Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

Drinking hot cup of coffee. 19° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 46° with plenty of sun. Did not get shop cleaned up. But did get tools put were they belong in shop, pole barn and cellar. Will do cleanup for sure today. Did manage to watch NASCAR without falling asleep. In my corner of the world the right team won.
Yesterdays sunset.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
did not sleep well, too much going on this morning.
I expected propane tank to run out last night which would be terminal to plants when 20 degrees
out. So every hour or two I woke up to check the temp, that got old.
this morning I am off early to fill up two tanks, then get everything watered well, as I'm leaving later this morning
for Delaware to go visit friends overnight.

these are my childhood friends who have made the trip to West Coast five times in last ten years, and have a
wonderful experience with knowing what is worth seeing and what isn't. We will log into the trip software I have
and follow my route West and back. Will be taking lots of notes.

dropped my other friends off at Trenton airport yesterday, that place is sure a pleasure compared to Philadelphia or
Newark. Of course it's about one quarter the size; almost seems odd to see such big jets there.
when I pulled up to let them off, there was only one other car there unloading.
and for sure no one blowing a whistle to tell you to keep it moving.
I'm told it only gets crowded when the planes come in.

gas prices going up again, hope I can get it a little cheaper in DE.

I can't stop yawning, guess I'll be getting my friends to make me a pot of coffee this afternoon.

 

[Thomas]

5F clear sky might reach 30F.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...8 hours at part store after that .

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 7 going to 32°F. Wind NE 11 mph. Mainly cloudy.

Yesterday I spent 3 hours cleaning this place up from the 16" dump of snow the day before. Got the neighbours all cleaned up and gave the driveway enough of a cleaning to pass a VW as long as you didn't mind backing in and driving out. lol

I pushed all the banks back and opened up one of the snow dumps I use. Took 3 hours. 30 minutes of that was warming up the hydraulics.

In spring I will see how much three loads (15 ton to the load) of Granular "A" gravel will cost me tailgate spread.
Granular "A" is 3/4" stone with lots of sand in it.
I have a roller that has a crack in it. I will patch the crack and although it was a water roller, it will become a cement roller after I fill it with cement. I will tow it with the Z-turn. I know I can pack the driveway down as hard as concrete.

There was A gravel down on the driveway 30 years ago, then 10 years ago I put pitrun on top of it because the A disappeared into the mud.

Not much on my plate for today, so maybe energy conservation.

Have a safe day all

 

[riptides]

21 outside, heading to upper 40's. Should be a nice and sunny day, like yesterday.

Road trip to airport day before yesterday, got daughter from overseas flight. The interesting thing is she seems to have caught a tailwind and arrived 30 minutes earlier than anyone expected. Thanks to flightaware, I was there.

Still working on Milk House, today is Redgard day. A water proofing sealant.

Wife not doing to well, sinus issue. Been trying to see a ENT for over a month now. Antibiotics not helping.

Hope all have a good start to the week, be safe.

 

[plowhog]

Everyone stay well and safe.

Beautiful sky pix Ron, thanks!

35F headed to 50 in Beautiful Northern Nevada.

It's still snowing in the Sierras, but very little landing in Nevada.

Here's a trail cam pix from last year of some "new arrivals" ...

 

[Helogabals]

Good day (already lunchtime here) !


Had quite a busy days, didn't check in. You guys are being productive
Hope to read something later afternoon

For beginning - little snow in the morning, now already gone

Yesterday morning was very beautiful sunrise, just like Ron's sunset, but with more clouds. Was running around no phone in pocket (recently got new iwatch ultra with LTE, so phone more lays on desk ), 10 min later already gone, so no pics

Wow! What an interesting first glance at the GM thread! Wagtail is roasting at over 100F and Helo is still shivering in freezing rain and Plowhog is at 26F. The rest of us are glad the SB is over and Butkicker really did that by drilling a 57 yarder in the third quarter. (I read that this morning. I did not watch the game.)

I'm already on my second cup of coffee this morning at 41F and sunny at almost 8am.

M7040, your pictures of Ukraine children kidnapped by Russia reminded me of all the Israeli children taken hostage and murdered by *****. Many have not been returned to their parents. Maybe I will post some pictures of those atrocities later.

Looking forward to a very productive day today and I hope everyone has a great day!

