Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Awesome adventure planning, Drew

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Drew mentions it, and the taxpayers provide.
How to re-engine a B-52 and make a new bomber fleet

2.6 Billion for 76 planes to get 8 engines each....wonder how much the whole B52 costs new???

Here's the new bomber coming out.
‘Deterrence the American way’: The new B-21 bomber debuts

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 56ºF for the start, overcast, light breeze. Light to moderate wind except during storms, partial clearing early in day, then overcast again, first rain about 2:30 has not totally quit. 3:30 strong storms and up to dime hail. Another wave later. About 2 1/2 inch so far. Puttering to start day, worked on office work till trip to town for meds, groceries, and lunch. Got some splitting done, down bached all bucked and split, just a few dregs to clean up. Did get nap in.
Spike we did have strong thunderstorms with some hail, up to dime size. Sorry you missed out on fertilizer. Nice B-52.
Ron glad you got grocery shopping done. I hope Comcast get you cable/Internet back up as well.
Drew hope lunch was good. Thanks for map I live somewhat close to the E on the go west route. Hope you got good nap.
Drew changing engines on airplane major undertaking. I am somewhat surprised they did not update after large fuel price increase, but that did not happen. No doubt could replace 8 engines with 4 and cut fuel consumption.
Kilroy glad dog made it to food lot. Sorry about oil breather cap, Have you tried prying on it? Have fun at work
Frit congrats on getting refund from IRS. Glad tech is mostly behaving.
Kyle hope you are making progress with at least one of your commuter cars. Hope you don't suffer at work due to new boss. Nice laptop.
Bill hope town run was good.
Buppies hope you got more beach time. prayers sent.
Paul thanks for info.
Lou plenty snow in forecast. Sorry about not getting back to sleep. Breakfast boritos sound good Sorry about battery woes.
Ken sorry about the tax numbers.
Billy glad you had good visit with your mom. Nice to hear traffic not bad coming home.
RNG it is nice rain keeps showing up, hope all the rain doesn't make fire season worse. Sorry you are having trouble working with Ford dealer. Hope you work out roof tiles soon. I would like to know where you are getting rumblings from, wife want bigger screen for back up camera. Glad chili worked out.
Don no rain in morning here, afternoon evening thunderstorms, heavy rain and hail.
Ted sorry forecast not correct. Hope you get some moisture. Have fun puttering waiting for snow.
David 6 1/2 inch. WOW! Good to hear Sophie's eyes still improving. We would have quite the waterfall at end of lake.
Bill glad town run good.
RS congrats on record warm day. Hope code does not come back. Sorry about bit walking into the collet. Good to hear wife still getting better. Hope coon flunked swimming class. Nice progress and pics
Mark hope you get good results from lab.
Thomas glad good day at work, and snow cleanup went well.
Randy(wag) neat to see two eagles.
Kyle Thanks for links
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /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, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low temperature is 6 and going to a high of 34°F. Wind E 9 mph. Sunny! Snow for us beginning this evening about 4" expected.
Winter storm warning for Toronto, yeah them. I wonder if the mayor will call out the Army. (Inside joke)

About noon I will do the dump and town run, I need to get to Sundridge and get some more CBD salve.

I am going to look into acquiring some 1" wheel spacers for the tractor. If I had a lathe and a drill press, I could make them myself.

'Coons can swim, but I don't know how long they can hold their breath for, I think not overnight, tho.

Have a safe day all

 

[Looking4new]

Why did I get this regarding my morning post?
"This message is awaiting moderator approval, and is invisible to normal visitors."

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is still brewing. 29° with mostly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 37° with wind, rain and snow. Forecast is for 11" of snow by tomorrow morning. Comcast got hooked back up yesterday. All new cable from pole to Junction box at back of house. Internet and cable work very well again. Dealing with comcast digital customer service is some of the worst that I have delt with. Speaking with people and service tech that showed up was some of the best I have delt with in my life.
Install a plugin charge port on tractor yesterday. No more hooking clamp on charge cable on tractor.
Need to fill bird feeders this morning. Put snow blade back on tractor today.
This picture shows what been going on in my area from the 2 recent storms.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[KilroyJC]

Drew mentions it, and the taxpayers provide.
How to re-engine a B-52 and make a new bomber fleet

2.6 Billion for 76 planes to get 8 engines each....wonder how much the whole B52 costs new???

Here's the new bomber coming out.
‘Deterrence the American way’: The new B-21 bomber debuts

