Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Pretty blue sky and 68, should be about 74 but it ain’t bad.

We had a large funeral yesterday for Cpl Heacook with over three thousand law enforcement officers in attendance. I don’t see any National coverage, but then it didn’t check the right boxes. He was killed by an unarmed black man, so no cop killing a black man, no assault rifles, none of the points the media wants to make. It doesn’t matter that he probably saved an elderly couple or that he leaves a 12 year old son behind, he’s the wrong color in the wrong job.

Funeral Held for Fallen Delmar Police Cpl. Keith Heacook

Funeral services will be held today for Cpl. Keith Heacook, the Delmar police officer who died after he was attacked while responding to a fight late last month.

www.wboc.com

So sad. No, didn’t hear about it till now, but then I don’t watch the news since it’s so atrocious. Thanks for mentioning it.

Edit- AAPD did attend and posted on their FB page, I just now made the connection.

 

[sodamo]

I would not be surprised if that happened.

Here there are no lines and politicians are begging people to get their shots. Mass vaccination sites are ghost towns.

MoKelly

IMHO the incentive is already out there. Public Health.
It’s personal choice to get the vaccine, I respect that. Even more so if there is a valid medical reason not to.

It’s also a personal choice to accept all the benefits that have been made available, stimulus checks, PPE, unemployment plus ups, non eviction protection, tax benefits, etc, etc. if you personally chose to accept one of those then that choice should include getting the vax unless a valid medical exception. Maybe next year the IRS can have a validation question.

One thing that ticks me off is the media. Almost nightly our news will interview someone choosing not to get vaccinated. One of the latest: “Well, I’m over 40 years old, only gotten the flu twice my whole life. So I’m pretty healthy. I don’t see a need to get vaccinated” end of interview.
Never does the interviewer ask about protection of other people.

NOTE - And if ANYONE choses to make this into a political comment vs health safety I definitely will not respond.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Top pop, rocket might launch from wallops soon.

They just cancelled for tonight, maybe tomorrow.

NASA-TV Wallops

NASA Wallops Flight Facility

video.ibm.com

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Sounds like something is wrong with the unloader valve on your Speedair, Kyle.

Well, I have found out that, even with the belt off, the motor will sometimes just buzz and not turn. Internal starter circuit, which utilized to centrifugal weights attached to the contacts.

"Anyone been to the Cabernet Grill in Fredericksburg TX?"

Yep ..many times. We have a weekend in Fredericksburg in the spring and again in the Fall. Our Saturday evening dinner is almost always at the CG. I tried their CF Ribeye once but normally have their ribeye and Patricia likes their flounder .. we both go with a side of asparagus.

It not actually in Fredericksburg .. it's SW of town, out Highway 16 just past the county fairgrounds.

Speaking of CFS .. we'll be serving about 400 of them next Saturday evening at our VFD Fundraiser .. postponed from May 1st weather.

Fredericksburg has turned into a tourist trap. But that CFS looks good. I love them, but rarely eat them now.

Kyle - how is your son feeling today?

Thanks for asking, he's better. Going back to school tomorrow. School has a "no fever for 24 hours" policy.

Good Morning! 65˚F cloudy NE light wind.
A quick grocery shopping this morning for the "Menu" in our new FOK meal planner subscription and app. some of the meals and snacks this week include:
Aloo Gobi
warm spinach salad
curry spiced popcorn
cincinnati chili
Chocolate berry bites
Layered Greek Bean dip
Lemony asparagus stir fry over rice
Fruit beer float

Kyle we still have signs on the store doors in town that mask are mandatory and there is about 98% compliance. In Taylor HEB there were no signs about mask and about 75% still wore mask.

aloo gobi???

Our Walmart still has a mask policy. I wear one, but I see about 90% compliance. Many pull them down below their nostrils.

Prayers for those in need and our Country desperately needs prayer. Glad tractor arguing is staying light hearted, because we are such veterans...

 

[txdon]

aloo gobi???

