Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

44F and "Fair" @ 21:30, temps falling rapidly after hitting a high of 73 which apparently set a new record high temp. Calling for a low of 27F tonight. A real rollercoaster.

Got pressure washer and some other items moved up to the shop, covers for some fluorescent lights moved over to the barn.

Eight rolls of insulation taken down around back and stowed in the basement.

Cargo area of van swept and vacuumed out.

Got cleaned up and made doctor's appointment after that and got a good report there.

Headed over to Menards in Kent after that, just to put some eyes on their plywood selection.

Looks like 3/4 Sande might be the sweet spot as far as value goes for the carcass/frame.

Headed over to Lowes after that, somehow a Jorgensen corner easing plane managed to follow me home ...

Stuffed peppers were waiting for me here when I hit the door. Also an apple crisp ...

Probably change out of my nice duds and head out to the garage for a bit.

Hope everyone had a good day ...

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 35ºF for the start, partly cloudy, windy. Wind slowed down, sky cleared off and high temp was 51ºF. putter in morning, bike ride, then nap, then trip to town for dinner and grocery shopping the sales. Lost water again today for most of afternoon. They are still transitioning people to temp water system.
RS nice work on the dust collection system.
Spike we are on the other side of the cold front. Hope you can keep weeds under control.
Ron sorry Internet is out. 500K is a lot of powerless people.
Kilroy interesting that you got good results with black walnut sap.
Kilroy glad employees are providing the entertainment.
Drew sorry about the firing hitting you so hard.
Bill hope you enjoyed the plowing
Buppies nice day. prayers sent.
Mike hope you can take advantage of nice weather.
Drew interesting they are finally cracking down on non- passing drivers in left lane. Would not mind if drivers would let others by.
Kilroy I quit using oiled filter with all the sensors on the engines, any trouble?
Billy were you set up to mulch the old stalks?
RNG hope you don't get too much snow. Glad well pump replaced. Hope grocery run went well.
Dave sorry warm weather over.
Dennis sorry about coughing making chest hurt. Hope you start sleeping better.
RNG thanks for link
Ken sorry about tornadoes at old town. Hope getting near the end of ash falling down. Never got invited to stepson's talent shows.
Paul nice fog pic. Sorry about alpaca down. Glad access point working.
Frits nice weather. Hope plants not budding out too soon. Good to hear IPhone back in business. Sorry to hear about experience with depression and kid.
Gstrom glad you missed out on ice storm. Safe travel to Chicago and congrats to brother's 50 anniversary.
Ted sorry no rain from clouds. Hope no wind damage.
Mark I think jerk chicken pretty good. $2.99 nice gas price.
David glad guys won at H&F again. Hope washer and dryer install went well.
Lou ran K&N in a Kaw 500 2-stoke triple for 10K and no issues.
RS sorry to hear about the assembly problems. Hope the regluing and resize relief holes fixes issue. Hope good progress on agenda today.
Phil sorry about all the ice. Neat wood projects
Frits sorry about cooler leak. Hope not too expensive to fix.
Drew neat dirty filter pic.
NHBX hope you did not get much ice. Quite the change in appearance.
Dennis glad coughing less. Glad your Dad can run wood furnace while other one down.
Thomas glad you were able to keep up with storm.
Randy(wag) sorry about unexpected bill. Good to hear mowing done.
Dom(straightgrain306) welcome to GM thread. What is your altitude?
David good to hear install down to a few tweaks. Laundry room looks nice!
Kyle are you keeping up or getting further behind? You really should have one boss, period.
RS you get so much done in a day!
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 /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, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / 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 healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[KilroyJC]

The biggest sensor problem we have with the F150 is the Tire Pressure Sensor units in the tires! I wash/oil my filter twice a year, it seems to do the job. But I am only putting about 3000 miles a year on the truck, so it is getting cleaned every 1500 miles or so, which probably makes a big difference. I use ATF to oil the filter, it seems to be the same stuff and much cheaper!

