Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

I retired in 2014, lasted 3 months, my best friend talked me into becoming service manager at his dealership, it had been sold and would close in about a year. Well it was a year and a half but I enjoyed it. 4 years now and no looking back.

 

[Thomas]

Kyle, are the kids back home?

Thomas, how was the first day of retirement pizza?

My wife told me the other day she wasn稚 sure what it would be like having me home all the time when I retire. But having me home for my disability for a couple months, she said she thinks it will work out. Lol

That BIG ole loaded pizza was :licking::thumbsup:
Your bride must know my bride see said the same also.

 

[daugen]

Buckeye, don't overdo it with that garage door work. You are off "Superman" duty...

My wife told me the other day she wasn’t sure what it would be like having me home all the time when I retire.
But having me home for my disability for a couple months, she said she thinks it will work out. Lol

There's an old saying that I married you for Love but not for Lunch
Some folks do better with more space, some can't help holding hands constantly.
My wives always liked their hand held.
I also open car doors which I know
makes me a dinosaur.

 

[Thomas]

toppop52
"no looking back".
...................
I agree Randy no need wondering what if's.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good Saturday Morning. It's a very nice 68° this morning but going to a not so nice 95° this afternoon.

I'm off to our Community Center / VFD Hall to help with cleanup for all our fall events;

Neighborhood Night Out.
VFD Chili Cook-off Fund Raiser.
Our first Annual TPWD Youth Hunt.

I mowed along roadsides with the big tractor / bush hog on Monday because I didn't know what might be hiding in the tall grass. Today, I'll hit it all again with the 55 HP tractor and rear finish mower. The up coming VFD chili cook-off draws lots of neighbors outside our community so, many will park along the road on both sides of our CC / VFD area. With our dry condition the tall dry grass won't mix well with hot catalytic converters.

As some tree trimming will be done by others, I'll put the grapple on to pickup limbs and move them to a burn pile area.

After that ... who knows.

Astros beat Rays 6-2. Game 2 this evening.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Prayers to all.

 

[LouNY]

Buckeye, don't overdo it with that garage door work. You are off "Superman" duty...

My wife told me the other day she wasn’t sure what it would be like having me home all the time when I retire.
But having me home for my disability for a couple months, she said she thinks it will work out. Lol

There's an old saying that I married you for Love but not for Lunch
Some folks do better with more space, some can't help holding hands constantly.
My wives always liked their hand held.
I also open car doors which I know
makes me a dinosaur.

Your not the only one :thumbsup:

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning Everyone!!!!!

A clear, calm, and sunny 28ºF for today's low; 46ºF with unchanged conditions presently; and I anticipate similar conditions and a high ~mid50ºF's later today. A heavy frost covered the lower field for Dog Walk #1. The wood stove's warmth is greatly appreciated this AM as well as the coffee. I need to load the truck for the weekly Dump Run and transport Brogen to the doggy gulag. Later I plan to start moving some firewood around.

Uninterrupted, restful sleep is an appreciated rarity. I try to avoid staring at a computer monitor when I should “in theory” be sleeping. BEF- I am sorry to read about your night last night.

I believe that I was either a werewolf or a vampire in some previous life.

I never really “officially” retired. I always had joked about retiring at 55; the joke was on me. I just got sick at work and carted away in an ambulance. I worked a + full shift that day before the nurse took a look at me, dialed 911, and threatened physical restraint if I tried to make it to my truck. Much too much drama for my taste.

Retirement pizza reads like good eats to me (extra on the anchovies please).

I still do the seating assist, door and car door chivalry stuff. Some good habits are hard to break.

I hope that everyone is having a decent start to the weekend if it really is the weekend.

My + thoughts and prayers.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Nothing's impossible for the man wearing the right flip flops! Atta boy, David!:thumbsup:

But your heroics beg the question: What make and model is that generator, why are you replacing it, and with what?

Said the man about to blow a big wad on a new generator himself.:shocked:

I know you are a man who does his research. That's why I'd like to hear more about your backup power plan? I know you will be faced with certain, unknown time frame, power outages. I know you've conversed here about it a lot, so please excuse me for not remembering the big picture.

Here's what little I know.

