Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 50ｰ with light rain this morning. Heading to 40ｰ in PM with some sun. Got exercise bike back together yesterday. San is coming over sometime today to help move from garage to house. Then I can figure out how to program the displays. Tried to get pictures of birds at feeds with new lens. They did not show up. Did take a couple of picture to show how much it zooms. Got a heavy duty tripod on it's way to support the 4.5 lbs. lens and 2 lbs camera.
300mm and 600mm.
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Little report on my Aunt with 7 wheel walker. She has adapted to the reverse brake handles very well. Had to move a couple pieces of furniture to make way for it's added size from a aluminum walker.

RNG, great pictures.

Eric, is a google search cheating?

Drew, I had to go to Trac-Vac site to see the one with canvas. Did not know they made one that was not steel.

Don, those gardens need to get done. Going to be time to plant soon.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

Looks like you're all set to get some good bird pics.

Wifey made me chocolate coffee....yummy.

Very foggy outside.

RNG, looks like you had a good time at the zoo. I would love to see it. My mom, sister, and cousin are headed there on Super Bowl weekend.

Sheesh, I've wasted more time the last few days trying to patch up old stuff. HF predator engine. It had no spark after replacing the fuel line???? After about 199 pulls (didn't want to pass wng's record), I googled it. Turns out it has a low oil sensor in it. We had it turned on it's side to replace fuel line. I went ahead and changed the oil in it with fresh straight 30w. Fired up. Still surges. I'm afraid I'm going to burn up the exhaust valve with the broken muffler. I went ahead and tilled the whole garden. Daughter planted some spinach seeds.

My old '03 Impala's cooling fans won't turn on. I've replaced the 3 relays, checked the fuses, the coolant sensor, and still won't work. I did read where the low freon sensor can keep the control module from setting the condition for the fans to come on. It is low on freon and not cooling. One of the parameters are the fans coming on when the AC is on. Hope I don't need a new control module. The car is not worth much, and I was planning to use it for daughter's first car in a couple of years...

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Saw this yesterday.... might only pertain to those that have been to Albq.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Thanks for the well wishes for Ed, he’s a good man.

Went out and dressed the end of the driveway and moved some brush, then I got a wild hair and started rearranging. Took the tractors out of the big garage and moved stuff around, blew out the floor and moved the Monte Carlo over and put the tractors in the small garage.

Hope Ed is better.

Wng, you sound like you are working harder, now that you have a cold. Hope it gets better.

BEF, Are you back up to speed?

 

[jbrumberg]

A freezing rain/drizzle foggy 31ºF for today's low temperature; a foggy 35ºF presently; and I anticipate a cloudy, rain showery, hopefully drier afternoon high temperature ~40ºF. Not a great day for outdoor activities.

Yesterday's projects went as planned: I finally got the riding motor to start and ran out its gas. Its battery is ~3 years old; may be time to replace it next year. I'll keep it in the cellar this Winter. And I fashioned together a stand for the solar powered battery maintainer out of materials found in my cellar wood salvage area = 1 old used hinge, 1 piece of appropriately sized plywood, and 3 2X4's of equal length (where the 4th is/was is ?). It will work well for the Winter's sun angle; I may need to make it more adjustable for slope and seasonal sun angle changes.

Peg is still under the weather She has never tolerated this med mix well. It looks like I/We will be eating leftovers for a while; at least they are pretty decent as leftovers.

To Drew, Ted, Bird, DABSGT(?) and all the other first responders- thank you for your services. A bunch of guys like you saved my life twice. Thanks.

Bruce- I roll my chicken breasts after I pound then with a rubber mallet. Yours look to be great eats. I rarely make an accompanying sauce.

Billy- I hope that you shake off whatever is bothering you quickly. I hope the coffee works. That is a great hummingbird story. They can稚 be pretty fearless/aggressive. I/We saw 8 different species of hummingbirds in the 'Cloud Forests"/Monteverde region of Costa Rica. We were up close and personal.

BEF- Thanks for sharing another family story.

Kyle- Good luck replacing the fuel line.

RNG- Thanks for the zoo pictures. I was like a kid again when we went to the Bronx Zoo this Spring. I want to go back. I watch the 釘ehind the Scene Zoo TV specials. It amazes how much effort goes into the recreation of the zoo animals natural environment yet still allow for humans to get the animal experience.

RonJH- It appears the your new camera setup works as expected. What brand camera and zoom lens? I am happy to read that your Aunt has figured out the handbrake and is using it appropriately.

"... It was OK after a couple of cocktails.."- Ted I hate it when that happens; especially with a decent # of family anticipating a great meal with great service.. I hope at least that the drinks were decent. Bad service and poorly made drinks is the "kiss of death" IMO. I am happy that despite the restaurant everyone had a decent time and a great surprise. The expressions at the time of "surprise" were classic. I have seen much worse table layouts at decent restaurants- really nice.

I hope that everyone is having a decent day.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[toppop52]

I can’t remember everyone that’s sick, but I’m praying you get well quickly!
Not much on my schedule today, lunch with friends, then later my kids roll in to have Christmas with pop pop.
Y’all enjoy your Friday and I’ll check in later.

 

[txdon]

I can’t remember everyone that’s sick, ...

Just when I thought cows had a good memory . . . or was that an elephant?

 

[jbrumberg]

Must be some bad grass in the feed mix.

