Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

I think there is some sort of disconnect between the app vs the website.

 

[RoyJackson]

2018-12-17, 0322

30 right now...high in the upper 30's today...

 

[Eric Salop]

OK, you guys talking about watches finally got me to look in the file cabinet, and I see that I paid $30 plus sales tax at Walmart for my Timex W92 wrist watch on 7/13/2010, so it's only 8 years old, and has had the battery changed ONE time several years ago. It's laying on the dresser in the bedroom and I use it twice a year to reset all the rest of our clocks when we change to and from daylight savings time. And twice a year, I check to make sure it has the right time, right down to the second, before setting the other clocks. And I can't even remember the last time I had to change the time on that watch. I have NEVER known of a watch or clock that keeps any more accurate time than this old Timex does.

Bird, I think of Timex watches every Christmas, each time I hear "Deck the hall with boughs of holly". When I was younger they had a tv commercial to that tune that encouraged us to "Ring the bells with Christmas Timex, Tick-a-tick-a-Timex tra-laa-la ". It has forever hijacked that carol and would take some serious therapy to erase, my only way of coping was to later in life buy a Seiko . Fortunately for all here I couldn't find it on you tube

 

[Eric Salop]

I have tried on several occasions to wear a watch on a regular basis. I'm just not a watch guy. In fact, not a jewelry guy either. Though, admittedly, I feel somewhat naked on the odd occasions that I leave my wedding ring on the bathroom shelf. I have a bunch of pocket watches I've inherited from my Father's side of the family; I have his, my Grandfather's, and Great-grandfather's pocket watches that are kept in my Father's cuff link case and in our safe. My Great-grandfather died in an automobile accident, and the watch broke at the time of his death. The rest all function fine. I have one I wear when we dress for an outing, which is engraved with my initials and was given to me by my Wife while we were still dating. It's the only watch I ever use.

I am impressed you still use a pocket watch, there is something very satisfying about taking one out to reveal the time that is so much better than a glimpse at a mobile phone.

When I used to work in the mining industry in the 80's, so many wrist watches were becoming powered by batteries that all were banned underground, for fear of igniting any methane. Pocket watches were still ok though, so I used my Grandfather's for several years, something I would never have imagined only a few years previously.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning. I have 20 ton of gravel coming today. Before daylight I was out to move our cars to allow the truck to turn in our yard, a 2 minute job that took much longer, thanks to both windscreens being coated in ice. Very pleasant though to sit there in a heated seat while the ice melted and listen to the radio. So good in fact I'm tempted to do it again one day, even without a delivery, to remind me how lucky I am to no longer have to drive to work every day in this weather

Gosh would I like to go back in a time machine with modern tractors and relive that experience.

Can I go back again Santa?

Sure you can Drew, just keep that thought each night as your head hits your pillow and before long you will be travelling back in time with your brand new Massey.

 

[daugen]

Thanks Eric!
Well, here I am, Dec 17 1965, plowing an early snow down the long farm lane, comfortable and warm in my nice cab tractor. No freezing cold steel steering wheel to hold onto. No ice cold metal pan seat to sit on. No pumping my right arm off manually raising the old snow plow. (I wonder if I can trace my somewhat wrecked right arm all the way back to that black bakelite ball on top of a cold green steel lever)
Plus listening to Stapletons's Tennessee Whiskey and Parachute cranked up on the stereo.

Probably wouldn't want to come in, would go plow all the neighbors out too. Funny, none of them had a tractor. Teenagers used to do
a lot of shoveling back then. When the road I lived on intersected with the next big road about a mile away, that's as far as I ever took the JD.
But on a particularly bad snowy day, I had the good sense to cross the road and plow out the parking lot of the older folks who lived there.
The wife of whom just happened to be our local Justice Of The Peace. With her own little court room in that tiny house in one bedroom.
A few years later when I arrived back to say hi to her, with sheets of incriminating paper describing my poor driving,
she chewed me out pretty badly, your parents didn't raise you to do this, etc, as I was sinking into the floor.
I paid the fines and left and she would rip up the tickets and pocket the money.
Justice on the local level. Influenced by good work on a tractor no less.

But like in all the sci fi books I read, what happens if I can't get back?

