Good morning!!!!

[PJSprog]

48°F and partly cloudy this morning, going up to 57° today. Windy this morning, too, around 17 mph according to the iThingie. The rain is supposed to move in around 2pm, and the temps will start falling around sunset down to near 20° overnight. Fortunately, it looks like the rain will end before the temperature drops.

Stopped at WallyWorld on the way home from work yesterday to pick up one more thing for The Wife. Madhouse.

I did finally get out to take a look at the Great Convergence in the evening, about 5:30pm. Since the telescope is still buried in storage, I just used binoculars. Wife came out to look, too. Yup, two planets next to each other.

RNG, my Wife and I use that Find My app as well. Since she drives all over the area for trainings, its a good way to know where she is. It also makes it easier to know when to start dinner, for both of us.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I didn’t want you driving all the way to work and not find anyone there.

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My son is supposed to go into his office tomorrow, I suspect he will find it locked.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 22, only going up to 35 today, wind started around midnight. Hopefully it won't get to gusty.

Today will be "rearranging the shop" day.... won't be hard, just time consuming. This time it will be arranged for better production 'flow', and easier access to the tools. I hope my envisioned plan works, maybe just a little fine tuning would be ok.

I have been following another thread, "Rant about shipping"..... I have a package that was supposed to be delivered back on Dec 12th... still sitting in Irving Tx..... I paid top dollar for shipping, believing I would get it with time to spare.... not! (A Christmas present for the wifey)

Then, just last week, I ordered some casters at a dirt cheap price.... $21 for 12 of them... including FedEx 2 day delivery. Guess what? Got them in 2 days! Ordered another set yesterday... scheduled for delivery tomorrow.... Why can't I get the package ordered on the 8th? OK, rant is over.....

Gonna go play in the shop now....

Everyone have a great day!

 

[kenmbz]

Good morning all, 35 going up to 43 and......Sunny!
Ground pretty frozen this morning, but snow is getting thin in spots from melting.

Phil - 2 convertibles in Mass. Guess they have good heaters? Like the Mustang.
Rick - water looks like glass - nice view - good luck with the American version of a fry up
L4N - hope it doesn't get too slick for you = looks like a white xmas 4 u - calling for rain here

Off to fetch some firewood, don;t know, might take out some brush for trails.

Stay safe and be well and happy holidays if I don;t get to chat later.

 

[newbury]

Well we had some good news today. Grandbaby is gonna be here for Christmas doctors decided to go ahead and induce labor on our daughter. Baby should be here tomorrow

Really sucks that with covid going on, we can't go see our daughter at the hospital to be there for her first.

Congrats!
My deceased Brother was born on the 27th.
While he was a child, between about 2 and 12, we celebrated his birthday on both the 27th of Dec and usually the 27th of May (my birthday), but sometimes 27 June, my Grandfathers birthday.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good afternoon, after a morning of jet washing and getting chilled to the bone where the wind blown spray came back and found it's way through my waterproofs, it is good to be spending the rest of the afternoon inside feeding a hungry fire.

Rick, I have only tasted turkey cooked in an oven and am more used to "VFD" being used as shorthand for "Variable Frequency Drive" (as used for adjusting speed of induction motors). Hope your VFD cooked turkey is a lot more appetizing than a fried motor drive.

Dftodd, a grandbaby is a fantastic Christmas present. Congratulations !

 

[toppop52]

26-49 today and light winds compared to yesterday’s 30+ mph all day. Looks like around 2” of rain tomorrow night, that’ll put us over 10” in December.
The wind killed my Peanuts gang inflatable only inflatable I’ve ever owned, I know they’re tacky, but I love Charlie Brown.
When I went TS last night to pick up the critter food and litter, I noticed they’d taken down the curbside pick up area barrier, but they still have the service. I’ve got to unload the goodies today, and I’m expecting the swivel collars and flag today, new ball for the top tomorrow. I’m not going to put it back up until this storm passes.

Our older cat named Charlie, but is female, will be 21 Feb 1 if she lasts that long, looks like she has wasting syndrome, never a big cat, but down to about 6 lbs. But she’s still eating, grooming and has a cold wet nose. She was our shop cat for 15 years, when we retired I brought her home. She’s a rescue from the shop area, runt of the litter.

I’ve owned three supercharged cars over the years, one Roots type and two turbos. My favorite was the ‘89 Twentieth anniversary Trans Am.

Better get busy.

 

[toppop52]

Good afternoon, after a morning of jet washing!

I didn’t even know you had a jet!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Well, as promised, here are a few pics of the 'restored to service' table saw. Hopefully, I will get many more years out it.

 

[PJSprog]

Why can't I get the package ordered on the 8th?

I ordered some stuff on the 2nd. I let them know I still hadn't received the package on the 11th. They sent me an email reply the next day that it had been shipped on the 12th, and confirmed my address. As of yesterday, I still don't have it. It's not a present, just some stuff I wanted. I contacted them again on Sunday, and now they've apparently stopped replying. Guess I'm just going to have to contact my credit card company and dispute the charge. I really dislike dishonest people.