Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

Coffee is cooling in cup. 30° with light snow this morning. Heading to 34° with snow accumulation up to 5". Got tires mounted on new Mule wheels at local tire shop. Brought them installed and installed on Mule. One of the old steel wheels must have been out of round. With new wheels Mule runs very smooth. After ride retorqued the lug nuts. Sassy has been having upset stomach problems lately. Took her to vet yesterday. Put her on a bland diet and some meds for 2 weeks. Hope that fixes her problem.
Cranes have been gone from my place for a couple of weeks. Warm weather brought them back.

Don that is quite the machine you have to use for PT.

Mostly, bird feeders are about 30 feet from where Hawk was perched. Sparrows spend a lot of time in the same pile of branches.

Riptides, christmas lights look great. When I came home from Vet yesterday. It was dark out. Drove thru a couple of subdivision. Christmas light looked great. Have not done that in awhile.

Buppies, hope surgery heal fast and Dr reports are good.

Buckeye, have a safe trip home.

Ken they have charged over 100 for school threats in Metro Detroit area for making threats to schools. Sure hope they follow thru on the charges.

Everyone stay healthy and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp 16 high to 19°F. Wind NE 8 mph. 60% chance of flurries.

Junior did a good job of getting the downed tree out of the driveway. It is a little long for where I want to put it and the wrong orientation, but I will chain it to the loader bucket and turn it then stuff it into the bush at the end of the driveway. I have a snow dump down there. If I remember I will try to get pictures.

Jobs for today in daylight, (1) fill genny, fill ALL the gas cans with Shell Z-power non-ethanol gas and dump the cheap stuff into the Jeep. The Jeep is a little low on fuel anyway. (2) go to the dump. (3) get another bag of salt for the water softener. Culligan really dropped the ball this time. I called them over a month ago and they've finally set the date at the end of the month for the salt delivery.

After the gas and salt, I will put my feet up and conserve energy.

Have a safe day all

 

[mpham]

Morning all! 32 here with 3 to 6 inches of snow coming. Looks like an end to the mild temps coming with 30 degree temps in the daytime and low teens at night. Pellet stove will be humming!

Wife and I are doing great health wise although I had a bad couple days this week. Not sure what caused it as I have been careful with foods.

Getting preps ready for Christmas as we are having it here this year.(Like always!)Lot's of cooking and baking needs doing.

Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[Bird]

Looking4new said, "Bird, were the 'English peas" mushy peas? They are big fat peas in a pea like gravy."

Nope, just the usual. Many, many years ago, during the summer when I was between the first and second grades in school, I spent 6 weeks in The Crippled Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City for surgery on my left foot to correct a polio problem. I was there 3 weeks before the surgery and 3 weeks after. And one of the things that stuck in my mind the rest of my life was the night before the surgery, supper included english peas with peanuts in with them; something I'd never heard of before. And that night, I was violently ill and vomiting; can't say whether it was from what I ate or from fear of the coming surgery. But the taste of those english peas coming back up stayed with me and you could not have forced me to eat an english pea for the next 30 years or so. I eventually got back to liking them, but the only ones we buy to eat at home are the "LeSuekur very young small sweet peas" although I've eaten english pea salads elsewhere that I thought was very good.

 

[Bird]

Take it easy Buppies. Praying for good results for you.

Bird, the link would not open. I did not ask which new knee I got but will ask next week when the Dr. pulls out the 57 staples. This is the first time I have ever had staples.

Don, I'll probably never understand computers. That link worked yesterday because I checked it when I posted it, but it won't work for me either this morning.

I've been in a lot of hospitals in my life as a patient, visitor, or police officer, but never anything like that experience with the Medical Center of Lewisville (Texas). One evening the week before the surgery we were "invited" to an orientation at the hospital, with visitors welcome. So Margaret and I, and our eldest daugher, went to that meeting. There was probably 25-30 people present. Besides a nurse telling us everything you'd want to know, and asking if we had any questions, she passed around a sample of the material to be used. I was surprised at how heavy it was. And I remember when we left, our daughter said, "She made it sound more like a vacation than surgery." She was right. After the surgery, they later asked if there was anything they could do better and I couldn't think of a single thing.

