Good morning!!!!

[Helogabals]

Not so good today

New tire, actually whole car is new.
First morning, fire up that thing.
Red warning in dashboard

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-03-30, 0413

33° right now...high, right around 60° and rain.

Got to go in to work for a meet and greet. There's a customer issue I'll need to work on too

I'm not feeling too good...might be a short day...

 

[RoyJackson]

Looks like a new scam:

I received 2 e-mails...the one shown above and another similar.
I clicked on one of the links and got a "File Not Found"
Beware of this...somebody has hacked TBN

 

[Buppies]

54 high in 60s high winds storms etc

Happy belated birthday to Mrs Rich

Stitches do not like wind

Prayers for all Ukraine our Country

 

[Buppies]

Helogabals been there need two rear tires on order end of April until they get here $650 each

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp 33 and going to a high of 50°F. Wind ESE 17 mph. Freezing rain warning for this morning. Areas where the temperature has already risen above freezing will experience straight rain. That would be me. There is also a high wind warning, high for us anyway. 40 gusting to 50 mph.
They are also warning about power outages. Sure hope not, genny is full and there are 20 gallons waiting to go into it.

I'm off to North Bay at 8:30, there are about ten stops on this trip.
I have an eye appointment set up for all three of us for the beginning of May. If Hakim optical doesn't supply hardex glass lenses then I am going to cancel the appointment for me. I have been wearing glass lenses for 73 years and I am not about to stop now.

The 5 figure income tax rebate was planned and I sure am happy with it. The way I figure it, the bank doesn't pay much in the way of interest (1%), so I might as well give it to the goobermint and get it back in spring in a lump sum.

I am going to get the oil tank as low as I dare for later in spring, end of April sounds like a good time and then get my supplier to rip out the 200 gallon tank and put in a 500 gallon one and fill it with winter fuel which they carry all year long anyway. Evidently the double bottom 200s rust from the inside out. I can't see how that would happen as they have oil in them and the feed for the furnace comes off the bottom. Any water droplets (condensation) in the tank would get burned up in the burner as the oil was used.
The 500 gallon tank is lower, a little longer and more of a round shape, therefore easier to get my pump into for the tractor fuel and way easier for the guy that has to fill it.

I have a 'V' plow that was made for a Farmall 'A' and I am going to try and adapt it to fit on the Kioti loader. A new implement side of a SSQA is $200.oo + the proverbial 13% sales tax. I have other welding for the mobile welder to do, too. I might as well get all the chores out of the way before I go back to work.

You guys that are getting the eye operations, good luck.

Have a safe day all

 

[wngsprd]

64 going to 74 and stormy.

Bird, hope you got some sleep.

BEF, hope you're doing better.

LS, congrats on losing the 40 lbs. Enjoy cutting that phone line!

Helo, bummer about that tire.

Buppies, sorry about the stitches...better lay low today, based on the wind forecast.

Get well, Roy!

Yesterday, I bush hogged the last field, and finished off the wet spot that I had to avoid 2 weeks ago. Then I decided to reroute the little drain ditch from the end of the barn's French drain to the drop off slope...had to move a section of old fence, and then hand dig down about a foot and about 20 feet long. I had placed a lot of field rock in the old ditch, so had to remove them, wash them off, and place them in the new one. Wore myself out. The area will be more functional and looks better now.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
cloudy warm morning before weather gets very stormy this afternoon and tonight. Bet I'll be picking up sticks tomorrow.
At least the rains will water my newly planted pansies.

I'm headed out this morning for first visit to new ENT, hope they can give me some help with my tinnitus. It's getting worse, when I started to speak
in church on Sunday, where we have to speak a little loudly to be heard, my own voice set up a huge reverb sound in left ear. It's been three years now having my left
ear feel like it's filled with water. Apparently Meniere's disease is not very successfully treated but my fingers are crossed.

had a two hour coffee shop meeting with head of local church organization representing about 14 Quaker Meetings. She said our Meeting was only one with
members off their rails about alligators, and that the problem existed before I returned from NC and I inherited it, not caused it. That made me feel better, but I confirmed with
her I'm not continuing past July 1, when admin positions are filled. I simply don't tolerate selfish people well and the position requires I do. Too bad a few bad apples spoiled this for me but I have deep affection for the others who I have known many all my life so I'm going to stick it out and just try not to engage with certain folks who bring a political agenda into church.
I go to find the Love and they go to find a political pulpit.

