Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

Good Morning.
35 going up to 39 and rain showers.
Wind S17 gusting to 24 mph.

We got a new Pug puppy yesterday (not my idea) and miraculously the thermostat went from a comfortable sleeping temperature of 68 right up to 72 F. I wasn't aware of 6 week old puppies being able to jump up 5' to do that. So I guess I will have to blame one of the cats.

Have a good day, all.

great story. Now if you can get your cats to turn on the heat for your dogs, you really have some pet harmony there...

 

[Buppies]

30 high of 54 today sunny skies

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 35° with mostly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 48° with some rain in late afternoon. Dentist visit went OK. Except, need a small filling. That will be next week. I have not checked the list yet. The rain we had over weekend must have brought in some dirt with it. May put window washing on top of list today.

Randy, TSC has a Thanksgiving special on a Side by Side that will go 40mph.
Looking, cats and dogs adjusting thermostat's. Story from the great white north.
Drew, nice mower.
Good Morning All.

 

[txdon]

Don how are you going to keep all the tamale variations separated, German/Tex-Mex, meat vs veggie

The tamale party went well.
We made the veggie tamales the day before to avoid cross contamination. The Ger/Mex tamales were a combination of mildly spiced pulled shoulder pork with a cranberry salsa topping. The Moms will have several weeks of tamales. After the making and during the cooking we went to one of Dad's pecan trees and picked up 5 gallons of pecans. A fun time was had by all. The other Mom had just lost a daughter about a month ago so this was getting out and on after her grieving, she did well.

We sent flowers to her daughter's funeral and then went to it. I noticed that there were not a lot of flowers, all white, and none that matched the colorful flowers we ordered. After the service we called FTD florists and they could not contact the flower shop they used. I've always wondered if the flowers are really delivered to a large event such as a funeral, now I know. What a scam in that part of Houston. Later we found out there was also another non delivery. I doubt seriously they would have called us and told us the delivery was not made and refund us.

Ron, another cousin story.
At my Dad's funeral some of my distant German cousins were able to successfully send flowers to the funeral home only 5 hours after we notified them of his death. But of course one of my cousins owns the flower shop in town and she is very good, you have to be in a small town.

51˚ heading to the 70s.

 

[Thomas]

22F at dawn high 50F blue sky little breeze.
Think its going to be one of those days at work.v

Enjoy the day all.

 

[rswyan]

38F and mostly clear, heading up to around 50F for a high. Wind is blowing around 17 mph out of the southwest. Cold front comes in later, snow will be flying by 20:00 ...

Really not liking this cold weather.

Got the top hole modification for quick-hitch compatibility on the rake 3PH section finished yesterday. Had to go over to Home Depot to pick up a 7" zip disc to get a enough reach to cut the front to rear brace out, grabbed one of their 4 1/2" "Avanti" grinding discs to try out. Since HF changed their grinding discs, they seem to glaze up fairly quickly and cut poorly so I've been looking for a replacement. Seems to work pretty well ... might have to pick up an 7" grinding disc as well, for that extended reach.

Going to Rural King later to pick up a cylinder for the hydraulic angle. And maybe up to McMaster after that, to pick up the tube for the pivot.

 

[rswyan]

... Rsyan, my dad used to say you were not a welder unless you could get a spark in your shoe and not break the arc

:thumbsup:

The one I'm really hoping to avoid is having one go in my ear while welding overhead ...

Thoughts and prayers for Mom.

 

[PJSprog]

35°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 55° today.

Wife got the stitches in her thumb removed yesterday. Still looks a little gnarly, but everything has closed up nicely. It's still sore, and she's keeping it wrapped to limit mobility for now.

She's also been house cleaning like a mad woman. We're having some friends over Thursday for Thanksgiving, and naturally she thinks the house is still a disaster after the remodeling work. It's not, but she's on a mission, so I just stay out of the way and accept orders as they come. Happy Wife = happy life.

Pj, I used to have my 8 track recorder, Tascam 688, set up and did some recording at home and at church. Are you going to do any recording too. Sounds like you are almost set up for it.

Ed, I happened upon my Tascam 488 in it's box in storage last week. Those 488/688s were pretty nice little multi-track recorders, even if it was on cassette tapes. I replaced it some years ago with a Roland VS-1824CD 16-track digital recorder. So, yeah, the whole purpose of that room is to be my home recording studio. Here are some pics around the little room:

The guitar wall: Alvarez acoustic (Wife's guitar), Austin Classical, Jackson Dinky reverse headstock, Squier Fat Strat, empty space for Les Paul I haven't found yet, Epiphone Dot Studio
On the floor: Roland C-180 digital pipe organ (top), Roland XP-80 workstation (bottom), Roland PK-5 pedal keyboard (not pictured), Ampeg PB-210 amp (used for keyboards), and Alesis DM-10 Studio electronic drum kit

The bass wall: Squier Jazz, '73 Rickenbacker 4001, Fishbone custom 6-string, Dean EAB acoustic-electric, and Krutz Gamba 3/4-size double bass

Under the cover is the Roland VS-1824CD multi-track recorder, and an Altec Lansing monitor system

Guitar and bass amps are against the wall not pictured, behind the door.

