Good morning!!!!

[KilroyJC]

Is this the cast iron with flat lid to bake on the lid?

No, it has a knob. Just pulled it out of ce hole and it is the 3-1/2qt size, currently on the stove with some water, baking soda, and detergent, on low heat to loosen up the residue.

I have two vintage NACCO Dutch ovens that have the flat lid that can be used as a griddle though…

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Happy birthday to Kilroy's mom!

I had to take my 94 years young mom to ER for fluid in her lungs. We are Awaiting X-ray results. On O2, she's up to 92. On hurried trip back to her hometown, she was down to 73 O2.

Don on a worrisome tightrope with a bum knee. Glad it ended well. Don the price of the house and land is probably 85%land. So don't sweat it too much.

Son started coming down with a cold. No fever so far a day into it.

I get to see these blackbird clouds darting around and know I'll be trying to count the birds in 6 packs.

Billy, glad wifey got to come home for a night. Hope things get better soon.

Not how we planned Thanksgiving, but still so much to be thankful for.

Prayers for our team.

 

[KilroyJC]

Yep, the VIOFO has it all. I just didn't list them. And the picture quality is unmatched within the price range. That's why I upgraded from the 119 to the 129 Duo. Dashcam Viewer has a huge list of compatible cameras/systems. You can view the videos with a lot of software including Windows Media Player. They're simply MP4 files. But you don't get the map or combined view of front/rear cameras. I've found it entertaining to watch some of the near misses and happenings going on around me while out and about. You don't always catch them while driving in traffic. And most certainly not the ones behind you.

“What is behind me is not in front of me!”

Franco Bertollini, “Gumball Rally”, 1976

 

[KilroyJC]

Happy birthday to Kilroy's mom!

I had to take my 94 years young mom to ER for fluid in her lungs. We are Awaiting X-ray results. On O2, she's up to 92. On hurried trip back to her hometown, she was down to 73 O2.

Don on a worrisome tightrope with a bum knee. Glad it ended well. Don the price of the house and land is probably 85%land. So don't sweat it too much.

Son started coming down with a cold. No fever so far a day into it.

I get to see these blackbird clouds darting around and know I'll be trying to count the birds in 6 packs.

Billy, glad wifey got to come home for a night. Hope things get better soon.

Not how we planned Thanksgiving, but still so much to be thankful for.

Prayers for our team.

Thank you!

 

[KilroyJC]

Happy birthday to Kilroy's mom!

I had to take my 94 years young mom to ER for fluid in her lungs. We are Awaiting X-ray results. On O2, she's up to 92. On hurried trip back to her hometown, she was down to 73 O2.

Don on a worrisome tightrope with a bum knee. Glad it ended well. Don the price of the house and land is probably 85%land. So don't sweat it too much.

Son started coming down with a cold. No fever so far a day into it.

I get to see these blackbird clouds darting around and know I'll be trying to count the birds in 6 packs.

Billy, glad wifey got to come home for a night. Hope things get better soon.

Not how we planned Thanksgiving, but still so much to be thankful for.

Prayers for our team.

Hope your mom does better through the upcoming holidays!

 

[Popgadget]

No evidence that I ever had the Honda generator hooked up for autostart via the current system.

To the best of my knowledge, Honda never made a generator capable of unattended remote starting.
I once converted a GX620 to propane and made auto start controls for it.
The biggest challenge was a signal to tell it the start was complete. Oil pressure came up too quick, was there before start was complete, same with flywheel alternator output. Ended up using the output of the generator that it was running. That also locked out the starter if it was running.

That’s the long way of saying that it probably didn’t auto start.

 

[wngsprd]

Kyle, prayers for your mom.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 45 going to 57 and cloudy. Got a little under 2" of rain yesterday.
Got the "seating" from the firepit moved out, tractor certainly makes this fast.

Got the name of a specialist from my very good heart Dr. Will try getting an appointment asap.

After Dr. went shopping to pick up more veggies and some stuff for Thanksgiving.

Unknown what i will do today.

Be well,

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s 45 and grey, with a high of 55 as it clears. Rain was over when I woke up, we got a total of 2-1/4” since yesterday afternoon.

