Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

Thomas,
Sorry to hear about your wife's accident. Speedy recovery!

 

[txdon]

Got in touch with an old coworker from 30+ years ago. He sold his place last year in the city, bought 39 acres about 20 some minutes from me and built a new house. His wife is retired teacher, he is still working. Gotta go visit. I asked him how many tractors he has.

Don't leave us hanging, give us the number.

Thomas that last step is always a big hazard. I blame it on my glasses. It looks like your wife has a good nurse, hope she does not feel too bad and bruised in the morning.

 

[KilroyJC]

29F over cast low 20's over night.

Short day at work follow by 2 stops for critter food.
Mrs. miss judge the last 2 steps on the step ladder fell hitting oak coffee table 2 bruise ribs 4" nasty cut...4 hour wait at ER.,she resting comfortably on couch one kitten beside her all the time like a nurse.

Plans for tonight...rattle some pots and pans make dinner follow by quite evening.

Enjoy your evening all

Ouch!!!!

hoping for a quick recovery!

 

[txdon]

Thanks for all the positive thoughts.

I managed to get outside and split some wood. Life is good.

Just heard one child is stranded in Atlanta for the past few days. Southwest airlines fiasco. WOW.

Got this forwarded from a friend who is a retired SW airlines pilot.

Forwarded to me from a SWA captain. Sad. Poor Herb.

Did you see this? Says the writer is a pharmaceutical rep living in TN, with pilot friends:
Sorry for all my friends traveling this week…
Read this today from a Southwest Pilot:
“I don’t know what to say. Southwest Airlines has imploded. Their antiquated software system has completely fried. Planes are parked. Crews are stranded in the airports with the passengers, volunteering to take the passengers in the parked planes but the software won’t accept it. Phone lines are overwhelmed for both passenger and crews. I personally spent over two hours trying to get ahold of anyone in the company last night after midnight. A Captain and I did manage to get the one flight put together on Christmas night and got people home. Kudos to the ops agent and dispatcher for making it happen. We had to manually input a lot of the data and it took over an hour to coordinate with dispatch going back and forth running numbers.
We spent hours trying to get the company to answer and get us a hotel when we landed as they’re all sold out. We were only put in a call que for hours before hanging up. I found one hotel with 4 rooms and we bought our own rooms at 2:30am. I even paid for a Flight Attendants room. We literally have crews sleeping on the airport floors all over the country with nowhere to go. Crews have been calling to fly anyone, anywhere, but the company says the system needs a reset. They have effectively shut down the operations for the rest of year, running 1/3 of the flights so that they can let the computer find and locate the crews and aircraft. Gate agents are in tears. They’ve been yelled at, cussed at, slapped and spit on. Flight attendants have been taking a beating. The frontline employees have had little support or communication. Terminals are standing room only with people having been there for days. Pilot lounges are packed with pilots ready to fly and nowhere to go.
Embarrassing is an understatement. I’m going on my second of three days off, still stuck on the east coast and still expected to show up in the morning with no schedule. And I’m willing to fly all day if needed. Because that’s nothing compared to the passengers needing meds in bags that are lost and mothers traveling with kids, having been stuck for the same amount of days in the terminal. In 24 years, I’ve never seen anything like this. Heads need to roll! Rumors on media are floating that there is a lack of crews and pilots are staging sick calls. Absolutely not true at all. This is a computer system meltdown. Thousands of crew members are sitting in hotels and airports with nowhere to go. This airline has failed miserably.”

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Thursday) morning. Overnight Low of 9C and it's presently 19.7C, overcast (no rain predicted) with a slight breeze.

I can't believe how many times I need to go into town when I have guests. We make lists but there's always one more essential thing.

We'll head into town again this arvo for needful-things and forgotten ingredients. Other than that, my Aunt is dead-set on cleaning/de-cluttering my house (me, "but I KNOW where everything is!")

That's about it, take care all.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

A good day! Grocery shopping went well, surprisingly well stocked throughout the store. Got off easy, only $156. But.... there is a costco list started...

When I got home, I wanted to slip into my comfy clothes.... wifey put them in the wash just before I left. Over an hour later, still not dry (just a "slightly damp" feel)...mmmm She normally gets a full dryer load dry in 50 minutes.

So, decided to take the dryer apart to check the venting. I was surprised to see so much lint get past the filter. Vacuumed out the case, gas burner tube, and the full exhaust tube. No blockages found.... ??? If what I did will help.

Then, when I went to "test run" the dryer, I noticed that the "energy saver" switch was on..... mmmm .... wonder if that's why it was taking so much longer..... We will have to wait until another load gets run in a few days.

Made some burgers on the grill for dinner. They were good sirloin burgers. Rain / snow mix while I was grilling.....

I'm glad to get some rain. The gauge showing just under a 1/2". Still slated for a couple inches of snow overnight. Good chances of rain or snow the next few days, possibly until Monday! We definitely need the moisture.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Thomas, sorry to here about the wifey's fall. Hope she can heal quickly!

I have a question for you, if you don't want to say, that's ok....
What do you do at "work"? The hours seem to be 'odd'.....

 

[Looking4new]

Mrs. miss judge the last 2 steps on the step ladder fell hitting oak coffee table 2 bruise ribs 4" nasty cut...4 hour wait at ER.,she resting comfortably on couch one kitten beside her all the time like a nurse.

Speed recovery for your wife, Thomas.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Don, I would guess that overbooking probably caused some of the software demise. Not knowing where to put all the people that showed up to fly?

Thomas, sorry about your wifey. Glad she's home, but I'll bet she's very sore.

I'm still sick. Incessant cough. Taking Doxycycline and Benzonatate. Didn't eat much today. Daughter made french toast with our chicken's eggs, and some real maple syrup. Used whole wheat bread. Ate 2 pieces. Yum.

I'm glad I'm off this week, but hate to be wasting my time off laying on a couch. I pray I get better before next week. It is a super busy week planned.

Prayers for our team.

 

[riptides]

Got this forwarded from a friend who is a retired SW airlines pilot.

Four days from Florida to Virginia.

Management was well aware of their software issues for years. There is also a "nice" management memo to employees during this fiasco. More out of touch management.