Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

I ran 2WD for years on most things. That å…Žventually taught me to slow down. Took a while, but I did learn. :laughing:

My last 3 trucks have been 4WD. By driving sensibly in snow and ice, I can tell a definite difference in braking with 4WD versus 2WD. The 4WD is much more predictable to me when braking.

And without question, make getting up some of the hills around here possible in poor traction conditions.

I love the 4wd for traction but I’ve honestly never seen any difference under braking. Handling and acceleration yes.

 

[toppop52]

My COVID test was negative.

Good deal!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I love the 4wd for traction but I’ve honestly never seen any difference under braking. Handling and acceleration yes.

I once had a propeller shaft coupling strip when I was headed downhill with a bucket of rocks. That tractor was still accelerating with the rear wheels locked. The only thing that kept me out of Lake Oroville was dropping the bucket, very carefully.:shocked:

 

[sodamo]

That’s great, Dennis

 

[ronjhall]

My COVID test was negative.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Went thru and updated list with all my financial accounts and passwords, and logged into most financial to get updated balances. Tried to explain to wife.
Included computer and phone logon., NAS and network access, and even tbn login.

Still concerned my test could have been too early for it to show.

Looks like I might start collecting one retirement, I’m at full age and don’t see where it increases if I wait.

Going to get Chinese for supper.

 

[txdon]

Still concerned my test could have been too early for it to show.

Yep, 5-7 days after exposure, at least you now know you did not have it before you got exposed.

Will you be taking the vaccine?
https://www.9news.com/article/news/...-safe/73-63020467-c627-47c6-b894-301edba756df
..."there's nothing in trial data from both the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccines that would suggest people with a history of GBS would be harmed by the vaccine."

Is there aa GBS web site where people with GBS can report if they took the vaccine and any negative side effects or adverse reactions?

 

[newbury]

On the vaccination front -
It's great to read that some of you are getting shots.
It's sad to read that it hasn't been done in military style.
In Mississippi it's been a cluster....

Due to the new more virulent C19 my wife has stopped letting me go shopping, just curbside pickup.

They started opening C19 vaccination in Mississippi for those over 65 about a week ago.
Either call to get an appointment or register online. I don't know how the phone bank was manned but they must have had at least two people. My wife tried for many hours to get through, with no luck.
Whoever set up the web site must have graduated from Mississippi schools.

The Mississippi Department of Education announced today that the state will be suspending the A-F grading scale for the 2020-2021 school year.

That means that high school students who take required end-of-course assessments will not be required to make a passing score to meet the high school graduation requirements

I spent hours trying to get into the online website - 4 times I was able to get on. The website showed how many shots they had for each of the about 2 dozen sites (TOTAL) in the state. Each time after filling out the online form it would crash. Each time as I started again I could see the numbers going down. Then they shut the site down, no vaccine available. None expected until mid February. In later discussion my 97 yr old MIL told us she didn't want to travel all the way to the nearest site that had been opened, and hour away in Tupelo. The entire process reminded me of buying Pink Floyd concert tickets in 1977.

But I kept hitting the website any ways at random times. Then Monday afternoon I got through, by the time we finished registering for the nearest site (3 hr round trip) the ~125 shots they had were gone.
I continue hitting the website about once an hour to get my MIL signed up at a location she will travel to.

Am I the only one wondering why the H E double toothpicks they haven't put the Army and Navy in charge of getting it in our arms?

/edit - went back and counted, I was wrong about the number of sites - only 20 sites statewide COVID-19 Vaccine Patient Screening - UMMC COVID Scheduling

 

[toppop52]

I once had a propeller shaft coupling strip when I was headed downhill with a bucket of rocks. That tractor was still accelerating with the rear wheels locked. The only thing that kept me out of Lake Oroville was dropping the bucket, very carefully.:shocked:

I have had slippage on hills myself, once back by the creek and once on the septic mound. But I don’t the 4WD helped me any, I ended up with front wheels in the creek and had to lock the diff and slowly back out.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Yep, 5-7 days after exposure, at least you now know you did not have it before you got exposed.

