What's on your agenda for today?

today ...grandchildren a couple spending day , stacked some wood, read a little, watched a little Hell on Wheels, took a nap, collected eggs and soon off to play practice....
 

Good morning! The official numbers are in...my hometown got 48.25" of sNOw over the past three days. Haven't heard whether it stopped yet. The ski hills and sNOwmobile trails are open. And I'm lucky to not be there. LOL

Off to work this morning. It's a balmy 27F here.

Meanderer, hope you had a good visit yesterday. Any doughnuts left:)
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Love your signature line, Pappy. Ain't it the truth? LOL

Meanderer, enjoy your visit. It's nice to visit with "youngsters" who are on the right path. Gives us all hope for the future:)

Ameriscot...just make sure you keep track of the lists!!!!
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I have a 'master' packing list on my computer which I alter depending on where we are going. :)
 

Good morning/afternoon! I see from FB that a lot of people in the US are getting dumped with snow, including Michigan where my family lives. It's about 13C/55F here but feels cold. Cloudy and drizzly with a bit of a breeze.
 
48.25" in my hometown in the UP, Ameriscot. The town is very small and mostly ignored by the rest of the state and the rest of the world... According to one of my sisters, it was still coming down late last night.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
48.25" in my hometown in the UP, Ameriscot. The town is very small and mostly ignored by the rest of the state and the rest of the world... According to one of my sisters, it was still coming down late last night.
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Ouch!! I lived in St. Ignace in the 70's. Where were you?
 
Let the deicing of the planes begin. Yes, this is the time of the year when the freezing rain, sleet and snow fall and the deicing trucks are rolling. I remember taking off from Denver to fly to Washington one night around 1800 (6:00 P.M.) Mountain Time and it was like 10 degrees and snowing. We had been deiced at the gate and was supposed to be number one in line for takeoff. We taxied out to our runway, 16L, I believe and then we were put on hold because the normal runway that was being used for landings had become snow covered. So, now we sat for over 5 minutes and then the tower gives me the OK to takeoff. I replied that no, it wasn't happening. I was held too long and I wanted to return to the gate to be deiced again. OK, we go back to the gate and get deiced. Now, we are told that we are number two in line for takeoff. No problem. Spacing at Denver is 3 minutes, so we should be good to go, but again, we get held for another landing and now we are 7 minutes since being deiced. I told them that I needed deiced and they said OK, you can return to the gate. I refused and told them to deice me on the runway and I was going right up after the deicing.

They didn't like it, but they did it. Passenger safety comes first. Both times I had warnings of icing, so I didn't take any chances. The systems are usually spot on.
 
Cold outside so we spent the day making sweet potato puree out of the small thin sweet potatoes that don't keep so well. I lost count but I know we got at least 24 pints of puree in the freezer. We've still got several bushels of bigger sweet potatoes. I planted way too many.
 
Ok, oldman, answer me this. I understand de icing on the ground, but isn't it colder at high altitude and wouldn't plane freeze faster..up there?

Now back to thread. Beautiful morning here. Think I'll just enjoy the day. Wifey plays Mai Jong this afternoon so might tackle getting guest bedroom cleaned out. Everything seems to end up there.
 
Good Morning all..

Well, I slept with a two year old last night, so I think there will be a long nap in my agenda for the day.

Everyone have a great day.
 
Jackie22 said:
Good Morning all..

Well, I slept with a two year old last night, so I think there will be a long nap in my agenda for the day.

Everyone have a great day.
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.... :D

.. stay warm up there Jackie! We're right at freezing this morning down in these parts ... Going to read and nap myself.
 
rkunsaw said:
Cold outside so we spent the day making sweet potato puree out of the small thin sweet potatoes that don't keep so well. I lost count but I know we got at least 24 pints of puree in the freezer. We've still got several bushels of bigger sweet potatoes. I planted way too many.
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I got my Wife "The Can't Cook Book" by Jessica Seinfeld, for Christmas last year. We have been using it together, and on page 207, she talks about how her Oatmeal, Maple & Raisin Cookies are her man, Jerry Seinfeld's favorite. Turns out she is Jerry's Wife.

There is a recipe for roasted sweet potato coins, using smaller skinny sweet potatoes. http://www.doitdelicious.com/recipes/make_it/roasted_sweet_potato_coins

The recipes must have been tested, because every one of the half dozen or so that we tried, turned out great!
 
rkunsaw said:
Cold outside so we spent the day making sweet potato puree out of the small thin sweet potatoes that don't keep so well. I lost count but I know we got at least 24 pints of puree in the freezer. We've still got several bushels of bigger sweet potatoes. I planted way too many.
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Send them to me. I love sweet potatoes!
 
