Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

66°F and .65 inches rain. Looking to be a wet day ahead.
Got a decent start on taxes, that effort will continue today.

New iPad Air delivered by UPS late yesterday. Got it configured. Think I’m going to like it. Will clean up my old iPad 9.7 Pro and pass down to our son to replace his aging unit which I think is at least 6 or 7 years old.

Kalani healing well. Interesting to watch Kekoa be attentive but also less rambunctious.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[jbrumberg]

RonJH- I am happy to read that you like your PC. I met my new PC. The next day I fractured my patella. I have yet to get the ordered bloodwork from 8 weeks ago.

David- Thanks for sharing the news on Kalani's healing and Kekoa's attentiveness.cool:

The "Horrible Cat" has returned. I have not seen it all Winter. I suspect it is one of my neighbor's barn cats. It's not quite as "Horrible" now = 1 less red tree rat.

I hope that everyone is having a manageable day.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, hope you can isolate that gremlin vibration. Frustrating when you fix somethings and problems get worse.

The driveline vibration did worsen somewhat, but it's not as bad as when it came back from the ex-mechanic with the flange bolts loose on one end. And he thought it drove just fine, then. I was pretty much expecting some degradation, but just need time to make some measurements and perhaps do some shimming to get the DS to be straighter and perhaps only bending in one plane.

 

[toppop52]

Just goes to show that time IS money!:laughing:

But you can’t buy it back!

 

[toppop52]

The driveline vibration did worsen somewhat, but it's not as bad as when it came back from the ex-mechanic with the flange bolts loose on one end. And he thought it drove just fine, then. I was pretty much expecting some degradation, but just need time to make some measurements and perhaps do some shimming to get the DS to be straighter and perhaps only bending in one plane.

Does your driveshaft have any kind of damper on it? There are lots of vehicles that use them, but you usually have to cut an inch or so from the length. They will correct a lot of foul harmonics.

 

[sodamo]

Prayers for your Mom, Randy

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Add whitewalls, A/C, and dual rear antennas options and it's even more than that.

Took me a week, and a trip to my Ford Dealer, to find out that my new truck unlocks when I approach it with the FOB in my pocket. I thought doors and tailgate weren't locking.

I dont like that, cause i prefer to pull the door handle to make sure it's locked. I want my vehicles to be dumb.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Randy, prayers for your mom. It's tough watching the decline in health.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Well, back from the ortho doc....knee still not cooperating. X-ray shows further narrowing of the space. The doc is writing it as "sudden substantial degradation ". Supposedly an infrequent, but possible complication of having 2 surgeries within 6 months. He injected more cortisone today, and is requesting 'prior authorization' from the insurance to do 3 weekly injections of another medication (which I now forget). He did tell me to "do whatever you can within your tolerance"....when I 'm doing stuff, I can tolerate it well....it's afterward that sneaks up and bites me! If this next treatment doesn't work...replacement time...

Rick, I never knew that the Fords lock / unlock like that. I'm not sure that I would like it. Similar to BEF, I like my vehicles to be dumb. I'm still grabbing for the window crank and the stick shift in the new truck. Even when I lock the new truck, I can't hear it lock, so I still check the door handle too.

Good news for today... I got a phone call from a guy that owns an old VW bug shop in town. He wants to buy our '69 restored bug, and the '72 bug project. He offered half of what I was asking, and about 40% of what they 'might' be worth... I'm just going to let it all go. I'm never going to get back to 'showing' them. They are taking up space and I need the bucks for sure. SIGH.... They were fun, but time to go...had quite a few lookers, but no takers.

He's coming to pick them up this weekend, so I have to go exercise the knee and dig out / consolidate all the parts for him to take. A consolation prize is that I'll get more room in the shop!

 

[toppop52]

Thanks for the well wishes for mom, I know it’s close to her time, and she needs the rest. She has worked since she started hoeing cotton at 6. She loves to work and has been so bored the last five years.
My dad died when I was 12 and mom made sure I never went without. She worked two full time jobs, one 6 days a week in upholstery shops. 7-5 on one and 6 to midnight plus Saturday on the other. Still found time to enjoy life. She was a Sky Watcher in WW II, still has her wings. Besides upholstery and window treatments, she could build a barn, lay carpet or vinyl, tune up a car, cuss like a sailor if somebody messed with her and literally out shoot anyone I ever met. She shot two different chicken hawks flying, with a .22 bolt action Remington in one summer. She milked cows, fed hogs, sewed up a pig that a dog tore open.
The woman has lived her life and God knows I’m going to miss her!

