Good morning!!!!

[Alien]

Not the Mustang. Lol

car is too nice to mess up...

with the electronics on a modern car, water in the car is not your friend.
Shop that detailed my truck put a small ozone generator in cab to kill any microbes, anything actually.
Might help in your wet Honda to prevent mold in all your heat.

Very cool bird. Love the red. Now if it starts to talk to you...

That bird just landed beside me and started chatting as I type. LOL He does it all the time. Lovely creatures. Trying to see what I'm doing. He tries to get my cup of tea when I'm having one.

 

[Alien]

25 outside this AM, heading to upper 50's. Like close to 60's.

Friend coming over in a few to help split wood. Should be fun.

Yesterday went well, all heading back to their homes this AM. FIL only blew up at me once, he clogged a toilet.

Such is family drama. I stayed in the kitchens most of the day. That was fine with me.

Alien, good you got the car running again. Daughter had a similar experience, the engine ended up being water locked, lost the car on that one. Glad your safe.

Looking forward to getting outside for the day. Tomorrow looks to be a road trip for me to help someone out on a city job. Not sure if I will drive or do the Metro. Not looking forward to either.

Hope the shed return, goes smoothly...Drew.

Have a great day all, be safe. Get healthy to those ailing.

Sadly a guy the exact same age as me drowned in a vehicle about the same time I was waterlogged a few klm west of me. Another was swept away but managed to get out OK.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Finally got some Lo Mein for supper. Been having a hankering for it for weeks. Tried a place I’ve been wanting to try for years, and it was good.

Feet really hurting tonight
Need to start putting together the exercise bike I bought.

Gotta get up early for dentist visit.

 

[Alien]

Sun is out today and water levels have dropped. (Took my Ranger to check )
Builders are here finishing the roller doors, flashings and fitting windows in the new barn. (Glad I'm here to see it)
Tiler is here tiling the lounge, dining, kitchen area today. He couldn't get here yesterday due to the flooding. All is good.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 48F, clear, light breeze. Light wind day, partly cloudy sky and high temp of 73F, DP 40F. Men's meeting to start day, putter then painted new hutch shims, then got on roof and painted rain cap rusty areas. Will put down more paint as color match not very good . Did get nap in. Trying to find close by 3D printing, need couple of parts made for GPS
Covid update: Cooke 4213 confirmed cases, 12 active cases, Montague 2693 confirmed cases, 27 active cases, Grayson, 16,537 confirmed cases, 164 active cases. Cooke 3, Montague 0, Grayson 3, new cases.
Dennis hope easy to straighten out camera issue. need to watch what source you use for weather data.
Doug glad no harm done, did not sound like fun during middle the crisis.
Ron enjoy Aunt time. nice pic
Drew hope HD visit went well.
Doug interesting video
Buppies hope you survive the heat wave
Mike hope splitting went well. Glad drama was minimal.
Paul glad rev 0 is all that is needed. I sure yu can fine something to do.
RNG hope you get some rain, sounds like blood draw was an eye opener. Have fun spaying the driveway
Ken glad dog is better, glad decorations are progressing
Billy what a Costco story.
Gary nice paint
Bird hope Dr visit went well, lot of tests, etc. Good planning on book
Don glad you high water issue ended well. Sorry to hear Gray2 not doing so well, thank for Whipper update glad she likes her walks. Impressive news on battery life, hope you are doing as wee. Good luck with decorations
Eric good to hear progress in workshop. good to hear guy survived
Rich glad you got out to hunt better luck with finding a good deer. Amazing the difference in the 2 Dr with same patient
David hope your parts come in quickly
Fuddy never saw a cat make those faces or even close.
Drew sorry about paperwork, glad you having fun with brother's car. 2 hour school board mtg. Ugh
RS good day yesterday, hope today went well.
Buppies rain right in middle of good day to work
Chris never going to get it perfect. Hope your booster works.
Doug parrots are very tame, nice pic
Doug sorry to hear about the flood water troubles
Dennis glad you got your Lo Mein. Good luck with bike
Doug glad progress is back on track
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, Bird/aging issues/, Don/whipper, more tests/ Grey 2, health /ring bearer/back broken & infections, Don/ neighbors with Covid, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL covid, /cancer surgeries, PJ/FIL death, Dennis /wife wrist surgery and recovery, Roy/ palpitations/ angina, wife/ankle recovery, Billy/ wife fall, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Buppies/new cancer on face /lingering cough, Thomas/gout, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted/knee recovery/retirement, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery, Ron/neighbor Covid issues, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, RS wife/ dog bite recovery, Scaredy/injuries from fall, Paul/ wife's disc issues, Mike/elbow pain, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

32 high of 50 today

My chart says I have another squamous cell with roots I guess more surgery.

