Good morning!!!!

[lostcreekranch]

I can a little sun peaking through.

...and Thomas, e-muffins are everywhere...my wife made homemade chicken salad yesterday, and put a scoop on top of a toasted e-muffing for me for lunch. Yum.

Maybe we need to create an "e-muffin" smuggling network into New Hampshire?

A: Was Thomas named after the e-muffin .. or was the e-muffing named for Thomas? Hmmm?

 

[Buppies]

Glad you found him wngsprd. Most times you can read what he says on Facebook without being member. I finally broke down and signed up but not communicate. Allows me to read everything. There are others as well more than happy to share

 

[PJSprog]

30°F and cloudy this morning, and staying that temperature pretty much all day. The snow that was supposed to start around 10am decided to arrive unfashionably early, just before 7 am. Prediction now is for 1-2". I'm sure the drive home from work will be interesting.

The Wife's latest closet shelf project, the one in her sewing room, got started yesterday. I was going to do it this weekend, but she decided to get the boy to do it instead. He got about half of it done, and should finish it today. Seems to be doing a decent enough job.

I'm kind of surprised about your old cabinets, Paul. Around here, those go pretty quickly. I've never owned an 810, and have no desire to own one. Those 410HLFs, though, have always been one of my favorites. Just a great-sounding cab that's easily portable. My SVT-610HLF is the original prototype (another perk of working there). Without a doubt the best sounding bass cabinet I've ever played through, and still manageable to move at 115 lbs.

Alien, I was corrected yesterday on another platform by a friend from Australia, a drummer with whom I played in a band many years ago. Apparently, it's "Straya" Day. :confused3:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 41F @ 6:00AM. Windy at times with rain likely. High around 50F. Winds SSE at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall near a half an inch. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.
Lots of snow farther up the mountain, but it didn't get cold enough here. 3/4" of rain since the storm came in last night at about 6:30, and blowing pretty hard since about 3AM when it woke me up with a 46MPH gust. Maybe another 1/2" on the way today, and more, more, more in the 10-day.:thumbsup:

Lou, could you run a chain or strap from the tractor to the delivery truck and pull it up the hill to the house?

That coloration is very similar to the ones out here, Ron. We call 'em pine squirrels. They eat a lot of pinecones, and for that reason, don't taste very good, or so I'm told. I've seen gray squirrels, too, but not nearly as many.

Looking forward to hearing about progress on the network, David. Please keep the faucet on, we appreciate of the rain!

The way I understand it, Don, is that part 2 is when someone that has developed immunity from vaccination then encounters the real disease. Now that millions have been vaccinated, and a lot of them long enough ago to have developed immunity, we should start seeing cases of ADE if it is going to be a problem. Those Phase 3 subjects are still being monitored as well, tens of thousands of them by now with multiple vaccines, and so far, so good. Unless the big drug companies are hiding something from the FDA/CDC. Nothing would surprise me at this point.

I don't know of anything that will keep gravel on a hill, Scrambler. I use 4WD when I go up and down mine, and it helps, but it'll still need grading after all this rain we're getting now. BTW, :welcome: to the GM thread!

Pretty snow shots, Ted, but thankful they're of YOUR driveway, not mine!:laughing:

Yesterday's trip to town had a slow motion feel to it much of the time. The truck needed fuel, but the pumps seemed to be running at half speed. I thought the lady waiting in line behind me was gonna blow a gasket when I pulled a 5 gallon can out of the back after already having taken ten minutes to fill the 30 gallons in the main tank. Then the lab still didn't have the correct test order from the doctor, so that meant several trips in and out of their too crowded waiting room. There was no line at the range when I went to pick up the shotgun, but after more than two weeks, the 9mm ammo I'd ordered still hadn't come in. Left with plenty of 00 Buck, though. Long checkout line at HF, but they had the gloves and pallet wrap I needed and they eventually called another checker to help out. Both Costco and the grocery were hopping; lots of people out stocking up for the storm. I wanted to stop at Walmart and Tractor Supply, but it was getting on toward late afternoon and starting to spit rain, so put it off 'till next week. Managed to get home and unloaded before the storm hit, and by then I had a nice fire going in the stove as well.

