Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

PILOON, I heard that you cannot turn right on a red light in Montreal, but you can go right true it!

There are two kinds of pedestrian in Montreal, the quick and the dead.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 54F for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Wind got on the brisk side of moderate, sky cleared off then clouded up some, and high temp was 87F. Went for bike shortly after breakfast, then fired up chain saw and finished bucking logs. Then showered, lunched and napped.
catch up tomorrow
prayers for all
stay safe and healthy!

 

[Molalla1]

And the key to flexibility is retirement.

Sure as long as my renters PAY their rent . . .

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

As I was running the tractor I remembered the time I was carrying a bucket full of rock down that same hill and the tractor took off. Stomping on the brakes just left two skid marks from the rear tires because of the weight in the bucket. Dropped the bucket to stop the tractor, then found out that a splined coupler in the front propeller shaft had stripped. And I was thinking yesterday that I should probably buy another one of those couplers and change it out before the same thing happens again. Would have been pretty ugly sailing over the edge of the propane tank terrace yesterday. While I'm talking to the Kubota parts guy, I'll get the seals ordered to fix the leak on the front axle, too.

Hope everyone enjoys their day!

After seeing your hills from your drone vids, I now fully understand your OMG moment...

With the stay at home being enforced at midnight i decided to get a few things for home projects.
Home Depot line to enter the stores 50 long.View attachment 647097

Why the lines at Home Depot? Maybe it's time to move back to Giddings.

It was hot this afternoon. 90F and the humidity right behind it....moist as mayonnaise....I decided to change the oil in the car, man was I schwetty all over/under....I had to go take a cold shower.

Lots going on, hard to keep up. I'm still going to work, but not much to do. I have the manual lathe partially torn down. Have determined the noise it is making stems from the main belt pulley being loose on it's shaft. I'm trying to get a price for parts. $$$ Maybe I'll bore and turn and build a bushing.

Prayers for all. Watched our Wednesday night church online. Was good. Thou shalt not steal was the message.

Wng, glad your getting exercise with coco still.

I'm beginning to think it would be a shorter list of "non-essential" personnel.

PJS, I have to say, the eggs our chickens are laying right now, I would consider them to be far more productive than the garden I sweat so much over. I have to keep reminding myself how good that home grown tomato spaghetti sauce tastes right now.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

3/25/2020: Wednesday @ 8:44 PM PST: COV-19 Coronavirus Update

3,154 total cases in California
156 new cases in California
2 new deaths in California
67 total deaths in California
3,079 active cases in California


New cases in the USA: 13,355
New deaths in the USA: 247
Total USA cases top 60,000

Worldwide Coronavirus Cases: 471,417
Worldwide Deaths: 21,295
Worldwide recovered: 114,642

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-03-26, 0410

27 right now...today's high about 50 or so...

Well, Vermont is officially shut down...restrictions are typical of other states. I got a company letter authorizing me to drive to work (in case I get pulled over), but we are authorized to work from home or take leave. Unless the wife, stepdaughter or I get sick...or we have cases at work, I'll be working at the plant until further notice. The military work is still going on, but the commercial work is really taking a nosedrive

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning, nothing but sunshine again for us. Wind dropped enough yesterday to be out doing fence repairs with just jeans and a tea shirt, today will be same again. Have a fair amount of paperwork stacking up, by the time it is dark I don't have enough motivation left and this weather is just too good to waste.

BEF, good to hear your dad is doing ok.


When times are desperate, would you -

a) Choose an outfit who says they will design from scratch a new type of life support machine and get it into volume production in just a few weeks. They have no track record of producing any medical equipment, but are really good at marketing

b) Select a top quality manufacturing company to who will make more of an existing proven design ?


Someone in our government thought the best answer is ........ a) !
They must really like their Dyson vacuum cleaner as they have given them a contract to make 10,000 ventillators :confused2:

 

[Buppies]

43 high of 61 today no rain until Saturday

Prayers for all

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the temp is 33°F and is going to a high of 39. Wind ESE 6 mph. Periods of rain mixed with snow.

