What's everybody doing today?

[dademoss]

Trash day, and sorting clothes for donation to Matthew 25. To cold outside for me, a delightful 2 degrees.

 

[sonya123]

feeding the stoves, taking care of the animals, and trying to figure out how to get things done that need doing ( laundry, picking up prescription, get feed for the animals, mail , more wood)
Everything is a huge problem
Water line to do laundry is frozen solid, so I can either put buckets of water in the washing machine and try to do some, or do it by hand. Or drive somewhere. To drive anywhere we have to locate the snow chains we only used once here for the truck and put them on to drive about 1000 feet down the road, or if we get down, definitely to get back up it. Then we have to drive in 2 opposite directions by about 20 miles to pick up the prescription and get to the feed store. I suppose I can pay the bills over the phone and don't need the post office.
Son and husband have been cutting up trees that have been down for more wood, but it;s still pretty green.
Oh then there is the leaky hydrant in the barn, not sure if husband and son can fix this, we have no parts and don't know where to get any either. This is a really huge problem. Anyone know where to get hydrant parts or how to install them? I looked online and didnt find exactly what we have

 

[sonya123]

Trash day, and sorting clothes for donation to Matthew 25. To cold outside for me, a delightful 2 degrees.

Trash day! Thanks for the reminder...that's another thing not getting done, we have trash from 2 weeks now sitting there

 

[snappy1]

Good morning! Will do a walking video first.
Off to DH's new pulmonologist to get results and plan going forward from all the tests and procedures he had done Dec. 23rd. We are hoping for a good plan going forward! It's about 30 miles North, so a bit of a drive.
Not much planned for this afternoon.

 

[WVDragonlady]

Apparently today I can't taste anything salty.
I hate this cold from hell. It won't go away.
I've lost my voice and I have to yell to be heard otherwise I have no aches anywhere and no fever and clear mucus.
I'm baffled with it

 

[Lenny]

Lol, breakfast at Cracker Barrel is a hot date for us! It will be nice running errands together!!

I hope you have a good time together today!

 

[Lenny]

I have a haircut appointment this morning at 1030, coffee with some friends and 1500 hours and an American Legion meeting at 1800 hours. (1800 hours is 6:00 PM civilian time and if you are a liberal, it's when the little hand is on 6 and the big hand is on 12)

 

[Pearl]

I hope you have a good time together today!

Thank you very much!!

 

[Mountain trapper]

feeding the stoves, taking care of the animals, and trying to figure out how to get things done that need doing ( laundry, picking up prescription, get feed for the animals, mail , more wood)
Everything is a huge problem
Water line to do laundry is frozen solid, so I can either put buckets of water in the washing machine and try to do some, or do it by hand. Or drive somewhere. To drive anywhere we have to locate the snow chains we only used once here for the truck and put them on to drive about 1000 feet down the road, or if we get down, definitely to get back up it. Then we have to drive in 2 opposite directions by about 20 miles to pick up the prescription and get to the feed store. I suppose I can pay the bills over the phone and don't need the post office.
Son and husband have been cutting up trees that have been down for more wood, but it;s still pretty green.
Oh then there is the leaky hydrant in the barn, not sure if husband and son can fix this, we have no parts and don't know where to get any either. This is a really huge problem. Anyone know where to get hydrant parts or how to install them? I looked online and didnt find exactly what we have

Do you have a Tractor Supply store in your area? They usually have hydrant parts. You should be able to get a repair kit from TSC, or order it online.

 

[Mountain trapper]

I slept in until 7 this morning. That almost never happens. The fire went out over night so the house was down to 63 degs.

 

[Mel]

My thoughts will be with you @Mel Saying goodbye to a parent is never easy.

I couldn't agree more. Normally I'd like but...that seems like a weird reply. So I sent a hug because you've walked that path and I thank you.

