Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

Slight change in plans:

Woman went over to neighbor’s/friend’s for a haircut and dinner/girl’s night with old friends.

So after dropping her off for that, and dumping the trash in the container up at the road, I went ahead and ran up to Menards and picked up order.

Birds will be happy once I get the feeders refilled tomorrow.

Order was short two of one item, so another trip for that (cat litter) at some point, once it comes in.

Grabbed dinner on way back.

 

[Buppies]

The mid west storm will be a doozie

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good Morning!!!! 45F @ 4:00AM. Sunny to partly cloudy. High 64F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
No need to mention the 10-day.

Sorry to hear the snow blower turned out to be a stone thrower, Drew. but it sounds like it at least started easily, right?

Years ago I put a Timney trigger on a M77 and never liked it. It has a little jump in it right before it broke. Please let us know how you like the new one, Eric, as it would be great to pull out an old thorn. BTW, to even up the international trade imbalance, last month a couple of Shield RDSs made it over this way...

There was a movers strike when I first came to California, David, and I spent the first month with just a lawn chair and an air mattress for furniture, along with a few pots and pans I picked up at Walmart to help keep myself fed. But at least the half duplex I rented had a dishwasher, the kind that sat under the kitchen counter and operated with a push of a button. Here I am all these years later seriously considering bailing out of the state and the lack of a real dishwasher in your caretakers quarters has dashed any hope I had of moving to Hawaii so I could help you out on your next project.

Though I still have more to do, gasket scraping yesterday wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. First I tried a plastic scraper blade, which got laughed at, then a heat gun with the same result. The gasket didn't think a MAAP gas torch was very funny, though, as it turned all white and glowed around the edges before it almost fell off by itself. A fine wire brush and a paper towel with contact cleaner finished the job nicely. Managed to get the timing cover back on, then remount the diode board, alternator, and ignition trigger, and that was it for the day. This is turning out to be one of those jobs best savored in small doses.

On a brighter note, the smart doorbell I sent back to Ubiquiti for repair two weeks ago came back as a brand new unit Saturday, and fired right up yesterday when I installed it. Nice to have a camera looking out the front door again, even though it's a rare event anyone ever goes to it other than myself.

Here's hoping everyone gets their week started off on the right foot, or snow boot...

Move to Texas! Bring your solar panels and generator too. Also, won't need a license for your 枪. Not as nice weather as Hawaii, but more room to ride. I hate scraping gaskets.....

PJS, sorry about the young man.

Alien, I hope your daughter gets her liberty/well being back. Bad marriages are sad situations.

BEF, that's a lot of Arkansas trips.

I have so many projects I need to do outside.....but I hate working in the cold.

Old Miller welder roughneck 1e needs the Kohler K301 engine torn down. I did go to my friend's place down south last Saturday. We have a mutual friend who is a certified Miller technician. He uses the area behind my friend's barn as a engine driven welder graveyard. There's a Roughneck 2E back there, that I believe has the adapter plate I need for my project.....but looking at the 2E, it also offers DC stick welding....so maybe I put my Kohler (if I get it rebuilt) in place of the presumably bad Tecumseh engine....I could have AC/DC stick welding. The 1e does not have DC.

Eric, I'm listening to "The Guns at Last Light" by Rick Atkinson. He spends a bit of time telling about the hardships the British endured from shortages caused by the war, some of which, stayed in effect until the 50's. The gov't had to pass a lot of laws to try and keep people/cheaters in line. Only 2 oz of cheese per month per person. He also says in many words, that not too many people liked old Monty.

Prayers for our team, our country, and for healing of sicknesses.

Where's Mostly?

 

[Looking4new]

The North Bay trip didn't happen today, so I will go in the morning.
Saw a big barred owl this afternoon and by the time I got the camera out it was gone. May get to see it tomorrow after the NB trip.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 34F for the start, cleat, light wind.
Dennis nap must have been grueling. nice pics, love the waterfall. Light wind day, sky clear to partly cloudy, and high temp 68F, DP 15F. Chapel to start day, made hot cereal for breakfast, puttered, watched football, print tax forms,
Bill hope you conserved a lot of energy
Phil looks like you have plenty snow to play with.
Buppies whole month of storms?
Billy tracking for fun? Good to hear progress on taxes.
Bird 33F to 68F here
Drew all you have to do is move to Texas
Paul hope you had fun during seat time, hope you had a safe trip
NHBX hope you had fun on tractor today
Thomas hope you stayed warm
Thomas so valve not working so good?
Rich hope you found what needs attention
Don sorry the pain levels have not gone down more. Interesting you have rain forecast for tomorrow and I don't.
RNG vivid description of a too cheap motel. What cam did you have in motorcycle? hope gasket scraping goes well.
Dennis dare I ask why window was open?
Ken nice pics
ted hope you get some moisture, hope you made to the shop
David hope they like their new home. how much more furniture does on need?
Drew sounds like light attendance, hope the oil gets delivered.
PJ can you use magnets or metal detectors?
Randy hope you enjoyed your seat time
Eric glad you gor your new trigger
Kyle you southern guy getting all the rain
Thomas glad you had good day
You guys in Northeast getting so much snow we could get some here !!!
Dennis, nice fire, wife send you out there?
Dennis lot of nice scenery in AR, been to wet and north part of state and around MO boot heel area.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /mom recovery, living alone /son cough (bronchitis?), Bird/aging issues/, Don/knee recovery, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's FIL death /new cancer surgeries /cataract surgery, Roy/ palpitations, /angina, /shoulder, wife/ankle recovery, Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel /divorce, Buppies/good biopsy report, Thomas/gout, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted/knee recovery/retirement, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery follow up, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/injuries from fall, Paul/ wife's disc issues, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Eddie & wife /covid, Drew /new neck pain, Mike /nephew - Covid, Dennis/ brother "alligallyitus" and improving, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. For some reason yesterdays post did not post. I posted it and will now do today's post
40F for the start, clear sky, light breeze. Wind on high end of moderate, sky clouded up to mostly cloudy with rain showers in area but no rain here. High temp was 69F DP 47F. Slow start, but worked on filling wheel barrow and wood wagon for storm, cleaned ashes in insert, getting wood pile worked down, 1-2 more hours and it is done for year. Weather will be nice tomorrow, need to get shopping done as Wednesday and Thursday is not so nice.
Drew Hope you had fun shoveling outside.
Billy may some were planning on all they can eat buffet.
Bill hope you get some snow shovel seat time and shopping went well.
Roy all we ask is that you take care with the manual part
Paul good to hear trip went well, and managed some family/GS time. Hope today was as enjoyable
RNG glad gasket removal went well with the correct process, interesting story when you moved to Cali, Hope you get the motorcycle back together soon, and some more rain.
Phil hope you enjoyed your seat time.
Ken understand about the less than 20F issue, I am the same was about biking in less than 35F, just don't have the winter gear. Nice China pics
Rich hope you are ready for round two.
Drew glad you survived shoveling, want to see pics when driveway is raked like that
PJ your weather is starting before ours. If I remember the average snowfall in STL is like 20 or 22 inches per winter, 18" almost a winters worth.
Don did get ride in. hope don PT went well.
David good to hear move went well and you got some football in.
Buppies we are looking at 2.5 inch of snow wwith 1/4 - 1/2 inch ice underneath.
Randy nice pics
Doug yes does sound rough, tractor sounds easy enough to fix really sorry about daughter marriage.
PJ sorry to hear about accident.
Don good to hear you got your home test.
Thomas hope you get your valve fixed. Should make sharing easier
RS sounds like you have plenty inside work for a while
Dennis had 3 inch sleet on driveway once. Too slick to drive up, and had to park at bottom of hill until salt melt the ice and got tracks cleader for tires.
Thomas sorry about your help. Your back pockets going to drag if you go back to 30hrs.
Bird rain to freezing rain to snow, maybe 2 1/2 inch
Kyle that could be nice upgrade to welder project.
Bill hope trip goes well tomorrow.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /mom recovery, living alone /son cough (bronchitis?), Bird/aging issues/, Don/knee recovery, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's FIL death /new cancer surgeries /cataract surgery, Roy/ palpitations, /angina, /shoulder, wife/ankle recovery, Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel /divorce, Buppies/good biopsy report, Thomas/gout, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted/knee recovery/retirement, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery follow up, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/injuries from fall, Paul/ wife's disc issues, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Eddie & wife /covid, Drew /new neck pain, Mike /nephew - Covid, Dennis/ brother "alligallyitus" and improving, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[PJSprog]

PJ can you use magnets or metal detectors?

They are nylon. I had no more luck than when the grass was still green. I'm starting to think that she miscounted how many she used.

PJ your weather is starting before ours. If I remember the average snowfall in STL is like 20 or 22 inches per winter, 18" almost a winters worth.

We are well behind where we should be by this point for winter precipitation. When the dogs run across the back yard, they are kicking up dust. It's been very dry here. I'm just hoping that if they are wrong on the predictions, it's on the low side. I still remember the "Blizzard of '82" when a dusting changed to 1-4", and we awoke Sunday morning to 28". Not interested in a repeat of that.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

20°
Got the pallets out of the open shed while ground was frozen, then decided to fill pellet box on porch before the 54° weather and rain makes a mess.
Temp forecasts for Friday is now lowering, might not make 50s Friday, will get cold down to 20°, so might get ice before the rain stops.
Maybe snow next Sunday. 5 more days for it all to change.

Son called and talked and talked. His girlfriend was busy.

Tonight’s state picture is Arizona. First visited in early 90s before kids. Some older retired friends of ours had a winter home in sun city (same developer as don’s). In February it was in the 70s or 80s in Phoenix, They took us to the canyon and it was ice and snow.
In 2017, when we had to take our youngest to AR to register as a freshman, I said we are half way there, let’s go another 1000 miles west so the boys can see the Grand Canyon so we did. Hit a few new states that trip, OK, NM, and KS. Drove real close to Where LS lives. In June it was cold at the canyon, we bought sweatshirts there because we didn’t have anything for the cold. We only hiked a little ways down, now wish we had gone a little further down. We left there and went past 4 corners, saw Mesa verde in CO, visited Durango for the 2nd time, before racing home 2000 miles because we had a graduation party scheduled.

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-02-01, 0420

-2° right now...high, like yesterday, in the mid-20's...
Also, like yesterday, it probably won't make it to the mid-20's... actual high was 22° and breezy

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp 14 and going to 30°F. Wind SE 13 mph. A few flurries.

North Bay trip this morning, 8 stops.

When I get back from that I may put the tire chain back on. The good thing is it is a front chain and not nearly as heavy as the rears.

You guys posting the pics of your travels through the 'states, keep posting. It is the cheapest touristing I can possibly take, seeing as I am 'not welcome' there any more. I haven't been 'officially' kicked out, but the US customs and the INS guys don't much care for foreigners that own pot stocks which I do and they don't like people that use pot, which I do AND it is legal here. As long as it stays illegal at the Federal level I will not be welcome there. Rather than have them officially send me back, I just stay away.

Have a safe day all