 

[daugen]

good morning all.
steady light rain out, pitter pattering on windows, will go on for most of the day, same precip that's coming down as snow for Phil and those North of here.
It's the week before Christmas, a little snow is good.
I think most kids are now out for the holidays so I bet they'll be having fun in New England.

46 degrees out now, high of the day.

Batteries are charged (finally...) in the snowblower and the gen. I'm ready for winter.
drilled my driveway lane marker holes yesterday and with a small rubber mallet tapped them in easily.
Not as elegant as Popgadget's soon to be world famous marker whacker, but easy.

noticed that my 40 gal propane tank hooked up to gen was half full. At least I have a spare full 30 in the garage and can
always steal the one off the barbecue in a pinch. And worst case I'll dump gas in the gen and run on that. But propane is so
much better, plugs never foul, carb stays clean. Just not so wonderful in really cold weather if tank is exposed. So far my "little" tanks have
worked fine, but really haven't been given the test in a low temp outage. I'd be fine if I never had to, but there are too many trees around here and
power is always iffy during windstorms. All those dying ash trees...remember the pic of all Ken's downed trees? Well this whole area is like that.

never got a haircut this week. Not that motivated to venture out in this mess today to get one.
Need to call my MIL today. When we planted an amaryllis bulb for her last week when I visited, I know she will be watching
for the first growth. She gets two months of enjoyment out of that flower, watching it grow and bloom.

 

[ronjhall]

W7Bob, Welcome to TBN and Good Morning thread.

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-12-18, 0610

27° right now...high in the low 30's...probably not above freezing.
Snow predicted to start early afternoon and continue all night. Possibly heavy at times. Accumulation is predicted to be 5-8 inches. Full tank in the tractor and EGO batteries fully charged for the snow blower
Long range (10 day) forecast is snow on Christmas Day...that would be nice..

Not enough to justify a dump run, but I do need to pick up a bottle of rum (Christmas present) before the snow develops. After that, continue watching Babylon 5...almost through the first season and watch the snow

 

[wngsprd]

53 going to 63, maybe showers.

Neat machine, Don...sounds like you are managing your recovery well.

Buppies, take it easy and heal fast.

W7Bob, how much snow do you get?

Hope Sassy is doing better.

Flushed the tractor radiator yesterday and added new coolant. Also saw in my log that it's been 5 years (also in December) since I washed it, so on such a warm day gave it a good bath. It was sunny and warm when I started, and turned to a light rain before I finished. Still need to lube the FEL.

Got the confirmation email yesterday that my bid to sell carbon credits was accepted in the December auction. I still have mixed feelings about participating. I'll donate the money, and feel better.

 

[daugen]

Roy, it's funny that no matter what planet or galaxy the aliens on that show are from, they all know how to sidle up to that big cocktail bar.
Be careful in the snow, no slips.

Hope you get snow on Christmas.
Ho ho ho

 

[Alien]

Busy weekend for me. Got a haircut. Went to the model flying club for Christmas bbq. Flew one of my planes. Washed and chamoied the Mustang. Ranger needs done but I can only manage one at a time. Wrapped some Christmas presents for little grandkids. Took dogs for a ride on mobility scooter. Trip to tip early tomorrow then to Brisbane to see family and g'kids. Covid is ongoing worry at the moment.
Lots of mowing to do.
Plumber and electrician coming on Wednesday. Also a bloke to install 4 skylights. He wants to start real early to beat the heat. He can start as early as he likes as far as I'm concerned. Probably only get one skylight done per day methinks.
Be good to get done before Christmas.

 

[Thomas]

Welcome to GM W7Bob.

 

[Thomas]

27F low 30's for high quite before the storm starting around noon 5-8 inches ending late Sunday morning,driveway firm but not frozen for plowing.

Outside chores done E muffin time.

Plans for today...fuel up Kubota do walk around as it runs,take Mrs. to town for couple things both stores were close at 5:30pm due to lack of staff,attach plow to pickup other than that take the day as it comes.

Enjoy your day all.


Buppies...keep those feet up.

