Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
14° with a high in the middle 20’s for today. At least the winds have somewhat subsided.
Yesterday didn’t follow the plan very closely. After breakfast the phone started ringing. I picked up the RAV4 with new struts, and dropped it off at the tire shop for alignment and new front tires.
On the way home from the tire shop I got a call about picking up a good customer in Martha’s Vineyard. He had planned to drive a car back for service, but the ferries weren’t running due to the high winds. I couldn’t line up a copilot until later in the afternoon, but agreed to do it.

Once I got home I jumped on the winch project, made the fairlead mount, and got it ready to test on the machine.

It was a total success. All the remains is to take it apart and paint it. Finished up in time to get a bite to eat, get cleaned up , changed and head to the airport.
The flight went well, the winds aloft were howling, it was 30 minute from Philly to the Vineyard and an hour back. Landings were actually fun. The reality is that when the conditions are challenging, you are definitely on your A game.
Today I’ve got to get some paperwork done, and make the firewood run I didn’t get to yesterday. Not sure what else will pop up, but it seems something always does.

 

[daugen]

Popgadget, purpose of winch? hauling stuff out or getting unstuck? logging?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Moning!!!! 51F @ 6:00AM. A mix of clouds and sun. High 67F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph.

Spent the morning on paperwork yesterday, then played around trying to get the drain under the RV pad open again. Got some water through it with the garden hose, but not convinced it's clear yet. Need a fitting or two for a pressure washer hose, more head scratching.

Did get rid of the love seat I had for sale, still no call back from the dizzy lady with the going out of business furniture store. Had someone lined up to buy the firewood pallets, but they were a no-show, no-call flake.

Need to run errands today and get packed for the trip north. Not sure what else will come up, but it's always something.

Happy Hump Day, folks!

 

[Popgadget]

Popgadget, purpose of winch? hauling stuff out or getting unstuck? logging?

Logging and crane work primarily. Excavator can usually get itself unstuck.

 

[LouNY]

Morning all;
A nice sunshiny morning with a nippy 2F at 9AM today.
Got a light dusting of snow last night so I'll run the blade down the driveway, then get some grit spread on it to help in the traction department. About an inch of shiny ice on quite a bit of it, which is not a nice thing on that steep slope. Think I'll have to "salt" the face of my sand pile with some calcium flake as it has quite a bit of frost in it. Got quite a bit of rain during the summer and I neglected to put a new tarp on it last year to shedd some of the rain.
Also got to call down to the PA area and pay a bill from McGrew Equipment and set up some freight from them to me. Tired of using either the bucket or my starting to get rickety work platform and rather then build one I just bought a 4x8 work platform. It will make it much nicer taking care of my roof gutters in the winter (damned pines shedding needles) getting stopped up with ice and pine needles.

Have a good day, stay safe and well

 

[buckeyefarmer]

14° was the low for this month.
Geo units a little behind, as usual at this temp
now calling for little snow thur morning.

 

[Buppies]

Very fine snow this morning 22 degrees maybe 2 to 4 inches before done still no power underground line burnt will have to splice. The generator is a 5500 watt Briggs motor just gets us by but lucky to have.

Prayers for all our Country

 

[PJSprog]

7°F and clear skies this morning, going all the way up to 19° today. Colder still tomorrow and Friday mornings, then by Monday the high will be near 60°.

Please keep your hands and feet inside the ride at all times.

Our much ballyhooed Snowmageddon left us with about an inch of snow overnight. Fine, powdery stuff than blows away with a leaf blower. Still, 16 of my people didn't show up for work today. (sigh)

BEF, I use to use about 10-15 gallons a year when I was using the rotary cutter to mow the pasture. Since I've been mowing out there with the zeroturn, I use maybe 5 gallons of diesel a year. I need to use the tractor more.

Good morning, gents.

 

[sodamo]

67°F and .04 inches rain.

Spent most of the afternoon at the hospital for my VA evaluations. First up was the breathing tests. About 1 1/2 hours sitting in a booth breathing into a computer controlled device. Early on I learned that trying to expel too deeply can cause me to pass out. That was a strange feeling, only did it once. The med tech was excellent. Needed 2 chest X-rays. That took almost another 1 1/2 just waiting. Then a blood draw for some thyroid tests. Awaiting results.

Need to putz around today, hoping to get that tilling debris cleaned out of rotor again. I did get lift rod changed out from the broken adjustable to anon adjustable. Should work fine.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Not that I'm thinking of moving to Texas, Kyle, but why would you penalize people moving to Texas by requiring them to pay property taxes if the "been theres" don't? I think I'd be more concerned about how Texas is going to pay for the goods and services that are currently funded by property taxes. Are there shortages of goods and services that can be attributed to a large influx of new mouths to feed? Are you worried that state politics might swing to the left? All you have to do to discourage migration to Texas is show 'em some photos of your cracked mud pastures, fire ant hills, and pickup trucks with gun racks in the back windows.

I'll try to explain how I feel.

Imagine a scenario, where an investor came to you and said "RNG, I need your talent to start a company, I want you to buy in a 5% interest, and you'll be the primary on getting the company moving. Oh and I'll pay you a 6 figure salary until the profits can handle it."
So, you agree and fork in your $250,000 investment and on Monday you start work. You work 80+ hour weeks, with tons of stress and worry to get the business rolling down the tracks. After 25 years of your blood, sweat, and tears of hard work, your investor comes to you and says "Great work RNG, the company is doing so well, I'm going to bring in another 8 people, offer to start them at your salary, and GIVE them a 5% stake in the company to help lure them onboard."

The newbys have no sweat equity.

How would you feel about that?

We do have infrastructure problems in areas, and not enough water to handle much more of a populace right now. But we have a $22 Billion dollar surplus even after having to spend over $10 billion at our southern border.