Spend the money and meet with an Estate Attorney for an hour. You want accurate, legal, advise. It would have been a lot easier if a trust had been set up prior to the death.
Running Bear’s April 2026 Coffee Shop
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I will trust how the dog acts Monday. She will be a basket case if they are going to be severe and normal if they are garden variety.
I had to go to the Storm Prediction Center for a straight answer. The Enhanced Risk area is likely to be further refined to a smaller Moderate Risk bullseye by tomorrow afternoon or evening.
From what I can gather from this information, that area might be as far south as near the St. Louis area (me) and as far north as the Peoria and Galesburg area. There is a lot riding on convective activity overnight from Sunday into Monday late morning. If this convection weakens early, storms will be more severe in the evening and early night time hours on Monday.
Sit back, hang on, and buckle up for the ride. It might get a little wild.
On your map, I am where the white arrow points to the dot.
Dodged a bullet tonight.
I hope to see you in the thread as I enjoy your imput.
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westtexjohn
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Good day to all..................
I placed an order with TMR in Milton Ontario on the 19th and it arrived today, the 25th. Pretty quick shipping I'd say, Canada to Texas.
I placed an order with Hobbylinc, located in Braselton Georgia, on the 17th. Tracking today shows my package to be in Kansas City MO. Go figure....
It was a nice, calm and cool day yesterday so I broke out the DJI mini pro 4 drone for its maiden flight. All went well. No photos taken, just trying to get a feel for the controls and basic flying.
There is a town with an old grain storage/transfer facility nearby that I want to photograph from a view looking down to get details of the walkway and transfer mechanism and top of the bins. I have a bunch of ground level photos and I measured a lot of the structure a few years back. I really want to model this structure. I have the grain bins already and just need to get started after I get the aerial photos.
Got a small drafting job to do today, about 4 or 5 hours worth. Gonna try to get back on the freeCAD after that and see if I can finally complete a drawing using the new settings.
Enjoy your day my friends....John
I placed an order with TMR in Milton Ontario on the 19th and it arrived today, the 25th. Pretty quick shipping I'd say, Canada to Texas.
I placed an order with Hobbylinc, located in Braselton Georgia, on the 17th. Tracking today shows my package to be in Kansas City MO. Go figure....
It was a nice, calm and cool day yesterday so I broke out the DJI mini pro 4 drone for its maiden flight. All went well. No photos taken, just trying to get a feel for the controls and basic flying.
There is a town with an old grain storage/transfer facility nearby that I want to photograph from a view looking down to get details of the walkway and transfer mechanism and top of the bins. I have a bunch of ground level photos and I measured a lot of the structure a few years back. I really want to model this structure. I have the grain bins already and just need to get started after I get the aerial photos.
Got a small drafting job to do today, about 4 or 5 hours worth. Gonna try to get back on the freeCAD after that and see if I can finally complete a drawing using the new settings.
Enjoy your day my friends....John
RhB Michael
RhB Lokführer
The postal service pisses me off so badly I hate to even think about that incompetent organization.
I'm glad I cut the grass even if I didn't want to. I don't work on Sundays, and Monday we are supposed to have severe weather with the good chance of tornados. Their Magic 8-Ball hasn't narrowed down a time frame for storms yet.
I'm glad I cut the grass even if I didn't want to. I don't work on Sundays, and Monday we are supposed to have severe weather with the good chance of tornados. Their Magic 8-Ball hasn't narrowed down a time frame for storms yet.
migalyto
Well-Known Member
I don’t think they have a clue! Our area is all over the map for what’s to come. I have seen everything from low risk all the way up to Armageddon.
I will trust how the dog acts Monday. She will be a basket case if they are going to be severe and normal if they are garden variety.
kbkchooch
Verified Human
I can relate. This time last year the electric weed wacker would get the trimming done, but I would have to take a break because I ran out of power. While I took a break I would put it on the charger. Last June I had a heart bypass and a pace maker installed. Now the weed wacker runs out of juice before I do ! Modern medicine is wonderful!
