Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

70°F and .18 inches rain.

Off to town for Ophthalmologist appointment for Sophie, likely a couple other stops.

Forgot just how time intensive puppy house training could be. Too late. Can’t really complain as he was good from midnight until after 5 this morning.

He does see himself as a lap puppy


Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[sodamo]

A day of remembrance and prayers for souls lost.

Still can’t believe they got away with so changing our lives. And got away with it. Not going political.

Enjoy the day

 

[GaryM]

Poured first cup of coffee. 57 F° with rain this morning. Heading to 63 F° with continued rain. WF says 2" of rain. Did not much done in house yesterday. That's OK I can work on it today.
Different type of picture today. My DS shows his Mustang Shelby. He has a made a bunch of stamped door props for club members. His say Shelby Cobra, I offered to help him making part that goes on the door side of prop. I have made a couple bolts so far. But I thought I would ask here if anyone knows what this stud is called and where to buy them. It is .245" diameter X 1" long, Threaded end is 10-24. Head diameter is .420".

Eric, I tried fly fishing one time. I think the pole and line are still up in a tree some where in northern Canada. That fish would make good bait for perch fishing.

Looking, not sure about napping improving heart health. 78 and have not had a heart attack. I do rest in afternoon. But very seldom fall asleep.

Drew, great sky picture.

LS, talked to my GD yesterday who lives WA. They are having similar skies that she showed me on Facetime. Good picture.

David, tomatoes look good.

Everyone be healthy and safe.

Good Morning All.

Chicago screw or *** Bolt

*** bolt - Wikipedia

 

[kenmbz]

Anyone hear from RNG today?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 71F Partly cloudy skies. Expect widespread areas of smoke and haze, reducing visibility at times. High 86F. Winds light and variable.
AQI skyrocketing up to 591 this morning, and it looks like a heavy fog has settled over me, but it's smoke instead. Maybe 200 feet of visibility.

Enjoy the lap time, David. They grow up so fast!

Good luck with the logging, David MFW, and hope he can cut that range for you.

Good luck to you, too, Bruce, with Garmin. In my experience, all they want to do is sell me the latest generation of their junk.

I thought you'd be saying something like "No more brick pointing for me" with your last breath, Eric.

Very poignant photo, Drew. Thanks for sharing some of your grandfather's story.

I bet you're happy to be done with that trench, Don. Those roots really gave you a run for your money!

My first house came with a home warranty, the first and only claim I made was denied as a pre-existing condition. The tub on the dishwasher had rusted out, and coverage didn't start until two months after the policy purchase. Of course, that was in the fine print I hadn't yet learned to read.

With David's expert solar energy guidance, I fired up the generator yesterday from the comfort of my office chair. Could have been anywhere in the world that had internet access, and that somehow gives me comfort. Thanks, David!

Spent the day inside, other than a few laps round the house watching for fire. More ash on the ground, and the long range forecast has rain showers in it, so at some point I'll have the RG out to blow it off anything I don't want it sticking to. One of the gals up here makes soap from ash, and warns us all the ash and water combine to make lye. Rather not have paint stripper on the truck, van, or farm implements.

I did get a decent night's sleep, awaking only once in the wee hours to answer Nature's call, then going right back to sleep. Haven't been getting any exercise, but stress sure takes it out of me.

Got a call from a young Russian immigrant motorcycling buddy yesterday afternoon, just checking on me. He asked about the van, and sez he knows a guy with a smog shop that can help with that situation...

PG&E restored grid power here at 3PM yesterday, but they had me guessing all day just when it would be. Three waves of phone calls, emails, and text messages arrived, all predicting a time that was hours early or late compared to the actual time the power came back. Really didn't care, as this three day outage pretty much confirmed I don't need the grid anymore, at least not to take care of basic necessities. The log shows the generator only ran four hours in all that time, and the only things I didn't do were spend time under the shop lights or chew up a lot of energy running a welder or a big machine tool. And those are all things I can schedule for when the sun is shining brightly, or splurge and fire up the generator, even from the iPhone if needed.

Think I'll try to get in touch with the o'scope tech today and see if he has any answers for me, other than that, I'm just gonna see what comes up.

