Good morning!!!!

[Eric Salop]

My mother said Dr. Higgins said he could never eat a squirrel because their anatomy was too similar to a human's.

Bird, sounds like a cover story to hide a bad drug trial - did this patients wake up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed after taking his medicine ? :laughing:

 

[RoyJackson]

2019-01-06, 0706

29 right now...high in the lower to mid 30's today.

Wifey and step-daughter are heading to the Manchester NH airport about noon. They're going to Florida for a week to visit relatives. I'll be babysitting Bella...or, maybe she'll be babysitting me for a week

 

[Eric Salop]

Yet another dry day for us, I still have a pile of paperwork to do but this weather is too good to miss being outside. My wife has me down for moving soil and filling holes in the driveway, while I want to get on with collecting wood that should have been split and stacked long ago. Not sure which of those will still be on the list unless I carry on after dark.

Wouldn't take long to get in this with an angle grinder, but thought some of you may like to see this absolutely stunning craftsmanship.Forged and Filed on Vimeo
Kyle, maybe next time it's quiet at work ... ?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 45F @ 3:45AM. Periods of rain. High 43F. Winds SSE at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 100%. 1 to 2 inches of rain expected. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.

As predicted, Mother Nature dropped 0.55" of rain yesterday, then tried to dry it all out with 42 MPH winds. It's been rockin' and rollin' outside ever since, with more on the way today.

On last week's trip, I had the privilege of purchasing gasoline in Big Sur at $6.59/gallon. I told my buddy we should gas up in Morro Bay that morning after breakfast because it would be cheaper, but I had no idea it was twice the price up the coast. Good thing we only had room for four or five gallons. And the road was open. Yesterday's rains and the fires around Malibu have Highway 1 closed again there.

I also saw my first gas pump offering E85 in the Los Angeles area. No motorcycle made is approved by any manufacturer for use with 15% ethanol gas, and it'll kill most small engines as well. I just don't understand why the country is going that way with all the new oil recovery techniques now in place.

Sounds like somebody forgot to wet the filter gasket with oil, Kyle. Good help is hard to find. I would have been tempted to have the dealer make a service call, on his nickel.

Was texting back and forth with my tech guru buddy yesterday because the cell reception is so bad here. Then decided to call him to demonstrate just how bad. Noticed that the iPhone was using WiFi calling, and he suggested that could be pert of the problem. Turned it off, and reception on his end was much better. Too much satellite latency to use the Internet for telephone calls here. So he suggested I reconsider the Verizon Jetpak for internet service. I'd already installed an app called OpenSignal on the iPhone, which claims to point to the direction of the nearest cell tower, and measure the signal strength. It can also make bandwidth measurements. When it found a 4G signal (same as LTE), bandwidth was twice what I get with the satellite. But 4G was intermittent, and on 1G bandwidth dropped to half that of satellite. He suggested getting the JetPak with an antenna jack, then hooking up a Yagi antenna to it. I'd already planned to call Verizon Monday to see if they'll tell me the direction to point my current 3G Yagi antenna/cell amplifier, as it doesn't seem to be working as well as it did before the fire and I suspect they've had to replace some cell towers. That should be a merry chase up the support ladder, but if I can find the right person, I should be able to get a better idea on whether or not the JetPak would work at my location. I'm well beyond my two year commitment period with HughesNet, and would switch in a heartbeat if the cell signal is reliable and the unlimited data plan really turns out to be truly unlimited. Apparently the "unlimited" cell phone plan chokes the data rate down once a customer exceeds 20-30Gb of data in a month, but the JetPak data plan doesn't. At least according to my guru...

Speaking of bad reception, the satellite Internet signal has been fading in and out with the heavy clouds and rainfall. I wonder if cell reception is similarly effected?

Glad you're retraining Brogen to stop his knee blocks, Jay. Until he's completely broken of them, though, can you try to land on him to break your fall?

That's more snow than I'd ever want to deal with, Ted, and a big reason why I resisted efforts by my company to transfer me to Albuquerque. One manager I knew that did move found out the first winter that his BMW M3 was pretty much useless after the first snowfall up where you are at.:laughing::laughing::laughing:

Thanks for the reminder, Wng, need to pick up tax software at Costco on the next visit to town.

Yesterday I noticed an exceptionally large pile of manzanita berry laden scat on the back patio. Bigger than anything a fox would leave, and now I'm wondering if a coyote has moved in. Checked the trail cam and pics from Jan 2 don't show it, but it's there on Jan 3. But no pics of the pooper. Now I'm wondering if I've got a bad trail cam as well...

Hope everyone enjoys what's left of the weekend!

 

[toppop52]

I looked at my tax papers, online records and such yesterday, got a cup of coffee and watched football instead.
36 now, might hit 50 later, rain ended finally, until tomorrow.
Starting Sunday routine, grocery pickup, visit both moms, meds for family members sorted, full day.
Prayers and great days for all.

 

[Thomas]

31F cloudy upper 30's for high.

We went look at 1950 Farmall Cub yesterday said in great condition,I guees what gentleman means in great condition doesn't match mine...rough...what a shame. had nice dinner out.
Plans for today... Mrs. to super market,just putter,check game cams,might go for tractor ride,watch late football game.
Time feed little critters so I better get at it.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Buppies]

47 high close to 60 today much cooler tomorrow and no chance of rain for next 6 days or so good deal

Pattern change for weather winter no winter the guessers are up in the air best guess wait and see if it gets cold again for any length of time in the east

Prayers for all in need silent or spoken

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Wouldn't take long to get in this with an angle grinder, but thought some of you may like to see this absolutely stunning craftsmanship.Forged and Filed on Vimeo
Kyle, maybe next time it's quiet at work ... ?

I just hope the owner keeps a copy of the video to watch so he can still work the lock when he gets older...:laughing:

 

[riptides]

28 up here, going to 55. Quite a swing. Sky cleared late yesterday, looks to be clear this AM too. Sun just popped over the trees so the pastures are bathed in sunshine.


Contentment - wngsprd - Excellent!

Will move some hay around today, work on the run-in, and putz around. Need to pickup some sticks, that's always an hour of bending over and walking to the burn pile. Not much else on the list for today.

Looks like Monday, I'll need to start another job search. Crazy times.

Enjoy the day all, be safe!

 

[Looking4new]

And this year I'm going to wrap my fig trees if the temps are under ten degrees at night. Last year they all died to the ground, came back slowly, but produced worse than the year before. There are only three small trees so I can wrap some plastic around them. I remember using peach baskets as a kid for this on little plants.

I always like Sunday mornings. Like an extra dose of peace and contentment.
Prayers for those in need.

My fig tree has only produced 3 figs in 5 years. It has two on it now.