Our Morning Coffee and Weather

[Hatchdog]

43 and sunny right now with highs in the 50’s expected. Next week the forecast is for mid to upper 60’s all week. I guess spring is here.

Yesterday I worked hard all day including a couple of equipment failures to get my lawn fertilized before last nights rain fell. Yep, no rain. Sure glad I are dinner at 7:00 pm last night due to getting ready for Mother Nature’s watering. Grrrrrrr Guess I’ll have to both turn on my sprinklers and drag hoses to non sprinkler system places.

[Hatchdog]

the word for today is rain .... make that RAIN .... 53 at 9AM on its way to 64 later today before dropping back to 48 overnight .... as noted, we are looking at periods rain off and on all day .... yesterday's meeting with the rep from Anderson windows went well .... both of the people we have direct interaction with have been a pleasure to work with .... bottom line, good product but at an exorbitant price .... we went into the meeting fully intending to buy but came out needing to explore other options .... so now we have to come up with a Plan B

I hesitated to say anything because everyone's budget is different. I had Anderson come give me a quote to replace a sliding door unit and the price given was unbelievably high to say the least. Their product may be great quality, but I'm not going to be ripped off.

Can you imagine what their advertising budget is? Can’t watch 30 min of tv without seeing an ad, can’t look at today’s email without seeing an ad, can’t attend any kind of trade show without seeing a booth.

[Mags]

43' and cloudy. No rain expected next 7 days.

Overtime we've replace all the windows in our house. I found the Anderson Renewal quotes incredibly expensive. I did not buy them. Most of mine are now Milgard and a couple Jeld-wen.

Other people's impressions:
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[JEBar]

I hesitated to say anything because everyone's budget is different. I had Anderson come give me a quote to replace a sliding door unit and the price given was unbelievably high to say the least. Their product may be great quality, but I'm not going to be ripped off.

Can you imagine what their advertising budget is? Can’t watch 30 min of tv without seeing an ad, can’t look at today’s email without seeing an ad, can’t attend any kind of trade show without seeing a booth.[/quote]

understood .... including multiple discounts, $10,000+ for a door came as a most unwelcome surprise to us

[dave77]

Can you imagine what their advertising budget is? Can’t watch 30 min of tv without seeing an ad, can’t look at today’s email without seeing an ad, can’t attend any kind of trade show without seeing a booth.

Some companies will spend a lot to get a new customer. Last year Spectrum ran underground cable up my dead end road, only me and my neighbor up the road from the one house that requested it (and all three of us already have PUD fiber). The sub contractor that dug the ditch said that Spectrum's cost was $10,000. Since then we get a letter from Spectrum every couple of weeks asking us to sign up. One of the Spectrum guys was here and I asked them why they would spend so much for at most 3 new customers and he said Spectrum would spend $5000 for one new customer.

[Mags]

This was years ago, but I was similarly surprised when Verizon ran fiber up our dead end road for 3 customers.

[Hatchdog]

Sure wish someone would run fiber my way. We’re still on DSL via the phone line but it works pretty good for us.

33 this morning with a light frost on the lawn. Probably because I watered yesterday so there’s extra moisture out there. Partly cloudy expected with possible spotty showers around the area. Highs in the 50’s. Same tomorrow without the showers.

We delayed our Costco run yesterday so that’s on tap for today. Then I’m calling today “complete it” day. I have some equipment that needs cleaned up after use and some small projects to do to complete the larger project done earlier. I’m a completion driven type and hate to leave something undone but weather made me do it! So today I’ll put my mind to rest.

[cooperhawk]

Fair, 46°F, Humidity 71%
Wind Speed S 8 mph
Barometer 30.07 in
Dewpoint 37°F
Visibility 10.00 mi
Increasing clouds, with a high near 67.
South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
GD cold is making me feel bad. I'll be glad when it's over.
We travel to Lake City today for a funeral.

[brm4450]

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Not much going on, headed to big city to watch granddaughter in her band contest and concert, everyone have a great day and weekend! See

[Mags]

Sure wish someone would run fiber my way. We’re still on DSL via the phone line but it works pretty good for us.

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Before fiber we had DSL. Back then the max speed was 384Kps. I think newer DSL tech can get up to 100Mps. Our current fiber plan is 100Mps. Which works great for us. We've run as many as 3 UHD video streams without hiccups or caching delays. We could get 2GBps if we wanted to pay more, but no need.

41' cloudy/sunny. After it warms up some more, will be outside for some yard work.

[JEBar]

today started early ... up before 5AM ... quick breakfast .... loaded our gear and hooked up our youngest son's boat ....backed onto the lake's boat ramp as the sun was coming up .... purpose of our outing was to do a little fishing while testing the boat for the first time this year .... we took along our 8 year old grandson for his first ever fishing from a boat ..... it was cold out there .... anyone who has fished with a child can most probably attest to the fact that the adult doesn't actually get to do much fishing.... we stayed on the water until 11AM .... thankfully, the forecast was wrong and we didn't get any rain .... 59 at 3pm with it forecasted to get up to 60 later this afternoon before dropping to 39 overnight

[JEBar]

beautiful sunny but cool morning .... 44 with a RealFeel of 51 at 8AM on its way to 66 before falling back to 44 tonight .... no rain today or tomorrow, really looking forward to tomorrow's high of 82 .... happy to be back to shorts and sandals

[Hatchdog]

28 this morning with a light frost. High should be in the mid 50’s with 60’s expected this week. Looks to be one of those beautiful warm sunny spring weeks. Too bad as this past week was spring break for the local schools and the weather was ok but not as nice as this week is expected to be.

Yesterday’s lengthy trip to Spokane running errands and then wind and rain prevented me from completing the un-completed projects around here so I sat in my chair and watched the Masters golf on tv. Today I plan to do the same as it’s said the Masters championship doesn’t begin until the back nine holes on Sunday. It’s shaping up to be a great competition today.

[cooperhawk]

Fair, 55°F, Humidity 55%
Wind Speed SE 3 mph
Barometer 29.63 in
Dewpoint 39°F
Visibility 10.00 mi
Partly sunny, with a high near 69.
Southeast wind around 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Chance of precipitation is 40%.
I managed to get through the funeral yesterday but this damn cold is
getting me down. Today I'm staying in and trying to heal.

[brm4450]

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Another beautiful Sunday, will go to Mass and then pickup a granddaughter. She likes go out and pickup eggs, saves my back. Everyone enjoy this beautiful Sunday!

[Mags]

37' and sunny. Maybe 69' later today.

[brm4450]

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Everyone have a nice day!

[cooperhawk]

Overcast and Breezy, 43°F,Humidity 71%
Wind Speed W 23 G 32 mph
Barometer 29.75 in
Dewpoint 34°F
Visibility 10.00 mi
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52.
Breezy, with a west northwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5pm.
I'm feeling much better this morning. I spent yesterday watching NASCAR
and the Master's Golf Tournament.
Nothing planned for today, yet.

[Hatchdog]

29 with a muted by thin clouds rising sun. In the 60’s today and the rest of the week is supposed to be just as nice. Except for gusty winds Wed and Thursday with 40 mph gusts expected. Seeing the doc for my annual check up today otherwise planning to spend time outdoors. My wife’s cousin and hubby moved up here from So Cal some years ago but snowbird back there in the winter. She fell and broke her ankle in three places a month ago and is still going thru therapy and check ups. So their return to here has been delayed a month so I’m going over to their place to mow the lawn and maybe turn the water on. Poor her.

[Mags]

41' and sunny. Maybe 75' later.