Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

good morning all, a chilly 25 here, heater blazing away in greenhouse, 65 in there, just perfect.

The likelihood of me making that trip to PA is going down. A variety of folks including family are advising me not to, but I've already cancelled too much. But three days in a hotel plus six different restaurant visits, plus a visit to my very elderly MIL, and no one has figured out what is bothering me, much less if it is contagious. Have felt great for last five days after going on new tummy meds, but who knows what is percolating. Waiting for appt with infectious disease guy for more tests, like Rocky Mountain spotted fever, bunch of other things ticks can give you in addition to Lymes. Until I get some medical person to tell me I'm not contagious, with something, I'm having real moral issues worrying me about passing bugs on to friends. So I may wind up staying home and waiting for this to pass.

Really can see how this affects economy. Friend is staying with family in Annapolis and she said there was a panic mode there, and online orders jumping. No one wants to go out to large places of assembly. I'm going to wait until Tuesday to make a decision, hope to get in front of doc by then.

email from admin head of our church/Meeting saying wash your hands before you come on Sunday morning, and don't sit too close to others. And don't come at all if you have a cough or fever. I was glad to see them being proactive.

Thankfully I feel pretty good and looking forward to a nice day.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the temp here is 26°F and going to a high of 43. Wind SW 5 mph. Mix of sun and cloud.

I think old man winters' back is broken.

Eric, Sheepless in Shropshire just doesn't have the same ring to it as Sleepless in Seatle.


Have a safe day all

 

[Thomas]

20F clear sky upper 40's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today...Quick trip to town for couple things,fill the feeders,putter in shed,watch little nascar,might sneak nap in.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 24ｰ with clear skies and bright moon. Heading to 57ｰ with lots of sun. Got grocery shopping done. People where stocking up on necessaries. No hand sanitizer or wipes in stores. Did use wipes on cart and hands when entering stores. The stores were crowded. Got all the clocks that did not do DST automatically except car reset. Started getting net off garden pond. Should get it finished today. Need to get golf cart out. It has not been used since November. Maybe some NASCAR in afternoon.

Drew, staying home is a hard decision to make. I traveled a lot for my job. I seemed to always be sick from something. Since I retired and never stay in motels anymore. I do not get sinus infection, colds or flu. If you are going to travel. Do it in your motorhome. Fix and eat as many meals as you can in it.
Now that I know that I do not have some kind of disease in my stomach I am feeling a lot better. Maybe some of the problem was stress. Dr gave new instruction on how to take my stomach meds (Nexium). Take them 1 hour before a meal on a empty stomach. That's what the label says but I have been taking it for so long I forgot about what it said.

Eric, the little lambs are so cute.

Thomas, sure hope you are right.

Rick, always enjoyed my trips home from our winter stays thru TX. Lots of road side flowers. :thumbsup:

David, another good project.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 44F @ 4:30AM. Cloudy. High 61F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
Or is it really 5:30AM? Leap forward, right? The so called "atomic" clocks do it automatically, but they do it at different times. Some it midnight Sunday (tonight), some at 2AM Sunday, some at 2AM Monday. The ones on the computers seem to do it at 2 AM Sunday. I always end up looking on the old fashioned digital clock on the cook stove to see what it says, because I know the only way it updates is if I do it.:confused2:

Yesterday, Drew, authorities declared a "local public health emergency" in Butte County, and there hasn't been a single case of CoVid-19 here yet. It's all about the money, as doing so makes them eligible for funding to set up quarantine facilities and start gathering medical supplies if/when the pandemic gets here. It's best to be prepared, but if they waste money as happened during/after the Camp Fire, the current state budget surplus is going to evaporate very quickly. Worse, perhaps, is that they are calling on the citizenry to start stockpiling disinfectants, food, and other supplies to get them through a possible quarantine period of a few weeks.:confused2: Looking over my own hermit like lifestyle, I could easily stretch my town visits to every other week, but I'd sure miss fresh vegetables.

