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300UGUY
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I I hope Eddies wife and everybody else gets better!
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PJSprog
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28°F and partly cloudy this morning, going up to 45° today.
We got about an inch of snow yesterday, and most of it was gone by the end of the day. It was that fluffy wet snow, so the drop in temperatures over night froze it up pretty solid. Glad I thought to go out and clear off my car yesterday evening. I saw several people this morning driving with that frozen snow covering half their windshield (not smart).
What a difference a day makes. Gotta love winter in the midwest.
Got a few areas cleaned up Saturday while the weather was still mild. Wifey wanted to drive the tractor, so I just did the lifting to load the bucket and she made the runs back to the burn pile. Got rid of a bunch of half-decayed straw bales and some unused fire wood that was left uncovered for too long. The ground was still kind of mushy in places, and we left some ruts back by the barn. Need to fix that before mower season starts.
Somewhat amazed at how much the chicks are growing so fast, bigger and taller. It's noticeable every day.
We got about an inch of snow yesterday, and most of it was gone by the end of the day. It was that fluffy wet snow, so the drop in temperatures over night froze it up pretty solid. Glad I thought to go out and clear off my car yesterday evening. I saw several people this morning driving with that frozen snow covering half their windshield (not smart).
What a difference a day makes. Gotta love winter in the midwest.
Got a few areas cleaned up Saturday while the weather was still mild. Wifey wanted to drive the tractor, so I just did the lifting to load the bucket and she made the runs back to the burn pile. Got rid of a bunch of half-decayed straw bales and some unused fire wood that was left uncovered for too long. The ground was still kind of mushy in places, and we left some ruts back by the barn. Need to fix that before mower season starts.
Somewhat amazed at how much the chicks are growing so fast, bigger and taller. It's noticeable every day.
PJSprog
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I've been searching over the last couple of weeks for a used iPad for an upcoming music project. You wouldn't think it would be so hard to get your hands on one. You'd be wrong. I found a bunch of them listed on Craigslist and OfferUp. Out of seven inquiries, I received exactly zero replies. One guy I called Friday said he'd already sold it, and guessed that he needed to take down the ad. It was still there yesterday. Saturday, I started calling local electronics repair places and pawn shops. Out of half a dozen of those, no one had anything in stock. Unbelievable.
Wifey found out I was looking after seeing my Facebook rant on the subject, checked on Facebook market place, and had two replies with a couple of hours. She met up with a young woman in Edwardsville IL while she was out and about yesterday, and brought me home a nearly perfect condition 16Gb iPad 3 yesterday afternoon for a very reasonable $130.
Life is curious sometimes.
Wifey found out I was looking after seeing my Facebook rant on the subject, checked on Facebook market place, and had two replies with a couple of hours. She met up with a young woman in Edwardsville IL while she was out and about yesterday, and brought me home a nearly perfect condition 16Gb iPad 3 yesterday afternoon for a very reasonable $130.
Life is curious sometimes.
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Good Morning!!!! 51F @ 6:30AM. Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 67F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph.
Rain moves in tonight, the first of a series of storms that will bring several inches of the wet stuff, and several feet of snow to the mountains. Just what the doctor ordered, as snow depth is still only 37% of average.
Hope those of you out driving in the slop have an easy time of it.
Didn't take long to fill up that new garage space, did it Randy?:laughing::thumbsup: Once drove a Monte Carlo non-stop from central Ohio to San Francisco, and have had a soft spot for them ever since. Love to see some photos of your new one...
Beautiful day yesterday with mild temperatures and lots of sunshine. Had the doors open to the garage and got buzzed by a hummingbird, just checking things out I think. Wonder if he was the one that was trapped inside for two weeks a few years ago? He had a whole quart of nectar to himself and probably lived like a king, and I couldn't get him to leave...
Got the tail light and license plate mounted to the rear fender, and the wires connected for the light. Brake light works, haven't figured out how to jumper the ignition switch yet to test the tail light or turn signals, but will try that today. The horn works, and boy is it loud! They don't make 'em like that any more. It's an old Klaxon brand from France, an oddity for a German vehicle of that time. Also polished what I hope is the last half dozen bolt heads, and should finish the fender mounting today if a pair of tiny M3 screws show up and I can mount a wiring bulkhead that goes just in front of the fender. Can't get to the back of it once the fender is fully in place. Gear oil for the transmission, drive shaft tunnel, and final drive showed up yesterday, as did a new design cable luber I'm anxious to try. The straight 40W Valvoline VR-1 motor oil comes tomorrow, and it'll be time to start the engine. Really looking forward to that, so today I'll install the head pipes and mufflers. Unless the mechanic calls and sez is pipe is ready for pickup, but I wonder if that'll happen.:confused2:
Hope everyone's week gets off to a great start!
