Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

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 your family.

 

[daugen]

Good morning all, much cooler day today with rain coming in later and guessing about an inch into tomorrow morning.
Probably have to turn the heat back on...going down to 43 tonight.

I have one little patch of grass I need to mow with the little mower and then on a rainy day I'm going to continue to pick up the house/declutter
as photographer is coming on Thursday to take interior pics. I'm a piler, not a filer, and will be kept busy today.

Ted, prayers sent for your family, may everything be mild if at all.

first day of stay at home today. Will be interesting to see if traffic dies down

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 60˚F heading to only 70˚F with a NE wind clearing up this afternoon.
LS prayers for your Family.
Kyle the neighborhood is shut down, that includes the wood shop, that would be a tailgate mount. A 3D printer would have been perfect.
Today I venture out, first time in a week for food supplies and to see if there are still lines and how the restocking is going in this area.
I read where they are actually bringing in covid19 infected people from nursing homes in the rural areas to this county to recover. I guess that will make our numbers rise.

 

[Thomas]

LS...strong prayers thoughts always for your family.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 52F @ 4:45AM. Sun and clouds mixed. High 69F. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 mph.

3/30/2020: Monday @ 6:49 PM PST: COV-19 Coronavirus Update

8 cases, up from 5 last week, in this county

7,248 total cases in California
1,044 new cases in California
14 new deaths in California
145 total deaths in California
7,043 active cases in California

New cases in the USA: 20,353
New deaths in the USA: 573
Total deaths in USA: 3,164
Total cases in the USA: 164,248
Total recovered in USA: 5,506
Total active cases in USA: 155,578

Hope the daughter and her family get through her infection with no complications, Ted.

It all depends on the stiffness of the material and the rotation speed, Eric. Thin stuff tends to whip. I've had good luck using steady and traveling rests to machine some pretty long parts, like the column on my drill press, which wouldn't fit through the headstock anyway.

Good luck with grocery shopping, Don. The county here is starting a delivery service for older folks, which I suppose now includes me, that are sheltering in place. Hard to get used to the idea that I'd ever use such a thing, but these are unusual times.

Almost out of milk here, but I snagged a bunch of powdered milk on the last shopping trip, so it'll be interesting to see if it's still as bad as I remember. Back when I was a starving college student, the food coop sold government white cheese and powdered milk, and I sorta got used to the flavor but never really cared for either one.

I tried wiping down envelopes with Clorox wipes yesterday when the mail came, and it seemed to work just fine. Don't know how effective it is, but it's better than nothing. How do you deal with something you can't see, feel, hear, smell, or sense in any way, that can have such dire consequences to your future?

For a few weeks now, the tractor has been having some kind of pressure regulation issue in the hydraulic system. Just sitting at idle, the RPMs will dip for a second or two as if it is experiencing an over pressure condition, then return to normal. Left to itself, it was happening every couple of minutes. After spreading gravel for a few hours yesterday, it refused to go up the hill with a full bucket until I put it in low gear, as if it didn't have enough hydraulic pressure to drive the wheels. Perhaps the two problems are related? Today I'll dig out a pressure gauge and the shop manual to see if I can figure out what's going on. It was only a matter of time before it broke again...

 

[Thomas]

30F cloudy upper 40's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Looks as if March going to leave as it came in for it's been lion of month,1 1/2" fallen snow over night.
First heard deer show up 2 hours early to fed,second heard same ole time just before dark,will slowly start weaning deer from feeder tomorrow depending on the weather ahead.
Plans for today...No outside yard work because of snow,small putter project in basement other than that. :confused3:

Enjoy the day all.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Very timely advise on grocery shopping and food handling in these troubled times:

 

[Bird]

48 degrees this morning, going for a high of 67. Another .60" of rain yesterday brings us to 9.56" for the month. We've had rain on 32 days of this year and 17.71" in 3 months.

I guess everyone knows that our former 24 hour a day Walmarts now close at night and open at 7 a.m. in the morning. And their website says they open an hour earlier for those over 60 years of age. So this morning, I decided I'd take advantage of that. I got there 5 minutes BEFORE 6 a.m., the parking lot had just about as many cars as usual and there was a line from the door to the grocery section all the way past the other door and down to the lawn and garden section.

