RedNeckGeek
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- Joined
- Jan 1, 2011
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- Butte County & Orcutt, California
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- Kubota M62, Kubota L3240D HST (SOLD!), Kubota RTV900
Good Morning!!!! 87F @ 10:15 AM. 20% Precip. / 0.00 in
Partly Cloudy. High 91F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Glad to hear no one here was swamped in the hurricanes, hope you're feeling better Buckeye!
The beer therapy hasn't worked for me; my kidney stones relapsed after ten years of above average effort. But there is some truth to the methodology, in that beer is a diuretic, and flushing urine out of the kidneys quickly prevents the minerals in it from precipitating into stones. But that only works with additional water intake. So I supplement each 12oz barley pop with a glass of water. The two annual x-rays since the last surgery have been clear, but it's really a bit too early to tell.
Wunderground changed the web interface a few days ago and it hasn't been working well on either Mac laptop I use. Pieces missing, forgetting the link to my weather station, and just plain useful information eliminated. Tried writing to them to ask for help, but the Byzantine help system was no help at all.
None of that mattered the last few days, as there was no cell reception at the Sequoia camp. I was able to get an occasional report over satellite radio as Irma swept in, and was very happy to be riding a motorcycle in the mountains than in Florida. Warm days, cool nights, and one afternoon thundershower just to test the waterproofing on our riding gear and tents. I've been carrying a compact umbrella for the last ten years, and hadn't used it even once, so left it home for this trip, so I guess you could say I was responsible for the rain?:confused2: Part of my route, both down and back, was on the stretch of Highway 49 between Coulterville and Mariposa, most of which had been consumed by a forest fire last month. The road was unscathed, but every tree, bush, and blade of grass was burnt to ash over a twenty mile area. Thanks to the firefighter's efforts, many homes were saved, but many were also lost, all that remains were empty slabs of concrete or scattered pier blocks surrounded by charred metal junk. Sixty-three homea and almost 82,000 acres lost, and the cause is still under investigation. Summer shows no sign of fading out here; it was 104F a bit south of here as I rolled through yesterday afternoon.
Hope everyone's week got off to a nice start!
Partly Cloudy. High 91F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Glad to hear no one here was swamped in the hurricanes, hope you're feeling better Buckeye!
The beer therapy hasn't worked for me; my kidney stones relapsed after ten years of above average effort. But there is some truth to the methodology, in that beer is a diuretic, and flushing urine out of the kidneys quickly prevents the minerals in it from precipitating into stones. But that only works with additional water intake. So I supplement each 12oz barley pop with a glass of water. The two annual x-rays since the last surgery have been clear, but it's really a bit too early to tell.
Wunderground changed the web interface a few days ago and it hasn't been working well on either Mac laptop I use. Pieces missing, forgetting the link to my weather station, and just plain useful information eliminated. Tried writing to them to ask for help, but the Byzantine help system was no help at all.
None of that mattered the last few days, as there was no cell reception at the Sequoia camp. I was able to get an occasional report over satellite radio as Irma swept in, and was very happy to be riding a motorcycle in the mountains than in Florida. Warm days, cool nights, and one afternoon thundershower just to test the waterproofing on our riding gear and tents. I've been carrying a compact umbrella for the last ten years, and hadn't used it even once, so left it home for this trip, so I guess you could say I was responsible for the rain?:confused2: Part of my route, both down and back, was on the stretch of Highway 49 between Coulterville and Mariposa, most of which had been consumed by a forest fire last month. The road was unscathed, but every tree, bush, and blade of grass was burnt to ash over a twenty mile area. Thanks to the firefighter's efforts, many homes were saved, but many were also lost, all that remains were empty slabs of concrete or scattered pier blocks surrounded by charred metal junk. Sixty-three homea and almost 82,000 acres lost, and the cause is still under investigation. Summer shows no sign of fading out here; it was 104F a bit south of here as I rolled through yesterday afternoon.
Hope everyone's week got off to a nice start!
