Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Good morning! 54˚F heading to the mid 60s. A rainless cold front blew in last night and we will have strong North winds today.

The only treee I have is the live oak and it looses it's leaves in the spring, they are small oval leaves about 1"x 1/2" and get mulched into the grass when I mow.

I need to wash the car today and get a little tractor time in and turn my receipts in to get reimbursed for the tractor diesel (nice) and weed the kale. A lot of people asked me yesterday if I got the kale for the chips from my garden, sadly I had to buy it because the plants are not big enough to survive if they loose a lot of leaves, but in a week or two I should no longer have to buy organic kale till the spring.

Drew have you had an open to the public school board meeting. There seems to be a growing interest from parents to attend. Do you make any of the minutes of the secret meetings public or as a private school, does your board feel there is no need for the parent to know what is being discussed?

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, current temp 40 and high will be 37°F. Wind WSW 14 gusting to 20 mph. Rain or flurries. No that is not a typo. Right off environment Canada website.

Laptop only crashed twice yesterday, the day before it crashed 6 times.
The only reason I am using the laptop is because the PC went for a dump. CPU overheated and crapped out.
Replaced the motherboard with a Asrock Z590 Phantom, an I 7 CPU and 4 16 gig sticks of DDR4 ram. Now we can't seem to get the motherboard to recognize the 'C' drive. I am just about ready to chuck this $1,500.oo upgrade to the curb. It will make an expensive canoe anchor.

A town run is in the cards for today, then fight with the PC.

Have a safe day all

 

[txdon]

RNG which Cannon printer did you get. As soon as I run out of ink on my HP I will be looking for a new printer. Does your printer scan to different formats, to computer, to email?

 

[daugen]

Drew have you had an open to the public school board meeting. There seems to be a growing interest from parents to attend. Do you make any of the minutes of the secret meetings public or as a private school, does your board feel there is no need for the parent to know what is being discussed?

We have four parent reps on our board at all time Don. Nothing is secret. Huge amount of communication to parents on all topics, each grade has parent's group.
We rarely have any of the antagonistic issues of public school boards. Our parents pay 24k a year to avoid the public school and all its drama. The fact our local public schools are really
excellent (thank you high taxes) makes it even more challenging for private schools to offer something better. Parents are willing (and apparently able) to pay that to get a faith based
school for their kids where they don't have to be worried about bullying or kids a little different not succeeding.

long finance meeting tonight where we vote on possibly giving the teachers an 8 percent raise. We are trying to reach midpoint of competitive private schools. I requested the Treasurer go back and check his expense inflation assumptions and that is all being presented tonight so I have some spreadsheet studying to do. Thankfully we have almost full enrollment and are running a small surplus.

time to load mortar bucket and trowel in truck and get a move on. Blue sky, looks like a nice day

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, foggy and 42
Didn't get anything done yesterday, dark beat me.

Drew- sounds like yesterday was a trying day. Today maybe stay off Zoom.

For the trac vac and others like it, I would have to store them out back. More tarps would start looking like a tent city.
I will try the sweeper and see how it works. Most of my lawns are small (100 x 50-70) but I have 7 of them.
Figure about an acre and I could empty between each area.

Rip-can you just re-engine the log splitter?

Buppies how are you?

Wngsprd - all ok?

Stay safe and be well,

 

[riptides]

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Rip-can you just re-engine the log splitter?

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That is exactly what they recommended. I will make a trip to HF and get a look.

We will see, my problem is time. I know I have exactly the same amount of time as everyone else, but I just cannot seem to manage it well. LOL.

 

[Bird]

The kale chips at the meeting were a hit. Several people came up to me and were amazed at the taste. There was one guy that had started the WFPB diet 2 months ago because his Dr. told him to, because of his cholesterol and problems with statins. He said he is about 80% compliant and was having a hard time giving up bacon but my kale chips have filled that void - now that was a compliment! The combination of ingredients are special to satisfy the umami taste buds.

Next month we head to a local restaurant where they will prepare a "special" meal for our group. Everyone expressed an interest in starting a potluck get-together but that will have to wait a tad longer when we are out of the red covid zone.

