Good morning!!!!

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 28° this morning, going up to 42°. Clear and sunny.

Got back from Colorado later than expected last night. I was just plain wore out from driving. We stayed later than planned, so all of the driving was in the dark. That probably contributed to the 'being wore out'.

Good trip overall, but went too fast. Did some things around my daughter's house (little maintanance type stuff). She has a Ford Excursion she uses for her family road trips. She went to start it last week and it was dead...not even a click. Jumped it and got it started, but wouldn't stay charged. Looked at the sticker on the battery and it was only 16 months old. We went into Durango and she was able to get it replaced for free under warranty. Works fine now. It was a big deal for her to get it fixed. She'll be bringing the family 'big group' down here for the Holidays.

Today will involve taking some packages to the PO for shipping. Then just take it easy and get some needed rest.

Jay, we had a PO box for probably 20 years. The local boxes are about a mile away at a larger offset type intersection. It seemed they were always being 'taken out' by a non attentive driver failing to negotiate the offset in the road. It only took the powers that be about 15 years to realize they could move the whole cluster back about 100 feet and avoid the situation. I think they probably had replaced the boxes at least 20 times. Since moving them, they haven't been hit. When the POBox fees went up to $72, and the local boxes weren't hit anymore, we opted to do the local box for free....so far so good for about 3 years.

You guys getting the snow / nasty weather, take care, go slow, be careful....no falls or injuries needed!

Drew, glad the Audi did good! Are you missing the tractor yet? Glad the grapple worked out good.

A bit late, but.... Ed, take care. Prayers always. Thanks for letting us know of your absence.

RNG, sounds like a nice plan to get the bike out for a 'holiday ride'. Hopefully your 'smells' have continued to dissipate.

Everyone have a great start to the week, stay safe and warm if need be. Prayers sent.

 

[txdon]

I would be afraid to put wheels all the way around. For the same reason as she does not like the walker with brakes. Will like it will get away from her. Buy the skids in bulk.

Exactly, she goes through $100 of skids and tennis balls every few months, Thats why she needs wheels in the back with friction resistance (so it would not get away from her) that would turn hard instead of scrape and wear down.
I called Kaye medical equipment and they have nothing for adults. Their variable resistance wheels ( exactly what I'm looking for) fit their speciality children's physical therapy walker only.
Adjustable Resistance One-Way Ratchet Rear Wheels

I'm tempted to order a set and see what I can rig up.

 

[jbrumberg]

Don- This site may be of interest to you and your Mom: Press Down U Step II Walker : easy to use brakes The design seems to address some of the challenges of handbrakes for arthritic fingers, hands, and wrists.

I cobbled together walkers and wheelchairs with spare/surplus/used parts. There is a fair amount of standardization with hole spacing and pins. I just wonder if those pediatric wheels would fit your Mom's walker? If the frame tubes are the same diameter.

 

[sodamo]

64° and another .38 inches rain, enough to keep my project muddy

Not sure what the day will bring. Dryness at top of my list.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[jbrumberg]

Ted- I am happy to read that your return home went w/o incident and that you had a good time with family. I hope your knee did not "complain" too much.

The group box I mentioned sits by guardrails at the intersection where it is an inclined curved, sloped poorly, and open for wind gusts and snowdrifts. Due to the usual periods and timing of damage "inattentive" = DUI. Not a lot of choices; it's either hit the guardrail, hit the mailbox cluster, and/or go airborne and it's a serious drop off.:eek

David- I hope that you finally get some dry weather.

RNG- I am looking forward to reading about your trip and your adventures.

 

[ronjhall]

Back from PT. Arm is on ice. Sure hope it goes better in future visits. They were very carful. But it does not take much to get pain started. Little bit at a time should get me back to full motion by spring.

 

[txdon]

Don- This site may be of interest to you and your Mom:

Thanks. I'll see what she thinks of it.

Take it slow and easy Ron, long term goals.

 

[PJSprog]

17°F and clear skies this morning, on it's way up to 39° today. Supposed to get up around 50° the next few days.

Crazy day here at work today. Apparently, my three days off was almost more than they could bear. Sometimes I think I'm the only person in this building who's not deathly afraid of metric measurements. I'll never understand that, as metric is so much simpler. Wondering how they'll fare when the same thing happens this coming weekend.

 

[PJSprog]

Eric, you can assure your puppy that no dogs are harmed in the making of Happy Dogs Hot Sauce. It was named after the three dogs they had when he started making it (all have since passed). Patrick and his wife are both animal nuts, and I believe he donates a portion of his profits to local animal shelters.

Don, I find it not too dissimilar to Tabasco in heat level, which I consider a fairly mild-to-medium sauce. It won't have you seeing Aztec temples or anything.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Eric, an eventful backdrop to a set of hopefully good memories.

CWB, if the windshield is polycarbonate, get a proper sized piloted hole saw. Using some water with Dawn detergent for coolant, drill your pilot hole and then cut about halfway through with the holesaw. Finish from the opposite side.

I like Frank's red hot sauce too.

Don, if only your new friends could see your old trails...

Ron, hang in there and try not to curse when they are pulling on you.