Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

gps worked on car today. I'm sure they will write me off as problem not found

That 5 series BMW I had came with factory GPS, but BMW wanted a small fortune for updates. The Promaster came with it, too, but I've been just using Google Maps on the iPhone through CarPlay. That works OK, except the infotainment system has a bad habit of blanking out and resetting itself every few hours. RAM dealer has applied several updates to it, which seems to have helped a little bit, but it's still not right. I have an ancient Garmin GPS for the bikes, but updates for it take a while to download and have grown so large they no longer fit into the available memory. Anyway, have you tried just using map software on your phone?

 

[mpham]

Afternoon all!
Currently 21 and sunny heading to -8 tonight. Glad I got the stove cleaned. Will surely need it.
Storm ended up dropping about an inch of frozen, heavy mess. Very hard to clean up!
Headed to the shop after to relax. Made a quick pen out of the burl I got.

Tomorrow is sister in laws birthday. We will head to the wife's parents for dinner and cake. Not much else planned other than that.
Hopefully heading to the upper 30's next week.
Nap time calling! Need thumbs and wrist to recoup also.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I’ll use paper maps before I’ll pay extra for the car version.
I use my phone, with car play. Sometimes it just cuts out.
Maybe I should go back to the garmin, it can’t give out where I am.

Bigger issue is the apps learning where I go, and they sell that data. It knows where I live. It asked me Friday if I was going to the restaurant I go to about every Friday or sat. Then it said, here’s your normal route, instead of the shortest and quickest it used to suggest. It knows where I get gas.

Sure you’ve seen how onstar been selling your driving history.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon,
Phil, beautiful job on the pen, love the burl !

I finished painting the cellar entry way and hung all of Kathleen’s pots, pans and covers and lids on the wall going down the cellar stairs ! Looks so much better in fresh white paint ! Managed not to make too much of a mess with the paint !

Out to dinner again with our sons and DIL’s !

Hope all have a good evening ! Temp is dropping like a stone !

 

[Thomas]

need a lot of clothing changes when temp goes from 37 to 65ºF,

If you want send some of that t shirt weather our way.

 

[Thomas]

First time she wanted to walk on the ice...very shallow there...knee deep. Was warm enough that I was ready to step in and help if the ice broke.View attachment 2410305

Not even year for Della and she smelling tasting touching sooo much no wonder she sleep well.

 

[Thomas]

Good Saturday Afternoon to the GM thread!

I'm glad to report that my friend is recovering at home. He is walking and we spent about 30 minutes talking. He said the Docs have told him it would be about 4 months before he could say he was 'recovered'. A very lucky guy. One thing that really sticks out. The medical problem that started all this was serious but that was dealt with by a competent surgeon and should have resulted in a month of recovery at most aftr the surgery. The complications arose from infections that he got while in the hospital. This seems to be a problem I hear more about all the time.

So, we are at 66°F this afternoon. Bright sunny day with only occasional slight breezes. I better put out the flags!

I also need to do some trimmimg and a little yard clean up. Hope everyone has a great afternoon and weekend!

Prayers for our Nation!

Great new indeed.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Sunday) morning. Overnight Low of 20.0C and it's presently 20.4C [heading to 27C], overcast at the moment & calm.

As per usual, I'm off to Church in about a half hour and then the rest of the day is His.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Thomas]

12F clear sky wind has hard bite to it, -8F to -10Ftomorrow day break.

Restless sleep last night so bundle up outside 4am start 6" snow clean up,than off to part store 4 hours.
Decided this afternoon to clean all the roofs since another 2-4 inches coming late Sunday,than dozy of mix rain snow Monday late afternoon.

Plans for the evening just going to numb it watch movie until eye lids start closing.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[daugen]

Scott, your wife could start a restaurant with all those pans.
probably doesn't like to throw the old ones out...
while some folks swear by seasoned cast iron, I try to find the nonstick du jour that
has least toxic coating.

RNG, I'm pretty dysfunctional using a smart phone.
however....I do have a brand new Ipad I could use and that could run Google maps which
I prefer. Primarily because it's easy to plan your drive by dragging the route around if needed.
some software you can just pick this route or that route.
nav on car is at least a gen old, not very impressive or intuitive, often seems to lock up.
So I might try using the Ipad. I know I can get a mount for that.

made appt online to have car taken into shop next wednesday.

finally went back and read warranty fine print. Hoses not covered.
BUT replacement of coolant covered if accompanied by breakdown.
bingo
plus they owe 100 of my 125 tow
I could double dip on the tow claim but old insurance underwriters would suffer
an unpleasant burning hell forever if they did that...

decided on Powerstop ceramic brake pads, with clips and ordered them through Amazon.
they had very good reviews and I googled Powerstop and checked out the company. Seemed to be all good.
Thanks Frits.
brake pads will be installed when truck goes to rv mechanic who said he would be glad to work on my car.
Helps that his wife drives an expedition... He is less than half the price of everyone else, doesn't care where I get parts,
no fake fees, just good honest work. Worth the drive though I do try to support the local guy.
Rv guy is a truck fleet maintenance person and sure knows brake jobs.

didn't get much accomplished today

 

[orezok]

It’s 73 right now and going to 75 tomorrow. Winters are really tough in the desert

 

[two_bit_score]

We just hit 71°F here. Good day to mow! In most places in Texas we are still mowing. Just not as often.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening Drew,

Scott, your wife could start a restaurant with all those pans.
probably doesn't like to throw the old ones out...
while some folks

Drew, we have enough pots pans and lids for at least three households ! Yes, you are right, Kathleen doesn’t throw anything out !!

