Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Drew that was so simple why didn’t the docs pick it up. In old folks #1 medication side affects #2 dehydration. No rare exotic disease like buckeye.
Glad it’s simple and a simple fix.

 

[toppop52]

MLB hammers Astros in cheating scandal: Jeff Luhnow, A.J. Hinch suspended then fired; draft picks lost - CBSSports.com

MLB should take the championship away from the 2017 Astros and the 2018 Red Sox, if
PEDs disqualify you from the HOF, then cheating certainly should, especially when the whole team was aware.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

One of the reasons when I went to ER for my GBS, I went to one next to all my Drs (and ran by Johns Hopkins) so they would have access to the records electronically. Closest hospital would not, and the Hopkins one not much further.

Road still backed up on way home from the morning accident, so detoured to miss the backup.

I think Redsox might get it worse than Astros, as their manager seems to be the one responsible for both teams cheating.

 

[Looking4new]

thanks for the concern guys. Played phone tag with endicrinologist today, never connected, left message about parathyroid.
this just doesn't get any better. Latest labs said I now have a liver disorder, being referred to yet another specialist.
Constantly hot and cold, temp this morning was 97.3, getting a swab for flu tomorrow if only to rule it out.
spending most of day in bed, had to go to drug store for strongest OTC anti nausea they had.
this isn't looking good for friday trip. And if I don't go I lose a thousand dollars in non refundable
deposits, adding insult to injury.
Lot of rain and thunder today

Better a grand than your life.

 

[DABSGT]

Agree
Good to hear from you Drew , had lots of us checking in to check on you

Better a grand than your life.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

I was getting worried about Drew not posting, but low and behold, he surfaced....

Drew I am relieved to see you come on here, also relieved that your symptoms may just be caused by medications.

BEF, wow! That had to be a fatal....

David, yes, 4x4x4 holes.... he is bringing home 24 foot tall trees from a worksite where they had to be removed. I am not sure of the caliper of the trunks, but I imagine 6-8 inches. I went over, but did not dig any holes today.... I was very concerned about the utility lines. I met with him tonight and picked another area clear of utilities for sure.

After not digging the holes, I decided to finally finish the tractor maintenance, the hydraulic filter was due to be change 15 hours ago.... so, after fighting with getting it off for an hour, broke out the heavy weapons.... a pair of very large 24 inch channel locks. The filter ended up mangled to all get out, but off of the tractor.... I would not want to shake the hand of the gorilla that put it on! . Went through a whole tube of grease on the bazillion zerks on the tractor, loader, and BH! But, Maintenance is DONE!

Had pepperoni and sausage pizza for dinner, milk chocolate peanut butter swirl ice cream for desert, sat in the recliner to relax.... all is good!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

BEF, wow! That had to be a fatal....

Driver got himself out. There is a creek under the truck. They had 3 cranes pulling it out.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 39F for the start, fog, clam wind. Light wind almost all day, fog hung around until mid afternoon, high temp was 55F. Choir practice to start the day, putter till lunch then nap, waiting for fog to lift. Bike ride went ok roads still damp from fog. Wife was ready to go out tonight for dinner then watch LSU take control from Clemson.
Eric good luck with your moles.
Buppies good to see you are checking in with doc.
RNG hope the idle air control valve is the issue, hope new windshield works out for you.
Thomas have fun with new laptop.
DABSGT, bad news on brakes, hate it when factory fix makes it worse.
Ted good luck with your tree holes
PJ sorry you distracted from music, hope you get rip rap worked out.
Jay hope the weather works itself out
Buckeye, that must have been quite the wreck.
Drew, glad the dr found the issue, hope his recommends work.
Ted glad you got filter off and other maintenance on tractor done. On oil filters have had some just be hard to remove, and I was the gorilla that put it on. tighten 3/4 turn after contact with new oil on gasket :confused3:
Buckeye, good to hear driver got out.
prayers for all.

 

[sodamo]

David- 31 more days and we may all be treading water.

You are averaging +1" of rain/day so far this year.

Is this your rainy season?

Yes, rainy season.

 

[sodamo]

thanks for the concern guys. Played phone tag with endicrinologist today, never connected, left message about parathyroid.
this just doesn't get any better. Latest labs said I now have a liver disorder, being referred to yet another specialist.
Constantly hot and cold, temp this morning was 97.3, getting a swab for flu tomorrow if only to rule it out.
spending most of day in bed, had to go to drug store for strongest OTC anti nausea they had.
this isn't looking good for friday trip. And if I don't go I lose a thousand dollars in non refundable
deposits, adding insult to injury.
Lot of rain and thunder today

Great to hear from you, Drew. Even if not best of news. Get well.

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-01-14, 0330

31 right now...high in the mid-to upper 30's. Maybe some snow tonight (an inch or so). This has, so far, been a very mild winter for Vermont.

Drew, I'm really happy you're still with us!

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning
temp here is 4 °F and going to a high of 27. Wind E 11 mph. 40% chance of flurries. About an inch +/-.

I've got a town run today, D-I-L needs to see the vampire, then groceries and hardware store for more of Scotts shop towels.
When one gets 'caught short' and must do his/her business in the bush, those blue paper towels are much nicer to clean up with than regular paper towels. They are almost as soft as toilet paper. You just cannot run them through a septic system because they are designed too NOT breakup like TP.


Have a safe day all

 

[wngsprd]

45 and raining, going to 57.

Ted, it always seems to me that the filters that are stuck the tightest are the ones located where it is hardest to get a good grip. Sounds like you deserved the treat afterwards.

