Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

55 going to 72, delightful.

Eric, I had seen flit guns at my grandparents, but didn't know their name, either.

Tilled and planted my last 3 food plots yesterday. Funny how fast crows can find new seed. Ready to give my tractor a rest and then a cleanup before winter firewood duties get here.

 

[ChuckT]

Good morning. Took a couple days to switch phone as my battery was not lasting.
I complained to Spectrum as our service keeps dropping out especially in the AM. IT was a email to Mayo, the Charter CEO, already got a reply. We'll see.
Also beached to Verizon as our cellphone service here is spotty. No joy there tho. Verizon's solution was an outside booster ("WeBoost" - pricey). Alot of discussion on a local Homeowners Association (our first meeting is tonight) facebook page. Sum and substance - few people know enough to comment but a lot are un-happy, including me. We are almost center of 3 cell towers (an app tells me) and on the fringe of all 3. Can we agitate for a local tower? Probably some yokel will "Oh, they're UGLY" and kibosh it. We'll see.

 

[Buppies]

Toppop it would appear you had your boat the same time frame I had Baha 252 with 496 in her very fast stable boat sometimes I miss her. 70 mph was very easy to get to

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 71˚F heading to the high 80s. No wind. About 10˚ cooler than August.

Heading out early to tackle cedars in the 2nd FireWise clearing session since the summer break.

 

[Thomas]

37F clear sky mid 60's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today...Paint downstairs ceilings little over 3 gallons after that putter putter.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 42° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 72° with lots of sun. Never got to garage door painting yesterday. While forecast called for sun. I never came out until afternoon. Keeping things wet. I did get all materials out. Need a trip to Rural King to pick up a revolver I bought.

Randy, I thought my 29' boat was fast. 40 mph. With twin 4.3 engines. Fast enough for fishing. :laughing:

Chuck, We had the same thing with a much needed Verizon tower. People near tower fought against it. They won with township board. When Township found what it would cost to fight in court they dropped the case. Waiting for new tower to go up. :thumbsup:

Eric, I used one of those flit guns when I first moved here. It may still be in storage cabinet in barn.

Roy, paid my tax bill last week. They already cashed the check.

Buckeye, 2:30 am showers. That's why I was glad when sons moved out.

Kyle, I have one of them bug zappers. Need a young person to operate it.

Mostly, how do you get a dog in mope mode. Sassy is always on go mode.

Buckeye, my grass has grown a lot since Saturday also. But I am going to wait at least another day.

Thomas, more ceilings to paint. :confused2:

Everyone stay healthy and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning. It's 74° with 93% humidity this morning and high is forecast at 90° this afternoon. The recent spotty rain has missed us here in the "rain repel zone" but there been enough locally .. to end our county burn ban.

We've got 6 very large burn piles and I started a 7th yesterday but .. not burning anything until we get a bit more rain.

I got back to cutting up several dead trees I'd pushed over, a couple of weeks ago.





Burn pile #7 .. started.



Eric .. I got lots of experience with "flit guns" (we just called em' fly sprayers) as a kid in our dairy barn and horse stalls. One of the first things we did, when we bought this place, was install an automatic spray system in our 4 stall horse barn. No fly issues .. as long as I remember to fill the 30 gallon reservoir a couple of times a year.

Don .. I looked at several cedar tree "candidates" for cedarcide dismissal yesterday .. for the promised cooler weather. Good luck with your "good works". I'm glad to "train" any rookies .. in your cedarcide program.

Extra prayers for those in H. Sally's path. I spent a few months, in Biloxi, MS, at Keesler AFB, going to school right after Basic Training .. in early 1967.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Prayers to all.

 

[toppop52]

Toppop it would appear you had your boat the same time frame I had Baha 252 with 496 in her very fast stable boat sometimes I miss her. 70 mph was very easy to get to

Some of my friends had Bajas, Formulas, Scarabs, Checkmates, and one big bucks Apache. They are all quality hulls.
Mine was in the middle somewhere, 62 mph stock with a small valve 454, about 78 on the built 502 with N20. MPH are a lot harder to come by on the water, from 60 mph on, it takes about 10 h.p. Per mph.

 

[kenmbz]

Good morning , 48 going up to 71 - bit chilly doing the dog walk this morning, partly cloudy
Did not get the last stump out yesterday, day job was busy. Also found another stump in the same area, no joy.

Ron - amazing pictures as always
Flit gun- we just knew them as bug sprayers-don;t think I ever used one but we had a few at my uncles in MA

RNG - nothing like a fire to make you want to get the fire truck working - hope the weather is getting better so the firefighters can get more contained. Looks like many around SF are getting well contained.

Stay safe and be well

 

[PJSprog]

59°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 82° today. Remnants of Sally may or may not bring us some rain tomorrow. The voice on the radio hasn't decided yet.

I picked up one of those bug zappers racquets at Harbor Freight last year, as one of the freebie gifts. My Wife thought it was silly, until I had it out on the deck one day and she started popping flies with it. They are addicting in a morbid kind of way. I've mentioned getting one of those salt rifles, and she thought that was silly, too. I suspect she'd shoot it more than I would.

We just paid our real estate tax last week, Roy. Ouch.

When I was growing up, Eric, we just called that a fogger. Like David, I never knew it had a name either.

 

[rswyan]

52F and "fair" @ 09:15, was 49F outside @ 07:00 and 69F in the house when I got up. Turned on the heat for the first time this season. High today is predicted to hit 73F.

