Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

pineapple upside down cake sounds pretty good Mostly

I had homemade vegetable soup for an early dinner, was good.

driveway melted fairly well this afternoon, ready for another layer tomorrow.

 

[scott_vt]

I said, hold on now, I bought that for lunch, but I got a feeling if I eat it for lunch, there won’t be a supper.

Good Evening Dennis,
By gosh, I have had that feeling before myself !

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Well, didn't do anything in the shop.... far from it...

Ended up out there, but decided to restack the pellets, low side up on top.... pulled a shoulder and neck muscle. Must have just moved the wrong way.

It was really bothering me, but seems to be better now, 6 hours later. Won't push it tomorrow for sure. I haven't pulled a muscle in years.... forgot that it isn't too pleasant!

---- I really just needed a nap ... that's my story and sticking to it!

A good thing... at least the wind stopped..for the time being.

Have a great evening!

 

[newbury]

no formal training in managing money

I bet a lot of us got that.
My parents let me buy anything I wanted. If I had earned the money.
Their prime rule was set 10% aside for the future.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Friday) morning. Overnight Low of 12.5C and it's presently 25.8C, sunny and fairly calm.

Well, the portaloo problem has been solved as I remembered that there is a local company that rents them. A quick call and the owner said that he can deliver one either today or tomorrow. That's a great outcome as it's a 'last minute' request and the Shire is hosting a Junior Athletics competition on Saturday, which is usually very well attended.

Today I'll be staying pretty close to my mobile phone (re: loo delivery) but I do need to quickly nip into town to pick up a 3 kilo pork shoulder IOT make a pulled-pork for the soiree. The rest of the day will be continuing preps for Sunday. 55+ guests have confirmed so far.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[sodamo]

That's exactly why I stopped using Quicken. I entered the data manually because importing it from the bank was problematic. The entries sometimes had unclear descriptions, leading to confusion when I looked at them later. More importantly, any errors made by the bank or credit card companies would just propagate into the budget app. That said, though, in more than 20 years with Quicken, I never once found an error in either the credit card or bank statements. All the errors were on my end, mostly from fat fingering the numbers on the receipts I entered by hand.

Time sure makes a difference. Been at least 20 years since my Quicken days
This Monarch program is looking really good, not that I was feeling that way 1st few hours. Account input was tedious to me in that I was constantly bombarded with 2 FA requests and codes. Understand, but not my favorite feature. That said, except for my credit union the inputs were flawless. CU only retrieved balance, no transactions. Emailed Monarch support and received instructions in a timely manner and problem solved. Perhaps a mistake on my part but I did all the imports before reviewing the transactions. While programs makes attempt at Categories, their are errors. Once I reviewed and changed a few transactions program began looking better and better.

We only write a couple dozen checks search each year and very very little cash. I can see my role as being more observatory. All my account balances are spot on with my records. Once I update my credit card auto payed to full balance I have no doubt Sophie will find this program useful without worry. Same for the kids.
I can access via the web or app on iPhone or iPad. Kids will be able to use their androids as well.

At this point I think I’ve made a good pick. Still have a few more things to do like savings goals and those transactions.
I foresee less fat finger errors. Hopefully no more chasing that imbalance caused by typing a 5 vs 3 etc.

 

[sodamo]

Back in the day it was pretty common for a spreadsheet or database program to be able to import CSV files. They'd provide an option to map each field in the file to a column in the spreadsheet or cell in the database. Don't the modern apps still have that, too?

Oh yes, that is still a feature. When I had initial non import of my credit union accounts I did a CSV import. Biggest lesson, neither Sophie not the kids would do that too labor intensive. In this case I had to import the CU file into spreadsheet, rebuild spreadsheet into format wanted by Monarch, export that file into CSV and finally import into Monarch. Worked great, but not something you want to do on regular basis. Sophie confirmed when I told her

 

[sodamo]

Wow, thought Quattro was awesome next to Lotus back in the day, but we still integrated Lotus in our project. Probably still have MacInTax tucked away

Wonder if this license is still valid

 

[sodamo]

Did we lose Helos? Hope he realizes not personal, just the subject.
I miss his posts. He brought some value to GM.

