Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Don, how many strokes to cut off the streetlight?

 

[kenmbz]

My father wished me a happy thanksgiving Sunday :-(

 

[m7040]

Good Morning!!!! 40F @ 5:15AM. Partly cloudy. A few flurries or snow showers possible. High 53F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph.
Well if it's 40F outside now, not much chance of seeing any white stuff. Which is fine with me.

The well service guy rang the doorbell a little late yesterday morning, but he'd already let himself into the pump house and taken apart the wiring on the well head. Initially he didn't have any good news, indicating that there was an open wire down to the pump motor, which meant moving everything stored in the pump house and taking off the roof to allow the pipe string to be extracted. But then he noticed some charring on the inside cover of the electrical box, and looking closely at the wires saw that one was burned where it had been shorting to the conduit going into the box. He replaced a short section of wire and the pump motor fired right up. Whew, that was a huge relief! We talked over the voltage sag issues, and he suggested installing a Variable Frequency Drive jet pump, which I thought was a good idea. It'll double the flow capacity of the system, eliminate the voltage sag with a soft start up, and get rid of the troublesome pressure switch I've been replacing every couple years. Turns out he left his wire crimp tool, so he needs to come back anyway.

Spent some time running searches for a Volkswagen Sportwagon with the TDI Diesel engine, finding one for sale locally. It has way too many miles on it to consider purchasing, but I'll drop by the VW dealer tomorrow and see if I can talk them into a test drive. There are a couple low mile cars in Oregon, and I'm thinkin' of saving the sales tax by driving up there, renting a one way tow dolly, and bringing one home.

Finished the day by moving the downed tree parts over to the next wood pile I'll be working, then raking out the still smouldering ashes from the last burn pile so they can air out and finish burning. Then I took a stab at moving one of the stumps. It's about 5' across, full of dirt, and has about 8' of 18" trunk sticking out of it. Way too heavy to pick up, but I did get a chain on it and broke it loose from the ground. But as soon as I got to a little uphill, the tractor lost traction and it wasn't going any farther. So today I'll cut the trunk off to lighten it, then see if I can push what's left over to the next burn pile.

VFD pumps. Constant pressure, soft start, no surge tank, higher power consumption. Good fit for rural areas with sagging voltage issues

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 25° and snow as forecasted. Got about 3", but the wind decided it would be better piled up in areas and just dusting other areas. High today only to be mid 30's. More snow tonight, supposed to be a bigger storm. Winds today could have gusts 45-55 mph.

I thick the crud has finally given up. Only a couple coughs, congestion almost gone. Only took 9 days to get over it. The biggest issue is that I may have transferred it to the wifey.....

Going to be an inside day for sure! Not sure what rabbit hole I'll go down.

Yesterday's rabbit hole adventure found some interesting changes coming to FCA (Chrysler) engines. The 'talk' is the 3.6 L, the 5.7 L, and the 3.0 diesel are / will be discontinued. The replacement will be a straight 6, single or dual turbo. No real specs out on it yet, aside from the estimated HP ratings.

Still no word from the knee referral. Last week, I did get confirmation that the insurance approved the 2nd opinion. The orthopedic surgeons office referred it to a totally different organization, the University's orthopedic center. I may try and call them today..... I was assured that the paperwork was sent to them last Thursday.

Hope everyone has a great day!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Don, how many strokes to cut off the streetlight?

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good Norbing to you too.

 

[IXLR8]

Spent some time running searches for a Volkswagen Sportwagon with the TDI Diesel engine, finding one for sale locally. It has way too many miles on it to consider purchasing, but I'll drop by the VW dealer tomorrow and see if I can talk them into a test drive. There are a couple low mile cars in Oregon, and I'm thinkin' of saving the sales tax by driving up there, renting a one way tow dolly, and bringing one home.

You need to watch the years you are looking at. 2015 and newer use DEF to keep emissions down. I found it a hassle to keep adding the DEF. The DEF systems can also be problematic, but you get a better running engine with better fuel economy. Everything you want to know about VW's and their TDI engines can be found at TDIclub.com. I had a 2001 TDI with the simple ALH engine and I routinely got 56-58mpg. Several times I managed to get 1000 miles to a tank of fuel. Scrapped the car with 295K miles on it due to rust from living in New England. It still ran fine, still got the same mileage. The engines in these cars are just getting "settled in" at about 80K miles.

 

[sodamo]

64°F and .63 inches rain.

Dentist visit went well, good for another 6 months.

Telemedicine followup for my eyes this afternoon. Was hopeful for a good report, maybe telling me I could ease back into normal. Accidentally hit my eyebrow with back of my hand while sleeping last night, definitely more tender that I thought. Only taking the acetaminophen at bedtime.

Otherwise life is great

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Looking4new]

Junior is cleaning the ice and snow build up off the roof today. Ice is about 2.5" thick and about a foot of snow on top of that. The rumble of the ice coming down the roof scares the stuffing out all 5 cats. It is a steel roof on a 6/12 pitch. There are two chimneys on the lower side of the roof and I don't want the ice to take them out.

