Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

33F cloudy sky low teen over night.

8 hour day at pt. job than plow shovel wet heavy heavy snow,looks like this weekend oping to have push back snow banks again.

No plans for the evening feet up dinner feet up cuddle the pillow early.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[Thomas]

You deserve snuggling that pillow long as you want Mostly.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

What are we looking at Kyle? Looks like you tapped a bolt hole on the end of a shaft.

That used to be a male thread that stuck out about 2.5". I broke it off trying to get the flywheel off. The flywheel has 2 threaded holes to pull it off, but both were stripped. Where there was a nut, will now be a 7/16 bolt with a heavy duty washer.
Popgadget, it was not hard metal thankfully.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Dad got power back last night, was off since Thursday. But they cut the phone line getting the power back.

31° supposedly got to 41° today, but it was cool out all day.
Traffic is a mess now coming home. Back to pre COVID jams.

Kyle, thanks for explanation. I’ve never done any metal work.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

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Crank is done

Nothing like than having the right tool for the job, Kyle. Even better if you get to use it and don't have to pay to maintain it.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

A little late, Ted, but this was last Friday in Morro Bay:
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Temps were in the mid 70s F...

Really? Rub it in why don't you!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The next state is one near and dear to David, Hawaii. 20 years ago, for our 15th anniversary I surprised my wife with a trip to Maui. I just told her we were going to the beach. I think we changed planes in Dallas, and I couldn’t hide it any more.

We got a round of golf in, the best scenery of any course I’ve played. I asked if they had rental clubs, the guy working at the course said just take mine. Think we only got in the water once, too busy taking in the sights.
I had been to Oahu before for work (someone had to do it) but was my wife’s first time.
So we went to church in Kahului, and the first person we saw was someone we had met when he had visited our congregation in MD before. Small world.

Our 35th anniversary is coming up in just under 2 months. While I would love to go to Hawaii again, I don’t really want to fly right now. Guess I better start planning something.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

"Our 35th anniversary is coming up in just under 2 months. While I would love to go to Hawaii again, I don’t really want to fly right now. Guess I better start planning something."

I'm sure there is a "slow boat to China" heading back that way...... It would just be a long swim to shore. Maybe a small zodiac?

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Had a decent day.... ran a bunch of errands, went to Camping World to pick up a few things. Lots of driving around avoiding the idiot drivers in town....

Mostly, a well deserved nap for you! Hope everything went well.

Randy, keep the beach pics coming..... I'm just being feisty and givin' ya a hard time....

RNG, glad you surfaced! Way back in the 70's gas crunch (when there were lines going around the corner) I had a Kawasaki 1000 LTD with a tall chrome backrest. This was a new bike to me, never had a backrest before..... Well, after filling up, I swung my leg over the back to get on.... hit the backrest with my shin and over the bike went while I still held onto the handgrips. As I got up, as far as I could see down the line, folks in the cars were really laughing. Believe me, I never did it again....
Until I pulled into work on my GL1500 Goldwing. Stopped, started to get off, and realized I didn't put down the sidestand.... Did you know there is a specific way to pick up a goldwing? There is....

