Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 73F @ 4:45AM. Sunny. High 103F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.

Is that a wet bluebird chick, Ron?

My two neighbors showed up yesterday morning in a water truck, and refilled the small tank before leaving and coming back with more water and an adapter fitting to start filling the bigger one up the hill. It seemed to be working fine until the truck got to the last quarter tank, and water transfer seemed to stop. Somehow they concluded that the pump couldn't overcome the increased head as the water rose, and no amount of discussion could convince him that 4' of water only exerts another 2 PSI. He thinks it's all about the weight of the water! We talked about several solutions, but the only thing needed is to increase the RPMs on the pump to boost the pressure slightly. He also said he had a ton of people waiting on water deliveries, and that may have been his real reason for stalling. Dunno for sure, but just to be safe I'm going to start looking for another water truck driver.

Spent the rest of the day playing tug-o-war with the conduit and wire. Got two 100' lengths in place, but after the tape between the fish tape and wire broke for the second time on the third piece, I called it quits. It was so hot inside the conduit by then the tape had no strength. Or at least that's what I think was going on.

Spent an hour trying to get the rubber bellows onto the transmission on the red bike, and came up empty handed there, too. One hard to get to side just wasn't cooperating, and when 5PM came around the thought of a cool shower and dinner was too much to resist.

Bad news on the Dixie Fire yesterday afternoon, with two sizeable breakouts across the northern fire lines. Lots of new Mandatory Evacuations, and with windy weather and high temperatures on the way, there are bound to be more.

More tug-o-war for today, if I can get up out of bed. I feel like I've been run over by that water truck.

 

[Popgadget]

I’ve been parking my car in the garage for the last year. Keeps half of it open. . Usually they are both outside.

Funny thing about a garage, if a car is left out for more than 24 hours, the garage starts to swallow its space. My wife and I are pretty diligent about parking our daily drivers in the garage to prevent this.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s 55 and going to the high 70’s. It’s overcast, but no rain in the forecast.

Yesterday was a great day weather wise, first chore was to put the loader on the tractor and swap the 4in1 bucket for forks, and put the ballast box on the 3PT. Flooring came on schedule, two banded bundles with the longest pieces about 15 feet. Interesting material. It’s used oak barn siding that has been planed flat on the backside and grooved to prevent or at least reduce cupping, the edges are milled tongue and groove and the face was skip planed to smooth it out some, but keep the character.
I ended up taking it up the road to son’s driveway while the contractor blocked the road.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 73˚F, 96% Humidity heading only to the upper 80s - incredibly cool for August thanks to the cool front that still has light winds out of the North. 3/4" rain yesterday also really helped.

Roy can the water issues be traced back to the gutters? Didn't you have some work done on them lately? If there is anyway you can pull up/back the wet carpet to dry that would be best so it does not get moldy underneath. If the carpet has a pad you need to just cut out the wet part and replace it. It's like a sponge and impossible to dry before it gets moldy.

Bird what did you get as the renewal year for your TDL?

 

[Bird]

Saw this in the news this morning from 1977:

Radio Shack unveils the TRS-80 computer​

Tandy announces one of the first mass-market home computers, the TRS-80, to be sold in its Radio Shack stores. It features 4K of RAM and sells for $399 (or $599 with a monitor and tape recorder for storage). Upgrades will keep various TRS-80 models on the market until 1991.

I had a very small color TV that I used for a monitor and, as mentioned above, a tape recorder for storage.

 

[PJSprog]

60°F and clear-ish skies this morning, going up to 81° today.

Father-in-law had a fall in his house yesterday. His stepdaughter happened to stop by and found him. Took him to the hospital, where they determined he'd had another stroke. They had to transfer him to a St. Louis hospital, as they said they didn't have a stroke specialist on staff. Wife is understandably upset, as no one called her until late last night. A previous stroke about 10 years ago left him with some limited facial muscle movements which slightly affected his speech. Hoping for nothing major from this one.

Garage creep is a universal fight, Paul. We always park both cars in the garage. When we had them out over the weekend to build the new trailer, I started to get worried that we might not get them back in again.

 

[PJSprog]

I saw that story, too, Bird. Never had a TRS-80, but a friend had a Vic-20 with a tape drive. I remember thinking that was the coolest thing ever. We used it to make our fake IDs (I can tell you that since you're retired).

 

[Bird]

txdon said, "Bird what did you get as the renewal year for your TDL?"

Don, I know driver's licenses for old folks used to be for shorter periods of time; 2 years instead of 4 or 6. However, I don't find anything on the Internet to tell about any different times for different ages now; just 6 years some places on the Internet and 8 years other places for renewal. I do know that it used to be that you could renew ONE year before your expiration date and now it's 2 years. And now my new one has an expiration date of January 28, 2031.

Gets a mite confusing with expiration dates and being able to renew 2 years in advance, and of course you don't lose those two years, they just get added to the new 6 or 8 year expiration date. Anyway, I don't expect to ever need to renew again.

 

[PJSprog]

Never say never, Bird.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 56, going for a high of 82. There was a brief shower / t-storm last night. Barely anything in the rain gauge, at least not enough to make it to a line (yes, just an old school gauge). A greater chance of showers forecasted for today and tomorrow.

PJ, sorry to hear about the FIL. Prayers sent for a positive outcome.

Drew, too bad that you couldn't get any pies.... the berries sound like a good substitute. I really miss getting fresh local fruits / vegetable. No "farm stands" out here, at least not locally.

Speaking of Radio Shack.... remember the 'battery of the month club"? There was a punch card and you could get one free battery: your choice of D, C, A, 9v. I remember going every month for that free battery. Oh, and the free D cell flashlight around the holidays....

Yesterday's trip to town was 90% successful. One store changed their hours and are now closed on Sunday and Monday.... now we have to make another trip....

We got back early enough and I was able to get the drip system reconfigured. Now just the new beds / zones will have to be done. Need to put down the weed block / landscape fabric first. We might get a start on that today.....

Hope everyone has a great day!