Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

50 going to 65. I can see the moon outside for the first time in days...glad the rain is over for today.

Buppies, sorry you're still in pain. Prayers.

Kyle, is your son gonna run today?

My wife had yoga here yesterday, and I had a few errands to run, so worked out. I needed to return a windshield wiper to Costco. Bought a pair on sale months ago to be prepared when they started streaking. While replacing them on the truck Monday, learned that one of them had been previously opened, the plastic bag with the adapters had been torn open and the adapter I needed to fit the truck had been broken. So guessing that someone broke it and had returned it to Costco without telling them. Well, I told them! Always easy returns at Costco, and the new ones were on sale again. Picked up a couple of other things and got gas while there.

 

[riptides]

52 outside right now, heading to mid 60's. More rain moving into the area later.
Not raining now. That's a good thing.

Need to get to the stores today for supplies and beer.

Hope all have a great day, be safe.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
another foggy fairly warm morning
I think I got lucky with the weather, rain has just moved out and won't come back til Sat afternoon, and
I'll be back late Sat morning. The timing seems to have worked out.

I need to go put a fresh propane bottle on the greenhouse heater, will be very interesting to see if still on when I get home.
I'll be gone about 50 hours and I think I get about 45 hours to a tank. At least it's not getting below freezing
looks like everything is growing nicely in there

no reason to leave early, want to arrive just after noon and it's only a little over two hours
Once set up my friends will be stopping over to chat, either at the rv or at their home.
they already had tickets to a play tonight so I'm on my own.
Tomorrow we spend the day together and I bet she cooks me a nice dinner.

not taking the e-bike with me on this trip but will try to get the drone up in the air.
I did that last time I was here

now to water all the plants thoroughly and finish loading rv.
just taking my time.

 

[plowhog]

I was thinking $10/hour, that is what MacDonald's pays here. Also, you would be housing and feeding him. Let me warn you about young men and their appetites'. If he proves to be a good worker, boost him up. I would be considering what he would be saving for. If for college? Or for girls and car stereos?

I'm surprised by a $10/hr wage rate in your area. Just goes to show how many differences exist in our same Country. In CA, minimum wage is $16/hr, but few earn that little. $20/hr to $23/hr is more common. Starting in April, $20/hr becomes the new legal minimum wage.

I will guess the $$ will go toward girls, and car wheels and stereos. College? That's what parents are for-- right?

The tricky part is the family dynamic. Other family is paycheck to paycheck, but I am financially comfortable. So there is an expectation of generosity and that is OK. I've learned being a little generous is good. If too much, it gets abused. Too little and I am the grinch.

I'm still kicking it around, but it seems $20/hr, or a bit more, is going to be about right. And I pay for everything else (food etc.) The bigger deal is spending time together and exposing him to rural property. So cost is a less consideration as all I want to do is not get the wage wrong to begin with.

25F going to sunny 47F in Nevada today. Came back over Donner Summit yesterday and the roads were much improved.

Hope everyone has a good and productive day !!!

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 25 and going to a high of 45°F. Wind NNE 10 gusting to 17 mph. Mostly sunny.

Today is dump and town run. I'll finish installing the outside box today. The hard part was done on Sunday while the grid power was off.

Have a good day all

 

[m7040]

good morning, 48 going to 62

Had a nice drive yesterday through WV. Very random housing ranging from very beautiful to run down. Wife enjoyed the drive

Cleaned up the compact bender and brought it back to operational and tested it on some flat bars. Able to make curved and sharp angle bends

D had another award ceremony
She is busy as usual but leaving soon for Cartagena Colombia
Turns out it is for a wedding ceremony for a friend
She has so many friends around the world

 

[gstrom99]

Saw this after a long night up with my dog, out every two hours and trying "to go". I think it'll be his last. No BM in a week, and the Vet felt a bunch of masses "up in there". He would've been 13 in June and has been a great dog, but today will not be a good day...

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Guys,
Ct, 40 to start going to 50 ! Rain ended but still overcast and dreary !

Kathleen wants me to assemble trikes for the grands today ! I put one together so far, will do another today ! Wish she would stop buying Chinese crap !

Hope to get out for a long walk or hike today ! Later today we are bringing dinner to some friends that husband fell on ice in January and broke his hip !

Hope all have a blessed and safe day !

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Gstrom,
So sorry to hear this ! Prayers to your pup and family !

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
52° and a reasonably high overcast without rain, which is good. We got about an inch over the last two days, and the ground was saturated before that.

Yesterday morning I got both mower spindles rebuilt and some tools put away before the weather gods provided a window to get to Martha’s Vineyard and back. We just squeaked into the Vineyard, weather was right at minimums, copilot called out that he had the lights just as I was about to execute a missed approach. Coming back into Philly was better, about 400 feet above minimums.

Drive home from the airport was miserable, rush hour combined with the rain made it longer than the flight. By the time I got home I was ready to put my feet up and pay attention to Zoe. Nothing productive other than that.

But my next trip isn’t till the end of the month, so it’s back to puttering around here. Today will be a day of clean up and organizing now that the speakers are gone and I don’t have to go anywhere.
Maybe a Costco run, but there is nothing that I have to do, only stuff that I want to do, which is a good thing.

I can’t wait for the ground to be firm enough to pull the progressive mower around to the shop and reinstall the rear deck and put the freshened spindles back in the wing decks. Be nice to get the deck out of the shop. Be even nicer for the ground to be dry enough to work outside. I’ve got dead trees to take down, and ones that are down to clean up. And of course by then, there will be mowing to do, the manure bin is full and needs to be emptied, the list goes on, but none of it seems like work, just things to keep me busy.