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening,
My pastor called me before we went out for dinner! Wanted to remind me that there is only one service tomorrow morning at 10 am ! Yes , Reverend Tricia I will be at the 10 am service, even though I’m not a fan of the late service, I will be there ! Thanks for the call !

 

[txdon]

Just a perfect day today. 76˚ worked in a t-shirt. It is BAD at the farm - Baby Animal Days. you can buy a bottle to feed the baby goats, sheep and calves. Our resident artist did her art with round and square hay bales, plywood ears and a lot of black and white paint.

The 200,000 tulips are up and will bloom in 3-4 weeks.

 

[Looking4new]

Rotella T 4 oil in 18.9L pail (5 U.S. gallons) $144.99+13% tax =$163.84
Rotella T 4 5 Litre jugs $51.99+13% tax=$58.75
I get 2.75 jugs for the price of a 18.9Litre pail. I think I will buy a pail. I cant get T5 or T6 in 10W30 or 40 so I have to go with T4.

I use Excel spread sheets for all of my money spent on vehicles and the Z-turn.

I use google earth pro for mapping out where I am going IF I haven't been there before. The print the routing out.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 33ºF for the start, partly cloudy sky. light breeze
Bill that answers my question. Hope you got a good nights sleep.
Don glad it made your day to beat Ron with post, Hope you got more sleep before doing Firewise and working at the farm.
Drew sorry you are up so early. Glad good visit with friend. Sorry about GPS/Nav failed, had the same thing happen on my truck but was under warranty. Oil on my truck faces back of truck so ramps will not hurt the oil drain process. I think my 2.7 engine is only one that uses cartridge oil filter as opposed to spin on type.
Ron nice rain yesterday. glad pin is painted, hope it sticks. Nice squirrel pic
NHBX hope dump run and snow control went well.
Dennis why bother, everyone knows the rodent is not a good weather predictor.
Frits sorry about the pain from wrist and I suspect finger as well. Glad you can put daughter and SIL to work.Glad Cody got his walk.
Billy nothing fast about estates, even those simple well planed ones.
Drew no falls now, doubt you bounce as well as you used to. I need to get haircut but need to decide how long to leave it. Have not used remote start.
Billy nice pic of Della on ice. Glad ice didn't break.
Bill hope you got more quality sleep.
Happy(NC) glad FEMA came and saw what He needed to see. Glad you got into son's iPhone. Hope you can get his estate cleaned up.
Spike56 I agree too early for 80's. Hope cattle feeding and hod damage repair went well.
Drew no geocaching for me.
Mike sorry about colder air returning. Hope real job work went well sorry bulb lasted so short.
Scott(VT) glad good diner and night with friends. I understand they have found helicopter black box. Should be recovered Sunday. That should help answer helicopter questions.
Drew there is some question at this point if helicopter pilots saw wrong aircraft. I think have helicopters and planes monitoring same frequency would help. Collision avoidance equipment does not work close to ground on aircraft. It's my understanding the CRJ7700 was to low for their equipment to work.
RNG can you get open-office for mac? Sorry you are having to use flat file for maintenance records. Glad you help the counter girl with batteries. Odometer reading won't change much between now and Monday. Hope house cleaning went well.
Dennis glad wife made coffee before she left. Sounds like a bit of excitment. Hope thieves are dealt with.
Paul meat looks much better after the smoking Got a chuckle about wife using old car to keep newer car clean. Glad you spent time in shop and computer sorry not much to show for it.Hope you make progress on agenda.
Ken hope progress on garage ceiing, glad PO got some thieves, and Jeep headligh replacement went well.
Drew glad you got haircut, and got some good apples. Glad DPS worked, mine was intermittent, but worked less and less till it quit altogether.
Drew I had not heard what crashed in Philly. Mis air collision and lightning strike come to mind.
David hopw you were able to mow. Hope dinner was fun. Hope you have good group for Ireland. It is a shame peope wont wait for facts and let them speak for themselvess
Drew new plane in the works, upgrades to defences are part of new plane package, I thike Spike56 posted on VC25 a few daws ago.
Need to go to bed catch up starts tomorrow.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, 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, ******, Ukraine war, hurricane victims, and Country.

 

[Buppies]

Got up to low 50s today now 27 today a blur slept on hill behind building what I could hard rain lots of wind bath room in woods in rain reminds me of bear.

Kinda of tired bed soon nice work Phil you really impress me. I use Apple Maps on truck works well for me and accurate. Shows up on truck radio. Nice pictures of Della, I’m glad fire is out good size one.
Rest up Thomas

Prayers for all our Country

 

[Buppies]

Good evening mostly!

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is tasting very good this morning. 18° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 33° with late morning snow. Cleaned off walkways from yesterday's snow. Going to be a mess when it all starts to melt. Lots of Ice. May nire ti cleanup again later today. Got bucket installed on finished QPA. Used it to move a couple of snow piles. That was it for yesterday. Hope to get another conserve energy day in today.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.