Good morning!!!!

[Wagtail]

Good (Sunday) morning... maybe I'm the one who's screwing up Buckeye's "what day of the week is it?" Anyway, the overnight Low was 19.5C and it's presently 23.8C, clear and calm but the wind is supposed to 'get up' this arvo (which is what the 'Guessers' said would happen yesterday, but didn't). There was 1mm of rain in the gauge at 0730.

Chain-harrow/mulching of Paddocks 3 & 4 accomplished and tractor prepared/fuelled for todays post-Church activities.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[scaredychicken]

Good Day Everyone

Still lots of planning and decisions happening here - one step at a time. I will be glad to be on the other side of this difficult journey, but I need to get through it, I need to Trust God, Wait, and Pray. Some financial planning already in the works with banks (and a meeting with Financial Planner on Monday), Counselling appt on Wednesday.

We've had ICE everywhere for a month. Slows the efforts down. At least the temperatures are reasonable at this point - hovering at freezing, so almost t-shirt weather now. Back to the shorts an no socks shortly again.

Truck is back and running okay. Some caliper issue perhaps still. But I am loading it up with garbage for a dump run on Monday.

I asked my friend if he could / would make me a sign similar to the one in the thumbnail. I think that would be great by the driveway. Perhaps I'll trade it for doing his taxes this year

off to feed the critters shortly, then have a steak dinner and watch the hockey game - Vancouver and Florida

 

[m7040]

'The Danish military on Greenland have active dog sled teams patrolling the coast line at all times."

Pretty interesting. I read that they use old bolt action rifles because they work in that environment and that they had to go with more powerful sidearms because polar bears can be pesky.

Chris

The weapons carried also reflect the harsh conditions. Among the equipment used by the Sirius Sledge Patrol is the M1917 Enfield bolt-action rifle chambered in .30-06 Springfield, known in Danish service as the Gevær M/53 (17), and the Glock 20 pistol chambered in 10mm Auto.

The reason for changing their sidearm is their previous Pistol M/49 sidearms chambered in 9×19mm Parabellumproved insufficient against the polar bears encountered.[12]

"The weapons carried also reflect the harsh conditions. Only bolt-action rifles (M17/M53) performs reliably. The standard SIG210 Neuhausen sidearm was recently replaced by the 10mm Glock 20, as the stopping power of multiple 9mm rounds proved to be insufficient against a polar bear."[13]

The Sirius Patrol uses the standard .30-06 168-grain military round and also civilian hollow-points. The patrolmen feel that the full metal jacket bullet on the military round is best against polar bears at long range but that the hollow-points are better against an enraged musk ox. Typically, the patrolmen arrange their stripper clips so every third round is a hollow-point.

 

[IXLR8]

IXLR8, list make/model of your solar equipment and maybe we can help.

Ask and you shall receive.
Panels- 4- Kyocera KD225GX-LPB; 225W @ 24v
Charge controller- 1- Morningstar TriStar MPPT TS-MPPT-45; 24v 45amp
Batteries- 4- SunExtender AGM PVX-2580L; 12v 160lbs each
Inverter- 1- ExelTech XPX-1-2-6-1; 24v 2000 watt

Obviously not a big system, I have no idea what he intended to do with it. I thought maybe getting a grid-tied inverter and feeding a little back into 'the system'.

 

[Thomas]

24F on/off snow showers.

Been good slow motion day,took nice long afternoon nap in the recliner wakening with both kittens enjoy the nap 1 in my arm other on my lap,didn't feel either getting comfortable on me.

Took Mrs.to for favorite Mexican restaurant,I not really big fan on Mexican food but I give it BIG ...must be new cook.

Time to put feet up share bowl ice cream watch some football.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[LouNY]

Had a pleasant afternoon up in the woods watching nephew working. I have soft cab for my UTV but it gets quite breezy and cool even though it helps. I had bought one of the chinese diesel heaters and got it mounted and wired up, finished running the heat tubes in the woods today it really helped the temperature in the UTV considerably. Low 20's out and I would guestimate 50 inside.
Had the heater running about 5 hours and didn't use hardly any fuel, not even 1/2 a liter.