RhB Michael
RhB Lokführer
I had to go to the Storm Prediction Center for a straight answer. The Enhanced Risk area is likely to be further refined to a smaller Moderate Risk bullseye by tomorrow afternoon or evening.
From what I can gather from this information, that area might be as far south as near the St. Louis area (me) and as far north as the Peoria and Galesburg area. There is a lot riding on convective activity overnight from Sunday into Monday late morning. If this convection weakens early, storms will be more severe in the evening and early night time hours on Monday.
Sit back, hang on, and buckle up for the ride. It might get a little wild.
Kusojiji
RANK AMATEURS OF THE MODEL RAILROAD FORM MEMBER
With all the green stuff I've been eating lately, I know what its like to be a cow creating global warming... haha
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Rumble, rumble, rumble...the sound of thunder is pretty constant. Pop-up thunderstorm is now about 30 miles west and getting bigger and moving in this direction. Tornado watch is in effect until 11 CDT, about 4 more hours. Today is much more ripe for tornadoes than during yesterday's watch. Today's watch includes 18 counties in North Central Texas as well as an unspecified number in southern Oklahoma. We're exactly in the center! Keeping my eyes open.
RhB Michael
RhB Lokführer
You are getting now what we are expecting Monday evening, but the low will be even deeper with a well-defined dry line just to the west. As that low deepens, warm moist air is coming this way with dewpoints in the upper 60°Fs and increasing shear that is going to feed development of storms with a lot of potential for rotation.
This could get very serious by Monday evening, and probably the best combined conditions for the worst severe weather Illinois has seen this season.
Keep watching the sky Willie!
DISCUSSION...Two areas of supercell development are noted: one near
the Red River southeast of Fredrick, OK and further north near the
warm front in Pontotoc County OK.
The cell near the warm front in Pontotoc County is in a highly
favorable tornado environment, with latest RAP surface objective
analysis indicating a broad region of STP 4-5 along and south of the
warm front. Given this cells more discrete nature and proximity to
the warm front/rich low-level SRH environment, it will pose a
greater tornado risk for strong tornadoes in the next 1-2 hours.
Further south near the Red River, overall lightning activity has
been more appreciable with a pair of splitting supercells (right and
left split) with a history of 2 inch hail. The right split has shown
signs of strengthening. Given the relatively weaker low-level shear
across this region, the greatest potential will remain large to very
large hail. However, a tornado (perhaps strong) will continue to be
possible given dominate right movement and storm-scale enhancement
of low-level SRH.
This could get very serious by Monday evening, and probably the best combined conditions for the worst severe weather Illinois has seen this season.
Keep watching the sky Willie!
DISCUSSION...Two areas of supercell development are noted: one near
the Red River southeast of Fredrick, OK and further north near the
warm front in Pontotoc County OK.
The cell near the warm front in Pontotoc County is in a highly
favorable tornado environment, with latest RAP surface objective
analysis indicating a broad region of STP 4-5 along and south of the
warm front. Given this cells more discrete nature and proximity to
the warm front/rich low-level SRH environment, it will pose a
greater tornado risk for strong tornadoes in the next 1-2 hours.
Further south near the Red River, overall lightning activity has
been more appreciable with a pair of splitting supercells (right and
left split) with a history of 2 inch hail. The right split has shown
signs of strengthening. Given the relatively weaker low-level shear
across this region, the greatest potential will remain large to very
large hail. However, a tornado (perhaps strong) will continue to be
possible given dominate right movement and storm-scale enhancement
of low-level SRH.
RhB Michael
RhB Lokführer
From mesoanalysis charts, there is a big tornado bullseye painted right on southern Oklahoma.
