Good morning!!!!

   / Good morning!!!! #129,562  
Good evening!

Today was one of those days taking tech calls.......

1 was a guy bought a used machine, paid for it, and wanted me to check our database to see if it was stolen

3 were about older models, and when I asked for the serial number....got told that it didn’t matter, they were all the same. The callers also had not performed any troubleshooting and simply wanted to know what part most likely failed so they could order a replacement.

I was in one of those moods....so all 3 got the most expensive and hardest to replace part as most likely.

And last but not least, older machine with a transmission leak, the caller said the required oil was too expensive and had read on the internet straight 30W with an additive was the same. I asked him why they just didn’t fix the leak....they don’t have time. Told him I had no idea about the oil he wanted to use, but we would be glad to sell him new parts if it didn’t work. He hung up on me. :ROFLMAO:

You can’t make this stuff up.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #129,563  
Good evening!

Today was one of those days taking tech calls.......

...

I was in one of those moods....so all 3 got the most expensive and hardest to replace part as most likely.

...He hung up on me. :ROFLMAO:

You can’t make this stuff up.
Any chance you're retiring this year, Rich? :unsure: 🤣
 
   / Good morning!!!! #129,565  
Good evening all. 61F for the start, overcast, windy. Windy most of the day, overcast most of day some clearing late, and high temp was 74F. Men's meeting this morning, then bike ride to miss the worst of the wind. Nap then start scalping lawn, got front done. 7+ bags and 2 hours. Found new gopher mound, will hit it with burning sulfur soon.
Covid update: Cooke 3073 confirmed cases, 14 active cases, Montague 1716 confirmed cases, 10 active cases, Grayson 10920 confirmed cases, 58 active cases, local 4 active cases.
David nice job dodging rain drops and getting tempest up. Do you mean no data, or no data fields?
Kyle always neat to see the turkeys, shame about the fawn, hope the newbie picks it up fast
Doug hope hospital sees you soon
Ron glad you are getting Mule to your liking, number of squirrels looks like my back yard.
Paul my guess for next few months fuel will go up. good new on vaccine becoming more available
Buppies posting at 5:45 Central is not late :)
Drew glad you are getting involved again, good news on the home front, glad you have help for the data transfer/wipe
Billy Have the eye exam next week, glad you got the splitting done and a hike.
Rich glad you had a safe trip
Bill hope nothing serious for Jr.
Steve hope your move to Idaho goes well, have a nephew near Boise.
Thomas hope the plow frame turns out, and dinner is yummy
Ken hope the fraud is not contributing to dog house
RNG hope you get more rain, hope the alignment fixes the unlatch issue, good luck with nap
PJ sorry you have to sit in for Plant Mgr, does not sound like fun.
RS good luck with moving the scaffold and sound equipment around Already have a eyeball back outside :) sorry about filter leak, nice pic
JCMaurice6 welcome, spring is coming!
Randy sorry to hear about lack of progress on UTV, nice weather
Dennis was out mowing today
Lou wish we had less wind here.
Rich gotta luv the know it all calls, no you can not make this stuff up.
prayers for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/sister & family Covid/friend's grand baby/son&wife Covid, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Ron/hearing/son/aunt, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Dennis/older brother/son, Grev/wife's eye, Randy/family, Bill/DIL, Ted/knee recovery, Buppies/cancer surgery, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #129,566  
2021-03-11, 0327

29 right now...high about 60(!!!!)
Ordered a set of OEM wheels for my Tacoma. These are for the 3 season tires so I don't have to have the snow tires removed from the wheels on the truck. Won't be long before I have to swap the snow tires for the 3 season tires. The 3 season tires are stashed in an outbuilding about 75-80 yards from the house. Hope I can get them out considering we still have plenty of snow on the lawn... Sure don't want to get the truck stuck! My plan is to use the snow blower to beat a path (this weekend)
 
   / Good morning!!!! #129,567  
Poured first cup of coffee. 57° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 61° with good chance of rain in afternoon. More high wind warning in forecast. Got Mule back together. Took for a ride on local side road. Runs good. Still need to make rear windshield and install it. Going to be a conserve energy day.
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Buckeye, high here yesterday was 69.2°. But wind was up around 30 mph.

Roy, hope some warm weather will melt some of that snow. I still have piles that will take awhile to melt.

Rich, that technical excellence demishes on bad work days. Retirement is very enjoyable.

jcmaurice6, welcome to Good Morning Thread.

Randy, hope they get papers.

Everyone stay healthy and safe.

Good Morning All.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #129,568  
Good Morning
It’s 42 and heading to 70 with mostly clear skies again.
Yesterday, I pulled out all the snow markers from the lane. Just saw that Monday has snow forecast. My wife told me not to pull them!
But it was so nice out that I had to do something productive outside.

Yesterday was a beautiful day here, but the ground is still too wet to do anything. My wife descended that we needed a new mattress, so we went out and made her happy. I was shocked that I could just about buy a grapple for the same amount of money, but that’s what she wanted.

When we got back, I pulled the tractor out and pressure washed the road salt off from driving to my sons and neighbors while plowing over the winter. I figured that while I was at, I might as well fill a bucket with water and car wash and wash it with a long handled brush. It worked so well, that I washed the cars as well, drying everything with a hand held leaf blower as a lazy mans chamois. I was surprised how well the blower worked. Finished the afternoon with some quality time with the upright bass.

Today I’m off to Stuart, FL. Hopefully I can do something productive when I get back.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #129,569  
55 and mostly clear, going to 78. Ron and Mostly, I think your wind is getting here today...Red Flag warnings posted...ground is still damp but grasses and leaves are now very dry with no rain for 10 days.

Yesterday took a very pleasant hike up in the mountains to one of the smaller waterfalls, and a cave. I'm always amazed and thankful of the work the CCC did on these trails. To get to this waterfall, they built stone steps straight down a 200 foot canyon. Still many patches of snow, but the trail was dry. Must have been an inversion, the temperature up on the mountain was 15 degrees warmer than down in the flatlands. Walked through several mountain laurel groves.

When I got home, decided to change the oil in the generator and put it back in storage...positive thinking, although I could use one more good snow.

Tried to upload a photo, but was too large a file.

Happy 311 Day.
 
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   / Good morning!!!! #129,570  
good morning all.
Warmest day of the year so far today, going up to 72 and then some light rain comes in.

Popgadget, fly safely. I looked at my driveway markers yesterday and almost pulled them out also, but decided one more week

Owl house goes to UPS today, then I'm off to do food shopping, and then home to work on new computer.

Ted, this looks like a fun event and ride for you:
 

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