Picked up the D-I-L from hospital yesterday, the colonoscopy and endoscopy found nothing out of the ordinary. Iron level is back where it should be. So they kicked her out at her request.

I had planned on putting the backhoe on today, but I am not standing in the rain for two hours to do it. IF it is raining, I will do the exhaust instead. The shelter the BH is in, the roof is history, but the shelter the tractor is in is sound.

I had thought about using a sea can for a garage, but the tractor is too high to fit through the door. A 20' sea can would cost me $2500.oo plus shipping and I would need 3 of them for all my rolling stock to be under cover and out of the direct sunlight. A 40' sea can would still only fit the Jeep with trailer and the Dodge. A quonset hut was my other choice except that to put one up here would cost me about 50 grand by the time the pad was installed and the hut up. I can buy a lot of SL shelters for 50 G's.

I saw on the news that Bonnie Prince Charlie tested positive for cv19 yesterday. He is in Scotland hiding away. How much do you all want to bet that he is not alone and doesn't do his own laundry and cooking. He probably has a full compliment of slaves to baby him, thus spreading it further. Queen E is fine, so far.

Eric, Dyson vacuums really suck, but a Kirby vacuum is better and more expensive.


Have a safe day all

 

[riptides]

Ditto weather from Buppies.

Not much going on. Work is
I n s a n e.

Cannot complain. Most are not working.

Have a great day all. Be safe. Stay healthy.

 

[wngsprd]

No, but apparently the steering was not a direct gear like the Farmall was. The knob ended up at a different o'clock each time I used it, even though it stay at the same place on the steering wheel.


Bananas are not the highest on the potassium list. 15 others have more potassium than bananas.
15 Foods That Pack More Potassium Than a Banana

I liked that Potassium article. Is "Healthline" a regular source for you? If so, I'll bookmark it and look for more topics.

 

[wngsprd]

It just started raining here and when I checked local/regional Dopplers there were no echoes. Maybe the particulate matter from my smoking ribs "seeded" the clouds overhead.

It drizzled here all day yesterday, and the only time it showed on radar was when it turned to harder rain.

 

[txdon]

Why the lines at Home Depot? Maybe it's time to move back to Giddings.

They are only allowing so many people in a store, HEB, Randalls, and Costco also have lines outside.
Hmm, Drive 45 min to the Home Depot every time or wait in line once a year, it's a wash.

Kyle, 254 counties in Texas, 84 have corvid-19 cases, your county is still with 0 cases.

The stay at home order has many exclusions, the only thing closed that has affected me so far was getting a hair cut. The near-by hospitals are still empty, standing by.

Texas
13235 Tested
6 cases in our town - 0 deaths
19 cases in our county - 0 deaths
974 cases statewide - 12 deaths


Ron a week ago we were tied how are we now, comparing a warm state to a cold state.

Good morning! 65˚F, partly cloudy heading to the mid 80s.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 37F @ 4:00AM. Plenty of sunshine. High 62F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Crazy weather yesterday, with hail in the morning, rain in the afternoon, and blue skies for the sunset. We'll be back in the 70s next week.

L4N, High Cube shipping containers are 9.5' high, if that helps.

That's what happens when people with no expertise in a field are granted decision authority, Eric.:thumbsdown:

Would knurling that shaft enlarge it enough to let the pulley grip it, Kyle?

Data transfers to the iPhone went off without a hitch yesterday, even though I couldn't tell that anything had changed. Maybe Einstein was wrong about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result?:confused2:

Saw a review for a very inexpensive image processing software yesterday, and downloaded it to give it a try. Seems to work just as well as my ancient version of PhotoShop, and does a lot more, too. It's called Affinity Photo, it is on sale now for $24.99, and runs under MacOS, iOS, and Windows. Perhaps the best feature is a comprehensive collection of tutorial videos that had me doing most of the usual PhotoShop tasks in just an hour or so. It's also a stand alone application, instead of Adobe's current subscription model.

Propane line was still holding pressure yesterday, so it'll get buried today.

