Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

28 degrees this morning going up to 48 today in what should be a nice day.
I need to run some errands this morning, pick up some new switchplates for the kitchen; the beige ones don't go with the new tile; hope Lowes has the darker ones. My local Lowes is no prize though; Home Depot pulled out of this area and left just this one store here. However the local Ace is exceptional, and between the Ace and Lowes, and for sure Amazon..., I can get it done. I just got my new bathroom tp holder, towel holder, etc from Amazon, all commercial Moen stuff; not what I'd find in Lowes. This renovation has sure shown me that there really are two quality lines out there for these plumbing fixture makers; I always thought that was marketing hype to charge more money. No, one is metal and weighs twice as much as the plastic one found at Lowes. And what I got from Amazon perfectly matches what the plumbers installed. Perhaps it was specifying the line name for Moen, and maybe certain line names are top quality only. I'm pretty ignorant on this; always bought the stuff at Lowes. If the better fixture is fifty or a hundred bucks more, overall it seems worth it because the plumber's labor cost makes the cost of fixtures just a tiny part of things. If I knew how to do "real" plumbing, then likely not. Just replace the cheaper one when it wore out. But I sure have never fussed with Pex (?) fittings, though it didn't look that hard. Just a fancy crimper in a way. And I was assured Pex was ok. ?

Sure is different from the solid copper piping I grew up with. Of course more than a few homes caught on fire with that stuff due to plumbers and homeowners sweating pipes. And copper obviously is impossibly expensive now. If I put it in, might feel I'd have to polish it....
Plastic probably insulates slightly better too. Miracles of modern plastic. It's everywhere, it's everywhere. Just like the lovely lady in The Graduate said...

 

[Buppies]

27 high of 38 later today yesterday's crap all melted but now frozen on ground and deck. Tomorrows high back in 40s but rain again for weekend. Good Morning

 

[riptides]

Nice 28 out this AM.

Happy New Year!

I for one am glad to see a year go by, to say it was rough is an understatment. I usually do not let time go without enjoying it, but 2014 will be a forgotten memory to me.

My goals this New Year are to enjoy it, stress less and smile more. Find employment that suits me, provide for my family and community, and sell my Kubotas. I will focus on lawn only, the haying is over. Time to start enjoying our "farm".

 

[dave1949]

2F calm & mostly clear. 20F is today's forecast.

riptides: Happy New Year to you too! Wishing you a better 2015. Sounds like you've made some healthy decisions and resolutions.

Drew: I don't know the mystery of plumbing fixture quality. As of 2006, American Standard made some good stuff if you searched it out and some of their big box lines were excellent values. You shouldn't have to mess with the PEX to change a fixture. The PEX usually ends at the shut-off valve, then regular threaded supply lines from the valve to the fixture. Plastic sure is everywhere, our urine, breast milk, the ocean ... sigh. Well, copper mining and smelting is not all that nice either.

 

[bakerg]

Good morning, 16F here heading to 19F. Heading out to my mother's house today to pick up some hydraulic cylinders, motors and a hydraulic pump that came off of an old JD 45 combine. There is also a few sheets of 3/4" plywood and a metal shelving unit that I can find a use for. That should just about take care of all my stuff there in the shed. My sister has most of the rest either scrapped or donated and she should be just about ready to put house up for sale.

 

[wngsprd]

20 and heavy frost headed to 40. Cloud front to the south looks like a tall mountain range.

After the last of our guests left yesterday, I took my wife out for some Tex-Mex to get all those Christmas tastes out of our mouths . Nothing like a chile relleno with Hatch sauce to send the taste of turkey, ham, and salmon to the back seat. Then we took in our first movie theatre experience of the year, using some gift certificates. I personally think the movie offerings have gone downhill over the years, at least tough to justify the prices. But we had to see one of our favorite books from long ago up on the screen - The Hobbit. Boy, those computers sure make some kind of movie.

 

[Thomas]

11F flurries dancing in the air,high mid 20's on brisk side for tonight.
Not much plan for today,couple wheel barrow loads wood inside,cat to vet for check,pick up couple goodies for tonight.
Mrs, I and cat plan to stay at home for New Years Eve,

Enjoy the day all.

 

[RoyJackson]

2014-12-31, 0750

6 degrees and light snow right now...no appreciable accumulation expected...just enough to make the roads slick. High today will be 23. Stepdaughter is heading to SE New Hampshire to party with friends, so wifey and I have the house to ourselves.
Got about half a case of beer, a bottle of wine and a bottle of champagne...we're good for New Year's Eve.

Tomorrow is my birthday, BTW....65.

 

[wngsprd]

Roy - here's to a great birthday and New Year!

 

[farmer2009]

30 this morning here in the smokies. We head home today. Been a decent vacation. But this place is sure crowded stood in line for over two hours yesterday just to ride a tram up a mountain to take the boy to see some animals. Get to the top and it's snowing so they have to put up the animals (river otters and such). How do these things live in the wild. Traffic wasn't bad til Gatlinburg then it was terrible. Nice bass pro shops down here and of course can't leave without going to the knife works. Had a pretty good time but can't wait to get home. As you can probably tell I'm not much of a vacationer. Wife loves it except for the excessive line standing and traffic.