Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

I have found in the past that when it gets to be almost winter to go around in a light T-shirt as long as you can stand it. A little shivering won't hurt you. I am still wearing a long sleeved uniform shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a thermal outer shirt. Jeans and sneakers. When it gets down around zero F. I will put on my winter boots and my winter jacket. Below 20 below then I use the insulated winter overalls. I have both overalls and coveralls. The coveralls are Nomex rated with reflective strips. The company supplied coveralls when we hauled out of BP in Toledo, but couldn't get them in my size, so I bought my own $775.oo. They are NOMEX fire-retarded, safety striped, insulated and good and warm.
The company claimed theirs were fire retarded but when I asked them to show me the NOMEX label they couldn't.
I can prove mine are.

Tomorrow morning I go for the semi-annual tire swap. Summers off and winters on. My summers are not down to the wear bars yet, so I will get another summer out of them. I'm not in the position I need to be to get new winters this year, so we will see in the spring.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Friday) morning. Overnight Low of 3C and it's presently 21.0C, lightly overcast with a gentle breeze.

Busy arvo yesterday. Repair of the Church's Lawn Tractor steering went well, especially as I seem to have predicted all of the tools required to perform it. I also got information on the previous maintenance performed on it (2 yrs ago, sparse usage since). I was also informed that one of the outdoor toilets was leaking <grumble>. A quick trip to the hardware store secured the correct part = a half hours worth of 'discouraging words' emanating from the toilet block as I fixed the fault.

That left me, after a quick clean-up, 15 minutes to get to the medical centre for the application of this 24hr Blood-pressure cuff/monitor. It's bloody annoying... perhaps it led to my sleeping in this morning.

And, yes, another load of firewood was delivered this morning.

What with this BP thingy (it comes off @ 1600) I'll just do a load of towels. That's about it, take care all.

 

[Buppies]

I’m around rough couple of days Holly getting mean had one caregiver in tears but better tonight.

Precious and Holly asleep I’m real close. When she has these spells I do not handle well emotionally drained ie getting divorced going to mothers old house that belongs to her( sold several years ago by stepfather)

Happy anniversary Happy and Mrs Happy

Good evening Kyle your daughter and family in my prayers

Evening Drew

Good guess mostly some good cold snaps for you Thomas more and more snow at least Woolley worm says so

Prayers for all our Country

 

[Buppies]

Ron your power bill is less than mine heat pumps backed up by propane but bill next month 25 percent less due to fuel being cheaper. Thanks for info on Medicare and supplements

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 39ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Light wind, mostly clear sky, and high temp was 64ºF. Made coffee to start day, office work, bike maintenance,phone calls, lunch, bike ride, nap, dinner, TBN
resuming Saturday 10/25 8:27 AM CDT post 213,233:
Drew sorry to hear about problems with hunters, lived in the Missouri Ozarks, a lot of big city hunters would come into the area and not observe very many rules. As a result they were not popular with the locals. Setting out food and salt licks etc was illegal as long as I can remember.
Paul sorry to hear about your wife's fall. Glad no repercussions from fall. Hope progress on little airplane and ERV.
Scott(vt) nice pics.
RS hope old HWH removal went well and you were able to get insulation panel up on wall. Hope work on stud wall went well and feeders got a refill.Ron looks done to me
Scott(vt) bet the grands liked that stop.
Ted sorry age and knees are catching up to you. Hope roof went well.
David glad mowing going and you thought you might finish on Saturday.
RS glad you got to someone who could give names to use and who not to use, and what will most likely work on your well.
Scott(vt) thanks for the pic.
Buppies hope window cleaning went well. Hope Holly and Precious well. prayers sent.
RS hope you find the second drilling report.
Thomas 5 hours of backpack work llloooonnnngggggg time. Glad you had enough energy to hold down recliner.
Buppies nice earthquake.
Scott(vt) hope food good.
Ron thanks for reminder, 14 years is long time, so many people have come and gone.
Dennis nice tunnel pic.
Randy(wag) sorry sniffles kept you from church. Enjoy the wood heat.
Don glad you got some rain. Good to hear good crowd in spite of mud/wet. Nice pics.
Bill glad to hear splitter is doing what you wanted it to do.
Buppies good to hear you are working to get more sleep.
Sunday 10/26 3:44 AN CDT:
Ron sorry shop clean up derailed by unfinished project. Glad project finished, hope clean up happened soon. Glad trac-Vac ready for action. Hope freezable items in cellar. Hope NASCAR was entertaining.. Nice cardinal pic.
Drew hope brunch was fun. Nice you found white sauces for nephew's daughter. You're right, gotta take your swings.
Drew sorry landlady not doing well in cancer battle. Sorry post had to be cleared.
Bill hope muck out the cats went well. And I thought the term was "double bottoms".
Scott(vt) congrats on vintage radio. Hope church was good.
Gasifier welcome to GM thread. Do you get to see fire with your wood boiler?
Phil glad new hose on leaf vac, and you are catching up on leaf control. Glad neck shots working!! Sorry MIL needed emergency room, hope she recovers quickly, prayers sent. Sorry to hear both of your wife's parents have failing health. Good to hear more wood for projects! Nice mallet. Hope coffee goes well.
Spike good to hear you got some rain! Hope they get you cylinders and hoses replaced soon.
Drew the rain I got was good, but too much just ran off Sorry you are in watering mode so late in year.
Thomas hope no problems with hunters. glad mom broke up sibling fight. Hope backpack work and filling kindling barrel both went well.
Dennis sorry you didn't know the 611 was back in service. Nice pics
Ron hope you caught the mouse, Good luck finding their way in.
ArlyA glad good weekend in camp. Hope you are getting the road shaped up. Glad you were able to get some brush control in, and just enjoy being at camp.
Happy(NC) glad buggy starting of key! Hope you can work out good way to kill engine without getting "bit" Hope 4X2 work went well.
Mike glad you got burn pile burned. hope you didn't hurt anything moving the hay. Hope LED light change out happened with any incidents or accidents.
Buppies in Missouri time delay between asphalt overlay and lane markings 2 to 4 weeks. Glad lawn areation and over seeding ready for rain, hope it shows. Glad Holly sleeping. I need to do My windows.
WinterDeere thanks for history.
Paul glad chores got done, ERV balanced, and mowing got done. Nice fire. Still too warm for fire here.
Ken glad good trip to NYC. Glad you got to meet Joe Hill. Good to hear Greek place had food as good as Greece. Good pic
More catch up later.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Scott(vt) /wife's back pain, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, 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, Eye recovery, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /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, Middle East War, and Country.

