Good morning!!!!

[dave1949]

62F headed to 68F and passing showers today, some of which are on our doorstep now according to the radar.

Guess I'll make a grocery run this morning before the July 4th rush. The weather forecast looks pretty good here for the holiday weekend.

wngsprd, I do till between the asparagus rows in spring once or twice. I've never tried lightly tilling over the root clusters. Not sure about that. In Germany and France they hill the asparagus such that the stalks never reach daylight, then harvest it from the ground. Grown that way it is very pale-whitish in color and more mild in taste. They serve it with a Hollandaise-type sauce and the gourmet types go nuts for a couple weeks.

Roy, hope you get a break soon.

 

[bakerg]

Good morning, 63F heading to 73F with clear skies predicted. Happy Canada Day to my TBN Canadian friends.

 

[dave1949]

Dave, thank goodness for that info. I'll set my alarm clock to make sure I don't miss it. Hmmm, doesn't have a billion year setting... We humans, if we survive, will be on far away planets by then. Somehow I don't think you'll find that pic posted on the wall of any Catholic Church...

You can run but you can't hide from the Big Rip or Big Freeze, or whatever happens unless you can escape this universe--assuming there is somewhere to escape to. The enduring questions for humans; how did we get here and why, where are we really, what else is "out there", and what happens eventually? All religions that I'm aware of attempt to supply answers to those questions as a primary basis for their existence. We've been pondering over those questions for a long time.

 

[dave1949]

Happy Canada Day to all our Canadian friends!

 

[Larro Darro]

Good Morning. 0755, partly cloudy, 74F with 94% humidity. Forecast high of 88F with 20% chance of rain today, and a low of 74F tonight. I woke to the sound of thunder, but didn't start humming a tune from when I was one year old. Margie went to work early to miss the weather, but we never got any rain out of it. Bad one came through yesterday afternoon. Took part of the roof off the Ford place in Blountstown and took down lots of big trees, including one where Margie parks behind the Courthouse. A rock cracked the windshield on her new Prius yesterday morning. If she had been parked in her usual spot when that tree came down, she wouldn't have been so upset about the crack

I'm doing the pre-cleaning lady cleaning this morning. The garden needs hoeing, but it will have to wait. With the last seven days of rain, the weeds and grass are taking off for the first time this year.

The 4th being on a Saturday has pushed my work week back. I go in tonight to set up for a 2 day family reunion on Thursday and Friday. I don't know when it happened, but this year is half gone. 18 months until Margie retires, and I start looking for part time jobs. {one for her, and one for me}

You can run but you can't hide from the Big Rip or Big Freeze, or whatever happens unless you can escape this universe--assuming there is somewhere to escape to. The enduring questions for humans; how did we get here and why, where are we really, what else is "out there", and what happens eventually? All religions that I'm aware of attempt to supply answers to those questions as a primary basis for their existence. We've been pondering over those questions for a long time.

From "St. Stephen", by the Grateful Dead,

Fortune comes a crawlin, Calliope woman
Spinning that curious sense of your own
Can you answer? Yes I can,
but what would be the answer to the answer man?

 

[dave1949]

Good Morning. 0755, partly cloudy, 74F with 94% humidity. Forecast high of 88F with 20% chance of rain today, and a low of 74F tonight. I woke to the sound of thunder, but didn't start humming a tune from when I was one year old. Margie went to work early to miss the weather, but we never got any rain out of it. Bad one came through yesterday afternoon. Took part of the roof off the Ford place in Blountstown and took down lots of big trees, including one where Margie parks behind the Courthouse. A rock cracked the windshield on her new Prius yesterday morning. If she had been parked in her usual spot when that tree came down, she wouldn't have been so upset about the crack

I'm doing the pre-cleaning lady cleaning this morning. The garden needs hoeing, but it will have to wait. With the last seven days of rain, the weeds and grass are taking off for the first time this year.

The 4th being on a Saturday has pushed my work week back. I go in tonight to set up for a 2 day family reunion on Thursday and Friday. I don't know when it happened, but this year is half gone. 18 months until Margie retires, and I start looking for part time jobs. {one for her, and one for me}



From "St. Stephen", by the Grateful Dead,

Fortune comes a crawlin, Calliope woman
Spinning that curious sense of your own
Can you answer? Yes I can,
but what would be the answer to the answer man?

Yikes! Close call on the Prius. Smashed Prius vs cracked windshield, that is something to feel better about.

Two day family reunion?--best to get under your desk.

Answers are in short supply. But, geneticists say all blue-eyed people have a common ancestor from about 6,000 to 10,000 years ago when the mutation occurred that prevented melanin formation in the iris--in case you've been needing to know.

If only the Answer Man had a Twitter account.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

84F @ 7:10AM, very warm for this early. A mix of clouds and sun. High near 110F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph. Yesterday the temps made it to 107F and stayed above 100 until the sun set. Whew, like walking around in an oven. More of the same for today and tomorrow, cooling to double digits for the weekend.

Drew, Kev's right: true angle iron doesn't have a square shape on the inside of the legs. But you may be able to find an aluminum molding that does. If not, it's gonna be one of those cut'n'fit deals.

David, there's no place like home. Sometimes coming home is the best part of the trip!

Yesterday Dr. found "dry spots" on lower third of cornea, says eye still isn't closing all the way. He didn't seem concerned, and scheduled the next appointment for a year out. Sure hope I'm over this by then!!!

Highlight of yesterday was paying fifteen bux EACH for two alternator brushes. NOT! Haven't looked closely, but they must be made of gold...