Trying to keep track of Wives and/or GF's, kids, family members, and pets almost requires a spreadsheet. Throw in the illnesses, conditions, aging/breaking down body parts, and meds would require a supercomputer.

This is a geriatric checkin and resource center?

 

[toppop52]

Just when I thought cows had a good memory . . . or was that an elephant?

That’s a lot of bull!

 

[ronjhall]

RonJH- It appears the your new camera setup works as expected. What brand camera and zoom lens? I am happy to read that your Aunt has figured out the handbrake and is using it appropriately.

Hope Peg starts getting better or gets off the meds.

The camera is a Canon 7D. Lens is a Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary . The camera is a older metal frame model. 2009 to 2014. But takes good pictures.

 

[Buppies]

Wonderful day outside finished another parking lot on to the next for Monday

Hope all under the weather improve

 

[hawkeye08]

32F this morning with an inch of new snow.. driveway melted off by itself..

I've been trying to get some of the items checked off my to do list over the holiday break.

Replaced plastic nuts on recliner mechanism with steel (special order), chair works great again.

Installed SimpliSafe that we bought a couple years ago.. pretty straight forward.. found out they came out with new system in 2018 that uses encryption so old sensors won't work on new system (I was considering buying a new system with more entry sensors and making a nice big system out of the both of them, but that won't work. We have not activated it yet to call dispatch, want to see if it will work for us first.

Got the wife all setup to scan her families old pictures... too bad her sisters have taken so many of the photos without sharing. No worries, she still got some treasures. Her Dad doesn't want any back so she will give them to the sibling that is in the photo.. if more than one, then she picks who gets originals. She will make DVD/USB stick with all the photos for all her siblings, they can print whatever they want then.

 

[toppop52]

Hit 62 today, felt great! Took the deck off the tractor and the MF guy stopped by to check on why my bucket would jump out of float sometimes, turns out I didn’t have enough hydraulic pressure, bumped it up to 2000 rpm and cured the problem.

 

[sodamo]

Thanks for the zoo pics, RNG

Glad to read people are on the mend, getting off the meds, etc.

picked up 6, 60 lb bags of Quikcrete this morning. All mixed and in place, phew. Told wife I hope to never buy another bag. Need to check in an hour. Major clean up tomorrow.

Got to DMV 15 minutes before they opened this morning and was 7th the in line. Went pretty smoothly. When we traded the Tundra had to take off wife’s disability plates and DMV held them until we got the Ridgeline plates. Today we were able to swap them for $5.50. While it might seem a bit odd that we put the disability plates on the truck vs the Pilot, fact is wife is probably in truck 90% of time compared to the Pilot (has hanging placard). A bit silly the state will only plate 1 vehicle.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Evening. Fairly mild here in downtown San Diego, our last evening here.


Spent most of the day at the San Diego Air and Space Museum. It's located in Balboa Park, which also happens to be very close to the airport, which makes moving aircraft to and from museum super easy for them. The entrance is decorated with the skin of an SR71 and a Delta Dart. Pretty impressive start. The entrance hall is lined with portraits and biographies of famous aviators and inventors, then the airplanes, full size to miniature models, of the earliest days of aviation. Then on into WWII, a huge commercial aviation display, and a "4D" theater with seats that move and 3D glasses showing a space battle, soaring views of beautiful landscapes, and an Apollo space shot. Pretty sure no one slept through it. There was an extensive space display, but we missed it, unable to cram everything into one afternoon.


Started the day doing laundry in a shopping strip that also had a nice Mexican restaurant and a liquor store. That's what I call a win-win-win. Delicious food, and a nice bottle of Aberfeldy single malt found its way into my saddlebag for the trip out to the desert for tomorrow.

No cell service until past New Years, so I hope everyone's 2020 gets off to a great start!!!

 

[Looking4new]

Happy New Year to you, too, RNG

 

[buckeyefarmer]

BEF, Are you back up to speed?

Getting there.

 

[sodamo]

Happy New Year RNG and thanks for great pics. Would be a hard choice if I could visit only one.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Thanks for the pics RNG. I'm a sidelines propeller head too.

Got my son's frame glass bead blasted and primed today.

After I paint it Black, I can start putting it back together.

Need to paint the fenders too.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 51F this morning , fog, calm wind. Fog did not clear out very fast, trace amount in rain bucket, clouding up this afternoon, high temp was 66F. Slow start this morning, some putter, watched some recorded tv movies, wenr for bike ride, called bike shop. not till end of next week for return of Volagi. Good nap today, watched some bowel games tonight.
David, sorry about the quick-rete, have had the same issue myself, usually check bags before loading cart.
RNG great pics from Zoo and museum. Did you get charging issue repaired?
Bill hope you had successful day.
Eric Buckland the man who ate nearly everything?
Ted, not so nice to hear "previously favorite place" Glad family get together went well anyway. Had a nephew that lived in Albuquerque for several years.
Jay hope Peg recovers soon.
Randy hope pop-pop time went well.
David congrats on concrete finish.
Kyle looks like nice work on primer.
Happy new Year RNG.
prayers for all.

 

[Buppies]

41 high of 62 today rain moves in tomorrow thru Monday about one inch then low 50s rest of the week. Still lots of work left to do

RNG nice pictures always liked reading as much as time allows about WWII aircraft

New truck has 3400 miles on it now no issues so far averaging about 18.9 mpg pretty good for 7000 lb truck

Hopefully have 2 more weeks of decent weather to get done what we have to do

Strange winter so far or lack there of

Prayers for all in need