Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Good Morning RyeThomas

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning all.

-10 and searching for a high of -2F. Wind W 6 mph. A chilly morning. No snow in the forecast.

The little u' darlin's are off school for another week. I certainly am glad that I have none in school anymore AND the other two live too far away to bother making the effort. The oldest and his wife are here with me. He is the more level headed of the three.

I have no plans until Jan. 8 when the Jeep goes into the shop to replace my perforated oil pan. According to the flat rate manual it should take 3.4 hours. But lets be realistic here. I've done enough work on motors over my younger years to realize that the flat rate manual and real life are very much different. For one, the exhaust manifold has never been off the motor and it is a 2001. The manifold must come off as the exhaust runs under the pan to cross over to the passenger side and exit. The original O2 sensors are in the manifold.
I am expecting the shop will have it for two days IF the head doesn't have to come off due to busted manifold studs. The quote was for $803.oo, but I have budgeted $1500.oo for the job due to the above reasons. If the head comes off then it will get new anti-freeze mixed to a ratio of 60/40. It will also get new Quaker State 5w30 full synthetic oil and filter.

That is all I have for today, have a good day all.

 

[wngsprd]

30 going to 39.

COLD is right...Teens at night and many days won't get above freezing after today as far out as I can see.

Keeping the woodstove hot will be my priority. I've a pallet of split wood on my tractor that I'll bring up to the porch for a refill.

Rye, hope you have a great time.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. -12° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 13° with chance of snow in afternoon.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! it's cold out there.
Cleaned drive and walkway yesterday. So I do not have to go out in the cold today. No plans today except stay warm. Forecast calls for more below zero temperatures until sometime next year.
Need to design a dolly for chipper. It will not move without a pry bar under frame.
Kyle, you can use my post anytime. Stylus is for iPad. Wife likes her finger nails long enough to make typing on keyboard difficult. It's worse on a iPad and iPhone.
Eric, Holiday leftovers make me not wanting that meal again until next years Holidays.
Prayers for Riptide, and his wife.
Buckeye, prayers for a faster recovery.
Randy, prayers for you.
Good Morning All.

 

[ronjhall]

Rye, enjoy your Christmas.

 

[daugen]

Baby it's cold outside...
actually it's not, compared to some of you in the walk in freezer.
Shall I say a balmy 30 degrees going to 42 today.
Need to pick the rest of my collards in the garden; I think this week's cold temps will finish them off for good.

High winds blew over my crèche/manger at the end of the lane, think I'll just wrap it up for the year. Most folks here leave their lights on til New Years, though for me, it's a matter of what day is warmer and drier. I like the manger scene with the light above, but next year I need to use more hold downs.

leftovers, leftovers, oh what should I eat today.

 

[Thomas]

16F now couple degrees more should be our high for the day,below zero every night least to Saturday.

Plans for today...do quick plowing of driveway 1 1/2" from last night,finally remove plow from pickup for a while,quick trip to town than putter rest of the day.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Thomas]

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To me left over taste like.... more please.:licking:

 

[DABSGT]

Good morning, 21 going to a high of 25, looks like today is the warm day rest if the week to be in the teens.
Heading back home from the lake today start up the tractor and clean the little snow on the hilly portion of the driveway, tried to talk daughters boyfriend into picking up a shovel don't think that worked out to well.
Riptide hope the wife is feeling a bit better today and Buckeye you are doing well.
Rye enjoy the day with family, I now that working holiday's make things a bit hard at times especially when the kids are young. Although I have had a few holiday meals with firefighters in my town when I worked holidays at the PD. Note to coffee drinkers most fire department coffee is great if your constipated clean you right out!
As you can see grandson loved his new John Deere, keeping it at gram pas house so he can ride it in my basement until summer.

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[Bird]

40 degrees last night at midnight, came up to 42, now down to 41, but forecast to continue down to 34 by 9 a.m., with a 40% chance of rain. 9 a.m. is the time that I have to have my wife to a day surgery place to implant a device to try to relieve her back pain.

