Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s 69 and likely going to the middle 70’s before cold front comes through, with thunderstorms likely.

My stretch of time off is going to be interrupted bu a trip to Concord, NH this morning, hopefully we will get back before the cold front comes through, or it might get interesting.

Yesterday went according to plan, got done what I wanted to in the shop, fixed the AC for my friend, and got the mowing done, cleaned up and played with the band.

I already am unhappy with Win10. It seems to be constantly updating, and consuming all of my computers resources in the process. I’m going to disable auto updates if I can, and see if that helps.

 

[check]

RS, you are guarding that Rose of Sharon like a 14 year old daughter...will the deer wreck them?

I don't know what 3M is selling for now but I found some Texas made N95 masks on Amazon for what seemed
a reasonable price. If it actually costs ten cents a piece to make them, I think I'd be annoyed...

AccuMed BNX N95 Mask NIOSH Certified MADE IN USA Particulate Respirator Protective Face Mask (10-Pack, Approval Number TC-84A-9315 / Model H95W) White: Amazon.com: Tools & Home Improvement

AccuMed BNX N95 Mask NIOSH Certified MADE IN USA Particulate Respirator Protective Face Mask (10-Pack, Approval Number TC-84A-9315 / Model H95W) White: Amazon.com: Tools & Home Improvement

smile.amazon.com

KN95 masks, which I buy a fair amount of in different colors for my church and the nursery school there, generally cost
under a dollar a piece. So while I'm paying perhaps 3 times more for the US made NIOSH certified mask, it still only costs a couple
bucks a piece and is reusable. Just wish the better ones were easier to breathe through.

We worry a lot about viruses. Firemen used to worry about breathing stuff that would kill or cripple them.
SCBA aka Scott Pacs really helped rural fire companies operate more safely; wasn't just the big cities with the
good safety equipment. I wore one for about six years, not fond memories of sweating in them and big dents on your head
for a while where the straps and edges bit into you. "Old Leather Lungs" were of a generation that has now almost totally
died off from COPD. I usually went through two air bottles and by then the fire was out or someone else took over.
Once went through three.

So many of my personal pictures didn't make this last move, but my fireman stuff did.
This is me after a third Scott bottle sitting down simply exhausted looking up at an enormous
blaze when the Union Camp paper mill warehouse went up in flames just South of New Hope.
Big oil soaked timber warehouse building sitting right next to the Delaware River and River Road, and big steep hill on other side of road.
So all the fire apparatus were staged way too close to the fire.
Plastic light covers melted on several pumpers until they backed them up.
I got burns on my chest from the metal buttons on my turnout gear getting so hot
they reddened my skin. I was pulling off that coat like I had cinders down my back.
Mill was abandoned, allegedly set on fire by vagrants, so they finally just let it burn. We had pretty much exhausted all the local water and
mutual aid companies from I think five other volunteer fire companies and once they were sure it wasn't going to burn all the way up to Odette's restaurant,
everyone went home but us. I think we had trucks there for three days.

And I was thinking how to explain that feeling to that 8th grade boy who was so excited about being a fireman.

Wow, Drew, what a story! So glad COPD didn’t het you.

 

[wngsprd]

A friend went to dermatologist and she sprayed him in so many places with the liquid nitrogen. I asked to see what his bill is when he gets it.....if not too bad, I might go. OTOH, I have a large dewar of liquid nitrogen available.....I can just self medicate with a wooden stick Q-tip.

I liked my new dermatologist - but she did squirt me in 7 places on my face...let me know how your method works.

 

[daugen]

Bill, that old Ford is a real beauty. Lot of collectors would like to have that truck.

Check, no COPD, but the generation before me in the firehouse had a number of folks sick before their time.
Of course some of them smoked cigarettes too so you never really know what wrecked their lungs. I'm sure it's all cumulative.
My lungs have been xrayed, CT'd and MRI'd plenty of times and since I've never smoked I'm not too worried about them.
I worry for my sister in California in these forest fires where she looks out on her deck some days to find grey flakes everywhere.
The products of combustion are genuinely bad for us.
Car makers found that out early on. And clearly not early enough.
RNG here deals with this reality I'm sure a lot more often that he would like. You want to live in the woods and mountains to get away
from the maddening crowd and the darn woods keep catching on fire.

And I'm downwind of it. Most of us are.

 

[wngsprd]

62 going to 81 before rain is due this afternoon.

Happy 39th birthday, Ellen!

RS, that hydrangea is looking real good this late in the year. You and BEF get the best looking yards award. Mine looks freshly aerated from skunk digs.

Rip, need to borrow a chain? I can drop it off when I come pick up my MX6000 that you borrowed.

Had a nice morning in the mountains yesterday. The Autumn colors were beautiful, and so the trails and road were busier than usual. Hiked a new pair of trails to connect to my usual way up to Hawksbill and made a nice long loop out of it. Saw no bears, but did hear one coyote yip, and saw deer. Got to play with one hikers' Border Collie...cool dogs.

Youngest son just arrived from driving down from Long Island all night...that's how he likes to do it to avoid the worst of the traffic.

Finally got one of those great autumn sunsets last night, now that the cloud/fog/drizzle cover has lifted.

 

[ronjhall]

I already am unhappy with Win10. It seems to be constantly updating, and consuming all of my computers resources in the process. I’m going to disable auto updates if I can, and see if that helps.

