Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

33 and light snow high of 49 today warming for rest of the week 80 maybe by Saturday

Sodamo congrats on passing the test
Ed hope your blood sugars ok

Ddoherty135 welcome to our community

Cars wife and I really like them and we have had numerous types some good some bad but at this stage in our life comfort is very important dependability and dealers who can take care of you if a problem develops. The British make beautiful cars still have quirks but overall pretty good vehicles. German cars hard to beat in ride and technology especially the big boys ie Mercedes and BMW Porsche etc. US manufacturers trucks are my limits as that's what I've owned. Japanese cars and SUVs we've owned several over the years interiors weak wear out pretty quick in our experience but do get one from point a to b.

Have personally tried Bentley, Aston Martin , Audi , MGB , Triumph Lamborghini and lots of others true the years. The younger years ride not so important now it is




Prayers for those in need

Buppies, I’d agree with your assessment of cars in general, the electrical problems MB experienced for about 15 years hurt their rep and resale. They seem to have gotten past that in the last 5-10 years.
I will say that I viewed Korean cars as you described Japanese cars, until I drove my Borrego. Excellent leather, electronics work perfectly down to the automatic tilt/telescope column. Best GPS I’ve ever had aftermarket or factory and the voice recognition is superb. Being a southern boy that’s important! And the 340 h.p. V8 does a great burnout if you turn off the ESC. FOR A 9 year old vehicle that I expected to be a gap filler, I’ve been impressed. And the 7500lb tow rating is no joke either.
I’m only saying all this because I never dreamed I’d like a KIA, let alone own one.

 

[ronjhall]

I got a nasty gram from the wife last night after I fell asleep. Seems I forgot to take her boots off. It's hard adapting to all these little things we take for granted.

LOL.

Have a great day all. Be safe!

My wife has switched to a white board for her messages. Good thing they erase quickly.

 

[Buppies]

I owned a1973 TR6 that was my everyday driver from 1974 until 1980 never let me down. Sold that car last year did not lose money did not make money

 

[Bird]

Oh no, hold me back guys, rox is posting about the goodness of olive oil for heart disease. Please people with heart disease do the research and remember each table spoon is 120 calories of just fat.

Does that mean you ain't supposed to use ANY KIND of oil, butter, or margarine in your cooking?

 

[freedomlives]

Baby Gloria is a cutie. Mama must be a trooper, my wife demanded the anesthesia.

Here's the Gloria song I like,
U2 - Gloria (1981) - YouTube

That's a bit different than what comes to my mind first. I tried singing to her the Latin "gloria in excelsis deo". My wife stopped me. Just as well that I didn't become a priest, despite years of trying at church in atlanta, I can not sing in Latin. :-D

My wife finds the pain during delivery terrible, but she says that you know its intermittent, and that its going to come to an end. She had a bad cavity in December, and she was telling someone now that the pain from that was to her worse. The book Husband Coached Childbirth by Dr. Bradley is worth reading, to make deliveries as good as possible. He grew up on a farm watching animals give birth, and basically when he entered the medical practice in the '60s, he realized the way they were doing it was all wrong. Some of his observations I'd also noticed with our goats-- the female animals tends to give birth when its quite and no one is around, and during at least the first part of labor, she goes totally limp during contractions. Our first son was born in the hospital here, and they had my wife jumping on a fitness ball during contractions, and of course strange doctors always walking through the room-- complete opposite of what was needed.

 

[Looking4new]

Bird,
I use butter, butter is better
Margarine = 1 molecule short of plastic
Olive oil and vinegar is my 'go to' salad dressing.

I've had two foreign cars in my lifetime and that was a 1961 Morris Oxford and a VW beetle. All the rest have been North American made/built.
The Morris was a good car, the VW not so much.

 

[jbrumberg]

Good morning everyone.

"... As Roy said... "Spring is here, but we sure wouldn't know it."- Thomas

Seems more like Winter than Spring. This weekend temperatures should start warming. A sunny 22F here this AM during the walk of the lower perimeter. Mixed clouds/sun now and still below freezing. Nuisance snow/rain showers tonight into tomorrow Some time this week I need to break down some 1/4's to kindling. This may be the last of the wood splitting for this season.

Ted- Good luck with the MCL. Some days were worse (some much worse depending on what stupidness I exhibited) than others during my ACL rehab. I really overdid it with the free roadside excercycle I got and set my rehab back a long time. It's too bad that the pain experienced is after the activity that caused it. Hang in there.