Ted, congrats on losing that weight. Last time I lost 30 pounds I was in hospital for three months and then assisted living for two. When i got out, I felt so starved from that horrible
hospital food, and not enough of it, cooking "real" food was an utter delight. I'm at 230 when I should be at 210 or likely 180 based on my height. I've lost two inches of height due to spinal/bone issues and that makes BMI worse for me. Always wanted to be a little fat and very happy...
With your bad knee, I'm sure less weight helps.

like a few of us I have pants with several different waist sizes. Have learned jeans with the stretchy "comfort" waist work really well.

hope you all have a great day

 

[Bird]

Just when I thought Summer was here . . . 40° here this morning but supposed to warm up to 68°.

After a sleepless night before, I had a big early supper yesterday afternoon, even drank a Crown Royal and Coke (something I've seldom done lately), and went to bed about 5 p.m. And other than 3 brief trips to the bathroom, slept better than I have in a long time until 4:30 a.m. this morning. Sure feeling better today. Just a small sore spot where I got the Moderna vaccination, and of course, don't know whether that was what kept me from sleeping night before last, but can't think of any other reason.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning! Here in The Great Smoky Mountains, it is currently 59F and rain started about 1AM, should be done by 9AM, sun expected out by 11.

one cuppa down, time for another! Then off to work...

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 40˚F here also Bird and with full sun will be heading to the mid 70s.

Since the knee is fixed, time to move on. MRI on the shoulder today to see if it will be an easy fix. The same knee DR. does shoulders also.
I'll check the price of gasoline on the way home and fill up at the cheapest place. Right now the price to beat is $3.739

Mom's car check cleared, y'all had me worried, especially after checking the profits for the last 10 years.

Kyle - excellent job!

Bird were all three types of boosters offered?

Helogabals, aren't the low air pressure warnings nice. Saved me a few times. It looks like the tire is repairable. I'm averaging 1 flat a year instead of 1 flat a month since the move to town.

Drew, does your new car have a spare?

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[daugen]

Don, good question, I'll look this morning, assuming a temp spare
I always carry a battery operated air pump in the trunk, one of those jump starter combos.
Welcome Kilroy

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all 45 and going up, partly cloudy and rain later.
Calling for aurora borealis to be visible here tonight, but clouds will most likely stop that.

Got about 1/3 of the road frontage cleaned up in 1 hour of brushcutting. Some of the bushes are 2-4" stems and 10 feet high, intertwined with thorns and vines. Oh what fun.

LS - Good to hear about stress test and BP medicine. Definitely on the road to normalcy. Good work!

Helogabals - nail in the tire - not good. Should be easy to patch though, hope so.

Drew - sorry about the vocal few ruining the experience for the others and you. Focus on the good and ignore the problem people as much as you can.

Welcome to GM Kilroy!

Stay safe and be well,

Before, wall of brush, just starting to bud. In a month would be solid and impenetrable. Too steep for tractor.

After 1 hour, 1/3 done of 320' of road frontage, a little past the power pole:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 47F @ 4:45AM. Sun and clouds mixed. High 77F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.

I didn't look, but a neighbor reported not seeing the Northern Lights at 3:30 this morning. I guess we're a bit too far south.

The way that old rod broke, Kyle, it looks like a brittle fracture. Maybe that one didn't get proper heat treatment. I wouldn't call that weld "gorilla" at all. I can dig up some pics of some of my gorilla welds if you want...

Looks like that tire got screwed, Helogabals. At least it's in the middle of the tread, so they'll probably be able to plug it.

Happy to hear of your good night's sleep, Bird. I suppose I'm headed for a 4th Moderna shot myself, and might even check with Costco today to see if it's available. I'll have to remember to take my vaccination card along...

Sorry to hear you had to make that choice, Drew. Politics is tearing this country apart on so many levels.

Looks nice, Ken. Seems like you might be seeing some light at the end of the tunnel with the brush and tree cutting?