High tomorrow will be around 80F, but we'll have a low later this week in the low 40's ...

Got cut grass around culvert all picked up and added to the compost pile and covered.

Five or six bucketloads of (previously) screened soil added to east planting bed, mostly on the lower end, to reduce slope. It took a lot of time to spread it out and pick out weeds that had grown in the pile because it wasn't tarped And when I grabbed the next to the last bucket it had a yellow jacket nest in it ... ... propane weed burner took care of them though ... :thumbsup:

Did get the composted cow manure, peat moss, and soil sulphur added and mixed in to the one planting hole though. Still have to dig out the other one and prep it.

I was working in cutoffs and a t-shirt ... around 17:30 or 18:00 I had to head in and grab a long-sleeved shirt because it was actually starting to feel chilly. Quit around 20:00 and came inside as it was getting too dark to see.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day ... :thumbsup:

 

[PJSprog]

Need a trip to Rural King to pick up a revolver I bought.

Mostly, how do you get a dog in mope mode. Sassy is always on go mode.

Love revolvers. Whadja get? Pictures, of course, or it didn't happen.

Our dogs mope pretty much every evening while The Wife is gone. They all three lay out in the sunroom pouting, waiting for her to come home. Apparently, she's more fun than I am.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 50, going for a high of 82. No rain.

Got a bit more of organization done in the shop. Mainly clearing of those little scraps of wood that I save "that are still usable". It is amazing how fast they multiply! Started a burn barrel and got most of them gone!

I always wanted to get a boat, had friends that had boats from sailboats to cabin cruisers and everything in between. I could never afford one when I was a young man... now that I could, we live in the mountains of the high desert..... far away from any big bodies of water!

Need to do some errands today, maybe make a Costco run. Maybe a stop at HF if I go to Costco.... Then some shop time.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 70F @ 8:30AM. Some clouds this morning will give way to generally sunny skies for the afternoon. High 91F. Winds light and variable.
AQI this morning: 248 outside, 133 inside. It was lower inside earlier, I suppose the home's envelope isn't as tight as I thoght.

Yesterday's winds never materialized, at least not in the strength anticipated, so the firefighters were able to hold their lines and, in the area closest to me, connect more of them. They also made good progress on contingency lines to the south and west, which will be of no immediate help, but do bring comfort to the embattled town of Paradise, or what's left of it. By 3 PM the winds had cleared enough smoke that scouting and tanker aircraft were aloft for the first time since the fire started, and several hot spots were addressed. They were flying in and out of Chico for fuel and retardant, and I enjoyed a beer on the back porch tracking them with the FlightTrader24 app on the phone. Tasty and Stubby also cleaned out the last of the meal worms, and were hungry for more. Two more people arrested in the evacuation area, one had a stolen vehicle parked in his driveway, the other one was trying to water her illegal pot grow.

Started in on the evap system plumbing for the van, and got it done. The holes for the charcoal canister bracket were already there, but were stripped. Nothing's simple on this vehicle. Had to make up a restricter in the line running to the evap valve, which my information said needed an impossibly small 0.006" diameter hole. I was fresh out of laser drills, but did have a #80, and the little spring loaded drill chuck to go with it. Got a good one on the second try, and it seems to be doing its job. The van starts and there is no apparent change to the idle speed, so I let my friend know I was ready for a smog check and am waiting to hear back on the appointment. Finished up by giving the engine/transaxle a Gunk bath, then hosed it off with the RG. The hot water washer would have done a better job, but that'll be good enough until I can get in there and fix the leaks.

 

[toppop52]

52 and almost chili this morning, 73 later.
Sitting in the cardio docs office listening to the ultra sound next door, waiting for the doctor.
Another tweak on the meds and I’m out the door. BP 130/64, still working on the erratic heart rate. But I feel fine so I’m not complaining.

 

[sodamo]

69°F and .04 inches rain.

Got another couple hours to finish mowing the Laupahoehoe end of property which includes the coconut palms along the driveway.

Friends in Oregon doing OK, tense as they watch the maps and house security camera like RNG they have springers on their roof.

Introduced Makani to the doggie door. A bit of a challenge yet for his size. Interesting that when he couldn’t figure it out both Kekoa and Simba helped out by going thru on their own. Once they had the flap open he could do it.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[daugen]

attaboy Makani, follow the others :thumbsup:

finally got the call I was waiting for, rental home number one in my sights will be inspected tomorrow by my brother and tenants moving out this weekend.

very breezy out, had to bring the awning in, didn't want it damaged

 

[sodamo]

Good luck with inspection, Drew

 

[daugen]

Some of my friends had Bajas, Formulas, Scarabs, Checkmates, and one big bucks Apache. They are all quality hulls.
Mine was in the middle somewhere, 62 mph stock with a small valve 454, about 78 on the built 502 with N20. MPH are a lot harder to come by on the water, from 60 mph on, it takes about 10 h.p. Per mph.

my friend's 31 Formula had HP Mercruiser big blocks, not sure whether 454 or 502
Twin High Performance 425hp. Top Speed 75mph
He always had the Need For Speed...still does

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Also got some good news from the Oregon Kubota dealer yesterday.

First, they're open and undamaged. Both the Harley and BMW motorcycle dealerships in Medford burned down last week.

Second, they're processing a warranty claim on the defective valve body and it will be replaced free of charge.

I just hope Kubota has one in stock. It took almost a month to get this one...