My guys tell me to avoid battery backup if at all possible, and to use generators for backup. The time it takes a backup generator to kick in can be minimized, but will still be a half minute outage. They say to buy solar panels to get you near "net zero" for regular usage. If you want air conditioning while on generator, you will need a decent sized genny. Powering with propane or natural gas will eliminate stale fuel problems. Former military diesel gennys can be good bargains if you know what you're doing.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 59F @ 7:15AM. Sunny. High 83F. Winds light and variable.
We're under another Red Flag Warning through Sunday night, leading to another Public Safety Power Shutoff starting tonight around 6 o'clock. Maybe I'll hit the sack early and try to catch up on some missed sleep?:cloud9:

Took me a couple of years to get used to not starting the day at 5AM, Thomas, but I still wake up about then. The difference now is I usually get another hour or two of sleep after posting here in GM.:laughing: I bet you're looking forward to missing the ol' slow roll on Monday, huh?:thumbsup:

I retired just before my 54th birthday, Jay, not long after an annual physical during which the doctor told me my blood pressure and cholesterol were both out of control and I should also lose some weight. That job was literally killing me, and with management hacking away at retirement benefits, it was time to go. Friends kid me that I left a smoke trail behind when I left that last day.:laughing:

Glad the girls landed safely, Kyle. I spent a lot of time in Albuquerque, and the balloon festival was always a busy time for tourists. Seems like it was usually windy, too, which played havoc with getting the balloons safely into the air. That led to some pretty tragic accidents; I hope the weather gods cooperate this year.

The jamb nut on one of the valve adjusters on the red bike seemed to be stripping when I checked yesterday, so I picked up another one while I was in town. So this morning I'll finish the valve adjustment, and maybe go for a ride for a couple hours. Haven't been up the canyon for a while, and I'm curious if the aspens in the mountains are starting to turn.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I know you are a man who does his research. That's why I'd like to hear more about your backup power plan? I know you will be faced with certain, unknown time frame, power outages. I know you've conversed here about it a lot, so please excuse me for not remembering the big picture.

Here's what little I know.

My guys tell me to avoid battery backup if at all possible, and to use generators for backup. The time it takes a backup generator to kick in can be minimized, but will still be a half minute outage. They say to buy solar panels to get you near "net zero" for regular usage. If you want air conditioning while on generator, you will need a decent sized genny. Powering with propane or natural gas will eliminate stale fuel problems. Former military diesel gennys can be good bargains if you know what you're doing.

I think you remember more than you give yourself credit for, Kyle. My primary motivation for going solar isn't to save money, but to ensure there's a stable source of electricity when it's most needed. Especially now, when the electric utility is shutting off the juice at precisely the same time everyone is most vulnerable to wildfire. I intend to still have a grid connection, but I think of it as more of a battery bank since the solar panels will very likely offset most if not all of my electricity use. I'll have about 1000 amp hours of battery bank, enough to keep the power from even flickering when the utility engages one of their Public Safety Power Shutoffs. The inverters I'm using do more than just convert DC to AC, they also act as a transfer switch, and will automatically and almost instantaneously switch to batteries if the grid goes down, and then start the propane powered 22kW Cummins generator when the AGM batteries drop to about 20% depth of discharge. I'll always have access to the internet because the home network and computers won't be shut down with the grid, and that's important because that's how I've been learning about new fire starts and how fast and far a fire is spreading. Reliable electricity also ensures I'll always have a supply of pressurized water if/when there's another wildfire, the fire truck being the suspenders that go with the generator's belt. In the wet season, I'll also be able to use the batteries and generator to avoid utility electric use during cloudy days when the solar panel output falls off. That'll be handy because PG&E forces customers with solar power systems into a time of day rate structure that charges more for each kilowatt hour during times of peak demand. I'm on a tiered structure now, but I only pay more if consumption goes over certain levels as the days tick by during the monthly billing period. It used to be that any power produced by the solar panels that customers didn't use was purchased by the utility for something like ten cents per kilowatt hour. Over the years, though, the rate has dropped to more like three cents, so it literally doesn't pay to install more solar panels than will be needed to offset your actual use. That means break even to when the cost of the solar power installation will be offset by the lower or missing electric utility bills is stretched farther into the future, and by adding both batteries and a generator, that date goes out even farther. But none of that matters if the house burns down, and since it's very likely I'll be declined when the homeowner's insurance is supposed to renew next year, I'm focused on mitigating the hazard more than saving money. Make sense?