Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

5F mostly clear sky upper teens for high.

Outside chores are done E muffin time. :licking:
Sat in my chair half way in the shed door 30 mins. before dark and Peanut show up for her dinner 30' away,she still doesn't like her picture taken doesn't cigar smoke.
Plans for today...tidy up basement little,make dinner dish,than see what the day brings.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Eric Salop]

One more flu experience: we've been getting the flu shot for maybe 20+ years and neither of us has caught the flu.

Eric, does your area promote flu shots?

A lot more in recent years. Free flu shots are offered to all health and social care workers and everyone over 65. For this winter they have also vaccinated school children up to the age of 11, as it seems they are the ones most responsible for spreading flu around.

 

[Thomas]

Buppies
Filled salt in water treatment system 40 pounds too much for back
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Father time just little you know comfort not speed anymore.

 

[Thomas]

BEF...Strong thoughts prayers for your FIL.

 

[Eric Salop]

For once I noticed a slight glimmer of daylight coming through the window when my alarm went off. Proof that the days really are getting longer - or maybe I'm just getting better at subconsciously hitting the snooze button

Rick, I think I missed a trick with the water tank. I ought to have built it high and out of something substantial, so that in another 100 years it could be converted into a house. Sodamo, how many 60lb bags would you need to build something like this ? I'm guessing more than 16 High Legh Water Tower conversion - YouTube

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

G'morning.

Kids are off from school today.

Not me. Headed to work in a bit.

35F going to 55F. Rain coming Wednesday they say.

Might stop and get some chicken scratch at Tractor supply today.

Have a blessed day all.

Prayers for our team.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 31˚F heading to the 50s.

Today is a limited open house on the new trails. The neighborhoods that back up to the trails will be able to pre-walk and give suggestions on the rough-in-trail. There are 20 volunteers from the hiking club to direct and assist the first time critics. This ought to be fun.

The compressor capper has been solved. Like I thought a resident substituted his better craftsman compressor for our HF pancake compressor. Good trade for the Garden Club.
No seat time but got the oil changed on the gator and after a short search found a missing bolt and reinstalled a mower blade on one of the gardens riding mowers.

Funeral had perfect weather yesterday. It was nice seeing our friends from the country again.

Good news on the waste water (oil and salt) disposal well next to my mom's property. The company did not respond to the states concerns about the geo stability and their deadline has expired. If they want to try it again they can but they still have the same obstacles and protesters. The lost Pines Water district and Lexington School District joined the protest group.

 

[lostcreekranch]

For once I noticed a slight glimmer of daylight coming through the window when my alarm went off. Proof that the days really are getting longer - or maybe I'm just getting better at subconsciously hitting the snooze button

Rick, I think I missed a trick with the water tank. I ought to have built it high and out of something substantial, so that in another 100 years it could be converted into a house. Sodamo, how many 60lb bags would you need to build something like this ? I'm guessing more than 16 High Legh Water Tower conversion - YouTube

Eric ... here is the old water tower in Columbus, on the SW corner of our Courthouse Square. It was built in 1883.



Photo taken from the courthouse roof, during the 1906 renovation.



It originally had a huge steel tank on top to use for downtown fires and the horse drawn "fire cart" was stored in the lower part. After It was no longer needed, the tank was removed then they tried to blow it up, with dynamite, but it's 3 ft thick walls wouldn't move.

It was given to the Confederate Daughters and converted to a museum in 1962, to honor veterans of all wars. The Confederate Daughters held their meeting in it for many years.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 42F @ 5:00AM. Cloudy skies. High 58F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph.
Talk about weird weather. About an hour ago, a 26 MPH gust of wind knocked a glass off a table out on the porch. It woke me up. When I checked my weather station data, it showed that over the previous hour, the temperature had jumped from 46F 50 56F, then over the next 30 minutes, it plummeted from 56F to 41F. During the prior hour, the barometric pressure dropped from 30.03 to 29.95, then just as the gust hit, jumped back to 30.01. I guess nature abhors a vacuum!

Surprised Peanut doesn't mind cigar smoke, Thomas. Is it the shutter sound or flash that scares her? Maybe there's a setting on the camera to turn them off?

Is this national "be kind to chickens day", Kyle?:laughing:

Sure miss Farmer's chicken stories. Hope he and his family are doing well in this new year!

I've enjoyed parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway on both bicycles and motorcycles. Sure is pretty!

Laid out a trench path from the garage to where the lateral over to the solar array will go. Now I need clarification from the contractor who will wire the panels on where he needs the conduit to meet the array; then I can lay out the lateral. I got the locations where the footers for the array posts will go, but now I realize I should have dressed the area a little better with the box blade first. Not sure between gravel or pavers under the array, but it needs to be smoother and more planer either way. One neighbor says he can dig the trench on Friday, the other sez he can auger the holes for the posts any time, UPS will be here today with the array parts, and I'm planning to pick up the conduit and steel pipe on Thursday. But you know what they say about best laid plans...:confused2:

The fellow that'll auger the holes agreed that the new gate across the boat launch road probably won't last long, and mentioned he had a nice chain...:laughing:

The van still wouldn't start yesterday, maybe because this is the coldest it's been since the cold start problem came along. I haven't checked for spark since I did the hose job on the engine, so I'll do that today. And I'll pick up the fuel injection tester Tuesday while I'm in town...

Hope everyone's week gets off to a good start!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Funny you should mention water towers, Rick. There's a great big one on some prime property in downtown Chico, but it's not fit for water any longer and was scheduled for demolition. Enough people put up a fuss, including the ones that put cellular phone antennas on it, that a similar appearing tower, complete with a very ugly tank like thing on the top, will be built about a block over from where the old tank will be torn down. Not a very good compromise in most people's opinion because the main charm of the old tower was the way it looked, sort of an art deco thing with smooth curves and lots of rivets. The new tank like thing on stilts is an eyesore, but at least the cellular antennas will be hidden. And I wonder how long it'll take the bums to figure out how to camp in it?:shocked::laughing: