Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

My Grandparents weathered the 1929 Depression and instilled in me "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without”. As long as I don't have to spend too much on tools and parts I try to fix first.

Same, although it was primarily from my maternal Grandmother as the rest of them had already passed by the time I was old enough to have any meaningful interactions with any of them.

Lots of stories of The Great Depression.

She would save all the small scraps of hand soap in Mason jars down in her basement and then use them to make laundry soap. Not exactly sure how but I remember it involved lye ... because as a curious young man I got told to stay out of it.

Also was treated to her regular stories about the starving children in Biafra ... if it was looking like I wasn't going to clean up my dinner plate ...

 

[rswyan]

31F and cloudy @ 21:30 with snow showers in the area. Heading down to a low of 28F overnight.

Had some enchiladas for lunch, Woman commented that they seemed to going fast so She will make another batch ...

Then headed downstairs to feed the fish.

After that I came back up and got cleaned up, Woman said She wanted to cut my hair so we knocked that out.

Finished hosing off the iron/sediment filter for the water system, still pretty nasty even after considerable hosing:

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After a roughly 30 minute soak in the Iron Out solution:

Will let that soak overnight and have a look at it in the morning.

While that was cooking I got some vacuuming done back in the utility room, also cut the condensate pipe with the jigsaw. Looked fairly nasty inside ... probably due to no slope and the water just laying in there. Think I'll redo it once I get the walls done and mount it up on the walls with adequate slope so it will drain well.

After that I mixed a 50/50 solution of vinegar and water and sprayed down the bottom of the concrete walls and adjacent floor over on the south side. Let that set for a bit and then refilled the sprayer with plain water and hit the walls again. Looks like it was working but I'll know more in the morning:

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Found one small crack in the south wall, in the general area of where the rotted sill plate is:

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Suspect it is insignificant (it's above grade) but will probably throw some caulk over it before I put up the foam board all the same.

Got one 2" foam board panel trimmed to length.

Fed the fish again before I came up to have another go at those enchiladas.

I see that The Woman has the bowl with peanut butter cookie dough in it sitting on the counter, probably should go check the status of that ...

Hope everyone had a good day ...

 

[Buppies]

Used to love peanut butter dough

Heard same stories when I was young rswyan

 

[Popgadget]

Those PH diggers are hard to store. I mounted my 3 point on the old tractor just so it is not laying around somewhere

That’s another good thing about the SSQA Hydraulic digger. It’s effortless to mount and stores and moves around easily on a custom 4 wheel dolly.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 34ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind , partly cloudy sky, and high temp was 46ºF. Putter to start day, trip o town to grocery shop get meds, flu shot, and lunch. Got back too late to ride bike so took nap. Tomorrow morning waiting to 9 to start due to below freezing temp at 7.
Ted sorry about the missed UPS. Nice price for gas, to bad you have to drive back to town.
David good deal on solar output. If you get batteries fully charged, how much battery do you have left in the morning? Good to hear oil cooler swapped out. Good luck with doing the whole floor.
Don you owe your wife big time for that oooopppss.
Drew glad you found out about the piece of tool. Sorry about the removal procedure. Glad tool was not that magnetic. Hope dentist pays bill with much prodding.
Ron good to hear most security system installed. nice sunshine pic.
Helo that is some expensive gas. cost me $250 per year for two visits and teeth cleaning. Cavities cost more .
Billy Roger Moore was the 007 I envisioned after reading the novels. Glad you got hike in. I trust you have good wet weather gear. It did not feel like Friday today.
Buppies glad no power loss. Highs in the 20's not good riding weather. prayers sent.
Bill have fun putting together a new music usb. Hope town and dump run successful. Good plan on gas use
Paul sorry about no help me calls. My driveway is short and trash guy will not show before 8AM. Hope GS Christmas program was good.
Kilroy bet chickens go in early tonight Firewood sounds dry. Good luck finding new pickle egg recipe.
Jim good to hear new stereo up and running. Hope you are ready for the cole weather.
Lou neat pic.
Thomas enjoy you snow hope no mix happens. nice pics
Ken good to hear some improvement.
Don I don't think out precip chances are that high.
Drew QC must ok prior to shipment.
Rich Happy Birthday! Hope you find something interesting to do.
Frits glad you were prepared for ice storm. Hope cleanup went smoothly. Hopefully not as many health expense reports to file.
James nice pics
Scotty you are getting some nice weather.
Ted hope upgrade went well. Hope you get good weather for travel and have a safe trip.
Frits sorry about son losing that much money.
Mark good luck fishing.
David hope town run was successful. Hope H&F went well for guys.
Gstrom wow 11 hours is long sleep.
Kilroy I only get grief if I try something I don't have a clue how to do. Sorry about unwanted visitor.
Gstrom I have your experience level with rat.
RS sure got a lot done yesterday. Hope today's agenda progress is as good.
Gstrom nice pic
Scaredy usually fuel pump not that had to diagnose. Good to hear you will be back in business soon. Prayers sent.
Phil sounds like you are enjoying the snow.
RS good to hear you are getting more buy in from wife. Getting more selective, now that is hitting close to home.
Frits sounds like nice trip. Enjoyed the pics.
Dennis hope temps hang in there till new ones get installed.
Frits that was nice, maybe he found out good neighbor much less expensive than good lawyer
Don we are on well water but it is a group well and chlorine is added. nice install
Thomas sounds like you worked hard all day. Nice pic
Paul nice story.
Randy(wag) good Friday afternoon. Hope visit with aunt goes well.
Frits glad you fixed the bat swingers .
Dennis glad you are blessed with good wife. She did get to live in a nice hous
Dennis might be easier to move shed in snow
Bill sorry the combo plow/rear blade did not work better. Nice story.
Ted quite the auger storage system.
Ted glad trip today much better. I thought you shut off fountain already.
RS filter cleaning up nice. hope dough passe QC testing.
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.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 25° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 30° with scattered snow showers throughout the day. There is enough snow on walkways that I will need to do some cleanup. 4 more days until Winter Solstice. Found out it is easy to add another sensor to security system. Got it set up and programed yesterday. Still need to add 1 door lock. Neighborhood Christmas Party today. Always fun to attend.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Buppies]

