Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

successful trip to garden before the rains come.
lot of split radishes

now to make up some small xmas presents for gardening friends, recycling some squash seeds
don't need many seeds to grow a good number of squash, and then if one saves seeds, you can have enough squash to feed the county
the next year if you had the room. Seeds beget seeds.

there is so much competition for labor today that anyone working in a Jiffy Lube for 15 bucks an hour is likely not the most precise wrench in the tool box.
The problem is when they break stuff, make a simple job terrible. For a few years I paid claims for a chain of lube shops.
These were not SAE (ASME?) mechanics by any stretch of the imagination. So it's been 40 years since I used a chain oil shop. But they are still out there.

pretty sure you can still get a thirty dollar oil change.

Having worked years ago as a mechanic in a place with a few employees I can tell you customers would be appalled at some of what was going on. We were 3 apprentices 15 to 16 years old that always had a competition on who could drive the fasted in over the pit making a 90 degree turn just before turning over it. I think I was in the lead until one of the apprentices screwed it up in a new Mercedes that wound up sideways down in the pit. Game over!!!

 

[txdon]

Might have to look for a tractor driving job.

Any "Adventure Farms" where you are retiring to?

47˚F and still dropping. Ron you can close the door NOW!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Any "Adventure Farms" where you are retiring to?

47˚F and still dropping. Ron you can close the door NOW!

Don’t know, probably are some. Buppies might put me to work on a paver.

I told my neighbor here I might have to help him do plumbing. He’s having a hard time getting employees.

 

[pennwalk]

It is an astonishing 70F out now and feels like a tropical 100 percent humidity.

Chris

 

[daugen]

lot of warm air up from the South with this system, 69 out now

new computer speakers showed up, simple to hook up, hugely different sound, funny these remind me more of Bose speakers
with that smooth forceful midrange, and very little high end. A lot more music detail is coming out though, much bigger sound stage.
I paid more for real walnut cabinets; they look like they need a coat of oil.

there is an HDMI hookup and a USB one. I used the USB. Any advantages to one over the other?

Each speaker is self powered with 50 watts RMS. It got pretty loud, until my ears had problems.

about .78 rain so far. More tonight.

might just have to get into a bowl of ice cream. I'll raise a spoon to you Thomas.

 

[NHBX]

?????

The Resting Place.

Roy has died Thursday November 10, 2022

www.tractorbynet.com

 

[m7040]

Is this true? I was talking to him as late as yesterday I think?

 

[sodamo]

Just realized I missed lunch, so grabbed a bowl of soup.
Been busy running numbers on retirement again. Other than reducing fuel usage, don’t see many places to cut expenses in order to go full retirement. Might have to look for a tractor driving job.
Without starting SS early, I’ll have to contribute from my retirement nest. Course about 20% to go towards taxes.

No money in my calculations for a cabin yet.

Hasn’t rained in awhile. 1.17”

Dennis, running those number can be interesting exercise. Don’t know how many times I’ve run them, before, during, & after. Likely a very important consideration for young guys is health insurance costs. We opted to take SS at 62 with goal to payoff house. Guess we are as close to debt free as we can. While I sometimes “drool” over what the full amount would be, reality is that extra little bit wouldn’t contribute to necessities, most likely be spent foolishly or enlarge the inheritance. But I sure don’t miss the days when the month outlasted the bank account.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Saturday) morning. Overnight Low was 10C and it's presently 15.5C, which is the predicted High for the day. There was 0.3mm in the gauge at 0900 and it's overcast with a brisk Southerly wind. Heavy rain it called for the next couple of days <sigh>.

All that is planned for today is to continue stacking wood in the afternoon.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[txdon]

A wonderful 2" rain today. But Ron must not have heard me when I said "close the door"! 43˚F and falling. We are suppose to be 50 miles outside of the freeze zone but with this strong North wind and temps continuing to drop, I don't know anymore, I have lost confidence in the guessers. I had to turn on the truck seat warmers when I took Whipper for her evening walk at the trail head.

The "Farm" closed this morning when the cold wet front blew in. I bet the employees that were scheduled today were glad about that.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Dennis, running those number can be interesting exercise. Don’t know how many times I’ve run them, before, during, & after. Likely a very important consideration for young guys is health insurance costs. We opted to take SS at 62 with goal to payoff house. Guess we are as close to debt free as we can. While I sometimes “drool” over what the full amount would be, reality is that extra little bit wouldn’t contribute to necessities, most likely be spent foolishly or enlarge the inheritance. But I sure don’t miss the days when the month outlasted the bank account.

think I’ll be retiring very soon.

 

[PJSprog]

52°F was our high today at midnight, and it's been dropping all day. Windy and 32° right now. Our warm days are behind us now.

Been awhile since I've had the opportunity to enjoy the company here. Life has been getting in the way.

I read that we've lost another friend. Gonna miss Roy.

I have about 450-ish posts to catch up on. Gonna take awhile. Probably just do the Readers Digest Condensed version and just read Mostly_'s daily summaries.

Good evening, gents.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Is this true? I was talking to him as late as yesterday I think?

He posted yesterday morning that he was going in to work.

 

[txdon]

Notification of Roy's death.

The Resting Place.

https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/news/the-latest/2022/11/15/helicopter-pioneer-frank-robinson-flies-west/

www.tractorbynet.com

RoyJackson

www.tractorbynet.com

 

[Buppies]

4.25in of rain today and still going, then the cold. We took a short trip down south windy showery 71 degrees. Going to miss Roy

Nice to see you back PJ

 

[Buppies]

BEF you can start tomorrow

 

[check]

Good evening, and thanks to all our veterans on this remembrance day. My father was in World War II, and I used to call them every November 11 to thank him for his service. Haven’t been able to do that for the last 10 years, since he passed away (peacefully) at the age of 92 in 2012. He and three of his siblings went to work, and they all came back safely. Many close calls, however. I have always been impressed with how resilient he was in surviving the horrors of war. Our family life was normal, and he never seem to show any signs of what we now know to be post traumatic stress disorder.

Rest in peace, dad.

 

[check]

LOL, L4N, I think I figured out what all this voting business is about South of the border.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Dennis, running those number can be interesting exercise. Don’t know how many times I’ve run them, before, during, & after. Likely a very important consideration for young guys is health insurance costs. We opted to take SS at 62 with goal to payoff house. Guess we are as close to debt free as we can. While I sometimes “drool” over what the full amount would be, reality is that extra little bit wouldn’t contribute to necessities, most likely be spent foolishly or enlarge the inheritance. But I sure don’t miss the days when the month outlasted the bank account.

I had everything paid off until I bought the new Mazda. Well, not entirely, I owe a little on the ZT, only because I keep KTAC on it until it’s paid off.
Paying for both kids college also put a dent in funds.

But I look at Randy and now Roy passing, and I look at my health, and I keep saying why am I working.

And Buppies just offered me a job.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good evening, and thanks to all our veterans on this remembrance day. My father was in World War II, and I used to call them every November 11 to thank him for his service. Haven’t been able to do that for the last 10 years, since he passed away (peacefully) at the age of 92 in 2012. He and three of his siblings went to work, and they all came back safely. Many close calls, however. I have always been impressed with how resilient he was in surviving the horrors of war. Our family life was normal, and he never seem to show any signs of what we now know to be post traumatic stress disorder.

Rest in peace, dad.

My dad knew a Canadian during WW2, his name was John Deer. Not sure of exact spelling, but dad never forgot his name.

The news show where my dad was interviewed for a Veterans Day special is now online. It was good. Here’s pic from it.