Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

Just saw the Mars helicopter made a successful flight...not much of a flight, but in air only 1% dense as ours, pretty impressive, and only cost $85 million.

 

[txdon]

Just saw the Mars helicopter made a successful flight...not much of a flight, but in air only 1% dense as ours, pretty impressive, and only cost $85 million.

Does that include shipping cost?

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 47˚F heading to the 70s, cloudy. I also need to do an oil change but on the Ranger and since I have a coupon I'll take it by the dealer.

Randy let us know if you need us to stand by for extraction, we know a drone that can lift you but it will take a few years for shipping.
If the drone can lift its weight in 1% air then on earth can it lift 100 times its weight? stand by while we figure this out Randy.

FireWise is off this week our mulchers got covid.

 

[Looking4new]

for you guys that get cramps in legs, hands, feet or knees like I do. I use a mixture of pure orange juice (lemon juice will work too) and soda water.
Sweets will make my hands cramp up big time and very painful, so I grab the OJ and soda water. I mix it 1/2 and 1/2.

 

[daugen]

I eat a couple of mandarin oranges for dessert most nights. Wonder if that has been helping me.
Things that are sour or bitter seem to be good for us. Things that are sweet, not usually.

 

[Buppies]

There is a scientific study that says oj and grapefruit can lead to skin cancer

 

[Buppies]

It has something to do with modifications in your skin causing one to be more susceptible to skin cancers

 

[PJSprog]

43°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 70° today. Naturally, with such a nice day today, we have sloppy wet snow in the forecast for tomorrow afternoon, and a low tomorrow night in the upper 20s.

Rained pretty much all day Saturday, so we both had an energy conservation day. I got the rest of the pasture mowed after work Friday evening in anticipation of the rain, so all was good.

Sunday morning we got to it right after breakfast, finishing up the rearranging of the garage. I took down two old wall-mounted cabinets from one corner by the overhead door, and we moved the dog stroller and its pulley lift over there. No more bumping our heads on it when walking past the passenger side of her car. Now, I only have to bump my head on it when I turn the compressor on and off. I also got out the portable table saw and modified the foot rest I made for her sewing room a few months ago. She wanted it a bit smaller, so I took it apart and cut it down. It also got some new, hardier rubber feet.

While we were admiring the slightly more organized garage, she looked up at the kayaks hanging from the rafters and noted that it was a pretty nice day (64°F and partly cloudy), and maybe we should take the kayaks to a lake. So, we did. We loaded them up and headed to the Old City Reservoir at Silver Lake Park in Highland IL. It's a smaller lake (about 18 acres) adjacent to the larger Silver Lake (about 550 acres). We paddled at a nice relaxed pace around the perimeter of the lake, and spent about an hour-and-a-half out there. Very nice, very peaceful. There were quite a few people fishing from various spots along the shore, but we were the only boats on the water, so we had it all to ourselves. It was a nice way to spend part of the afternoon. Admittedly, though, we're both a little sore this morning.

Drew, that is easily my favorite Corvette body style. That's a great-looking car your brother has.

I need to aerate our front lawn, too, Roy. We have a smaller aerator that we pull behind the rider. No fancy weights here, though, just cinder blocks.

Sorry to hear about your DIL's treatment at that facility, L4N. However, I can't imagine anyone would rather be somewhere other than at home with their family (including the fuzzy butts). I hope she finds some joy in her final days, and I suspect being at home will help that.

 

[PJSprog]

There is a scientific study that says oj and grapefruit can lead to skin cancer

It has something to do with modifications in your skin causing one to be more susceptible to skin cancers

Man, I certainly hope that isn't true. I love both of those, and drink OJ pretty much every morning.

 

[daugen]

I know I couldn't have vitamin C during chemotherapy but immediately afterwards the hospital put me on it, or suggested
I take it, which I do. Centrum Silver plus two small oranges plus a Vitamin C tablet. That should be plenty. No scurvy here.

 

[kenmbz]

Mornin all, somewhat sunny.
Been scattered showers since Friday, but did get a lot of plants in, and another flower bed raked for another 4 dump carts full. trip to Princeton and Peddlers village to alleviate some of the cabin fever.

Wngsprd - how is Coco ?
L4N - sorry to hear hospice so hard on patients- Prayers you DIL does not suffer too much at the end
Randy - hope this is your last episode for a long time-does not sound like fun-sorry to hear stuck at hospital
BEF- went to 5 guys last night- we get the single patty burgers- 3 burgers and large fry to share about $27.
Roy I have the same aerator going on 6 years, used twice a year. I still use cinder blocks, your setup looks much nicer

Heard a red tail yesterday-looked up, seems to be a mockingbird!