This room is slowly becoming my little slice of heaven on earth. I should have everything connected and fully functional by this weekend. :thumbsup:

 

[daugen]

lower links of little Massey to ironworks shop, who will cut off the ends with a massive metal saw and then weld on new ones.
I really wanted a weld job better than my usual 50% weld/50% slag. Lot of pull on these things; old ones just rattled around in there.
I need tighter balls, ahem. That sure got the welding boys hee hawing...

 

[CWB Wyo]

A warmer 37* this morning, yesterday's high was 51*. It's going to be partly cloudy with a high in the low 50's and some wind.

I need to put a hitch on the sled to pull it around. Everything is up at the neighbors house so I get to try his mig welder out. I've only welded with flux core. If I like it I may change over to mig welding.

Hope everyone has a nice day.
CWB.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Rswyan, Had the ear thing happen one time, could hear wax frying. :shocked: Not a good thing at all.

Was working in a auto parts store one time and a mechanic came in and wanted something to ware when he used the cutting torch. We were surprised because we knew he did not ware anything but sunglasses for that. We showed him a small pair of googles and no he wanted something bigger and he finely got a big face shield. We knew something had happened and asked. He was under a car cutting a muffler off and a ball of hot metal went up his nose and he spit it out. We believed him because of the look on his face. Makes you think.

Hove a goof afternoon. Ed

 

[sodamo]

63°F and .08 inches rain

Need to drain, clean and refill the hot tub today.

Be safe
Have a great day

 

[RedNeckGeek]

The one I'm really hoping to avoid is having one go in my ear while welding overhead ... .

That happened to me, I think last year, when I was welding the FEL arms back together. It was an overhead weld, and I didn't have one of those welding hats with the short bill that would cover my uphill ear. A BB jumped right in, I heard a squeaky pfffft, and couldn't hear very well out of that ear for quite a while.:shocked:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

This room is slowly becoming my little slice of heaven on earth. I should have everything connected and fully functional by this weekend. :thumbsup:

Great collection of music tools ya got there, PJ. The acoustic foam looks great, too. What kind is it and where'd ya get it?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 57 @ 8:45AM. Sunshine and clouds mixed. High near 65F. Winds light and variable.

Got some tension into the front wheel yesterday, dialed out some, but not all, of the hop, and got it centered (no dish). Not as straight as I'd like but that rim isn't in the best of shape, either. I'll tension it up a bit more, true it one more time, and call it good.

One of the Tap switches for the Philips Hue smart lights in the office went dead a couple of days ago, and after no answer from Philips tech support, I started digging around on the 'net to find a fix. Recommended fix was to delete it from the control software, then add it back, but when I checked the Home app on the iPhone I found four entries for the switch. Tried the Philips Hue app, and found that each of the switches there had a unique but not very descriptive name. Fixed that, deleted and readded the Tap switch, and it started working again. Three days later and still no response from Philips tech support...:confused2:

Grocery shopping in town this afternoon, and another progress meeting with the mechanic. He was supposed to have worked on the engine over the weekend. It'll be his last chance before I go through with the plan to sell the motor to his ex-business partner and source another. Probably hear a bunch more excuses and not see anything, so the expectations are very low.

Found an interesting recipe for a cranberry vinaigrette dressing for the green salad I'm taking to the Thanksgiving potluck at my friend's house Thursday, and will shop for ingredients today. I usually prefer red lettuce, but will use one of those mixes of fancy greens instead, along with radishes, broccoli, and lots of cherry tomatoes. Tangy and colorful!

 

[toppop52]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 35ｰ with mostly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 48ｰ with some rain in late afternoon. Dentist visit went OK. Except, need a small filling. That will be next week. I have not checked the list yet. The rain we had over weekend must have brought in some dirt with it. May put window washing on top of list today.

Randy, TSC has a Thanksgiving special on a Side by Side that will go 40mph.
Looking, cats and dogs adjusting thermostat's. Story from the great white north.
Drew, nice mower.
Good Morning All.

I don稚 have room to go 40, but I値l look at it. After all, if some is enough, too much is just right!

 

[toppop52]

Warmer today, cooler tomorrow, up and down for a while.

 

[txdon]

I don't know if I will be able to trust Costco's reviews. After reviewing the mixer and telling exactly what happened they sent me an email saying that my review did not meet the guidelines for posting. I was very polite and even gave it a 2star, but they said it: "contains legally sensitive content". What??? I guess I try to rewrite the review and say "I returned it - just guess why".

 

[PJSprog]

Great collection of music tools ya got there, PJ. The acoustic foam looks great, too. What kind is it and where'd ya get it?

Thanks, RNG. Been collecting them for about 35 years. Still have a few brass and woodwind instruments that are not in there (trumpet, trombone, bugle, recorder, shakuhachi). The foam is generic melamine acoustic foam, which I bought from Seismic Audio's website. They seem to have the most reasonable prices I could find.

 

[daugen]

I don't know if I will be able to trust Costco's reviews. After reviewing the mixer and telling exactly what happened they sent me an email saying that my review did not meet the guidelines for posting. I was very polite and even gave it a 2star, but they said it: "contains legally sensitive content". What??? I guess I try to rewrite the review and say "I returned it - just guess why".

I'm guessing they have been sued several times and their legal dept. has now taken over. The last thing they want is public reviews describing their problems...pretty lame of them when safety is an issue.