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I have not been into the shop for 2 days....a bunch of personal crap / bs going on.... too much to even begin to get into... I guess being the "patriarch" has it's cost....
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Hope it gets worked out.

I’ve made a prediction that the person in wife’s family that causes all the drama will probably ruin thanksgiving. Right now it’s looking like a sure thing. All I know, they ain’t coming to my house.
 
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Finally a color coat
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Not perfect, but on 21 acres, might get by.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #121,683  
Back home from almost 1000 mile trip.
The funeral was nice, short and sweet. SIL suffered a long time with severe MS. Mostly just family from our side, as most of her family has already passed away.
Then went to Dads last night.
Rained there heavy in the night, and was just drizzle this morning.
Was in heavy rain on first half of drive home, starting on PA. Had to drive slow, could feel hydroplaning at 60mph. Was caught in one backup. Saw more ahead of us, but they cleared out by the time we got to them.
Exhausting trip.

Got 1” rain at home.
 
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69 out now, .94” since 2 pm. Got the battery hold down in the El Camino, was going to order one, but I dropped a bolt and while fishing around with a magnet I found the original. Adjusted on the timing and idle screws some more, getting close under the hood.
Made lemon pepper garlic chicken quarters for dinner.
Not a real productive day, but some accomplishments.
 
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Good evening all. 38F for the start, clear, calm wind. Light wind day, sky stayed clear, and high temp was 72F. Finished bike maintenance on Volagi dug 6-8 pieces of glass from front and rear tire, front tire needed extra help to get bead to sit correctly on rim. Readjusted brakes front and rear. Went for bike ride, and no nap. Took wife out to dinner in town.
Thanks to all the veterans !!
Covid update: Cooke 617 confirmed cases, 25 active cases, Montague 382 confirmed cases, 51 active cases, Grayson 3206 confirmed cases, 317 active cases.
David great way to spend day.
Bill glad light seam to be holding
Buppies 5 in rain is way too much, send some this way :)
Roy no wonder it felt colder
Drew you are getting back into the swing of it. You sound much happier being able to work on stuff.
Eric hope you get your posts in before rain
Billy hope roof work checks out
Ron and not on feeder either, nice pic
Kyle glad wife is doing better, neat that the students can use stadium for worship event, had some interesting time flying with pilots that were based at airport I learned to fly at. Most common was the mail flight, 8 hours and 5 hour flight time at night in C402.
Don have fun removing cedars
Paul hope "mining" project is successful.
RNG hope today's ride was fun
Chris that was a bad dream!
Drew I recall a setting on those old thermostats that controlled or influenced temp the furnace cut back off.
Dennis Thanks for posting and tell him thank you for his service.
Ted sorry to hear about the personal issues. Can be a regular family circus around here :(
Randy sorry about the fobs
RS glad you get to smell the roses every now and then.
Lynn sledding pics ?
Dennis not having the get together give you more flexibility to avoid the worst of it
David maybe get 1 more coat?
Dennis that is one long trip, don't ask me how I know :D
Randy progress and dinner, what more do you want?
prayers for all Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, RNG/fire, Ron's son, and Country
stay safe and healthy you all.
 
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Mostly, likely not a second coat. I knew with the airless sprayer I could get good coverage on the rough surface compared to rolling. Looking at it a couple hours later, except for a few runs I’m quite pleased.
 
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2020-11-12, 0312

56 in Bethel...feels colder though...high in the upper 50's...
 
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65 and raining getting up to 69 before it drops.

Flood watch around here...I believe it. Had to take Coco to the emergency vet last night, and I've never seen roads around here so flooded over on the way back home...not just standing water from hard rain, but also water flowing over the road...fortunately the water was only up to the top of the low bridge when we crossed...like you BEF, had to drive 25 to 35 most of the way...glad you got to see your dad and relatives. I'll check our rain gauge at dawn, but expecting a few inches.

rip - saw that the National Museum or the US Army opened yesterday up your way (Ft Belvoir)...the article in the WSJ I read said it is one of the 3 top military museums (one of the others is the Natl Mus. of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Don).

Ron, glad your hearing is improved...a shot in the ear sounds pretty rough.

David, the paint job looks good.

Kyle, a family meal for the first date sounds like a nice way to get things off on the right foot.

Ted, it sounds like you hit all the stores, maybe skipping TSC.

RNG, sounds like a fun trip.

Drinking a pretty good cup of Nicaragua I roasted yesterday. I'm ready for a second.
 
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Good morning. Quite a bit of rain last night, crossing the wetter fields in a tractor now is best left for some other day. It was a good job that I dug post holes yesterday, water was already starting to seep into the first hole as I was back filling. Have some more to do in a hopefully drier field, but think I will save that workout for another day.

Digging holes by hand is a slow way to do things, it does have certain advantages though, for instance it is surprising how many times I have found old drains that would have been smashed with machinery. It is good exercise too, almost guaranteeing a good nights sleep - unlike the nightmares some must experience have after all that wrestling with post hole augers. :)

BEF, nice to see your dad again, he doesn't look fazed at having to wear a mask.

Popgadget, I know what you mean about long lost horizontal surfaces. A couple of years back Ron started to teach me this absolutely revolutionary alternative technique, where you put away what you have used at the end of each day. Unfortunately I am a slow learner :ashamed:
 
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good morning all. Warm out, 66, steady light rain will continue on and off all day, temps dropping all day too.
Sure is nice to have a weather station again, had exactly the same amount of rain as Toppop, .94 indicated.

I have no plans for today, other than maybe housecleaning after plumber tracked the outdoors in.
He swapped out the defective Delta kitchen faucet and "only" charged me the minimum service call fee of $120. For ten minutes work.
Makes me want to learn more about plumbing...

Tried twice to put on new fitted bottom sheet on guest bed, both times got in on wrong way, will try again this morning.
This one has a big tag on it so I should be able to figure this out through process of elimination. Almost motivates me to order all flat sheets
next time.

Ordered sealing tape for air and gas, white ptfe air stuff came in, yellow gas tape comes in today. Will use gas tape on screw connections, not the ball compression ones.
Want to fire up the propane heater I got for garage Amazon.com: Mr. Heater MH6QFAV 6, BTU Portable Propane Forced Air Heater: Home & Kitchen as highs in next few days
only in low 50's. I see a 26 in the forecast for next Wednesday. Need to drain the outside water hose by then. I like to leave it there drained and ready to go, once a fireman...
Think I'll take floor fan out to garage also to move the heat around and will crack a window. Whole building is not air tight at all, garage door stays about an inch above the ground anyway.
I am so spoiled by an electric garage door opener which I now don't have.

Ron, hope you are doing better. Everything three different ENTs did for my tinnitus accomplished nothing, including injecting steroids into middle ear.
My noise cancelling headphones really help at times, like when running vacuum cleaner or driving car at higher speeds vs around town.
 

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