Good morning!!!!

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good late morning/afternoon. Low was 17°, going up to 49° today, 54° tomorrow. Some high cloud cover this afternoon, but no precip until Mon and Tues ----- snow expected.

Started with the coughing as soon as I got into bed last night. Tried to "suppress" the coughing to no avail..... woke up the wifey a couple times (Not a good thing to do). Kept tossing and turning. Finally got up and did a coughing binge in the bathroom, cleared out the nose as best as could be, emptied any excess fluid, and tried sleeping again.... sometime about two hours later, fell asleep.

Hopefully, today will be the upswing.... cleared a bunch of fancy colorful stuff out of the nose this morning..... so far so good... no stuffiness and just occasional cough..... I hope I'm not just being duped again.....

Sorry for the vivid description......

Don, I bought one of these for the Ipad. It allows you to use a pen drive for storage. Not sure if it's something you can use. It was $10 off of Ebay.

I have a ton of photos on one drive, the full service manual for the tractor, etc.. on others. Works well for our purposes.

I think it is time to go lie down again.... We have been making the dog food since 07:00 this morning. This crud is just consuming all my energy.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!!!! 40F @ 4:45AM. A mix of clouds and sun. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 61F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph.

Thanks for sharing your Sprinter experience, Frits. Normally I'm a used car kinda guy, but with the prices of used vehicles of this type not differing significantly from new, I'd be crazy to buy used. But it's been surprisingly difficult to find a plane Jane van. I just need cruise control and a trailer hitch as options, and while I see an occaissional van equipped with a cruise control, finding one with a hitch is very rare. No wonder, as Ford wants close to $1k for a hitch and integrated trailer brake system.

Good to read that the procedure went well, David. Hope you're back to 100% soon.

Sounds like an allergic reaction of some sort, Ted. Hope it doesn't happen again.

I thought the new House stopped the new IRS agents from being hired, KJC. The power of the purse. But best we not discuss such things here...

Oddly, having no debit hurts your credit rating, Drew. Banks only want to loan money to people that don't need to borrow. Yet I've read you can get a better price on a vehicle if you agree to finance it. Then just pay off the loan early. Gotta make sure there's no early payment penalty, though.

I did get the burn pile going yesterday, a little too good. The wind picked up and the flames got longer than I was comfortable with, so out came the hose and a lot of water to damp it down. Once the flashy fuels were consumed I just kept piling more stuff on for the rest of the day. Got through maybe a third of the next pile. Getting lots of practice shaking dirt out of the grapple, as a lot got mixed in with the wood in this pile.

Seemed like I was stopping way too often to answer the phone yesterday. Lots of fun when you're operating a tractor: Kill the ignition, pop off the earmuffs, undo the seatbelt, fish the phone out of the pocket, and work the phone with gloves on to answer the call before it goes to voice mail. But I finally got through to a well digger and got a service call set up for next week. Also learned that the insurance adjuster found where to buy new roof tile that is supposed to match what's already on the roof. Gave me the name of an outfit in town that she said had samples, but a phone call confirmed they don't, so those are on order. It's almost certain the tiles on the roof are faded and new ones won't match, but the adjuster insists we jump through all the hoops. Realtor also found a fixer house he thinks is perfect for me. Only $700k I don't think so...

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The mound of ash was as big as the RTV at sunset last night, and there should be a nice bed of coals to feed more wood to this morning. So that's what I'll be up to today, hopefully without the phone calls.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend.

house stuff has to get past senate and veto. no negotiating power thanks to that KY dude

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

David, looking up towards the sun usually gets me sneezing at least a couple times.... The wifey would never believe me (told her this years ago) until my son has the same issue. Then she believes us.... must be hereditary?

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning.
Nice day here today.
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I think that I forgot to check in yesterday, but it wasn’t a busy day. Spent most of it disassembling and cleaning an old Ellis dividing head that I’ve had for a long time. I pulled it out for a small job and thought it was pretty forlorn looking. Amazing tight, easy but looking abandoned and unloved. I didn’t take any pictures, I’ll try to remember when I get back over to the shop today. Did the job,and then went to work on the dividing head.
Loaded the crock pot with meatballs and tomato sauce for dinner with the band, we had a great time, first get together in a few weeks.
Afterwards walked over to the house and went for a walk with Zoe.
Why are dogs always happy to see you?

Not sure what today will bring, neighbor has been asking a lot of questions about why his forklift won’t start, it’s a Nissan propane powered unit, might wander over there and see what’s up.

Drew, let me know if you need a ride to pick up the RV, I’ve been around quite a bit lately.

Cutting some gears?

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Kilroy, never had any sneezes past about 20.... you must have been plain wore out after 46!

 

[KilroyJC]

Kilroy, never had any sneezes past about 20.... you must have been plain wore out after 46!

Oh it definitely was gettin old by #30. . .

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Rip, you know if there aren't any pictures, it didn't happen

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Dennis, love your granddad's house. If I had that it would be getting restored and updated. Want to sell off a small chunk?

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Update!

a couple hours ago, we got a Winter Red Alert notice, just before taking mom shopping. So when we got back and unloaded our groceries, I got the quad ready. So I expect we will get rain. . .

i also stuffed the stove with wood and kindling and tinder to light off when we get home from dinner, plus brought in two more bags of wood, too.

(And before anyone asks: I have the winch mounted on a receiver mount and it is wired for power front and rear, so I can swap ends as necessary)(plow is only wired for the front )

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Joel/ak, welcome to the GM thread! You have a tough daughter playing hockey!