TGIF gang!:drink:

Found a link to a new fire map yesterday that seems to have a higher resolution base map underneath it. This morning it's showing much less active fire than yesterday. And with the higher resolution, it looks like the fire is more like 6 miles away, rather than the 2 I'd been thinking it was. So good news on both fronts. But there are still no containment lines between me and the fire unless you count CA70 as containment, and it's just a 2 or 4 lane highway in that area.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Just learned that President Trump yesterday declared a Major Disaster in this area, so it looks like I'll get at least another year of homeowner's insurance coverage.:thumbsup:

Then I found an updated list of the active fires in the state, and it's long (sorry, none of the "more info" links work.)

From Cal Fire email....
Todays fire updates to include as always, Cal Fire incidents, Unified incidents and Federal incidents
Fires of Interest:
��**CAL FIRE Incidents**��
Willow Fire, Yuba County (more info…)
Willow Glen Road, Dobbins
*1,311 acres, 20% contained
*Evacuations in progress
Oak Fire, Mendocino County (more info…)
North of Willits
*1,100 acres, 40% contained
*Evacuations in place
LNU Lightning Complex, multiple North Bay counties (more info…)
Napa, Lake, Sonoma, Colusa, Solano, and Yolo Counties
*363,220 acres, 95% contained
*Hennessey (merged fires) 305,651 acres, 95% contained
*Wallbridge 55,209 acres, 95% contained
*1,491 structures destroyed
*Evacuations in place
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 2 in command
SCU Lightning Complex, multiple Easy Bay counties (more info…)
Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara San Joaquin, Merced, and Stanislaus Counties
*396,624 acres, 98% contained
*20 fires in the complex, several have merged together
*Evacuations and road closures in place
*224 structures destroyed
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 6 command
CZU August Lightning Complex, San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties (more info…)
*86,509 acres, 85% contained
*Multiple fires
*Evacuations and road closures in place
*1,490 structures destroyed
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 3 command
Schoolhouse, Siskiyou County (more info…)
Schoolhouse Gap Road, north of Fort Jones
*45 acres, grass and brush, 50% contained
*Forward spread stopped
��**Unified Command Incidents**��
North Complex, Plumas County (more info…)
Southwest of Susanville (Plumas National Forest)
*252,534 acres, 23% contained
*Evacuations in place
*Includes the Bear and Claremont Fire
*CAL FIRE Team 4 is now in unified command with US Forest Service IMT Team 4
Creek Fire, Fresno County (more info…)
Northeast of Shaver Lake (Sierra National Forest)
*175,893 acres, 6% contained
*Evacuations in effect
*Heavy tree mortality in the area
*CAL FIRE and US Forest Service in unified command
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 1
*Great Basin Team 1
Valley Fire, San Diego County (more info…)
Near Alpine (Cleveland National Forest)
*17,665 acres, 39% contained
*Evacuations in effect
*CAIIMT 15 in command
*CAL FIRE and US Forest Service in unified command
El Dorado Fire, San Bernardino County (more info…)
West of Oak Glen (San Bernardino National Forest)
*13,715 acres, 31% contained
*Evacuations in place
*California Interagency Incident Management Team 11 in unified command with CAL FIRE, Yucaipa Fire Department and San Bernardino County Fire Department
Butte/Tehama/Glenn (BTU/TGU) Lightning Complex, multiple Counties (more info…)
Butte, Tehama and Glenn Counties
*19,609 acres, 95% contained
*Includes multiple other smaller fires
*Decrease in acres as Elkhorn was moved to the August Complex.
*16 structures destroyed
��**Federal Incidents**��
August Complex, Tehama County (more info…)
Elk Creek and Stonyford area (Mendocino National Forest)
*746,607 acres 25% contained
*Merged fires including Elkhorn, Hopkins, Willow, and Vinegar
*Includes multiple fires including the Doe Fire
*A California Interagency incident Management Team and Great Basin Team in command
*A CAL FIRE Incident Management Team is deployed on the west zone of the fire.
Devil Fire, Siskiyou County
Klamath National Forest
*4,000 acres, 0% contained
Fork Fire, El Dorado County (more info…)
15 miles northeast of Pollock Pines (El Dorado National Forest)
*2,200 acres, 7% contained
*Evacuation orders remain in place
Slater Fire, Siskiyou County, (more info…)
5 miles North of Happy Camp (Klamath National Forest)
*140,802 acres, timber, 0% contained
*Evacuations orders in place
Bobcat Fire, Los Angeles County (more info…)
North of Duarte
Angeles National Forest
*26,368 acres, 6% containment
*Evacuations in progress
*EA Silver Team in command
Lake Fire, Los Angeles County (more info…)
Southwest of Lake Hughes
Angeles National Forest / Los Angeles County Fire Department
* 31,089 acres, 96% contained
Dolan Fire, Monterey County (more info…)
Hwy 1, 10 miles south of Big Sur (Los Padres National Forest)
*113,486 acres, 26% contained
*Structures threatened
*Type 1 NW Team 2 (Allen) in command
Apple Fire, Riverside County (more info…)
Oak Glen/Cherry Valley (San Bernardino National Forest)
*33,424 acres, 95% contained
Red Salmon Complex – Humboldt County (more info…)
14 miles northeast of Willow Creek (Shasta-Trinity National Forest)
*76,996 acres, 19% contained
SQF Complex, Tulare County (more info…)
25 miles north of Kernville (Sequoia National Forest)
*68,093 acres, 12% contained
*Castle and Shotgun Fires merged into this complex
W-5 Cold Springs, Lassen County (more info…)
11 miles east of Madeline (Bureau of Land Management - Northern CA District)
*84,817 acres, 98% containment
Blue Jay Fire, Mariposa County (more info…)
Yosemite National Park Wilderness
*3,132 acres, 20% contained
Wolf Fire, Tuolumne County (more info…)
Yosemite National Park Wilderness
*704 acres, 10% contained
Woodward Fire, Marin County (more info…)
3 miles southwest of Olema (Point Reyes National Seashore)
*4,910 acres, 95% contained
Slink Fire, Mono County (more info…)
2 miles west of Coleville (Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest)
*23,023 acres, 40% contained
Moraine, Tulare County (more info…)
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness
*575 acres, 70% contained
Rattlesnake, Tulare County (more info…)
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness
*1,411 acres, 0% contained

