Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

I’m with you. I hate oil furnaces and boilers. Gas or heat pump for me. Air to air heat pumps are getting a lot more efficient, especially the mini splits, with SEER’s in the high 20’s.
I couldn’t make sense out of your graph, it was to truncated in the screenshot, but looked like it would be interesting.

That was a temperature chart from my system. Displays on a web page. I guess purple is my downstairs unit, I should label them better, lol

I chart a running Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly chart.




One of the loop charts

 

[Rich B1]

RNG, I have owned exactly 1 Norton. A 71 Commando. For whatever reason, I simply could never take a liking to that bike. To this day, I avoid Nortons. It did handle great, but, IMO, most BSA痴 handle great too. I can deal with a BSA, but not a Norton. Not even a big fan of vintage Triumphs other than the somewhat unloved wet frame bikes. They are considerably better bikes than their reputation. Especially the late bikes with disc brakes. I did put some miles on a 76 T140.....still miss that bike. If I was gonna stray too much on British brand, it would be to a Velocette. I am fascinated by them. It hasn稚 helped that the 3 I have ridden were well set up and worked brilliantly.

Yes Kyle, I learned a lot about tuning from flat track. Never had the current 塗ot set up, had to make do with older equipment. What I learned about getting a Bul to live and be fast, was trying to get several riders transfer points to the junior class. I used to take it as a compliment when people started threatening to put up the money to tear the motor down. Never happened, but was threatened more than once. One night, a guy got in my face about the Bul being illegal and he was gonna have it torn down....I told him: 泥o it, the bike needs rings and we need the gas and beer money to get home? He stood there staring at me with his mouth open, abruptly turned and walked away. Never heard another word that night about being illegal!

 

[rswyan]

I deleted the link because some might think it political, but long story short:

The CDC has issued a wide-ranging mask mandate for planes and other public transportation starting next week.

From the article:

Masks must be worn at train and subway stations, bus terminals and airports nationwide, as well as on planes, trains and other types of public transportation in the United States, according to a far-reaching federal public health order issued late Friday.

 

[toppop52]

I deleted the link because some might think it political, but long story short:

The CDC has issued a wide-ranging mask mandate for planes and other public transportation starting next week.

From the article:

I think that’s a good idea, as bad as I hate more regulation.

 

[toppop52]

RNG, I have owned exactly 1 Norton. A 71 Commando. For whatever reason, I simply could never take a liking to that bike. To this day, I avoid Nortons. It did handle great, but, IMO, most BSA痴 handle great too. I can deal with a BSA, but not a Norton. Not even a big fan of vintage Triumphs other than the somewhat unloved wet frame bikes. They are considerably better bikes than their reputation. Especially the late bikes with disc brakes. I did put some miles on a 76 T140.....still miss that bike. If I was gonna stray too much on British brand, it would be to a Velocette. I am fascinated by them. It hasn稚 helped that the 3 I have ridden were well set up and worked brilliantly.

Yes Kyle, I learned a lot about tuning from flat track. Never had the current å¡—ot set up, had to make do with older equipment. What I learned about getting a Bul to live and be fast, was trying to get several riders transfer points to the junior class. I used to take it as a compliment when people started threatening to put up the money to tear the motor down. Never happened, but was threatened more than once. One night, a guy got in my face about the Bul being illegal and he was gonna have it torn down....I told him: æ³¥o it, the bike needs rings and we need the gas and beer money to get home? He stood there staring at me with his mouth open, abruptly turned and walked away. Never heard another word that night about being illegal!

I owned one BSA, it wasn’t a flat tracker or any other racing bike though. Just an old 650 with a big bore kit and stroker crank kit. It had a 36” front end with four, fork mounted rectangular lights before they were legal, pull back bars and a ridiculous sissy bar. Could barely turn it around on a football field.That was in the era of Easy Rider though. It was much quicker than stock, but almost every other bike I’ve owned would have blown it into the weeds, except my 125 Honda and maybe my 450 Honda.

 

[rswyan]

I think that’s a good idea, as bad as I hate more regulation.

Same.

And I think you are correct as far as more folks getting onboard with the vaccines, once they see there are little to no side effects for most (crossing fingers)

We won't get 100% like you say (as much I as would like that) ... but hopefully we'll get enough to put the crush on this thing.