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
The supercell that is circled south of Wichita Falls is the one that headed my way. Just prior to arriving about 8:30 pm, it split with the bulk going past south of here...very close, within a mile south. I got a few raindrops but not enough for any to hit the rain gauge. I haven't read of anything too serious though.You are getting now what we are expecting Monday evening, but the low will be even deeper with a well-defined dry line just to the west. As that low deepens, warm moist air is coming this way with dewpoints in the upper 60°Fs and increasing shear that is going to feed development of storms with a lot of potential for rotation.
This could get very serious by Monday evening, and probably the best combined conditions for the worst severe weather Illinois has seen this season.
Keep watching the sky Willie!
DISCUSSION...Two areas of supercell development are noted: one near
the Red River southeast of Fredrick, OK and further north near the
warm front in Pontotoc County OK.
The cell near the warm front in Pontotoc County is in a highly
favorable tornado environment, with latest RAP surface objective
analysis indicating a broad region of STP 4-5 along and south of the
warm front. Given this cells more discrete nature and proximity to
the warm front/rich low-level SRH environment, it will pose a
greater tornado risk for strong tornadoes in the next 1-2 hours.
Further south near the Red River, overall lightning activity has
been more appreciable with a pair of splitting supercells (right and
left split) with a history of 2 inch hail. The right split has shown
signs of strengthening. Given the relatively weaker low-level shear
across this region, the greatest potential will remain large to very
large hail. However, a tornado (perhaps strong) will continue to be
possible given dominate right movement and storm-scale enhancement
of low-level SRH.
On your map, I am where the white arrow points to the dot.
Dodged a bullet tonight.
Snowman
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Snowman
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Discovered a Youtube channel tonight, and I suspect I'll be looking it over for some time to come. That said, "Pop Goes the 60's" #218 goes into some depth about Dolores Erickson and that famous album cover I brought up earlier in the month:
Some of this I knew, and some I did not. FWIW.
Some of this I knew, and some I did not. FWIW.
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Kusojiji
RANK AMATEURS OF THE MODEL RAILROAD FORM MEMBER
I got around to watching the new Midway movie and found it to be entertaining, mostly theatrical rather than historical. They seemed to skip around a lot from one action shot to the next with a little drama in between.
I get to the end and then realized that when this movie came out, I had not planned to watch it at all, resulting in totally forgetting about it. I couldn't get my head around that Cheers guy playing ADM Nimitz. I said WTH back then.
Well, he did a good job anyway.
I get to the end and then realized that when this movie came out, I had not planned to watch it at all, resulting in totally forgetting about it. I couldn't get my head around that Cheers guy playing ADM Nimitz. I said WTH back then.
Well, he did a good job anyway.
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
Well, howdy there internet peeps and those with big weather.
Stay safe if in you're in the zone
It's Troy again
First off, this morning it was time to cook the bacon:
The little pan only holds three half-strips, so it took about half an hour. That was the bacon left from making the beans on Friday. Figured I'd better get it cooked up.
last evening, the wife decided she wanted to try making a dessert in the instant pot. Since ours is a 4 quart Rio-Mini, we need to cut most recipes in half. So we were worried about cook times. I was suggesting to drop it by a few minutes (recipe called for nine minutes)
Her cake batter went into a 6 inch pyrex bowl, then on top of the steamer rack, with water underneath to allow it to pressure cook.
So we cooked for 7 minutes. Took it out, and it wasn't done yet. Wife then figured out what she didn't tell me up front. Original recipe called for putting the batter in four smaller dishes. She made half-batch, but put it in one dish. So 9 min would have been a good target. Maybe up it to 10 min. Baking cakes (and cornbread) is about getting the middle done.
So we put it back in the Instant Pot for another go.
After waiting 10 more minutes for the pot to come up to steam, then three more minutes of additional baking, we finally had dessert to go with our italian sausage and mac n cheese.
What did she make?
Chocolate lava cake!
We both agreed, based on having it as our dessert on the recent cruise, we need some vanilla ice cream to go with it the next time. Wife assured me, there will be a next time.
