Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

45 now and not going any higher. Should see some rain and then snow.

Hoping to get some bush hogging done before the rain hits.

Kev FTN, nice catch at the auction...I think I have seen Ritchie Bros on a RFD channel TV show...big tractors and equipment.

Roasted some coffee yesterday, then took Coco for a nice long hike at the battlefield park, and then went with wife Costco shopping and to Tex-Mex for some chile relleno. Glad I haven't had any known ill effects from coffee...I do love a couple of mugs each morning. Research shows many beneficial health qualities, but I know the caffeine can sometimes be a problem.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Don never got to PVC's, but caffeine was sending me to the water closet every hour. Now only 1 or 2 cups of 50/50 mix of regular and decaf in the morning plus iced tea when we eat out.

Kev nice tank

Ed before the wife and I moved to Texas last June we had 3 acres and a nice house on a hill (for 30 yr). Now we live in a house 1/3 smaller and 1/3 acre lot. Still have stuff to divest ourselves of. :ashamed: :confused2:

Thanks,
I have to admit this has me stressed. For the first 30 years I had 707 ac of family land + Uncle and grandpa had another 500 Ac on each side of us. Driveway was 9/10 of a mile long and if you went to the right spot you could see a pole light over 2 miles away. Moved around and ended up on 2.27 ac with another 3 ac or so to take care of for my wife's mother. The place we are moving to is tiny. The shop will fill the back yard and there is a good 20' on each side between houses. BUT I have been having PVC's or something ever since they messed with my BP meds. They raised the dose and my heart went nuts, I quit taking it and it stopped. Went on another and it went nuts again. 3 or 4 rounds of that and we found one that seemed to work. After a few years my heart went nuts and stayer that way. Fluttering feeling in my chest and always short of breath. Have no way to afford insurance so..... Downsizing looks like the only choice we have. Need a bigger house for the med equipment we have to have and for peace for my brother in law. Should hear last bit we need today to finish deal.

We have a morning temp of 47 and the hige today should be about 44. 100% chance of snow taday with up to 1/2" on the ground same tonight. Ed

 

[Eric Salop]

You're working up to a D-.:teacher:
Is the grading system in the UK the same as here - A,B,C,D,F with a possible pluss or minus after each?

Thanks, I would offer an :apple: for the teacher, but unsure if in your country that is now classified as attempted bribery and get me deported.


Generally exam grades are by letter, with A* (pronounced as A star) being the top grade.

The advice for the last exams I took at school was to always write down how you worked the answer out, then you could still be given a few marks, even if the answer was incorrect. Not sure if that still applies.

For many years I have worked as an engineer, again you have to show the working out - this time to keep the ISO9001 quality assessors happy. Strangly, most of them don't seem to worry if the answer is right or wrong, although customers can get quite pickey about that sort of thing.

Now I'm involved with agriculture, I found the external assessor couldn't care less that you have the correct answer, but they will beat you with the biggest financial stick they can swing if your working out is not in accordance with Appendix 3, 5 & 6 of every document in their posession. Can't be long before they teach pointless bureaucracy as a school subject in it's own right. Rant over, I feel much better now

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning. It's overcast here and a little chilly in the easterly wind, but thankfully still dry. Not sure if it's just wishful thinking, grass looks as if it is finally starting to grow.

RNG That must be why they call it a tether, because they knew that you would be at the end of it by the time you got it working. I know that house clearing at a distance feeling. In my case I didn't quite finish and ended up offering the buyers, who hadn't much spare cash, all the contents in exchange for them doing the work, which fortunately they accepted.

 

[Buppies]

46 this morning and that's the high for the day rain this afternoon snow tonight but wet sloppy stuff off to look at jobs this morning

 

[Thomas]

17F clear sky upper 30's for high.
No lawn raking today ground frozen but not frozen enough to use tractor for heavy work,think I'll take wildlife walk see what I can see.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[daugen]

heat back on, a/c off, cooler day, 53 going to 67 in rain headed our way later this morning.
i'm going to try to get the burn pile lit since there is little wind and rain is coming. I always like Mother Nature to put out the ashes, if she will...

Windsprd, are you roasting your own green beans? Now you have me curious...can you explain the equipment used, how much you roast at one time? The house must smell fabulous...assuming one likes coffee and we know we both do.

