Good morning!!!!

[scootr]

Good evening all. 32ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. I think is was light wind, Clear sky, and high temp enroute was 54ºF. Slow start wife did not feel well. Sh went back to sleep and felt better so we packed the truck and went. Got away at 10:30AM. Stopped in Rolla overnight 100 miles to go. Trip going smoothly. Will visit family and start home Friday afternoon.
Dennis congrats on first retirement day. ice crane pic
Billy is season 3 Jack Ryan as good as 1st season or 2nd?
Mike good to hear SO is doing well. Sorry about change to electrical plan. Hope you can get wire run.
Buppies glad you got home safely, prayers sent.
Kilroy sorry puppy has to be alone during thunderstorms. Hope Starlink install goes well.
RNG hope you had a good trip.
Paul glad you are having fun with Zoe. Sorry about no Dr exam yesterday, hope Dr does not have to cancel today.
Ken that was some fog. Glad Polk came through with speaker. Interesting everyone quitting project.
Lou sorry about fog and sinking into the mud. Neat pic
Drew glad to hear sub woofer does nice job on train videos.
Kilroy sorry to hear your house will not do bass very well.
RNG thanks.
Jim glad you had good visit with neighbors, sorry about boat dealer, enjoy your quiet time.
Frits nice sleep in. Hope dentist goes well. Good you found someone to do mini split install.
Scotty sorry you were not more help to stuck driver.
RNG sorry about more wind on the way. Glad trip was good, wonder if you have more wear elsewhere.
Rich hope you have good trip to FL.
RNG certain times of the year I get cellar temps in garage. I have the Dunkel out there.
Ted sorry no precip in 7 day. hope dog food production went well. Thanks for noticing milestone
David hope TS work progressed today.
Dennis glad ail chime fixed. Hope you can reflash the geothermal unit.
Dennis you decided to move too soon Neat pic of geotherm monitor
Mike sorry about continues issues with pullling the wire.
RS congrats on new temp record high. Getting back in working mode I see. Hope today was productive
Frits nice grinder collection.
catch up later.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /broken arm and heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's fall and recovery, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, Ken /dad possible dementia, /uncle's surgery, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Lou /eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage not doing well, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's surgery, Scotty, /back pain, Frits /daughter recovery from surgery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Mark /wife colon surgery, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

Stuck Amazon driver had the car nose down in a ditch with the front plastic bumper fully engaged in the earth. It would have been easy to pull the car back up but, there was a big chance the bumper would have been partially removed doing so. Since it was an Amazon contracted vehicle and a wrecker was on its way I saw no need for us to do anything.

 

[Popgadget]

Good morning
It’s 55 and not going to change much throughout the day.

Yesterday was slow paced, meeting at the airport was postponed until today, but not before I was already there. Took wife to hospital for colonoscopy, and picked her up afterwards. Paid attention to Zoe, I forgot how much energy a puppy has. I should have paid more attention when the breeder said that she was “spunky and adventurous”!
Got to see the FAA doctor and have a new medical certificate. The worst part of that ordeal is when they remove the EKG probes from my hairy chest.

I think today will start with breakfast with the professor, then my meeting from yesterday. Not much else planned, I’ve got a prodigious manure pile to deal with, but the ground is an absolute swamp, so it will wait for a freeze.

 

[scootr]

4:30 am been up for an hour watching the storm blow in. Heavy rain causing local flooding and threatening mud slides. It never rains in California, it pours. We do need the water.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 52 and some more rain, later in the week back to freezing.
Got the last outlet reattached and down to the last panels before trim, fill and tape.

Have a lot to do outside, but sink into ground when walking :-(

Drew-hope sister does not have any more water issues. Been watching the weather out there, not good. Will also probably mean that Cali will stop all the water reclamation projects again until next drought.

I can't drink most dark/stout beers as they have too much lactose :-(

Buppies-my friend had the big Ohm speakers on his tube amp. I helped him shop for that. The match of amp to speakers was real obvious when we tried out about 10 different amps. I had Electro Voice speakers when in High School, many of those companies disappeared or got bought for the name.

Check - great news on plate. One less thing to annoy her when it rains I hope.

Mostly - have a great trip. People quitting due to mgmt changes and most of managers being "found" in UK. Also our raises were horrible, and this year does not look good. New mgmt came in like a lion and is now in "tail between the legs" mode.

