Good morning!!!!

[kenmbz]

Morning all 45 and light rain.
Got some hung up trees down with the pole saw and more brush removal.
Getting there but still swampy back in the woods.

Alien - sorry to hear more flooding-hope you get some dry time soon

Still waiting to hear back on my stress test.

We will see if it dries out enough to get some more brush work done. Deer still here daily, family of four. Dog and them stare each other down for a bit, then both wander off

Stay safe and be well,

Some of these tortoises would test our FEL lifting capacity.

Sea lions love the bright colors and came by to play with us on most snorkeling days

The Galapagos iguana swims and eats in the ocean.
Don't get too close when they come back in as they get rid of salt by sneezing it out.....

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 41˚F heading to the mid 70s, partly cloudy, South wind from the Gulf.

Pilates went well, the instructor had some extra padding for my knee so I was able to do the stretch where you are on one knee and one hand.
I'm not sore today but usually I have a delay of 2-3 days. As I get older the soreness delay gets longer.

LS hope the test shed some light on the swelling.

No freeze still for the next 10 days so I'll hook up the garden's irrigation system. The potatoes are still not up, the ground temp might get warm enough this week. The weeds sure came up and I used my favorite stirrup loop hoe to take out all the weed sprouts above the planted potatoes.

 

[PJSprog]

38°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 58° today.

Neglected to mention yesterday that I filled the tank in my car in Troy IL on the way to work. $4.099/gal. After I whined about this on Facebook, a few friends in Cali were quick to point out that they are paying right at or above $6/gal in the LA area.

 

[RoyJackson]

38°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 58° today.

Neglected to mention yesterday that I filled the tank in my car in Troy IL on the way to work. $4.099/gal. After I whined about this on Facebook, a few friends in Cali were quick to point out that they are paying right at or above $6/gal in the LA area.

OUCH!!!!!

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning! 25 now and sunny. Supposed to get to 42 today. Lots of wind during the night.

Taking a retirement practice day. Tomorrow also. Walked out of a meeting yesterday, 2 hours of blah, blah, blah, blah and not once did we cover anything related to the purpose of the meeting….me teaching the warranty administrator how to do warrants reporting. Instead it was complain about the name of files, complain about location of files, etc. Last straw was the department manager saying he thought on of the spreadsheets “looked stupid”. Never mind it has been around since for 20+ years, has been used by 4 different people to report warranty, and is never seen by anyone but the person doing the reporting. That was enough.

Got an appointment for a haircut, not sure what else I will get into.

Everyone stay safe out there

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 53F @ 5:15AM. Showers early, then cloudy in the afternoon. High 66F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Radar shows light rain on the coastal mountains, but not much making it across the Central Valley. And now forecasters are saying that the three tenths of an inch won't get here until Friday afternoon. And yes, Ted, they're also telling us that we'll lose ten to fifteen degrees on our high temperature for Sunday, then slowly get back to low seventies by mid week.

Got news yesterday that my protest of the Camp Fire Determination Notice resulted in a nearly four fold increase in the settlement amount, but it's still insufficient to recover all the fire damage on the property. I've got another thirty days to lodge another protest, so I'm looking into firms that can inventory and document the damages, not just make back-of-the-envelope estimates.

Recycled fifteen gallons of motor oil yesterday, but it took visits to three separate auto parts stores, as none would accept more than five gallons at a time. That makes it very hard to do the right thing when it comes to hazardous waste disposal, and I bet there a lot of folks just dumping it in a handy hole in the back forty somewhere.

Gas and Diesel were up again in town yesterday, Paul, but not quite as bad as LA prices. I guess it can always be worse. The pump shut itself off at $125.00 as I was dribbling the last bit in to fill it up into the neck of the tank. It used to do that at $100.00, so maybe that was my silver lining for the day?

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

 

[riptides]

3.55 yesterday for me. Diesel 4.09.

With a war going on, it is a small price to pay.

Crude Oil hit 116 this AM.

 

[daugen]

reminds me to go fill up my car today before it goes up any higher

 

[daugen]

just read, among other things, US just trucked in 200 stinger missiles to the Ukraine.
40 miles of parked Russian tanks and trucks on the main highway coming in. 40 miles is a lot of equipment...lot of targets.
I think Putin thought he would blitz these folks and due to funnel and choke points for transportation, sure hasn't worked out that way.

I pray for the Ukrainian people and I pray for the poor Russian soldiers sent into an unjust war by a corrupt tyrant.
As in almost all wars, everyone loses. Just a matter of degree.

I wonder if there are squadrons of Warthog pilots who would love a chance at that 40 mile column...

Thank goodness we are friends with Canada and Mexico.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low was only 32°, going up to the upper 60's again before the big chill.

