Good Morning!!!! 48F @ 5:00AM. Some clouds this morning will give way to generally sunny skies for the afternoon. High 64F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Seems like cancer strikes without rhyme or reason, Farmer. Nobody's safe, but it's especially tragic for young families.
Headed south to the San Francisco Bay Area today for a friend's memorial service tomorrow. Lost him a couple weeks ago on the operating table to a stroke. He was a mountain biking buddy with another friend and I; we'd be out every Sunday, covering up to 30 miles on trails, sometimes climbing as much as 5000 feet. Our friend was always first one to the top. Good times with him on old Norton motorcycles, too. He'll be missed.
Picked up the new bearing for the side-by-side yesterday and also found a source of steel for the firewood pallets. It seems Kubota sends its tractors and side-by-sides over on a sort of pallet made from rectangular steel tubing, and the dealer sends 'em to the scrap yard when they're done unloading 'em. They had a stack of about a half dozen of 'em, each about 5'x10' and a lot of tubes in 'em. Gonna borrow the flatbed trailer next week to bring 'em all home; that should keep me busy for quite a while...
Got a shock from the building contractor when he sent me his estimate yesterday. The cost of the building itself was in line, but the rest was three times his initial guess, most of it tied up in the earth moving operations. His water tank cost was pretty ridiculous, too, and that was just for non-potable storage! Might be time to scale back, or find someone with more realistic expectations for what they're worth. Since the fire, contractors are able to charge a king's ransom for their services, and with all the insurance money floating around, they're getting it.
TGIF gang!:drink:
