Good morning!!!!

[two_bit_score]

Glad you got power back on Thomas!

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Monday) morning. Overnight Low of 13.5C and it's presently 21.5C, partly cloudy with an occasional breeze. The aerodrome reported 0.8mm but there was nothing in my gauge.

Well, my Mate from Brisbane is currently packing up his car and will be heading off this arvo @ 1500. We'll do a tip-run before he goes, especially as a possum found my bin very interesting last night.

This week will be slowly preparing for the annual 'soiree' on Sunday. I'm expecting 50+. I'll need to do a good mowing tomorrow as the weather is supposed to get rainy Wed.-Thur.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Successful day in the shop. Well, at least partially. I didn't get as far as I wanted, but all the pieces for the shelf brackets are final sanded and ready for stain. That was my goal -- to get them stained.

The propane heater had turned itself off, but it stayed warm until I finished the sanding. Hands / arms were tired, so decided stain could happen tomorrow.....

Have a great evening!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Dallas Cowboys looked so bad, I switched over to METv and watched an old "Love Boat" episode....then, they were playing Valley of the Dolls on the Movie channel. (some lookers in that movie)

Congrats Helo to the team! They should have some padding on wall behind the goal, to protect kids after fast layups. My son is playing on 8th grade team, 13 years old. He's 5' 8" or 172 cm. There are many kids much taller than him and many much shorter. He needs experience, he did not play last year. Coach begged him to play. He's still very shy and not "assertive". Would rarely take shots, instead passing to team mates. This weekend he took a few shots and made 1. And made 3 out of 4 free throws. So the shyness is wearing off a bit. They lost the first game, but won the 2nd game. Next will be track season. His specialty is 400m sprint.

Good morning all. 24F at 6am in Beautiful Northern Nevada.

Currently a Winter Storm Warning in the Sierra Mountains. Due to schedule I must travel over Donner Summit today (elevation 7,227.) Try to avoid mountain+weather driving but need to get to CA today.

Biggest risk is someone young and stupid driving too fast for conditions. Now that I am old and stupid I can say that.

btw I love the many bird pictures.

welcome to the GM thread!. Beautiful up around Tahoe.

No. The house is a constant expense and the delay was uncalled for. Propane/electric/water/insurance will not be reimbursed. I just hope they're is no damage from the hard freeze coming next week.

Don, I see they are laying another big pipeline alongside the last one. If you drag out the sale, would you get the money?

My friend works in the natural gas industry. They told him to go out tomorrow and keep engines running and start them if they are down. ERCOT gets something like 67% IIRC of it's electricity from NG.

I was able to watch the "fomula E" race.....
interesting.... they looked like formula one, but the sound.... a high pitched whine for sure!

Only a 35 lap race, maybe 45 minutes. towards the end, they were showing the cars "energy level".... the winner crossed the finish line with "0.5%". Don't know how much that actually is, but they were all around that to 1%.

The cars also had braking regeneration (charging), if they didn't have that, I wonder if they would have run out of juice? I guess they don't have to worry about any long distances.

Definitely strange (as compared to normal formula 1 racing). Even the wifey mentioned how weird the sound was. They are 400KW motors, all wheel drive.

I would think that a formula E race would be missing the sounds of the engines and the smell of the burned high octane fuel. Don't know about y'all, but I kind of like the smell of AVGAS 100LL when burned in a good engine.

We saw that too. We had a close call with a storm coming up suddenly like you likely only see in Texas and blowing the tent with kids inside out in the surf

Oh my! I know you said y'all went to Galveston beach a bunch. They have issued alerts for rattlesnakes on the beach last month or so, and now there are some "new", "red coyote/wolves" that they are saying are rare, so they will have some BS environmental protection....to where you can't shoot them when they are eating your pets. They look like coyotes to me. SSS.

22F feels like 9F here. Too cold for me. Keeping the fire wood going in the fireplace.

Supercross yesterday was in San Francisco with all the rain, it was a mud fest. Tough going for all the riders. After 3 turns, they were so muddy, you could only read their number on their back.

MIL had a birthday and we celebrated today. My daughter made the best (from scratch) Italian Cream cake. Pecans and coconut with cream cheese icing. Yum yum.

I finally bought some Leinenkugel's beer last week.....and I still haven't drank one. I need a friend to stop by and visit so I have a reason...

 

[Buppies]

Sounds delicious Kyle

Very proud papa Helo

Thomas Dallas played like a bunch of babies no emotion very uninspiring

Wind howled all day temperatures falling now 29 going down

 

[txdon]

Good evening! -9˚C or 15.8˚F with a wind chill of 8˚F. Snow expected at midnight.
Nice team pic Helo. If we are this cold it must really be bad in the central Northern states.
Everything is shut down tomorrow because of the predicted snow and ice.

 

[Looking4new]

Snow squalls for me have been updated...40cm=15.74" On top of the inch we got last night...I think I will be plowing tomorrow. it is a good thing I enjoy plowing. I enjoy cutting the lawn too, but not in the same season. Call me nuts if you want.

 

[riptides]

D E T R O I T.

wow...congrats.

 

[txdon]

Don, I see they are laying another big pipeline alongside the last one. If you drag out the sale, would you get the money?

My Mom was paid for the right of way in 2022 for the pipeline currently under construction on the property. This is the pipeline next to the last one. They start buying the right of way 3 years before construction. We started getting letters in 2021. No notice so far of another pipeline and I sure hope the closing is not extended past January.

