Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 55F @ 9:15AM. Sunshine and a few clouds. High 69F. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 mph.

That is terrible, Don. Sorry to hear it.

Scotty, for short trips I turn off power to pump.

Good suggestion, Ron. I should start doing that up at the old house.

M7040 - put a freeze on your credit with the three suppliers, Transunion, experian, euqifax. I leave the freeze on unless doing something with loans etc.

I'm not sure how well those freezes work, Ken. A few years back my information was compromised then a government database was hacked, and I froze at all three credit reporting bureaus. Last month a opened up a new credit card and the application was approved in minutes. I did get an email warning from the free credit montioring outfit Uncle Sam set me up with, though.

I've read about people putting a solenoid valve on the main water line, and rigging leak detectors to close it if they detect moisture. Google would probably fill in the details.

Yesterday started off with three people in the back yard taking down the giant swing set I've been trying to get rid of for almost two years. It's so rare to find someone that will actually go through with a purchase commitment these days, I actually thanked them for following through.

In the afternoon there was another viewing of the house up north. Turns out it was a lesbian couple, but I couldn't tell from watching the cameras. Realtor and I had a Come To Jesus meeting after that. The mailbox only got pushed over a little bit and the realtor was able to straighten it and tamp the gravel back down. We both agreed that the Chinese family should never have been let past the gate, and he'd never let anything like that happen again. He was able to track down the buyer's realtor, and it was her flunky that was supposed to be there for the showing. I also reviewed my homeowner's policy, and it looks like it would cover accidents and theft caused by anyone coming on the property. So my concerns have been addressed, and I'm sticking with this realtor for now. Even though he announced he'll be going on a ten day cruise in another week. But he's got someone that will be able to show the house, and wants me up there next week to meet them. Not sure that schedule will work, but we'll see.

Got a couple more boxes emptied, and went through a couple closets looking for clothing to recycle. I'm running out of closet rods and drawers!

Val Kilmer passed recently, so I watched Toumbstone again. What a great cast and movie!

Not sure what kind of trouble I'll get into today, but there's another Vandenberg launch this afternoon.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a better start...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

What a dreary rainy cool day.
Got a landscape crew working across the road, clearing out an area grown up along the road across from me. I liked it grown up, as it shielded their house from me. But if I was them, I'd have cleared it also.
ran errands with truck. First had to clean quite a mess of bird crap off the RH mirror. Last time I drove, truck was parked the other direction and I had to clean the driver side, this was only from a couple days....

Got my amazon package returned, bought some lumber at HD for the deck, added supports due to the picture framing I'm doing.
picked up my favorite chinese for lunch.
too muddy to work out under the deck, wish I could...

Called bank regarding the check that didn't clear, apparently the electric Co had miss scanned the account number from the check, a 0 got scanned as a 9, so it got returned.

Everyone in my household got the same letter from the local hospital about their security breach. I already have my credit frozen, but the rest of family don't. Maybe that's why I got turned down trying to open a high yield checking account the other day.

only 40 deg out, has gotten colder.

 

[daugen]

very nice visit with local police chief and her sergeant.
my crazy neighbor is well known to them, problems long before I got there.
they asked me to call them on private line next time he was shooting.
since his target has the main road behind it (not facing the woods...) they say that gives them
opportunity to come out and talk to him, gun safety, ricochets, etc.
they were super nice.
always helps that my brother helped hire the Chief...

drippy cold day, going down to freezing tonight.

 

[daugen]

hopefully tomorrow I will get the truck up on those ramps and have access to the 8 bolts holding
the air dam on.
I eyeballed it and it looks like half an inch clearance even getting up on the ramps.
quite sure I'll leave it off
not sure I can fit in there, trying to do by feel and not see is challenging
maybe I'll just take it over to Lambertville and have the gas station put it up on a lift.
that sounds like a smarter idea.
I'm not a little guy and that's not much room down there

 

[Thomas]

35F cloudy.

Good day all in all,got real good deal on critter food another large section pick up and rake while snow flakes dancing in the air on/off.

BQQ season official started Mrs. trying out the new bqq,chicken potatoes with veggies.

Plans for the evening...little as possible.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Cleaned out pellet stove and then fired it up.
Did get a new saw blade and cut a small section of trex off to try it. Cuts well.
Wife made chili for supper. Already feel some heartburn, don’t usually get that.
Only got to 42°.

 

[daugen]

read several articles on benefits of eating/drinking pineapples
for reducing inflammation of arthritis. Pineapples I know make an effective meat tenderizer, so
clearly there are some good enzymes going on in there, plus vitamins.
only downside is sugar, lot of it, will mean cutting out other things.
I eat plenty of fiber so I don't need the whole pineapple, hoping there isn't a huge medicinal difference between fresh
juice and canned juice.

I ordered a case of 48 small cans of pineapple juice and will go on a daily regimen to see if
I can feel any difference.
let's see, six ounces of pineapple juice mixed with six ounces of vodka.
I was just taking my vitamins occifer....

cranberry juice also good with much less sugar but different benefit

only memory of juice as a kid in the 50's was getting orange juice frozen, and
someone had to turn that frozen tube into a pitcher of OJ, and quickly.
this was before microwaves, i think we put them in hot water?
I bet OJ was a luxury in the beginning.

 

[daugen]

something I want to get at the grocery store tomorrow is some more Italian olive oil, before
price goes up. US only grows 5 percent of olive oil it consumes.
good time to stock up on food made abroad and I guess wine too

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening,

Scotty, that’s the same jig saw I have. It will cut threw anything when fitted with a sharp blade.

Ron that Bosch Jig Saw is a tiger. I have a fairly course blade on it, perfect for what I’m doing with it.

Dennis, sorry you still have mud under the deck. I’m almost done with this deck, just a couple more boards to go and then at some point I will have to take care of the railing

Ken nice picture.

Hope all have a good evening

 

[Looking4new]

Drew, back 'in the day' frozen OJ was uber expen$ive up here. Real oranges were a lot cheaper and we made our own 'freshly squeezed' OJ.

Scotty, no meters were harmed during the deck job?