Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Don you should get cooler in about 10 days and should be on the wet side weather wise

 

[gstrom99]

Well, we got about 8" of snow I think. Still snowing, lightly. Up to my Lab's chest when he went out. I need to get out there and start working on it. The local news is showing the (in town) roads as slushy and mostly clear. Not that way out here in the country...

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low was 23°, high near 38°. Sunny, just breezy. Winds were ripping last night, well actually all day. The warnings expired at 18:00, but apparently the winds didn't get the message. Another couple of storm fronts come across tomorrow and Monday, so good chances of precip.

Today's agenda consists of going to the ortho surgeon, then waiting, waiting,... then comes the manipulation and pain. The only part that gets me anxious....knowing what will come....
I have no reason to believe that he will miraculously tell me what is wrong with the knee. I had to wait until after this appointment before looking for another opinion.....

The knee has been really complaining over the past few days, coinciding with the cold wet weather. I'll mention this to him...... not that I think it makes a difference.....

Maybe have some time to get out to the shop afterwards, but depends on how much the Doc irritates the knee during his exam.....

Too much to get caught up on here.....

Good news: our "Christmas gift to each other" finally came yesterday....
a Cuck-coo clock made in the black forest of Germany. Neat little clock, has the real cloth bellows for the sound.

Fully manual with the weights / chains.

Time to go get ready for the appt.
Everyone have a great day!

 

[sodamo]

65°F and .25 inches rain.

Encouraging ophthalmologist visit but still some swelling. A new prescription and back in Mar.

Only able to get half my aluminum angle for solar racking, but more stock due in Fri.

Was able to get remaining bracing installed before the rain. Today I can start closing in the walls with Hardie panel.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[buckeyefarmer]

BEF - water in bottom trays usually means blocked drain tube for auto defrost.

Just found a YouTube video showing the problem for my model. Guess I know what I’m doing today. Unfortunately have to empty the fridge for a good bit of time. Maybe I’ll do it on a colder day when we can set the fridge stuff outside.

Edit someone in comments mentioned there is a power defrost mode. It’s not in the fridge manual, but mine has it. Hold PowerFreeze & Fridge buttons together for 8 sec. display will go blank. Now press Fridge until rd (refrig defrost) shows. Fridge will beep while in defrost for 20 minutes. I’m trying it now.

 

[Looking4new]

Updated forecast 4-6" of snow tonight and tomorrow morning. I'm as ready as I will ever be.

 

[daugen]

been 11 days since we've heard from Paul/PJS.
Hope he is doing ok.

steady light rain out

 

[Popgadget]

Does Zoe's camera have LEDs on the front? That's maybe what attracted her curiosity.

Yes. IR ones that only appear as a dim red glow to the human eye.
I wonder if they illuminate the room for the canine eye.

 

[riptides]

Yes. IR ones that only appear as a dim red glow to the human eye.
I wonder if they illuminate the room for the canine eye.

I think they smell heat.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Yes. IR ones that only appear as a dim red glow to the human eye.
I wonder if they illuminate the room for the canine eye.

Dogs don't see IR, but they can sense heat with a little organ on their nose.

A lot of IR cameras have IR LED emitters around the lens that either light continuously or only when they detect IR. Older and less expensive emitters have a reddish glow that can be seen by people and dogs.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Got what appears to be a fishing email saying I purchased some Bitcoin from my PayPal account. As far as I know I don’t have a PayPal account

 

[Thomas]

33F cloudy...snow showers starting around 6-7pm than snow valves wide open calling for 8-12 inches.

Well the plow attach to pickup and [AFFILIATE=1, nofollow=true, newwindow=true, title="Kubota"]Kubota[/AFFILIATE] diesel up etc.,brought in extra wheel barrow loads of wood,Mrs. and I got food shopping done...extra yummies ,date night tonight due to tomorrow storm.

