Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

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.

Sadly, I think the Russian soldiers are just another of Putin’s expendable victims. Maybe the word will pass quickly and they self correct.

 

[RoyJackson]

Sadly, I think the Russian soldiers are just another of Putin’s expendable victims. Maybe the word will pass quickly and they self correct.

I won't be too surprised if Putin's regime doesn't survive this foolishness (on Putin's part). In fact, I won't be surprised if Putin himself doesn't survive...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

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.

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Costco gas was $3.56 last night. I topped the tank off.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

49° and sunny.

Driving into work today on interstate , looked like a piece of cardboard flying thru the air, until I ran over it and it made an aweful noise. Must have been a piece of metal that got flung by a truck ahead of me. Glad it didn’t come they windshield. Got off at next exit, no visible damage, not sure about underneath.

So I came back home, in case a tire develops a slow leak. Then had a dump truck come at me half in my lane, I pulled off side of road, was prepared to drive into a field, but it corrected to his side of road.

Been very busy. Trying to get everything together for financial advisor is a lot of work. You would think fidelity would have a better way to download a pdf, instead of having to print to a pdf. Vanguard was easy. Still got a bunch to collect.
And my quicken was a mess. Several yrs ago I created subcategories under major categories. Never moved the old stuff (1990s) to the new method, as it was too much data. Last night I found quicken has a tool now that makes it easy to bulk recategorize, so I have cleaned up a lot It was making it hard for reports, as I had to include both old and new structures.

Did manage to get a DR appointment scheduled with a new Dr, as my other one left the practice in less than a year.

 

[txdon]

Bad news Roy and Bird. My EGO lawnmower will not start. There must be a short someplace. I looked at some YouTube videos the one that jumped all the safety switches with a sort jumper wire looked promising but the ones they were working on were newer, so I decided to just get a new mower because I need a new battery anyway.

Kyle If you want an challenging EGO I'll be in Giddings next week and you can have it free with free delivery. I'll throw in an older battery and slow charger and a few other options. But if you fix it in 5 minutes tell me it took you 5 days.

 

[RoyJackson]

Bad news Roy and Bird. My EGO lawnmower will not start. There must be a short someplace. I looked at some YouTube videos the one that jumped all the safety switches with a sort jumper wire looked promising but the ones they were working on were newer, so I decided to just get a new mower because I need a new battery anyway.

Kyle If you want an challenging EGO I'll be in Giddings next week and you can have it free with free delivery. I'll throw in an older battery and slow charger and a few other options. But if you fix it in 5 minutes tell me it took you 5 days.

EGO products are warranted for 5 years (3 years for batteries), if registered and are residential use. Assuming you registered and bought the mower from an authorized dealer, EGO should take care of the problem.
So far, other than one battery failure, no problems with any of my gear

 

[txdon]

EGO products are warranted for 5 years (3 years for batteries), if registered and are residential use. Assuming you registered and bought the mower from an authorized dealer, EGO should take care of the problem.
So far, other than one battery failure, no problems with any of my gear

It is registered but It’s 7-8 years old.

 

[Looking4new]

Your EGO probably needs some gas and a spark.

 

[pennwalk]

It got up to 45F today but winter isn't ready to give up yet. It is supposed to get down to 15F tonight.

This guy can Play.

Chris

 

[RoyJackson]

It is registered but It’s 7-8 years old.

Well, it's out of warranty so you need to decide if you want to repair or replace...good luck in your decision

 

[Thomas]

23F clear sky below zero over night.
Little over 1"snow fell this morning but once winds kick in 4" most places in the driveway and I'll plow that tomorrow.

Was long day at pt. job,afterwards stop fill up pickup $3.45 gallon with discount,also 4 gallon diesel 4.15 gallon.
Mrs. making good feed for dinner wood furnace purring going to be feet up kinda night.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[rswyan]

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

Not just grounded:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1499419987047587840

 

[Bird]

txdon said, "Bad news Roy and Bird. My EGO lawnmower will not start."

Don, I spent the better part of 6 hours yesterday mowing my yard for the first time of this year. I have EIGHT big contractor bags full of clippings. Several little problems; I mowed the grass a bit tall last summer and my EGO mower wanted to bog down in it yesterday. The grass did not actually appear to be tall, but walking on it felt like it was too tall and too thick. So I mowed it with the EGO mower on the #4 height setting and self-propelled at the slowest speed. Then I went over all of it again in a different direction at the #3 height setting. I did have to stop and recharge that battery a couple of times. Needless to say, I was worn out by the time I finished.

