Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

24F cloudy low 30's for high 1" snow fall over night.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today...clean snow from path deck etc.,wheel barrow load of wood in basement,other than that :confused3:

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Bird]

My neighbor also said she had to check with her doctor about the vaccine. However my Mom, brother and I think Bird also did not check with their doctor just got on the list from the placed on the Texas health dept. website where the vaccine was distributed.

Yep, no mention was made of checking with ANYONE.

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
I'm not sure what the SS changes are for state pensions. I have a financial guy for that stuff. [I'm just the muscle here.] My wife and him do that stuff. LOL.
2 inches of fluffy stuff last night. 30 with no wind. I went out and shoveled the drive by hand at 5:30 am. So peaceful and quiet at that time of the morning. I love the exercise!
Wife is off to work, think I will putter today.
Need to change the light that illuminates the flag at night. LED that's only a year old. Didn't last very long.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[LouNY]

Morning;
About 4 inches of light fluffy stuff, got my wifes car broomed off and warmed up for her to go to work.
Came back in and had more coffee, got dressed to go to town.
Got my truck broomed off and warming up now, got to go in for doc appointment,
then who knows may go to dinner for breakfast may come home for it, undecided.
Then to clean the driveway off, and do a trash run may burn some cardboard.

 

[daugen]

I'm going to make some calls this morning and see if I can at least talk to someone who knows what local distribution is.
Who knows that I'm a 70 year old guy with recent cancer treatment? Medicare? No one had talked to my primary as of last week, so
who has the authority to make these decisions? And where do they get the information other than age and address?

Ken and Paul, have you heard anything about distribution methods in this area?
I know my SIL drove all the way to DE for a shot, she's a baby nurse.

In today's Information Age, this lack of information is worrisome.
I'm guessing February at best.

will start with primary doc again, hate to bother them with call.

This is a huge undertaking. I hope they get it right.
Should have a pool on who gets the vaccination percentages right by end of year.
I'm guessing 66 percent.
Will be wearing masks in public places for awhile.

and then I hope we can move forward, talk about something else, enjoy our restaurant
dinners out and even a hug or two.

 

[daugen]

Phil, being the muscle is just fine. Takes many hands to carry the load.

be careful in the snow guys, no falls and dings.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 50F @ 5:00 AM. Cloudy and windy at times with periods of rain. Thunder possible. High 56F. Winds SSE at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 100%.
Looks like we picked up about a tenth of an inch of rain overnight, with more on the way later in the day.

Pretty shot of your pond, Ron. Do you keep the pump on to keep it from freezing? Sounds like your doctor friend got a rough ride from his Advantage plan. What's the advantage to an Advantage plan, just the lower premiums? Sounds like my experience with Kaiser: Really low premiums, but the care left much to be desired.

Good luck with your camera search, Drew. Lots of us would like a nestcam!

I used a 7" cutoff wheel on the 4 1/2" angle grinder when I took apart the FEL on the L3240, RS. That one scared me, and I wore safety glasses AND a face shield, heavy gloves, along with a respirator and ear muffs. I've had the Warrior blades get a little rough around the edge, and if I ease up long enough it'll wear it self round again. Push too hard and it'll tear itself apart, but not explode like the Bauers seem prone to do. Good point about covering your neck, too, DF.

There's a pair of UFOs in that lenticular cloud, Ted. :laughing:

I couldn't agree more, Mike, medical insurance/expenses are very daunting. The premiums could well end up being my largest monthly expense. Glad you're working your way through to a good ending.

Got two more pallets fixed up with hoops yesterday, and still have steel ready for another pair. But I'm out of the correct size bolts to install them. It seems I got bit rather badly by a contaminated bolt bin at TS last time, and have to take eleven of them back to get the right size. Think I'll give that business to the True Value Hardware store in the future.

Hope everyone's work year gets off to a great start today!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Will be wearing masks in public places for awhile.

and then I hope we can move forward, talk about something else, enjoy our restaurant
dinners out and even a hug or two.

I dunno, Drew. I'm hearing rumors that infection rates for the common cold and regular influenza are way down this season. I usually get at least one head cold by this time of year, but not this time around. If wearing a mask, using hand sanitizer, and keeping social distance can keep me healthy, I might just keep doing these things in future cold seasons.

 

[kenmbz]

Good morning, back to work for me, 32 going up to 45 and cloudy. Not supposed to rain for a while.

LS - that cloud picture is amazing.

Roy - hope your new boss is good to work with and makes the transition smooth for you

Phil - same issue with LEDs , incandescents used to last 5 years or more, the compact florescents came out and incandescent and CFL only started lasting 2 years.:confused3: LEDs seem to start failing at 3 years - LED chip is fine, circuit board seems to fail.

Drew - Wife works for a school, told around March - PA seems to be running behind other states. Don't have much other info, nurse friend got hers last week. Will see what I can find out.

Thanks BEF - guess I will just take VHS tape somewhere to convert. Had converted all my digital tapes way back when and put them and pics on a PLex/vortex server. Waiting for some SATA disk to come so I can set up a NAS to have some redundancy on our pics/movies and other often accessed data.

Work is going to be crazy with a cross US project I am rolling out in the next two weeks. Starts tomorrow-should be wonderfully nerve racking.

Stay safe and be well

 

[Popgadget]

Good morning.
It’s 33 and overcast with drizzle forecast through the day, temps up to the upper 30’s.

Actually had a couple of inches of snow yesterday, it was a good excuse to run the tractor. Spent threat of the day tinkering in the shop, a friend brought over a Harmon Kardon cassette deck from the early eighties to se if I could fix it for him. Lucky for him, it was a simple mechanical fix that didn’t involve parts.

I can’t wait to see what today has in store.

Wife and daughter got vaccinated at the hospitals that employ them. Not sure where I’ll have to go.

Drew, you will likely save a fair amount if you print your label and pay for your shipping at ups.com. You can then just drop off your package at the UPS store. I discovered that when I checked a rate online, and then was charged almost double that at the shipping place.