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GENERAL TOPICS => Tall Tales => Topic started by: Major E A Sterner on January 31, 2023, 11:09:59 PM
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Guess it's time to start another month.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis -8 and clear. High of 21.
Slim
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Back to the omnium-gatherum today.
I was off Saturday (one of 2 my scheduled days) having swapped out a day with the operations curator.
Looking for cool down this weekend, reached low 80's yesterday rain is forecasted and temp's in the mid 40's on Friday.
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Good morning and happy February to you all. 28 here right now, supposed to get up to 31 with more ice and freezing rain incoming later today. Driveway is sloped and a sheet of ice, so unless we have a medical emergency, I ain't going anywhere! My Boss called a while ago, store is closed again today, he's not gonna have anyone get hurt trying to get in. And he just bought a new Point of Sale system in January, we've had a nice gal in the store inventorying everything the last week. Well, Apple decided that since we are an EVIL gunstore, they have cancelled and shutdown our new system along with his other 2 [non-gun related] business accounts!
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Greetings all.
Warmed up today to a whopping 26 degrees (that being above zero, and in Fahrenheit ::) ).
I however am not enjoying the weather, as I am laid up in bed, having been thoroughly thrown and stomped by ice and gravity into the stove-up realm. While picking up a 4” flex hose yesterday I managed to slip on the ice and slide down a little embankment…right into an open manhole. Made it about 6 feet down before an unceremonious meeting with the concrete bottom. Walked away (or rather crawled/limped) with:
-several bruised ribs, one broken
-at least 4 bruised vertebrae, sacral and lumbar (fortunately none of those broke!)
-bruised pelvic wing
-majorly sprained back muscle
-partially torn tendon in left hip
-pretty good cut up the left on my tush to mid back (doc used superglue instead of stictches/staples because pants are a necessity in MT)
-scratched cornea in left eye
-various other bumps and bruises of varying magnitude
So, I’m not going to work for a few days it seems, considering I can hardly get out of bed by myself. And walking farther than the John is not happening either. I declined the offered hydrocodone prescription, a choice which I am somewhat beginning to regret as Aleve only does so much. But I suppose I’ll live.
Y’all watch that ice.
—TK
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Sorry to hear of your accident, TK. I'm praying for a fast healing.
Slim
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TK, praying for you here. Glad that it was no worse than it was.
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Well, 28 F here right now, going to hit 24 tonight, with freezing rain, sleet and ice supposed to hit around 11pm til daylight. Yeesh, our store has been closed the last 2 days and the only things moving on our street has been a few 4 wheelers. Supposed to start slowly warming sometime tomorrow through the weekend, when it's supposed to get to around upper 50s.
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Greetings all.
Warmed up today to a whopping 26 degrees (that being above zero, and in Fahrenheit ::) ).
I however am not enjoying the weather, as I am laid up in bed, having been thoroughly thrown and stomped by ice and gravity into the stove-up realm. While picking up a 4” flex hose yesterday I managed to slip on the ice and slide down a little embankment…right into an open manhole. Made it about 6 feet down before an unceremonious meeting with the concrete bottom. Walked away (or rather crawled/limped) with:
-several bruised ribs, one broken
-at least 4 bruised vertebrae, sacral and lumbar (fortunately none of those broke!)
-bruised pelvic wing
-majorly sprained back muscle
-partially torn tendon in left hip
-pretty good cut up the left on my tush to mid back (doc used superglue instead of stictches/staples because pants are a necessity in MT)
-scratched cornea in left eye
-various other bumps and bruises of varying magnitude
So, I’m not going to work for a few days it seems, considering I can hardly get out of bed by myself. And walking farther than the John is not happening either. I declined the offered hydrocodone prescription, a choice which I am somewhat beginning to regret as Aleve only does so much. But I suppose I’ll live.
Y’all watch that ice.
—TK
Dang dude, that's a wreck ! very sorry, but glad it was not far worse.
Declining the hydrocodone prescription, might have been a wise call, sometimes the side effects can be nasty.
You might try Xtra strength Tylenol back relief.
Aleve and Ibuprofen never much worked for my assorted mishaps, and these have side effect too ::)
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Greetings all.
Warmed up today to a whopping 26 degrees (that being above zero, and in Fahrenheit ::) ).
I however am not enjoying the weather, as I am laid up in bed, having been thoroughly thrown and stomped by ice and gravity into the stove-up realm. While picking up a 4” flex hose yesterday I managed to slip on the ice and slide down a little embankment…right into an open manhole. Made it about 6 feet down before an unceremonious meeting with the concrete bottom. Walked away (or rather crawled/limped) with:
-several bruised ribs, one broken
-at least 4 bruised vertebrae, sacral and lumbar (fortunately none of those broke!)
-bruised pelvic wing
-majorly sprained back muscle
-partially torn tendon in left hip
-pretty good cut up the left on my tush to mid back (doc used superglue instead of stictches/staples because pants are a necessity in MT)
-scratched cornea in left eye
-various other bumps and bruises of varying magnitude
So, I’m not going to work for a few days it seems, considering I can hardly get out of bed by myself. And walking farther than the John is not happening either. I declined the offered hydrocodone prescription, a choice which I am somewhat beginning to regret as Aleve only does so much. But I suppose I’ll live.
Y’all watch that ice.
—TK
No bueno, TK.
Sorry to hear. I do hope you can find a comfortable position to get some much needed healing sleep.
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Got up to try and see the Green Comet
its closest approach is this morning, in our northwest sky I read.
Fog defeated the attempt; I don't know why I bothered I know from past experience atmospherics so often spoil celestial events. :(
But nothing ventured nothing gained, I suppose.
I'm going look at a Replica BP rifle for a fellow today.
The owner said he assembled it from a kit in the 70's, I think.
I'm not sure if it's Italian or Spanish manufactured. I only glanced at it in the rifle sock.
The main spring seems to cock it, the trigger(s) just won't drop the hammer.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 8 and partly sunny. WC -10. High of 20.
Slim
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Used to decline the Narco's, my family Dr told me to quit playing hero and take them, older guys heal better that way. Hydro one of several codeine ones can cause some side affects, if you have any they can switch to other than codeine. They work good with me though, you can send any extra to me. :P My stash is out and no reason to get more right now but the 6 in my drawer have twice kept me from the ER of late. Next time likely will require a trip but that's OK, we're friends there. They are still busy, need to try and hold off if I do to late night. And not right after the Super Bowl. Nobody shows up they say till the game is over, I mean, my drunken broken leg can wait. ::)
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Afternoon all.
I’m still alive. I was originally going to say “still kicking,” but that’s not particularly true. Not a lot of kicking going on here. ::)
Recovery is progressing. It seems, as I can see from my scratched eye again. Swelling all over has also gone down significantly. The transition from laying to sitting and then to standing is also slightly easier, but still painful. Per Dr recommendation, I’m alternating between laying on a heated blanket to standing/walking for a few minutes every hour which is seemingly helping with overall mobility and discomfort.
—TK
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis -16 and partly sunny. High of 6.
Slim
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
WI has open carry, but not many people do it.
WI "training" requirement for CCW license in WI is: Hunter Safety course, current or former LEO, current or former military personnel, or CCW license from another state.
'Tis 5 and partly sunny. High of 30.
Slim
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Morning all.
Mod 20s in Missoula, headed for the mod 30s. Cloudy but nothing forecast to come out of said clouds.
As far as my injuries go, the cut on my back is healing nicely, and the glue is coming off as planned. Most external bruising is healing up or gone. The sprained muscle/tendon duo are healing and I can almost get out of bed without making weird noises. None injuries are still present and happy to remind me of such, but they are at least tolerable.
—TK
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Well I injured myself but I'm loosing my touch, used to be cool about it like TK, but no more, didn't even have the ice outside for an excuse, no ice anymore and most of it happened inside, mine actually turned out for the good in the end. But I did get the overnight stay at the fancy hotel. ;D Actually his was more dramatic from a visual put it on Youtube stand point but mine required precise planning or you would think it did.
Thursday was feeling decent so was doing some chores at a slow place, had some trash to take out of the basement because one I'm stubborn and it seems pleas for help get ignored, maybe not now. ::)
OK, put maybe 15 pounds in the bag, and it seemed a bit heavy when I bent to pick it up but did anyway, carried it up and out to the can and came back in with no resting. Got in and was a bit winded, no more than if I'd of did a good cardio, so I sat down, and then my chest started hurting, not a winded lower hurt, but the left side into the left shoulder. Called Rita and she was almost home, wanted to know what was up and told her just come in. She got in and I told her and I said just take me so we grabbed my bag and went, that way it don't upset the dog and we can actually get there faster. Almost fell on the stairs, but got in the car. We got there and she went in and got someone and they brought a chair and back to triage I went, got covered with stickers and wires, nope, not an active one, either over or hasn't really started. Back to a room I went and got IV, blood draws and a shot of happy which made me fell better because my chest still hurt. Cardio lady came in, not mine but the on call. She said the blood test did not show I'd had one recently but due to my history she wanted to keep me over night because there had to be something wrong, do some more tests in the morning because I'm almost due for them and we can get them all done and if things are OK I can go home by evening and if not we already will have me a room, kinda important right now.
Well by 2 am the happy shot had worn off and I was in pain again, not a normal thing for what might be going on. Did all the tests yesterday, and cardio guy by this time and I discuss it. We both came to the same conclusion, the area where it hurt was where they harvested the parts for my surgery and have had a cyst removed on that side since, with ugly scaring. I pulled the stuff there because it was finally swelled up and it was sensitive to the touch. So I panicked which according to him is a good thing because as he put it, most people who die from a heart attack don't think they are having one. I showed him this Sept 2019 picture and told him that was taken 2 months before I knew I had heart problems and we found out I did because I went to my GP and complained the Protonix was not taking care of my acid reflux anymore. ::)
Anyway the conclusion from yesterday is that my heart continues to improve and looks real good for a 66 year old man who has had several minor attacks and a quad bypass. The getting wore out easy is from all the crap the last year or so and I am doing better than one should really expect. He said to keep at what I'm doing and give it another month or so before trying the gym and don't over do on anything and just stop when I reach that brick wall and either go work on the computer or take a nap with my dog.
On a 5 pound limit till Monday due to the cath lab and going up the big artery in my leg. The yesterday nurse was cool and fun and after the lay flat limit was up she said I had to go two laps in the hallway but resting was permitted and if all my blood stayed in I could go home. Still yellow down there so that means I'm not low on iodine, if it soaks up in your skin in less than an hour you are low. ;D
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 8 and partly sunny. WC -1. High of 30.
