Feared Friday, Nov 13th, '26...

[ST1100Y]

The coffee maker has three buttons...
I use one...
We have an understanding...



G'Day...

2°/8°C, 77% RH, still raining (downpours during the night), dim, gusty winds... ugh...

thankfully there is scolding hot coffee to brighten the day...

ze GF rushed to the office... grocery run in the afternoon...

we've started to refill the bird feeder...
ze GF fears the little pterodactyls might starve... crushed peanuts and dried mealworms are served...

The prescribed low blood-pressure meds seem to kick in...
107/70@80 is an all-time low... (normally I run at >140/90@94...)
Or is 'the calm of not having to rush to work' finally setting in...
Yeah, soon I'll get up at 0500, hop in the car and drive around real slow to make everyone late for work...

No shed cleaning yesterday, parcel delivery was severely delayed, so postponed the gig to Saturday...

Well, don't let superstition ruin your day...

 

[STooRay]

Thx Martin, for coffee and bringing us Friday!

But we need Ray here, to bring us a full english breakfast…..

The wind has been shaking our house all night, so little sleep for old grumpy.
6˚c/43f, 30mph gusting 40 from north, heavy showers, no more snow.

Today is hopefully a traditional Friday, but given the wind lately, the shrimps may be replaced by scampi…..
Wine is Sorso from Scicilia.

Yesterday I realized I probably missed torqing one of the calliper nuts on the Rav the other day, so I fixed that.

Hoooorah, it’s really Friday!
Stu

Looking west this morning…

 

[ST1100Y]

But we need Ray here, to bring us a full english breakfast…..

Meanwhile you can drool over this substitute...

Actually a tad too rich for early weekday mornings...
But I appreciate such food-orgies on weekends and vacation...

 

[ibike2havefun]

Good morning everyone

Thanks for the coffee and virtual breakfast Martin.

It's 49°F and mostly cloudy in Rockville, with 13 mph NW wind to keep things on the lively side. The high will be a seasonally-appropriate 49.

After nearly a week of abbreviated sleeps, I finally managed a full night last night, albeit one divided into two segments separated by an interlude of wakefulness. At least the mind hamster mostly stayed off the exercise wheel so I could get back to somnolescence without too prolonged a struggle. I've still got an hour of sleep debt to repay but at least I've got started on that.

Now that our last ukulele practice before the big event tomorrow has been completed, and all but the most trivial and least important of the other event-related tasks have been seen to, I can shift focus to travel preparation. Final loads of laundry and beginning the packing process are on the to-do list for today. The first step in packing is, naturally, to make a list. So, I'll have to make a a list of lists, I guess.

Stay safe and well everyone and tell your dear ones you love them. Do it today, NOW, for tomorrow may be too late.

 

[steve3b3]

Good morning, and thanks for the coffee, Martin.

It's dark, cloudy and 35 in MA this morning, becoming lighter and cloudy as the temperature rises to 41f.
The weather underground is predicting snow showers, but right now it's just wet.
I think that if I see salt trucks on the road, the bikes will be prepped and put away. Not that they've had a lot of use this season.

Yesterday, I took our grandson, Oliver, to the library for story hour, and he had fun, along with the other small ones.
Afterward, we spent a little more time in the children's room, where he played with the toys along with a few other children.
We eventually drove over to the other grands, where he was reunited with his sister, and we had some pizza.
Our son and D-I-L arrived back from their vacation, and after the greetings we spent some more time with them and the kids, before following them home to unpack our car full of kid stuff.

When we returned home, the quiet was deafening...
The cats were happy, though.

Today, Laguna woke me at 0530, and after their breakfast, they found places to be.
I'll make the time to head to the gym for a late leg and core session.
Dinner out somewhere.

Enjoy the day,
Steve

 

[Obo]

Morning all, and thanks for getting us started Martin.

Cage day today as the snow's supposed to start shortly. Currently 0, headed to 3. Hopefully it won't be much as they're only saying 3-5mm.

We had about a 9hr power outage yesterday. A tree fell on transmission lines, which took out about 12,000 customers. I ran the genset when I got home to help keep the fridges & freezers cool. Only issue I had is when I arrived home on the bike, I had no house keys, and no one else was home. I got to sit on the front deck in my MC gear at 3C until Mrs. Obo got home. She was delayed as she had no keys either and had to stop in town at Thing1A's work to get house keys.

Hope everyone has a great day and remembers their keys.

Obo.

 

[ST1100Y]

... when I arrived home on the bike, I had no house keys, and no one else was home. I got to sit on the front deck in my MC gear at 3C until Mrs. Obo got home...

Sounds like the faith of every gen-X kid...

Today's true life entertaining incident:
just had a call from a staff leasing office, they have a short notice demand for Monday...
So I inquired a few details about the gig, like location and client...

Turns out its my former employer... who still owes me my payments from June to October... oops!

So I explained that this wouldn't be a smart choice, as we're logically far from 'friendly bases'...

Brilliant, one can't make such up...

 

[Obo]

Turns out its my former employer...

Now there's karma.

 

[ST1100Y]

Now there's karma.

Indeed...

 

[Andrew Shadow]

Sounds like the faith of every gen-X kid...

Today's true life entertaining incident:
just had a call from a staff leasing office, they have a short notice demand for Monday...
So I inquired a few details about the gig, like location and client...

Turns out its my former employer... who still owes me my payments from June to October... oops!

So I explained that this wouldn't be a smart choice, as we're logically far from 'friendly bases'...

Brilliant, one can't make such up...

You should have accepted and gone and screwed up everything that you could possibly think of screwing up. Tell him that you are working to the same standard that he treated you with.
That would be Karma.

 

[SupraSabre]

Morning Martin & All from mixed clouds and Sun in Southern Utah!

Currently it is 52F, up from 35F, and heading for 56F with threats of rain later today. No breeze yet, but later the winds will come from the SSE @ 17 to 22mph.

Yesterday's run to Costco in ST George, was successful. We managed to come out with much less in our wallets!

Today, I'm not sure yet what I'll be doing.

Once Chris is up, we'll get some breakfast.

Anyone , have a great day on the roads!

 

[Whisker Bill]

Good afternoon all!
Thanks for the start, Martin.
I trust nothing bad will ruin any of your days!
A cool overcast start to our day here on the Bruce Peninsula.
Currently 36 F, with a high of 39, we started the day with snow flurries and now it’s still overcast with a breeze.
I attended a celebration of life at our local legion.
I’ll spend a quiet afternoon with my new friend Pat.
Play safe.
WB

 

[jdmccright]

G'dafternoon from the office! Nothing major to write about, just checking in during a Friday afternoon lull. Others are already leaving for the wknd, leaving me unsupervised (unwise). It was 47F/8C when I rolled out this morning, not PaulCB worthy. But a half cup and a new jacket kept the chill away. Thank you, Martin! As Keith reported, it'll only climb to 49F today and windy.

I've begun removing some stuff for the impending move. Anything that I hadn't touched since the last move got put into a bag. I'll lug it to the bike and throw it into the top box to take home.

Nothing else to report. Wife and I will go see the documentary on our town's tornadoes (yes, we've had two hit the same place) which I got a bit part in. Then maybe some dinner. I dunno. I guess that's something. Anyhow, take care y'all!

P. S. I agree with the others, Martin, you should've applied under a nom de plum and show up just to see the look on their faces. Although I'm also guessing that doing so would mess up your case against them. Sheesh, can't have any fun around here anymore.