 

[sodamo]

Ron, now you know why I put a doggie door in bedroom that goes out to fenced area. So my goal is train him to know to use it (any time he wants). Learning to use the doggie door has been entertaining in the past. Sometimes getting hung up half way, when they truly get it and just go in and out half dozen times like it’s a fun game.

Strange thing, while I don’t have to get up, I’ll guess I do hear the flap most times, often times even knowing which dog used it. Even worse I’ve found myself wondering if they came back in. Oh well, beats getting up.

 

[sodamo]

12/7/1941 -Parents engaged but not married, suspect I was hoped for.

11/22/1963 - Senior in HS, sitting in Homeroom. Homeroom was also the school library, HR teacher was English teacher and librarian so she was able to turn on the TV.

9/11/2001 - on the treadmill with Fox news on the TV. Told Sophie life as we know it will never be the same. Sure wish I was wrong.

 

[sodamo]

Anyone hear from RNG today?

I had emailed him last night and again this morning. No reply, but I’m hoping maybe he just lost his internet and is safe.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

2020-09-11, 0333

19 years ago, terrorist destroyed the Twin Towers in NYC...murdered almost 3000 Americans...let us not forget this...

59 right now...high in the mid-60's and morning showers. For a short week (4 days), this sure has been a long week...

Agreed!!!

Be well,
David

 

[daugen]

I read that 10 percent of population of Oregon is under evacuation order....wow.

thunderstorms about to start, watching radar as they head this way

hard to believe, only five days after Verizon turned my internet speed back on they just notified me I had only 10 percent left. Huh? How can
that be in five days for 15gig? No movies watched either, and turned off Mifi when done. Looks like I'm soon back to a crawl.
Can't wait for 200mb speed and no limits...

RNG stay safe
David/Sodamo, your pup is such a cutie, love the picture by the door

 

[lostcreekranch]

Just learned that President Trump yesterday declared a Major Disaster in this area, so it looks like I'll get at least another year of homeowner's insurance coverage.:thumbsup:

Then I found an updated list of the active fires in the state, and it's long (sorry, none of the "more info" links work.)

From Cal Fire email....
Todays fire updates to include as always, Cal Fire incidents, Unified incidents and Federal incidents
Fires of Interest:
**CAL FIRE Incidents**
Willow Fire, Yuba County (more info…)
Willow Glen Road, Dobbins
*1,311 acres, 20% contained
*Evacuations in progress
Oak Fire, Mendocino County (more info…)
North of Willits
*1,100 acres, 40% contained
*Evacuations in place
LNU Lightning Complex, multiple North Bay counties (more info…)
Napa, Lake, Sonoma, Colusa, Solano, and Yolo Counties
*363,220 acres, 95% contained
*Hennessey (merged fires) 305,651 acres, 95% contained
*Wallbridge 55,209 acres, 95% contained
*1,491 structures destroyed
*Evacuations in place
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 2 in command
SCU Lightning Complex, multiple Easy Bay counties (more info…)
Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara San Joaquin, Merced, and Stanislaus Counties
*396,624 acres, 98% contained
*20 fires in the complex, several have merged together
*Evacuations and road closures in place
*224 structures destroyed
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 6 command
CZU August Lightning Complex, San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties (more info…)
*86,509 acres, 85% contained
*Multiple fires
*Evacuations and road closures in place
*1,490 structures destroyed
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 3 command
Schoolhouse, Siskiyou County (more info…)
Schoolhouse Gap Road, north of Fort Jones
*45 acres, grass and brush, 50% contained
*Forward spread stopped
**Unified Command Incidents**
North Complex, Plumas County (more info…)
Southwest of Susanville (Plumas National Forest)
*252,534 acres, 23% contained
*Evacuations in place
*Includes the Bear and Claremont Fire
*CAL FIRE Team 4 is now in unified command with US Forest Service IMT Team 4
Creek Fire, Fresno County (more info…)
Northeast of Shaver Lake (Sierra National Forest)
*175,893 acres, 6% contained
*Evacuations in effect
*Heavy tree mortality in the area
*CAL FIRE and US Forest Service in unified command
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 1
*Great Basin Team 1
Valley Fire, San Diego County (more info…)
Near Alpine (Cleveland National Forest)
*17,665 acres, 39% contained
*Evacuations in effect
*CAIIMT 15 in command
*CAL FIRE and US Forest Service in unified command
El Dorado Fire, San Bernardino County (more info…)
West of Oak Glen (San Bernardino National Forest)
*13,715 acres, 31% contained
*Evacuations in place
*California Interagency Incident Management Team 11 in unified command with CAL FIRE, Yucaipa Fire Department and San Bernardino County Fire Department
Butte/Tehama/Glenn (BTU/TGU) Lightning Complex, multiple Counties (more info…)
Butte, Tehama and Glenn Counties
*19,609 acres, 95% contained
*Includes multiple other smaller fires
*Decrease in acres as Elkhorn was moved to the August Complex.
*16 structures destroyed
**Federal Incidents**
August Complex, Tehama County (more info…)
Elk Creek and Stonyford area (Mendocino National Forest)
*746,607 acres 25% contained
*Merged fires including Elkhorn, Hopkins, Willow, and Vinegar
*Includes multiple fires including the Doe Fire
*A California Interagency incident Management Team and Great Basin Team in command
*A CAL FIRE Incident Management Team is deployed on the west zone of the fire.
Devil Fire, Siskiyou County
Klamath National Forest
*4,000 acres, 0% contained
Fork Fire, El Dorado County (more info…)
15 miles northeast of Pollock Pines (El Dorado National Forest)
*2,200 acres, 7% contained
*Evacuation orders remain in place
Slater Fire, Siskiyou County, (more info…)
5 miles North of Happy Camp (Klamath National Forest)
*140,802 acres, timber, 0% contained
*Evacuations orders in place
Bobcat Fire, Los Angeles County (more info…)
North of Duarte
Angeles National Forest
*26,368 acres, 6% containment
*Evacuations in progress
*EA Silver Team in command
Lake Fire, Los Angeles County (more info…)
Southwest of Lake Hughes
Angeles National Forest / Los Angeles County Fire Department
* 31,089 acres, 96% contained
Dolan Fire, Monterey County (more info…)
Hwy 1, 10 miles south of Big Sur (Los Padres National Forest)
*113,486 acres, 26% contained
*Structures threatened
*Type 1 NW Team 2 (Allen) in command
Apple Fire, Riverside County (more info…)
Oak Glen/Cherry Valley (San Bernardino National Forest)
*33,424 acres, 95% contained
Red Salmon Complex – Humboldt County (more info…)
14 miles northeast of Willow Creek (Shasta-Trinity National Forest)
*76,996 acres, 19% contained
SQF Complex, Tulare County (more info…)
25 miles north of Kernville (Sequoia National Forest)
*68,093 acres, 12% contained
*Castle and Shotgun Fires merged into this complex
W-5 Cold Springs, Lassen County (more info…)
11 miles east of Madeline (Bureau of Land Management - Northern CA District)
*84,817 acres, 98% containment
Blue Jay Fire, Mariposa County (more info…)
Yosemite National Park Wilderness
*3,132 acres, 20% contained
Wolf Fire, Tuolumne County (more info…)
Yosemite National Park Wilderness
*704 acres, 10% contained
Woodward Fire, Marin County (more info…)
3 miles southwest of Olema (Point Reyes National Seashore)
*4,910 acres, 95% contained
Slink Fire, Mono County (more info…)
2 miles west of Coleville (Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest)
*23,023 acres, 40% contained
Moraine, Tulare County (more info…)
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness
*575 acres, 70% contained
Rattlesnake, Tulare County (more info…)
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness
*1,411 acres, 0% contained

