Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Son is within an hr of home. He left too late, and has made too many stops. But hard making 700 mile trip alone.

 

[scaredychicken]

Buckeye - praying that your son has arrived safely

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking hot cup of coffee. 18° with mostly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 29°with a mix of sun and clouds. Christmas Tree is up. That's about all I got done yesterday after shoveling walkways. Need to clean them again this morning. Rest of the day will be spent conserving energy.
Got a break in clouds this morning for photo of Beaver almost full moon.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low was 10 and the high to 23°F. Wind WNW 11 gusting to 21 mph. 60% chance of flurries. (Snowing as I type this.)

The monthly shopping trip to North Bay is tomorrow, so today I will conserve energy.

I can't seem to get a particular song out of my head. I will have tro go into my WW2 song folder and listen to it. Lilli Marlene, the German version. "Underneath the lamp post, by the barrack gate....

Glad you got home safe and sound, Drew.

Have a safe day all

 

[Looking4new]

Lilli Marlene

English

Underneath the lantern by the barrack gate Darling I remember the way you used to wait 'Twas there that you whispered tenderly That you loved me, you'd always be My Lilli of the lamplight My own Lilli Marlene Time would come for roll call, time for us to part Darling I'd caress you and press you to my heart And there 'neath that far off lantern light I'd hold you tight, we'd kiss "Good-night" My Lilli of the lamplight My own Lilli Marlene Orders came for sailing somewhere over there All confined to barracks was more than I could bear I knew you were waiting in the street I heard your feet, but could not meet My Lilli of the lamplight My own Lilli Marlene Resting in a billet just behind the line Even tho' we're parted your lips are close to mine You wait where that lantern softly gleems Your sweet face seems to haunt my dreams My Lilli of the lamplight My own Lilli Marlene ​ German ​ Vor der Kaserne vor dem großen Tor stand eine Laterene und steht sie noch davor so wolln wir uns da wiedersehn bei der Laterene wolln wir stehn wie einst, Lili Marleen Unsre beiden Schatten sahn wie einer aus dasß wir so lieb uns hatten das sah man gleich daraus Und alle Leute solln es sehn wenn wir bei der Laterne stehn wie einst, Lili Marleen Schon rief der Posten Sie blasen Zapfenstreich es kann drei Tagr kosten!- Kam'rad, ich komm ja gleich da sagten wir auf Wiedersehn Wie gerne wolt ich mit dir gehn mit dir, Lili Marleen Deine Schritte kennt sie deinen zieren Gang alle Abend brennt sie mich vergaß sie lang Und sollte mir ein Leids geschehn wer wird bei der Laterne stehn mit dir, Lili Marleen Aus dem stillen Raume aus der Erde Grund hebt mich wie im Traume dein verliebter Mund Wenn sich die späten Nebel drehn werd ich dei der Laterne stehn wie einst, Lili Marleen

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Afternoon Ron,
Isn't that the darndest thing ! Well it is getting colder out Ron, and those little pests are looking for better accommodations !

Went into work for an hour and a half, and painted the rear bumper on the Peterbuilt work truck. Then went to our auto supply place and got a new air filter and two new wiper blades for my pickup ! $44 dollars later, best economy ever, and I am back in business !

Wanted to rotate the tires on the PU, but the aluminum rims are stuck to the cast iron hubs, so that didn't get done today ! Contemplating if I should just go and have it done at a tire facility and pay someone else to do it, rather than struggling with it !

Hope all have a great evening !

Ever since being stranded with a company car on the southern NJ Turnpike at 6 AM in January due to alloy rims that had electrochemically bonded to the steel rotor/drums, I have made it a practice to remove each wheel and coat the mating surfaces - and also the threads and beveled seats for the lug nuts - with anti-seize.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

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

28.3F maybe will get into 40a, sunny day forecasted.

back to old routine of Mrs telling me to not put too much wood in the stove before bed — and the the HVAC starting to cycle at 4AM, then me having to burn more wood to bring house back up to temp…

Dr. visit went well for all three of us. “See you all next year”

then lunch and a bit of grocery shopping, return home and prevented couch from floating away.

Today will be unloading firewood and stacking for next year, maybe begin bringing out some Christmas decorations from storage…

Harry finds sleeping in the most uncomfortable-looking positions comfortable:

 

[Helogabals]

Yo !

Here you can see how good morning I had

I understand, this is social thread, but we can discuss tractors here too, dont we ?