Slim
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46 here, slept about 10 hours.
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Oh for those of you who get monitored this was really the only flag we got on the blood work, looks like I may need to eat a bit more salt. ;D
Slim can our mailman can attest that I use herbs a lot to flavor and if you need salt for it it is on the table. Funny how so few seem to though. I've been doing that for many years, long before my problems.
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About 61,000 Puerto Ricans served in the Korean War, including about 18,000 who enlisted in the continental United States Puerto Ricans distinguished themselves as part of the 65th Infantry Division, the “Borinqueneers,”
The Museum hosted the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for the Korean War Veterains held Friday 2/3/2023.
US Congressman Soto presented the Gold medals, to the 65th Regiment and several surviving members in attendance.
This is a second ceremony the Museum has hosted; the 1st was for WW2 Merchant Marines & Navy Armed Guard last fall.
Saturday's attendance was bustling due to the prior day's media coverage.
In other news, we will host a Theatrical Group and their performances of "Biloxi Blues"
live performances in the coming weeks.
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On the way home from church today, my wife spotted a classic car show at our local supermarket. They had some cool stuff. Lots of late model Corvettes and Mustangs. The Blue Mustang is a 1969 model. I had a Red 1969 Mustang GT Fast-back in the day. Wish I still had it.
The winner, IMHO, was a 1950 Chopped Red Merc with lake pipes. Click this link for a slide show: http://www.johnnymccrae.com/Car-Show.html
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Well 43 here right now, supposed to stay warmer the next few days, might get to 70 tomorrow. Back to work tomorrow, missed most of last week due to some kind of virus. Might even talk the Missus into giving me a haircut!
Y'all be good!
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis -2 and cloudy. WC -11. High of 35.
Slim
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Morning all.
34 with snow flurries, heading for 35. Big temperature swing there ::)
The doc cleared me for light duty at work today, so I’m going to go do some small stuff around the shop. Recovery has been good so far, with pretty much all external bruising gone. The rib is painful, but that’s not anything particularly worrisome as I’ve experienced that one before. The biggest pain right now is that tendon, which I just keep stretching every so often. One of the best ways to stretch it (ie most pain relief) that I have found is the “front leaning rest” position. The basic training flashbacks are more painful than the rib/tendon combo, so it’s a bit distracting I guess ::)
—TK
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Trinity Kid,
so no Limbo lessons, huh?
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Trinity Kid,
so no Limbo lessons, huh?
I think I’ll have to pass on that one for the time being.
—TK
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 33 and overcast. High of 38.
Slim
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 15 and clear. High of 43.
Slim
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 25 and overcast. "Colder. Cloudy. A chance of light snow in the morning then light snow likely in the afternoon. Light rain also possible in the afternoon. Snow accumulation up to 2 inches. Highs in the middle 30s. North wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent."
Slim
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Slim
You’re lookin’ a little lonely here. Thanks for the coffee. It’s stopped sno*ing here for about 5 days now, and the temps been up in the mid to high 40’s trying to melt most of the white stuff here on the valley floor. We do have a measured snowpack at 200% of normal up on the Hill, so we’re now thinking about the possible flooding along the Truckee River this spring. The good thing is Lake Tahoe and the other area reservoirs have plenty of room to store the melt. We’ll see what March and April do as far as precip. goes and cross our fingers.
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Morning all, grab a cup here too. 40 degrees here right now and sunny, supposed to hit 59 today and then tomorrow only 40 and flurries! No wonder my back is complainin! Got over 3" of rain yesterday, so everything looks pretty soggy. Good message from the Pastor last night.
Hope y'all do well today.
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Slim
You’re lookin’ a little lonely here.
Didn't want to post I haven't done much but nap and mess on the computer, still working on picture mess, an hour or two a day, should be done by spring and will keep it from becoming a mess. Went from 16.4 to 12.1 gig since Christmas. All cooking pictures I can find in about 30 seconds.
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Ditto on the back aching, :( mine is barking some more than normal today.
Should have been a normal day off, but my counterpart (the other curator) lost his keys to the Museum.
With out them, there is No entry, So he called me in a panic unable to open the doors.
I'm about a 35-minute drive from the place, so with my rushing getting dressed and out the door I was there to open up for him in about 38 minutes :-\ Kinda pushed the speed limits, I did !
He (BTW lives literally 5 minutes away) and three volunteers and 4 light duty temps were waiting for me. :P
To my knowledge, no guests were inconvenienced. when we opened 1 hour late. ::)
I'm home now, and I suppose the Museum Director who arrived about 12:30 P will need to get a set of keys made so they can close tonight a 6PM.
Oh well....poop happens
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Ditto on the back aching, :( mines is barking some more than normal today.
Should have been a normal day off, but my counterpart (the other curator) lost his keys to the Museum.
With out them, there is No entry, So he called me in a panic unable to open the doors.
I'm about a 35-minute drive from the place, so with my rushing getting dressed and out the door I was there to open up for him in about 38 minutes :-\ Kinda pushed the speed limits, I did !
He (BTW lives literally 5 minutes away) and three volunteers and 4 light duty temps were waiting for me. :P
To my knowledge, no guests were inconvenienced. when we opened 1 hour late. ::)
I'm home now, and I suppose the Museum Director who arrived about 12:30 P will need to get a set of keys made so they can close tonight a 6PM.
