Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

Suzette wasn't bitten by a dog or anything else...(I haven't bitten her in years...)

 

[daugen]

RS, sorry your wife went through this.
Glad Suzette did not. Though Roy is allowed to nibble on her he may not bite...

time to go shopping, need to get things done before the rains come

 

[Thomas]

40F raining mid 40's for high looks like Roy and I going to share same weather for this week,hope weather shakes more leaves free.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...call doctor office try get appointment a.s.a.p. for testing which should lower nagging...dump run,visit auto part stores for good 3 ton floor jack,start removing items for shed into basement before cool weather settles in,other than that putter.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low was 39°F and going to 48. Wind NE 11 gusting to 19 mph. 30% chance of showers or drizzle.

Off to town today and possibly get the hydraulic pressure test gauge.
The wood conveyor is put to bed for this season. That was the biggest fall job I had to do. All the rest are piddly little jobs.

I've been bitten by a dog once in my 75 years on the green side of the earth. It was at work and two weeks after I got bit the dog got run over by a tractor trailer. It couldn't have happened to a nicer dog. Boo-hoo. There was no damage to the trailer.

I have a bunch of 8mm home movies of the Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway that my Grandparents took on their trips up from Florida and back down, that I have had transferred to digital media.


Have a safe day all

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The Blue Ridge Parkway is very close. We see The Peaks and Sharp Top from here.
Down the road is Centerville Rd which crosses 122 (to Big Island) over to 43 (to Peaks & Buchanan.
We walk around Lake Abbott quite often and up to Sharp Top. One evening wife & I at top of Sharp Top someone pulled the light switch. Dusk to pitch black! I told wife I can tell "down" so we held hands and made it.
Now I carry two small flashlights on keychain! That was an experience!
Sort of like this :

wow, If I was going down at dark I’d take the road. We passed many people hiking up the trail, one guy ran up and down.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s 55 and cloudy, a high of 75 and good chance of thunderstorms late in the day.

Yesterday’s trip to Hilton Head went as planned, good weather and a smooth ride. But it did use up the whole day when you figure it’s an hour drive each way to the airport, and we stopped for lunch (dinner) at Mission BBQ on the way home.

I did spend a little time in the shop picking up and tinkering with mixes.

I don’t have a definite plan for today, but I have mountains of paperwork to wade through as well as work on some new documents and manuals. I also have more fun things that need to be done……

 

[txdon]

"I just got bit by a dog and _______ is on his way to take me to the emergency room."

Fortunately, it doesn't appear to be all that serious ... and the ironic part of it is that it was by a "vicious" pug/terrier mix ... that probably didn't weigh but about 15 lbs ...

Moral of the story: People that have dogs that they can't, or won't control, shouldn't have dogs ...

Hope everyone is having a better day than we're having here.

No the moral of the story is that people who can't control their dogs need to be sued or they will never change and the dog will continue to bite.
My insurance specifically added an Animal liability amendatory endorsement that EXCLUDES bodily injury caused by specific breeds of dogs. The breeds include Akita, Cane Corso, Chow Chow, Doberman, DogoArgentino, Mastiff, Pit Bull, Presale Canario, Rottweiler, Staffordshire Terrier (all), and Wolf or Wolf hybrids. Also all Animals with a history of biting as verified via public records or the filing of an insurance claim.

I hope their insurance does not have the exclusion or they carried special liability coverage.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, gray, 53 or so.
Didn't get tree done but did take the big saw out to clean up some more and moved a lot of stick and branches.
Got tire filled on walk behind blower. Had to use a tie down ratchet strap as bungees were not working.
Forks on tractor to move all that brush and some old stumps.
Wall papered the Halloween display, molding for frames has not arrived yet.

