Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 26ｰ with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 32ｰ with mostly sunny skies in afternoon. Spent most of yesterday doing a inventory of coins and money we had collected for many years. Well over $200. Most of them older than 1970. Did not inventory dimes, nickles and pennies. Taking them to a coin dealer today for appraisal. Need to restock bird feed storage containers. That will be stop at Menards. Nice to do grocery, pet and hardware supplies at one store. It been a few weeks since I have gotten any seat time. Need to get chipper on tractor soon to get some seat time.
I have been watching this squirrel trying to figure out how to get at the bird feeders. It's over 10' down and out to them. Guess it is not hungry enough yet.


Randy, sure am glad you like a good cow jokes.

Jay, like the pictures and trip notes. Hope your wife wrist heals quickly. Safe travels home today.

Looking, is something special about batteries bought in Canada?

Buckeye, garbage disposal went out when we moved here 47 years ago. No dishwasher either. 2 items never on my repair list. Hope your is a easy fix. Lincoln highway wasn't more than a dirt road. Like the video. You can come to my place and check out what it was like this coming spring.

Prayers and best wishes to all.

Good Morning All.

 

[ronjhall]

Gel cell technology. They are expensive, but if they last over 5 years I will be pleasantly surprised.
We in Canada, as far as I know, have no battery manufacturing facility. They are all made in USA. Our dollar against the American dollar is worth 68 cents. It wasn't always this way, there were some years where the US $ was worth 90 cents Canadian, but those days are long gone.
Speaking of 'long gone', General Motors in Oshawa, Ontario will be building the last car sometime this week. They are closing the doors. GM in Oshawa has gone the way of the Dodo bird.

Gm had a battery plant as part of the Oshawa complex. I guess they are closing it too. Maybe the new trade agreement will help with prices on USA imported products. I was always surprised by the price of things in Canada compared to USA. Mostly markup by the middle man I believe.

 

[Buppies]

Great picture of squirrel Ron

 

[Buppies]

Fog has really rolled in this morning very light drizzle

 

[daugen]

Our dollar against the American dollar is worth 68 cents.

wow, wasn't aware it was that far apart, thought around ten percent.
From what I've seen most of the stuff (hot tubs, rv's) built in Canada are very high quality.
But if you don't make it there, add expensive transportation in plus this almost one third cost disadvantage, makes
for expensive cost of living. Hopefully offset by lower taxes, lower utility costs.
Am guessing the less expensive Chinese goods coming in from the West Coast would be very appealing at least on price.

sun is coming out, time to get moving, in the sixties. Have to take trailer to friend's home at river and bring my CCLT2 riding mower back for winter.
Takes me quite a while to get all the sand out of the deck bearings, plus blade is shot in one year. As in worn half off.
Then rain comes in this afternoon.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning. It's 36° here this morning which is 36° cooler than this time yesterday ... when it was 72°. Were still getting 15 mph+ winds. High should be near 53° this afternoon.

I'm thinking today will be a cab tractor day. I got my last burn pile lit off last Friday so, I need to use the FEL bucket to cleanup the sites of last three burn piles. After that some shop projects and shop heater testing.

Drew ... hope your foot is improving.

Randy ... keep getting better ... and keep your sense of humor.
Remember to party till the calves come home! They stay our way later than the cows.

Jay ... hope you have a drama free return trip today.

BEF ... thanks for the Lincoln Highway Video. My grandparents ranch, in Sarpy County Nebraska, was just a few miles from the original LH. I was born, in Blair, Nebraska just a mile from the realignment that became US 30.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Prayers to all.

 

[Thomas]

ronjhall;
I have been watching this squirrel trying to figure out how to get at the bird feeders. It's over 10' down and out to them. Guess it is not hungry enough yet.
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He'll figure something out that you can be sure of.

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning Everyone!!!!!

Thanks for the early morning laughs.

It used to be ~$500 colonies to the dollar (USD) now it's 550

6:45AM here (Central time)... We are killing time here at the Hotel Grano de Oro waiting for the end of rush hour. We need to find a gas station and drop the rental car off and then there will be a lot of hanging around in airports today (San Jose and Atlanta). We will not get to Bradley/Hartford, CT until ~midnight tonight and we will spend the night at the Sheridan Hotel at the airport where we have left Wifey's car.

RonJH- That pesky tree rat will figure a way to get to that feeder; they always do.

Rick et. al.- Thanks for the +'s. Wifey is doing pretty well thanks to the meds she's taking (does get a little loopy ). Quite a few research studies indicate that the higher the degree level the less effective the treated felt about the practitioner. I tend to agree. From what I've seen working in long term care the housekeeping and maintenance staff were much more effective than the "professionals" at putting residents in a "better place" emotionally. The doctoral level courses were pie in the sky cow plop (sorry Randy); the profs had no idea about real care and treatment in different settings, the effects of institutionalization, etc. I ended up teaching the teachers on more than one occasion. . In some ways I think that I was most effective therapeutically as an attendant at the State Hospital with my BS [literally and figuratively(sorry Randy)]. I did manage to get an MA before I bailed.

Eric- I have another tidbit= iguanas are one of the few reptiles known to "self stimulate" Those naughty lizards, but their vision remains excellent

An interesting program: Casa Luz.

 

[Thomas]

20F cloudy mid 20's for high snow storm just about here 3-5 inches ending late tonight.

E muffin outside early get chores done tidy up things before the snow arrives.
Plans for today...camcorder learning :confused2: clean up make new files on computer wildlife pics,putter.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

"If you fill the barrel with water to keep the Christmas tree green, how will the steel be kept from rusting?"

A quick coat of some stuff called "Zinga", almost pure zinc suspended in a fancy solvent. Next best thing to hot-dip galvanising and can be easily applied by brush, even when too cold to use normal paint. It looks like you have this in the USA too Zinga Z1 Zinc Film Cold Galvanizing Coating - 12.5 Ounces | GME Supply Not sure if that's the best price, it is twice as much as I pay.

Well, you learn something every day. I'd never heard of cold galvanizing, but unlike cold fusion, apparently it works. I suspect the high cost of Zinga has a lot to do with shipping; zinc at at least 92% of the coating, is heavy. And apparently it takes at least 92% to be effective. In the US, there are lots cold galvanizing products that hit 93%, and though they're more costly than paint products by about 3X, the plain old paint doesn't offer the anodic protection. Thanks, Eric!