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   / Good morning!!!! #165,722  
this is why I spent the extra money to get an rv gps, one where I could enter the height of the motorhome.
I don't do a lot of backroads, at least not intentionally.

after looking at dollar per egg cost to buy hard boiled eggs, now boiling a dozen and waiting for timer. 4.29 a dozen here
 
   / Good morning!!!! #165,723  
I'm sorry, I meant back in the early 60's. It seems they were $9.8 million in 1962.
Now 2. something billion, just for 608 engines to retrofit 76 planes. And the money is going to Rolls Royce. They say there are "problems" with integrating the new turbo fan engines. I hope the contract requires they be designed and made stateside.
Cost of B-52 Re-Engining Jumps By Half in New Estimate of Refit | Air & Space Forces Magazine

The wifey made me some decaf pecan coffee, with some chocolate. yummy.

We had quite the storms last night, with wind gusts over 50mph. Even the rugs on my back porch where blown over. Only .39" rain. Now the storms are headed east north east. Hang on to your hats!
Rolls-Royce has an engine manufacturing plant near Richmond, so I'm with you on hoping they're built here. I remember as a kid having a little plastic set of toy planes...the B-52 was always my favorite.

Glad you got some tasty coffee.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #165,725  
Good morning! Low was 28°, heading towards 49°. Then by Sunday, should hit 59°. Light winds all weekend, 15-20 mph. No precip in the forecast, so that means I should see some ..... right?

More piddling today, might make a quick grocery run for a couple of things.

No headway on getting a sooner "second opinion" on the knee.... spent the afternoon yesterday trying to do so..... that was after the call I got moving the appointment from June 8th to June 29th..... put a call into the original surgeon too, to see if they could do anything..... nope. They are booking until the end of July. Ridiculous!.....

Still waiting for the disability insurance to 'review' the case again..... Hopefully they entered the new attorney's information.....

Everyone have a great day!
 
   / Good morning!!!! #165,726  
Good morning, 43 today with lots of rain in forecast.

Staying home today to do paperwork, bill paying etc

The iPhone is still acting up on not receiving calls. Done everything including changed the SIM card and still the same. Will see if insurance on the phone will help pay for new one.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #165,727  
Good Morning!!!! 40F @ 7:15AM. Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 59F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
What a difference a day makes. Yesterday it looked like we'd have a few days of sunshine starting next week, now it's rain starting tomorrow for the rest of the 10-day.

At least you have some legal recourse to the barking, Mike. Around here it's an ag area, and the barking is considered acceptable farm noise. I can complain to the owners, but it does no good. It's about 1000 feet away here, too, but it's right next to their house. I don't know how they get any sleep. Maybe they're just doped up every night?

Can you get another of those oil caps, KJC? If so, you might consider destroying the cap to remove it so as not to mess up the filler neck on the oil reservoir.

Stopped by the supply store to look at the replacement roof tile while I was in town yesterday. The tile was a perfect match shape wise, but how anybody could mistake the color for brown is beyond me. Especially since I sent the salesman a photo of what I had.
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I did manage to find a Ford dealer yesterday that would submit a custom order, but he was thinking it would be four to six months before it could be filled. And two more dealers said that the ordering window had closed for the year. So I started looking through inventories already on lots, and while I can't find the exact truck I want, I might be able to get close. I also found an article this morning that said Ford's CEO was going to stop sending vehicles to dealers that add anything to the MSRP. Maybe that's why so many dealers don't have inventory. My local dealer didn't have a Transit on the lot that was for sale, but he had a $100,000 Mustang in the showroom, so that correlates pretty well.

TGIF gang!
 
   / Good morning!!!! #165,728  
61°F and 1.01 inches rain. Still raining
7.76 inches so far in Mar. 46.75” for 2023.

Wx cancelled out my HD plans yesterday.

Headed into town for Safeway and pick up Sophie’s prescription this morning. Looks to be another low productivity day.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day
 
   / Good morning!!!! #165,729  
Popgadget, this is a bigger speaker cab than we've seen you make before, IIRC?
Looks like it will pump out some decibels.

I was going to ask you audiophiles your thoughts on the modern amplifiers that are relatively lightweight, but claim high wattage output? I could easily understand using them, having to lug them around for gigs. My old McIntosh weighs 94 lbs., rated at 205watts per channel conservatively. Many moons ago, at a check up clinic, it peaked over 437watts. I need to rebuild it with new caps and such. A bit apprehensive, as I'm no electronics guru. There are kits available, it's just that it's a back burner issue.

Got the oil changed today at wallyworld. It cost $30 over the price of the oil and filter you pick out.

I bought a fish tank inside glass cleaner, that works using 2 halves, each with a magnet. It worked good, and I changed out the filters. Still need to add some water to bring up the level.

I'm supposed to be off today, but I asked to give a short lecture, and there is also an Active Shooter training presentation. I'm taking my beautiful wifey with me, since we'll just be there for the afternoon.

We got the Dell laptop in. It looks good. My son hasn't seen it yet, but we will give it to him early so that we don't waste half of the warranty period awaiting his bday. He will probably wish it was a bigger model at first, but the 12.5" is really light and will be very portable in his back pack. I'm loading it up right now with chrome etc. I was on the fence about letting it upgrade to Win 11. Went ahead and took a chance and clicked the upgrade button . 4 gig download. There are about 15 other window pending downloads awaiting the win11 install.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #165,730  
The storms have just cleared us in. The temperature is headed down and the wind is about 800 miles per hour but the temperature is still is around 60F. Going to care 6 of the horses before work time vs in the dark.

I am really looking forward to daylight saving time.
 

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