Yesterday was a lot of little chores. Biggest accomplishment was getting the zoning variance that I applied for to build my “in law suite”.

Today I’ll do some thanksgiving prep in the kitchen, get the smoker ready to go for tomorrow, I told a friend that I would cook two spatchcocked turkeys for him if he prepped them. So he plans to bring them Thursday morning, I’ll have the smoker fired up and ready.

Not much else to report for today, we’ll see what trouble finds me throughout the day.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Guys,
Ct, 39 to start going to 50 ! Rain has stopped, good thing, I’m working today !

David and Helo impressive power systems ! Would love to talk, but I have to go back to work !

Have a Great day !!

 

[wngsprd]

Rip, sorry about your tree...hope the standing part survives.

I guess it's obvious I am closely following these Virginia forest fires. The big one of 11,000 acres covers one of my very favorite hiking areas...not looking forward to seeing how it has been affected, but I know the regrowth will be beautiful and beneficial for wildlife.

The "fire behavior specialist" associated with this fire said yesterday's rain was the equivalent to over 2 million fire truck loads of water...but the loosened soil may get rocks tumbling and trees falling.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 57F @ 7:15AM. Sunshine and clouds mixed. High around 75F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.

Glad you can keep track of all that, David. Sounds like you've got the belt'n'suspenders thing going strong. According to the Owner's manual, the little Honda EU6500is generator here can be fitted with an optional remote start plug. I've never bothered to do so, just as I don't keep a starter battery in it. One less battery to fool with, and it starts easily with the rope pull. I did convert it to run on propane, but haven't had the opportunity to run it that way in an outage since going solar.

Congrats on the variance, Paul. Quite an accomplishment, as those kind of things can be quite arbitrary at the regulatory level.

I think I read somewhere that Costco is constantly rearranging things so they can clean under the racks. I also hate that. No Costco pumpkin pie for us: Too bland. Picked up a sweet potato pie from Albertson's instead, recommended by a local authority. 8)

Speaking of Turkey Day, need to get out the Alton Brown cookbook and brush up on roasting the darn thing. Twelve pound Butterball for a buck a pound, with a digital coupon from Albertson's. Which I understand is in the Safeway family.

Got a reply from the mail person on the note I left her. It seems that the mail hold I set up was still in effect, expiring yesterday. Pretty sure I cancelled it, but I've made and altered/cancelled so many requests in the past six months it's hard to remember what happened when. In spite of marking them on the calendar every time. We'll see if the missing packages get delivered today.

Also learned that SunRun has not changed ownership of the solar power system here over to my name because they're waiting on a copy of the deed. They'd assigned a case manager to my account, but the person never bothered to let me in on the secret. I have a paper copy of it up north, but don't seem to have an e-copy on this laptop, something I'll have to look into after the holiday.

Moved a cabinet and shelf unit into a spare bedroom, along with most of the boxes of stuff that came from them. Got about half of it unpacked; will do more today. Procrastinated on the garage cleanup, so that's still on the menu.

Happy Hump Day/Thanksgiving Eve...

 

[sodamo]

68°F and .02 inches rain.

This morning I will attempt to sort thru the wiring maze to find the correct pairing. Whoever put together such an undocumented mesh should be shot, Me. IM sure it was totally sensible 4 years ago. Probably find the drawing when not looking for it.

And then the BX. Oh wait, been saying a couple days now.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[daugen]

what a morning
thankfully despite raining the entire drive, the downpour waited til I got five minutes from the campground near Holden Beach SC. Went across the road to Holden Beach seafood and got some shrimp and crab for Thanksgiving treats. Shrimp will be my appetizer; brought some Kelchner cocktail sauce with me. Probably will make crab cakes out of the backfin crab for tonight. I even have some mustard and bread crumbs. And maybe a few drops of siracha sauce.

I'm at the very far end of a new rv campground that is basically a huge flat parking lot, everything paved with concrete pads. Very easy to get in and out. Not many folks here.
won't be taking pics for a while.
had to change my clothes when I got in from hooking up power.
pants were soaking wet
I'll wait til the rain stops (?) to finish hooking things up.

