Good morning!!!!

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon,
Got a little ambitious this morning and repainted all the sheet rock walls flat white going down into the basement!
Actually have part of one wall left to do before I ran out of paint ! Started about 10:30 and was done by 2 pm and that includes a lunch break at 12:30 ! Looks so much better than it was ! I don’t think I have painted this in 30 years or more ! All the years running the wood stove in the basement left those walls somewhat less that white !

That’s it for today, need to rest up for work tomorrow!

 

[sodamo]

Drew, sounds a bit frustrating and expensive dealing with your new car. Best of luck that all is well now.

 

[LouNY]

Well morning (afternoon) chores done for the day
Little bit of snow shoveling and vehicle cleaning done, bird feeders filled for my wife. Then went out and scrapped the driveway, we ended up with a nuisance amount of about 3 inches, but if not scraped away would make ice which is worse.

heading down first pass,

looking back on the first pass,

and done and headed up,

When the driveway is froze good and solid I get to run the blade going forward and scraping it quite clean and moving just a bit of dirt/gravel towards the side. But it's a minimal amount.

And done for a day or two then more small storms are forecast.
I would rather have a few good dumps and none of these little nuisance storms, takes almost as long for 2-3 inches as it does for 12-20 and done.
Probably shouldn't complain to much, nice warm cab to sit in an putt along and keep myself occupied.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Nice looking blade with all those hydraulic lines.
Mail brought sad news, one of our old friends we sent Christmas cards, the lady had passed away, her daughter answered it.

 

[two_bit_score]

It’s pretty much like a new car that just happens to be 11 years old. Definitely worth waiting for the deal to happen.

Nice car! At 11 years it's almost a classic now.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Thursday) morning. Overnight Low of 12.7C and it's presently 23.3C, partly cloudy with a gentle breeze.

Nothing 'on' for today... just enjoying life.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Looking4new]

Lou, I agree with you. 3 & 4" snows are a p.i.t.a. Give me a good 12 - 18" dump and be done with it for a month or so.

I am interested in the hydraulic angle on your BB.

 

[two_bit_score]

Good Evening to the GM thead!

Just had a nice late lunch/early supper and finished off the dirty rice I cooked the other day. Very good with the link sausage and the ground sausage too.

So much clouds and fog I feel like I'm lost in an old Bogart movie. Half way expect to run across Peter Lorre lurking somewhere.

what has to be reduced is unnecessary misuse of EMS, guys like Ted driving ambulances at one time

You are right about misues of ambulances and EMS. I was told by the director of one ESD in our county that the most frequent call they respond to is to put an elderly person back in bed. They would sometimes get the same people calling over and over. I really hate to think about someone falling and not being able to get back in bed but I was surprised it was so common. Made me realize how lucky I am to still be mobile. But if they are sending an EMT certified crew out very frequently just to put someone back in bed it can become an abuse of resources.

I hope everyone can stay in bed nice and warm tonight!

Prayers for our Nation!

 

[LouNY]

Nice looking blade with all those hydraulic lines.
Mail brought sad news, one of our old friends we sent Christmas cards, the lady had passed away, her daughter answered it.

Sorry about the old friend.

Lou, I agree with you. 3 & 4" snows are a p.i.t.a. Give me a good 12 - 18" dump and be done with it for a month or so.

I am interested in the hydraulic angle on your BB.

Thanks, one of these days I'll add another diverter and get the hydraulics on the offset also.
The blade angle is on the straight thru of the diverter, the blade tilt is when the diverter is energized. I went with the diverter setup as I only have three remotes on the tractor and with one tied up on the hydraulic top link and one running up to the front for the front blade or grapple I only had one open set.

 

[txdon]

Don we will all be interested in finding out what we need to do to lead healthier lives ! Please keep us all updated !

Cholesterol/Diabetes/Weight
Loss
• Eliminate all oil- olive oil, avocado oil, etc
• Eliminate cheese and dairy
• Minimize all animal meat: < 2 x weekly, 2 oz portions
• Add 1 TBSP g.flax, chia, hempseed, walnuts daily
• Get in 2-3 cups cooked and raw greens daily (combo)
• 1-2 cup beans daily
• 30 min morning exercise in fasted state
• Consider LDL Biotect, AMLA

This was one of Dr Palmer’s slides in her presentation. I was surprised she did not eliminate animal products completely. Then I realized most people want to take baby steps and maybe by cutting back on meat they will see improvements enough to want to do more and slowly eliminate animal products. I know most people will not wake up in the hospital and search out what went wrong and do everything to correct it. At least she is not running people off by shocking them with a complete diet change. No one left the lecture before it was finished.