Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 33° with rain this morning. Heading to 46° with continued rain. So far we have gotten 1/2" of rain this week. That would be about 6" of snow. Tractor has not moved since I put snow plow on. That was done before Thanksgiving. Snowblower has been sitting in same spot since it was put on. Maybe I shouldn't complain. Checked my TO DO list yesterday. I had a new digital thermostat setting on shelf. Installed it on shop heater. Just have to remember to change it's batteries every year. Going to be a good day to stay in and do some house cleaning and laundry.
Got a little bit of sun yesterday.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

42 going to 56, but more rain.

Yesterday was a nice day until I went under the house to replace the HVAC filters...pinhole leak near the GEO fed water heater...3/4 inch copper...made a temporary fix and need to make a run to hardware to pick up what I don't have in parts and a few spares. It's in a tight space, short run, so not sure whether I can sharkbite it or sweat it.

I did have fun taking the zero turn for a short ride on a warm day just to give it some exercise, send the battery some new juice, and re-park it on different sections of the tires.

Made a warranty claim on my hiking boots...interesting process...submit an online form that included telling them what factory made them, attaching 5 pix: the entire boots, inside tag, receipt, soles, and one showing the problem. I had to email the pix to myself to get them reduced in size enough to attach to their online form...2 year warranty.

I recall some of you have used apps, or websites to reduce the size (or what they called heaviness) of your photos, but I couldn't remember what. I searched on my phone for a choice to take a smaller meg size, and then looked on my laptop for a reducer within the built in Microsoft photo s/w but no luck.

One of the upper eyelets/hooks had pulled completely off the boot about 1/4 into my long hike Tuesday, so they are still functioning. I love these boots, and they are the 8th pair from this company (3rd pair of this model) I have used. I got an email reply within an hour, saying they were processing the claim, and wondered how I use the boots and the type of terrain. If the claim is successful, they will give me a credit on their website. I'll buy the same boots.

Hope you get some sleep, BEF...I was up a good bit during the night, too.

Cute puppies. I have puppy teeth scars on my hands...finally decided to wear gloves when I knew I was going to play hard.

 

[daugen]

good morning all.
rain is about to start and go all day, likely about an inch. And the ten day has more rain too; ground
is never going to dry out at this rate. I guess that's what makes the flowers grow...

surprisingly warm weather so far other than one earlier cold week.

haircut this afternoon and then school board finance meeting by zoom.
Saturday is an all day "retreat" for the board on campus; hope it will be worth the time.
My experience with these things are they aren't. But it's team work and we rarely see each other any more due to zoom, so
getting together in person has many benefits.

never heard back from guy with local motorhome. Will try to follow up with him today. I'm guessing he got home from Florida
and it wouldn't start...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I recall some of you have used apps, or websites to reduce the size (or what they called heaviness) of your photos, but I couldn't remember what. I searched on my phone for a choice to take a smaller meg size, and then looked on my laptop for a reducer within the built in Microsoft photo s/w but no luck.

One of the upper eyelets/hooks had pulled completely off the boot about 1/4 into my long hike Tuesday, so they are still functioning. I
.

On windows IRFanView to resize. It’s also what I use to batch date and rename photos.