Will you be taking the vaccine?
https://www.9news.com/article/news/...-safe/73-63020467-c627-47c6-b894-301edba756df
..."there's nothing in trial data from both the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccines that would suggest people with a history of GBS would be harmed by the vaccine."

Is there aa GBS web site where people with GBS can report if they took the vaccine and any negative side effects or adverse reactions?

The head of GBS at John’s Hopkins said to get the vaccine.

 

[txdon]

The head of GBS at John’s Hopkins said to get the vaccine.

What group are you in in your state?


Has anyone who has received the vaccine signed up with V-safe After Vaccination Health Checker | CDC

 

[lostcreekranch]

What group are you in in your state?


Has anyone who has received the vaccine signed up with V-safe After Vaccination Health Checker | CDC

Our Colorado County EMS Director passed the CDC link on to all county VFD Fire Fighters / First Responders .. who got vaccinated.

Thus far none of us, in Station 10, have had any serious after effects and all of us have given feedback to CDC.

We all get our second vaccinations on 2/9 and 2/10.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

What group are you in in your state?


Has anyone who has received the vaccine signed up with V-safe After Vaccination Health Checker | CDC

I don’t know what group I’m in.

 

[kenmbz]

BEF-good news so far. Hope it stays that way.

My father called from California-he is over 75, and computer illiterate, so having problems. I told him to start calling and I will need to see what I can do for him.
Hard being on the opposite coast.

Lowes pickup went ok, bought 10 stakes and they were not bundled, at 7 feet was a bit of a handful.

Good night all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

They are pretreating roads for snow. Expect 1-3” starting Monday afternoon.

 

[txdon]

Our Colorado County EMS Director passed the CDC link on to all county VFD Fire Fighters / First Responders .. who got vaccinated.

Thus far none of us, in Station 10, have had any serious after effects and all of us have given feedback to CDC.

We all get our second vaccinations on 2/9 and 2/10.

They handed the link to us along with our card.
One in my old VFD on the farm finished the second Moderna dose yesterday.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 44F for the start, overcast, calm wind. Moderate wind, overcast with patches of fog/mist, high temp of 51F at midnight. Temps would drop in the mist area. Bike ride this morning, afternoon nap. :thumbsup:
Covid update: Cooke 2693 confirmed cases, 162 active cases, Montague 1535 confirmed cases, 62 active cases, Grayson, 9271 confirmed cases, 423 active cases, local 18 active cases.
BX thanks for info
Phil nice work on the chains.
Ron glad conserving energy is working for you. nice pic. Made sure phone appt not set on repeat.
Drew have fun baking, I would take either
Paul hope no mess with trailer move, enjoy e muffin.
Roy enjoy your seat time in the snow
Billy bet the wife time was worth no hike
Thomas hope you earn your dinner
Thomas glad the chains are giving good traction.
Bill good luck with the chains and forecast
RNG good to hear rain on tap, and good to hear about progress in Paradise. Sorry about the bank issues
RS sounds like good progress
Randy have fun on trip to get trailer back
Dennis good to hear your dad got his first shot
Rich glad you scored some firewood
Don Cooke getting 200 doses next week, none last week, no word from Grayson.
Ken hope you get your grinder soon and vaccine
Roy thanks for link
Thomas nice day sorry about no pie to celebrate.
Dennis great news on negative Covid test
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/no Covid/older brother, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[sodamo]

Newbury, as I recall soon after Operation Warp Speed was announced with the General in charge a couple of our favorite “news” sites started stoking fear of it being a military operation until it was announced it wasn’t. But I agree, military/guard should have been to top line distribution. Reminds me of contract tracing here in Hawaii. Months after the Google/Apple cell phone app al, we heard locally was trying to hire and train enough people. State/Counties only recently started talking about using the app.

 

[Looking4new]

It is going to get a tad chilly tonight, -8F. Both woodstoves are going and the house is toasty.

 

[toppop52]

Got it home, but man it was cold in that wind! Now I need to see if the generator still runs, ran it empty about a year ago.