Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Buckeye have you started medicare.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Wow. Sad. Already miss Roy. And it hurts even more, that I've been off for a few days.

Don’t know, probably are some. Buppies might put me to work on a paver.

I told my neighbor here I might have to help him do plumbing. He’s having a hard time getting employees.

You could do paving early in the morning while it's cool, then go do plumbing until your knees are worn out.

A very good friend was likely flying the B17. I heard from his wife that he was on the airplane, but no other details. He was active in its restoration, and was rated to fly it.

It looked to me from the one angle, that the Air Cobra guy almost had intent in his flight path. I hope not.
Prayers for your friend's family Paul.

do any of you own a Tesla?
Is your insurance much more expensive than your other cars?
I found this interesting, read in a discussion about cost to insure the Tesla p/u truck which is made of natural stainless steel
like the Delorean was. Of course the truck is still vaporware at this point.

For 2019, the Tesla vehicles national average annual auto insurance cost ranged from $2,400 to $3,300

I pay 1300 bucks to fully insure a Volvo, with a 1000 deductible on physical damage.
I thought I was way overpaying. I still remember when full coverage was 5-700 dollars a car.

The more complicated the safety systems are in cars, the more expensive they are to repair in accidents.
So my very safe Volvo is likely more expensive to insure but I see that as a fair tradeoff for safety.
Volvo's latest EV suv has all new LIDAR systems running off a roof camera, while Tesla is pulling lidar/radar out of its new cars
I read. I'm guessing Teslas are more expensive than average to fix.

If you think of the newer MB's big round emblem in the middle of the grill, the one with all the radar sensors behind it, something simple like a bird hitting that
at speed, can't imagine what oem cost of that part would be. Lot of expensive stuff now in the very front of our cars.

Remember the Saturns with plastic door panels that were supposed to solve the age old parking lot ding problem?
Well those doors and panels became more expensive to replace than regular steel ones, and guess what, up went the insurance
costs for Saturns. I always liked their cars. They seemed honest in some ways. Maybe because they were sold for advertised price.

Here's the elephant in the room for auto insurance. Why don't your rates go WAY down, when your car gets old and de-valued? $4000 to insure a new $70,000 vehicle, but when it's only worth $20,000 they should only charge you $1100. Or less.
Also, they aren't charging accordingly for electric vehicles. They accelerate much faster than most any muscle car from the late '60's to the early 70's. If they charged by acceleration rates (like they did during the muscle car days), they'd be charging twice or more what they do. And 1 more thing while I'm on the apple crate, the EV vehicles cost more for a fire department to come spray some chemical foam on them after an accident. Does the insurance co pay for that?

Thomas, sounds like a nice walk, and you have a wildlife sanctuary.

Ok team, prayers for our team, our country, our leadership, our 1st responders, Ukraine, and Roy's family.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 34ºF for the start, overcast, light breeze. Light wind, overcast in morning, partly sunny in afternoon, high temp was 48ºF.
putter to start morning, cleaned ashes, started fire, and spent time in rabbit hole. Did get ride in during afternoon, and nap. Start prepping for Saturday's ride, 68 mile route. New starting point, not on most maps. Also wife got Birdfy camera, put is out about noon, no visitors yet.
Don interesting concept, don't know that I would do it
David glad you were able to track down the plugged filters.
Randy(wag) sorry about the rain messing with the wood stacking. Good to hear horses moved.
Drew sorry you were awake so early, hope coffee was good.
Buppies sorry about the freezing rain. prayers sent.
Ron sounds like a good day. Do you feed the cranes> nice pic
Drew I don't remember seeing that pic, Interesting software.
Ken good to hear garage glean out progressing. prayers for wife to get better.
Paul painting not one of my favorite pastimes either. Glad light project complete and everyone happy. Hope trip safe and uneventful.
Dennis some bosses are not that smart . Never had light headedness as symptom of getting sick.
Don the 10-day forecast is a nice feature. Good to hear presentation prep is working.
Bill hope the dodge repair is not too expensive. Good to hear you are ready for winter.
Frits hope you get everything on shopping list, and today's to do list done.
Chris I don't care when the go up, it is when they go on is the issue.
Drew I think you answered you own question.
James sorry the work involved with getting the rear blower on.
RNG glad to hear how good trip was. Hoping you get more rain soon. neat pic.
RNG Interesting observation on Costco.
Gstorm enjoy your snow.
Dennis Frisco Costco building SE corner of parking, Gas NW corner, and several stores in between. I was there 3 times before I found the gas pumps.
Drew glad you got to work outside for a while.
RS hope you got good bit of today's agenda done.
Mark glad time off good sorry not more fish caught.
David hope different water pump works as well as old one. Chicken curry sounds good.
Thomas sounds like feet up time
Scaredy glad you survived the BOTOX treatment. prayers sent. Not surprised about your thoughts on the marriage, I don't know what I would do in your shoes.
Randy(wag) sorry about cold snap, hope grocery shopping went well, and you can get wood stacking done.
Bill not a bad bill on the dodge. I seem to recall while living in STL, a similar situation, flurries forecast and 12+ inches deposited.
Doug sorry about the lack of rain lately. Very nice pic.
Dennis praying for your retirement.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, Bird /aging issues, Roy /passed away, /wife ankle,recover from getting sick, Ron /broken arm and heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, /wife's pain, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes and fall, Frits/ daughters hip replacement /veteran son with mental issues, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Lou / eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, /nerve and pain, / wife headaches and heart eval, /sister shingles, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /wife not feeling well, /marriage not doing well, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis /retirement, /not feeling good, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Mike /spine injury and recovery,James /death of FIL, Scotty, /back pain,Frits /daughter recovery from surgery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Mark /wife colon surgery, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Buckeye have you started medicare.