Oh well....poop happens
I'd sure be extra vigilant against robbery or vandalism for the next several days if he hasn't located his lost keys.
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He hasn't, they are not marked, so if found no one would what know they were for.
In addition, should they be used, the perpetrator would not know the security code, we have motion detection alarms and cameras.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 13, sunny and windy. High of 29.
Slim
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Morning Slim and all the rest of the crew. 41 here, raining again, gonna hit 26 tonight. Not even gonna load the truck for tomorrow's match, I used to get paid to be out in this stuff, I'm gonna wait a few more weeks til it gets nicer. Work this afternoon, then a Valentine's Banquet at Church tonight. Y'all have a good day.
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Coffee's brewing, rained during the night off and on, a couple of heavy pours at times.
Forecast calls for 75% further chance of rain today.
I'm off, normally I'd man the u-see-um, but I'm covering tomorrow this week instead.
More later perhaps, once I'm firing on all 8 cylinders. :)
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Morning y'all.
Thanks for the coffee.
Off to verk in a bit for the monthly systems outage.
'Tis 16 and sunny. High of 43.
Slim
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Evening from Elko, NV.
Been a long day in the car. 11 hours to be precise.
All three of us (myself, Mrs TK and the dog) are walking wounded after that.
—TK
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Hiya folks. Well 31 here right now, gonna hit 29 tonight then 60 tomorrow! Yeesh.
But had a great evening tonight, family over for a get together to celebrate our Niece's Birthday, and then found out she's gonna be a Grandma! Woohoo! Another little one around here to spoil. Baby's due in September, we'll find out in a couple weeks what it will be.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
Headed to church in a bit. On security team today.
'Tis 16 and partly cloudy. High of 44.
Slim
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Changed the oil in the Avalanche after church.
Slim
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G'morning Gents
I was asked to look at a BP rifle that had a couple of issues.
The gun turned out to be a circa mid 70's CVA Hawkens, the old fellow said he got it 45 or so years ago.
He had never shot it and it has been in the gun sock in closet all this time.
Clearly someone had put a scope mount on it, but the scope was long gone.
There was a ramrod, but it was about 4" too short having been snapped off at one end.
Also, the hammer would cock, but would not fall with trigger pull.
Pulling the lock, I found the internals bone dry and with light dusting of surface rust. I disassembled
cleaned off the oxidation and Lighty lubed and reassembled. The set triggers were not adjusted well and once that was righted the action worked just fine.
I made a new ramrod, and I also decided, if he were to shoot it a ball starter would be handy.
So, using the remaining left over cutoff of the hickory ramrod blank, I started to fashion one.
For a final (TIP) I used a once fired brass 38 special case, which I turned down the rim some and pushed out the spent primer and epoxied it on.
I needed a hand grip of some sort, so I went to ACE Hardware, I went back and asked the friendly, helpful hardware man... I mean, that what their jingle say's, right ?
I asked, " Do you have wooden balls ?" ... He said " WHO, the hell do you think I am? Pinocchio ?
Oh ! and coffee is on ;D
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Morning y'all.
Thanks for the coffee.
'Tis 23 and cloudy. High of 43.
Slim
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I needed a hand grip of some sort, so I went to ACE Hardware, I went back and asked the friendly, helpful hardware man... I mean, that what their jingle say's, right ?
I asked, " Do you have wooden balls ?" ... He said " WHO, the hell do you think I am? Pinocho ?
Oh ! and coffee is on ;D
Good answer, I would shop there.
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Good answer, I would shop there.
I agree.
Morning all.
Weather is currently 29 and foggy from my old stomping grounds. We got in about 7pm last night to much fanfare from family and little reaction from the cats.
On the docket today is some laundry, taking the dog for a walk and possibly some canning of cherry pie filling. I also need to put a handle on an axe at some point.
—TK
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 25 and partly sunny. "Mostly cloudy. Light rain in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent."
Slim
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Morning folks! 55 here right now and pouring rain, supposed to hit 65 today. If'n the Missus feels like it I will take her out for Valentine's Day today, if not, tomorrow is supposed to be real pretty, so we will do it then. Got an estimate in on putting nice windows up on the back porch so we can use it year round and it was good, so we will be getting that done in the next few weeks.
Y'all have a good day!
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46 and rain here, supposed to turn to snow later, don't have to go anywhere today, going to do some house cleaning. Wife and I decided not to waste money on cards, have gotten to expensive and besides Hallmark will just take the money and make more Christmas money, as dumb as giving money to a wino. ;D
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I noted Hallmark's cards run $6.95, besides being anti 2nd Amendment.
They don't get my patronage. In fact, I steer clear of 90% of the anti's.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 34, overcast and blustery. "Blustery. Cloudy. A chance of light rain in the morning. Highs in the lower 40s. Temperatures falling into the lower 30s in the afternoon. West wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 35 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent."
Slim
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28 here, 5-10 on the forecast, at this point we'll take it.
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65 and sunny here in upstate peoples republic of NY.
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Woke up at 5AM with major pain in my back, just above and middle of my left buttock.
NO position would render any relief, cross between a cramp and a stab with blunt pipe.
It felt like I might imagine being SHOT :o
Took Ibuprofen 800mg and bit later Tylenol, with no effect....
At 7:30 I had to call in to the museum, and had called my Dr. at 8, I got lucky they had a 10AM cancelation.
Diagnoses... SI- Sacroiliitis inflammation...I got a shot (actually two) same needle. in two locations.
