Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

good morning, 44 going to 57 looks like a nice day

Cleaned up the boots with saddle soap and water waiting for them to dry before greasing
switched to the Redwings in the meantime

Did some more firewood stacking. Took care of a tree down in the meadow. Always having the grabber mounted on the bucket makes it very handy. Daughter due to land at Doha airport this morning

 

[m7040]

Last night on the balcony without the nasty Wasps was great. Nice evening. Yesterdays trip averaged over 23 MPG. Not bad for 9 ft tall 23 ft long van with 200K on it

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 40 going up to 62 , sun is working it's way up.
Choir car wash did well yesterday, son went to friends to watch Jets beat Eagles??
Rain cleared out and got sunny for the car wash.

Cleaned out area for boiler to be removed and fixed some of the halloween decorations that breaks, they save money in the dumbest places, lots of solder and glue repairs.

Some trees are done, some just turning, the dry months seems to have affected everything at the edge of the woods, lost some smaller trees on the back area to drought. Many large branches to clean up at the edge of the woods.

BEF - happy birthday to you son

$4.19 for mid grade again this week.

Good luck with the online auction Don

Be well,

 

[wngsprd]

40 upping to 60. Sunrise was nice with the mix of cirrus and stratus.

Birds are sure glad to see us return and refill their favorite snack bars...raccoons, too, based on the feeders they took down and emptied last night. Good to be home.

BEF, camping sounds like a nice way for your son to enjoy his birthday.

RNG, I'm gonna guess the fire department didn't make an offer on your fire truck. You still have it, right? It's nice they came out and got your permit so quickly.

m70, that's real good MPG.

Such nice weather makes me want to spend a lot of time outside today.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Guys,
Ct,43 to start going to 59 !

We are going into our local Honda dealer for the car inspection on our CRV-EX before purchasing ! We have leased the car for 3 years and there is only 17 K miles on it, so we thought it was a good buy at the buyout price listed on the contract !

Later this morning I have a doctors appointment with primary care physician, have to see this guy at least twice a year to keep getting my blood pressure medication ! Fortunately I only take one prescribed med, but seems crazy to go to see this guy all the time if Im not really sick !

Frits, beautiful evening shot, very calming ! Thanks !

Hope all have a blessed and safe day !

 

[Looking4new]

I am up late this morning, but it sure beats the alternative...Low temp is 43 and the high to 50°F. Wind NNW 14 gusting to 22 mph. 30 % chance of drizzle and it is raining right now.
No tarp work today.

The rear of the Dodge sits lower than the rear of the Jeep, so I put an adapter in the mix to (1) elevate the nose of the trailer to something level, and (2) put the trailer rearward so I can see a back corner. That made the safety chains on the trailer too short by about a foot, I have the quick links, smaller hooks and chain all new, so that will be the replacement job IF the rain doesn't stop.

Have a safe day all

 

[Popgadget]

Good morning
50 with a high of 60 and sunny.

Yesterday had nothing remarkable to offer, trip went as expected, drive to and from the airport was fine, traffic was light, made it both ways on battery power.
Watched the Eagles lose outside at my son’s sitting around the fire pit while the neighbors kids made smores.

Here is the view out my bedroom window this morning.

Alpacas are out, no fall color yet, which is unusual.

Zoom meeting with TSA this morning, that should be a half hour or less, than the rest of the day is mine.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Now 50
Got trash and recycle out.
Been up since my 4AM post. Late friday I realized I've owned the VA property almost a year, and I never got a property tax bill. Found out they were mailed mid Sept and due Nov 1. Called the tax office this morning as soon as they opened. They have my right address and didn't know why I didn't get it, so they emailed me the bill. I promptly paid it online with a $.50 echeck fee, which is now cheaper than a stamp, so that is done.

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
50 currently going to a rainy 53.
Got up and out early so I could do a leaf run before the rain comes.
For all you southern folk who want pics of the beautiful leaves I say this is all I get:

I'm on my 6th full load this season already. 5x5x6.

When I say full I mean full.LOL. Had to chisel it out of there.
In for a quick break than back out till it's to wet to continue. Wife is off to her part time gig.
Hopefully new laptop will show once the rain falls. Will give me a nice indoor project.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[daugen]

a very interesting morning, starting with endocrinologist.
I asked him about Ozempic. He smiled and said I didn't qualify, AIC has to hit 6.5 and I'm still at 6.0
So not type 2 diabetes so my prescription coverage isn't going to cover it.
But he did say the results from using Mounjaro was remarkable.

It seems to work remarkably well in reducing food consumption in addition to lowering AIC.
Remarkably well....which is why the worldwide market is simply going off the charts.
And wow what a moneymaker.
No insurance? 1200 bucks a month. 40 dollars a day...for four injections you do yourself.
Best price I could find was thankfully at my own supermarket:

Mounjaro​

1 carton 4 pens of 5mg/0.5ml

$990.32

Lilly hit a serious home run with this drug.
Overweight folks seem to have a magic pill.
of course, then one has to read the warning page of nasty side effects
possibly for ten percent of the folks taking it.

so is the gain of being skinny worth the risk of pancreatitis or kidney failure?

since I am technically....morbidly obese (240) , basically doc told me this morning to go spend the money.
his patients seem thrilled with it. They are clearly wealthy folks who spend this much a month on their lattes....

I'm going to wait until I see my primary doc in two weeks, get his opinion.

with my head spinning from that conversation, I headed to the Volvo dealer to get help with replacing the battery in the key fob.
One day notice and it died. Thankfully the spare worked fine. Ordered a pack of four new 2032s online. But I had one left and the guy
there helped me replace. Or tried to. He couldn't either. There is a tiny little indent you push and one side of the case comes off.
we both found that one. Then there is another totally hidden
indent to get the other side off, under which the battery hides. Finally he had to ask for help too, that was embarrassing and mechanic came out and showed us both how to do it. Reminds me of Audi, unnecessarily complicated. Makes cost of key fob nuts.

I left with fresh battery installed, and came home to a nice blue sky day

RNG, glad the inspection went well. Preplanning is always good.
Drop some donuts off to the fire house once in a while.
No one knows better than you the importance of firemen...