Good morning!!!!

Ed of all trades · Aug 1, 2018

Good morning all, 68 this morning going to with a 70% chance of heavy rain-T storms. Flash flood watch from noon til 6:00 pm thursday. Have some running errands this morning, then will see what comes. had a nice rain last night but don't know totals.

Have a great day, Prayers sent. Ed

Ed of all trades · Aug 1, 2018

Eric, when I was a kid the ambulance was also the hearse, they just put a red beacon light on top if they were hauling someone still living.

Ed

Buppies · Aug 1, 2018

A true hunter RNG you are and determined too

68 high of 82 more rain on the way although yesterday痴 heavy rain never materialized

Prayers for all those in need LS Ed and all unspoken requests

Thomas · Aug 1, 2018

60F clear 80 for high maybe t storm later this evening.
August already.

Took the trimmer for good hour walk and hopes same this evening after testing at hospital.
Yup...E muffin feed little critters slow roll to work.

Enjoy the day all.

riptides · Aug 1, 2018

Hmmmm....looks like I am stuck in the house for awhile. Roads getting out of here are closed due to flooding. I see water in the pasture which means it is over the bridge. More rain on tap later.

ronjhall · Aug 1, 2018

poured firs t cup of coffee. 63° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 80° sun in afternoon. Got .98" of rain yesterday and overnight. Some light weight projects on the list today. Trying to stop my arm from hurting.

Yesterdays Dr. visit went well. At 76 not much to do when a biopsy shows 1% cancer in one sample out 12. So monitoring will continue every 3 months until who knows when. For those interest. Dr. gave me a book that should answer most questions about Prostrate Cancer. For know I am relived and I can spend my time worrying about my arm.

RNG, good catch. Maybe you need a cat.

Buppies, Ed and LS prayers for continued recovery.

Good Morning All.

Bird · Aug 1, 2018

Ed of all trades said:
Eric, when I was a kid the ambulance was also the hearse, they just put a red beacon light on top if they were hauling someone still living. Ed

I don't know how old you are, Ed. But when I became a police officer in Dallas (1964), the funeral homes contracted with the city to provide ambulance service. They were nearly always just one man in the ambulance, which as you said, was one of their hearses, and they did NO first aid or medical care on the scene. Police cars each had a first aid kit and the officers did any first aid they could do, if any was done. And no firemen came to the scene unless a police officer requested them to either put out a fire, or wash fuel off the street. And when an officer requested an ambulance, he specified a "white" ambulance or a "black" ambulance. Yes, there have been many changes over the years.

riptides · Aug 1, 2018

Water rescues on my road now. Guess people cannot read the big orange sign in the middle of the road. If your going downhill in water what do you expect at the bottom?

wngsprd · Aug 1, 2018

72 going to 87 and storms and hail predicted for this evening.

Ron, good news on your doctor report.

Eric, I went the other way - switched to fiberglass with my last handle since the hickories seemed to break too often.

RNG, everytime I see the fire on the news, it looks worse. Stay safe.

Yesterday was still too wet to do much, so went to the gym while my wife went to the grocery store, then had a nice baked trout lunch out and came home to sunshine. It dried out enough that I put down about 40 feet of Eternabond 6" tape on the shed roof. Metal roof...facing south...sunny and 85 degrees makes for a hot spot.

The roof leaks where the previous owner attached a nearly flat shelter roof to the nicely pitched shed roof. After serving well for decades, the galvanized tin has slightly warped and curled at the ends, so the rain travels down to the bottom, then up and under the shed tin, and then leaks down before it reaches the shelter tin piece underneath. I've tried caulk of different varieties, even tested some exterior expanding foam in the junction, but leaks return after a while. So decided to try this tape. The tough part is laying it on the many ribs of the roofing panels...up one side, down into the valley, back up and down again. Had to do 2 shelter junctions.

It rained hard less than an hour later, and I didn't notice any leaks. Will probably get a good testing today. I should have asked you guys how to fix. Maybe Teflon from Texas, or mortar from England.

Grass never dried yesterday, so hope it does today so I can ride the mower around. Most years it is so dry by the first day of August that the mower takes a long nap.