Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

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Looks like a pretty sweet ride, Paul. What'll she do?

Pretty slow as far as jets go. M.737

 

[Buppies]

24 this morning high in 50s

One long term forecast lots of snow Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia up in Pennsylvania. We shall see and only one mans opinion

Wish your wife Happy Birthday mostly

Randy I’ll keep you in my prayers had one on my shin laid me up for 65 days but diabetes did not help in my case infection set in

Have a safe trip Drew

Prayers for all

 

[toppop52]

24 this morning high in 50s

One long term forecast lots of snow Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia up in Pennsylvania. We shall see and only one mans opinion

Wish your wife Happy Birthday mostly

Randy I’ll keep you in my prayers had one on my shin laid me up for 65 days but diabetes did not help in my case infection set in

Have a safe trip Drew

Prayers for all

I’m diabetic also, I’m hoping it isn’t too bad.

 

[check]

Check, we are both having a glass of wine before we go and she will have one more glass there, no bottles of that wine for us. My friend is a school teacher, she will likely order sparingly.
I'm more concerned about finding a place to park the truck on Main Street.

Did you get the 16 oz. steak?

 

[sodamo]

66°F and .01 inches rain.

Glad to have my Ridgeline back to normal. Can’t say I miss seeing the Emission System error message.

Dealership has a shuttle service. Had them drop us at restaurant for lunch. When on way back, dealership called that truck was ready for pu. Perfect.

I did get some progress in Caretaker studio. Went with the 1/8 inch for toe kick. Rationale: just a cosmetic cover and I happened to have readily available, saving my 1/2 ply for better things.

HD disappointing. Want to go with Over the range microwave unit, but no economy models in stock. Probably order one during Veteran Day sale but with 6-8 week delivery. Guess I can work around that.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[sodamo]

Happy Birthday, Mrs Mostly

 

[txdon]

The craft fair is very crowded. We bought a bunch of stocking stuffers.
Kyle, there were more people at the Arts and Craft Fair than were at the community garage sale.
A lady there that had a mask on remarked to my wife that she was surprised that more people were not wearing mask, the county is still in the red zone. Only about 5%-10% had mask. We did not.

 

[txdon]

One item that really works well without electricity but by design only is this wooden amplifier for smart phones. It doubles the volume and it’s built by our neighborhood wood shop. (Phone not included of course.)

 

[pennwalk]

Nice day yesterday. I was working/playing at the farm. The power company cut down some trees at the back of the property along the right of way. What they do is climb the tree and drop it in pieces. You end up with with a pile of mixed branches and logs. I was pulling out the logs so the neighbor who sells firewood could get to them without breaking a leg. Amazing what my little 18 hp Yanmar will do. My legs were a little sore from climbing on and off the tractor to hook up the chain. Looks like one big locust and three cherries. They have just about cut all the trees along there. Jacket and hat weather. Those 75 degree days a couple of weeks ago were sure nice. This afternoon I am going to bag up some leaves with the mower. Still a lot of leaves up in the trees but they will be down soon. We are covering the lettuce at night in the garden to keep it going for a few more weeks .

I was telling my wife about the tractor boys who have grapple tractors but I don't suppose Santa will take the hint.

I wonder how much of these supply shortage/price increases are just an excuse to raise prices.

Chris

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I wonder how much of these supply shortage/price increases are just an excuse to raise prices.

I'm sure there's some price gouging going on, but there's a lot more than that to it. Just my opinion, but when you can't get merchandise off the boats in port, that restricts supply and unless demand goes down proportionally, price goes up. When the price of oil goes up because of reduced supply and continuing, if not increasing, demand, that increase is passed along in terms of higher shipping costs, higher transportation costs, and higher material costs. Those price increases spiral into more price increases in the industries dependent on transportation related distribution. When the supply of integrated circuits drops because manufacturers make more money making more sophisticated chips, it creates shortages in the automotive and electronics industries, and with no decrease in demand, prices go up. There's also the upward price pressure created by inflation, where a dollar loses purchasing power. I won't go into the causes of inflation, but you can see them in the news headlines every day. To me, it's looking more and more like the '70s, and that's a time I don't remember very fondly.