Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

thanks for mousetrap ideas. I bought a six pack of the yellow plastic ones online, or something similar, amazed me Lowes could not have one plain
simple wood mousetrap in the place. So I bought a two pack of some plastic marvel that lures them in, then the container spins around and traps them inside.
As they eat my peanut butter as their last meal I guess. Nothing is wacking them on the head. The other two I put down today are bait traps, encapsulated in some child/pet friendly plastic apparatus. What I ordered online is the traditional spring neck breaker with plastic parts. Basically an easier way to set the catch,
which at least for me has always been a bit nerve-racking. And every time it goes off in my hands, it surely reinforces my concerns. So the new ones seem to have big latches on them.
I hope they like Jif.

got all my must do's done, antifreezed two pressure washers, blew off the driveway, again, mowed the nut orchard area which was overdue, lot of onion grass growing. Hopefully will have to do it only one more time. But lot of leaves left to come down. Dogwoods are a nice burgundy, but other trees are just starting.
Then baked some gingerbread for a sick friend, my elderly Miss Daisy, who now has heart problems and the meds have laid her low.
But she has a sweet tooth so something good for her stomach was in order. Also added half a stick of butter, and a teaspoon each of ginger and cinnamon.
Sure made the house smell nice.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

This morning's business

 

[toppop52]

Hit record on DVR. Good until someone spills the beans on who won.

I知 recording it, but I知 not good at avoiding looking at the score.

 

[daugen]

Ron, I try to remember to pull this voltmeter out of the kitchen receptacle and bring it with me in the rv.
I originally had one like this in my boat and wanted an easier way to check voltage. I'd need an autoranger because I seem
to misread the range value somehow and over the years at least one meter has expired in a puff of smoke due to
unintentional abuse.

what I really would like to have is an amp draw meter on my main panel, both in rv and home.

Bill, keep warm.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

View attachment 628061
This morning's business

Sweet!!!!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Well, the buckeye game has been a nail biter. Didn’t know till today they were number 1.

 

[sodamo]

22° this morning. Has now climbed to 23°

Gonna meet the breakfast gang at a southern PA diner. About 45 min away, wife is driving.

My mom had a whole cabinets of nic nacs that still sits as they were when she was alive.

I have a few nic nacs myself, mostly little things I picked up traveling.

Been laying in bed thinking all morning how I’m gonna get in the crawl space to push cables in the conduit to the porch. Maybe better to push from the porch end and pull from the inside. Either way I gotta get in a tight awkward spot. Right where rafters hit the floor. And I have to adjust insulation to get to the conduit end.

Gotta get moving.

If you don’t have a snake but there is conduit, use the plastic bag on a string vacuum trick.
Tie appropriate size piece of plastic bad to string. Suck thru with vacuum. Use string to pull wire. (sometimes if string too light, use to pull heavier string)

 

[sodamo]

Jay
Not encouraging on Tundra front! No word on mine, could be part hasn’t arrived. Will check Mon.
Your wife and mine comparing notes??? Mine keeping referencing the Honda Ridgeline. Likely we’ll investigate further once Tundra is back. Will have to decide if attempt a trade or do I want to bother with CL and do myself. Depends on the numbers.

Thanks re batteries. Even the installers were impressed. Made it quite easy for them.

 

[Bird]

I try to remember to pull this voltmeter out of the kitchen receptacle and bring it with me in the rv.

Way back when we were full time RVers, I kept a couple of plug in gauges all the time to first check the receptacles in RV parks before plugging my rig in. One place in Pennsylvania had a 30 amp plug, but only a 20 amp breaker. The owner got the electrician out the next day to correct that. One place in Indiana had less than 100 volts to a 120 volt outlet; too many air-conditioners running at once. One in Oregon and one in Nevada had reversed polarity at the plug, and in neither case did the park employees have any idea what reversed polarity was or how to change it..

 

[sodamo]

As usual, great pics on GM. Reminds us what a gorgeous world we share.

 

[sodamo]

My heartfelt appreciation to all our Veterans out there.

 

[lostcreekranch]

The 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month.

