What did you do today? - 2021 version

[street]

A beautiful day so left early for a day in the back country. I had about 7 miles by the time I got home late after noon and found a few surprises again.

 

[Ronstar]

^ very nice surprises!

 

[Ronstar]

Yesterday saw a convocation of about 15 eagles circling overhead at the edge of town. Quickly went home, got my camera, came back and hiked a few miles to get close to where I saw the eagles earlier. Waited about an hour without seeing any. Went home, and brought DW back to town to pick up her car that was getting an oil change. Several eagles circling over the car shop.

Today painted a toybox I’m making and started refinishing a small table.

 

[harley]

Next to Wednesday day hikes, this is one of the biggest advantages of retirement.

Out new VA home is about 20 minutes from the AT. During Covid every time I drive past the trailhead there are a bunch of cars in the parking area. I'm really looking forward to the time when everyone has to go back to work so I can do some low traffic hiking.

 

[Out of Steam]

Out new VA home is about 20 minutes from the AT. During Covid every time I drive past the trailhead there are a bunch of cars in the parking area. I'm really looking forward to the time when everyone has to go back to work so I can do some low traffic hiking.

There are a lot of people out in parks and recreation areas right now. I wouldn't think of going to some of the more popular places on a weekend until COVID is over.

 

[Walt34]

Temperature hit 74° today, and I could go outside in a t-shirt. Put down lawn fertilizer, and gave a thought to draining the fuel from the snow blower, but then thought "Nah. If I do that we'll get a blizzard."

 

[street]

^ I been thinking of doing that also but I'm waiting to just make sure also. Lol

Left early again for the hills for a day of hiking and enjoying the outdoors. I found a large bone structure with vertebrae and bone structure from an embankment that had sluffed off. The bone structure has about 10 to 12 feet of dirt above the buried creature.

I will contact some people tomorrow to check on what it maybe. I live in dinosaur find area. It maybe a buffalo but I doubt it because I have seen their carcasses bone frame and this is a lot larger. I will go back in that area again tomorrow.

 

[aja8888]

Golf day with 3 of my friends. The course was packed. Had lunch at Cracker Barrel afterwards. It got up to 82 F today.

 

[Boho]

Went through tons of old notes and other papers and things. I think the highlight was finding a description of medical theory I had in 1991 that I later forgot. It wasn't very well worded. I decided it's not worth writing a better description. I threw out the last of my old crayons but kept some chalk. I unfolded origami stars and nested cups that I made...in the 70s maybe They were made of forms from my father's job and a couple had financial information on actors and movies but nothing big. I found a 1990s receipt for 12 smiley face pencils (I still have some) that I almost posted to the pencil thread. I found a Rubik's cube that I played with for a few minutes.

 

[RobbieB]

Taxes. Also wired a plug, fried some catfish and walked the dog.

 

[Ronstar]

Brutal 7 mile hike with a 7' elevation gain. Also did some painting.

 

[Philliefan33]

^ I been thinking of doing that also but I'm waiting to just make sure also. Lol

Left early again for the hills for a day of hiking and enjoying the outdoors. I found a large bone structure with vertebrae and bone structure from an embankment that had sluffed off. The bone structure has about 10 to 12 feet of dirt above the buried creature.

I will contact some people tomorrow to check on what it maybe. I live in dinosaur find area. It maybe a buffalo but I doubt it because I have seen their carcasses bone frame and this is a lot larger. I will go back in that area again tomorrow.

Cool. Please update after the experts take a look

 

[street]

Taxes. Also wired a plug, fried some catfish and walked the dog.

I had to reply when I seen you like catfish. I catch channel cats on the river at my place. Still a lot of ice but shore lines are opening up real nice now for some cat fishing.

 

[finnski1]

Brutal 7 mile hike with a 7' elevation gain. Also did some painting.

Hope you didn't get altitude sickness.

 

[Ronstar]

Hope you didn't get altitude sickness.

Nope - I was between 507 and 514 MSL. Shouldn't have a problem until I get above 11,000'

 

[ls99]

Called the guys who installed my furnace a while back. Small oil seep at one of the oil lines. 20 minutes later they show up, cut off flare, re-flared pipe. Should be good.
Fed the weeds around the house some stuff to put them to sleep for the season.

 

[Gumby]

Today was day 2 of the house window washing marathon. We did the downstairs yesterday, and now the upstairs today. 31 windows in all. They're all sparkly clean now in anticipation of the spring sunshine streaming through them.

Then, I took down the screen door outside our kitchen French doors, since a raccoon tore it up a week or so ago. I decided to paint it before I put the new screening in and reinstall it. That job is currently between coats. I'll probably finish up tomorrow.

Right now, I am in the middle of smoking spare ribs for dinner.

 

[REWahoo]

Picked up the last two connectors I needed to install my new water softener late yesterday. Started the project at 11:30 today and finished, including clean up, by 3:00. Now I'll need to dispose of the old one by cutting up the plastic salt container and fiberglass resin tank. I'll stick a few pieces at a time in the garbage until it is only an unpleasant memory.