Read in the Giddings News that the adjacent landowners are not too happy about the the proposed 500 acre solar farm going in next door to them. It will be interesting to see if they if they can stop it.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 9ºF for the start, overcast sky, breezy. Moderate wind, overcast, and high temp was 12ºF. Decided not to go to Chapel service because of Covid, watched it on live stream. Then got fire going, heat pump quite running about 9:30 till about 9:30 tonight. Got some work done on estate paperwork, watched some Football, Cowboys had poor showing. Did get nap in. Trash is out, not sure when it will get picked up. Still need to get Trek on indoor trainer.
Wednesday 4:45PM CST posts:
Paul you and I must have tested about the same time. I pass private exam in 1976.
Thomas glad Kubota did well in snow control. Sorry the roof gave new aches and pain.
Dennis nice heard.
Bill sorry snow removal a pain in the bucket. I had 0 training when I start doing IT. But the training did come in handy during the 15 years I did it full time.
Randy(wag) sorry oil filter such a pain in the arm and knuckle. Glad you got it off.Hope hydraulic oil change went better.
Lou sorry only good for brush pile.
David since I don't report results to anybody but TBN I am flexible with same time bit. It rarely rains 1 a week here anyway
Thursday morning 3:48 CST:
Ron glad dentist visit and errands went well. Sorry about dirty car. Sounds like nice seat time on driveway. Hope linkage install went well. Grand pic.
Thomas why would you consider trying to do any more than 8 hours part store, other than some kind of emergency projects?
Mike I understand about the estate stuff, been working on that here. There is a lot of settings to take care of. Disk space on computer usually not an issue.
Randy(wag) I should keep a log on rainfall but too lazy.
Plowhog good luck with burrowing animal!
Kilroy nice you can used non-standard days off. Nice to be caught up, If I get there Funny link, agreed the people that disagree with us are the ones doing the hiring for Government. Roast looks good.
Drew sorry about the decay under the bridge. Glad penicillin still works.
Frits good start to the day. I bet you find something, or it will find you
Buppies yes I know about the cold, it's cold here too.. prayers sent.
Ken good to hear progress continues. Sorry to hear another ash fell hope they finish falling soon.
Chris thanks, I listen to him from time to time.
Don good points.
Scott(vt) hope the ground is read for another rain event on Saturday.
Don hope you were ready for the cold. I needed to charge boat and golf car batteries. Low around 9 here.
Frits good to hear daughter is hanging in there so far. Can be a very rough and tumble game.
Bill sorry about another watch, maybe more plowing? Hope dump run and town run were successful. Started a 1 hour video of Justin playing resonator.
Drew good post.
RNG it seems what to buy is a moving target. Good luck staying ahead of the game. Nice surprise on door handle. Hope next trip goes well.
Ron I would like to know a few people dentist had worked on before trying.
Drew good luck with next round of tooth work. Hope you get your snow.
Ted enjoy the new snow, Wind sounds like a bummer. Hope you got mini blinds done and enjoyed some soup.
David glad some mowing done. Thanks for Makani, hope wound heals soon. Hope you got the H&F in and guys did well.
Dennis sorry about the install issues on new camera. Hope you work out something you are happy with. Hope son lunch was good.
David I understand about hoe elusive motivation can be sometimes. We don't have many raging storms in the morning, that would be a lat morning
Helo hope trip to Estonia went well boy played good basketball, and wife had good time. Hope drop-in customers leads to more work.
NHBX Interesting, my wife could get in truck easier than the SUV. Hope breakfast was good.
Thomas Justin has a video all unusual guitars.
Randy(wag) glad tip trip and laundry all went well. Hope you got something useful or fun before Dr appt.
Ted in Texas,Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas Murphy sell gas on Walmart parking lot.
Kilroy interesting spice list for roast.
Buppies sorry about your lack of snow, we are having flurries tonight.
Friday morning 3:51 AM CST posts:
Ron hope you got rested up for snow control on Saturday. Cute little guy in pic Thanks for info on robins.
Thomas hope you got a nap in.
Bill have fun with storm watch. Hope your medical goes without a hitch. Hope you survive the defensive driving training. Sorry about trailers.
Drew thank you, have not been able to spend as much time as I would like, wanted to be caught up already. Hope good lunch with brother, and bridge gets saved. Hope box went together ok.
Frits impressive no oil burned. Hope treatment works on diesel in tanks and no jelling. Hope daughter enjoys days off.
Chris thank you.
Billy target time here is 07:30.
Scott(vt) hope good trip to Vermont, hope you bring back everything you meant to
Billy congrats on rain record, did not happen here . No symptoms yet. Will talk with Dr tomorrow about physical and testing. Glad you got nice hike in
Mike glad you got away from all the stress for a few hours. Nice company on hike.
Ken sorry about more rain and roof leak, My condolences on the loss of your friend. Hope new boss better than old boss.
Kilroy you have been busy boy. Bet dogs were happy after woodlot trip. thanks for the report on walnut syrup.
Plowhog any idea what has been burrowing under house? Nice NV pic. Hope snow control went well.
Buppies sorry you feel so poorly prayers sent.
Mike good to hear dog is looking out for you
Don love the public service announcement. I have not missed putting on snow tires since moving to Texas. Maybe I should get stuck and see what happens, I am sure they will know I am not a native Texan as soon as I open my mouth ?? Just wonderful
Paul sorry to hear wife caught your virus.
Mike did you miss the part about rednecks?
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Mark /sister liver transplant and recovery, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Israel, Ukraine war, and Country.