Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Sorry to hear that, Ted. Wishing you the best.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good evening to everyone! Took me a while to catch up on the on-going's.....

The trees here are popping their buds.... of course, we are now forecasted to get 6"+ of snow tomorrow night.....

Well, I have had a major setback... last week the knee progress started going in reverse... after PT, the tendons on the back of my knee were "popping" out of the normal channel they should ride in. Kept getting worse over the weekend. Today, I went to PT and they refused any therapy, due to the return of swelling, pain, and decreased range of motion.....

Just what I didn't want to hear..... They are concerned I may have a blood clot restricting blood flow and causing the inflammation.

I am going for an evaluation first thing tomorrow.....

Talk about being depressed.....

LS, prayers for you.

 

[sodamo]

A big THANK YOU from Sophie.

 

[sodamo]

Only 5.98 inches rain since midnight. Sophie says I shouldn’t risk driving to town, so trip to HD delayed.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

64F clear sky.

Been good day so far...got Covid 19 appointment for first shot in couple weeks,able clean BIG section limb/branches before the ground got soft,spread load of gravel section where Mrs. likes to park.

Looks like good grill will be fire up hotdogs hamburgers for dinner than just take it easy.

Hope all enjoy National Goof Off day.

Enjoy the evening all.

Congrats on getting a shot scheduled. Local health dept only going by age, ignoring the other eligibility. Everywhere else I check is booked.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

so I could go hiking today. Had a great hike up the mountain on Buck Ridge Trail, and back down on the Buck Hollow Trail...a long hike, but worth it..

Quite the hike. Did you start at bottom ?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Was below freezing when I left the house, 30 minutes later it was almost 50° on the interstate.

Day 1 of mailbox alarm is a failure. No alert of delivery , yet when I checked tonight , had mail and got alert that I opened the box. I guess the vehicle blocked the Signal. Might have to plant a tall post behind mailbox and put the sender up higher. Unfortunately a steep bank behind, so won’t be easy. It was hard enough installing the unit yesterday without getting ran over by cars.

 

[Buppies]

Happy Birthday Sophie

Alien prayers for the wife and you

prayers for LS

sounds like a nice hike wngsprd

Good luck BEF with mailbox

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 55F to start, cloudy, light breeze. Periods of showers, windy and high temp of 57F. Thunderstorms moving through as I type and 1 more line possible latter tonight. Slow start this morning, took wife to see heart Dr. he think Feb trip to ER was heart attack. More tests over next several weeks, should know more mid April. Printer had paper jam that was real pain to clear out 4 small pieces on rollers was issue.
Covid update: Cooke, Montague, Grayson, unchanged, local not updated.
Roy looks like a nice mower.
James enjoy your bonfire
Ron hope fox not a problem, glad your weather is cooperating with pond cleanup. nice redhead
Randy hope you can get caught up or learn to say no Having Pickers there sounds like fun
Drew have fun getting plants and growing them
Bird sprinklers worked got rain starting at 9:45
Doug prayers for wife's eyes.
Paul glad gravel spreading went well, you know Ted is salivating. Brisket and ribs sound yummy.
RNG making good progress on fire wood
Ken sorry to hear about uncle,prayers sent, and about hippos
Bill safe trip.
RS what will you do with golf cart tires and wheels?
PJ Nice bike rack, looks like a nice set of bike trails as well. Used to inner tube on Black River near Lesterville in September.
David tell Sophie Happy Birthday!
Ted prayers for your knee.
Billy nice day for a hike wish for pics from hikes
Dennis please wish you dad happy birthday
Dennis sorry about day 1 results
prayers for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/sister & family Covid/friend's grand baby/son&wife Covid, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Ron/hearing/son/aunt, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Dennis/older brother/son, Grev/wife's eye, Randy/family, Bill/DIL, Ted/knee recovery, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/uncle, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Oh, I get it: Do as I say, not as I do.

