Good morning!!!!

[jbrumberg]

RNG- I had to line the inside of my dome with copper foil to prevent GPS signal interference from my flight controller, and video transmitter. The DJI engineers probably designed the setup of the "innards" to minimize internal components' signal interference. I actually had more problems with transmitter radio signal interference from multiplexing, my WIFI router my PWS radio signal and roadside powerlines which I do not think would mess with GPS.

RCGroups: Remote Control, Radio Control Planes, Drones, Cars and Boats This site is the TBN of radio control model enthusiasts.

 

[Bird]

Good morning! 69˚F earlier heading to the mid 80s lots of sunshine.

A bit of excitement yesterday as the FD ladder truck pulled up in front of my house and the ambulance behind it in front on my neighbors house.
My next door neighbor was a victim of covid-19.
She does NOT have the virus but because of the hospitals reserving space and delaying procedures and test she slowly got sicker and sicker and collapsed yesterday. She had lost 30 pounds the last few weeks and was dehydrated. She is about our age. They will not let her husband visit her. Now they are finally trying to diagnose her in a timely manner.

We have had 293 cases in the county and 41 that ever required hospitalization and only 11 currently are in the hospital. Over half, 169, have recovered and only 8 deaths. We have several large hospitals in the area with over 891 beds. I have heard that there are more people dying because of delayed other treatments than from covid19.

Naturally, we hope we don't get it, but I figure if my wife and/or I get the virus, we'll most likely just die, and quite possibly here at home.

 

[Thomas]

buckeyefarmer
My Sister in law sent a picture of FIL that they got by FaceTime with a nurse. He’s still not very responsive, surgeon had to go back in yesterday because of new fluid buildup on the brain. He has quite the stitches across his head.
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Strong thoughts prayers!!!

 

[Thomas]

wngsprd
Today's humor:
During the quarantine, I've learned about myself...that my 3 favorite hobbies are:
1. Eating at restaurants
2. Going to non-essential businesses
3. Touching my face.
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Also missing 1&2 and chewing fat couple times week at village store with friends.

 

[rswyan]

Evening all.

50F and cloudy @ 18:00, radar shows a line of precipitation approaching from the west but WB says ZERO percent chance of rain for the next few hours ... :confused2:

Definitely had some rain earlier while I was sleeping.

Redbud and magnolia trees finally starting to bloom ... :thumbsup:

rip, sorry for you guys' loss with the horse. 2x on the coffee brewing.

Drew, hope you get things sorted out and feel better soon.

toppop, bleeding is a feature of life here on a regular basis ... doesn't take much and I'm bleeding profusely ... usually stops within 10 to 15 minutes though. Better that than a heart attack or a stroke.

Bird, same here ... was very disappointed when I was at the grocery the other day to see that not all of their employees were wearing masks.

Hope everyone is doing better and staying safe.

 

[sodamo]

I wasn’t planning to fly drone yesterday because of the wind, but I thought maybe a liftoff then set it back down. But first it had to do a software update.

But once it was up, had to fly a little. After I shut first video off, I was watching the screen and almost flew it right into the porch. Didn’t go too high because of wind. Then I forgot to hit RTH, and just hit the land button. I thought it would go to takeoff spot then land, good thing I was over grass.

Can’t wait to fly it again.

Never too old for a learning experience

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Mostly- thanks for asking, the horse had to be put down day before yesterday. She had been with us for over twenty years, so the wife and daughter took it really hard. She was our first one, that started us on the path to where we are now. Flat land and wide open pastures. I had been caring for her in her last few days, something was not right, so she got a lot of attention and special front pasture walks. I put in some miles walking her those past few days. We called in the vet and the wife made the tough call. We then called in a friend and I had picked out a nice spot on the back pasture overlooking the trees and creeks to one side and the wide open front for her. Said a nice prayer, shed a lot of tears, and went and got her friends for last respects. Her buddy of also almost 20 years just stood over her for a really long time, the others just sniffed and turned. And that was that...

I mowed all of the farm yesterday, just to let out some stress and not think about anything other than keeping the lines straight. Started in the back with the tractor, ended up in the front with the ZTR 5 hours later. I knew my ZTR gulps gas, and I went through 5 gallons rather quickly. I need to check up on that.

On the drone front, I had a cheapo model a year or two back. One of the motors gave out so I returned it. A lot of computer, push button flight. Not like the r/c hangar queens I have. I cut my teeth on line flight and advanced to r/c when I could afford it. Since I did not have anyone to train me, I had a lot of micro-flight and mishaps with the ground. Now-a-days I walk up to the airport when I hear the guys out there with their "model" jets. Yeah, cannot afford those.

Hope all have a good day. Be safe.

Truly sorry for your horse and your family's grief. I understand getting on a mower to wind down.

Today's humor:
During the quarantine, I've learned about myself...that my 3 favorite hobbies are:
1. Eating at restaurants
2. Going to non-essential businesses
3. Touching my face.

My favorites:
1) touching face
2) Finally watched first season Jack Ryan. A bit overdone, but good. might start on 2nd season
3) curbside shopping/shopping from home

things I don't like:
1) don't like single ply TP (you have to pull hard and fast, like checking the spark on a Briggs & Stratton with the spark plug out...)
2) having to "gown up" to leave my shop or go into a store.
3) eating too much....

That would be me, personally. LOL.

I have an old hand grinder, and a plastic funnel for number 4 filters.

My girls scream when they see it. Call me old.

That’s biblical coffee.

HeBrews

thanks for the chuckle guys.

Naturally, we hope we don't get it, but I figure if my wife and/or I get the virus, we'll most likely just die, and quite possibly here at home.

Bird, be careful. My mom is 90, and she's starting to want to get out.

Ron, nice pics. Be careful up there.

Randy, hope you get it to stop bleeding.

 

[jbrumberg]

It's really sad when touching one's face is far worse than touching places where the sun rarely if ever shines.

I was happy to touch this. Grilled between the weather fronts. Rare-Medium rare by touch. We may not see steak cuts like this for a lon time

This experience may be reminiscent out of a scene in "Soylent Green."

 

[jbrumberg]

Great eats for Us, but to put this from my current perspective:

Soylent Green (1973) scene - YouTube

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Does anybody have a coffee maker that grinds and brews one cup of coffee?

Yep... wifey...:laughing::shocked: