Good Morning!!!! 42F @ 5:30AM. Overcast. High 53F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
Saw on the satellite map last night that the storm that just swept through here will meet up with the one in Texas now, and the two will raise Cain with those west of the Mississippi over the weekend. That sounds pretty
significant to me, Bill!:shocked:
Glad tensions are easing on the fence front, Kyle (sorry, no pun intended

). Always more difficult when family is involved.
Good to hear of your comeback, Randy, but not of the runaround. :confused2: Maybe Zicam can help you ward off what's going around?
Bon voyage, Drew. Hope the tire problem gets and easy fix, and the rest of the trip is smooth sailing from there.:cloud9: Dropped by the BMW motorcycle shop yesterday, and they had a customer break a valve stem trying to get a poorly shaped air chuck onto it. The guy wanted them to put new valve stems in that had a 45° angle on them, but to do that, they'd have to dismount the tires. I suggested they sell him a new air chuck, but I guess it's a little late for that, now.:confused2:
Glad you were on your toes and knew when to duck, Thomas!
Sounds like the 2020 race season got off to a good start for your team, Rich. :thumbsup: Glad you can still get parts for that dynamo, but if you have trouble with the English instructions, maybe Eric can help translate?:laughing:
Sorry the lawyer is more worried about dodging the blame than fixing the problem, Don. Lot of that going around these days.:muttering:
Welcome to GM, RobS. Always great to meet another Super Member!:laughing:
Went to pick up the building permit yesterday, and ran into a big mix up. While the environmental lady did approve the permit, she forgot to cancel a hold she'd put on it just before New Years. She was out sick, they couldn't find anyone else that knew what was going on, and they had to round up a supervisor to sort things out. Then they were going to send me on my way with no information about what inspections were required when, until I started asking "dumb" questions. The impression I got is that I'm supposed to lean on my contractor, who according to the building department guy, should know all that stuff. But as an owner-builder, I'm the one that's responsible, and my contractor is new to this county, so he really doesn't know, either. So finally they produced a checklist, and marked the inspections that I'd need, all four of 'em. Now I realized I should have had the guy sign the piece of paper so we'd know who to blame when they find out an inspection wasn't done and they can't sign off at the end.
But all the parts I ordered were waiting for me at the Subaru dealer, so it was nice to see someone's still on the ball.
And the MRI went smoothly, too, though the gal's Spanish accent made it pretty difficult to figure out what she was trying to tell me.:confused2:
So did the first shingles shot; just a little soreness this morning, and so far at least, no flu like symptoms.
But the day started off with a new mystery. There's a new, crude, barbed wire gate someone installed next to my driveway access, across the old road that goes down to the abandoned boat launch. The kind made of strands of barbed wire and sticks, and you have to lift a loop of wire off the top of the end stick to open the gate. Whoever put it in made it so tight there's no way to get the top loop off. While I was in the county offices, I tried to find out who owned the easement for that road, and all I could find out is that the county says they're not responsible for the road. The new gate meets up with new fence wire stretching to the north, on land that just changed hands a couple years ago. I got into it with the new owner last year when his dog wouldn't stop chasing my truck and motorcycles, so we're already off to a bit of a bad start. The road gives access to fire fighters and state park maintenance people as well, and really shouldn't be gated off. My guess is one of the real rednecks around here will put a chain on the gate and drag it off somewhere, and I just hope they can figure out I wasn't the one that installed it and they don't take my gate down with it.
TGIF gang!:drink: