Thanks for the news, Don.
for Chief.
Prayers and best wishes for The Chief!
Stay strong sir! Stay strong!
Definitely praying for the Chief.
Mornin' boys and girls. Sunny and mild along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Last night was thunder-boomers, which meant a train running session to sooth FifeMax. There were some pile-ups, mainly due to "jumpy" pony trucks, and a "touchy" AF E-unit. Also, noticed the tri-plane had fallen from the sky, and into the timber trestle. Should have taken a pic, but was in no mood.
Might not hear from me for a bit, as visiting with Fifepup and his fiancé a few nights. Again, if you want a SPF, best get to-it (as Banks would say).
Continued for Chief.
Good morning team!
Sunny and guess what - HOT! To be 196 in the shade today - and - the Texess power grid is under stress...
Everyone here - inc all journalists/broadcasters - bought into our feckless governors/legislature's rhetoric and 'drank the kool-aid', believing the recent 'changes' to our state power coordinator (which also owns the transmission lines/transformer sub-stations) - Oncor - would address the power generation/delivery issues highlighted by the Big Freeze outages. Well shuffling an organization with no authority to enforce rules they make or levy fines into the same organization that has to make more rules with no authority to enforce/levy fines fixes...wait for it...nothing (no surprise there, eh?).
12,000 MW of generation is off line - some due to ongoing repairs from the Big Freeze and...wait for it...new repairs related to the extreme heat. If one pays attention to the news organizations 'flyovers' of the power plants during the Big Freeze and from last night of our Big Heat (uh - normal for us), one clearly sees rusting structures that are clearly from years of neglect and deferred maintenance. If the exterior is poorly maintained it is safe to assume the critical operating gear is poorly maintained. A product of our broken open market and unscrupulous operators 'squeezing' every last dime out of an aging facility.
Annnnd - there is a big high pressure dome over west Texess where all the wind generation is located...wait for it...which does not generate much energy with little to no wind. There is also a lotta solar generation in west Texess that shuts down as the sun goes down (geee - that kinda happens every day).
Soooo - rolling blackouts may be incurred, but...wait for it...as happened during the Big Freeze, Oncor's aging switchgear (again more deferred maintenance/upgrades - some of this stuff is 40-50 yrs old) that controls rolling blackouts will likely fail in the high heat as it did during the extreme cold.
Got the two items on the El Cam dash completed yesterday - (1) the glove box door aligned and latching - (2) fabricated an adapter plate from sheet brass for the instrument pod connector/plug and got it properly located/screwed to the associated dash area. This took quite a bit of fitting/grinding. These two items took all afternoon. The front decorative trim bezel is all that is left. Son plans to help me install it this afternoon. This may turn into a 'session' since some trimming may be required to actually get all the mounting holes lined up and the wiring harness to hang in the new hangers I fabricated.
Continued prayers for the Chief!
Regards, Roy
Very nice here, cool and low Humidity but to change by weeks end?
Just trying to enjoy whe we have when we have it.
wrmcclellan 12,000 MW of generation is off line - some due to ongoing repairs from the Big Freeze and...wait for it...new repairs related to the extreme heat. If one pays attention to the news organizations 'flyovers' of the power plants during the Big Freeze and from last night of our Big Heat (uh - normal for us), one clearly sees rusting structures that are clearly from years of neglect and deferred maintenance. If the exterior is poorly maintained it is safe to assume the critical operating gear is poorly maintained. A product of our broken open market and unscrupulous operators 'squeezing' every last dime out of an aging facility.
Roy, you said it, and why is deregulation such a good thing??? CEOs and bookkeepers should not be allowed to run the country!!!! Now your Gov is asking for the Bitcoin mining industry to come to TX. from China like you got the power to feed that!!!! You get what you allow I guess. Heck I hate IL but it ain't that nuts,,, but close.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Morning folks!
Super sunny and already HOT. Yesterday was not as bad as thought - only hit 167...today - about 167....
Got the El Cam dash installed (minus the radio and AC controls) yesterday - looks very good. I will have to do some fiddling with it for final fit - but all the mounting holes except two on the upper dash (by the windshield) lined up. I think I have some of the wiring harness in the wrong position which is preventing it from sitting without some strain. This would be a bear of a project had the windshield been in place. Dropped the instrument pod in and turned it over a couple times. Lotta burned out dash and courtesy bulbs to replace. At this point I am going to take a break as I need to back away from it for a few weeks, do some other stuff.
Kev - yeah - bitcoin mining would require more power plants that take about 5-10 yrs to build.
Good morning all!
Hey Dennis! - I posted yesterday!!!