Wow, those Cali gas prices are crazy! I was able to fill the truck up at Costco for the same $3.11 / gal. The gas station a couple blocks away was at $3.59, and that station is always one of the cheaper ones. I did see $3.65 at one closer to downtown.

RNG, try to push that little bit of moisture a little further east.... they are reporting our mountain snowpack is only 70% of what it should be and are already changing the drought monitors towards the severe level again.

Alien, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Mrs Alien! Try to stay dry, hope that flooding doesn't get bad. More puppy pics? One is not enough!

Rich, sounds like retirement practice is becoming more of an essential occurrence..... I have walked out of many a meeting that that was derailed from the agenda.... let them know why I was leaving too! That usually resulted in the next meeting at least staying on topic (briefly anyway)....

Need to get myself in gear and get ready to go see the ortho doc this morning. It is really a fast-paced cattle shoot production line..... I think that I will be delaying his schedule this morning..... I need answers!

Everyone have a great day!

 

[Popgadget]

Good morning.
It’s 38 here and not going to change more than a few degrees. Bright sun in a clear sky.

Yesterday was as I expected. Didn’t get home until midnight. Was raining when we left Grove City, but cleared up east of Harrisburg.
The last landing of the night was into Philly, nice view. That was about a 3 second exposure with my iPhone.

Gas here is $3.999, had about a 50 cent jump in the last week. Sure makes me glad that my daily driver is a Prius.
I’m looking forward to not going anywhere for a while, and getting to spend some quality time in the shop, with Emily and of course, the mrs.

 

[Popgadget]

. Walked out of a meeting yesterday, 2 hours of blah, blah, blah, blah and not once did we cover anything related to the purpose of the meeting….me teaching the warranty administrator how to do warrants reporting. Instead it was complain about the name of files, complain about location of files, etc.

I have always said that meetings are were where minutes were kept, and hours were wasted.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

I heard a report yesterday that some captured Russian soldiers said they were told by their leaders that they were "liberating the Ukrainian people from a neo-**** government". What a bunch of bunk!
If that's true, explains why groups of unarmed civilians are stopping some tanks. Confusing to those Russian soldiers expecting to be hailed as "Liberators".....

I hope and pray for a fast end to this conflict.

 

[PJSprog]

I wonder if there are squadrons of Warthog pilots who would love a chance at that 40 mile column...

I had that same thought this morning, Drew. That would be like a dream come true for those guys.

 

[sodamo]

66°F and no rain.

Sophie has eye exam this morning. The hope being she has healed And can get corrective prescription. Fingers crossed. Then of course a few errands, possibly lunch.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[toppop52]

Drew, those A-10’s would make shirt work if that convoy. But then the bully would just escalate.

 

[daugen]

I had that same thought this morning, Drew. That would be like a dream come true for those guys.

my best friend's younger brother trains pilots on B52's. They are all speculating what they would like to do:
He'd use 30mm depleted uranium rounds. Paint a few A10's blue and yellow and loan them to the Ukranians. Can't imagine those are too hard to fly. They really need to get on the convoy before it starts moving again. I'd blow up the bridges too.

just means more dead people dying for the wrong cause; hope today's diplomacy works.

Also read China asked Russia to hold off invading the Ukraine until after the Olympics.
Follow the money

Paul, that picture over Philly is amazing. Can almost see the roundness of the Earth in it.

got gas, 3.99 for Plus in NJ, and then stopped at park across from home on way back and walked the outside of all the fields. They have a nice paved track though
I walk in the grass at times, not as hard on feet. Felt good to get some exercise.

and then made plans to see my 94 year old MIL next week at nursing home in Doylestown and also two floors up a 97 year old member of church who asked me to visit when
I was there. 97 years old and taking care of a daughter with ALS. I'll help her as much as I can. I think she wants me to do something about a garden at church actually.
I'm kind of curious. Both elderly ladies enjoy the attention. Maybe I'll bake a batch of blueberry muffins and take them each a few.

Best wishes for Sophie sent

 

[kenmbz]

When my uncle visited our relatives in the Ukraine, back in the 80's when it was still part of the empire.
They would not believe my uncle that we had 2 cars, refrigerators and TVs all in one household.

They kept telling him to stop the US propaganda while they ate out of a common bowl shared with the animals and regaled him with a great find on new shoes that were only 2 sizes too big and had taken six months of checking and standing on lines to procure.

I can believe the poor Russian soldiers don't know any different than what their government tells them.

A10 is very hard to fly when the guns are going. Those guns can stop the plane dead in mid air.
some warthogs on the Ukrainian side would be nice though!

Paul - great pictures- it's been a long time since I have flown, should be in lots of planes end of June.
Then I will be complaining that I am spending too much time in planes

 

[sodamo]

Have good practice days, Rich

 

[riptides]

Praying hard for peace.

When the insurance industry steps into a fray, it is serious. And this just upped the level of concern across the globe.

MSN