Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

geocaching been around a long time.

Local commie town has outlawed plastic bags, so try not to shop there. If they charge for paper, it's the store's doing it probably. Used to be a nice town, but now we just refer to it as north montgomery county. They ruin one area, then expand to the next.
local cops did catch a pair last week (from the city) who stole a couple motor bikes at 1:30 AM, it got reported as theft in process, they ran from cops but spike strip stopped them down the road. they bailed out and ran, but 1 caught, then drone team found the other one hiding. local sheriff now use thermal drones for searches.. Turns out the vehicle they used was also stolen. Don't know if they are eligible for deportation, or if they will be felt sorry for and released in the city to repeat.

wife did make me a cup of coffee before she headed out.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s 30° which is the high for today, be in the teens by nightfall. Yesterday’s all day rain netted less than 0.2”.
Clear and breezy today.
Yesterday started with unloading the smoker and getting the meat into the Cambro. Here’s the before and after from a 12 hour visit to the smoker.

I was surprised that it finished so quickly, it’s normally closer to 16 hours or more.
We had a nice dinner, and gave away a batch of BBQ’d meats.

I got a chuckle, when the wife went out to run errands,she took her old RAV4 instead of the Lexus. I asked her if it was because she didn’t want to get it dirty on the wet roads, she sheepishly admitted that was the reason.

Spent some time in the shop, and on the computer, but didn’t get a lot accomplished, changed headlights on daughters car, the last time I did it, I marked the covers with a paint marker for direction of rotation as well as orientation. Made it a whole lot easier this time.

Today might go back to the mounting the winch on the excavator project, I’d like to update the databases on the little plane, and the perennial favorite, clean and organize the shop. I have one filing cabinet that could consume an entire day on its own.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 34 going to 35 and cloudy, breezy.
Today if I feel up to it is time to reassemble garage ceiling, now that the rain has stopped.
At least the heat works in there now.

Local PO , after much work, got some thieves from a theft at a local store back in April!
Proud of them.

Off to replace Jeep headlight. only outdoor work that will probably get done today.

Be well,

 

[daugen]

picked up chocolate brownies at supermarket and then went to barber.
lots of white hair, well some white hair... clipped off and I now look presentable.
will probably have beard trimmed off next time I see him in early March.
stopped at apple orchard on way home and picked up their small assortment.
had one when I got home and what an improvement over store bought.
I have always loved apples.

I saw a recipe for using those rolls of refrigerated biscuit dough to make apple turnovers.
think I might play with that later.
will sweeten with something other than sugar, have some ground dates I can add.

nothing planned for today. temps dropping, looks nice outside but going below freezing soon.

gps worked on car today. I'm sure they will write me off as problem not found

 

[daugen]

they are still trying to determine why the Learjet 55 doing ambulance duty crashed in Philadelphia.
A sudden catastrophic explosion mid air I heard.
boy all kinds of speculation going on.
disintegrated in mid air I heard.
what could make a small jet plane blow up?

 

[sodamo]

69°F and .51 inches rain

Hope to get back to mowing today if not still too soggy.

Meeting friends for dinner out tonight.

The tour company for our Ireland trip has a chat feature on the app linking our group. Some intros and discussion has started. Someone said 25 in our group plus the guide. We may be traveling the furthest.

Hard to believe another plane tragedy. More tragic in a different sense is reading those spewing that they are related.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[daugen]

maybe a very good idea they put some light on the plane, though of course that also makes it a target for bad guys.
quite a plane
our presidential helicopter is also impressive, looks like a flying tank

I think there is a replacement in the works for this plane.
I wonder if the new office of government efficiency will take offense at this huge expense.
maybe everyone should just zoom from now on.............
now is when we find out whose sacred cows get protected, I believe the herd is pretty large...

need to go out and get some fresh air before it gets colder.
had to print out some tax documents, my main bank 1099 got posted online, so have that ready for
my brother who will likely come over tomorrow morning to finish my taxes. I'm going to enter the info and see
if he can find any issues.

 

[ronjhall]

did you enjoy playing hide and seek?
I never knew there is a global treasure hunt going on in 170 countries.
It's a game of sort that's been going on for 20 years.
has anyone ever gotten involved with this?

not sure this is the most practical use of your time...

https://www.geekwire.com/2022/no-hiding-from-its-popularity-at-20-geocaching-still-seeks-to-turn-players-on-to-worldwide-game/#:~:text=The%20company%20has%20been%20bootstrapped,Geocaching%20HQ%20employs%2095%20people.

I tried to see what geocaches are around me but it requires you to download an app, sign up for something. no thank you.
they said geocaches also show up on your gps. Really? is there a control on an Iphone that turns on geocaches on maps?

Spike, are you repairing with a 30.06?

I have not done any Geocaching in a few years. It was fun to do when visiting a new area.

 

[two_bit_score]

Good Saturday Afternoon to the GM thread!

I'm glad to report that my friend is recovering at home. He is walking and we spent about 30 minutes talking. He said the Docs have told him it would be about 4 months before he could say he was 'recovered'. A very lucky guy. One thing that really sticks out. The medical problem that started all this was serious but that was dealt with by a competent surgeon and should have resulted in a month of recovery at most aftr the surgery. The complications arose from infections that he got while in the hospital. This seems to be a problem I hear more about all the time.

So, we are at 66°F this afternoon. Bright sunny day with only occasional slight breezes. I better put out the flags!

I also need to do some trimmimg and a little yard clean up. Hope everyone has a great afternoon and weekend!

Prayers for our Nation!

 

[sodamo]

RNG
Was a big Filemaker fan about 20years ago when they got crazy with the $$. These days I’m into Numbers. Lots of capability over a text file, but sometimes I even just use the text. I like being able to link cells to other sheets and the Categorize function. Recently I toyed with doing financial projection over a years time involving 8 variables that could also be constants.