buckeyefarmer
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2 wood carvings I did in high school. We were the Redskins.
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Looking4new
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Good morning, the low is 6 and going to a high of 12°F. Wind W 8 mph. Sunny!
The dump run went well. Got rid of a fair amount of junk that was wasting space around here.
The high on Monday is 'supposed' to get to 36, so maybe on Monday I will address my chain problem. The two front chains started coming apart yesterday after the dump run. I seen the windrows the plow left at the ends of the driveways and decided to plow. My customers are spoiled and they know it. I contracted to plow their snow and I WILL keep their driveways as clean as I can, but unfortunately no one has a paved driveway.
Today will be an energy conservation day.
Ron, interesting pattern on your pond.
Have a safe day all
The dump run went well. Got rid of a fair amount of junk that was wasting space around here.
The high on Monday is 'supposed' to get to 36, so maybe on Monday I will address my chain problem. The two front chains started coming apart yesterday after the dump run. I seen the windrows the plow left at the ends of the driveways and decided to plow. My customers are spoiled and they know it. I contracted to plow their snow and I WILL keep their driveways as clean as I can, but unfortunately no one has a paved driveway.
Today will be an energy conservation day.
Ron, interesting pattern on your pond.
Have a safe day all
Looking4new
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BEF, those carvings look good!
RedNeckGeek
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Good Morning!!!! 44F @ 5:00AM. Partly cloudy skies this morning will become overcast during the afternoon. High 61F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow looks wet, but there's no more rain in the 10-day.
I've been hauling firewood to events in cardboard boxes, but it still makes a mess inside the van. Some canvas totes I ordered last week came in yesterday, and they look like they'll do a nice job containing the dirt and bark. And they'll not take much room when they're empty.
The young guy at the Xfinity store was able to activate the new phone and give it a number in my new area code, so I'm thinking I might start using it instead of the google number I've had for so long. I'm hesitating, though, as I've gotten used to some of the features google has to offer.
I was going to clean out the dryer vent ducts yesterday when I swapped out the dryers, but there are 90° elbows that won't let the fiberglass wands pass. Didn't have time to disassemble the ducts, so that's on the list for another day.
TGIF gang!
Tomorrow looks wet, but there's no more rain in the 10-day.
I've been hauling firewood to events in cardboard boxes, but it still makes a mess inside the van. Some canvas totes I ordered last week came in yesterday, and they look like they'll do a nice job containing the dirt and bark. And they'll not take much room when they're empty.
The young guy at the Xfinity store was able to activate the new phone and give it a number in my new area code, so I'm thinking I might start using it instead of the google number I've had for so long. I'm hesitating, though, as I've gotten used to some of the features google has to offer.
I was going to clean out the dryer vent ducts yesterday when I swapped out the dryers, but there are 90° elbows that won't let the fiberglass wands pass. Didn't have time to disassemble the ducts, so that's on the list for another day.
TGIF gang!
Popgadget
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Good morning
It’s 24° with a high of 31 forecast under mostly clear skies.
Yesterday was another day of random chores. Got some more stuff moved and up on the walls, collected all the recycling and trash and got it to the end of the lane, hauled a carryall load of wood up from the woodshed, reset the TPMS on wife’s RAV4, and did cook ribs for dinner. I have to say that I regret not firing up the smoker, cooking them in the oven just doesn’t compare. I dry rubbed them and cooked them at 250°, but they were lackluster at best.
Today I’m off to Drew’s neighborhood to take his neighbors Lexus to the dealer for state inspection, as that was a condition of my purchasing it.
Not sure what I’ll get into after that.
It’s 24° with a high of 31 forecast under mostly clear skies.
Yesterday was another day of random chores. Got some more stuff moved and up on the walls, collected all the recycling and trash and got it to the end of the lane, hauled a carryall load of wood up from the woodshed, reset the TPMS on wife’s RAV4, and did cook ribs for dinner. I have to say that I regret not firing up the smoker, cooking them in the oven just doesn’t compare. I dry rubbed them and cooked them at 250°, but they were lackluster at best.
Today I’m off to Drew’s neighborhood to take his neighbors Lexus to the dealer for state inspection, as that was a condition of my purchasing it.
Not sure what I’ll get into after that.
masseyrider
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They look really good.
Buppies
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Never got back to sleep just tired
Got nice patch done yesterday for local city back to walking trail.
Prayers for your sister wagtail
Prayers for all our Country
Got nice patch done yesterday for local city back to walking trail.
Prayers for your sister wagtail
Prayers for all our Country
FriendwithTractor
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Good Morning to all who Celebrate! Currently a brisk 26 going to a high of 32...and windy. Snow forecast for Monday, but time will tell.