However, I found the store has been restocked on MOST things; plenty of facial tissue (Kleenex brand), I didn't see any toilet paper, but also don't need any. There were plenty of open spaces in the egg section, but also quite a few eggs there. There was a shortage of ground beef, but plenty of things in the shelves of the canned food.

Anyway, I have hopes and expectations of not getting out again this week.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 37° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 44° with cloudy skies. Work on getting check valve adapters finished today. Then give my legs a rest after they are finished.

David, glad you got taxes done. Now wait for deposit.

Riptides, place looks good. Wife hid the keys. :shocked: Time to go shopping for your tractor.

Don, nice mount. Hope shopping for your mom goes good.

Mostly, FCC has sold off all UHF TV Channels 38-51 for communication. All TV channels have to move to channels below 38. Those in that area need to complete the move by July 2020. Now that most broadcast are digital they can be man channels on the same frequency. If you are on cable or satellite you will not see any change. All my TV's are hooked to a OTA antenna.

RNG, Michigan is doing it's part to get count up.
Michigan, 6,500 cases. 182 deaths. Oakland county, 1,365 cases, 48 deaths. Makes me worry about going out with the high counts so close to me.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I guess everyone knows that our former 24 hour a day Walmarts now close at night and open at 7 a.m. in the morning. And their website says they open an hour earlier for those over 60 years of age. So this morning, I decided I'd take advantage of that. I got there 5 minutes BEFORE 6 a.m., the parking lot had just about as many cars as usual and there was a line from the door to the grocery section all the way past the other door and down to the lawn and garden section.

However, I found the store has been restocked on MOST things; plenty of facial tissue (Kleenex brand), I didn't see any toilet paper, but also don't need any. There were plenty of open spaces in the egg section, but also quite a few eggs there. There was a shortage of ground beef, but plenty of things in the shelves of the canned food.

Thanks for the report, Bird. I like the idea of being able to order groceries for pickup, staying out of the store alltogether. Walmart offers that service. But as I found out yesterday, only at the mega stores. The closest one of those to me is an hour away, not unreasonable, but certainly inconvenient. I logged into the Walmart website to try to put together an order, one that would be worth the trip. Toilet paper? Nope. Paper towels? Uh uh. Chicken? Only if you want some sort of prepared variety; there was no fresh or frozen meat that I could find. I stopped there. I looked at the time slots available for pickup, and found none open for that day, but they were wide open for the next. Not sure what to make of this, other than it's probably not worth driving an hour only to find basic staples still in short supply. :confused3:

 

[kenmbz]

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.

Our best wished and thoughts for your family. Hopefully we peak soon.

 

[kenmbz]

Today 43 going up to 46 and rainy (again).
Tried to get on a target pickup at curbside, but time slots are 2 weeks out.
Front brake caliper failed, took it in to shop as I don;t have tools/parts. **** Jeep, second Caliper failure in a year (was back brake caliper last time.) so will have all new brakes, rotors etc. on all 4 wheels.
Hope to finish up my cheap skid plate today.

No new bad news from here so far today, fingers crossed it will stay that way.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low went down to 34, going for a high of 65 today, no wind, but that will be short lived.... windy the rest of the week is forecast.

Did not hear of any further symptoms or changes from my daughter, I guess that is good news... status quo...

RNG, when was the last time hydr fluid was changed? Also does the ‘ bota have a screen filter? I hope you find the source of the issue without much difficulty. Were you not looking for a new tractor? Maybe the old gal got wind of that....

I went to Walmart yesterday, most of the store was stocked, definitely smaller amounts of items, but they were there... except any type of paper goods... that isle is still totally empty. There were quite a few employees filling the call-in orders. Not a lot of people out shopping.

Went over to the neighbors yesterday afternoon, extended another section of the garage loft, then assembled 2 more workbench areas. Only took a few hours.

