Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

PopGadget - pretty happy with my Combi Boiler- so far keeps up better than the old one and so far looks like 25% less oil. What fuel do you wan to run?

Propane. It will be a small unit, looks like the heat load is going to be about 30k btu. Interesting that a 110k unit can throttle back to 13k for demand.

 

[daugen]

Drew, are you going to be going through Texas first, then NM? Or are you coming from the west and through here on the way back?

Ted, I'm heading East, going home, stopping in Salida CO to visit family after I pass by your area.
some backtracking is fine, but looks like I can take 41 up to 285 and then 25 going North to CO.
that whole area looks pretty remote, not a lot of folks on those roads North.

 

[Popgadget]

Well, I landed in Jacksonville at 8:30 this morning. Of course we can’t check into the hotel until after 3, so we did some exploring. I don’t usually have this view on my way to the airport-

 

[two_bit_score]

The problems were always related to new owners coming from cities.

That is the underlying reason for a lot of problems, everywhere. Good luck!

 

[rswyan]

Good Afternoon.

41F and "Fair" @ 14:00, calling for a high of 45F for the day. Low this morning was 25.2F.

Warm temps (50's) through Friday then rain on Saturday as a cold front comes through and temps drop to more normal for this time of year.

Got WonderBoard cut last night using the cement/fiber blade in the jigsaw. It was close to fitting but still needs a little further trimming for the appropriate gaps ... so I'll work on that sometime this afternoon/evening.

10,000 lumen LED light (one of two) out in the garage appeared to fail last night as I was doing that. Supposedly rated for a 20,000+ hour life, very disappointing as it's only been a couple of years and I'm sure nowhere that amount of hours.

Noticed as I was taking it down that the clear plastic cover was full of small bugs at the bottom. Took cover off and cleaned the cover out thinking maybe the bugs had something to do with the failure. Still need to blow the rest of the bulb out and see if that makes any difference which is doubtful. Bulb flashes when fed power.

Curious - how many folks have finished floors underneath their kitchen cabinets ... rather than just the plywood subfloor ?

Still need to get old dishwasher and old inner tub loaded into the van. Remembered that the 40 year-old Kenmore microwave needs to go too ... so will haul that out of the dining room where it's sitting now that I have the tires on the two-wheeler pumped up. Might wait a couple more days when it will be about 10F warmer.

At a minimum, the hopper feeder needs checked, probably needs filled. The little ones that frequent the tube feeder definitely do not prefer the cheap seed I've started using. Tube feeder will probably last better than a week where before I was lucky if the refill lasted 4 days.

Plants in dining room no doubt need watered.

Woman planning on a trip to the grocery store, then has to pick up neighbor who is dropping her van off at the local repair shop for work.

Maybe a trip down to Menards this evening to pay for new refrigerator and get the delivery scheduled.

Think we'll put it in the dining room initially, which is just off the kitchen. That will give us a chance to fire it up and get it cool before unloading the current unit.

Hope everyone is having a decent Tuesday ...

 

[Buppies]

Very true two_bit

 

[Wagtail]

Wagtail, sounds nice there.
when you go over to the mainland, do you normally take the high speed ferries?
I always wanted to ride on one of those.
or do most people fly?

must be nice living on your own island!

G'day Mate... there's no high-speed ferry between us and the mainland. Although they are built here. "Incat" Incat - Wikipedia

For the most part, people fly, unless you need to take your vehicle. Bookings, months in advance, are required on the "Spirit of Tasmania" ferries.

And, yes, it is wonderful living on an island, but with 'living on an island' (even a very large one) problems... such as a lot of things need to be shipped here.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Wednesday) morning. Overnight Low of 9.5C and it's presently 24.7C, clear & calm. There was a paltry 0.2mm in the gauge @ 0900. (Still, that's better than 'a sharp stick in the eye' )

The horses were, indeed, transferred to Paddock #4 yesterday evening so, later on this arvo, I'll have some tractor fun cleaning up Paddock #3. The wind should be moderate which will reduce my being covered in 'horse dust'.

But first, it's 'into town' day for groceries & I'll top the ute up with petrol.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Looking4new]

I stumbled on this video about our shared borders. (U.S. and Canada)

 

[two_bit_score]

I stumbled on this video about our shared borders. (U.S. and Canada)

Very interesting. Especially the demographic info toward the end.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 39ºF for the start, partly cloudy sky, light breeze. Light wind, increasing cloudiness, and high temp of 64ºF. Cleaning ladies came today so after making coffee, worked on some straightening up. Finished more estate paperwork, Lunch bike ride and nap then dinner. Yesterday got a phone call from St Louis that a former neighbor had died. Today got word that daughter of a fraternity brother had committed suicide. Had to call granddaughter and talk talk to her.
David glad good food and HH. nice pic
Helo glad you won against the snow. Sorry about no car for 2 days. Cool video.
Dennis Glad you got to enjoy HH with David. Cool pics
Dennis more cool pics.
Paul hope house design goes well. Hope your trips go smoothly.
Ron sorry filters not changed, glad progress on limb pick up. Nice dear
Bill thanks for the heads up on next video.
Two_bit sorry pre-spooled line getting hard to get.
Drew hope the taping help and greenhouse warm enough.
Buppies sorry to hear cancers will not stop. prayers sent.
Thomas hope you had energy left after 8 hours at parts store.
Billy sorry about MIL setback. Hope you get some wife time and wife gets some rest time.
Mike hope milk house work was productive.
RNG glad nice day yesterday. Hope today went well.
Sorry heater did so poorly. hope propane better.
Ken glad sheet rock keeps getting closer to done. Hope day job went ok.
Scott(vt) hope you got your sun
Plowhog good to hear snow pack catching up to normal. Nice red wing Blackbird.
Don glad you found another place to get haircut. Sorry luck not better at H&F. Hope knee pass the test.
Lou hope you get you maple syrup.
David glad you got to meet Dennis and family. Sorry too wet to mow.
Ted hope you get rain this time. glad errands went well yesterday. Hope the cabinet goes well.
Frits hope GD doing ok, still praying. Hope D catches up soon. Amazing how clueless some city folk are. Glad the shooting subsided.
Dennis hope flight was good.
Dennis thanks for sharing that post.
Paul nice pic
RS when we built St Louis house floors were finished baseboard to baseboard, then cabinets installed. Sorry about light, how many hours per day is it on?
Randy(wag) hope town trip went well. Hope you got good seat time and not covered in "horse dust".
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /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, /dad surgery recovery, 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.

 

[two_bit_score]

Two_bit sorry pre-spooled line getting hard to get.

It will just be another job for me to do keeping a couple spools ready to go for her. I dont really mind at all considering she does our taxes and is good at it.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 23° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 46° with partly cloudy skies. Got last of limbs picked up and move to chipper pile. Put chipper on tractor. Lubed it. Ready to do some chipping today.
Lots of sun at feeders yesterday.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

23 going to 49. Lots of stars, so should see lots of sun later.

Mostly, sorry to hear about the two deaths in your world, especially hate to hear about young folks. Hope you over your sickness.

Got all my cut firewood split and stacked on the pallet. Splitter started on 2nd pull...it's behaved very nicely this year. May try to cut some more today. Ankle still bothersome. Otherwise, will clean my roaster and roast a couple of batches.

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
21 going to a sunny 40!
Good day to putter outside!
Second cup of coffee is brewing as I get caught up on this fast moving thread!
Wife had eye appt. yesterday and the results and numbers are great! She will keep doing her routine and hopefully it will stay stable!
Did some rough out turning work in the shop that will have to sit and dry for a couple of weeks. Need to clean up a bit down there.
We will go for our walk once it warms up a bit.
Other then that no news is good news!
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!
Pic of Catalpa on the lathe. Interesting spicy type smell while turning!

 

[Helogabals]

Good morning !

-4...-5 C, lot of snow and wind. Quite a combination
Anyway - I won again. Started early, plowed and brushed snow, now have nice clean cobblestones. All grip is there No salt or sand, just brush

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Got "Yes" from one customer on nice spraying machine. Almost 200k order. First big this year. Loyal customer, nice dude. Have to make paperwork, invoices etc

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No luck with car, part was wrong. good to have tractor, at least something for my mobility
Just kidding, will order pizza with delivery

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A little late for good morning

39 going to 42 with beautiful sunshine.


Helo, have not been able to catch up with D yet. She must be busy. We usually get lots of pictures from her travels but her trip to Riga not so much. Again busy. Although she did send one from a restaurant in Riga with a lot of Soviet era weapons and one of her holding a side arm in one hand and a rocket in the other hand. Hopefully they were all made safe to handle?

Not surprised. She had meeting with our President, PM, few ministers, First Lady of Ukraine. Ok, not 1:1, but with her group. Must been intensive.
Frankly have no idea at which restaurant she have been. I am 100 % sure it was safe. Here we have crazy strong rules on arms

 

[daugen]

good morning all
Phil you are up early!
25 out now going to 48 today in sunshine
have laundry to do this morning, not a favorite task
hoping when warmer this afternoon I might be able to put a few trays of seeds out in the sun.
greenhouse propane heater due in today, tonight will be the test whether it works or if I have wasted my time here.

have researched the nice greenhouses the amish build and deliver to your home.
closest place is in Quakertown, the Lapps, and an 8x10 greenhouse with all the necessary ventilation options
costs close to $7k. I figured I would do this next year, not this year with traveling.
Alternative is $2k dyi kit, and $1k to pay two guys to build it.
more research to do

 

[plowhog]

Pic of Catalpa on the lathe. Interesting spicy type smell while turning!

That looks like it will be fantastic when finished!

25F going to 35 in Beautiful Northern Nevada. Still waiting to learn amount of mountain snowpack increase after the deluge.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

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

22.1F going to low 60s, sunny day forecasted.

getting a little behind on the GM thread, but then again I am behind on a bunch of things the last couple days

still haven’t worked on takes, sill need to fire up excavator and tractor and do greasing, .

But it has been good sauna weather, and after work the last couple days I have fired it up and we have had a couple good sessions and then keep the couches from wandering off.
Working again today, job volume is increasing, production system has been much more predictable and stable than the training system was. Revisiting old CDs is fun, too! A couple days back, there was discussion here about studio albums vs live albums, and one of my favorite live albums came into the rotation: BRIEFCASE FULL OF BLUES by The Blues Brothers — what a treat! it has what IMO is the best cover of Rubber Biscuit by The Chips ever.

Time to get ready for work again, Harry going to doggie daycare on work days is working out well.

i hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!!!! 46F and raining at 3:45AM. Mostly cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 58F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

Productive day yesterday. Dropped van off for warranty work at the dealer, but dealer's internet connection was down. They won't be able to complete some of the firmware updates, or even sell cars, until it's restored. On the way down we found traffic lights either weren't working or were out all together in several towns due to wide spread power outages. The lights were on at the dealer, but apparently it's effecting network services.

Made it up to Chico, snagged a nice Mexican lunch, then grocery shopping, more boxes from HD, and back home. Lots of wet roads, but we missed the showers, and was finally able to put the cover on a dry car. Skirt steak was good for dinner.

More boxes means more packing today, and some loading as well. Already have 41 small size (HD and Walmart) boxes to load, but that's just a drop in the bucket.

Point and condensers did have some advantages…