Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

I'm days behind on posts...I'm only up to this past Monday. I'll have to catch up later.

Just wanted to give a quick update on my mom. Thanks for the prayers!

My mom had elevated levels of troponin when she got to the hospital, short of breath. She was diagnosed with humanmetapneumo virus, which caused pneumonia, which caused the breathing difficulty. This might have caused the anxieties which might have caused a small heart attack in the lower left part of her heart. She is scheduled for a catherization heart surgery, possibly a stent or ablation tomorrow. Long term care is still a big question mark.

I pray Sophie's surgery went well.

Sorry to hear if your moms problems, prayers.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good evening to all! High today hit 45 after a morning low of 19. Wind kicked up a bit this afternoon, gusts around 35.

Tomorrow is supposed to be nice, no wind in the areas we will be traveling..... I hope so, it wouldn't be fun driving 7 hours x2 (430 miles each way) fighting wind. We are going to make the round trip in one day, so gonna hit the rack early tonight. We hope to be on the road by 6 am. That way I'll get across the big city before rush hour.

David, glad Sophie's procedure went well. Still sending + thoughts / prayers your way.

Kyle, extra prayers sent to you and your family. Hope your mom recovers quickly.

Drew, we have the same philosophy about tolerance and acceptance. Being in the medical field, you treat a 'person', no matter what color, size, language, nationality, or gender. We are all human....

I hope that everyone without power or having struggles due to the storm make it through ok.

I have given up on having thoughts of attempting to build another house.... direct the show, maybe,.... but I don't think I can frame or do any heavy work anymore. Besides, it would take waaay too long at the pace I move now.

I checked, double checked, and triple checked my list for tomorrow's trip.... I just have this odd feeling that I am forgetting something..... I guess I'll find out soon enough!

Everyone have a great evening!

 

[txdon]

Just wanted to give a quick update on my mom. Thanks for the prayers!

My mom had elevated levels of troponin when she got to the hospital, short of breath. She was diagnosed with humanmetapneumo virus, which caused pneumonia, which caused the breathing difficulty. This might have caused the anxieties which might have caused a small heart attack in the lower left part of her heart. She is scheduled for a catherization heart surgery, possibly a stent or ablation tomorrow. Long term care is still a big question mark.

Thanks for the update Kyle.
Sounds like they have the symptoms and elevated levels of troponin figured out. Hopefully the Heart Cath will locate and fix the underlying problem. Continuing the prayers.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 36F for the start, clear, breezy. wind kicked up quick, sky stayed clear to partly cloudy most of day, and high temp was 55F, DP 22F. Men's meeting to start the day, putter for a bit and study for class B exempt license, got another load of dried out wood this afternoon, should have enough to get through the winter now. did get a nap . pic of Big People near Callisburg, and today's fire wood.
Covid update: Cooke 4498 confirmed cases, 273 active cases, Montague 2890 confirmed cases, 141 active cases, Grayson, 17639 confirmed cases, 1247 active cases. Cooke 20, Montague 13, Grayson 86, new cases.
Dennis good luck with finding retirement spot that meets your criteria
Buppies sorry you were up so early
Ron glad shopping went well. good luck with heater project. nice cardinal
Drew reminds me of a trans that was working bike support at Kerrville Easter ride. I had a front flat when he/she showed up and offered to change the tube. Used a tube from support stock and did not charge for tube or labor, and hands so strong did not need a tire tool!
Bill your area may cooler than Dennis is looking for
Mike glad power back, did not understand the clean it remark until I saw the tractor pic
Ron understand what you mean, lived 30 yr in same house and 3 ac. , very rural at start, then city moved out to us
RNG good to hear rain continuing, hope Covid does not get you. Have fun with paperwork.
Randy sorry about the change
Jkrez welcome to GM thread. I hate freezing rain
Don sorry to hear about firefighter and his brother. nice to hear knee machine helped.
Roy how is wife healing up?
Paul interesting payment for recycled materials.
Ken sorry to hear about Aunt cancer and Covid in family. neat pic
Ron sorry to your son got caught up in traffic jam
Billy glad you are set to weather the power outage, how many hours will those tanks give you?
PJ nippy night tonight. Watched Fleetwood Mac on TV, live performance in Boston recording. Thought of you when I saw bass player on 4 string bass.
Chris glad you had some family for Christmas.
Billy, good to hear you are coping ok.
Roy the 105 would stop an elephant
RS conserve energy? let us know how well it went
Ken exciting trip. how many time you need to change shorts?
Don good points
Buppies hope you do get home.
RS sorry about the milk issue, hope bread ok.
Don did Egore were the black hood? 8deg in 2 weeks sounds like tall order
Kyle thanks for update on your mom. Hope all can be dealt with, prayers sent
Ted hope you have a safe trip, and don't forget anything, like paperwork
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /mom o2 levels, Bird/aging issues/, Don/knee recovery /ring bearer/back broken & infections, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL covid, /new cancer surgeries /cataract surgery, PJ/FIL death, Roy/ palpitations, /angina, /shoulder, wife/ankle recovery, Billy/ wife fall, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Buppies/good biopsy report, Thomas/gout, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted/knee recovery/retirement, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery follow up, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/injuries from fall, Paul/ wife's disc issues, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Bill/ getting care for DIL and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good morning! Was 16 when I got up, supposed to get to 37 later. Rest of the week is a bit of a roller coaster of temps and types of moisture coming from the sky.

Truck tires are healed. Local independent tire dealer I have used for years was able to fix the tire. So now to get ready to head south.

Hope everyone gets dug out, gets power back, etc. Looks like a mess.

Going to FL for the start of flat track season. 3 days of practice/racing this weekend. There is gonna be a lot of the top pro and amateur riders there.

Better get moving and get the trailer ready to go.

Everyone stay safe out there!

Enjoy the trip. Taking the 'taco?

Just got off phone with my son. Been sitting on US 1 for hours north of Fredericksburg for hours. His first run on a north/south route Harrisburg to Miami and back. Should have kept his east to west coast run for a few more months.

Sorry he got slowed down.

Good morning! 36˚F, sunny skies, heading to the mid 60s.

One of our volunteer firefighters from the last place I lived, on the farm, died over the weekend. He was at the store and collapsed, Ambulance heard a faint heartbeat and took him to closest hospital 30 minutes away, but ambulance had already traveled 10 miles to get to the store. The closest hospital could not do anything and the air flight to Austin was called. The distance to a qualifying medical facility is very important and should be a consideration when you retire. To make the story more sad his brother died 3 days later.

My wife sure did like the close hospital during my last surgery. I like it also because the painful ride home was short. I'm on the knee flex machine this morning getting it warmed up for my afternoon PT. The knee machine goes back tomorrow. Only 3 weeks were recommended by the Dr., after that you need to use your own muscles more to flex, I agree.

Yes, our town is a medical desert.

Good Morning.
I got up to let the dog out a few hours ago, it was 29 and freezing rain and sleet. Came back inside and got back under the warm covers until now. It’s gone all the way up to 31, with no precipitation, might make it to 40 under cloudy skies.

Yesterday was spent mostly in the shop fixing stuff.
I have been welding things together for almost 60 years, using most of all the available processes. I have avoided MIG welding for the most part, I always thought that it fell between TIG and stick for usefulness.
Then someone gave me a broken MIG welder, which I promptly fixed, and used sporadically. After a while, it started to be the machine I used for most quick repairs, it’s like a hot glue gun for metal. So when it stopped working yesterday, I immediately went out and bought a new Hobart. After I set up it up and welded what I was working on, I took a look at the old machine to see if anything was useable on the Hobart. That was when I saw why it stopped working. The electrical conductor in the gun connector had pulled away from the body of the connector. I made a new crimp sleeve out of a piece of copper tubing, crimped back together, covered it all with a piece of heavy heat shrink, and it’s as good as new. I’ve already found a new home for it, so it’s going to be someone else’s free MIG welder.
Next project was to look at another free device, this time a jumper box with air compressor and 100 watt AC inverter. It had a stone dead battery, and this time, I didn’t take the bait. I took the battery along with my other dead batteries to the recycler and got my $16 in dollar coins and two dollar bills. If you were local to me, that would tell you where I took them.

Today I’m going to have to find a few things to weld, and decide whether to MIG or TIG them…….

SIPS construction has intrigued me, but I have always stick built with sprayed in urethane from under the slab, to the roof. The end result is about as tight as you can get.

Didn't you just buy an inverter Mig welding machine???

Ken, hope family gets well, as well as Bupps, Topps, and those in need.

Thank you all for the kind thoughts and prayers.

I try to treat all persons.....well, like persons....and how I'd like to get treated in return....but I don't believe it's fair for some to compete outside of what's stamped on their birth certificate.

 

[Popgadget]

Didn't you just buy an inverter Mig welding machine???

Nope. The new inverter was a TIG. Interestingly, the new Hobart MIG is a transformer machine, not an inverter, and was made in USA.

 

[sodamo]

I'm days behind on posts...I'm only up to this past Monday. I'll have to catch up later.

Just wanted to give a quick update on my mom. Thanks for the prayers!

My mom had elevated levels of troponin when she got to the hospital, short of breath. She was diagnosed with humanmetapneumo virus, which caused pneumonia, which caused the breathing difficulty. This might have caused the anxieties which might have caused a small heart attack in the lower left part of her heart. She is scheduled for a catherization heart surgery, possibly a stent or ablation tomorrow. Long term care is still a big question mark.

I pray Sophie's surgery went well.

Extra prayers for your Mom, Kyle.

 

[sodamo]

Day got turned around. Minutes before we were to leave this morning Dr ofc called to change Sophie’s appoint to afternoon due to flight delay.

Dr pleased with way her eye looked but wants to see her again Friday. Instructed to sit on sofa and do nothing. Bending and lifting can cause undue stress.

 

[Buppies]

Snow storm not going to be much at home 1 to 3 inches but highs tomorrow only in 20s

Prayers fir all

 

[Buppies]

Must go home today need to tend to some things

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-01-06, 0533

31° right now...got a dusting of snow overnight. High in the low 30's today.

Yesterday, between work and the wifey watch, was crazy...lot of quality issues at work (I'll be going on-site tomorrow to work on some) and, although wifey's doing better and getting around on her own some, still had to be on my toes.
I don't see today being much less intense...

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp 3 and high to 7°F. Wind N 15 gusting to 22 mph. 60% chance of flurries.

We got about 4 inches or so from the last dusting, I will go out at 9 A.M. and plow that off.
We don't seem to be getting the big dumps like we used to get.

I just did the math this morning and I will have been in this house for 28 years come April Fools day.

My daughter in law has decided that January 14th will be her last day on earth. I don't agree with suicide doctor assisted or otherwise, but I will support hers and the stepsons' decision. Whether or not I agree with it is not the question. It is whether or not I will support the stepson AFTER she is gone and I will.

After plowing I have a town run to do and then conserve energy.


Have a safe day all

 

[Bird]

Egore the torturer earned his money today as I reach new levels of pain. He decided I could not bend my knee to the correct pain level after 8 standard exercises so this college football lineman "assisted" me in increasing my pain by manually crushing my heel to my butt resulting in extreme knee pain which produced yells, profuse sweating, shortness of breath to the verge of passing out. He said "Did good, come back two days." I did not complain that my session was cut 5 minutes short but walked out wide eyed wondering how did I survived that - and yes he would have gotten more than just my rank and serial number. All-time record knee flexion today (with pain) 112˚. We both know the Dr. has to have 120˚ flexion in just 2-3 weeks. This is not easy.

Been there; done that, and sure understand.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 16° with light snow this morning. Heading to 24° with cloudy skies. Got my house chores done yesterday. Realized I needed to take Christmas Tree down. Got that done. Need to get some paperwork done today. Needs to be faxed to Insurance Company. They do not want it done with email. :banghead: No other plans for today.
I do not get many picture during the day from my trail cam. Birds use it for a perch.

David, hope you made it back home.

Buppies, safe travel home.

Looking, prayers for all 3 of you.

Roy, doing wife care and work can be very stressful.

Mostly, the big thing I see in the future is them changing the zoning. We are currently 3 acre minimum size lots. A very large area of the township is zoned that way. There are already big companies like Pulte working to change that.

Kyle, prayers for your Mom.

Don, ouch! #%&%~!

Everyone stay healthy and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[RoyJackson]

My daughter in law has decided that January 14th will be her last day on earth. I don't agree with suicide doctor assisted or otherwise, but I will support hers and the stepsons' decision. Whether or not I agree with it is not the question. It is whether or not I will support the stepson AFTER she is gone and I will.

And that is the right decision after this tragic time...I commend you for that...

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy, doing wife care and work can be very stressful.

Sure can be! Fortunately, there's a bottle of Jameson's close at hand for an occasional "stress reliever"

Jameson's a nice smooth Irish Whiskey...best in a cocktail (IMHO) but is good when taken neat. My only mistake with Jameson was introducing it to the other care-giver...my stepdaughter.

 

[toppop52]

Sure can be! Fortunately, there's a bottle of Jameson's close at hand for an occasional "stress reliever"

Jameson's a nice smooth Irish Whiskey...best in a cocktail (IMHO) but is good when taken neat. My only mistake with Jameson was introducing it to the other care-giver...my stepdaughter.

I often drank Jameson in my after dinner coffee.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
30 out now, only going up to high 30's in sun and clouds today, with snow coming in tonight, about three inches.
Might have to fire up the snowblower since it will be cold next day and not much melting.

only thing planned for today is bundling up and going out to take down the xmas lights. With wet freezing weather ahead going to take
advantage of a dry day.

Buppies, safe trip home
Kyle, more prayers for your Mom

not sure we heard from Phil in Mass., how he did with last storm.

I'm considering buying a small utility trailer, a one tonner, to be able to take mower to church and help out there. I had a steel solid sided trailer I really liked and used hard
on the farm, from Ringo in Quakertown. I called them yesterday, got a price, 10-12 weeks to build. I'd prefer the 5x10 but can't fit the leaf bagger in that size, so need to go to
6x12. Larger size is 400 dollars more, probably a better decision. https://www.ringohill.com/ecommerce...-trailer-2,990-gvw-with-solid-steel-sides.php

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

Here in East Coast Canada the last few days were just beautiful. I couldn't wait to get out side and collect some firewood. Today it's raining and tomorrow it's 35 cm (about a foot) of snow coming.

 

[wngsprd]

31 going to 43. 2 to 4 inches more snow forecast tonight.

Hooray! We are back among the civilized...power was restored at 3AM...we got up and celebrated...by turning on the water at the sink and watching in amazement as water came out and we could wash our hands instead of using those stinky sanitizing wipes. I've got a shower and a shave in my plans today.

More prayers for your mom, Kyle.

Buppies and LS, safe travels.