You cannot buy the B52 new - the tooling is long gone, and most of the people who knew how to run the tooling are, too.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good evening all. 56ºF for the start, overcast, light breeze. Light to moderate wind except during storms, partial clearing early in day, then overcast again, first rain about 2:30 has not totally quit. 3:30 strong storms and up to dime hail. Another wave later. About 2 1/2 inch so far. Puttering to start day, worked on office work till trip to town for meds, groceries, and lunch. Got some splitting done, down bached all bucked and split, just a few dregs to clean up. Did get nap in.
Spike we did have strong thunderstorms with some hail, up to dime size. Sorry you missed out on fertilizer. Nice B-52.
Ron glad you got grocery shopping done. I hope Comcast get you cable/Internet back up as well.
Drew hope lunch was good. Thanks for map I live somewhat close to the E on the go west route. Hope you got good nap.
Drew changing engines on airplane major undertaking. I am somewhat surprised they did not update after large fuel price increase, but that did not happen. No doubt could replace 8 engines with 4 and cut fuel consumption.
Kilroy glad dog made it to food lot. Sorry about oil breather cap, Have you tried prying on it? Have fun at work
Frit congrats on getting refund from IRS. Glad tech is mostly behaving.
Kyle hope you are making progress with at least one of your commuter cars. Hope you don't suffer at work due to new boss. Nice laptop.
Bill hope town run was good.
Buppies hope you got more beach time. prayers sent.
Paul thanks for info.
Lou plenty snow in forecast. Sorry about not getting back to sleep. Breakfast boritos sound good Sorry about battery woes.
Ken sorry about the tax numbers.
Billy glad you had good visit with your mom. Nice to hear traffic not bad coming home.
RNG it is nice rain keeps showing up, hope all the rain doesn't make fire season worse. Sorry you are having trouble working with Ford dealer. Hope you work out roof tiles soon. I would like to know where you are getting rumblings from, wife want bigger screen for back up camera. Glad chili worked out.
Don no rain in morning here, afternoon evening thunderstorms, heavy rain and hail.
Ted sorry forecast not correct. Hope you get some moisture. Have fun puttering waiting for snow.
David 6 1/2 inch. WOW! Good to hear Sophie's eyes still improving. We would have quite the waterfall at end of lake.
Bill glad town run good.
RS congrats on record warm day. Hope code does not come back. Sorry about bit walking into the collet. Good to hear wife still getting better. Hope coon flunked swimming class. Nice progress and pics
Mark hope you get good results from lab.
Thomas glad good day at work, and snow cleanup went well.
Randy(wag) neat to see two eagles.
Kyle Thanks for links
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /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, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

I have tried prying - I put cardboard down on the sheet metal, got under it with a large open end wrench, then used a large screwdriver in the gap between the wrench and the bottom of the cap ( the bottom of the “U” on the wrench provided a very close fulcrum) and I got gornischt in terms of movement. . .

 

[Spike56]

Good morning from central Texas. Big weather front last evening. A tornado warning was issued just N of here but luckily other than bigtime winds, we seem to have been spared any hail and got about .8" of rainfall.

Wishing all a happy Friday!

Another favorite The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark. Never cared for the name, not too cool. But a great low level multirole aircraft. The configurable wings alone made this a fascinating plane. Here tell, it was just too complicated / unreliable, so it is now retired. Worked with many in my day.

 

[wngsprd]

40 going to 49, and rain due about sunrise time. Maybe I'll get out to the birdfeeders before it arrives.

Ron, good to hear you had a good experience with the Comcast techs...your experience is like the one I had last year with the phone company that provides our DSL...almost impossible to finally get a ticket opened online through their system, but the tech once onsite was good.

LS, your weather folks must subscribe to the same models as ours. Forecasts have been about as good as 50/50 coin flip. But I still watch/read them everyday.

I gave my coffee roaster the best cleaning it's had yesterday. Then roasted a couple of batches...should taste very clean.

Daylight savings is a week away, right? Not this weekend. My sleep pattern has already made the change.

 

[riptides]

44 outside this AM. That should be the high for today. Rain will be moving in, and last until later tonight.

No outdoor plans.

Neighbors dogs, about 1000 feet away, kept howling and barking all night. I mean, they are still at it. I think they added another one to the mix. I will have to go over there and have the talk. I mean, really, a 1000 feet away and they sound like they are at the back door.

Our zoning laws call out dog barking and length, time, sound readings. I may have to point them in that direction. Sheesh. I am irritable this AM.

Window for the Milk House came in. I custom ordered one, same company I used before to replace all my barn windows. I'll get that in and cut some holes for fans and lights today.

Had a nice day with the wife, haircut for her and comfy couch for me. Then a nice lunch downtown.

Hope all have a great weekend. Be safe, get or stay healthy.

Wagtail, we love raptors. Have a few hanging around here. Eagles though are maybe once a month sightings, so we drop everything when they are around. Yes, magnificent to watch.

 

[KilroyJC]

good Morning!

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

56.6F, currently in between bands of rain, and today’s forecast is for rain, light rain, rain, showers, rain, thunderstorms, and rain. So tomorrow should be pretty mucky up at the woodlot.

The heat shield on the Subaru’s exhaust started rattling a couple weeks ago, and has now getting to the annoying level, so tomorrow morning it will get jacked up and I will try finding it down with some 16ga galvanized fence wire and hope for the best - it is the original exhaust from 2010 and is otherwise in good shape — and replacing it would be a major expense and time-suck right now. If it will keep things reasonably quiet until around June that would be good, it would get us past a couple impending spring projects we want to spend on first.

