Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

. . . and I've got a new lady :wonderwoman: in my life (PROMISE just a GirlFriend!! No More Wedding Bells EVER!).
David

Mark this date down. Who wants in on a marriage pool? Closest to the date wins.

Put me down for July 4th 2021.:dove:

 

[Jim Shooz]

Put me down for May 15 2021 ( the terminology is Friend with Benefits)

 

[toppop52]

Mark this date down. Who wants in on a marriage pool? Closest to the date wins.

I think he’s going to hold as long as can, but that might not be too long, I got Valentines Day 2021.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good Morning!!!! 75F @ 9:30AM. Abundant sunshine. High 89F. Winds light and variable.
Late posting this morning because I was out before the sunrise hosing off the solar panels. Even though they are ground mount, the columns are long enough my brush/squeege pole wasn't long enough to reach the top row. Out came the 8' step ladder... Took about an hour and got lots of dirt colored water off them. Be fun today to see if there's any improvement on electricity output.

Glad to hear you've turned the corner on the move, MFW. Now the real fun can begin! Why buy the cow when the milk is free, eh?:laughing:

Placed an Amazon order a few weeks ago, Ted. A week later the status was listed as "undeliverable" and the order was cancelled. It was only by chance I noticed the cancellation when I was looking up another order, you'd have thought they'd at least notify me with an email or something. Reordered the same things and they're supposed to be here today. Good thing nothing on that order was needed urgently.:irked:

A Ranch King to go with your King Ranch? Nice, Rick!:thumbsup:

Don't give up on your propane for the winter months until you try it, Drew. The BBQ here is propane fired and keeps working down into the low 40s, but not as well as in warmer temps. Still good to have gasoline to fall back on, though. I remember well the ice storms the last few years I lived in Ohio, and how the extra weight of it brought power lines down all over the state. Would have been nice to have a generator back then instead of wearing down coats and wool hats inside the house until the power came back on.

I agree, Ron: Weekends are made for staying at home. Maybe the best thing about retirement is enjoying less crowded streets and stores on weekdays.

Still no word of any kind from the solar contractor, David. Now I'm concerned that the four extra panels I want to add to the array may no longer be available because they've become obsolete. Things change fast in the solar power world.

I'd have to be pretty desperate to pay Home Depot prices for E0. But they help to take some of the sting out of the six bux/gallon price at the fuel depot.

The Dalwhinnie's price makes HD E0 look like a bargain, Kyle. The lizards wouldn't properly appreciate it, and seem happy with water from the garden hose or a melting ice cube.

Finished rebuilding the second motorcycle carb yesterday, and also got the shorter belt and smaller pulley installed on the van's alternator. Also got some cleanup done in the garage, but not enough. More of the same for today.

Placed orders for a new ignition system and lighter throttle return springs for the white bike, a male/male adapter for the firetruck draft hose screen, and a set of red logger's braces this morning. I normally where a regular size, but the Propper wildland pants in that size were big enough to fit over a pair of jeans. The Small/Short pair that got here Saturday were a perfect fit, and I'm hoping a similarly sized shirt will fit as well. It's due in this week.

We're under another Fire Weather Watch starting tonight through Wednesday, and the power company is already showing elevated chances for another shutoff. So much for a trip this week.

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

Our new barn cat is killing all the lizards. She should've been named Special Force Cat, if it moves, and is small, it dies. She has killed a small mole/shrew, 2 mice, multiple lizards, tens of grasshoppers, 1 scorpion (I think she learned a lesson on that one)....