Pondering that for not too long, happy to report it is a relatively warm 46F going up to 61F today.
Means I can probably open up a window in the kitchen while I bake brownies and muffins all morning.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee has finished brewing. 29° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 33° with mostly cloudy skies. Got circuit breaker box installed. Took longer than planned. Broke the 70 year old light fixture. Off to Lowes to buy a replacement. $1.48 each. Got lights in barn again. Even put all tools away. PT then Dr appointment this morning. That should be enough for today.

Wngsprd, I went with the Ring cameras because of the built in features. Camera, flood lights, siren, voice, adjustable range settings and many more options. All these can be used and adjusted with the app. They also work with our Echo Show. Just ask Alexa to show backyard. They are not cheap. But work well for me. We have a separate burglar alarm for house. Thinking about adding a battery operated one to front door with solar panel. So far they work well. The two I installed last week replaced motion detectors and video recorders that did not connect to anything.

Eric, 20 tons should give you some good seat time. My tractor has not moved in over a month. I need some seat time.

Drew, driving my dads Farmall A was easy. It had hydraulics. As did my Farmall Cub that I had when I first moved here. I think the failure of my right arm started from not having power steering. :confused3:

Buckeye, LS and Drew, Mmmmmmmmmmmm! Chocolate Chip Cookies. Leave a plate of them out for me.

Don, sorry to hear about Aunt's passing.

Good Morning All.

 

[Buppies]

42 this morning high of 52 mild most of the week till rain Friday

Prayers for all

 

[wngsprd]

32° going to 55° and sunny...heading for a bit of a drying. If so, I have some carpentry work to do.

Ron, thanks for info.

RNG, sorry about your axle. I have a slow leak in my left rear hub, but I'm not up to tackling it, so tractor may see the inside of the dealer's shop for the first time since it was new almost 15 years ago.

 

[ronjhall]

Ron, thanks for info.

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Forgot to mention there is a fee per item to have your data saved at Ring. If paid by the year it’s $30 each. Mine came with a years data. There are other data plans.
Ring is owned by Amazon.

 

[Thomas]

29F snowing mid 30's for high.

Almost 1" snow fallen weather station 1-3 inches,driveway soft hope I don't have to plow.
Mrs. purchase over head led light fixture yesterday for the kitchen,guess that's on my thing to do list.
Not much plan for today just little this and little that.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Looking4new]

My original post for this morning seems to have disappeared into the never never land of the interweb.

At 5:30 the temp was 30 and the high for today was to be 27F. Wind was 14 gusting to 20 mph. 40% chance of flurries.

A do nothing but conserve energy today.

Have a good day all

 

[Bird]

Bird, I think of Timex watches every Christmas, each time I hear "Deck the hall with boughs of holly". When I was younger they had a tv commercial to that tune that encouraged us to "Ring the bells with Christmas Timex, Tick-a-tick-a-Timex tra-laa-la ". It has forever hijacked that carol and would take some serious therapy to erase, my only way of coping was to later in life buy a Seiko . Fortunately for all here I couldn't find it on you tube

Eric, I know I used to see some Timex commercials on TV, but don't remember any specifics. Of course, as a police officer, I had to have a watch and put the date and time on lots of paperwork, so we all definitely wore a watch, and of course the city did not pay for that.

Originally Posted by PJ
I have tried on several occasions to wear a watch on a regular basis. I'm just not a watch guy. In fact, not a jewelry guy either. Though, admittedly, I feel somewhat naked on the odd occasions that I leave my wedding ring on the bathroom shelf. I have a bunch of pocket watches I've inherited from my Father's side of the family; I have his, my Grandfather's, and Great-grandfather's pocket watches that are kept in my Father's cuff link case and in our safe. My Great-grandfather died in an automobile accident, and the watch broke at the time of his death. The rest all function fine. I have one I wear when we dress for an outing, which is engraved with my initials and was given to me by my Wife while we were still dating. It's the only watch I ever use.

I wore a wedding band and a high school class ring until December 29, 1965, when my partner wrapped us and the squad car around a tree, which broke my seat belt, amongst other things. But someone at the hospital removed my rings that night, Thank Goodness because the swelling in my hands didn't go down enough for me to put those rings back on for a long time, and I just decided to never wear ANY ring again, and I haven't. I still have those rings, but never put them on.

