Good morning!!!!

[Dftodd]

Man what a day

Cooled off pretty good yesterday. Today was a high of 30°.

And another storm came through. Was about 80 miles from home today to handle a service call.

Got to the quarry around 11:15am. And it started sleeting.

Finished up and left the jobsite about noon. At this point there was an inch of slush and ice on the gravel.

Poked my way down out of the hills into town. And boy did it open up.

We had a tri-fecta with the weather.

It started pouring down freezing rain and sleet. As well as thundering and lightening. Took me 1.5 hrs to travel the 30 miles to interstate through 6" of slush and crud.

Then another 1.5 hrs to travel the 50 miles home.

I texted my boss when I stopped before getting on the interstate to clear the windshield wipers. They were sitting about 3" off the glass due to ice build up.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

^^^^^ Make sure you keep all that stuff over there!

 

[Fuddy1952]

So did I

My soon to be 68 yo wife had cataract surgery with corrective lens implants. Now 20-20 vision and no glasses after wearing them over 60 years!
Medicare paid for just cataracts, not implants but well worth the few $K.
She says colors are now vivid!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

My soon to be 68 yo wife had cataract surgery with corrective lens implants. Now 20-20 vision and no glasses after wearing them over 60 years!
Medicare paid for just cataracts, not implants but well worth the few $K.
She says colors are now vivid!

That's great! But..... now how are you going to be able to do stuff without her seeing you?

 

[Dftodd]

^^^^^ Make sure you keep all that stuff over there!

Round 2 is supposed to hit sometime tonight

 

[Fuddy1952]

Believe it or not in 50 years this year I've never done anything I wouldn't want her to see!
That is funny though!

 

[Looking4new]

My plowing session only lasted 3 hours as usual. Under the inch of snow we got after it all stopped was about an inch of frozen rain/sleet. Hard pushing. It is all off to the sides of the driveway now and I am ready for the next winter event.

 

[wngsprd]

RS, thanks for a lot of info. I was simply looking for a US Production vs. US Demand graph...clearly we were energy self-sufficient in 2020 but not now. I'm fine with closing the discussion and hearing more about your rifle.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

PJ have a Sheridan pellet rifle really enjoy the old boy. My grandfather had it asked me to shoot it once and he picked out the target I hit it not once but twice he said I could shoot it better than he could so it was mine probably mid 70s

My MIL gave me a Red Ryder. Not sure the box has been opened.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Ours doesn't switch modes, so flame wants to jump out and bite you! If the door is just a little bit ajar, you have about 10 seconds before it shuts down and sounds an alarm like a smoke detector. Luckily, if you press the 'off' button, it will shut up.

I wish I can adapt that feature to use on some people I know.....

 

[toppop52]

I have a Crossman variable pump rifle, Classic 2100, max of 800 fps. Not going elephant hunting with it but it’s a fun plinker.
I also have a Gamo 430, it’s 495 fps C02, one of the more powerful inexpensive pistols. I can shoot them sitting on my deck if I wanted to, not so with my 30.06, . 22’s or shotguns. I like the pistol for golf cart exploring.
I love the pcp’s but I’m not spending for one the way I use them.

 

[sodamo]

Grouting was as nasty as anticipated

But it did clean up nicely

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 22ºF for the start, overcast,intermittent sleet, light breeze and light dusting on ground. Light wind day, intermittent precip, minimal additional accumulation, temp dropped to 21º for rest of day, high 27º at midnight. Most precip forecast to come overnight. Started fire in insert, Battery in golf cart charged to 12.67 yesterday, after starting at 11.83V, put it back on charger today for 3 hours and took charger off, voltage check at 12.9 volts. Rode stationary trainer today, then ran heater for an hour to bump up the garage temp to 50ºF. Got nap in, went close by Mexican restaurant, streets not bad.
Bird my high for the day was 27ºF. You are up early
Roy sorry about the dump closed. hope you can get dump run in soon
Drew you need to follow recovery instructions. I understand about missing the farm.
Bill quit and close formula is ºC times 2 + 30. works well enough in temps below 50ºC and above 0ºC
Paul hope trip completed safely
Thomas Florida strain Large Mouth, 16 to 22 in long.
Thomas enjoy your day.
Buppies what is your hurry to see the bear?
RNG sorry about internet woes. Good luck on finding place to move to. Have fun valve cover project.
Buppies thanks for boot info
Ken good luck moving trunks, land mines that go boom? nice pics, river pic has interesting boat and pipe or cable to shore
Billy hope you are ready for snow Club is discussing how to encourage people to report length and weight for tagged fish.
Rich this last cold front has been more intense. Do you really get entertained while on the phone with these type of calls?
Dennis sole failure.
PJ we will be in the 70's mid next week.
Gstrom99 paint stripper wash does sound nasty
David hope you can get cataracts done soon. good luck with caretaker project.
Drew have fun packing driveway.
Ted they have changed forecast as much for us as well. Some ice tomorrow then nothing. hope nothing major with pellet stove. Sorry to hear about wife's Ipad, you have repair options?
Ted glad you got stove back on line, hope you did not loose too much hair
RS Glad sheet cake turned out, good luck with pellet gun.
Thomas back to pt job tomorrow?
Buppies glad surgery worked so well.
Ted hope it is not me you wish to silence
DFtodd sounds like rough travel day. I think you got our share as not much happened here today.
Fuddy congrats on 50 years.
Bill good to hear driveway clear
Dennis bragging not nice
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /mom recovery, living alone, Bird/aging issues/, Don/knee recovery, /mom's pipeline process, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's FIL death /new cancer surgeries /cataract surgery, Roy/ palpitations, /angina, /shoulder, wife/ankle recovery, Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel /divorce, Buppies/surgery infection / wife head wound healing, 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 /rib, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery follow up, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/injuries from fall, Paul/ wife's disc issues /dog seizure, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /nephew - Covid /5 year plan, Dennis/ brother "alligallyitus" and improving, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[rswyan]

