Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Could be that he escaped Russia? Or that he had been here prior to the conflict with Ukraine. Hard to say. Probably best to not say you are from Russia these days I would think

I was also thinking of all the possibilities, but he was there to have a good time with his family and I did not want to continue the conversation to make it uncomfortable for them. I figured he would have told me more if he felt the need to.

Kind of reminded me of elevator conversations with neighbors when we lived in the high-rise. They're limited to 20 seconds.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

The 'edge tamers' do just that..... they will provide about a 3/4" lift to the cutting edge of the bucket. This will allow the loader / bucket to "float" (actually ride on the tamers) and skim across the gravel drive, thus preventing the bucket edge from digging into any high spots. Also prevents the edge from digging in after the bucket gets heavy with snow.

Can't cha just rock the bucket back 'till the front edge is an inch off the ground? Might take a little fiddling to get it right, then mark the curl gauge so you can get back there easily.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Can't cha just rock the bucket back 'till the front edge is an inch off the ground? Might take a little fiddling to get it right, then mark the curl gauge so you can get back there easily.

That's what I tried to do in the previous years. Unfortunately, especially with wet snow, the bucket will then start to "pack" the snow under the slightly angled bucket. With the loader in float, the snow will pack enough that it is just floating over the top.
Tried to keep the loader in 'normal' operation, making sure the bucket is level or just slightly raised in front..... then any dip or hill will cause all sorts of unwanted result. Then as the weight of snow in the bucket increases, then the results are even worse!

My bucket level indicator is spot on, still have issues clearing snow......
The edge tamers are kinda like having gauge wheels/ skids on a snow blower or rear blade. They maintain the same spacing irregardless of the terrain.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Monday) morning. Overnight Low was 13.5C and it's presently 22.5C, overcast and calm. There was 8.5mm of rain in the gauge with more predicted for today.

I need to get stuck into cleaning up the house in preparation for my Christmas/NY guests... my Aunt (from Burlington, Ontario) arrives on Thursday.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 47ºF for the start, overcast, light breeze. Light wind, overcast all day, and high temp was 52ºF. Chapel to start day, then made hot cereal for breakfast. Most energy conservation after that, did get some puttering done such as front porch swept, clean kitchen, and nap.
Buppies thanks for info.
Ron celebrate birthday with great granddaughter outstanding. My condolences on your wife's birthday. Good to hear plugs wired. Fortunately only 2 miles or so to get home in the rain. Nice cardinal.
Bill TMI on man cave. thanks for driving story.
Drew hope you are feeling better very soon. Wonder if it was something you ate. Sorry you are missing some of the Christmas programming. Glad you are not getting a lot of snow. Hope you feel better soon.
Billy sorry about the clouds. Hope you have enough firewood ready for this winter.
Buppies hope weather starts improving, prayers sent.
Don glad ornament hunt went well, glad rain did not impact the event. Good to hear staff enjoying events as well. sorry not much rain.
Paul glad trip went well, babysit prank sounds like fun
Frits sorry to hear about oil leak on van, hope an easy fix. Thanks for warning about Houston.
Thomas sounds like good project to me.
RNG good to hear more rain, hope it is snowing in mountains. Hope you can find the car you want. Good luck with gateway, user group around? Hope you get touring bike ready.
Frits amazing story.
David sorry no lava pics because of rain. $60 nice win. Hope you enjoyed your football, Cowboys were a nail biter.
Frits using one of those to determine generator size.
Ken soup from scratch or from can? Good to hear you are feeling better.
Dennis most of ride was nice. TI 59 casualty of move.
Ted thanks for explanation, I figured they were there to use bucket on gravel drive.
RS going through old records is a slog. sorry about sill plate. Does this mean you get to eat evidence of poor quality cookies? Hope today has good progress.
Ted that is the wettest end to a ride in a while, have just missed some deluges. Hope you get tamers ready for snow before you need them. Good to hear painting started.
Helogabals glad it is easy de defrost freezer. Hope you have enough wood staged for a while.
Thomas hope seafood chowder as good as clam chowder. Hope kitty toe clipping went well for both kitties.
PJ one of the cooks not showing up probably slowed process down. Hope you got to do some QA sampling. Hope first day goes well.
Don unless the person is a government official, why say anything different to him than to anyone else?
Ted hope they figure out why the swelling goes on a daily basis.
Frits having spent a few weeks in Russia and working with Russian exchange student, the average Russian has less influence with their government than we do, and less access to honest information than we do.
Ted congrats on getting tamer finished and installed.
Randy(wag) hope you get the house ready for guests.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Roy /passed away, /wife ankle,recover from getting sick, Don /brother medical procedure, Ron /broken arm and heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, /wife's pain, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes and fall, Frits/ daughters hip replacement /veteran son with mental issues, Ken /dad possible dementia, /uncle's surgery, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Lou / eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /wife not feeling well, /marriage not doing well, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /coughing, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's surgery, Scotty, /back pain, Frits /daughter recovery from surgery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Mark /wife colon surgery, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[Helogabals]

