wngsprd
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It's nice to have something this funny to read to start the day.
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It's nice to have something this funny to read to start the day.
wngsprd
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71 going to 83, then autumn temps arrive tonight.
Glad Finnly had a nice birthday, and hope things improve in school.
Kyle, Once I take the cap off the well, I'll measure depth and calculate total volume of water, but to get to 200ppm, I estimate I'll need 5 gallons of unscented chlorox. I did find that the near-ground level seam between concrete casings has a crack in the grout. I think that's the ticket for fixing. I need to determine the best material to use to patch.
RNG, nice summary of how envy can destroy.
Cut another load of firewood yesterday. Even though the temps have hit 90 on a couple of days of cutting, it hasn't been as bad as I thought. I have one more load to cut. Once it cools off more, I'll cut these logs into rounds and stack on pallets.
Drew, magnolia sounds like a good choice. When we lived in Virginia Beach, our back yard was ancient sand dunes covered with pine straw, with tall pines, wax myrtle and live oak trees, so no mowing required. A small magnolia had started growing, apparently from a bird dropping, so when we moved, I dug it up, and replanted here...it has grown so tall, and is full of blooms all summer. It has had some snow and ice damage over 32 years, but still looks good, and is one of my prides.
Glad Finnly had a nice birthday, and hope things improve in school.
Kyle, Once I take the cap off the well, I'll measure depth and calculate total volume of water, but to get to 200ppm, I estimate I'll need 5 gallons of unscented chlorox. I did find that the near-ground level seam between concrete casings has a crack in the grout. I think that's the ticket for fixing. I need to determine the best material to use to patch.
RNG, nice summary of how envy can destroy.
Cut another load of firewood yesterday. Even though the temps have hit 90 on a couple of days of cutting, it hasn't been as bad as I thought. I have one more load to cut. Once it cools off more, I'll cut these logs into rounds and stack on pallets.
Drew, magnolia sounds like a good choice. When we lived in Virginia Beach, our back yard was ancient sand dunes covered with pine straw, with tall pines, wax myrtle and live oak trees, so no mowing required. A small magnolia had started growing, apparently from a bird dropping, so when we moved, I dug it up, and replanted here...it has grown so tall, and is full of blooms all summer. It has had some snow and ice damage over 32 years, but still looks good, and is one of my prides.
ronjhall
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Pretty sure they are Sandhill. Here is video of both of them.
Happy Birthday Finnly.
Prayers for her sucess in school.
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65F high of 67 for today,relief of cooler finally made it here...25 degree cooler more so this evening. 
If not to windy after work might try get couple hours blowing leaves w/back pack.
Enjoy the day all.
If not to windy after work might try get couple hours blowing leaves w/back pack.
Enjoy the day all.
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Poured second cup of coffee. 41° with some mostly clear skies this morning. Heading to 67° with sunny skies. Should be a good day to get some outside projects done. But have not decided which one yet.
Good Morning All.
Good Morning All.
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I just have a feeling Finnly is going to be just fine! That was the feeling I got reading your post, Kyle.
I shocked my well when we built here, it was drilled in 1957 and serviced a small house that was on the property until 2008. But it didn’t take much bleach, my well is only 64’ and the water table starts around 10’ depending on season, but my supply is tremendous sitting on top of the largest fresh water channel in the region.
Cooler and drier today through at least the first of the week.
I shocked my well when we built here, it was drilled in 1957 and serviced a small house that was on the property until 2008. But it didn’t take much bleach, my well is only 64’ and the water table starts around 10’ depending on season, but my supply is tremendous sitting on top of the largest fresh water channel in the region.
Cooler and drier today through at least the first of the week.
daugen
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Happy Birthday to Finnly and may she be as happy as a kitten in front of a bowl of milk today
Eric, good description, now I understand. I only partly understood hay. Thought it would be a fun thing to grow here but my older brother
who had done it said you just lose money unless you are really big. Besides, the idea of all those belts and springs and pulleys and adjustments
in a baler was a bit much for me.
So silage is green hay kimche. Or green something. YouTube videos of big tractors pushing silage up these ramps, compressing it?
I always looked at those videos and had no idea why they were doing that. Preparing it all for wrapping up.
Do the cows like silage better than hay because it's fermented? Is this their beer of the day?
do pigs eat it?
Eric, good description, now I understand. I only partly understood hay. Thought it would be a fun thing to grow here but my older brother
who had done it said you just lose money unless you are really big. Besides, the idea of all those belts and springs and pulleys and adjustments
in a baler was a bit much for me.
So silage is green hay kimche. Or green something. YouTube videos of big tractors pushing silage up these ramps, compressing it?
I always looked at those videos and had no idea why they were doing that. Preparing it all for wrapping up.
Do the cows like silage better than hay because it's fermented? Is this their beer of the day?
do pigs eat it?
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Drew, pigs eat everything, including you if you fall in th3 pen!
I found out yesterday that a very good friend was diagnosed with ALS, I still in shock.