 

[toppop52]

41-53 today, breezy.
Just put on a croc pot full of my homemade chili, won’t be as spicy as you Texas boys, but suits us pretty well. I’ll let y’all smell it later.

 

[ronjhall]

I wore a wedding band and a high school class ring until December 29, 1965, when my partner wrapped us and the squad car around a tree, which broke my seat belt, amongst other things. But someone at the hospital removed my rings that night, Thank Goodness because the swelling in my hands didn't go down enough for me to put those rings back on for a long time, and I just decided to never wear ANY ring again, and I haven't. I still have those rings, but never put them on.

I wore a wedding band until it got caught on wire parts basket. Sure did bleed for a while. Have not worn one since. I have a retirement watch in the same drawer as wedding ring. Have never worn it. It says I worked there 29 years. I worked for them 36 years.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 48F @ 5:30AM. Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 52F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.

I read somewhere a while back that temperature should be designated by a C or an F, capitalized, and the degree symbol left off.

Also, the gibberish associated with certain symbols was cured on my iPad by adjusting one of the settings, but I don't remember which one.:confused3: It had something to do with the difference between ASCII text and the newer extended alphabets now in use on "smart" devices. I posted about it here, but don't have the energy or time this morning to go dig it out again.

As much time as I've always spent around tools and shops, I've never been much for rings, as they're so easily misplaced when taken off to work. A buddy of mine solved the problem by getting a ring tattoo, but he's got so many tattoos you hardly notice it.:confused2:

After yesterday's adventure in the garage, I took some time to put stuff away and reduce the number of paperwork piles on my desk, then found and read my homeowner's insurance policy. The good news is that the coverage limits are generous and it is for replacement value, not actual cash value. But after I started a list of losses, it's pretty clear the sum wouldn't exceed the deductible. I guess in a way, that's a good thing, too, as the fire could have turned out a whole lot worse in that respect. That being the case, it would also be a waste of time to register with FEMA. Their web site makes it pretty clear that they do not cover insurance policy deductibles.

Took a look at the documentation that came with the gate opener, and the beeps it was making the other day were a low battery indicator. That was verified when I hooked up the Battery Saver and it only showed 8 volts remaining. It'll have its work cut out for it if it can save that battery; this isn't the first time it's been severely drained and they never seem to come back after that. The Might Mule tech I spoke to last week told me that when the receiver burned it ruined the part of the control board it was connected to, and apparently it took out the ability of the solar charger to work as well. A new control board is $175, but a whole new opener mechanism is $350, and TSC has 'em on sale for $299 if I wanna wait for next year for delivery. So I'll try to swing by one in Chico today to pick up a replacement just to get the gate back into operation. All depending on how it goes at the courthouse this morning.

Tried to kindle a bit of Christmas spirit last night by watching Ralphie in A Christmas Story; it's still very funny. Then started to watch Bad Santa, which was only sorta funny and in a sick kind of way. Fell asleep half way through it, and won't bother to replay what I missed.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a great start!

 

[CWB Wyo]

It's 15° this morning, yesterday was in the mid 40's and sunny. Today is supposed be in the high 30's and partly cloudy.

Went for a ride early yesterday morning and seen a few elk and deer. Then spent the rest of the day trying to organize things in the garage and watershed.

I don't have any plans for today. Maybe go up and see what the neighbor is working on.

Hope everyone gets a good start to the week.
CWB.

 

[toppop52]

I wore a watch from age 7 until June 2017, took it off and haven’t missed it. I wore my wedding band for the 42 years before my wife died, and 4 months after.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

My original post for this morning seems to have disappeared into the never never land of the interweb.

At 5:30 the temp was 30 and the high for today was to be 27F. Wind was 14 gusting to 20 mph. 40% chance of flurries.

A do nothing but conserve energy today.

Have a good day all

Your post is just stuck going through Customs.....:laughing:

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low was down to 23F, going up to 51F. Sky is overcast, but no precip is forcast. The guessers are saying high up to 57-58F by the end of the week.

I ate way too many cookies for dessert last night. They were way to good.....

Still have that darn cough in the morning, hopefully won't get any worse.

My wedding ring has been on for 35 1/2 years. My finger has actually 'grown' around it.... No way is it coming off, only way would be to cut it off.

Everyone have a great start to the week. Prayers and thoughts sent out.