RS, thanks for a lot of info. I was simply looking for a US Production vs. US Demand graph...clearly we were energy self-sufficient in 2020 but not now.

Understand.

2020 was the first time the US was a net petroleum exporter (at least according the EIA) ... so I guess one could use that to make the case that we were energy "self-sufficient".

But to do that, one would have to ignore the relative make up of what is getting exported vs. what is getting imported ... as well as the fact that we were still in fact importing even then.

In 2020 the US was still a net crude oil importer.

Owing to the US' large refining capacity, some fraction of that crude oil that was imported went back out as exports.

As far as charts for US Demand goes, I'd say US domestic demand is largely inferred - from: US Domestic Production + Imports ... minus any exports.

I'm fine with closing the discussion and hearing more about your rifle.

Good.

Current unit is an old cheapy Crossman - think it might be a Model 760 - looks like this:

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Not sure of exact figures, but just read we import 595,000 bbls of oil from Russia, and the keystone pipeline could have provided 830,000 bbls annually.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Pictures of right side bucket cylinder to show amount of bend. This one not quite as bad as the left side was. I figured if I could fix the worst one, the other could be fixed too.

 

[rswyan]

Not sure of exact figures, but just read we import 595,000 bbls of oil from Russia,

That figure would probably be per day ... not per year.

From Jan 2021 through Nov 2021 (latest date I saw EIA figures for) the US imported roughly 232,625,000 bbls from Russia, which is an average of 694,482 bbls per day ... for that period.

and the keystone pipeline could have provided 830,000 bbls annually.

Well, in the big scheme of things then, that really doesn't seem like all that much ...

In actual fact though, the amount for Phase IV ("Keystone XL") was probably potentially much more than that:

Around 520,000 barrels per day of oil into Midwest refineries from Phase I and II.

Phase I went online in June 2010.

Phase II went online in February 2011.

And around 700,000 barrels per day to Texas refineries with Phase III (both Phase IIIa and IIIb)

Phase IIIa was opened on January 22, 2014.

Phase IIIb was commissioned in 2016, and online in 2017.

FWIW, I don't know if the numbers above would necessarily be cumulative for Canadian oil (590,000 + 700,000 ≠ 1,290,000 ?) ... just more a matter of what the capacity is, given a particular destination. (Domestically produced US oil is added to the pipeline in Cushing, OK where Phase IIIa starts)

Phases I, II, and III were all completed of course, and only Phase IV was cancelled.

In any event, given the rate at which domestic production has been increasing - and is yet projected to increase still in the coming years - the matter of the Keystone XL pipeline may be non-issue, in terms of the US meeting domestic consumption demands.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp -4 and the high to 14°F. No wind. Sunny. 'Bout time.

There was some strength in the sun yesterday, the snow that was accumulating on the door to the portable shelter was dripping on my neck as I walked around the bucket. (I back into the shelter every time I park the tractor.)

I need to go to town today and conserve energy the rest of it.

Interesting facts and figures on US oil production.

Have a safe day all

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-02-24, 0541

10° right now...high in the upper 20's. Snow tonight...local (Bethel-Lebanon area) is 8-12 inches. (get ready, Thomas!!)
Got diesel yesterday. Off-road (meaning no road taxes in the per gallon prices) was $3.69 a gallon.
Since stepdaughter's car was parked next to the tractor, I'll pump the fuel in the tractor when she goes to work today.

That pretty new EGO snow blower I bought won't be delivered until Saturday...guess it'll miss work this season.
Not really...I'll find a place to give it a workout when I bring it home

 

[buckeyefarmer]

House internet is not working (AT&T) but Verizon is working.

32° with some icing today or tonight. Not sure when.