Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

RNG did leave for a trip the other day.

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy snow is suppose to start early morning on Thursday and continue into Thursday night with strong wind gusts, depending on what side of the river your headed 8 to 10 inches on the eastern side of the state, 4to 6 central and 1 to 3 in the south western section of Connecticut. Have a safe trip remember here in Ct snow clearing isn't as good as up north.

Fortunately, we postponed the trip until next week (due to the weather).

 

[jerrybob]

39F currently......will get into mid 40's today. Beautiful blue skies......very clear. Light rain expected tomorrow. Will be falling more trees today......clean up is a pain..........oh well.

 

[Bird]

132018 is getting off to quite a start. Yesterday, my wife saw her pain doctor and he removed the wires that were inserted in her back a week ago, and the controller (or whatever they call it). The doctors had said that IF this didn't do more than a 40 or 50% improvement in her back pain, they wouldn't proceed with the permanent one, but she says it was a 60 to 70% improvement, so now they'll wait 3 weeks to make sure she heals up with no infection, then they'll go again, but install everything permanently under the skin at least.

Compared to some of the other problems some of you and your wives have suffered lately, ours seems so minor I was hesitant to post it. After 52+ years, I consider us to be very lucky.

12 years ago, one of the two faucets in the bathroom lavatory was leaking. I could not find a brand name, model, or anything like that on it, but I took it apart and found a "cartridge" (I think that's what they call it) and I went shopping; Home Depot, THREE plumbing supply companies, and finally found an expensive replacement; not exactly the same, but it worked. Those faucets were probably OEM in the house. Well, lately, that same faucet was leaking a little bit by the handle, but only when it was turned on. And then on New Years day, the other one started dripping, even when turned off. So this time I called a plumbing company that I'd used in the past, and we now have all new faucets, water lines from the shut off valves, etc. at a cost of $897.20.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My Kitchen faucet was broken, but useable, for 3 yrs before i finally crawled under and replaced it. Also did bathroom one recently, and a yr ago had to replace a shower valve.
I dont like plumbing.

 

[PJSprog]

My Kitchen faucet was broken, but useable, for 3 yrs before i finally crawled under and replaced it. Also did bathroom one recently, and a yr ago had to replace a shower valve.
I dont like plumbing.

I absolutely hate plumbing. About 90% of my experiences with repairing pre-existing plumbing has ended poorly for me. That's why we replaced all those garbage plastic lines in our house with new copper (well, we actually paid someone else quite handsomely to do the work). I don't mind replacing faucets when there are solid pipes to connect to, but I'm all done with pvc. That stuff may be the worst idea ever.

 

[hawkeye08]

Just getting over a bad cold that kept me down over New Year's weekend.. Wife had it, then daughter and then me... we're hoping it will not start another round. It has been in the teens at night, 20s in daytime here for a few days, thankful that we are not in the deep freeze so much of the country is experiencing.

Regarding faucets, when we build our house (started in '93), we put in Peerless faucets with lifetime warranty... but Moen bought Peerless. I emailed them about a leaking faucet with a picture attached a few years ago, they sent me the parts to fix it.

Put in Moen when we put our master bath shower in, cartridge failed (leaking). Replacement $78 online, emailed Moen, they sent replacement free.

 

[PJSprog]

Yeah, we put in all Moen faucets this time, hawkeye. They seem pretty well-made.

 

[riptides]

132018 is getting off to quite a start. Yesterday, my wife saw her pain doctor and he removed the wires that were inserted in her back a week ago, and the controller (or whatever they call it). The doctors had said that IF this didn't do more than a 40 or 50% improvement in her back pain, they wouldn't proceed with the permanent one, but she says it was a 60 to 70% improvement, so now they'll wait 3 weeks to make sure she heals up with no infection, then they'll go again, but install everything permanently under the skin at least.
...

When it comes to dealing with back pain, I assure you.... NOTHING is minor.

Good for your wife to get relief. Hope for the best!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I removed my moen faucets, put in delta. Still got one in basement bath. Hard to pull up to turn water on.

 

[Bird]

The same plumber installed a Delta faucet in the kitchen sink some time ago, but the faucets he put in the bathroom today are Wolverine Brass. I don't think I'd heard of them before, but they're sure heavy.

And in the past, I, too, have had great luck with Moen, and terrible luck with American Standard.

 

[daugen]

Bird after my wife's first cancer radiation treatment damaged her nervous system and
tripped her pain sensing mechanism to be constantly on in her pelvis, we had a really rough period.
She never got off opiods from then on, but what really did help was the implantable stimulator. We went to the Cleveland Clinic for that.
We called it Sparky. She went through the same test, then the final one installed. It is odd to charge yourself
through your skin, but it works. And you can play with the adjustment to match different times of the day.
Hope your wife gets relief no matter what.