Only a few wore mask at the meeting and I had an interesting discussion with one mask wearer. The vaccine does not work on him. He has had 3 Moderna shots and has been tested 4 times at different locations and has zero antibodies. Everyone is different. However he has joined the right club. There are excellent results, in one study they found plant-eaters had a 73% reduced rate of moderate to severe covid-19 compared to others and "high protein low carb" eaters in the study had almost a 50% increase in moderate to severe covid compared to others.

Don, I don't think this is the first time you've mentioned antibodies after vaccinations and I'm curious as to how people even know whether they've developed such. Are they making a special trip to a doctor to have such tests made. Margaret and I have had the 3 Moderna shots, but where did someone get tested at 4 different locations?

 

[rswyan]

42F and raining @ 09:00, high hit 64F here yesterday. Only expected to reach a high of 47F today.

Hopper and two sunflower tube feeders filled up yesterday.

Then got the mowing finished on lower front, ran over the areas down around the house blowing leaves off but wasn't quite able to get it all. Worst part at this point is in the very back. Overall, yard looks pretty good as far as leaves go.

Woman and I folded up the old aluminum siding from the demo job and loaded it in the van. Also prepped the large blower to be removed from the shop.

Tow-behind spreader put in the pole barn, along with the three garden hoses I drained and a long 1" poly rope. Left one garden hose around back after draining it.

Woman planted that last Salvia and the three hemlock in the planting bed east of the frog pond. She also rolled up three of the wires for the electric fence. The lowest two are still on it, don't know if I'll get around to taking those down or not. No matter, they are easy enough to step over.

I moved the water buffalo wagon and 55 gallon drum over the barn and put it away. Left the wooden frame the drum sits on over at the house, in case I get a chance to cut the 4 x 4's for its replacement.

Gathered up some garden tools that were around back along with the walk-behind spreader and tossed those in the dump cart.

Got email notifications that two more plant orders had finally shipped, from two different suppliers. The one has 4 iris, 4 peonies, and 2 lilies. The other has 3 peonies. Hopefully be able to get those planted this weekend. Still trying to locate the small gardening hand tools lol ...

Looks like today will be an inside day, although I do have to run out to get a flu shot later.

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

 

[check]

Good morning all! Time to get the docs out into deeper water. They have been floating near shore, but disconnected. There is a big snow squall snowstorm coming, with up to 6 inches of snow. Time to check out the driveway for obstacles rocks, pieces of wood, etc., that the snowblower might run into!

Looking, it looks like snow squalls will miss you, yes?

Have to hook up the snowplow to the ATV. The tractor is in the shop getting its fluids all changed, but I won’t need that snowblower just yet.

Time for coffee!️

 

[txdon]

Don, I don't think this is the first time you've mentioned antibodies after vaccinations and I'm curious as to how people even know whether they've developed such. Are they making a special trip to a doctor to have such tests made. Margaret and I have had the 3 Moderna shots, but where did someone get tested at 4 different locations?

He went to his doctors office and to Walgreens, I did not ask the others. We went to Labcorp in our Walgreens, insurance covered the test. We might have paid a small fee for the prescription for the test from their Dr. we did not have to get an order from our Dr. It was very easy and done all online except of course for the blood draw which was in the Walgreens drug store. Labcorp had an office set up in Walgreens. Labcorp is also the company that does the blood draws at my doctor's office. You may have to find a Labcorp location near you.

Bird there are 4 antibody test on their web site. The Test to take is number 164090.

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Antibody Test for Providers | Labcorp

Labcorp offers testing for antibodies against either the spike (S) or nucleocapsid (N) proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus for providers & payers.

www.labcorp.com

Labcorp at Walgreens

When your physician orders lab testing, Labcorp at Walgreens makes it easy.

www.labcorp.com

Labcorp Texas locations, hours, address, links to schedule appointment

Labcorp Texas locations address, map locations, hours, links to schedule appointment on Labcorp-locations.com

lab-locations.com

 

[rswyan]

So they’re teaching critical race theory using other terms to hide it.

No ... just no.