 

[cat fever]

Jay ... It's 8300 feet. We're on the north slope of the of the Uinta Mountains in Southwest Wyo.

It looks like I have some help the neighbor is here with his skid steer.
CWB.

Wow you got hit good.

It has only snowed on/off here but nothing laying down. In fact it's snowing right now. I normally wouldn't care but I want to get my yard done so I can stop tromping around in the mud.:grumpy:

 

[Bird]

I dont like that, cause i prefer to pull the door handle to make sure it's locked. I want my vehicles to be dumb.

I DO like the convenience that system provides on our Ford.

 

[farmeratheart]

Randy,

Your Mom has had quite a life as you’ve described. My parents are both gone now but had similar life experience. I do not believe the world will ever see a generation like that again. She is fortunate to have you looking after her. I hope her remaining hours on earth are peaceful and her final journey all that she has wished for.

Frank

 

[sodamo]

Randy, thanks for sharing about your Mom.

 

[wngsprd]

It's 27 this morning and overcast. The snow started Tuesday afternoon and stopped some time last night. It snowed for over 30 hours. I'm not sure how much we got but I'm thinking over 2 feet. The wind picked up yesterday morning so we have some good drifts. Today is going to be partly cloudy and in the mid 30's with some more wind 15-25 mph.

One of the neighbors stopped by yesterday and got stuck in the driveway. He run into one of the drifts, he said he couldn't see were he was going. We spent about a hour digging him out.

I was going to make a trip to town this morning but it will take me most of the day to dig us out to the road.

Hope everyone that's having health or personal problems the very best.

I'm not sure if I got two pictures on here are not. If I did sorry.
CWB.

I bet you're about done with snow. For me, I love it and since we don't get much, I love looking at your pix. Thanks for sharing them.

 

[wngsprd]

Randy, your mom sounds like a wonderful person.

Prayers for her.

 

[wngsprd]

We've had running water today and used it like it was going out of style. Thanks for your support on this.

Was up with the plumber 'til almost midnight. Yes, RNG, he will be the new go-to-plumber.

Been sitting here at the computer doing my youngest son's taxes while watching a gobbler strutting out the window. I don't get to see that very often. Opening day of gobbler season is Saturday. I've now done 5 sets of taxes. I'm liking the idea of a tax return on a post card a lot.

Today is the first day of pine pollen here and it is everywhere
...I might be pregnant.

 

[daugen]

:laughing: Beat me to it, Jay. I rarely stop in here on weekends (don't use my computer much at home), so catching up on Mondays is a chore, especially when, like this past weekend, it's a three day event. We are definitely a busy crew.

Sorry Honey, up an hour early, got to get to work to catch up. No, not my work, TBN!

I saw four pages to read and thought no way am I ever going to remember anything here...
However, thank you Jay. I genuinely promise you I won't go up any trees with a chain saw. But I did just pick two big cartons of
collards at the end of a very long day and wondered where I was getting this energy.

All the peppers are planted, over 200 of them. Leftovers headed out tomorrow to Master Gardeners plant sale.
Still have another tray of okra to plant. Just said that's enough for today, worked to 6pm. All the melons are starting to pop up
in the seed trays, they get planted next week. Lots of warnings about not letting plants get potbound so they only stay in the trays about two weeks. Though it uses a lot of consumables like potting soil, finding that if I plant in bigger pots, then use cookie cutter planter than cuts a two inch hole in ground, pop the plant in, firm the dirt around and on to the next one.

So with exception of one small area, mostly for okra, it's all planted.
Even potatoes are coming up uniformly, though they sure
don't look as nice as Don's.
All the car mags drove the 6 cylinder model Stinger, but 255hp is the same as the Audi engine output.
I haven't found the need for more. Besides I have the truck to listen to if I want V8 moans.

I just remembered a battery charger is still on and not a smart one. Back out I go...like leaving the iron on.

 

[jbrumberg]

Randy,

Your Mom has had quite a life as you’ve described. My parents are both gone now but had similar life experience. I do not believe the world will ever see a generation like that again. She is fortunate to have you looking after her. I hope her remaining hours on earth are peaceful and her final journey all that she has wished for.

Frank

Mom's are/were/should be/will be our heroines. A lot of the posters here are/were fortunate to be the offspring of the "Greatest Generation." A common theme here is that these values remain values for those a generation back or 2.

Randy- My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers for Mom.

 

[jbrumberg]

Wifey, a CFO for 30 years for a nonprofit corporation got our TurboTax filings done. In many ways we are still a nonprofit operation. Hardcopy = +72 pages of $ BS to be mailed to the IRS.

The IRS could ultimately be responsible for global deforestation.