Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

And a year later Ron and no cedar has fallen off.

Wngsprd, I also finished the trimming of the front fence line at sunset. 3 days and filled up 7 times.
61˚

I also got the failed auto damper out of the inline fresh air vent for the WBS that was in the wall with a small 10" access door, and hooked the line direct until a new 120v electric damper arrives.

All I need to do now is cut and split some wood by Tuesday before the weather turns wet and cold.

 

[RoyJackson]

2017-12--03, 0726

24 right now...high 30's today. Hopefully, less damp which made yesterday feel chillier than it was.

Like yesterday, no plans...watched some TV (I'm not normally a TV watcher) and caught up on a video game I started a month ago. Probably repeat those activities today... The pup loves to watch TV...and loves someone to watch with her so she can curl up with them

 

[riptides]

36 out this AM, grey overcast sky. Cleanup day today.

I hope all are doing better this fine Sunday morning. Stay positive! Although if you are like me, the colder weather kind of knocks one back a step.

I cleaned up all the safety switches on that Kubota yesterday. No emery cloth available, so I used some fine grit sandpaper. That did the job, thank goodness. The history on those safety switches finally caught up to mine after 15 years.

I finally cleaned up part of the back yards fence line. Unfortunate the work was on a sad note, as one of the dogs passed, so their "run" is not needed any longer. I managed to find a nylon type bone with the tractor. Been looking for that, forever. Happy thoughts came over me as I de-constructed the old fences with bolt cutters and wire clippers. There were like three layers of fence around that "run". Those dogs just wanted to be with us all the time and always managed a jail break. Only age and love slowed them down from those fences. That and their teeth got ground down chewing on metal. LOL.

Anyway, I hope all have a great day. Be safe.

Oh, and I hear all the worlds troubles will be solved with a new plan by noon-ish today! That's really great. You all be safe in your travels.

 

[Spiros]

39 degrees here in Memphis, TN this morning. Fencing today and general cleanup.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 46F @ 5:00AM. Plenty of sunshine. High near 50F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

Only 0.06" of rain fell overnight, and no more in the forecast for at least a week. That's nice for keeping the campfire wood pile dry, but not so good for the landscaping.

Do you plant a younger tree each year so you'll have one small enough to fit into the house in the future, Eric? If so, who picks which one to take home?

Hope your trip goes smoothly, Drew. If you and Randy can solve even one of the world's problems over lunch, we'll all be a lot better off.:thumbsup:

Apple released a new update yesterday that didn't seem to fix the iPad charging problem, but toggling Airplay on/off seems to have brought it back.:confused2: No rhyme or reason to how or why. Other than someone that was supposed to check for such things before the software was released, didn't.

After 54 years the lower shock mounts on the rear shocks off the old BMW seem to be very solidly attached, with no intention of turning loose of the shock body. Gave them both a good dose of Kroil yesterday, along with some heat, and will keep it up until they let go. Tried using the fancy Craftsman strap wrenches, but both rubber straps just slipped around the body. Fortunately the old nylon strap on the Rigid wrench held tight, but not as tight as the threads it was trying to loosen...

One of the buttons on the front of the GPS came off on the last trip, fortunately when the unit was in my pocket. Garmin will no longer provide service or parts for it (it's only five or six years old), but others with the same problem have had luck fixing it with dabs of silicon caulking applied from behind the panel. Removed the eight very tiny Torx fasteners to get it apart yesterday and lathered it up with silicon, then gave it a nice warm spot to sit next to the woodstove while it cures. Hopefully it's good enough to put back together today, as I've got a trip down to the SF Bay Area planned for Monday and Tuesday.

Continuing the Steve McQueen kick, The Sand Pebbles graced last night's agenda. Another classic. But three hours of run time had me taking advantage of the Intermission in the middle.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Morning all. 36°

Felt sick in stomach all night, not sure what caused that. Need to eat something to take my am meds, but dont feel like eating.

