Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Riptides hang straight fill in at bottom if I make since sometimes my explanations are not said in my mind they work

 

[toppop52]

I woke up to a high wind warning. It was blowing all night. Sometimes if the wind blows just right all the leaves will magically disappear. No such luck today. Piles of leaves all around. Still a lot of leaves up in the trees.

I heard a Doctor on the radio say that it was beneficial to our well being to expose ourselves to some bright sunshine ( not that kind of expose you clowns) so maybe I will try to get some outside exercise this morning.

Chris

I guess I’ve been doing it all wrong then!

 

[Popgadget]

Not sure this Facebook link will work for everyone, but here's some good Covid-19 news for a change...

Because his message is contrary to what we are getting from most sources, I did a little research on Dr Berg’s credentials and experience. Others might want to.
As Ron Reagan said, “Trust, but verify”.

Wind chill about 30 here, feels good having a warm dog laying on my bare feet. Clear sky and windy. Dr appointment this am, might try to get something done outside afterwards.

 

[toppop52]

Only got down to 38 last night, high of 48 today and like everyone else this side of the Great Divide, 25-35 mph winds with gusts over 40. Wind was worse around midnight, had a gust of 44 mph at 12:22 according to my weather station. Guess I’ll wait another day to put the flag back up.
Went to vote on Saturday just after 7, everyone else had the same idea. By the time we left near 8 there were no real lines. Oh well, it’s done.
Have a good day mates.

 

[toppop52]

Wonder what the new owners thought about a pair of squirrels rattling that storm door every morning?:laughing:

I wondered that myself.

 

[daugen]

wind was blowing like mad out and then power went off, UPS on computer started beeping. About a minute later power came back on.
Logged back into computer and there was email confirming my 10k portable generator was on its way and would be delivered some time on Wednesday.
Timely for sure... :thumbsup:

Reminds me I have to get my two 30 pound propane tanks filled and my two five gallon gas tanks filled, have been putting it off since I still haven't found any E0 around,
but guess I'll just get some premium gas and every six months pour it into my car and refill the tanks. Really don't want to put gasoline in the dual fuel gen if I can avoid it, which
I likely can't since those two small propane tanks, even teed together, aren't likely to be large enough to power the gen properly in cold weather.

 

[wngsprd]

Been outside for a couple of hours feeding birds, picking up sticks, rounding up blown away chairs and tarps...found skim ice in the bird baths, although my screen porch thermometer said 36. Surprised not too many leaves blew off, although many are already gone. Too much wind to have frost, except was some under the tarp over top of one of my firewood pallets...took those off so this week's wind and sun could do some more much appreciated work. 50 should be the high.

Kyle, glad you got a reply on your Steiner thread. I went there to give you a reply, but would have had any thing valuable to say.

RNG, looked at B&H Photo...nice selection...I looked at one item to compare...a Red Dot sight for a rifle I'm familiar with...was surprised they had it, competitive prices, but was a 6 to 10 week estimate for shipping. Next time I need something, I'll check them out. Thanks.

Wood stove feeling good today. Coffee, too. Had thought about taking a hike in the mountains this morning, but their forecast had gusts of 50mph forecast.

My wife is calling me to go make another cup of coffee for her, so gotta go.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 64F @ 5:30AM. Sunny. High 84F. Winds light and variable.
Now the ten day is showing rain coming in on Thursday night, and daytime highs dropping from the low 80s to the low 60s from then on out. The monthly forecast shows the temps never climbing back into even the 70s. Fall is comin' and I'm not ready!

Hope your dry spell lasts, Eric. One of my coldest, and wettest, winters was a month spent motorcycling around England, in June!:laughing:

That's quite the catch, Don. Who gets the honor of keeping it dusted?

Not a nice surprise, Mike. Maybe if you put the first row of vinyl on even with the deck, and the second one up level, it wouldn't be enough of a contrast to easily show?

We all know what you mean, Chris, so go and enjoy some sun on your face.:thumbsup:

Any way you could get a propane hose long enough so you could park the propane tanks in the garage, Drew? It might make just enough difference in temperature for them to keep the generator happier.

I've had a red dot on order from the Shield company in England since last June, Bill. My guess is they're getting them from China, and it's another CV19 issue.

Got the power beyond hoses temporarily rigged around the missing TNT valves so I could move the tractor off the driveway yesterday. As usual, I got hydraulic oil all over everything, but by sundown most of it had evaporated. And this time I put on a pair of nitrile gloves to keep it off my hands.

Then I finished up the cam plug. The o-ring groove seems like maybe it's a bit deep, so I hope it still seals. I think there's just enough room to cut another groove if I have to, though.

Also got the extra holes welded up on the airbox, but by then it was too late to paint. Wall clock in the garage is supposed to be "atomic" and self set, but didn't, so I thought it was 5PM when it was really only 4, and that was enough of an excuse to knock off for the day.

Hope everyone's week gets off to an on time start today...

 

[LouNY]

Morning all;
A nice brisk 32 F at 9 AM, wind blowing at up to 20 mph gusts to 30mph or so they say,
my place misses the worst of the winds.
It can be fairly calm at my place go down to the farm and the wind will make it feel colder then a witches tit.
Lite my coal stove off Friday afternoon for the season, never let it go out last year once it got lite off.
Calling for low 60's toward the middle and end of the week.
Just puttering for awhile did fix the central vac hose for my wife had gotten so it wouldn't turn on,
cleaned the rotary contact bands and contacts up and working now.
Take Care All
Lou

 

[Bird]

Wonder what the new owners thought about a pair of squirrels rattling that storm door every morning?

I know I've mentioned this before, but my brother and his wife used to live in a wooded area in Navarro County and they had bird feeders out, but also got to throwing bread out in the back yard. The racoons liked that bread so much that she started getting 100 loaves at a time from the local bakery thrift shop (when they found out what she was doing with all that bread, they started giving it to her; no charge). When they went out of town once, I went over there every evening about sundown and put about a gallon of bird feed in their feeders and I opened a half dozen loaves of that bread and threw it out in the back yard just as the racoons started arriving. Every evening there was at least a dozen racoons showed up and she even had some that would take the bread from her hand. So I've often wondered what happened when they sold that place.