Here February should be much colder. Thaw at this time is not so common

Can only agree, war is ugly.
Sometimes when I start to think, now it is enough, we have reached bottom, no way to fall more down, but then still russians surprises.
Recent events with POW killings in broad daylight

I bet it's more sensible in Europe. Helo, do they sell propane by the liter only? Do you call your barbecue size grill a 20 pounder?
because a 100 pounder is only 23 gallons.

that's all the math I want to do. Sun is over the yard arm. Time to fuss in the kitchen.

Man, I have seen your destroyed greenhouse... Sorry for this

For propane you are right. For grill we have 2 options: "small" (5 kg = 19€) or "big" - (10 kg = 27 €)
that blue word "Apmaiņa" means - exchange

Propāna baloni | Latvia Industrial Gas Store

Propāns vai sašķidrinātā naftas gāze (LPG) tiek izmantota dažādiem pielietojumiem, sākot ar ēdiena gatavošanu un grilēšanu, līdz pat karsēšanas darbiem un citiem rūpnieciskās ražošanas procesiem.

www.linde-gas.lv

In that webshop you can find there are some specific sizes, but frankly I never have seen them IRL. Probably they are for users like you - greenhouses, restaurants.
Anyway - propane always been sold on weight. that's way how consumer can control, how good bottles are filled

~~~~~~~~~'
Still no luck with heater. Got email from Tesla:
The issue this part has been on shortage all around Europe so to get it might have to wait 4-10 weeks.

Best Regards,
.
.
All these parts are allocated for Service visits as they are priority.
We can place an order and see when it will arrive.
.
.
Price is 482.66 + VAT, ETA is unknown, possibly in March.
.
.
These parts are booked for service visit in all Europe, so the ETA is basically waiting for new batch of parts to arrive to service centers.
There is nothing I can do to make it faster.


So those bastards are pushing me into their service
Don't like to drive into cold car, so I have no other option than surrender. Scheduled service for 28/02. That means 8 h trip to Helsinki, with ferry from Tallinn etc. God, start to hate that car already
To be fair, for 120k km driven that's first time I have to visit service.
But still
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From plans you might be interested - will pull trigger on PRO Husqvarna 545
Those big birches and aspens will not jump into my wagon themselves


That's about it !
Have a nice one !

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
18° out there this morning. Sky is clear, wind is calm. Forecast is to remain the same with a high in the upper thirties.

Oddfellows meeting was uneventful other than having to reprogram a thermostat. Not sure why it lost its mind, probably dead backup batteries and a power outage. I installed new batteries and reprogrammed it. Seems to be fine now. It was running a random schedule previously.

Today I’m going out to breakfast with my wife to meet a prior coworker and her husband. Not a lot planned after that, but I’m sure I’ll stay occupied.

 

[daugen]

Helo, they charge by the gallon here, but it also calculates the weight and prints that on slip.
3.99 a gallon. 3.49 at bulk gas distributor, long drive
guess I'll keep supporting Tractor Supply
Next year will get big bottles the propane company can come out and fill at lower cost.
Am thinking two 100 pounders ganged together, maybe they have to be 120's.
that seems to be the "pro" size.
This all has to be temporary so I can remove it.

all packed, killing time before I get to TSC. They open at 8am, I'll be there shortly thereafter.
At least one can sit in a warm car until they come out.

greenhouse looks much better now, lot of the jumbled plants coming back, have another completed flat
of up potted plants ready to go in, but will wait til I get home.

had too many Burpee bush beans so I put some in a small baggie and will take
them for my friend's garden in DE. They love to grow beans.
I also am taking them a tiny pot of newly hatched pink impatiens

we are headed out somewhere nice for dinner tonight.

 

[Buppies]

26.8 was low high in 50s dry until Thursday when rain showers appear

Doctor office called yesterday surgery moved to this coming Monday this should be fun. Then 2 weeks of doing nothing

Prayers for all our Country

 

[Buppies]

Be safe on trip Drew

Thanks for Zoe pictures PopG

 

[LouNY]

Morning all;
It was a nice brisk 8F this morning earlier up to 11F now.
About time for a breakfast sandwich and then to go visit a urologist this morning always a fun time.
A little bit of snow on the ground from this weekend, was hoping the sun would burn it off a bit faster but a bit of gravel showing and a dusting of ash and it's passable. Time to start shopping around for about 50 to 80 feet of gutters for the house along with leaf shields and heat, oh boy$$$$.
All get well and stay healthy.

 

[m7040]

good morning, 27 going to 46 today with sun and clear day

Ordered groceries yesterday and will pick up this morning. Wife went a little overboard 500 dollars and about 400 after discounts

D sent us a video of her friend's (nearby in Arlington VA) front door being kicked by 3 teens in the middle of the night. It is a pretty upscale neighborhood. It is a thing going around there by teens. Where are the parents?