Veterans Day Facts - HISTORY

 

[jbrumberg]

Drew- I have traditional design plastic mouse traps. They clean up rather nicely after they do their dirty deed. You have a nice looking dogwood. Last Winter was hard on one of my dogwoods; lots of ice and wind damage. Your gingerbread looks like good eats. I hope it helps speed your friend’s recovery. Thanks for the pictures.

Kyle- I really like those old steam locomotives.

I wish that I was not watching and hearing the PSU - Minnesota Big 10 game this afternoon, but it did motivate me to dig up and pot my 2 rosemary shrubs. It did not end well for PSU even though they made it close.

BEF- I probably do not want to, but I will probably watch the Ohio - PSU game in 2 weeks.

David- I like your plastic bag on a string tip. Thanks for sharing. I have lost count of all the brake rebuilds and brake part replacements on the Tundra since I bought it new (wheel bearings too). I can understand the replaced front struts and rear shocks at 88K miles, what bothers me is the “rear backing plates are rusted and bent, we repositioned them as best possible” that was printed on the service invoice. I like my BIL’s Honda Ridgeline; but it’s too nice to be ruined by Brogen’s shedding and drooling during dog transport and I really do not know how well the AWD would handle traveling off-road around here and the snow drifts. I really do not know what I want based on my perceived needs. Wifey made it very clear that a used Subaru Baja or Brat was not an option. I am hoping to keep the Tundra going until the long promised subcompact pickup trucks are reintroduced in the USA. Maybe I should get a SUV with one of those receiver hitch rear carry-alls.

I would probably not be posting here if were not for the sacrifices made by our military and those of our allies. I want to thank the Veterans here and your families for your services and sacrifices to help keep me safe. It was an honor for me to support those that did serve; especially those poor souls who remain fighting their war within.

 

[sodamo]

Jay

Should we get a Tundra replacement, it will have a camper top on the bed for the dogs. Top will have screened windows and floor carpeted. Our dogs have loved that set up, plenty of room, they can visit at the back window which stay’s open except extreme rain. Boxers are big shedders, far easier to clean the bed than the the back seat.

 

[jbrumberg]

David- That's an option I had not considered; Thanks. My Tacoma had a Leer top with opening windows and screens. Our German Shepherd finally figured it out that she could not squeeze through that tiny slider window.

 

[sodamo]

David- That's an option I had not considered; Thanks. My Tacoma had a Leer top with opening windows and screens. Our German Shepherd finally figured it out that she could not squeeze through that tiny slider window.

I always add an extra bar or two so only head makes it, albeit tightly. Never had one try to force the issue.

 

[jbrumberg]

Our German Shepherd was a big, "squirrelly," but not the brightest of German Shepherds.

 

[Thomas]

28F clear sky mid teens tonight.

Been ho hum day looks the same for this evening.
Hopes the snow will melt tomorrow for one last time leaf detail.

Enjoy the evening all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

If you don’t have a snake but there is conduit, use the plastic bag on a string vacuum trick.
Tie appropriate size piece of plastic bad to string. Suck thru with vacuum. Use string to pull wire. (sometimes if string too light, use to pull heavier string)

4 ft Conduit ends in a space I ended up being too big to fit in. But I got it ran. Taped 3 Ethernet cables together, to the end of a 7ft ( fortunately flexible) stick. I pushed it from the porch end into the crawl space. Then I found out I couldn’t get to the back of the crawl space, but could see the cable and stick. Found an old piece of window trim with nails sticking thru, was able to lay down and snag the cable and pull it within reach. Was able to bend stick to pull it out of conduit. Then used stick to push between insulation and drywall to attic.

Went back outside and had to pull cables back a little to reach the shortest one. Ended up pulling cable back out of attic, so had to retape stick and push other end again. Put outside coiled up cables in porch ceiling and called it a day.

One cable going to be a little short, so will probably try to pull it out and pull in another. Will be easier to just put a coupler on it though.

Was going to eat out with son, but he’s watching another movie and changed his mind. Looks like leftovers.

 

[sodamo]

Good job, BEF.
Creativity rewarded!!!