Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

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

Bought them off of Safety Supply. TransCanada Pipeline workers wear the same coveralls and they cost them about $1200.oo/unit. They are well insulated and also size 52 long. I stand 6'4" with a 48" waist, with a winter coat underneath they have to be big. They are also toasty warm. Just ask my cats.

Got my winter tires/snow tires on, cost $118. and they store the summers. I've got a wheel bearing on its way out on the right rear. Just got the estimate to do the front brakes pads, calipers and rotors plus both rear wheel bearings, you had better sit down, $2200.oo worst case scenario. One good thing is that my summer tires are good for at least all of next summer, they still have 1/4" of tread left. This past summer I put 1701 kilometers (1063 miles) on the summers. Now that I am older I do treat my tires better than I did when I was younger. No more smoke shows. That 3.6L VVT engine probably has enough torque to spin the tires if it was rear wheel drive, but it is front wheel drive and I don't really want to abuse the rest of it trying.
A cop asked me once after he had caught me doing a smoke show if I was a little old (38) for doing that. My answer was "nope, You are only as young as you feel and I feel about 16." Scored an excessive smoke ticket for that. $28.oo and no points.

In a half an hour I will be doing the weekly dump run and go to Sundridge for some food for me and the cats.

 

[daugen]

the reality is everything is more expensive in Canada
and good luck trying to afford a new first home, particularly in big cities.
I think you can say the same thing for much of the US too...

which is why I could afford to buy a 25 acre farm in NC for 300k, which would cost six times more
in my current township. Affordable housing is no joke.
Just have to look at all the homeless to see the bitter end, some place I sure hope
never to be.

on a cheerier note, looks like I'm going to start going to the gym.
got a note from BC/BS of NC saying I had 112 dollars a month they will pay for me
to enroll in the gym of my choice (there is a list I need to check)
and for yoga mats, dumbbells and more...
I have to log on to find out more but that certainly seems enticing, a program
called FitOn Health
but....

I have stayed out of public gyms for many reasons, primarily avoiding human contact
to reduce chance of getting sick. But that's always in moderation and context; my concern is for
sweaty equipment ripe with someone else's germs. And what about enclosed locker rooms, how about the ventilation
in there. One sick all sick?........
I of course overstate but I've stayed pretty healthy by doing this.

alternative is to get a treadmill for my home.
they have a benefit stated as: Browse fitness equipment
browse? just browse?

of course another reason I have stayed out of gyms is avoiding
the cougars on the prowl. Maybe i should stop avoiding...

 

[daugen]

a really good day for pictures popping up from the past
lots of good farm action pics
putting that heavy Land Pride auger away all by myself was kinda tricky
always worried about bashing the barn or the orchard sprayer, had to get it under the lean to roof.
physically horsing phd around always a treat as it always seemed to want to flop over
that's an auger RS would smile at

sandy soil....ahhhh, never broke a shear pin

that was the Long solid bottom bucket grapple that was way too heavy for the Kubota
but oh my when it went on front of 5 ton Massey, it was a beast
I couldn't wait to get into something with it.
it was finally hooked up to the right size tractor and
just a pleasure to use.
sure never lifted a tire on the big Massey but got that Kubota off the ground
more than a few times, all that weight waaayyyy out there

 

[Looking4new]

If you want to learn something about Canada click the link.

If you don't want to learn, then don't click the link, I don't care.

 

[sodamo]

68°f and .4 inches rain Yesterday manage

Got some more pole saw time yesterday, until my arms couldn’t take it any more. At least the effect is becoming more visible.

Guy got trounced in record fashion in H&F had a terrible night with lower leg cramps, up about half dozen times. Only relief is to walk it off. Disruptive to good sleep.
Off to a cardio appointment this morning, Echo test I believe. Then Friday follies.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great tractor day

 

[rswyan]

47F, wet, and overcast @ 12:30, heading up to around 53F for the day's high. Slight chance of a rain shower.

Low this morning was 34.5F.

Total rainfall now up to just under 1.5" for the past couple of days.

Sun was out earlier but but now cloudy, will likely stay that way for the rest of the day.

Got banking done yesterday but didn't get any bills scheduled or paid, will have to do that today.

Got water filter element which I had hosed the rust off of a few days ago soaking in some Iron Out ... that cleaned it up pretty quick. Pulled it out of that and hosed it off again and set it on the dish rack to dry.

Then stuck the heads for the filter and ScalTrol device in the Iron Out solution to soak. Neither of these took very long to clean up as far as iron went but I did notice the ScalTrol head had a hard (brittle) gray deposit under the rust. Probably some type of mineral deposits. Stuck both of them back in the container to soak further. Be interesting to see what they look like today.

Made a quick trip over to local friends to eye up a project. He picked up a motorcycle lift off FB Market Place and wants to modify it for the E-bike trikes he and his wife ride. So later today I'll head up to the shop and see what I have as far as steel sheet and angle that can be used to extend out the platform to accommodate the second rear wheel. The trikes don't weigh all that much so hopefully I'll have something that will work.

After I got back I worked on pulling the last of the finishing nails out of some old wood molding so it can be stored up between the floor joists. Got that all done.

Then spent a bunch of time cleaning a bunch of junk off a couple of sections of Ikea storage shelves next to the water heater which will be used to store tools and supplies/parts for the utility room project.

Took a quick glance at the install instructions for the tempering valve.

Got the last of the west concrete wall scrubbed down so I can glue up that first section of 2" foam board.

Around 17:30 got a call back from the guy with the well drillers in Mansfield. He looked at other wells around us but since he was only able to pull up the original drilling report for our well, he assumed that our well was probably too shallow.

Had to explain to him that I thought it was drilled deeper at a later point but that there was no drilling report filed for that. He was going to reach out to our original driller and see if he could get the actual depth.

Meanwhile I'll go back to the paper chase and see if I can locate the document that mentions the deeper depth.

Asked if we had a lot of iron in our water ... dunno, ... define "a lot" ?

Talked some about well rehab, mainly from a chemical basis using acid and a pump to circulate it. Sounded like that could take several days.

He seemed kinda big on the talking, not as much on the listening ... not a great sign ... but we'll see.

Hope everyone is having a decent TGIF ...

 

[LouNY]

good visit to endocrinologist, he said I was doing fine, but thought it was time I had a DEXA scan on my hips,
haven't had one of those yet.

then went food shopping, got annoyed that our local larger supermarket only has one checker working, with plenty of other employees
just standing around. The better more expensive supermarket in town always has a checker on every line, marvelous.

breezy out with leaves blowing everywhere

I had a DEXA scan done just a few weeks ago, sounds like it will be an annual things because of some of my meds and my age.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

breakfast with all the gang today. very windy, blowing lots of leaves away., but oaks holding on pretty good.
not much else done. Just going thru old pics.

 

[daugen]

David, hope your cramps are better
I have to go turn the hot shower on mine

remembered that tomorrow will be another terrible day to go to Solebury Orchards nearby, insanely busy with pick your own, so I just drove over
there and the parking lot was almost full. I got a big basket of apples and a small basket of pears, 8 pounds of apples, 3 pounds of pears,
22 bucks or two bucks a pound. Good deal. All now divvied up into four one gallon zip locks
for giveaways. I'm hoping one will go to Popgadget when he stops down to rewire my garage receptacle so the door opener does not run off the
gfci
had to make sure I was adequately stocked with coin of the realm among friends

 

[Looking4new]

I hope the moderators don't flag this post, what with the wirty dords.
IT IS SNOWING OUT!
It wont stay and I guess the Moms will be sending their little 'darlings' out in snow suits tonight.