Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

This is strange. The Temp is continuing to drop. It's dropped another 5˚F we are now at 44˚F.

RNG is missing this morning. Hope he is test driving his motorcycle and hasn't been consumed by the power company.

 

[toppop52]

This is strange. The Temp is continuing to drop. It's dropped another 5˚F we are now at 44˚F.

RNG is missing this morning. Hope he is test driving his motorcycle and hasn't been consumed by the power company.

He might have been censored for talking bad about Kaliforinica.

Up to 66 looking like 68-70 later. I’m going to try to get on my little tractor today and do some blade work, I’m not telling Ellen.
She wants to go to Ocean City and check out the Endless Summer Cruise, I would just as soon stay far away. I expect I will lose.
Good day and prayers.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good Friday Morning. It was 75° at 5 a.m. and "cooler" front arrived about 6 a.m. dropping just over 1" of rain.

The temperature has now dropped to 55° with 20 mph winds and gusting to nearly 30 mph. It may get up to 60° this afternoon which is 35° cooler than yesterday's 95°.

I guess with the high winds, I'll work on some projects in the shop. The big shop has roll up doors on north and south ends so with north winds the doors will stay closed. I need to do a major shop cleanup and to put things away as it seems every horizontal surface has things stacked on them. My bad.

Drew ... I bought Generac stock shortly after their IPO so .... I'm happy.

Hope everyone has an excellent start to the weekend.

Prayers to all.

 

[sodamo]

74°F and .27 inches rain last 24 hours.

Quick trip to town. Breakfast with wife, $5 Friday at Safeway, PO and home.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[daugen]

nice Garden Club meeting, though I had real problems hearing due to roaring noises in ear, my those ladies do yak.
Presentation today on some small vase arrangements, and when I got there one of the ladies shooed me up to the front row, and said
sit in this chair. ? Well....I was set up, they did gift drawings later and my seat had the blue tape underneath, so I won the nice centerpiece arrangement, for
which the ladies as a group said "for all you do for us". How nice. And all the gourds disappeared too.

I'll have about ten more gourds to take with me next week heading to PA. Something different than me taking them Bertie Co. peanuts.

now off to mow on a very nice cool day. But first I have to pull out about four dead small evergreens, that did not like the one month drought we had earlier this year. Which is why I watered like mad last week. We are way down on moisture though I see some in the forecast.

Jay, how bumpy was the ferry ride?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

This first mounting will be a learning experience not to be rushed.

The Nardi backhoe I have also used a PTO pump, David. Once I get the tractor close enough, the first thing I do is mount the pump on the PTO. At that point, I can use the hydraulic controls on the BH to move the boom and stabilizers, and I can lift and tilt the BH enough to get the mounts connected. It's not easy, takes a fair amount of fiddling, and I have to be very careful where I am when anything's moving. You'll take more time the first time, but it won't take as long the next time. Unless, like me, you forget what worked, and what didn't, because you only use the BH every year or two.:confused2:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Boy, tough news for the neighbor when you are called for help and can稚 fix it.

Yeah, really missed my chance to be a hero that night. But that generator was so far gone I don't even think her husband will be able to get it going. She told me is was 10 or 11 years old, and had been a really good one. The one that broke was of similar age, so I don't think she's going to resist getting a newer one, especially since it looks like this outage could go on through Sunday.:shocked:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Skunk Wash Formula

1 quart of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide
...

You may need to double or triple this recipe depending on the weight of your dog.

Don't they use Hydrogen Peroxide to bleach hair?:shocked:

Hope Coco looks good as a blond!:laughing:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Read in another thread there were generator thieves, out looking to steal unwatched gens. Nothing like a little adversity to bring out the best and worst...

Thievery has been a huge problem for those effected by the Camp Fire. They'll come onto a burned out lot and dig up anything they can get their hands on. After the owner puts a trailer on their land so they can get out of the motel or apartment they've been in, thieves will sneak in and steal their generator and whatever else isn't nailed down. The Paradise police force lost most of its members because they couldn't find a place to live, so it's been difficult to do anything about it.

FWIW, I go armed on the property most of the time I'm outside, and always when I go to town...:thumbdown:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 63F @ 9:45AM. Abundant sunshine. High 81F. Winds light and variable.
The winds blew pretty good all night, waking me up at about 2AM, and that was about it for the night's rest. I was afraid I might oversleep, but even after I set an alarm, I couldn't nod off again. Too much going on, not the least of which is the blackouts, and then all that needs to be done going forward to be able to deal with them. That's the number one reason behind insomnia, it's somewhat comforting that misery has company I guess.:confused3:

I'll take a peek at the old CR issues a little later today and post what I find, Don. You didn't mention reliability, and for me at least, that would be the #1 fridge criteria.

So sorry Coco met Pepe and it wasn't a friendly encounter, Wng. The only time I ever came close to being skunked was on a dirt bike, and I was just able to stay out of range. The two youngsters behind me weren't so lucky, though.:laughing:

PG&E should send their managers and decision makers to Texas, Rick, and maybe learn how to run a power grid in the wind?

Speaking of which, the power grid is still down, and the latest apology from PG&E says the lights might stay out until Sunday. Whatever. Gonna be people leaving the grid in droves, now. I'm even reconsidering my decision to remain grid tied, but will start off that way. I can always change my mind later, but it's more difficult going the other way.


The termite man showed up right on time this morning, even called to let me know he was on his way. Been a while since I've seen a drill that big, and it zipped right through the 4-5" of concrete, less than an hour to drill all those holes. He's injecting them now...

TGIF gang!:drink: