Good morning!!!!

[LS Tractor Owner]

Drew, congrats on a successful RV repair / upgrade. Now you have to make sure it's good for a long trip..... when you leaving and to where?

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Gas at Costco: $2.89/gal. Stations up the street: $3.28...... That's a big difference!

The temp only got up to 46°, then the clouds moved in and the temp dropped quick. The weather guessers now upped tonights snow amount here to 4-6".

Tractor all set to go if needed. Hopefully not.....

 

[PJSprog]

43°F and cloudy this morning, got up to 66° today. More weather moving in Thursday night and Friday, may end as snow. Looks like we may be in the low 70s on Monday.

Discovered yesterday that the wind from a storm a couple days ago damaged the barn. It has dual sliding doors, but the one on the right has never been used. It's just been held in place by a couple of obviously-too-small L-brackets mounted to the poles and the door. No longer. The wind swung it out at the bottom, and newly rearranged dirt, courtesy of our mole population, wouldn't let it swing back into place. A few minutes of grunting with a large pry bar fixed that. I reattached the diminutive brackets to hold it until I can get to a store to some get more appropriate sized brackets. Going to have to spend some time prying and beating the two doors back into alignment too so it will close completely, as well as putting some screws where there formerly were nails holding the corrugated sheet metal to the wood frames in several places. Not going to happen until this weekend, though. Not enough daylight left yet when I get home from work on weekdays.

I have a bunch more catching up to do here. You guys are, as always, prolific.

Hope everyone is well.

Good evening, gents.

 

[Looking4new]

34F cloudy,couple quick move snow storm passing thur 2-4 inches when all said and late tomorrow morning

Short work day...Met Mrs. and had taxes done we owe Uncle Sam $979.00 1 critter food stop and dump run,able get in good couple hours seat time

Plans for the evening between 0 and none.

Enjoy your evening all.


Decided to push back snow banks since 4" snow by Thursday PM and least 10' to 12" Starting late Friday lasting into Sunday...March starting out like lion.

I think that would cripple NH.

 

[scootr]

Cold cold wind. Coldest winter in Southern Cal in 17 yrs.
My bones verify that! Next 2 days warmer and no rain for a darn change.
Snow closures just 20 miles from the house. None here but that is where the ascent begins up the 11k peak San Jacinto. Great road for sportscars... waiting for spring for that fun... right now you all have a great night - I'm going to make a fire in the place and watch a little TV

 

[txdon]

Don, I am surprised that those trees died. Is it open air above or an 'indoor atrium'?

Open air above. It is called the Central Park on the Allure of the Seas.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 54ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind, sky clouded up, some drizzle, and high temp was 63ºF. Front came through, forecast high was 70ºF. Men's meeting to start day, bike ride, then trip to Sherman to get brakes rebuilt on Volagi, rotors at service limit. Will have the bike gone through will it is there. Will have same treatment for Peugeot, when Volagi done. Taking Peugeot to TDF in San Antonio. Did get nap in . Knees not super painful, but want to buckle while biking. Did get exercises to help wear on knee. Thank you all for your concern.
Bill hope you enjoyed your conserve energy day.
Ron made progress yesterday. I will enjoy you ability to resume pic posting.
Drew hope RV work went well. Hope school board meeting goes smoothly.
Kilroy hope doggie enjoyed her time at woodlot. Someone else came up with the term.
Kilroy sorry good day wasted inside. pup looks like getting good solace. Hope vents still sealed,
Buppies glad good day on beach sorry about dinner. Thanks. prayer sent. Hope you had a safe trip home.
Mike good to hear the progress on milk house. Hope you recovered the blade.
Don impressive turn around on cruise ship. Good to hear car back in service. Good luck with taxes.
Frits hope kid's celebration was fun. Hope you kept you wife comfy. Thanks
RNG Glad you are getting moisture and lake is still filling up. Good to hear new postings coming up, you will find it. Good luck with new van. Hope ripper experiment works.
Paul sounds like plenty backlog on speaker orders. Hope nothing has been chewing on wires, since car has been sitting. Will be interesting to what went wrong.
Ken brewfest sounds fun. Hope concerts are enjoyable. Good points on Donner pass
Frits pic is priceless
Scotty nice Donner story. Hope it is warm enough Friday for forklift work.
Marl good to hear all i well at your mom's.
Ted good to hear wind is slowing a bit. Hope you get the rain. Ted thanks you have much more issue with your knee. Hope the puttering was productive sorry to hear early knee complaining.
David chicken soup is a good accomplishment. Congrats 30 yrs retired from Army. Condolences on lose of in-law. Hope you got good news on Sophie's eyes.
Drew good to hear shop work was successful. Sorry about Garmin issues, has it been sitting unused? It may need updating.
Thomas yes I told Dr, but did not exaggerate, only 6,000+ mile/year. Did get nap today
Thomas sorry about tax bill, did you tell him about all your critter dependents? Sorry about forecast.
Randy(wag) good to hear pasture chained and mulched. Hope laundry went well.
NHBX glad snow cleanup was easy. Glad you had good visit.
Ted paid $2.639 in Denton yesterday. Enjoy the seat time if you get it.
PJ hope not too much snow. Sorry to hear about barn doors, hope the temp patch holds through next storm.
Scotty sorry about your cold weather.
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 /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, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / 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 healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[Spike56]

Good morning from Central Texas. 71 degrees, T-storms to my SW. They say chance of severe later. Who knows, but we can use some rainfall!
Fertilizer prices have come down. Unfortunately, I was one of the last to pay attention and the (2) local suppliers are out already! It is a bit early maybe to consider, but as warm as it has been... maybe not.

The B52 Stratofortress, introduced 70 years ago! Remarkable. Think we got our money's worth on this design.

Hope all had a great day. Look upward and remember who is in charge. Take Care to all

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 28° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 40” with mostly cloudy skies. Got grocery shopping done. Made a visit to Comcast store. Took over an hour to get me access to my account. Had to dump double I’d check to get into it. Not much else got done. Sure hope the Comcast tech gets internet hooked up today.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
42 going up to 59 today with rain this morning
lunch plans with a fellow school board member, I liked the Irish place last week enough we are going there for lunch.
Two blocks from friends house, he lives "downtown". We had a very good school board meeting last night, got done early, always good.

I'm leaving the 19th of this month and getting back about two weeks later.
and for a tease....early ideas on heading West trip. Next year. Will take a lot of planning, which is fun. Very unfinished map.
Did make plans to go to Cedarville MI over July 4th holiday, visit my brother's family vacation home there at very top of UP.
Will be visiting with Ron, RS and ? Am stopping in Lancaster on way home to have dinner with very old friends there.

up too early, hope it's a nap day later

 

[KilroyJC]

Good morning from Central Texas. 71 degrees, T-storms to my SW. They say chance of severe later. Who knows, but we can use some rainfall!
Fertilizer prices have come down. Unfortunately, I was one of the last to pay attention and the (2) local suppliers are out already! It is a bit early maybe to consider, but as warm as it has been... maybe not.

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The B52 Stratofortress, introduced 70 years ago! Remarkable. Think we got our money's worth on this design.

Hope all had a great day. Look upward and remember who is in charge. Take Care to all

BUFF is sortakinda like that avocado-green refrigerator from 1971 - it JUST WON’T DIE

 

[daugen]

old friend's younger brother is a trainer for B52's in Louisiana.
just shows how tough that airframe is, though they have updated avionics, etc.
What a polluter that plane is if you watch it take off, not like they were concerned over emissions controls when designed.
They wanted a big plane to drop nuclear weapons.
Surprised after all these years they haven't changed out those engines for something more modern.
I also wonder with the other more modern bombers out there, like the B1, why they still keep them but like Kilroy says, they
just won't die. I believe the plane still has the largest payload capacity of any of our bombers. Guess those 8 smoky engines do their job.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good morning!

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

61F, raining all night, solitary rumble of thunder had dog slink in to our room for consolation.

Lluckily, she did get her trip up the mountain, and we did not rush her as we knew the next couple days would be rainy.

happy Puppy:

I tried again with the oil breather/cap. It spins but won’t come off. Push down, pull up, rock side-to-side while pushing, rock side-to-side while pulling, it doesn’t move vertically at all.

comealong to the rafter is next - I don’t want to have to do an oil change by refilling through the dipstick tube. . .

tonight I have to email all my tax stuff to the accountant. Gotta feed Uncle.

time to start getting ready to go to work. One of the things I have noticed while data-processing all these tax documents is that a lot of people are not doing well with their portfolios compared to last year, and that it looks like a good number are cashing out at a loss to prevent bigger losses. Most portfolios with positive numbers are positive by very small margins - big winners are rare enough to be extremely noteworthy. . .

I hope everyone has a happy healthy productive safe blessed day!

 

[Spike56]

BUFF is sortakinda like that avocado-green refrigerator from 1971 - it JUST WON’T DIE

Yes! My brother and I often discuss older vs. newer products and wonder with all the efforts in reproductions that there *may* someday be a company to back engineer and design products such as appliances or other products to include some improvements but are built like the "old days". I am a dreamer! Seems many things today are designed for obsolescence and replacement of entire product.

 

[KilroyJC]

Yes! My brother and I often discuss older vs. newer products and wonder with all the efforts in reproductions that there *may* someday be a company to back engineer and design products such as appliances or other products to include some improvements but are built like the "old days". I am a dreamer! Seems many things today are designed for obsolescence and replacement of entire product.

There is (was) a company that was refurbishing old Chambers stoves due to the interest Rachel Ray spiked a bunch of years back. I wish I still had my grandmother’s old refrigerator with the meat-locker handle and tiny freezer that had to be defrosted every two months.

 

[m7040]

Good morning, 46 going to 60 with some drizzle. Walked Cody with the headlight on.
Kids came out yesterday and all had a good time.
Tax refund check came in from IRS
Taking a trip out West will be a great adventure. Having flexibility to stay and enjoy newly found places is something I always wanted.
Looks like I defeated the computer, iPhone, internet connection issues because it all works now, finally. Except last night the iPhone did not connect on a call from wife and message on her phone said it was forwarded. So maybe not.

 

[riptides]

49 outside this AM. Heading to mid 60's. Raining.

Nothing on the agenda, a low energy day. LOL. Will head out with SO to go get her hair cut. I get to watch and sit on a nice comfy sofa for an hour or two.

Hope all have a great day. Be safe. Get healthy to those ailing, stay healthy for the rest of us.

 

[daugen]

1952 Chevrolet
same year that the B-52 arrived

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good morning team! 72F and chance of storms later this evening, while spotty showers occur today.

Popgadget, since I prefer to DIY fixit my vehicles, you just talked me out of a prius for a commuter. 3 phase a/c.... I need to start a thread about the quest to find the cheapest commuter vehicle with a full rubric of cost parameters...with all the pollution reduction designs, and designs for higher mileage, sometimes longevity or dependability suffers.

David, your family has my condolences. It sounds like a terrible accident and situation. Prayers for your extended family. It will take them a long time to heal from this.

Work has still been busy. Some change in my management tree is coming. A bit apprehensive about it. The guy stepping down has done a phenomenal job. I will miss him.

RNG, I think with the years of weathering on your roof tiles, it will be hard to get a perfect match. Maybe consider a whole roof replacement to colored metal? Or reflective galvalume for energy savings?

I just ordered my soon to be 13 yo son a very cheap to me laptop. 5 year old technology, but I got it delivered for less than $175. These were high ended business models originally.
Refurbished Dell Latitude 7290 Notebook, 12.5-in HD (1366 x 768), Webcam, 1x Intel Core i5 Quad (i5-8350U) 1.70 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, No Optical, Intel Integrated Graphics, Backlit Keyboard, Windows 10 Professional
I have 30 day window to send it back if it isn't worth it. He needs a smaller laptop to fit in back pack.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 25 and going to 28°F. Wind N 11 gusting to 20 mph. 60% chance of light snow, no accumulation.

Checked the torque on the tractor wheels yesterday, they were right on the money. 166.5 'lbs rear. Didn't check the fronts.

Today is the North Bay trip. Hopefully that goes good. Tomorrow will be the weekly dump run.

Condolences to your in-laws, David.

Have a safe day all