 

[Bird]

When I take my hearing aids out before going to bed, I'm so near deaf that I normally don't even hear thunder, but this morning at 2 a.m. a clap of thunder was loud enough to make me jump and become wide awake. I didn't hear any more thunder until 3:20 a.m. and even then it wasn't especially loud. But anyway, I stayed up and it appears that the rain is over, so I just went out and poured about .65" of rain out of the gauge. This is our first rain this month.

 

[Buppies]

Very foggy this morning 50 going to 68 spring weather

Sleep at a premium last night face pretty sore I’ve had 5 of these on my face with this being the worst

Outside looks like scene from the battle of the bulge waiting on something to come out of the fog

 

[buckeyefarmer]

57° and rain for Graduation Day. Glad it’s not snow. Noticed yesterday the front tires on Honda getting pretty smooth. Hope we get it back ok. Should have put new tires on before he came to school last fall.

After graduation stopping at another friends house to change clothes before heading east. Used to golf with him in MD before he moved down here.

 

[daugen]

Buppies...keep those feet up.

good advice, let yourself heal

and for you Navy guys, glad to see this big old girl getting fixed up.

This magnificent ship came up the Delaware, I think at night intentionally, towed by tugs,
while I still had my Bertram at Philadelphia Marine center. And for several years thereafter, until I took our boat
back down to the Chesapeake, cruising slowly past this battleship at rest always gave me goosebumps.

The New Jersey was always part of my "tourist tour" where
I went down the PA side and back up the NJ side. A trip that included the large Camden Delmonte green bean plant on the River and a final turn around at the Trenton "Makes" bridge. Used to be a big sign on the bridge something like What Trenton Makes the World Takes. Used to be a big GM plant there making moldings for cars.
I believe some wag climbed up on that bridge once and crossed out the Takes and painted on Rejects. That got cleaned up in a hurry.

Spent a lot of time on this River. The picture where they show Philadelphia off to the left in the distance is just about where the tourist
duckboat got run over by the coal barge and all those folks drowned. Stupid boats just aren't that sea worthy and big ships still go through there, pushing
coal up to the Trenton NJ power plant. And chemical barges. 3-4 knot current at times, tidal river.
Folks have the whole River usually, deep part is pretty wide, but insist on boating in the center ship channel.
Until someone invents brakes for ships that's pretty risky. I always liked to stay on the starboard side, just like driving on the right,
just inside the deep water line on my chartplotter. Then I only had to worry about logs in the river. Always had to be on the lookout for aquatic IEDs.

Seeing a city skyline from the water is pretty neat. Some would say it's the prettiest view.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 36F @ 5:00AM. Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High around 50F. Winds light and variable.
The 10-day is showing sunny weather through Monday, then anywhere between a quarter and an inch of rain every day for the balance of the period. All with not nearly as much wind as the last two systems, so wonderful weather on the way.

How does it feel to be the Bionic Man, Don?

Glad you didn't get caught in the heavy rain, Bruce. Seems like there's plenty of time left to break that record...

Welcome to the GM thread, W7Bob!

Billy, I was an hour over due yesterday to grease the FEL, but the sun was going down and the temps were dropping quickly, so that'll be job 1 for today. But I figure with seven days of rain on the way, that'll pass for washing the tractor.

Got the truck unloaded yesterday, including all the cardboard I took to the so called recycle center that doesn't recycle cardboard. Just as well, though, because if they had taken it, I'd have been without boxes for the next job, which was to pack wood up to take to the cabin I'll be staying in to celebrate New Years. I had enough boxes to finish up most of the campfire wood, except the big pieces that I don't know would even fit in a stove.

After that I went after that new downed tree, and after cutting it into three pieces, got it dragged over to the wood pile. I put an 18" bar on that little Makita electric saw, and I'm really surprised how well it works. I have to be more careful not to bog it down than I'd be with a gas saw, but I was able to fully bury the bar and make the cut next to the stump without any real problems. And no worries or hassles getting the saw to start.