Gifts have been figured out and ordered, still need a few that I can't order online. Plans for this weekend include a gun show, so we'll see if I get out of this one clean...likely not.
Broke down and ordered a LogOx for my birthday present to myself. I've heard nothing but good words about it here, so I'm keen to try it out.
Otherwise, main plans are to keep warm and survive the week before The Big One.
Y'all stay safe out there and be well!
Gifts have been figured out and ordered, still need a few that I can't order online. Plans for this weekend include a gun show, so we'll see if I get out of this one clean...likely not.
Broke down and ordered a LogOx for my birthday present to myself. I've heard nothing but good words about it here, so I'm keen to try it out.
Otherwise, main plans are to keep warm and survive the week before The Big One.
Y'all stay safe out there and be well!
LouNY
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Morning all,
A crisp cold 19F this morning to get the day going. Think I'll be moving some vehicles around and getting the generator tractor backed up and parked so she's ready to go. That's going to make charging my wife's new car (2025 Chevy Equinox EV) a bit more difficult until I get her new charging location done.
Speaking of her car got a bit of a surprise and an education yesterday with it. With the estimated range of 280 miles finding out the actual usable range will actually be quite a bit less. With GM recommending to charge to 80% for best battery life. I have been charging to 85% in the colder weather. A person is only using 60% to 65% of the battery. Even if a person uses 20% battery life as an empty tank you would only have 60% battery to use without cutting into your "reserve/emergency" fuel. I am coming from a lifetime of under a quarter of a tank of fuel is the same as empty. We used 58% of the complete battery last night going from 85% down to 27% on a 130 mile round trip drive, we went a grand daughters Christmas show at school. This was an easy drive about 2/3's on the interstate doing 70 mph the other 1/3 on rural roads at 45-55 mph, cold but no snow, slush or rain.So as far as I'm concerned her car has a realist range in the winter of 150 - 170 miles leaving just a bit of battery for emergencies.
I will say that our current cost of 20 cents kwh the round trip cost was about $9.86 for fuel, in my pickup which gets 16-18 mpg at $3.15/gallon the trips fuel cost would have been $25.60.
I have always taken all this hype on the electric vehicles with a large grain of salt and this does confirm that thinking to me. While it can be a usable form of transportation for many people it has a long way to go to exceed or even come close to the capabilities of petroleum vehicles.
That said I think it will be a good vehicle for her driving, mostly sort trips and low mileage drives. Most of her round trips are 15-45 miles so it will be good for those.
Looks to be a cool weekend this weekend with some snow flurrys then warming up a bit for some showers/snow mixes during the week. Get the generator tractor fueled up and backed into place, roll the others back and forth a bit to get the chains out of the frozen dirt. Then maybe put the forks on to move a pallet of coal up to the house, but may wait a week for that.
All stay safe and get well.
A crisp cold 19F this morning to get the day going. Think I'll be moving some vehicles around and getting the generator tractor backed up and parked so she's ready to go. That's going to make charging my wife's new car (2025 Chevy Equinox EV) a bit more difficult until I get her new charging location done.
Speaking of her car got a bit of a surprise and an education yesterday with it. With the estimated range of 280 miles finding out the actual usable range will actually be quite a bit less. With GM recommending to charge to 80% for best battery life. I have been charging to 85% in the colder weather. A person is only using 60% to 65% of the battery. Even if a person uses 20% battery life as an empty tank you would only have 60% battery to use without cutting into your "reserve/emergency" fuel. I am coming from a lifetime of under a quarter of a tank of fuel is the same as empty. We used 58% of the complete battery last night going from 85% down to 27% on a 130 mile round trip drive, we went a grand daughters Christmas show at school. This was an easy drive about 2/3's on the interstate doing 70 mph the other 1/3 on rural roads at 45-55 mph, cold but no snow, slush or rain.So as far as I'm concerned her car has a realist range in the winter of 150 - 170 miles leaving just a bit of battery for emergencies.
I will say that our current cost of 20 cents kwh the round trip cost was about $9.86 for fuel, in my pickup which gets 16-18 mpg at $3.15/gallon the trips fuel cost would have been $25.60.
I have always taken all this hype on the electric vehicles with a large grain of salt and this does confirm that thinking to me. While it can be a usable form of transportation for many people it has a long way to go to exceed or even come close to the capabilities of petroleum vehicles.
That said I think it will be a good vehicle for her driving, mostly sort trips and low mileage drives. Most of her round trips are 15-45 miles so it will be good for those.
Looks to be a cool weekend this weekend with some snow flurrys then warming up a bit for some showers/snow mixes during the week. Get the generator tractor fueled up and backed into place, roll the others back and forth a bit to get the chains out of the frozen dirt. Then maybe put the forks on to move a pallet of coal up to the house, but may wait a week for that.
All stay safe and get well.
