Good morning!!!!

[LS Tractor Owner]

I wish a very MERRY CHRISTMAS to all my forum buddies and their families! Hope everyone has a peaceful and joyous time on this special night!

Rich, WOW! That was quite the story... glad you were able to make it home! Some really scary stuff!

Dftodd, CONGRATULATIONS on the new grandson! My sister was born on Christmas Eve.... she hated it.... I thought it would have been cool!

Rick, great news on a successful 'fryday'..... do you do any shipping?.... might be something to consider... I would pay to have one shipped.

Bef, yes, I eliminated all other possibilities of faults.... definitely the igniter. A simple fix, only 4 screws to access it, 1 holding it in place. I spent 2 hours this morning trying to find a local supplier that was open. Seems they all closed for the holidays yesterday afternoon....
The wifey was baking and cooking all day, so that warmed up 1/2 the house. I manually lit the stove about an hour ago using a propane torch..... not my preferred way of starting it.
The stove is 3 weeks out of warranty, I will call customer service on Monday and see if they will do anything for me.

The other event of the day that lifted my spirits a bit, the package containing the only gift for the wifey that has been stuck in Irving Tx. Since the 13th, miraculously showed up today in the mail.... I am a happy camper!

Everyone have a great evening!

 

[txdon]

Eric, Is it really "Happy" Christmas in the UK?

"But, because of the potentially rabble-rousing connotations of “Merry Christmas,” high-class Brits—including the royal family themselves—chose “Happy Christmas” as their default greeting. That’s why you’ll still hear it today in the U.K. This likely also helped cement the popularity of “Merry Christmas” in America—newly independent Americans were determined to specifically not do and say things the British way."
Why Do We Say "Merry" Only for Christmas? | Reader's Digest

 

[buckeyefarmer]

LS,
I ordered my igniter on Amazon. Use the gel to manually start. My old pellet stove in garage is manual light, so I keep the gel around. My FIL used to soak some pellets in rubbing alcohol to light.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Worked a few hrs for work.

Then just went thru several years of digital pictures, logging what I did, who we visited, who came here. Figure a searchable list will make it easier to find pictures. I do have some info in the picture names.

MERRY CHRISTMAS to all!!!!

 

[sodamo]

Rich
Thanks for sharing the details of your ordeal. Very sobering.

 

[txdon]

Rich B1 did you have a COVID-19 cytokine storm?

 

[Rich B1]

Rich B1 did you have a COVID-19 cytokine storm?

No, my lungs were not ravaged by that. Just Covid pneumonia. The storm overwhelms your lungs with a poor outcome likely.

Dftodd....congrats on the new grandchild!

 

[lostcreekranch]

Yep... that is what I purchased the castors for (previously mentioned), everything is on locking castors. Your setup sounds great with the outfeed tables. When I had this saw setup before (back East), there was a 4x8 outfeed table that doubled as an assembly table and underneath was the cutoff / drop scraps storage.... worked great. Unfortunately there is no way to do a table now... I just use 2 of the adjustable roller stands.

We just developed another problem.... pellet stove worked all night, now won't ignite.... of course the tech service line / customer service won't answer......
NUTS!

This is my present OF table / assembly table. The construction, of it's 48" x 48" replacement, will be similar but .. with a set of 5" casters. The pictured table will probably get a set of 5" casters .. as well.


How to change casters on a heavy table? It always involves .. a tractor.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 26F this morning, clear, windy. Windy again today, mostly clear, and high temp was 54F. today was feed the insert day, and conserve energy except for nap.
Covid update: Cooke 1836 confirmed cases, 179 active cases, Montague 1087 confirmed cases, 57 active cases, Grayson 6311 confirmed cases, 150 active cases, local unchanged.
David there is always later to be productive, trip to town fulfilled it's purpose.
RS busy day. sorry about the duck
Buppies big roller coaster om the temps
Phil hope you can get everything done.
Billy, my productive days at work were then ones with no one there
Drew Have fun with the cleanup, quite the load of bird houses built.
Billy glad Coco not skunked, sound like not nice weather but a great hike.
Ron enjoy your Christmas visit. nice squirrel, looks like he ready to jump
Mike glad you could see family
Roy hope the red light does not appear.
Bill enjoy tomorrow's snow
Paul yes more stuff takes up more room. Moving stuff sounds familiar
Eric sorry about your ash tree, Emerald borer is killing them here.
Thomas you know Santa uses rainX
Dennis Good for you for visiting your Dad.
Rich most sorry about the bout with Covid, glad you are home now
RNG Glad town trip went ok, sorry about Airgas, nice finish to the day
Don hope your list is short!
Rick glad Fryday went well, planning ahead sounds wise.
Ted sorry about the pellet stove
James enjoy your snow tomorrow
DF congrats again on the new grandson. sorry about Covid issue, hope visit goes well and they don't get Covid.
Rich glad you are now back home and got the medical care you needed.
Roy your first Christmas gift !
Will finish tomorrow
Merry Christmas to all.

 

[toppop52]

We’ve had exactly 1” of rain from the first line of storms, waiting for the line just ahead of the front.
Our wind has gusted to about 30 mph so far. Hazardous driving, but not that bad overall, yet anyway.

Don’t forget, at midnight Christmas Eve, all the animals can speak.