Sent home with an ice pack and Ice Cold Analgesic Gel rub on.
The Ibuprofen and Tylenol, caught up to me and I zoned out.
I slept about 3 hours which was NOT possible before I saw the Doc.
Now I can function, pain is greatly abated, I can sit, stand, even lie back and get easy.
I pray I'm on the mend and worst is behind.
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Woke up at 5AM with major pain in my back, just above and middle of my left buttock.
NO position would render any relief, cross between a cramp and a stab with blunt pipe.
It felt like I might imagine being SHOT :o
Took Ibuprofen 800mg and bit later Tylenol, with no effect....
At 7:30 I had to call in to the museum, and had called my Dr. at 8, I got lucky they had a 10AM cancelation.
Diagnoses... SI- Sacroiliitis inflammation...I got a shot (actually two) same needle. in two locations.
Sent home with an ice pack and Ice Cold Analgesic Gel rub on.
The Ibuprofen and Tylenol, caught up to me and I zoned out.
I slept about 3 hours which was NOT possible before I saw the Doc.
Now I can function, pain is greatly abated, I can sit, stand, even lie back and get easy.
I pray I'm on the mend and worst is behind.
Take ‘er easy with that one Major. Mrs TK has SI flare ups and is put out of commission for a day or two. JR Watkins red liniment helps her a lot.
In other news: my last step before being officially a U.S. Forest Service year-round employee is a poking and prodding session with the sawbones. And there’s a hiring bonus that nobody told me about, so that’s helpful.
—TK
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Way better today, nothing like a good shot in the A$$ ::)
I feel for your Wife Kid, Sacroiliitis inflammation is a new pain in my experience.
I just hope it doesn't become chronic.
I had cousin that retired from the Forestry Service, from Collage to retirement some 40 years.
He was something like an executive district administer, based out of Colorado.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Glad your on the mend, Major 2.
Great for you, TK.
'Tis 19 and overcast. "Colder. Cloudy with a chance of light snow. Nearly steady temperature in the upper 20s. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent."
Slim
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Morning All! Slim, you stay warm today, TK praying the job will come through and Major take it easy on the back. 55 here now with rain and dropping temps. Gonna drop to 29 today then cold for a couple more days then the 60s again. Anyhoo, off today, then working full days the next two at the gun store. Neighbor is coming over around lunch time so I can help him work on a 45.
Well, anyway, yall be good today.
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I pray I'm on the mend and worst is behind.
Sorry, I laughed on that one, so glad I had that surgery, all that stuff has been gone.
Get the day off, no one is forcing me to go anywhere today, not sure how much, don't care. Wife and I decided if they need the kid at her work bad enough they can figure out how not us. A friend is one of the managers at a restaurant, they begged him to come in on day off and now he has a wrecked car. Going to cancel my Tomorrow Dr appointment and Rita is likely to do the same for work. John came by and did our steps and Rita gave him some extra and he'll come back later and do the rest, he can go help people who want to go somewhere first. Could get out of the driveway but not much else.
Opened the back door, Riley went out, turned around and looked at me with sad eyes, told him to go pee, he ran behind the garage, likely did and came back on the run, him and little cat are on the couch, raised a sissy Lab and don't care. ::)
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I got through the day, on just two Tylenol. :) thanks for the best wishes :)
The shot the Doc gave me was the BOMB ! abating the pain wise,
side effect = I could get shingles like blisters on the area around the injection site.
So far, nothing is a popping, maybe 2 or three days to go :-\
I had the Shingles shot a few years ago and that may prevent the side effect.
Off tomorrow, back in Sat & Sun.
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We had 11 inches total, not bad for us.
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Evening all.
Pleasant day in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. High of 52, scattered clouds, light breeze.
Had a relatively productive day as well. Took some bigger things to the dump for my parents (an old washing machine, and broken treadmill and an entertainment center that met an untimely demise during repositioning), stopped by the forest service offices in town just for say hi (turns out the only one there was the top boss that I’ll be under), and a fishing excursion. Mrs TK caught her first trout, which was a nice 13” rainbow. I landed three, only one of which was kept due to the hook tearing its gills.
Regarding my recovery effort, things seem to be looking up. I took the dog for a 3 mile walk up and down a decent hill and only experienced minor discomfort. Still painful if I lean too far to one side, but mostly functional otherwise.
—TK
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
3" of fresh white on the ground.
'Tis -2 and partly cloudy. High of 26.
Slim
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S TK, did you get the job?
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I fell out of bed at 4:30, not happened in 60 years, was running to school because I was late, stopped to light a cigar and fell off a cliff, between that and falling over with the groceries the night before has me sore. Not doing much today, wife has sty in eye and called off work. Was going to run the kid to school, must have got the Jeep car thing over the snow plow hump. Made sourdough whole wheat yesterday in my new pan/stovetop DO. Ordered it off A zon, popped up in a ad for cheap, wanted to see if a preseason China pot that was not polished was as bad as all the Flat Earthers and No Soapers say. Nope, washed it and gave it a spray of Olive juice and the bread dropped out, second loaf so another myth busted. Learned yesterday that soaking cast iron in vinegar to remove rust for more than 30 minutes will soften it. LOL, damn fool yuppies and their myths.
BTW really don't feel bad about the oven, USA made Lodge costs twice as much and uses pig iron bought from China and they company has several other sins. Oh and they enamel coated stuff is straight China. And a true American made one was about 5 times as much aka old one someone restored or says they did.