Went over to Daughter and SILs house for a while yesterday - an electrician was installing a new circuit breaker panel. The house had one of the Federal Electric "house-a-fire" panels from 1977 when house was built. Famous story about the millions of these things out there with circuit breakers that do not trip on a ground fault/overload. They knew this when they purchased the house and the replacement was planned for. I was checking that they were installing additional grounding bars to current code. Took the entire day. While in process we learned the previous owners had 2 ft (!) of additional insulation blown into the attic. Nice. The house stayed cool all day even though it was 188 outside.
Prayers for the Chief!
Hi you two!
Well day two with NO ants to be found, I think I got it.
I did see a small antifreeze leak under the XUV since the heater install and found a loose hose clamp, so I tighten that up and all is good.
Weather has been very nice but that ends today going back into the 90s again. Hot for us.
Heading out to Princeton about 40 miles away in an hour to pick up the Mantle clock I had to have the movement changed in. Go figure Caterpillar gives you a gift for 35 years of service that don't last.
We get the grand-dog tomorrow till Sunday because the kids are going out of town tomorrow and the grand son has All Star ball games on Saturday.
Dennis, thanks for the reminder, I got a tire with a slow leak I need to air up on the Ranger.
Prayers for the Chief and anyone else that needs them.
TGIFPrayers for Da Chief After work, made phone calls to all the prospective 2nd Assistant Fire Marshall applicants for a short talk at our next County Association meeting.Fired up the road runner and headed to cruise night to be with Jenni and her Charger SE 440. The ol' 383 ran great with a new set of Champions blowing up that nice cool air/fuel mixture.Afterwards, she treated me to Chinese dinner and watched the last of the Yankee game ( Yankees WIN!!) and a video of her High School Graduation - 29 years ago yesterday.Home before midnight.FINALLY will move tables back to where they belong, Jenni will get her mortgage refi done. Then more discussion of the wedding plans80s today, 90 and more humid tomorrow - hope to get my friends '69 Super Bee running on all 8.
Good job on the ants, Kev. We had a problem with them, the exterminator came out and we still had a few, until I sprayed the bathroom, under the toilet and around the cabinets and they are ALL gone now......
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
Surprise. Last Wednesday week, went to ER coughing up lots of blood. Stayed in hospital until this Wed. evening. Radiation burnt my throat during all this mess. Had a surprise pneumonia. Was so deep they had to run a tube down lung and wash it out. On supplemental O2 as normal breathing is 88 to 89 blood ox. They want 90 and above. Wifey stretched a 50' O2 line to office. Now I can get to PC. Laptop in Train Box.
Back to the recliner.
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So glad you're back Chief! Stay strong man!
Welcome home Chief !
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Morning all.
Glad chief made it back home, prayers continue for his full recovery.
getting into the packing mode, as I'm moving around the middle of August, As long as V.A. approves the house, the inspection goes well tomorrow, & get final approval of the loan. ( have preapproval). A lot nicer home and not on a busy street. This is a nice home but noise from the street gets unbearable at times. At times it sounds like a drag strip at night.
The new house is 2029sqft. It's about 140 miles north of where we are now.
Hope all have a good day
Happy Fathers day Dads!!
Chief glad your home. Keep up the good work.
No real plans today, they are calling for rain but I have heard that before. Dry as toast here.
Daughter will be coming to pick up Nala later and eat a father's day meal.
So I have just been hanging out with the Lankey legged house guest, Nala. She is getting way better, but still has a lot to learn. She likes riding in the Gator but when she is in there, there is no room for anyone else.
Have a great day!!
Happy late Father's Day gents. Been busy at work and the next 3 years looks like we'll be buried. I guess I shouldn't complain but then again I don't want to live at work either.
Glad Chief is back home!
Not much going on. Yesterday was the first FD without dad. Just wasn't the same. Kids came over for a little bit. Got some pool time and dinner from the girls.
Stay safe everyone.
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Good morning folks!
Missed a few days. Sorta busy. Otherwise just being lazy.
Hope you had a good Father's Day.
Watched a lotta racing over the weekend.
Chief - glad you are back!
Hello there. Ray.......glad to hear from you. Come back more often. Chief glad you're back, Prayers continue. SJ........belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I'd wait till 4th of July to gas up the snow blower. Roy......El Camino progress!!!!!! Checking in this morning from Fenwick Island DE. Haven't been talking time to post due to vacation prep. An uneventful trip down Saturday. Hope all had a good Father's Day Spent yesterday afternoon on the OC Md. boardwalk watching the Air Show. Pretty interesting. Saw some of our latest aircraft and a P51 that was polished to look like chrome. Disappointed because the B25 was a no show. Show was capped with a 40 minute performance by the Thunderbirds. Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
86 degrees and guessers say 100 heat index due to humidity. 5.62 inches of rain this month.