Then I fought and fought with a ‘ mixer lift ‘ that goes in a lower kitchen cabinet. Then I fought some more with it. Followed the directions / measurements explicitly. Nope... not going to work. Took it all back out, double checked the measurements again. Made some measurement adjustments, reinstalled. Nope.... not going to work. Removed it all again. Did my own calculations of arc, height, depth... reinstalled. Yep , now it works.
A simple 30 minute job turned into 3 hours of frustration and muscle cramping working laying sideways on the floor trying to fit into a 15 inch wide cabinet. This was a surprise for the wifey and I was determined to make it work! Today I will make a matching butcher block top for it.... that will seem exceptionally easy compared to the struggle. The mixer is a 45 y/o Kitchen Aid, weighs almost 35 lbs, we were both struggling with it to get it out of the cabinet when needed. Hopefully this project is the solution.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Kenmbz, what kind of Jeep? I have owned 8 different jeeps over the last 35 years.... they all ate calipers on a yearly basis. I always attributed it to running oversized mud terrains. On the last Unlimited that we had, I upgraded the calipers and discs. Made stopping much better even though I was running 35s. I did not have a problem with them for almost 5 years.

 

[PJSprog]

47°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 60° today.

Walked around a bit last night when I went out to close up the chicken coop. Seems the ground is starting to firm up after a few warm, windy days. No more rain in the forecast here until Saturday. Wifey said she might try to mow today.

Gasoline was $1.89/gal in Troy IL this morning. First time we've been below $2 in quite some time.

Nice picture, Mike. Quite scenic.

Don, a friend of ours went to the hospital Sunday for some issues, and ended up having her gall bladder removed. Her husband was not allowed in with her either.
Nice work on the camera mount.

Best wishes for your daughter and her family, Ted.

 

[kenmbz]

Kenmbz, what kind of Jeep? I have owned 8 different jeeps over the last 35 years.... they all ate calipers on a yearly basis. I always attributed it to running oversized mud terrains. On the last Unlimited that we had, I upgraded the calipers and discs. Made stopping much better even though I was running 35s. I did not have a problem with them for almost 5 years.

It's a Grand Cherokee limited and only goes off road in fields. Do they make these calipers out of plastic :-( Do have 110,000 on it, but my old truck never had a caliper fail in close to 150,000.

Wish it would stop raining here. Walked the dog around, she's happy in this weather, but then smells like wet dog :-0

 

[jbrumberg]

1/2 of snow was deposited early this AM; clearing skies with the current 31ºF for today's low temperature, and I anticipate a mixed sun/clouds afternoon with high temperature in the high 40ºFs. If it dries out enough it will be a decent day to move some firewood around.

Bird- I am sorry to read about your Cousin and husband. I hope the prescribed meds/inhalers help.

Bear meat is greasy like woodchuck, kind of stringy; but tastes good.

Mike- You like many here have a home/property worthy of a cover on a Home & Garden magazine. Thanks for sharing. I gave up on beer as the returnables are no longer returnable due to C-19. Difficult times make for difficult decisions. I am sure that I can find some alternatives around here.

Don- I am sorry to read about your neighbors. I wish her a speedy recovery. I like your handiwork making your own customized beveled camera mount.

BEF- I like your stream. I have one too at the moment down in the lower field. I hope the test results are negative for both your Sister and BIL.

Billy- I hope the game cam reveals the culprit.

Ted- I am so sorry too read about your daughter and family. My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

Eric- Thanks for the laugh. I believe passing a good smelly f@rt is a sign of properly working GI and olfactory systems.

RNG- I bet a hot clothes iron would be hot enough to sterilize paper envelops. Thanks for the PSA. I've read quite a few and thankfully they were all consistent.

Thomas- Thanks for the snow pic.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers. We all need them.

 

[hawkeye08]

Rainy and windy here all week..

Stay safe, prayers for all.

 

[daugen]

Bear meat is greasy like woodchuck, kind of stringy; but tastes good.

Jay, you are the man, I tried and couldn't get it down, done in a stew with wine, simply inedible and very strong flavor
It surely does not taste like chicken...

speaking of which, hope our favorite chicken farmer is doing ok.

azaleas starting to come out

 

[farmeratheart]

Good morning All. It was 42 and cloudy today at dawn. 45 right now with a steady rain that started at 10 am. Went to the gas station yesterday and got 10g of regular for the zt mower @ $1.959 and 10g of off-road diesel for the tractor @ $2.199.

Very sorry to hear of anyone close to any of the group contracting the virus. Prayers for healing for the sick, strength and wisdom for the medical staffs, and continued good health for the rest of us.

Frank