Good morning!!!!

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 35 going to 38 and cloudy, calling for rain/snow.

Spent quite a bit of time chasing deer out of the front bushes. Moved the pumpkin there to across the street for them to finish eating. Should have moved it last week.

Talked to my Dad, my Uncle was over visiting. My Dad asked me where I lived etc.

Today will go out and place the driveway markers.
Took off of work today and bloodwork later.
Got up for a meeting, which got moved to January :-(

Happy birthday FWT!

Well, off to do work before the snow starts.

Be well,

Dinner on a plank.

Deer and sunset

Minibuck is still hanging with his sisters, now at 2 points.

Not waiting for it to become pie.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good morning TBN.
42 this morning and might make lower 50s with intermittent light rain.
Pretty good day yesterday albeit much cooler.
Went to Harbor Freight to take advantage of the winch sale. Got the 2500 for $50 out the door to put on the 4 wheeler. Been watching for a while and finally pulled the trigger. I will probably go back and get the mounting plate because it's cheaper then anything I might fabricate.
Of course rode the 4 wheeler to walk the dog plus my own steps (10k+) for walking him too. I really don't mind the walking as I am sure it is healthy but it uses up a lot of the daylight.
Puttered in the garage looking at how I want to mount the winch. I would like to mount it to the front but it will be a challenge. Otherwise I might just slap it on a 2" hitch and be done with it.
Other than that we will have to see what adventure the day holds.

Have a great and safe day!!

Bought a HF winch for my ranger, and mounting plate. Never mounted. They are somewhere around here.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Ken, last time at Dad’s, he asked me where I lived.
I took way too much time going thru the Costco receipts yesterday, but I wanted to know how many of certain things we buy there. Was shocked at how many cases of water we go thru. Was amazed that number of items were almost exactly the same between the 2 years. If I counted tires as 4 items instead of 1, think it was exact.
Most items will be available at Sam’s club. Other surprise was costs for items changing. Some have gone down after covid, but some have gone up a good bit.

Guy texted he was stopping by house today to leave a little present. I found his dog in August, he lives several miles away but was in TX on vacation when I called the number on the dog tag. I was mowing with ZT, turned it off, and the dog came right up on the mower with me.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Popgadget, nice way to hand off the property tax bill.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct,28 to start going to 36 with snow flurries! Going to the grands pre school play this morning, should be cute !

Paul, sorry to hear you had horrible service, but at least you could laugh about it !

Better get going , hope all have a great day !

 

[RedNeckGeek]

While on the subject, does anyone recommend a particular OBD2 scanner? I need one worthy of helping me figure out which airbag circuit is messed up.

Probably overkill for your situation, but I installed a ScanGauge 3 on the Promaster and it has a screen for reading OBDII error codes.

I also use an iPhone app called OBDFusion and a Carista OBDII dongle to read codes on the Vanagon. If you're using an Andorid phone there's an even more powerful app called Torque you can use. I think I paid $15 for the dongle, while the app was a free download.

Got the stiches out of my fingers yesterday, a bit early but the surgeon will be off all next week. As a result he told me to keep them bandaged with both a BandAid and some of that crinkly tape that sticks to itself to help hold the cuts together. My trip to the drug store for more BandAids and tape cost me a whopping $23. That hurt almost as much as my fingers.

Forgot to bring the old iPhone with me to FedEx it back to Apple, so had to make an extra trip. Nice day out so I didn't really mind. Drop off point was in a Walgreens, one I'd driven right by on the first trip.

Got some Christmas packages to wrap and firewood to load into canvas carriers for a trip next week. Looking like it's gonna be a little wet out on the coast, though.

TGIF gang!

 

[wngsprd]

36 going to 43.

Ken. I love your live deer Christmas display.

Mostly, our breeder and info I've read recommended you let your puppy grow to at least a year old before neutering.

BEF, last night I was telling my wife about your comment about the self-service attendant at Costco...she had just gotten home from Costco and we were unloading a bunch of stuff. She said she had gone through the self- service and how pleasant the lady was...even scanning everything in her cart since no one was behind her in line.

Most of the employees we see are long-time employees, some we remember from the original Price Club back in the mid-80s. I think it just depends on the person, and maybe management. Costco has indeed tightened their policies a bit, since a lot of abuse by non-members made actual members start to complain. Glad you had a good experience at Sam's.

Went to the funeral/celebration of life for one of my former bosses yesterday. She was a great boss, and it was good seeing fellow employees again after many years. I also learned that another of my bosses, and a very good friend had passed...his funeral was Monday...so sad I hadn't heard.

Need to take Della out for a longer hike today and split some firewood. My wife is heading to our granddaughter's house for 2 days of babysitting.

 

[Happy in NC]

I also use an iPhone app called OBDFusion and a Carista OBDII dongle to read codes on the Vanagon. If you're using an Andorid phone there's an even more powerful app called Torque you can use. I think I paid $15 for the dongle, while the app was a free download.

I have Torque and a $20 reader. Been quite happy with it. I suspect it would be lacking on the newest cars. Serves my purpose though. Just used it yesterday!

 

[sodamo]

65°F and 0 rain

Guys lost at H&F, but the ribs were good.

Off to Hilo town this morning. HD, a bit of shopping. Go by the steel store, have an idea how to fix my stabilizer.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[LouNY]

Well a good late morning (afternoon) all;
Interesting day yesterday went and checked over the sander to prep it for winter. Of course a dead battey and then I thought about the gas in the tank. Oh boy I never used it last year, well I'll just drain it and refill it. Dang when was the last time I got fresh gasoline. Two full cans sitting here and I don't recall when I filled them. So I poured one into the trucks tank and went to town and got 5 more gallons of non-ethanol gas in the can. So maybe today the battery will have taken a charge or it will tell me it wants to be replaced. I use so little gas in a year it's hard to keep it fresh. I do have a saw and a trimmer and a leaf bowler that take 2-stroke mix but the saw hasn't been started for at least 2 years maybe 3 since I got the battery saw. And the trimmer and blower us so little fuel it's almost none. Did get the bearings greased and the drive chain half lubed.
Diesel on the other hand I use quite a bit and keep a good reserve on hand.
Today into town to mail Christmas cards out, don't want to get them out to soon.

All stay well, get well
and
Have a Merry Christmas