 

[Looking4new]

Supper was a pot roast and the carrots the roast was resting/cooking on. No desert, yet.
Another negative night -13°F. A little chilly, eh?

 

[PJSprog]

22°F and cloudy this morning, got up to 38° here today. We've had two days in a row above freezing. I don't hate that. Plunging back down into the teens tonight, and single digit lows the next three nights. Cold snap, pt 2.

I see we meandered into uncomfortable topics again this week. I guess we miss Roy reminding us in large fonts that those topics don't belong here. I also see we managed to overcome it, as we always do. Good people here. Even though I can't seem to get here every day anymore, the GM thread still remains my favorite place on the internet.

Hope everyone is well.

Good evening, gents.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. Light wind day, sky remained clear and high temp was 55ºF. Talked with fidelity about the annuity, bike ride went well, first ride in a week . Tomorrow ride will be in garage as temp will be 20+ degrees cooler. Still need to swap out rear tire on Trek so I can put it in the stationary stand. Took 4 hour to cook the chalupas, eat dinner and wash dishes . Rest of night was catching up. No nap . Can't remember if I posted tractor beam or not, other is the chalupas.
Wednesday morning 8:08 AM CST post:
Paul when you say fire place are you going use standard fireplace, or a stove with large door and incorporate a outside air source ? If standard fireplace look into getting glass door that can be closed during fire burning. I had a see through fireplace like that, it was double wall. Fan blew air though the space, controlled by a furnace blower switch, with the cold air return at other end of house. worked pretty decent. With you skill and blank sheet of paper, I'll bet it will work better.
Ken(tin) glad power not off long.
Scotty those fees just take my breath away.
RNG glad packed to gills mostly good weather. Hope trip south was smooth.
Paul things have changed since 1985
Plowhog that 500K would get me 1700 sq ft home on the lake with very nice features
Ron sorry about the temp and wind, that's cold. Hope you warm up soon. Hope shopping successful.
Ted sorry about the wind. Hope you the shelf project or the lawn maintenance went well.
Dvaid congrats on another mowing round complete. Good luck on budget app.
Bill hope the deoxit on the connector + grease helps the intermittent issue. Warm day here today.
Scott(vt) hope work went well.
Drew fun story.
Buppies do you have aux heat?
Drew interesting thoughts
Drew hope you garden does more than feed the deer
David great story.
Thomas 6,785 miles.
David sorry kids got in over their head. Hope you can get them to budget, and adopt a more stingy outlook on spending.
Ted shelf brackets look great. Hope you got the shelves up today.
David neat story.
Ted good luck with kid's money management.
Randy(wag) glad memorial an town run was good. Sorry no portaloo for party.
Scott(vt) sorry the wood got painted over. They look nice with the nickknacks on top.
Gale glad warm up coming soon. Thanks for giving use the nickle tour, nice to hear the AGM upgrade worked on golf cart.
Don you beat me to it
Dennis how far away is the Wunderground temp sensor?
This morning, 3:48 AM CST posts:
Ron thank for sharing the story on how cold it was. Surprised you could not put mittens back on during the actual pumping. Don't blame you for not going back out in cold today. Nice jay pic
Ron thanks for link. nice music to type to.
Drew batteries will discharge themselves. Never had a blower, can't remember what I have hit with blade give me a few days.
Bill hope the plowing went well. Cat found a plenty warm place as it was. Hope town run went well.
Bill hope the dogie doo didn't cause any damage.
Mike still cold. sorry about frozen hoses. Hope you enjoyed the wifey time.
Phil sorry about the mishaps no driveway markers? Nice wood working projects.
NHBX glad snow control went well. hope you found something interesting to do.
Billy good observation.
Kilroy nice score on ice pellets.
Drew goo idea to exercise the blower.
Kilroy sorry about the ongoing server issues. Glad Harry is happy with current situation. They make pills to help with the gas . Good to hear sap harvest is coming along.
Billy did not know Windows had video editing with AI, which version?
Plowhog impressive encounter with eagles. Neat pic
Don sorry you had to drop Spanish. Hope you won't miss the winter garden too much, but the recent weather would have done a number on it. Hope you can get back to driving soon.
Buppies sorry to hear head stuffed up again. Sorry about no heat in the bedroom, Brrrrrrr.
Masseyrider hope scans went well.
Paul glad snow removal went well at the airport. Hope trip to pick up turbo prop went well.
Scott(vt) hope you had a good day. Sounds like an opportunity rich environment.
RNG hope you can work something out on cold air source.
RNG sorry about the insurance woes.
More catch up tomorrow.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Mark /sister liver transplant and recovery, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[scootr]

