Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

May have been one of my best hams, yummmmmmm

 

[buckeyefarmer]

May have been one of my best hams, yummmmmmm

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Our Costco ham was good. Wife makes her own glaze, not the packet that came with it.

 

[hawkeye08]

Had a nice beef roast (we buy grass fed local beef) with scalloped potatoes and corn...

Happy Easter to all!

Stay safe, prayers for all

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening and Happy Easter all. 61F for the start, rain with thunder, 1 inch in rain gauge. Wind light and increase to moderate then cranked up for frontal passage. Sky cleared off after rain ended early then clouded back up for front. High temp was 77F, low temp will be about 43F at midnight. Watch some of chapels's live streaming then went to stepdaughter's church for outdoor parking lot Easter service, too noisy from cars, social distance cut in on the congregation interaction. conservation of energy west of the day until nap time. Cooked chicken pineapple quesadillas for dinner.
Buckeye MS not my favorite OS either, but support for Apple is not the greatest either, and linux is worse. Lunch sounded good.
Hams were processed different in STL area, and we used a brown sugar and mustard glaze that work real well. Can't get the same hams here
RNG why would you run in 2WD with a heavy load on the front?
Walker nice video.
David fun story
Ted what is that saying, work smarter not harder.
David that is some rain.
RNG sorry to hear how much the rocks and clays are messing with you.
David whole table looks good!
prayers for all.
stay safe and healthy.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Procrastinating again. 4' of trench in 3 hours, and Mr. Back is very unhappy with Mr. Shovel and with Baby Rock, Sister Rock, Brother Rock, Mrs. Rock, and especially Mr. Rock. Multiple Rock families, one of the Rocks for every two Clays, that love to stick to the shovel. But now I know which way the first bit of conduit is going, and it looks like it'll cross another one that I buried but not as deep. And it has to make a turn in not to far, so I'm reluctant to break out the backhoe. Ted, how did you avoid snapping that electrical line with your 'hoe? Could use some lessons in tip toeing with a back hoe...:confused3:

I knew there was a wire there, so when digging, keep the bottom of the bucket level with the teeth, use the dipper stick to “ pull “ back without curling the bucket. You can shave a little off at a time, slow going, but as soon as I “ grabbed “ the wire, just backed off the “ pull “, popping it up. I am assuming that you do not want to pop up the other gas line, so just keep shaving a little at a time. You will feel and / or hear the bucket scrape the pipe.

I found an old waterline from a well we had that was inactive using the same procedure. I had an idea where it was at, but not really a specific location. I had to “ shave “ an area about 3 x 5 ft from about 2 ft deep down to almost 4 ft until I found it. Shaved the dirt right off without a scratch on the PVC pipe. Now I buy that cheap 1/2 inch vinyl marking tape and drop it in about six inches above whatever I am burying.

Hope this helps you out...

 

[sodamo]

RNK
You make me chuckle. Back when building the house. I agreed to dig the gas line trenches for the plumber with my backhoe rather than having him bring his machine back. One of those line would go pretty close to where the already installed water line sat. Of course, I continued until I snagged it, separated it at the fitting. Not a problem, just go to HD, get a few CPVC fittings and all would be good.
So, there I am, in the plumbing aisle, bunch of fittings in hand and who walks up, my plumber. Seeings the fittings and of course asks what I’m building.
Never seen him there before or since. He did laugh, said not to worry his guy would fix next morning.

 

[sodamo]

3.81 inches rain last 6 hours. Just a tad moist.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG why would you run in 2WD with a heavy load on the front?

I was moving pallets of concrete out of the truck, across the concrete driveway, and in 4WD, the tractor wasn't very happy anytime the front wheels got turned. In and out of 4WD, it was only a matter of time before this ol' man forgot which end was up. Wheeeee...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I knew there was a wire there, so when digging, keep the bottom of the bucket level with the teeth, use the dipper stick to pull back without curling the bucket. You can shave a little off at a time, slow going, but as soon as I grabbed the wire, just backed off the pull ? popping it up. I am assuming that you do not want to pop up the other gas line, so just keep shaving a little at a time. You will feel and / or hear the bucket scrape the pipe.

I found an old waterline from a well we had that was inactive using the same procedure. I had an idea where it was at, but not really a specific location. I had to shave an area about 3 x 5 ft from about 2 ft deep down to almost 4 ft until I found it. Shaved the dirt right off without a scratch on the PVC pipe. Now I buy that cheap 1/2 inch vinyl marking tape and drop it in about six inches above whatever I am burying.

Hope this helps you out...

I guess I don't quite understand the jargon, Ted. Are you shaving up and down, or parallel to the surface, top to bottom?

I went ahead, taking small cuts, working from top to bottom, figuring I'd be able to feel the resistance of a PVC conduit. Never felt one, never hit one, and now I'm four feet down following that dang electrical conduit. It's gotta turn upward sooner or later, so I just gotta decide whether to shave down or shave back...:confused3:

Worse comes to worst, the Honda generator still works fine, and I can do without grid power for quite a while with all the E0 I've got stashed. But careful digging seems the best course of action with all else that we're all dealing with, a bit of a treasure hunt, eh?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNK
You make me chuckle. Back when building the house. I agreed to dig the gas line trenches for the plumber with my backhoe rather than having him bring his machine back. One of those line would go pretty close to where the already installed water line sat. Of course, I continued until I snagged it, separated it at the fitting. Not a problem, just go to HD, get a few CPVC fittings and all would be good.
So, there I am, in the plumbing aisle, bunch of fittings in hand and who walks up, my plumber. Seeings the fittings and of course asks what I’m building.
Never seen him there before or since. He did laugh, said not to worry his guy would fix next morning.

I'm glad you can look back on that encounter with a smile, David!

But it just goes to show that there's no substitute for experience.

And that experience comes at a price.

Learn by mistake and pay a little as you go, or buy into the experience a pro brings to bear. Only problem is there are lots of people calling themselves pros that expect you to pay them to learn on the job, and how do you tell the difference?