 

[sodamo]

Happy Anniversary Mr & Mrs Happy

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee has been poured. 31° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 52° with partly cloudy skies and brisk winds. Grocery shopping went good. While out dropped off my absentee ballot at the township offices. Couple other stops to pay bills. Sure was nice not too have to detour onto dirt roads. All the detour signs had been removed. Got home and put groceries away. Had a chilled feeling. So fired up gas logs in wood stove. Layed down on couch and took a hour nap. Back to feeling warm. Liked the warm feeling. So conserved energy for rest of the day. May get water filters changed today.
Some Fall Colors. It's what I see out my kitchen window.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 37 and going up to 39°F. Wind N 14 gusting to 22 mph. Rain.

Tire swap then back home and off to the dump and Sundridge.

With temps in the 30s, I will be putting my T-shirt back on along with my thermal shirt.

I got the winter front back on the tractor yesterday. So the day wasn't a total loss.

Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

good morning all
a warmer 50 out not going up much in temps today but likely windy.
sounds like a major leaf accumulation day

off early to endocrinologist; glad my AIC and cholesterol not terrible and it seems taking lisinopril
for BP has helped reduce my numbers a little, only running 130's in office instead of 140's to 160.
Might have white coat issues, even when I've fallen asleep in waiting room.

need to go food shopping on way home, then likely will chase the leaves around, maybe not if too windy.

last day of October, happy Fall everyone

 

[wngsprd]

44 going to 62 and sunny, windy.

Buppies, sorry Holly is having a bad spell. It has to be tough on you, but glad you are taking good care of her.

Ron, congrats on getting your road opened. We had a similar situation here about 10 years ago, and although it was nice is eliminating almost all traffic on our road, it made us drive far out of the way if we were heading in that direction.

L4N, $775 coveralls? ...must be mink lined? If it was below 20 below here, I'd be wearing my woodstove!

 

[scott_vt]

Good Tractor Morning,

Scotty, that looks like quite the setup. Can you talk to someone in the DR before you go there for vacation?

GM Billy, I actually have talked with the Dominican Republic. As far as contacting them now, it’s easiest to just call the resort to find out what conditions are there. It was a random contact, I have no way to reach him again without sending an email and trying to arrange another QSO. This particular HAM was located in Santo Domingo. And I don’t know how much English these guys typically speak. So far I have had QSO’s with 45 countries and counting

I'm sure the AC is protected by a surge protector,
but what do you protect the antenna lines with?

GM Drew, I should have what Steve just posted but for now when I hear of bad weather coming in I just disconnect both of my antennas from my station. I do have a devoted 8 ft copper rod that is driven into the ground with a ground wire attached to the equipment for protection, but the best protection IMHO is to totally disconnect everything from the antennas. But I will definitely get what Steve posted before long. I will be disconnecting everything this coming Monday night right before we leave for 2 weeks

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Winter Deere and Bill,

Happy and Bride, Happy Anniversary!

