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   / Good morning!!!! #119,551  
I got the same pitch from them when I changed back to HughesNet several years ago, and for a couple of months I did notice a small improvement. But they kept loading more and more people onto the new service, and now it's horrible again. They said the same thing again a couple months ago when I called to complain. I told them I'd switch providers before I'd pay them more money for something they failed to deliver on last time. This is a long winded way of wishing you the best from your upgrade, but cautioning you that their history isn't the best when it comes to making good on the marketing claims.:irked:

Yeah, we haven't had the best luck with them either. Unfortunately, the only other option at this point is Viasat. They have faster speed, but are also more expensive. If the new equipment doesn't pan out well - and my expectations are low - we'll definitely have to give Viasat another look. I was hoping that some other providers would come along over the years, but that hasn't happened. It's disheartening that in this supposed "Age of Information", someone living just 4 miles outside of a town can't get decent internet service.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #119,552  
58F and "fair" @ 12:00, high headed up to 67F, 40% chance of precipitation, winds out of the southwest @ 20 to 30 mph with gusts of over 40 mph possible.

Ground is looking pretty wet out there now ... so not much in the way of tractor activities, at least not on the lawn.

Likely see if I can figure out what tires are needed for the blower and get those ordered. Might as well check condition of wheels while I'm at it, and see if I should go ahead and order complete tire/wheel assemblies instead. Also go through manual and make a list of the parts needed for the missing deflector and try and find out if they are still available ... and just how proud of them they are ... (just a quick check on the deflector chute ... yeah ... very proud ... :laughing:)

In fact, given current and upcoming weather conditions, might not be a bad idea to just go ahead and move the blower up to the shop ... maybe get a little fire going.

Schedule some bills for payment.

Refill nyjer feeders maybe.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day ... :thumbsup:
 
   / Good morning!!!! #119,553  
   / Good morning!!!! #119,554  
went to Walgreens for hair dryer, 11 bucks instead of 9 for same thing at Walmart's, but Walmart longer drive and great deal of walking once inside.
Well....no 11 dollar hair dryer, cheapest one I could find was 20 bucks. It was a nice one with a retractable cord so I'll have it for guests at the house.
I sure don't need it...:rolleyes:

took me about half an hour to defrost cooling fins inside fridge, mission accomplished. Despite stuffing towels in there, still made a mess but worth it.

Ken, best thing I ever did with my 9hp Little Wonder blower was get the tow kit for it, and pull it behind my garden tractor. My paved driveway was along the woods, and it was
a perfect solution to blow the pine needles into the woods instead of raking them. It was used when I got it, old cast iron Briggs on it, and just ran great, always started on first or second pull.
What would have been really nice to install was a remote control bypass/deflector so when going in the opposite direction, one could shoot the air upwards.
That's something RS has the talent to rig, and I highly recommend it.

sat outside in the sun for a little while and read my book, simply lovely out.

after the horribly slow internet I have now until Mifi resets, I am simply drooling about my upcoming 200mb Comcast Xfinity speed. And they offer five times that speed if I really wanted it...for residences. Like most of us am old enough to remember when DSL was the magic pipe for businesses, data company I managed had three of them coming in to handle a thousand online customers. Decided to wait until I got to PA to fiddle with PC. Once that has a solid state hard drive hooked up to a fast internet, life will be good. Here at the campground all one can do is sign up for a dish which after listening to all your negative comments did not think was worth the effort. But will be nice to turn off the Mifi and save some money every month. Not sure who gouges more, Verizon or Comcast...
 
   / Good morning!!!! #119,555  
RS - overachieving even on the blower :)

:D

I have a little wonder 9hp, think that new blower of yours would lift and shoot it back out without hesitating!

lol ... they claim over 5,000 cfm ... the fan impeller on it is 36" ... :confused3:

I was looking at something gas-powered that I could modify to use as a tow-behind, but then this one showed up so I went ahead snatched it up ...

I have the 28' fiberglass-always fun getting it up to put up the xmas lights, great workout and havn't wacked myself too hard with it ,,,yet

Hardest thing for me was getting it stood up initially.

Hope things dry out for ya and it goes well on the tests ... :thumbsup:
 
   / Good morning!!!! #119,556  
Good Morning!!!! 75F @ 5:45AM. Sunny. Near record high temperatures. High around 100F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

Hope your temps moderate, winds die down, and you get some rain soon ...

Does your neighborhood know they're about to be gifted with all your leaves, RS?

They will soon enough ... :laughing:

And is your sod stuck tightly enough to the ground so as not to go along for the ride?:laughing:

We'll see ... :rolleyes:
 
   / Good morning!!!! #119,557  
68 with heavy rain and 40 45 mph wind gust. Leaves are down enough so the streets are slippery and you can't see the blacktop!
my next project has arrived. Got a huge load of pavers to extend my driveway to the garage the tractor is parked in. Can't beat the price as all I had to do was help remove them from there original location and stack them here.

Very nice score ... :thumbsup:

Makes my back scream just thinking about it though ... :laughing:
 
   / Good morning!!!! #119,558  
rswyan... now that's leaf blower. :thumbsup:

Thanks.

Hopefully will let me avoid what happened last year (or was it the year before ?) ... couldn't get the leaves picked up so they got left over winter.

Killed off lots of grass in spots ... still haven't managed to get it all cleaned up. Maybe next year ... :confused3:

Hope you get the make-up rain before things freeze solid ... :thumbsup:
 
   / Good morning!!!! #119,559  
Poured first cup of coffee. 48ー with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 61ー with off and on rain. Yesterday was another conserve energy day after filling bird feeders. Missed the debate. Doesn't matter I have filled out my ballot. Need to drop it off yet. Need to do a little shopping this morning. Then some house cleaning. Should be enough for today.

Great pic of the cardinal ... :thumbsup:

RS, you should be able to windrow leaves with that blower.

One would think ... what will likely happen though, is that they will just get blown into the woods.

I'll lose out on them for compost/leaf mold ... but it will save me from having to pick them up.

Good luck on the shopping.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #119,560  
RS, that looks quite a fan ! Is that just for snow, or were you intending to deflect it upwards and have some fun skydiving without having to throw yourself out of a plane? :)

:D

Just leaves I'm afraid ... ;)
 

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