Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

Glad your Shingrex vaccine finally came in, Wng, been waiting a loooooooong time for mine. Not looking forward to it after hearing of your experience, though.

Costco had a lot of this second dose of the vaccine. The first shot didn't have negative side effects, but both my wife and I were feeling flu like all day yesterday after this one...might have been the combination of getting the flu shot at the same time.

 

[RoyJackson]

2019-11-03, 0600

32 right now...high in the mid-40's today...

Need to finish getting leaves out of the gutters today...that's about the main thing.
Also, pack my gear for a three day training session in CT (Tuesday through Thursday).
That'll be about it...

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 34° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 45° with some periods of sun. Made the mistake of stopping at the cemetery before church service yesterday. Good family was at chuch to support me. Much better in afternoon with GD cleaning house and me helping. Lots of leaves on the ground. But to wet to blow and pick up. Will get Trak-Vac setup on mower today. I still have a gas blower. See if I can get it running. Then use it or sell it. NASCAR in afternoon.

David, that is going to quite a setup.

Rick, beautiful place. Take care of them marshmallows.

Buckeye, not sure what time it is. Maybe still yesterday.

Kyle, I have a 10 pack of those bubbles. But only one tool that uses it. I should get rid of it too.

Don, nice park. More seat time?

Wngsprd, I try not to get my shots on the same day. Still have not decided about the Shingles shot. Had Shingles in 2004.

Phil, hope you make it in and out of the traffic mess in the big city. Best part of retirement. Stay out of high traffic areas.

Looking, don't get me going on taxes.

Drew, they are improving many of the area roads here. But traffic backups have been a problem. Luckley us that live on the back roads know our way around them. The city people do not like to get their vehicles dirty.

Prayers and best wishes for all.

Good Morning All.

 

[toppop52]

Friend in Bucks County just got power back after almost 36 hours out. Has a 7500w gen hard wired into house with an effective if non code. (Drew)

That is how mine is set up as well, long as you turn off the main you are golden.

30 headed to 55 later. Temps look to be up and down through the next 2 weeks, then I fear a winter event in the east by Thanksgiving.

Ellen is on her way to Philly for a Tiny house convention along with my step daughter. Frankly I prefer not living in a tool shed. LOL

Have a good day all and prayers.

 

[Thomas]

29F frosty clear sky upper 40's for high.

Outside chores are done E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today...Check game cams,quick trip to town,watch some nascar football,might even cook dinner...just putter.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

At 2 am I set it back to 1 am. Then an hr later it’s 2am, and I set it back to 1 am. Then an hr later it’s 2am, and I set it back to 1 am. Then an hr later it’s 2am, and I set it back to 1 am. Then an hr later it’s 2am, and I set it back to 1 am. Then an hr later it’s 2am, and I set it back to 1 am. ........

What I was doing wrong finally dawned on me.

 

[B7510HSD]

Chicago had it right many years ago.......
Does anybody really know what time it is (I don't)
Does anybody really care (care about time)

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low only to 29, going up to 65 today. Next 2 days up to 67... WOOHOO! Then maybe a few sprinkles on Wednesday.

My son will be pouring a concrete slab tomorrow and again on Tuesday. Weather will cooperate for him. I will be again supervising, probably from the seat of the tractor! Forms all set/level, rebar in place....should be ready...

Randy, I too thought that I wouldn't be able to make a transition into a 'tiny home'. I kept telling the wifey "I can't live in a closet". Well, we are now 1 month in the tiny cottage. We went from 3600 sq ft home down to a 600 sq ft cottage. The first week was a learning experience, just trying to find where we put things... The new house is actually a tad smaller than my shop/garage. At this point, I am now asking myself "why didn't we do this years ago?". My electric and gas bills are less than 25% of what they were for the big house. Property taxes are 80% lower....there are a lot of 'pros' to it. All in all, I still don't think we could live in one of those road-able tiny houses. That's what the travel trailer is for!

Lots of stuff going on here...solar project, marshmallow toasts, road trips....hard too keep up!

Now having internet problems... The site keeps "reloading" on me, causing loss of 1/2 of what I'm typing....frustrating at best.

Everyone have a quiet, peaceful Sunday. Prayers for all sent out.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

If I were smart, I'd rig up my laptop to sit up front, and run live using my Mifi. I don't know if Google Maps has a live mode where it follows your vehicle, but
Garmin is good at that. What I object to is the micromanagement of routing such that it takes you off the preferred route to take a "shortcut". It's the shortcuts
that bother me. Yes, let me route on Google Maps and then upload that to the rv units. I could probably pull that off using the laptop, but again, don't know
if you can get a gps driven feed. Need combo of Google routing and rv software that will alarm if clearance or rv unfriendly conditions ahead.

Not sure about a laptop, Drew, but you can certainly use the Google maps app on a tablet or smart phone, and it will update position info in real time, as well as giving you voice prompts for turn-by-turn navigation. If the tablet doesn't have a cellular radio, you can use your smart phone cellular connection via hotspot software. But you'll need to figure out a way to keep both the phone and tablet cool, because if they sit in the sun on the dash, they'll overheat and shut off.

As far as your overhead clearance issue, if you mounted TV cameras on the front and back of the A/C unit, you'd have a perfect view of anything they'd run into well in advance of hitting it...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Yes, Tesla makes the Powerwall 2. I had 4 on order right after they announced. Info I read is good. Sadly, Tesla never released the off grid version even 3 years later and the grid tied version is not compatible with my system.

Two of the solar power companies I've contacted were going to supply PowerWall batteries. I wasn't interested, figuring if the same guy that owns the battery company can't make a buck selling cars, there's no telling how long his battery company will be in business and any warranty on those batteries could well end up being worthless. I also don't think lithium battery technology is mature, and price points are apt to drop significantly in the next ten years. So at this point, my first battery bank will be old school lead acid, more specifically AGM batteries. The current design calls for 24 @ 2 Volts & 1215 Ahr each, and each one runs about $700. Not cheap, but doable...