Good Morning!!!! 65F @ 6:30AM. Abundant sunshine. High 91F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph.
Tried posting this earlier, but the satellite wasn't awake yet.:confused3:
I'm glad the tool your friend made found its way back to you, Eric. You'll think of your fond memories of him every time you use it.
Those little vacuums wouldn't need to text if they didn't get stuck in the first place, Don.
The
M62 had been through 2 regens so far, Mike. I was digging with the backhoe, working it pretty hard, when the first one hit, and hardly noticed it. Second time around I was doing shuttle work, and it didn't raise the RPMs by itself high enough to work. It was taking a long time, and even losing ground (there's a bar graph that reports the amount of particulate present). Had to manually bump the throttle up to almost 3000 RPM to get it to finish. And stay out of the dry grass, too.
Sorry about the snake, Kyle. I hope you can use a shovel to kill the next one instead.
Good luck with the grocery delivery, Drew. Hope the dreams are pleasant ones.
Since I started dousing my 3PT couplers in penetrating oil after I used them, they've been much more cooperative. Even the nasty push button ones that hurt my thumbs.
The Loctite
518 sealant will get used on the cylinder base to engine case joint on the air cooled BMWs, Rich. The other one,
5900, is for the warped lip on the oil pan for the van. The 518 was delivered yesterday; I'm not complaining, but I was hoping that the other one would be the first to arrive.:confused2:
That garden looks like it's nice and healthy, David. That's a pretty deluxe grab handle, too!
:welcome: to GM, K5lwq; hope you enjoy your bachelorhood and you stay healthy!
Even with the kittens, Thomas, sounds like a good day yesterday.
Sorry about the string trimmers, David. They need to make an atomic powered one; no gas to gum things up, and no battery to change, ever!
Gonna be the same colors on the old barn, Ron?
During Friday's blistering temps, I used 51 kWhrs, almost all of it for the A/C, and only 10 of it came from the solar panels. Most of the electricity from the panels during the morning wasn't used because the batteries recharged overnight from the grid. Yesterday the high was only 83F, the A/C stayed off, only used 14 kWhr, half of it from the panels. Need more of those 80F days, and a lot fewer of those 107F days!
Two acre wildfire not far south of here yesterday, quickly put out. Could of been real bad in the strong winds we had yesterday afternoon.
Wanted to load up the buggy with the big sprayer yesterday, but the wind was already picking up by the time I finished breakfast. Strapped on the backpack sprayer and gave the weeds around the house a nice drink; the ones up the driveway will have to wait until later in the week when things calm down. Same with untarping the firetruck to move it, but at least I'll have the magnets in hand to secure the tarp back in place instead of the ratchet straps.
The rest of the day was taken up with unpacking boxes out of the shipping container, five in all, finding places to put a whole jumble of things. The trash can seemed extra full and heavy when I put it out last night.
The repair on the UV filter held the rest of the afternoon, if it's still dry this morning I can put all the cans and bottles of cleaning supplies away under the sink this morning. Be nice to not be tripping over 'em while I'm makin' breakfast.
I'd like to start installation of the alarm system in the van today, but we'll see what the day brings.
Hope everyone's week gets off to a good start!
