Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Not much difference safety wise looking at phone verses looking at the indash screen with same info. I find new cars with screens built in to be harder to navigate the functions, like radio and ac. I prefer the old radios with knobs where you can use them without looking. With touch screens you have to look away from the road much longer to make sure you hit the right “button” on a screen. I have thought of changing the radio in my truck to a modern one to get a backup camera and apple CarPlay, but then I loose the buttons and knobs. I do like the apple carplay on my new car, especially the map on the screen, but hate the one knob to navigate menus, can’t do that while driving.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 71 going to 83 and cloudy, some more rain last night.
Got the rest of the wire run to the box, just need to put the breaker in and hook it up.

too hot working in the ceiling really slowed me down.

Sodamo-My Chlorinator is an an aqualucent, very basic, but has worked for years with no real maintenance.
Biggest advice is all the metal needs to be stainless, the salt will corrode things in the line if not, most heaters/pumps don't have issues, but good to check.
It takes hundered of pounds of salt to start, need to add more as the pool needs to be drained due to heavy rains. Shock every few weeks.
Balance stabilizer, PH etc. at beginning of season. If rains very heavy and hot out, need to add some algecide.
Weekly maintenance is usually just cleaning,

Happy birthday PJS !

Sorry about the cat fatjay

Back to day job and Springsteen concert tonight.

Be well,

 

[buckeyefarmer]

79° and sunny. No rain here, we need it. Yard could use a mowing, or might wait another day.
Spent most of yesterday preparing to teach a class tonight.
Son called on his way to Atlanta for a concert, then called at 11:30 after the concert and we talked until he got to his hotel at 12:30 am.
So I slept in. My wife went and walked with her friend, then woke me when she got back.
Thomas, sorry about CDL medical.

 

[Popgadget]

Appointment physical CDL with my primary doctor and my cardiologist doctor,wellll neither doctor would sign the paper work for okay

I’m sorry to hear that. I have to get a physical every 6 months and a yearly EKG for the FAA. Every time I go, I wonder if today will be the day.
Last time was Monday, I half hearted thought it might be a way out of the proving runs, but the doctor said I was good to go.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

::: clambers atop the soapbox:::


With all the “Operator Assistance” garbage on modern vehicles today, anyone under age 40 is not really learning how to drive. The are more aiming and hoping in many cases.

Another major factor IMO that affects younger drivers is that they they were imprisoned in the rear seats the last 30 years, with nothing to soil at in front of them except a high headrest or an electronic device. Kids were banned from the view out the windshield, seeing the bill vista of sights —- and also observing and learning how a vehicle is operating by observing the driver.

And what “Modern Parent” would ever DARE TO BE SO BOLD as to have their five-year-old sit on their lap and steer the car through town?

::: upends soap box to climb a bit higher:::

I am almost at the point where I think it would be a good idea to remove all the warning labels and let evolution take its course —- stupid should hurt.

Thank you for attending my TED Talk.

:::climbs down from soapbox and heads to the bar:::

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The one advantage of a bench seat, letting your girlfriend sit right next to you, even let her steer or run the gas.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I did not do my homework only a few days of low 90s rest in 80s next week but dry dry dry

Hopefully the grass won’t grow so fast at the lot then. Overall a lot more rain there last month than here.
Yesterday I went thru the 3800 HD pics from the cell cam SD card I swapped out, and only kept the wildlife pics.

 

[daugen]

bad news Thomas, sorry but want to keep you safe, good news Popgadget

headed out to play, time for some Fall color

 

[m7040]

Which one is the starter and which one is the low beam?

Of all the modern convinces I think power steering will be missed the most.

Some of the old cars had the starter switch under the clutch pedal and by stepping the clutch all the way to the floor it would start. Others had it to the left of the clutch pedal up a little. high beam was usually centrally located to the left of clutch pedal

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low of 61°, heading up to 87°. Slight chance (20%) of a stray t-storm. We have been on the other side of the "chances"...... still no rain at all! A few nearby rumbles, but no prize.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (Belated) to PJ. Hope you enjoy your day!

Thomas, Sorry about the CDL physical issues. The docs get really picky......

Buppies, you gave me the incentive (not) to smash my middle toe into the immoveable square leg of the table. We are now somewhat 'matching'. Toe is nice and purple and tender.

The knee has been acting up again, probably due to the increase in humidity. At least now I have "balanced" pain.... knee pain on the left, toe pain on the right....
Now I really walk weird......

Apparently, my post yesterday flew the coup......
Spent most of the day doing the plans and materials take-off. This is the second 'revision' already. This time was the winner. The wifey wanted the first plan 'downsized' a little bit, same concept, just smaller. Saved about $2K in the materials.
Material prices are still up there. Not as bad as last year, but definitely not coming down fast.

Don't know exactly when it will start, but probably soon. Want to time it for decent weather (cooler), so maybe a few weeks. With my luck, that's when monsoon rains will start.... At least, I would like to get the shell done and weather tight.

