Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low temp is 29 and the high to 36°F. Wind WSW 8 mph. 'Special' weather statement ended. Periods of light snow mixed with rain. There is frozen precipitation of some sort in the forecast for the next 3 days.

I have a bunch of 12 volt aircraft landing lights (spot) that need testing, before I give them to buddy who got the Jeep. We truckers use them for moose lights up here, but with LEDs being so cheap everybody has switched to them and made the ACLs redundant.

There is a box set up for him of spare parts, the Warn winch owners' book, those lights and other stuff I no longer need.
I will take it down south when I go on 2 April. It is only a 20 minute drive from his house to where I will be staying when I go.

Not much else on my plate for today.

Have a safe day all

 

[riptides]

29 outside this AM. Heading to 60's. Wind seems to have died down.

Need to find out what got into me yesterday as I had not been that focused or motivated in a while working on the Milk Palace, LOL. The wife got some really cool lights, and the place is turning into the industrial farm house look. Especially with the concrete walls and wood (painted) ceiling. It was stained at one point, then grey, then white. The paint has split in areas to give a nice look.

Today I will make the final assessments and plans for the plumbing. Getting water to the building will involve a lot of digging and I am hopeful to find an old drain tile or two.
I think I have found a water heater that will fit into the old chimney stack area. We are still debating if we will tear it down. That will require roof (metal standing seam) work.

All in all, a good effort yesterday.

Trying to keep up with some of you all is impossible, speaking to David and RS... man you all are motivated and have talent.

For those battling the weather, be safe, Do not over do the physical stuff.

I have a feeling our flowers took a major hit this early AM with the cold.

Hope all have a great day. Be safe. Get or stay well.

 

[riptides]

29 this morning high of 57 rain tomorrow

New Buc—ees comimg to Richmond area in two years

mostly only t storms for you all

Prayers for all our country

Saves me the South Carolina trip for wasabi peas. LOL.

That franchise is ----amazingly different. In a good way.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
30 out now going up to 59 in sunshine, should be a very nice day.

have lots to do, meeting old friend for breakfast in Newtown, then get my car washed there, since
they have the best car wash around, and then off to accountant to pick up tax returns. I haven't seen him for
about 10 years, since I left for NC, so decided way overdue. He is lifetime member in same Quaker Meeting I am and despite
being offered free returns from my accountant brother, I still use the other guy after all these years. I could easily do my returns myself
and so far, knock on wood, have never been audited for anything.

then this afternoon landlady comes over for tea, and to check out the rv, and to talk about spring flowers. She is an avid gardener and wants
to see where my tulips will be coming up. I told her she had the job for two weeks I was away of guarding tulips from deer, and she just laughed.
Around here, no fence, not many flowers....my first year here I surrounded them all with an electric fence, that worked, but kind of ugly in front of house.

found my flag sitting by front door. I think it must have blown off in high winds and landed at a neighbors. Nice someone returned it to me.
I have a new one to put up which I'm hoping will work better, one with the rotary pole mount that allegedly spins to keep flag level. Current one keeps getting
blown up on roof, gets caught in gutter, and a pain to get down. Upping my game here with nicer flag and pole. And yes the flag is US made.
I've been procrastinating about doing this because it means taking off old mount, which is all painted in and a mess, and installing new wall mount.
Now that it's warmer out in the afternoon, sounds like a project to get to.

now the age old problem of what to do with the old flag, we've talked about this before. If I put it in recycling do you think
the trash guys will do the right thing?....

Rip, the Milk Palace sounds wonderful, keep those pics coming

 

[txdon]

Hope you get better soon. Paxlovid worked for me.

Yep, all well, after just the first evening dose last night, but I'm supposed to finish the remaining 4.5 days. There is an evening dose of 3 pills and a morning dose of 3 pills x 5 in the box.
My wife woke up last night with 101˚ after testing negative yesterday but she feels fine this morning. I hope that is it and we are through with the covid. The Dr. said yesterday do not get a booster for 5 months and he also said that I might as well wait till the Fall when they will probably come out with a new booster.

 

[LouNY]

good morning all
30 out now going up to 59 in sunshine, should be a very nice day.

have lots to do, meeting old friend for breakfast in Newtown, then get my car washed there, since
they have the best car wash around, and then off to accountant to pick up tax returns. I haven't seen him for
about 10 years, since I left for NC, so decided way overdue. He is lifetime member in same Quaker Meeting I am and despite
being offered free returns from my accountant brother, I still use the other guy after all these years. I could easily do my returns myself
and so far, knock on wood, have never been audited for anything.

then this afternoon landlady comes over for tea, and to check out the rv, and to talk about spring flowers. She is an avid gardener and wants
to see where my tulips will be coming up. I told her she had the job for two weeks I was away of guarding tulips from deer, and she just laughed.
Around here, no fence, not many flowers....my first year here I surrounded them all with an electric fence, that worked, but kind of ugly in front of house.

found my flag sitting by front door. I think it must have blown off in high winds and landed at a neighbors. Nice someone returned it to me.
I have a new one to put up which I'm hoping will work better, one with the rotary pole mount that allegedly spins to keep flag level. Current one keeps getting
blown up on roof, gets caught in gutter, and a pain to get down. Upping my game here with nicer flag and pole. And yes the flag is US made.
I've been procrastinating about doing this because it means taking off old mount, which is all painted in and a mess, and installing new wall mount.
Now that it's warmer out in the afternoon, sounds like a project to get to.

now the age old problem of what to do with the old flag, we've talked about this before. If I put it in recycling do you think
the trash guys will do the right thing?....

Rip, the Milk Palace sounds wonderful, keep those pics coming

Any VFW or American Legion should have a place set aside for flags and they will do the disposal for you.

 

[Spike56]

Good morning to all. Still awaiting some rainfall here in Central Texas. It is way too dry! Possible severe later I heard, but if you are from around here, many times that translates to nothing. The forecasters will tell you after it happens.

USAF Air Mobility Command (olde timer name Military Airlift Command, MAC). A beast, the Lockheed C5-M Super Galaxy. Internal dimensions are approximately 13 1/2 feet tall, 19 feet wide and 143+ feet long. The interior (2,700+ sq ft) is much larger than my house, and I sure do not have 19-foot ceilings. Have deployed / transported in them. Smooth rides but depending on what cargo there is can feel cramped.

Hope all are safe and enjoy the day!

 

[Popgadget]

Hope you get better soon. Paxlovid worked for me.

Worked for me too. Tastes awful, but I really only lost one day.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, cloudy and 29 going up to 58.....
Not much done yesterday due to day job.
Sleeping better with new medicine regimen.

Son is home sick today.

Well, back to the day job,

Be well,

 

[txdon]

Worked for me too. Tastes awful, but I really only lost one day.

Yes, I had that awful taste also, thanks for mentioning it, I was wondering if it was the Paxlovid.

Took another covid test this morning, I'm still positive and my wife is still negative. She did read where 50 of 700 people who had covid will test negative because their immune system is working well and you are not shedding the virus, or they took the test too early, or you had a bad test.