Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

65°F and .04 inches rain

Yesterday went pretty much as expected. My cataract prepping starts tomorrow although no idea when surgery will be yet but if ready I can take advantage of a cancellation.

Dilation recovery seems longer than usual, eyes more sensitive to sun.

Back to caretaker project today.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Dad had cataract surgery several yrs ago, helped him a lot.

 

[RoyJackson]

Dad had cataract surgery several yrs ago, helped him a lot.

So did I

 

[Looking4new]

L4N the CRS2 we use is never above 180 degrees

That goes for the HF 100 we use for surface treating. The AC cement comes into the terminal at about 320 +/-, then they make the HF 100 from it.

 

[daugen]

gstrom, make sure you have enough ventilation with that nasty stuff. Sounds like a witch's brew

320 degree cement. Sure wouldn't want that splashed on you.

one of my closest friends here just had double cataract surgery and is doing very well.
He says he really does see white now, vs a kind of beige. He's delighted.
David, good luck.

headed out to look like a crazy person.
Really.
Going to get in my truck and drive it back and forth over the new gravel to pack it down
To anyone watching it will look very strange...like I'm stuck. Pretty tight quarters actually, I'm constantly setting
off the backup alarms as I stick my hitch into a large evergreen.
Will need 4wd not to spin. May put it in 4H Locked since I'm not turning much or sharply and going very slow

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! The low was a chilly 3°, going up to 42°, sunny, but winds kicking in this afternoon to 35-40 mph w/ gusts to 60.... hold on to the hats.... The high for tomorrow supposed to be 35°.

This forecasts over the past few days have been everything but consistent.... first predicting 6-8" of snow, 12 hours later, no snow..... Then next day back to predicting 2-3", then nothing again..... Last night back to a few inches, this morning, maybe a dusting..... I guess we'll have to just wait and see???

A heads up for you guys down in Tx..... it's comin' your way!

I had an early morning appointment in town this morning and driving back up through the canyon was interesting to say the least.... a very strong headwind and crosswind gusts. The trucks were getting swayed all over. Almost scary when you're driving a small subcompact car in between 2 of 'em..... After about 5 miles, the wind calmed down a little and driving was better. I need to do a repeat of this morning's trip this afternoon.... I hope it won't be as challenging

The wifey's Ipad went kaput Monday while she was paying some bills. We tried hard booting it and then restoring it a couple times.... nope! It would only come back to the same spot that it locked up at, then keep freezing. Gave up on it, so got her a new one. Then, of course , a new screen protector and hard case.... That was a quick $$$ out of the account. We were lucky to find one that she wanted, most places out of stock, even online.
Almost as bad as the R/C hobby, walk out of the hobby store $200 lighter with just a small 2x2" box.... jeez....

When I got home this morning, wifey was at the pellet stove, trying to get it back on.... It through an alarm saying to check the burn pot. Looked ok through the glass.... I'm letting it cool down so I can get a better look inside. Turned on the electric backup heat being it's still in the low teens outside. The little silver disc outside is spinning like a top.....

I guess I better get into the stove and see what's wrong....

Everyone have a great day!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I open my pellet stove while it’s burning, to knock down ashes when it’s getting full, or pull some out of burn pot, or scrape bottom of burn pot.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

I open my pellet stove while it’s burning, to knock down ashes when it’s getting full, or pull some out of burn pot, or scrape bottom of burn pot.

Got it done! Apparently, the burn pot got clogged. After I fired it back up, I noticed that I forgot to lower the L&R ash deflectors...... opened the door while burning and knocked them down into place.
I definitely don't think I want to do that often though.....

 

[rswyan]

29F and cloudy @ 14:00, calling for a high of 31F around 17:00 then down to 22F for a low overnight. High tomorrow will be back up to around 37F.

Current soil temp 36F, 24 hour average temp 42.9F, 5 day average 33F.

Sheet cake turned out good. Actually forgot to set the oven up to 375F (was already at 350F from The Woman warming up her chicken for dinner) ... but cake was still done and seemed maybe just a little moister.

Hopper and tube feeders still have little left in them but they will need refilled later along with the deer feeder. Several cardinals and others out around the feeders. No blackbirds though.

Working on negotiating a deal for a Gamo Whisper VH pellet rifle in exchange for a little welding work. Hopefully will be good to take out some of the chipmunks, starlings, and other non-native invasive species. Might even do a little squirrel hunting at some point ...

Finish up some emails and get those sent off on agenda, plus fish room maintenance and see what else crops up.

Hope everyone is having an enjoyable, productive, and safe Hump Day ...

 

[rswyan]

RNG,

Have been pretty happy with the Ariat's I got from Tractor Supply. The soles are still attached on the old pair (as well as the new ones of course) but I still haven't got around to taking them in to have the stitching repaired on the uppers. The inserts do eventually get crushed down ... but those Dr. Scholl's gel inserts that Sodamo recommended seem to be a good solution to that problem at a reasonable cost.

They do offer them in Wide (EE) but no speed laces in the particular version I have.

Also offered in wide square toe and wide square steel toe versions.