Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

Ted,

Sorry to hear of the loss of your friend and his crew.

No doubt they will be remember by many whose lives they touched.

 

[scaredychicken]

LS - Very sorry for your loss, that is so difficult, take care. Praying for comfort for all those that are impacted.

 

[Buppies]

LAS sorry about the loss of co worker and friend

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Sorry about your friend LS. Sad.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 80ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Light wind with occasional brisk gusts, sky mostly clear, and high temp was 108ºF, HI 109ºF. Bike ride in the morning, then mow back yard. Nap after lunch All days in 10 day 100+ temps
Kyle Glad you got some wife time. Good to hear SpeedAire compressor continuing to work. Yes I cut the ride shot to go boating Glad Church was good on Sunday.
Dennis good luck with handling the loaded tires. Hope you got some rain.
Scaredy hope no damage from the storms. Thanks for link.
Scaredy glad good lunch, and the production was good as well.
Dennis very early appearance.
Buppies hoping for wife to improve and you get some rain.
Roy hope you can get dump run and grease as well as work done.
Drew sorry about you having to not take meds, hope food shopping goes wells.
Drew glad the cancer treatments worked. I haul around to much weight as well, Every hill reminds me
Chris You are thinking of Larro Darro.
NHBX hope you find your motivation. Good luck with house cleaning.
Don Thanks for the info did not know if toothpick test was valid or not.
Don nice turn out for your WFPB potluck.
Ken sorry about your heat wave. Thanks for the Venice pics
Paul nothing like putting on a bike
Dennis nice tractor pics
RNG glad good ride, sorry about the zipper. Wonder which bike is yours
PJ Hope seat part help. Bought more stuff at West Marine than at Bass pro when I was in Stl area.
Drew thanks for pics
Drew nice progress on the painting.
David good to hear PV washing done. Have you noticed a difference with power output.
RS nice rain amounts. Hope you can get Kubota finished before you forget what you learned. Sorry about keyboard.
Thomas glad time at job went well and you are getting rain.
Drew that could be gravel reflecting on shiny new paint.
Scaredy That list will keep you busy, I know haw bad my garage is.
Phil great check-in, glad you are recovering. Happy anniversary!!
Bird man that is hot!
Chris no thinking need when it comes to naps for me
Chris was only 108ºF here
Dennis hope you get rain but no damage.
PJ way to go on Epic naps.
Roy glad you are getting rains.
Dennis glad you got some rain.
Drew nice work, hope battery works out for you.
Ted sorry for the news. My condolences to you and his family.
Roy never hurts to be the on feeding the dog. Scooter would tolerate me until his mommy (my stepdaughter) arrived, then I was dumped .
Randy(wag) hope branch is easy to take care of.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /learning new job, Bird/aging issues/, Don /mom's pipeline process, /fire nearby, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's heart issues, /pneumonia and not posting, Roy /palpitations, /angina , Billy /wife back & hip, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /3 new skin cancer spots and treatment, /wife knee healing, Thomas/gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery/retirement, / passing out issues, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Doug and wife/health issues, /nerve and pain, / wife's hospital stay, /torn bicep, Ken /kids shot tragedy, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, /cataract surgery, /Sophie's hand infection, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /wife not feeling well, /marriage, Paul/ wife's disc issues, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis /retirement plans / brother "alligallyitus" and improving, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend cancer diagnosis and recovery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Ukraine war, mass shooting victims and family, and Country.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good evening. High was 94° today, after 93° yesterday. Too warm for any major work outside.

I was told of some bad news..... one of my paramedic partners was killed yesterday. The county rescue helicopter crashed, killing the entire crew of 4. All were married and had kids. My buddy Matt was only 44 and was one of the best medics and partners that I have ever worked with. When I made captain, he promoted to lieutenant. He was also an educator and we shared the same passion of EMS. He will be missed.

The only info that we have now is that they went on a mission looking for some kayakers, then went and did some water drops on the wildfire just north of here. I remembered seeing the copter go overhead earlier in the day. They apparently refueled at an airport up north, and were heading back to the base in Albuquerque when they went down. The cause is still under investigation.

