Good morning!!!!

[Wagtail]

Good (Sunday) morning. Overnight Low of 10.5C and it's presently 22.4C, overcast and calm.

Yesterday's trip to Launceston (Launie ) to see my Urologist went very well and he won't need to see me for another year, except there's juuuust one more 'test' he wants to do. So I'll be back to see him on the 2nd of March.

I was able to stop off at Bunnings for a couple of things and, of course, another item 'jumped off the shelf' to add to my wee projects list. Home by 1930.

I'm back from Church and the rest of the day is His.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[txdon]

Got the jicamas, ready to make the nachos for the big game tomorrow.

A good friend of mine has 2 tickets for the 2024 Super Bowl, 50 yrd line box seats. He paid $2,500 each, he didn't realize last year when he bought them, it was going to be on the same day as his wedding. If you're interested, he's looking for someone to take his place. It's at St. Michaels Church, at 3pm. The bride's name is Sheila she's 5'4", about 115 lbs, good cook too. She'll be the one in the white dress.

 

[Buppies]

Glad you did not hurt anything seriously LS

Nice wood work mpham Don looking good on shelf

Did get to NC got wife’s watch that had been off for repair since October. Great dinner at Milners in Winston Salem. Stopped in Greensboro got wife couple pairs of socks at REI, glad to be home

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 49ºF for the start overcast, light breeze. Light wind, overcast with periods of rain, and high temp was 58ºF. Bike ride to start the day, thought we might get 3 laps in before rain, rain started near end of second lap, then slowed we got 6 more miles in 30 miles total. Started fire after ride, then napped, and orders a pizza for dinner
Buppies prayers sent.
Dennis lot of movie/TV in one place!
Ron good to hear you are getting better. 60ºF must be rare for you in Feb. Nice woodpecker.
Billy glad Costco run went well and family traveled safely to your house, hope Christmas celebration goes well. Nice crocus, it's doing well.
Thomas enjoy the short day.
Helo thanks for house pics, and more info.
Bill glad switch there. Nice luck tree missed anything important. Will not hold breath per your instructions
Helo glad electricians made headway. Hope programmer finish soon. Growing up had heat in floor, talk about thermal inertia. Sorry heater hard to find. Have fun at Rancho.
Drew hope flowers did ok. Hope apple run was good.
Mike hope durock hanging went well.
Frits sorry stomach not well prayers for improvement. Thanks for Riga pic.
Scott(vt) hope you could sneak some lathe work in. Hope function went well.
Don glad no surprises in blood work results. We only got 1/2 normal miles before rain got us. Hope you got some fertilizer.
Drew good to hear low 41 in greenhouse. Have fun with greenhouse and plants. Nice pics
Buppies good to hear getting wife's watch back, hope all is well with it. I do like original series the best.
RNG sorry about the trampoline. Hope someone will take it. Sorry about issues unpacking car. Is green waste lawn clippings and such?
Ken enjoy the superbowl part. Good to hear more bits up last night. Good luck rearranging for everything.
Drew I seam to recall stamped steel valve covers were notorious for leaking.
Ted congrats on the snow. Sorry about the fall and bodily damage. Good luck finding something to watch.
David find motivation can be tricky Hope you find it today.
Two_bit thanks for the rodeo info and the George Paul info.
Don sorry you are getting invaded, and sorry wife's class rained out. Nothing is the norm for me at estate sales.
David happy birthday to neighbor.
Don nice plate.
Drew glad heater worked well.
Dennis I was at North shore last November. Neat pic.
RS glad fridge delivered no problem, hope you get cabinet ready for it. Nice looking install in dishwasher, glad no leaks.
Rich great looking motorcycle.
Don what town is the wedding in? Want pics of the jicamas as nachos.
Buppies glad good trip to retrieve watch.
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]

mostly_ if you are familiar with the Del Rio area you will know tickets for SuperBull have to be bought well in advance. I hope you get a chance to check it out sometime, yu may really enjoy it.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee taste very good. 27° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 40° with partly cloudy skies. Did not get to chipping the pile of limbs yesterday. Did get taxes done. Sassy and I did a walk. Sure is different from Fridays 60°. Not sure what I will get into today.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 28 and the high to 30°F. Wind W 7 mph. 30% chance of flurries.

I am not doing anything with the downed tree until I have to plow again. I've got two more on the south side of the back yard. I will get to them in spring, maybe.

Have a safe day all

 

[wngsprd]

54, foggy drizzle out, more rain coming...only going up one degree later.

Had a nice family gathering yesterday. Should do more often.

Buppies, sounds like a nice day trip yesterday.

Rich, nice job on the bike.

Just heard that $23 Billion will be wagered on the game today. Crazy.

 

[riptides]

51 outside right now, and I think that will be the high for today.

Drizzling, and we do not need the water.

Should be finished hanging the durock today in the Milk House bathroom. That crap is heavy trying to lift it over six feet up.

Still need to get rid of the concrete, which I smashed into with my shin yesterday, snagging and ruining a good pair of jeans. I usually dress down for construction, but I thought, hey it's going to be simple. Never is.... is it.

Hope all have a great day, be safe. Stay warm. Go Taylor!!! LOL.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

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

56.6 f going to upper 60s, steady rain since about 2am, intermittent rain had started about 8pm. Good day to finally work on taxes. . .

Mrs started feeling a little under the weather yesterday, so I made a big pot of beef vegetable soup, it came out really tasty, I need to defrost some more meat though — I had some out to do stir-fry and it got repurposed… and I was no enough IMO.

