Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Prayers for aliens wife and sodamos wife.

I see where the new Alzheimer drug could cost up to $56,000 a year.

 

[Looking4new]

Wow, you guys sure write a lot.

Back home for the weekend. I gave Saturdays' load to the younger guy while I reset my log book.I dropped the wagons in North Bay and bob-tailed to the house.

I am going to replace the backup lights on the tractor tomorrow if it doesn't rain. The company put flood lights on it and all I can see with them is my drive tires and not the 70' to the rear of the train that I need to see.

The last Cummins engine I drove was a 400 big cam, after that it was all Cats. I've forgotten how to get a Cummins to pull. The cat would lug down to 1100 rpm and still pull like stink, not so with the Cummins ISX 15. At 1400 rpm it pulls good though. Top speed on cruise control or on the pedal is 65 mph. I will get more speed out of it going down hills IF there is nothing in front of me. It pulls pretty good up hills grossing 140,000 lbs (63,500 kgs).

The air conditioning is awesome! It will freeze me out on full at 90°F, without using the recirculate function.

It is nice to be back in the saddle again. At first I didn't want to go, but after I picked up my wagons it was a whole new game.

Have a safe day all

 

[toppop52]

We got 2.05” of rain, 2.4” falling in 25 minutes, it went from drizzle to Niagara Falls in about 30 seconds. I heard it and headed for the dining room where the remote for the deck awning lives. I was too late, it will handle up to .2” so that tells you how much water fell in about a minute total. It was sagging but the water was so heavy I couldn’t push it up and it collapsed on my head and neck. Luckily it didn’t come all the way down and mash me in the process. The rain was so heavy that I literally could only see about half way to the road which is 120’. I’ve called State Farm. I’m just sick about it.

 

[sodamo]

Sorry to read about that Randy
Hope it is readily fixable but more glad you didn’t get squished.

 

[wngsprd]

We got 2.05” of rain, 2.4” falling in 25 minutes, it went from drizzle to Niagara Falls in about 30 seconds. I heard it and headed for the dining room where the remote for the deck awning lives. I was too late, it will handle up to .2” so that tells you how much water fell in about a minute total. It was sagging but the water was so heavy I couldn’t push it up and it collapsed on my head and neck. Luckily it didn’t come all the way down and mash me in the process. The rain was so heavy that I literally could only see about half way to the road which is 120’. I’ve called State Farm. I’m just sick about it.

Sorry, Randy. I see it on the radar...we only got a few drops.

 

[rswyan]

72F and cloudy @ 20:30. Currently under a Flash Flood Advisory until 21:45.

Apparently a nasty storm materialized just to the east/west/north of us and dumped a bunch of rain. We got a little bit of it, but nothing like they were reporting (0.5" to 1.5") ... I suppose we could still get more before it's all over.

Did some work on the compost pile this morning and cleaned up the area over by the soil screen in preparation for more screening.

Got the lawn mowed down here around the house.

Woman ran out to Subway to get lunch, ended up being dinner as well for me.

Took large commercial entry mat we keep in the kitchen at the garage door down around for The Woman to hose off. Went ahead and swapped hoses and hosed it off for her. Just as I was finishing she showed up ... with some laundry soap and scrub brush.

So I let her take over ... while I made tracks ...

Made the run down to Menards and picked up order (weed and feed and more lime for the front), also stopped by the mower shop on the way down there. They had the blades and the oil filter, were out of the air filter.

Hit Dunkin for some iced refreshments after mower shop ...

Was going to mow the compost/wood lot but thunderstorm showed up ...

Feed fish and then probably examine the inside of my eyelids.

 

[rswyan]

Good to see you!

Sorry to hear the bad news on your awning (and the kitties)

Hopefully the insurance company will make you whole on the awning.

Unfortunately no such luck with our dearly beloved pets.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Randy, glad you not hurt.

We got .33”, enough to not have to water the garden.

Wife went to her moms, been a year since her dad died and they spending time together.

Worked from home today. Next week we start a new production run so I will be in the building pretty much every day for awhile. I’m never in my office, pretty much in a lab all day. But it keeps me off the streets. Lol

 

[toppop52]

Sorry to hear the bad news on your awning (and the kitties)

Hopefully the insurance company will make you whole on the awning.

Unfortunately no such luck with our dearly beloved pets.

You’re right, the awning can be replaced but not the kitties.

 

[MoKelly]

Every Day is Saturday when you are retired.

Except things are too crowded on Saturday’s.

I like Tuesday!

MoKelly