I am unhappy with Apple OS. It is always updating something daily.

 

[Thomas]

62F cloudy damp high low 70's late afternoon rain may t storm.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...clean 3 areas of leaves before rain arrives,watch some football and numb it.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Thomas]

Wishing many many more trips around the sun Ellen.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp 53°F, high 55. Wind N 6 mph. Drizzle with periods of rain. What is the difference? Still wet.

It might be nice looking, but not 20 grand worth of nice.

Today may be a conserve energy day, right this minute I am not sure.

I know for a fact that I have a kit of grease fittings (zerks) around here somewhere, but I couldn't find them yesterday so I ordered another one from amazon last evening. I will probably find the original one now.

Have a safe day all

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I already am unhappy with Win10. It seems to be constantly updating, and consuming all of my computers resources in the process. I’m going to disable auto updates if I can, and see if that helps.

I hear you, grabbed my laptop a couple nights ago to do a quick thing…it was in middle of update and had to reboot, etc. took forever. Guess I didn’t get auto update turned off on this new computer.

 

[Buppies]

53 high of 81 before front comes thru limited moisture to work with though

Hope tests come back good Toppop, Ellen and I share one thing in common

 

[wngsprd]

Happy Birthday, Buppies!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Happy birthday Ellen and Buppies.

Yesterday was oldest son’s bday. Which means I’m next.

Oldest brother said he was in ER last night, but didn’t say why. Haven’t heard from him since.

Wife made cinnamon rolls, yum

 

[wngsprd]

I hear you, grabbed my laptop a couple nights ago to do a quick thing…it was in middle of update and had to reboot, etc. took forever. Guess I didn’t get auto update turned off on this new computer.

I've had the same thing happen. But if you turn off auto-updates, are you gonna miss an important update if a security flaw is fixed?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I've had the same thing happen. But if you turn off auto-updates, are you gonna miss an important update if a security flaw is fixed?

You’ll get it when you update, at your convenience.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 59F @ 5:15AM. Abundant sunshine. High 83F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
Chances of rain are increasing in the 10-day forecast; looks like most of next week will be wet. But I'll believe it when I see it.

I have a set of transmission shims around here someplace too, Bill, but putting my hands on them is a whole 'nuther deal. So I ordered, and received, two more sets, put them in with all the other transmission parts, so the first set should show up any day now. Seems to be the way it's supposed to work now a days. Do you have Harbor Freight in Canada? That's where I got my zerk fitting kit...

Almost every time I check my phone, Ron, it wants to update one or more of the apps. Last night it said five of 'em needed it. Only one of my laptops is on the latest version of MacOS, and it's been a while since it wanted an update. The other two are still on the oldest version for which Apple is still issuing security patches. That's because Adobe went to a subscription model for the HTML editor I use, and being network based, the new version would quickly consume my monthly data cap. The developer of the weather app on the other one has announced he'll no longer support it, so I'm looking for a replacement for that one, too. Next inside day I get, I'll go shopping for an Open Source solutions.

I'm still coughing up smoke from this year's Dixie Fire, Drew. When the class action lawsuit starts for it, I'll be making a claim. Not that it will amount to anything for anyone that actually suffered any damages; still waiting for the Camp Fire settlement, but the lawyers have figured out how to screw the survivors out of pretty much everything on that one, too.

They gonna issue you a 1099 for all your winnings, Don? If not, you could be a tax cheat, too!

Yesterday's painting didn't quite go according to plan. The spray paint on the plastic water tank looks awful because the nozzle would only squirt a 1" diameter pattern, and if I tried to get a 50% overlap, it would go on so thick it would run. So the Krylon Fusion will just be a primer coat, and I'll use a roller to put on the Rustoleum I found on the shelf with a roller. On the gas tank, I didn't notice that the vent on the paint cup on the sprayer was clogged, and the second basecoat wasn't heavy enough. That made the color look sort of brown, and it doesn't match the rest of the body work. I'll see how it looks in the sun today, but I might have to put another coat or two on. I have runs to sand out in the clear, as always, but at least I have plenty of paint left.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!

 

[txdon]

Good morning! A surprisedly low temp of 46˚F with absolutely perfectly clear skies, not even a whiff of a cloud.

I was lucky last night with savvy partners and good cards 4 out of 5 hands. That got me 3rd place in the H&F tournament and was able to win back my entry fee and an extra $6.

Happy Birthday Buppies and Ellen!

L4N That is a nice Ford Ranger. Price seems right for that classic.

Drew did the PVC elbow for the gutter break off in the post pic? Maybe the water hitting the post caused the problem.

 

[txdon]

They gonna issue you a 1099 for all your winnings, Don? If not, you could be a tax cheat, too!

You posted this before I posted my winnings. Are you with the Government?

 

[rswyan]

54F, breezy, and a steady rain @ 08:45, today's high temp might hit 60F ... time to get out the jacket I guess ...

Woman had the AC on last night due to temps and humidity, hopefully that will be the last time this year ... although I sure wouldn't complain if it got warm enough again to warrant it.

Rain will be ending soon, but it's wet enough and cool enough that today will be mostly an inside day.

Dole out meds for this coming week.

House cleaning.

Paperwork clean up and filing.

Trip to Menards to pick up order later once rain ends, maybe see if they have any plants heavily discounted in the garden center.

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

 

[rswyan]

Happy Birthday to Ellen and Buppies !