Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good morning to all who celebrate! 39° going to a high of 67°, sunny, some frost on the truck this morning.

Prayers for all those facing illness, difficult to read about, but I'm praying for good outcomes for all!

Weekend was a busy one, white pine fell up at Grandma's cabin. Missed the cabin by about 4". Grandpa was definitely guiding that one. Their strange neighbor wanted the wood, bucked into 9' sections and then the rest bucked into firewood. I took one look at the tree and knew I wasn't going to be the one loading those 9' sections onto his trailer by hand.

500i made short work of the pine, like a hot knife through butter. By the time most of the help arrived, pine was already bucked up and the logs rolled off to the side for the neighbor to collect later. I did not partake in the sweep-up, having lost my breakfast from grunting those logs onto the side. Trailer for the tractor looks better every time I have to move something heavy by hand. Was rewarded with a hearty vegetable stew and ham sandwich.

glad pine missed the cabin! that is one fancy chain saw! I'm waiting for a chain saw chain with PCD cutting teeth.

Time for me to get sick 100.5 fever trash can and toilet here I come

Prayers Buppies and Holly.
Hope they can get her better, for both of y'all's sakes.
Sorry about your squam cell. Prayers for a clean getaway.

Morning all;
Thanks for all the well wishs, Got home late afternoon yesterday.
Supposed to only lift 15 pounds for two weeks, we'll see how that goes.
It is quite amazing when they finally decided it was time to operate,
they needed to wait for the Xarelto to get out of my system, so they waited to Sunday to remove the gallbladder.
When they put me under I'm slow waking up apparently. Amazing 5 little cuts to remove an organ and able to walk that same day. But 3 days of a clear liquid diet was a royal pain. Then all the warnings about the dire straights I'd be in if I don't follow their diet plans for a few weeks.
But up walking and complaining is good, still waiting for an oncology appointment, getting a bit antsy about that.

All get better and stay safe

Lou, I had mine out maybe 5 years ago. Surgeon wouldn't wait for insurance to settle. Demanded $800 down before operation. I can eat anything again within a couple of months. I have backed off the super spicy foods, but occassionally still have some.

Hope and pray you get better.

Happy Birthday Drew !!

Yes! Happy birthday Drew!

Had a nice get together will all the daughters late yesterday. A nice surprise.

Measured one of the trees that need to come out. 223 inch circumference. Yeah, it is a big tree. LOL. The two others are half that size. Not looking forward to the mess.

Glad you and daughters all had a good time. My 19 yo is still young (IMO) and I still preach to her about what to watch out for in life. She does not like me preaching to her. Don't know if I can ever shut my trap. Just trying to save her from bad predicaments. She's had a few. But she's a great safe driver, hard worker and beautiful....a bit sassy at this age but I still love her to bits.

41 going to 58. Yesterday had an unusual easterly cool wind all day. Felt like the beach in winter.

Rip, that's a huge tree. White oak or yellow poplar or something else?

Scotty, nice porches.

Leeches. I had never seen one until a couple of years ago when I finished swimming in the river and had the bugger attached to my calf. What a surprise. I just yanked it off.

Ron, that roof is a piece of art. You guys know what you are doing.

Did my own taxes for a change yesterday instead of others'. Wish I hadn't. Ouch on how much we owe...need to up the withholding. I still have one more tax return to do, for my wife's mom who passed away last year.

Then went back to work on clearing brush out of an old lespedeza food plot...had one discovery, an apple tree I had planted many years ago. Dragged dozens of small trees to make a new wildlife brush pile and then dug holes for planting the elderberries. Need to clear off one more area and dig holes for planting Scotch pines. Then do all planting at once. I've definitely stirred up some old sleeping muscles.

When I changed our cell phone plan last week to reduce cost and got the "free" Samsung S25 phones, the new ones were delivered the next business day by UPS. Fast. But I haven't had time to set them up. I need to transfer all the old data, contacts, calendar, photos and apps from the old S22 phones. There is an app from Samsung called Smart Switch. Anyone used it and have any feedback?

Prolly 2 late, but the samsung switch worked decent for me. I just got the poorboy's A35, and I really love it. I don't know what I'd do if I had the S25. We buy our own phones, and shop our own plans. I got an educational discount on top of a special deal they had going on their phones, but I had to sign up for a Samsung account which was easy. They send me offers via email.