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 29F for the start, clear sky light breeze. Moderate wind with some strong gusts, mostly clear sky, and high temp of 67F,DP 20F. Trip was 1250 miles, sister took BIL death hard. Had to use fill in preacher, regular preacher gone on vacation. Did nice job looking at pics and brief talk with family and did really good funeral service. Family wanted me to stay longer but wife wanted me home . Today got bike ride, and nap
Saturday posts:
Dennis hope your dad got power back, hope you are over your sinus headache
Roy hope the dumps has been accomplished bu now
Bill glad you found winter employment, even if it does not pay well
Billy cute with "This old Kohler". Stoves do like their periodic cleaning. I have gone to sharpening chains on saw after one tank used. So far so good.
Don use similar heater in bathroom to help with shower time.
Buppies thanks for the prayers, BIL was younger than me
Paul YAK 52 fun to fly? nice pic
Drew hope you got office cleaned up for visitors
Rich my condolences on your cat.
Drew interesting alternatives to chains
Eric glad you got your internet connection improved.Still sounds like it need help.
Ken having family history is great, Neat family pic. Dad new a lot of family history but never wrote it down got lost after he got Alzheimer.
Mike hope you got to do something different than I did last weekend.
Dennis thanks for link to your family thread, will go back and reread it.
Ted bad breaker to shop power?
David good to hear guys won.
Drew sorry about your family's WWII history. meat pic
Kyle thanks for the prayers it was not a fun weekend.
PJ no doubt spending time in studio and with wife
RS hope you were successful with humidifier. Sounds like van has a bit of cold nature.
Thomas glad this storms snow taken care of.
Phil never did like the ice, much rather have snow.
Lou glad you got the ice off, I never could.
RS neat pics, yes they will what you don't want them to during summer
Dennis sometimes moving it around will help you decide what to do with it.
Dennis been to Tampa, Miami and Orlando. neat pic
DFtodd neat story about the gocarts
Don sorry to hear about the knee hope it was not damaged.
David, nice progress, and pics
Sunday posts:
Bill more seat time. ope battery charger works
Billy hope you can get rid of skunks. I had one like the Chevy commercial, he would follow me around
James why new wheel? Battery only 12 yr old or so.
Thomas hope Sunday went well.
Roy hope you enjpyed your light chore weekend
Drew hope you enjoyed your light day and church
Paul Saturday sounded nice and hope Sunday was a good.
NHBX glad to hear snow clean up went well.
Rich sorry losing the cat was so hard on wife. Hope the roads get better soon.
Ken hope the dog bath went well.
Ted good luck with shop power. dinner Saturday sounded good. trip to STL went as well as could be expected.
PJ glad you can stay home for a stretch.
Don glad to hear knee probably ok, sorry about the pain pills.
Eric nice sheep pic hope all wer ok after a sleet storm.
Thomas glad you earned dinner sorry about no nap, I did not get naps on STL trip
Dennis sorry to hear about cat. good to hear Dad has plenty wood.
Rich sorry about the stranded peoples. Bet you wanted more melting than you got.
Dennis glad church back on normal schedule. Keep working on shed
Monday posts:
Doug congrats on new Z-turn, looks very nice
Roy 1 inch considered dusting, right?
Drew glad you can enjoy the truck exhaust note.
Bill sorry about no snow, better luck with next system.
Bird, no rain till week from tomorrow.
Billy never had a hill to ride like that.
Dftodd pic shows z231 on the side.
Randy sorry about the car swap, hope you are happy with the new Jeep. Have not hear from Ron, did send him pm message.
Paul hope you got some melting of the glacier. Nice to GS time.
Ken nice pics impressive bamboo. Yes the dead trees won't go away on their own.
Drew nic review of Chrysler offerings
Don hope xray comes back clean on the knee. good to hear somewhat better. hope th ice finished melting
Rich had not heard that one
David 5 yr stay when intended to be there less than 3 months. Hmmmmmmm.
Ted good luck with shop power.
Drew sorry about Sunday at church. You do your best then do not worry about it.
Newbury 5K mile not very far
Thomas glad short day at part time job
RS hope you got your melting
Don good to hear xray negative on damage.
Dennis good to hear trash pile picked up
More Catch up tomorrow.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /mom recovery, living alone /son cough (bronchitis?), Bird/aging issues/, Don/knee recovery, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's FIL death /new cancer surgeries /cataract surgery, Roy/ palpitations, /angina, /shoulder, wife/ankle recovery, Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel /divorce, Buppies/surgery infection, Thomas/gout, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted/knee recovery/retirement, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery follow up, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/injuries from fall, Paul/ wife's disc issues, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Eddie & wife /covid, Drew /new neck pain, Mike /nephew - Covid /5 year plan, Dennis/ brother "alligallyitus" and improving, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[check]

Mostly, believe it or not, it is cheaper to buy a tire already on a new wheel.

And Bill, to my surprise when I called Kooy Brothers this morning they actually had the exact left rear tire/wheel that I needed in stock! So I jumped in the truck right away, and 20 minutes later I was walking out the door with it.

Not bad, eh? No ordering, and no waiting for it to be shipped. (BTW, these guys are the biggest dealer in Canada.)

 

[Alien]

Big day today. Radiator out of the tractor to replace the cooling fan which had disintegrated. Then a trip to town for fan belt, coolant and a hose. Back together now and going well.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Did you know there is a specific way to pick up a goldwing? There is....

There's a gal named Skirt that demonstrates a technique for lifting a bike by sort of backing into it with your hips. Is that what you're talking about, Ted? Wouldn't have worked in my case, as the gasoline covered cement was just too slippery to provide the necessary traction. Thank goodness for good Samaritans.

 

[wngsprd]

25 going to 57...warming gradually rest of week until it hits 63 Saturday.