 

[sonya123]

Do you have a Tractor Supply store in your area? They usually have hydrant parts. You should be able to get a repair kit from TSC, or order it online.

yes, we just have to get to it
the stupid thing is concreted into the floor of part of the barn, that doesn't help it any
but thank, will ask if they have this

 

[sonya123]

Apparently today I can't taste anything salty.
I hate this cold from hell. It won't go away.
I've lost my voice and I have to yell to be heard otherwise I have no aches anywhere and no fever and clear mucus.
I'm baffled with it

hope you feel better soon, this weather is no help. You probably have covid, we had that last spring after a trip and it sucked, and we were sick for a week and then coughed for a few more
but we did have very high temps , at least I did

 

[Mountain trapper]

yes, we just have to get to it
the stupid thing is concreted into the floor of part of the barn, that doesn't help it any
but thank, will ask if they have this

Unless you need to dig the hydrant up, you should be able to pull the guts out through the top and replace the leaking parts. Have you tried adjusting the nut on the top under the handle first? Sometimes they will slip and not allow the plunger to seat and shut off the flow.

 

[Amish Heart]

Unless you need to dig the hydrant up, you should be able to pull the guts out through the top and replace the leaking parts. Have you tried adjusting the nut on the top under the handle first? Sometimes they will slip and not allow the plunger to seat and shut off the flow.

This happens to ours from time to time. Right now I have one leaking, which does keep it from freezing up, but made a mess where we have to step, so I put a hose on it. Nothing is thawing around here for awhile.
So gag....12 degrees out right now, and I need to go out for an hr or so for animal chores. The bundling up in layers begins

 

[SoulSeeker]

My airbrush compressor intake muffler works like a charm! Ugly yet but painting it soon. Thinking very hard about small sand blasting cabinet, buy or make. I can make one out of cardboard and use it today, get the epoxy resin to harden it. If I buy a cabinet then I have to push back the metal furnace for my brass by a month. Other than that, cleaning the pig sty I have for a work area!

 

[Spikedriver]

Flew out of Ontario at 0645 without incident. I didn't really notice the smoke so much on the ground in the L.A. area but once we got a couple thousand feet in the air it was like looking at the ground through frosted glass.

I'm sitting at my gate in Vegas, with another hour and a half layover until my flight home. There's nothing much to do but play on my phone. I'll try and catch a few ZZZs on the bird before I land in Des Moines. It's 25° at home so that's gonna be a shock when I step out of the airport...

 

[sonya123]

Unless you need to dig the hydrant up, you should be able to pull the guts out through the top and replace the leaking parts. Have you tried adjusting the nut on the top under the handle first? Sometimes they will slip and not allow the plunger to seat and shut off the flow.

yes, we have been doing that for years LOL
I think that cold weather did something to it, it was not leaking before and we haven't been using it, now it is leaking and can't be shut off . It just drips so we have a plastic garbage can under it for now

 

[sonya123]

has anyone ever tried calling social security? I have been on hold for an hour ( have it on speaker phone) and nothing. I have tried several times to use the online system, but all I get is " we cannot process your request at this time, try again later "
I just want to find out how much money I will get in a few years . I have tried this several times over the last year or so and I get the same message every time, so I called.....does this agency even really exist? Starting to wonder....

 

[sonya123]

This happens to ours from time to time. Right now I have one leaking, which does keep it from freezing up, but made a mess where we have to step, so I put a hose on it. Nothing is thawing around here for awhile.
So gag....12 degrees out right now, and I need to go out for an hr or so for animal chores. The bundling up in layers begins

lol, we tried that ( putting a hose on it) but it just froze and then it leaked on the floor
sorry you are dealing with the same crap weather, not fun

 

[Mountain trapper]

has anyone ever tried calling social security? I have been on hold for an hour ( have it on speaker phone) and nothing. I have tried several times to use the online system, but all I get is " we cannot process your request at this time, try again later "
I just want to find out how much money I will get in a few years . I have tried this several times over the last year or so and I get the same message every time, so I called.....does this agency even really exist? Starting to wonder....

I think it depends on where you live. When I first tried to sign up I got right through to a real person. I decided to wait a few months and she called me back. No problems here.