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32 here, I guess the early risers stayed in bed or took the day off. ::)
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
32 here, I guess the early risers stayed in bed or took the day off. ::)
That's me. Only day of the week I can sleep in. ;D
'Tis 27 and sunny. High of 39.
Slim
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Lately I haven't gone to bed until 1:30- 2:00 in the morning, So I'm usually sleeping in. Nothing to do here in winter so no time really wasted.
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S TK, did you get the job?
Indeed I did. Just waiting on some HR paperwork to come via electronic carrier pigeon to finalize. Should get that next week sometime.
We spent the night in Elko, NV last night. Current conditions in said town are blue skies and 0 degrees. But dry enough that there’s no frost on the windshield, so I guess you have to take what you can get sometimes. Should make it home tonight.
—TK
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Indeed I did. Just waiting on some HR paperwork to come via electronic carrier pigeon to finalize. Should get that next week sometime
Congratulations! Wish you the best in your new position. Do you know where you will be stationed?
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Indeed I did. Just waiting on some HR paperwork to come via electronic carrier pigeon to finalize. Should get that next week sometime.
We spent the night in Elko, NV last night. Current conditions in said town are blue skies and 0 degrees. But dry enough that there’s no frost on the windshield, so I guess you have to take what you can get sometimes. Should make it home tonight.
—TK
Congrats! I hope it will turn out to be one you love.
Up to the 50s today and clear. Man, the shop was BUSY today. There was a gun show the next town over, so we didn't know if we would see many folks, but evidently it wasn't a very good show, according to our customers who had been there. Temps are supposed to be good this week with rain, but I will take it.
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Indeed I did. Just waiting on some HR paperwork to come via electronic carrier pigeon to finalize. Should get that next week sometime
Congratulations! Wish you the best in your new position. Do you know where you will be stationed?
Thanks. I’ll be stationed in my hometown of Weaverville, CA.
—TK
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Outstanding Kid.... going home, very cool :)
Working again today, I have to cover additional days, because the other Curator gave his notice.
He is taking over an ACW Museum directors' position in Mississippi.
The announcement was rather abrupt. :(
Since there is or was just him, our director and me, We will have to use our Volunteers, in the short term.
The 48 continuous hours of operation required his 40 hours, my 16 and the directors 32 hours weekly.
I'm hoping, I will get back to my normal 16 operational hours quickly. :-X
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Congrats, TK.
Took the Windicator to the backyard, yesterday. Shoot .38 Spl, .38 Spl +P+, and .357 Mag loads at some cans and moldy squash. I'll be carrying it will the .38 Spl +P+ loads.
Going to church in a bit.
'Tis 25 and sunny. High of 42.
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Good morning all! Getting ready for Church here too. 41 right now, supposed to hit 62 today and be in the 60s and 70s the rest of the week. Will be a little damp late in the week, but can deal with that.
Some family coming in from AL today to spend the night, then they gotta leave out early tomorrow for an Orthodontist's appointment for one of my g'nieces. It will be good to see them, even for one evening. And one of my Nephews HS Basketball team won the SE Christian School Invitational!
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Morning all.
32 and actively snowing in Missoula. Supposed to get several inches out of this storm.
The final portion of the drive last night, from Idaho Falls to Missoula was somewhat uncomfortable. Lots of glaze ice. I-90 between Drummond and Clinton was really bad, to the point we were doing 25 or less in places, and cars off the side everywhere. The eastbound lane was totally blocked by a trio of semis all tangled up across both lanes (and both shoulders, and most of the center divider). But we emerged unscathed on the other side around midnight.
Also of note for those who partake in the Electronic Pony Express system known as Instagram, Mrs. TK started a page devoted to her horse training endeavor, most photography done by Yours Truly. It’s called JPZillion_training, should you feel inclined to look.
—TK
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Yesterday was BUSY, LOTS of guests, and today is following in step, though not quite...
Now @ 3:30 it has slowed considerably, just 12 folks in place as of now....
Off tomorrow & Tuesday, and back Wednesday....
Weather wise we will see 89 on Friday and low 90's for the weekend.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Sn*wstorm starting Tuesday night.
'Tis 13 and cloudy. "Partly sunny in the morning then cloudy with a chance of rain showers and snow showers in the afternoon. Highs around 40. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent."
Slim
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Had a beautiful low 60's sunny day here in the peoples republic of newyork. unusual for the time of year.
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Hit 70 here today with a ton of sunshine. Was up early to get the guests off to their Orthodontist. Uncle Kevin got some hugs too!
Tomorrow's supposed to pretty to, and then Wednesday is supposed to be rain and cooler. Hopefully will dry out by the Weekend for shooting.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
'Tis 12, cloudy and windy. A few flakes coming down. "Blustery. Colder. Partly sunny. A chance of light snow in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 20s. West wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 35 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of snow 50 percent." Sn*w accumulation starting tonight. Could get up to 14".
Slim
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Drizzle, freezing drizzle and snow coming, the 10" snow is almost gone.
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Morning all.
30 and overcast, looking for an inch or two of white later in the day. Tonight through Thursday night we’re supposed to go back to the other side of 0, which adds difficulty to the whole “doing outdoors work” dynamic. ::)
In other news, my Ford decided it doesn’t want to start yesterday. Suspect the engine computer went bad, as it’s been showing signs of that issue for about a year. The part has a roughly 15-20 year service life, and this one is 27 years old, so it isn’t totally unexpected. Should just be a $150 part though, so that’s helpful.
