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[DavidOck]

There's huge wild turkeys that come thru from the woods to clean up the seed on the ground...wish I could get a pet one and hook it to a chain....wait...then I'd have to clean up it's "droppings"

Heck, just hose it in, good fertilizer

I generally carry my Solo/zlide in my shirt pocket, yes, it tends to make the shirt look lopsided but what do I care .. ?? At any rate, a few times, the power up/down has rested against something, maybe a pen I guess, and it went up to 100 and I did not know it .. that is, until I took a hit .. surprisingly, it did not fry the coil, I just moved it back to 6.5 and it was still all good .. Go figure ..

Uh, it does have a lock mode, where it won't change the setting. A tad tricky, though. Press the middle of the up/down button for a few seconds, and it will lock / unlock. If it takes off on a setting change, reset to where yhu want and try again. When successful, a little padlock will appear just below and right of the set point. I carry in a belt holster, and have run into the same problem now and then.

 

[Janet H]

Good morning. It's a gorgeous morning. I'm celebrating because yesterday was the first day I wore sandals! Woohoo! Man was it windy, but it was a soft wind and helped to dry us out after all the rain.

We've noticed that our Solos will sometimes turn themselves off, seemingly for no reason. Not often, but it has happened. I just click the top button 5 times and it's back on. I've had other PVs in my pocket and I'll bend over or squat and I'll suddenly hear a funny noise and realize the PV is firing in my pocket! I'd much rather it shut itself off.

 

[clnire]

Thanks @DavidOck ! I didn't know that. I was able to use a fingernail to press the little line between the up and down buttons and voila! Little padlock!

 

[MikeE3]

I generally carry my Solo/zlide in my shirt pocket, yes, it tends to make the shirt look lopsided but what do I care .. ?? At any rate, a few times, the power up/down has rested against something, maybe a pen I guess, and it went up to 100 and I did not know it .. that is, until I took a hit .. surprisingly, it did not fry the coil, I just moved it back to 6.5 and it was still all good .. Go figure ..

Heck, just hose it in, good fertilizer



Uh, it does have a lock mode, where it won't change the setting. A tad tricky, though. Press the middle of the up/down button for a few seconds, and it will lock / unlock. If it takes off on a setting change, reset to where yhu want and try again. When successful, a little padlock will appear just below and right of the set point. I carry in a belt holster, and have run into the same problem now and then.

Thanks @DavidOck ! I didn't know that. I was able to use a fingernail to press the little line between the up and down buttons and voila! Little padlock!

Actually what you are trying to do, is push the up and down at the same time. I find it easiest to put one thumb on the top of the button and one thumb on the bottom of the button and press until the lock icon come on/off.

 

[DavidOck]

Yep, any way you can mash the up/down together works

Morning all. 45 atm, heading into the 60s. Well, probably low 60s

 

[oldbroad]

Good morning folks!

The sun is shining but it's supposed to rain late this afternoon and continue thru tomorrow .Gotta remember to bring in my bird feeders this afternoon.
I was watching tv and it quit on me...so went here to my pc..and it wouldn't work!!!!
No internet!!!!

Panic time!!!!! Called the company and they said the whole area here was down! No storms, no heavy snow...nothing...it all just quit working! The employee said it "should" be working in about two hours...
TWO HOURS!!!
But I got lucky...so far....it's working now as I type... as is the tv ( where's a fingers crossed meme?!!)
Hope everyone has a great day( that includes me!)

 

[FranC]

Good morning folks!

The sun is shining but it's supposed to rain late this afternoon and continue thru tomorrow .Gotta remember to bring in my bird feeders this afternoon.
I was watching tv and it quit on me...so went here to my pc..and it wouldn't work!!!!
No internet!!!!

Panic time!!!!! Called the company and they said the whole area here was down! No storms, no heavy snow...nothing...it all just quit working! The employee said it "should" be working in about two hours...
TWO HOURS!!!
But I got lucky...so far....it's working now as I type... as is the tv ( where's a fingers crossed meme?!!)
Hope everyone has a great day( that includes me!)

Glad your internet is back,Kay Hope your day is awesome.