Mostly, a very long trip, but glad you had some time to visit with family.

Took a day off from firewood yesterday and roasted coffee then went for a long hike.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp 18 and the high to 32°F. Wind ESE 13 mph. Flurries with a risk of freezing drizzle.

Went out and checked on the Jeep yesterday morning and it had 12.46 volts in the battery. She fired right up, backed it out of the snow bank it was in, dropped the trailer (no lights) and went to town. $60.oo worth of gas only brought it up to 3/4 full and I started with a tad under 1/4. $1.64/Litre = $6.20/US gallon. Came back home after grabbing the mail, hooked up the trailer and stuffed it back into the snow bank. The portable shelter it used to live in is now occupied by the backhoe, so I nose the Jeep in over the subframe and that keeps the hood and windows clear of snow.

DILs funeral is all paid for, now she can croak whenever she wants. I still don't agree with her methods, but that is not my decision.

The new driveway I picked up is only two cars long and 1.5 wide. He is all paid up until next February 2023 and I will probably let him go until the end of the month. I told him that he is only covering the fuel, so is the other paying customer, paying for the fuel. The disabled one makes a really good relish, she pays me in relish and baked goods.

With it getting as warm as it is forecast, I may do the fuel sending unit today and maybe the horn as well. We will see. Maybe conserve energy.

Have a safe day all

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-02-09, 0524

21° right now...high in the low 40's

Yesterday's online training went OK...first few hours kinda sucked...the information presented was OK, but the person presenting was very very poor. Smart person, I'm sure, but not all smart people can do effective presentations.
Today is the 2nd day of the training

 

[daugen]

good morning all
nice day today, sunny and going up to 50, should be very nice.

Bill, getting paid in relish sounds good.

Doug, how old is that fan? Plastic shouldn't fall apart like that...long term heat exposure?
Do you have giant bugs there?

Check, isn't it nice when it all works the first time and without delays?
We have sure had a lot of delays in the last few years.

I'm off to heart specialist this morning to get scrip to get this implantable monitor out of my chest.
It means no more work for this doc, hope he doesn't hem and haw... Monitor never ever showed any problem at all.
Next week I get my port out, then this gizmo out and I will be accessory free.

they told me I could leave the heart monitor in. Really? with a lithium battery in it? I don't think so.
Hope you all have a satisfying and fun day.

 

[riptides]

21 outside the AM, heading to mid 50's. Should be a nice sunny day. Yeah!

Need to think about groceries and fuel today. Errands and what not. The super exciting stuff. LOL. Should wash the wife's truck and tractor. Should.

Hope all have a great day, and those ailing are on the mends. Be safe.

 

[Buppies]

25 this morning high in low 50s

Prayers for all

 

[Bird]

LS Tractor Owner said, "RNG, glad you surfaced! Way back in the 70's gas crunch (when there were lines going around the corner) I had a Kawasaki 1000 LTD with a tall chrome backrest. This was a new bike to me, never had a backrest before..... Well, after filling up, I swung my leg over the back to get on.... hit the backrest with my shin and over the bike went while I still held onto the handgrips. As I got up, as far as I could see down the line, folks in the cars were really laughing. Believe me, I never did it again....
Until I pulled into work on my GL1500 Goldwing. Stopped, started to get off, and realized I didn't put down the sidestand.... Did you know there is a specific way to pick up a goldwing? There is...."

I'm afraid to ask the specific way to pick up one. But this reminds me of the best motorcycle I ever owned; a new 1985 Honda Aspencade (1200 CC Goldwing with all digital instrument panel). I rode it from Dallas to Quantico Virginia, pulling a little trailer behind it when I went to the FBI National Academy, and made a number of other pretty long trips on it.

But it only fell over twice. The first time, i had stopped and put the kick stand down. I didn't forget like you did, instead I did something even dumber; I stood up on the pegs to swing my right foot over the backrest at the same time I was turning off the key with my right hand. And I simultaneously, accidentally hit the shift lever with my left foot, so just as the engine died, the bike moved forward and fell over. The other time was a very hot and windy day and I was just going to run down to the grocery store, so I didn't wear my helmet; just a cap, and my cap blew off a short distance from the house, still on our residential street, so I just made a slow u-turn to go back to get my cap and a sudden strong burst of wind blew me right over in the middle of that turn.

Now I was able to set it back up with no problem, but I'm not so sure I could have done that if it had been 10 lbs. heavier.