Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Good evening all and Happy Birthday Drew.
More family members with aligatoritus meant a quiet Sunday for us.
It gave me plenty of time to try and answer that question of how much a 20 ton pile of 14mm crushed gravel works out per rock.


First off I took random samples of rock from 3 different places on the pile. Each sample had exactly 100 rocks.
Sample 1 weighed 425 grams
Sample 2 358 grams
Sample 3 382 grams
[Sorry in advance to you QA pros - the kitchen scales have no calibration certificate and no doubt you would want a lot more samples]

Total sample weight 425 + 358 + 382 = 1165 grams
Average weight per rock = 1165 / 300 = 3.883 grams
Weight of pile = 20 tonne = 20,000,000 grams
Total rocks in the pile = 20000000 / 3.883 = approx 5.1 million rocks !
Price per rock = $1379 / 5.1 million = .027 cents per rock, which actually seems pretty good value

Anyone who has trouble getting to sleep at night is very welcome to check calculations and put me straight tomorrow

I think you need a second survey. Gather 3 samples, exactly same weight, count number of rocks each sample. Compare results to 1st survey.

 

[Wagtail]

Morning all! 14C overnight and have woken to a somewhat overcast day. It's 19C now and the 'Bureau of Many Guesses' says that this will be the high temp... yeah, right.

Apparently it's a Holiday today celebrating the "8 Hour Working Day". Some call it 'Labour Day'. Being retired, I need to be reminded of some of these occasions. Heck, I often need to be reminded of what day of the week it is.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Well, didn't do a thing today except lay in bed for 4 more hours..... seems to be getting a tad worse. Coughing frequently, no junk however, a 'dry' cough. Just feel real tired. No other symptoms.

I think I am going to go take a hot shower, maybe that will help.

 

[Buppies]

Maybe you have snakeolorus be careful

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

I sure hope not.....

 

[txdon]

Good evening all and Happy Birthday Drew.
More family members with aligatoritus meant a quiet Sunday for us.
It gave me plenty of time to try and answer that question of how much a 20 ton pile of 14mm crushed gravel works out per rock.


First off I took random samples of rock from 3 different places on the pile. Each sample had exactly 100 rocks.
Sample 1 weighed 425 grams
Sample 2 358 grams
Sample 3 382 grams
[Sorry in advance to you QA pros - the kitchen scales have no calibration certificate and no doubt you would want a lot more samples]

Total sample weight 425 + 358 + 382 = 1165 grams
Average weight per rock = 1165 / 300 = 3.883 grams
Weight of pile = 20 tonne = 20,000,000 grams
Total rocks in the pile = 20000000 / 3.883 = approx 5.1 million rocks !
Price per rock = $1379 / 5.1 million = .027 cents per rock, which actually seems pretty good value

Anyone who has trouble getting to sleep at night is very welcome to check calculations and put me straight tomorrow

Just to clarify. Is that .027 of .01¢ or about 40 rocks for a penny

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 34ºF for the start, windy, clear sky. Windy day, sky was clear, and high was 64ºF, DP 15ºF. Chapel to start day, wife requested pancakes this morning, and into energy conservation mode. I meant to do a short bike ride but took a nap instead. Something knocked over next years wood stack after dark .
Buppies glad you and wife had good time.
Roy and you got to watch snow before going back to bed
David good luck with that project.
Dennis I was just curious what was driving prices on land.
Roy bet it was fun watching Margeaux herding the crew
Bill hope you enjoyed the new rabbit hole
Drew congrats on making this far. What is that quote, "if I had known I would live this long, I would have taken better care of my self"
Thomas hope snow control went well.
Bird not only weed eater line but fish line as well.
Billy scary story about IRS. all I can do is shake my head.
Paul ice really messing with cam. Glad Emily had a good day and wife's birthday celebration went well.
Don sorry about the lack of warning on the 22ºF temp.
James good to hear wife doing well, hope she waits for ice to melt before doing much outside.
RNG Hope you get more rain, we can use some as well. Hope you catch a break with the wind.
Buppies man they are proud of their gas!. good luck with bear, maybe somebody needs a mascot ?
Ken sorry none of the tree you need down failed to cooperate. Glad you could help the neighbors with their tree.
Roy glad EGO blower working well.
David I think most of us do it but not by choice
Ted hope you got some moisture into the soil. Did you wear a filter mask? I find that helps with the dust. Hope you got some R/C building done before the rabbit struck.
Dennis glad you made it to worship this morning, nice taking meal to the guy.
Phil glad you got 3 tons put away, don't overdo with the other 2 !
Drew glad you got through 2 hour meeting, and you got to and from church without issue.
Thomas what no pics of the boo boos? hope your evening went well.
Dennis hope you enjoyed your cookie bars.
PJ sorry about the Lowes experience.
Eric you have too much time on your hands, time to check out YouTube
Drew hope the contention goes down without loss of attendance. prayers for your brothers wife
Ray interesting video on tapping maple sap.
Randy(wag) I have a watch and calendar to tell me what do to on what day
Ted if you start coughing more after shower it did some good. Do you try to maintain some humidity indoors?
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /mom recovery, living alone, Bird/aging issues/, Don /mom's pipeline process, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's FIL death /new cancer surgeries /cataract surgery, Roy /palpitations, /angina /UTI, Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel /divorce, Buppies /skin cancer surgery and recovery, /wife head wound healing, Thomas/gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted/knee recovery/retirement, /family issues, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes /rib, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery follow up, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/injuries from fall, Paul/ wife's disc issues /dog seizure, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis/ brother "alligallyitus" and improving, James /wife's fall and recovery, Drew /brother's wife Covid, Ukraine war, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Fire truck and ambulance just left from next door. Didn’t come or leave with sirens or lights, so not sure what was up. Fire truck was spinning tires on their icy driveway, took them awhile to figure out if they pulled forward off the ice, and then backed up, they were ok once moving.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp 22 and high to 30°F. Wind W 11 mph. Light snow.
I've got about 2" so far and am torn about plowing or not. Temperatures are supposed to rise for the rest of the week. The next 5 days aren't supposed to get below freezing in the daytime. Still freezing at night, though.
Maybe I will just push the banks back and cut the trenches for the runoff.

I've got nothing to do from now until 9 A.M. I don't bother to go plow before 9. Back down the you tube hole again.

Have a safe day all

 

[Helogabals]

Good morning !

nice week ahead here