Good morning!!!!

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Drew,

have been watching WWII South Pacific naval history/battles mostly early on when it wasn't looking too good.

Drew, my father told me about the Jap Zeros coming strafing his ship, one time he was hiding behind one of the deck mules for protection ! Scary stuff ! They also dropped some armor piercing shells that exploded a couple of decks down in the galley ! Quite a mess as he explained it to me !

 

[sodamo]

Got the old Craftsman tank replaced with new HD tank. Same capacity.
Bladder leaking in old.
Fortunately didn’t have to go to town, found a good valve. Almost had another hiccup as I had to extend the line connection about 5 inches. Fortunately had 2 coupling in my private stock.
Giving some time for the PVC cement before filling.

 

[txdon]

Good evening! It got to 80˚ today house warmed to 76˚. AC is running. Mowed the yard in shorts. I did not cut much grass but bagged lots of live oak leaves which are falling like crazy during this warm spell. Live Oaks loose their leaves in the Spring and immediately add new leaves.

The floor pool robot stopped working and was sent in today. They will send out a refurbished unit to replace it as it has a 2 year warranty. The pool filter lid started leaking through a small pin hole. JB plastic epoxy sealed it.

Looking forward to the Cold front Sunday afternoon right before the game.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 43ºF for the start, overcast and hints of fog, light breeze. Light wind, overcast sky most of day, and high temp was 59ºF. made coffee to start day, Creme of Wheat mix for breakfast. putter, clean front porch, bike ride, Ordered new POA boat sticker, nap, worked on recovering old email. Ordered dinner from lodge.
Resuming Wednesday 6:05 PM CST post 202,922 :
Randy(wag) glad you finally got your card. Sounds like card is very worthwhile. Good to hear horses moved, hope you got hose replaced and some seat time pulling the chain harrow.
Dennis sorry about ice already.
Thursday morning 2:22 AM CST:
NHBX hope you had fun watching the snow, and snow control went well.
Drew Hope you were able to visit with MIL.
Ron sorry about all the ice. Glad you able to take care of groceries before roads got slick. I understand WroughtonHarv lives relatively close to here. Hope you got Taxes done. Nice pic.
Two_bit glad to hear good meetings.
Billy glad no ice. Good to hear wood stove working well. Glad good visit with son. Hope tax work went well.
Phil sorry about the freezing rain to top the snow. Congrats on the award. Hope fun time in shop. Hope your BIL can fix board.
Spike56 no experience working propane pressure vessels. Hope successful trip to Dallas. Next time you go to Dallas we can work out a meeting place if you like.
Bill hope plowing went as expected.
Drew glad you are being careful with travel on icy roads.
Mike rain sleet mixtures are ugly. Hope the weather improves some.
Drew asynchronous learning is a new one for me
Buppies sounds like close to thundersnows. Hope you got close to 60. prayers sent.
Drew thanks for story, hope your sister is listening to you.
Buppies, sorry you are missing out on snow.
Scott(VT) so you are going to let out imaginations run wild over the phrase "tone down being in vacation mode"? nice pic
Ken(tin) we had 1 week of 40's, 1 week of roller coaster temps then back yo the 40's for a week.
Buppies interesting sunspots affect the weather.
Happy(NC) wow, quite the roller coaster temps. So you will have bridge 2.0 Hope you can start soon.
Frits glad cleats worked. Nice to hear both leaks easy fixes. Hope you saw D.
RNG good to hear weather may favor you. I understand the caution in working on used propane pressure vessels.
Lou good advice.
Dennis hope ice doesn't damage the trees a lot.
Lou hope freezing rain did not end on top! Pic look cold
Ken hope you recover stamina soon, and get some sleep! Neat pic
Engineer hope you are ready for weather.
Billy nice rainfall.
Newbury only at a private range
David sorry Costco so high. Glad you got open box discount at HD. Nice Sophie let you take the new Ascent, hope she got rewarded
Drew wise to cancel trip. Glad birds are fed, might not be cheep to get bugs in feed. Birds will likely hold out for real thing
David with Schrader valve out, easy to get water into tank.
Dennis glad ice melted, hope someone took care of tree across MIL road.
Scott(VT) rough duty, but someone has to do it Great pic
Randy(wag) hope you get your water tanks filled soon. Glad you had the parts to make up missing hose length.
Thomas welcome back
Thomas I though you liked snow.
Thomas sorry about extra work at parts store. Hope you are ready for big snow.
Dennis sorry the populace is in panic mode, only takes 2 inches here to get panic mode going
Buppies sorry storm woke you up.
Fuddy have had thundersnows in middle of winter.
Friday morning 3:42 AM CST:
Ron glad Federal and State taxes done. Good to hear trip to mailbox slick but uneventful. Hope HSA papers went well. Nice squirrel pic
Bill hope plowing went as expected.
Thomas sounds windy, hope you got good nap.
Billy glad you are caught up on rain. Creek doesn't run over bridge very often does it? Glad you didn't lose power. What, you need more pics from Scott(VT)?
NHBX hope snow control was successful.
Drew good to hear you are rested. Hope MIL visit went well. and avoided most of the crowds at store.
Scott(VT) hope walk went well.
Mike glad you got to do shopping with wife. Sorry you and wife are not on same page do food choices. Nice pic of not my dog
Frits sorry to hear wife is struggling because of late infusion. Glad wrist better, hope wife doing better soon, prayers sent.
Frits I remember you sharing about the project. Lot of hard work destroyed in seconds. Cool video. Thanks
Paul glad you were able to finish trip before weather arrived. Glad you were able to finish home theater install and hid wires. Sorry electrician no show, glad you were able to the work easier than originally thought. Hope template and playing music went well.
Hapyy(NC) sorry about door sensor issues.Hope you get good plan of action.
Dennis sorry about the ice now in forecast.
Frits I hope they called you back.
Friend(trac) glad your work week went better than it started. Hope the place up north works out for you. Hope you can get ready for tractor 100 hr service quickly.
Buppies again sorry you are missing out on snow.
Drew sorry about the wind. Seems to me fire is the way Nature usually cleans up so maybe that is a good thing I do remember the awning incident.
RNG glad you are getting a dry window for return trip. Hope good progress on house sale prep today.
Ken hope you are up for superbowl party. I hope getting introduce to big boss good thing, I am much more comfortable under the radar Seems like you have been dealing with downed ash trees for as long as I can remember. Sorry about the case of Cabin fever. Hope call to dad went well.
more catch up later, early ride tomorrow.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer,parathyroid,blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, 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, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Israel, Ukraine war, hurricane victims, and Country.

