Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

Furnace is running with a work around for Flame Sensor. Replacement sensor should be here this afternoon. Unusual fault to service guy. Saying flame is present when none is present. Does not work on American Standard (Trane) very often.

 

[kenmbz]

Ron, good luck with the furnace. I have a few electric heaters here in case we lose it, to put in bathrooms and kitchen to stop pipes bursting.
Eric, Stodgy thought I didn't know another UK term, though I spent about a year in the UK, over a 10 year period, and work for a British company.
RNG - that sounds like a big safe!

When I was younger we had some loggers up the road. They lent us a stick of dynamite! We used it to blow up an abandoned hut. Lit the fuse, get on motorcycle (1 for the two of us).
Quick fuse found both of us on the ground next to the still running bike, no hut and luckily we were only knocked off the bike by concussion and not by wood schrapnel.
Not like in the movies for sure.

 

[daugen]

It's snowing in Reading, it's snowing in Allentown and it's headed for Popgadget's alpacas just about now.

grey overcast day with light winds.
Looks like snow.
I bet the ski slopes in the Poconos are happy, assuming any of them are open.

Ron may your heat stay on

 

[farmeratheart]

It started to snow here at noon. The deck is white, the grass will be covered soon at this rate.

Stay safe and healthy.

Frank

 

[wngsprd]

Went for a hike earlier...when I came in to take my jacket off, the rain had frozen on it. No snow, just freezing rain and the pines are drooping. Snow would be much better.

Randy, your soup sounds perfect today.

 

[rswyan]

30F and light snow @ 13:00, about an inch on the ground thus far. Calling for 1 - 3 inches ... looks like we are close to the trailing edge at this point, so this could be about it as far as snowfall goes.

Checked square on tile saw blade to table ... looks good ... still need to check laser alignment.

Need to call Road Department today and tell them to skip plowing the unpaved portion of the driveway.

Possibly refill feeders. Probably should get that birdbath plugged in too, while I'm out there ...

Need to go to Menards for closet repair flange, a 4 x 8 sheet of 3/4 plywood, and few other things but I don't see that happening today ... unless I get more motivated.

Other than that, see about freeing up that one supply valve ... probably check the supply valves for the tub and toilet in the main bathroom while I'm at it. Still need to locate the supply valves for the sinks in the main bathroom ... not sure exactly where they are ... or if there even are any ... :confused3:

UPS says bullnose tile out of Mesquite, TX due in tomorrow. Black accent tile has arrived at local Home Depot ... but not showing ready for pickup yet.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day ... :thumbsup:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Started here around 11, probably 2” now and coming down good.

 

[sodamo]

Wet and wild outside this morning, glad to be back inside eating a bowl of porridge.

Eric - more stoggy ??
Ken, sorry, my bad spelling. Stodgy = dense moist food, often hard to digest food

Do the English eat their horses ?

Don't think that is illegal, however I can't imagine any slaughter house would accept a horse even if it did have all the traceability paperwork to show what drugs it had been given over it's lifetime.

A lot of people in the UK have inadvertently tasted horse meat. A few years ago the the food standards agency were carrying out routine tests on some beef burgers and discovered they were actually 100% horse. It lead to a huge investigation where it was found in many cheaper ready made meals imported from Europe, beef lasagne was actually horse lasagne.

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David, our tv vaccination coverage is mostly the opposite, maybe yours will turn out more positive too as more get vaccinated. For example, one of the most watched programs on our tv is "The Great British Bake Off" (No horsemeat - or stodgy food - allowed). The senior judge, Pru leith, is 80 and has just been shown smiling while she stood in line waiting to receive her jab and then afterwards saying it was painless.

I think there was an uptick in horsemeat consumption due to Mad Cow disease in the 90’s ? I know wife and I are on the ineligibility list for donating blood due to living in Germany.

I don’t think our news coverage is purposely biased, in fact great coverage last night about one of the major hospitals saying 70% of staff favor vaccination. But most segments also include a naysayer who goes unchallenged.

 

[sodamo]

Over .5 inches rain last 2 hours, guess it’s going to be an inside day.

 

[rswyan]

Good luck with the valves, RS.

Thanks.

There are two sets here that are now so packed with calcium deposits that they won't turn. Keep us posted on what does and does not work to free up yours, OK?

Will do.

Most of them here have white/green deposits on the outside. The one that I could turn has a slight drip coming from it ... to the point that I set an empty Cool Whip container underneath it ... 15 years ago ...

Seems to do the job ... :laughing:

Nice lady on YouTube says soaking them in vinegar works well ... that will probably be what I try. Need to snag one of those brass brushes from up in the shop.

Glad to see you are slated to get some rain.

Good luck on your unloading ... :thumbsup: