Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

44F sun cloud mix mid 60's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today...Clean leaves from other half lawn etc. than putter.

Enjoy the evening all.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 70F @ 5:00AM. Plentiful sunshine. Areas of smoke and haze are possible, reducing visibility at times. High 92F. Winds light and variable.
AQI 41 and 161, inside and out. Looks like fan setting number 4 is enough to do the job on the air purifier, and I can't hear it from the bedroom.:thumbsup:
From the reports, it sounds like the fire crews are finally "going direct" on the fire's edges, trying to put it out. But they're still cutting new fire lines, and widening old ones, in preparation for next weekend's storm. So far, winds in the canyon are predicted to stay under 10 MPH, and they'll be blowing from the southwest, away from here. :crossfingers: it stays that way.

Did some shopping online yesterday, and ended up with a new fire helmet and another set of Nomex duds. And a strainer for the 2 1/2" suction line, and what is supposed to be a universal spanner wrench for the hose fittings. Also a fire hood. Even found a place on ebay to buy windshield washer fluid that's good below freezing, something that is somehow illegal to purchase in Kalifornia. I've tried other outfits before, and always end up with the order cancelled, so fingers crossed it goes through this time.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a good start!

 

[Looking4new]

Even found a place on ebay to buy windshield washer fluid that's good below freezing, something that is somehow illegal to purchase in Kalifornia. I've tried other outfits before, and always end up with the order cancelled, so fingers crossed it goes through this time.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a good start!

I've got 6 gallons of -40F ww juice. You need to travel to a state where the temps get below freezing and buy there.

 

[daugen]

. You ever have a surge protector just die while you're watching TV? No surge, etc. I guess the "joules" just wear out. Hard to find one without at least some scary reviews. But I did order a new one, should be here today...drilled a new hole in the built-in shelf and rewired some stuff and did a deep clean in preparation.

Billy, MOV's (metal oxide varistors) can wear out over time, you never know when since surges are silent and you usually don't know when they occur. Think of it as cumulative trauma.
Truth About MOVs - Zero Surge

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I've got 6 gallons of -40F ww juice. You need to travel to a state where the temps get below freezing and buy there.

It gets down into the 20s most every winter here, which makes it even harder to understand why the ban. Not everybody lives in San Diego or LA...:laughing:

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 50, going for 82, no rain.

Yesterday I was able to get the deck all cut off of the trailer, my sons loaded it all with some other stuff and took it to the dump. Perfect timing.

Broke out the grinder yesterday and cut some angle iron reinforcements to fit on the trailer. Definitely could feel the frame stiffen with them just clamped in place. Need a few final adjustments, then I'll weld them on. I'm going to check prices today to see if diamond plate is in the spectrum of affordable. Pressure treated lumber has over doubled in price. If the steel is even another 50% higher, it would surely be worth it.

As usual, too many things going on with you guys! Thank goodness for Mostly's recap of events!

I hope everyone has a great start to the week!

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 56˚F heading to the low 80s, a cold front came through as I was planting the Fall garden yesterday evening. I do not think the temp dropped just a change of wind direction and less humidity.

I have 144' of kale, broccoli, and beets ( 6 rows@24'). I bon't like beets but put in a food processor with their greens they make a good base for our veggie hamburger patties.

RNG when I had the just below freezing windshield washer fluid in the Subaru in the no door garage in the country, it froze and cracked all the tubing going to the windshield and they had to be replaced. Now I'm like you and look for the fluid that has the lower freeze limit, but at least it is legal in Texas.

The weather stripping repair was not as anticipated the ear plug fillers were not quite the right size and when cut were too small. So I just meticulously glued the narrow edges together - so far it is holding. Thanks for the tip in the contact glue RNG.



Starting this week no reservations are required in the workout room and pools. They will just have a limit to keep people spaced, facemask, and wipe down before and after use and close every other hour for a 30 minute deep cleaning/sanitizing. It was hard to make reservations a week in advance because things always come up.

 

[kenmbz]

Good morning 48 going up to 61 (no hypens today :laughing No rain in the forecast.
Took out the Spruce stump, then wife wanted the bush behind it removed. All done and now have 7 foot wide by three foot deep hole for the new Oriental spruce which should be dropped off in a week or so.
Went to a place called Terhune in NJ to get some wine, a pumpkin and a carmel apple for the kid.

RNG - glad the EGR is working-I can;t remember how many of these I replaced on my cars in the 80/90s , the diaphrams would always stick on gm cars
Roy - New tractor and cab - that should be fantastic this winter!
Randy - now that is a visit to remember, family can be great, kids grow so fast-mine is a teenager now-so embarrassed by us
Phil - last office day :cool2:
Eric - good you got some time with the little one- looks really happy with his rock placement.
Ron - birds look very relaxed and waiting for you to take their picture.

Bent up front of mower deck-will need to remove and bang it out, not sure what I hit.
Will do one more fire for the oak stump and that one should be good to bury-have dirt piles in place.
Purchased 2 steel raised garden beds from Northern tools- will see how good they are and put into use next spring in a place that gets more sun than where I currently have my veggie plot


Stay Safe and be well

 

[PJSprog]

30°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 64° today. Frost on everything this morning, except the grass under the trees. Our first dip below freezing today will be followed by mid 80s on Wednesday.

Mostly_, the recording computer, monitor speakers, and interface - all the stuff on the desk - are all on a UPS. The Helix processor, which was what I was programming, gets power from an adjacent wall. One of my projects for this week is to build a small shelf under the desk to raise the stuff stored under there and allow room for the Helix underneath. Once there, it will run from the UPS as well. I do still need to get another UPS for the opposite wall, for the synthesizers and electronic drums brain. Then, everything that's essentially a computer will be protected from power outages and voltage dips.

What a great story, Eric. It's amazing that a young man will do the exact same thing as his older brother did years before he was even born.

 

[rswyan]

50F and "fair" @ 10:00, headed up to a high of 59F with a mix of sun and clouds.

Spent most of the day up in the shop working on blower and doing a little cleanup sweeping the floor.

Got chain and small sprocket removed from shaft on blower fan. Chain seems like it is decent shape, there was a little slop with the key and sprocket, so will need to check that out ... but the slot in the shaft did not appear worn.

Also removed the upper fan cover ... things looked mostly good there as well ... with the exception of the fan being covered with dried greasy residue and the expanded metal for the rear inlet screen being slightly bent.

Cleaned the grease out of the tapered roller bearings for the wheels.

Used the rosebud torch to heat up the two parts of the deflector and straighten them out somewhat. Have some more to do on that, including welding the one part that is cracked.

Have not gotten the yoke off the input shaft yet ... having trouble getting a hex key into the set screw, probably due to rust.

Also did some clean up over in the wood/compost lot with the box blade and hauled a couple more bucket loads of mulch down while the sun was out.

Hopefully get yoke off shaft today ... and then head into Akron Bearing to see if they can match up the yoke and seals for wheel bearings.

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