Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s 69 and likely going to the middle 70’s before cold front comes through, with thunderstorms likely.

My stretch of time off is going to be interrupted bu a trip to Concord, NH this morning, hopefully we will get back before the cold front comes through, or it might get interesting.

Yesterday went according to plan, got done what I wanted to in the shop, fixed the AC for my friend, and got the mowing done, cleaned up and played with the band.

I already am unhappy with Win10. It seems to be constantly updating, and consuming all of my computers resources in the process. I’m going to disable auto updates if I can, and see if that helps.

 

[check]

RS, you are guarding that Rose of Sharon like a 14 year old daughter...will the deer wreck them?

I don't know what 3M is selling for now but I found some Texas made N95 masks on Amazon for what seemed
a reasonable price. If it actually costs ten cents a piece to make them, I think I'd be annoyed...

AccuMed BNX N95 Mask NIOSH Certified MADE IN USA Particulate Respirator Protective Face Mask (10-Pack, Approval Number TC-84A-9315 / Model H95W) White: Amazon.com: Tools & Home Improvement

AccuMed BNX N95 Mask NIOSH Certified MADE IN USA Particulate Respirator Protective Face Mask (10-Pack, Approval Number TC-84A-9315 / Model H95W) White: Amazon.com: Tools & Home Improvement

smile.amazon.com

KN95 masks, which I buy a fair amount of in different colors for my church and the nursery school there, generally cost
under a dollar a piece. So while I'm paying perhaps 3 times more for the US made NIOSH certified mask, it still only costs a couple
bucks a piece and is reusable. Just wish the better ones were easier to breathe through.

We worry a lot about viruses. Firemen used to worry about breathing stuff that would kill or cripple them.
SCBA aka Scott Pacs really helped rural fire companies operate more safely; wasn't just the big cities with the
good safety equipment. I wore one for about six years, not fond memories of sweating in them and big dents on your head
for a while where the straps and edges bit into you. "Old Leather Lungs" were of a generation that has now almost totally
died off from COPD. I usually went through two air bottles and by then the fire was out or someone else took over.
Once went through three.

So many of my personal pictures didn't make this last move, but my fireman stuff did.
This is me after a third Scott bottle sitting down simply exhausted looking up at an enormous
blaze when the Union Camp paper mill warehouse went up in flames just South of New Hope.
Big oil soaked timber warehouse building sitting right next to the Delaware River and River Road, and big steep hill on other side of road.
So all the fire apparatus were staged way too close to the fire.
Plastic light covers melted on several pumpers until they backed them up.
I got burns on my chest from the metal buttons on my turnout gear getting so hot
they reddened my skin. I was pulling off that coat like I had cinders down my back.
Mill was abandoned, allegedly set on fire by vagrants, so they finally just let it burn. We had pretty much exhausted all the local water and
mutual aid companies from I think five other volunteer fire companies and once they were sure it wasn't going to burn all the way up to Odette's restaurant,
everyone went home but us. I think we had trucks there for three days.

And I was thinking how to explain that feeling to that 8th grade boy who was so excited about being a fireman.

Wow, Drew, what a story! So glad COPD didn’t het you.

 

[wngsprd]

A friend went to dermatologist and she sprayed him in so many places with the liquid nitrogen. I asked to see what his bill is when he gets it.....if not too bad, I might go. OTOH, I have a large dewar of liquid nitrogen available.....I can just self medicate with a wooden stick Q-tip.

I liked my new dermatologist - but she did squirt me in 7 places on my face...let me know how your method works.

 

[daugen]

Bill, that old Ford is a real beauty. Lot of collectors would like to have that truck.

Check, no COPD, but the generation before me in the firehouse had a number of folks sick before their time.
Of course some of them smoked cigarettes too so you never really know what wrecked their lungs. I'm sure it's all cumulative.
My lungs have been xrayed, CT'd and MRI'd plenty of times and since I've never smoked I'm not too worried about them.
I worry for my sister in California in these forest fires where she looks out on her deck some days to find grey flakes everywhere.
The products of combustion are genuinely bad for us.
Car makers found that out early on. And clearly not early enough.
RNG here deals with this reality I'm sure a lot more often that he would like. You want to live in the woods and mountains to get away
from the maddening crowd and the darn woods keep catching on fire.

And I'm downwind of it. Most of us are.

 

[wngsprd]

62 going to 81 before rain is due this afternoon.

Happy 39th birthday, Ellen!

RS, that hydrangea is looking real good this late in the year. You and BEF get the best looking yards award. Mine looks freshly aerated from skunk digs.

Rip, need to borrow a chain? I can drop it off when I come pick up my MX6000 that you borrowed.

Had a nice morning in the mountains yesterday. The Autumn colors were beautiful, and so the trails and road were busier than usual. Hiked a new pair of trails to connect to my usual way up to Hawksbill and made a nice long loop out of it. Saw no bears, but did hear one coyote yip, and saw deer. Got to play with one hikers' Border Collie...cool dogs.

Youngest son just arrived from driving down from Long Island all night...that's how he likes to do it to avoid the worst of the traffic.

Finally got one of those great autumn sunsets last night, now that the cloud/fog/drizzle cover has lifted.

 

[ronjhall]

I already am unhappy with Win10. It seems to be constantly updating, and consuming all of my computers resources in the process. I’m going to disable auto updates if I can, and see if that helps.

I am unhappy with Apple OS. It is always updating something daily.

 

[Thomas]

62F cloudy damp high low 70's late afternoon rain may t storm.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...clean 3 areas of leaves before rain arrives,watch some football and numb it.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Thomas]

Wishing many many more trips around the sun Ellen.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp 53°F, high 55. Wind N 6 mph. Drizzle with periods of rain. What is the difference? Still wet.

It might be nice looking, but not 20 grand worth of nice.

Today may be a conserve energy day, right this minute I am not sure.

I know for a fact that I have a kit of grease fittings (zerks) around here somewhere, but I couldn't find them yesterday so I ordered another one from amazon last evening. I will probably find the original one now.

Have a safe day all

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I already am unhappy with Win10. It seems to be constantly updating, and consuming all of my computers resources in the process. I’m going to disable auto updates if I can, and see if that helps.

I hear you, grabbed my laptop a couple nights ago to do a quick thing…it was in middle of update and had to reboot, etc. took forever. Guess I didn’t get auto update turned off on this new computer.