That reminds me. Yesterday as a young family was getting off the trailer I noticed an accent I thought was German and ask him what county he was from. He said Russia. I really could not think of what to say . . . the only thing I could think of was the guy from Ukraine that picked up mom's car for Carmax (same accent) and was worried about his family still back in one of the bombed cities.

Russia now is teared in pieces.
+/- 50 % of russians are "war eagles", which are yelling - lets nuke Ukraine, lets show them might of our weapons. But once asked how it happens that in trenches is so good internet so they can post this ******** from there, it turns out they are from warm apartments, and they cant be at war as they are crippled / old / busy doing things.
And very big portion of them are totally fine with whats going on there but just flew away so they can't be conscripted. I mean that is biggest possible hypocrisy
Of course, lot of people are true pacifists and they just dont want to be a part of it but dont have guts to go on streets with protests

Here in Latvija week ago was closed one russian TV channel. At beginning they were like we are democrats, dont like putin, we are war victims, forced to run away etc
Then they started to say, and I quote here "let's help our army".

 

[Bird]

buckeyefarmer said, "I think my engineering calculator is TI 58c. I still have it somewhere."

Not familiar with TI 58c but I got my TI-1766 on June 17, 1984 "solar and light powered electronic calculator". It was a quite advanced calculator when I got it and it still works just as well today as it did then. I keep it here on the desk and use it occasionally.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured a good cup of hot coffee. 31° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 37° with some sun in morning. More clouds in afternoon. Got Facetime with GGD. Fun with a 3 year old,
Put snowplow on tractor yesterday. Took a drive over to neighbors place to show him what a real snowplow looks like. He has a BX. He was washing his cars. So he did my tractor. Checked tire air pressure and topped off fuel tank. He gave me lifetime coupon for tactor washes and fuel fills for a birthday gift couple years ago. It started as a joke but I cannot go over with tractor without him filling my tractor with diesel.
Mice have not left my place. Trapped 3 more yesterday. Need to find the hole where they are getting in house. Good thing I have a good supply of peanut butter.
Not sure what I will get into today.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[ronjhall]

My first calculator was a slide rule. Still have it. My first digital calculator did not happened until after I was out of college for 10 years. It is long gone now.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp 16 and going to a high of 21°F. Wind NE 7 mph. 30% chance of flurries. The snow yesterday and overnight only brought an inch. Not enough to plow.

Don't know what I will get up to today, but rest assured it won't be much. Maybe I will call today an energy conservation day.

ron, nice Bluejay. I get my peanut butter in 5 lb jars from Amazon, 2 at a time. Both of us love our peanut butter.

Stay safe and healthy all

 

[daugen]

good morning all
winter and cold weather settling in, I see some flurries in forecast before Christmas.
having a little snow on Christmas eve is very cool. Lot of rain coming in Thursday and Friday, could be feet of snow North of here.

those early calculators were very neat. Red leds, stiff buttons, indestructible.
Last year I gave my old HP financial calculator to my young nephew; his Dad is a finance guy and can show him how to use it.
I sure have no use for present and future value calcs. Everything is on the internet now anyway.

at some point calculators got dirt cheap, like Harbor Freight specials. Couple bucks a piece.

feel fine this morning, happily. Going to be eating gentle food for awhile.

Ron, what a wonderful neighbor. Particularly with current cost of diesel.
Sounds like the going around of nice deeds.

Every day is an opportunity for kindness.

 

[daugen]

Fired up the snow blower yesterday, which if you remember was a huge disappointment last year. First the nutty oem 9.8V battery used just for EFI system
conked out, had to get new one under warranty. Looks like one of the old Makita stick batteries. When it works, it sure works. Started instantly and went to level idle.
with the gravel driveway redone, I hope to blow snow this winter without it sounding like a war zone of me sucking up rocks.

