Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Nice haul. Dunno about those Smart Meters. I have two for my grid-tied system, in and out. The radio reading must have been flakey this winter because the reader truck resumed coming to read the meter manually, but i haven't seen them lately. It does not inspire confidence in their technical abilities with new technology. My solar installer told me they only really need one meter of the type I have but the power co. doesn't know how to program them for net use.

The meter man told me that the old smart meter was only able to "see" the closest neighboring meter, then showed me the display with network nodes much farther away as seen by the new one. So hopefully that problem is fixed. He also said he doesn't use that style of replacement meter everywhere because they are much more expensive than the one it replaced. I noticed it had a GE logo prominently displayed on its face; the old one did not.

Whether we like smart meters or not, they're here to stay. It leaves me frustrated that the power utility will do nothing to compensate customers for the inconvenience and financial consequences when the technology doesn't prove out.

BTW, Dave, what happened to AEN?

 

[sodamo]

65°F and no rain last 24 hours

In town for breakfast with wife and errands.
Those paving projects sure look nice.

Be safe
Have a great day

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[KevT]

Dave? Where DID Mr Newman go? Well I started the day mowing the drive and front easement, decided to fuel up the tractor and as long I have the diesel out, might as well see if those old stumps in the back yard are ready to burn... Nope! Well the tractor is all fueled up so I went ahead and finished moving the little pile of trees to the burn pit. It is now ready to call in a permit in the morning and get rid of another pile. This is the larger of the 2 pits and as I said somewhere on here, it measures about 30 foot across and 14-16 ft deep and it is full. Should make for a nice fire. Back pasture is coming in slowly, but full. Watching the weather for rain so that I can go out and fertilize it.

 

[dave1949]

I retired Alfred E. Newman. While waiting for inspiration for his replacement, I put in a pick of the driveway looking toward the road. I had hoped the dandelions would show up better. What could be prettier than springtime apple blossoms and dandelions?

 

[vtsnowedin]

I was supposed to be off for the weekend at noon but the Boss called and said he was bringing me up my computer. No way to put in a time sheet without one.????
Anyway after I got done with him I picked up some steaks for the grill etc. and got home by 3:00PM. Found that the peas I planted are just peeking out of the ground but no sign of the corn as yet. There is a few more asparagus to cut. . Got to check the food plot to see if anything has managed to sprout there. It has been to dry so probably not yet.

 

[daugen]

Dave, post that pic inside the thread please, can't enlarge it by clicking on it.
Want to count your dandelions....
nice drive btw...

fireman paver layer ended his day today still not done, but close, redid several sections without me telling him too..., both the sinkhole/soft spots reworked, and now he's about twenty big pavers short. 50/50 mix of square and rectangular pavers and the large ones ran out. I expected the other way, like a big puzzle laying them in the "random" pattern.
It's starting to look good though. He'll finish it on Sunday.

Am off to dinner with my house guest friends, nice place in town I've never been to.
I was hoping to take them to the country club for dinner, use up my minimum, and well, geez, they only
brought jeans. Not on a Friday or Sat night, darn. I think they are pretty embarrassed about it, not packing a pair of chinos...but their trip didn't require it. Or so they thought...no problemo, now they can treat so I'm hardly complaining.
Wayne and I have been close friends for just under 50 years.
And I'm going to let him drive the Ram because he's thinking of either an Ecodiesel Ram 1500 or a Colorado. I think he will find even a 1500 is going to feel really big to a Honda Pilot driver.

 

[dave1949]

Ask and you shall receive.

The tall skinny trees are ash. they always leaf-out late but those at the end of the drive are not doing well. They haven't been real happy since cutting the driveway through there back in 2005. Oh well, the emerald ash borer is coming so no use getting too excited about it at this point. They will be power line problems eventually and the power co. maintains that line. :thumbsup:

The apple trees are wild and really could use the attention of a pole saw at this point.

Count your dandelions while ye may ...



Fifty years is a long friendship with Wayne. We have friends from almost that far back that we get together with every year. Old friendships are cool. Conversations start-up like you saw them just last week. Enjoy.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Dave said: I retired Alfred E. Newman. While waiting for inspiration for his replacement, I put in a pick of the driveway looking toward the road. I had hoped the dandelions would show up better. What could be prettier than springtime apple blossoms and dandelions?

The apple blossoms and dandelions do look nice, Dave, but I think AEN is a lot more colorful! :laughing:

 

[riptides]

I retired Alfred E. Newman. While waiting for inspiration for his replacement, I put in a pick of the driveway looking toward the road. I had hoped the dandelions would show up better. What could be prettier than springtime apple blossoms and dandelions?

Funny how we think dandelions are weeds, there was a time when the kids would pick them and bring mom "flowers".

Now I look at them and try and think of my wife's mothers dandelion wine recipe. One day I will have to try that.

 

[Larro Darro]

Funny how we think dandelions are weeds, there was a time when the kids would pick them and bring mom "flowers".

Now I look at them and try and think of my wife's mothers dandelion wine recipe. One day I will have to try that.

Margie can't understand why I hoe up the volunteer melons that come up in the garden. I try to explain if they are not where I want them, they are weeds. If they had come up in the melon patch, they would be a valued part of the garden. Speaking of the garden, the field corn is about a week behind the sweet corn, but I saw a few tassels this morning.