Ron, the roof looks great as do the pics. Thank you.

I drove by the cemetery where Mikim is buried today. Not a normal road I take, but bad traffic diverted me. It is called Alum Creek Cemetary. About 25 miles away from me.

I've been working on getting some old stuff running and trying to get ready to sell it. Old 2003 Impala, looks really good cleaned up but has a P0300 misfire code. Not sure if it is bad gas or what since it has been sitting. Son helped me wash and clean the wheels. It runs decent until you give it a large amount of throttle while driving. Could be vacuum leak, clogged converter, bad fuel, any number of things. Hard to diagnose. Not giving an individual cylinder misfire code.

Also getting the old Deere HPX Gator fixed up and running. Son polished the plastic. It needs a battery too....and a carb cleaning.

Have enjoyed the nice weather, a bit breezy on Friday and Saturday. Got some short M/C rides in the last 3 days. About 15-25 miles each.

Our church is having a big garage sale, there is a large animal trap I want to buy. Coyote size.

Popgadget, The Byrds Eight miles high comes to mind.

Been off for the whole of last week. Took mom to 3 appointments last Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. She has 20/200 in each eye and is now declared legally blind for what it's worth. I made her the eye appt to find out, the doctor had the paper ready when we got there and said she didn't even have to give her an eye test. Not sure it will help with anything as far as support in the future or not.

Mom did get a good monthly raise. The social security fairness act worked in her favor finally. Since 1992, social security has penalized her for getting her state teacher's retirement benefit. She has had to live on a near poverty level amount of money for over 30 years. They only back payed her back to Jan 2024.

I know I've missed some posts and happenings being out of the loop.

Prayers for the team, our nation, Israel and Ukraine. Peace in this world.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 38ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Very light wind, Sky mostly clear, and high temp was 67ºF. Made coffee to start day, help set up, attend, help tear down chapel, breakfast with group, worked on organizing paperwork and taxes. Have two questions to get answered then send off paperwork and I am done . Had some trouble getting started on posting No nap and got some more leaves sucked up.
PJ sorry about the fire and wind damage. Glad you were not hit as hard as some.
Frits glad good meeting with GD. Hope the work does results in financial aid for her. Hope she get s her homework done.
Drew sorry you were up with cramps. Have you tried easy stretching of the cramping muscle? Interesting thought PJ playing organ in tornado Hope you were in recovery mode.
Ron sorry not much energy conservation happened yesterday. Better luck at energy conservation today. Cool cardinal pic. Hope you are able to get the roof finished soon.
Drew there is uncured turkey bacon, I get the standard turkey bacon. It's ok but not as good as the real bacon. Have not tried uncured TB yet.
Bill hope you got more snow relocated.
Drew sorry to hear about the death toll. Hope you guy in Northeast don't hammered like the south and south east.
Billy glad planting done, sorry Della thought the elderberries were chew toys. Hope they do ok.
Thomas glad good snow melting and no ice jams. Hope you were able to pic up more branches.
Don sorry the bots are getting overwhelmed from the effects of the strong winds.Hope you can get dry river bed done before 90's set in.
Scott(vt) hope church was good.
Frits good news the shoulder is rehabilitated. Hope the finger is responding to the rehab.
Paul hope the music was good. Glad you had help with axle and he cleaned machines as well. Hope you get axle done soon.
RNG hope you got everything you needed packed for trip north. Glad pics migrated to new pic management software.
Happy(NC) glad you missed out on bad weather. Hope the end cutting goes well.
Don looks like cool place.
Ken good to hear progress on cleaning up fallen dead ash. Sorry rain will curtain cleanup. Glad gardens cleaned up.
Drew hope birds like your new feeder.
David hope you found your gland nu removal tool.
Dennis sorry about tape measure. Hope no damage from wind.
Scott(vt) thanks for sharing parade pics.
PJ I am well acquainted with St Louis weather Good thinking to have living room in a storm shelter I am glad your wife puts up with you the way mine put up with me for years and years.
Thomas hope weather doesn't slow you down too much. Hope back pockets got some rest.
Masseyrider sorry your weather was so volatile. Hope no damage from lighting strike nearby. Bald eagle is such a big bird.
NHBX glad snow is melting and you are getting some of the chainsaw work done. Hope ground firms up for tractor work.
Dennis sorry router failed. Hope you were able to stream tonight. Sorry not more rain.
David glad you found gland nut tool but it wrong size for pins. Good to hear pipe wrench worked. I never replaced high pressure hydraulic hoses for rubber cracks. Never had problem except when back dragging front loader.
Don thanks for the link.
Bill sorry about the power loss. Hope the snow is pretty.
Kyle it is hard not to preach at the kids. What they don't realize is that I can handle it can change ina heart beat to I can't handle it. Hope yo can get some of the old stuff sold. Have you worked on outboard carb yet? Glad you can take care of your mom and she got a raise.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Israel, Ukraine war, hurricane victims, and Country.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
up way too early
gentle rain on roof and windows most of night, 1.06 on rain gauge
a perfect watering of my new grass seed. Rain should be over in a few hours.

