Wednesday Morning

Mornin boys...
15 here high on RUGER Mt this morning.
Had to work late yesterday. Heat pump was out in
1 of the buildings and helped put a compresser on it. Got it
working and went to eat a bite and came back and it had quit
again. Got home about 11:30 . Woke up my normal time but will
probably go in late this morning.
You all have a gooden today and GOD Bless...


Donnie

Good morning folks. It's HUMP day and you better keep covered up or you'll freeze your HUMP off. It's 12º here with the worst to come. Front is supposed to come thru about noon with more snow squalls. We had about 3" last night. I got home and plowed before it turned into an iceberg, then it snowed a dusting on top. Made navigating the luge...I mean driveway a little interesting this morning. Got to work and our contractor plowed our lot and it is absolutely treacherous. I salted the hell out of things but we're paying those guys big bucks to clear our lot, not turn it into the next Olympic ice rink!

Have the HVAC guy coming to check the new heat pump some time this morning. Something's not right, our electric bill nearly doubled. And I can't get just the fan to come on to help circulate the heat from the wood stove. See what he thinks.

Might run to look at a new tonneau cover I found on craigslist after work, if he still has it. My old one finally bit the dust after about 17 years. Hope to get this one, it's a solid cover, won't stretch or shrink and flap around back there like a soft cover. More secure as well.

Better get moving. Have a good one and STAY WARM!

Charlie

Good morning, GoGo. It's 6 in Louisville, with wind chill ranging from 0 to -10. Higher winds expected when the sun comes up. Oh yeah, we got 1-2" of snow overnight. Weather guys are urging people NOT to use salt because if you do get any melting, re-freeze is definitely going to happen and that ice is way slicker than plain snow.

I worked at the office Monday and Tuesday so I'd be able to stay home today and tomorrow. Definitely the right decision. Our school system made the decision late afternoon yesterday to close schools today due to the cold. I thought it was premature, but as it turns out it was the right call.

Skru, I enjoyed your explanation of how you solved the furnace problem. I was raised from birth to be a troubleshooter because my dad worked as an "instrument mechanic" at the "bomb plant" (uranium processing plant) west of Paducah. At home, whether we were working on an old car or the oil furnace, Dad could usually figure out the problem and fix it.

As others have said: Throw another log on the fire and stay put if you can. If you have to venture out, be safe out there because it's dangerously cold.

Great morning folks,

60° with widely scattered clouds for now and 75° this afternoon here in the trailerhood.

Pawn shopping was an utter waste of time. I don't get it. Old used crap priced above new retail.

Highlight of the day yesterday was a trip to the Adair range. Mike & Dorla and Debra Dearest & I flung some lead. We picked up brass & lead too. Lots of dime size lead leftovers.

Today we are headed cross country over the mountains. The Canadians want to ride to Lagurta for some lunch and beverages. That should be a hoot.

I check the remote thermostat at the Halfway House, -6° outside while still holding at 50° inside.

18º at 6:00 in the hollow with clear skies and light wind. Cold but nothing like Chicago. I feel for you people but I can't reach you. We are currently in the middle of the driest period we've seen since September. The club secretary and I visited the new range and conferred with our dirt mover as to how we could make the most of it. Result is, the topsoil was getting spread yesterday afternoon and today with the probability that seed and straw will be put down before week's end in time to take advantage of light rain forecast for early next week. We also looked over the area planned for the pistol bays and it looks like we may have room for all of them in a semi circle. The bedrock isn't nearly as close to the surface as we had feared. It's slow, but things are gradually coming together. With a high forecast to be in the mid 20's I plan to stay inside as much as possible.

G'day Y'all,
Rick

We're around 12° or so but the wind on the knoll is a steady 15-20 w gusts to 35. It IS WHUPPIN!
The snow is running like sand off the dunes in the Sand Box. Clouds of it just swirling and skimming along. Gotta be cold as 'ell out there. I just saw a few Grackles fly by. Has to be a tuff day to be a bird.

Making my first run to Bowling Green, KY today. That will be sw and the wind is nnw....that 26' box is going to be a hand full. I have my emergency bag packed w insulated coveralls, toboggan, head hood, high cal munchies, water. If that International breaks, they'll find me warm and with crumbs on my face 😉 . I'm guessing 3-5 tons of printed material. Coming back may be the trick if this wind doesn't slack off. Thanks think I'll check the weather half way there. Not getting the load till 1400.

About 122 300 WMag shinied up.
Dey be fo' sales, y'all. Also some nib WW '06, stained, at least 20 yo.,The WM is unknown firings.

Time to head to the shop. Tom out.

Good morning everyone...little later than normal. I got up at 5am and noticed the wife didn't go to work today so I went back to sleep for a few after hearing the wind howling like mad. It's -12° here with a wind chill of -30 or so depending on what you look at. I know my truck didn't like it one bit...it started but never really got warm and the transmission never would shift into overdrive. I either have a thermostat problem or a heatercore problem even though they were both replaced a few years ago.

Probably just weld on my truck bed a little more today and that's about it.. The urinal and shitter here at the shop have frozen up and ya got to carry a bucket of water with you....plus it's one cold sob if ya got to go pop a squat in there today.....need some insulation work for sure!

Well stay warm and safe!