Good morning!!!!

   / Good morning!!!! #122,971  
Didn't get out to the shop AGAIN today!

We had multiple important phone calls this morning, delaying my trip into town. Then a couple of other things cropped up that had to be taken care of....

Decided to just do a couple of small jobs that I have been putting off... especially vacuuming out the pellet stove. The new ash vac that I got last month worked like a charm! Made the job much easier... Also, not one little puff of ash anywhere! It was well worth the $100.

For some unknown reason, I thought that I was done with the Christmas decorations..... The wifey asked if I was bringing in the tree and inside decorations tomorrow..... DUH !! I wonder when I would have thought of them if she didn't ask.....

My friend decided to vacuum the ashes out of his wood stove about 35 years ago, so we had a warm stretch coming. He didn’t put wood in that morning, later in the day he stirred the ashes and no sparks. He didn’t have a shop vac so he used his wife’s vacuum. He started sucking out the ashes and the air over still smoldering coals way in the bottom, caused them to flare up. He stopped but it was too late, burnt through the bag melted some of the plastic fins on the impeller and generally ruined it.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #122,972  
Roy looks like you will get decent snow out of this some very heavy be careful

After east coast brush with cold after 16th it warns back up again
 
   / Good morning!!!! #122,973  
Good evening all. 28F for the start, mostly sunny, light breeze. Light wind day, mostly sunny all day, and high temp was 57F. Started cleaning lady prep then she called and was no show. Cleaned out some ashes, stoked fire, Grocery run, shelves are stocked reasonably well. bike ride and nap in afternoon, did run fire all day.
Covid update: Cooke 1172 confirmed cases, 178 active cases, Montague 791 confirmed cases, 109 active cases, Grayson 4717 confirmed cases, 403 active cases, local 13 active cases.
Bill hope no one hurt bad and traffic not too bad.
Doug, bad news on the car a/c gone and 100F weather
Drew Has a lot to do with whether people will stay home when sick. Not always happening around here, by passing year end parties because of Covid. Masks help but no substitute for distance, stay home when sick etc.
Thomas I get 6 to 8K per set on the road bike @ about $150+ per set.
Mike porch on back burner? good luck with cars and shopping. No experience on Island life
Phil good luck with storm
Ron we just thinned the herd here as well, went from 4 big book shelves stuffed to 3 book shelves not completely full. Local high school took a lot of them. Nice sunset
Ted hope it warms up to fix the fence.
Paul SEL pilot. I too like to know how things work, plane you were flying has much more capability than any I have flown (C402). Outside decorations are visible from street in front, back not so much but what we do is for us.
Billy sorry to hear about continued feet issues, good to hear about short hike. No Coco?
RNG lots of projects, hope oil pan shoes soon, Super Bowel not far away now. Hope the solar upgrade goes well. And you get some rain!
Ken good to hear Christmas lights up. Hope they weather the storm.
Ted hope family circus does not intrude too much on shop time.
Randy have fun puttering.
PJ nice schedule for December. Sorry to hear about the restaurants closing
RS opportunity rich environment, hope you are able to be productive given your constraints
Randy B-25 has short exhaust pipes and no collector or muffler, more noise for the size :)
Dennis haven't talked wife into tree yet, didn't last year.
Paul, nice house
Kyle hope your order works ok on Ebay, and you get it running. I am puzzled, .006 will give you piston slap, but not hurt compression. Was there something wrong with the old ring?
Ted I have days like that, now that I am not working not so much :) Have fun with tree.
David can be a pain getting parts. You have to order cable and connectors or do you have local source.
Randy I hand shovel ashes out of insert into steel can then let it sit a week before empty.
prayers for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, David(moss)/remodel, RNG/fire, Ron/hearing/son, Jim/sister & family, Phil/wife's eyes, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #122,974  
My friend decided to vacuum the ashes out of his wood stove about 35 years ago, so we had a warm stretch coming. He didn’t put wood in that morning, later in the day he stirred the ashes and no sparks. He didn’t have a shop vac so he used his wife’s vacuum. He started sucking out the ashes and the air over still smoldering coals way in the bottom, caused them to flare up. He stopped but it was too late, burnt through the bag melted some of the plastic fins on the impeller and generally ruined it.

I’d guess (hope) your friend learned a valuable lesson that day.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #122,975  
My plastic fins melted today....:rolleyes: 106 deg F and now at 4.45 pm it is still 86 deg F I got a bit burned in the face and I wasn't out in it for very long.

Friend of mine rushed to Hospital today. Woke up with half vision in one eye. Retina detaching. :eek: Happened to my Dad years ago so I know the long term consequences sadly.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #122,976  
good morning all.
woke up to pitter patter on roof, still raining, looks much heavier just West of here, where Popgadget lives.
.76 inches of rain so far and we simply don't need it.
42 out now, only going up to 46 and pretty windy today.
Colder weather coming, I see 23 forecast for Tuesday morning.

My elderly landlady is coming over this morning after I promised her a bird feeder, she was delighted. I think she's really curious to see what I did with garage
and generator install. Also two other friends stopping over, one likely
who has baked xmas stuff I told her not too...not on my low sugar diet at all. But I will smile and be thankful, and then try to feed my neighbors...
Yesterday took some Hale Groves grapefruit to lady across the street, brother sent me a box of 8, had one, absolutely delicious sweet pink grapefruit, but
surprisingly two in box were rotten. So I wrote customer service and showed them a picture of the bad grapefruit and am quite sure I'll get another box sent to me.
So I'll have more to give away... I've used Hale Groves in Florida for many years to send fruit and it's always been excellent, so this was a surprise. Something else
we can blame on Covid?... perhaps not.

guess I'd better pick the place up a little and make it look nice for "inspection"...
but since I've run out of cedar boards can't build anything today so looks like a quiet day.

Roy, you are truly all set, snow tires all around and tractor ready for the white stuff. Must be a good feeling.
Hope everyone has a nice weekend, careful on the ladders putting up decorations.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #122,977  
Good morning all

36 now high around 39 and the weather guessers are still all over the place for our area on snow. Time will tell!

Dump run this morning and not much else planned for the rest of the day.

Alien - every time I see your temps I think of one of the Riddick movies where you walk into the sun and turn to dust. Be careful and stay hydrated.

Stay safe and healthy
Enjoy your day everyone
 
   / Good morning!!!! #122,978  
https://www.motortrend.com/news/6ppd-tire-dust-salmon-death-study/

as if we all didn't have enough health concerns, now those of you who live near major highways have another.
If this chemical will consistently kill fish, wonder what it does to us, what neurological issues it creates.
Another good reason to live in the country...but what about all those farms along the highways?
This is the kind of stuff that makes me, a cancer survivor, just scratch my head saying why wasn't this prevented?
 
   / Good morning!!!! #122,979  
Some other interesting articles following that link daugen too. Something for the greenies to start ranting about now I guess.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #122,980  
Good morning all

36 now high around 39 and the weather guessers are still all over the place for our area on snow. Time will tell!

Dump run this morning and not much else planned for the rest of the day.

Alien - every time I see your temps I think of one of the Riddick movies where you walk into the sun and turn to dust. Be careful and stay hydrated.

Stay safe and healthy
Enjoy your day everyone

Just as well I'm not a vampire. Wouldn't last too long LOL
 

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