I paid to have someone plow it the first year. Big mistake. Took weeks to rake the stones out of lawn. With a perfectly flat driveway and AWD in the car, i don't need to get snow down to nothing, so don't mind leaving a inch there.

Gentlemen, rev up your engines. Bill, Check and others are sending the white stuff down to us.

 

[wngsprd]

29 going to 49. Looks like the clouds are gone...lots of moonlight last night and stars now.

Thomas, I have found the same behavior in my kitchen. Hope your chowder was good.

LS, sounds like you are inviting snow to come visit. Nice job on those tamers.

Roasted 3 batches of coffee yesterday, including a "yellow honey" processed one from Costa Rica that I'm excited to try. Need to roast a few more batches before Thursday when it will be timely to deliver some gifts.

Then got a little seat time on the Kubota, bringing up the Christmas tree we cut yesterday. Took some creative work to get it to fit into the house in the usual place. Must have measured and remeasured several times. Looks good...wife happy...tree, maybe not so much. But we'll make it beautiful today.

While measuting the tree, I was disappointed one more time with the performance of my 25 ft tape measure. Anyone have any recommendations? I'm looking for one that is stiff enough to support itself out about 10 feet, the case has a square side/bottom, preferably with a continuation of a ruler on it. Good clip and a lock that works. Inches and feet. I use the metric system in weighing my coffee for roasting and brewing and Celsius for roasting temps, but that's about as far as I go. I have a couple of the free Harbor Freight tapes, but was using a different brand yesterday. I miss those HF freebies. Like reading glasses, I like to stash tapes in the various places I'm likely to need one.

Ken, hope you're feeling well for work today.

 

[Buppies]

Happy Belated Birthday to GD Ron

Kinda blah today 35 outside no rain still very wet high in the 40s

Prayers for all our Country

 

[Bird]

My first calculator was a slide rule. Still have it. My first digital calculator did not happened until after I was out of college for 10 years. It is long gone now.

I got my first slide rule, and took a college course on the use of such, my first year out of high school; 1958. I think I still have that slide rule somewhere around here.

How things change with time. Today is our garbage pick up day, so I just sat ours out. Then I decided to drive around the neighborghood to see what the Christmas lights looked like at 5 a.m. It was both disappointing and depressing. I haven't seen so few Christmas lights in many, many years. It reminds me of our great power shortage of 1972 (or maybe it was 1973) when I was commander of our helicopter section and it was weird flying around over Dallas at night and all the lights out on the big buildings downtown. And in flying around over Dallas, I recall seeing Christmas lights in only one place that year.

 

[m7040]

My first calculator was a slide rule. Still have it. My first digital calculator did not happened until after I was out of college for 10 years. It is long gone now.

A slide rule was what I used also during school and together with the log tables is what I used for design of bridges and other projects. Still have it. Using a calculator felt like cheating in the beginning. Not sure anyone knows how to use a slide rule anymore

 

[ronjhall]

A slide rule was what I used also during school and together with the log tables is what I used for design of bridges and other projects. Still have it. Using a calculator felt like cheating in the beginning. Not sure anyone knows how to use a slide rule anymore

I do not think I remember how to use mine either.

 

[Buppies]

I know I have forgotten how to use slide rule over 40 years ago now

 

[m7040]

Good morning all, 30 going to 40 today. Icing is in the forecast for Thursday the day that wife needs to go to the doctor for monthly injections. Trying to avoid going anywhere during bad weather events but hate to reschedule.
Got the Dyson vac set up and mounted on charger on the wall. Very convenient to use but runs out a of battery pretty quickly.
Need to get sprinter filled up with diesel and get it ready to go to the repair shop tomorrow morning.
The pharmacy did not have a substitute med for the one recalled so had to go back to Dr and get another kind
Helo, that is pretty much what I figured with the Russians. Not a good situation. They are being brain washed with misinformation. The people using VPN has access but that is small percentage I am sure

 

[m7040]

There is a news story breaking on Fusion energy development where hydrogen molecules are worked into energy. Clean and no waste and could be the future of energy but will take decades I am sure to develop.
One of my early contracts was with a Texas utility to forecast their future power demands and the technology to use for future energy generation. We looked at wind, solar, fusion, nuclear, wave action, energy pumped storage and many other technologies. For a young engineer that was a very exciting project