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

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

Currently 55.8F, foggy/drizzly.

up way too early, might as well post now!

the week before last (before the firings and controversy at work), our first office party for National Tortilla Day was organized. Everyone bring in Chips-n-Dips! Today is also the last day for big moogamoog from Corporate to be wandering around. . . And it is Friday. . . Let’s see what shakes out.

With all the rain, it looks like I will finishing up taxes this weekend and shipping it off to the accountant. Gotta take care of Uncle’s hunger pangs. . .

I picked up four packages of #1 steel wool and six cans of Big Gap foam insulation to seal up the tops of the crawl space vents. What kind of moron installs vents with the tops unsealed?

we are already halfway through the CD collection, so I guess we will start repeating in mid-March.

I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed Friday!

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 22° with cloudy skies. Heading to 26° with light snow. Lot of tree damage on east side of house. One branch took out cable connection to house. Probably no internet for days. Start clean up of downed trees today.
No pictures until cable gets hooked up again.
About 1 million families in metro area without power.
Everyone stay safe and well.
Good Morning All.

 

[Spike56]

Good morning to all. (55 degrees at 4am). A front wiggled through yesterday so stuck at mid 50's with drizzle today. Hopefully, get a chance to buy and put out some dimension pre-emergent in the yard today. Have been fighting sandspurs the last few years. Had a HORRIBLE number a few years back and I am not going to let them get started again. The wildlife is moving in: deer snipping off newly planted trees, coons and armadillos digging up around the house. UGH.
Time to begin tax preparations. UGH again.

Hope all have a great day.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

56° at 0 dark 30
Windy, temps drop all day.
Got a few hrs sleep

 

[daugen]

good morning all
nice warm weather of yesterday has sure disappeared, 45 now, high of the day, going down to 22 tonight and cold tomorrow
bundle up little flowers...

off to dermatologist this morning. Cleanly shaven, a must to see her, since I've already had one melanoma under my chin.
And another one on my back... so these visits are important.

I love looking at other folks snow pics, as long as not here....I think this will be a snowless winter. That statement should really jinx me.
everyone be careful, no slips and falls, bears constant repeating

Ted, one morning I hope you wake up with a knee that feels wonderful and lets you do anything you want.
Hold that thought.

David, your utility room is awesome. Great fun watching you build.

there are still some working farms nearby, local JD poised ready to till the corn fields soon.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

"Before" (July 2021) and After (this month) photos are in today's WSJ...article says farmers will get the most allocated water since 2019...raised to 35% of contracted supplies from zero.

For many farmers, it's too little, too late. All up and down I5 on my travels to SoCal, I see vast orchards that have been uprooted and pushed into giant burn piles. You can't just not water a tree for a few years and expect it to survive. Even if inflation somehow abates, I fear we're all going to be paying more for walnuts, pecans, and almonds.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Yes, same results for me when I tried them, also 2 different vehicles. Won't touch one again. Spend a little more for a good filter like Wix. You'll be able to buy quite a few of the regular filters for the price of just a K&N + the treatment and cleaner.

+1 on that, Ted. I take it a step farther and pass on buying a used vehicle if I know the PO has been using a K&N filter. The PO of the new-to-me red bike didn't disclose, and I'm dreading what I'll find when I pull the top end apart to replace leaking push rod seals.

 

[riptides]

60 outside this AM. That should be the high for today, I can hear a cold front moving through. We got to 80 yesterday, so I spent the day with the wife on the front porch and walking around. She made it to the back forty yesterday, but not into the woods. Another 10 acres to go. She needs to build up her walking time again. Slowly getting there.

Lots of branches and sticks down, may need to get the chain saw out today. I am hoping to get it all picked up and moved to the burn pile. Maybe this weekend I can torch it all.