Just a beautiful day here, warm and sunny. I finished installing a cleanout midline in the yard drain. Hopefully I can keep it flowing. Followed by cleaning the gutters in preparation for the coming storm. Tri-tip slow cooked in the oven. TGIF tomorrow.

 

[two_bit_score]

We will only have a low of 32f tonight but also only a high of 46f tomorrow.

That beats 11f-22f.

Looking forward to a real nice day tomorrow!

Everyone have a great evening and a great day tomorrow.

 

[scaredychicken]

Greetings Everyone,

wanted to check in again. Winter and Me do not get along well, just saying.

crazy couple of weeks here, and I'm just trying to get through the nasties of winter. My truck got fixed last week, just in time to beat the Severe Winter Storm Weather the next day. It is a 2 wd / RWD so I don't make plans until the roads are plowed, sanded, salted - that takes awhile here. I'm still looking for a small SUV with awd (hopefully a Spring purchase) that is suitable for roadtrips.

Lots of snow in the last 10 days, two snowfall warnings - last week gave us about 40 cms / 16 inches, and the last 2 days a further 35 cms / 14 inches ... lots of seat time on the tractor as a result, but it managed to clear the driveway twice. I'm ready for the jetted tub tonight.

The crazy temperatures of -30C were second only to Alberta with their -50C (YIKES), but we got through it wo warmer temps this morning. More snow coming tomorrow.

Spring is 2 months away (yay), then I can get busy.

Take care, and stay safe

 

[NHBX]

10° now, highs in the mid 20’s today, calm winds and snow showers late morning today.

Didn’t accomplish much yesterday, fueled the tractor, unpacked some ups and mail deliveries and gathered up trash and recycling for a dump run tomorrow.

Not much planned for today, grocery store, top off gas in car, maybe lunch if the Mrs feels like it.

Prayers for those in need
Stay safe and healthy
Enjoy your day everyone

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee cup is full of hot coffee. 15° with snow shower this morning. Heading to 19° with light snow. Did get cans of diesel moved to pole barn. While I had tractor out did some snow pile clean up. Will do a little more cleanup today.
Suet cakes do not last long when this wood pecker is around.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

Did we lose Helos? Hope he realizes not personal, just the subject.
I miss his posts. He brought some value to GM.

I had a good chat with him. I think he was pretty taken back by the negative reaction. He was explaining his concerns, particularly after Sweden just told their whole country to prepare for war. It is a worrisome time in that region and not sure we really can understand the context. Pretty sure he understands this is not personal, he is a very interesting and talented person, just who we want here.

clearly discussing war funding is now off the table. Let's try to be supportive of Helos in other ways.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
25 out now, snow due in soon, will snow all morning, probably about two inches.
normal winter stuff, maybe I can avoid the snow blower again, though I really ought to run it just
to run the machinery.

up too early, like Ron
Ron that's an awesome woodpecker pic. I wouldn't want to get pecked by that determined looking bird.

let's nobody slip and fall in the snow, stay vertical
Ted, hope your back feels better soon

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Awake early to dispose of water. Last night snagglepuss was in bed with me. Heard snow plow go by. Looks like 1” so far looking at the cameras.
23°. Will hit single digits Sunday night, then will hit 50° by end of the week.
Ran up to our Sunday Italian place for a couple pizzas last night, was nice driving at dusk with the snow on. Couple houses still with Christmas lights on. Our long time waitress said, This isn’t Sunday. maybe 10 minute further drive, but better and less expensive pizza. Got a large special that has almost every topping on it. Was good. Now wife will make chili for tonight’s supper.