Had a pipe burst and been trying to dry out the carpet in a closet and mop up in basement.   It was an external faucet and it took a couple of days to find it.   I empted the upholstery cleaning machine this morning and I probably pulled out 2 gal of water over a 5 sq ft area.  Ugh.  Plumber coming Tuesday.   Fortunately, it only leaks when the faucet is on.

 

Checked the bees this morning and I probably have 100+ lb of honey in one hive.  Fully half of that they added in the last month.  Way to go, girls!   The swarm I caught a month ago is also full of capped brood so they will be in full swing too.

 

Finished up this little box to hold some of the historical family photos and documents.  Now I get to get the scanned images up to familysearch.org.

And strawberries are in.   Some from the garden and used my grandmother's shortcake recipe.

 

Keep me in your prayers, I go in Monday for some more surgery.  Parathyroid glands in neck need to be removed.

 

30 minutes ago, kmealy said:

Keep me in your prayers, I go in Monday for some more surgery.  Parathyroid glands in neck need to be removed.

Praying for you, Keith!

John

Keeping you in my thoughts for Monday...best for a quick recovery.

1 hour ago, kmealy said:

Keep me in your prayers, I go in Monday for some more surgery.  Parathyroid glands in neck need to be removed.

Praying!

You got it, Keith. Best of luck.

Wishing you well and a speedy recovery.  

2 hours ago, kmealy said:

Had a pipe burst and been trying to dry out the carpet in a closet and mop up in basement.   It was an external faucet and it took a couple of days to find it.   I empted the upholstery cleaning machine this morning and I probably pulled out 2 gal of water over a 5 sq ft area.  Ugh.  Plumber coming Tuesday.   Fortunately, it only leaks when the faucet is on.

I had the same thing happen once.  It was a 12" frost proof hose bib, but somebody forgot to leave the faucet end opened .  So it burst along the shank.  Apparently any water that doesn't drain out has to expand somewhere!   

 

May your hospital visit be brief.

Prayers, Keith.

Prayers for Keith.  May it be a swift and complete recovery.

Prayers have been sent Keith, let us know soon.

Hope it goes well.  Fingers crossed.

Home and doing well.   Taking it easy for 1-2 weeks.

Hormone level dropped from 148 (above normal) to 12 (low range of normal) while I was in the OR.  No kidding it gets quick results.

2 hours ago, kmealy said:

Home and doing well.   Taking it easy for 1-2 weeks.

Hormone level dropped from 148 (above normal) to 12 (low range of normal) while I was in the OR.  No kidding it gets quick results.

слава тобі, Господи

1 hour ago, Gunny said:

слава тобі, Господи

Ditto. And, thanks to the doctors, too. Sounds like a great result, Keith. Happy for you.

9 hours ago, Gunny said:

слава тобі, Господи

Whatever the heck that is^^^^, +1! I'm sure it's positive

3 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Whatever the heck that is^^^^, +1! I'm sure it's positive

Turn it upside down and put it in front of a mirror. Failing that, Google translate is your friend.

3 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Whatever the heck that is^^^^, +1! I'm sure it's positive

Ukrainian, it means Glory be to the Lord. 

 

Sorry for the slip it was Ukrainian weekend at the house. Means we only speak Ukrainian and call home to speak with family.  I am not so quick to jump back and forth.

 

Unlike my wife who translates all day for work.

23 minutes ago, Gunny said:

Ukrainian, it means Glory be to the Lord. 

 

Sorry for the slip it was Ukrainian weekend at the house. Means we only speak Ukrainian and call home to speak with family.  I am not so quick to jump back and forth.

 

Unlike my wife who translates all day for work.

That's very interesting, Gunny. What sort of job does she have? Who are her clients? Are there lots of Ukranian speakers in your area? Isn't John Morris' daughter training in that area for the Army? People who deal with languages fascinate me. 

48 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

That's very interesting, Gunny. What sort of job does she have? Who are her clients? Are there lots of Ukranian speakers in your area? Isn't John Morris' daughter training in that area for the Army? People who deal with languages fascinate me. 

I had an aunt (second cousin, actually) in Neversink, NY, who was a translator for some big corporation, as well as the US government. IIRC, she spoke 13 languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese as well as most European languages. Wish I had that kind of talent!

John

Edited June 9, 20206 yr by HARO50

Once, we had a group of Japanese from our office over there come in for a meeting.  Though they spoke some English, they preferred if we would get a translator.  So the company contacted an agency and they sent one out.  Low and behold, it was the daughter-in-law of some good friends of mine.  Their son was in the the Air Force there and met and married a local.

Their kids were kind of funny -- two had distinctly Japanese first names and looked mostly caucasian, the third had a distinctly English name and looked mostly Japanese.