Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 23 and going to 25°F. Wind WNW 11 mph. Periods of light snow.

Today is dump run day IF it is open. I will call about 9:30 and see. Regardless of whether or not the dump is open I MUST go to town today. It seems that I overdrew the bank account over the holidays. I have the cash here to resolve that problem. The bank doesn't pay any interest on a checking account and neither does my underwear drawer.

Time to get on with my day.

Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

good morning all
40 degrees and more wind today
no plans yet for today
need more coffee to wake up, going to be a slow morning
maybe a trip down to rv to install solar battery charger later in the day when it's warmer out

snow in the forecast for early next week, one inch predicted. Not enough for me to fire up snowblower though
it would be good to run it. Going to remain very cold all week so snow might not melt, which means if I drive on it
leaves icy spots

a little reminder due to a local tragedy. 78 year old lady visiting her daughter a few miles away from me died from
CO2 poisoning due to a defective heating system. If you have a forced air system using gas or fuel oil, super important
to have at least one CO2 detector on each floor of your home. When systems get to be 30+ years old, and lots of old homes here,
the combustion chambers can rust or rot out and the products of combustion
get sent throughout the house and folks like this lady don't wake up.
and please read the install instructions, you do NOT install CO2 detectors like you do smoke detectors.
I personally have always had at least two battery operated detectors in addition to hard wired.
when it comes to things that can kill me in my sleep, I'd like belt and suspenders.

 

[Thomas]

31F almost daytime high,wind chimes playing tune all night gusty winds next couple days 20-40 mph.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...8 hours at part store afterwards haven't clue yet.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[daugen]

hoping to go visit this car museum in January with a couple of old friends.
about an hour away near the airport where I was yesterday.
I bet RNG would like the VW show on now, I'll look to see if they have any
swapped motor Combis

https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/g63292701/simeone-museum-philadelphia-vw-car-exhibit/

The Collection

The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum is one of the world’s greatest collections of racing sports cars ever assembled.

simeonemuseum.org

 

[Spike56]

good morning all
40 degrees and more wind today
no plans yet for today
need more coffee to wake up, going to be a slow morning
maybe a trip down to rv to install solar battery charger later in the day when it's warmer out

snow in the forecast for early next week, one inch predicted. Not enough for me to fire up snowblower though
it would be good to run it. Going to remain very cold all week so snow might not melt, which means if I drive on it
leaves icy spots

a little reminder due to a local tragedy. 78 year old lady visiting her daughter a few miles away from me died from
CO2 poisoning due to a defective heating system. If you have a forced air system using gas or fuel oil, super important
to have at least one CO2 detector on each floor of your home. When systems get to be 30+ years old, and lots of old homes here,
the combustion chambers can rust or rot out and the products of combustion
get sent throughout the house and folks like this lady don't wake up.
and please read the install instructions, you do NOT install CO2 detectors like you do smoke detectors.
I personally have always had at least two battery operated detectors in addition to hard wired.
when it comes to things that can kill me in my sleep, I'd like belt and suspenders.

Timely input. My sister in law just had an episode with her stove. That is, she started feeling very ill and went to an emergency medical center to discover she had carbon monoxide poisoning. They shut down her oven, but I do not know what the final result of this is / was.
Have been looking at combo smoke/carbon monoxide alarms on Amazon. There is one for a LOT cheaper than the Kiddie brand, but.... ? I definitely want the units with a 10year lithium battery. The Kiddie is (2 pack) $150 while another unit is $30 (for one). A huge price difference that makes me wonder ?

 

[wngsprd]

We also stopped at one of our favorite restaurants on the way home and pigged out. Brought half of it home in doggie bags.

 

[LDR812]

Good Mroning! 39 here in Alachua county Fl. Should make it to high 60’s today. Hoping the extra strand of hot poly wire fended off the deer rodents from my wheat patch!

 

[wngsprd]

Looks like my first post disappeared.

Pix from our first day hike yesterday. Great trail and the wind wasn't too bad.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Vt, 27 to start going all the way to 32 !We had a snow squall come through about 8 pm or so that left about an inch of snow! The wind continues to blow at a good clip making it feel much colder than it is !

We need to finish the cleanup this morning before heading out and head south.

At most we had about 2,500 bales at one time up there. And had room to spare. New roof about two years ago. Should be good for another 100

Mike, that looks like a fine old barn ! I’m guessing the roof job had to cost a small fortune! My Grandfathers old barn had the hay grapple , when back in the day he used to haul loose hay with it off of the hay wagon which were drawn by a team of horses ! All his implements were horse drawn ! I can’t even imagine how much work that was !

Nextel push button to talk like cb

Buppies, many years ago when I was a line officer in our volunteer fire department, we had the Nextel phones for a short time ! The walkie talkie feature was cool but I guess it never really caught on !

Hope all have a good day !

 

[daugen]

Timely input. My sister in law just had an episode with her stove. That is, she started feeling very ill and went to an emergency medical center to discover she had carbon monoxide poisoning. They shut down her oven, but I do not know what the final result of this is / was.
Have been looking at combo smoke/carbon monoxide alarms on Amazon. There is one for a LOT cheaper than the Kiddie brand, but.... ? I definitely want the units with a 10year lithium battery. The Kiddie is (2 pack) $150 while another unit is $30 (for one). A huge price difference that makes me wonder ?

I have used this model but have no idea how it compares with others.
I know the hard wired one in my rv is super sensitive, went off when I sprayed bug spray near it.
usually heat/smoke rises and gas sinks but not always...
I have one in rv, two in home, one in garage because of propane heater in there

Amazon.com

I bet the difference in cost is that Kidde is UL rated. I can't see any rating on this. Would like to see UL or CE.

