Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Don, got any snow left?

Rick, glad you're getting your shot today. Sounds like Texas has the vaccine thing going well.

Good morning! 28˚F, sunny, there is left over snow is still in the shaded areas, heading to the 50s today.

The vaccine rollout in Texas is good if you are in 1-A or were in a county that had few medical facilities and had leftover vaccine and you hustled to get on the list, like Bird, Mom and brother. My mom was in a county that has no hospital, a few small nursing homes and dr offices and they got 500 doses. I called her as soon as I heard on TV that the governor is opening up 1-b and she got on the list for the leftovers. For two weeks there have been no leftover list to get on. In my county they are still doing 1-a. I see there are plans for a hub of 12000 doses in Austin for those without insurance and NO IMMIGRATION QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED. THEY PUT THAT IN BOLD LETTERS. Since the leftover doses are now gone there is no list to get on and the Texas department of health calls are referred to your county dept of health and the calls to them are referred to the local pharmacies and those calls are referred to the Texas Department of health. you can go round and round all day and still not get on a list. So people in 1-b are getting nowhere and are getting frustrated because nothing seem to be moving forward.

 

[PJSprog]

24°F and clear skies this morning with a layer of thick frost on everything, going up to 52° today.

Wife started back into dog training this week. She's been off since before Thanksgiving. Scheduling around the holidays has always been a trying affair, so she just blocked that time out as unavailable last year. Yesterday was her first day back, and she's already had her first COVID cancellation. I can tell she's missed it, as she was trying to tell me all about a German Shepherd puppy she worked with last night as I was trying to get out the door to leave for work this morning.

Hope you can find an insurance quote less painful than that, RNG. Ouch.

 

[daugen]

you can go round and round all day and still not get on a list.
So people in 1-b are getting nowhere and are getting frustrated because nothing seem to be moving forward.

Same here Don.

hard to believe this isn't being run better with more transparency and with more effective communication.
Just wait til those folks who have had one shot come due for number two and it's not here.

 

[Rich B1]

Local county health department has 400 doses available and will only receive 100 doses/week for a county of 110,000.

They are taking reservations for shots beginning 1-18 and are limiting it to those 80+. They have about 600 reservations.

 

[txdon]

Just wait til those folks who have had one shot come due for number two and it's not here.

Looks like that is starting today instead of the 20th.
U.S. shifts to speed vaccinations; won't hold back 2nd doses | Newsday
That will just make the delay occur 30 days later, so in a month we will be in the same position we are now. People will be scrambling to find the required second dose.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

21 outside this AM, heading to 49. Yesterday was about as grey and cold as it could get without rain/sleet or snow. Odd day.

Thanks Rick for all the detailed info on the pump. I will be looking at it today to see what is up with the handle.

wngsprd, yes on the partial. Talked with all involved and they just need three points. Corners. LOL. Only a couple of thousand feet. LOL. Sigh. Sounds like you did the deed with stripey.

Need to go look at another truck this AM. Will drop of wife, who is better at dealing than I, to make the situation right. We are leaning towards getting rid of the trouble truck instead of another transmission. Hey, it's the New Year...clean the slate...right?

Hope all have a great day, be safe and stay healthy my friends. Prayers for you all.

Back when I was building my excavator took out a corner pin, thinking it was the center of driveway marker. It cost me $300 then to have the original lot surveyor to set a new pin.

Glad your wife can negotiate, I need to do that deed alone.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I’m only at 250 hrs on my L3940 and am overdue for the Hst filter change. I tried once and couldn’t budge it, so bought a chain wrench. Will wait for warmer weather.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

you can go round and round all day and still not get on a list.
So people in 1-b are getting nowhere and are getting frustrated because nothing seem to be moving forward.

Same here Don.

hard to believe this isn't being run better with more transparency and with more effective communication.
Just wait til those folks who have had one shot come due for number two and it's not here.

Current administration said they were reserving the 2nd shot, next admin said they wouldn’t.
I’m at bottom of list, unless my work gets me bumped up. Good to know the prisoners are in 1b, so when they break out I won’t have to worry about getting it from them
What a cluster.

 

[sodamo]

67°F and no rain

Water line roughins done, time to switch gears and tackle the black pipe propane line. Three drops, the on demand hot water, kitchen range, BBQ.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[pennwalk]

hard to believe this isn't being run better

If it was just Pennsylvania you could understand that because competency isn't our states' best thing. But everyone seems to be having trouble with it. I heard that at the present rate of vaccination it will take over a year. I read that here in Lancaster county they have set up a drive in testing center. I wonder if that will be used for drive in vaccinations.

Chris