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   / Good morning!!!! #102,961  
Looking4new
Maybe if you left some warm milk out for Booboo, Thomas, he'd get drowsy enough to start his hibernation?
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I doubt milk even with cookies would make pass the deck. :licking:
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,962  
The water heater took longer to empty than it took to replace the anode. Yes, I had to use the impact gun to break it free.
A wrap or two of teflon tape and in it went, right after I dumped a gallon of peroxide in. I hand torqued the anode to about 30 ft/pds with my 1/2" drive ratchet. The anode I took out didn't look all that bad. It was still about 3/4" thick and 33" long.

As for the snowstorm, I calculated the snow we got from that wannabe storm at 1/8". I hear Toronto got pounded, well good for them. They got to put all those plows and salt shakers to work, instead of them setting around and getting drunk. I used to work in sand camps (what they call the places where the plows and salters park, also the men to drive them), they are a place for the drunks with drivers licenses to go for the winter.

The rest of you still dealing with the snow, stay safe!
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,963  
The stormhampster aka cranky weather guyreally good stuff
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,964  
Snow flurries here 36 for high very cold working but 11000 steps good for soul

Glad you made it Roy
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,965  
The stormhampster aka cranky weather guyreally good stuff

It was YOU :cool: I agree; made me look at weather a little differently. Thanks

Bill- I am happy the anode replacement went without incident. :cool:
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,966  
.42 of rain, still have showers around with 44ー.
I stood up from the sofa yesterday, kinda stumbled, so I was going to sit back down, one leg gave way, I twisted to my right and grabbed for the sofa, which I missed. Ended up on my knees and nose, skinned my nose and knuckle, stood up and declared how ridiculous it was, got cleaned up and went on my way. Still not sure what exactly happened. Got a nice band aid on my nose though.
Hope y誕ll faired better. LOL

Topps, my first time up in the morning, I do my version of the "slow roll"...I sit upright on the edge of the bed with my feet on the floor, then since my knees are not so great, I push with my hands on top of my knees to help reduce the pressure on them...All this after I spend a few seconds, "grabbing my snap"....
You take it easy until your procedure.


Snow, snow, and more snow....(and boo boo). You folks be careful up there. Ramman, my kid was praying for a reason not to go back to school today (typical 4th grader). Too bad he wasn't up there. I'll defer to our northern crew as how to best heat up a garage or barn.


At one time my retirement dream was to have a float plane tied up to my dock as my home is on the lakeside.
I had the ideal 'fun' aircraft, a Piper PA14 /180 hp/ on floats that I bought at a bargain price of $4000. back then.
I was in the process of doing a major OH when a stranger arrived wanting to buy it 'as is'.
I told him,' not for sale' but $10,000. in cash as is was a persuasion hard to resist. Sold!
At that point my total outlay in repairs was a mere $100. plus my spare time.

Still think of the 'what if' had I refused that offer.

If only you still had that plane.....another...."the one that got away" story. I've never flown in a plane with floats. I hear you have to be a sailor and a pilot on the same trip. Cursing and tall tales combined. ;)


Thank you all for the compliments on my daughter's artwork. I wish she did more of it.

Mostly, congrats on the distance...that's a lot of pedaling.

Drew, hope the ear concoction helps. I meant to reply sooner about your comment about a 6 cyl being smoother than a 4. I agree, the power pulses of a 4 are spread further apart every rotation of the crank, and so the pulses seem bigger. I have a 600cc single cylinder motorcycle, and it has quite a pulse effect. IMO, the higher pulse effect, the more tiring, if not properly smoothed out with really good motor mounts and drive line cushioning. OTOH, some motor designs just shake more than others.

RNG, did you know that the sound proofing sheets you are laying in your van turn sound waves into heat? Very small amounts, but it is an energy transformation thing. I need to do the same thing to my small car to help quiet it down...probably never happen. I have figured out the cheapest way to turn an Altima into a Cadillac. Put on the Sony noise cancelling headphones we bought my daughter (that she refuses to wear)....don't worry, they let normal conversation come through fairly well. They just mute the continuous noise.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,967  
Good evening all. 36F for the start, mostly clear, light wind. Wind stayed light, high thin clouds in the sky, and high temp was 55F. 2 hr choir practice this morning, then on to leaf pick, 8 30 gal bags from back yard and sides. Bike ride after lunch. Got my caliper for 10-speed should get it on soon.
Thanks for the positive light comments.
Eric nice swan pic.
Bill hope you had fun changing anode
Bob, how well would PA14 fly with floats?
Ramman nice to hear minimal storm impact.
Don sorry about the make work.
RNG hope you can get past permit process soon.
Randy hate to hear about your fall glad that pride took the most damage.
David there was something about guys losing and having to dry out. Guys aren't drinking too much are they?
Roy glad trip was uneventful hope you did not miss important stuff.
hawkeye, good luck fixing stove, do you have back up heat?
Drew, good luck with tinnitus procedure.
prayers for all.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,968  
I had a good friend that has passed, that flew float planes years ago in Fiji. He was teaching gliders near me when I met him. He took me up once and let me fly a glider. He also had a very small homemade plane, I was too big to fly in it with him. He later moved to Georgia.

Bought a copy of MS office for my college son since it was $40 off.

PT and eye dr tomorrow.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,969  
Well Mostly, the card game is interesting. We don’t really drink that much, a couple beers, but we always have a very good dinner and no matter who wins we go home with a winner.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,970  
Good morning,
the temp is 8 and the high will be 30 °F. Wind SE 6 mph. 40% chance of flurries.

A dump run is in the cards for this morning, then wait for Fed Ex to deliver my new chair.
That is my excuse and I am sticking to it.


Have a safe day all
 

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