Yesterday was the day that state government designated as visit (lobby) your state senator and delegate. Never done it before, but my wife and I felt strongly about an issue being heard in our legislature, so we drove down to Richmond and joined the crowds. Great turnout for those supporting our issue, and we talked with a number of people, including a farmer that lives 3 houses down from us (a little over a mile away). Our senator and delegate were on our side and turns out I know the delegate's chief of staff's dad and brother. We sat in one of the hearing rooms and listened to the committee hearing. Then met the mayor and walked around the city to some of the historic sites and had a great lunch. Never saw so many law enforcement officers in one square mile before...never felt safer.

 

[toppop52]

Good evening all. 39F for the start, fog, clam wind.[\quote]

Around here we get crab winds, but same thing! LOL

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 33° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 43° with a slight chance of sun in PM. Bird feeders should thaw out today. Need to get some shop time. My bench is getting cluttered with incomplete projects. Need a trip to Sam's Club, Menards and HF first.

Drew, glad it was something easily fixed. Sure wish there was a way to check if you are hydrated at home.

Looking, Quote of the Day. Get????

LS, had to check if there is a 20" channel locks. There is. I have couple of the 16". Glad you got filter off.

Mostly, damp road. Wet bottom.

Wngsprd, get out the vote!!!

Good Morning All.

 

[Eric Salop]

Neighbor came over yesterday to saw up some fallen widow maker branches for his firepit. I could tell by the time/sound/struggling that his chain was dull. New Stihl MS171. But since he's recently transplanted from up north, his tools are still up north. I loaned him my old trusty Deere CS-40 (Efco). The chain on it was about 90% sharp, but it still impressed his wife and kids how fast it went through the wood. I used my round file to sharpen his chain, but the consumer safety chains have such a bump in front of the cutting edge tooth, they hardly cut IMO. I told him he needed to grind them down a small amount.

Kyle, if that is a "Pico" chain, I grind it down slightly below the recommended level too. Flush with the top of the Stihl profile gauge doesn't seem quite low enough for decent sized chips. One thing to consider though is the type of wood being cut, you can take it down quite a bit if only cutting small diameter soft woods, but not so much with hard woods or that little MS171 will soon run out of torque.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Sure wish there was a way to check if you are hydrated at home.

My urologist says if you drink enough water that your urine is pale yellow or clear, you're well hydrated.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. I am enjoying a late breakfast and a warm up after a bit of a soaking outside. Can't complain, the rain started just when the forecasters said, things just took longer than expected.

I was too late getting onto tbn to realise you had ever been missing Drew - still, it's great to hear it wasn't permanent !

Wng, I don't have you down as a raving political activist, so that meeting in Richmond must have been something you felt strongly about. It must have felt good to see there were so many like minded people.

 

[Eric Salop]

Anything that kills the moles quickly is humane.

That's my thinking too, yet working out which traps do that is not that easy. In this country most spring traps have to be certified, which involves passing tests that prove the trap kills quickly. For some reason moles missed out on that legislation, allowing a lot of poor quality traps to be sold. Maybe this was because up until 2006, most moles were killed with poison by professional mole catchers. They placed worms dipped in strychnine into the runs. Curiously, it had been determined that the painful symptoms exhibited by most animals that die of strychnine poisoning did not apply to moles.

It is said that it is easy to kill moles by placing marshmallows in their runs, however causing the death of a wild animal by asphyxiation is illegal - I'm not sure how humane it is either.

Traps have once again become the main method of removal in the UK. Many have found the quality of cheap traps from the far east to leave much to be desired, a mix of poor design (or poor copy of someone else's design), inconsistent manufacture, inadequate springs and inferior galvanising are common.

My original Talpex, bought over 7 years ago, have no signs of rust and operate as good as new. The handful I bought recently cost only 6 pounds each, which seems a very fair price for the real thing. This particular trap is well suited to my light soil. Yesterday I had 8 traps out (I try and set 2 per expected mole), which had caught 4 moles by this morning. The buzzards are about to tuck into an easy lunch.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 45F @ 4:00AM. Sun and clouds mixed. High 54F. Winds SSE at 10 to 20 mph.
Not much rain overnight, but the wind was sure makin' a racket with 40 MPH gusts. Be interesting to see what ended up where outside once it gets light.

Good to hear that the people of Virginia are standing up for their rights, Wng!

I've never been able to make any sense out of the Stihl profile gauge, even after reading the instructions that come with one of their chains...

Those are giant channel locks, Ted! Once I had to drive a Philips screwdriver through an oil filter to use as a lever to get it off. What a mess!

Why not just carry a small roll of toilet paper in a zip lock baggie on trips, Bill? Learned that lesson the hard way, but it's saved my a** a few times since.:laughing:

The environmental services lady relented on her boss's suggestion for the electrical trench routing yesterday, and it was a huge relief. Amazing how stupid people rise to the level of their incompetence, and unfortunate the impact that can have. Got the order for the solar panel support grid hardware placed, but then discovered I'd left off a part, so I'll be on the phone with the outfit again today. Tried to get them locally, but apparently business is so good at the place I called they don't need mine. Would have saved me $400 on shipping, but probably wouldn't have been able to match the online price on the hardware.:muttering:

Made an appointment with a new ophthalmologist recommended by my internist. Hopefully this one'll have some ideas to deal with my wonky tearing issue.

Got the idle air control valve on order, and also tried to order a new power steering pump. The one on the van now has howled since day one and ex-mechanic refused to do anything about it, saying "they all do that". Learned that Subaru no longer makes 'em, so took the parts guy's advise and got one from AutoZone, who offer a lifetime warranty. Sounds like I'm gonna get good at changing 'em.:shocked:

Not sure what I'll get into today...