Happy Hump Day!!!

 

[Larro Darro]

Two day family reunion?--best to get under your desk.

It is pretty much the norm with black families. Some even do the Friday, Saturday and Sunday thing. It comes from their family being so scattered that it is often the only time all year they see each other. Most take a week's vacation at that time. It is not uncommon for them to have printed agendas for the activities. Some of the biggest fusses I have ever seen at work is when there is a power struggle over who is going to be on the different committees for the next reunion. With white folks, we just eat, talk a while and go home.

 

[deerseeker001]

56 with sunny Skies with a high of 70 Today,good working weather.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Comon, guys, everybody knows the answer to life, the universe, and everything, is 42!

 

[Larro Darro]

Comon, guys, everybody knows the answer to life, the universe, and everything, is 42!

Just listen to Phish {or Trey} play "Will it go round in circles" for a few hours, and all you questions will be answered. Cactus buttons optional.

 

[farmer2009]

76 this morning and headed to 80 today. Already had one round of rain this morning expect more this afternoon.

Almost finished washing 2 houses yesterday. Wife's cousins son came out yesterday and helped me. Probably the best worker I've had out here. Showed him what I wanted done and walked away. And he did it. Didn't have to hold his hand. But he's probably the youngest worker I've had. Just headed into high school. Wife called her cousin about her older son and found out he had a summer job. But said I've got another one sitting here bored. He said he'd like to work. To bad he already had plans for today. Would have been nice to have him back.

Birds are all gone and so I'll start washing again this morning.

Kev good luck with your help. I hate it when they can't even call.

Larro close call on Prius.

Drew. Make you a router template. Use a collar on your router to run up against the jig. Then set your depth stops on router. Clamp down jig and route out. Move repeat. Change bits to a round over and eas the corner. Then chisel out final depth to fit metal. You'll have a nice edge. And if you ever start punching leather you'll have a hard place to punch and aluminum shouldn't hurt the dies.

 

[sodamo]

71°F and no rain last 24 hours.

Be safe
Have a great day

David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet

 

[dave1949]

It is pretty much the norm with black families. Some even do the Friday, Saturday and Sunday thing. It comes from their family being so scattered that it is often the only time all year they see each other. Most take a week's vacation at that time. It is not uncommon for them to have printed agendas for the activities. Some of the biggest fusses I have ever seen at work is when there is a power struggle over who is going to be on the different committees for the next reunion. With white folks, we just eat, talk a while and go home.

My family has done the 2-1/2 day thing recently. My cousin in Western MI has been hosting the gathering which is quite a trip from here. It does give enough time for conversation and some card games in the evening. We are so spread out, and thinning out, that reunions are tough.

I was joking because it seems lately some weddings and family gatherings in the news have become a bit dangerous.

 

[Larro Darro]

I was joking because it seems lately some weddings and family gatherings in the news have become a bit dangerous.

I guess I missed that. Haven't watched the news or read a newpaper in almost seven years. Should have stopped long before that. If something happens that has some bearing on my life, plenty of folks will tell me about it. The rest of it is just static.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 73F this morning, made it to 94F, mostly sunny and windy. Picked up 4 golf balls while mowing today. working getting the boat registered, did not empty any boxes today.Need to get started on my new work bench to get more storage. Need to get ready for the trip, leaving Friday

 

[dave1949]

Good evening all. 73F this morning, made it to 94F, mostly sunny and windy. Picked up 4 golf balls while mowing today. working getting the boat registered, did not empty any boxes today.Need to get started on my new work bench to get more storage. Need to get ready for the trip, leaving Friday

My brother used to live across a residential city street from a golf course fairway, just about the right distance from the tee that errant balls would reach his yard or break the occasional window. If a ball landed on the street it would get a good bounce or roll forever. He could fill a 5 gal. bucket every year picking up golf balls in his yard.

Never enough storage eh? :laughing: Have a safe trip back to MO.

 

[Eric Salop]

I was almost thinking air conditioning was wasted on a cabbed tractor in the UK, then hot air from Spain makes a visit, reaching these shores at 35C/95F and leaving us basking at 29C/84F in the early evening. Very pleasant stressing thistles with the a/c on.


Kev : A "weed wiper" to those of us speaking ye olde fashioned English is a trailed implement that uses a rotating bristle brush to wipe herbicide onto any plants growing above the level of the grass. The brush is kept soaked in herbicide by a pump that cycles on and off according to the density of the weeds.




What do you call these ?

Comon, guys, everybody knows the answer to life, the universe, and everything, is 42!

I could just see the end of the universe coming the day that Dave completes his field restoration project with one of those Vogon constructor fleet eviction notices.


[If anyone hasn't read Douglas Adam's HitchHickers Guide to the Galaxy, it's a Sci-Fi book that doesn't take life seriously, wherever it happens to be. It was made into a brilliant BBC radio series and accompanying soundtrack, then a good BBC TV series and finally a not so good film]

 

[RoyJackson]

2015-07-02, 0322

61 right now and looks clear today...high of 75. Looks to be clear the next few days and maybe I can finish mowing and trimming

 

[wngsprd]

70 and heading to only 82 due to clouds and likely rain.

Got the string trimmer out and went for 2 hours yesterday. My shoulders are reminding me this morning.

Need to spray a couple of fields but rain forecast for the next 3 days is scaring me off.

Eric, I haven't seen an implement like that before, but I like the concept. Sure seems it would get the tall weeds wet while saving the clover in my fields.