With the warmer weather that passed, I should manage to get in the Milk House and install the bathroom fan, but I am not motivated to get into the attic and less motivated to start cutting holes again. LOL. I do need to double down and get that done though. Never did get that last electrical line fished, or figured out. It disappears into the alternate universe some people live in. LOL. I can approach it by tearing into the bathroom wall though. I need plumbing there, so the concrete walls will probably have to be sledgehammered out for that. That's going to be a tough job.

Not much else planned or on the agenda. Hope all have a good start to the weekend, be safe, stay or get healthy.

 

[Thomas]

You sure do nice work David.

 

[Thomas]

Reminds me of winter 2008/9.

The 60" blade couldn't keep up. I woke up the 3016, found the bucket under a 3 foot drift, and cleared snow most of the day.

More coming Sat. night; snow most of next week.

That's having to much fun.

 

[Popgadget]

ran K&N in a Kaw 500 2-stoke triple for 10K and no issues.

I’m impressed. 10k unscathed miles on an H1 is quite a feat. They weren’t known as the widow maker for nothing!

 

[Thomas]

Riptide...glad Mrs. making good process.

 

[scootr]

43º going to 53º today. 1 inch of rain forecasted today. Got 1/2" yesterday. This is good. We needed a good ole drought buster winter. Going to the doctor today for a general check up. Sort of a meet and greet because my old doctor retired I hate when that happens lol. I'm sure he earned it...
I'm up early trying to get my work done so I can go. Have a great day everybody.

 

[Thomas]

Before day break temp 24F now 17F and that's about high for today.

Outside chores done E muffin time.

Plans for today...Push way 1"+ snow from over night,dump run follow by critter food stops,other than than that see what the day brings before date night.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

The biggest sensor problem we have with the F150 is the Tire Pressure Sensor units in the tires! I wash/oil my filter twice a year, it seems to do the job. But I am only putting about 3000 miles a year on the truck, so it is getting cleaned every 1500 miles or so, which probably makes a big difference. I use ATF to oil the filter, it seems to be the same stuff and much cheaper!

Did you notice the huge particle count at the start of the ProjectFarm tests when the K&N filter was clean? As others here have pointed out, they don't start working well until they are partially clogged up. Every time you clean and re-oil the filter, you're dosing the engine with another slug of dirt. You may not notice the damage at first, but I'd expect such an engine to start using more and more oil as the miles piled up toward 100K. $.02..

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 36F @ 4:15AM. Rain and wind early...then remaining cloudy with showers in the afternoon. Potential for heavy rainfall. High 48F. SE winds at 20 to 30 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall near a half an inch.
The radar is showing snowfall to the west, north, and east of here, just a hundred or so feet up in elevation. Also a big glob of yellow to the west, the heavy rain the forecast mentioned. Might see snow on the ground here, but probably not.

Uneventful trip to town yesterday, other than it was spitting snow when I got up the hill to CA70. It was back to rain a couple miles later, literally down the road.

Found a sale on beef roasts at the grocery store, so snagged a couple and pressure cooked one when I got home. Threw in a big bunch of wild rice half way through and the meat came out super tender. Perfect warm up for a cold winter evening.

Not sure what I'll get into today, maybe get TurboTax loaded and take a swing at taxes. Not in any hurry, as the longer I wait, the better the chance that the Congress critters'll get off their butts and pass tax relief on the Fire Victim Trust payments, saving me the chore of refiling if they don't get around tuit before the filing deadline.

TGIF gang!

 

[Popgadget]

Did you notice the huge particle count at the start of the ProjectFarm tests when the K&N filter was clean? As others here have pointed out, they don't start working well until they are partially clogged up. Every time you clean and re-oil the filter, you're dosing the engine with another slug of dirt. You may not notice the damage at first, but I'd expect such an engine to start using more and more oil as the miles piled up toward 100K. $.02..

Yup. It looks like the K&N relies on accumulated dirt to act as filter media. There really is no magic bullet. You can’t get free flow and good filtration, those goals are at odds with each other. The trick is to find a balance that is acceptable.