Good morning!!!!

[Dftodd]

2020-12-28, 0604

31 right now...hi right about 40 with rain and/or snow showers
Never did get my company laptop out of the truck yesterday...since we'll make a store run sometime today, I'll bring it (the laptop) in today.
I've been doing some research on back-up cameras...thinking about adding one to the tractor...in fact, I started a thread:
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/owning-operating/433080-back-up-camera.html
Any of you folks have a back up camera, how about posting your experiences on the thread?

I have after market ones installed on three different work trucks at work. I really like them. Can't remember the brands. But they are pretty much plug and play. Just gotta supply power and run the line for the camera.

The two service trucks have night vision as well as gage lines. I like having the gage lines. Once you learn the distance for the green, yellow and red lines, your good to go.

Work light placement versus camera placement is key though.

The one on our flat bed truck is pretty much useless after dark. The back up lights for the truck wash out the screen. Nothing like trying to back the truck up and having the screen turn bright white in the dark. At night with that truck, I end up wrapping a large rag around the screen to keep if from blinding me since there isn't a way to shut the screen off while the truck is in reverse.

On the service trucks, the back up lights are up high and the the camera is shielded from the lights by a three foot step bumper. On the flat bed, the back up lights shine directly on the camera.

 

[kenmbz]

Good morning all, 30 going up to 48 and the sun just came out.
Too wet to go clean up the brush still.
Cut up some pumpkins that were sitting around. Deer already visited and had a snack, had 5 or 6 does.

Light sensor for pathway lights stopped working. Touched it and got a mild shock (transformer runs the lights, so 12VAC).
Looks like something was chewing on it?? Set transformer on timed on/off for now.

PopG- Keep seeing small planes overhead-wonder if that's you and the son sometimes ..
RichB1 - glad to hear you're getting some of you senses and strength back.

Ran by the BIL and SIL house yesterday- she still has a cough, but they are pretty much over Covid. Masks and distance- but good to see them for a bit.

Stay safe and be well.

 

[rswyan]

36F and cloudy @ 12:45, which is the predicted high temp for the day. Temps set to fall throughout the afternoon as another cold front pushes through.

Most of snow and ice on driveway has melted ... :thumbsup:

Some further cleaning on agenda, then likely get back to bathroom renovations.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day ... :thumbsup:

 

[Looking4new]

I just finished scraping another 6" of snow off my driveway and two neighbours' driveways as well.

 

[Thomas]

Indeed great new Rich :thumbsup: just take it easy.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

RichB1; that is good news. Descending stairs is almost always easier than going up. Bump, bump, bump.

I went up and down stairs on my butt for over a month when I couldn’t walk last year.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good morning, we had a sprinkling of snow first thing, which looked good for a while, now most of it has turned into a slushy and almost transparent soggy coating.

Kyle, toppling that dead oak looked very satisfying. Is there a reason for two to die so close together ?

I probably have 5-8 more to pull down. Some say "Oak Wilt", some say drought, but most every tree I've used for firewood around here had a version of carpenter ants that bore through the outer rings, making long tunnels and homes.

Got sidetracked yesterday wife and I went to Blacksburg looked at job we have to do ate lunch at the Farmhouse then rode up 77 thru Big Walker Tunnel up to Princeton then to 64 Lexington then home long afternoon

Prayers for all

Sounds like a nice ride...car time with someone is a good chance to talk, or just listen to music that you both like.

Billy, how far does a "walk" have to be, to be considered a "hike"? Sounds like you had a good "one of each". Hope Coco is doing alright.

New friends invited us over this weekend for a meal....she asked about providing a curry dish....I squinted my eyes and said I'd prefer something else. I can do some curry, but after the 5th bite, I've had enough. They gave my son a dirt bike helmet, and some racing gloves, left over from their 14 yo daughter's riding days.

Our grocery store chain, H-E-B (rated the best in the country), has a newish flavor of their store brand ice cream called Coconut Almond Chocolate chip.....holy cow, it's as good as Baskin Robbins IMO.

Prayers for Buppies, Ron, Randy, Drew, and others I might have missed. Also for our country.

 

[Buppies]

BEF it was called The Homplace Restrauant closed due to COVID-19 not sure if they will reopen 311 towards New Castle

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 43F for the start, overcast and windy. Wind slowed down in afternoon, few peaks of sun early afternoon, and high temp 55F. Rain in the Forecast for next few days, took snow out of forecast, looking at 2.5 to 3 in ch of rain, then colder. Leaf pickup this morning, bike ride and nap this afternoon, then prepped insert for burning, and filled wood wagon.
Covid update: Cooke, Montague, Grayson, local, unchanged.
Kyle when splitting did you pay attention to the cracks in the rounds? That made a difference in my splitting success rate.
Billy the German Shepard sounds interesting. Glad you had a nice hike.
Ron good to here cellar is getting cleaned out. Nice squirrel. I don't try to avoid wildlife as I don't have time to plan an escape route. They don't always avoid me.
Bill enjoy your seat time
Buppies hope the wife time went well.
Thomas hope the Mrs will take you to your ride.
RNG sorry about the oatmeal, good luck with cutting the groove for circlip
Paul speaker looking nice and I'll bet will sound as good.
Rich congrats on getting up and down the stairs.
Don the weather will be in your favor.
David with 26 inches of rain?
Ken sorry about light sensor, Good to hear BIL/SIL doing well and recovering
RS good to hear snow melting good luck with bathrooms
Kyle stepdaughter lost an Oak due to Oak wilt. Then uneven rain make the tree weaker and more prone to insects mistletoe etc.
prayers for all especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, RNG/fire, Ron/hearing/son/furnace, Jim/sister & family, Phil/wife's eyes, Randy/health, and Country.
stay safe and health you all.

 

[Looking4new]

BEF; way back in the last century some drunk (I wont mention any names) buried a razor sharp hatchet in my foot while I was splitting firewood for a camp fire. I had spent about 3 hours filing and honing the hatchet. I could shave with it.
Lesson #1, don't split wood barefooted.
Lesson #2, do it close to sober, one beer or maybe two but certainly not a dozen or so. I had been drinking since noon and did the deed at 11 P.M.
Lesson #3, crutches are a ***** on stairs.

That little mishap cost me a week off work and a chipped bone in my foot that will be there until I drop dead. 5 stitches is all I got.