Work yesterday was pleasantly boring.

i hope everyone Has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

 

[NHBX]

Good morning,
35° now, highs in the upper 40’s and partly cloudy today. Winds WNW 10-15 mph. Yesterday hit 60° not to shabby for February . Unfortunately winter comes back Tuesday, calling for 6-10” of the white stuff.

Not much going on the last several days, played pick up sticks and burned another small brush pile before it got to squishy to be out in the yard. Took the Mrs for lunch twice, told her happy valentines and she reminded me that’s more than she usually gets. I think she was just kidding but I’m not really sure .
No real plans for today just energy conservation.

Enjoy your day everyone
Stay safe and healthy

 

[KilroyJC]

I am sitting here with the smell of burning metal and plastic stuck in my nostrils
haven't had that since I was a fireman
almost lost the greenhouse
propane heater ran fine outside for a little bit, then fine inside, I put it on lower setting
and left, after checking ceiling with hand and temp gun. All was fine
came back outside a few minutes later, was filling up an empty seedling tray with starter soil, makes a mess so better
to do it over the lawn. Was almost done, and what's that nasty electrical burning plastic smell?
oh no
I race back to the greenhouse and it was just fine.
But I hard a loud tapping sound I knew wasn't right
opening the plastic zipper I saw the heater was on fire, or at least all the
plastic on back of unit was black and smoking, probably seconds from igniting.
lovely
quick turned off the gas at the bottle and a few seconds later it died down.
And then I got out of there but not before getting a lung full of that crappy air in there.
major carcinogens, why you wear airpacs as a fireman. Well, I didn't linger to get the plants out.
I'll go back out in a bit.

worse, I had just put three trays of seeds out there since it had gotten warm.
what a disappointment. I guess from now on I run it outdoors in middle of driveway for half an hour
before it goes inside.

spent 20 minutes online with Amazon customer service and had to strongly suggest they contact the cpsc and their own
safety committee. They didn't want it back, that's worrisome.
now going to get a small cabinet style heater, with heater closer to ground anyway.
I was using a 30 pounder and heat was up higher than I wanted anyway so best to use something that sits on the ground.
having this thing catch on fire on top of a 30 pounder sure got my attention.

now that I'm actually peering at the picture too, looks like their factory label of some sort tried to ignite.
I bet the rest of the thing is fine. Just scrape all that junk off it, wire brush it and try it again. But not sitting that close to a propane
bottle this time

I have several iterations of these, they are very reliable and effective Vintage Perfection 525 Oil Kerosene Heater Stove | eBay

shouod be more than sufficient for your needs, and they are not made of Chinesium…

 

[plowhog]

I posted this crocus photo about 5 days ago...it was a single bloom. Yesterday it had 3.

Nice photo of a flower-- thanks!

27F, going to a sunny 50F here in Formerly-Great California.

Good news is found no blown down trees following the recent storm and high winds. Have not checked the more remote parts of the property so that will have to wait for Spring.

btw we have quite a color variation among the "black bears" on our property. This one is on the darker side.

 

[KilroyJC]

71 degrees in greenhouse with only electric heat, that's a happy thing
but still will bring in plants tonight
RS, hope new fridge fits perfectly

I also have one of these, it works quite well!

 

[plowhog]

Well, I hope you get plenty of snow.

That is not something I have ever wished on anyone before.

Just a difference in climate.

At our residence in Nevada, snow that falls is typically gone within a few days. We recently received a foot of snow, and within a week almost all of it was gone.

In California, a good snowpack in the Sierra Mountains provides water for irrigation and recreation all summer long.

 

[Buppies]

Nice bear picture plowhog

It was very warm in NC yesterday mid 60s like spring day

Tired this morning did not sleep well, raining this morning .45 in yesterday and so far today. Sorry about ripping pants riptides but you are gitting her done

mostly sorry about rain

Super Bowl to much glitter for me

Mrs red bird looks bossy this morning Ron thanks for sharing

prayers for all our country

 

[daugen]

good morning all
late start, decided to have a cup of coffee and just read my book some more.
no sense rushing into the day.
I keep having to remind myself I'm retired and don't have to jump up and do something.
though I usually do, I've usually been an up and at 'em person.
kinda nice to sip on coffee and do nothing.
I bet some of you have the same issues.

checked on greenhouse, 42 inside, 41 out, electric heater on low is clearly useless, but just put the propane heater on and
will check in an hour what temp is in there. With high of 52 today, I hope to turn it off later. It's the coming week I need it, nights down to
23. I ordered another 30 gallon propane tank, this time from Amazon at 30 percent less. Since propane doesn't go bad, don't mind stocking up.
I expect to be using this heater in next larger greenhouse, it's oversized for this tiny thing, if I turned it up on high would likely melt the ceiling.

Hope you all have a nice Sunday. Sounds like tonight will be quite an event. I'll watch the recaps. I'm sure we'll get a kiss that will make all
the Swifties swoon.

 

[Thomas]

54, foggy drizzle out, more rain coming...only going up one degree later.

Had a nice family gathering yesterday. Should do more often.

Buppies, sounds like a nice day trip yesterday.

Rich, nice job on the bike.

Just heard that $23 Billion will be wagered on the game today. Crazy.

Good evening.

my long suffering BSA project nears the end. 1952 M33

Showroom condition,

 

[Thomas]

Nice photo of a flower-- thanks!

27F, going to a sunny 50F here in Formerly-Great California.

Good news is found no blown down trees following the recent storm and high winds. Have not checked the more remote parts of the property so that will have to wait for Spring.

btw we have quite a color variation among the "black bears" on our property. This one is on the darker side.

Guardians of the forest.

 

[Thomas]

Go Taylor!!! LOL.

Taylor team.