Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

I built the house myself in its entirety including all the mechanicals
Today I’m helping to install two geothermal heat pumps with a friend..

I also designed and built my house myself, and designed and installed my geothermal system. A few things I contracted due to time. I have a thread on my house build, and am going to add the geo system install to the thread.

This day in 1997, of my house build
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=420881

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I’m on a main road, but put less Christmas lights up than I used to. Just don’t have time, or don’t feel up to it.

Picked up 2 pizzas on way home, don’t normally get them at this place. $20 each with crust overdone. 15 min wait to get waited on due to line, very busy.

.4” of rain so far at 42°

Wife want tree up tomorrow.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Rip, around here the saying is if you last 5 years, good chance you’ll stay. Many, many don’t. Top 2 reasons being too far from family and medical. Parttime would likely negate both.

My oldest sister loved in Honolulu for a year, then moved to Houston for several years before moving back to Ohio.

 

[Popgadget]

I also designed and built my house myself, and designed and installed my geothermal system. A few things I contracted due to time. I have a thread on my house build, and am going to add the geo system install to the thread.

This day in 1997, of my house build
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=420881

Interesting thread. I built mine late 70’s. Also a CapeCod with a basement, but mine is completely subterranean. Many other similarities, but I did use urethane foam every where, including under basement slab. Back then there wasn’t much geo either.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Been suffering in just over 100 degF again today. Promised us rain but failed again. Can't go outside to work at all. Had to make 3 trips to town today and the Air-con in the car is kaput.

What's wrong with car a/c? You can get fairly cheap new everything on ebay...compressors, condensers, driers, evaps, dash controls....

Just poured first cup of coffee. 36° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 42° with cloudy skies. I have been cleaning up the book collection that my wife had around the house. So many sewing, crochet, gardening, cooking and reading books that I have no interest in. So far I have been lucky to find someone to take them. But the last batch may have to go into trash. No one has offered to take them. That's OK. It's good to see all the others went to someone. Back at cleaning out the last book shelf. After grocery shopping.
Sunset had lots of color in it yesterday evening.

Drew, every time I get some kind of sniffle, headache, upset stomach or other kind of symptom. I start worrying. Yesterday it was a headache. When I did dishes at lunch time. I realized there was no coffee cup to wash. Checked thermo coffee pot. It still had coffee in it. Drank a cup of coffee. Felt much better.

Riptides, someplace warm would be great. Never went to the Caribbean.

David, place looks great. I see you got down spouts fixed.

Alien, wish I could share some of the cool air I have up here.

Randy, I have a 2 remotes on almost every light in my house. Christmas tree is on a timer.

RS, take a break and watch the wildlife more.

Everyone be safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

Try taking them to the local public library.

Prayers for you and your son.

29° and cloudy with some light frost this morning, going up to 52° today.

Looking forward to a three day weekend. Using the last of my PTO days for the year, so this is the only 5-day week for me this month.

It's been almost three weeks now since our chickens have laid any eggs. Starting to get a little concerned.

Lou, our regular delivery guys/gal are pretty good here, too. When my Wife's grandmother was still here, the postal carrier would deliver her mail to the door on slippery days, so she wouldn't have to walk down to the road and back. Our regular UPS and FedEx drivers know where to leave stuff, too, to keep it out of any potential rain. The people they have working the holidays this year, though, especially Amazon, are just leaving stuff everywhere.

Chris, we are starting to see a landslide of closings around here. I've seen five or six restaurants announce this week that they are permanently closing. I honestly don't know how any of them are staying in business. The restaurant and bar business is tough enough in good times.

Makes you wonder how they all survived back in the "good old days" before air conditioning, huh Doug. We typically get some 100+° days here in July and August, and we just stay inside on those days. Hope your heat wave doesn't last too long.

Do you have any heat in your coop? I had to get the warmer going in ours tonight. I should've done it last Monday. Enjoy your long weekend.

The B-25 Panchito has been flying in out of the airport most of the day, must be selling rides, they do that a few times a year. South winds so they are taking off over my back property, love to watch those old birds, and no mistaking those big radials roaring!

#metoo Randy. Me too.

GT80 update: If you remember, the piston was loose in the bore. Should've been .0015" but was .0065". I had a shopping cart online filled, just waiting for payday to order. I went to order this AM and they upped the minimum order for free shipping from $100 to $150, then the piston rings I need (which they had last week), went on backorder. I called a local Yamaha shop to ask if they had any, he told me no, and that he's seen back orders from Japan go as long as over a 100 days....So I bought a set on ebay, NOS. Had to pay about $25 more, but hopefully, everything will arrive in the next week. I want to surprise my kid with the thing running before Christmas. As far as he thinks right now, he thinks it won't be ready until late Jan or Feb.

Scroll work compressor update: The new pulley and belt are working fine. But it has shut down now, on three nights that got below or near freezing. I added more of the coolant, because it was near the low mark, but honestly I'm not sure why it is shutting down. I'm wondering if the cold air/evaporative cooling/ or whatever has some effect. Needs an OBD to plug into. LOL.

Prayers for Bupps, Sophie, LS, and all those in silent need.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Ted, good luck using that 25 percent coupon on something worthwhile, most of the good stuff is excluded...

Went into town to HF and picked up a 15 pc router bit set... used the coupon on my phone and got the 25% off... it was a warrior product (which is usually excluded). After I got home, I remembered (way after the fact) that I wanted to look at a C-saw blade sharpener. So, went on line and found it...
so, placed it into the cart, added the 25% off coupon code.... waalaaa! Discounted $13.75---- ordered it, should hopefully arrive in 5-7 days. They do have an alert on the website stating shipping may be delayed due to high volume.....

I guess I got lucky.....

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Interesting thread. I built mine late 70’s. Also a CapeCod with a basement, but mine is completely subterranean. Many other similarities, but I did use urethane foam every where, including under basement slab. Back then there wasn’t much geo either.
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Nice!!

I put in oil heat with the house build. Boiler still in my basement taking up space. Put geo in 10 yrs ago, I really like it.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Didn't get out to the shop AGAIN today!

We had multiple important phone calls this morning, delaying my trip into town. Then a couple of other things cropped up that had to be taken care of....

Decided to just do a couple of small jobs that I have been putting off... especially vacuuming out the pellet stove. The new ash vac that I got last month worked like a charm! Made the job much easier... Also, not one little puff of ash anywhere! It was well worth the $100.

For some unknown reason, I thought that I was done with the Christmas decorations..... The wifey asked if I was bringing in the tree and inside decorations tomorrow..... DUH !! I wonder when I would have thought of them if she didn't ask.....

 

[sodamo]

Successful run to town as my credit card can attest. Used appliance place a bit disappointing. Had hoped to score a second oven rack, but the attendant needed to wait for the owner to return. Also thought maybe I could score a replacement water valve for washing machine as I await the on order from Amazon. Sadly they wanted as much for a used as I’m paying for new.

Only at home progress I got the internet antenna mast built and installed at tractorshed. 3 28 ft ethernet cables made up and tested, but now out of cable and RJ45 connectors.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Nice!!

I put in oil heat with the house build. Boiler still in my basement taking up space. Put geo in 10 yrs ago, I really like it.

Almost looks like an old Bultaco or Montessa in one of those photos?

Rich, where ya been?

Anyone heard from Rick?