Good morning!!!!

[newbury]

Last time I went there it was $5, but they had it done, and I was home and had tire back on before I would have even gotten to Costco, never mind the 2 hour wait if I was lucky.

But at Costco you get to wander around and shop!
In a 2 hour wait you should be able to spend at least $500!

 

[jbrumberg]

Getting off the meds because they feel they don't need it anymore or they don't like the side effects of the meds is a problem and in the hospital there is cheekin and spitting out of the meds.

I definitely agree; especially about the "Cheekers" and "Spitters." Going through the legal process to adjudicate a person in need of "Substituted Judgment" as it related to medication is long and convoluted. There is a definite benefit to longterm acting injectable medications like Prolixin which could be successfully "encouraged" by use of brute force in a hospital setting which would be illegal in the community. It was not always pretty. And the individuals once stabilized and discharged could go back to resisting meds and the cycle repeats.

 

[Thomas]

35 and frost on the roof again.

Mark, congrats on having such a successful fishing day. I wonder if you caught any of them multiple times.

Thanks for sharing your beautiful bird and landscape pix. It takes great patience to get the right shot of a bird.

Kil, hope that water tests perfect for you. Are you planning to source your water directly from a stream?

Starting to meet more thru-hikers on the trail. Yesterday, a 35-ish year old lady was hiking with her two boys...maybe 10 and 12 YO. Amazing to see the three carrying large backpacks and smiling the whole time. She said they had been on the trail 25 days...were flip-flopping from Harper's Ferry heading south. Also, a nice young couple from Boiling Springs, PA, where the AT passes just walked out of their town heading south. I hiked The Priest and Spy Rock. Never seen so many wildflowers.

Mountain Man.

 

[Thomas]

(as of yesterday morning) 851 other people on the waiting list for the 033 with a cab… minimum of 5 months to be number 852… so we would go with what is in stock.

...Ground be froze possible snow on the ground when phone call comes in for delivery.

 

[rswyan]

54F and mostly cloudy @ 15:00 with the Sun occasionally peeking through. Calling for a high of 56F for the day.

If it hadn't rained early this morning I'd be tempted to go mow. As it is, I'll gladly settle for mowing tomorrow when it's supposed to be mostly sunny with a high of 66F.

Got the hopper feeder and the two tube feeders filled yesterday first thing. Need to refill one of the suet feeders.

Made a bit more progress up in the shop last night ... although was interrupted for a bit when neighbor stopped by and we shot the breeze for around an hour or so ...

Got the last piece all cleaned off and scrubbed and wire brushed. Then got the four holes drilled in it and got it welded to the angle it goes on:

Had to do a little grinding on the bottom after welding to accommodate the caster bracket:

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Then worked on getting the welds on the interior of the frame ground off flush:

Then installed the caster on the bracket and fitted things up to get a better idea of how it all would go together:

Did some clean up on the t-bolts with a wire brush in a die grinder as well.

Finished up around 04:00 and loaded up the stove before I headed back down to the house so it hopefully wouldn't be too chilly up there today.

Today I'll get that bracket tacked up and welded on, along with the four brackets for the feet.

A little clean up with a wire brush after that and it will be ready to prime and paint.

UPS just delivered one of the wiper blades for the Sprinter, the one for other side should be here in the next couple of days via USPS ... hopefully before we get much more rain.

Hope everyone is having a Happy Hump Day ...

 

[daugen]

after being motivated by RS's precision work, headed out to see if rear tail light will go back on rv.
at issue is whether the holes will line up since a few of them were in the broken zone.

had a nice lunch at Pineville Tavern in Pineville PA, in their covered outdoor new dining area that was full of plants and flowers everywhere.
Tall ceilings absorbed a lot of the noise but still had problems hearing.
Food was only ok for lots of money. Prime rib sandwich, sure not going to be eating any dinner tonight.
had some diet coke with lunch, no wonder I'm wide awake...
all in all an exceptionally unhealthy but fun lunch. My neighbor is losing her ability to walk, has to use a walker, this was all about getting her out
of the house for her upcoming birthday. She had fun, we all had fun.

rain is headed in, need to get one more dose of pollen outside before end of day.
washed the Volvo yesterday, dark blue car, turning tan by the hour.

 

[m7040]

Have a mystery. Found a red ball somewhat bigger that a tennis ball and heavy plastic. Was out in the middle of the field and ran over it mowing. Did not notice any tracks and was too far to be thrown . Any of you recognize this?

 

[sodamo]

Very nice, RS

 

[sodamo]

Think I found the leak

 

[Engineer42]

Have a mystery. Found a red ball somewhat bigger that a tennis ball and heavy plastic. Was out in the middle of the field and ran over it mowing. Did not notice any tracks and was too far to be thrown . Any of you recognize this?

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