Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

I rode motorcycles from 1973 until 1999 when my wife and daughter finally hounded me into quitting. I was all of 47. I sold the GSX 1100 Suzuki, I kept my Marushin helmet for the last 21 years, just in case.

 

[ronjhall]

Good news today. My son is doing much better. Still some more recovery need. But now has a positive outlook. Prayers help.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

So I'm assuming a "canyon racer" was going to fast and laid it down on a right hander, skidding his bike into your lane? Did you hit him as he sent you "dukes of hazzard" flying?

That was pretty much it. It was a canyon road, and that was the first tight corner after miles of wide open sweepers. He was chasing a couple of much more experienced buddies who had left him far behind. When he realized he was into it to hot, he mashed the rear brake, causing the back end to slide out. Then he released the brake, and the bike high sided, vaulting him off the saddle onto the road. It landed in back of him on it's side, going saddle first into my front wheel. I think he hit the crash guard around my left jug, but I was upside down at the time and couldn't see.

Turns out that kind of thing happens pretty frequently on the roads around the SF Bay Area. Most roads in the mountains and canyons are nice and curvy, with great scenery, too. And they're all swarming with bikes on weekends. I hardly ever ride on weekends now, either, unless I have to get home from a trip. But I stay away from the big cities where folks like this guy live.

 

[Dftodd]

33° out this morning. Supposed to get up to 60° today.

Got a Dutch apple pie in the oven. And made up some of my famous fruit salad as well. We are having dinner at our daughter in laws parents house tonight. Should be about 10 or so people there.

Once the pie is out of the oven I'll head out and chop leaves. We have 30 mature oaks in our yard. So raking and hauling off is a little much. I'll walk around the perimeter of the fence and house with the blower to get the leaves out to where I can catch them with the mower.

I keep meaning to order the mulching kit for my zero turn but as busy as we have been this year, it fell through the cracks. Maybe Santa will drop the kit off for Xmas this year.

 

[Dftodd]

Good news today. My son is doing much better. Still some more recovery need. But now has a positive outlook. Prayers help.

Glad to here your son is doing much better.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! Happy Thanksgiving!
The pecan pie is ready for the oven.

RNG this is from our Cathy Fisher's "Straight Up Food" cookbook page 174. Sweet potato-pecan pie.

 

[sodamo]

Happy Thanksgiving GM
66°F and 2.47 inches rain and raining.

Primo lit, will put turkey on in half hour. Slow cook @ 300°

Guess only plans for day involve eating.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[daugen]

A very fitting sentiment for the day. Every day since that day has been a gift, and I'm very thankful for each and every one, no matter how bad they may seem at the time.

:thumbsup:
I second that for sure, sitting in hospital bed hallucinating, wasn't sure I'd make it to today. :dance1:

I wonder if fluid film would keep the column on your drill press free from rust?
I agree, first thing I did was spray some lube oil onto a rag and wiped down all the metal surfaces.
Once that rust gets on there, hard to get off...ounce of prevention well worth it.

had to make this birdhouse out of clear white pine, my cedar board wasn't wide enough for the plan specs. So I'll stain it tomorrow after the glue dries
and then put a coat of spar varnish on it. Cedar ones I'm happy to just leave alone, they will turn grey naturally. Finding my garden cart is very helpful to make first cuts
on long boards, I really need some additional work stands.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I wonder if fluid film would keep the column on your drill press free from rust?
I agree, first thing I did was spray some lube oil onto a rag and wiped down all the metal surfaces.
Once that rust gets on there, hard to get off...ounce of prevention well worth it.

The column on the Delta variable speed drill press I found on Craig's List was rusted when I got it. Took it all apart, replaced all the bearings, and put the column on the lathe with a steady rest all the way out at the end. Used a series of increasingly finer aluminum oxide paper with oil to polish it, and haven't had any corrosion issues since. Did the same with the chuck, and it looks as good now as the day it got polished.

Fluid Film, LPS4, Cosmoline (yes, you can still buy it), and the like, will prevent rust, but they'll also attract dust and dirt. A coat of car wax would stop the rust, but then the table might not clamp well to the column.:confused3:

 

[sodamo]

With 2020 having been what it is, just being here is a cause to be thankful.
For us the last 22 it surely has been. Only 2 days before tDay in 1998 Soph was hit head on, spent next 5 months in the hospital.

Turkey in the Primo