Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

You are a genius Wng. I was a little concerned I wouldn't finish the framework today because of the forecasted rain, now it's great to realise that even with yesterday's late start, I don't need to do any more for a couple of weeks. If I send you Julie's mobile number, would you do me a little favour and give her the good news about the new schedule, before she gets back ?

We didn't have a clear connection on the call, but I think she said the "page a day" schedule sounds jolly good. She added, please order an extra pizza today so Max can have his own...but to please take your 28 gauge off her pillow.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning.
Temp is 24 and going to a high of 37 with 30% chance of either rain or snow. Wind SSE 8 mph.
Update: our 30% chance of snow became 100%, we got another inch so now we have 2.5" in the ground.

I did get a couple of things done yesterday.
Greased the front end of my new lawn tractor and removed the battery.
Got the remotes sorted out for the block heaters (I need to get a new one on Monday).
Checked the batteries in both remotes (they are good).
Checked and topped off the oil in the Kioti.
Checked the antifreeze in both the Jeep and the Kioti. -50F in both. I have one of the el cheapo a-freeze testers.

 

[wngsprd]

26 and frosty, going to 48.

Kyle, great looking firepit.

Don, what a surprise getting a text from your mom.

Fired up the tractor for the first time this week...used it to bring a pallet of firewood up to the side porch. I still had to unload it by hand onto the rack since the pallet won't fit through the door, but this method avoided many wheelbarrow trips.

Went to a birthday party dinner for a former co-worker last night. Nice to see some folks I hadn't seen in years and meet some new ones. Plus the eggplant parmigiana was delicious. One lady talked about a neat entertainment place she went for a team-building event...where you are "locked" in a room with a group, and must solve riddles and puzzles, and search for clues to find the key to get out. You are given an hour...then another person talked about a glow in the dark indoors putt-putt place. Quite creative.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 31ｰ with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 36ｰ with snow, freezing rain and rain all day. Looks like a indoor day. Got leaves blown out of gardens and away from buildings yesterday. But picking them up may have wait a couple of days. Speed reducer for drill press got started. But could not find pulley and bearings. Ordered them on EBAY and Amazon. Will work on pulley shaft and bearing pockets today. Some NASCAR in afternoon.
Eric, giving out wife's phone number? Can't see that as one of your better plans.
Good Morning All.

 

[Buppies]

28 high of 45 at home 62 here. Watched lots of football yesterday my team lost again

 

[RoyJackson]

2017-11-12, 0713

Some of the weekend's chore were completed:
Suppressor is here...ran some rounds through it yesterday. It's quiet enough the hearing protection isn't really necessary.

Flail mower is safely tucked away in the shed for the winter

Need to get the snow blower rigged today.

The leaves were too frozen (from Friday's rain) to do much...hopefully they'll be thawed enough today to get something done.

 

[toppop52]

I had just about stopped watching sports, but I don’t have much else to do right now. Roll Tide!
32 going to near 50 today, rain moving in tonight and tomorrow.

 

[Thomas]

24F few clouds here and there mid 40's for high.
Very little yard work yesterday almost zero,today 5 or 6 wheel barrels wood to bring in,if temps reach 35F + plan to blow leaves for the last time,time permitting set in woods couples before dark...might watch end of nascar race also football.

While sitting in the woods last couple hours yesterday little chipmunk decided I need some company,he/she was very interested in my old hunting mitten so I left it,I'll stroll over today to see what become of the mitten.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Buppies]

24F few clouds here and there mid 40's for high.
Very little yard work yesterday almost zero,today 5 or 6 wheel barrels wood to bring in,if temps reach 35F + plan to blow leaves for the last time,time permitting set in woods couples before dark...might watch end of nascar race also football.

While sitting in the woods last couple hours yesterday little chipmunk decided I need some company,he/she was very interested in my old hunting mitten so I left it,I'll stroll over today to see what become of the mitten.

Enjoy the day all.

I'll bet he made a house

 

[Buppies]

I had just about stopped watching sports, but I don’t have much else to do right now. Roll Tide!
32 going to near 50 today, rain moving in tonight and tomorrow.

College football was really good yesterday lots of upsets close wins.