Prayers for all

Prayers for you Bupps, and low/no pain.

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-12-02, 0323

31° right now...high in the mid-40's with rain and, maybe, snow showers. That should take care of the little bit of snow still on the ground, and I should be able to get my driveway markers in tomorrow or Saturday.
It's my day to go in to work, rather than work from home.

Update: Stepdaughter ill, apparently from the covid booster she got...called in yesterday and texted me while I was in bed, so another work from home day. Don't know which booster (Modena, Pfizer or ?) she got
I haven't gotten the booster yet...read some folks have had a more severe reaction to the boosters than had to the original shots...all anecdotal though.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 40° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 48° with some sun in PM. Got to my Aunts yesterday and she was not feeling well. So shopping was canceled. Going to go grocery shopping for myself this morning. Have a couple of small tree to remove from backyard. Will see if I get that done today.
Got a good flock of Blue Jays at Feeders this year. This picture is 1/2 of them.

Everyone stay healthy and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I’ve had blue jays hanging around.

45° we need rain, fire warnings, it’s dry and breezy.

 

[Buppies]

47 high of 65 today

Finish yesterday’s job onto to next one

Prayers for all

 

[wngsprd]

43 and we need rain, too. Windy and 68 today.

Thomas, you feeling better? I've got it in my foot, so kept me from the mountains yesterday.

Toppop, need to hear from you.

Roasted coffee, then changed the oil in my Tundra. Taking the skid plate off is always easy...getting it back on is sometimes a real battle. My oil stash is now down to one box...need another sale so I can stock up, since I need to use those 6 quarts on my wife's suv.

My wife started pulling out the CHRISTmas decorations so I guess I'll be a helper today.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
warmer weather came in with showers last night, should hit 58 here today which will sure feel nice.

off to supermarket and then back to have coffee with landlady here. Then off to Home Depot with paperwork and a smile.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, presently 35 and going to a high of 39°F. Wind S 13 gusting to 22 mph. Rain.

A town run is in the cards for today. Then veg out.

Nice looking flock of Blue jays.


Have a safe day all

 

[pennwalk]

It is supposed to get up to the fifties today. I'm feeling a little hot and achey but not bad.I should go get up leaves at the farm but maybe I'll take a day off.

Dr Seheult who does the Medcram videos just put out 2 videos on the O variant.

Take care

Chris

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 56F @ 4:30AM. Sunny. High 67F. Winds light and variable.
Hard to believe it's the second day of winter. Rain showers are still showing up in the 10-day for a week from today. Fingers crossed it stays that way.

Great jay shot, Ron. I miss their colors out here, but not their temperament.

Sprayed two tanks of RM43 yesterday morning, and had enough left over to try it on some new spots farther away from the house. Spent the rest of the day installing the clutch and transmission on the white bike. Still more to do before it's a roller again.

Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s 43 with a forecast high of 55 with a mix of sun and clouds, slight chance of rain, got .14 overnight according to the Davis.

Yesterday started with my FAA physical. Must be something wrong with their scale though. Seems to read about a pound a month high.
When I got home, first chore was to put the little wonder leaf blower away in the storage shed along with the new Eley hose reel.

Next up was to take the grapple off the tractor and but a bucket on it, so I could remove the loader. Getting ready to change the oil. One of the few design flaws that I have found with this tractor (Kubota L6060) is that the engine oil fill is not very accessible. Even with the loader off of it, you still have to remove a panel held on with two bolts and then you can get at the cap, which is still buried and not easy. I ended up making a custom funnel to make it easy to pour the oil into it. The saving grace is that it has a 400 hour interval, and doesn’t use any oil between changes. I change it yearly, typically at 150 hours, and it’s still right at the full mark on the (easily accessible) dipstick.
When I was done, I cleaned up more than the mess I made, which wasn’t much.
The rest of the day was spent making a sign for my Wife’s display at a new craft show nearby and FAA paperwork.

Today, I’ll help her load up and setup for that show. Not sure what else I’ll get into, but before I know it, it will be time for bed.

 

[Bird]

38 degrees this morning, going for a high of a sunny 78. Wife's doctor checkup visit, X-rays, blood test, Prolia injection, etc. went well in slightly less than two and a half hours yesterday. And now this morning I turned on the lights in the kitchen, and in less than one minute, the 3 tube florescent ceiling light went off.

It may, or may not, be something very simple that I would have fixed myself in years past, but I reckon this time I'll just be calling an electrician later this morning.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, little rain last night but a warm 45 for the dog walk this morning.
Son had his friend over for a jam session, boy is that loud. Did I say I bought him drums.....

Got welding table and cart and assembled.