I did a few jobs I really didn't want to do yesterday, and ended up playing one against another procrastination wise. I didn't want to fork over $350 for a pair of motorcycle tires, but I didn't want to re-pull an Ethernet cable, either, so now there's a pair of tires on the way here. Then I didn't wanna do the waterpump job on the side-by-side, so I got the cable pulled. The there was still time to start the waterpump job, and because I didn't want to get as filthy dirty as the dozer operator was getting replacing hoses, I started in on the Kubota. It was pretty much as bad as I thought it would be. Rusty fasteners, antifreeze everywhere, which made mud for me to lay on, and really cramped quarters with lots of poky things to cut my hands and arms. But three hours later it was done, and after several trips up and down the driveway and three laps of the new loop trail, the temp gauge only went up a quarter of the way and nothing was dripping out from under the buggy. And that was with a couple breaks to help the old man with his rusty dozer bolts, but since I was already filthy dirty from the Kubota, I didn't mind too much. It was pretty clear from the old pump why the cart was overheating:

Even with the impeller gone, the bearing was shot which wiped out the seal, so it's almost a good thing that the resulting leak was the straw that triggered the replacement. Otherwise I'd still be trying to figure out why it was still over heating.

You think your gas prices are high? A friend was in Death Valley last weekend, and he sent me this photo:

Town run today, and I'm looking forward to that burrito at my favorite roach coach.

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

 

[Helogabals]

Air was just leaking. OK, I could hear that, but still not THAT fast.
As a careful owner I have in my garage compressor. Today was the day I was happy to have it
Blow in 3 bar and drive to closest tire shop.
Guys have made some tricks, charged me 5 €
Now it seems ok

TPMS is great thing

 

[PJSprog]

39°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 43° today. We may actually get a little snow this morning. We definitely got a lot of rain yesterday. No idea what the official count was, but everything was flooded. I had to take a different route home to go around one flooded road. Even the alternate route had one area with water running out of a field and across the road. It was less than an inch deep, so I drove through it. Our pond was flooded and extended back into the pasture. We had class 2 rapids going through the front swale.

Roy, that could just be an email spoof. I presume you sent that to Muhammad.

I find myself in need of new jeans, Drew. But, I'm being stubborn and refusing to buy any until I lose more weight. Sorry about your church leadership experience. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of such people everywhere.

Welcome to TBN and the Good Morning thread, Kilroy.

Those are insane gas prices, RNG.

 

[toppop52]

68° cloudy and windy, big storms later they say.

I got my fourth Moderna dose 6-8 weeks ago, just like 2-3 no problems, only the first one caused very minor problems.

I was sick last weekend, second time in two weeks, starts out feeling tired, progresses to dry mouth with bitter taste, dry heaves and extreme fatigue. All I could do was sleep for hours. Then it goes away about as quickly as it comes on. No gator involvement.

Glad to see “Kilroy was here.”

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low was 19°, heavy frost this morning..... not good for all the plant buds that have popped. Hopefully they weren't damaged. The high winds continued until just before midnight, but only gusted to around 45 mph. Spring apparently got blown away.....

No wind right now, supposed to stay calm with a high of 68°. I'm still thinking about cutting that phone line..... I apparently misplaced my motivation again... I may just prep the area and get the materials staged.

Wng, digging by hand is not a 'fun' thing to do anymore.... I look back at how much I had dug by hand over the last 30 years and really wonder how I did it. Not in the cards anymore.... maybe just clean out a hole that was dug by a machine ... that's about it. More power to 'ya !

Roy, hope you feel better. Take it easy for sure!

Drew, all my adult life I weighed about the same range (175-195 lbs). When I got hurt (knee), I jumped up to 205 lbs and felt "fat", but not too bad. Over the last 3 years dealing with the surgeries and not being as active, the pounds were very easy to sneak up on me. When I hit 240 lbs, it made me realize it was time to diet.... just cut out the majority of junk food (still have to have some), ate smaller portions of good food, and started eating the main meal in the early afternoon. Took about 6 months, but the weight came off. My target is 190 lbs.... I'll be happy with that.

Helogabals, glad the tire fix went easy! Now, stop driving over screws!

Ken, nice job! That's a large area, you did good!

RNG, I am going to try your system of procrastination.... seemed to work fairly well! You got a lot accomplished. I am surprised that the water pump deteriorated so much. How old was it? Your place is looking good too!

Temp is up to 44° now, so might go get my 'work' clothes on... maybe I left my motivation in one of those pockets....

Everyone have a great day!

 

[Fuddy1952]

Not so good today

New tire, actually whole car is new.
First morning, fire up that thing.
Red warning in dashboard
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Did warning light say "your tire is screwed"?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I am surprised that the water pump deteriorated so much. How old was it?

It's an '05 Kubota RTV900G with a little more than 3500 hours on it.

Don't forget to check the watch pocket on those jeans. A little bit of motivation goes a long way...