Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Happy Anniversary Mr and Mrs BEF

It is that time of the year again...lol

37 Years ago there was a snowstorm.. My family almost didn't make it from Ohio to the wedding in VA.

 

[Buppies]

37 years impressive

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 50ºF for the start, partly cloudy, breezy. Moderate wind, clear sky, and high temp was 72ºF. made coffee the off to Men's Meeting. Removed pressure bandage and put Vaseline on incision and new dressing. Made copies of tax info then mailed info to Tax people. Bike ride cut short due to incision start complaining. Trip to town for groceries, $200, out of almost everything. Nap after putting groceries away. Dinner with group. I can now shower again Stitches removed 2 week from surgery.
Monday 5:43 AM CDT post:
Mike Sorry about the thunder clap waking you up. Good job staying focused on Camper mods and tile work. Tile work looks great.
Drew good thought on Roy. Good idea to glue during final assembly.
Scott(vt) operation went well, just waiting for biopsy results. Hope son likes his new job, managing people not my wheelhouse.
Frits sorry Cody drug you out in the wet. Hope brazing went well. Surgery went well.
Thomas surgery went well.
Paul glad prep work for Plasma table coming along.Hope you were able to get wiring and flight both in.
Thomas sorry about the snow forecast.
Buppies sorry to hear about Wife's memory. Not sure what will help short of a memory ward. prayers sent.
Dennis good to hear son doing ok with long commute. Sorry other son owed Uncle Sam.
Gstrom those are THORNS! If only one got you nice work.
Frits good luck picking out PW.
Ken glad good supper and town trip. Good luck to son on driver test. Surgery went well.
Two_bit surgery went well, trip was great.
Dennis sorry computer is updating.
Two_bit hope Lowe's trip successful.
RNG hope rain did not mess with your loading of the van and trailer. Hope errands and baseboards went well.
Bill sorry to hear medical drop off place closed. wonder how well the oil will work as a wood preservative.
RS getting a lot of seeds started I see. Congrats on tomato sprouting. Hope the repair and rearranging goes well.
Dennis or the pairing of old, slow laptops running MS. 2 hours long update. Glad pics rescanned and labeled.
Helo good to see Italy trip going well. Neat place to visit. Steak look good.
Lou hope your prep kept the precip rain.
Buppies I don't envy you for the decisions you will need to make.
Randy(wag) good to hear you ar getting more rain. Sorry to hear wallaby carcass not easily moved. Hope inside day went well.
Tuesday 12:08 AM CDT posts:
Dennis healing so far so good. Sorry about sleep issue. Hope you got ale set up then got nap.
Helo thanks for your thoughts. Nice pics from Italy. Big lake! What are insides like on those stone houses. Hope supplier visits and drive to next town went well.
Ron sorry to hear about work bench warping. Good luck with replacement top. Nice pic
David had to ask, since they are having trouble finding stalling problem.
Drew slept good Monday night and last night and had good nap today. Hope shopping was successful. 3 inches rain should lawn nice and soggy.
Thomas hope parts store time and weather prep all went good.
Billy working on the healing as hard as I can Glad good time with son. Hope you got some bush hogging in.
Thomas did not try to do too much Monday and Tuesday while pressure bandage on.
RNG glad town trip went well except for forgetting the sample baseboard. Hope your driveway work helps the van make out and on to the south
Mike sorry you are getting more rain. Good to hear eldest doing well enough to take solo trip. Sorry about high stress factor. Takes a while to clear estates up .
Ron I hear you on following Dr orders. You know what the challenges are when one is solo.
Bill hope trip to drop off medical went better this time.
Buppies glad you got some sleep. thanks for the prayers, sending some your way as well.
Don hope you got everything done yesterday. Nice to hear good day at Cards Monday.
Dennis son not understand rain slow traffic down?
Scott(vt) will really try to follow Dr orders. Hope you got your hike in.
Paul sorry to hear more rain for you, with everything soggy as can be. Glad outlets are done. Sorry to hear Prius has battery issues at 30K miles. Hope you found something good.
Ken yes, I am glad it went as well as it did. Good to hear you are taking lot of time with son to help his driving skills. Hope he did well on DL test.
Buppies sorry to hear next appointment in July.
Bill glad you were able to drop off medical. I have never seen a truck or semi tractor with trailer parallel park. Yes I will follow Dr orders as best I can. I detect a reoccurring theme ...
Two_bit software ported to Apple has a reputation of being buggier than when it runs on MS. There is also Linux but not as much software ported to it.
David sorry about the rain. Hope you have plenty inside work.
Two_bit yes real nice how trip turned out. Surgery went well and waiting on biopsy results to confirm cancer free.
Dennis iced tea not as bad, but not cheaper either
Dennis sorry about getting on Costco list.
more catch up tomorrow
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, 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.

