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   / Good morning!!!! #104,732  
Good morning! 62˚F in the middle of Texas heading to the 70s, cloudy and wet, must of had a little rain.

RNG there is a Subaru mechanic on TBN he has a thread "I still hate my tractor" he put a turbo on his tractor his name is Fred. I pm him a question about my subaru and he responded several years ago.
Kyle the kale patch is suppling us and mom with as much kale as we can eat and I offer it to all my garden neighbors.
Ron nice doggie wand, I use the detachable shower head with warm water and it seems to comfort her.

Time to walk the Whip.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #104,733  
46°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 55° today. Rain is expected to start this evening. Tomorrow is supposed to be heavy, with several inches of rain predicted.

We've had a rat at work getting into the office area over the last couple of weeks and chewing at the doors and frames of a couple offices. It's been long accepted that there are rats out in the shop ... big, inner city rats ... I've seen a couple that were almost the size of a dachshund. This is the first time they've encroached on the inner sanctums, though. So, I went to Rural King last night to buy a rat trap. All they had were those new plastic jobbies. I'm skeptical, but I'll give it a shot. Doesn't look like anyone around here carries the old-fashioned wood and metal snap traps anymore. The Wife found them on Amazon, so if this toy doesn't work I can order some there.

Kyle, our chickens started slowing down big time in December. We were only getting maybe 2-3 eggs a day. Last week, we got none for four days straight. Then, this week they started again, and just like that we're back up to 4-5 a day. We even got a little tiny one from a new layer two days ago. The ducks have stopped all together months ago, probably in protest because we won't let them back in the pond while the work is in process. The Wife is finally determined to re-home them. They eat probably three times as much as the chickens. I call them the feathered pigs. As entertaining as they are, I'm not going to miss them.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #104,734  
Good morning to all! Low of 25, going up to 47, but cooling down this afternoon with an approaching front. Chance of a few inches of snow. Windy right now.

Yesterday was like a Spring day! I finally took the time to put LED fog lights and a 14 inch LED bar on the truck. I had taken them off the Jeep when I traded it in, but never put them on the truck.... only took 9 months to do.... went out last night and they work great. You would think that with today’s technology, they could make better stock headlights.... but.... then what would happen to the aftermarket stuff.....it is a conspiracy I think....

Randy, nice step on the tractor! Definitely needs some anti-slip something on there.... I have a factory step on mine already, but it is still too high, especially with my bad knee. A guy on another thread added an additional extruded steel step (think cheese grater) below his stock step. He sent me the scrap piece so I could add one to mine.... it is still sitting in the shop. Another project that keeps getting put off....

Jay, glad the new crampons worked out. Looks like you will have an opportunity to try them again by this weekend.

RNG, some good MOJO sent your way so you can find that gremlin hidden in the engine!

Eric, no wonder it has taken you so long to repoint the brick work, you were just procrastinating moving into the new big house.... you are going to need a bigger tractor! :D

Drew, hope you feel better soon! I can imagine the look on your face when you took a bite of those muffins :shocked:

Today, I am going to try and battle the wind outside and get some seat time. The ground has finally dried out in front of the son ‘ s new garage. I need to grade it a bit so he can get some stone dropped. Probably need to lower the grade by about 4 inches, and slope it better away from the garage. I probably should have done it when we were leveling the building pad, but I figured it would be easier to do once the final elevation of the garage pad was established. We will see how that plan works out!

Everyone have a great day! Prayers sent.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #104,735  
Good Morning Everyone!!!

A clear and sunny 9コF for today's low temperature; a clear and sunny 11コF presently; and I anticipate a clear and sunny afternoon high temperature in the mid20コF's. I like these early morning conditions for walking the dog, and my lungs seem to agree. :D The hot stove and hot coffee is well appreciated.:) Plan for today = take Wifey to the orthopedist and pick up some needed items during her appointment.

Randy- I like the step and Rick's "lift" suggestion. I hope you have a great time at your monthly breakfast get-together.

Bruce- I am on my second Fitbit. My first lasted ~3months before it crapped out. I got a warranty this time. It really does help me lose weight.

DABSGT- Thanks for the picture, and I hope that you have a great time at the PD retirements party.

Kyle- With this crazy winter weather so far this year those new crampons really help walking on the ice/snowpack. This weekend逞エ warmth and rain will take the existing conditions to a new level of slippery. :eek:

Roy- I am happy to read that you weathered the squall. It was really nasty here for a couple of minutes.

Drew- I hope that you shake whatever is bothering you and that you have no further episodes of numbness. Please take care.

RNG- I hope that you can find an automotive excorcist to help with your gremlins.

Billy- I have not fired the BGE up since I smoked that leg of lamb for New Years. I've been lax. :embarrassed: I've been making a lot of bean/rice/meat soups/stews lately. It's been decent weather for those soups/stews and with more rain pending I'll probably be cooking more soups/stews and casseroles.

Ted- I am happy that you have been able to take advantage of some decent weather. hope your seat time today goes as planned. I think those crampons will be in use till the Spring melt the way the weather has been.

I hope that everyone is having a decent day today.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.
 

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   / Good morning!!!! #104,736  
Storm coming.. got email from power company letting us know they are ready and how to report outages should one occur.

Installed the replacement steering angle sensor on Tahoe last night.. had to drop steering column. Cleared codes, test drive successful. Glad to have that done before storm arrives (error caused ABS to disable along with Stabilitrac)..

Transition to new job going slow, new manager is great so far. Gave me some training links to fill my time as I transition. Next Thursday I move over to the new manager in the HR systems. There is still a fight going on in management about whether they are replacing me or not. The folks left on the old team are not wanting to take on my work, but moved a big part to them this week. Already one of them is getting a feel for constant disruptions my old job has. Wait until he is traveling and unable to respond promptly to the emails coming in (almost all urgent) to see how management handles the escalation.

Stay safe, prayers for all
 
   / Good morning!!!! #104,737  
67°F and 1.18 inches rain. Looks like a repeat of yesterday. Hopefully I can be as productive.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day
 
   / Good morning!!!! #104,738  
Paul, I couldn't see your new Shropshire cottage since it's on FB. Maybe take some pix next time you're there and post here :). Also good that you have a mortar and welding guy down the road to call when you need help.

Here you go, wngsprd:

Romsley Lane, Romsley, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England
c.1900. 14,690 square feet. 6 bedrooms, 8 baths on 28 acres! $4,907,810 approx USD
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PJ, is that going to be your new holiday home ? If you don't want to employ too many gardeners, I can arrange for a few sheep to keep the borders trimmed, just don't let them near the remote for the electric gates.

It's a nice little summer cottage. However, The Wife didn't care for the inlay in the floor in front of the bar, so we're gonna pass on this one. Our three Border Collies were really looking forward to meeting (read: herding) your sheep. :laughing:
 

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   / Good morning!!!! #104,739  
On page 7 it states that 1.66g of purines is the equivalent of about 1.4kg of meat. Then in Table 2 it said that the median purine intake over the 2 days in Quintile 5 was 3.48g. So I did the math and came up with 2.935kg, or 6.47 lbs of meat equivalent. Since 3.48g was the median, there were some who ate more purines than this. They likely ate other purine foods besides meat, but the other food purine reference was spinach, which would have had to have been 13 lbs, a lot of spinach. I hope I did the math right.

One of the companion articles said cherries reduced the risk of gout by 35%.

The purine content in organ meat ranges from 444 to 773 milligrams per 100 grams serving.
Maybe some of the meat was organ meat.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #104,740  
Ron, Wet grass is hard on equipment AND me. Never liked mowing wet whether just a mower or the tractor.
 

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