—TK
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
3" of fresh white on the ground.
'Tis 14 and overcast. "Windy. Light snow. Considerable blowing and drifting snow. Snow accumulation of 3 to 4 inches. Highs in the upper 20s. Northeast wind 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent."
Slim
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Morning Slim and crew.
69 here right now, supposed to get heavy rain this afternoon, next couple days promise to be cooler, then back into the 70s. Sounds like next week will be good for reloading. Took the Missus out for dinner last night and had a nice drive. Off to the Doc for some blood work in a minute. Hope you all have a good day and may God bless!
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Well into the second hour and attendance has been a trickle, there is a couple from Thunder Bay, Canada, and a pair from Akron, Ohio.
Local news had a nice spot on the Museum yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBLeosd7ao8
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Looks like our snow went north, going to drop the temp though.
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Looks like our snow went north, going to drop the temp though.
To WI. 5" so far. Could get "6-10" more by tomorrow evening.
Slim
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We got some of that snow here too. About 2”. Mostly just got the wind. Temp was a high of 6, WC -25.
That’s about all there is to say about that.
—TK
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
6" on the ground so far.
'Tis 14 and flurries. NE wind with WC 1. "Snow in the morning then a chance of light snow in the afternoon. Snow accumulation around 2 inches. Nearly steady temperature in the lower 20s. North wind 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the morning. Chance of snow near 100 percent."
Slim
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Guessers predict we will see 90° today then back to the mid upper 80's for the weekend...
And speaking of weekends, I will be manning the Museum Saturday & Sunday going forward.
With the resignation of the other curator, we've done some a switching around.
The good news I'l no longer cover Wednesday, YEAH ! the weekday traffic both morning and evening
has gotten quite heavy.
I live 28 miles from the U-SEE-Um, in the morning I'd battle work bound commuters and School bus stoppings.
Then there is more often than not, a delaying fender bender because commuters bounce off of others.
It takes an hour + sometimes just to get in on weekdays.
In the evening, Disney traffic joins work exiting commuters for a gridlocked rush hour plus.
Weekends are a pleasant breeze, the drive in is 32 minutes door to door, and 5 days off.
So, I am stoked to work weekends. :)
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Morning folks, 60F here right now, supposed to be as warm as it gets today, then rain this evening. Spanish Service at our Church tonight, so I will have Door Duty. Working today and tomorrow from 2-Closing, so an easy couple of days. Debating on shooting Saturday, was looking forward to it, but now the weather liars are saying it will be in the low 30s Friday Night and only get up to 50 Saturday with rain. Might just go pick up some bullets and come back home, shoot the next match in March.
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I feel we both have sweet positions, if I didn't get to be at the Military Museum, a GUN Shop would be my second choice.
Both are well into my wheelhouse of interest.
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3F a bit ago dog came in and said his feet were cold so he's curled up on my chair. Sourdough didn't raise much, wife closed the kitchen door. Got it out here in the dining room on the computer thing in a hospital tub, don't trust it, could be worse than a candle melting if it escapes.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
"Plowed" the driveway with the Avalanche this morning.
'Tis -12 and partly cloudy. High of 18.
Slim
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I've got a package to send via USPS - PO drop-off,
the frendly LGS is just 1/4 mile around the corner, so an obligatory visit is warranted. :)
May hit the Sushi bar another 3/4 mile in the direction of the home route.
it is nice out now at 69° and a tad foggy. It will be 86° from 12 PM to 5 PM ish.
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37 here right now, supposed to claw all the way up to 42 with rain today! I think tomorrow's shoot is just gonna be going by and getting some boolits! Busy at work yesterday, doing it again today fro 2 til closing. My Boss is a sadist, torturing me with a S&W 58 that came in yesterday...
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Had to get a new Batt for the John Deere,
gee's they are proud of their DECAL + 35.00 at JD, compared to the same size & cranking amps at Tractor Supply.
Tractor Supply it was then, plus I get my $10 core back.
Battery installed in a snap, and cranks over great ! I could run the core back :-\ eh...feels more like a Monday thing.
Looking forward to the pix's of the New to you Smith :)
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Inch or so of snow last night about 10, going to warm up tomorrow.
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I thought things might be slowing down around here with the wife gone for three weeks, but NOT TRUE. ???
First, she got a fender bender from a lady that didn’t believe in lane lines, sharing insurance, or drivers license and drove off (I do believe that’s called “leaving the scene of an accident”) but that is being taken care of. But I had to get her car over for an estimate and repair schedule with her in Oregon. DONE! ::)
Second, clothes washer repair visit she scheduled before leaving for Oregon. DONE! ::)
Third, clothes dryer vent cleaning she scheduled before leaving for Oregon. DONE! ::)
Fourth, Window installation for front of house windows to fix messed up order (ordered windows with grids but came with plain panels). Scheduled before leaving for Oregon. DONE! ::)
The last three sent the cats into hiding each day. ;)
Then the battery in the 4 Runner decided to croak. DONE! :P
The good thing that’s happening around here is sn*w! We are getting another 6 to 8 inches over the weekend. More than that on the Hill. The last report is over 400” in the Tahoe area and the ski hills are taking lift tickets thru Memorial Day.
