Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Spontaneous fires have to have an oxidizer and a heat buildup. Examples would be a green hay bale or linseed oil soaked rags in an uncovered container.

Last summer it got so hot here one of the compost piles at the local worm farm spontaneously combusted. It was a HUGE pile, and since there wasn't anything combustable near it, the local fire department just let it burn. Took a week for it to go out. Wheeeeeeew, had to hold your breath for a minute when you went by it on the freeway...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I almost convinced the diabetes specialists treating me that my body was set up for ethanol. :wink:

The internist I ended up with when I moved here is a Scotsman. We spent more than half our time that first physical talking about Scotch, and the best places in town to find it...:thumbsup::laughing:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

One last thing, thought you all might get a kick,


Senior Greeter

You just have to appreciate this one. Young people forget that we old people had a career before we retired.....

Charley, a new retiree-greeter at WalMart, just couldn't seem to get to work on time. Every day, he was 5, 10, 15 minutes late. But he was a good worker, really tidy, clean-shaven, sharp-minded and a real credit to the company and obviously demonstrating their "Older Person Friendly" policies.

One day the boss called him into the office for a talk. "Charley, I have to tell you, I like your work ethic, you do a bang-up job when you finally get here; but your being late so often is quite bothersome."

"Yes, I know boss and I am sorry and am working on it."

"Well good, you are a team player. That's what I like to hear.”

“Yes sir, I understand your concern and I will try harder.”

Seeming puzzled, the manager went on to comment, “I know you're retired from the Armed Forces. What did they say to you there if you showed up in the morning late so often?"

The old man looked down at the floor, then smiled. He chuckled quietly, then said with a grin…….

"They usually saluted and said, 'Good morning, Admiral, can I get your coffee, sir

Good one, i have a good friend down in dublin va, retired Army Col, who is working in a hardware store, just for fun... He tinkers around, rebuilds and repairs small engines, and some woodworking.

 

[txdon]

What part of the second paragraph was missing here? Every fire in the world has to have those.

You are right , I'm sorry, I should have added that when referring to the cause and origin of a fire, spontaneous combustion means it starts from an organic source and has an self-heating or increase in temperature due to exothermic internal reactions.

You did not say spontaneous combustion, just spontaneous, but I jumped on the definition of spontaneous combustion. But we still do not know the exact cause of the fire if accumulated oil from past cooks is ruled out. It's odd that oil has to be looked at in an appliance that is advertised as oil free cooking.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Big difference when the lake is full vs. low.

In the fall of '14 and again in the fall of '15, the level of Lake Oroville dropped below 650'. The top of the reservoir is 900'. Even when the lake is full, that bridge is still a long way above the water.

CDEC - Data Application

Interesting plot of lake level vs. time. The operators of the Oroville Dam shouldn't have been surprised at what happened last spring. The same thing almost happened the year before, but that one last storm didn't materialize. If it had, the spillway would have given way a year earlier.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Today on the calendar, one month ago, I was at this time, fearful and dreading the hours as my best friend underwent surgery. In just one months time I can see the immense progress she has made. Prayers, love and a positive attitude are powerful influences in her continued recovery.

It's great you can step back and get some perspective on the situation, Rip, and can appreciate the progress that's been made. Hopefully, in another month, things'll be even better!

 

[300UGUY]

Finally caught myself up here. Lots of posts in the last week! We are doing well, going to a funeral this afternoon for a friend. 67, cancer got him. He did smoke for a long time, but a lot of us old factory rats seem to get cancer. Been inside a lot, cleaning house, organizing stuff. We have lived here 30 years, you can accumulate a lot of “stuff”. ��. After doing the kitchen, including about 100 coffee mugs, we have decided that we will not renew our Costco membership. Just the 2 of us, we don’t need large quantities of anything.

Suicide. I had a good friend of mine do that when I was young. Never expected it, the guy had a lot going for him. He went into the woods with a 12 gauge, left a note for his family, where to find him. Never did understand it.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

LOL, very good advice!

A question for ya'll.

I was going to buy a couple new fuel cans just for diesel/tractor, though I only live about 1.5 miles from a fuel station. Would you bother with the cans or just drive the tractor down and fill it up when needed? I suspect I'll grab a can to have some fuel on hand for back in the woods, but seems silly to drive the truck with a can down to the station when it is the same as taking the tractor and not messing around with more cans.

Do you have a truck that runs on Diesel? If so, Harbor Freight makes a pretty good 12V transfer pump that makes refueling the tractor from the truck pretty easy. I think driving a mile and a half down the road and back to get fuel would get old, but not as quickly as the six miles it would take me to get to fuel here.:laughing: I keep one five gallon fuel can here just in case I screw up and run the tractor out, and to have something to help start the campfire. Diesel isn't as volatile as gasoline, and lasts a lot longer in the can. Even so, I try to change it out several times a year.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

If the tractor talks to me and says paint me, well, I will. But I don't think so. The old look with good insides is just fine.

We should start a pool on how long it'll be before Drew repaints that tractor. I'll give him two weeks from when the weather's dry and warm enough for the job.:laughing:

If, in the meantime, Drew, you decide to spruce up the old paint with some 303 or Wipe New, it'll play heck with any new paint you might try to apply later unless you can get it all off. And I mean really off, as in scrubbing hard with a strong solution of Dawn dish soap, sanding it all with 800 wet'n'dry, and scrubbing it again with the Dawn.

 

[jbrumberg]

Eric- The last time used my my Browning 12G BPS pump shotgun was to retrieve a "wayward' "drone" from the pine tree that grabbed it. It took two deer slugs. The first shot blew the top of the tree off, but the tree's recoil did not release the "drone". I trisected that poor tree with the shot below the branch holding the drone. That section of the tree dropped to earth, but the "Drone" was unharmed.

I am embarrassed to report that the cost of those two rounds exceeded the cost of that little drone.

Rip I too truly hope that in time you and your wife will be able to put this part of your lives together far behind and focus +ly together on the future.

RNG- My PCP and I talk beer talk.