Top hook came off of my Merrill hiking boots. I just skip it on one foot.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Wife’s 8 yr old android phone giving her problems. Works at home, probably because WiFi calling is set, but doesn’t work on just cell signal. So I’m thinking of upgrading to a new iPhone with more memory, since mine is always full of pictures, and giving her mine.
Wife isn’t sure she wants an iPhone though. She barely used her phone until recently, mostly texting and Facebook.
I don’t understand how Verizon wants $35 upgrade fee if all I do is switch the sim. Looks like I’d have to pay it twice, for me and her.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I’m also researching upgrading our church video projection to a 4K system. Pricing new projector, new computer. I don’t want to move the projector location, so gotta investigate throw distance for our screen size. I believe it’s 12 ft wide screen.
Looks like new projectors use lasers instead of bulbs. It’s been 10 yrs since I last bought one.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good evening all 57ºF for the start, overcast, light wind. wind became moderate with brisk gusts, Trace of rain then slow clearing, high temp was 66ºF, lo temp forecast at midnight is 49ºF. We do have some rain in 10day, about a 1/2 inch hope the rain amount over achieves. Men's meeting to start day, then putter for a bit, then replaced wheelbarrow arms. Nap then help wife make meatballs. Meant to load wood wagon but failed to get that done.
RNG another hope that you can sort it out. Good analysis of your situation. Not sure where you can go to get away from meth-heads
Drew glad you had good visit. If there is a chicken shortage the price will come of the 7.50 doz. price.
Ron hope grocery shopping was complete and Sassy got her walks. Nice pic
Frits glad you can handle where you are.
Kilroy glad you have plenty of eggs. Sorry about no quiches. Hope you can work out a price. Good luck with coffee maker leak. Also sorry about the training issues. I wonder why "they" are so indifferent to making sure training means something. Good luck with wood processor.
Spike hope things do change for you.
Mike hope truck is ready for more miles and Shopping went well.
Bill sorry about the flush handle. When mine broke it was an easy fix.
Mike hope you are finding the balance as well.
Billy glad you made it to taco place. Hope you get your freeze so you can take care of the firewood.
Scotty good luck with weed abatement program.
Paul hope the breakfast is fun and informative. Hope you can make some progress on Bridgeport project.
Ken hope their practice was helpful for audition. Great mailroom story
RNG and the challenge is to figure out when it is time to rehome the machinery you are not really using.
Buppies hope you can stay put for a while. prayers sent.
Dennis hope you can do more Dennis stuff now you are retired.
RNG good to hear recovery from wind is happening, hope groceries went well.
Gstrom good to hear you are ready for winter storm.
Ken interesting snowing in London and not in PA.
Jim glad you heard from contractor, and he showed today. I hate it when stuff falls apart during disassembly and you have no pics of what it looked like or what order to put back together.
Dennis thanks for link.
Thomas hope you avoided one boot north and one boot south. Hope you can cut hours. Glad short workday. Hope you got your nap and storm prep done.
Dennis maybe I should change tire on bike
Ted. glad you found a better way for life improvement. Wish we had gotten 1/2 inch of rain. Hope you can get into shop soon.
Mark hope wife's surgery goes well. prayers sent.
David hope you got good news on Sophie's eyes. Hope you were ale to et more bracing installed.
Don I just wonder why people just dump stuff like that.
RS hope leaky facet is progressing, amazing how much work needs to happen before you get to the main event Hope you get the TVs squared away. Good luck with dust collection system.
Dennis glad you finally got your oil on sale. Hope you can find water source in fridge. Good luck with water softener.
Drew glad good visit with friend. Sorry about day mix up on meeting, you could use paper calendar, but that would involve tracking what day it is .
Dennis wife used to get seafood enchilada at Chevy's then they pulled it, brought it back then shut whole restaurant down
Frits we have gotten much better with lists and using them when we moved n much more rural area.
Randy(wag) glad you feet are still ok. Hope you got the property mowed.
Frits yes looks innocent with chewed up leash still on floor
Gale not much rain when it went through here. Hope no bad damage.
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 voice, 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.

Well, we like this person and she likes us, so $4 is a good price all around - 3 dozen eggs buys a 40lb bag for scratch mix at BigBoxHomeImprovement, six dozen buys a bag of layer pellets. Approximately. . .

 

[KilroyJC]

I’m also researching upgrading our church video projection to a 4K system. Pricing new projector, new computer. I don’t want to move the projector location, so gotta investigate throw distance for our screen size. I believe it’s 12 ft wide screen.
Looks like new projectors use lasers instead of bulbs. It’s been 10 yrs since I last bought one.

When I last worried about things like that, I still worried about sprocket hooking, vertical ghosting, and residue on the sound slit

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

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

well, after doing a little experiment at work, I managed to horrify the head trainer… I basically eliminated all the system-supplied data from the document jobs in a way that would prevent the system from re-applying it, and manually input all the proper data again from scratch. Proceeded to get a whole set of perfect scores.

then I told her what I did, basically proving that the training software is corrupted. . .

