Good Morning!!!! 58F @ 4:15AM. Sunny. High 77F. Winds light and variable.
The weather out here has been unseasonably warm and dry all month, with temps 10-15 degrees F above normal, and no rain at all. I'm not complaining, as it's been perfect for working outside, but the todo list of inside jobs is suffering.
I think the media is doing everything they can to scare He11 out of everyone regarding this virus, Don. Just this morning, there's a story of someone here in California coming down with it and they can't figure out how it was transmitted. That's got the stock market all riled up, but people are taking advantage of the dip and buying some of the tech stocks. With the shortage of surgical masks, 3M might be a buy here, as might Clorox.
But in general, the same things we already do in the winter to keep from catching colds and other flues will work for this one, too: don't rub your eyes, nose, or mouth without first washing your hands, cover your mouth and nose if you have to cough or sneeze, get plenty of rest and eat a healthy diet to keep your strength up. It looks like a vaccine is still at least a year out for corona virus, but keep in mind that the regular flu shot doesn't cover all the strains out there, either. I don't have any travel plans for the summer; I don't like to vacation in the heat.
You're giving the widow Winchester a run for her money in the building add on department, David!:laughing:
Try a cup brush in your angle grinder, Eric. DAMHIK how well they work on burned oatmeal.:irked:
Thanks for the Medicare info, Ron. Yet another item on the inside todo list.
The demolition hammer came in very handy to finish the trench at the end of the storage container yesterday, as two rocks too big to remove had to be chipped away to make room for the drain pipe. I was pretty well whipped when I went in for lunch, but somehow managed to recover enough to get the first foot of concrete poured in the solar rack post holes. Each one also got three six foot sticks of rebar in them, though I'm not sure how well they will adhere to the concrete, as the tamper David tipped me to worked almost too well and the concrete was so dense that it probably didn't reflow much around the bar. But the good news is that nothing rolled away uncontrollably down the hill, though the wheelbarrow tried to take off a couple of times and threatened to tip every time concrete got dumped into it from the mixer. The mixer itself ran well, once I noticed fuel leaking from the float bowl and tightened the nut holding it in place. That thing sure makes a racket; next time I'm wearing my Bluetooth shooting muffs and listing to a podcast or something. Took just a shade more than 13 50# bags of post hole mix for that first foot in each hole, only 68 more to go.
I'll bring the next load of 36 home today when I go into town for groceries, and pick up the 1" PVC conduit fittings to finish the the 110V AC and signal runs as well.
Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!
