Good morning!!!!

Dftodd · Feb 26, 2022

mostly_gas said:
Good evening all. 19ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind day, sky became mostly clear, and high temp was 36ºF, DP 16ºF. Clean ashes and restoke the insert, more left from fire than normal, wife closed draft when she was up. Potential cleaning lady was coming by so some puttering had a cleaning, straightening aspect to it . Still on stationary trainer, an no nap today because cleaning lad kept moving time Prayers for Ukraine situation.
Roy Hope your snow blower works for you.
Dennis hope you don't get too much ice.
David up late?
Bill think she got it?
Buppies yes getting older is great
Bird did not get above 40 here.
Roy good to wife is getting around better, hope you can still do some work from hope.
Billy just pretend it is a hike to help you get through the trips to the porch. Glad you got your diesel
Oosik good to hear from you, kinda cool up your way
Buppies hope you don't float away
Thomas good to hear you you only have snow work on the agenda
Paul glad trip went well, hope Emily's vet appt goes well.
Drew sorry to hear about your ice.
Ken sorry about ice hurting the trees. nice pics
Drew sorry about losing your guns. Probably will shoot better with practice
Roy enjoy your snow.
Randy, I also enjoyed Woody woodpecker, Flintstones, Snagglepuss lion.
Buppies I have the same vision
Rich glad you did not get any ice. Part of the fun of retiement is find what you want to do.
RNG nice to have neighbor with a backhoe.
Chris Glad you got power back so quick.
PJ glad trip went well, you got back with minimum difficulty.
Dennis good to hear not too much ice. Ice pain the but, especially during falls interesting editorial
Drew good advice
David hope caretaker goes well.
Buppies not good news
David neat pics I'm sure cat reminds you how bas it has it.
Mike(Mtsoxfan) welcome to Gm thread. sorry about the pitch.
Ted sorry about no ribeye, pot roast all gone here glad waxing went well
Dftodd hope the class is tolerable .
Doug hope you get power back soon. Don't get car flooded again, flooding is impressive hope people don't get caught.
Doug will be prating for brother
RS nice pic, natives look a bit restless.
Billy not every day was to be a big firewood day.
Roy that should be plenty of snow
Drew nice pic hope you get ice under control around house.
Dennis hope ice was melting fast with 60ºF temp.
Doug thanks for video.
Kyle thanks for the response.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /mom recovery, living alone, Bird/aging issues/, Don/knee recovery, /mom's pipeline process, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's FIL death /new cancer surgeries /cataract surgery, Roy/ palpitations, /angina, Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel /divorce, Buppies/surgery infection / wife head wound healing, 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 /rib /brother leaving Ukraine, 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 /dog seizure, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis/ brother "alligallyitus" and improving, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

Class won't be bad. It's basically a JD university 2 day class, to learn changes to their engine diangnostic software.

I went through one back about 10 years ago in Dallas put on by the same instructor. Actually kept in touch with him since he's also our engine suppliers tech support department

So if I come across something I'm not sure about, I give him a holler.

And yes, I've had him scratching his head with a few wth's on occasion

Gotta keep him on his toes

The 300hp engine giving off a loud bang and shooting a tar ball out the exhaust every 30 minutes was the most memorable

scared the living daylights out of the oil well drillers the first time it happened

it was during sub zero temperatures and the engine breather was freezing/ clogging. Re-routing it back to the air filter housing so it kept it under a slight vacuum cured the issue.

Class is actually more in depth then what we will actually need. There are certain things he will cover in the class that we won't ever use. But learning all the diagnostic options and tests will be handy.

Looking forward to meeting the parts guys I deal with on the phone on a regular basis as well since this class is held at their shop.

So I plan on poking around a little, being nosy, and maybe a little snooping

RoyJackson · Feb 26, 2022

Snowstorm is over...got another half inch (or so) after I did the drive and walks.
I'll finish clearing everything tomorrow (Saturday)

Alien · Feb 26, 2022

Hey Roy, Saturday is nearly over here and a very wet one too. Hope yours turns sunny.

Looking4new · Feb 26, 2022

Good morning, low temp -4 and a high forecast of 23°F. Wind SW 7 mph. 40% chance of flurries.

Ya, I know, I am up way too early. Actually got up at 01:30 and just finished reading the 5 pages since I posted yesterday.

Went to town on Tuesday, regular town run on Thursday and now I need to go to town this morning (DIL is out of 3 scripts), surely they knew about that on Thursday. They sure like wasting my gas. Maybe I should charge them $10.oo every time I haul them to town.
I will squeeze some outside work out of him today, that is for sure.

I never sell March short. We get some of our worst snowstorms in March.

alien, be careful in all the flooding and hoping your brother gets to safety.

Have a safe day all

Buppies · Feb 26, 2022

Again up too early maybe worry is working on me. Kyle good you read about history so much it is important we can learn so much and how to prevent previous mistakes. History repeats itself over and over

Prayers for the Ukrainian people

Prayers for all

Alien · Feb 26, 2022

Thanks for all the good wishes and prayers folks. Much appreciated.
Managed to get through some water today to get to the city. Bought a new generator as our old one couldn't run the microwave for some reason. Bought a 3300 watt Inverter genny and so far it is doing everything we need it to. Old one was 2200 watts.

oosik · Feb 26, 2022

A quick glance at the national weather map shows that Ea WA state has avoided most of the major storms lately. We had another inch of snow yesterday and our cold WX has warmed considerably.

Alien · Feb 26, 2022

Update. Just had word my brother has arrived in Odesa (Ukraine) and leaves by bus for Varna further south in the afternoon. Then not far from Sunny Beach in Bulgaria. Thank you Lord.