Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

American car builders wanted to go to quartz halogen years earlier, but antiquated federal law said no.

But the low cost headlights was nice. Price on halogen went way up.

 

[lostcreekranch]

My new F-350 KR has all LED head lights, tail lights, running lights, bed lights, interior lights. I'm very pleased with all.

I did get a letter from FORD this week ... that they have a recall, on my running lights. They claim they may be too bright? Whuuu?

I get that checked out at next oil change.

 

[txdon]

My new F-350 KR has all LED head lights, tail lights, running lights, bed lights, interior lights. I'm very pleased with all.

I did get a letter from FORD this week ... that they have a recall, on my running lights. They claim they may be too bright? Whuuu?

I get that checked out at next oil change.

I got a recall notice from my FordPass key app this week saying the tail lights on my Ranger might not work all the time but nothing about them being too bright.
Recall: Some 219 Ford Rangers''' taillights might not work

 

[Jim Shooz]

But the low cost headlights was nice. Price on halogen went way up.

The low cost may have been noice but with the speed which cars could then achieve it was very easy to outdrive your headlights.
Back in 73 we had 100w halogens in a Corolla and were hitting 110MPH on a narrow back country road. There was no way that could have been done on sealed beams. (this was in a motorsport event and the corolla had been "breathed upon")

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 37F for the start, high thin clouds, light north wind. Sky stayed mostly clear, wind stayed light but change to south late morning, and high temp was 60F. Bike ride this morning, nap in afternoon and energy conservation.
Starting in the 80's engines were not getting the oil as dirty as older cars, so felt extended oil drains ok. My F150 ecoboost engins has the dirtiest oil at 5K I have seen in a long time.
Jay nice snow pic and enjoy Costa Rica :thumbsup:
Drew, sorry you had the reaction to the flu shot, the extra strength sho may be more than your immune system has had to deal with in a while.
RNG would be nice if a new battery would fix your cold start issue, or even an easy way to jump battery during cold weather starts.
Rick hope they do a good job on your fence. I have to have my back fence done.
Rich nice to have you internet sorted out, why can't they train the installers to do all that?
Ted got any video of son before the hole drilling advice?
Often wonder what the oil life monitor actually checks to calculate oil life?
Jay sorry about pharmacy issues hope does not affect trip, sometimes I wonder how well do people remember 9/11?
ramman nice pic glad you could visit your grandpa.
prayers for all

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I went to bed at halftime of the Ohio State game. Had to go back downstairs to watch when I saw they had come back.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
32 going up to 60 today, rain coming in tonight along with much warmer weather
hard to believe tomorrow will be 70, Tuesday 77 degrees. My propane supplier is already frowning...

have a long drive down to Wilmington NC today for a good friends Quaker memorial service. His wife is really shook up, understandable but
even more since she is heavily disabled from a stroke, can get around with difficulty. So her caregiver dies, the person she depended upon so heavily, and now
she has to figure out how to go on. Her daughter lives a few blocks away in Richmond which is why she just moved there and sold their home in Wilmington, but David had become Clerk (head Admin person-no clergy) in the Wilmington Meeting and they have lots of friends there. Thankfully my friend was a planner like me, and had everything in place.
So that's my day, won't get back until dark.

hope all who are ailing feel much better today.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning,
the temp is 25 and going to a high of 36. Flurries (probably rain). Wind S 17 mph.

I have a town run for this A.M., then conserve energy. I may charge up the batteries for my grease gun, but don't hold your breath.

Re: headlights. I had seal beams in the front of the Freightliner and 3 years ago changed them out for LEDs. What a difference! Ever since I got the truck in 2005 (its a 2001), I have had 100 watt spot lights on top of the mirror brackets
aimed for both ditches. We call them 'moose lights'. They are very illegal. Non fluted lenses and way over the goobermint specs wattage wise. They do a good job of lighting up the ditches where the moose hide overnight. When I meet oncoming traffic, I shut them off. The cops kinda ignore the fact you have them IF you don't blind people AND more importantly don't blind the cop when he is coming at you. Whenever I was in the states, I just wouldn't use them, the same with Manitoba.

Have a safe day all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

28°

Getting the cold my wife has, don’t know how this might effect going back to work tomorrow. She didn’t go to the neighbors party yesterday.
My throat feeling better since using Vick’s.

Guess I’ll watch some YouTube since I can’t sleep.

 

[wngsprd]

22 going to 48. Took Coco for a bathroom walk since we are still on skunk watch...lots of frost crystals glimmering in the flashlight beam...matching the stars.

Frank, sorry about your gramdma passing. I'd probably eat supper at 4:30 or 5:00 if my wife would "let me."

BEF, congrats on your Buckeyes winning...my Cavaliers got whupped. Hope cold is better.

Regarding oil changes, I've always done them at about half the interval recommended. Knock on wood, I've never had an engine develop a problem "where the oil touches" just things like water pumps and radiators.

We got all the outside Christmas decorating finished yesterday. More to do inside, and cutting our tree today. Split all my remaining firewood rounds yesterday...splitter was in the Christmas spirit and started on the 2nd pull. Eric, I guess I'll have to go to the gym to work on my bow-pulling muscles.

Enjoy your Sunday!

