Good morning!!!!

[gstrom99]

27 degrees here. About 3" of snow, over the last two days. I got the 3pt snow blower moved to the pole barn and hooked up the rear blade. I tried a light pass on the drive, but the stones are not frozen yet so it (I) started making a mess. I'll just drive on it awhile until it's froze good.

Fiber optic phone/internet/TV company is dropping their TV service in a few months and want me to take DirecTv stream. I don't like the channel lineup and I have set up a satellite account (DirecTv "Choice" channel lineup) and after two days of snafu, the install is scheduled for tomorrow. Lots of trees to the south of the house, so we'll see if they can find a good spot for the dish. On a corner of the pole barn might be good, but they'll need to (eventually) bury the cable that runs to the house. Winter is here.

Anyone have a remote satellite dish mounted to their out building or on a stand alone (8 foot?) pole? How long can the cable run be?

 

[LouNY]

Used to see pole mounts frequently around here, it was an extra cost option at the time, as I recall about $150.

 

[scaredychicken]

BEF - praying that you feel better soon. None of us want to be missing you, so please come back - your posts are a great encouragement in this group. Take Care

 

[pennwalk]

Buckeye, nothing wrong with taking a break from TBN but I hope you will come back.

Chris

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Anyone have a remote satellite dish mounted to their out building or on a stand alone (8 foot?) pole? How long can the cable run be?

The cable to the pole mount DirecTV dish here is about 50' long. As far as I know, it's just a plain old coax cable. No idea how long it can be, but I'd bet you can find that with a Google search.

I'm giving strong consideration to dropping my DirecTV, though. A lot of the shows I follow are now available through streaming outlets. I just have to find the time to make sure I can pick up all the regulars, as well as a local TV station or two, and I'll drop DirecTV. Seems like every 6 months they jack up the rate for no improvement in service. I've called so many times to complain/renegotiate the rate, they now say there's nothing more they can do for me. I won't be sad to see them go...

 

[NHBX]

Good afternoon,
Snow started a little after midnight and turned to rain an hour or so later. Rained all day and temp went to 48°, got a little over an inch. Temp dropping pretty quick, already down to 38 but supposedly will stay above freezing tonight. Winds are picking up as well around 10 mph with gusts above 20 mph should help dry things up.

Other than a trip to the store this morning and loading the truck for a trip to the dump shortly, I’ve accomplished just about nothing today and don’t even feel guilty about it

enjoy your evening everyone

 

[Popgadget]

Good Afternoon,
Just got home from Maine where this was the view on the way to the airport from the hotel-

I liked the size of that plow.

It was sunny and blustery in Philly, but now is grey and a high overcast here at home. It’s 44 here with little to no chance of precipitation which is good.

I am dependent on electricity for heat, a geothermal heat pump in the house, and a high SEER mini split in the shop, with a higher capacity 16 SEER heat pump to help, and a propane furnace in case we go full arctic. Propane generator if the power grows out, and PTO generator if that one fails. Propane tank and diesel tank are full, hopefully they will stay that way, and I’ll have a cozy winter.
Propane prices aren’t bad yet, but oil is nuts.

 

[Thomas]

Good Morning - currently 53° going to 56°

Just got a call my Echo backpack blower has been repaired - new carb, air filter & spark plug...
was leaking gas and would't start..cost is $132.00.. very happy thought it would be more and they only had it for 8 days...

Have a good day everyone..

Mark

Also have Echo backpack blower leaf cleaner soooo much easier now.

 

[Thomas]

Other than a trip to the store this morning and loading the truck for a trip to the dump shortly, I’ve accomplished just about nothing today and don’t even feel guilty about it

More than enough so you earn your supper.

 

[Thomas]

32F cloudy fog rolling in.

Good afternoon...rain finally stop push shovel 3" of sloppy snow took my sweet time with Kubota pushing sloppy snow from parking around shed driveway,glad tire chains had good bite didn't need 4wd.

No plans for the evening other than dinner little tv share bowl ice cream.

Enjoy your evening all.

Old man winter came to visit 11/16/2022