I finished with the statement: “ I know I ain’t perfect - but I also know I am nowhere near this bad at this!”

hilarity ensues (or at least it should. . .).

StarLink is still doing AWESOME. The lowest numbers I have seen so far are 7 down and .88 up - and that was retested immediately and was right back in the 70-down and 11 up range - so there might have been a bird sitting on the antenna or something. . .


Coffee good…
Dog came in about 4AM to check on us for some unknown reason. No thunder, no shooting, no antics from the druggies across the street. Up since then, crawled out about 5 AM.

I hope everyone has a wonderful productive happy healthy blessed Friday Eve!

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp is 20 and going to a high of 27°F. Wind ENE 14 gusting to 21 mph. Snow starting this afternoon and continuing overnight. About 4" forecast, we'll see.

When I am resizing pictures in windows, I right click on the pic, open with and choose 'paint', and change them to 480 X ??? using the 'maintain aspect ratio'. That way the pic doesn't get all skewed out of shape. Then save the smaller pic to replace the big one you just reduced in size. This is with windows 10.

Yellow ears is posing for you.

24 bux a bag for lay pellets sounds like a good price to me. But if you want to keep your scheckles in your pockets, then 6 doz. eggs sounds better.

A town and dump run today about noonish, then home to watch the snow accumulate.

Have a safe day all

 

[riptides]

39 outside this AM. Be lucky to touch 50 today. Rain moving through later. Sigh.

Managed to get all the little necessities done yesterday. As expected took all day. Got home in time to fill a driveway rut that has been filling with standing water for a while. Guess gravel is on the order list soon.

We shall see what today brings, maybe just take it easy.

wngsprd, for photo editing, on Windows, you can use the age old Microsoft Paint program. It has a quick resizer function. No need to load anything more complex. Online, well, pixlr was something I used in the past.

Hope all have a great day, be safe. Get or stay healthy.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good morning, low temp is 20 and going to a high of 27°F. Wind ENE 14 gusting to 21 mph. Snow starting this afternoon and continuing overnight. About 4" forecast, we'll see.

When I am resizing pictures in windows, I right click on the pic, open with and choose 'paint', and change them to 480 X ??? using the 'maintain aspect ratio'. That way the pic doesn't get all skewed out of shape. Then save the smaller pic to replace the big one you just reduced in size.

Yellow ears is posing for you.

24 bux a bag for lay pellets sounds like a good price to me. But if you want to keep your scheckles in your pockets, then 6 doz. eggs sounds better.

A town and dump run today about noonish, then home to watch the snow accumulate.

Have a safe day all

Just figgerin’ how many to sell to offset the outlay on the front end

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s 35 with a high of 40 in the rain today. Hasn’t started yet, but will rain all day and overnight.

Yesterday, had a vice breakfast where we discussed what our kids will do with our “stuff” once it becomes their stuff, and the state of the union. That part was interesting, as Rich retired as a constitutional history professor after an earlier career as a partner in a Manhattan law firm.

Then it was back to work on the TV and internet project which is just about complete. Here’s the wall plate for the HDMI and optical connections.

Also glued up this shelf for the center channel speaker that used to sit on top of the old monster TV.

I’ll make or buy some hidden brackets for it today and get it installed.

Overall, I’m pleased with the speed of the internet, this is on my iPad two floors above the WI-FI router, without the mesh extenders that Verizon hasn’t sent yet.

I did manage to get to the Bridgeport and make some chips as well as the part that I lost for my sight pusher.

Zoe sleeps in the kitchen, I put a camera there so that we can see what she is up to. Keep in mind that she is only 12 weeks old, and the camera is on the kitchen counter.

Today I’ll continue yesterdays projects starting with getting the shelf installed. I’ll have to get a couple of briskets ready to go into the smoker this evening for tomorrow’s dinner, one will go to the restaurant though, as it’s not much more work or time to make two than one.

 

[shetland sheepdog]

33 and cloudy here in srn NH. A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after 3pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 39. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible, forecast for today.

