Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Don, how many strokes to cut off the streetlight?

 

[kenmbz]

My father wished me a happy thanksgiving Sunday :-(

 

[m7040]

Good Morning!!!! 40F @ 5:15AM. Partly cloudy. A few flurries or snow showers possible. High 53F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph.
Well if it's 40F outside now, not much chance of seeing any white stuff. Which is fine with me.

The well service guy rang the doorbell a little late yesterday morning, but he'd already let himself into the pump house and taken apart the wiring on the well head. Initially he didn't have any good news, indicating that there was an open wire down to the pump motor, which meant moving everything stored in the pump house and taking off the roof to allow the pipe string to be extracted. But then he noticed some charring on the inside cover of the electrical box, and looking closely at the wires saw that one was burned where it had been shorting to the conduit going into the box. He replaced a short section of wire and the pump motor fired right up. Whew, that was a huge relief! We talked over the voltage sag issues, and he suggested installing a Variable Frequency Drive jet pump, which I thought was a good idea. It'll double the flow capacity of the system, eliminate the voltage sag with a soft start up, and get rid of the troublesome pressure switch I've been replacing every couple years. Turns out he left his wire crimp tool, so he needs to come back anyway.

Spent some time running searches for a Volkswagen Sportwagon with the TDI Diesel engine, finding one for sale locally. It has way too many miles on it to consider purchasing, but I'll drop by the VW dealer tomorrow and see if I can talk them into a test drive. There are a couple low mile cars in Oregon, and I'm thinkin' of saving the sales tax by driving up there, renting a one way tow dolly, and bringing one home.

Finished the day by moving the downed tree parts over to the next wood pile I'll be working, then raking out the still smouldering ashes from the last burn pile so they can air out and finish burning. Then I took a stab at moving one of the stumps. It's about 5' across, full of dirt, and has about 8' of 18" trunk sticking out of it. Way too heavy to pick up, but I did get a chain on it and broke it loose from the ground. But as soon as I got to a little uphill, the tractor lost traction and it wasn't going any farther. So today I'll cut the trunk off to lighten it, then see if I can push what's left over to the next burn pile.

VFD pumps. Constant pressure, soft start, no surge tank, higher power consumption. Good fit for rural areas with sagging voltage issues

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 25° and snow as forecasted. Got about 3", but the wind decided it would be better piled up in areas and just dusting other areas. High today only to be mid 30's. More snow tonight, supposed to be a bigger storm. Winds today could have gusts 45-55 mph.

I thick the crud has finally given up. Only a couple coughs, congestion almost gone. Only took 9 days to get over it. The biggest issue is that I may have transferred it to the wifey.....

Going to be an inside day for sure! Not sure what rabbit hole I'll go down.

Yesterday's rabbit hole adventure found some interesting changes coming to FCA (Chrysler) engines. The 'talk' is the 3.6 L, the 5.7 L, and the 3.0 diesel are / will be discontinued. The replacement will be a straight 6, single or dual turbo. No real specs out on it yet, aside from the estimated HP ratings.

Still no word from the knee referral. Last week, I did get confirmation that the insurance approved the 2nd opinion. The orthopedic surgeons office referred it to a totally different organization, the University's orthopedic center. I may try and call them today..... I was assured that the paperwork was sent to them last Thursday.

Hope everyone has a great day!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Don, how many strokes to cut off the streetlight?

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good Norbing to you too.

 

[IXLR8]

Spent some time running searches for a Volkswagen Sportwagon with the TDI Diesel engine, finding one for sale locally. It has way too many miles on it to consider purchasing, but I'll drop by the VW dealer tomorrow and see if I can talk them into a test drive. There are a couple low mile cars in Oregon, and I'm thinkin' of saving the sales tax by driving up there, renting a one way tow dolly, and bringing one home.

You need to watch the years you are looking at. 2015 and newer use DEF to keep emissions down. I found it a hassle to keep adding the DEF. The DEF systems can also be problematic, but you get a better running engine with better fuel economy. Everything you want to know about VW's and their TDI engines can be found at TDIclub.com. I had a 2001 TDI with the simple ALH engine and I routinely got 56-58mpg. Several times I managed to get 1000 miles to a tank of fuel. Scrapped the car with 295K miles on it due to rust from living in New England. It still ran fine, still got the same mileage. The engines in these cars are just getting "settled in" at about 80K miles.

 

[sodamo]

64°F and .63 inches rain.

Dentist visit went well, good for another 6 months.

Telemedicine followup for my eyes this afternoon. Was hopeful for a good report, maybe telling me I could ease back into normal. Accidentally hit my eyebrow with back of my hand while sleeping last night, definitely more tender that I thought. Only taking the acetaminophen at bedtime.

Otherwise life is great

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Looking4new]

Junior is cleaning the ice and snow build up off the roof today. Ice is about 2.5" thick and about a foot of snow on top of that. The rumble of the ice coming down the roof scares the stuffing out all 5 cats. It is a steel roof on a 6/12 pitch. There are two chimneys on the lower side of the roof and I don't want the ice to take them out.

It is going up to 43 tomorrow and rain, so maybe tomorrow I will clean up again.

 

[Mark P.]

Good Afternoon - currently 67°

Pop - Tell us more about these turkey sticks ..is it local only? fresh has to be cooked? sounds interesting...

LS - glad your feeling better - hope wife doesn't any worse..

Spike - we have to use plastic grocery bag on the mirrors about every other year..it works.

Have a good day.

Mark