Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Two I think Drew

 

[Looking4new]

Buppies, how many fingers am I holding up?

As he splays/spreads out both hands.

Eight says I. The other two are thumbs. The physiotherapist tried that on me before they let me out of the hospital after the stroke. Messed her right up.

 

[Looking4new]

1°F right now and rising to 5 overnight.

 

[LouNY]

6F heading for -1F, after a high today of 24-25F with a breeze.
Worked on the shelter-logic for my sand shed we got all the hoops up and mostly anchored down. And the ends are hung but not stretched out or tied down yet.
working on 3rd hoop,.....................................all the hoops up

Hopefully my contractor shows tomorrow and we get the ends secured and maybe even the main tarp up and over. Also going to add some diagonal cabling to help hold it square.

 

[ponytug]

6F heading for -1F, after a high today of 24-25F with a breeze.
Worked on the shelter-logic for my sand shed we got all the hoops up and mostly anchored down. And the ends are hung but not stretched out or tied down yet.
working on 3rd hoop,.....................................all the hoops up
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Hopefully my contractor shows tomorrow and we get the ends secured and maybe even the main tarp up and over. Also going to add some diagonal cabling to help hold it square.

That looks great! I think that diagonal bracing and anchoring is a great idea. Wind and snow can add significant loads to a shelter. On my 20' ShelterLogic, I used six 30" ground auger anchors.

FWIW: To get the cover up and over the hoops, I slid a plastic pipe in the pockets on one side and tied a rope to both ends of the pipe. The cover slid easily up and over. I was doing it single handed the first time. I'd recommend tying the other side to something solid so it doesn't follow the rest of the cover up and over.

All the best, Peter

 

[LouNY]

That looks great! I think that diagonal bracing and anchoring is a great idea. Wind and snow can add significant loads to a shelter. On my 20' ShelterLogic, I used six 30" ground auger anchors.

FWIW: To get the cover up and over the hoops, I slid a plastic pipe in the pockets on one side and tied a rope to both ends of the pipe. The cover slid easily up and over. I was doing it single handed the first time. I'd recommend tying the other side to something solid so it doesn't follow the rest of the cover up and over.

