Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

Buppies, zero bugs!

 

[Buppies]

That is so true started sneezing this afternoon spring sneezing festival about to start L4N

 

[sodamo]

Happy. Birthday, Scotty’s Dan.

 

[sodamo]

Happy Birthday to Frits Mrs.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 39ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Moderate wind, brisk gusts, sky was clear, and high temp was 76ºF. Made coffee to start, then Creme of Wheat mix for breakfast. putter then bike ride, trip to dealer for map update. Tried to start update while there, and it errored out. Dealer reordering new thumb drive and shipping it to me. Did get nap in, and dinner with stepdaughter and her hubby and had a nice visit.
Resuming yesterday 6:38 AM CST post 203,859:
Scott(VT) hope good trip to Vermont. hope you got your walk and truck packed.
Frits glad you are working on finger joint. Hope you make more progress on it. Good to hear good call with son.
Mike Sorry about all the change, I saw the same hing in St Charles County, Missouri in the thirty years we lived there. No data centers but every thing else, 2 lane gravel road became 5 lane concrete road.
Ken glad talent show went well. Hope your side project gets elevated priority. nice pic
RNG glad you were able to get mortices cut for door and door hung and painted. Sorry realtor #2 not as good as #1. Hope firetruck is running. Hope you get your list done in timely manor and realtor # 3 better than 32.
Scott(vt) good to hear Vermont home not getting encroached on as CT home.
Drew sorry you lost two old Makita batteries. Don't blame you on precautions using the clones.
Mike I did not call it progress. When they demoed old farm silo a lot of people including me had mouse problems.
Bill hope energy conservation was fun.
Lou sorry mud season has begun.
David great to hear results from solar guy. Your power should be more plentiful and reliable. Glad Sophie enjoying her improved vision. Hope guys did well at H&F.
Buppies that's a lot of brush from tree damage. prayers sent.
Drew that happens a lot here also. Hope solder repair worked.
NHBX plenty of snow yet.
Dennis sorry about cloning issues, cables good and tight?
Don neat pics, baby alpaca is cute.
Randy(WAG) sorry about the level of tooth pain. Hope the chemist can help. Hope you up for paddock rotation.
Today posts 3:14 AM CST:
Drew hope good trip to RV and you got it home OK. Sorry dealer back pedaling on price. If computer did analysis it was AI if person did analysis then not. Car companies have making same bad decisions for years, remember all the bad airbags?
NHBX sorry about more snow. Hope puttering went well.
Ron glad grocery shopping good. Sorry garage key doesn't work, hope easy fix. Glad bird feeder fixed. Sorry cranes not like snow.
Billy glad you got plenty of roasted coffee.
Ron not much more than pickup miles
Thomas hope snow control went well and Kubota ready for next storm.
Scott(VT) glad good trip to Vt. Hope you were able to get ready for family coming in. My truck is much dirtier than yours Nice pic
Happy(NC) sounds like nice progress yesterday, Hope Takoda enjoyed his walk. Hope getting glasses went better on second attempt/
Scoot(VT) happy birthday to Dan!
Buppies hope you are ready for roller coaster temps.
Scoot(VT) you have outdoor privy?
Mike sorry no let up for jobs. Glad errands went well. Hope you got more trees processed into firewood.
Drew glad you got good price once, hope for lightning to strike twice
Paul glad DRO project done. putting the reader in upside down means you are human Nice progress pics.
Drew thanks for more orchard pics.
Bill have fun plowing. I wouldn't have thought cat would like BBQ.
Paul hardware store without number drills? But has Yeti tumblers? Letter drills?
Frits hope Cody liked his walk. Happy Birthday to your wife, hope family dinner went well.
Ken hope mushy ground doesn't affect your plans too mush. Hope trip to see you dad and take car of issues goes well. Sorry dad's GF not helping.
More catch up tomorrow, early departure for bike ride.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, 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, ******, Ukraine war, hurricane victims, and Country.

 

[NHBX]

Good morning,
31° now

Today 03/01
Cloudy with a mixture of rain and snow this morning. Becoming partly cloudy this afternoon. High near 50F. Winds SW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 80%.

Tonight 03/01
Mostly clear. Low 13F. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 mph.

Dump run this morning and then back to puttering around.