Now I just have the one big battery for the mower and two small ones that I use for the string trimmer and blower. So far they all work BUT all the equipment and all the batteries are too old to have any warranty left.

So now I'm trying to decide whether to buy any more EGO stuff, which I sure do like, or whether to just hire the mowing done if the equpment dies. You know I'm already 2 years older than any male member of my family ever made it to in the past, AND I've been officially diagnosed with early stage Alzheimers.

And I was one tired, sore puppy by the time I finished mowing, got a shower, and did a load of laundry yesterday evening.

 

[toppop52]

Your EGO probably needs some gas and a spark.

Nope, that model burns rainbows and sunbeams.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Bird, I think you might be better off with the latter of your choices.... let someone else do the hard work!

Thomas... sounds like you're working harder at the PT job than at your old FT job.

I hope the Russian citizens keep protesting.... I know they are being arrested, but they can only arrest so many then what? The whole (almost) world is putting the screws to Russia. There has to be a breaking point.

Well, the ortho doc finally realized that there is an issue with the knee. He was really shocked that it was as swelled as it was after a year. Also concerned that there is the associated pain. They provided a 'friction brace' to help with support and made a referral to a "nerve specialist". Being that I had 3 surgeries, there may be some underlying nerve damage. That would definitely cause the pain and swelling. At least maybe some forward thinking....

Spent some time with Max out in the yard this afternoon.... I think he really missed doing his "zoomies" around the yard. He came in and took a nap.... wish that I did too, now it's too late....

I don't know the temp outside, I knocked the remote receiver off of the hutch this morning and all it does is flicker parts of the LCD screen.... oh well, time for an upgrade. It was definitely warm. I had to take off my flannel and Max drank a bunch of water after coming in.

 

[RoyJackson]

txdon said, "Bad news Roy and Bird. My EGO lawnmower will not start."

Don, I spent the better part of 6 hours yesterday mowing my yard for the first time of this year. I have EIGHT big contractor bags full of clippings. Several little problems; I mowed the grass a bit tall last summer and my EGO mower wanted to bog down in it yesterday. The grass did not actually appear to be tall, but walking on it felt like it was too tall and too thick. So I mowed it with the EGO mower on the #4 height setting and self-propelled at the slowest speed. Then I went over all of it again in a different direction at the #3 height setting. I did have to stop and recharge that battery a couple of times. Needless to say, I was worn out by the time I finished.

Now I just have the one big battery for the mower and two small ones that I use for the string trimmer and blower. So far they all work BUT all the equipment and all the batteries are too old to have any warranty left.

So now I'm trying to decide whether to buy any more EGO stuff, which I sure do like, or whether to just hire the mowing done if the equpment dies. You know I'm already 2 years older than any male member of my family ever made it to in the past, AND I've been officially diagnosed with early stage Alzheimers.

And I was one tired, sore puppy by the time I finished mowing, got a shower, and did a load of laundry yesterday evening.

Good luck in your decision, Bird
I actually hope you continue to work as much as you can. I really believe if you keep your mind/brain active as possible, as long as possible, the progress of the disease will slow

 

[sodamo]

Gassed up in town

Product: Unleaded Plus (E0)
Quantity: 12.219000
Price: 4.8290
Amount: 59.0100

Mixed results at eye Dr. Eye test shows very little change since last one so wear last prescription, ophthalmologist may prescribe medication at her visit next month. Left eye corrects to 20/20, but right eye only 20/80 with maybe gradual improvement with continued healing. Considering she had lasik corrected mono vision, not the results hoped for. Told her she is cute in her glasses

 

[sodamo]

Bird. Tough choices. I’d say do what gives you the most pleasure. Given your other diagnosis you might prepare for that future. Maybe enlist the wife to keep an eye open and when she thinks a change is appropriate.

 

[txdon]

Well, it's out of warranty so you need to decide if you want to repair or replace...good luck in your decision

Replace. Only cost $150 more than replacing the battery. The wait times reported on the internet for repair is excessively long because of the covid backlog.

 

[rswyan]

I hope the Russian citizens keep protesting.... I know they are being arrested, but they can only arrest so many then what? The whole (almost) world is putting the screws to Russia. There has to be a breaking point.

You better hope they do a whole lot more than that:

Russian forces are - as of an hour or so ago - are shelling Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine ... from multiple directions.

One reactor (of six) is on fire.

Fortunately, the reactor is shutdown ... I'm guessing that if it weren't, the situation could potentially be much worse.