Now take a look on Amazon, where you'll find various cold and flu OTC products already unavailable or with inflated prices. I thought Theraflu was a prescription medication, but there are OTC versions now, most with double digit price tags. Wasn't there a rock band called Widespread Panic? I think we're going to see a lot more of it in the near future...

If you end up making the Pennsylvania trip, Drew, you can limit your exposure in restaurants by ordering food for pickup. I strongly dislike eating alone in public, and when I traveled a lot, had regular routines I'd follow in my usual destination cities for piecing together parts of a meal (well, OK, BBQ and beer:laughing at the best places in town. Then I'd check into the motel and enjoy a good feed in front of the TV. Works for breakfast, too, eating in the car. Google Maps often has links to phone numbers and menus to make simplify ordering, When I made that long drive back to Ohio a few years ago, I took a cooler and stocked it with breakfast, lunch, and dinner food that let me eat in very few restaurants and make better time driving. Were I to do that again, I'd take along a couple packs of Clorox wipes to sanitize the shopping cart, though. Just had some delivered this week, but now I see they're "no longer available".

More nice work, David. There you go again, making the rest of us look bad.:laughing: You too, Mostly, with your 60 mile bicycle ride. Haven't done one of those since I retired (but it would do me a world of good to get back in shape and join you!).

Maybe Don's cousin can get you some alligators for your moat, Kyle?:laughing:

Gonna try to get out this morning before the wind kicks up and practice "O"s & "8"s, Jay. Thanks for the suggestion. And see if I can get the drone high enough to take an aerial photo showing most of the property, following David's example.:thumbsup:

I was curious if I could substitute the iPad for the iPhone with respect to the drone controller, so yesterday I made a short takeoff and landing flight to see if it would work. It did, but because I was inside, the controller cautioned that no GPS was available and hovering and return to home wouldn't work as well or at all. The iPad doesn't have a cellular modem in it, and I'm pretty sure it doesn't have GPS, either, so I'll give the iPad another try today outside to see if there are any negative impacts. If it works, I'll get busy cobbling together some sort of bracket to hook it to the drone controller. Several are available commercially, but I haven't found one yet that'll work with the 12.9" iPad...

Took me all day yesterday to run the vacuum cleaner and do a little dusting. The awkward angle of the handle on the Dyson really aggravates my back, and rather than just work through the pain, I took it in small doses and spread it out, interspersing sweeping with hanging upside down or just relaxing on the couch. It was cold and windy outside, so I also got a fire going in the wood stove so I could keep enjoying t-shirt temperatures.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend!

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good Morning. That was sure a short night. It's 47° this morning and we should get to 72° this afternoon. Looks like it will be overcast all day .. like yesterday. The forecast says this is the lady cool morning for some time. Our lows will be low 60's going forward and even getting into the 80's by Tuesday.

I got my hydraulic angle installed on my LP Rear Blade yesterday. All went well until I was installing the pivot clevis pin that the cylinder connects to.



The pivot bracket must have been in final machining, when the lunch whistle blew. It was only partially drilled to final diameter for clearance of the 1" clevis pin.



The drills, I had, were too large or two small so, I cleaned it up, best I could with emery cloth. Even with a liberal dose of Fluid Film, I still had to drive the pin in with a hammer. All good to go now.



I've been hoping for some rain, so I could clean up ash from two burn piles but .. nothing in our forecast. I guess I'll just start stacking cedar and tree limbs, I've already cut and staged, on top of the ashes and just have more to clean up next time.





Mostly .. 60 miles plus. Wow!
"Rick which wild flowers to you get?" Red ones, yellow ones, white ones, blue ones, purple ones. I guess I should study up and learn their names? My bad.

RNG .. Lupins? Didn't know that either. Guess I'm a flower dummy?

Bluebonnet (plant) - Wikipedia

David .. I like your "economy" fork extensions. Whatever it takes .. right?

Drew .. you're probably wise to hesitate on your trip. As you say you could be contagious with something and your own immune system could be temporarily compromised. I think Ron is right about traveling in your RV.

Eric .. hope you enjoyed your "week off" ??

Ron .. glad your stomach is doing better. Do you miss wintering in Texas? I think this was your second year to stay in Michigan??