Paperwork, stoking the wood stove, and maybe a nap on the agenda for today.

Happy Hump Day!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

We took our grass / brush fire truck and one of our tankers for water backup.

5 minutes.
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Sure wish the local fire unit were so supportive of their community. They'd never permit that large of a brush pile, and they sure as heck wouldn't get off their butts to come out and standby during a burn.

Regardless, I've lit a few piles that big, and learned they're a lot easier to control if you just light 'em in one place. That way you can use a hose to keep the flames down and control how fast it moves through the pile. Takes a little longer, but there's a lot less ember cast and you don't have to stand so far away from the flames.:2cents:

 

[daugen]

Sure wish the local fire unit were so supportive of their community.

pretty sure Rick's neighbor gave a nice donation to the fire company for standing by.
This also gives good practice for young members to advance lines against burning brush.
If you don't call it in first as a controlled burn, and some nervous Nellie sees smoke and
dials 911 without thinking, most fire companies are required to extinguish the fire, totally.
As in isn't going to light again any time soon either.
Plus now you have heavy truck ruts all over your place.

I would never burn without a charged garden hose nearby but sometimes that isn't available.
Have to have some kind of plan though. A fire truck full of water, even 250 gallons, is mighty nice to have nearby
Just ask RNG.

 

[Looking4new]

Morning to all,
Wifes car cleaned off and she is off to work about 4" of snow on the ground.
Still lightly flurrying supposed to reach 32-33 degrees F today before the big cool down for Thursday night and the weekend, calling for sub zeros.
Finishing my second cup of coffee and then time to get going.
New refrigerator supposed to be delivered today, that may be an interesting experience.
Delivery truck will not be able to make the driveway so will have to meet them with the pickup or tractor and unload on the road
to bring to the house.
Even plowed and sanded no way a 2wd drive will make the hill.
As far as the covid vaccination my wife has had her first, and I'm "on the list" at the VA, so maybe sometime this year.

We are supposed to be this :North Bay, ON - 7 Day Forecast - Environment Canada

 

[riptides]

Sure wish the local fire unit were so supportive of their community.

pretty sure Rick's neighbor gave a nice donation to the fire company for standing by.
This also gives good practice for young members to advance lines against burning brush.
If you don't call it in first as a controlled burn, and some nervous Nellie sees smoke and
dials 911 without thinking, most fire companies are required to extinguish the fire, totally.
As in isn't going to light again any time soon either.
Plus now you have heavy truck ruts all over your place.

I would never burn without a charged garden hose nearby but sometimes that isn't available.
Have to have some kind of plan though. A fire truck full of water, even 250 gallons, is mighty nice to have nearby
Just ask RNG.

I usually have burn pile that sit for a year before they get torched. I always call them in, always have a hose, always cut a firebreak around the perimeter and always have the tractor on standby.

And wouldn't you know it...I know the Fire Chief by name, because some neighbors are always asking them if my barn is burning down.

I tell them, I appreciate the on the spot checkup.

 

[Looking4new]

Sure wish the local fire unit were so supportive of their community.

pretty sure Rick's neighbor gave a nice donation to the fire company for standing by.
This also gives good practice for young members to advance lines against burning brush.
If you don't call it in first as a controlled burn, and some nervous Nellie sees smoke and
dials 911 without thinking, most fire companies are required to extinguish the fire, totally.
As in isn't going to light again any time soon either.
Plus now you have heavy truck ruts all over your place.

I would never burn without a charged garden hose nearby but sometimes that isn't available.
Have to have some kind of plan though. A fire truck full of water, even 250 gallons, is mighty nice to have nearby
Just ask RNG.

All my controlled burns are in an old woodstove that the insurance wasn't going to cover anymore. I replaced it with a Regency, and now use the condemned one for an incinerator, complete with double wall pipe.

 

[sodamo]

67°F and 1.10 inches rain

Nothing planned, likely another inside day. Maybe get lucky at PO, but tracking number changed to delayed

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day