Rain moves in tonight, the first of a series of storms that will bring several inches of the wet stuff, and several feet of snow to the mountains. Just what the doctor ordered, as snow depth is still only 37% of average.
Hope those of you out driving in the slop have an easy time of it.
Didn't take long to fill up that new garage space, did it Randy?:laughing::thumbsup: Once drove a Monte Carlo non-stop from central Ohio to San Francisco, and have had a soft spot for them ever since. Love to see some photos of your new one...
Beautiful day yesterday with mild temperatures and lots of sunshine. Had the doors open to the garage and got buzzed by a hummingbird, just checking things out I think. Wonder if he was the one that was trapped inside for two weeks a few years ago? He had a whole quart of nectar to himself and probably lived like a king, and I couldn't get him to leave...
Got the tail light and license plate mounted to the rear fender, and the wires connected for the light. Brake light works, haven't figured out how to jumper the ignition switch yet to test the tail light or turn signals, but will try that today. The horn works, and boy is it loud! They don't make 'em like that any more. It's an old Klaxon brand from France, an oddity for a German vehicle of that time. Also polished what I hope is the last half dozen bolt heads, and should finish the fender mounting today if a pair of tiny M3 screws show up and I can mount a wiring bulkhead that goes just in front of the fender. Can't get to the back of it once the fender is fully in place. Gear oil for the transmission, drive shaft tunnel, and final drive showed up yesterday, as did a new design cable luber I'm anxious to try. The straight 40W Valvoline VR-1 motor oil comes tomorrow, and it'll be time to start the engine. Really looking forward to that, so today I'll install the head pipes and mufflers. Unless the mechanic calls and sez is pipe is ready for pickup, but I wonder if that'll happen.:confused2:
Hope everyone's week gets off to a great start!
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Also received the iRobot vacuum cleaner refund yesterday and started shopping for a replacement. Funny how the reviews that compare a half dozen or more of them never touch on reliability, customer service, or availability of replacement parts, but the reviews posted by people on Amazon sure do. Some of them are just hilarious, like this one:
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1.0 out of 5 starsKamikaze Neato, meant for greater things.
ByCRSon July 17, 2016
Let me preface this review by saying we loved our Neato Botvac. We wish we could give him five stars for doing a great job of vacuuming, but have to give him one star because of his dramatic and tragic demise, and the difficulty in dealing with his manufacturer on his warrantied return.
Our little Neato was a greatly anticipated addition to our family, and we welcomed him with excitement and open arms in January of 2016. As promised by his creators, he diligently worked each day to vacuum a large home with a lot of dog hair, mountain pine pollen dust, and day to day crumbs and debris. Working for two to three hours at a time, he would move around, creating a gentle hum as he vacuumed our great room with ease; navigating under chairs, over rugs, and around the two Labrador Retrievers. He occasionally would get hung up on a floor vent, and he would call for us with a gentle beep-beep, or if we were out of earshot, a polite on-line prompt. He also would let us know when it was time to empty his dustbin. He picked up a surprising amount of dirt for such a compact machine, and we gloated with pride over our efficient and effective Neato. As time went on, he began to get more comfortable with us--increasingly brave and more adventurous as he traveled through his daily cleaning journey. This pioneering spirt was greatly appreciated, as Neato began ambling further afield, cleaning long hallways, finding new rooms and vacuuming adventures with every turn. We laughed and took pictures like proud, amused parents when Neato, by his own volition, ventured outside--and in the process, vacuumed our deck with a dogged determination and what seemed like a renewed sense of purpose. Of course, we gently chided him and brought him back inside, reminding him he was an indoor vacuum, unlike his distant and ungainly cousin, the Shop-Vac. As time went on, his roaming adventures continued, and as his arc of travel grew wider, we would occasionally lose our fair haired boy. A distant beep would summon us from across the house, and we would search in a frantic panic as his incessant beeping that sounded like a sad bleat from a lost lamb calling for his mother echoed in our ears. In hindsight, we realize that was the turning point. Now we lie awake at night with tears in our eyes and guilty regret in our hearts. We look at each other, with words unspoken yet understood--we should have known that our Neato was crying for help. That his roaming far afield was a sign of a more deeply rooted problem. That vacuuming the deck wasn't funny, it was a call for attention. That he wasn't happy with us at all. That he wanted to find a way out. And find a way out was just what our dear Neato did. In a final act of lonely desperation, Neato hurled himself down a landing in a Kamikaze death spiral, plummeting over two flights of stairs, exploding into tiny bits and pieces that were a shadow of his former, vibrant self. His lights flickered on and off as my husband raced to the lower level, finding him in a heap of parts on the floor. A few long, distorted and pained beeps were the last words he spoke.
