Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the temp is 29°F and going to a high of 36. Wind NNW 22 gusting to 30 mph. Flurries.
The inch or so of snow we got yesterday was gone by 5 P.M.

I finally found the numbers for CV-19 in my area;
Confirmed positive 28
Deaths 1
Negative tests 832
Tests pending 275
Total tested 1,135
Resolved Cases 16 (wouldn't that be 17? 16 survivors and 1 death? Still resolved, just in a negative way.)
I am in Northeastern Ontario. If you are interested, here is a link: Public Health Sudbury & Districts - Current status (COVID-19)

Happy Good Friday all

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Many years ago, when I mixed concrete in a wheel barrow with a garden hoe, I decided to figure out correct amount of water, per 60# bag. I used an empty gallon plastic milk jug and as I added measured amounts of water to the mix, I added same amount to the milk jug. When I was finally happy with the consistency, I marked the level in the with w wide permanent marker. Still works to this day, even with my HF electric mixer.

Early on, I followed the directions on the bag, and the concrete was so dry it was impossible to get smooth. So I have a 1/2 gallon plastic milk jug with those marks on it, and a three gallon bucket with lines in it as well. I was hoping I could use the old one-one-thousand, two-one-thousand count trick while holding the garden hose nozzle full open to get a consistent volume of water, but apparently my count rate varies, probably due to fatigue. The slump cone showed up yesterday, so I'm gonna steal your idea of double measuring the water, one for the mixer, one for the bucket. And when I get a 6" slump, I'll mark the bucket and start filling the mixer from water from the bucket filled to that mark.

There were a few pours in the last strip that were just perfect. A few swipes with the magnesium float and the cream came to the surface without patting and splatting, no tearing of the surface from too much water, either. But it takes three or four barrels of concrete to get enough to work with to see what it's gonna do, so I'm in for some experimentation. But hopefully by the end of today, I'll have a recipe for next time, and a very special bucket.

 

[riptides]

45 outside this AM. Heading to mid 70's. High wind warnings still on this AM. Had some gusts to mid 50's yesterday. That made weed-whacking a lot easier.

More of the same today.

COVID is starting it's creep into our area now. Starting to see more of it in all the local papers. One of our local hospitals reported the first death in this area.

Have a good day all. Be safe.

 

[Buppies]

46 high of 52 still under wind advisory for today and into 30s tonight. Beautiful moon last night

Prayers for all

 

[Peter 315]

34° clear rained a little last night Hopefully the sun comes out today......

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Mayor of Kauai has coined interesting term for his non compliant visitors - COVIDIOTS.

That term has been in use for weeks.

 

[newbury]

No. My password was not impacted. Also, profanity, even masked profanity, violates TBN's Terms of Service. Your other post has been removed.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Thought of many replies but trying to understand the change from "TBN w/ FP" and now I appreciate your diligence.

Good evening to all! I am officially wore out for the day, knee is seriously yelling at me, but a good amount of work done. Then made a quick trip to the quarry, got some boulders to play with tomorrow. Now I remember why I wanted a thumb for the BH!

How much did you get for the "boulders"?

Ted- I probably sold my last year's garden rock crop to your supplier

It may be cabin fever (or worse), but I've been "sheet composting" all Winter long in the garden area +/-, and every time I walk by the garden nowadays and the surrounds, and even over the constant Spring Peepers peeping, I hear this dumb done...dumb done.. dumb done. kind of feeling that there is "movement" in my garden area; serpentine-like; not like a swamp thing kind of guy would make.

Despite the weather, it was a go mode for smoking that turkey breast.

brogen supervised.

?Why 2 "e's in sheet? Did you mean manure?

I tried Walmart groceries again, no slots available thru Sunday.

Still windy, had another rain blow thru.

Sister still the same.

My Walmart/Kroger experiences have been banned by SWMBO (who is often smarter than I in retrospect) but many things would show up as being ready, but then after an hour drive were not there.
Time for Amazon grocery drone delivery!

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Mayor of Kauai has coined interesting term for his non compliant visitors - COVIDIOTS.

That is worth a thread of it's own!

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning! 31 now, maybe 44 later. Yesterday痴 weather was interesting. Like RJH, had sun, clouds, rain, wind, and even a few snow flurries. Had a 50 - 35 - 50 temperature swing late morning to early afternoon. Then dropped steadily to 31 with high wind.

From the local news, northern part of T-County got the end of the tornado that skipped across NE Ohio Wednesday night. Lots of trees and power lines down. Some houses with roofs completely gone. No injuries locally.

Within the county, confirmed COVID cases have inched up to 25 with 0 deaths. Other local counties are still low numbers, other than Stark to the north.

Internet is sort of working and limps along. Talked to a manger yesterday finally and allegedly got things escalated. But no tech available until Monday. I may poke around some state agencies and see where I can file a complaint. CT attorney general is pursuing legal action against this company for poor service, poor billing practices, and poor support.