 

[NHBX]

Good morning,
11° now

Today 02/08
Partly cloudy this morning, then becoming cloudy during the afternoon. High 33F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight 02/08
Periods of snow. Low 22F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 100%. Snow accumulating 5 to 9 inches.

Dump run this morning and then just putter around.

Enjoy your day everyone
Stay safe and healthy

 

[daugen]

good morning all
22 going to 35 today in clouds, flurries and snow later this evening.
up early, enjoying my coffee
looks like the snow forecast has calmed down a little; we are right on the freeze line here so we will be getting
lots of ice with snow. New England will get all snow. It's winter and all normal. Really don't care what it does as long as power
stays on.

have lots of laundry (dhobi?) to do today. Ok, had to look that up....
Dhobi known in some places as Dhoba, Rajaka, a scheduled caste in India and the greater Indian subcontinent whose traditional occupations are washing, ironing, and agricultural labour.
never thought much of castes. The human experience is full of folks keeping others down.

thankfully I don't mind doing my laundry. Just have to remember to set dryer on low so I don't ruin my new wool blend socks.
hope you all have a good Saturday

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking hot cup of coffee. 14° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 28° with chance of evening snow. Got data collected and got my HSA (Health Saving Account) papers done. Had to go to UPS store to fax them. Drive was a sheet of ice. Car handled it very well. Rest of the 3 mile drive was ice free. Bird feeders needed to be refilled. Ice all the way on the light incline. Ended up pushing bucket down to feeders. While I crawled on my hands and knees. No slips and falling. Good my neighbors did not see me getting it done. They would have been over to rescues me. There was enough sun yesterday to melt all the ice on drive and walkways.
Hawk is not giving up.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

Ron, I hope you carry your cell phone with you at all times.
you needed some of those ice shoes I think Frits has.
shows how much you love your birds.

if you think about what kind of tire is best on snow
which of our shoes are best? A big open tread I guess but what about rubber softness
in cold weather. I wonder if some shoes are simply better designed for winter grip.
Normal shoes, not adventure stuff. Normal shoes so Ron and I don't wind up on our rears.

a boat shoe has the kind of siping a snow tire has. But clearly not designed for the cold.
though I bet those white boots the commercial fishermen use are pretty grippy.

a pic of Ron crawling to his birdfeeder in a glaze of ice would make the
cover of Audubon magazine...

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
Currently 15 going to 30 with snow on the way tonight. At least the winds have calmed down! 40 plus yesterday was brutal!

Heading out for breakfast this morning with my wife. After that we will meet up with the great nephew and head to the tire store. He needs tires before the storm hits. Hopefully they will have a set and time to do it.

Went to the store to check on sales and rent payment. Decided this will be our last month and gave them my 30 day notice. It was worth a shot! Not enough people interested even at almost just price of wood cost!
Maybe try something else in the spring.

In the mean time I'm still plugging away as for me the fun is in the making! Today's post was very hard to do but just doesn't have the look I was trying to make. Making the walls as thin as I dared had my heart racing! I call it "Day at the beach"

Not sure what else I'll be doing after the tire store. I need to do weekly cleanup and maybe rearrange some wood stock in the shop. Maybe do some energy conservation so I'll be ready for the snow clean up in the morning.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[Buppies]

35.2 raining I’ve heard 14 in of snow down to mostly freezing rain. The snow first Deep South now up north not our year I guess. The tit mouse and chick a dee are busy at bird feeder. Deer are a no show recently

Prayers for all our Country