Good morning!!!!

[RoyJackson]

Good morning,
I'm at work, but I think I'm going to take a couple days off after the audit closes (around noon today)

 

[toppop52]

94 today! Then 66 by Saturday. Fall is here. We need rain badly, in a moderate drought now.
Flu shot and over 65 pneumonia shot today, plus a blood draw.
Hope you all have a great day. Prayers all around.

 

[ronjhall]

Need to pour first cup of coffee. 68° with mostly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 57° with thunderstorms. All the forecasted storms went north of us yesterday. May not be that lucky today. Lawn got cut and decided to do another project instead of the pond. Going get back on rewiring electrical power to the 2 barns. I think I have all the material. But it's been laying on bench since June.

Roy, glad it was not heart problem.

Thomas, I remember my last days at work. It was enjoyable. But some goodbyes were tough after 36 years with same company. I and my field service partner were the only ones left at the company with more than 20 years. Enjoy these last days.

Buckeye, hope you get insurance figured out. Apple works very well as does Android. But the learning curve can be frustrating.

David, glad you had a nice dinner.

Drew, hope you get porch done without any added pains to the body.

Mostly, 6-7 days on a battery charge would be good. I get about 36 hours on my iPhone 8 plus.

Good Morning All.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 75˚F heading to the mid 90s. Send a cold front down here, we are tired of Summer.
Drew. I used a penetrating type stain on my porch and cedar walls of our little cabin. I still had to give it a coat every 3 years on the parts that the sun hit but no sanding, just cleaning with a brush.
Roy those symptoms will cause enough stress to cause those symptoms.
Mostly, the hearing in front of the RR Commission will be in December, I'll find out then if a water test will be helpful. This is a new LLC business and their first well, if there are any problems I think they will just go bankrupt. I would feel better if Exxon was drilling it.

The quest to find the tractor graveyard:
We are starting to blaze a new trail today. The first markings are for the CA tractor to mow the waist high grass/weeds so we can access the areas of underbrush that need to be removed. This may be an opportunity for me to edge my way onto another tractor. This trail is so dense we will be doing a foot at a time for a few miles. A true all winter project. The new house section opened and already 10 houses are occupied. This area has big open areas where the 4th golf course was suppose to go but hiking trails won out on the resident surveys. Of course we are putting the trails in the rough area under the trees that have never been cleared. Someone said back in the brush they is an old tractor grave yard, I'll be looking for that.

During Firewire clearing yesterday I mentioned to a lady helping that I have not seen a snake since I moved here (well just a baby on the street), she promptly turned on her phone and showed me about 30 rattlesnakes she has run across just this year. Big Ones. I'm breaking out my snake boots today in the waist high brush/grass there is no ground visibility.

New truck has not made it home, it's getting a spray-in liner. I was undecided about the color of the seats the dealership owner signed a note to me that I have 30 days to like the color or they will re-cover the seats for free ($1500 value) with black leather, could not refuse that offer. Negotiating at the final hours of the month paid off. But I'm starting to like the lighter color so maybe he won the gamble.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

been reading that I'm an environmental hog asking Amazon to deliver in two days. Going to consider going to their one day a week delivery for
non rush items. I love the way they are starting to color the eco delivery boxes green, peer pressure from neighbors who see you haven't gone green?
I admit I do use a lot of their cardboard packaging to start my burn pile, so I'm doubly bad by not recycling everything.

Did you know that burning a piece of cardboard releases precisely the same amount of CO2 into the atmosphere as letting it biodegrade on the ground (or in a landfill)? Fire just works quicker, is all.

And if, instead of ordering from Amazon, you got in your truck and drove to a brick'n'mortar store, like in the old days, would that make you an even bigger eco-hog? Prolly not, 'cause UPS, FedEx, and the PO have their delivery routes figured out so they make the deliveries in the shortest time for the lowest cost, which includes the cost of the fuel they burn.

So recycle your cardboard, or burn it, it doesn't make any difference from an environmental standpoint, and, if it's free, keep using one and two day Amazon delivery. :2cents:

 

[daugen]

RNG, I signed up for Once a Week with Amazon, but can override it on any one item.
I have no bricks and mortar option left, my favorite hardware store closed down, gone.
All I have left is Lowes, Walmart and Tractor Supply.
So I continue to make Mr Bezos even richer, which he surely now needs after his divorce settlement.

any of your motorcycle friends using one of these?
I bet it becomes standard soon in CA.........
Airbag Jackets for motorcyclists

 

[RedNeckGeek]

My wife says you need to add Laura Ashley's soft furnishings store in Nantwich, Cheshire to that list. If that's destroyed your plans for this week, maybe Randy knows an alternative place to get those cushions for your Vanagon

Done. Laura Ashley's is now at the top of my list of stores to avoid from now on, Eric. Please thank your very thoughtful wife for me!:thumbsup::laughing:

And good luck with the weather. Maybe keep an eye on the radar map just to be safe?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

As I enter shed last evening ruffle grouse decided to exit same time...that was interesting for moment. :shocked:
Today I clean out my goodies from over the years at work and start my walk about visiting places and saying my good bye's.

Just as I entered, a bird flew through the back door into the garage yesterday afternoon, Thomas, and hid behind the blinds. It reconsidered when I wiggled the blinds, and left the same way it came in. Never did see it, just heard the beat of its wings, but I'm guessing it was one of the bluebirds that have been hanging around lately. I bet your grouse made a much more startling noise!

Half way through cleaning out my desk during my last week prior to retirement, a co-worker stopped by and asked me for the various books and office supplies I'd accumulated. Imagine my surprise a week later when a very T-ed off secretary called me to complain I'd left her a huge mess to clean up. I suggested she instead vent her wrath at the co-worker. Just another nail in that coffin, another reason for retiring early. Hope your departure comes without those kinds of surprises!:laughing:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

any of your motorcycle friends using one of these?
I bet it becomes standard soon in CA.........
Airbag Jackets for motorcyclists

Amazon offers free access to various forms of digital media to encourage customers to use delayed delivery options, but the satellite connection here discourages me from taking advantage of that perk. I also don't trust the digital copyright management software to preserve my access going forward; I'll stick with a hard copy CD/DVD/book, thank you very much.

Why yes, as a matter of fact, one friend does have one of those blow up devices. His is more of a vest, and he needed my help getting it untangled from his arms last time we rode together. The air bladder in it makes it kinda stiff, and he wasn't used to how it went on/off yet. It relies on a tether back to the bike to activate, and at each stop on the ride I kept an eye out so I wouldn't miss when he activated it by mistake. I'm still waiting.:laughing:

It uses a CO2 cartridge to inflate it, and his was mounted over his left breast where a shirt pocket might go. It was as big as a double C-cell flashlight, and I couldn't help but wonder what it would feel like to land on if there were an accident.:shocked:

 

[lostcreekranch]

63F raining upper 60's for high clearing sky later today.

As I enter shed last evening ruffle grouse decided to exit same time...that was interesting for moment. :shocked:
Today I clean out my goodies from over the years at work and start my walk about visiting places and saying my good bye's.
E muffin feed little critters slow roll to work.

Enjoy the day all.

Thomas .... congrats on you final days! How many years!

I retired after 44 1/2 years at the same company, that I went to work for, three days after completion of my USAFSS active duty.

When I retired, I never looked back. Enjoy your retirement!