Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Great pictures glad you are having fun

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Happy anniversary Ken and wifey.

Prayers Buppies and wife.

 

[Dftodd]

Great pictures glad you are having fun

Freaked me out yesterday when I got off the plane. When I switched my phone from airplane mode I had a text from my chauffeur

That's something I'll probably never get used too.

Gotta get packed and get some sleep. Getting picked up at 6am to head back to the airport to head home.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Friday) morning. Overnight Low of 8.1C and it's presently 21.7C, fairly clear with a bit of a breeze that's expected to increase during the day. It's still a bit smoky from the reduction burn.

Good trip to Launie yesterday. I got there and parked with a good hour 'in hand' so I was able to have a non-rushed lunch and stop at one shop to purchase a 'needed thing' prior to the Optometrist appointment. Plus a Christmas present for my Brisbane mate jumped out at me... they even wrapped it in Christmas paper.

Optometrist appointment went very well. My spectacle lenses have slightly changed so I also ordered a couple of new pairs (one reading and one bifocal for the computer). My private health pretty much covered that.

On the way home I stopped at "Bunnings" and picked up a few more 'needful things' (one doesn't head into the 'Big Smoke' without making it worthwhile). I got home at around 1730.

The 'Mad Agisting Horse Woman' has just dropped off one of her horses into Paddock #1 as her Daughter and her horse are doing an endurance ride (her first 40km) early tomorrow.

That's about it, nothing else planned for the day. Take care all.

 

[sodamo]

Have to be honest that potential cost savings wasn’t a major factor in my pool conversion. If I were to attempt citing a cost factor it would be a total SWAG as I just never kept track. Good match for my maintenance program. Being as this is a year round pool I suspect I use more chemicals
What I do hope to achieve is stability with minimal daily involvement as well as increased comfort. The conversion process besides the chlorinator also includes a WaterGuru to monitor and robot cleaners. That all makes the upfront costs on the high side. 39k gallon pool. Would take a lot of chemical savings to get to $3k. Today the WaterGuru reported chlorine up a bit to 3.5 so perhaps I can turn down chlorinator. Reported ph at 7.7, down from yesterday but still high. Will check again tomorrow before adding acid. WaterGuru says to add 4 cups.
Sophie says her pool is looking really good.

 

[sodamo]

Three things I try to avoid when raining:
Ladders
Metal roofs
Electricity

As this project involves all three I am done for the day

Small panels removed, frame modified to accept the ready to move medium panels and now rained out for the day.

Guess that makes me about half done. Probably a good thing I don’t get paid by the hour.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 68ºF for the start, overcast sky, .3 inch in rain gauge, light breeze. Light wind, overcast with some drizzle, and high temp was 74ºF, and humidity to match. Putter to start day, went to fire house to change out batteries but ran out. Pulled sand burrs at fire station as well. Did get nap in, and conserved much energy.
Don glad you got to .22 inch. rain.
David Sounds like a plan. Hope ladder work goes safely. Lunch with Sophie sounds delightful.
Buppies Glad you got some rain. You have a lot of upcoming medical visits. Prayers sent.
Ron quite the temp change. Hope no issue with wet grass mowing. Hope grocery shopping and grooming went well. Neat squirrel pic.
Billy glad you hung in there til batteries gave you good excuse to quit.
Randy(wag) hope all the upgrading is over.
NHBX hope hurricane prep went well.
Mike good luck looking for camper.
RNG glad VW coming along. Hope the van handles the load.
Thomas hope day went well, and nap was good.
Ken Congrats on Wedding Anniversary. good to hear you are ready for it.
Kilroy good to hear brake working great. Glad you and the neighbors getting along well. Hope woodlot visit went well.
DFtodd glad trip going well.
Lou glad the Radio Shack multi meter came through.
Dennis glad wife can go with you.
Dennis sorry repair did not work.
Don congrats on more rain and nice temps
Scott(vt) that was a lot of food.
Dennis sorry you have to get ladder out.
Frits sorry about traffic. Sorry about cruise ship stranded with out enough alcohol. Sorry about the biker encounter.
Buppies hope they can deal with lesion. prayers sent
David hope you got your dry day.
Kilroy glad you got more logs already.
Drew glad time off is voluntary.
Ted brisk lows. Glad roof breakdown went well. Hope deck break down goes as well.
Thomas sorry no nap, glad you got plenty done.
Dennis sorry fix broke again. Sorry garden getting raided. Congrats on HI trip.
Paul glad trip went well. good to hear TSA almost done
DFtodd nice fish. Nice pics
Randy(wag) glad good trip to Optometrist. Good to hear trip to city not wasted.
David hope pool management takes less time as you learn the ropes. Sorry about rain slowing down progress.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /sleeping, /wife 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, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /back operation 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.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 45° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 69° with mostly sunny skies. Grocery shopping went well. Shelves were full. Then I came home to solve a problem with electric power company. They had stopped using auto pay for my monthly payments. Took an hour on the phone to solve problem. Will see if Auto Payment happens today as promised. Took Sassy in for grooming. She looks so cute after getting groomed. Then did some more cleanup in shop. Going to put rolltop desk out in front of house. See if someone that is attending Estate Sale across the road wants it. Then see what else shows up.
Praying Mantis.

Everyone one stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 74˚F heading to only 80˚ with a good chance of rain.
Has anyone been required to get a medallion guarantee signature? They are not easy to find and I need one for probate. I'm learning a lot of new terminology in this probate assignment.

Still transferring items and organizing for the Estate sale, I'm getting a little closer to seeing the end to the gathering and organizing of the items worth selling in the sale. The liquidators said that dinning room furniture, dishes and church pews do not sell at estate sales and we have all three in the sale.

I just hope it rains before and after the sale to give the cows more grass going into the winter.

Ron the hardest job is coming up with a price on items to sell. What price did you come up with for the roll top desk? The liquidators motto is you can always come down on the price but you can't go up so over price everything and then have a 50% off sale the last day.

 

[Buppies]

Don that’s the way my mothers went worked for us