Most of the outside lights are up, last big job is getting the ladder out for the front of the house light strings.

Drew- Good luck at HD.

RNG - how is the water tank and fire engine - all good to go ?

LED lights in my house are starting to burn out, 4 years in, supposed to last 10. Will need to buy more

Soon it will be weld up time for the light sphere. Just need time!

Stay safe and be well,

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 47˚F, heading to the upper 70s, mostly clear skies.

CHRISTmas lights are up. I only needed the ladder to put up the star on the garage peak. On the oak tree all the multi color LED lights are reach-up high. (4-7 ft.). I'm only waiting for an Amazon delivery of a solar spotlight for the nativity scene.

My cooling knee wrap that was missing from the ice chest/pump/knee wrap cold irrigation system arrived yesterday, less than 24 hours to replace the missing part. The test run found no flaws.

Meetting with DR. assistant yesterday - surgery is still a go but still no cancelations. After a few weeks of home rehab therapy I will have to go the the remote hospital rehab located in the middle of the neighborhood (about 3 miles away). Nice and convenient, if I had a golf cart I could drive it to rehab but January is sometimes too cold.

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning! 50 now and windy, maybe 60 later? We shall see.

Had to stop on the way to work this morning, the wind had blown a trash can out into the road. Vehicle ahead of me just went around it. Figured the right thing to do was to move it. Car came up behind me and started blowing the horn because I was blocking the road. Some days.....

To continue my story from last year, this one is long. Sorry if I am boring or offending anyone with this......But I am feeling a lot better relating it.

The first Thursday in the hospital was likely a turning point. As things flood back into my head, things happened on Thursday that likely changed the course of my treatment and possibly outcome.

Another mostly sleepless night, blood draw in the morning, and my first visit from the ****** Youth. This was the nickname I gave the X-Ray techs who would be a constant "friend" the next 15 days. They would show up early in the morning (5:30 AM or so), trash my bed & table to take X-rays of my chest & abdomen, then leave with everything in disarray. I can be a bit OCD about some things, and the trashing of the bed/table would be a constant irritant. I came to find out it irritated a couple of my nurses over the next 15 days, the nurses did find humor in my nickname for the X-Ray techs.

I got an early visit from Dr. S, he was flippant and snarky in the stuff he said. Told me he was having some specialists in to see me later. He was right, they showed up in force mid-morning. Pulmonary, internal medicine (multiple doctors), Dr. F (infectious disease), cardiac, urologist, and probably a few I forgot. There was a lot of doctors surrounding my bed.

My vitals were a mess. Barely 90% BOL, heart rate still 140-145 BPM, blood pressure was all over the place, temperature 101° or so, and I was barely urinating. And the NG tube was busy pumping sludge out of my stomach.

I got a lot of questions from the doctors, a lot of pushing on my stomach to see how much it hurt, a lot of quality time with stethoscopes. The verdict was....I had double Covid pneumonia along with Covid intestine. My liver, spleen, & kidneys had taken a hit from the infection as well. The Covid intestine had shut my entire GI tract down and a blockage had formed in my large intestine. The black sludge the NG tube was pumping out of me was a massive bile dump in response to the infection, along with the food/liquids I had tried to consume after my stomach had decided to sit this one out.

Dr. S, voiced his opinion I need a good enema, bowel movement, and I would be good to go home. Another said a suppository would do the job. Dr. F asked both of them what they intended to do about the 10L/min of oxygen that I required to barely maintain 90% BOL. Dr. S said it wasn't his problem, pulmonary could work that out. My irritation with Dr. S continued to grow.

There was one women in the bunch of doctors. Turned out to be Dr. Deb A (there will be a Dr. Deb B soon). She had made some negative comments about the suggestion of an enema & suppository. Another doctor suggested surgery which she immediately shot down due to my condition and as she described "the brittle condition of his intestines after a Covid infection". She finally stepped forward, told the other internal medicine doctors that they could leave as she was "accepting him (me) into her program". She then talked to me for a while, explained her program was different and I needed to be patient. She also promised me I would be home for Christmas. The odd thing is, I kept looking at her and had a hard time believing she was one of the top surgeons at the hospital (as Dr. F told me). She looked like she might have been a junior in college, not a seasoned surgeon. Looks can be deceiving.

I got a sonogram on my liver/kidneys that day as well to make sure there was no undiagnosed issue (like a tumor) with them. The sonogram indicated nothing physically wrong with either organ. Rest of the day is mostly a fog. I was miserable and not really focusing on anything. The NG tube was starting to irritate my throat, my mouth/lips were dry since I was not allowed to have ANY liquids at all.

Sorry it was long, but a lot happened. Tomorrow will be similar, things came to a head with Dr. S......

Everyone stay safe out there!