 

[sonya123]

I think it depends on where you live. When I first tried to sign up I got right through to a real person. I decided to wait a few months and she called me back. No problems here.

maybe it's because I am not old enough yet to get anything
but, I remember getting some sort of statement in the mail once a long time ago in Florida telling me how much I would potentially get if I keep working and earning what I did , but I didn't ( keep working) so now I have no idea and would like to know.

 

[OldSchool]

Trash day! Thanks for the reminder...that's another thing not getting done, we have trash from 2 weeks now sitting there

It's always a challenge for me to fill my herby-curby once a week. I mean I don't have near that much trash on a regular bases. Lately though, with my house cleaning and organizing.... I've been doing better about getting my moneys worth. Today I'll get it at least half full for pick up tomorrow.

 

[Mountain trapper]

maybe it's because I am not old enough yet to get anything
but, I remember getting some sort of statement in the mail once a long time ago in Florida telling me how much I would potentially get if I keep working and earning what I did , but I didn't ( keep working) so now I have no idea and would like to know.

They did away with that years ago. It's all on their website now.

 

[ClemKadiddlehopper]

feeding the stoves, taking care of the animals, and trying to figure out how to get things done that need doing ( laundry, picking up prescription, get feed for the animals, mail , more wood)
Everything is a huge problem
Water line to do laundry is frozen solid, so I can either put buckets of water in the washing machine and try to do some, or do it by hand. Or drive somewhere. To drive anywhere we have to locate the snow chains we only used once here for the truck and put them on to drive about 1000 feet down the road, or if we get down, definitely to get back up it. Then we have to drive in 2 opposite directions by about 20 miles to pick up the prescription and get to the feed store. I suppose I can pay the bills over the phone and don't need the post office.
Son and husband have been cutting up trees that have been down for more wood, but it;s still pretty green.
Oh then there is the leaky hydrant in the barn, not sure if husband and son can fix this, we have no parts and don't know where to get any either. This is a really huge problem. Anyone know where to get hydrant parts or how to install them? I looked online and didnt find exactly what we have

Washing machine: Is it the short hose attached to the machine? Use a hair dryer to warm up the ends and remove to thaw out by the stove or.... get a hose adapter for the kitchen sink and a screw on hose valve for the other end and use a garden hose to fill the washing machine.

What you most likely need for the hydrant is a new rubber stopper that screws onto the end of the rod that goes down stand pipe. It's probably standard for all hydrants. If that doesn't fix it, the stand pipe might be unscrewed from the water pipe and you need to dig it out so that you can see to screw it back in.

You don't want to accidentally unscrew the stand pipe at the bottom when replacing the robber stopper on the rod, so make sure not to turn the stand pipe when undoing the nut on the handle part. This can be hard if the nut is rusted in place.

 

[Hooch]

Trip to the big town for groceries and a haircut. Picked up popeye's chicken for dinner. Knew I'd be too tired to cook anything.

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I find it far easier to cook with gas than an electric cook top. In fact I’ll never buy electric again. Open flame and cast iron are a match made in heaven. I use a lodge #8 camp oven to fry in. It’s real easy to hold a constant temp but a little tricky to center it over a flame because of the feet.

But I fry wings, catfish, tots, homemade fries… anything that says fry on the box from the store. I bake a lot of chicken thighs, cheap and moist, always skin on. After baking I’ll toss them in the #8 to crisp up the skin, yummy!

I fry at least 3 nights a week. A #8 isn’t big enough for a whole catfish fillet so I cut it into 4 or 5 pieces, bread then fryem’ up! I like my batter anyway. I usually fry 2 fillets, one for dinner, the other for a catfish Po’boy the next day. So easy to fry with an IF thermometer...

I've a friend who bakes bread in a #8, Even makes her cornbread in it. I'm not much of a baker, just trying to learn now.

(i think a lodge #8 is also called a 2 quart camp oven)

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How do you keep the batter on the fish? I tried frying some cod last weekend..the batter was great tasting but barely stayed on the fish..
I've been successful at mushrooms but it was my first fish fry in decades..was craven a good fry ..