Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 25ºF for the start, overcast, light breeze. Light wind, overcast with periods of freezing rain and high temp of 30ºF. Inside day again, leaned ash from insert and revive fire. Puttered with Peugeot chain was able to get new side plates on with chain tool. 19 mile ride on stationary bike, will likely use it again tomorrow. Did get nap in. Had to melt ice off heat pump fan ice was shaking outside unit. Did not try and see if Mexican restaurant was open, out roads not to good.
Bird no mail yesterday or today. Suspect they may resume tomorrow.
Ron so smoke from saw motor may be from dirt? Good luck with your hooking everything up to earbuds. Bird meeting like company meetings, not much gets done .
Billy sorry about rain, been that way were since Monday. I would not answer non ag questions if it were me.
Kilroy I never bought a Leatherman Wave, found half of one on a ride, another rider found the other half, so I gave it to him. He was able to get it replaced then gave the replacement to ma as he already had 2.
RS good to hear progress being made, hope today was productive as well.
Mike hope you enjoyed your inside day.
Kilroy nice cartoon.
Buppies thanks in advance for checking. Been dreary hear too, unusually to have 3 overcast day in a row. prayers sent.
Kilroy most of the really good old time BBQ won't rate well to begin with. Hope you got your cabbages.
Bill hope you enjoyed both nap and seat time.
Drew yup it is cold, dreary and icy. Did you see much traffic from the pool?
Doug neat parrots, what is she feeding it?
Paulglad you are done with Verizon for a while. Quite the subsoiler. Hope thermostat went well, and Zoe was good help.
Dave you warmer than me stretch is over.
Ken I bet that little snow disappeared quickly at 38ºF. Bet it was funny to watch do roll in that little snow.
Frits hope no broken bones after fall. prayers sent. Sorry about IMAC not misbehaving for tech.
Don you have way more ice than I do. nice pics
Dennis hope you can work out what wrong with softener.
Paul looks a lot like out precip.
Jim glad Liz home. Good to hear most of cleanup done before she got home. Good luck with clearing a bay for new RTV 900.
RS looks cold. Hope organizing went well.
RNG sorry about the ongoing issue with WD hard drive. Good luck with trip south.Nice to hear you got some Good customer service for a change.
Ted hope you got some shop time and GS time
James man are you cold up there. glad dog does not mind paw covers and coat much.
Bill glad good nap. Yes I hate freezing rain also, glad Don got more then Me
David glad good start om wiring, hope you got to spend more time on it today. Glad dinner was good.
Kyle glad your tax strategy worked. Hope you get get insurance worked out. Heaters not good item to go cheap on.
RNG really hope you can find a home you are happy in.
Dennis nice blizzard.
Mark good to hear wife is healing. Sorry about wrist. prayers sent.
Frits sorry about the brisket. Hope pad and baggage carts work out as planned.
Thomas next 2 days will be much improved, and weekend near normal.
Thomas very productive day.
Paul nice pic.
Frits goo to hear wife is getting around ok.
Paul interesting HF torque wrenches that close
Bill glad you found your leak. Hope shop does good job.
Doug good to hear parrots quiet at night.
Randy(wag) good to hear you are getting some rain. hope you got to the branches today.
Don neat pic, good to hear power and gas doing ok.
Ted glad good day in the shop, sorry about knee. Hope new attorney works out.
Buppies if it must snow why can't it snow when I can watch it?
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, 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, Phil /reflux, /wife's voice, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /uncle's surgery, 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, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage not doing well, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's surgery, 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.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp is 10 and the high to 27°F. Wind W 6 mph. Flurries and snow squalls. About 4" expected.

Tractor will get picked up this morning and if all goes well, it should be back tonight. He (the service guy) is going to give me an estimate on adjusting the valves and a full service for in the spring. I may get him to replace the glow plugs, too. (It seems to be getting harder to start, even with the block heater.)

Time to jump down the you tube rabbit hole. After the tow truck leaves, I can go back to bed.