Pappy said:
Ok, oldman, answer me this. I understand de icing on the ground, but isn't it colder at high altitude and wouldn't plane freeze faster..up there?

Now back to thread. Beautiful morning here. Think I'll just enjoy the day. Wifey plays Mai Jong this afternoon so might tackle getting guest bedroom cleaned out. Everything seems to end up there.
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Good, no, Great question, Pappy. I am going to put this in layman's terms the best that I can, so as not to confuse you, although I may confuse myself. You and I would agree that when we have frozen precipitation that it accumulates, right? That is why we have to scrape our windshields and shovel our sidewalks. OK, so when an airplane is on the ground and we are having frozen precipitation or it is so cold out that the moisture in the air is freezing on surfaces, this cause two things; one is additional weight on the wings and two; the frozen precipitation interferes with the air flow through the wings. OK, so we de-ice and all is well, but we have to get the plane up quickly before we accumulate the frozen precipitation again.

OK, now we are airborne and heading for our cruising altitude of 35,000 feet and it is very cold up there and depending on the time of year, over Denver, we are probably talking about somewhere around -50 degrees F. So, we can't get a de-icing truck or airplane up there to deice the plane, so the plane has have built in heaters (sort of) via exhaust from the engines in the wings that are used to keep the ice off the wings.

I hope that I have not confused you.
 
Today we got up extra early (5 am) and drove a couple of hours to attend our grandson #2`s graduation from Lineman College. So he will now join his dad and brother in the electrical linework profession. I drove there but a majority vote put me in the passenger seat on the way home and my daughter drove. Hey-I thought I drove fine! I got all 8 of us there safely. Just because I missed the freeway entrance...but hey,it was extremely foggy. I didn`t even realize we were on the overpass yet! And "they" say I took a 35mph curve at 60 but I think they lie. Oh well,it was a fun day. Here is a pic of my grandson taking one of his final tests.....
 

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Good morning! It's 7.45 and I've just finished my porridge and tea. Sitting up in bed listening to BBC radio 4 and enjoying the view out our window.

Plans are muscle workout and get spare room ready for Ugandan daughter's visit next week.
 
Morning all.


it's 9.43 am and I'm still sitting here waiting for the garage people to come and collect my car to take it to be re-sprayed...and also the hire car company to arrive with my courtesy car...getting a bit concerned now b/c the hire car company close at 12 noon for the whole w/e so if they don't arrive soon I'll have no car to go to work on Monday morning...gonna ring them if they haven't called in the next 30 minutes.
 
hollydolly said:
Morning all.


it's 9.43 am and I'm still sitting here waiting for the garage people to come and collect my car to take it to be re-sprayed...and also the hire car company to arrive with my courtesy car...getting a bit concerned now b/c the hire car company close at 12 noon for the whole w/e so if they don't arrive soon I'll have no car to go to work on Monday morning...gonna ring them if they haven't called in the next 30 minutes.
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Yikes! Hope they get there soon.
 
Called them and they asked if I would take an Automatic..I said no, it's been too long since I drove an auto, I'd rather have the manual they promised me...apparently it's still out on hire and they're not expecting it back until nearly closing time, so they'll do a fast turn around, wash it and get it to me by noon....hmmmm...we'll see !!
 
It's unusual to encounter a woman who prefers a manual transmission. I had to drag my wife screaming and kicking to learn how to drive a stick (manual) but once she became used to it...it's all she wanted. But now, we're strictly automatic...just seemed to happen that way. I'm sure you'd quickly adapt.
 
I do drive autos occasionally if I hire a car abroad, but I honestly prefer the controllability of a manual transmission ...

The repair shop has just collected my car on the back of a truck.....just waiting now for the hire car to be dropped off, and then I can go shopping..
 
hollydolly said:
Called them and they asked if I would take an Automatic..I said no, it's been too long since I drove an auto, I'd rather have the manual they promised me...apparently it's still out on hire and they're not expecting it back until nearly closing time, so they'll do a fast turn around, wash it and get it to me by noon....hmmmm...we'll see !!
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My dh always drove a manual, like most here. But I'm automatic only so he had to get me an automatic. It was funny watching him try to drive it! He'd use the handbrake at stoplights, put the handbrake on while the car was in Drive, keep reaching over to shift.
 
metasegue said:
It's unusual to encounter a woman who prefers a manual transmission. I had to drag my wife screaming and kicking to learn how to drive a stick (manual) but once she became used to it...it's all she wanted. But now, we're strictly automatic...just seemed to happen that way. I'm sure you'd quickly adapt.
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Everyone learns on a manual in the UK, and Europe I expect. They were always better on fuel and fuel is expensive here.
 

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