Good morning!!!!

[CWB Wyo]

Looks like 27* for the low this morning, it got up to 40 yesterday but the wind was bad all day. We live in a wide open valley and don't have much to stop the wind. We are under a storm advisory tell tomorrow. The wind is supposed to pick up again later and a chance of snow. The sun is out how with a light wind, we'll see what happens.

Not much going on today.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.
CWB.

 

[lostcreekranch]

You'll probably change your "want" come August


My Mom had a thing about pressure cookers, my Dad often patched the ceiling above the range. I think "Go til it blows" was her motto.

The newer name brand “pressure cookers” like InstaPot, have many safety features not available in the old exploding pots.

 

[jbrumberg]

"........... safety features not available in the old exploding pots."- Rick

I really like using my old ("explodable") Presto pressure cooker. I enjoy cooking; I enjoy it even more if there is risk involved like explosions and fires. I did melt a gasket once permanently sealing the lid to the pot; but no explosion. It had to be replaced. Cooking stews and corned beef are the usual uses.

I did decide to remove the snowbank at the end of the driveway with the tractor and then tracked up the crusted snow by driving up/down the driveway a few times. The ground and driveway has melted down a couple of inches; dropping the FEL or box scraper blade would have been ugly.

 

[sodamo]

65°F and .3 inches rain. Gotta start drying out one of these days. At least the catchment tanks are full.

More interesting pics, thanks.

You guys in the storm do be careful.

Stay safe
Have a great day

 

[RedNeckGeek]

We bought this house in 2006, prior owner was a singe man, and it didn't appear that he'd ever used the microwave, cookstove, or dishwasher, so they are all "old" but still good.

Singe man, huh Bird? Maybe he got burned and was afraid to cook so he ate out alot? :laughing:

Single or married, I've always depended on all three appliances in the kitchen, and in the early days, the oven, too. Found out about microwave ovens when my grandma bought one of the first Radar Ranges, but it was years before I rented my first house and bought a microwave oven for it. Haven't been without one since. As far as the oven goes, it's pretty much been replaced by a countertop Cusinart convection toaster oven that's big enough for everything except a turkey.

If you donated that cast iron Dutch oven and Presto pressure cooker to your local pioneer museum, Jay, you'd have plenty of room for an Instant Pot. Just remember to order the glass lid for the pot at the same time, and you can also donate your old crock pot.:laughing:

 

[jbrumberg]

RNG- Luckily I swallowed that sip of coffee before I read your post; too funny.

Our wall cabinet mounted 30 year old GE convection/microwave oven has had a few parts replaced, but is still operating well. I periodically have to replace the heater elements in our old now non-selfcleaning oven. The standard cabinet sizes have changed since we renovated the kitchen. New replacement appliances no longer "fit" in our existing cabinet spaces.

I have enough trouble trying to operate our fancy new dishwasher's programming sequences.:embarrassed: Maybe I should find the courage to enter the kitchen appliance "garage" and see what items of historical value I/we have. My wok is well used and +40 years old. The advantage of my archaic cookware is no electricity is needed. With the Big Green Egg, wood stove, and propane cooktop power outages are just a nuisance if I am cooking. It happens on occasion. We did have some flickering lights last night with the wind.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

With the Big Green Egg, wood stove, and propane cooktop power outages are just a nuisance if I am cooking. It happens on occasion. We did have some flickering lights last night with the wind.

Have you tried to fire up your propane cooktop when the power's off, Jay? My propane range is about ten years old and incorporates a lockout that shuts off the propane when the power goes off. It was useless to me during the last power outage. Not sure there's a way of bypassing the lockout, either, unless I cut the lines and splice around it, and that would introduce two additional joints to fail in the propane lines. Safer to just fish the Coleman propane stove out of the camping gear.:shocked:

 

[Bird]

Singe man, huh Bird? Maybe he got burned and was afraid to cook so he ate out a lot?

He had a girlfriend about 2 blocks west of here, and he moved in with her when we bought this house. Of course I don't know how long that relationship went on before he sold this house.

As far as the oven goes, it's pretty much been replaced by a countertop Cusinart convection toaster oven that's big enough for everything except a turkey.

Same here, except ours is a Hamilton Beach because the last one was a Cusinart and died early, so I didn't want another Cusinart.

Both our KitchenAid range, and the Hamilton Beach countertop oven, are also convection ovens and we've never used that feature in either one.:laughing:

 

[Buppies]

I do not know about reviews but our advantuiem for the past four years has been flawless used daily

 

[jbrumberg]

RNG- Our propane cooktop is ~30 years old and there is no gas auto shutoff with a power loss. W/o power the piezo-electric igniter will not work, but the gas line is still flowing and can be started with a match/lighter.

Buppies- That potential March 7 - 9 storm is looking better and better. It will have more cold support than this last storm. The models all seem to agree that the "parent" low tracking across the CONUS will transfer its energy to a developing coastal storm; maybe a Miller B coastal. Of course there is still differences with parent low track, timing, phasing, and the rain snow line. I actually saw a snow map generated by a ProMet already.