Even though it only got up to 40 degrees yesterday, the clear sunny windless skies made it quite comfortable outside in shirt sleeves.

Now we are set for several days of eating leftovers. "Waste not want not" was often said to both me and my wife as kids and having known what it's like to live in times when food was not exactly plentiful, neither of us will ever forget that.

Eric, I'm afraid I was raised the same way. I need to lose weight, but just can't hardly bring myself to throw away food. So, I, too, will be eating leftovers the next couple of days at least. We spent the day yesterday at a daughter's house, and I was in favor of not bringing ham, turkey, pies, candies, etc. home, but I got overruled by my wife and daughter.:laughing:

 

[daugen]

Bird, good luck today, hope it goes well with your wife, have experience with implantable stimulators. Reduced about half of my wife's nerve pain.

Well, since we are showing off JD's this morning, I have a family pic to offer from my friend in Delaware.
Not a really nice metal one like David's...can guarantee you which one will still be working in twenty years.

 

[riptides]

Good morning all. 36 outside this AM. Last night was again rough. The doctors and the patient are not on the same page with pain management. I got lucky and had one doctor in observations and the night nurses are all backing us up that the mixture is just not right. Now we have to educate the pain management daytime staff on the pattern.
I am not happy being in a hospital and for the last two days at night her pain is unbearable. That's not right.

Thanks for the kind thoughts and yes those prayers are used and they help.

 

[Thomas]

I found out sometimes you have to growl louder for the doctor/doctors to listen.

Know where pulling for you Riptdes.:thumbsup:

 

[RoyJackson]

2017-12-26, 0721

16 right now and it isn't going to get much warmer...doubt we see 20 today.

This was one of the best Christmases we've had in quite a while...several years, at least. Nothing in particular, but just everybody was happy and things went well.

Only plan is to make a dump run. We need to replace a microwave stove that gave it up Christmas Eve...wifey will decide when go looking for that.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 45˚ heading to 46˚ this afternoon as a wet Northeast wind keeps temperatures constant.
Had a cup of Rooibos tea and I don't see how the UK cannot prefer coffee. My second cup is second brew Folgers.


Ron did Betty get a "IP" for Christmas and if so was it an IPad or an Instant Pot?

Roy get the microwave that is also toaster oven. I wish I had. Lots of times I need a proofing oven or another warming or toasting oven.

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy get the microwave that is also toaster oven. I wish I had. Lots of times I need a proofing oven or another warming or toasting oven.

Thanks for the advice!

 

[ronjhall]

Good morning! 45˚ heading to 46˚ this afternoon as a wet Northeast wind keeps temperatures constant.
Had a cup of Rooibos tea and I don't see how the UK cannot prefer coffee. My second cup is second brew Folgers.


Ron did Betty get a "IP" for Christmas and if so was it an IPad or an Instant Pot?

Roy get the microwave that is also toaster oven. I wish I had. Lots of times I need a proofing oven or another warming or toasting oven.

Instant Pot. She already has a iPad.
We got a Cusinart Convection Microwave a few years ago. Wife got to like the RV type in our motorhome. But the RV ones are expensive.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

22° slept ok.
I hear you on the pain meds. When i was in for my back pain, one shift had it figured out how often, etc to keep my pain down. Then night shift came in, and they ignored me. I'd ask for pain meds, they wouldnt come back for hrs.

I had problems over the weekend with my surgery area, doctor said i could come in today, just dont know what time. An hr away.

All have a good day.

 

[Bird]

You and your wife certainly have our prayers and best hopes and wishes, riptides. Maybe the pain doctor will get it right, and soon.

And buckeyefarmer, hope it goes well for you today, too.

 

[RoyJackson]

Couple pictures from Christmas Day


After Bella finally found a place to do her business...she had to get on her Christmas bed to take a break...