It is going up to 43 tomorrow and rain, so maybe tomorrow I will clean up again.

 

[Mark P.]

Good Afternoon - currently 67°

Pop - Tell us more about these turkey sticks ..is it local only? fresh has to be cooked? sounds interesting...

LS - glad your feeling better - hope wife doesn't any worse..

Spike - we have to use plastic grocery bag on the mirrors about every other year..it works.

Have a good day.

Mark

 

[RedNeckGeek]

You need to watch the years you are looking at. 2015 and newer use DEF to keep emissions down. I found it a hassle to keep adding the DEF. The DEF systems can also be problematic, but you get a better running engine with better fuel economy.

There seem to be plenty of both models available, and not much price difference between them. If you had it to do again, would you purchase a '15 with DPF, or a '14 without? The '15 is supposed to have 10 more horsepower, and I wonder if it makes a measurable feel in the performance of the car.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Well, I was wondering what I was going to get into......

The winds left a nice drift across the shared driveway.... almost 2' deep and at least 400' long......

The neighbors tried to go through with their 2wd cars... nope, not gonna get through....

So, pulled them out with the tractor and proceeded to test the new 'edge tamers'...... WOOHOO! They work great! Cleared the road and only caught some gravel in a couple of high spots.

I was surprised that my hands got really cold, finger tips numb.... and I was wearing my old "tour master" winter cycling gloves. Seems like each year my hands can't take the cold anymore.....

Now inside watching the pellet stove, purring nicely!

 

[ronjhall]

Got drone out for some photos with no leaves on trees.

 

[daugen]

Ted, glad you had fun, though chilly, in the snow. Nice to help out the neighbors

waxed the front half of the car, used the little B&D buffer I have which really works well for something dirt cheap.
Very quiet, and with a new fleece bonnet, took some thin and medium carnauba off in one easy pass.
Wax on is one thing, wax off wears me out. Of course I still had to go back and do the little crevices by hand.
Figure I'll feel less guilty about leaving the car out in the sun if I get some wax on it first.

came in and soaked in the hot tub for about fifteen minutes and time to conserve energy.

Ron, great pic. They really are remarkable gizmos.
Too bad the market leader DJI is Chinese; I'm waiting for them to get banned after this balloon nonsense.

 

[ronjhall]

Ted, glad you had fun, though chilly, in the snow. Nice to help out the neighbors

waxed the front half of the car, used the little B&D buffer I have which really works well for something dirt cheap.
Very quiet, and with a new fleece bonnet, took some thin and medium carnauba off in one easy pass.
Wax on is one thing, wax off wears me out. Of course I still had to go back and do the little crevices by hand.
Figure I'll feel less guilty about leaving the car out in the sun if I get some wax on it first.

came in and soaked in the hot tub for about fifteen minutes and time to conserve energy.

Ron, great pic. They really are remarkable gizmos.
Too bad the market leader DJI is Chinese; I'm waiting for them to get banned after this balloon nonsense.

My drone is DJI. Wish it was USA made. The good thing is I can fly it at my age without crashing.

You can see Sassy in Mule.

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning! 53 now and feels nicer than that.

Showing my wife a good time for Valentines Day. We have been cutting firewood! Got quite a pile that needs split now

Put the Hillbilly Carry All to good use today.





Everyone stay safe out there!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Went down a genealogy rabbit hole today.

Looks like wrong info again on ancestry.

 

[ronjhall]

I had more problems figuring out how to post pictures with iPad than flying drone.

 

[IXLR8]

There seem to be plenty of both models available, and not much price difference between them. If you had it to do again, would you purchase a '15 with DPF, or a '14 without? The '15 is supposed to have 10 more horsepower, and I wonder if it makes a measurable feel in the performance of the car.

Tough call. Yes 10 hp is noticeable. I had a '14 TDI Sportwagon and sold it due to all the short drives I had since I moved and being 67yo and 6'1", I was finding I more and more difficult to get in/out easily. My longest drive now is 9 miles, too short to justify having a diesel. If I had a commute that justified a diesel, I would try to find a good 2002 Golf TDI, easy to work on, easy to boost performance. If I was limited to a '14 or '15, based on what my friend with a '15 has told me about his car. I think I would go for a '15 as it runs smoother and stronger. Make sure you have a mechanic who knows the TDI before you pull the trigger to buy. It is not easy to find a good TDI mechanic and I have found most dealerships don't have a clue on how to service the TDI properly. If you service your own vehicles, you WILL NEED this to work on the car; Ross-Tech: VCDS

 

[Popgadget]

My drone is DJI.

Mine is also a DJI. When they came out with the new rules, I actually registered it and got a “Remote Pilot” certificate for “small unmanned aerial system”

It was basically a paperwork exercise, the “officials” from my local FAA office actually came to my place (at my invitation) to actually see and fly one, as they had no experience with them whatsoever.
So now I can actually use my drone to take pictures or video for compensation, which I never have done.