I left extra early this morning to try to avoid most of the heavier storms coming in now. Seems to have worked.
time for a nap

65 in Holden Beach, 41 tonight, cold weather dropping down

I passed some very nice marinas nearby, lots of big sportfishermen lined up with their sea of riggers and Carolina flare.

 

[riptides]

68°F and .02 inches rain.

This morning I will attempt to sort thru the wiring maze to find the correct pairing. Whoever put together such an undocumented mesh should be shot, Me. IM sure it was totally sensible 4 years ago. Probably find the drawing when not looking for it.

And then the BX. Oh wait, been saying a couple days now.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

In a past life an engineer told me that if you ever want to piss off another engineer, just add a wire.

Seems that may be universally applied.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low of 24°, heading towards 55°. We got 0.34" of rain and wet snow a couple of days ago. Maybe some more on Friday.

Got some things moved into the addition--- a sleeper chair, the wifey's plant stand w/ plants, and her sewing cabinets. May move the baker's rack (used as our desk) into there today, but all the computer stuff and bins of paperwork have to be removed first..... might wait on it for a couple days.

Then I will have the chance to get the shelves installed. I finished sanding them yesterday, but still need to stain them today. That is the last thing to do on the inside.

The outside needs to get the walkway repaired (new gravel) and associated border rocks. The other side needs a landscape bed extended and then 'ended' at the walkway. Probably going to go and get a load of stone to have it here for the weekend....(I'm no fool --- I have a big strapping Grandson and a tough, strong son available for manual labor for the next 5 days!).

Wifey started to precook some of the wonderful fixings for tomorrow. I/we are very thankful. With all that has gone on over the past few years, we could be in a very different situation. A favorite is her combo cheesecake / pumpkin pie. --- definitely a "2 slice" delicious dessert.

Kilroy, I'm a little late, but please wish your mom a belated birthday.

Drew, nice pics, thanks. Glad that Shorty was a nice guy. Good move to not get involved in the political arena....

Rip, sorry about the tree, but good that it was out in the open.

RNG, hope you get the solar company to transfer the ownership without too much difficulty. Why do they need a deed? --- sounds strange. You own the house / land.... they shouldn't need one. I'm getting tired just reading about you installing those overhead shelves......

Dennis, I'm envious that you got some seat time spreading gravel....

I am surprised at the fires back east.... there's always moisture and humidity there.... hopefully the recent rains gets them under control.

Way too many pages to get caught up on.... I'm sure I missed a bunch of stuff....

Everyone have a great day and a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

 

[riptides]

Looks like the weather is clearing, time to get the chain saw out.

Sinks finally made it back home. Look good. Only issue, the Milk House cabinet will not fit the sink. So if there is time available I will need to build out a new counter top.

Hey, I did not pick out the cabinet......

Other sink now in my study. Will reside on the floor until the entire kitchen gets gutted and rebuilt. Yes, rebuilt...not "renovated". Need to address floors and walls. Plus there is an old chimney lurking in there. LOL.

A project for next year. Years. LOL.

 

[txdon]

Good afternoon! 35˚ this morning with a North breeze and clear skies, now 60˚

PT went well, was able to increase weights and repetitions. Off to Doctors for a routine 4 week x-ray of the knee.

 

[daugen]

cheesecake pumpkin pie
Ted can you overnight a big piece here?
it sounds wonderful

another round of rain, should be ending soon and a nice day in coastal Southern NC tomorrow but much cooler

 

[sodamo]

To the best of my knowledge, Honda never made a generator capable of unattended remote starting.
I once converted a GX620 to propane and made auto start controls for it.
The biggest challenge was a signal to tell it the start was complete. Oil pressure came up too quick, was there before start was complete, same with flywheel alternator output. Ended up using the output of the generator that it was running. That also locked out the starter if it was running.

That’s the long way of saying that it probably didn’t auto start.

I do believe you are correct, Paul
I bought this EU7W2 2-Wire start right after I bought the EU7000. Worked great when connected. Signal from my inverter to a 12vdc relay.

What’s currently frustrating is according to my memory once I relocated the Honda in proximity to my control box I anticipated a simple 2 wire swap. Maybe need to trouble shoot this module. Guess my relay coulda gone bad too. Oh well, I’ll figure it out eventually.