Kyle .. hope you share pictures of your bridge rehab?

Everyone have a nice Sunday and enjoy all that "daylight saved" .. this evening.

Prayers to all.

 

[wngsprd]

27 going to 63 and sun.

Lots of contrails up in the sky after seeing a beautiful big orange moon set at dawn.

Eric and Looking...kudos to you for humorous play on words so early this morning (or late morning for Eric).

Mostly, 60+ miles is quite an accomplishment.

Roy, great new gun. Hope you get some target time.

RNG, great drone flying. Check your documentation to see if you have a feature called Headless mode...it allows you to switch your drone to a mode where the forward direction of the drone is always the direction that the head faced at take off. So when flying, it doesn't matter which way it faces, your controls steer it the same as when it first took off.

We've never had a good apple crop due to the cedar apple rust disease. There are so many cedars around that I think new ones would grow up before I could ever cut all the existing ones. We actually like them, except when they overgrow something. Our Eastern Redcedars are actually in the juniper family, not quite the same as the Western Redcedars.

 

[ronjhall]

I got my hydraulic angle installed on my LP Rear Blade yesterday. All went well until I was installing the pivot clevis pin that the cylinder connects to.

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The pivot bracket must have been in final machining, when the lunch whistle blew. It was only partially drilled to final diameter for clearance of the 1" clevis pin.


Ron .. glad your stomach is doing better. Do you miss wintering in Texas? I think this was your second year to stay in Michigan??

Hole looks like was punched on a press. Punch and die may have been dull.

3rd year.
I know most of the flowers by color also. :ashamed:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

The drills, I had, were too large or two small so, I cleaned it up, best I could with emery cloth. Even with a liberal dose of Fluid Film, I still had to drive the pin in with a hammer. All good to go now.

That's a lot of steel to try to remove with emory paper, Rick. Usually when one of those pins goes in with a hammer, it takes hydraulics to get it out.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Hole looks like was punched on a press. Punch and die may have been dull.

3rd year.
I know most of the flowers by color also. :ashamed:

You’re probably right Ron. I initially thought it was just too much paint build in the hole so, I just worked it with some 150 sandpaper. That’s when I could definitely see the “shoulder” and took the picture. I further worked on it, with Emory cloth but, even then its still a tight fit.

A fellow “flower dummy” huh? Our wild flower variety change from year to year here.

 

[Buppies]

wingsprd you go to the honorary mayor of Beaverdam Ball?

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-03-08, 0954

32 right now...high in the mid-40's today..
I'd posted about a deer in the back yard yesterday. Surprisingly, she was back this morning...very calmly looking around. I'd almost say she was domesticated.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low only at 36, going up to 62. Overcast now, good chance of showers around 12-3 pm. ...or is that 1-4? .... Eastern NM and N. Texas will get more rain.

I got a coat of primer and paint on one side on my neighbor ‘ s canopy, I will finish up the rest of the paint today and take it over to him.

FedEx left the mower sitting in Albuquerque since Friday, so I guess I will not see it until tomorrow for sure. That will let me finish up some other things before the new toy arrives

Rick, I hope you get a chance to play with the new hydraulics! T&T is on my list. Those cylinders are expensive! .... maybe in the budget for next year.

Eric, the lambs are cute! Are those 2 twins? On average, how many lambs do you get per year? How many do you keep for future breeding?

RNG, hope you can get some flight time today... and more videos.... :thumbsup:

My son did get the garage floor stained yesterday, I did not help at all. I think it turned out pretty good... pics will follow. I am not sure if he can put the acrylic top coat on today or if it has to cure for a while.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[jbrumberg]

Mixed level clouds and hazy sun at the time of today’s breezy low of 24ºF with windchill ~ 15ºF. Increasing sun all morning and it is presently a breezy 38ºF resulting is a windchill ~ 30ºF. Another beautiful day to enjoy. Ice/snowpack is mostly gone in the open areas and subsurface springs are starting to flow in the lower field. It looks like I will no longer need crampons outdoors in the near future.

