'kickin', and probably healthier than I am.:laughing:

I'll be curious to hear how the statins work out for you. I've been on 'em for several years now, and I'm starting to think that part of my over all sore joints might be caused by them. I'll probably stop them for a couple months once the weather gets warm and I start getting more active to see if it makes any difference. Other than that, I haven't noticed any other ill effects, and I'm not even sure the joint pain is associated with them.