And yes it's nice to have the perimeter walks again. The snowpack is down/gone enough on our hill to check out this Winter's tree damage yesterday for the first time this year. We have some trees down which is typical.

David- Congratulations on passing the HAM Tech examination.

Doherty- Welcome.

I worked in a foreign sports car garage and had the opportunity to drive some really nice sports cars. Back then I had a modified Datsun 510. I really liked that quick "little box". My Honda CRXSi was as close as I ever got to a "sports car."

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers for all.

I hope that everyone has a manageable day.

 

[CWB Wyo]

The morning low was 29*, we had snow showers on and off all day yesterday with a lot of wind. Today looks a lot better, mostly sunny in the mid 50's and less wind.

Not much going on today.

Hope everyone has a nice start to the week.
CWB.

 

[toppop52]

Well it’s 39 and snowing, has me thinking about an old Elmer Fudd delicacy, “gwoundhog fwickazee”

 

[Bird]

Bird,
I use butter, butter is better
Margarine = 1 molecule short of plastic
Olive oil and vinegar is my 'go to' salad dressing.

I've had two foreign cars in my lifetime and that was a 1961 Morris Oxford and a VW beetle. All the rest have been North American made/built.
The Morris was a good car, the VW not so much.

I prefer real butter, and do keep some on hand, but we do actually use more margarine simply because it stays easier to spread.

Four of the 36 cars and pickups I've owned were foreign makes (one from England; 3 from Japan), and of course all 6 motorcycles were from foreign countries; 2 from Germany and the other 4 from Japan.

And when the VW beetle was so popular, 2 or 3 times I thought that would be practical and something I should have. But all I had to do was visit a dealership and drive one around the block and knew I didn't want it.

 

[LouNY]

Real butter only, this mornings breakfast sandwich was egg and sausage with a pat of butter in the frying pan and a slice of pepperjack cheese.
I've had quite a few cars, suv's and pickups most of them American,
did trade a 74 Gremlin for a 73 VW Thing,
then a 74 Toyota Land Cruiser,
also had a Chevy Tracker which was really a Suzuki and a Suzuki SX4.
Had 2 English motorcycles a hand full of Japanese one's (including some Hodakas) and now a HD Ultra Limited.
The worst car was the Gremlin, the best 4wd was the Land Cruiser after the small block Chevy got put in it, one of the best pickups was the 78 K20.
The nicest pickup is my current 15 RAM 1500 eco diesel.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Went down to 38, wind finally decided to shut off...now only 'breezy' at 15-20 mph. Should go up to 65 today, 70 tomorrow. No precip in the forecast.....

Swelling went down a little, pain less, but now in different spots... I think this is just all part of the healing process. They were in there messing around, I'm sure that would just be irritating by itself. Have a follow-up on Wednesday, so we'll see then. I'm still behaving myself. Need to go retrieve some groceries today, we'll see how well I do.

Ddoherty - Welcome to 'Good Morning'

David - congrats on the HAM exam...keep us posted as to the info you get from around the world!

Jay - 'walk around the lower perimeter'....did you take Brogen to show him the ropes? How is he doing?

Drew - need some updated garden pics.... How did the meeting w/ the food pantry go?

RIP - being a full time or even a part time care giver adds a ton of additional work, one small glitch is bound to happen. Hang in there. Did you get the sparrows banned from the barn?

LNF - yes ...butter...only butter!

RNG - still need pics / video of the bike running.....or it didn't happen. (Especially after your April Fools):laughing:

Andrew - make sure you and momma take in all the "baby girl" stuff now, it will seem like next week when she's asking permission to go out on a date!:shocked:

Everyone have a great start to your week! Be safe, enjoy early spring.

 

[riptides]

...
RIP - being a full time or even a part time care giver adds a ton of additional work, one small glitch is bound to happen. Hang in there. Did you get the sparrows banned from the barn?
...

Not yet, I knocked all the nests down, and purchased some lumber and screen to make some screen windows to hang over the window bays on the barn. I need something temporary that does not restrict air movement.

I may tackle that project this evening.

Keep on behaving, don't get complacent. Speedy recovery takes patience.

 

[toppop52]

Y’all would tired of reading my list of vehicles I’ve owned since the mid 60’s, it passed 140 over ten years ago. Wish I had the money now!