Have a safe day all

 

[Spike56]

Good morning from Texas. Hopefully, the latest weather nightmare (ice) is over. Just outdoors, a slow rain and just above 32 here. Ice is beginning to melt, hope my pine tree limbs recover. At least here, did not lose power. Only one major flicker that did not reboot all the clocks or TV (Dish).
Looking forward to the weekend, a lot to do outdoors if I can manage the muck. Standing water everywhere and not soaking into the clay soils. But, here you can never really complain about water.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 13° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 32° with mostly cloudy skies.
Not much got done yesterday. Did read over manuals for Vizio TV and Sony Audio Video. Made a couple of adjustments. But not working yet. Bought a Ryobi 40 volt chainsaw off EBAY for parts. Put a fully charged battery in it. Like the table saw it works. Test on about 12 cuts of a 12" tree that fell in woods. Works good like my other saw.
Grocery shopping this morning. Then will see what shows up.

Michigan Phil says no need to get up on a cold morning to look for his shadow. Going to be at least 45 more days before spring arrives.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Looking4new]

It is inevitable, we WILL get 6 more weeks of winter. Then we will get 6 months of lousy sledding.

 

[riptides]

29 outside this AM, heading to mid 40's. Should be dry today, and for the next couple of days. Yippie.

Will collect some firewood and work on the Milk House vinyl trim around the remaining windows.

Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

 

[KilroyJC]

They brought it back. I got one last year.

Leatherman

2020 Leatherman USA | Leatherman

www.leatherman.com

Thanks for the heads-up - I haven’t looked in quite a while!

 

[KilroyJC]

Here’s the aftermath of our blizzard last night-
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Oh the horrrorrrr

 

[Buppies]

34 sloppy wet snow flakes none sticking more wet ground slop. The cold hits us Friday and Saturday then milder similarly to mostly. Will be mild most of next week rain reappears mid next week

Sorry about mess in Texas

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).

Rainy, 47, waiting to see what the little furry #(&)$# has to say… and he doesn’t want to come out at all…

have a wonderful happy blessed day!

 

[daugen]

good morning all
69 in Delray Beach going up to 82 today
wish I could send some heat to Texas and melt that ice
sun is coming up, makes for pretty clouds over ocean

taking friend to PT this morning. He doesn't seem to be getting better, almost falls over
at times when leg gives out, despite big brace on knee. He still can't drive a car this way and my suggestions to consider hand controls are falling on deaf ears. Not my call....

I went with my friend to see his financial planner yesterday and spent two hours with guy going over strategies. I'm a bit rusty, but my friend pulled everything out of the market a while back and realizes he has to get back in, in a way that meets his risk tolerance, which is very little. So we had the three buckets discussion and he has to decide how much to put in the no risk category like CDs and how much to put in market. CDs are now around 4 percent, which is of course still way below the 6 percent inflation rate, but at least a viable alternative now for the risk averse.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning - currently 43° going to 45°

Wife is getting better everyday, again thanks for the prayers..
I went to ortho doc this morning for my wrist, been sore for a month, figured it would get better but hasn't.
Got xray and tendons were inflamed - cortizone shot into hand at ring finger and a wrist wrap to keep it from moving to much..not how I wanted to start day- hand is sore from the shot...

Pop - that is a great deal on subsoiler

Kilroy - is their a brand of pickled eggs you would buy if you were in a desperate need...

Everybody have a great day..

Mark

there are a couple of local farm side stands that have decent pickled eggs. I like the ones from Jaemor Farms in Georgia.

 

[shetland sheepdog]

22 and mostly cloudy here in srn NH. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 37, forecast for today.

 

[kenmbz]

Good morning 20 going up to 41, sun.
Yesterday said it was going to get warmer, but didn't and the last tiny, tiny bit of snow is still on the driveway.
They keep going back/forth as to tomorrows low, might be 9 , might be 12.

Got some more of the tape/seal done in the basement. More wire run, slow progress there in the tight space. Don't want to ruin the wire.

Today will hopefully get it through the one "tunnel" then will have to figure out the next in ceiling turn.

Maybe get some 1x3 this weekend to start prepping the walls for sheetrock, or if it is still frozen maybe do some tree trunk clearing in the back woods to get that prepped for spring cleaning.
Or finish the under cabinet lights of which only one of the 5 is done. Or....

Well, back to the day job.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
21 with a high around 35 under partly cloudy skies today. Snow likely tomorrow. Single digits Saturday.