Were you able to sort out the "low flow" from your Fire Truck yet?

I wonder if there is a "recirculate" valve on your pump outlet that sends pump outlet water back to the tank .. if your hose is off? It may be partially open? Do you have a pressure gauge on pump outlet? If the recirculation valve is open you'll have almost no pressure on your gauge. Close the valve till you get the pressure you want.

I'd assume your hand line is 1 1/2"? For that you like to see almost 100 psi.

 

[Bird]

12/7/1941
11/22/1963
9/11/2001
Where were you when the world stopped turning?

12/7/1941, Since I was born in 1940, I don't remember much about 1941
11/22/1963, I was working an evening shift in the Dallas Post Office just south of the assassination site. I thought about going in early to watch the parade, but decided not to. A coworker was standing right where I would have been, taking pictures that got him a trip to New York to sell those pictures to one of the magazines. So I was sitting in my apartment when I heard the young lady across the courtyard screaming and crying like she was being killed. I went out to find her standing outside squalling, and when I asked her what was wrong, she sobbed, "President Kennedy has been shot." Maybe the fact that she was a Catholic had something to do with her reaction. I went back in and turned on the TV to listen to the newsmen.
9/11/2001, we were living down in Navarro County and I had taken my wife to the doctor that morning in Corsicana and instead of sitting in a crowed doctor's office waiting room with her, I went back out to the car and had the radio on when they broke in with the news.

 

[ronjhall]

Ron, now you know why I put a doggie door in bedroom that goes out to fenced area. So my goal is train him to know to use it (any time he wants). Learning to use the doggie door has been entertaining in the past. Sometimes getting hung up half way, when they truly get it and just go in and out half dozen times like it’s a fun game.

Strange thing, while I don’t have to get up, I’ll guess I do hear the flap most times, often times even knowing which dog used it. Even worse I’ve found myself wondering if they came back in. Oh well, beats getting up.

No doggie door here. We have animals that can get in house through one. We have wild animal that could make a small meal out of Sassy.
Sassy was born a lap dog. She can lay in my lap all day.

 

[PJSprog]

I ordered a pair of bifocal safety glasses from Amazon last weekend, and they came in this week. Wearing them at work for the first time today, and the blurry area at the bottom while walking is going to take some getting used to, that's for sure. I have to admit, though, that the ease of reading small print on a drawing makes it worth the trouble.

 

[ChuckT]

'41, well I was born in 46.
63. We were on the bus going home from high school.
9-11. I forget where I was, probably at work. All I clearly remember is rage that we were so vulnerable.

 

[Thomas]

sodamo
He does see himself as a lap puppy
View attachment 669314
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It's official he has you wrap around his paw.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Got out of work a little early today.

1941. Way before my tome
1963 too young
9/11 was at work. Went home looking all around for another plane.

 

[Thomas]

I ordered a pair of bifocal safety glasses from Amazon last weekend, and they came in this week. Wearing them at work for the first time today, and the blurry area at the bottom while walking is going to take some getting used to, that's for sure. I have to admit, though, that the ease of reading small print on a drawing makes it worth the trouble.

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Also have pair find myself reaching for them often,only thing I found out if sweating they slide off easy.

 

[Thomas]

wngsprd.
Thomas, maybe you can find some old clothes or toys in your attic for Boo.
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I am pretty sure Boo the one that took my favorite sweat shirt.