Good morning! Are you up yet? What's your plans for today?

[avator]

Morning..
I ended up having to repair a couple places in the fence line that falling limbs bent over yesterday so I didn't get to work in the Red Shed much.
Seems like after the bout with covid and getting knocked down by shingles I have to do things in short spurts. I just run out of energy and get dizzy spells. Not only that, I also get killer back spasms.
I have managed to keep my weight right at the 200lb. mark and we are still eating much healthier.
Betty Lou is taking advantage of the sunny days and hanging clothes out to dry rather than using the dryer. We just like the freshness of clothes hung on the line better.

[USAFANG6799]

To Grandmother's House We Go For Thanksgiving.........early start to beat the rush.

[Madd Hatter]

Morning..
I ended up having to repair a couple places in the fence line that falling limbs bent over yesterday so I didn't get to work in the Red Shed much.
Seems like after the bout with covid and getting knocked down by shingles I have to do things in short spurts. I just run out of energy and get dizzy spells. Not only that, I also get killer back spasms.
I have managed to keep my weight right at the 200lb. mark and we are still eating much healthier.
Betty Lou is taking advantage of the sunny days and hanging clothes out to dry rather than using the dryer. We just like the freshness of clothes hung on the line better.

If everybody hung out their clothes to dry instead of using the dryer demand for energy would go down and thus become cheaper.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Dodging Manatee.  I have four boat tours to drive today.  Should be a lot of fun.  It's cool but the sun is coming out and soon the gators will crawl up on the sand bars and begin their daily snooze.  The cold snap brought a lot of Manatee up river and the first Hooded Mergansers have appeared with the Autumn migration.  There is beaucoup wildlife here right now and life is good for the jungle boat captains.

[USAFANG6799]

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If everybody hung out their clothes to dry instead of using the dryer demand for energy would go down and thus become cheaper.
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In theory that is supposed to work but what we found out here in Maine because our PUC(Public Utility Company)had a leak that said just the opposite.
IF electricity providers don't sell enough KWH then they don't make as much money for the stockholders. So in the long run they make up some B$ that 'they' need to raise rates............. to make up the difference.
Believe me, making a profit is far more important to any utility company than being your neighborly friendly utility provider.

[Privateer]

Getting set up to pour the Den floor.
Got 14 50 lb bags ready to go. Had to dig out a hose since the one I forgot to take off is frozen solid.
 

Later today I'll go down to get the LVT I'll install after it acclimates for a few days.
Have a can of high dollar Spray adhesive ready to go. I prefer that over the trowel type as it dries to install way faster and is resistent to water.

The trowel type can take hours before you can install. The Spray? 15 maybe 20 minutes in most cases and your on your knees!

[Privateer]

Boom! 10 bags and the floor is level aside from one spot.
I'll grind that down since I just happen to have the tooling.
 

[Jshooter71]

I got my new iPad how I want it, transferred all I need. Wiped out the old one completely. I’m almost done with the iPhone and I’ll wipe it out. Once I’m done with dropping those off at FedEx for the IT department, I’m on vacation.   

[avator]

Been working in the Red Shed since about 7am. I'm at the hot tub removal point. I think I have a submersible pump somewhere... if not I'm just going to drill a hole in the bottom and let er rip. The floor is gravel and it's been dry here for several days so the sandy land we live on should soak it up pretty fast. Then I can drag it out and off to the landfill.

[Madd Hatter]

Just open up the side cover and loosen up the union to the inlet of the pump. It'll drain real fast that way.

[Insanity]

Up and atter got the turkey in the brine bucket. Will take it out after work. Now off to deliver that boom sauce.

[avator]

Just open up the side cover and loosen up the union to the inlet of the pump. It'll drain real fast that way.

Yep, I'll be looking at the best way to drain it today. I would really like to use a submersible pump and run a hose away from the building. I know there is at least one pump in the tool shed that was left behind by Killer but I don't know if it works.. I'll look at it today.
I never owned a hot tub but it just makes sense to me that there is a way to drain them without flooding the surrounding area. I know many people have them in their homes. There may be a connection for a hose and a valve.. One thing I can do is get the model number and search the internet for a manual. I have a yard wagon that I can put buckets in and pull with the ATV.. I could bail it out.
We'll see the best way today.