Hits close to home. When you spend more time during waking hours with your partner than you spend with your actual family, your partners also become 'family'. It is a brotherhood and sisterhood that understand the difficulty and emotional distress that is part of the job.

May he rest in peace. He is a hero.

Sad. Sorry about your friend. Prayers for the family.

 

[Alien]

Good (Tuesday) morning. Another cold (for Tassie) overnight Low of -0.4C which made for a light frost this A.M. It's partly cloudy with a light breeze and heading for a High of 9.0C.

Not much planned for today other than my usual chores although I have noticed a branch from a wattle tree that yesterday's wind has brought down over a fence. It hasn't broken any of the strands so it's not urgent. Perhaps tomorrow arvo after I return from my weekly 'into town' trip for mail and groceries... the PO alerted me to a 'pick up' so it looks like another wine delivery has arrived.

Take care all.

Those wattles drive me nuts. They don't live long and are always falling on my fences. I have found that the branches are very hard and they last longer in the aviary with the parrots than most other timbers. So I guess they do have one good point.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Morning all.

 

[NHBX]

LS - Very sorry for your loss, prayers for all.

 

[NHBX]

Morning Bef.

 

[NHBX]

72° now, dew point 71° humidity 99% a bit soggy out! We did get .55” of rain yesterday . Today sunny low 90’s and humid.

Not sure what today’s plans are yet.

Enjoy your day everyone

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Morning NHBX.

Couldn’t get back to sleep. I’ll pay for this when the alarm goes off.

 

[sodamo]

Sorry to read of passing of your partner/friend, Ted.

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-07-19, 0557

65° right now...pretty wet outside...must have rained most the night. High in the upper 80's today and, I reckon, the rain has passed.

Try to make a dump run today, if time permits (working remotely and I have at least 2 or 3 webinars this morning)

 

[Buppies]

66 high of 89 later today one half inch of rain yesterday heat wave coming highs by end of week 97

Prayers for all

 

[daugen]

good morning all
well it's our turn, hot hot hot
92 at least today in full sun

I have an eley water reel to build this morning, not much else planned.
I should be going to church and powerwashing/paint prepping a long wooden railing outside, maybe it will be cool enough in the shade.
Tomorrow, not feeling all that motivated right now.

Ted, that hurts, sorry. Folks take for granted our emergency workers, many volunteers. Never know when you roll if you are putting your life on the line.
Interesting I saw this article this morning, shows the same willingness to go in the face of danger to save others.
going to be a lot of tears at those funerals.

A man driving by a burning home in Indiana stops to rescue 5 children inside

A man in Indiana is being hailed as a hero by local officials after entering a home engulfed in flames last week and saving the lives of several children trapped inside the burning structure.

www.cnn.com

and of course the most important thing I do first thing this morning is to bolt on that trailer ball and finish that job.
That will put a big smile on my face.

in my faith we have a moment of silence for lives passed. Prayers for both Matt and Ted and other members of EMS community.

 

[daugen]

Irv started this thread in October of 2011. Seems longer...
Only one longer I keep up with is the HF tools that don't suck thread. That goes back 14 years.

time to get moving. Isn't going to get any cooler out there...

 

[Buppies]

Interesting Drew you and I became members in 2011 and 2012

 

[daugen]

somewhere in my pics there is one taken of me sitting in hospital chair sleeping while spending the day with Nadene.
She was sick, again, not sure she was getting out, and I desperately needed to focus on something fun. Something to show me the world
was on a level axis. So I started with TBN on a laptop to my best memory in the hospital.

I was pretty emotional back then. No wonder. Now not too much gets me upset. My third wife, the one who was a nurse and was going to be with me
forever, well she died. Same thing happened to Toppop. And others. I think Ron too.
But this group is going strong.
The list of those missed is long.
Roy, you are over 20 years. remarkable

Buppies, glad to take the ride with you.

 

[wngsprd]

73 and moist. Rained last 3 evenings in a row. That's good. The thermometer is seeking 89 today.

LS, very sad that Matt was killed. Prayers for his family and the others, and you.