Thermostat and garage door went well at daughters yesterday, Zoe had a good time visiting with her dogs, who taught her the game of stealing my tools. Here is Gracie and Zoe together. On their first meeting at Christmas, Gracie was slightly bigger than Zoe. Louie is in the crate behind them and is smaller and was a bit overwhelmed by the play. So he wanted some refuge. Gracie grew up with Emily so she isn’t intimidated by big dogs.

Gracie as a puppy with Emily.

When I got home Zoe napped and I got the Subsoiler on a dolly so I could move it around myself.

Zoe and I were out for a walk late in the afternoon, and she found this herd distracting. We didn’t seem to bother them.

Today might be a Costco run, it’s trash night, and grandson is coming to visit while his mom goes to doctors appointment. I’m sure that there will be more, but that’s what I know for now.

 

[IXLR8]

Goooood Morning TBN!
It is 33F and cloudy after an overnight low of 29. Radar indicates it is snowing here, but no flakes to be seen out the window. Forecast is for a high of 38 with clearing skies.

Some of the barn wall panels have been delivered, no sign of contractors

Started clearing out garage for Liz's toy, all going well until she announced she wants her exercise equipment, the equipment she hasn't used in the 1.5 years since she got it, to fit in the garage as well as her 900. This is going to take some head scratching to figure this puzzle out.

Got all the internet pieces and parts unpacked and setup. Powerline internet working but not as well as I would like. Will play with it some more this weekend when I have time. Security camera mounted and working, sort of. When it sees motion, it is only taking a picture, it is not taking a video like it should. Need to look into that setup.

Time for coffee and breakfast then on with the day.

Have a good day everyone, Let's be careful out there.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 41F @ 5:00AM. A mix of clouds and sun early followed by cloudy skies this afternoon. High 59F. Winds light and variable.
Temps are reasonable here, but all along the route south it's in the mid to upper 30s. I'd hoped, and prepared for, riding the touring bike south today, but not if the temps don't creep up into the 40s. I'll decide sometime before 9AM, when I need to leave if I'm to avoid riding/driving in the dark.

With all this talk about Leatherman tools, it'll be interesting to see how many of us now start seeing ads for them when we're browsing elsewhere.

A couple months ago, I noticed that short term (1-3 month) Treasury rates had risen to about 4.5%, Drew. That's not exactly keeping up with inflation, but it's a lot better than what you get in the money market or a savings account. It's also free of state income tax, which may or may not matter depending on where you are. CD rates I've seen are slightly lower, and don't have the state tax advantage. In my opinion, there's also more risk with them. $.02...

Yesterday's meeting with the contractor and civil engineer went well, and we all agreed on a path forward for dealing with the insurance company. It means more delays before any work starts, but by the end I'll know where I stand budget wise.

Took the bike into town and it ran pretty well, and I noticed when I got to my first stop that the neutral light on the dash was working. At least sometimes. I've seen them do that before, and it still means it's a bad switch. But it sure was nice to be out on two wheels again, especially after all the bad weather we've been having. Pretty sure it didn't feel good enough to brave temps down in the 30s, though, especially not for seven hours.

 

[m7040]

Good morning, 27 going to 41 today and then much colder for the next couple of days

Wife is still walking with some help from me but she is getting better. We were lucky that she did not get any serious injuries.
We have a scheduled phone call today with financial planner.
Might move some more dirt down now that the access low spot was filled in yesterday. With heat in the cab cold temperatures will not be a problem.
Had Cody out a couple times this morning. Cold weather does not bother him, after all he is a Sheltie.
So far no serious snow this year and we are already well into the new year.
The Vizio TV is not cooperating with Airplay from iPhone or PC. Have checked and reset several times and no change.
Must be the TV somehow. Connected up a wired connection to it for now to be able to show videos from the PC.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

The Vizio TV is not cooperating with Airplay from iPhone or PC. Have checked and reset several times and no change.
Must be the TV somehow. Connected up a wired connection to it for now to be able to show videos from the PC.

I use an AppleTV 4 with a Samsung TV here. I've read of lots of security issues related to letting a TV onto the home WiFi network, so keep the TV locked out of the one here.

 

[m7040]

I think I will just use the hard wired connection to connect tv to the pc for now and lock out the WiFI on the TV. Will the AppleTV4 require Ethernet cable connection or will it work on WiFi? Any known security issues? Should allow easy screen mirroring from all apple phones iPads etc?