Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Mostly, those mashed potatoes are combo of sweet and russets.

 

[Alien]

Bought some new blades for my ZT today then swapped them onto the mower so I could sharpen the old ones. Managed to finish mowing paddock 2 so only have about 1/4 of paddock 3 left to do. Then to top the day off I broke another rib, damnit. On painkillers tonight and looks like a day or two in the mancave as I can't do much else. Looks like I will have plenty of time to tidy the cave up now.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp 14 and high to 41°F. Wind NNW 3 mph. Sunny!
It is about time we came out of the deep freeze.

alien, whatever you are doing to break your ribs, you had better STOP.

Today is a conserve energy day.

Have a safe day all

 

[Buppies]

36 high in 60s today rain for Wednesday Thursday

yes Mostly

Sorry about the ribs Alien

Prayers for all

Prayers for Ukrainian people

Prayers for our Country

 

[Buppies]

Helogabals beautiful county rich in history. Car inspection here required once a year $20 US dollars personal property tax based on Kelly Blue Book or NADA values can get pricey then tags to be street legal renewed for one or two years

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-03-15, 0548

38° right now...high in the mid-40's and some rain

Stepdaughter is in from Wyoming...now, it's a 5 to 1 ratio and I'm on the short end. Actually, all has bee going well and I enjoy their company...for the most part
But, we must remember
Beware the Ides of March!

 

[wngsprd]

35 going to 70. Krazy after just having snow and 15F. Was still a little snow left yesterday morning.

Buppies, prayers for healing.

Alien, that's bad news! Better take it easy.

Eric, great analysis on your rocks. At the unit level, they seem so cheap. Now I wonder how many bricks in your house?

Labrīt! Helogabals.

Made a dump run, took a hike and gave the grape arbor a haircut yesterday. One of the smoke detectors was making that annoying chirp this morning, so swapped in a new battery...I had just changed all of them on January 22. All Duracell out of the same pack...wonder why one went bad so quickly?

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 55˚F heading to the 70s no rain from the clouds and cool front that moved throughs yesterday evening.

I'm still in shock over used car prices. I'm glad Mom is selling and not buying. Carvana offered $4,000 more than the blue book value. If you can buy a used cars from an individual at blue book value you can make money now selling it to a used car co. The deal has not gone through so I'll let you know the final outcome and if the online offer holds up.

Dr. visit went well yesterday. I went to the gym before the visit and rode the stationary bike and got the knee limber and even surprised myself when the Dr. asked me to bend my knee. He was impressed - Egore's threat of more torture after that first session paid off. I forgot to ask about the dentist but I have another chance at the appointment in 3 weeks to discuss my shoulder after a MRI.

Thanks for the map Helogabals. My cousins are in S. Germany, closer toward Dresden, so my estimate of 1000km is very close, now that the direction has been corrected. My Great Great grandparents spoke Wendish a languish that has no country after wars and is almost disappeared now, they were assimilated into the stepchildren of Germany and my Great grandparents and grandparents spoke German as well as my parents. The German biblical passages on the wall of my grandparents church in Texas were painted over during WW2. There were found several yers ago and repainted for the 150 year anniversary of the founding of the church. History can be erased so easily.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s 38 with a clear sky going into the 60’s today.

Yesterday was a nice day as well, but it is still pretty swamp like out there. I spent most of it in front of a computer, but made decent progress on several fronts. A couple of friends came by for lunch, I had a few ribeyes left over from Sundays dinner, so I cooked them on the grill, and served them with broccoli and steak fries. I told them not to get used to it, but as empty nesters, left over management is an issue.

Today I’m off to do another visit to the palm trees in Stuart, FL. However as usual, I’ll be back this afternoon.
Emily is continuing to do well, she is playful inside, often bringing me a ball or toy to try to take from her.

Speaker orders are piling up while I wait for components. I have been out of woofers since September. I’m almost afraid to check the current price of Baltic birch.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
bit of a late start, but nice to see a lovely day ahead, sunny up to 67.

last night's dinner at the Springtown Inn in Hellertown, at the top of Bucks County. Bit of a drive but very nice going through mostly farm country
to get there. I wanted prime rib for my birthday dinner and an old friend took me out to dinner, which was sure nice. And the beef was awesome.
We laughed at the menu. The small and medium sizes were 27 and 33 dollars, but the large was 95 dollars??
We had to ask about that, particularly when my meal came, cooked a perfect medium as I asked for, and it was over two pounds of meat. Easily enough to feed three
people so I asked the waitress what the story was on the large size and who ordered it. (like one of those can you eat this videos)

She showed me a picture of this enormous rib roast on a plate, over 4 pounds of meat. And yes, one younger guy came in a few years ago and almost ate the whole thing.
It was delicious but all those fat grams.... I ate around the edges of mine and still took over a pound of prime rib home. All of a sudden 33 bucks was a real bargain.
I don't eat much beef but this was such a treat. They also had their own version of short ribs that I bet were wonderful. All heart attack food but probably ok once in a while.

Can one freeze a cooked steak/roast without issues? I'm leaving Thursday morning and not sure I can/want to eat all this beef before then.

car is a salty mess, might turn on the water today and wash it myself. Good exercise and keeps me outside on a nice day.
Hope you all have a great day.

