Good morning!!!!

   / Good morning!!!! #201,941  
Good morning,
Missed posting yesterday, just one of those days that disappeared into the past.

14° now highs around 32° a mix of sun/clouds and light variable winds today.

Pick up critter food this morning and a few errands and the rest of the day just putter around.

Enjoy your day everyone
Stay safe and healthy
Prayers for all
 
   / Good morning!!!! #201,942  
Looks like the interior lights issue may be the Body Control Module which is a mini computer that controls wiring and lights.
Some of those separate control modules require programming or coded with the vehicle's ID. Seems like just another way around the "right to repair" crowd.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #201,943  
Just another uneventful day at the ranch. Except for some hog damage to some ornamental cactus. I guess he's complaining about the feed I left out. I don't know how they get around the spines. Poor guy. Ya gotta feel sorry for him. He's got one ear that's nearly torn off and just flopping around. Perhaps from a fight or barbwire (not mine).

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   / Good morning!!!! #201,944  
Good Morning
18° and clear. High of 38 under clear skies.
Got about an inch or so of snow yesterday afternoon through the evening. More coming tomorrow night or Sunday.

Yesterday started with a service call for geothermal no heat. Issue turned out to be a burnt wire for the blower motor. Was not visibly obvious, but easily diagnosed and repaired.
Next up was some paperwork and computer housekeeping.

Then I got the pieces cut out for the mount I’m making to put a hydraulic winch on an Kubota excavator, to mount like a quick attach bucket. The plasma table cut the 1/2 steel as clean as a whistle.

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Got some 3/4” steel for the next project delivered, probably start on that today.
I guess I ought to plow the little bit of snow that is out there so it doesn’t get packed into ice, and the sun will clean the blacktop today. After that it will be in the shop, waiting to hear if we are playing music tonight.
I heard from the estate selling the Lexus, that transfer might actually happen next week.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #201,945  
Good Morning,
Ct, 14 to start going to upper 30’s !
Work texted me and asked me to come in to load the truck at the terminal, so I’m here waiting for the truck to warm up !

Bill we use a bottle of Hot or two for all our accounts with outside tanks ! Even a few inside tanks !

So you all feel better about your power bills... here is my current one. LOL.
Wow Mike, I don’t feel so bad now ! That’s a bunch of money for sure ! 😉

Hope all have a good day ! 🙏
 

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   / Good morning!!!! #201,946  
Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 32 currently going to a high of 39, just enough snow last night for a coating, nothing major.

Co-worker of mine learned a hard lesson on Tuesday: SLOW DOWN.

He was coming down the stairs of his house to a landing that turns 90 degrees, foot was off the second to last step, wasn't focusing and he slipped. wrenched his one ankle underneath him pretty badly and jammed his other foot against the baseboard. Couldn't put weight on the one he wrenched under him. Of course, his wife was already gone to work. So he had an undignified crawl back up the stairs to retrieve his cell phone to tell his wife to come back and get him.

Fortunately for him, nothing broken, just a bad sprain. Could have been a lot worse. He's a young dude too, so take it as a warning all of you more...ahem..."Experienced" individuals.

Other than that bit of excitement, week went well. Work not so taxing this week, typing this up and then a road trip to another branch. Near an equipment dealer...that I might peruse if the urge strikes me. Need to put the snow push back on the tractor in preparation for it to hopefully rain the next two days. I'm debating on brushing off the 100 hour service until it stops being so dang cold, likely won't hit 100 hours until early spring anyway. What I can't put off is my truck coming due for an oil change and inspection. Oh well.

Prayers for those ailing or recovering! Y'all BE SAFE out there and watch your steps! Enjoy the weekend all!
 
   / Good morning!!!! #201,947  
Morning all, 21 going up to 41 and cloudy.
Got about 1/4" of snow last night.
Got the fig tree trimmed out, took a while, snow started as I was about in the middle of the work.
Started Pear tree trim, will have to finish that with powered pole saw, too much for the manual one.

Happy anniversary Buppies, hope things settle down for you.

Popgadget/Paul - that table is amazing, how long did that cutout take?

Be well,
 
   / Good morning!!!! #201,949  
....

New friend of mine down here gave me a cast iron/enamelled kitchen sink a while back, and yesterday I got started refurbishing it. Darn thing must weigh fifty pounds, and I ended up winching it up onto the table that surrounds the BBQ pit in the back yard. ....

Wife and I recovered our original circa 1920 farm house sinks. Both were found outside under piles of nature by outbuildings.

You found out why they are not in some ones house. Super heavy. LOL.

We sent both to a pro refinisher. One is in the Milk House now. The other remains in the dining room, awaiting the eventual kitchen demolition. LOL.

Here is the Milk House refurb. That's all custom cabinetry (an old refurb/reworked base, a few 2X4's and plywood, left over tile) to make it fit!

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   / Good morning!!!! #201,950  
riptides;
More domestic stuff and paper work on the agenda today. Got another monkey wrench thrown at me with my Dad's estate. The lawyers are costing me serious money now. Just wow, what a mess. Do everything possible to avoid probate.

That is why out of three heirs, there is only ONE that gets all my stuff. He is named on both life insurance policies AND my retirement plan. I haven't heard anything from the younger two in 35 years, so as far as I am concerned they don't exist.
 

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