Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

I could make out a distant gate and could have sworn that I had walked straight to it across a smooth field, yet when I got there and looked back, the trail I had left in the grass was curved with zigs and zags - and I haven't touched a drop of alcohol in the last two days :confused3:

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My trips to the barns look similar. I thinks its from my mind trying to remember what I was going out there to do. :confused3:

 

[Thomas]

48F light rain 60 for high clearing sky later today.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today... No outside projects because of the weather Repair tub shower combo drain,afternoon Mrs. and I meet with investor than see what happens the rest of the day.

Enjoy the day.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 49˚ heading to the mid 80s.

Yesterdays electronic story below - long version for those retired and and short version those still working.

The long story: The newly repaired dishwasher stopped working the washing machine stopped working and I lost all electoral in the plugs in the dining room. I called a electrician out because this was above my pay grade. He hit the reset on a button on two combination breaker and it flashed 6 times and no flashes on a third button. He determined the fancy breakers were defective and went and got three from the electrical supply house at $65 for each breaker not including labor charge. The house is only 5 years old so after he left I googled the name of the breaker (Eaton) and found they have a 10 year warranty and called them and they said to take the bad breakers to home depot. I did but of course home depot did not carry that breaker in the store they were only on line so the store could not help with a refund or replacement. I then took them to the electrical supply where the electrician bought them and they could not give me a refund because the electrician bought them but could credit his account and I could get the money from him. I called him but while on the phone with him just decided to exchange the three breakers for 3 more new ones since I have about 15 of theses in the panel. When I got back home the M-Cell for phone reception, that had been turned off during breaker replacement, would not reset for my wife's phone even after rebooting it. She has the iPhone 5s which does not support wifi calling like mine. At&t stopped supporting the M-Cell in 2017 so now I'll be researching a new iPhone for her unless I can get her phone to accept the M-cell again.

The short story: Wife needs new iPhone to replace her 5s. Any suggestions on any good deals out there?



Really good pics yesterday of rainbows, sunrise and cranes among colorful trees!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

How about I send you a hawk?

My hawk must be lazy. I see him fly over, but got lots of tree rats.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Sodamo the three quarter ton truck works out well for us the 16000 pound gooseneck requires it and sometimes it will pull skid loader and mini ex both over 10000 pounds. We wanted something that rode good as well so this fit the bill. Still on first tank of fuel 17.3 miles per gallon. Hope to see 20mpg on the road

That’s doing good on mpg.

I use 3/4 ton to haul 1 ton pallets of pellets.

Should have bought next size tractor with larger loader to lift a ton. I split them and remove half ton at a time.
I need to get some this yr.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Impressive sky BEF. The rainbow looks like it's pulling the electricity pylon over.
!

I think the power lines energized the rainbow. It was really bright

 

[toppop52]

Good morning! 49˚ heading to the mid 80s.

Yesterdays electronic story below - long version for those retired and and short version those still working.

The long story: The newly repaired dishwasher stopped working the washing machine stopped working and I lost all electoral in the plugs in the dining room. I called a electrician out because this was above my pay grade. He hit the reset on a button on two combination breaker and it flashed 6 times and no flashes on a third button. He determined the fancy breakers were defective and went and got three from the electrical supply house at $65 for each breaker not including labor charge. The house is only 5 years old so after he left I googled the name of the breaker (Eaton) and found they have a 10 year warranty and called them and they said to take the bad breakers to home depot. I did but of course home depot did not carry that breaker in the store they were only on line so the store could not help with a refund or replacement. I then took them to the electrical supply where the electrician bought them and they could not give me a refund because the electrician bought them but could credit his account and I could get the money from him. I called him but while on the phone with him just decided to exchange the three breakers for 3 more new ones since I have about 15 of theses in the panel. When I got back home the M-Cell for phone reception, that had been turned off during breaker replacement, would not reset for my wife's phone even after rebooting it. She has the iPhone 5s which does not support wifi calling like mine. At&t stopped supporting the M-Cell in 2017 so now I'll be researching a new iPhone for her unless I can get her phone to accept the M-cell again.

The short story: Wife needs new iPhone to replace her 5s. Any suggestions on any good deals out there?



Really good pics yesterday of rainbows, sunrise and cranes among colorful trees!

Did you try doing a hard reboot on her phone at the same time youæ±*e rebooting the M-Cell?

 

[toppop52]

.31 of rain last night, low of 51 this morning, high of 66 today. No more drought around here.
Visit to kidney doctor was very positive, best function level in years, once my cat scan is done next week I should be ready for that valve replacement. The only question is whether the valve will be bovine or swine.
Good days and prayers for all.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning. It was 52° this morning and forecast to get to 86° this afternoon.