Sending prayers (and the prime rib if I could...) to the people of Ukraine.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all 39 and going up to....67, waiting for the sun to top the trees.
Heater igniter seems to be at least one issue, no glow with voltage present. Had some help from here on troubleshooting.

Maybe take down hanger tree today as snatch block arrived last night.

Buppies - not more---hope the removal is not too bad for you. You have our thoughts on quick resolution and recovery.

Alien - we really are going to have to wrap you in bubble wrap- hope this one does not hurt too much. I guess no laughing for a while.

Wngsprd - I stopped buying duracell, too many leaked. I contacted them and they wanted to give me a coupon to buy more, clueless company.

PopG - glad emily is doing better-

Stay safe and be well,

So much room, yet there are hoses and wires just jammed in. One switch just hangs off a hose with a tie wrap.
Had to take off the gas Manifold to get the igniter out. It was pretty charred. The flame sensor did not look too bad but I cleaned it anyway as it was out.
Checked all pressure sensors and everything else seems fine. Weird it had no error codes at all, just no flame and kept cycling on/off.
Installed in the 90's and first service need in 6 years. So no complaints. It even waited for warmer weather!

 

[daugen]

sensors, sensor, sensors
they are everywhere
They fail in our cars, they fail in our heaters.
Needed for safety of course. I had to look hard at Ken's pic to figure out what that
was. Super complicated bathroom fan? No...there's a cast iron tube, none of them in fans...
Looks like a heater in my past rv's. Hard to tell it's a heater. Any open flame heater means you
have to have a bunch of CO2 detectors in your house. Because if one of those sensors fail, that gas heater
won't be your friend. Usually they fail off, which is clearly good.

have my car paperwork ready, checkbook ready, ready to get in some trouble.
Beautiful blue sky day.
Should be a very different experience than current dealer.

first off to car wash, no more black cars for me

 

[toppop52]

Results came back squamous cell roots too deep more surgery needed basil cell beside it gotten out first try just another thing

Helogabals beautiful area

That’s the issue I had, same situation, gets old after a while. God bless, hang in there.

 

[Buppies]

Agree with you wholeheartedly Toppop

 

[PJSprog]

39°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 69° today.

My great Grandfather on my Father's side was from Hamburg. Before WWI, they were the Schmidt family. That got changed to Smith during the war, to try to end the constant harassment.

I don't need Baltic birch for this cabinet, Mostly_. The cabinet it's matching is made from MDF, so just regular pine plywood is already a step up in quality. It's only ever going to reside in my studio anyway. I'm not sure there is a better material for bass guitar cabinets that Baltic birch, though. OSB is probably the most common, but it pales in comparison to birch in both sound and strength.

I feel your pain, Paul. I still can't get the speakers I wanted for this cabinet, so I ordered a cheap alternative pair last night just to get something in it to complete the build. Fortunately, mine is just for my own use and not for customer orders like yours. Front loaded, so easy to swap when I can get what I want. Rough times for small boutique builders.

 

[PJSprog]

Some pictures came up in today's Facebook memories from 2014. Doesn't seem like that long ago. That hat is the same hat, put on my head during a show in Sauget IL by the same superfan ("Super Dave" Hudson) who put it on Sammy's head, too. Fun times. (blurry pic taken by a friend, sorry)

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 52F @ 6:45AM. Light rain this morning. Then remaining cloudy. High 67F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90%.
So far about 3/4" of rain has passed through the gauge, and the radar map says there'll be a little more coming before it's done. The 10-day is still calling for a little more rain on Saturday.

Beautiful weather yesterday, just perfect for firing off a burn pile. No wind first thing in the morning had the flames and smoke going straight up, then a little breeze built in the afternoon to help fan the flames and keep the pile going. I fished through the piles as I went, pulling out the larger limbs and chunking them up for campfire wood, so it took a little longer than it otherwise would have. Got through it all by about three o'clock. There's a large rock pile near the top of the driveway that's been overgrown with manzanita and poison oak for years, and now everything's dead and ugly. Knocked a couple trunks down with the grapple and hauled them to the fire, but the rest were out of reach because of the rocks. Pulled them down with several lengths of chain, and they were so full of poison oak they all went into the fire. Finished up by 6:30 PM, long day and my tail was draggin'.

Gonna be a soggy day outside, so maybe I'll get a start on the ol' income taxes. Plenty of other inside choices if not that.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

good morning all
bit of a late start, but nice to see a lovely day ahead, sunny up to 67.

last night's dinner at the Springtown Inn in Hellertown, at the top of Bucks County. Bit of a drive but very nice going through mostly farm country
to get there. I wanted prime rib for my birthday dinner and an old friend took me out to dinner, which was sure nice. And the beef was awesome.
We laughed at the menu. The small and medium sizes were 27 and 33 dollars, but the large was 95 dollars??

.

Glad you had a good birthday meal.
My steak the other day wasn’t that impressive for the price I paid. I rarely eat steaks.

 

[Buppies]

Years ago a friend of mine burnt such things RNG spent five days in hospital got in his lungs be careful

 

[LouNY]

My go to meals for eating out are either steak or prime rib (rare). I almost never eat a burger when out,
I get my burger from the farm and let them keep most of the steaks for resale.
Also I'll often have sea food as my wife doesn't like it so I seldom have it at home.
She is just about chicken mostly, bah.