Funny thing. Sunday night used plow, was - 10 C. Then took it off and worked a bit with bucket. It was late, dropped tractor as is, with bucket on. Left plow indoors.
This morning obviously had to put plow back. Mechanically all good, but coudnt connect hydraulics of plow. Until realized that problem is temperature increase from -10 top +20 C. Thus pressure has raised and I simply coudnt press tip of quick connector.
Wasted good 20 min. F*** around. Pardon, but no other words on that. Loosen connector near cylinder, literally 5 g of oil leaked. Done.

~~~~~~~~
Plowed good 3 1/2 hours
That was really what my leaking nose needed.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
hard to believe, it's still November and forecast is for on and off snow flurries this morning.
perhaps a reminder to finish my winterizing?...

at least I'm not shoveling or scraping it...

didn't sleep all that well last night, kept thinking about all the stuff needed to be done.
Including xmas decorations, gifts, all the stuff I normally had done by now.

rv registration renewal came, one year or two, no discount, 154 a year.
Since I survived this last trip and no new dents!!...guess I'll pony up for the two year.

I have to figure out how to bribe, cajole, whine pitifully, moan endlessly, until Popgadget comes and supervises my toilet
repair. I need someone smarter than me. Figured out he could stand comfortably (hah) in the shower while I worked on the toilet after I had pulled it forward
about a foot. I have the tubing, the tools, the connectors, just not the experience or the confidence. I really want this fixed for good.
and the only person I know who knows how to do stuff aircraft quality is my favorite McGyver.

I drained the water tanks late yesterday, and left electric heat on set at 60. Still haven't drained hot water heater, pretty sure anode has to come out.
Will be interesting to see how much my new one decomposed after one season. I have a spare, they are cheap.
Reminds me of installing zincs on the bottom of my boat.

stepped on scales, lost four pounds on this trip. Scale only says FAT instead of VERY FAT.
all improvements gratefully accepted

Helo, your posts are the best. Do you have some good snow tires on that Tesla?

 

[riptides]

29 outside this AM, may get to 40. Beautiful moon these last two mornings.

Just cannot seem to capture it in photographs. So I just sit and look at the wonder of it for a few minutes.

Need to move some firewood around this AM. Possibly make the trip into the back with the splitter to work on the oak again. I think I am one third of the way through that tree.

Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

 

[Thomas]

32F now should be the high for today partly cloudy.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...8 hours at part store,not sure what I'll get into after work.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Engineer42]

Yo !

Here you can see how good morning I had


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I understand, this is social thread, but we can discuss tractors here too, dont we ?

Funny thing. Sunday night used plow, was - 10 C. Then took it off and worked a bit with bucket. It was late, dropped tractor as is, with bucket on. Left plow indoors.
This morning obviously had to put plow back. Mechanically all good, but coudnt connect hydraulics of plow. Until realized that problem is temperature increase from -10 top +20 C. Thus pressure has raised and I simply coudnt press tip of quick connector.
Wasted good 20 min. F*** around. Pardon, but no other words on that. Loosen connector near cylinder, literally 5 g of oil leaked. Done.

~~~~~~~~
Plowed good 3 1/2 hours
That was really what my leaking nose needed.

Just curious, what is sticking up behind your rear bumper on the car? Tried to zoom in and still can't make it out

 

[Engineer42]

good morning all
hard to believe, it's still November and forecast is for on and off snow flurries this morning.
perhaps a reminder to finish my winterizing?...

at least I'm not shoveling or scraping it...

didn't sleep all that well last night, kept thinking about all the stuff needed to be done.
Including xmas decorations, gifts, all the stuff I normally had done by now.

rv registration renewal came, one year or two, no discount, 154 a year.
Since I survived this last trip and no new dents!!...guess I'll pony up for the two year.

I have to figure out how to bribe, cajole, whine pitifully, moan endlessly, until Popgadget comes and supervises my toilet
repair. I need someone smarter than me. Figured out he could stand comfortably (hah) in the shower while I worked on the toilet after I had pulled it forward
about a foot. I have the tubing, the tools, the connectors, just not the experience or the confidence. I really want this fixed for good.
and the only person I know who knows how to do stuff aircraft quality is my favorite McGyver.

I drained the water tanks late yesterday, and left electric heat on set at 60. Still haven't drained hot water heater, pretty sure anode has to come out.
Will be interesting to see how much my new one decomposed after one season. I have a spare, they are cheap.
Reminds me of installing zincs on the bottom of my boat.

stepped on scales, lost four pounds on this trip. Scale only says FAT instead of VERY FAT.
all improvements gratefully accepted

Helo, your posts are the best. Do you have some good snow tires on that Tesla?

Not to be the safety police here, but please be careful with leaving that electric heater on in the camper Drew. I understand your reasoning, but a guy about a mile away from me did something similar a couple of years ago and ended up burning the camper and his house to the ground. Luckily everyone got out of the house.

 

[Helogabals]

Just curious, what is sticking up behind your rear bumper on the car? Tried to zoom in and still can't make it out

Tow bar. Standard 50 mm ball
If tractor is busy I can do such tricks

 

[wngsprd]

Beautiful moon these last two mornings.

Just cannot seem to capture it in photographs. So I just sit and look at the wonder of it for a few minutes.

Same here.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Buckeye - praying that your son has arrived safely

Thanks, he got in at 12:30 am, 13.5 hr trip.

 

[wngsprd]

25 going to 42, then down to 17. Time to leave the cabinet doors open under the sinks.

BEF, glad son arrived home safely. My New York son prefers to drive down here in the middle of the night to avoid all the traffic.

Who knew a Tesla could tow?

Had a great hike up at the lake yesterday. But almost nobody there on such a pretty day.

 

[wngsprd]

A branch of Lake Anna...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

34°, won’t rise much and getting colder tonight. Been windy.
Woke early with leg cramp and headache.
Not sure what I’ll get into today. Maybe not much, I’ve been good at that lately. My lazyboy has been in no danger of floating away.
Snagglepuss spent the afternoon yesterday sleeping on our bed. I would have kept her in last night but she didn’t come back around at bedtime.
Drew, glad trip went well, and thanks again for the visit. Weather sure has changed since then.

 

[Helogabals]

Helo, your posts are the best. Do you have some good snow tires on that Tesla?

I am too old to fall for such compliments
If you would help me to polish my language skills, that would be great. Don't be afraid to improve (correct) me if you see mistakes Style, sequence of words. Sometimes I feel myself, that I am typing something silly but urge to express myself is bigger than shame

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For tires I have Michelin Pilot Alpine3
Really happy with them.
Here in EU we have 2 general types of tires. Central/south motorists normally drives with rather hard tires. Still winter, but harder tires.
Nord mainly uses "friction" or "soft" tires. Sponges Riga is on 57-th parallel. For Nord America that's already South Canada. So I assume we are in Center / Nord. But that line is really blurred. So those who are looking for stability in higher speed goes for Centro-type. Those Michelin I have are Nordic. Doesn't last THAT many miles, and really dont like to run over 100 mph. But for snow / ice