 

[Buppies]

Nice pick up Lou

Jacksonville not looking good tonight

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 30ºF for the start mostly clear sky, light breeze.Light to moderate wind, clear sky, and high temp was 58ºF. Bike rid to start morning, 60 mile. Lunch and nap then dinner, with stepdaughter and hubby. She not happy with us, not enough pics of GGD.
Lost key story. Wife and I were flying C172 hone to Roll,MO when encountered snow at SGF airport and landed. Friend pic us up next day, was able to get ride back to plane. Just as other plane leaving I was asked do you have key, showed them the key, and dropped in in other plane without knowing it. Mailplane was able to shuttle key to me that evening, getting home whole another story
Yesterday 4 PM posts:
Don glad you got tiller going. Nice to see Lake recover, and hear you got seat time. nice garden pic.
Jim wife went through that when we moved to TX. Because she was widow needed previous marriage license, his death certificate, and our marriage license.
Mike good to hear barn is done.
Randy(wag) .2mm not much rain, would call that a trace here Hope chain harrow work got complete. Sounds like roading time more than actual work time.
Thomas looks like big scoop on frontloader, could overload pickup.
Dennis that looks like a good indoor winter job.
Frits neat story.
Sunday morning posts:
Newbury I just keep calendar on phone up to date so I know when to go visit family.
Buppies hope everyone getting better there. prayers sent.
Ron nice job on feeder, if it only took 5 minutes for birds to show, they were watching for it nice pic
Billy yes, no zoom would make more challenge. There are apprenticeships in US, you live on your own and get paid more than room and board. I served a 4 year apprenticeship for Tool maker. 8,000 hours, plus classroom instruction.
Drew you need to watch much pain meds you are taking, Describing us ad hot guys might be a stretch BTW we have to replace lead covered roof vent pipe periodically cause squirrels chew the lead and plastic
WVH welcome to GM thread. hope hunting was good.
Kilroy glad you got home before snow. Glad you could handle no power so gracefully. Sorry about coffee machine leaking. Hope mast project made progress.
Bill I have watch with time, day, date, and on computer graphic lower right hand corner, on hone as well.
Thomas hope you enjoyed the playoffs.
Dave hope you enjoyed your snow.
Phil holy cow, that is long time to wait. Good to hear you both are well except for hear voice.
RNG good to hear more rain. Sorry about tire. Good to hear back porch mostly cleared off. Hope you can get motor working again.
Don hope Citrus did 28ºF seems colder then the citrus wants. How are you going to add nitrogen, bu fertilizer?
Lou hope logging was safe with no chaining.
Jim 2 strokes are notorious for everything affecting air/fuel ratio. Dirty air filter is high on list to cause over rich running. Good luck with solar project, it is my understanding that electric company need to know and approve grid tied solar. Sorry about SS check going down.
Scotty have fun with indoor projects. Hope no big mud slides near you.
Ken hope you got your wire run. Sorry that 5 years seams like 10
Mike, sorry about lack of covered space. Hope you can get milk house done soon so you can work on Garage.
Paul hope you network update complete. Good to fun rehearsing. Hope you could help with phone line. Sorry about no surprise at party.
Ted hope not too much ice coming your way. Hope you were able to get some outside items off your list.
David good to hear guy won. Good to hear progress on extension, sorry about no posts stood up. Hope dinner went well.
Frits nice to hear good start to day.
Kyle just digestive tract issue, and it cleared up in about 24 hours. No coughing I have almost constant sinus drainage. Shame about your niece. Good luck with controlling plecos in the river. Hope you can get maintenance items done Monday
Kyle glad coyote did not get the dog.
Frits have you watch the Iditarod?
Dennis most people hate doing drywall. Especially the taping and mudding.
Dennis sound like nice start for the day.
RS rost looke real nice. Nice dril set and hatchet. Chips should work well for smoking.
Scaredy good to see your attitude through what is a very difficult time. prayers sent.
Thomas glad good day. Great to hear you enjoyed your Mexican food.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /broken arm and heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's vioce, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, Ken /dad possible dementia, /uncle's surgery, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Lou /eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage not doing well, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's surgery, Scotty, /back pain, Frits /daughter recovery from surgery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Mark /wife colon surgery, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Spent most of the afternoon napping. No work done today.
Did back up cell phone tonight.
Also copied pics from 2 cameras at the farm, including the HD copies from the cell camera SD card. Now backing them up to removable drive.

 

[sodamo]

Ask and you shall receive.
Panels- 4- Kyocera KD225GX-LPB; 225W @ 24v
Charge controller- 1- Morningstar TriStar MPPT TS-MPPT-45; 24v 45amp
Batteries- 4- SunExtender AGM PVX-2580L; 12v 160lbs each
Inverter- 1- ExelTech XPX-1-2-6-1; 24v 2000 watt

Obviously not a big system, I have no idea what he intended to do with it. I thought maybe getting a grid-tied inverter and feeding a little back into 'the system'.

Agree, looks like you’d have to replace inverter to be grid tied. As you note, not a very big system, perhaps power a small cabin?

 

[sodamo]

Productive day. Not only got another section of extension erected but sold my M1102 trailer. Too big to haul with my Ridgeline, buyer has F250.

