Good morning!!!!

[CWB Wyo]

It looks like -5° this morning for the low. It was in the mid teens for the high yesterday and partly cloudy. It's going to be mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers this afternoon and the wind 10-20 mph with the high in the teens. They are saying we could get a few inches of snow overnight.

The defroster fix didn't work yesterday so it's back to the drawing board. I have another idea if I can find the parts and pieces. The heater works pretty good I had it up 65° in the ranger yesterday when I went for a ride. It just takes it a little while to get there.

Making the weekly trip to town this morning. The wife is going down to SLC for a week to do some house setting. I'll have breakfast with her before she goes down.

Hope everyone has a nice day.
CWB.

 

[PJSprog]

29°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 45°. Expecting some rain tomorrow night and into Saturday, but the high Saturday will be near 60°. May get to finish painting that guitar this month after all.

Thanks for the recipe, wngsprd. As Randy already noted, anything other than lamb is actually cottage pie, which is what we always make with ground beef. Looking forward to trying the southwestern version.

Good luck to those entering the Yanmar giveaway. Honestly, I don't know that we have room in the barn for another tractor. Besides, better to leave it to someone who might need a new tractor (the LS is not even three years old yet).

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning Everyone!!!!

Yesterday’s initial snowfall was really interesting. As it fell through the dry air column it evaporated. Snowing/not snowing at the same time. One could stick their arm/hand out for the falling snow and not feel anything. A perfect example of sublimation. And no I had not ingested any bronchodilator products.

Today’s low was 20ºF. It looks like 1.5” of snow/sleet fell before being covered by a layer of ice. It looks like .10” of ice coating. 28ºF presently and I may see temps rise into the low 40ºF’s.

Buppies- I hope you got your power back and downed trees across the driveway removed.

David- Nice work. Thanks for sharing your project.

Don- Thank you for the cardiac information. Our town’s safety complex is ~2 miles down the road and staffed by a small (one) full time PO and volunteer fire/ambulance personnel. With my 2 pulmonary 911’s the first responders were on site in <5 minutes. When my wife presented what looked like a cardiac event the first 2 responders were also on site in under 3 minutes, the first ambulance arrived ~5 minutes and the second in ~10 minutes. By the time the second (transporting) ambulance arrived there were a dozen first responders in our living room. It turns out Wifey had a pan-colitis event. It’s a 23 mile run to any of the 3 “local” hospitals. Those first responders saved my life.

Roy- I am happy to read that Suzette continues her recovery.

Billy- Thanks for sharing Myla’s SW Shepard’s Pie. My Wife cooks a Cajun variation usually w/o corn and now uses ground turkey.

Phil- Enjoy the FL weather while you can and I hope you shake your respiratory illness. I wish you a safe return.

RNG- Great news on the apparent fix of that intermittent electrical craziness.

I hope that everyone is having a decent day today.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 25, going up to 38 today, snow likely tonight. Winter storm warning goes into effect tonight until Saturday morning. Already snowing in the west and the Four Corners area. They are supposed to get 20+ inches. The weather guessers are not 'predicting' the amounts for our area....ussually not a good sign.

As an active paramedic, it is proven that AED's and early CPR intervention have increased the 'out of hospital' survival rate of cardiac arrest. One has to remember these studies lump ALL uses of AED's into the statistics, doesn't matter if it was used in the city or rural. Naturally, the closer proximity to an appropriate facility, the greater the survival rate. There are SO MANY VARIABLES, not one case is similar to another.

Another aspect of 'survival' is the time, as Don mentioned. Our service has 35-40 ALS (advanced life support) units on the street 18 hours a day, about 15-20 units between 01:00 to 05:00. A really good chance that a unit will be on scene within 4-5 minutes or less. These units have the capability to do EVERYTHING the ER would do in a cardiac arrest situation. We actually stay on scene and treat for up to 45 minutes. Also, the city fire dept responds, staffed with at least 2 paramedics and full equipment. They ussually get on scene about a minute sooner. If transport does take place, the unit may drive past 2 hospitals to go to an appropriate cardiac treatment facility.

As Don mentioned, the KEY is EARLY RECOGNITION OF THE SIGNS!. Better to get checked out than ignore the signs. The typical signs may not be present at all, sometimes are different, sometimes are only slight.

In my case, I experienced 'a pain' in my shoulder blade. It occured right after I loaded a patient into the ambulance. I thought I pulled a muscle. The pain was intermittent and not really severe. I got off duty an hour later and went home. I woke up about every hour for the next 4 hours with the same pain...not worse, no different areas. On the last time I was awakened, NOW I KNEW! Sweating, nausea, same pain but not going away. I called 911, took aspirin, and waited for what now seemed an eternity. Our local EMS is paid, staffed 24/7, and are 7 miles away. Took them 10 minutes to get here. Transport to the appropriate hospital takes 40 minutes (we are rural, up in the mountains). About 12 minutes away from the hospital, I went into cardiac arrest. There was only 1 medic in the back with me. He started CPR, and was able to 'shock' me once (defibrillated). I came back just as we arrived at the ER. I went into arrest again at the hospital during a catheterization procedure.

I'm here, no cardiac damage. The cardiologist has no idea what caused the clot to form in my heart. I had a complete physical including bloodwork just 2 weeks earlier. The bloodwork showed 'book perfect' levels of cholesterol, sugar levels, etc... The cardiologist stated that I had the coronary arteries of a 35 year old! To this day, no arrhythmias, no further incidents, no high B/P, no ???

To sum this all up....pay attention to what your body is telling you! You never know!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Drew, good luck with the MRI today, hope they don't see anything out of place!

Roy, hope the wifey is doing ok and will be home soon!

David, nice progress on the project....what's next?

RNG, glad you found that gremlin....it's always something difficult to find, but ends up being simple, but a PIA non the less!

Everyone have a great day! Prayers sent.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Jay.....are you sure you didn't ingest anything you shouldn't have? You repeated three times.... A "groundhog day" event?

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Randy, is the tree service coming out to clear your drive ? Really big pine....

Buppies, any pics? You know without pics it didn't happen....

 

[jbrumberg]

Ted-

Yes & no. I got up way early this AM due to neuropathy and a complaining knee. I got lost in some strange cut and paste sequence trying to post here. The knee discomfort is new; it has not been an issue since the injury. I've really not done anything to PO the knee yet.

It seems that I had a long run of "Groundhog Days" recently

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Ok, now am I nuts....Jay, did you correct your post or did I just imagine that?


......ok, now I see...

 

[jbrumberg]

Ted- You are definitely not nuts. I was surprised to see how my original post posted. I am long winded on a "good" day. A forced reading of my posts in triplicate would be considered both cruel and unusual.