currently 56, high of the day
hope to get out later, won't be a day for yard work
have a few projects for inside of rv, might be a good warmish day to work on those

Mostly, it's almost always the front of my calf, big muscle tightens up and bulges out like mad.
I try to stand on it but only thing that keeps it from coming back is hot water under the shower.
And thankfully that works. Walking it off does nothing. Wish I had remembered to drink a bottle of water
yesterday, likely that plus 6000+ steps did me in. Need to remember to use mustard in my sandwiches instead
of mayo.

a good Monday morning to all.

 

[NHBX]

Good morning,
58° now and heavy rain, temps slowly dropping into the upper 40’s, winds SW 10-15 mph. Supposed to get an inch or so of rain today.

Not sure what today will bring probably just conserve energy.

Good morning Drew

Enjoy your day everyone

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 25° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 45° witn mix of sun and clouds. Another missed day for energy conservation. Did yard cleanup of all the limbs that have fallen in last few days. Chipping pile is getting high enough to get chipper out. Did some more of putting tools away from garage project. In late afternoon went to neighbors for 3 year olds birthday party. Today I will be working on garden pond cleanup.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Don't forget to wear your green! Great pix, Scotty.

58 and dropping to low 50s now that the cold front has moved through. Fortunately, we got only mild wind and rain from the big storm, but some areas east of us got 6.8 inches of rain.

Thanks for the positive feedback on Smart Switch for the cell phones. Worked great, but I did have a little trouble moving my activation over until I got the most wonderful help from tech support in India. He even promised to call me back at 10am today to help with my wife's phone.

We got caught in the first band of rain while out on the trail about 2 miles from the truck. Glad it was a warm day. Della was already wet from swimming so didn't care, but I got wet...couldn't decide whether I was soaked or drenched...wondering what the difference was while I was hiking.

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
51 and raining.
67 trips around the sun yesterday.

Glad I decided to get a bunch of outside projects done instead of waiting for today!
Removed the plow and stored it in it's summer home. Will use the bucket for the rest of the season.
Wood storage pallets moved and rearranged to get out of the upcoming mud.
Cleaned out a bunch of the yard and storage building.
We also had a small cake and ice cream party with the wife's family.
Grabbed a pic of all us guys. We have the same age ending.

Today will be a play in the shop day.
Time for coffee number 2!
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[ronjhall]

Happy Birthday Phil!

 

[daugen]

if you leave powered equipment outside, better have a secondary security shut off since
Amazon is selling your tractor's keys for 50 cents a piece...
of course you can also order lock picking equipment online now also.
thieves must be delighted

https://www.amazon.com/WAH-LIN-PARTS-Equipment-Caterpillar/dp/B09CPZGCP6/ref=pd_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0_title?pd_rd_w=n2Wmo&content-id=amzn1.sym.bb21fc54-1dd8-448e-92bb-2ddce187f4ac%3Aamzn1.symc.40e6a10e-cbc4-4fa5-81e3-4435ff64d03b&pf_rd_p=bb21fc54-1dd8-448e-92bb-2ddce187f4ac&pf_rd_r=ZVQZY17WNGSBWRQ7PDF3&pd_rd_wg=xJH8H&pd_rd_r=a94d1f6b-8b49-411b-9ded-4a74ef281663&pd_rd_i=B09CPZGCP6

 

[m7040]

Mostly, it's almost always the front of my calf, big muscle tightens up and bulges out like mad.

Drew, I use a foam product that works pretty much instantly.