Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

47 and breezy rain fell sometime last night not much but ground is slop. Never seen that Drew have seen boom hit side of truck and ensuing fight. Had to break it up

Prayers for all our Country

 

[m7040]

Did pull out the tow truck that got stuck dropping a front wheel in the ditch on our property with the tractor.
Hooked the tow strap to top of bucket and used the old trick to pivot the bucket forward , back up and dig in the bucket and pivot back and repeat. Worked

 

[Buppies]

That milling machine is the best brand made German company now owned by John Deere

 

[LouNY]

That milling machine is the best brand made German company now owned by John Deere

So it used to be the best, now who knows. GE made a practice of buying good companies and riding their shirt tails to ruin.

 

[daugen]

good news is heated bird bath working great after somehow the leak mysteriously fixed itself.
bad news is that weather station totally frozen with icicles coming down from wind cups.
don't expect to get any readings other than temp from that until much later today

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 43F @ 7:00AM. Sunny. High 59F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.

Some or you may have heard about a big battery bank at Moss Landing, CA getting burnt to a crisp, forcing the evacuation of 1500 people for a 4 mile radius. Fire department had to let it burn four days because water causes lithium to burn. That sent poisonous smoke into the air, and now they've found unacceptable levels of chemicals and Lithium on properties miles away from the battery bank. Lawsuits have already been filed. Then I find out they've recently installed a battery bank out near the airport, less than a mile from the new place down south. Dug around to try to find out what kind of battery it uses, but so far have found nothing but lithium ion. And that the safety standards for these big banks have rapidly evolved to hopefully address run away heating and train crews with better fire fighting techniques. Also makes me wonder about how safe the battery technology is on the battery bank up here. Hopefully won't have to worry about that much longer.

Finished up with cleaning chores inside the house, but when I went to wash the windows, learned that my squeege was down south. So that'll have to wait for the next trip, which I'll have to make anyway to get the fire truck running. Today I'll finish loading the truck and trailer with almost everything that's left in the house. I'll leave some kitchen tools and food stuffs, some filters and misc. parts for the tractor, a pressure washer, and an old TV, all stuff that can all fit in one last van load so I won't have to tow the trailer back up here.

Caught the mail man on the doorbell camera down south dropping off a package. The mail is supposed to be held until Monday, but I guess somehow he didn't get the message. Hope it isn't anything important, might be a good gauge of the new neighborhood's safety from porch pirates.

Hope you all stay warm and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 34 going to 41, cloudy, ice
Lots of tree parts fell covered with ice.
Nice and slippery for dog walk earlier.
Did finally get the string lights down from the hooks out front and rolled up and stored the power cords.

Kyle, we had both my MIL and FIL staying at my old house at different times. MIL got too bad for any of us so we had to put her in place. FIL then went on to stay with my BIL and did right up until he went out one day and fell, then to hospital, which he never made it out, was 90 and was glad he could be with us rather than a home, but until the end he had decent mobility.
My dad is too far along to be by himself, he is at his home with help every day.

Waiting for the thaw and then decide if I feel well enough to go to cousins, really want to go.

Be well,

Not a happy tree with so much ice load.

 

[Popgadget]

Drew sorry to hear that Taylor Swift is moving in, I can think of many other Country artists I'd rather have any wheres close by

I’d be hard pressed to consider her a country artist, but by all accounts, she is a genuinely nice person.

 

[sodamo]

It’ Super Sunday.

64°F and 06 inches rain.

A good day mowing yesterday, concentrating on the guinea grass clumps.

Then a trip to town to get my BP prescription refill and diesel.

Will be swapping out the rotary mower for the tiller and attempt to level.

Then relax and encourage the Eagles.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
32° and completely glazed over. No snow, just ice. It’s treacherous to walk on any hard surface out there. Even the grass surfaces are tricky.

Yesterday’s major project was to repair the audio system in the RAV4. It has the JBL audio option, which is a bit different from the norm. The equipment in the dash sends a digital signal to a processor/amplifier that performs all of the audio processing, like equalization and volume control. There is no analog output from the head unit for trouble shooting. My issue was that all indications up front were normal, control inputs from the dash or steering wheel were recognized, but no output. Wife said that it also would randomly make loud white noise that couldn’t be turned off or down, until powering off the car.
So I had no way to actually trouble shoot the processor, only eliminate other possibilities. My main concern is that it’s a $1600 part to buy new from Toyota. eBay to the rescue, I found a place that repairs them, and bought a repaired one for $180 with a $25 refund once they receive my core.

Of course, the issue was getting access to swap them. Some disassembly required.

The good news is that it now works just like it used to.

Puttered round a bit in the shop, put some things up in the attic of the old folks home, and then parked in front of the fire and enjoyed music videos in the great room. I am still thinking that I made the right choice by streaming content rather than move and store it all in here.

Not a lot planned for today, I’m guessing another evening in front of the fire, but this time watching football instead of Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Wylie Hubbard, John Prine, etc.

Watched a batch of YouTube on single point threading on the lathe, learned a few things that I might try out if I can make it over to the shop and stay on my feet.

Kyle,
My mom was very difficult to deal with, our solution was to hire a full time live in care giver, and move her into the apartment here on what is now my oldest son’s property. It worked out well, and she spent her last few years here.