 

[daugen]

Little Gloria just gets born and we've got her dancing around...perhaps a future ballerina?

Meeting with Food Bank went very well, lady gave me good advice on limp tomato transplants, just lay them on their side and cover up to leaves and plant will reroot
and head straight up. If I have a trellis web to tie them to, I can go vertical but seem to have a lot of long spindly legged plants. Some of which are falling over or get blown over
in that field.

I was bad today. Went to local Ace Hardware and went through their seed dept. Bought some more seeds, and then when I got home, another seed order came in, replacing some of the beets and carrots I had wash away. So, at least if I'm stuck inside for the next day in rain, I can plant some trays of new plants.
Also got some Beck's Big Buck Horn okra, German variety coming out of Texas.

 

[riptides]

Y’all would tired of reading my list of vehicles I’ve owned since the mid 60’s, it passed 140 over ten years ago. Wish I had the money now!

Wow, including my right by marriage, I think I can count 10. But at one point, I had people giving me free leased vehicles so that helped.

 

[PJSprog]

34°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 48° today. Warmer weather is queued up for later this week, with temps in the upper 70s by Thursday.

We missed all the snow and rain that came through the area over the weekend. It all went around us Friday night, then again yesterday evening. We saw some light flurries yesterday, but that was it.

The first 10 chicks went out to the new coop over the weekend. They definitely seem to like it better than the makeshift pen. Wife has them mostly tamed. The Red Rangers are downright friendly, but the Silver Laced Wyandottes are still a bit skittish. neat-looking birds, though. The newer Buff Orpingtons are still little yellow fuzzballs, and are still inside for a few more weeks. Nights are way too cold for them.

We've already started drawing up plans to expand the coop, as 15 birds is about three times as many as we'd originally planned. Probably pick up some lumber and chicken wire this weekend and get started on that.

Congrats on the exam, David. Time to start looking at radios now. I know a few HAM operators, and all I can say is, welcome to your new addiction.

I've always liked sports cars, especially smaller ones. A neighbor behind us when I was growing up had a Triumph Spitfire that I just loved. She had nothing but trouble with it, but man, what a great-looking little car. My only real sports car was a '77 BMW 320i I bought myself for my 19th birthday back in 1985. That was a fun car. I've had a few smaller cars over the years, like a couple of VW Super Beetles, Chevy Monza hatchback, Chevy Sprint, Geo Metro, and I guess my current Kia Soul is kind of small. As much as I really like small cars, they generally weren't very practical for me. It's tough to fit music equipment in most of them. I used to load up my Geo Metro with two bass speaker cabinets, an amplifier rack, two keyboards and stands, a small light show, bass guitar case, and duffle bag of cables and accessories, ... and have just enough room to sit in the driver's seat and drive. More reasonable vehicles have been the minivans and small SUVs.

 

[txdon]

Does that mean you ain't supposed to use ANY KIND of oil, butter, or margarine in your cooking?

Extra Virgin Olive Oil may be the best type of oil for people without heart disease, but anyone who has every been diagnosed with heart disease, had stents place, had a bypass, or is on a statin, should absolutely not use any kind of oil, butter, or margarine. All oils and fats impair the endothelial function. The endothelium is the inner lining of the arteries. Here is a good discussion on why the confusion with olive oil.

Olive Oil & Artery Function | NutritionFacts.org

As you can see from the link above, although "extra virgin olive oil retains a fraction of the anti-inflammatory phytonutrients found in the olive fruit, and so doesn't appear to induce the spike in inflammatory markers caused by regular olive oil, olive oil was found to have the same impairment to endothelial function as the rest of these high-fat meals.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

This global cooling is crazy...had to start the woodstove again Saturday, and bring in more firewood to the porch yesterday... a very unusual April chore. Our lows will be in the 30s at least 2 or 3 more nights.

I owned an XKE and a Ford GT and really loved the way they held the corners on the slot car track .

My ignitor went out on my pellet stove. I should have left it alone, could have manually started the stove, but i removed the old ignitor, got wires hanging out under the burn pot, so no fires. New one should come today.

I couldn't hold a corner on a slot track...

 

[PJSprog]

Y’all would tired of reading my list of vehicles I’ve owned since the mid 60’s, it passed 140 over ten years ago. Wish I had the money now!

Wow! I count 17 cars (including wives' cars) and 4 motorcycles ... and I thought that was a lot.