 

[Buppies]

Got someone who will come out next week to give us a price on finishing the inside of our Morton Pole Barn white metal on walls sky blue on ceiling and insulated too. Next step is adding lean too on one side 12 by30 feet but may have to wait depending on costs. This is a Morton pole building that we put up almost ten years ago. Maybe with time we can dig trench for four inch conduit for power about 375 feet of it with pull line per power companies requirements

We have been waiting on Morton for almost one year to give us a price still waiting

 

[CWB Wyo]

The low this morning was 17*, yesterday's high was 52*. It's going to be sunny with the high in the 50's. Not much change in the weather for next few days.

Only plans for today is to go feed the the neighbors animals.

Hope everyone has a nice day.
CWB.

 

[300UGUY]

32 here, pretty gloomy. Thinking about going to a pet expo. Maybe go get a Starbucks!

Won’t get anything done outside today, pretty nasty. But sitting here drinking coffee is pretty good!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Randy, still praying for you all. Surround yourself with loved ones and old friends. Make plans to do stuff with them. Tell 'em you love 'em.

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Got some firewood cut yesterday. I started on an old dead 14" fallen post oak. Not the best wood but I sorted thru it. Was using the smaller of 2 chainsaws we have. A rebadged (John Deere) made by Efco in Italy. They have both been excellent saws for 16 years. (Efco offers a 5 year warranty on new saws, one of the best warranty's in the industry.) Anyway, I noticed the small saw was not oiling the chain and I had to stop and pour some oil on it manually every other cut. Deere wants $60 for a new pump. Not sure it needs replacing, there is a rubber tube from the pump to the bar that has some red silicone holding it in place. It may be leaking there. I will have to tear it down and look online for some parts. Deere is out of many of the parts, but there are some Efco dealers that have old stock I hope.

I got out my maul and started splitting by hand...used up a bunch of energy, but I needed a workout. I started on another felled 24" dead post oak. The wood had some soft spots due to the insects and possibly the hypoxylon canker. I texted my neighbor and borrowed his log splitter. Oh my, it still is a good workout, but nothing like splitting manually. After sorting out the soft stuff, I'd guess I got maybe 3/4 of a cord done. Whew! Good thing it doesn't stay cold down here much. That firewood is hard work. It was a nice day, maybe 72F with a slight breeze. Just enough to stay reasonably cool.

 

[sodamo]

70°F and .55 inches rain last 24 hours. Not a hard rain, just intermittent, but welcome.

No big plans, watch some football.

Hang in there, Randy. We’re pulling for ya.

Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Bird]

The National Weather Service had forecast mist, sprinkles of rain, etc. for last night, and still forecasting a 30% chance of rain today. However, I got up this morning to find it was 62 degrees and DRY (not a drop of dew on the grass), going for a high of 68 degrees. So I did what was probably the last lawn mowing of the year, with the bagger as much to pick up the leaves as to cut grass.

 

[RoyJackson]

2017-11-12, 0713

Some of the weekend's chore were completed:
Suppressor is here...ran some rounds through it yesterday. It's quiet enough the hearing protection isn't really necessary.

Flail mower is safely tucked away in the shed for the winter

Need to get the snow blower rigged today.

The leaves were too frozen (from Friday's rain) to do much...hopefully they'll be thawed enough today to get something done.

Follow up...

Snow blower is on the tractor...most of the leaves have been mulched or blown away from the house.

I wanted to get back down on the field to run some more rounds through the SR-22 and try the suppressor out on the semi-auto 10/22. That didn't happen...

The Zero-turn mower was ran...probably for the last time this year. I'll need to get some Stabil next week to winterize the mower...also, some more diesel fuel.

All told, not a bad day...

 

[txdon]

Good afternoon! Cloudy 79˚.
Practice cooking is in full swing for Thanksgiving.
Got some Meyer lemons from our patio tree and made lemon cupcakes.
Garlic buttah is cooking in the oven for our homemade bread which is rising in the dehydrator.
1/2 of the bread dough will be used for cinnamon rolls.

Thanks to Eric's "The Great British Cooking Show" I now know what the "proof" setting on the oven is (I'm surprised ovens in Texas even offer it).
Unlike the show, no butter or oil or eggs or sugar is used.

The greatest obstacle to discovery is the illusion of knowledge.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Beautiful morning here in Golden, CO. No crews working today, but I still got up early to get coffee. Caught this guy working mice and probably rabbits, which seem to be everywhere around here.

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[daugen]

Thanks to Eric's "The Great British Cooking Show" I now know what the "proof" setting on the oven is

?? Is that for cooking with booze? One setting for wine, another for bourbon...

The greatest obstacle to discovery is the illusion of knowledge.

ahh, illusion of knowledge, what every teenager does not understand they have...