 

[Boho]

Finished disassembling a big old desk unit thing and hammered the nails and staples down to make it a little safer. I saw in a garbage pickup video a garbage man telling a home owner that drywall is commercial waste and I was wondering if I turned my residential furniture into commercial waste. It's not like it was made to be taken apart.

 

[iloveyoga]

Today...DH and I went out for lunch. The employees at the restaurant we chose were not wearing masks and it looked so odd. Had a mediocre lunch, probably won't go back there for awhile. Came home and scored a vaccine for my younger sis who has a heart condition. That really made my day. I did some office work this afternoon and did a 30 minute strength and balance workout video. Now just sitting here thinking about what to have for dinner.

 

[MRG]

Went to the riverwalk with DW and our little dog. It's a was warm on thermometer but the wind was cutting and made us change direction before the plan.

We came across another couple who had a couple dogs, one was a Maltese like we had to put down in January. He was a cute little guy. We got to chatting and learned they were from Santa Fe and were here to get a vaccine. Seemed odd but they were thinking about Texas or Colorado and Colorado is closer(later in the day I learned what family in FL. was doing and we understood).

We probably had the longest interaction with other humans in the past year and it seemed odd to converse for 15 minutes. We were all unmasked but at least 12' apart.

 

[Walt34]

The airplane covering material I'd ordered from two different sources arrived today, one from Amazon and one from Value Hobby. The latter is called Neucover and is much cheaper than the Monokote I usually use. The Neucover is okay, but not as good (I think) because it pulled loose from the edges much easier than Monokote when heated to shrink it. I ordered the Neucover because it seems that every source is short on different colors because of the pandemic.

Anyway, I got the fuselage and vertical control surfaces covered in Monokote because that arrived first, and the wing covered in translucent red. The translucent covering shows the wooden structure that makes up the wing. I'll post a photo or two when the airplane is finished but it's kind of a pain to stop during a process to take pictures. Maybe on the next kit, to show how a box of sticks metamorphoses into an airplane.

 

[aja8888]

The airplane covering material I'd ordered from two different sources arrived today, one from Amazon and one from Value Hobby. The latter is called Neucover and is much cheaper than the Monokote I usually use. The Neucover is okay, but not as good (I think) because it pulled loose from the edges much easier than Monokote when heated to shrink it. I ordered the Neucover because it seems that every source is short on different colors because of the pandemic.

Anyway, I got the fuselage and vertical control surfaces covered in Monokote because that arrived first, and the wing covered in translucent red. The translucent covering shows the wooden structure that makes up the wing. I'll post a photo or two when the airplane is finished but it's kind of a pain to stop during a process to take pictures. Maybe on the next kit, to show how a box of sticks metamorphoses into an airplane.

Walt, have you bought a kit from Willy Nillies and built it? I recall you had delivery problems with a supplier a short while ago and was wondering if it was these folks.

Thanks.

 

[Walt34]

Walt, have you bought a kit from Willy Nillies and built it? I recall you had delivery problems with a supplier a short while ago and was wondering if it was these folks.

Thanks.

Yes, it was Willy Nillies. I'm about to contest the charge with the credit card company.

What happened is that I ordered the kit and the completion package that includes the motor, ESC, propeller, covering material, glue, and a couple other minor items. USPS ripped open the box and apparently lost everything but the kit itself and the glue. Then they taped the box back up. I contacted Willy Niilies via email, explained what happened and what I did and did not receive, and didn't hear anything for a week Then he calls me on the phone and asks me to send photos of the box and and box label so he can file for the insurance. I did that. (Good thing the trash wasn't picked up because of the snow or the box would have been gone.) He also said he'd mail the missing items Priority Mail "no later than Monday". That was three weeks ago. He said that he does this part time and was really busy. But he has time to post often on rcgroups.com and Facebook, but apparently not for anything out of the ordinary, like correct for damaged/missing items in an order.

That's a shame, as I really do like the kit and I had intended to buy several more of them. Obviously I won't be buying anything from him again.

 

[aja8888]

Yes, it was Willy Nillies. I'm about to contest the charge with the credit card company.

What happened is that I ordered the kit and the completion package that includes the motor, ESC, propeller, covering material, glue, and a couple other minor items. USPS ripped open the box and apparently lost everything but the kit itself and the glue. Then they taped the box back up. I contacted Willy Niilies via email, explained what happened and what I did and did not receive, and didn't hear anything for a week Then he calls me on the phone and asks me to send photos of the box and and box label so he can file for the insurance. I did that. (Good thing the trash wasn't picked up because of the snow or the box would have been gone.) He also said he'd mail the missing items Priority Mail "no later than Monday". That was three weeks ago. He said that he does this part time and was really busy. But he has time to post often on rcgroups.com and Facebook, but apparently not for anything out of the ordinary, like correct for damaged/missing items in an order.

That's a shame, as I really do like the kit and I had intended to buy several more of them. Obviously I won't be buying anything from him again.

OK, I see, thanks for the heads up. I was going to order a kit and motor, etc package but I'll look elsewhere.