 

[scaredychicken]

i had a bit of tractor time today.

chicken feed delivery ... emptied out the back of the truck

pulled the utility trailer that was filled with a load of garbage, up the icy driveway to a level spot where it could be unloaded easily into my truck. moved truck beside trailer for content transfer. dump run pending. the back roads are terrible right now, that trailer is too light for these conditions

spent a half hour scraping the driveway with the box blade and tines, to break up the ice - warmer temps at 1-2C will assist with more of the battle against ice

cleared a path through to the back, so that i can get to the chickens more easily.

i am not a fan of winter, but snow on the yard and trees looks nice. snow on the roads, driveways ... not so much nice. Stay Safe everyone

 

[ronjhall]

Sunday, 5:16 am EST 1/15/2023.​

Poured first cup of coffee. 16° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 36° with mix of sun and clouds. It always amazes me how much of a mess I make in shop when doing small projects. Shop is ready for next project. This last week got me using the 3 new paddle switches on installed on machines. I have owned my metal lathe for over 50 years. On/off switch was on left side just left of spindle. It is still on left. But low and its now a button instead of toggle. Keep reaching to where toggle switch was. I will get it right yet. Just going to take time.
Male Cardinals always like to pose for camera. But no females in sight.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

26 going to 46. Clear and star-filled sky.

Had snow flurries off and on most of yesterday while I brought in wheelbarrows of firewood. Ground a little too soft to use the tractor.

Kyle, good to hear from you. Good you are in high spirits and challenged at work.

Met a very nice lady at the trailhead last week named Goldilocks who provides shuttle service for hikers...made final arrangements for her to shuttle me on my next hike from where I'll park (at my destination) back to the starting point. That way I can complete a longer section of trail. I just have to be able to last all the way to where my truck will be waiting. I'll likely do some of the hike in the dark. I might be biting off more than I can chew.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good morning!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).

The StarLink is up and running!

MrsKilroyJC was on belay:

(A little fine-tuning of the guys took out that bend)

Sign of a successful lift;

And the payoff:
BEFORE

(NB - this is NOT normal. Number is usually somewhere between 1.1 and 1.6)



And AFTER

Those numbers are from approximately 30 minutes after initial power up — they should improve further as the system fine-tunes itself and more satellites go up.

DSL is going bye-byes tomorrow!



On the downside, our vintage Saeco coffee machine sprung a leak. I think I fixed it, but somewhere in the disassembly/reassembly process, something went wonky with the water reservoir sensor, and I have to disassemble it again today and fix that problem.

never a dull moment. . .

meanwhile. . . Ol’ Reliable is pressed into service:

One of the nice things about the improved Internet access is I am able to compose a post like this in the same time it used to take to upload ONE photo!

I hope everyone has a happy healthy relaxing Blessed Sunday!

 

[KilroyJC]

Oh, I received my monthly SS check on Wednesday, it was $100 LESS than before. It seems that with the COLA adjustment it raised my SS income above a threshold that caused my Medicare deduction to go up about $400 so now I take home less than before the adjustment!!???

(fill in the blank so I don’t get my post moved) is your friend and has your best interests at heart.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good morning to all! Low of 33°, heading for a high of 53°. Partly sunny, light wind. Strongest gust was 18 mph overnight. Changes com tomorrow, rain, sleet, snow, freezing rain.... should be interesting.

Get well wishes for all those under the weather.

Kilroy, fingers crossed for a successful install of the mast / dish. Be careful!

Rip, the roof looks great.... the BARN itself looks great!

BEF, are you going to finish the drywall in the basement? As many times as we went over placement of outlets for the new house, and put more than we thought would be needed, we could still use a few more strategically placed ones. I'm not going to tear into the drywall to do so......

Drew, neck pain is not fun, as you are well aware. Hope a soak in the hot tub gives some relief.

RNG, sorry to hear about the tire, hopefully not too much involved to get it back on. Sounds like cleanup going good on back porch. Glad you got the blaster fixed up.

Today's agenda will be more of the same.... working on the list. Going to do the outside items first, trying to beat the weather moving in.

Everyone have a great day!

Lift went well!

just ran another speed test and YOWZAH!!!!!

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the forecast is a low temp 4 and the high to 21°F. Wind E 8 mph. Sunny!

An energy conservation day for sure.