My dad is notorious for his Charlie brown trees. We never bought a christmas tree, which are all pruned, but would top a fir tree on the farm. He would drill a hole and add a limb in a bare spot when needed. The trees were way more open, easier to hang decorations. We loved those non perfect trees, sure made a lot of good memories.

My dad was telling me the other day of the big thanksgiving snow of 1950. Snowed a week, roads drifted shut. Had to bring a dozer from a quarry to open the roads.

Drew, have a good trip.
Riptide, good to hear from you.
Wndsprd, maybe they will chase you out a deer yet.
Buppies, sounds like you are healing ok.
Spiros, welcome to the forum.

Ill try to hang in there....

 

[CWB Wyo]

Overcast and 37* this morning, it was nice yesterday if you were in the sun it was 54*. Looks like rain changing to snow by afternoon with a high in the low 40's and windy.

Have a couple of little things I would like to get done today.

Hope everyone has a nice day.
CWB.

 

[toppop52]

Candy throw out is a big people draw. If they ban it, parades will dwindle.

They stopped here about 15 years ago.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

When Charles Schultz and his team came up with the longstanding Charlie Brown Christmas kids show, the network wanted him to take out Linus' short, but very important sermon. Schultz held firm and told them no. I'm thankful he held his ground.

Wish I was nearer, I'd crash Drew and Randy's party.

BEF, prayers to get things settled down.

Bups, you too.

We had a postcard gorgeous weather day yesterday. A buddy came over to fish and I took 2 of the kids out there. I have to say I'm impressed at my 7 year old boy, he fished an artificial lure (the same one) hard for the 2 hours we were out there. It was a slow day, my buddy caught 3 or 4, I caught 3, my boy caught 1 (but he missed some strikes). Only my oldest daughter did not catch a fish. She started trying to catch small minnows instead.

Today is cloudy but warm 57F going to 72F.

RNG, I'm not holding my breath with 50 years of corrosion. Will be amazed if they come apart. Are they galvanically corroded? Is it stainless? Stainless is horrible about galling threads. One should always use nickel based teflon tape or anti-sieze to put stainless pipe threads together if you ever hope to take them apart.

A lot of 1 sided college games yesterday.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

If i felt up to it, id crash their party also. Im probably 3 hrs away.

 

[toppop52]

Buckeye, you may have a stomach virus, one going around like a wildfire. I had it a month ago, Mom and half the nursing home have it now, I’m staying away until the coast is clear. I can’t afford to be sick if I can avoid it. Showers now, clearing and 50’s later, very cold by end of week.

 

[toppop52]

Welcome Spiros and good to see you back Riptides. Hope everyone feels well.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Buckeye, you may have a stomach virus, one going around like a wildfire. I had it a month ago, Mom and half the nursing home have it now, I’m staying away until the coast is clear. I can’t afford to be sick if I can avoid it. Showers now, clearing and 50’s later, very cold by end of week.

Starting to feel better. Had a little to eat. I got flu shot about a month ago.

Wife put some meatloaf in the oven before she left for worship, looking forward to that.

Sunny here.

 

[ronjhall]

39 degrees here in Memphis, TN this morning. Fencing today and general cleanup.

Welcome to Good Morning Thread.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

RNG, my work position I started recently is test lead, for software and firmware for several of our products.
Before i came, it was all manual testing, every function, every supported os, etc.
I'm automating some of the testing. But all my test scripts themselves have to be tested to verify they actually perform the test correctly. Thousands of test steps. It's tough getting every possible scenario tested, but we try. We are getting ready for a major update, overtime approved. I'm going to be swamped...

 

[sodamo]

67°F and only 1.45 inches rain last 24 hours. I detect a slacking. Still reports of flooding and stuff.

Plan to watch football.

Be safe
Have a great day

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, I'm not holding my breath with 50 years of corrosion. Will be amazed if they come apart. Are they galvanically corroded? Is it stainless? Stainless is horrible about galling threads. One should always use nickel based teflon tape or anti-sieze to put stainless pipe threads together if you ever hope to take them apart.

