Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

2 wood carvings I did in high school. We were the Redskins.

 

[Looking4new]

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

 

[Looking4new]

BEF, those carvings look good!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

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!

 

[Popgadget]

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.

 

[masseyrider]

they were lackluster at best.

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They look really good.

 

[Buppies]

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

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 26 going to 35 and cloudy
Did not get much done yesterday.

Be well

 

[FriendwithTractor]

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!

 

[LouNY]

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.

 

[daugen]

so "fully charged" is actually 80 percent of what's claimed in marketing?
that sounds about right...
makes sense in propane tanks where you need expansion
so 100 percent would be overcharging.
To get claimed range you therefore have to abuse your battery pack.
well maybe you can do that infrequently and not have a problem.
But the memory bank in your car knows, and it will squeal to the dealer
what your charging pattern has been. So Lou is smart.
we never should have let the 2x4 get shaved down...
we've been getting gypped ever since.
like try and find a true pound of coffee in the store...hard to do.
I had to buy plain white sugar last week and was amazed it was still a pound.

fence guy came early and didn't stay long.
I have to choose between basic "dog eared" top or what I think is more attractive, the gothic style top.
something that looks like this.
sent pics to landlady and said you pick. They have already walked that area and gave full support to this.

there are three trees on "other side" that I now must either cut all the way down, or deal with neighbor about if he wants to
keep them. I will cut the forsythia back to allow the fence to be put in and the forsythia to remain on other side.
I hope to plant climbing vines and roses on my side.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

BEF, those carvings look good!

Thanks. Finding lots of old memories as I clean up

 

[daugen]

28 degrees out feels like minus 28
I go out and keep getting chilled
was going to work in garage on those wall racks that came in
went back out and turned on propane heat, mighty cold inside garage
hoping in an hour it will be better

 

[sodamo]

70°F and 1.73 inches rain.

Off to Hilotown this morning. A bit of shopping, pick up the Tundra license plates at toyota, swap them for handicap plates at DMV, and Sophie has ophthalmologist appointment. Need to drop Christmas cards at the PO.

Guys lost at H&F. LED most of the game only to get soundly beat at the end.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Looking4new]

BEF, now you have a hobby IF you want to pursue it.

Hydro came out the other day and cut down a tree at the neighbours that was encroaching on the lines. They were nice enough to cut the trunk and bigger limbs into 16" rounds and stacked them beside the driveway. They left the slash where it fell. I know of someone local that will probably take the rounds off her if she doesn't want them. He burns Pine and Tamarack in his fireplace.

 

[kenmbz]

so "fully charged" is actually 80 percent of what's claimed in marketing?
that sounds about right...
makes sense in propane tanks where you need expansion
so 100 percent would be overcharging.
To get claimed range you therefore have to abuse your battery pack.
well maybe you can do that infrequently and not have a problem.
But the memory bank in your car knows, and it will squeal to the dealer
what your charging pattern has been. So Lou is smart.
we never should have let the 2x4 get shaved down...
we've been getting gypped ever since.
like try and find a true pound of coffee in the store...hard to do.
I had to buy plain white sugar last week and was amazed it was still a pound.

fence guy came early and didn't stay long.
I have to choose between basic "dog eared" top or what I think is more attractive, the gothic style top.
something that looks like this.
sent pics to landlady and said you pick. They have already walked that area and gave full support to this.

there are three trees on "other side" that I now must either cut all the way down, or deal with neighbor about if he wants to
keep them. I will cut the forsythia back to allow the fence to be put in and the forsythia to remain on other side.
I hope to plant climbing vines and roses on my side.

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hmmm, think we can adapt some metal spikes to the top to deter anyone trying to look over it

 

[sodamo]

Mpham, sorry about late lathe.
When I was a teen, went to a Christmas party that a church member had at his house for the teens. He was a woodworker, and when he found out I liked wood working, he showed me his wood shop. He had a lathe, and I had never seen or used one, so he showed me how to turn a piece of wood. Think it was a candle holder. Don’t know what become of it. That family moved away, so never used a lathe again, but still remember him taking the time to show me how to turn something on a cold winter night.

Good story
When I was in Jr High we had a neighbor up the road, very into Cub Scouts for his young son. He also had a great woodworking shop in his basement. I was also his paperboy. Don’t remember how it came about but he took me and a couple friends in and taught us how to use his power tools over several weeks. I built a box with lid to hold my parent’s LPs. As I recall that box was still in their cottage when they passed.

 

[sodamo]

Nice carvings, Dennis. Talented

 

[sodamo]

Thanks for EV report, Lou. Interesting, but don’t see one in my near future. The promise is there, but tech not there yet.

 

[mpham]

Phil curious on what your buying, I always like looking at wood working equipment! Sorry it’s late !

Nova Nebula with extension bed. Should be able to turn up to 18 inch projects!
Coffee with my buddy tonight so need to head out to the storage building and turn on the heat soon.
Went shopping with the wife. I hate shopping! Ended up buying 3 pairs of jeans to replace my old worn out work ones. No more holes for a while! I now have 8 pairs and no other types. Retired means retired. Not even dressing up for my own funeral!
First round of playing this morning, made these.

Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!