 

[sodamo]

Good Evening,

David, my primary care physician told me that Pepcid is much better for you than taking Tums ! Too much calcium in Tums supposedly!

Thanks. He actually rattled off a few, Tums, pepto, Prilosec, etc and I said we had Tums.

 

[sodamo]

Happy Anniversary Dennis. Glad son is healing.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Happy Anniversary Dennis. Glad son is healing.

Thanks
I can’t sleep. I just keep going over the pictures of the accident and how they don’t match the story I got told by the other party and the cop.
Not sure what to do.
Wishes id of gotten better pics of the trailer. It was pretty big for being single axle. And how did it get detached from the tow vehicle? Were there even chains on it? Was the load secured? Scaffolding came off when the trailer rolled. I don’t know where the pickup truck was.
Most trailers are wider than the tow vehicle. His truck could have been in the lane and the trailer tires on the line.
Need to turn car plates into DMV. I had just renewed 2 yr registration, might get half back.
At the hospital they collected urine sample. I’m assuming they will test him. What about the other guy?

Things to consider at 4 am.
Hate to think what’s going thru son’s head.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee has finished brewing. 31° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 46 with chance of snow and rain. Got second coat of sealer on bench top. Made a bracket to hold up top link while ROP is in lowered position. Today I have a mess to clean up in shop. Grocery shopping first.

Buckeye, hope you get accident concerns straightened out.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[sodamo]

Thanks
I can’t sleep. I just keep going over the pictures of the accident and how they don’t match the story I got told by the other party and the cop.
Not sure what to do.
Wishes id of gotten better pics of the trailer. It was pretty big for being single axle. And how did it get detached from the tow vehicle? Were there even chains on it? Was the load secured? Scaffolding came off when the trailer rolled. I don’t know where the pickup truck was.
Most trailers are wider than the tow vehicle. His truck could have been in the lane and the trailer tires on the line.
Need to turn car plates into DMV. I had just renewed 2 yr registration, might get half back.
At the hospital they collected urine sample. I’m assuming they will test him. What about the other guy?

Things to consider at 4 am.
Hate to think what’s going thru son’s head.

Dennis,
There are insurance investigators. We were fortunate in that my neighbor across the street was one and he went to scene with me. Lots of pics. And the vehicles. Also had one of his attorney friends visit Sophie in the hospital.

As for testing, I thought they would, but no. Police never requested and we weren’t allowed to use the hospital test. Do be careful, citing your son could hurt insurance wise as to responsibility. Don’t car have some sort of blackbox thingy these days? You might consider getting attorney.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
what a rainstorm this has been, 4.10 showing on gauge this morning.
apparently a little more this afternoon, then finally a slow warming up and I see a 70 in the forecast.

Dennis, sorry for this headache. If the other guy was hurt at all, I'd definitely get counsel as David suggested.
Guys driving work vehicles don't always tell the truth as to what happened so they don't get fired. And we have all moved over for
trailers coming around a turn riding the middle line. Few lights on trailer, no wonder your son didn't see what was happening.
Ultimately you may never know. This is why you need a dash cam; suggest you give one to your son.
I don't leave home without it for just this reason.

having spent more than 20 years in insurance, this is sadly a matter of who is telling the truth.
And who can prove what the truth is...which is why dash cams are so important.
You simply cannot rely on others to tell the truth.

End of day all that matters is Dennis' son fully recovers and is not mentally messed up from this.
I put my 58 Chevy on the roof at age 16; what a lesson that taught me.
so maybe you can make some lemonade out of lemons

woke up with bad headache, and groan, another molar that is unhappy. Probably another
root canal. Pretty soon I think they all will have been done. 1700 bucks simply vaporizes...

 

[wngsprd]

34 going to 57, and rain coming again. Can see the moon and stars right now, at least.

Happy Anniversary to BEF and wife! Sorry the accident is upending your plans. Continued prayers for your family.

Mostly, glad you are healing and can take a shower again.

3 coffees roasted and a hike between rain showers.

 

[riptides]

37 outside this Am, heading to mod 50's. More rain expected later. Had a nice creek running through the front pasture. Grounds are squishy. Don't step on a mole hill or tunnel. Mud volcano! LOL.

Eldest is in Kansas now, survived the high winds. Trailer fender was the only damage. Blew off part of it, stripped the screws. She ended up using shoe laces to get it back on and down. Later a stop at a tractor supply she got some zip ties. The trek continues.

Me, day job, estate and tax prep. Hope I can get the works to the accountant later today. When I am out, probably need to find some tile stain.

Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

 

[daugen]

a mud volcano is a wonderful visual Rip.
hope your daughter has a totally safe trip.
I know you will not relax til she gets there.
and since I'm headed that way in four months
my existing concerns over wind remain.

slow and steady
slow and steady

10 Tips on Driving an RV in Heavy Winds

Driving an RV in heavy winds can be quite a challenge. Here's a first-hand story and some advice for all RVers encountering windy road conditions. I should have listened to the heavy wind warnings...

rvlifestyle.com

 

[DarkBlack]

Morning. Been snowing all night. Power is out. Got the generator running. Time to head back out and deal with some trees that came down in the driveway. Supposed to snow all day

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 31 to start going to 42 ! Woke up to snow flurries, coated the ground ! Checked the camera in Vermont, not working, power must be out !

Dennis, happy Anniversary!! Sorry circumstances are not better ! Glad son is alright!

Work today, hopefully the precipitation is mostly over !

Hope all have a blessed and safe day !

 

[riptides]

a mud volcano is a wonderful visual Rip.
hope your daughter has a totally safe trip.
I know you will not relax til she gets there.
and since I'm headed that way in four months
my existing concerns over wind remain.

slow and steady
slow and steady

10 Tips on Driving an RV in Heavy Winds

Driving an RV in heavy winds can be quite a challenge. Here's a first-hand story and some advice for all RVers encountering windy road conditions. I should have listened to the heavy wind warnings...

rvlifestyle.com

8mpg with the 2500hd diesel pulling a Coleman light.

Winds suck.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 32 and the high going to 36°F. Wind ENE 16 gusting to 24 mph. Snow.
We got about an inch of snow overnight. Not enough to even consider plowing.

The new stove arrived yesterday, other than the pain of paying for it ($900.oo) including delivery and tax. All went well. The glass top convection P.O.S. is on the deck. The next time the trailer goes to the dump that stove will be on it.

BEF, it might be wise to get a lawyer. Too many times I have seen 6' wide pickups riding close to the line and pulling an 8' wide trailer. Puts their trailer 1' over the line. If the load was insecure (which it was if the scaffolding came off the trailer) then what other shortcuts were taken? Lights on the trailer? Did they work? Bald tires on a trailer will help a trailer fishtail in rain. Even on a straight road. See if your insurance will supply a lawyer (not likely, but it is worth a shot.) Where a vehicle comes to rest after the fact has absolutely no bearing on the point of the accident. Get a good dash cam for all your vehicles.
Glad son is doing better, but GET HIM BACK ON THE HORSE A.S.A.P. Take him out to the scene and maybe that will help him recall what he is missing.

A dump run for today and I will NOT be taking my trailer load of junk. I refuse to haul my trailer in the snow (1991 date of manufacture). It is a M101CDN2 (U.S. equivalent M416) Canadian Army 1/4 ton trailer. A good little trailer, made for the Jeep and hides very well behind the Dodge.

Dump/town run for today and that will be it.

Have a safe day all

 

[Thomas]

Glad your son doing much better BEF,hope insurance company doesn't pay games.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 50F @ 4:30AM here in Orcutt, CA. Rain early...then remaining cloudy with showers in the afternoon. High 53F. Winds W at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Higher wind gusts possible.

Thanks for the link on windy driving tips, Drew. The VW Vanagon is a real handful in the wind, and I've been nearly blown off the road several times on motorcycles. So far the ProMaster seems better, but I've delayed trips before when strong winds were predicted. No fun.

Averaged about 12 MPG yesterday with about a ton in the van and maybe half again that in the trailer. Weight sux, too.

Mostly uneventful trip down here yesterday, except for forgetting to turn off traction control for the trip up the driveway. Still made it OK, but the van almost came to a stop near the top as the traction control cut the throttle to keep the front wheels from spinning. Arrived about 4PM, worked unloading the van until 8PM. Most of that was getting the pallet racks moved to the back porch, one piece at a time. My plan to use a dolly to move the hundred pound sheets of particle board worked well, though it was very awkward getting that first ratchet strap in place. By the time I came to the sixth and last sheet, it was a piece of cake. Over 10,000 steps yesterday, not bad for sitting behind the wheel for most of the day.

First thing I did yesterday when I got here was to bump up the temperature in the hot tub. I dropped it to 65F before I left last week, and it was still reading 72 when I got back. The new heater is supposed to do three degrees/hour, to it should be ready for a morning dip, which after last night wrestling match with the particle bard, aught to feel pretty darn good.

There are plenty of boxes to unpack this morning while waiting for the rain to ease up, then get started unloading the trailer. That's mostly shop equipment; the biggest challenge there will be finding the right spot for each piece. The garage is getting very full at this point.

Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!

 

[Thomas]

Wishing you and your bride BEF many many more trips around the sun hand in hand.

 

[Thomas]

30F looks like it will be the high for today.

Outside chores done E muffin time.

10 1/2" snow and still snowing looking at forecast snow continuing over night,winds overnight should be dying down 15-25mph which will be big help.
Afternoon start snow clean up roofs walks,plowing driveway parking area going to be slow since ground real soft.

Enjoy your day all.