Enjoy your day everyone
Stay safe and healthy

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 24° with cloudy skies and winds continuing from yesterday. Heading to 27° with chance of snow. Got new keys to work by putting a little lube on original key and locking and unlocking door a couple of time. Door has a keypad lock and unlock. Does not get a key used in it very often. Got invited to neighbors breakfast get together. Parents are visiting from out of town. Enough snow has melted that Sassy and I were able to walk to the back property line. Today Sassy turns 6 years old (40 human years). Extra treats today.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the temperature is 8 and going down to 5°F. Wind N 20 gusting to 28 mph.
6+ inches of snow so far and not stopping until noon or so.
What started out as an Alberta Clipper, has now changed into a Colorado low. The snow is coming North East across Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.
We've had dry powdery snow all winter so far, but I am afraid this one will be a wet snow. Good for the kids, good packing snow good for snow forts and snowball fights.
My neighbour just east of me usually plows his place with a Honda 4 wheeler. When we get deep packing snow like this should be, he will call me to plow him out. Just too heavy for his little 4 wheeler.

Happy Birthday, Sassy!

Ron, I keep a tube of graphite in both the house and garage and use it twice a year, lubes the locks up good.

mostly, the cat is an obstinate little sucker. The past three times I have had ribs, I told him he wouldn't like them. He usually walks away then in disgust because I don't have anything for him off the table. This time he kept on mooching, so I tried him with a little bit. He licked that up and took two more pieces off me.

Buppies, every morning when I get up my schnoz is all stuffed up. A good snort or two with Dristan nasal mist usually does the trick.

Time to get on with my day.

Have a safe day all

 

[wngsprd]

42 clear and calm, going to 64 and windy.

Scotty, love that woodstove and steamer. Paper birch trees are beautiful.

Sassy looks great. Happy Birthday.

Buppies, hope you get that area looking food again. Some ideas, if you want to avoid planting trees near your house include forsythia, red osier dogwood, elderberry, hazelnut...many of these are available through the Virginia Dept of Forestry. They have some nice specialty mixed packages, too...and trees. I have an order of Scotch pines and Elderberry that I placed last fall coming in Tuesday.

Virginia Department of Forestry – DOF Seedlings Store

buyvatrees.com

Took Della for a hike and swim yesterday and did a little pole saw and lopper work.

 

[Thomas]

Happy Birthday Ms. Sassy.

 

[Thomas]

Hellooo Ms. March,looks like March starting off like lion.
26F snow slowly ending 3" so far low 40's for high wind increasing during the day.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...4 hours at part store afternoon snow removal.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Thomas]

Wishing you many many more trips around the sun Dan.

 

[NHBX]

Happy birthday Sassy

 

[daugen]

good morning all
59 and sunny today, then cold front comes in and drops to 19 tonight. Brrr.

going to be a busy day, want to finish washing rv this morning, then I go pick up my sister in Princeton after lunch.

have a question on Microsoft.
they want me to renew Microsoft 365
other than file storage, what does that really give me?
I see you can get a lifetime version of Office, which is all I use.
advice requested

Why a Lifetime License to Microsoft Office Beats a Subscription to Microsoft 365

Why rent when you can own? And it's a steal at just $33 for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher, and Access.

www.pcmag.com

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Just looked at the temperatures for the next 10 days and looks like we are beyond the hard long freezing spells.

A couple weeks ago my wife lost her baby brother at the age of 60 due to throat infection and abscessed tooth leading to heart failure. Being 11 years older she did a lot of his child care and basically keeping him out of trouble when he was little.

Fired up the 1983 JD 310B backhoe today and blew a hose when putting the FEL through some range of motion exercises and lost a lot of fluid out the bottom side. Thankfully the two college students that my son has recruited to help his mom with the horses botth are getting degree and hydraulics is part of their engineering degree, so we'll start stepping through that headache.of hose replacement.

About 5-6 years I ordered a package Methylene Blue dye but was never able to convince myself that it was safe for human consumption. I ordered a 1 oz bottle of medical grade methylene blue and it came in a couple days ago. I noticed this morning my head and sinuses are clear for the first time this winter without taking any of the over-the-counter stuff that never did quite work well, at least this past winter. Being able to freely breathe, I find to be a good thing. If anyone knows of any one that has died from taking methylene blue orally, let me know. Thanks.

 

[Happy in NC]

Good morning TBN!!

32* now with a high around 70 today but with windy gusts. Puts us in a burn warning,
Finally got our glasses ordered. Ins. covered a pretty good amount. About $1k for both of us out the door.
Got that done and stopped at HF again for a pair of rims and tires for my torch cart and a cover for the new genny. By the time we got home most of a beautiful day was shot. Puttered a bit and dinner then called it a day.
Maybe more productive today or maybe just R&R.

Time for a second cup.
Everyone have a great and safe day!!

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning ,
Vt, 35 to start going into the low 40’s !

Happy 6th birthday Sassy !

Scoot(VT) you have outdoor privy?

Yes, but only for males and then only for Number 1 !!

The gang arrived about 6 pm and Nana put together a nice spread of lobster tails, grilled filets , asparagus with tomatoes and garlic, mashed potatoes and broccoli! Then came out with double chocolate birthday cake ! Had to correct the wife on Dans age ! She thought he was 42 , she was short one year !

Sitting in front of the wood stove again, but I have been informed it’s almost time for me to make bacon !

I’m pretty sure the kids will be sliding in the field later ! Should be a good day for it !

Maybe I can get into the shop for a few hours ! It’s tough to concentrate on any involved project when there is so much going on here !

Gale, my condolences to you and your wife on the loss of your BIL !

Happy, what’s going on with FEMA ? I think you mentioned that they did come out to visit, any new developments?

David and others, thanks for BD wishes for our oldest!

Hope all have a blessed day !

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Again,
Could someone please tell me how to edit my equipment list in my profile? I am technically challenged!

 

[LouNY]

Good Morning!!!! 64F @ 6:45AM. Sunny. High 72F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
I was awakened about an hour ago by the wind causing the range hood flapper door to bang in the kitchen. Got up and went outside to retrieve a large sheet of cardboard I'd been laying on under the firetruck yesterday. It had only gone four feet from where I'd left it, but it was on its way to nowhere.

Did some paperwork yesterday to start, filtering out receipts on the solar power system to up the cost basis for this house at tax time. Then the last realtor showed up with pretty much the same story as the others told. Properties are in short supply, but demand is down because both interest rates and asking prices are way up. Add to that the super high cost of homeowners insurance, and not many buyers are left. Still some people are either financially blessed or have to move into this area for one reason or another, and the only way to tell if a property will sell is to get it on the market. A neighbor passed along another realtor's name, but after a few minutes on the phone with her I was still left thinking the first realtor I interviewed will do the best job. He was supposed to have a proposal to me on Monday, and unless he screws it up, he'll get the job.

Got a tank of RM43 sprayed before a neighbor showed up to work on the firetruck. He'd brought along a spare fuel pump, but we couldn't get anything to come out of the tank. Used my transfer pump to empty the tank and got seven gallons, so it wasn't for lack of fuel. I heard bubbling in the tank when he blew through the fuel line, so there must be some kind of check valve in the line. There's a 1/4" pipe thread plug in the bottom of the tank, so we'll use that to run a new line to an inline filter and then on to a new fuel pump and into the carb. Probably get everything from Amazon and finish it on the next visit.

Ran another five or six tanks of RM43 before the side-by-side overheated and I had to stop. Not a new problem, but one that wasn't remedied by replacing the water pump last year. It's not a problem until I start running up and down the hill at slow speed while spaying. Easy to live with because I don't spray with it very often. If the wind calms down I'll finish spraying this morning, otherwise tomorrow.

Power washing and limbing on the agenda for today.

TGIF gang!

My SXS tends to try and over heat in low rpm puttering work. I haven't installed it yet but I have a Prius water pump to install in the coolant line to the radiator.

 

[Happy in NC]

Happy, what’s going on with FEMA ? I think you mentioned that they did come out to visit, any new developments?

They did come out and we got deposit in our account about a week later. Gave us well over the initial estimate.
Now we are waiting on the contractor to deliver an 8' x 20' steel tank he found.
Then my work begins to cut the ends out.
Seems like it's taking for ever as it's been over a month.
Things don't usually go per my time table like have it done yesterday! Moving forward is good though.