Got a hankering for a Caesar salad yesterday, and found a vegan version of the dressing that can be made without oil. It's based on hummus, which uses sesame seeds, but I also found a recipe for hummus that substitutes sunflower butter instead. Now to just find all the ingredients on Amazon that aren't sold out...

Thursdays are usually taken up with supply runs to town, but not this week. Shelter in place is the order of the day, for as long as I can hold out.

Chico replaced their mayor at yesterday's special city council meeting, just a few hours after the old mayor declared a state of emergency and put the city manager in charge. The first order of business for the new mayor, who held the position for a few years a while back, was to rescind the SOE. It's a step in the right direction, and away from catering to drug abusers and freeloaders, policies that are ruining that small town.

Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!

 

[ronjhall]

Texas
13235 Tested
6 cases in our town - 0 deaths
19 cases in our county - 0 deaths
974 cases statewide - 12 deaths


Ron a week ago we were tied how are we now, comparing a warm state to a cold state.
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No report on on how many tested.

2295 positive in state. 43 deaths.

Oakland county, 543 positive. 10 deaths.

Detroit, Wayne county, 1,122 Positive. 21 deaths.
Some of the hospitals are reporting that they are full. Sending patients to other hospitals in system.

I should mention that Detroit/Wayne population is 1.8 million. Oakland County is 1.2 Million.

 

[daugen]

good morning all. Bright blue sky, a lot colder this morning at 40 but warming up to 66.
I'm off to infectious disease doc this morning after waiting forever for appt.
I think he will tell me the two most common diseases other than Lymes from a tick bite do not fit my symptoms, which they don't.
So I think he will send me on my way, fine, just so he clears me. I'm done taking antibiotics and nausea meds and feel pretty good, other than back.
Maybe I fixed myself...

Hope you all have a good day.

I think I'll wear my mask in that waiting room...

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning. 38 now with clear skies! Supposed to get to near 65 later. Today will be time to rest the WiFi extender!

County I live in has 3 cases of COVID-19, 0 deaths. The first confirmed case has recovered already.

Not much traffic where I live normally, now, it is really quiet. Does make shooting groundhogs on the other side of the road easier, don稚 have to wait for the car to go by. :laughing:

Everyone stay safe out there!

 

[Thomas]

24F clear upper 40's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Mrs. would like small version buck board wagon to pull behind Kubota...hmmm
Plans for today...4"+ snow covering ground so no yard work etc.,long walk about might look for antler shed droppings other than that. :confused3:

Enjoy the day all.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking second cup of coffee. 44ｰ with mostly clear skies this morning. Heading to 56ｰ with rain in late pm. Walk with Sassy went well yesterday. I did OK also. Did not get much done. Spent way to much time on phone talking to people that are dealing with stay at home order. I am starting day 13. Ate last of my fresh food yesterday. Everything I have left is either canned or frozen. Report of local stores are is shelves are starting to getting restocked. Sams and Costco reports are very few people in stores midday. Rush is in morning when they have senior hours.
Talked to neighbor who works at GM proving grounds. He was out with family for a walk. Yesterday was his first day working from home. He had to turn in a project car he was working on. A next model Vette. I offered to let him put it in my barn if he needed to bring it home. Kept at least 6+ feet away from him.
Going to get snowblower off JD mower and put mower on today. May start vacuuming pond. I like 50 degree temperatures to work outside.
Still need gas for lawn equipment. But going to work around it.

Kind of hard to respond to all post today. Everyone be safe and healthy.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning. It’s 68° and overcast this morning. This afternoon should be only partly cloudy and 87°.

I’m thinking .. I’ll light one of my burn piles with our low winds this morning. I will practice 6’ social distancing from it though .. . There are two live oak trees, badly needing trimming, near the burn pile so .. that will give me plenty to do while monitoring the fire.

The four counties surrounding us all have 1 case except for Wharton County with 3 .. we’re still zero so far (knock wood).

We now have cases in 82 of 254 Counties.

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Hope everyone has a good .. but safe day today.

Prayers to all.