shortwrench
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Wow, I'm tired out from dealing with 6".
Running Bear's February 2026 Coffee Shop
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Our refrigerators also make a noise if they don’t close and also send me a notification on my phone. We’re getting better at making sure they’re closed when we close them now.
Good morning Coffee Shop, it's Tuesday!
The temperature is 14°F (-10°C) and cloudy here. 
Have a great day!
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Wife got about 16 inches of snow so far in Southern NH. More coming Wed and Fri it looks like. Most snow we've had in the Northeast since 2015. She is in a walking boot for her Achilles tendon on her left foot. She did a little of the driveway and side yard at around 3PM so she could walk the dog. Neighbor across the street showed up about an hour ago and did the rest of the driveway. I have great neighbors, we all keep a watch on each other (in a good way, not the creepy/nosey way, LOL)
RhB Michael
RhB Lokführer
It snows so much and so often in the Keweenaw they have to mark the fire plugs with orange flags on flexible fiberglass staffs or they'd never find them.
Kusojiji
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Speaking of cold places, my refrigerator would always start screaming at me when I don't close the door all the way. When we first got it, I angled it backwards so that it would help itself. Years later when we had issues with the circuit board, the technician took the angle out and made it level. I dealt with it for a few years and finally got fed up with it a few days ago. So, I put a few turns out on the front legs and put just enough to get my bubble to move and the door to close more easily. Reduced the screaming by 80% at least.
Once in a while, I'll pull the fridge out, take the bottom panel off and vacuum out the fan and the heat exchanger. Hopefully it will live a bit longer.
You guys up there in the north tilt your house so that the front door closes?
Once in a while, I'll pull the fridge out, take the bottom panel off and vacuum out the fan and the heat exchanger. Hopefully it will live a bit longer.
You guys up there in the north tilt your house so that the front door closes?
Fire hydrant across the street from our house is marked with one of those, marked the edges of the driveway, walkways and a path to the underground propane tank lid with 48" stakes from HD.
chadbag
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If you close the door it won’t scream at you. Just positively close it.
Our refrigerators also make a noise if they don’t close and also send me a notification on my phone. We’re getting better at making sure they’re closed when we close them now.
Kusojiji
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Wow, can your refer prepare the food as well? haha
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Shame on you for not addressing this last week!
chadbag
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I wish. It just tells me when the refrigerator door is not closed all the way, when it thinks the refrigerator filter needs to be replaced, and when the oven is done warming up or is turned off etc. I wish the dishwasher told me it was done, but I seem to have the wrong model for that.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Retired N&W/NS Signalman
Good morning Coffee Shop, it's Tuesday!
Have a great day!
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DeaconKC
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Good morning Bill, Terry and everyone else who will be checking in. It's 26F here, on it's way to mid50s. Scheduled for a CT scan this morning to try to find out what I did to my back. If I feel like it, I might take LadyC out to lunch or dinner today. Anyway, have a cup of coffee on me.
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
Well, howdy there internet buck-an-ears
It's Troy again.
After five days on this ship, I'm reminded that while I'm having good days at sea, this is not my favorite cruise ship design. The NCL Jewel Class is leaps and bounds above this class.
Usually NCL has a song & dance troupe aboard for at least three shows in a week. They've not advertised such at all on this trip.
Instead we've got a jazz/rock Saxophonist who's doing two shows, a comedy juggler, and a couple of comedians. Wife HATES sax, and other brass. Something about the highs hit hear ears that cause her to wince. She's developing an aversion to piano and harp jazz as well. heavy strings like chamber orchestra and classical are where she's going for most of her listening to mask my snoring.
They've got good lounge musicians, but there are no lounges large enough to hold the "I wanna listen" crowd. The musicians rotate through the lounges, and the one in the grand atrium, with seating on deck 6, as well as bar seating around the "well" on deck 7 are PACKED each night. The smaller lounge have a very exuberant sound tech. I've measured the ambient noise in that lounge and it runs 75-76db.
Here's the duo doing some latin and salsa hits.
That should be down around 87 to peaks at 95. They've got it right at the hearing damage threshold. And being in a big tin can, it does distort. Moreso at that volume.
We did get off in Puerta Plata in the Dominican Republic yesterday. The little fort WAS open.
That tug looked suspicious. I wanted to yell out "CLEAR FRONT! Load Powder!" But they had signs up to prohibit the touching of cannonballs.
Pirates seem to be a theme around here.
Our tour guide, Victor did talk baseball. Says his 18 year old son is being actively scouted by the majors. With a 94mph fastball (if true), it's no wonder. The kid is getting private coaching from one of the DR ballplayers players caught up in a steroid scandall post injury. Can't remember the name. Victor had nice things to say about all the DR ball players, except one. A Mr. Sosa. But he called him by his birth name, not Sosa. Evidently Baseball is in the blood down here.
We're in St. Thomas USVI today. Perhaps TomO will wave at the cruise ships as he flies over us.
OK, I'm out of coffee. Time to go out on deck and get some writing in.
PS: I'm on the pretty ship, not the stark white one.
It's Troy again.
After five days on this ship, I'm reminded that while I'm having good days at sea, this is not my favorite cruise ship design. The NCL Jewel Class is leaps and bounds above this class.
Usually NCL has a song & dance troupe aboard for at least three shows in a week. They've not advertised such at all on this trip.
Instead we've got a jazz/rock Saxophonist who's doing two shows, a comedy juggler, and a couple of comedians. Wife HATES sax, and other brass. Something about the highs hit hear ears that cause her to wince. She's developing an aversion to piano and harp jazz as well. heavy strings like chamber orchestra and classical are where she's going for most of her listening to mask my snoring.
They've got good lounge musicians, but there are no lounges large enough to hold the "I wanna listen" crowd. The musicians rotate through the lounges, and the one in the grand atrium, with seating on deck 6, as well as bar seating around the "well" on deck 7 are PACKED each night. The smaller lounge have a very exuberant sound tech. I've measured the ambient noise in that lounge and it runs 75-76db.
Here's the duo doing some latin and salsa hits.
That should be down around 87 to peaks at 95. They've got it right at the hearing damage threshold. And being in a big tin can, it does distort. Moreso at that volume.
We did get off in Puerta Plata in the Dominican Republic yesterday. The little fort WAS open.
That tug looked suspicious. I wanted to yell out "CLEAR FRONT! Load Powder!" But they had signs up to prohibit the touching of cannonballs.
Pirates seem to be a theme around here.
Our tour guide, Victor did talk baseball. Says his 18 year old son is being actively scouted by the majors. With a 94mph fastball (if true), it's no wonder. The kid is getting private coaching from one of the DR ballplayers players caught up in a steroid scandall post injury. Can't remember the name. Victor had nice things to say about all the DR ball players, except one. A Mr. Sosa. But he called him by his birth name, not Sosa. Evidently Baseball is in the blood down here.
We're in St. Thomas USVI today. Perhaps TomO will wave at the cruise ships as he flies over us.
OK, I'm out of coffee. Time to go out on deck and get some writing in.
PS: I'm on the pretty ship, not the stark white one.
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