Happy, enjoy your day

There is no product available on a consumer budget, that is going to protect your equipment (esp. receivers!) from a lightning strike on your antenna

GM WinterDeere, well said. The best protection IMHO is to disconnect everything when there is any chance of bad weather coming in. On my desk presently:
Icom 7610. $3600
Icom7300. $1000
Yaesu Ft891. $700
Drake R4C. $400 plus $180 cw crystals
Cat 300 tuner $300
Vibroplex $250

So almost $6500 , Drew don’t tell my wife please

 

[Happy in NC]

Good morning TBN!!
44 this morning . Going to be about 60 and breezy today. Overnight will be near the freezing mark. Coldest so far this season.
Had a great day yesterday aimlessly roaming the area north of us.
Went to a Restore store in Wilkesboro. Stopped at a couple of powersports places then up around the Blue Ridge.
Peak is well past in some of the upper elevations but beautiful colors once down a little bit. Found a nice lake in the mountains to walk around and give the dog some run time.
Stopped for Chinese and a couple of last minute items for tomorrow.
Today I am back in my garage. Will get the relay in and neaten up the wiring and the turn my attention to who knows what

Time for a second cup.
Everyone have a great and safe day!!

 

[ronjhall]

Happy belated Anniversary Mr & Mrs Happy in NC.

 

[Happy in NC]

Thanks for the well wishes guys. I got a keeper. Not sure why she has stayed with me all these years but I can safely say I am still alive on account of her!

The problem with staying busy is that I rarely take the time to fully clean up the present mess before making another. After a month or two of that, I’ve got a serious accumulation of messes to wade through. The only reward for this behavior is thinking that I don’t have a trophy shop, I have a working one.
The huge downside is that I almost always have to deal with my last mess before starting another one. Or at least push it out of the way.

I totally understand this!! What's worse (better) I having multiple projects in the same shop. Spend half my time searching for tools. Sometimes I just have to stop and put all my tools back away and then start over!

 

[B7510HSD]

Good Morning Winter Deere and Bill,

Happy, enjoy your day

GM WinterDeere, well said. The best protection IMHO is to disconnect everything when there is any chance of bad weather coming in. On my desk presently:
Icom 7610. $3600
Icom7300. $1000
Yaesu Ft891. $700
Drake R4C. $400 plus $180 cw crystals
Cat 300 tuner $300
Vibroplex $250

So almost $6500 , Drew don’t tell my wife please

But wait theres more what about the NEW IC-7300MKII it decodes CW also!

 

[WinterDeere]

The best protection IMHO is to disconnect everything when there is any chance of bad weather coming in.

Does Ham equipment still use those old UHF style threaded connectors, or have they graduated to something a little more modern? I'd guess if all your equipment plugs into a single power strip then outlet, all you'd need to pull is one power cord + one antenna connector? Or is it more involved?

What sort of transmitter power are people running, these days? Anything requiring dedicated circuits, etc.?

<-- spent the last two weeks working a 62,600 watt 0.3 meter transmitter. The connectors I use for those jobs are a wee bit bigger!

 

[Buppies]

Chilly this morning due to wind leaves falling pretty good now soon leaf blower comes out echo big boy heavy bug really blows the leaves.

May all have a wonderful and blessed day
Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[ponytug]

@Buppies sorry to hear about Holly having such trouble. I think it is hard when a spouse is being tormented by inner disease or demons, and one can't do anything more than more than stand up and be there for them. It is tough and I think that Holly is blessed to have you on deck and there for her.

All the best,

Peter

 

[FriendwithTractor]

Good Morning To All Who Celebrate! Currently 50° heading to a high of 56° and windy. Think they're calling for gusts up to 30 mph.

Snuck out of work a little early yesterday to go take multiple birds with one stone. Went down to the Messick's location that has the snowblower to look it over (It's in surprisingly good shape), ask if I can get a warranty on the sawhaul (They're debating it, waiting for a call back) and if they sell poly skid shoes for the snow-push (They don't but a similar model has two separate parts of one shoe that add up to almost $300 dollars per shoe, they'll email me with some measurements to see if the shoe will fit.)

Parts guy was very accommodating and gave great options, so thumbs up from the service perspective even if they didn't have what I needed. Think I might start some dialog about purchasing the blower.

Tree's all cut up and ready to split, might tackle that this weekend.

Watched House of Dynamite last night, I'm a huge sucker for anything Nuclear War based. WarGames, When the Wind Blows, Dr.Strangelove, Countdown to Looking Glass to name a few. Even the Non-fiction stuff is enough to keep you up at night. Like the Damascus Missile Silo Accident in Arkansas, or the weapon being released over North Carolina. "I found the arming switch, bad news, it's set to arm."

My introduction to it is to tell people "The DoD recognizes that the US had 32 Broken Arrow incidents, which is essentially an accident or loss involving nuclear weapons. No one knows how many the Soviets had. Sleep tight!"

Before I embarrass myself further, I'll summarize, it's a good show.

Parents made it out safe to the West to watch nephew parade around in his cow costume for Halloween. I'm here watching the dog and making sure the house doesn't blow away.

Goals for this weekend: Start dialog about snowblower, if it's not too spongy split the wood from the tree, make sure the dog doesn't run off.

Happy and Mrs. Happy, Many more happy anniversaries to come!
Buppies, hang in there! Pulling for you both!

All not specified, enjoy the end of October! Stay safe out there and be well!
Prayers for all Ailing and Recovering!

Edit: I apparently used a non-advertiser friendly word or two, editing to trying to bypass moderator approval as I'm sure they have better things to do than read my slop