Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

11C/52F in sunny Shropshire. Back inside for another cuppa, a little too windy for an old man like me to be out with a chainsaw.

So this is Pi day ? Hadn't realised, but that is typical for yet another "Good Morning" coincidence. Before reading that, I had just set my little atmospheric sensing project to log todays fluctuations in air pressure - using a "Raspberry Pi Pico" !

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Those are cool, I have a raspberry pie set up as a streaming video server. Haven’t used it in ages, but I got it.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I also noted that these plywood pieces that were priced at just under $16 each back in November are now just under $22.

I got a similar shock when I priced tires for the touring motorcycle this morning. The same tire I purchased back in '14 for $114.15 is now $152.25, and it's not even in stock. The closest tire that fits and is available now goes for an incredible $180.03!

 

[sodamo]

64°F and .01 inches rain

Got the bed, futon, table and chairs in the caretaker unit yesterday. Beginning to look homey.

County council person hosting Zoom meeting this morning. I want to ask how the Mayor proposes to pay his 13.1% budget increase and still claim no property tax increase. I know I didn’t see that sort of increase to my income.

Hosting in person Happy Hour this afternoon. Our first face to face gathering since Thanksgiving.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Thomas]

Welcome Helogabals to GM...enjoy.

 

[Thomas]

43F more sun than clouds,clouds start arriving afrer sundet l

Pt. job than some puttering outside,other than that not counting getting much.

 

[sodamo]

Good morning !

nice week ahead here
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Welcome to GM

 

[kenmbz]

I live across the river from Princeton, used to be 2 miles from my old house.
PI day is big there, but since Alligators showed up it's been kinda quiet.

There was a bicycle ride at night where everyone would wear strange costumes with lots of lights on both people and bikes.
They also have special exhibits and lots of Einstein and other stuff on sale, as giveaways etc.

Whole town would come out to celebrate.

 

[sodamo]

Yes, Pi Day
A few years back a friend , now passed, would host a Pi Day potluck. All sorts of pies.

Today I’m making a Shepard pie for Happy Hour, but with chicken & Turkey as the meat.

 

[PJSprog]

Wife made cottage pie (ground beef) for dinner last night, and I enjoyed a portion of it for lunch today.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good evening all and Happy Birthday Drew.
More family members with aligatoritus meant a quiet Sunday for us.
It gave me plenty of time to try and answer that question of how much a 20 ton pile of 14mm crushed gravel works out per rock.


First off I took random samples of rock from 3 different places on the pile. Each sample had exactly 100 rocks.
Sample 1 weighed 425 grams
Sample 2 358 grams
Sample 3 382 grams
[Sorry in advance to you QA pros - the kitchen scales have no calibration certificate and no doubt you would want a lot more samples]

Total sample weight 425 + 358 + 382 = 1165 grams
Average weight per rock = 1165 / 300 = 3.883 grams
Weight of pile = 20 tonne = 20,000,000 grams
Total rocks in the pile = 20000000 / 3.883 = approx 5.1 million rocks !
Price per rock = $1379 / 5.1 million = .027 cents per rock, which actually seems pretty good value

Anyone who has trouble getting to sleep at night is very welcome to check calculations and put me straight tomorrow

$1379/5,100,000 = .00027