Good morning!!!!

[lostcreekranch]

Well, Good morning.... late! Weather not too bad, very cool this morning, high of 55 today, but got a bit windy this afternoon.

Bad news on the home front... my daughter, the nurse practitioner up in Colorado, treated 2 persons last week that tested positive for Covid19. She was tested last Thursday, but no results reported yet. She started having all of the specific symptoms including the headache and fever starting last Saturday. Her symptoms have not gotten any worse..... She is presumed to be positive until otherwise ruled out.

Her 11 y/o daughter has pre-existing respiratory compromises, and also her grandmother (My MIL) is also elderly (also compromised) and lives with them. They may have been infected without even realizing it.

Please send out your best thoughts, wishes, and prayers for them. Thank you.

Prayers for fast and complete healing for all.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 59F for the start, trace of rain, thunder rumble moderate wind. Got windy today, stayed overcast, threatened rain most of day, high temp 63F. With everything wet and rain threats minimal outside activity available, puttered on computer, conserved energy and napped.
Website no longer shows Covid-19 in Cook county, Grayson county on the rise, (6) as well as Montague still has 1
Eric hope you get your trees trimmed without government interference. I just get one summary per day.
Bill safe trip to town
Drew hope your weed eater shows, hard times to sell as it is
Mike sorry about the shortages, milk appears to be a timing issue here and usually have to hit multiple stores because of rationing as well
Buppies sorry about bear in the feeder, maybe booboo has strayed your way
Thomas must be warming up if you are pulling snow chains.
Ron, nice bird pic, sounds weird looking for new TV channels.
RNG sounds like fun snagging pics to internet, I find half the food out there give me gas, Walmart has a gas medicine $5/100 pills.
Bird I have to ask where did your dad go in winter, Texas, Oklahoma just aren't that cold.
Drew Amen to full fridges, freezers, pantries and gas tanks.
PJ glad stronger stuff missed you. Glad chickens are working for you.
Jay glad Mr Buttcheek is complaining less. temp transitions have been abrupt this year.
Don, good question, I have not seen anything definitive on that issue.
David glad your taxes done.
Buckeye, stepdaughter ordered wipes for her and us three weeks+ ago. She got her's , but cannot track down our box, no idea if ups or USPS
Bird did they test for Covid 19, medical care is getting rough.
Mike sorry about food gathering effort, nice mow job
Buckeye good to hear BIL continues with slow improvements
Don nice mount.
Billy sorry to hear about feeder,
Ted sorry to hear about your daughter possible Covid19 infection.
RNG my gas wakes me up prior to venting
prayers for all
stay safe and healthy

 

[lostcreekranch]

Doesn't like 12" chimes light with wipe down of gas.

"wipe down of gas"

???

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-03-31, 0325

34 right now...high about 50 and the rain is over for a while...

I'm not a religious person, but LS, I wish you and your family the very best....hope they all get well soon!

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning, we could be in for a little rain this afternoon, the first in over a week, as the record seeking high pressure finally moves away. A few hours of dry cloud to enjoy first, which in my book is preferable to bright sunshine.

A question that Ron and any other lathe users may be able to help me with. Are there any rules of thumb on how long a piece of round bar you can sensibly have passing through the bore of the chuck, poking out the left side of the lathe ? I am trying to get a feel for how long an axle could be machined, come the day when I get a small lathe.

LS, hope your family in Colorado soon get over the virus.

Bups, I find shooting benches strange things, you never can be sure if you have the dimensions right until you are sat down using it. Pics always very welcome.

Send the Beano back and keep your nose in the wind.

Kyle, have you been reading The great Beano stink mystery !



RNG, the Beano magazine is my grandsons favourite, he reads it every week. Suspect your Beano is a little different.
The Beano - Wikipedia

 

[Bird]

Bird I have to ask where did your dad go in winter, Texas, Oklahoma just aren't that cold.

My Dad lived in southern Oklahoma, but when I was a baby, he took a job with the Social Security Administration in Baltimore, MD. They did not like Baltimore and moved back to southern Oklahoma until I was 16 when we moved to Texas, less than 100 miles south of where we'd lived in Oklahoma. But when all 5 of us kids were grown and had left home, Dad sold his business and he and Mother took off in a little pickup camper to see the western part of the country. They got to Seattle and just happened to see a sign in the window of a travel agency about trips to Alaska, so they flew to Anchorage, rode a train to Fairbanks and back to Anchorage, came home, got Mother's car, and they took off for Anchorage, lived up there for quite a few years.

Bird did they test for Covid 19, medical care is getting rough.

Supposedly. I have no idea how good that little hospital is, or what test equipment they might have.

 

[riptides]

...
Her 11 y/o daughter has pre-existing respiratory compromises, and also her grandmother (My MIL) is also elderly (also compromised) and lives with them. They may have been infected without even realizing it.

Please send out your best thoughts, wishes, and prayers for them. Thank you.

Best wishes and prayers for your daughter and family.

Healthcare workers are amazing people.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the temp is 35ｰF and going to a high of 41. Wind NE 8 mph. 40% chance of flurries/showers.

Positive thoughts for LS's family.

I got started on the exhaust project yesterday and got the hood off. The headlight wiring is held up with these little thin bits of tin that wrap around the wire. Disconnected the wiring from the headlights and coiled it out of the way.
The lower exhaust pipe is a slip fit, it is held on with one (1) bolt through the frame. This one bolt is a p.i.t.a. as I could only turn it 1/8 of a turn at a time, there is a welded nut on the inside of the frame rail. No I couldn't get a socket on it. The space is made for small hands, which I have none.
Today will be a drop off the loader and get serious with the saws all and cut the muffler off. With the muffler out of the way I should be able to get at the bolts that hold the pipe onto the manifold, with a socket. I didn't take a 'before' pic, but will be taking pics as I go from here on out.


That is my day planned, stay safe and healthy, all

 

[riptides]

Have not checked the temp this AM, but it is supposed to be warm today. Into the mid 70's.

Kyle - that's a ZTR cut. Wifey seems to have hidden the tractor keys. :shocked:

I did manage to fill all available gas/diesel tanks yesterday. My great state of VA has given "stay at home" orders until June sometime. So I was trying to get the essentials yesterday. I passed on even going into the local grocery store because of the line I saw.

Today I hope to finish the lawn job, that should be a few hours and a nice walk with the string trimmer. I may go into the woods and take down some more barbed wire if the wife can help out.

Hope all have a good day. Be safe and try and stay positive.

 

[Buppies]

LS prayers for your family scary time indeed

48 high of 54 rain moving in staying thru mid day tomorrow

Eric once done I will take some pictures

Prayers for all