Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

JB, I have one friend that is a psychiatrist, and a friend couple that are psychologists, the first is gay, he figured it out when he had twenty something kids, actually he knew for years, irrelevant to me, he’s a great guy. The couple are typical of the breed, a little weird but very nice, the psychiatrist is very like able loon. His partner rides a Harley, drives a Jeep and both are big masculine acting men. Not sure what my point is other than all you psych dudes are a little strange, but Lynn and I never minded a nice ride down the Chesapeake on Doc’s 44’ Hatteras.

 

[jbrumberg]

Randy- One could hang my little 18' sailboat off the rear davits of that vessel. They are beautiful nice lined boats with great accommodations.

You are "kind." I guess that I am "typical of the breed" almost "loon-like" on "occasion" as needed..

 

[newbury]

<snip>
Our property seems to grow in size with each property tax assessment.

Welcome to the expanding universe.

MIL just had the taxes double on a property in Mississippi, all for the school.
Starting to make growing trees an expensive hobby.

 

[jbrumberg]

^^^^ I always wondered about the area between the junction of two stone walls on our property. This place was allegedly surveyed at the time of purchase. I guess no one wanted to deal with all the rocks and springs down there.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 63F this morning, back porch was wet from condensation and rain gauge had .3 inch rain. High temp made it all the way up to 66F, rain at times and light wind except during thunderstorms. Worked on wife's old dead phone, which decided to reboot Made getting photos, SMS msg and contacts off of it. Meant to get ride in today but between phone work and rain and nap, did not happen.

prayer for all.

 

[mostly_gas]

Don appreciate the advice on meat weaning.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I prefer DeOxIt, which has a cleaning agent that will remove oxide and a preservative to prevent it from coming back. It's also conductive. Dielectric grease is an insulator, and in my book has no place anywhere near switches or connections.

The dielectric works great in trailer light bulb in wet conditions. It must impede oxidation by sealing it out.

I need some de oxit to clean the pots on my McIntosh.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

For those so interested if any. The "Consumer Reports" video: AWD Showdown: Subaru Forester vs. Honda CR-V vs. Toyota RAV4

Thanks, am shopping now. Considering crv LX (have 2 pilots)(and had 3 other great hondas), and tucson SE. Not keen on new crv dash layout, and lack of audio volume knob.
Subaru puts gas fill on the wrong side.
Had not considered rav4, but might. Saw one inside at costco, advertising their buying program. Limited, was Too $$$$$ for my budget.

I buy the low end models, i dont want the expensive bells and whistles.

Cant the guy in the video look at the camera? Seems weird.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

We have high wind watch and wintery mix for friday. Boys fly in that night. Hate having bad weather when they fly.

 

[lostcreekranch]

It’s been very windy here all day.

 

[freedomlives]

Good morning! Got up to get water out of the sink for coffee, and nothing came. -12C, no snow on the ground, so pipes from the public water supply froze. Water from the shower, which comes from our well, worked. But standing there thinking a bit, the well line is buried next to the public line, so I ran out and cut the breaker to the pump. The water pressure may just be coming from what's stored in the pressure tank, and I don't want to risk that when the pressure falls and the pump comes on, it can't pump the water to the tank and burns up...

Today is the last day with daytime temps below freezing. In a couple of days we'll be back to having a muddy mess, but also looking forward to daytime highs next week getting near 50F. Finally I need to get seeds started. Since my wife delivers right around Easter, I think more of the garden work this year falls on me than just my usual making beds with the rotovator and rotary plow.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning everyone.

We started shopping for a new Subaru Forester yesterday. I still consider them to be one of the best snow handling car in their price range and their AWD is a proven performer. Wifey is leaning toward the Forester 2.5 Touring package. Lot's of new and fancy (expensive) gizmos on these new vehicles;

Subaru's twin camera "Eyesight" collision avoidance system is impressive. I'm sure she's worth the extra money.


Our daughter wants a bigger car to accommodate all her growing family, so I'm letting her have my Toyota RAV and I will get something a little smaller. I tried the 2018 Subaru XV (Crosstrek) and that looks about perfect for me.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. -7C/19F, wind on it's way to 40mph and bringing snow with it.

March roaring in like a lion. The lambs don't like it at all.

I have just gone and cracked a water trough with some over enthusiastic ice removal.
Must sort something better out for next year. Think I said that last year too. :ashamed:

 

[freedomlives]

I also broke the sliced-in-half plastic jug I have been using as a trough for the Vietnamese pigs for years. It was quite durable though, holding up to beating out ice in below freezing weather. At least I have a lot of plastic 10 liter jugs in reserve from all the antifreeze and distilled water our leaky cars run through!

 

[sodamo]

David- is that a 3 axis stabilized gimbal?

Once my 2 axis aftermarket gimbal had its grand mal seizure it was dead. I never got the "magic smoke." I never could get it to "hold" its calibration due to its end of service programming chip. Some HobbyKing products or products they market just plain suck.

Good luck.

The local ProMets are now starting to talk about this pending rain event changing over to heavy wet snow in the higher elevations. Some of the modeled snow maps are pretty impressive as to total accumulations. We'll know for certain Saturday .

The tractor is ready for whatever happens.

I hope that everyone is having a decent and manageable day today.

Yup, 3 axis

 

[sodamo]

Jay. We cheat a bit, using a BBQ Guru to control my Primo temp.

Had to repair my cracked inner, but didn’t use any cement, just banded it. Seems to be holding well.

 

[wngsprd]

49 and about to rain, going to 54.

freedom, sorry about your water situation. We lose water when electric power is lost...well system...no fun, but we usually have a reserve supply, too.

Had a successful trip to farm in southeast Virginia yesterday...hiked the side that is swampy and marked the property line. The solar company paid for a survey when we set up the lease to them...much of the property line is difficult to follow due to vines, tangles and large trees, but there is survey tape still hanging from limbs. I wanted to mark some trees with paint before the survey tape rots off. I'm sore today from how many times I jumped the creek where it was too deep for my boots. I got to thinking, of all the things I do for exercise, long-jumping is not one of them, and certainly uses muscles differently.

Then met with the reps from the power company that bought the solar...nice guys, and my punch list of items of ongoing maintenance of shared space worked out well. They even told me they were going to pay for the long scratch on my truck I got back in September from driving too close to a tall dog-fennel weed-hidden t-post leaning over on "my side" that they had installed for silt fencing. I think I love them.

Eric, don't blow away! I saw on our forecast for tomorrow that we are also due some winds up to 40.

 

[daugen]

wet and warm day today, raining into tonight, then it clears and the winds howl tomorrow.

Good morning and welcome to March.

 

[toppop52]

Randy- One could hang my little 18' sailboat off the rear davits of that vessel. They are beautiful nice lined boats with great accommodations.

You are "kind." I guess that I am "typical of the breed" almost "loon-like" on "occasion" as needed..

Actually, I find them very interesting, psych doctors just think differently than most people and I suppose that’s what makes them good at it. Doc brought me a sofa cushion once that needed the leather and foam replaced. He told me; “This crazy fat @$$ comes in every day and bounces on it like a kangaroo in heat!”

 

[toppop52]

47 and waiting on the rain and wind. 25-35 with gusts over 40 and rain through Saturday. High today 57 but only 40s tomorrow.