February Cawfee Tea an a candle light supper

[Leo Tanner]

Mornin.  Cawfee is good, I stayed up late my ownself, didn't know I had ta get up early.

Had a breaker trip this mornin an went downstairs ta reset it.  Found out we got some innerestin wirin in here.  Splained ta Lil what things shouldn't be plugged in at the same time in which outlets.  She decided to test my theory an tripped it two more times.  Least I got ma mornin exercise in.

Got boneless thighs thawin, got time ta figger out what all ta do with em.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

We had a  house that was a Mickey Mouse disaster, Leo. That place was a trip electrically

Had to wash my horn out today, the fumes from that PB Blaster were pretty strong. Gave me a headache trying to play it yesterday. got a lot of it gone, but there's still some smell there. Even put it outside in the sun today to try and air it and the case out some

Hot dogs and mac&cheese tonight

[Leo Tanner]

We got one half size 15 amp breaker runnin everything but the kitchen.  Bathroom is on the same circuit as the outlets and the lights in the rest of the place (a big no no).  One outlet in the bedroom is on a different line.  I used to lay out circuits and this panel is so far from code I don't know what ta think.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Oooo, sticky! Sounds like that one needs a redo to be safe That house we had still had some of the old ceramic holders and the single strand/wrapped wire in the attic. Built around 1920. Had hard woods for the framing, I burned up a bunch of drill bits trying to do things around there. Stuff was like stone

[Leo Tanner]

The old hotel I worked in still had that knob and tube stuff.  Menuvering around it in the attic was always fun specially in the tight spots. 

Thinkin chicken encaladas fer supper now.

[mestiza letty]

Nuthin' thawed out for supper so it's corn dogs an' fries
Wind picked up 25- 35 mph were I'm at... more weather comin' in, yesterday's 6" 'bout gone

[Texas Lawdog]

I had errands to run today and took Victoria for a ride.  We went by a BBQ place and got some chopped beef sammiches with some beans and potato salad. I took a nap after the errands and lunch. No clue for supper tonight.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Had a breaker trip this mornin an went downstairs ta reset it.  Found out we got some innerestin wirin in here.  Splained ta Lil what things shouldn't be plugged in at the same time in which outlets.  She decided to test my theory an tripped it two more times.  Least I got ma mornin exercise in.

Sounds like the wiring of the house on Green Acres.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/140846/green-acres-you-cant-plug-in-a-2-with-a-6#x-0,vepisode,1,0

I rewired the house 'cuz it had issues. 

Got 1/2" of wet sn*w so far.

Sackett just came down and wanted to watch "Hoppy". 

Slim

[Texas Lawdog]

We ended up having some lasagna and a tossed salad for supper.  The rain is forcast again for tomorrow, it only sprinkled lightly this morning. It's still 70 outside. We got all kinds of trees budding out in our neighborhood. I am still not convinced that March will keep us in winter for awhile.

[Delmonico]

One of the selling points of our house was the new plumbing and the new wiring.

Went to eat at a place Rita tried with some friends a couple weeks ago, a bar about a mile west of us.  Pretty strict place, no one under 21 period, cash, no checks or cards. 

1/2 pound hamburgers, (yes 1/2 pound) 99 cents, 10 cents for a slice of Swiss Cheese.  1/2 pound of fries, 99 cents.  Rita had a pork kabob $1.99 all meat, no veggies, guessing about a 1/2 pound of meat.  You have to buy a drink, she had a Tome Collins, I had 2 Lipton Iced teas, Cost us $7.50, tea and mixed drink were the same price.  Nice big peeled shrimp, 29 cents each, we had 40.  Total cost was about $25 for us tonight and I'm am very stuffed and i was starving when I got home.

Also a new one, we had a 'nader watch tonight, they had one about 50 miles west of Pitspiter's, no damage, but first recorded one in the month of Feburary in the state, now we have completed all 12.

[Leo Tanner]

Sounds like a good place Del.  We had lime curried chicken with corn on the cob and baked taters.

Slim, I would love ta rewire this place but it aint mine.  When I talk ta the owner bout stuff like that he turns the volume knob off in 'is head an jus' kinda stares at me.  I would try ta balance it at the panel but they covered over the J boxes instead of leaving them open with a plate over em (another no no). 

