Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

49F going to 73F Nice beautiful day.

Clean bill of health all clear margins

Thanks for all thoughts prayers they really do help stitches out Thursday yippee

Best news I've heard all week! The scar looks minimal.

This seems like very good news if it proves out with no issues:

US Army Creates Single Vaccine Effective Against All COVID & SARS Variants, Researchers Say

Just in time for Christmas …

This is awesome, and seems to be made in the standard vaccine method?

Rich B1, Thanks for sharing, and I'm thankful you've joined our group. (We need more flat tracking fans ) Hope you have a good vacation. I'm off only until the 27th of Dec. I took no time off this holiday because of my workload, and I need to save up some hours of vacation.

Good to hear Ted and wifey are doing well.

Don, your knee looks like "Z" guage train tracks. I guess the staples saves the doc time of tying stitches, but I think I'd rather have old school stitches pulled than those things. Are they going to have to deaden the area to remove them?

Drew, my wifey got my 11yo son a book for Christmas, "The Story" teen edition.

So Monday, I was feeling a bit crummy and had a runny nose/sinus. I called the local clinic about a covid test (because my 92 yo mom is coming to visit) and they said come on in. I had no fever, but told them about sinus. Covid Test came back negative. Whew. I went ahead and got my Moderna booster while I was there. Around midnight, I got up to P, and got uncontrollable shakes/chills. Only had about 100.5 F fever. Tuesday morning, I went to work (I know, I know, but I can isolate myself because I'm the only one in the shop). Felt miserable until around noon until I took a couple of ibuprofen, then felt better. I figure this was reaction to the booster, but strangely my son has had the same symptoms as me the last few days, and he's not vaxxed. We are both better today. So maybe son and I had some kind of 2 day bug. We both have our flu shots.

Mostly, another week to add to your cycling mileage. May the winds be at your back my friend.

Ron, glad Sassy is better. Love the pics. I like your new ATV wheels. Good tires can make all the difference for ATV traction.

Riptide, hope you have better luck with the owl hutch than I had. I pulled mine down when we went got our chickens, because they are incompatible. Your home looks nice with the Christmas lights.

Topps, I get a bit ferclempt when I hear of good deeds like your family finding a family to help out during the holidays. Thank you.

rs, that's the pie crust recipe my wifey uses too.

the price of regular has come down a bit here $2.69/gallon

Doug, like the color of that stone. I love spreading gravel, but it always seems to get used up too fast.

PJS, where are you?

RNG, there are times when you wish you had R1's.

Our bird bath still is about 1/2 full. (I usually don't fill it, only let rain fill it) It is a good indicator of when you can get back in the fields with the tractors, once it dries up.

Hope my wifey's uncle comes over to get the 10 bales of hay we got done last month.

I hope Eric gets a nice day soon to lift the spirits, and get the moles.

Still deciding what's the best way to rid myself of the Miller Roughneck. Too heavy to ship. It's a shame.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Ah! My lost 10mm wrench. Not sure how it could have ended up in your truck.

I'm missing mine too, and a 3/8" won't fit....

 

[NHBX]

I'm missing mine too, and a 3/8" won't fit....

It will if you use a big enough hammer.

 

[sodamo]

63°F and 3.53 inches rain, still coming down.

Inside day for sure.

Sophie has her ophthalmologist pre surgery visit this afternoon. Will do some in town errands as well.

Statewide COVID number have taken a dramatic increase this past week. Over 700 yesterday, mostly on Oahu only 29 on our island/county. Not looking forward to our trip in Jan.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 26, going up to upper 40s. Going to be breezy, 15-25 mph, increasing stronger tomorrow, then 50-60 mph gusts for Friday. There is a 25% chance of a rain or snow shower on Friday. I hope so!

Drew, did you find my 10mm socket? I have probably lost 5-6 of those. No other sockets get lost.... only the 10mm. I have a big socket set that's 30 years old... maybe 80 sockets....all the way down to those tiny 1/8" ones. I still have every one .... except for 10mm. I have managed to keep my two 10mm box end wrenches and 1 ratcheting wrench.

Don, good luck with the staple removal. Should be simple. I didn't feel a single one coming out. Only 2 started oozing just a little drop of blood. If you have some coconut oil handy, rub some on the scar. It is a natural antibacterial and will keep the skin pliable. My surgeon complemented on how well my scar healed. (Wifey insisted on rubbing it on twice a day for 2 weeks).

Buppies, hope your stitches come out without a snag (pun intended).