Now some may say our Neato was only a robot with no heart and no soul. That he simply malfunctioned, wandered off track and lost his way, not knowing that the landing was dangerous and a place to be avoided. We prefer to believe that he longed for more, and felt trapped like a caged animal in the monotony of his day to day life as a small appliance. That like winged Icarus, if he could get closer to the sun, he would find true happiness and peace. We want to believe he realized he was meant for greater things--not just a lowly wi-fi enabled robot meant to vacuum up dog hair and yesterday's crumbs, but a free and noble creature--meant for the sky, not the floor.
And so we say goodbye to our brave and fearless Neato. You were loved. You are being replaced by the Neato Corporation, ℅ the Funai Service Corporation, who are making me pay shipping for your return, and who have not been easy to deal with when it comes to fixing a problem for a product that is still under warranty--requiring multiple submissions of the same pictures, invoices and statements. We can only hope that your replacement is as diligent as you have been, but a lot less adventurous. We have learned our lesson and will keep New Neato restricted to a smaller area- no taste of the road, no adventure, no outdoor journeys. A simpler life, but a safe one.
Good luck little friend! We will miss you.
:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:
Sadly, almost all of the designs offered today have at least 10% one star ratings, and some have more than 25% combined one and two star ratings. I'm looking for at least 90% four and five star ratings, and it seems that the technology hasn't yet caught up with the ability to produce something that works reliably for at as long as the warranty.:confused2:
Showing 1-10 of 116 reviews(1 star). See all 1,324 reviews
1.0 out of 5 starsKamikaze Neato, meant for greater things.
ByCRSon July 17, 2016
Let me preface this review by saying we loved our Neato Botvac. We wish we could give him five stars for doing a great job of vacuuming, but have to give him one star because of his dramatic and tragic demise, and the difficulty in dealing with his manufacturer on his warrantied return.
Our little Neato was a greatly anticipated addition to our family, and we welcomed him with excitement and open arms in January of 2016. As promised by his creators, he diligently worked each day to vacuum a large home with a lot of dog hair, mountain pine pollen dust, and day to day crumbs and debris. Working for two to three hours at a time, he would move around, creating a gentle hum as he vacuumed our great room with ease; navigating under chairs, over rugs, and around the two Labrador Retrievers. He occasionally would get hung up on a floor vent, and he would call for us with a gentle beep-beep, or if we were out of earshot, a polite on-line prompt. He also would let us know when it was time to empty his dustbin. He picked up a surprising amount of dirt for such a compact machine, and we gloated with pride over our efficient and effective Neato. As time went on, he began to get more comfortable with us--increasingly brave and more adventurous as he traveled through his daily cleaning journey. This pioneering spirt was greatly appreciated, as Neato began ambling further afield, cleaning long hallways, finding new rooms and vacuuming adventures with every turn. We laughed and took pictures like proud, amused parents when Neato, by his own volition, ventured outside--and in the process, vacuumed our deck with a dogged determination and what seemed like a renewed sense of purpose. Of course, we gently chided him and brought him back inside, reminding him he was an indoor vacuum, unlike his distant and ungainly cousin, the Shop-Vac. As time went on, his roaming adventures continued, and as his arc of travel grew wider, we would occasionally lose our fair haired boy. A distant beep would summon us from across the house, and we would search in a frantic panic as his incessant beeping that sounded like a sad bleat from a lost lamb calling for his mother echoed in our ears. In hindsight, we realize that was the turning point. Now we lie awake at night with tears in our eyes and guilty regret in our hearts. We look at each other, with words unspoken yet understood--we should have known that our Neato was crying for help. That his roaming far afield was a sign of a more deeply rooted problem. That vacuuming the deck wasn't funny, it was a call for attention. That he wasn't happy with us at all. That he wanted to find a way out. And find a way out was just what our dear Neato did. In a final act of lonely desperation, Neato hurled himself down a landing in a Kamikaze death spiral, plummeting over two flights of stairs, exploding into tiny bits and pieces that were a shadow of his former, vibrant self. His lights flickered on and off as my husband raced to the lower level, finding him in a heap of parts on the floor. A few long, distorted and pained beeps were the last words he spoke.