 

[Buppies]

Which trail is that wngsprd. Food looks good would you share where that is?

27 this morning high of 42 sneaky snow forecast for Friday Snowshoe to get 10 inches. Looks like this coming Monday ice storm for me not good.

There is another storm after that bigger maybe snow will see.

Prayers for all our Country

 

[Popgadget]

usually heat/smoke rises and gas sinks but not always...

Propane is heavier than air, natural gas is lighter.
I don’t think that current CO/Smoke detectors will detect the presence of either gas, just the byproducts of combustion.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s 32° under a clear sky with a high of 38 predicted.
Yesterday was another day of going through stuff in the house, lots of old pictures and interesting things.

I think that I might bring one of the apothecary drawer units over and fill it with DVD and BluRay discs, but the CD’s will go into storage in the shop.

We have Kidde combo smoke and CO detectors in the old folks home, hardwired and connected to the Kidde smoke detectors in the house.
The house is all electric, geothermal heat and hot water, electric cooking and dryer. The old folks home has a gas boiler for radiant heat and hot water, as well as a gas range. The dryer is electric.
Not sure what I’ll get into today, I need to tidy up in the house where we have been sorting through things, as son and DIL return from vacation today. That also means they will reclaim their dog.
I need to get some steel for a project I’m working on to mount a hydraulic winch on a bucket mount for an excavator. I’ve got all the parts designed and ready for the CNC plasma table, but I don’t have the 5/8” plate to cut them out of.

Not sure if that will happen today, I’ve got to get some 5/4 pine for some window treatments as well. Also have some drywall touch ups to sand and paint. I guess I’ll know tomorrow how the day went….

 

[Engineer42]

Spent part of yesterday unhooking the xfinity cable tv boxes and modem. Their prices were getting ridiculous. Changed over to a wireless internet service and YouTube tv. Should save a pretty good chunk of money each month.

 

[Happy in NC]

Good morning TBN!!
25 degrees this morning and we will be lucky to break 50 here with sun. Temps heading wown like the rest of the Eastern seaboard.
Quiet couple of days around here. Didn't make midnight on NYE. No surprise and mostly spent puttering in my shop and enjoying the warmer temps while we had them.
Probably not a whole lot today. Putter, tinker and sort mostly. Thinking about starting a load to go to the dump in the spring. I have a whole lot of CDs/DVDs software discs that need to be disposed of but not sure how to do that safely and green. Have to do some research. Any input would be welcome

Time for a 2nd cup and get the dog on a walk.

Have a great and safe day!!

 

[riptides]

35 outside right now, heading to lower 40's. Had to make an airport pickup run. Another earlier than expected arrival. Unfortunate this one did not update in time as to what gate was used, so when I got into the airport arrival was at opposite end. Got my steps in this AM for the day, LOL

Speaking of planes, we are about thirty miles out from the airport, on an edge of a holding/landing pattern. Yesterday was quite busy, and then this was observed.



Never seen planes that close before. Usually same pattern...just a minute or two behind each other. Right after this...it got quiet for a while.

Hope all have a great start to the New Year. Be safe.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 35 going to 40 and cloudy.
Worked on the table for a bit, then took the new x27 splitter out for a short workout.
Then off to dinner, which really messed me up :-(

Did drop off some smaller Ash slabs for a friend to make into cutting boards for his lake house.

Today, back to the day job.

Be well,

Amazed how much better the X27 works than my 8lb Maul. So much lighter too!

 

[riptides]

....

Mike, that looks like a fine old barn ! I’m guessing the roof job had to cost a small fortune! My Grandfathers old barn had the hay grapple , when back in the day he used to haul loose hay with it off of the hay wagon which were drawn by a team of horses ! All his implements were horse drawn ! I can’t even imagine how much work that was !
.....

We stopped haying a few years back. And that meant putting up the hay ceased too. The time and energy just to get the bales up there was too much. I'd actually just hop in the hay wagon and muscle them in through the door. The hay hook was of no use, and the grain elevator was a three person job, one controlling PTO speed off the tractor, one in the hay loft stacking and one feeding the grain elevator. Just could not find the help when needed.

We have some old barn and horse pictures from the original owners family hanging in the farm house foyer, it looked like work back then too. Nothing changes. Just a new set of people on the land.

Here are two old photos, LOL, the stack collection and me getting them into the loft.



Notice all the helpers in the picture?

 

[daugen]

Propane is heavier than air, natural gas is lighter.
I don’t think that current CO/Smoke detectors will detect the presence of either gas, just the byproducts of combustion.

Informative LCD: Displays real-time CO levels from 30–999 ppm (parts per million) taken from the surrounding air,
using what they say is an electrochemical CO sensor.

smoke detector is photoelectric.
?

good to know about propane and LNG, I have propane but my brother has LNG piped into his community.

 

[wngsprd]

Which trail is that wngsprd. Food looks good would you share where that is?

The trail is called Entry Run - Rosser Lamb Loop. Runs up to a ridge line, then into a hollow where the Rosser Lamb house and cemetery are located. Then along the stream down to the John's Rest Cabin, bridge, and parking area. You can follow the trail all the way up to old Pocosin Mission and the Skyline Drive.

All of this is private land on the border of Shenandoah NP...owned by the Potomac AT Club and open to the public. They own about 50 cabins/houses, many of which can be rented by the public for a night or two, for as little as $30...but many are primitive with no running water, just a creek or spring and privy. They're located in VA, WV, MD and PA, and they own and preserve over 2,000 acres.

Came home on US 33 through Gordonsville and ate at a place we've been to many times...the Ice House. Another good place there is Well Hung Vineyards restaurant.