Hope all of you with the flu feel better. David you can't have a cold in Paradise. Not allowed.
My mantra is wash your hands, wash your hands.
I bounced my neighbor's one year old boy in my lap for some time a few days ago and I've been waiting to start sneezing...
But apparently he was fine. Kids live in the petri dishes of nursery care, day care and school, so one sick all sick.
Worse than a cruise ship with the GI bug.
Not sure what the answer is there. Be like the Asians and wear masks.

The golfers in Myrtle Beach have made a run for it, snow on the courses. Taking it's sweet time coming up the coast, now snowing in Charlotte.
Should be here fairly soon. Better go get the mail, though maybe I can wait for a little snow and some tomfoolery with the golf cart... Wheeeeeee.

Toppop, you'd better not be driving anywhere tonight.

 

[Ed of all trades]

What is a shooting board?

Back when dad was young, a relative down on the crick, made homemade fiddles. Dad has one of them. Very rough looking in finish, but i bought a bow and have sawed on it a little.

I am hoping to make a banjo that is different from what you are likely thinking, I want an old time looking banjo, aged brass fittings and very simple look. If someone thinks it is very old I will be Ed

 

[Thomas]

21F now dang that's nice feeling :dance1: after days and days single numbers to -23F,guess I better put the plow on the pickup after I get home.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Afternoon!!!! 60F @ 12:15 PM. A mix of clouds and sun early followed by cloudy skies this afternoon. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 61F. Winds light and variable.

That's some very good news about your wife, Rip. Hope her progress improves and you make it home ASAP!

Oh my, you folks have been busy! Spent all morning catching up, and just hope all of those under the weather, health and real weather wise, get better. That storm coming up the east coast looks nasty. Last two winters I spent in central Ohio were full of ice storms and sub zero temps, and I feel for the folks going through that.

Made it home from the desert yesterday afternoon, safe and sound. Nice weather down there, with highs in the mid 70s and lows in the mid 40s. Much better than the past two years, where temps dipped into the 30s overnight and everyone was shivering round the campfire each evening and morning. The ride down started with temps in the 20s when I dropped down into the Sacramento Valley, but by noon had made it up into the 50s. The bike has a big fairing, heated handgrips, and a nice warm cylinder over each foot, so I was toasty. Stayed at a budget motel in Lancaster the first night and enjoyed some bar food and a few craft beers in the old town portion of the city. Easy ride the next day, I think I posted seeing 77F in San Bernardino where I stopped for lunch. Food at the rendezvous was very good, eight meals cooked on site by a crew of three, morning casseroles with eggs and cheese, smoked meats and canned veggies for dinners, even a dessert or two. No one went away hungry, or even came close to losing any weight! :laughing: The home brew wasn't much to my liking this year; too sweet and syrupy, but there was a good supply of 805 and other canned selections available. Rode 450 miles on New Year's Day with a friend of mine, it was his birthday so I treated him to a sushi dinner complete with hot saki. That helped clear my head, which had been suffering from the sniffles since the day before. The cold really hit hard last night, sinuses all packed up, runny nose, coughing my head off. Time for more Robitussin and Aleve Cold and Sinus, and some of the home made chicken noodle soup I squirreled away earlier. I consider myself lucky I didn't get sick sooner, as I've had something chewing on me since Christmas. Tis the season, I guess.

My very best wishes to each and every one of you and yours for 2018!

 

[toppop52]

[/QUOTEToppop, you'd better not be driving anywhere tonight.[/QUOTE

Oh, I’m going, no snow until later, I hope to be back at her place sipping coffee by then! LOL

 

[daugen]

[/QUOTEToppop, you'd better not be driving anywhere tonight.[/QUOTE

Oh, I’m going, no snow until later, I hope to be back at her place sipping coffee by then! LOL

be careful, you have no ditch visitation rights

the last thing you want to do is slide off the road with your new friend.
Of course that could be a great conversation starter. Hows your knee??
Now I know you aren't a wuss when it comes to snow, and it's pretty being out.
Nothing too exciting now ya hear?

 

[toppop52]

be careful, you have no ditch visitation rights

the last thing you want to do is slide off the road with your new friend.
Of course that could be a great conversation starter. Hows your knee??
Now I know you aren't a wuss when it comes to snow, and it's pretty being out.
Nothing too exciting now ya hear?

I’m on my second day of antibiotics and not on top the world, so I’ll be coming home, putting the truck in the garage and going to bed before too late. No germ sharing, we aren’t teenagers, not even times 3!

 

[toppop52]

Got to 36° today, felt like spring, 33 now. Doing my snow miss us chant.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Winter weather advisory, 1-3"

29°