Good morning!!!!

Wagtail · Oct 10, 2022

Good early (Tuesday) arvo. A bit warmer overnight temp of 5C. The skies are semi-clouded with a predicted high of 18C.

Well, I believe that I've caught up and synchronised my sleep pattern. So today I decided that I'd fire-up the Z-turn and handle some bracken that's in my neighbour's front paddock (where the 'Mad Horse Woman' has her horse). The Z-turn has sat idle since mid-April and, so far, it's turning over but failing to 'catch'... I've come in for a wee bit of lunch to let it settle and avoid flooding it, then I'll try again.

Practically as soon as I arrived back home (Saturday) I was tagged to assist this Saturday in the annual Endurance Race out & around Pyengana. I'll go out there on Friday arvo to meet the radio check-point blokes and figure out where they want me. Saturday morning I'll need to be there at "a sparrow's fart" (0630) as the horse/riders start before dawn.

That's about it, take care all.

Update: The Z-turn did finally 'catch' and performed flawlessly after that... I need to make a mental note to fire-it-up a couple of times over Winter.

sodamo · Oct 10, 2022

Happy Birthday, Pennwalk

sodamo · Oct 10, 2022

Fedex did deliver my new Starlink, but late in afternoon, too late for me to get on the roof to swap out according to Sophie. Several friends got delivery also. According to one, he had a second driver helping out and they had over 200 starlinks to deliver just our side of the island.

mostly_gas · Oct 10, 2022

Good evening all. 58ºF for the start, partly cloudy sky, light breeze. Light wind, sky became mostly cloudy and looked like rain, and high temp was 83ºF. Bike ride to start day, Wife had dentist appt. again so went to town to overnight tax form and lunch. FedEx closed down office so after lunch trip to Sherman. Got forms mailed, came home in time to take nap

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Bill hope you had a good Thanksgiving.
Buppies hope all is well and you and crew are able to work.
Drew hope scraper assembly goes well. I suspect Ted has more rust than you might think.
Paul glad tests for wedding were good. Have fun winterizing. Have a safe trip
Drew I suspect most of us have burn pile stories.
Dennis sorry about no contact on land.
RS glad spill did not get anything important. Sorry about the strawberry crown squash, wonder what could carry it off. Sorry to hear about your 10 temps I would excited about running the wood stove

James nice looking feast.
Ken busy day yesterday, trying to give RS competition? Somebody has data issue .
RNG hope your day went well. My milk crates are too old to stand on

James great pic. When do you move docks for winter and take boats out of the water?
Frits good luck with chainsaw repair projects.
Don great to hear how well job is going. Learning about the farm has been interesting.
Drew funny story.
Frits glad harness helped.
PJ hope you get your rain.
Frits interesting looking wedding. Glad she enjoyed it.
David did Columbus day interfere with deliveries?
Dennis interesting choices.
Mark always a challenge to catch up.
Chris Happy Birthday!! I like stabil for gas treatment in small engines, had good luck with it, even with E10 gas. Sorry about deer, waist high is not much impediment for deer.
Drew thanks for link. I just wonder if it is smart to have Federal Gov. involved in insurance.
Frits nice progress on clean up.
Thomas gas prices have been more volatile here as well.
Don not an early morning person as well.
Frits good planning to control cost.
Bill the holiday menu is always one of personal preference.
Randy(wag) hope you got Zturn started. Hope the race helping goes well.
David glad Starlink got delivered.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter and family drama, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, Bird/aging issues/, Don /mom's pipeline process, , Roy /palpitations, /angina, /alligatoritus, /wife ankle,recover from getting sick, Billy /wife back & hip, mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, /wife's pain, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes, Frits/ daughters hip replacement /veteran son with mental issues,Ken /dad possible dementia Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Lou / eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, /nerve and pain, / wife headaches, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /wife not feeling well, /marriage, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis /retirement plans and land purchase and development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend cancer diagnosis and recovery, Mike /spine injury and recovery, Scotty, /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Mark /wife colon surgery, Ukraine war, and Country.

Alien · Oct 11, 2022

sodamo said:
Fedex did deliver my new Starlink, but late in afternoon, too late for me to get on the roof to swap out according to Sophie. Several friends got delivery also. According to one, he had a second driver helping out and they had over 200 starlinks to deliver just our side of the island.

200? Might not be any data left for you mate. LOL
Very very happy with Starlink here. No complaints whatsoever. I have a fairly low angle roof so I sat the dish on the roof in a big glob of roof and gutter sealant on each leg. Not a hope of it blowing away and no holes required.

check · Oct 11, 2022

mostly_gas said:
Good evening all. 58ºF for the start, partly cloudy sky, light breeze. Light wind, sky became mostly cloudy and looked like rain, and high temp was 83ºF. Bike ride to start day, Wife had dentist appt. again so went to town to overnight tax form and lunch. FedEx closed down office so after lunch trip to Sherman. Got forms mailed, came home in time to take nap .
Bill hope you had a good Thanksgiving.
Buppies hope all is well and you and crew are able to work.
Drew hope scraper assembly goes well. I suspect Ted has more rust than you might think.
Paul glad tests for wedding were good. Have fun winterizing. Have a safe trip
Drew I suspect most of us have burn pile stories.
Dennis sorry about no contact on land.
RS glad spill did not get anything important. Sorry about the strawberry crown squash, wonder what could carry it off. Sorry to hear about your 10 temps I would excited about running the wood stove
James nice looking feast.
Ken busy day yesterday, trying to give RS competition? Somebody has data issue .
RNG hope your day went well. My milk crates are too old to stand on
James great pic. When do you move docks for winter and take boats out of the water?
Frits good luck with chainsaw repair projects.
Don great to hear how well job is going. Learning about the farm has been interesting.
Drew funny story.
Frits glad harness helped.
PJ hope you get your rain.
Frits interesting looking wedding. Glad she enjoyed it.
David did Columbus day interfere with deliveries?
Dennis interesting choices.
Mark always a challenge to catch up.
Chris Happy Birthday!! I like stabil for gas treatment in small engines, had good luck with it, even with E10 gas. Sorry about deer, waist high is not much impediment for deer.
Drew thanks for link. I just wonder if it is smart to have Federal Gov. involved in insurance.
Frits nice progress on clean up.
Thomas gas prices have been more volatile here as well.
Don not an early morning person as well.
Frits good planning to control cost.
Bill the holiday menu is always one of personal preference.
Randy(wag) hope you got Zturn started. Hope the race helping goes well.
David glad Starlink got delivered.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter and family drama, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, Bird/aging issues/, Don /mom's pipeline process, , Roy /palpitations, /angina, /alligatoritus, /wife ankle,recover from getting sick, Billy /wife back & hip, mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, /wife's pain, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes, Frits/ daughters hip replacement /veteran son with mental issues,Ken /dad possible dementia Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Lou / eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, /nerve and pain, / wife headaches, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /wife not feeling well, /marriage, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis /retirement plans and land purchase and development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend cancer diagnosis and recovery, Mike /spine injury and recovery, Scotty, /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Mark /wife colon surgery, Ukraine war, and Country.

Hey, MG, thanks for the compliment. It is indeed a very pretty time of the year up here.

Regarding the docks, we usually take them out around this time of the year, and float the docks far enough away from shore so that they don’t get crunched when the water levels change in the ice cracks at the shore level during the spring drawdown. It is quite an adventure here with the water levels. They slowly go down about 1 foot over the course of the summer, then after Thanksgiving they drop it down fast (maybe 3 feet or so), and then let it rise slowly until January, and then they let it drop again until the end of March, and then they let it shoot up to the summer level in early April.

RoyJackson · Oct 11, 2022

2022-10-11, 0406

37° right now...high, about 60 today...

daugen · Oct 11, 2022

good morning all
another nice Fall day, sunny up to 70 today

house cleaners coming so I have to pick up, then a quiet day and dinner at my first wife's home a mile away.
slow waking up this morning
Don, morning job good for me, I'm up at 5am or even 4am most mornings.

I just wonder if it is smart to have Federal Gov. involved in insurance.
Only time they have gotten involved is when no one else will do it, so clearly the whole process is a loser from a financial perspective.
Flood, wind, earthquake landslides, mold...lots of things homeowners sometimes doesn't cover. I had to pay a special wind premium on my policy living in coastal NC.
The States have had to get into auto insurance often, "State Plans" or "Assigned Risk". The market of last resort. I don't know how much insurance premiums are collected in Florida
but a 67 billion dollar hit is simply off the charts. Average homewner premium for most of us is a little over 1000 dollars. 5 counties in Florida average 4,300 annual premium and 6,000 for Florida Keys. And still it's not enough money to pay for a major hurricane.

More folks need to do what RNG has done, reduce your own risk and go on a good defense.

wngsprd · Oct 11, 2022

37 going to 73. Yummy.

Kyle, I looked for your missing post...couldn't find it either. I wouldn't expect anything you would write to need censorship. On the contrary.

BEF, your plans are looking good. Hope you get to settle soon.

Wag, glad you got your mower running...it took me a second to realize why you haven't used it since April, since I've put nearly 100 hours on since then. Race sounds like fun. Cool that you got to see homer 61 in person.

Sodamo, hoping the Starlink install goes well.

Had a final day visiting with our son and GF. Did a dump run, and hike over near the trash convenience center.