The new replacement compressor arrived with the included remote unable to link with its compressor, but the old remote could; and once I got everything connected it appears that the new replacement compressor is defective.. I went through the testing process and confirmed the defect. I could use the old compressor and the new one each dedicated to an air bladder as each seems to have one compressor pump/hose that can hold pressure. Another PITA call to SelectComfort® tomorrow.

I’ve seen some early Spring birds this week. A small flock of male robins came through 2 days ago and I saw a a Song Sparrow here yesterday.

Roy- I forgot to complement your new pistol.

Eric- Good luck with your hearing aids, and thanks for sharing your livestock pictures.

Kyle- Good luck with the bridge and stocking moat.

Like RonJH I was always getting sick from traveling and my work in longterm care facilities.

RNG- Good luck with the flight practiceUploading and editing my drone videos required a lot of downtime with the uploading. The YouTube editor usually made the video quality worse.

Rick- It’s a lot more fun to crash and/or lose a cheap drone than a real expensive one.

Drew- At this point it would probably be best to stay at home and not risk exposure and/or exposing yourself and others. Too much is not known about the COVID-19 virus.

Bill- Thanks for the laugh.

Billy- Headless mode really works well, but it makes the operator unable to truly pilot the aircraft in the event the function fails and the operator must rely on his/her piloting skills. I got into the bad habit of manually backing in with my final approach and landings. Many fly-a-ways are due to the owner/operator being too reliant on the flight controller’s functions.

Ted- I hope that you get your new rotary mower sooner than later.

I hope that everyone is having a decent Sunday as planned.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[sodamo]

64°F and .09 inches rain.
Still waking up

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Plenty of rain in the night, the sound of it lashing against the window woke me up twice. Fortunately there was plenty of space under cover for the first returning ewes and their offspring. After being sheepless for a week, it is something of a novelty to be out feeding them again this morning.

Kyle, a moat around your own house, that's so posh ! Making a bridge with kids sounds great fun. You could even have a Draw Bridge - no extra woodwork required, just a daughter with a talent for art

Posh to me would be, having sheep to count every night to aid in going to sleep. Eric, does the train have to blow it's horn much near you? Can you hear it from afar? We have tracks about 2 miles from us and I hear them in the background....unless it is very windy with the wind blowing from us towards the tracks.

No alligators. I have almost been eaten by a 12' alligator when I was 9 or 10. Some thin chicken wire/rebar kept it from making me a snack. Also, they eat chickens. No water in the "moat" which is actually a drainage swale.

Maybe some land sharks?

The chickens are laying eggs at a great rate. Garden is growing. Need to fertilize potatoes now that they are sprouting well.

I planted some mountain laurel beans a month ago or so and the first sprout is coming up.

My buddy's 14 year old doggie passed away. She was a good one.

Sunday school went well.

Rick sorry about the crappy hole. Here's an an old trick. Take a short 1/4" diameter x 6" long piece of round bar (preferably brass or aluminum), cut a thin slot starting from the end about an inch back, long enough to stick the emory cloth in the slot and wind it around the shaft in the correct direction. Put it in an pneumatic die grinder rotary tool, place the wound up emory cloth end in your problem hole and spin her up. We call them "whip" sticks in the industry. The shaft will center itself and the emory goes to town. Every minute or so, peel a slight amount off the worn out end of the emory cloth.

Hope this makes since.

Prayers for our team mates who need them.

Drew, I know it's tough having to make a decision like that.

 

[Buppies]

Jay sorry compressor does not work
Kyle sorry about friends doggie

60 degrees a little breezy

 

[Thomas]

Roy
I'd posted about a deer in the back yard yesterday. Surprisingly, she was back this morning...very calmly looking around. I'd almost say she was domesticated.
…......………...…….
Deer maybe smelling check on something good to eat now the ground has more bare spots.

 

[Thomas]

Kyle.
Dang...sorry your friend lost love one.

 

[txdon]

According to the Checker at the local grocery store the famous but unknown "THEY" are telling people to stock up for a two months supply of groceries and goods to be ready for a two month quarantine.
Stores are out of alcohol 60%+, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, dried beans and rice. How are the stores in your area?