Everyone stay safe out there!

 

[Bird]

Pleasant 52 degrees going for a high of 70 today; another nice day, after 93 degrees a couple of days ago. But then an 80% chance or rain forecast for the next two days, and then . . . 35 degree forecast low for a couple of days. A weather roller coaster.

 

[Thomas]

32F cloudy upper 30's for high chance on/off snow showers with gust winds at times.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Old man winter paid us visit over night left heavy coating of snow ice mix which put stop on my project.
Plans for today...Trip to town for critter food,fill feeders,later make some home made French fries and onions rings go with honey mustard or bbq sauce for tonight dinner :licking: other than that take day as it comes.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[ronjhall]

Need to pour second cup of coffee. 29° with mostly clear skies this morning. Heading to 44° with partly cloudy skies and brisk winds. Everything except drive and walkways are cover in snow this morning. I am happy with Kroger delivery. Will probably order more fresh foods next week. No plans for today. I do need to make a couple of pole mounts for bird houses. May get started on that.
Michigan has extended stay at home until 5/1. Still no landscapers allowed to work. :confused3: But you can do your own. My county now has 4,300 CV cases. 250 deaths.
Mr and Mrs Duck stopped by my place yesterday to check out pond. Did not get in for a swim. Mr posed for a picture.


Jay, good pictures.

LS, good progress on pond.

PJ, great sky picture.

MikePA, thanks. :thumbsup:

Ken, your picture is opposite of mine. White grass, black drive.

Drew, I am starting to watch/read less of different reports of how Corvid-19 is affecting some people. Yesterday I woke up with a sore eye. Must have poked it while sleeping dreaming about the report that some people have had sore eyes before showing other symptoms. :confused3:

Everyone stay safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

 

[Thomas]

ronjhall
Mr and Mrs Duck stopped by my place yesterday to check out pond. Did not get in for a swim. Mr posed for a picture.
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They will be back more so if your pond has pollywogs hatch.
Like the feather color fine lines.

 

[ronjhall]

ronjhall
Mr and Mrs Duck stopped by my place yesterday to check out pond. Did not get in for a swim. Mr posed for a picture.
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They will be back more so if your pond has pollywogs hatch.
Like the feather color fine lines.

Almost looked like they were painted.

 

[daugen]

good morning all.
Much colder day today, but dry.

Ron, I'm very allergic to tree/grass pollen and my left eye has been really itchy for days. Will keep an eye on it...

getting realtors to correct a lot of errors in my online listings.
otherwise, lots of hits in last week. But no calls...
property got listed twice on zillow, once with wrong town name.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4133-Terrapin-Track-Rd-Washington-NC-27889/249052701_zpid/

the inside shots came out well, almost too well...my sense of privacy has now gone out the window...

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 58˚F cloudy.

We had just 1/4" of rain yesterday so we will have a Cedarcide morning. Time to "Move 'em on, head 'em up".

Ron that duck sure looks clean, does it float well.

 

[Looking4new]

the inside shots came out well, almost too well...my sense of privacy has now gone out the window...

Unless someone installed cameras without your knowledge, then your privacy is still intact.


We got 1.5" of snow overnight. I'm not doing anything with that, either.

 

[kenmbz]

39 today going up to 48. Windy enough to watch the trees smack into each other.
hail all finally melted, glad we didn't leave the new plants out overnight.
A coworker in Cincinnati showed me the golf ball sized hail they got, so my little dime sized ones don;t seem so bad.
Maybe after work I'll get time to clean out the drainage ditches of all the leaves that have come down, driveway is a bit green since yesterdays storm thinned out the new leaves.
Great duck pictures Thomas. have to travel down to the canal to see any around here.
Stay safe and be well.

 

[Buppies]

Drew very nice place sure it will sell quickly and to your satisfaction

Had a real strong snow coated deck wow

Site would not let me log in for over an hour. Anybody else had that problem?

 

[Buppies]

Enjoyed your duck picture Ron and squirrel feeder nice

 

[PJSprog]

33°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 55° today. Looks like we warm up a bit tomorrow, but back to lows in the 30s all next week. Back up near 70° next weekend.

Wife asked me to stop at Popeye's to pick up dinner on the way home from work yesterday. The drive thru line was backed up out onto the highway (IL-159). However, it moved surprisingly fast.

C-19 tracker on Bing shows 31 cases in Clinton County with 0 deaths. Wife read of a death at the hospital in Breese earlier this week, so conflicting information. It also show that there have been but 2 "recoveries" statewide. Finding that a bit hard to believe as well. I'm thinking this information isn't as up-to-date as it could be.

Nice duck picture, Ron. He's a good-looking bird.

Your place looks fantastic, Drew. Hope the selling process goes well for you.