Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

If presented with choice of a bowl of chili or plate of cookies I’d pick the chili at least 9 out of 10

 

[txdon]

https://familyhospitalsystems.com/services/covid-19/

The above website has a sign-up for the covid vaccine and a counter that is updated. This week they are getting 6,000 doses and with the counter update you can see how many have signed up. Scroll down a few inches.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 32F for the start, mostly clear, light breeze. Windy day, clouds up and down several times, and high temp was 62F. Had to return sleep study box, went grocery shopping while in town, then headed home. Bike ride after lunch no nap . Rain was forecast for tonight, may not happen.
Covid update: Cooke, Montague, Grayson, unchanged, local not updated.
Roy nice humor. Too many fit
Ron glad your generator is working. nice pic
Eric glad you are getting some outside work done. Our forecast here changes so much hard to plan which days to ride.
Bill I am sure the kitties appreciate the energy you spent on their food
Thomas glad Mrs joined the work party
Thomas have fun
Drew enjoy your day after labs
Don hope you can get everything on her list.
Kyle prayers for sister's family
Paul glad trip went well and tailwind better than forecast
PJ Nice work on the drain and foot rest, I remember that snow storm, got the week off (unpaid) took STL 3 weeks to dig out.
Ken nice to hear only 3 hours today
Dennis was never impressed with Access, had Progress much better software.
Rich have fun choosing, none of it ever just goes away.
RNG glad you are getting the wood knocked out, hope you get rain.
David enjoy the Zoom
Ken I think it is the weather that is drinking
David Mom made a similar cookie, from scratch, never found recipe.
Randy good one most of us are winning that battle.
Dennis glad you aim was correct. thanks for update on brother
prayers for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/sister & family Covid, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, RNG/fire, Ron/hearing/son/aunt, Jim/sister & family, Phil/wife's eyes, Dennis/older brother, and Country.
stay safe and health you all.

 

[Looking4new]

If presented with choice of a bowl of chili or plate of cookies I’d pick the chili at least 9 out of 10

The cookies wont go to waste with me around.

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-01-19, 0334

11 degrees right now...high about 30 today...

When I went out to start the truck yesterday, all the snow that had been of the roof of the truck had slide down over the windshield...frozen pretty solidly. I chopped and cleaned it off and cleared the wiper area (while the the off position). Unfortunately, I must have knocked the passenger side wiper off the arm, at least partially...didn't notice.
Driving to work a few miles down the highway, I actuated the wipers...and there went the passenger side wiper blade...duh!! Rather stupid, eh?
Well, stopped...blade was nowhere to be found, of course. I raised the arm so I could use the driver's side wiper without the passenger side arm scratching the windshield. Fortunately, I had spare blades at home and replaced the passenger side wiper.
Pretty stupid, but that was my adventure on Monday...
I will do a better job clearing any snow and ice, henceforth...

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the temperature is 7°F and going to a high of 21. Wind E 6 mph. Periods of light snow.

I am not doing anything today. Furnace oil delivery today. That ought to hurt my wallet.


Have a safe day all

 

[Buppies]

38 high of 49 today 11 mph wind colder tomorrow

Prayers for all

Prayers for our country

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. It rained all night and plenty more coming today, temperature has shot up to 10C/50F, so not too unpleasant getting wet when out of the mud. I will have a day inside though, learning and experimenting more with LoRa radio transmission. Not having a commercial deadline when testing circuits and software is a lot more pleasurable than it was a few months ago.

Think it's time to get a grinder to carve wood , any recommendations, would be my first grinder and plan on making something of the ash stumps?

Ken, not sure what sort of grinding you have in mind, many use a small chainsaw with a 12" narrow nose guide bar for carving. Outside of normal woodworking tools, for exterior hardwoods I have used an angle grinder with the little 4 1/2 inch flap discs sold for grinding steel. A 40 grit disc removes hard oak fast, with finer grits to get a smooth finish. Do wear a good mask and ideally pick a windy day to blow the dust away from you.

 

[mpham]

Starting at 22 this morning with a high of 34.
Need to shut off the pellet stove so I can give it a quick cleanup and dump out the ash pan. Cold nights in the lower teens are coming according to the weather guessers!
I am supposed to meet up with one of my old workers today to reminisce about the bad old days. Work-blech!!!
Wife and I are enjoying her new extra time home so far.
No snow in the forecast for a while. Going to have to think of a tractor project soon.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[daugen]

good morning all
31 going up to 42 in sun today
no plans other than grocery shopping this morning and dropping
off "last" (famous last words) birdhouse at UPS for shipping to old friend in NC.

my sister in California was upset she had to take my bird feeder down, along with six others she has.
Apparently there is a salmonellla breakout among finches and other small birds and it's killing them.
Advice was given to take them all down, disinfect them, and put them back up two weeks later.

I know of many folks who clean out their birdfeeders on a regular basis and not just shaking them empty either.
Admit I've never done it, gosh, am I enabling a superspreader event on my picnic table?.

And since they are eating all the time, not like I can put tiny face masks out for them...

Don, that's a good public notice. I guess I'm a 1B now.
My good friend in DE is a retired head of Health Dept for big NJ city, he is so glad he is retired and
living in the less dense area where he is. Plus he isn't facing the job stress from this.
It just seems like there isn't a consistent approach here and that's part of the downside leaving procedures up to the States.
Going to be a lot of eyes on this process in six months to find out who ran the best operation and who didn't.

I've been looking at cruises to Bermuda. Maybe July. All depends upon how Bermuda is doing too.
Done this cruise four times and clearly have not gotten tired of it. Fine print in cancellation clauses very important now.
Trip insurance/cancellation coverage might become a lot more necessary.
The other cruise I'd do again is the one up to Canada. My Bar Harbor golf shirt
is getting pretty worn.

going to try to buy only healthy foods today. Will see how I do.