Eric- did you steal all my squirrels? We have none here, but Fox screaming in the night might be a cause
LS-enjoy retirement!
Feel better Thomas- hope the meds will work a treat.
Spent quite a bit of my childhood on boats and many in the family owned a few, I would always see the bills from the ongoing repairs though, so never owned my own

Stay safe and be well,

This is the moon, too bright for camera to adjust, a few days back as 6:30am

Halloween wall is ready for picture frames now

Area is cleaning up nicely

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 53F @ 6:15AM. Light rain this morning. Scattered thunderstorms for the afternoon. High 61F. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 100%.
Looks like we might get a few showers today, but since late Saturday afternoon, this storm has given us about 5.5" of rain. And lots of wind. The satellite internet was down most of yesterday, and the bucket under the skylight in the van stayed dry. No more rain in the 10-day, so maybe we'll get another week of fall. Some interesting stats from the NWS this morning:

Oroville, CA — The Lake Oroville water level has increased by 17.44 feet to 647.86 feet above sea level since 5:00 PM on Friday, 10/22/2021, when the level was 630.42 feet.
The level has to rise 252.14 feet to reach full at 900 feet.

Lots of road closures due to flooding and downed trees. And then there's this, not far from here in the Feather River Canyon:

Also got notice that the Dixie Fire has finally been contained at just shy of 1,000,000 acres.

I stayed home, inside, and read a book, stoked the fire, and made a pizza using some of that pepperoni spice. It was hot, but didn't taste much like pepperoni, though the pizza was good. And there's leftovers.

If it clears off this afternoon, I'll take a walk around and see how much damage the wind did, and see if I can find the stuff that blew away. Not sure what else is on today's agenda.

Hope everybody's week gets started in the right direction.

 

[LouNY]

Fortunately, it doesn't appear to be all that serious ... and the ironic part of it is that it was by a "vicious" pug/terrier mix ... that probably didn't weigh but about 15 lbs ...

Moral of the story: People that have dogs that they can't, or won't control, shouldn't have dogs ...

Hope everyone is having a better day than we're having here.

Dang! unbelievable the responses on here.
I had to go back 37 posts or so to find the original post pertaining to the dog bit.
Only one person knows what went on prior to the dog bit or who the owners are,
they may be relatives or good neighbors.
As was posted it doesn't appear to be serious.
Why in the holly heck the outcry to sue and how much they could get, dang people slow the heck down
till more of the story comes out.
Damn

 

[PJSprog]

52°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 61° today.

Rained on and off for much of the weekend here. I did finally get the oil changed in my car on Saturday. Went to the grocery store after that. Man, was that place crazy. Spent the rest of the day playing around int he studio while The Wife worked on some quilts.

We had a temporary foster dog (deaf and blind) overnight Friday. He had been adopted a couple of months ago, and apparently the new family couldn't or didn't want to deal with an active case of "the puppies" in him, so they sent him back. He went back to the original foster family Saturday afternoon.

Sunday was windy and misty in the morning. It warmed up into the upper 70s in the afternoon, which fueled some severe storms for the evening. We found ourselves smack-dab in the middle of a tornado warning right as I was getting ready to shave and shower before bed. It's a nervous feeling to look at the radar and see the little "you-are-here" blue dot sitting right in the middle of the red warning cone area. Fortunately, nothing materialized from it, other than a later bed time (midnight).

Fantastic pictures, fellas.

Enjoy your retirement, Ted.

10 years of Good Morning. Thanks, Irv. Still my favorite place on the internet.

 

[PJSprog]

Read a book, stoked the fire, and made a pizza using some of that pepperoni spice. It was hot, but didn't taste much like pepperoni, though the pizza was good. And there's leftovers.

I can't remember the last time I made a pizza. It's been years, since before we remodeled the house in 2016/17. I need to do that again. Homemade really is the best.

I did make lasagna yesterday ... and we have leftovers, too.

 

[daugen]

Lou, I think you misread this, as I clearly did.
No one is suggesting RS sue, but the question was raised what is a dog bite "worth"?
If this is a neighbor and a known non-biter, surely the dog gets some slack. Maybe not by officials though.

Many of us are used to large properties where pets can run free.
but life in suburbia is very different.
One thing for sure, I doubt RS's wife attacked the dog...