Have a safe day all

 

[KilroyJC]

Good evening all. 30ºF for the start mostly clear sky, light breeze.Light to moderate wind, clear sky, and high temp was 58ºF. Bike rid to start morning, 60 mile. Lunch and nap then dinner, with stepdaughter and hubby. She not happy with us, not enough pics of GGD.
Lost key story. Wife and I were flying C172 hone to Roll,MO when encountered snow at SGF airport and landed. Friend pic us up next day, was able to get ride back to plane. Just as other plane leaving I was asked do you have key, showed them the key, and dropped in in other plane without knowing it. Mailplane was able to shuttle key to me that evening, getting home whole another story
Yesterday 4 PM posts:
Don glad you got tiller going. Nice to see Lake recover, and hear you got seat time. nice garden pic.
Jim wife went through that when we moved to TX. Because she was widow needed previous marriage license, his death certificate, and our marriage license.
Mike good to hear barn is done.
Randy(wag) .2mm not much rain, would call that a trace here Hope chain harrow work got complete. Sounds like roading time more than actual work time.
Thomas looks like big scoop on frontloader, could overload pickup.
Dennis that looks like a good indoor winter job.
Frits neat story.
Sunday morning posts:
Newbury I just keep calendar on phone up to date so I know when to go visit family.
Buppies hope everyone getting better there. prayers sent.
Ron nice job on feeder, if it only took 5 minutes for birds to show, they were watching for it nice pic
Billy yes, no zoom would make more challenge. There are apprenticeships in US, you live on your own and get paid more than room and board. I served a 4 year apprenticeship for Tool maker. 8,000 hours, plus classroom instruction.
Drew you need to watch much pain meds you are taking, Describing us ad hot guys might be a stretch BTW we have to replace lead covered roof vent pipe periodically cause squirrels chew the lead and plastic
WVH welcome to GM thread. hope hunting was good.
Kilroy glad you got home before snow. Glad you could handle no power so gracefully. Sorry about coffee machine leaking. Hope mast project made progress.
Bill I have watch with time, day, date, and on computer graphic lower right hand corner, on hone as well.
Thomas hope you enjoyed the playoffs.
Dave hope you enjoyed your snow.
Phil holy cow, that is long time to wait. Good to hear you both are well except for hear voice.
RNG good to hear more rain. Sorry about tire. Good to hear back porch mostly cleared off. Hope you can get motor working again.
Don hope Citrus did 28ºF seems colder then the citrus wants. How are you going to add nitrogen, bu fertilizer?
Lou hope logging was safe with no chaining.
Jim 2 strokes are notorious for everything affecting air/fuel ratio. Dirty air filter is high on list to cause over rich running. Good luck with solar project, it is my understanding that electric company need to know and approve grid tied solar. Sorry about SS check going down.
Scotty have fun with indoor projects. Hope no big mud slides near you.
Ken hope you got your wire run. Sorry that 5 years seams like 10
Mike, sorry about lack of covered space. Hope you can get milk house done soon so you can work on Garage.
Paul hope you network update complete. Good to fun rehearsing. Hope you could help with phone line. Sorry about no surprise at party.
Ted hope not too much ice coming your way. Hope you were able to get some outside items off your list.
David good to hear guy won. Good to hear progress on extension, sorry about no posts stood up. Hope dinner went well.
Frits nice to hear good start to day.
Kyle just digestive tract issue, and it cleared up in about 24 hours. No coughing I have almost constant sinus drainage. Shame about your niece. Good luck with controlling plecos in the river. Hope you can get maintenance items done Monday
Kyle glad coyote did not get the dog.
Frits have you watch the Iditarod?
Dennis most people hate doing drywall. Especially the taping and mudding.
Dennis sound like nice start for the day.
RS rost looke real nice. Nice dril set and hatchet. Chips should work well for smoking.
Scaredy good to see your attitude through what is a very difficult time. prayers sent.
Thomas glad good day. Great to hear you enjoyed your Mexican food.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /broken arm and heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's vioce, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, Ken /dad possible dementia, /uncle's surgery, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Lou /eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage not doing well, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's surgery, Scotty, /back pain, Frits /daughter recovery from surgery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Mark /wife colon surgery, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

Progress was made all right. . .

versus

 

[KilroyJC]

Sunday, 5:16 am EST 1/15/2023.​

Poured first cup of coffee. 16° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 36° with mix of sun and clouds. It always amazes me how much of a mess I make in shop when doing small projects. Shop is ready for next project. This last week got me using the 3 new paddle switches on installed on machines. I have owned my metal lathe for over 50 years. On/off switch was on left side just left of spindle. It is still on left. But low and its now a button instead of toggle. Keep reaching to where toggle switch was. I will get it right yet. Just going to take time.
Male Cardinals always like to pose for camera. But no females in sight.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

What lathe do you have? Mrs let my buy one last year - I am still learning. . . Generally I am taking perfectly good pieces of metal and making them into Brillo Pads