 

[mpham]

4 above going to 35 today. Partly sunny with a warm up and 2 days of rain coming. Up since 4 am with 2 coffees already down.
Started a 6 day steroid taper regimen this morning to try and bring my gout and arthritis pain under control.Doc also doubled my prescription stomach meds to try and cut down the acid reflux. Just for fun my body decided to up my blood pressure to 150 over 80. Need to go back for a couple more test to see if it was a fluke. Usually it is only 129 over 80.
Cleaned up the snow in the yard, went and got some diesel fuel,gas for the grill,gas for the truck(phew 70 bucks!) and loaded up the pellet stove yesterday. Can't do much else as I'm right handed and can't straighten out my fingers or make a fist.
Wife is going out with friends today so I will be left alone. Might attempt a little shopping to pick up a new coffee mug for work. Need one that will keep it hot for a few hours. I broke my last one a month ago.
Enjoy your trip Jay!
Ramman is that view from the Mt. Wachusett area or western Ma.? Looks familiar.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Re: headlights. I had seal beams in the front of the Freightliner and 3 years ago changed them out for LEDs. What a difference! Ever since I got the truck in 2005 (its a 2001), I have had 100 watt spot lights on top of the mirror brackets aimed for both ditches. We call them 'moose lights'. They are very illegal. Non fluted lenses and way over the goobermint specs wattage wise. They do a good job of lighting up the ditches where the moose hide overnight. When I meet oncoming traffic, I shut them off. The cops kinda ignore the fact you have them IF you don't blind people AND more importantly don't blind the cop when he is coming at you. Whenever I was in the states, I just wouldn't use them, the same with Manitoba.

No such thing as too much light on a motor vehicle, Bill. Especially as my eyes age, I appreciate every lumen. LED makers are finally figuring out how to make them not only bright, but focused where they need to be instead of blinding oncoming traffic. If only people would take the time to aim their lights when they swap out the bulbs...:muttering:

 

[Mancelona Man]

Good morning! 32 degrees now with a high of 37. Looks like we are in for a storm Monday night through Wednesday. Then lake effect snow here in Northern Michigan.

 

[RoyJackson]

2019-12-08, 0715

1 degree right now...high in the low 30's today.

Not much planned...clear some snow off the back deck before the heavy rain tomorrow is the only chore...

 

[Buppies]

28 high of 40 today rain and warmer tomorrow

Prayers for all

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 27° with some clouds this morning. Heading to 44° with cloudy skies. Got both digital deadbolts up and programmed. No more worry about loosing keys when out using tractor or mower. Fix dogs water bottle stand to keep spout from turning. Sassy has not figured out how to get it back where she can get at it to drink. Keeps her hair do from getting wet.

I ordered a pack of the lube sheets for shredder a few day ago. Ran one threw shredder. After lube got spread. It sounded like it doubled in speed.
My 2012 Captiva has GM's version of oil life. I used it to tell when to change oil. Which got oil change at 9k. After second time i needed to add oil at 5k. After that I did oil changes between 4 and 5K without any oil lose. It used full synthetic.

Another couple of birds at feeder that I cannot find a good answer on their breed. They a little bigger than sparrow. Best I have found is Brown Head Cowbird.


Ramman, Great picture. Keep in touch with your grandfather. After being married for almost 60 years to my wife. She died 3 months ago. I have a idea how he must feel. Holidays are rough. Contact with family and friends are very important.

Phil, hope you get better with new meds.

Buckeye, lots of vitamin C.

Drew, sorry for your friends wife. Hope she gets all the support she needs.

RNG, I put LED light on my motorhome. They worked great. I notice a lot of the cars/trucks with LED's are properly aimed. Until they come over a hill. Vehicles approaching get blinded. Not sure how to fix it other than lower wattage. Or have a third level of brightness for approaching vehicles.

Rick, On the new here they are talking about a Ford HD pickup tailgate recall. Apparently it can open when hitting a hard bump.

Jay I guess I was day early on your travel wishes. Safe and warm travels.

Prayers and best wishes for all.

Good Morning All.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 53F @ 4:00AM. Rain showers this morning with some sunshine during the afternoon hours. High around 60F. SSE winds shifting to W at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50%.
Picked up an inch of rain yesterday, some in the morning, more in the afternoon. Really strong winds all day; now I know where the old saying "hang onto your hat" came from.:laughing:

Speaking of headlights, I changed out the bulb on the touring bike yesterday to an LED. Had to carve on the plastic three pin adaptor that is supposed to fit an H4 holder; I guess they're not all the same. Then I learned that I must have scavenged the headlight relay for the red dirt bike earlier this year, as the new "bulb" didn't work when I first tried it. Funny, I have no recollection of doing that but I have no one else to blame.:confused2: Found one in a drawer appropriately labeled "RELAYS", then tried to follow the instructions in the bike's owners manual for aiming the thing. Don't have much confidence that it's done properly, as there's so much stuff in the garage now I could get neither the right distance nor a clear shot at the cross the instructions specified. So I'll go out for a little ride tomorrow night and see how I did.

At Costco this week I picked up a package of chicken meat they'd salvaged from unsold rotisserie birds, and used it night before last to make a green chili chicken stew. Costco was also selling New Mexico green chili in bottles last month, and I loaded up. Only three ingredients in the stew: the chili, the chicken, and about a dozen small potatoes chunked up in bite sized cubes. It all went into the Instant Pot, and sat on slow cook all night, but surprisingly the potatoes were still hard yesterday morning. Kept tasting them all day, and finally by evening they were ready; slowest cooking batch of chili I've ever made! Somewhere in there I read the label on the bottle the chili came in, and was amazed at how much salt it contained. A two tablespoon serving contained 250 milligrams of sodium chloride, two tablespoons to the ounce, forty ounces in the jar, almost a full ounce of salt in there. And me on a low salt diet. Next time I'll drain the juice off, then rinse the chili, too.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I have a taillight on my forester that doesn’t work sometimes but comes on with a little thump of my hand.

 

[Thomas]

Ron....
Sassy got that look about how the home should be run...where to put things,things should be,times things should be done.

 

[Thomas]

7F clear sky upper 20's for high...valley least 6 degrees colder.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today...walk about checking critters also game cams,watch some football,putter.

Enjoy the day all.