Thanks for all the prayers for my daughter. She's been doing much better.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 50F for the start, overcast, moderate wind. Wind eased off during day, overcast had a few breaks late in the day and high temp was 61F (forecast was for 71F). Started with mowing, got leave mulched, decided with the cooler weather not to fish, and did get nap in. Conserved some energy as well Some rain appearing in next weeks forecast now, 1/2 inch over 2 days. :cool2:
Covid update: Cooke unchanged, Montague unchanged, Grayson unchanged.
Roy so the northeast is hogging most of the rain?
Eric any idea on how the maize the British farmers are planting different from corn?
Drew did you get the DMV sorted out? Hope the plumbing work goes well, and electrical work as well.
Thomas glad wet leaves did not stop you.
Billy glad roaster is back to 100%
Ron nothing like a good excuse for seat time. interesting pic of milk weed.
Bill I lost that battle when I moved, no work last year at all,
David(moss) good to hear you have friends coming over, most boxes went to garage, was about 2 months to be able to put golf cart in garage.
Mike good to hear progress
Don getting boring with no rain
Rick how much help is she if she says both work? Nice trailer, like the folding ramp
PJ glad you got some rain, and good luck with kayaks, they are harder to fish from than boat.
Ted sorry about the FedEx issues, hope your rain shows up.
Ken when using E10 important that gas station has good inventory turn over, less problems if alcohol has little time to adsorb water into gas.
Drew glad that went well.
David too late in the day to digest the schematic
RNG sorry rain has not started yet, good to hear progress continues an van and engine rebuild sorry about contractor, don't you have some programming for him to do?
RS always nice to have a conserve energy day.
Randy good humidifier squared away.
Chris thanks for the info.
David(moss) glad you got some range time
Thomas good to hear leaf blowing went well.
Bill congrats on your time off
David nice progress and supervisors are distracted.
prayers for all, especially Drew/move, Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, RNG/fire, and Country
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Rick, real nice trailer...I hadn't seen a fold up ramp like that. Good you got it that wide. Good luck on the hunt for a UTV. You pulling for Tampa now that Houston is out?

L4N, congrats on taking off until spring.

Mixed up some TSP, warm water, and chlorox and scrubbed house trim to clean algae off...we're well ahead of normal for total rainfall and rainy days this year. Also washed some windows using Simple Green. Lots of ladder climbs. I still have more to do, but my wife wanted to use the hose, and I was worn out. Was a very nice day to work outside...saw dozens of contrails in the sky...seems like they never faded today.

I wanted the 83" width because our Kubota ZT .. with 6' deck.. is about 75.5" wide. Our previous trailer was 77" wide. Loading was okay but .. unloading .. not so much.

14' length was to accommodate current UTV Side x Side length of 13'+.

The foldable rear ramp .. really cuts down on wind loading .. going down the road.

Baseball? .. got heat .. commenting on Astros last week so .. no comment.

 

[sodamo]

Grrrrr, thought I had a way to do multiple responses. It just disappeared.

 

[sodamo]

I made the executive decision this morning...I am not going back to work until next spring. So officially I am on holidays until next April/May.
PARTY TIME!!

Great decision

 

[sodamo]

Had a chance last week to play around with the Unifi Network Design system. Imported a copy of my floor plan, scaled out the locations of the out building and generator, then added the APs, switches, UDMPro, and ethernet cables. It was then able to simulate the reception expected at various locations on the layout. Looks like I need another AP in the garage. Took maybe an hour once I had the drawing imported.

There's supposed to be a way to import that into the Unify Network Manager iPhone app, then use the phone to take actual signal strength readings. But I haven't figured that part out yet.:confused2:

Thanks, I saw that, but limited success trying to import via my ipad, haven’t tried laptop yet, but hopeful. Trying to import aerial of property as my floorplan.

UPS brought my mini Flex switches today. Will start placing them tomorrow. Amazon messed up my USG order so I cancelled and ordered directly from Ubiquiti. My primary reason for the USG is to combine my 2 LTE via load balancing. I question if perhaps I maybe should have gone with a Dream machine, but talked myself out of it as I was looking more for the outside wifi.

Hope you get your solar finalized. I’d be super frustrated (pi**ed) at the delay.

 

[sodamo]

Mark this date down. Who wants in on a marriage pool? Closest to the date wins.

Oooooooo, the challenge