Rip - glad your manager happy with Milkhouse work Just painted our floor with epoxy paint. Prep is key for that.

Be safe Scootr - My friend in Temecula is complaining daily about the rain, and when it stops, complaining about the dry

Be Well,

Back wall where the shelves had been.

 

[Buppies]

The Fs have a great sound but very power hungry 4 ohm if I remember 200 watts to get them to come on. The woofer mid range tweeter all one cone and membrane holding the bottom subject to failure which mine did so ornaments right now. I just do not listen to enough music to justify fixing them or trading which ohm has a great program

 

[scootr]

Kenmbz - Some old men just like to complain. Too wet and too dry are seasons here. Temecula is a Mediterranean climate. It doesn't get a whole lot better than this except San Diego which is basically perfect weather year round.
Matters less if you don't have to go anywhere or work in it. Thats what my friend in KY tells me.
Lots of rain means a good wheat crop and plentiful food and water for the abundant wildlife. It also means a big weed abatement season this spring with lots of tractor time.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 36˚F North wind, clear skies heading to the mid 60s.

Went to the podiatrist Dr. yesterday and she said I was lucky for my plantar fasciitis to heal so quickly and confirmed the swelling was gone, no more visits required. I bought 2 more insoles to put in the shoes I normally wear and am glad I no longer limp.

Noticed the Barber shop has increased their price this year, second year in a row, now $20.

Getting caught up on little maintenance projects around the house during the "furlough". Trimming hedges, washing garage floor, putting on new windshield wiper blades, etc..

Today I'll detail my truck.

I started a Spanish learning online course/app. I'll see if I can stick to it long enough to learn enough. I have a 8 day streak going. The course/app is called Duolingo. My wife has been doing it for two years and is doing good and is my tutor. You get points for each completed lesson and compete against others at your level. You want your score to stay in the promotion zone to get to the next level. And yes there is a demotion zone line that you need to stay above. Last night I was #2 in my level but Nathaly was closing in. The weekly promotion zone is the top 15 and the demotion zone is below 23rd place.

 

[IXLR8]

Good Morning all,
Skies are gray, it's a little foggy, suppose to clear up by the end of the day. Presently 56F after an overnight low of 54, forecast for clearing skies with a high of 58.

Trip to Maine for next week has been canceled until end of Feb.

All this hifi talk has me frustrated I can't find any of my CD's or video tapes after our move. I have found everything else that was in the cabinet where they were kept, but I can't find them. I think todays mission will be to go thru every box and tote that I haven't been thru to find them.

Cupboards are looking a bit empty, time for a grocery store run this morning.

Noticed after the last storm we have another pine tree broken off and leaning into an adjacent tree. This is getting old. This makes the 12th pine tree since last March that has broken and ended up hung up in another tree.

Have a good day all and be safe out there.

 

[Popgadget]

I had Electro Voice speakers when in High School, many of those companies disappeared or got bought for the name.

Electro Voice is (sort of) one of the survivors, having been merged with Telex and later acquired by Bosch, but still basically stands on its own. Many brands have been bought up by Harman, which is now owned by Samsung.
Their brands include AKG, AMX, Arcam,Bang & Olufsen Automotive, Becker, BSS Audio, Crown, dbx, DOD Electronics, DigiTech, Harman Kardon, Infinity, JBL, Lexicon, Mark Levinson, Martin, Revel, Soundcraft and Studer.
Many of those are staples in the professional audio world.

In my younger days I was very immersed in the audio world, as a teenager, I built many DynaKit pieces starting with mono tube power amps. Later moving on to factory built McIntosh, and making the transition to solid state with them. I had a 300watt per channel power amp in the early 70’s made by them. The Grateful Dead used racks of them to power their “Wall of Sound”.
But somewhere along the line, the music became more important than the hardware. The lessons learned are not forgotten though.
But to this day, I’d rather listen to great music on my cellphone than mediocre music that flatters my hardware (which is still not shabby).

 

[riptides]

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Rip - glad your manager happy with Milkhouse work Just painted our floor with epoxy paint. Prep is key for that.

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Ahh, yes, epoxy paint, unfortunate my SO like the look of the original concrete work. It was well done and has aged in the patina look that she is enamored with. LOL.

An interesting find when removing the ceiling light fixtures was that someone had stained the wood ceiling in a dark glossy finish. Unfortunate it has been painted over many times. It must have looked gorgeous though at that stained time.