Had nice long talk with owner/boss about cutting my hours and he was firmly against it,instead offer me overseer of new store he will be opening first of April,and will pay very very comfortable salary also fringe benefits all hard to refuse down side it will effect SS check dearly and Mrs.not fond of the idea of me taking job at my age and health...guess I got some thinking to do before end of February.

Evening plans...after date night just going to numb it.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[mpham]

Remember Thomas you retired for a reason. No one ever lays on their deathbed and says "Dam I wish I worked more"!
I think it's time you relax. This of course not knowing your financial status.

 

[Thomas]

Remember Thomas you retired for a reason. No one ever lays on their deathbed and says "Dam I wish I worked more"!
I think it's time you relax. This of course not knowing your financial status.

Mrs. made it perfectly clear income not needed and would rather have me spend more time doing rehab with cub bears etc....maybe I just retire to early.

 

[Mark P.]

Good Afternoon now - currently 71° getting cloudy here...

LS - good luck today..

It has been awhile since we heard frm PJ - hope all is well..

Everything is pretty good here.. hope everyone has a great day.

Mark

 

[txdon]

Had nice long talk with owner/boss about cutting my hours and he was firmly against it,instead offer me overseer of new store he will be opening first of April,and will pay very very comfortable salary also fringe benefits all hard to refuse down side it will effect SS check dearly and Mrs.not fond of the idea of me taking job at my age and health...guess I got some thinking to do before end of February.

In the end it boils down to doing what you enjoy. Can you un-retire?

Should You Pay Back Your Social Security Benefits and Start Over?

You can pay back Social Security benefits within 12 months of filing and start over later. Here are a few situations where it might make sense.

www.thebalancemoney.com

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Hopefully PJ is just working hard at the new job and doesn’t have time to post. He mainly posted from work previously.

Yesterday the song “free electric band” popped into my head, so I found it on YouTube. A one hit wonder from the 70s. Course music made me wonder about PJ.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

40° and very foggy. Very eerie looking. Glad I’m home.
Didn’t do much today except run that defrost cycle on the fridge. Had some water under the drawers, so must have melted some. I should pull out fridge to see the drain line to see if it is draining while In defrost mode.
Wife making white chili that smells fantastic.

And was fantastic.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Friday) morning. Overnight Low of 10C and it's presently 24C, clear sky and calm.

Property mowed yesterday and today's tasks are to pick up 3kg of trimmed pork shoulder for Sunday's pulled pork from the 'Providore'. Also I pick up the trailerable port-a-loo from the Council Depot, set it up and fill it with water.

General 'sprucing' up of portable tables & such that haven't been used since last year's soiree.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning.
It’s 35 with a high of 40 in the rain today. Hasn’t started yet, but will rain all day and overnight.

Yesterday, had a vice breakfast where we discussed what our kids will do with our “stuff” once it becomes their stuff, and the state of the union. That part was interesting, as Rich retired as a constitutional history professor after an earlier career as a partner in a Manhattan law firm.

Then it was back to work on the TV and internet project which is just about complete. Here’s the wall plate for the HDMI and optical connections.
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Also glued up this shelf for the center channel speaker that used to sit on top of the old monster TV.

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I’ll make or buy some hidden brackets for it today and get it installed.

Overall, I’m pleased with the speed of the internet, this is on my iPad two floors above the WI-FI router, without the mesh extenders that Verizon hasn’t sent yet.

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I did manage to get to the Bridgeport and make some chips as well as the part that I lost for my sight pusher.

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Zoe sleeps in the kitchen, I put a camera there so that we can see what she is up to. Keep in mind that she is only 12 weeks old, and the camera is on the kitchen counter.

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Today I’ll continue yesterdays projects starting with getting the shelf installed. I’ll have to get a couple of briskets ready to go into the smoker this evening for tomorrow’s dinner, one will go to the restaurant though, as it’s not much more work or time to make two than one.

Gotta watch you don’t melt things with those speeds