The new container would only be used for firewood, which I see as a finite resource. There's a temporal nature to it as well, as wood already on the ground, and to a lesser extent the standing dead wood, is already starting to decay. I threw out a LOT of insect and mold damaged wood while I was splitting. It's also very likely that the next fire to come through will incinerate everything that's dead, along with taking out lot of live growth due to the huge fuel load now on the ground. Use it or lose it.

I'm also not getting any younger, and by the time I'm in my 80s it's likely I won't be able to wrestle wood like I can now. Any older than that, and I'm likely not to have any further need for wood heat, but might have eternal heat, for that matter. I use about 2 cords a year, so that's 30 - 40 cords. I can get 13 cords in a 40' shipping container, so that's about 6 years/container.

Then there's the math. At $250/cord, I can get $3300 worth of firewood in a 40' high cube shipping container. And I'm reasonably certain that it would survive even the worst wildfire that could reach the property. I can get a wind & water tight grade container for $2800, including delivery. So that would save me $500/container. And right now I've got $1400 burning a hole in my pocket that the head honcho sez I need to use to stimulate the economy.

But looking at it from the other direction, all that felling, bucking, stacking, and all that cutting and welding for the pallets, is only saving me $500/container.

You got to pick your battles. There is the part that helps keep you in shape though....

Good evening all. 43F for the start, clear, and light breeze. Windy day, clear sky, and high temp of 66F. Chapel to start day, wife decided to eat her left over brat for breakfast so I had cold cereal. Gopher back so found tunnel and put sulfur on news paper and lit it then covered hole. Now wait and see what happens. Bike ride today, trip to Dr tomorrow and rain before we get back. No nap again
Covid update: Cooke, Montague, Grayson, unchanged, local not updated.
RS Mister does not look please to gracing the GM thread
Buppies glad to hear work and stick parties going on
James good to hear no side effects from vaccine
Luther have fun puttering
Drew thanks for heads up.
Ron sounds like good get together. Hope pond goes well. great pic
Billy glad trimmer starts better than splitter, you got a lot done.
Eric slow grass growth here too. Cold soil I think, weeds are not growing either. Hope restrictions eased soon
Rich hope clean up is safe
Dennis hope worship and lunch went well
RNG thanks for the update. How long will the wood in a full container last heating your house
Thomas nice day planned
Bill good luck improving your out buildings
Drew changes in recycling have been going on. We had recycling here but not enough people were following th rules, The recycler had last 4 loads rejected for too much trash in recycles, hand sorting costs too much to do every load so they quit. New company started up, will see how long they last.
Paul glad you rehab worked and no explosion. Enjoy your tractor seat time.
Billy 3 point recliner should work for this crowd
RNG sorry about the leaks. Hope you get front differential back and on the van. And the bikes up to speed
David hope you are getting your inside work done.
Dennis Round is a shape, but proper weight control is important to good biking
Dennis hope alarm helps with mail issues.
David and 9 to 25 pin adapters, breakout boxes etc
David sorry about the historical data.
Lou glad trip went well.
RS great day
prayers for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/sister & family Covid/friend's grand baby/son&wife Covid, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Ron/hearing/son/aunt, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Dennis/older brother/son, Grev/wife's eye, Randy/family, Bill/DIL, Ted/knee recovery, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

Thank you for the prayers. My daughter is still needing them.

Wont stop raining here but the only complaint is that sadly I have to go driving in it. My wife developed a sudden eye problem this morning so I had to rush her to the city. They did tests and booked her into a specialist for tomorrow so another trip in the non stop rain. Fog up on the mountain was pretty bad and it will be the same tomorrow. Pretty worrying condition so hope they can sort it. This on top of her glaucoma we can do without. Busy week so may not be on much. Take care all.

Prayers for your wifey's eye.

63°F and .81 inches rain. Another wet one.

Guess I’ll venture forth to HD

Wife’s birthday today. Taking her for lobster dinner tomorrow.

Zoom Happy Hour this afternoon.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

Happy Birthday to Sophie! I hope she's having a great day.

LS, hope your knee swelling goes down, and you can get back on track.

Took a while to catch up.

Prayers for our team, and our country.