Good morning!!!!

[WinterDeere]

Coffee maker broke yesterday, cannot reset it. This AM it was old fashioned drip with a paper towel as a filter. Seems someone took my cone filter and paper filters. I'll have to track them down later.

Always keep a cheap French press in the house, like the $19 Bodum Brazil:

Amazon.com : B000KEM4TQ

It'll save you from resorting to paper towels, and makes a nice treat of something different from the usual drip coffee, when you want it.

I have a very nice Bunn A10, that saw daily use for years, when I was making 40 - 60 fl.oz. at at time. But anymore, esp. for my evening decaf, I just go to the simple and quick French press for a quick 1-2 cups.

 

[Buppies]

We had between 4 and 5 inches of snow yesterday 20 this morning birds are busy scouring the ground out of bird seed. Got to see if I can get tractor tire off then get fixed I hope.

Sorry about hose reel scotty, hope you find new coffee maker riptides, kids look like handful M7040

Christmas looks very cold maybe snow storm we shall wait and see

 

[ArlyA]

Good morning TBN folks! Its 18 here in town now with a predicted high of 26 today. (Houghton MI) It snowed a few inches overnight but that's not enough to talk, or worry about. Cooler at camp with more snow predicted there. A reminded for folks who might not know, once normal winter weather has kicked in, it snows here about 5 days out of the week. Usually not a lot, just a few inches. This is what living on the south shore is like, moderate temps and all.

I am preparing various things to head back to camp Covington on Friday. This pics was taken over the weekend.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 11 going up to 33 and cloudy, yes 11, about 30 degrees colder than normal.
Don't remember what I did yesterday outside of day job, so couldn't have been important

We have lots of fancy coffee machines, I use a french press

Still in meetings, boring way to start the day.

Be well,

 

[ArlyA]

Morning all, 11 going up to 33 and cloudy, yes 11, about 30 degrees colder than normal.
Don't remember what I did yesterday outside of day job, so couldn't have been important

We have lots of fancy coffee machines, I use a french press

Still in meetings, boring way to start the day.

Be well,

We press at home and do pour over coffee at camp.

 

[WinterDeere]

We have lots of fancy coffee machines, I use a french press

Espresso all day and decaf in the French press at night, here. The Bunn pour-over machine and Turkish sand pit sit pretty much unused, but every time I think it's time to get rid of them, someone wants to use one.

My espresso machine started life as a simple older Gaggia classic, but has been mod'd with pressure profiling, upgraded block and screen, naked portafilter, larger basket, PID control... pretty much anything one could throw at that little erector set of a machine. I guess I needed a place to turn my energy, when time for building hotrods and racing boats ran short.

For anyone trying French press the first time, you're going to want to find a way to grind coffee coarse. If you have your own burr grinder, just open it up about 2x the setting used for pour-over or drip. If you grind it at the store, just select a coarse setting. If you buy pre-ground, just get used to a lot of sediment finding its way thru the filter... it will settle at the bottom of the cup.

 

[ponytug]

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.

Mine does have pockets on both sides as well; I just used the pipe on the pulling side to make the pull more manageable. The last time I replaced my cover I moved up to their ultra duty cover as well. So far, so good. The standard duty covers seemed to give up the ghost here (I think from the sun) after seven or so years. I think we are at six years now on the ultra duty and it looks new. My recollection is that their base cover is one material (vinyl?) and the ultra duty is another (polyethylene? Vice versa?)

neither snow nor sleet nor broken hose reels will keep Scott
from his appointed rounds...

no slips or falls guys
let's stay out of the ER

Amen to staying out of ERs.

FWIW: I bought these cloth reusable bags recently and they seem pretty heavy duty;

Amazon.com: 27 Inch Extra Large Canvas Shopping Bags Jumbo Heavy Duty Reusable Grocery Bags Bulk Blank Tote Bags with Double Handle (1, Black) : Home & Kitchen

Amazon.com: 27 Inch Extra Large Canvas Shopping Bags Jumbo Heavy Duty Reusable Grocery Bags Bulk Blank Tote Bags with Double Handle (1, Black) : Home & Kitchen

www.amazon.com

They are big, so they make quick work of carrying the groceries, but based on the design, I'm not sure I would try 35lbs of carrots in one bag, as the handles don't go all the way around. They do 20lbs no sweat.

I tried to repair a dying toaster oven yesterday, and after getting what felt like 59 little screws out, plus the magic security screw, tracing the circuits, a cheap switch seems to be broken internally, and of course the switch is not an available part. It is still under warranty, but the shipping would be half the cost of a new one. I think that I will keep this one as a spare and order a matching unit. Of course, if the same switch dies, I'm up a creek without a paddle. (Is it because up the creek is harder to maneuver in, especially if it is deep crud creek?) The thermostat measures the temperature of the space around the switch outside the oven, so it now makes sense to me that the temperature is so wildly inaccurate. The GE toaster next to the toaster oven is 70 odd years old and still running.

It is nice to know that I'm vintage, but not yet antique.

All the best,

Peter

 

[LouNY]

Good Tractor Morning Lou,
Be careful up there Lou
We don’t bounce like we used to

Yea, that was not me up in the basket climbing around. I was in the tractor lifting and lowering them.
We also set each hoop on the work basket to carry it into place. The first two we had a 2x4 beam extending forward to reach with.

 

[two_bit_score]

Good Morning GM thread!

It's 41f and cloudy in east Texas. Seems colder than 41 to me this morning. At least no snow or ice so I'm good.

Hit several things this morning early so glad that is done. Cooked a roast late yesterday and put it in the fridge last night about midnight after it cooled. Of course, a small sample to be sure it was tasty. It was so very tasty. It will be great for lunch.

Going to drink coffee with some friends this morning and discuss 'topics of the day'. Yesterday was the filing deadline for ballot applications for the March primaries in Texas.

Hope everyone has a great day, warm and dry! Prayers for our Nation!

 

[sodamo]

69°F and no rain

Pretty much a putter around day yesterday as things dried out a bit. Should get some interior mowing today.

Happy Hour at our Mexican cantina was pleasant.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great tractor day