I may have to move my coffee station from the kitchen to the basement soon, so the pot can stay on our counter top. Since we have a galley style kitchen, counter space is the biggest real estate challenge when prepping meals. We'll see how long before she decides I need to vacate that space so she can do more baking.
Stay safe if in you're in the zone
It's Troy again
First off, this morning it was time to cook the bacon:
The little pan only holds three half-strips, so it took about half an hour. That was the bacon left from making the beans on Friday. Figured I'd better get it cooked up.
last evening, the wife decided she wanted to try making a dessert in the instant pot. Since ours is a 4 quart Rio-Mini, we need to cut most recipes in half. So we were worried about cook times. I was suggesting to drop it by a few minutes (recipe called for nine minutes)
Her cake batter went into a 6 inch pyrex bowl, then on top of the steamer rack, with water underneath to allow it to pressure cook.
So we cooked for 7 minutes. Took it out, and it wasn't done yet. Wife then figured out what she didn't tell me up front. Original recipe called for putting the batter in four smaller dishes. She made half-batch, but put it in one dish. So 9 min would have been a good target. Maybe up it to 10 min. Baking cakes (and cornbread) is about getting the middle done.
So we put it back in the Instant Pot for another go.
After waiting 10 more minutes for the pot to come up to steam, then three more minutes of additional baking, we finally had dessert to go with our italian sausage and mac n cheese.
What did she make?
Chocolate lava cake!
We both agreed, based on having it as our dessert on the recent cruise, we need some vanilla ice cream to go with it the next time. Wife assured me, there will be a next time.
I may have to move my coffee station from the kitchen to the basement soon, so the pot can stay on our counter top. Since we have a galley style kitchen, counter space is the biggest real estate challenge when prepping meals. We'll see how long before she decides I need to vacate that space so she can do more baking.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Retired N&W/NS Signalman
Good morning Coffee Shop, it's Sunday! The temperature is 50°F (10°C) and mostly cloudy. 
Have a great day! 
Weather:
Partly cloudy through early afternoon then clearing. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds around 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph late this afternoon.
Weather:
Partly cloudy through early afternoon then clearing. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds around 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph late this afternoon.
Good morning. It's clear and 64.
Yesterday at work was a crapshow of epic proportions, and shows that even smaller large companies still exhibit what's wrong with Corporate America. Everybody gets every other Saturday off, and when the staff numbers 12, that means there are 6 employees available. So, the sales department scheduled work just like we would have full staff, and we would have been very busy if we had been fully staffed.
And half the people that were supposed to be at work were out, two on Company business in other states, and one on vacation.
Then, the other two employees got stuck on one situation that took nearly the entire day to resolve, leaving yours truly to take up the slack. The oldest guy in the shop.
I got home last night at 10:00 pm--we closed at 5:00.
So, work one employee until he drops dead, then act surprised.
Yesterday at work was a crapshow of epic proportions, and shows that even smaller large companies still exhibit what's wrong with Corporate America. Everybody gets every other Saturday off, and when the staff numbers 12, that means there are 6 employees available. So, the sales department scheduled work just like we would have full staff, and we would have been very busy if we had been fully staffed.
And half the people that were supposed to be at work were out, two on Company business in other states, and one on vacation.
Then, the other two employees got stuck on one situation that took nearly the entire day to resolve, leaving yours truly to take up the slack. The oldest guy in the shop.
I got home last night at 10:00 pm--we closed at 5:00.
So, work one employee until he drops dead, then act surprised.
CambriaArea51
Well-Known Member
That is sad, nobody is a know it all, but everyone has a way that works for them. Any video that you watch is an example of that, they have their way of doing weathering that works for them and they are sharing that. I myself have watched and continue to watch to learn and pickup different tips to try and experiment with.
I hope to see you in the thread as I enjoy your imput.
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