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Guys,
Ct, 12 to start going to 36 ! Nice sunny day, hopefully the sun stays out !

Bill it sounds like you are buried up there in Northern Ontario !

Will try and get a long walk in later this morning when it warms up a bit ! Kathleen has kid watching duties today, she may bring them to our house this afternoon, so big mess by tonite !

Looks like a work day for tmrw and we are hoping to make our way up to Vt Thursday afternoon/ evening! I would like to finish turning the two short tapers on the rocker front legs before we go. That way I can bring them back to my shop in Vermont!

Other than that, not much going on other than our FD drill tonite !

Mike, hope your wife starts to feel better, and our prayers to Buppies and his wife !

Hope all have a great day !

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 39˚F heading to 77˚ sunny skies, South wind.

Today in sign language class we will have to tell the class our weekly chores in ASL. I'll be signing about cutting and planting potatoes, I just need to check the book on a few more words.

Later this afternoon will be doing insurance mandated PT on shoulder a requirement before a MRI. I hate it when Insurance companies play dr. and dictate treatment - not their job and a waste of time and money.

Helo you should report the Tesla parts fiasco on the EV Thread here on TBN. The parts and service availability are a concern of many.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 17 going to 40 and sunny.
First phase of closet rebuild complete. Some shelves moved and chest is in.
Now to get son to put everything away so I can move clothes rod as last step.
Bed arrives today and need to get part built to swap with old bed and figure out where old bed goes until we find a place for it to end up.

I use Dell Win 11 phonelink and Samsung S23 for photos. I have an iphone for work and rarely use it. I never need to resize, all taken care of for me.

Door into garage framed, last of the supports covered. a few small panel bits and the one window frame left and then some corner metal and bracing and on to the shelf project for the garage. So close to done, finally.

By then it'll be more outside projects, looking forward to that and getting rid of all the construction waste.

Be well.

After removing four bags of stuff from closet and the left over is now moving into the new drawers. Still need to move the hanger rod and maybe one of the shelves. But almost done. And I didn't make a mess as most of the work done in the garage and brought up for dry fit then install.

 

[daugen]

Don, I think it's neat you are learning ASL.

bottle filled at TSC, fresh bottle hooked up,
flame set on low, hope it's there when I return

there really is no attractive way to get to Delaware.
I'm doing 202 South to 309 South to Turnpike because I see all kinds of red near the 611 area.
202 is a little more scenic but still it all bottle necks down to 95 til I get off on 1 in DE.
I'll wave to Engineer, he's down that way.

time to go

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Got bill to renew my personal email service, and it went up $100 from last time. It’s more than doubled in price over 12 yrs of using it.
So Spent yesterday setting up new email service that lets me use my private domain.
Doesn’t work quite like I expected, and so far emails to private domain still going to old server, despite DNS changed. That means DNS hasn’t updated yet, or it didn’t accept the change
But I imported all of the old emails fine.

Good night sleep. Still had the sweating, but not as bad. 1 more antibiotic to take tonight.
I did take recycling out last night, my first chore since getting sick. Today or tomorrow I need to refill pellet box on porch, 1 bag left for tonight. That will be a test.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 55F @ 8:00AM. Partly cloudy this morning. Increasing clouds with periods of showers this afternoon. High 64F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40%.

Saw some plans for car ramps on YouTube and finally got a chance to make up a pair. Just 2x8s three layers deep in a staircase arrangement. I was worried the undercarriage between the front and back wheels of the Camry would hang up on the curb, but it wasn't an issue. Camry now safely behind the fence in the RV parking area.

Also took down a set of shelves the PO had installed in the bonus room and replaced them with a 4'Hx5'W double door cabinet that came out of the garage. It'll make a nice liquor cabinet once I get some melamine for some shelves.

To round out the day I installed a ScanGauge3 in the van so I can keep an eye on transmission temperature and other engine variables. The loads are going to get heavier from here. Don't know enough about what else might be good to watch while towing, but there sure are a lot of sensors on that thing.

Need to get out the big ladder and screw down some roof panels today, not sure what else I'll get up to.

 

[sodamo]

63°F and .06 inches rain.

Need to serious consider another round of mowing should it dry off.

Scag tanks cleaned up really nice. Had to pu length of 1/4 inch fuel line. Dropped off starter at the rebuild shop.

Nice HH in town yesterday.
Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day