I’m just glad we are close to 800’ above the Truckee River when this all melts and comes thru downtown!! ;D ;D ;D
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Spent a good coupla hours yesterday looking for my 38S&W dies, they have not so far been located. :-[
After some thought, I have decided the last time I used them was pre- Covid panic-demic.
I have some 200 grain Matt's bullets in route, arriving today, tomorrow or maybe Monday.
I may have to call Titan Reloading and replace my missing set, which should be just what is needed to locate my hidden set ::).
No huge deal, except it's annoying as "HE double toothpicks" gonna go out and look again ::)
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Major
Remember the best way to find them is to buy replacements. However if the replacements come with a free refund policy you won’t find the old ones until the day after the policy expires.!
;D ;D ;D
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Cat woke me up. Now I can't sleep.
Plowed the driveway with the Ferguson 30 last night.
Looks like we got another 1"+ since. ::)
Men's breakfast at 0800 at church.
Slim
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Major
Remember the best way to find them is to buy replacements. However if the replacements come with a free refund policy you won’t find the old ones until the day after the policy expires.!
;D ;D ;D
Yes Sir, a Corollary which describes a result that is the natural consequence of something else.
Like...wash the car and it rains.
Off to the U-see-um shortly, Saturday & Sundays are now my gig.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
Off to the men's breakfast in a bit.
Then pickup the suburban from the tranny r&r.
'Tis 12 and overcast. High of 29.
Slim
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Hiay folks, Slim have a great prayer breakfast, those are fun! Major, hope the weekend is fun for you.
41 here right now with a cold rain going on. Not gonna shoot, because the back is yelping, but gotta run over and pick up bullets and say Hi to everyone. Then back home and watch the first Cardinal's ballgame of the year on TV. Y'all be good.
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I get to stay home today, some of it with just the animals, will probably clean again. On days I have to run I get tired and don't get much done. Slept almost 10 hours so that helps, going to have coffee and set up the weeks pills before I get started much. Got to tend sourdough stuff, dietician lady I had to talk to on Tuesday was decent to talk to. She understood the way good sourdough lowers carbs and helps the Type 2.
Light rye. A dark rye is working, I like sourdough because I can get it ready and pretty much bake it when I want.
Was reading some more material about sourdough and they were talking about the 3 types, they were more kind, I call it real sourdough and pretend but what ever.
Type 1-Sourdough starter is the only leavening, often takes days, the real sourdough, made by people who understand it, some are yuppie creatures that are into weird ferment teas and who knows what because they think their gut bacteria needs replaced all the time.
Type 2-Made with a live starter but often has yeast added, commonly made by Yuppies who often call and ugly loaf of bread Artisan to cover up failure. ;)
Type 3-The stuff from most bakeries and the type from fast food places, made by adding dried sourdough starter that comes in 50 pound bags to the dough to make it sourdough flavor. ::)
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Since the other curator, resigned, I've been asked to cover some of his hours.
In the short run that's OK, But I hired on for just 2 days a week and being retired that's all I wanted.
The Director says he has a candidate or at least some kind of plan...
I was to switch to Sat. Sun.... perfect because of weekday traffic congestion.
I was just asked to continue to cover Wednesday and Sat Sun....
I agreed to next week, but beyond that just 2 days "PLEASE"
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Evening all.
Finally got above freezing here today. Well, they called it 33 degrees anyway: none of the ice melted though. In any case, I took the opportunity to spend most of my morning working on my truck. Got the engine control computer out (only broke a couple other things in the process. None of them were important, but the running board was disappointing), and as I suspected three of the capacitors inside were the culprits. I had hoped to be able to just replace them, but they had leaked their alkali juices onto the board and made it unsalvageable(it actually ate through the board itself in one place, and dissolved pins off of the trans. control chip and ignition control chip). So I have a new one coming by mail, hopefully arriving Tuesday.
In other news, I got kicked by a baby horse today while rescuing it from a tangle of fencing. Fine way to show appreciation. It didn’t get me too hard, just a glance on the side. Fortunately not the side with injured rib at least.
—TK
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.
The suburban tranny seems to be working properly now.
Heading to church in a bit.
'Tis 5 and sunny. High of 32.
Slim
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Slim, is that the new black Suburban needing a tranny, or did you resurrect "the beast"?
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The new black one. The beast is by Manchester, IA.
Slim
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 25 and rain. "Blustery. Freezing rain. . . Sleet. . . Rain showers and snow showers in the morning then rain showers and snow showers in the afternoon. Sleet also possible in the afternoon. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Up to a quarter of an inch of icing. Nearly steady temperature in the lower 30s. Northeast wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.".
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Thank you for the hot bevy's.
75° presently and very pleasant, weather gurus say 83° is our high and sunny.
10 day shows cooling by the weekend.
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Slim, your reports make even more glad I moved out of Cheekago all them years ago! Yikes, that makes my ears hurt even thinking about those temps and sleet and...
I feel guilty sayin' it was 70 degrees and sunny here today, the Pear Trees out front are starting to bloom. Pulling a few hours at the shop this week. Getting the taxes done tomorrow, hope we don't need to pay out this year.
Anyway, y'all have a good evening.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 22 and sunny. High of 38.
Slim
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Thanks Slim, we got 6 inches of the evil white stuff, was hoping that we'd get away without any significant amount in Feb.
All Y'all go here to warm up
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