Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

One of the good things about being semi-retired is that I get an afternoon almost every day.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good morning! Low was 48°, only 50° currently, and raining for the past 4 hours or so. There's 1/2" in the gauge---- WOOHOO!

Supposed to rain off /on all day. Not complaining at all, we definitely need the moisture. Plus, I can now see where the rain is flowing and I can adjust my 'gravel spreading' accordingly. Diverting rain water to where it can be beneficial to the trees is the goal....

Back in the day, the worst mileage vehicle I had, was a '70 Olds 442. Had the "455ci Rocket' engine. Powerful right off the lot, but I had to "tweak" it some more.....
After installing a high lift cam, high rise twin manifold, 2- Holly 650 double pump carbs, and headers ---- well let's say it was just plain scary off the line.....

I can't remember how many sets of rear tires I went through.... And only about 6-7 mpg if it was babied.

The best mileage vehicle that I had (for the time) was an '89 GMC Suburban. 350ci (5.7L) w/ a throttle body. Got 18-20 mpg. For a 1/2 ton truck loaded with all the goodies ---- not bad. Wish I still had it. A great all around vehicle.

Considering my 2019 Nissan Frontier p/u only gets 16-17 unloaded......why? Smaller engine (4.0L), half the weight, half the size.... still trying to figure that out....

But.... our Nissan Versa Note gets a consistent 40 mpg. A little 1.6L 4 cyl. w/ a 5 speed. I should have gone with the CVT trans.... they are getting about 43 mpg. Great errand runner / commuter vehicle. It's a 2014, haven't done a thing to it except change the oil and replace the wiper blades.....oh, and 2 sets of tires....

I have held off on the new truck shopping... Ram, Dodge, and Jeep will be getting a 3.0L, Twin turbo, straight 6. If it's anything like the 4.0L straight 6, it will be bullet proof! Going to wait and see how well it performs.

Oldsmobile engines put out SCARY power - but you had to find someone who knew what to do with them. I was fortunate enough to have known someone who did. 455 over 080 Buick crank with rod journals offset ground to add .125 stroke… among other things

 

[KilroyJC]

GM UPDATE:

1)Gravel arrived, almost 11t, still ran just a bit short, but I chalk that up to inexperience with the excavator.

2) Talked to BigBoxOrange, they are still waiting on the 16 sets of cross-supports, everything else is at the store. I will call them again on Monday for an update.

Not the most heinous of grading jobs…

Of course, after I finished, I remembered something I wanted to do before I got started… duh…

 

[jbrumberg]

Most of the years we’ve been here I’ve had 2 changes of clothes going, what I call Town clothes vs work clothes. Usually by the time I’m done with work clothes they aren’t even suitable rags. Lately I’ve noticed that sometimes the work clothes sneak into town if no holes. Just yesterday my trip to Kona I noticed my work jean shorts (stained by whole) were accompanied by a town shirt.

I mix and match often. I go on a 6 week plan during flea and tick season when it comes to pants as the pyrethrum treatment wears out in ~6weeks. Sometimes earlier if the ticks get to thigh high level on the pants.

On a pizza, barbecue, or grinder "runs" I still wear my worn, ancient, well stained, Carhartt® hoodie that I bought ~1976 to add to the grease stain profile. It looks nasty coming out of the clothes dryer.

I am surprised that that old hoodie has not disappeared, but I am usually wearing it.

 

[jbrumberg]

Kilroy- Nice job with the gravel. Thanks for sharing your project.

 

[Popgadget]

Maybelline…

Now you’re talkin bout the things you used to do,,,,,

 

[Thomas]

So far just keep straightening Shepard hook this has been going on for years. Another youngster bear being a nuisance

If the youngster continue on in his good chance he'll get some learning from Dad.

 

[Thomas]

Buppies, your new visitor looks like a nice one. Good name, too.

 

[Thomas]

Buppies, nice pic of Thomas.

 

[Thomas]

Love the Thomas bear