31 this morning high of 44 today ground is very wet

may make short trip today to see Christmas decorations in our place at SC. Son has been very busy

Prayers for all our Country

 

[KilroyJC]

I think tomorrow I might try to get stuff put back in the shed. Not sure I’m going to try to move it. I’d like to free up some room in the barn to get the truck in if weather gets bad. Not sure I can make that much space.

6 mil sheet plastic is awesome for keeping snow/ice off your vehicle. I cut pieces long&wide enough to lock under the hood and into the tailgate, and down to the bottoms of the doors.

I have had 3” of frozen slush and it all comes off very easily with a couple shakes

 

[daugen]

good morning all
25 out now going up to about 40, nice weather for next four days, then on Thursday
storm comes in, might make it a white Christmas here.

busy day, off to see my close friend outside Harleysville, his first Christmas with no hair from chemo.
Thankfully he has a sense of humor...and apparently is doing ok. His cancer got into lymph nodes, and he still has issues.
I know it worries him, and his wife. We all stay positive. We are going out to local cafe for lunch.

Just might stop by Popgadget's on way and say hi, have to drive right past his house.

Buppies, have a nice drive to the shore. Should be a slow week for you, hope you get some time to relax.
Is most of the paving shut down now for the winter?

Happy Saturday everyone

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).

got my final WoodMizer parts delivery! When I called at 2PM for status, dispatcher said expected time is 3:19. Went to the pickup location at 3:00. Tuck showed up at 4:50. . . MrsKilroyJC was not amused. . .

I have to can 2 dozen hard boiled eggs today. This week I will be making a large quiche to use up some of the water-glasses eggs from the summer, so I can rotate some stock. Spinach and mushroom is what Mrs. ordered. I will be making it in a 16” deep dish pizza pan, because why not?

our dog will be getting a much-needed trip to the woodlot for her walk - several days of rain made it a no-go, but by now the ground should be dry enough to make it more pleasant. our fuzzball gets doggie-depression if she can’t snuffle in the woods for more than two days.

the weather prognosticators are saying we may get a White Christmas here in Appalachia. I need to put some grit on our front stairs and lock it In with some stain - I had high hopes of building new steps by now but that didn’t happen, so I should make the old ones slip resistant until they get replaced…

And it is time to start building beehive frames and boxes. Something to do while sitting in front of the idiot box the next two weeks.

Have a happy, safe and productive Weekend!