Geez all these heart issues to worry about. Let's see, I can't eat sugar, I can't eat added salt, I can't eat fat and if I drink my favorite coffee, admittedly to a bit of excess (my arthritis meds make me a little groggy and the coffee does a great job keeping me sharp) (he thinks...) well then my heart is going to be going wild. The good thing is, I don't think I've ever had a PVC or heart murmur or whatever they are. But if I did I think it would worry me. Very important muscle to keep happy...

Don, in that thread I started named Diabetes, I asked what I could eat to get good protein, that was low carbs and low fat. And of course delicious, easy to prepare, etc and if possible, not from animals.
I can get rid of the fat easily, but not the carbs, and seemingly vice versa. I'm reading the labels on everything now...am amazed how much sugar is snuck in there as ingredient three four or five.

When food shopping I bought a few Atkins meals that were on sale. Seems if you eat two of them you might get a real portion...I'm 220 pounds and a six ounce dinner is not going to cut it.

Firmed up plans to drive back up to PA on Monday, after most of the crummy weather has passed, to pick up my travel trailer on Tuesday. Then The Longest Day trying to bring it home, likely over ten hours. And then, he said with tongue in cheek, when I have my trailer parked in my front yard I'll look just like a native Carolinian. I'm likely to store it at one of the mini storage places nearby, though I'm looking down at my barn, eyeballing the two open shed roofs on each end, and wondering if the trailer will fit under one of those shed roofs. I don't think I have enough height. The Kubota will just fit under with the cab, maybe...but I think the a/c unit of the trailer would meet its demise. Sure going to measure that carefully...would be really neat to get the unit under cover. Rubber roof will last longer out of the sun for sure.

 

[sam5570]

Good morning the temp started out 43 now it's down to 40 and rain.I work in shop today lawn mowers need some work sharpen some saw chains and clean up some.My wife reminded me she needs her vehicle serviced i gave her walmarts number but that didn't work well so guess i do that to. everyone have a great day.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 64° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 87° with lots of sun. Still under the weather with a cold/allergies. Another day staying in and away from others.
Good Morning All.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! Wind at 20mph from the north as our temps dropped 20˚ overnight with no rain. 48˚ and cloudy.

Drew, if I had diabetes I would trust Dr. Barnard for the best info avalible. I have heard him speak on several occasions and he has a book out named "Dr. Neal Barnards's Program for reversing Diabetes". It is suppose to be three times more effective than the American Diabetes Association dietary guidelines at controlling blood sugar. It also has about 50 recipes.

 

[toppop52]

I've been diabetic for about 20 years, diagnosed in 2000. Of everything ever tried, losing 20% of body weight and exercise are the only things that kept me of meds.

 

[txdon]

Good morning again! Exciting morning for the Whip. An Intruder! FULL ALERT! WARNING! WARNING!

 

[txdon]

Go get'em Whipper!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning! 35F @ 11:15AM. Cloudy with rain and snow showers early changing to mainly rain showers for the afternoon. High 42F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%.

it's snowing outside right now, with maybe as much as an inch predicted to accumulate. Not supposed to last, though, but it will make the Easter Egg Hunt going on across the street at the Coon Hunter's Club a bit more of a challenge.:laughing:

I may be in Ohio, but my body is still on west coast time. Can't seem to get to sleep until midnight, or wake up much before nine.

Got the siding repairs done yesterday, then tried to get the flagpole up. Found the hole, but the liner wouldn't let the pole sink far enough to give good support. Thinking I could just dig the liner up with a few shovel fulls of earth, the first one hit concrete and the battle was on. After looking all over the garage and basement, I finally found a digging bar leaning against the wall under the back porch, and fifteen minutes later the concrete was out of the hole. Monday I'll snag a couple bags of fence post cement and a piece of PVC at the Depot and that job should be done.

If you think you have irregular heartbeat, please do get it checked out by a doctor. A good doctor. My mother complained about it for years, only to have her heart go into fibrillation. That allowed blood clots to form in the chambers, and when it started beating normally again on its own, they were thrown to all corners of her body. That caused a stoke in her brain, kidney problems, and other issues. Not something to mess with AT ALL.

Speaking of the Coon Hunter's Club, they've agreed to host the auction needed to clear the contents of this house. I haven't seen the place yet, but hopefully will get a tour and meet some of the club officers later today. They also have a beer license, just the thing to get the crowd loosened up and the bids flowing :laughing:

Hope everyone enjoys the weekend...

 

[daugen]

RNG, snow? keep it please, though I've got yellow snow coming down, amazing pine pollen dump that hopefully will get washed away by the incoming rain.

Don, marvelous pictures, nice job.

 

[farmer2009]

41 this morning and headed to 50 today. No rain so far.

Haven't decided what to do today. If this rain continues to hold off I may go finish my seeding project. Otherwise it's off to the chicken coops with the washer.

 

[daugen]

Good morning! Wind at 20mph from the north as our temps dropped 20˚ overnight with no rain. 48˚ and cloudy.

Drew, if I had diabetes I would trust Dr. Barnard for the best info avalible. I have heard him speak on several occasions and he has a book out named "Dr. Neal Barnards's Program for reversing Diabetes". It is suppose to be three times more effective than the American Diabetes Association dietary guidelines at controlling blood sugar. It also has about 50 recipes.

No animal fat or protein, eat all the low glycemic-index carbs you want, and reduce all fats as much as possible.
So this is a super low fat diet that seems to consider animal fat as the worst possible fat to eat.
It appears if one is willing to undertake what could only be considered a radical change in diet can one accomplish
much here. Seems to be all or nothing, and some camps say no sugar and some camps say no fat.
Sensibly we should avoid both. But eliminate altogether? I'm not ready for vegan.

Perhaps like many, hoping not to have a medical event that demands a radical change in what is comfortable and known.
Perhaps wishful hoping...

I can easily say I have changed what I eat based on what I have learned here. And for sure, all for the good.
At issue is it enough to make a difference. My annual blood tests are late next week, I'll see if my sugar number which was 99 for twenty years, and has
now climbed to 102, well hopefully it has gone down. If not, guess i'll have to get even more serious about this.
Toppop, I could surely lose twenty pounds and have the classic gut to go with it.
I'm at 217 and I really ought to hit 200. Haven't been there since college.

I always wanted to be a little fat and very happy.
Apparently they are somewhat mutually exclusive.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Txdon

Don't worry about the critter, worry about the SPACE ALIEN THING in the first pic. :shocked: That thing looks :shocked: Ed

 

[sodamo]

63° F and .78 inches rain last 24 hours, raining as I type.
Not starting out to be a good tiling day, but will keep hoping.

Be safe
Have a great day

David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet

 

[rswyan]

38F and overcast @ 12:30 with some snow in the forecast.

Consolidated a couple of piles yesterday ... one was topsoil and the other was the large siftings/debris (from a year ago) from a compost pile. Moved 50% of the existing sifted compost pile over to the west side of the yard by the kitchen for a possible planting bed for The Woman's dahlias ... assuming they survived the winter. These were a gift from someone on her route, probably about a dozen or so ... and they have more they want to get rid of. With the warm weather lately, she was talking about getting them planted ... after doing some reading, they say they should not be put out until the soil temp reaches 60F.

Got step ladder moved inside to access the attic, to install the motion-sensed security light on the east side of the house. Also got the last of the tile I had removed, moved out of the bathroom ... will probably see if I can remove the last of the tile in there and then clean up the debris.

A couple of days of chilly temps and then back into the mid-50's by Tuesday and then after that 50's and 60's for highs. Buds are starting to open on the maples. Have lots of transplanting to do once it warms up.

Got reply back from the young lady from alarm company no. 2 on monitoring the current system. The cost for reprogramming it would be $255 - if they can. They won't know whether they can or not (could be software-locked) until they have a tech come out and attempt it. $20 per month for monitoring.

I almost don't have the heart to tell her that I can get it reprogrammed for $20 and that includes defeating the software lock if any.

The only problem is I need their parameters (telephone number to call, modem format, etc.) to have it programmed for them to monitor it ... and my guess is that she is not going to give those up willingly - if I'm not having them do the programming.

I'll probably run it by her, but my guess is that she's going to be unwilling to entertain any proposal that doesn't include at least a service call (@ $105.00 per hour, plus a $45 premises visit) ... so I may need to come up with another company to do the monitoring.