The last couple weeks, at one of the local heavy-equipment repair/welding shops, there has been a Unimog 419 sitting out in front… I wonder if I can call up and sortakinda play dumb and ask about it. I know some of you folks are familiar with Mogs - is it really a viable alternative to something like a Ford 555? We really need something with an excavator bucket, a mini-excavator is nice, especially with the mobility the tracks provide, but a backhoe has that big scoop up front . . . And so does a 419. . .

Still fighting with that oil breather cap. It won’t budge. Rafters and comealong are next.

Happy Friday!!!! I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

Good morning from central Texas. Big weather front last evening. A tornado warning was issued just N of here but luckily other than bigtime winds, we seem to have been spared any hail and got about .8" of rainfall.

Wishing all a happy Friday!

Another favorite The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark. Never cared for the name, not too cool. But a great low level multirole aircraft. The configurable wings alone made this a fascinating plane. Here tell, it was just too complicated / unreliable, so it is now retired. Worked with many in my day.

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”Aardvarks” isn’t that bad - just remember what the Brits and Aussies call the EA-6 Prowler…

 

[Spike56]

good Morning!

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

56.6F, currently in between bands of rain, and today’s forecast is for rain, light rain, rain, showers, rain, thunderstorms, and rain. So tomorrow should be pretty mucky up at the woodlot.

The heat shield on the Subaru’s exhaust started rattling a couple weeks ago, and has now getting to the annoying level, so tomorrow morning it will get jacked up and I will try finding it down with some 16ga galvanized fence wire and hope for the best - it is the original exhaust from 2010 and is otherwise in good shape — and replacing it would be a major expense and time-suck right now. If it will keep things reasonably quiet until around June that would be good, it would get us past a couple impending spring projects we want to spend on first.

The last couple weeks, at one of the local heavy-equipment repair/welding shops, there has been a Unimog 419 sitting out in front… I wonder if I can call up and sortakinda play dumb and ask about it. I know some of you folks are familiar with Mogs - is it really a viable alternative to something like a Ford 555? We really need something with an excavator bucket, a mini-excavator is nice, especially with the mobility the tracks provide, but a backhoe has that big scoop up front . . . And so does a 419. . .

Still fighting with that oil breather cap. It won’t budge. Rafters and comealong are next.

Happy Friday!!!! I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

”Aardvarks” isn’t that bad - just remember what the Brits and Aussies call the EA-6 Prowler…

LOL, you are right. The Aussies called the F-111 "pig" due to its long snout. Still though, in the US, thought they could have come up with a "cooler" name.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
31 going up to 47 today with an inch of rain coming in this afternoon and tonight.

have some errands to run this morning, then expect a quiet afternoon

I tried a teaspoon of honey in my coffee this morning, trying to avoid other alternatives.
It's ok, not very sweet. But anything sweet seems to be consistently bad for me/us so willing to try.
I also got in a couple pounds of turbinado sugar as a white sugar alternative. For years only use of white sugar
has been feeding the hummingbirds. Apparently nothing is better than plain white sugar for them.
I wonder if science could study hummingbirds to find out how they thrive in a glycemic wonderland.

There are variety of specialty sugars sold in the fancier supermarket in town, including the date sugar Don mentioned.
I may try that also

my Father was a Major in Air Force intelligence, stationed in China for a while during WWII. I believe he helped plan the
airflights of US aid into China, over the Himalayas. They gave him a .45, and he said he only fired it once, at a passing Japanese
plane. No, he didn't bring it home. What he did bring home were these 8 to 12 inch decals of US airplanes, from where I have no idea, which he put on the
ceiling of the attic. So I grew up looking at those planes on the ceiling. I particularly remember the one of a P-38 since it was such a distinctive design.

have a great Friday everyone

 

[riptides]

....

my Father was a Major in Air Force intelligence, stationed in China for a while during WWII. I believe he helped plan the
airflights of US aid into China, over the Himalayas. They gave him a .45, and he said he only fired it once, at a passing Japanese
plane. No, he didn't bring it home. What he did bring home were these 8 to 12 inch decals of US airplanes, from where I have no idea, which he put on the
ceiling of the attic. So I grew up looking at those planes on the ceiling. I particularly remember the one of a P-38 since it was such a distinctive design.

have a great Friday everyone

Neat story. Hope you still have them?

 

[Thomas]

35F clear sky low 30's for high,cloudy afternoon snow arriving late night all day Saturday.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...,AM pickup load grit for icy driveway,get 5 gallons of diesel,critter food stop,PM give Kubota good greasing etc. try sneak in nap and date night.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Buppies]

No sure of much no sleep have a great day prayers for all

 

[Thomas]

No sure of much no sleep have a great day prayers for all

 

[daugen]

Neat story. Hope you still have them?

no, they were glued to the ceiling for good. We used to build erector set stuff up in the attic, and those planes were always overhead.

 

[Popgadget]

comcast digital customer service is some of the worst that I have delt with.

And I thought that Verizon had a lock on that position!
The Verizon techs are also excellent, but you will never see one if you don’t spend way too much time in the penalty box first.