Good morning!!!!

   / Good morning!!!! #165,291  
23F cloudy.
Out front door just before 3am cleaning old man winter dropping 5",was able clean shed roofs and plow driveway before leaving for work...whew,arrving home from work another 4"snow waiting to be clean up 🙄 3 hours later walks all roofs clean off and Kubota was hungry for snow action show no mercy. :)
Plans for the nothing but feet up until pillow time.

Enjoy your evening all.

Visitors stop by for snack after done plowing.
 

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   / Good morning!!!! #165,292  
No plans this evening other than finish the chicken on the grill and continue a series on Netflix that wife loves. Today was a lovely day with warm sun and no wind.

Phone is still working so may consider that fixed and the computer and laptop as well working fine. The new mini split is cranking out heat when we need it.

Taping the knee cap is working and I have less pain walking up stairs. The knee cap is shifting to one side that rubs and that cause pain when bending the knee as if stepping up on stairs.
Exercising and the strengthening muscles around the knee can help
 
   / Good morning!!!! #165,294  
Got up to 71°F today. We ate dinner on the patio. Seemed strange knowing that half of you guys were out plowing snow.

Watch your step. No falls please.

Chris
Not plowing but pushing. Had to use the mini x with the blade. The blower wouldn't fo it. When pushing, big sheets would move cuz of ice build up.

Jealous of your temps
 
   / Good morning!!!! #165,295  
Good (Friday) morning. Overnight Low of 14C and it's presently 26C, partly cloudy with a very slight breeze.

Not much happened yesterday... quickly into town to settle an unexpected bill. I attempted to do this Wednesday but forgot that it was a Northern Tasmanian 'holiday' for the Launceston Cup horse race, so quite a few businesses were closed. Historically, Tasmania is 'divided' North/South at the 42nd Parallel from colonial times. Eventually, as roads were built and 'joined' the island, the two capitol jurisdictions (Hobart/Launceston) merged with Hobart becoming the capitol... but the 'divide' remains to this day. ;) . And yes, those Southerners get the Hobart Cup horse race off on their day.

I did get the house/driveway & horse arena mowed. I'll finish off the front paddock later on today.

That's about it, take care all.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #165,296  
Reminds me of winter 2008/9.

The 60" blade couldn't keep up. I woke up the 3016, found the bucket under a 3 foot drift, and cleared snow most of the day.

More coming Sat. night; snow most of next week.
 

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   / Good morning!!!! #165,297  
Mostly installed, a few tweaks left. As many of you can relate, if you custom install something 15 years ago, a good chance the custom part needs to be further customized. Although the basic dimensions match the old, there are a few differences.

Test cycles run - functional. Even WiFi.

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   / Good morning!!!! #165,298  
Mostly installed, a few tweaks left. As many of you can relate, if you custom install something 15 years ago, a good chance the custom part needs to be further customized. Although the basic dimensions match the old, there are a few differences.

Test cycles run - functional. Even WiFi.

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Came our nice. Good job.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #165,299  
61°F and stormy this morning, got up to 71° today with some severe thunderstorms and tornado watches most of the day on it's way down to the low 50s overnight. 55° right now.

We've had a tough family week-or-so here. In addition to the bad news about Evey last week, I found out around noon on Monday that one of my uncles died Sunday night. He was 86. So, my one cousin lost her mother about a year ago, her husband right before the holidays, and now her father. Funeral is tomorrow.

Then, while we were eating dinner Monday evening, Wife got a call that her nephew - the one who stayed with us awhile back trying to get his life together - died Monday in an accident at work involving a forktruck. He was 29. Funeral is this coming Monday.

Not the most joyous of times in the Smith house.

Hope everyone here is well.

Good evening, gents.
Very sorry to hear PJS. Condolences and Prayers.
thanks Bill. The better of the two air filters comes lightly oiled, just like the K&Ns. K&N for this truck is four times cost of regular "good" filter.
I doubt I'll use up one air filter, much less two in the time I have this rv.
Under part throttle I hear a strange whistling, am curious if that will continue with new filter.

seems like State of Florida is getting serious about Left Lane Louises. When I lived down there, I was told by a number of seniors that they drive in the far left lane
because they can't see very well and they can judge their distance from the center median easier than the far right side. Sigh......sure messes up traffic.
Here's what I've always told my friends about K&N. "At least they keep the gravel out"....
Some pretty eye opening air filter test results here:
Yep.

Work was busy today. I found out my boss's boss, (my boss too), is giving up his director position. I'm pretty sad about it, he's a great guy, but just tired of the stress and politics. I've been so busy, the time just flies by. And more demands on my weekly schedule just keep tacking on. I guess that's what happens when you have about 25 bosses.

RNG, glad the lake is up.

LS4, hope the knee gets better. Prayers for our team.
 

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