 

[txdon]

I deleted the link because some might think it political, but long story short:

The CDC has issued a wide-ranging mask mandate for planes and other public transportation starting next week.

From the article:

Today mask next month vaccinations it’s expected already.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 55F for the start, overcast with thunder, windy. Very windy day, trace of rain, overcast thinned out later in day, and high temp 70F. No bike ride, not sure I wanted to ride with group in the wind. Felt better in afternoon, wife and I went for short walk. Nap was almost 2 hours
Covid update: Cooke 2771 confirmed cases, 84 active cases, Montague 1577 confirmed cases, 25 active cases, Grayson 9644 confirmed cases, 417 active cases(unchanged), local 13 active cases.
David hope you can get Verizon to work better
Drew Muffin man strikes again sorry about your pending colonoscopy
Bill at -9F I would stay inside also
Eric working in sleet is no fun ! sorry about the cormorants
Ron how did it get so warm in front room? great woodpecker pic
Roy Hope dump and diesel run go ok
Thomas, much better today!
Billy glad your resharpened chain worked good
Ron much better today
Drew thanks for link, that was some deep water. van drivers did not learn!
RNG lot of good news yesterday! Does the mail tests tell them if any polyps? hope you get more sleep
Bird just barely a trace here.
Thomas that is a crowd for breakfast.
Mike nice your youngest is back hop dog works out
Rich enjoy your snow seat time, nice work on finding carb parts
Paul my wife would never let me go a year w/o fixing heater vents
Don sorry about freezer, hope you did not loose much, hope you dodge the Covid
Randy hopr you do no miss the extra snow. Congrats on vaccine
RS hope you can get groceries before storm
Roy hope you work out a good way to fuel tractor
Ken good to hear furnace fixed.
RNG great Norton stories
David good luck with internet project
Kyle good to hear only low fuel, stepson had a Yamaha 250 that ate spark plugs
Dennis I hate it when I forget something on reassembly. prayers for oldest brother's surgery. have fun with that much snow
Thomas glad Mrs helped you avoid the ho-hums
Rich love the story
prayers for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/sister & family Covid/friend's grand baby, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Ron/hearing/son/aunt, Phil/wife's eyes, Dennis/no Covid/older brother, Grev/wife's eye, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[rswyan]

Today mask next month vaccinations it’s expected already.

LOL ... TBH, at this point, I'd settle for them getting the kooks who think it's their mission in life to dissuade folks from taking the vaccine, to stop causing vaccine center closures and preventing those that actually want it from obtaining it.

 

[Buppies]

29 snowing this morning now predicting 2 to 6 in of snow heat not working properly set for 68 only 64 in house gate broken alarm broken, enough crabbing

Prayers for all

Prayers for our Country

 

[Popgadget]

That was a temperature chart from my system. Displays on a web page. I guess purple is my downstairs unit, I should label them better, lol

Thank’s that is much easier to interpret. It looks like the median loop temp is in the upper 30’s when it’s running. I would think that is below the sweet spot for a heat pump, but I have very little experience with a closed loop system.

 

[daugen]

good morning all.
Buppies hope your day improves.

weather forecast more challenging this morning. Prior 7 inch forecast now 13 to 18 inches, starting this afternoon.
All I have planned for today is domestic, wash and cleaning.
Need to remember to bring the shovel in from the garage.

tomorrow morning will be quite the winter wonderland to wake up to, and then it will snow all day long.
So tomorrow I get up and dress in about ten layers of clothes and head out.
Oh to have a cab tractor...
However I'm sure the snowblower will work fine if I take this storm in two passes.

Since the snow will cover my normal picnic table feeding station for the birds, will fill the feeders to the brim
this afternoon. I bet they stock up today, their version of our five loaves of bread...
Bill is probably chuckling to himself...you rookies!

 

[ronjhall]

Freshly brewed coffee smells good. 24° with light snow this morning. Heading to 31° with snow ending in AM. Did some house cleaning with my aunt yesterday. Some of same stuff today.
Woodpecker is happy I put out a new suet cake.

Mostly, front glassed in porch/solar room. was designed to get warm when sun is out during winter months. When is low in the south. Because of roof overhang no sun enters room during summer months. Problem is Michigan does not get enough sun to pay for it during the winter. I used it for my office when I worked.

Rich and others, like the bike talk.

