Good morning!!!!

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning all! Only got about 2" of snow, would have gotten more but temp stayed just above freezing. Gate latches frozen, walkways have a coating of ice. Shouldn't be here long, supposed to go up near 50 today.

Go back to work on light duty tommorow. Still have to get an ortho appointment. At least I'll be busy.

Glad you guys were able to get your car clocks updated. They make a simple task so complex. DST is such an inconvenience to accomplish nothing. At least we have longer daylight.

Prayers sent out for those in need.

Everyone have a great day and start of a great week!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Jay, glad your 911 events turned out well and that you have a great services in your area. It amazes me how some rural areas are still lacking in emergency services and the minimal level of training. I am curious about the EMS in your area, do they carry narcotics for pain control? We carry 3 types of pain control here, soon to have a fourth. All can be administered by protocol, no MCEP orders needed. I was surprised that many areas of the country have very limited "protocols" or "standing orders" available to EMS providers.

 

[newbury]

<snip> Once drove a Monte Carlo non-stop from central Ohio to San Francisco, and have had a soft spot for them ever since.<snip>

Non-stop? You must have had a huge fuel tank.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

RNG, funny...wonder if Neato was a cousin of hazel? Good luck in your search

Drew, be careful in your travels...get home safe.

Randy, sounds like you had a very eventful day! Definitely have to get those 20's off if your going to keep her. Had a '76 Monte Carlo. It was a dog power wise, but loved the body style w/ the long nose.

 

[jbrumberg]

LS- I really do not know about our EMS narcotic protocols. I have had 3 "911" trips to the ER 24 miles away. The response times were similar to those of my wife's. The first "trip" was work related- I slipped on and broke through the ice and into the mud below escorting the students back to their dorms shattering my ankle. It looked "bad." The EMT's gave me "something" for the pain. I now have 1 plate, two pins, 6 screws, and probably some wire hardware in there. They gave me an epidural for the surgery. I was awake and "alert" the entire operation.

I am glad you will be able to occupy yourself with light duty. I'd caution you as to taking it easy, but you would ignore my suggestion. I will caution you about using a wheeled office chair as a wheelchair.

The clouds are starting to stratify with this advancing storm system.

I saw the first male redwing blackbird at the feeders this AM. Spring AKA Mud Season will arrive here someday

 

[lostcreekranch]

Non-stop? You must have had a huge fuel tank.

He was”flying low” so used aerial refueling from a KC-135.

 

[freedomlives]

Good afternoon. Nice and sunny here for a while, relatively warm as well.

Going to take the jump on the Iseki TS35F. Hope I can get the guy to throw in bale spears for the price he is asking. Now that its warming up, time to start working and stop shopping...

5 minutes is a great response time for 24 miles-- how is it possible that they get there so fast? When a lady here blacked out from drinking far, far, far too much palienka at a village party, it took the ambulance 15 minutes to go 10 miles. I've thought for this reason of buying an AED (though I can't afford it at present), as I think the ambulance will be too late for anyone suffering cardiac arrest, and actually got from my sister-in-law (pharmacist) vials of adrenalin in case one of our kids will be the unlucky ones that go in to anaphylactic shock after a bee sting.

 

[hawkeye08]

Wife and I decided to tackle a project we had been discussing.. her sewing table was a leftover office table (30x60 about 27 high).. She wanted 25" deep and planned on using stock cabinets. We planned it out in detail at Lowes, then went shopping for the countertop.. she wanted butcher block. We found some reasonably priced and decided to use wooden table legs instead of cabinets (3 work spaces each 30")... Got all the pieces home and started constructing.. It is in garage in process of being stained and sealed. Weekend project that will spill over for a week or so..

Prayers for those with health problems and other needs.

 

[jbrumberg]

Andrew- Most of the local towns around here have their own first response facilities and vehicles and 24/7 available volunteer fire and EMT personnel. Ambulances are also housed in those facilities. There is a 24/7 staffed emergency response facility ~10 miles down the road. Our town has ~900 residents and has a fully equipped facility.

Good luck with the Iseki.

 

[PJSprog]

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:

One of the multitude of projects I've had simmering on a back burner for far too long is a Sinatra tribute. Yes, I am a Frank Sinatra fan. My idea was to arrange the music for a 3-piece jazz band. I'm recording the drums and bass parts, then playing guitar and singing over them ... ala one-man-band. The iPad came into the picture because I wondered if there was an app (we called them "programs" when I was a whippersnapper) geared specifically towards the burgeoning solo act scene. Turns out, there are quite a few. One I found is called Stage Traxx, and seems to get great reviews. It allows me to create set lists, link songs to be played back to back or pause in-between, and scrolls the lyrics of the song as it plays. There are even bluetooth footswitches available to control it. I downloaded the app yesterday and played around with it a little. It's very well thought out. Should work great. Just me and a guitar, microphone, iPad, and a small PA ... and I can make $250 on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon at various wineries around the area playing those classic swinging jazz standards that everyone knows.

Probably not the image you had of the long-haired progressive rock guy, huh?

I'm also not a fan of the Microsoft driven stuff. My Wife has a couple of devices, a notepad and a "surface", that are just a bit strange to operate. She was playing around with the new iThingie yesterday and liked it a lot more than hers. We've both had iPhones for so long now that the iOS is just familiar and intuitive for us.