I found out yesterday that a very good friend was diagnosed with ALS, I still in shock.
daugen
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After I wrote that I thought, well, pigs eat everything, and are carnivores.
Randy, sorry about your friend. Long challenge ahead, good friends will make it as easy as possible.
So many folks with neurological issues, makes me wonder about cumulative impact of environment, everything from too many microwaves
flying around to living over ground that is emitting radon.
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Good Morning!!!! 67F @ 5:15 AM. 0% Precip. / 0.00 in. Mostly Sunny. High near 85F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
The well and holding tank here were coliform contaminated from sitting so long when I purchased this place. The water treatment expert recommended three of the marble sized pool chlorine tablets for each, Told me to let it sit an hour then run every faucet for a few minutes until I smelled chlorine, then let it sit for another 24 hours before flushing. He also provided an indicator solution to tell when the chlorine had been flushed from the system.
Believe it or not, Ed, one of the realtors we were using while house shopping in the Gold Country south of here used the number of blue tarps "on display" in any given area as a measure of the quality of neighborhood. Extra points were given to those who used them as substitute roofing material. Thanks for your offer of the blue tarps, but I get all I need from the neighbors when the wind blows, and have even brought them home as Harbor Freight freebies on occasion. :laughing: They come in handy for keeping the driveway clean when changing oil on the tractor or truck, and since they're free I don't feel so bad about throwing them away when they get dirty. But when it comes to keeping something dry outside, I've found that the silver tarps hold up much better than the blue ones, and good old fashioned canvas tarps last even longer, all without looking like such an eyesore.
It could be you're on to something regarding the neurological issues, Drew. But I think those negative environmental causes have always been there, and now with people living so much longer, the cumulative effects are showing up more frequently.
Spent the morning priming parts for the old motorcycle, and almost ruined a gun because the paint started to harden inside it. Went to shoot another coat and nothing came out, and the paint had turned to jello. Lots of brushing with lots of lacquer thinner got it all out, but I wonder why it went off so quickly.
Then I took another swing at flattening the flange on the custom oil tank the mechanic had ordered for the van. He had me make some alterations that added to the warpage that was already there, but initially said it would be OK if we just used a cork gasket for a seal. But a few weeks ago he contacted the maker and they said to just use silicon sealant, but we measured gaps upwards of 0.020" and neither of us were happy letting them go. I ended up using a piloted cutter to shorten two mounting bosses that were holding the tank up too far, first having to fabricate a pilot of the appropriate size. Then an hour or two using a long bar of aluminum and strips of aluminum oxide sandpaper to flatten portions of the flange. I also used a machinist's jack to raise some areas that were too low. Got it to within 0.005" and called it good enough. If it still leaks, we'll have to cut off the mounting bosses and have it flattened at an engine shop that has a cylinder head decking setup.
Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!
The well and holding tank here were coliform contaminated from sitting so long when I purchased this place. The water treatment expert recommended three of the marble sized pool chlorine tablets for each, Told me to let it sit an hour then run every faucet for a few minutes until I smelled chlorine, then let it sit for another 24 hours before flushing. He also provided an indicator solution to tell when the chlorine had been flushed from the system.
Believe it or not, Ed, one of the realtors we were using while house shopping in the Gold Country south of here used the number of blue tarps "on display" in any given area as a measure of the quality of neighborhood. Extra points were given to those who used them as substitute roofing material. Thanks for your offer of the blue tarps, but I get all I need from the neighbors when the wind blows, and have even brought them home as Harbor Freight freebies on occasion. :laughing: They come in handy for keeping the driveway clean when changing oil on the tractor or truck, and since they're free I don't feel so bad about throwing them away when they get dirty. But when it comes to keeping something dry outside, I've found that the silver tarps hold up much better than the blue ones, and good old fashioned canvas tarps last even longer, all without looking like such an eyesore.
It could be you're on to something regarding the neurological issues, Drew. But I think those negative environmental causes have always been there, and now with people living so much longer, the cumulative effects are showing up more frequently.
Spent the morning priming parts for the old motorcycle, and almost ruined a gun because the paint started to harden inside it. Went to shoot another coat and nothing came out, and the paint had turned to jello. Lots of brushing with lots of lacquer thinner got it all out, but I wonder why it went off so quickly.
Then I took another swing at flattening the flange on the custom oil tank the mechanic had ordered for the van. He had me make some alterations that added to the warpage that was already there, but initially said it would be OK if we just used a cork gasket for a seal. But a few weeks ago he contacted the maker and they said to just use silicon sealant, but we measured gaps upwards of 0.020" and neither of us were happy letting them go. I ended up using a piloted cutter to shorten two mounting bosses that were holding the tank up too far, first having to fabricate a pilot of the appropriate size. Then an hour or two using a long bar of aluminum and strips of aluminum oxide sandpaper to flatten portions of the flange. I also used a machinist's jack to raise some areas that were too low. Got it to within 0.005" and called it good enough. If it still leaks, we'll have to cut off the mounting bosses and have it flattened at an engine shop that has a cylinder head decking setup.
Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!
