Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Happy Birthday Scootr

 

[sodamo]

I guess I'm not a young man any longer...

Just more mature, not old.

Have to admit I bristle a bit when some kid writes a piece about someone “elderly” only to read they are younger than me.

 

[sodamo]

Doing our own haircuts was something we learned early on. One of the things with many kids is that we had to find ways to save time. Taking kids to get haircuts takes lots of time. This as well as shopping for shoes clothes etc had to be streamlined. With a few kids we had the luxury of going to stores and take our time but not later on.
Bought a hundred shoes on a factory surplus sale and saved lots of time. Got all the Y's surplus tees and saved lots time and so forth

So true. I am oldest of 8.
Catalyst for this was last haircut, Sophie saw I paid $42 for the 2 of us. Just plain, simple cuts, not styling or anything. Next trip to Costco resulted in $46 clippers. Only $4 from break even, next cut.

 

[ronjhall]

Good morning, the low is 17 and the high to 21°F. Wind NE 2 mph. 30% chance of flurries.

2 spare (new) sump pumps in the basement where they will live until the current 'spare' dies. It seems to be working the way it should, so time will tell.

Plans for today = none.

Happy New Year, all.

I have 2 spare pedestal sump pumps. Seems to be a good plan to have 2 spares. They have been spares for over 30 years.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good morning all. At least it was morning when I started the post. 30for the start, clear sky, breezy. Putter to start day, cleaned ashes in insert up, was going to work on dinning table pile but have yet to start. Going for bike ride and dinner at stepdaughter with nap mix in there somewhere. Will get caught up tonight.
Sunday morning 4:36 AM CST posts:
Drew hope they can decrease the frequency of the scans, and this on comes back clean
Phil glad you were able to repair the turning. Nice to get Sun. Hope family time and dinner good.
Bill sorry about the pumps giving out, not bad price increase over 30 years.
Billy glad it was dry enough to use wheelbarrow. Sounds like you are almost done with that batch of firewood.
Kilroy congrats on having enough cash on hand to make through Sunday Hope church and woodlot trip were both good.
Scott(vt) Sorry no sun. Glad you could recover the getting clothing caught in the equipment. Nice you were not damaged either Nice pic
Thomas hope you enjoyed your slow-mo da. Nice way to end 2023.
Frits glad phone repair complete, wonder what will happen when they run out of pairs? Good luck on podcast. Menu sounds delicious.
Paul surprised not more damage to brush hog. Glad just a straight forward straighten job. Have with the speaker builds. Glad you got some son time and R/C time. Glad no snow yet with the tractor not ready.
David glad you got some stuff done inspite of weather.
Ken hope dinner was good. Hope firewood was moved. Glad tire ok for now. We had some ornamental grass like that, blocked too much view and wife did not like it so it was gone after 3 year project. Thanks for pics
Drew thanks for link. Sorry the deer were such a problem.
Kyle hope church was good. Mickey Dee's for lunch always lower on the list for me.
Don thanks for info on wasting disease.
Thomas good to hear good morning at bear center.
Scott(vt) good remarks on oil and gas (including propane). They did have an issue with a natural gas delivery system a few years ago in the DFW area and a house blew up . Poor maintenance on fireplace can burn your house down.
Dftodd hope tires are not filled.
Ted glad you could fix fan motor on Jeep. Hope conversation goes well with future SIL.
Ted Ford and Fokker trimotors were common place at what is now Lambert international airport.
Rand(wag) Glad you made it to midnight. Hope you found all the calendars.
Bill sorry you missed out, wife and I got to to a short hop on one, she asked for co-pilot seat and got it !
Paul did you hear how hard it was to get to that point they could turn out 1 b-24 per hour.
This morning posts, 3:45 AM CST
Ron sorry to hear about your neighbor tripping and juries. Very nice Sassy pic.
Ron thanks for update on explosion. bet air museum is neat.
Drew nice to hear about well your inflatables are doing. Now if only you can get hot tube working again. Thanks for reminder to be Careful!
Billy nice way to end year, with a little seat time. Neat pic
Helo thanks for info on the different groups and how the Christmas and New Year.
NHBX hope you had a good easy day.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Mark /sister liver transplant and recovery, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[sodamo]

Drew, curious did you get your dual speakers working?
What were your thoughts on my usb hub/dongle suggestion?