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Thanksgiving Eve! Up at 04-something CST, I’ve been doing that lately- barely looking at the clock when I get out of bed. This morning I need to run a load over to the scrap yard. I’ll head over about 0700 hrs. While I’m gone the girls are going to get ready to get on the road to Nana’s (my Mom’s) for Thanksgiving. All I need to do when I get home is shower, put on sweats for the ride and pack for a couple days. I should probably just pack stretchy pants & t-shirts- I’m eating at Mom’s after all. It’s a 4 hour drive and my wife wants to split driver duties to an hour a piece, I’m good with that. 

[avator]

Safe travels and enjoy the food and family time John.

[Jshooter71]

Safe travels and enjoy the food and family time John.

Thank you, Bill!

[Blowpipe Sam]

Mornin y’all.  Making a late start this morning but I’m headed out to the squirrel spot for some hunting!  I’ll pst later if I am successful.

[Back_Roads]

Just open up the side cover and loosen up the union to the inlet of the pump. It'll drain real fast that way.

Yep, I'll be looking at the best way to drain it today. I would really like to use a submersible pump and run a hose away from the building. I know there is at least one pump in the tool shed that was left behind by Killer but I don't know if it works.. I'll look at it today.
I never owned a hot tub but it just makes sense to me that there is a way to drain them without flooding the surrounding area. I know many people have them in their homes. There may be a connection for a hose and a valve.. One thing I can do is get the model number and search the internet for a manual. I have a yard wagon that I can put buckets in and pull with the ATV.. I could bail it out.
We'll see the best way today.

Hmm no one suggested shoot it full of holes yet LOL

[avator]

LOL James... that actually did come to mind... as a last resort.
I moved my updates to the 'Not airgun related" gate but....
I was able to find a working submersible pump this morning and ran a hose around 50' out the back of the Red Shed. It has, so far, dropped the water level about 8" in 30 minutes or so. I figure another 30 minutes or so and it will be empty. The area of the tub reduces as the water drains to the area in the tub where your feet go.
The next step will be removing the wood tub surrounding and disconnecting the wiring. Once free standing I'll drag it out of the building and onto a trailer with the Kodiak 450 atv. At least that's the plan. I may need to use the Titan.. either way, that tub is going away today !  Even if I have to cut it into hunks with the saws all.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Well I was awake at 3:45, the temps are chilly with a low I saw at 29°F nearby (5 miles) but 2 mile away it just got to 34°F and on my back deck I just saw 43° (currently 44°F). We are suppose to get to 75°F today.

I bought a new 15.6" laptop yesterday, which is 1.6" bigger than the biggest one I had. It is a Lenovo Ideapad with I7-1255U CPU 16GB ram and has a 512GB SSD. I bought it for $539, which seems good to me. I am getting everything I use installed/ transferred to it. Some of the older programs are a bit tricky to get to work on Windows 11 but, I have been 100% successful.   I have some document files left to copy but all my software is done.

 With one of my Bible programs the install file wouldn't work but I was able to transfer ALL the files and associated files manually and it works.  The software was made obsolete when a competitor bought out the maker and shut it down September of 2021, so there is no tech support for that software. 

I also first tweaked it's Windows 11 to look more like Windows 10 too. I already had a 11" laptop that had upgraded to Windows 11 so I have some experience with it and knew it would run all my software (just not all the install programs). For some reason the even all the compatibility settings will not allow the install to finish, but I worked around that. The hardest part is finding all the files that those install programs spread around in the nether regions of the hard drive. It would be easier to give up on the old software, but I am a bit stubborn about that, LOL. I am not a "Programmer" but, I have been messing around in/with Windows since the 1980's and Dos 3 and Windows 1.0

I have an appointment at noon that will take about one hour. and Ch**ch/Bible study tonight.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

I just did a net speed test, Not Bad...