All the best, Peter

This one has tubes that slide into the pockets on both sides. Also I got the so called super duty cover at 21.5 oz.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good morning all. 29ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Light wind, mostly clear sky, and high temp was 53ºF. Made coffee to start day, cleaned kitchen, made Creme of wheat/Malt-o-Meal mix for breakfast. Took son-in-law to procedure worked on posting while waiting. Bike ride when got home, cleaned up for chapel pot luck.
resuming Monday morning post 214,924:
Buppies hope Monday went well. prayers sent.
nng. Hope you are giving both plenty of rest.
Drew hope RV trip to winter storage went well.
Dennis took several attempts to discern your post
Happy(nc) hope surprise was good, Dallas has been inconsistent. Sorry your leatherman trying to leave you
Thomas thank you
Mike hope you found Christmas lights, glad company gone.Hope you hardware store run was successful.
Thomas pickup bumper support fixed. Hope Covid shot and test went well.
ArlyA glad pods are on 6X6 and Kodiak.
Paul nice you got Drew's walnut done. Glad you got a new cutter. Nice job on the wrench. Sorry wife and son got bit by ferral cats. Hope you are snow ready.
Ken glad IR receiver now working. Hope presentation went well.
Friend(trac) nice looking blower, sorry so hard to level. Thanks for compliment. Christmas tree sounds cool.
Frits glad you were able to proved such a nice day for wife. Hope D's transition goes smoothly. Hope you got firewood moved.
Two_bit hope busy is a good thing. Hope you had good Thanksgiving as well.
Bill hope plowing went well.
David hope puttering and PO and HH all went well.
Drew glad RV vent on, sorry about rear tail light assembly. Sorry about extra trip to get cell phone.
Thomas glad agenda completed and snow ready. Hope game was worth watching.
Rand(wag) hope mowing went well.
Kyle good luck learning software for new printer. Sorry about problems with MasterCam, sorry about the B your son got.
Tuesday morning 1:52 AM CST
Drew sorry about weather trying to mess with your plans.
Ron hope walkway cleaning and shop projects in shop went well. Hope you had good day in house. Nice pic.
Phil glad you are ready for the snow. Sorry neighbor not on top of snow prep. Hope he can get water pump fixed. Hope doc was able to help you.
Scott(vt) hope you are ready for snow. Sorry long day at work. Hope drug test went well. Congrats on new identity.
Bill hope North Bay trip went well and was successful.
ArlyA glad getting plow on 6X6 easy. Hope grizzly work on pods went well.
Mike hope trip goes well. Glad beer run successful.
Billy glad no ice yet. Glad you got hike with Della. Nice pics
Happy(nc) glad you got some wife time. Hope you were able to warm the garage to be able to paint.
Drew glad you can get all the stuff and car in the garage. Have fun running snow blower.
Happy(NC) Texas not handle snow much better than NC.
Don Sorry about the cool weather there. Hope you can get new truck soon
Drew saw gas prices here as low as $2.179 per gallon. Good luck with fixing up the taillight assembly.
Frits glad less snow for you than forecast. Good to hear you got package for welding cart and were able to move it into welding shop. Hope blown fuse not serious.
Ken hope you don't get much ice. Glad presentation was well received and you have job for a while.
DarkBlack hope you are ready for weather.
Paul hope you were not disappointed little if any snow. Congrats on new welder. Glad you had quorum for Oddfellows meeting. Hope breakfast was good.
Newbury sad to see the lack of ability to drive on anything but dry roads.
ArlyA thanks for no snow closure story.
Buppies thanks for story.
David glad good HH. Hope mowing went well.
Dennis glad good lunch.
Lou glad wife's vehicle does well ins, sorry about the lack of range in the cold/snow. Sorry you are missing coal heat.
Drew glad lunch happened. Hope rest of day was quiet.
Bill sorry no snow squalls. Thanks for story.injector. Hope town run went well.
Thomas glad good day at work. Sorry bears gone for winter.
Randy(wag) glad you got you mowing done, and got chemist to explain how to use
Lou sorry you got the max snow.
Dennis glad Christmas show was good and roads clear for drive. Hope you got some sleep.
Kyle no TPMS programmer here.
Dennis nice pic, sorry no activity
more catch up later
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 /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Scott(vt) /wife's back pain, 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, Eye recovery, /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, Middle East War, and Country.

 

[rswyan]

8F and clear @ 00:30, was only calling for a low of 10F ... so it will be interesting to see where it ends up in the morning.

Got garage warmed up and prepped seed and then filled up the hopper feeder and scattered some for the ground feeders.

Hopper feeder again was not completely empty. Seems they really would prefer the good seed and not the cheap stuff I've been putting out.

But did have a bunch show up after I scattered the seed on the ground.

Woman and I collected up the trash and recyclables and ran those up and dropped them off at the cans at the road, collected the mail, dropped cardboard off up at the shop on the way back.

Then She headed down to DG for a couple of items.

Refueled torpedo heater and did some clean up in the garage and kitchen before She got back.

Got the large Mammoth Gold cleaned, baked, meat scraped off the rind, and processed:

Now cooking it down a little in the big pot to thicken it up before I measure it out and put it in containers and in the freezer.

Picked the seeds out, got a good amount of those, now spread out on a cookie sheet to dry.

The pot above with the lid on it has the stringy stuff and meat that the seeds were attached to. Going to cook that up and process it but package it separately and see if it is any good.

The directions I've read say to remove it (and the seeds) before making puree but say that you don't have to be real thorough as it's not critical.

Also got one of the Kentucky Field pumpkin (Dickinson) and 2 Hubbard Golden winter squash washed off. May do those later this morning.

Woman picked a little woven wicker basket the other day ... apparently just the right size.

... and Someone has already laid claim:

Hope everyone had a decent day.