 

[Buppies]

Good you are doing well mostly wish I had your memory

 

[Buppies]

Which up date is it asking for m7040?

 

[ronjhall]

Happy new year 2024. Hopefully it is truly a new year with some changes.
This is my 70th yr
I will stop drinking and start exercising. Wish me luck - I'll need it to get started.
I got my new plasma cutter running yesterday. Itching for a project...

septuagenarian is hard to pronounce.
octogenarian is much easier to pronouce. You only have to wait 10 more years. ​

 

[scootr]

septuagenarian is hard to pronounce. ​

octogenarian is much easier to pronouce. You only have to wait 10 more years. ​

I may know how to say subjugatarian by the time I'm 80

 

[scootr]

Productive day. I moved the mowers through the shop. While touching up the cutting edges on the flail mower I found a split hammer and replaced it. Glad to get that before it got worse. Then hard-faced the skids on both mowers, grease and oil. They are ready to go. Fields are getting green.

 

[sodamo]

The Apple menu has now shown a recovery contact invitation for software that suddenly showed up
No way to delete it and I don’t want to open it
Any ideas on what to do to get rid of it
It shows on the pc as well as phone

Frits, not seeing anything like that either on my ipad or iphone.

 

[daugen]

Drew, curious did you get your dual speakers working?
What were your thoughts on my usb hub/dongle suggestion?

can easily toggle back and forth, but not both at once.
I did not see your suggestion; sorry.
is this what you were mentioning:

https://www.amazon.com/Extender-Spl...=usb+hub+multiport&qid=1704148469&sr=8-3&th=1​

cheap enough, worth a try.

 

[sodamo]

can easily toggle back and forth, but not both at once.
I did not see your suggestion; sorry.
is this what you were mentioning:

https://www.amazon.com/Extender-Spl...=usb+hub+multiport&qid=1704148469&sr=8-3&th=1​

cheap enough, worth a try.

Yup, something similar, lots of choices. I agree, inexpensive to try.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Had few snow flurries today, just enough to notice. can't get pellet stove to light, will have to mess with it.

 

[Thomas]

Special thoughts prayers for BIL LS.

 

[PJSprog]

28°F and cloudy this morning, getting up to 38° today.

I started feeling better a few days ago, but the Wife's progress has been a bit slower. She's still fighting the coughing.

Three day weekend is over now. Back to work tomorrow, and "the long drought" before the next holiday, which is Memorial Day at the end of May.

Happy New Year, gents.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening Guys,
A nice sunset for the first day of 2024 !

Also got the front legs for the sculptured rocking chairs to the point were they are ready for turning the tapers on the lathe !
Where is Phil, when I could use him ?

Hope all have a good evening!

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Tuesday) morning. Overnight Low of 17.8C and it's presently 23.7C, overcast with the odd gust of wind.

Yesterday, after replacing all of my calendars & tabulating last year's rainfall total (758.6mm) I decided to mow the property with the Z-turn; house/driveway/horse exercise area/front paddock. It took about 1.5hrs. Thank goodness I bought that Z-turn a couple of years ago.

I'm not sure what I'll get up to today. My Mate has just headed into town for a haircut/car wash & a few groceries to tide us over 'til tomorrow's 'real' into-town trip.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Looking4new]

I have 2 spare pedestal sump pumps. Seems to be a good plan to have 2 spares. They have been spares for over 30 years.

I miss the old GSW pumps.
Dad had installed a Otacko piston pump in the house I grew older in. You knew when the sump pump came on, thumpa, thumpa very softly.
He put another piston pump up in the attic right beside the 55 gallon barrel that held our toilet flushing water. It had a micro switch on it and when the barrel got low enough the pump would suck up the water out of the well and fill the barrel. He eventually plumbed the bath tub into the system