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Leo, This one a DIY Construction Co. special? Or old enough to pre-date the regs.?

I'l put some coffee on.

It's raining real hard here at the moment, 36 degrees. Looking for 60(!) today, but could have some t-storms with it this afternoon

[Arcey]

Moanin’.

Overcast. 43° ‘n 82%. Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 65°. South wind between 5 and 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Kinda lookin’ OK. Won’t want the heat ner AC even if it is still February. Trouble is the weather o’er the next couple days is threatenin’ the shoot Saturday.

Oh well. Fer the OFSDAR ‘n CAS thingys it’s been kind ta us o’er the winter months. Only kilt one ah each. Reckon ya gotta take the bad with the fantastic.

[mestiza letty]

Mornin' y'all,
Thanks for the cawfee Buck. S**w showers all day got an inch so far wind driven at 30 mph from the SW. 27 right now and a high of 45.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee, Buck.

'Tis 34 and raining. So we now have slush.   "Rain and sleet...with a chance for freezing rain this morning along with an isolated thunderstorm. Becoming a mix of light rain and snow in the afternoon. An inch or two additional snow accumulation. Some minor icing possible. Highs 36 to 41. East wind 10 to 20 mph becoming south at 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 30 mph."

Slim

[wildman1]

Mornin Ya'll, thanks fer Coffee Buck, much preciated. WM

[Delmonico]

Just made another run, got a 9 1/2 pound sirloin tip hunk for $2.68 a pound, gonna cut the whole thing later for cheeze steak meat.

[Leo Tanner]

Mornin all.

Dodged another bullet an just got some more light rain an wind.  40 out on deck.

Buck, this place aint that old so I figger it's a DIY.  The panel is labled with majic marker and mislabeled at that.  I think I got a good idea a who did it but he is long gone ta Texas.

[Arcey]

And, the rains came.

And, the rains were heavy.

And, with them came the thunder and the darkness.

And, with them came the oft asked question in Eagle chat, “What happens to them when it rains?”

And behold, the answer came, “They get wet.”

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Some DIY'ers know just enough to be dangerous, Leo

Spent part of this morning transposing some hymns for Easter this year. My composer friend also did a redo on a hymn and gave me a form of descant for it. He's always wrote interesting stuff for me. Plays piano, accordion, harp, organ, and teaches voice and other instruments. The wash out did that cornet some good fumes wise, so at least no headaches from playing it now. Only have to bring one horn each, now. To get different shades of tone, we just have to change mouthpieces. I learned that off of Trumpet Masters from a cornet guy down in Jaw-Ja. The type of cornet we picked up can be a real chaemeleon. Deep open backbored piece and it gets real mellow almost flugle like, put in a trumpet type cup and you get a more trumpet like sound. Amazing instruments that were considered student horns 50 years ago when they were made. Conn 17A's.

We're under a tornado watch until 9 tonight...........Buck

[Leo Tanner]

And, the rains came.

And, the rains were heavy.

And, with them came the thunder and the darkness.

And, with them came the oft asked question in Eagle chat, “What happens to them when it rains?”

And behold, the answer came, “They get wet.”

Funny, in younger days I sold my only car ta buy a motorcycle.  Got asked many times what I would do when it rained.  Gave the folks the same answer.  

Buck, sounds like ya got the horns all figgered out.  If you is playin descants you must be able to hit all the high notes.  Used ta transpose them from organ music for Easter service, they is in a perty high range.  I'd be nice ta hear ya sometime.

[mestiza letty]

Snow showers tapered off for a while...now if we could just lose the 50 mph winds...
Shepard's pie on for later

[Texas Lawdog]

We had another summer day today. It got up to 75 this afternoon. Victoria is enjoying the sunny weather. I had some chicken strips / w fries for lunch. We've got leftover lasagna for supper tonight with a salad. Moose hasn't gotten home from school yet.

[Russ T Chambers]

Been alternating between sn*w showers and hazy sunshine.  Hovering just above freezing.
Beef stroganoff for supper tonight.

[Leo Tanner]

Weather petered out here.  Got nasty for a spell with a hail/sleet mix an tried ta snow for a few minutes.  Angel has been in my rack most of the day just lettin it go by.