Paul, Beautiful light display at Peddlers Village, thanks for posting it. I always liked the displays in the small towns. Another was boathouse row along the Schuylkill River, liked the reflections off the water.

Slow, slow progress in the garage / shop. Move something to a new spot... contemplate if it will work.... continue moving a few more pieces, find out it won't work... move things around some more....
Eventually I will get the jigsaw puzzle put together.....
I think I need another building....
....And more gravel....

Everyone have a great day!

 

[daugen]

FDA authorizes first antiviral pill for treatment for Covid-19

The Omicron variant is now the dominant strain in a host of countries including the US, Denmark, Portugal, and the UK. Leaders around the world continue to implement measures to curb cases as the holidays approach. Follow here for the latest news updates.

www.cnn.com

I think this is very promising, an oral medicine you take at home, 3 pills a day, at first onset of positive diagnosis or symptoms, not sure of details.
But keeps you out of hospital and apparently it works well.

made me think, wonder if an anti-vaxxer would be grateful for this medicine or shun it also.

 

[rswyan]

28F and sunny at the moment, supposedly heading up to a high of 31F ... so it's chilly.

Placed order for dry cat food, Woman will pick up while she is out shopping today. Seems to be an ongoing issue with shortages of wet cat food. Plus talking to the woman where we normally get it, she says she think that company will only be offering individual cans in the future instead of the 32 can variety packs we usually get. Don't know if it's a supply chain issue or what.

Front coil springs are finally in for The Woman's car, appointment scheduled for the 1st week in January.

Today looks like it will be mostly a woodworking day.

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

 

[riptides]

FDA authorizes first antiviral pill for treatment for Covid-19

The Omicron variant is now the dominant strain in a host of countries including the US, Denmark, Portugal, and the UK. Leaders around the world continue to implement measures to curb cases as the holidays approach. Follow here for the latest news updates.

www.cnn.com

I think this is very promising, an oral medicine you take at home, 3 pills a day, at first onset of positive diagnosis or symptoms, not sure of details.
But keeps you out of hospital and apparently it works well.

made me think, wonder if an anti-vaxxer would be grateful for this medicine or shun it also.

The thin line between differentiation of anti-viral and vaccines becomes thinner.

 

[rswyan]

This is awesome,

Yes ... basically sounds like a "one (or two shot) and done" solution (perhaps) ...

and seems to be made in the standard vaccine method?

I'm not sure that it follows the standard vaccine method.

From a different Business Insider article on what it is and how it works:

The vaccine is designed on a new platform called "self-assembling protein nanoparticle." Unlike most currently available vaccines, which use mRNA to trigger the immune system, this shot would work by injecting a molecule that looks a little like a 24-faced soccer ball, according to Defense One.

Each face of the "ball" would carry a bit of the spike protein that can trigger the body to mount a protective immune response.

This allows scientists to attach the spikes of multiple coronavirus strains on different faces of the "ball," so the body could protect against several variants at once, instead of having to take a separate dose for each variant.

The US Army is testing a universal vaccine it hopes will target all coronavirus variants

Sounds like it newish technology.

The pace of progress in medical technology really seems to be picking up over the last _____ (you fill in the blank ... )

So Monday, I was feeling a bit crummy and had a runny nose/sinus. I called the local clinic about a covid test (because my 92 yo mom is coming to visit) and they said come on in. I had no fever, but told them about sinus. Covid Test came back negative. Whew. I went ahead and got my Moderna booster while I was there. Around midnight, I got up to P, and got uncontrollable shakes/chills. Only had about 100.5 F fever. Tuesday morning, I went to work (I know, I know, but I can isolate myself because I'm the only one in the shop). Felt miserable until around noon until I took a couple of ibuprofen, then felt better. I figure this was reaction to the booster, but strangely my son has had the same symptoms as me the last few days, and he's not vaxxed. We are both better today. So maybe son and I had some kind of 2 day bug. We both have our flu shots.

Glad to hear you are both doing better ... just in time for the holidays ...

rs, that's the pie crust recipe my wifey uses too.

the price of regular has come down a bit here $2.69/gallon

Yeah noticed this morning when I was out it had dropped here too from yesterday - $3.06 yesterday and I saw $2.89 today.

 

[kenmbz]

Interesting on the pill.
We just got our 4th notice that someone in my sons class has covid.
Soon the class will be empty.....Hopefully the holiday gives everyone a chance to recuperate.

Drew - not my 10mm it does not look bent or broken

Off to replace the garage door springs - hmm, wonder what I can make from the old ones....