Maybe some rain tomorrow and Friday ... fingers crossed.

I tried out the rotisserie, in our air fryer, last evening with a pork loin roast. Salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder then 400° for 40 minutes. It came our perfect ... very moist.

Early voting has started so I'm heading into Columbus, to vote, this morning then, over to Weimar for a load of feed.

Great pictures of rainbows, sun rises, Fall leaves, and English Gentlemen stumbling around in the fog.

Hope everyone has a great "Hump Day" today

Prayers to all.

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning Everyone!!!!

It was a clearing sky 48ºF low after last night's rain; a mixed cloud/sun 53ºF with increasing winds presently; and I anticipate a breezy, clear and sunny afternoon in the mid 50ºF's. It's still too wet to do anything outside yet. It will be a great day to pick our squash laying in the garden and maybe fuel the tractor and do some rotary cutting. It's still too early for the final mowing of the lawn and perimeter paths with the rider/grass-leaf catcher.

"... Jay hope you work out your sweats or are they hot flashes."- Bruce. Thanks for the laugh. BTDT When I first got sick I was on really high doses of Prednisone enough to take out my testosterone and I started having all the female symptoms of menopause including mood swings, the night sweats, and hot flashes. Our female friends are "of the age" and sometimes when together we would all get hot flashes together. I learned a lot about "manopause"rolleyes: The self-administered deep muscle (thigh) injections of glue-like testosterone got really old quickly.

"... Jay hope you get rid of sweats maybe sugar related"- Buppies. You could be right; I really never made that connection until you posted it. Thanks for raising the ? I really should check my sugars during these events. When I do take my sugars (long after the fact) they look pretty decent. I do know that I tend to go hypoglycemic around "Happy Hour;" kind of a sad way to raise sugar levels.:embarrassed:

Eric- Thanks for sharing your pictures . You were just following the contours of the ground surface. What you really needed was a couple of stiff drinks and you would have made a straight beeline to the gate.

Don- Good luck with the electrical and iPhone challenges.

I hope that everyone has a decent day today and those mending continue to mend and the rest of us continue to age gracefully.

My + thoughts and prayers.

 

[txdon]

Did you try doing a hard reboot on her phone at the same time youæ±*e rebooting the M-Cell?

Yes, now att is saying to unplug the m-cell for 90 minutes.

 

[toppop52]

Yes, now att is saying to unplug the m-cell for 90 minutes.

I once had to hard reboot the phone while having the tower unplugged for a lengthy period, I don’t remember exactly how long, but 90 minutes doesn’t seem out of line. Good luck with it, that technology is getting old.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low only went to 40 this morning, up to a balmy 64 today before the winter storm warning tonight. We may not see any snow, but just about a 45 minute drive north might get up to a foot of snow! Tommorow' high is forecast to only be 42 and windy....joy!

Nice pics posted by everyone! Some beautiful scenery for sure!

Randy, glad to hear that good report on the kidney function.

Ron, good choice not to tackle handling that door without help!

Buppies, that's some decent mileage on your truck. I barely get that with my V6!

Drew, that was a really good looking tomato.

Don, wifey and I both have IPhone 6s. Really like them, they've been trouble free for over 2 years. I'm not even sure if they are still available.

We're off to take Kassie, our little 'old lady' schnauzer to the groomer, then do a few errands in the big city.

Everyone have a great day! Prayers out for all.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Don't care for no-spill cans so much, but "no-spill Jill" is really easy on the eyes.

No Spill Jill - Short Demonstration - YouTube

Thanks for posting that link, Kyle. I never knew about the auto shutoff feature, and it'll come in handy.:thumbsup:

The No-Spills work better after installing, and opening, one of those Ez-Pour vents in them.

But now the 2 1/2 gallon No-Spill I have here is leaking from, of all places, the button. Nuthin' like having a wet thumb every time you pour...:muttering:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Yep, really nice teeth.

They are so white, RNG bought 2!!!

