Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

39F and cloudy/damp @ 11:15 ... rained overnight, although not raining now. Calling for rain later. Supposedly headed up to a high of 51F.

Got hopper feeder, tube feeders, and nugget feeder refilled yesterday. Also squirrel feeder partially refilled (25%) ... and they have already emptied it out ... :laughing: Was a squirrel on it this morning when I got up, along with three bluejays clustered around the base of the tree it's on. And about ten mourning doves pecking around on the ground at the tube feeders.

Most of the day yesterday was spent doing kitchen clean up. Did manage to get the sides cut for a roost box last night. Also boxed up some Nat Geo books we'll be donating to the library's annual book sale. Have more of that to do today.

Fed the six white worm containers ... they seem to be going through food faster as they recolonize.

Plans for today include more kitchen clean up, finish cutting wood for roost box, finish assembling second squirrel feeder, maybe some fish room work.

Probably mix up a batch of the special blend for the tree rats and refill that feeder before the rain gets here.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe Sunday ... :thumbsup:

 

[toppop52]

I was looking at ground contact 4x4’s this morning, the price was 12 rolls of TP, or an ounce of gold! My projects can wait a while.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I'm ready for a thankful week.

 

[Bird]

Does anyone know anything either good or bad about these Revitive gadgets, and if so, what's the difference between the cheaper one and the more expensive one?

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My wife spends most of her time sitting on the sofa, but her legs get to hurting and especially at night after she goes to bed. I've read both good and bad reviews about the Revitive and can't decide whether to order one, and if so, which one.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Does anyone know anything either good or bad about these Revitive gadgets, and if so, what's the difference between the cheaper one and the more expensive one?

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My wife spends most of her time sitting on the sofa, but her legs get to hurting and especially at night after she goes to bed. I've read both good and bad reviews about the Revitive and can't decide whether to order one, and if so, which one.

I get suspicious when I see “FDA cleared”. While it might work, did FDA approve it?

I’ve been having lots of nerve pain in my right leg lately, and my feet super sensitive with pain due to GBS.

 

[Dftodd]

Went to town this morning. Breakfast at Denny's. Then across the street to academy sports to get some ideas for Xmas gifts for the grand kiddos.

Then to Sam's club for a few things. Sam's club actually had two pallets of Lysol spray. It felt like we hit the lotto. . Wife and I each grabbed a 4 pack of lysol and headed for seperate check out lines.

We are keeping 1 of the 4 packs of Lysol for our selves. Gave a bottle of lysol to each kid. And giving the other two bottles to mom when we see her Friday.

Sam's club is out of TP and paper towels.

Checked out the firearm selection while we were in academy sports. They had a good selection of shotgun shells. But the rest of the ammunition aisles were cobwebs and dust bunnies.

Similar with the firearms selections. They had a few rifles and shotguns. And a few selections of pistols. Mostly empty shelves.

 

[daugen]

built another birdfeeder, it looks a little nicer than the first one
feet and legs hurt from standing on that cold concrete, going to order a big rubber pad to stand on, like I had in my old shop.

I ordered some shepherd hook bird feeder poles, one for me and one for my brother likely.

RS, with three bluejays and a squirrel, you will be kept mighty busy at that feeder.
Bluejays really are dominant alpha birds, nice to look at but no one else is getting a bite while they are there...

time to chill

 

[RoyJackson]

Chores done...greasing the snow blower's auger bearings and hitting the chute, fan (and housing) along with the auger and housing...now all I need is some snow to test it all out!

The 4520 I just sold had a Deere Powertech engine...pretty cold natured beast so either a good battery and/or a block heater was essential below 35 degrees. The Yanmar engines (which replaced the Powertech engines...probably for emissions reason) have been good cold weather starters. It was about 33 degrees when I greased and sprayed this morning...then started the tractor with a few seconds of the air intake heater (Deere doesn't use glow plugs on the compact tractors)…very nice!
So, time for some YouTube or a movie...maybe a taste of Jameson's and soup!!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

More yummy take home food from the Italian place after worship services. We did decide to discontinue Bible classes for now due to the CV increase, just stick to in person worship. Number in attendance was down. One family in self quarantine due to possible exposure.