 

[rswyan]

Yup. My Trac-Vac 880 doesn't empty easy either. My young neighbor just reaches in and pulls it out with his arms. Easy for someone under 40. I use a 3 prong rake to pull it out. I think I have a good plan. Since it fit his Kubota 60" deck without modifications. I let him use it. When he is done with his yard. He does mine. I do about 3 loads a year at my place. Not worth it's cost new. Over $3K today. But I bought it used for $400 18 years ago.

The primary problem with these units not emptying easily is that they don't achieve enough dump angle to allow the contents to dump properly (despite having the hopper tapered narrower at the front)

Why Palmor has not modified the design so that they do, is a mystery that only they really know.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! The low went down to 18 last night.... that should knock the last of the leaves off the trees. High today should be around 58. A slight warming trend into the mid 60's by the weekend. No precip in the forecast for at least 10 days.

The pellet stove is purring nicely this morning. It has a timer on it, and I set it last night to turn on a couple times during the night. The last "scheduled" burn was for around when we get up..... well it shut off at 05:45 this morning, just as we were getting up. OOPS.... forgot to turn the clock back on the timer. All set correctly now.

Didn't do much of anything yesterday, just piddling around.... little of this, little of that. Organized some of the R/C stuff, cleaned up the shop, got some storage containers put away.

I might start a woodworking project today. The wifey wants a sofa back table. I have it all measured and sketched out for about 2 months now.... I guess I should at least get started on it..... before I dig myself a deeper hole...

RNG, I have put the Salton Lake on our RV "to see list" . Probably won't be until next year though. We want to travel up the Pacific Coast highway catching the sights along the way. We are still working on the itinerary as we hear of places. We are waiting for all the pandemic disruptions to calm down at least a little bit.

Still no further news update on the Walmart fire. Apparently there is major damage to all the stock in addition to the building. The parking lot was was about half full with a bunch of work trucks / vehicles yesterday. Probably be a month or two until it reopens for sure.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[RoyJackson]

So they’re teaching critical race theory using other terms to hide it.

CRT is a volatile subject...probably best to leave this subject OFF the Good Morning thread

 

[PJSprog]

38°F and partly cloudy this morning, going up to 48° today. We got a few of those patchy showers yesterday evening, but nothing substantial. One came down pretty heavy, but only for a couple of minutes before it stopped.

Got a lot done around the inside of the house yesterday evening. Unfortunately none of that involved studio time. But, sometimes adulting must come first.

 

[wngsprd]

64 going to 75...nice Spring day...what? It's November.

PJ, sorry to hear about your wife's Dad.

Don, I think I'll try kale chips after seeing your posts.

RNG, looks like you had a great trip out to the Salton Sea...such an unusual place.

Buppies, hope you are feeling better. Thanks for checking on me, and you, too, Ken.

I've been in southern Virginia hunting with family and friends. Then to the mountains for another long hike...here's one photo where I thought of CHRISTmas due to the reds of the oaks and greens of the conifers.

Anyone ever sold the carbon credits on their forest? I'm in the process now...only a one year commitment to refrain from timbering...you must actually submit a bid for how much you want to get paid for it...if accepted you get paid after the year is up for the acres you didn't harvest. I don't have a lot of land, but think I could make enough to make it worthwhile. But I'll feel guilty participating in what's kind of a racket.

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[daugen]

couldn't agree with you more Roy. Very divisive and upsetting to many.

wasted trip to church, they ran out of portland cement and didn't tell me. One bag left in shed in graveyard,
absolutely hard as a rock, plus it weighed 94 pounds per the label and I couldn't pick it up.
Too bad, they had a big area of flagstone down, just waiting for me. I almost drove to a hardware store but gave up
in frustration. Big oops reply back from the two flagstone layers, they will get me my cement and leave some sand for me also.
I've been mixing about four sand to one cement.

going to suck up the very pretty red maple leaves in front lawn

Winsgsprd, that's really some beautiful country there

 

[toppop52]

No ... just no.

Yeah well…

 

[toppop52]

CRT is a volatile subject...probably best to leave this subject OFF the Good Morning thread

I didn’t bring it up, I just called it what it was. But I agree, such topics should never have been originated.

 

[kenmbz]

CRT=Cathode Ray Tube, I go LED myself.

Sun is shining, deer are out front eating my bushes again. All good.