Just for the record, my purchase was made before Kyle posted that link, and Jill's ,er, attributes, had nothing to do with that decision.:laughing:

If any of you know of a better gas can, that you can actually buy new right now, I'd love to hear about it. I've been pouring a lot of gas from cans lately, between the generator and motorcycles, which both have fill holes on a horizontal surface. The nozzles on all of my old 5 gallon cans stick up in the air at about a 45ｰ angle, and fuel will pour out of a full can before the nozzle can engage the filler neck on the tanks. The button on the No-Spill, combined with the horizontal nozzle, makes filling those tanks a breeze, and aside from a wet thumb, yesterday I didn't spill a drop when using the No-Spill. I spilled a LOT of gas trying to fill the No-Spill tank, which I was using to transfer gas from the 5 gallon cans, and for the same reason: The gas from a full 5 gallon can starts pouring out the nozzle before the nozzle can get anywhere near the opening on the 2 1/2 gallon No-Spill tank. Those 5 gallon cans work great on the filler neck of a car, which is located on a vertical surface, and if I had a place where I could elevate the smaller No-Spill so I could keep the 5 gallon tank lower, I might have more luck getting the gas where it needs to go. I think it was Bill that said he just used a funnel to pour gas directly out of the can, no nozzle involved, and that's probably the best solution for a horizontal filler hole, if you don't have a No-Spill can.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

unwanted visitor this morning
tomato from friend's garden in Delaware, most perfect tomato I've seen.
Slug apparently was impressed too.
I think it came in on the back of a pepper yesterday.

Good thing slugs don't eat much, huh, Drew?:laughing:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

... the trail I had left in the grass was curved with zigs and zags - and I haven't touched a drop of alcohol in the last two days :confused3: View attachment 625734

I think we've found the problem...:laughing:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

The short story: Wife needs new iPhone to replace her 5s. Any suggestions on any good deals out there?

No, not since Apple started offering eleven hundred dollar iPhones. They've priced me out of their market.

But I'lm curious what you will come up with.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 71F @ 8:00AM. Plentiful sunshine. High around 90F. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 mph.
We've been under a Red Flag Warning since 5AM, with gusting winds and very low humidity predicted for later today and tomorrow morning. I've been getting blackout alerts from the electric company for the past two days, so it's just a matter of when, not if, the power will go off today. Brought home enough beer from Costco yesterday to completely fill all the empty space in the fridge; all that thermal mass will keep it cool tonight when the generator's not running. I won't run a generator when I'm sleeping because I don't like the idea of possible CO poisoning. There are much better ways to die than that.

Ain't nature great, Houser? How lucky you were there to see her strut her stuff, and thanks for sharing!

My bodyshop neighbor recommended a hydraulic shop in town to get the backhoe hose repaired, and gosh, did he pick a winner. It was in an older building in an area of town with lots of repair and industrial stuff, the kind of place with a big counter on one side and shelves and shelves laid out so customers could browse for fittings and a million other things while they waited. The man behind the counter disappeared into the back where the shops were located, and I told him I was surprised he was going to check the hose while I waited. He smiled and kept on walking. I could hear the pumps running while he made the check, and then I heard him hand the repair off to another fellow. In ten minutes he was back with a completely new hose, fittings and all. He told me it used British fittings, another surprise as it came off an Italian Nardi backhoe. :confused2: :dance1:

As I was getting ready to leave for town yesterday, I was looking around the garage at four motorcycles, each with a nearly empty fuel tank. With all this blackout business going on, and wanting to keep extra gas on hand, I decided to empty all my 5 gallon cans into the motorcycles, so they'd all be full of stabilized E0. Then I loaded 27 1/2 gallons worth of empty cans into the truck, and got 'em all filled up at the fuel depot. Also got the 5 gallon bucket for hydraulic fluid filled, so I can get the backhoe going again. I also picked up the repaired cylinders for the white bike while I was in town, and now it's loaded on the lift so it can be put back together. Good thing I don't have anything else to do...:confused2:

Just one question for you guys out there using StarBrite fuel stabilizer: What do you use to measure the correct amount to put into the tank? The last bottle of Stabil had a handy measuring spout built right in, but the StarBrite bottle is opaque with no markings. Last time I used one of those big veterinary syringes, but I don't think the needle I have is long enough to get to the bottom of the bottle. Guess I'll be pouring it into a tin can...

Happy Hump Day, folks!

 

[PJSprog]

48°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 72° today. Judging by the iThingie weather widget forecast, this may be our last day in the 70s for quite a while.

This cold has been beating me down the last couple of days. I finally got some more sleep last night, but still tired today. Got home from work yesterday evening to find The Wife had left me a care package on the kitchen table. Guess she's tired of losing sleep as well.



Still haven't fixed the wiring issue on the guitar. Just haven't felt like going down there and messing with it. I did order the new bridge last night, though, from a company called HeadlessUSA that specializes in replacement parts for Steinberger-based guitars and basses (the original Klein guitars used Steinberger hardware). It's the same place whence I got the replacement head piece at the top of the neck. That was a really well-made part, and a much better design than the original stock part. Hoping for the same from the bridge.

They actually have an original Klein guitar available for sale on their website ... for a measly $6395 (which is about $2K less than I've been seeing them on eBay). Still crazy money for a guitar.