If you have one of those dog breeds that are named, might not be a good idea to let dog run free.
When dogs bite little kids, the settlements can get very high and court doesn't care if you have insurance or not.

back from errands, have a few hours before rain comes in, think I'll suck up some leaves and stay outside as long as I can.

 

[RoyJackson]

Lou, I think you misread this, as I clearly did.
No one is suggesting RS sue, but the question was raised what is a dog bite "worth"?
If this is a neighbor and a known non-biter, surely the dog gets some slack. Maybe not by officials though.

Many of us are used to large properties where pets can run free.
but life in suburbia is very different.
One thing for sure, I doubt RS's wife attacked the dog...

If you have one of those dog breeds that are named, might not be a good idea to let dog run free.
When dogs bite little kids, the settlements can get very high and court doesn't care if you have insurance or not.

back from errands, have a few hours before rain comes in, think I'll suck up some leaves and stay outside as long as I can.

My first dog (Smedley, a Doberman) had a run (overhead cable with a lead to his collar). Ol' Smeds was an escape artist though...but always returned. During one of his escapades (I was a work), he got hit by a car...rear leg was bandaged quite a while and that kind of reduced his enthusiasm for midnight runs...but, he had a long and happy life after that.
Our next dog, Jule (Pitbull/Rottie mix) had a fenced in backyard...in fact, we put the fence in just to keep her in the yard.
Same thing with Bella...both in PA and then Vermont...she wasn't much of a roamer though...mostly a lapdog.
And, now with Margeaux (Heinz 57, but mostly Great Pyrenees). She has probably close to an eighth of an acre fenced in, so she's happy

Yes, you do have to control your critters...not just for the liability aspect, but for their own safety (hit by a car...shot by a neighbor)

 

[PJSprog]

Correct, Roy. Most dog problems are really owner problems. My Wife doesn't really train dogs; she actually trains their owners.

 

[rswyan]

59F with a steady rain @ 11:30, heading up to a high of 64F for the day. Had 0.67" rain yesterday, but only 0.02" since midnight. That's likely to increase a good bit by the time midnight rolls around. Info is from a new PWS that's just down the road, about 1/2 - 3/4 of mile away.

Forecast low for Tuesday the 2nd is currently 35F ... so possible we could see a frost, depending on how that plays out.

Pretty safe bet that the fertilizer I put down the other day is well watered-in at this point ...

Need to set the refilled tube feeders that are in the basement back out on their pole, also check hopper feeder to see if it needs refilled. Possibly refill a suet feeder as well.

Normally see great numbers of various blackbirds (the color, not the type) swarming to migrate south. Have not seen those yet this year. Dunno whether that's because of that avian disease that was causing bird deaths in southern IN/OH or what but it seems like they are overdue. OTOH, it's been warmer than normal this fall.

If the rain slacks off later I'll get the new wipers put on The Woman's car.

There is a total of 39 irises that still need planted ... but it's way too wet to get into the new planting bed at this point. Looks like Wednesday at the earliest. But the rain is helping to show a couple areas where there are low spots where water is puddling.

Not sure what all else I'll get into today.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day ...

 

[rswyan]

Rswyan prayers your wife’s arm heals quickly

Thanks.

(It's actually her calf though ... )

 

[rswyan]

Rs, prayer for your wife. I agree.

Thanks.

 

[rswyan]

Most insurances will pay a set amount - no haggle for dog bites. I'd file a claim on their insurance.

Yeah ... this is something we need to research further.

My understanding is that the hospital has already filed with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation ... since it happened "on the job".

I still need to get all the details so that I have a complete picture of what happened (and what was, or wasn't, done)

 

[sodamo]

66°F and .60. Inches rain.

Looks like an inside morning. I’ll be in the CU trying to be productive.

Zoom Happy Hour this afternoon.

Your fall pics are having me a bit nostalgic for New England autumn. Then Zi remember what soon follows

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day