Son and oldest (19) GS will be the labor, I get to supervise and layout. Should prove to be interesting.... I am usually VERY hands-on.... just can't anymore. No lifting, no ladders, definitely won't be as much fun as previous projects.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

our 8N tractor had a starter button.

At age 20 I was shown a 10 ton dump truck and asked if I could drive it. Sure can I said, having never seen a high low transmission selector switch before.
But I figured it out quick.

 

[two_bit_score]

before "quarter pounders" came in, butter was sold in one pound blocks aka prints.

Thanks for the history lesson! Very interesting.

 

[sodamo]

70°F and .38 inches rain

Made unplanned trip into town yesterday, primarily to send off a FedEx package also visited the brewery. Apparently the new ownership is reluctant to extend the previous discount. May have to check out the 2 other breweries. My brand loyalty can be bought

The boys and I start week 2 of baching it. Life just not as fun without her here. TG for FaceTime. I sure miss her. I gather from her reports that her sister is glad she is visiting.

Have to see what the day brings but coffee first. OK, second, bike first.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[scott_vt]

If you were really worried, you could have a kill switch on the starter and leave the hand Crank on the floor, just as a dare…

Good Afternoon KilroyJC,
Excellent !!

 

[daugen]

Thanks for the history lesson! Very interesting.

Print butter is an obsolete term for butter that was sold in wrappers printed with "some emblematic device" as a branding device[1][2] as modern butter almost always is. Originally the wrappers were normally cloth and sometimes washed and returned for re-use by the retailer.[1] By the late 19th century greaseproof paper took over from cloth.[1] The term is found in American sources from at least 1791[3] to 1949.[4] Packages of butter thus wrapped were called prints (for example, pound prints weighed one pound each).

 

[rswyan]

72F and mostly cloudy @ 13:00, heading up to around 79F for the day's high. Clouds likely to remain until 15:00 when it will start to clear a bit.

Started mowing front lawn yesterday, got about half a dozen passes done and it started raining again so I threw in the towel on that for the day.

I did run down to the corner and get gas for the Cub as it was getting low, also filled up Woman's car.

Rainfall yesterday totaled 0.35" and we've had 0.16" so far since midnight. Everything here is very green.

Persuaded Woman to make up a big pot of vegetable beef barley soup yesterday which turned out good. Was in there smelling it while it was cooking and She told me it isn't going to be ready for hours, to just get out and leave Her alone, and go get myself a sandwich somewhere if I wanted something to eat ...

So I ran over to Arby and got a 5 piece of that hushpuppy-breaded fish strip that they are advertising as a limited time deal. Fish was pollock, was not bad although a little greasy. Definitely not Eadies though.

Filled hopper + the two tube feeders after I got back, also suet feeder.

I thought I had gotten the leaks stopped on the plumbing under the sink the other day and then The Woman reported She noticed it was leaking ... right at the tail end of draining one of the basins. Got under there yesterday and verified that ... slight leak at one of the old joints after the trap. Will need to get the channel locks from up in the shop and give it a quarter turn.

After dinner Woman made 2 loaves of zucchini bread from what we shredded and froze last year, turned out great ...

She was at the sink this morning doing dishes and observed one of the fawns inside the wire in the west planting bed. Fawn was behind a tree when it exited so She couldn't see how it got out (jump or duck) Says we may need to put up a 3rd line.

The mother and another fawn came though shortly after that. Mother avoided the planting bed area, sticking around the bird feeders where I drop the cracked corn. Other fawn walked right up to the wires brushing the top one with its nose ... but didn't go in ...

Agenda for the rest of the day:

Dole out another weeks worth of meds.

Schedule some bills for payment online.

Finish up mowing the front lawn once it dries up enough. Probably get the west side and back down here around the house while I'm at it.

Grab those channel locks from up at the shop.

Do some maintenance work in garden. Some of the vining plants have gotten long enough that they need tied up to the cattle panel trellis.

Probably haul down another bucketload of screened compost for the corner of the northwest planting bed.

Otherwise see what else comes up.

Hope everyone is having a decent Wednesday ...

 

[sodamo]

People driving while reading their phone a very real safety issue to themselves and others. No common sense

My auto insurance, USAA has a discount program (safepilot) that tracks various driving aspects, one being cell phone use. Not exactly perfect as I got dinged 1 time using the Map program. But I’m on track for a 15% discount.

 

[sodamo]

Frits, last VW (1960) engine I changed took way longer. Probably cuz I had to rebuild it after it came out.

 

[sodamo]

KJC, you make some good points from your soap box.
Can’t help but wonder how much the proliferation of warning labels has dumbed down the gene pool.

 

[sodamo]

Thanks, Ken. I seriously wanted to do this when we built the pool initially but various factors dissuaded me. Sophie has confirmed we should do it. She is the primary user. Expensive, but going with the Circupool Core system as it appears it can take advantage of working with just my DC pump (direct solar powered)as well as the 240v pump. 39k gallons I guess will take a lot of salt initially. The pool is self draining but rain provides about 1.5-2 refills per year. Except pumps, all plumbing is pvc. Gonna be a new adventure.