Now some may say our Neato was only a robot with no heart and no soul. That he simply malfunctioned, wandered off track and lost his way, not knowing that the landing was dangerous and a place to be avoided. We prefer to believe that he longed for more, and felt trapped like a caged animal in the monotony of his day to day life as a small appliance. That like winged Icarus, if he could get closer to the sun, he would find true happiness and peace. We want to believe he realized he was meant for greater things--not just a lowly wi-fi enabled robot meant to vacuum up dog hair and yesterday's crumbs, but a free and noble creature--meant for the sky, not the floor.
And so we say goodbye to our brave and fearless Neato. You were loved. You are being replaced by the Neato Corporation, ℅ the Funai Service Corporation, who are making me pay shipping for your return, and who have not been easy to deal with when it comes to fixing a problem for a product that is still under warranty--requiring multiple submissions of the same pictures, invoices and statements. We can only hope that your replacement is as diligent as you have been, but a lot less adventurous. We have learned our lesson and will keep New Neato restricted to a smaller area- no taste of the road, no adventure, no outdoor journeys. A simpler life, but a safe one.
Good luck little friend! We will miss you.
:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:
Sadly, almost all of the designs offered today have at least 10% one star ratings, and some have more than 25% combined one and two star ratings. I'm looking for at least 90% four and five star ratings, and it seems that the technology hasn't yet caught up with the ability to produce something that works reliably for at as long as the warranty.:confused2:
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Curious how you'll be using the iPad PJ? A friend plays guitar and was thinking about using one to display his sheet music, but ended up with a one of the larger Microsoft offerings because he couldn't find an app that would work for him on the iPad. It just killed him to buy the thing because he HATES Microsoft products, too.:laughing:
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Buppies Kinda sorta funny wife mowed grass yesterday now covered in snow[/QUOTE said:
CWB Wyo
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It was 27* for the low so far this morning, yesterday was nice. Almost no wind and sunny and the high was about 55*. Looks like it will be about the same to day.
Wife and I are going down to SLC for a few day's to see the daughter and grandson's.
Hope everyone has a good start to the week.
CWB.
Wife and I are going down to SLC for a few day's to see the daughter and grandson's.
Hope everyone has a good start to the week.
CWB.
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Power came back on about 9. Nice little generator exercise. 50 amp load with 75 amp spikes for 7 hours.
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Good morning everyone.
A mixed sun/cloud morning with temperatures still below freezing. The NWS has upped our area to a Winter Storm Warning with 9" predicted. No big deal. I need to move some firewood around prepping for this storm.
RNG- Poor Neato.
Drew- I wish you have safe travels today.
Ed- I hope your Mom's breathing improves and that all goes well at her doctor's appointment.
My wife suffers from diverticulitis. Her last episode was a "pan colitis" event = a 911 and 4 days in the hospital. The first responders were here w/i 5 minutes, and they kept coming. The first ambulance arrived in around 7 minutes and the second arrived a few minutes later. There must have been a dozen first responders in our living room before the 24 mile ambulance ride to the hospital. I thought wifey was having a coronary event. Wifey was on that low residue diet for a long time.
Considering our isolated location the emergency services here is amazing. They saved my life.
I hope that everyone has a manageable day today.
My + thoughts, prayers, and wishes for all.
A mixed sun/cloud morning with temperatures still below freezing. The NWS has upped our area to a Winter Storm Warning with 9" predicted. No big deal. I need to move some firewood around prepping for this storm.
RNG- Poor Neato.
Drew- I wish you have safe travels today.
Ed- I hope your Mom's breathing improves and that all goes well at her doctor's appointment.
My wife suffers from diverticulitis. Her last episode was a "pan colitis" event = a 911 and 4 days in the hospital. The first responders were here w/i 5 minutes, and they kept coming. The first ambulance arrived in around 7 minutes and the second arrived a few minutes later. There must have been a dozen first responders in our living room before the 24 mile ambulance ride to the hospital. I thought wifey was having a coronary event. Wifey was on that low residue diet for a long time.
Considering our isolated location the emergency services here is amazing. They saved my life.
I hope that everyone has a manageable day today.
My + thoughts, prayers, and wishes for all.