The shock body is steel with turned threads on the OD of the tube, the lower mount is cast iron or steel, and forms something of a cup that the body screws into. Since it's on the lower end, and the cup faces up, it's a natural reservoir for water. There was no corrosion visible where the two parts meet, and they live inside two telescoping sheet metal shrouds, so I'm hopeful the rusting isn't too bad. It might take a week to work, so patience, persistance, and time are my friends on this one...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, my work position I started recently is test lead, for software and firmware for several of our products.
Before i came, it was all manual testing, every function, every supported os, etc.
I'm automating some of the testing. But all my test scripts themselves have to be tested to verify they actually perform the test correctly. Thousands of test steps. It's tough getting every possible scenario tested, but we try. We are getting ready for a major update, overtime approved. I'm going to be swamped...

That's the LAST thing you should be worrying about right now, Farmer! Focus on recovering your strength and health, and surrounding yourself with supportive friends and family. Stress is a killer, and can slow down your recuperation if it gets out of hand.

I don't envy you that task, Farmer. At my last employer, I was being shoe horned into a similar position for a major piece of software that had been written in house. The developers had produced no documentation, comments were very sparse in the code, and there wasn't even very much in the way of design or performance criteria available. Real wild west stuff. The group leader, an ex Air Force Colonel, would go off on a round of schmoozing with his Air Force sponsor/buddies, come back with a bunch of "like to haves", then give them to the coders. Everything was scatter gunned, and usually blew up just before or during the demos. No time or funding to develop a spec, or even just put together a list of requirements and have them validated by the customers. Just another one of many reasons it was a perfect time to pull the plug on that job, cash in all my chips, and retire to the country.

 

[rswyan]

44F and sunny @ 11:30 ... beautiful outside but mebbe a little on the cool side.

Fell asleep on the couch last night after dinner, woke up at some point and crawled into bed and slept until after 10:00 this morning.

Got the 3PH frame and the angle that holds the tines welded together yesterday ... was a bit of pain ... had to weld the pivot pipe which was down in a 1/2 wide gap between the angle (which I was welding to) that holds the tines and the outer pivot tube ... without welding the inner pipe and outer tube together. Hard to get to and get a good angle on ... so it will be interesting to see if it holds together. Probably should have made the outer tube a little shorter, and left more of a gap.

Managed to weld them together in one small spot only ... which was quickly fixed with a zip disc in the angle grinder.

Also had to rotate the 3PH assembly to get all the way around the pipe ... which was a complete PITA, given how bound up it is. Used a 5' long piece of pipe as a cheater bar and I could just barely move it ... managed to avoid any really nasty falls, although I came close a couple of times.

Figured out the positioning on the hydraulic cylinder ... it's an ASAE cylinder and the end of the rod had about 3" of threads on it to allow for adjusting the clevis. That made it a little long, so I cut off about two inches of the threads. Got the base end attachment point positioned and tacked up on the frame ... have to position and tack the rod end attachment point on today, and then get them both welded on. Will need to stand the rake up on end ... if I don't want to do any overhead welding (which I don't) ... should be a real treat.

It's probably going to be real close on interference and whether the cylinder contacts any part of the frame ... unfortunately really no easy way to check it at this point, given how bound up the pivot is. Hopefully it will be ok.

Would be nice to get outside and get some stuff done today while the weather is still nice ... but he wants his rake and I just want this little project done and gone ... :laughing:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

That's the LAST thing you should be worrying about right now, Farmer! Focus on recovering your strength and health, and surrounding yourself with supportive friends and family. Stress is a killer, and can slow down your recuperation if it gets out of hand.

Developers don't like to test usually, but this group does. Documentation and config control better than most places. Always room for improvement.

They fired the guy before me, but they have assured me they love my work and not to worry about that.

Work so far is supportive of me getting well, but you never know how far that goes, coming in new. I have no sick leave or personnal leave right now, but they are letting me go negative. I havent shared the extent of my surgery, but a little more involved then others I've had in the past. I thought i would only be off a couple days.

I enjoy the work, and i can do most from home.

Our schmoozers came back with that list, and a pot of cash to pay for it. Lol.
Last thing i want is overtime, im too old for that.