Neighbor was mowing, so I decided to mow the back yard / field to match. I didnt do the hillside where it didn’t need it, but everything seen from the house got mowed. Got trash out for morning pickup.

I was looking around one of my tool cabinets yesterday and found some stuff I forgot I had. I need to consolidate stuff, some in basement in 2 places, most in garage, some in barn.
Even a few tools upstairs in the unfinished room.

Think my pneumatic Brad nailer is porter cable, same for my biscuit cutter.

 

[mpham]

Evening all! Was 42 and sunny most of the day.
I usually wait till after Thanksgiving to hang Christmas decorations but today was to nice to pass up. Got a Santa and Rudolph from my wife's family that is as old or older than I am. Had to find a spot for that! Also got the lights all hung up and working. Having them wound up on spools makes the job much easier!

Busy tomorrow. Wife needs to see a doc about drops for her glaucoma. Then more running around looking at cars for her. Think we will just end up ordering one with what she wants on it.

My medical issues seem to be much better so far. Modern meds are great! Hopefully the long term side effects will be small.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy. Prayers for those who are in need.

 

[txdon]

Mpham, are those lights or birds spaces perfectly on your roof? Vintage Santa, nice!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Rick, where you at?????

 

[rswyan]

Mpham, are those lights or birds spaces perfectly on your roof? Vintage Santa, nice!

If I had to guess, probably snow guards given the poster’s location.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Just watched WKRPs turkey drop.

 

[rswyan]

built another birdfeeder, it looks a little nicer than the first one

Cranking them out ... :thumbsup:

RS, with three bluejays and a squirrel, you will be kept mighty busy at that feeder.

LOL ... yeah, not looking forward to tromping out there once the snow flies and gets it really ... but what ya gonna do ?

Fortunately the bluejays seem to be mostly working the ground as the cleanup crew ... as the squirrels pick through whatever they pull out to find what they are really after.

I've already thought about adding a rail around the edge to see if I can reduce the fallout ... :laughing:

The only birds I've see on the feeder itself are an occasional nuthatch or two.

I'm guessing that the squirrels are the ones that really put the hit on the feeder, .

Bluejays really are dominant alpha birds, nice to look at but no one else is getting a bite while they are there...

Yup ... but they don't seem too bad here ... everyone seems to get an opportunity.

Think that was the first time I have seen three of them at once ... usually no more than two.

 

[rswyan]

39 and cloudy, headed down to overnight low of 33F.

Got some more boards cut for the roost box, both sides glued and screwed onto the bottom:

Need to go down here in a bit and do the same to the back panel.

Then figure out the size/placement of the entry hole on the front panel and drill it out.

Doesn't really show that well in the picture, but the roof slopes down two inches towards the front.

On the subject of pneumatic nailers, I bought these around 15 years ago as part of a set - finish nailer, brad nailer, 1/4" crown stapler, nylon carrying bag, and a small (1 1/2 HP ?) double tank, oil-lubed Craftsman air compressor which is removable from a wheeled stand:

Have no real complaints ... other than the air deflector on the finish nailer and the plastic tips on the brad nailer and crown stapler have crumbled (all came with spares as you can see in the picture)

The bodies are (supposedly) magnesium and are pretty lightweight/easy to handle ...