This time I left myself plenty of room when I stopped dragging the wood, and used the FEL and 4in1 bucket to push the tree portions the rest of the way onto the pile. I did make a mess of the yard where the tree came down, though, so used the box blade to smooth over the ruts. At about that time I noticed a fairly large tree with twin trunks had come down across the rough path I use to get to my compost pile, so I guess that's part of what I'll be doing today. Maybe I'll start bucking wood, as I'm running out of room to stack it in the wood yard. That's a good problem to have.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s 38 and raining. Temperature isn’t supposed to change more than a few degrees throughout the day. Rain is supposed to continue on and off through tomorrow.

Yesterday went by pretty quickly, took the RAV4 for inspection after checking to see all the readiness monitors were set after replacing the plugs and a coil pack, then clearing the codes last week. My somewhat eccentric mechanic had just made a dueling tree, plasma cutting the targets out of a piece of steel that someone gave him that was supposed be AR500. So we ended up behind his shop testing it with a Ruger RedHawk. Looking at the dents in the targets, it was pretty clear that they were mild steel, not the HardOx that he thought it was.

I was pleasantly surprised that I had an email from the FAA accepting what I wanted to do. Even though what I wanted to due was logical and made good sense, they are not usually very flexible, hence their motto “We’re not happy until you’re not happy”. But I’m happy now that common sense prevailed.

So I spent some more time on the computer and got at least that portion of the document completed.

Put some meatballs and sauce in the crock pot, and had a drummer, guitarist and keyboard player come in the evening. All good friends and great players. Had a great time, played Christmas Songs and everything from “Take the A Train” to “Hey Good Looking” to “Willin”. Reminded me how lucky I am to have friends that are such great musicians. A wonderful time was had by all.

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning! 35 now. Supposed to get to 53 today, then cool off to mid 30‘s during the day tomorrow. It is raining now and looks to rain most of the day.

I went for a bottle of Sagamore Rye for Christmas Roy. Little pricey for my cheap bones….but it is quite tasty.

Since it is raining…think I will spend quality time in the garage. The spring and shim kit is here to redo a revolver. The trigger needs some serious TLC. Hope this does it. Got some other prep work to be able to work on the trailer while I off over Christmas.

@mostly_gas - I am not surprised how some of the staff acted. They are humans. Profession doesn’t change human behavio.

And to continue…..

I had a rough night with not having control of my GI tract. It was very active . B was the nurse’s aide on night shift and was quite snarky about the situation. I was embarrassed, frustrated, and hated it myself. He comments really got under my skin. But I was doing my best to control my temper.

Around 4:00 AM it happened again. She had just left my room after a vitals check. She returned screaming about I was doing this deliberately, that I had a sick sense of humor by creating this work, etc. I started to say something, then decided it was gonna be one of those times that what ever I said was gonna make a bad situation worse. So left her rant and rave, call me immature, a pig, etc. and stayed silent.

Shortly afterwards, the night shift charge nurse came in to give me some meds. I didn’t stay silent and unloaded on her about the treatment from B. Told her: “If that b*tch steps foot in my room again, I am picking up the phone and calling security as I feel she is a threat to my safety”. Said a lot more than that, the air was likely a bit blue in my room. The charge nurse was shocked. Said she would make sure the shift was finished with a different aide. It was.

Blood draw then day shift nurses. JoAnn was my weekend day shift aide again. Day shift charge nurse was new to me and asked me about the night before. I went through it more calmly. Told her that B had been a problem every time I had her as an aide.

Then Dr. M showed up early, had to go through it again. He got the nursing supervisor in the room. She asked if I wanted to fill out a complaint. I did. And was promised she would not be my aide again.

Dr. M was pleased with my medical progress. He started me on a med that was to slow down my large intestine and bowel to get them in synch with the rest of my GI tract. I would be allowed 1 every 6 hours with 4 maximum, as they didn’t want to slow things too much. They started me on the pill. After 2 things slowed down. It would take all 4 for control to return…

I had smelled bacon that morning that other patients were getting for breakfast. I was allowed warm broth at all 3 meals. The lipid fats were removed fairly early in the day. The other feed bag was removed later in the day. I was running out of tubes connected to me, was down to an IV by this day.

Everyone stay safe out there!