Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

My youngest son today scored a COVID shot for wed. , a day before mine.

 

[txdon]

Has anyone scored a J&J shot?

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Hi all, been under the weather, still only running 80% blood oxygen and weak.
Wind came through last night and saw a number of large branches fall.
Wind was intense.

Stay safe and be well.

Shouldn't you be in a hospital? Hope you get better fast.

36°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 68° today. No rain in the forecast until the middle of next week.

Saturday was one of those "chamber of commerce" kind of days around here; sunny and 70-ish. We got a bunch of stuff done outside, including the first grass cutting this year. I was only able to get the area between the house and the barn, as everything else was still too wet and soggy. I did get the zero turn stuck once in the back yard. Wife uncovered the outside furniture, and found one of the chair cushions had been excavated by a squirrel mining for nest insulation. So, she got new cushions for all the deck chairs. We sat on the deck and relaxed a bit towards the end of the day, enjoying some fresh pineapple as we watched a storm moving past us just to the north. The Wife decided that ice cream sounded good. I looked at the radar, and decided I could get to the Dairy Queen in Highland before the storm got there. I watched lots of impressive ground-strike lightning on the drive there, and even got a tornado warning on my phone. The sky was looking pretty sketchy. When I pulled into the DQ drive through, I heard the voice from the box telling the driver of the car in front of me that they were not serving at the moment. So, I pulled out to drive around and go back home. As I looked west across the road, the sky had gone from sketchy to "probably-time-to-get-the-h*ll-out-of-there." The employees were wandering around outside looking at the sky, and I pointed them west. They thought it was cool. I suddenly realized that I hadn't seen the funnel moving left or right ...which meant it was moving directly towards us. I told them to be careful and left with a quickness. Driving through the south side of town, the same area where I drove into a tornado about 15 years ago, the skies opened up and dumped buckets of rain and small hail. Once a couple of cars going 15mph at the front of the line turned into a neighborhood, me and the pickup truck in front of me wasted no time getting out of town. I don't usually drive that fast on those country roads, but I had every intention of putting as much distance between me and that storm as fast as I could.

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When I got home, The Wife already had the animals in the basement. We rode it out down there with no problems near us. Oddly enough, we were right in the middle in a narrow strip between two tornado warning areas. The second one to the south seemed to be following US-50 east across the state.

I had occasion to go into Highland again Sunday morning, and saw a lot of tree and utility damage along Poplar Street, where I had been pelted with hail the night before. I also read that the Ford dealership across the street from DQ lost part of their roof.
"Missed it by that much." (read in Maxwell Smart voice)

I saw late yesterday that the NWS confirmed an F1 tornado had skipped though Highland and a couple other areas.

Sunday was just windy and cool all day. We spent most of it doing indoor stuff. I finally got the new pickups installed in the Les Paul guitar. They sound way better than the stock pickups, at least for what I want out of it.

I'd be hauling arse too, contemplating while I sped, just how much do we want DQ novelties.
Concerning the cushion, I'd be practicing with my pellet gun. Keeping it nearby.

I got the cat buried. There is no frost in the ground back where the pet cemetery is at.

Sorry 'bout your kitty.

Buppies, sorry about your side effects. My wifey is considering not getting her 2nd....

Prayers for our team, and our country.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Has anyone scored a J&J shot?

Some at work got it.

 

[txdon]

Some at work got it.

Any problems?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Haven’t heard of any.

 

[sodamo]

Somewhat disappointing, in a frustrating way, day. The steering gear plate arrived. Problem not fixed.

When the steering link broke in 2019, I took the lazy route and let the Searsparts person do the order. When it came in, she had sent the long linkage, not the short as needed. I sucked it up, ordered the short and decided I might as well hang on to them for the future. This toe in problem seemed to be that future. Deciding that I only want to do once, I reasoned it best to replace the steer gear plate at same time. Put back together and if anything, the toe in is worse. A bit of research and the long linkages aren’t for this model. Of course I’ve had too long to return, although my complete order history seemed to have disappeared.
Do now the corrects parts are on order, will await their arrival and then do the tear down/replace again.

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-03-30, 0239

28 right now...high in the upper 50's today...

 

[Buppies]

54 this morning high near 70 big front comes tomorrow huge cold front

prayers prayers for kenmbz

Sorry about passport Toppop

Prayers for all our Country

 

[Buppies]

L4N sorry about your kitty

 

[Looking4new]

31°F and going up to 57. Wind SSE 14 mph. Sunny!

Got up yesterday morning to 3" of snow, all gone now. The older stuff is still here.

A town run is in the cards for today and maybe relocate some snow away from the front of the house.


Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

good morning all.
33 going up to 66 today in mostly sunshine. Then a cool off for several days, normal Spring weather.
Buppies, hope you are feeling better this morning, you too Ted.

Anyone hear from Riptides?

 

[oosik]

The wind is gone and we are back to spring weather here. Warm afternoons - cool mornings. The Buttercups are doing well and yesterday - the first signs of many Grass Widows.

25F right now. Predicted - sunny skies and 50F this afternoon.

 

[Buppies]

Morning oosik

Drew feeling better today thanks for asking

 

[Buppies]

Thomas any bear sightings yet?

 

[daugen]

buttercups...now can anyone not smile when looking at them? Enjoy Oosik!

as a kid did you take a buttercup and hold it next to your chin to see the golden reflection? 65 years later I'm wondering why...
of course as a kid I couldn't have pronounced ranunculus either...

Ranunculus is a large genus of about 600 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae.
Members of the genus are known as buttercups, spearworts and water crowfoots

 

[oosik]

Many years ago I took on a project out here in the "sticks". Photograph and identify all wildflowers I could find here on my property. I'm up to 83 and I know there are a very few more. They refuse to bloom every year and are in some rather isolated parts. Patience will prevail .........

Good Morning Buppies - hope you are having a nice spring day.

 

[toppop52]

Has anyone scored a J&J shot?

I know some people that got the Johnson & Johnson shot. They got what I call a pop up appointment. Their name was on the county list and I guess people didn’t show up so they got a call to be at the mall in 15 minutes.

 

[toppop52]

Shouldn't you be in a hospital? Hope you get better fast.

I'd be hauling arse too, contemplating while I sped, just how much do we want DQ novelties.
Concerning the cushion, I'd be practicing with my pellet gun. Keeping it nearby.

Sorry 'bout your kitty.

Buppies, sorry about your side effects. My wifey is considering not getting her 2nd....

Prayers for our team, and our country.

My second shot had way less issues than the first, basically nothing.

 

[toppop52]

Wow, 31 now and going to 66 later, 70s tomorrow and 43 on Friday. Then it appears lasting spring is on the horizon.

Several jobs to finish and one to start today. I hope I can have the garage doors open, Gracie doesn’t like being in there closed up.
Buppies, Ken and everyone, be well.
Have good day.