Hope everyone had a great day.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 53f for the start, overcast, light breeze. Weather guessers really missed forecast today. Only trace of rain, not near as windy, and temps all wrong. High temp at 12:01 AM 5F low temp 11:59PM 44F. Went to chapel this morning, we are singing at chapel again! Made breakfast for wife, then puttered on computer for while, bike ride window forecasted did not happen, so took a nap. Gopher activity was minimal, he ran into the caster oil/dishsoap and sulfur and quit. Watched Cowboy pull one out for a change.
Covid update: Cooke unchanged, Montague unchanged, Grayson unchanged.
Cooke County has started posting my community as a separate line even though we are not incorporated. There are 12 active cases in my community
Thomas thanks for the update, did not know bears like to mess with trees they can't climb
Buppies do not understand, what is newspaper durn. His latest work got him into soil that had the caster oil/dish soap mix as well as sulfur been quiet again
Paul I have days like that. I hate them
Drew good luck finding a nailer you are happy with. Hope they can open your Meeting soon, wife and I enjoyed getting back to chapel and we get to sing now too!
Ron nice moon shot, could not open attachment for tomato, TBN says invalid extension
Roy hope you have everything ready for snow
Bill good luck with trees.
Eric sorry to hear about your sheep. I am guess too cold for tuck pointing?
Randy hope day goes well congrats on selling the motorhome
RNG no vertigo remains, just the tinnitus, which was worse before vertigo. Will try and get ear looked at because still more tinnitus and muffling than normal. Good to new solar coming along good luck with bolts. Nice way to end day.
Kyle is the piston ring jammed in the groove? You know about the pin on 2 stroke piston grooves to keep ring gap away from ports?
Ted hope your progress continues and you get some rain.
David hope you got to enjoy your football.
RS kitchen cleanup important for this week
Randy and it is winter!
Bird I know nothing about Revitive products
Dennis sorry to hear about your leg pain
Drew must be nicer with window propped open. When I was tool maker always had rubber mat for floor.
Roy nice to hear new tractor will start better in cold weather.
Dennis hope you can get back to bible soon, Men's Meeting canceled till Jan 6 due to Covid issues.
Phil good to hear things are going well for you.
RS thanks for the review of the nailers. Always nice to have if they work, even if not an everyday usage on the tool.
prayers for all especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, David(moss)/remodel, RNG/fire, Ron/hearing/son, Jim/sister & family, and Country
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-11-23, 0252

39 right now...considerably warmer then yesterday's "high". Mid-40's and rain today...

Just realized...squirrels and old guys have a lot in common...

 

[Popgadget]

56 and raining here this morning.

Yesterday was a good day, nothing crumbled in my hands.

UPS says my hydraulic top link from FitRite is coming today, FedEx says the same for the Makita cordless chainsaw. Of course I’ll be gone all day, so there will be presents under the tree for me when I get home.

Yesterday found me in the restaurant running a 30 amp 3 phase circuit to where they wanted to move the mixer to. It’s impressive to see a mixer that you can pour a 50 lb sack of flour into. It’s just like a giant scale version of the Kitchen Aid mixer that my wife uses. It must weigh 500 lbs.

 

[daugen]

good Monday morning all.
Raining out, surprisingly warm, about 60, with temps dropping all day as rain clears out at noon for nice sunny afternoon.
I'm headed to Audi dealership this morning to get car inspected and then back to make another bird feeder.

The more I think about it, less likely I am to make the trek to brother's home in VA for Thanksgiving. With two week mandatory quarantine requirements, or
Covid test within 3 days of returning, I'm still looking at a minimum of 5-6 days of not being able to go anywhere until test results come back.
I think I'll wait until mandatory quarantine is lifted, which realistically isn't going to be anytime soon since the holidays will raise the counts even more.
My brother completely agrees. Will miss the occasion, was really looking forward to it. As the headlines say this morning, we have a pass for getting together to feel thankful...but
in my case, I am enormously thankful I got my health back. Otherwise it was a year of huge challenges, sickness, selling the farm, moving, starting over.
On Thanksgiving I will still open a bottle of wine and give a toast to being thankful. I never drink alone so this is a change for me.

Rick, hope you are doing ok. Jay, you too.
Phil, you are inspiring us all to get moving on the Christmas lights.
There isn't one outside receptacle on this house so I had to resort to solar powered, but they work pretty well actually.
Will wait for a sunny day closer to turkey day to put them up.
RS, what bird is coming to roost? I built one of those roosting boxes while in NC, and no one came but spiders. I might not have installed
it at the right height. Mine even had two small picture windows on each end...might have made it too fancy.