 

[Buppies]

Very foggy here light drizzle high near 60 then front comes thru high in 40s tomorrow more rain Monday Sunday then again Wednesday ground is wet and soft

Prayers for all our country

 

[IXLR8]

Good morning to everyone,
Presently it is 47F under cloudy skies with a bit of fog after an overnight low of 43. Todays forecast is for cloudy skies, high of 56 with light rain moving in later this afternoon.

Cleaned the carb on my chainsaw, sorted out the jigsaw puzzle that is the throttle linkage on the saw and put everything back together. Hope to try it out this afternoon before the rains move in.

Took the drone out to take some pictures of what the contractor did. All he did was lay out the building and mark where the 25 8x8 posts and 2 6x6 posts are going to go. Friday he starts digging the holes to put the posts in.

Took the pup for a walk, other than that it was a quiet day.

Liz came home yesterday morning, waiting for today's 'honey do' list.

Have a good day everyone and be careful out there.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good morning!!!! 41F @ 5:30AM. Some clouds this morning will give way to generally sunny skies for the afternoon. High 53F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.
Picked up another 3/8" of rain yesterday evening.
No more rain in the 10-day, and lots of sunshine.

Does Zoe's camera have LEDs on the front? That's maybe what attracted her curiosity.

No surprises on yesterday's town run, other than that the plumbing supply place I used changed hands and has a new name. Drove right by it at first, then saw the old name on a parking lot sign. Went in, and it was the same, with the same merchandise and people. Whew! They always seem to have what I need in stock, and will pass along some good advise if asked.

Picked up some Mexican chocolate at the grocery, and added a bar to the shredded beef in the InstaPot. Yazzah, now that's the mole flavor I was lookin' for. Like havin' dessert for dinner.

Pulled out a bag of frozen green chili and some chicken, and will get a batch of green chili chicken stew goiin' this morning. Time to restock on batches of quick dinner meals.

I did get the roof and gutter metal from the flying roof moved and weighted down with bricks, and recovered the six LED fixtures that used to hang underneath it. They're a bit beat up and wet, so I didn't try to plug them in to see if they still work. Maybe after they dry for a few days.

Started coming up to speed on Sprinters. Gosh, there sure are a lot of ditzy VanLifers out there filling YouTube channels up with meaningless fluff. Definitely need to touch bases with my flipper buddy this weekend.

Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!

 

[txdon]

Good morning 35˚F heading to the 60s clear skies wind from the NW changing to the NE by sunset.

Since we only got a few drop of rain yesterday, and I forgot to tun on the lawn irrigation system, I'm turning on each of the 6 areas on this morning for about 10 minutes each.

This is the first week in many months that we have had both FireWise and County park Cedarcide in the same week since we switch to once a month cedarcide. Feeling pretty good - paced myself and hydrated well.

Hopefully the County park will be opened this Spring - a two year delay because of bad work by the contractor that had to get the bonding company involved. Seeing the attraction the "Farm" has in this area I think the park will be very popular. People just want to wander outside and the 1300 acre park is about 30 minutes from the most populated areas.

You definitely have a different perspective on your abilities from age 50 to age 70.

Kyle don't forget to tell your wife about the ag exemption and how to keep it. Finding out how much your yearly taxes would be without it will be the incentive.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Took the drone out to take some pictures of what the contractor did. All he did was lay out the building and mark where the 25 8x8 posts and 2 6x6 posts are going to go. Friday he starts digging the holes to put the posts in.

Progress at last!

I wish I'd done a better job of using the drone to document some of the projects around here. Had I to do again, I'd mark a takeoff/landing spot, and take videos ascending to a couple hundred feet, then descending. I think that would have made an interesting time lapse sort of video. Yeah, hindsight is always 20/20...

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 38 and rain, rain etc.
Got some more cleanup of seal where it puffed out between insulation.

BEF - water in bottom trays usually means blocked drain tube for auto defrost.

Wngsprd - MS Paint can change size/resolution/crop pictures

Wire and wire nails ordered for this weekends wire pull, some more ceiling to cut to make that possible.

Be well,