Took my first run with the M18 pole saw on a 30 foot branch hung up in another tree. Performed quite well. Did have to re-tension the chain. Looks like it does leak oil, but not if placed tip down.
Line trimmer attachment works ok, would be happier if it spun faster, but it does work.
About a 30 minute run between the 2 attachments and battery only down one bar. Will need to buy another battery to do the road line and driveway of I try to do it all in one day.

Still need to dethatch and aerate lawn, more planting, more sticks to pick up. and a slew more projects-about 4 weeks behind from when I was sick-still not fully back, but getting there.
Need to do an oil change on tractor-parts arrive tomorrow, as does my 2nd Pfizer dose, we will see if I am up for anything after that.

Stay safe and be well.

 

[PJSprog]

Centrum Silver ...

I was finally able to find some of that Friday night at Walgreens in Highland. Seems like it's been in short supply lately around here.

 

[rswyan]

57F and sunny @ 11:00, headed up to 65F for the high.

Pileated woodpecker drumming off in the distance.

Fry are absorbing their yolk sacs, probably a little slower than I would have guessed. Expect to see good progress today when I go down there. The top of the egg tumbler is open and below the water line ... so they should be able to escape to the tank once they become free swimming. Possible some already have.

The dominant male in the S. fryeri tank is becoming very aggressive (wants to spawn, but so far no takers) and the rest fish are getting a little beat up as a result.

Got banana worm cultures fed yesterday, still need to make up a new container(s) to start some additional cultures. Got the front glass cleaned on a couple more tanks.

Also got three of the N. multifasciatus and the lone J. ornatus up to the living room fish tank and everyone is in the process of staking out their new territories. That frees up one tank I can move some J. marlieri juveniles into for grow out ... hopefully before the parents kill them.

Spent most of the day working on kitchen clean up though.

Agenda for today:

Feed fish.

Vacuum out tank with the Super Reds in it/partial water change. Top off other tanks as needed.

Refill bird feeders.

Clean up patio around back.

Cut/sand some lumber for tank racks.

Mow lawn.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day ...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Just saw the Mars helicopter made a successful flight...not much of a flight, but in air only 1% dense as ours, pretty impressive, and only cost $85 million.

Makes me feel purdy good about the DJI I been using...

 

[rswyan]

I try not to eat too many hot dogs and buy unprocessed ones when I do, but the provenance of the ingredients always makes me wonder...

We don't eat them a lot but nothing beats a good dog done up on the grill.

Hebrew National's are our preferred brand here.

But as Wingsprd said, the perfect mustard delivery device. Let's face it you don't put mustard on toast or cake.
RS would certainly not use mustard on one of his sheet cakes, so how do you eat the stuff? Many of us can't spoon it in straight.

The Woman's macaroni salad, made along the lines of her mother's recipe ... can't ever get enough of it ...

 

[PJSprog]

We don't eat them a lot but nothing beats a good dog done up on the grill.

Hebrew National's are our preferred brand here.

Grilled over fire is definitely best, but dogs (and brats) from our air fryer are a pretty close second.

The all-beef from Ballpark are pretty good, but Hebrew National do seem to be top of the heap.

 

[kenmbz]

Ball parks plump, beacuse they are full of water. HN are pretty good and they are forced to use cow parts vs.....

Rswyan any chance of the recipe- I have never had a macaroni salad I liked and my kid loves the stuff.

 

[daugen]

I've usually bought the Hebrew National but also Applegate Farms

had to cancel my Bermuda Cruise. Celebrity still would not answer my questions, for the third time,
regarding vaccinations, masking and limitation of passenger numbers. Once again I was told nothing to tell me.
Am beginning to think being an early adopter here brings some potential problems I would like to avoid, like being on a cruise ship
in the Atlantic and not being allowed to return to the US because of a spreader event onboard.
Disappointing but no surprise. There really is a lot of business disfunctionality continuing due to covid.

time to go put some turkey burgers on the grill for lunch. Have sweet onion I want to slice and cook also
for the burgers. With some sweet and sour habanero marinade on top.

 

[sodamo]

69°F and .11 inches rain.

No big plans for the day, see what comes.

Zoom Happy Hour this afternoon.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Looking4new]

I just renewed the license sticker on the Jeep for two years...$120.oo.
I sure am happy I live in the north. People in Southern Ontario pay $120./year. I pay $60.oo/year and get 'em 2 years at a shot.