 

[Uncle Willie]

We've noticed that our Solos will sometimes turn themselves off, seemingly for no reason. Not often, but it has happened. I just click the top button 5 times and it's back on. I've had other PVs in my pocket and I'll bend over or squat and I'll suddenly hear a funny noise and realize the PV is firing in my pocket! I'd much rather it shut itself off.

Hola ..

Yep, have had the random turn-off .. and the Pocket Sizzle .. Shizzle ..

"Is that a PV in your pocket or are you _______ .. ??

 

[Janet H]

Good morning. Another rainy day here with strong storms scheduled for this afternoon. We just got dried out! Are these the April showers here in March?

The left side of my throat got sore yesterday and I don't feel so hot. Weird. Still that way this morning. I have no energy. Naturally my first thought was could it be C19, but it's not. This is proof there still are regular illnesses happening, but nobody hears about them these days. Even the seasonal flu seems to have disappeared. Think I'm just going to have another lazy day today which seems like a good plan for a rainy day.

 

[DavidOck]

Happy Sunday?

Hope whatever ails you goes away quickly, Janet! No fun!

I have read that some (many?) docs think the minimal flu season can be attributed to the lockdowns and masks. Not surprising that air borne bugs get slowed down that way.

Seems our late summer is over, back to spring like weather. I.e. rain.

 

[oldbroad]

Good morning. Another rainy day here with strong storms scheduled for this afternoon. We just got dried out! Are these the April showers here in March?

The left side of my throat got sore yesterday and I don't feel so hot. Weird. Still that way this morning. I have no energy. Naturally my first thought was could it be C19, but it's not. This is proof there still are regular illnesses happening, but nobody hears about them these days. Even the seasonal flu seems to have disappeared. Think I'm just going to have another lazy day today which seems like a good plan for a rainy day.

Hi Janet! We're having the same weather here! I've been wondering about all the rain here in March also .So I'm just hoping that spring is springing early this year. I wanna go outside n play in my gardens!
And even more hopeful that it doesn't turn back into winter weather
Get well quick !Have Mike whip you up some chicken noodle soup and a hot toddy!

 

[r77r7r]

Sooo nice yesterday! Dragged out the lawn care equipment. Funny, new mower battery was too low to start (put away mid October). Wonder if disconnecting the neg would help??

 

[DavidOck]

Maybe a little, but probably not much. Unless the mower has always on electronics.

I keep a "battery tender", i.e. trickle charger, on my mower and EG, does the trick.

 

[Janet H]

Hi Janet! We're having the same weather here! I've been wondering about all the rain here in March also .So I'm just hoping that spring is springing early this year. I wanna go outside n play in my gardens!
And even more hopeful that it doesn't turn back into winter weather
Get well quick !Have Mike whip you up some chicken noodle soup and a hot toddy!

Really?

Ok, that's not fair. Mike did bring me dinner last night. He picked up tuna hoagies while running an errand yesterday.

 

[Storm52]

Trickle charger allows me to get 4 years out of a battery, where without one I was lucky to get 2 years. Battery is $65, so the $24 charger pays for itself in year 2.

 

[r77r7r]

It only got down to 12.1v, betcha if I got a better quality battery it might make it. We'll see. My motorcycle has been dead for a couple years from inactivity, guess I'll swap the trickle over to this.
Any fellow riders here? Me and a few other folks came here by way of motorcycle forums.

 

[MikeE3]

Any fellow riders here? Me and a few other folks came here by way of motorcycle forums.

Not for a verrrry long time. I knew the times they were a-changing when I sold my last motorcycle for a new washer and dryer for our first house.

 

[DavidOck]

Morning, loungers.

Yes, years back I did most of my work commute on two wheels. As in about 40 years back!

Calm between storms for now. Had some really heavy squalls and wind gusts come through yesterday. So much for cleaning up the property...

 

[oldbroad]

Good morning!

Beautiful sunshine again! I'm gonna chance putting the bird feeders back outside in a while. Oh..and there's a wild turkey ( a HUGE one!) that regularly pecks on the neighbor's car door next door every morning!!! Glad my bedroom's not close to his driveway!
Umm..maybe it wants to go for a ride?!

 

[Uncle Willie]

Oh..and there's a wild turkey ( a HUGE one!) that regularly pecks on the neighbor's car door next door every morning!!!

Hola ..

I'm afraid that if my truck got pecked regularly, fresh turkey would be on my menu tout suite ..