It's a Indian dish.
A potato(aloo)/cauliflower(gobi) curry.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 55F for the start, overcast, .1 inch rain in gauge, light breeze. Wind light to moderate, rain and thunderstorms, about .7 inch in gauge, high temp was 57F.
Tried to get get a bike ride in but rain started 2 miles in, turned around and went home . did get nap in . Rain wash the blood out of the boat.
Covid update: Cooke 3190 confirmed cases, 13 active cases, Montague 1756 confirmed cases, 3 active cases, Grayson, 11299 confirmed cases, 13 active cases, local not updated.
RS nice productive day
RS fish club has been removing carp for about 2 years. Saw more young fish last year, even more this year. Lake biologist that the high carp in fish population was getting too many fish eggs eaten
Drew good luck with Covid document
Buppies thank you for your prayers
Ron good luck with weeding, like new avatar, nice pic
Billy, glad family time is good, thanks for Coco update, get some rest.
Bird not as much rain hear, none last night.
Thomas hope wood gets delivered. Another carp removal date is in 2 weeks
Paul Dealing with FAA is so much fun enjoy your dry week
RNG sounds like a day pulling teeth. Hope you RFW goes out
Mo hope you had fun at the farm
Don good luck with your mom's well plumbing. should get some energy recouped
Bill hope you conserve a lot of energy
Ken, they just got buried, have so many carp in lake that they were interfering with the other fish. nice pics
PJ fence is looking nice.
Drew interesting story, one on the guys in the carp removal had carp fried in Thailand. He thought is was good but has no idea what they did to it before frying
RS hope you can get the live trap going
David glad Happy hour returning to normal
Randy sorry about the funeral
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter,Bird/aging issues, Billy/skin cancer, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Buppies cancer surgery, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes,Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Dennis/older brother/son, Grev/wife's eye, Randy/recovery, Bill/DIL home care, Ted/knee recovery, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/uncle, Drew/tendon healing, David(sadamo)/Sophie's eye surgery, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[rswyan]

41F and clear @ 22:30, heading down to a low of 35F in the overnight.

Called Eddie's back and spoke to his daughter, they had large containers of mealworms in stock ... so I went ahead and ran down picked them up ... along with some red worms.

Filled mealworm feeders front and back after I got back from Eddie's.

Got all fish and cats fed.

Then headed outside to mow and aerate, think I got a little better than half of the front (upper and lower) done ... just the drier, upland parts, which were still pretty wet.

Decided to knock off because the temps were starting to fall, was back down into the 40's when I quit, and with 12 mph wind gusts out of the northwest it was feeling pretty chilly.

Probably try and finish the front up tomorrow afternoon, once it warms up some, and depending on how wet the lower sections are. Can probably get around the house if the front is too wet.

I did go back out and collect plugs from three different spots to do soil testing. They're presently drying.

Woman made Thai Chicken in a curry peanut sauce with carrots, peas, green beans, and corn for dinner this evening, was very good.

Fell asleep on couch after dinner, first time in quite awhile that that has happened.

Remembered to bring in suet feeders after I woke up.

Woman says she wants golf cart painted construction vest neon green.

... ahhh ... ok ...

Not entirely sure at this point if that is the - definitive - answer or not.

Hope everyone had a great day ...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Maybe I should have waited till they are paying you money to get a shot.

Chris

It's already happening here in Shasta County. I heard on the news today that you got a $25 gift certificate if you got your shot. That's tragic when you stop to think that back in March, people were paying a hundred times that to skip to the head of the line. Maybe it's time we just stepped back and let Darwin take the lead...

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-05-12, 0425

41° right now...hi about 60 today and sunny. Got a nice nice of scrap cardboard from work yesterday...going to use that to get under the Deere and grease the front axle zerks (3 of them, IIRC)

 

[Thomas]

41F low 60's for high.

E muffin soon outside chores.
2 cords of wood deliver 1:30pm yesterday almost 1 1/2 stack have to get couple pallets today finish stack wood tomorrow.
Plans for today...trip to Concord,NH about driver lic. error on there part twice,other than that take the rest of the day as it comes.

Enjoy your day all.