Kyle, glad sons bike had a easy fix.

Buppies, hope your repairs are easy fixes.

Thomas, that a good sized herd at you place. Have not seen any deer at my place during daylight hours since pictures a couple weeks ago.

Don, sorry for freezer DOA.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[Popgadget]

If I was gonna stray too much on British brand, it would be to a Velocette.

I have long lusted for a Thruxton. Sadly though my days on street bikes are all behind me. The only bike I still have is a vintage Fantic trials bike.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the temperature is -2°F and going to a high of 12. Wind ENE 13 mph. Sunny.

There is nothing 'pressing' to do today, so I will conserve energy.

Thank you for the explanation, BEF.

More regulation is something that no one wants, but at least Dr. Biden is doing something.


Have a safe day all

 

[newbury]

<snip>
The 4052 has the filler on the left rear fender...about 4.5-5 feet off the ground. Since I don't have the upper body strength on my right side (since the stroke), it's going to be a bit more difficult to fill the tank. I guess I'm going to have to get either some type of pump or siphoning device so I can leave the container on the driveway surface.<snip>

Have you tried a clear plastic tube?
I've put the can in the FEL, put the container in the FEL, lifted the FEL a bit, started the siphon then stuck the other end of the hose in the tank.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
21 with a high of 28 forescast. As Drew pointed out, snow is supposed to start today and continue until Tuesday with significant totals. The current guess is over a foot. I think that they just make up the numbers depending on the bread and milk inventory. I guess French toast is a popular snow day breakfast.

Yesterday was a beautiful day, but cold. I picked up a cart for a mig welder at Harbor Freight for $39, adding to the cost of the welder that was given to me because it was broken.


Took the little airplane for a tour of the neighborhood , it’s always interesting to see what new development is going on as well as just seeing the lay of the land.
Worked on the speaker a bit as well, got the crossover and connection plate done.

Then went over to neighbor’s to help him with the generator he acquired. It’s a really nice Cummins/Onan 60kw portable diesel. Switchable between 120/240 single phase or 120/240, 120/208 and 277 /480 three phase. He wants to use it for standby power and wanted help setting it up. I can’t believe the deal that he got. It came out of a major drug company facility because it wasn’t tier4 compliant, and had 150 hours on it. He got it for about the cost of a 22kw Generac air cooled standby!


Tractor is backed into heated shop and ready to go, maybe I’ll get to try out all the new LED lights.

Still radio silence from the county on vaccination.

 

[Looking4new]

good morning all.
Buppies hope your day improves.

weather forecast more challenging this morning. Prior 7 inch forecast now 13 to 18 inches, starting this afternoon.
All I have planned for today is domestic, wash and cleaning.
Need to remember to bring the shovel in from the garage.

tomorrow morning will be quite the winter wonderland to wake up to, and then it will snow all day long.
So tomorrow I get up and dress in about ten layers of clothes and head out.
Oh to have a cab tractor...
However I'm sure the snowblower will work fine if I take this storm in two passes.

Since the snow will cover my normal picnic table feeding station for the birds, will fill the feeders to the brim
this afternoon. I bet they stock up today, their version of our five loaves of bread...
Bill is probably chuckling to himself...you rookies!

Leave it outside, a cold shovel works better than a warm shovel.

If you got them on and you get too hot, you can always take some off. But if you don't have them on and get cold, then you are pretty much screwed.

I have plowed with graders, dozers, trucks and farm tractors, of all of them I like graders the best. There is no such thing as a 'rookie' when it comes to getting snow to move on. Whatever way you get it to move is good.

 

[wngsprd]

29 and snowing, going to 33 and may change to freezing rain or sleet this afternoon.

Hope your HVAC isn't too bad, Buppies.

Got my rounds split (19 pulls, Mostly) and sawed another load before dark, but ran out of time to completely fill up the porch rack.

Prayers for so many this morning.

 

[Thomas]

-4F clear sky mid 20's for high.

Outside chores done toast time.
Last couple weeks small ponds brooks made lot of ice,but not enough for me walk upon tho.
Last day of January been kind none event weather month compare years pass and that's okay,but looks like start of February going to make up for it.

Plans for today... Since it's National Backwards Day I doubt I'll know the difference:confused2:, plan making BIG pot of beef stew with all the fixings and the rest of the day putter.

Enjoy the day all.