Not there yet.

Mostly, couldn’t find gas pumps at NJ Costco because there weren’t any. I guess due to fact you aren’t allowed to pump your own gas there. What an archaic law.

 

[two_bit_score]

Wow. Sad. Already miss Roy. And it hurts even more, that I've been off for a few days.

Ok team, prayers for our team, our country, our leadership, our 1st responders, Ukraine, and Roy's family.

What happened to Roy?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

What happened to Roy?

Roy Jackson has died.

RIP Roy Jackson.

www.tractorbynet.com

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Well, moss just cut some content in another thread. I might be gone from here.

 

[sodamo]

Well, moss just cut some content in another thread. I might be gone from here.

Hope not

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 30° with light snow this morning. Heading to 37° with cloudy skies. Got enough snow overnight to cover grass area's. Walkways and drive are clear. Reminds me to bring snow shovels and ice melt to the house. No plans for today again.
Couple of Red Heads.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
rained all night, 1.37 on the gauge this morning; that's a good soaker

Alien, more pics please. Love your flowers and plants most of us don't get to see.
Australia has really had some flooding problems, hope your friends are ok.

no plans for today. Next week will be really busy so glad to chill this week.

as cars age, the cost of physical damage coverage does go down, but sure doesn't seem like enough...
when my wife complained why repairs on our old boat were so expensive when the boat only cost 150k, I told her because
there were a million dollars worth of parts in the old girl. Cost to fix doesn't go down when things age.
So your 70k Tahoe that five years later is worth 30k, technically your premiums drop since the max exposure to carrier
is only market value of your vehicle before they total it. BUT, if it's a complicated vehicle, like an EV or any loaded modern car
with sixteen computers worth of tech in them, cars get totalled today much faster than they used to. So average claim costs are really rising.
just think of the cost every time those airbags go off. By then, many cars are totalled anyway.

so many people driving without insurance, so even the cost of Uninsured Motorist coverage has gone way up.
Full coverage used to be about 700 a car and 550 for multi car policy. Appears over time everything has now doubled.

dealing with insurance matters at church, big crane coming in for taking out 300 year old dead tree in graveyard. No one understood what employers liability
under WC meant, confusing it with general liability. Boring stuff, but important when Jose falls into the chipper...

 

[wngsprd]

40 going to 54. Woodstove has been getting a good workout this week.

BEF, sorry you're ill. But congrats on your retirement. You'll be able to enjoy your trips much more without the pressure to get back for work...like when you visit your dad, or go to the Virginia land.

RNG, your trip sounded like fun. Like BEF, I'm a big lover of maps, so I checked out the many places you went...sort of rode along.

Ken, hope wife is better, and Happy Birthday to her!

Scaredy, sorry about your situation. Prayers it will resolve positively.

I've had a full week already of MIL birthday party, mountain hiking, hunting with oldest son, and roasting coffee. Middle son coming to visit tonight.

Did anyone get snow yesterday from this storm? We got 38F rain.

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
35 with rain going on. Sander came to put dirt on the street around 2 am. Small hint of snow on the grass and walk. Pretty much will all be melted before we do anything today.
Wife is headed to her part time job and I might head to Harbor Freight for some sand paper and more clamps.
A few domestic duties to take care of this morning but first it's my time for surfing the net and enjoying my 2 cups of coffee!
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[daugen]

Dennis, as far as the impact of EV's on our lives, all I know is follow the money.
when they started allowing the trading of carbon credits to allow polluters to keep on polluting,
I came to conclusion playing field is rigged.

When I throw veggies in the pan to cook, I want to know where they came from. what fuel was used
to create the electricity I'm using in my morally perfect Tesla or Ioniq 5?
Did it come from the steam power plant down the River in Trenton NJ still burning coal or fuel oil?
Or did it come from my own solar panels? And who made those panels and where?

I read a lot of car magazines online. The entire industry is in a race to bring out more EV's, EV SUV's I'm sure.
Problem is these cars are too expensive for the majority of our population. And they sure don't work well for road trips.
But around town, they are our future. In ten years, lot less ICE cars out there. If you have a garage, you'll be putting a charger in it.

We need to be careful or the Chinese will start bringing in their $30K EV's.
We really should not be enabling/promoting a whole slew of new cars that can get to sixty in 3 seconds.
Lot of folks don't have the skills to handle that kind of power. Anything that can get to sixty in under five seconds
is a fun want, not a need. And we are giving folks huge tax credits to buy them, when our country is a trillion dollars in debt.

I would not want to own a fleet of diesel trucks right now. You could almost buy a case of cheap scotch and pour that in...
exhaust would smell better I'm sure

2 cups of coffee and a trip to Harbor Freight, a fine morning Phil.

 

[newbury]

I would not want to own a fleet of diesel trucks right now. You could almost buy a case of cheap scotch and pour that in...
exhaust would smell better I'm sure

That would be very bad for the engine!

 

[riptides]

32 outside this AM, wood stove started up yesterday. Nice and toasty this AM in the house, with a good crispy sound to the lawn out back. LOL.

Hope all are well.

Wife and daughter in need of some work. Praying for wife, the dreaded "oncology" will be present is looming. Daughter looks like she will need a complete rebuild of back. So it will be up in NY like a few years ago with wife.

BIL and FIL still recovering from hurricane. FIL admitted to ER twice, once in FLA, again here in MD. Old, not thinking right, and stress. Mostly not thinking right adding to stress, not just for him, but e v e r y o n e. Need to keep my mouth shut as he has no idea what everyone else is dealing with. Old, self centered person.

Not much progress on the projects around here. Milk house is "hot". Not happy with the power line entrance though to the panel. I wanted it in the wall as much as possible. Electrician ran the pipe and wire right up to the panel height. So I have a nice pipe sticking six or more feet above ground, next to the building. Am I complaining, yes. I specifically told them what I wanted, and in the darkness of the work, I missed it. Heck, just getting someone out here was too much of an effort. And the prices are just unreal. Now that the building has its own run, I can resume taking over the work myself. I did manage to get in the attic and cleaned out the old electrical and squirrels. That was fun. Next step is more wiring and starting to think about plumbing. Plumbing will require a jack hammer or a lot of cutting and digging. LOL.

Hard to believe the holidays have approached. Time flies.

Looks like better days ahead.

 

[pennwalk]

Chris I don't care when the go up, it is when they go on is the issue.

Well my wife will never let me forget the year (or was it three) that I left the Christmas lights up. Oh the disgrace of it all.

 

[newbury]

<snip>

Hard to believe the holidays have approached. Time flies.

Looks like better days ahead.

Sad to hear about your wife and daughter. Prayers for both.
Happy to see you back after your ominous last post on Oct. 7th.

 

[Buppies]

Prayers sent for wife and daughter riptides

35 high of 41 very windy not conducive to paving. 1.25 in of rain yesterday never got above 35. Ground is now soaked but grass still green

Prayers for all our Country

 

[Buppies]

BEF hope you reconsider really enjoy your posts

 

[Alien]

In bed. Lesley blabbing on phone for the last hour, no end in sight. LOL..
Went to the Dr the other day and I have to get a CT scan of lower back. Was about to book in and the Hospital rang and said I have to come in Monday for the hand operations. So CT will have to wait a bit.
Op consists of carpal tunnel left wrist and small finger and thumb. On right hand a thumb rebuild and carpal tunnel and mid finger carpal tunnel. I won't be able to do much for a while it seems. Maybe when it is over I will be able to have some good nights sleep for a change.
So sorry to hear of Roys passing. No hint of problems in his last posting. Just going off to work. So sad.
I have been spending time watching you tube lately. Too hot to go out during the day and now we have Starlink it makes for pleasant viewing.
Hump day for you guys so have a good one.