Radiation each afternoon this week. Hope to get a portable [one like a big pocketbook you put over shoulder] O2 so I will have more freedom.
Hope all are doing good.
Later.
V8VegaWhat's the advantage of larger or longer iphones than the traditional smaller size except for pictures?
It's newer and shinier and you have to be the first one to get one?
Same me, different spelling!
Mornin' boys. Raining and 64 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Today will be spent resting after vacation at FifePup's new abode, outside Orlando. Actually, he's closer to the Gulf now. He's a dock master on Kings Bay, and he took me to work to show me around. While we were standing on the pier, a young manatee surfaced right next to us. Pretty cool. After picking me up from Orlando/Sanford, Chris and his fiancé took me to a restaurant called Puddle Jumpers, on Lake Dora. It is a seaplane launch, and it was cool seeing them land and takeoff. Added bonus, Florida Central RR tracks run right beside the shore. Friday, took a ride over to Venice, where we met up with FifeDad, for a long overdue visit. Had dinner at Sharkey's beside the Gulf. For Father's Day, watched the Nascar race, while FifePup fixed us chicken Parma. Good eats. Nice visit to their new home, and will be heading back there in November for the wedding.
Chief - Best of luck with the "zapping".
Smokey - Best of luck with the new digs. Did we call of the carpet job?
KRM - Pretty pooch!
Banks - Have fun in the sun. I didn't get any, thanks to Claudette.
anjdevil - Continued best wishes for the nuptial pathway.
Roy - What kinda of grass seed holds up in 188 degrees?
Morning gang, 56 and sun on The North Bluff. Will not get above 84 in the next ten days. This cold front came in with a cost. EF3 tornado ripped up some towns in the area closer to where I used to live. A EF0 hit my sisters place and knocked over a dead tree on top of her car and she lost some of the shingles. Sounds like that will get her a new ride and roof.
Sounds like a great trip Fife. I like Florida but not so much in the summer.
I will end with a word of warning, If you have been exposed working in the woods to poison Oak, Ivy or Sumac and don't know it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Don't take a leak in the woods. The results are not fun!!!!!!! Nuf said?
Have a good day!
fifedog Roy - What kinda of grass seed holds up in 188 degrees?
Morning. 78 and cloudy. Rain today. ??? I'm on the long hose and at PC.
Not much happening. Wifey gone to shop to work until 2. Then get ready to go get zapped again.
Tomato sandwich for lunch.
Have a good day.
dougdagrumpfifedog Roy - What kinda of grass seed holds up in 188 degrees? Astro turf !
Hello there,
quick check in from da beach, the rest of the gang is still sleep'n. Nice day Monday but didn't do much. Recouping from the trip and Airshow. Yesterday was a washout. Did venture to Seaside Hobbies. Bought 2 packs of RR signals as nd signs. I was the only one in the store And had a nice bull session with the owner. Learned he was born in Altoona moving to DE as a kid when his Dad got a job with Dupont After being laid off by the RR.
I hear people stirring. Best see what theday will bring.
Prayers for those in need
Good Morning - Fife - Yup - been there MANY times --- lol - glad you had a nice visit!!
The Gulf side is much nicer than the Ocean side in my opinion.Chief - Continued Prayers for your treatmentsBanks - Enjoy your vacation!!Rained for most of the afternoon and into the early evening - so we got our fill of precipitation for the weekSunny right now - 70s and low humidity for the next 2 days - Friday all the SUMMER weather comes back - I'm good with thatOff to softball this afternoon - I should be there in plenty of time with these new hours. Need to get that stuff together for later, did all my laundry yesterday.The kids have a visitor at the house, so I haven't been up in the train attic - sadly with Carlisle coming up, I may not get up there until after that - I still have to replace Jenni's fuel tank and the upper door hinge pins on her Charger.....so that is on the agenda for this weekend.Off to work - 40 minutes in and I'm lollygagging......lol
Morning. 76 and sunny. LOW humidity. Was dragging this AM. Feeling really bad. Dogs begging to go out. Drag my hose to the door and let them out. Sat in the chair on the porch [hose just made it]. Wow, battery recharged. Use to see photos of the TB hospitals in NC. Patients outside in the sun. Sure someone here can tell more about the sun's healing.
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Here street takeovers have become popular with kids where a bunch gather at a intersection and they spin donuts with their cars. Very dangerious, your really sort of out of control. A car plowed into a restraunt near me and did a lot of damage.
Do kids do this in your area?
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Jumping intersections was a fad here several years ago. Several crashes and a couple of fatalities. Thankfully not any of the innocents.
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