Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 76ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Light wind, partly cloudy sky, and high temp was 104ºF, HI 107ºF. Putter to start day, bike ride, then lunch. Mowed back yard parts that needed it. Did get nap in.
Ron hope you can slow the herons down. Sorry about no frogs, wonder if heron got them. Sorry about the heat. I used a neck cooler with ice to help with heat this afternoon.
Billy sorry knee is acting up. hope you got some good pics on trail cam.
Drew good luck with garage. Not sure if tofu is any better for you, the more a food get processed, the less likely it is good for you.
Frits goof to hear knee still improving. Hop you enjoyed your easy agenda day.
Buppies I understand about the heat. prayers sent.
Thomas hope your chores work out. Yes not good idea to pick on Mrs.
Drew hope you got your exercise and drone pics. Yes would be nice if knees more durable.
Paul glad you had nice day yesterday. Good to hear P51 flew well. Can you reset the controls/servos to be less sensitive? Love the GS pic. Glad you got cable good on first try. Hope today went well.
Don sorry no sub 100 day. Hope we get rain soon.
Scott(vt) enjoy your cold front.
Kilroy hope you get pickup back soon and oil change went ok.
Mike sorry work is starting on sour note. Glad yesterday was good. Hope roofer has good news.
Dennis hope you found something good to do.
Gstrom you going to get hot! Hope the items some in and shop work can resume.
Drew if you have some plastic bags you can line paper with them and reuse them more
Scotty glad not a lot of damage from storm. I find your graphic funny and true.
Ken sorry not a lot of people to watch concert. Hope calm day at work.
Dennis in Ozarks was an old cold blast furnace, used 80 cords of wood per load. Forest have grown back now and some logging for charcoal.
Ted Sorry no rain from Hilary. Glad driveway coming along and dog food made for another month.
Drew sorry hike was so taxing. Nice drone pics.
David hope trip to HD productive and HH good.
Dennis I found the same thing.
RS sorry about yesterday deteriorating. Sprayer sounds very frustrating, hoe you can get it working consistently again. Hope new sprayers work better.
Phil nice pallet of turning material. Glad mowing went well.
Scotty glad you can take it easy.
RNG glad no problems from hurricane. Hope yo can get on the emergency system. Good luck with all your projects, especially garage door track. I have never moved a track or reconfig the rollers.
Dennis thanks for posting the price increases, I think.
Don different ash try. We used to have some ash trays that were made at the family business.
Thomas sorry about gas prices. Hope back pockets not dragging too much.
Randy(wag) good to here all is going well.
PJ hope you are careful in heat as well. Sorry wife overdid it out side. Hope Starlink change over not too bad.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /sleeping, /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[sodamo]

another $275 at costco for 19 items. ouch....

speaking of inflation, I compared 11 grocery and 8 household items frequently purchased from Costco for 2019, 2020 and 2023.
From 2019 to 2020, the total cost of all the items only increased $2.50. From 2020 to 2023 they have increased $52.91, or 23.1%. I'm assuming the same package size, but for the Tide, it decreased from 208 oz to 170 oz, so I show the equivalent price. I believe some of the other items have decreased in quantity also.

Proof of Bidenomics?

 

[sodamo]

Angle garage door up instead of a 90°

Seems like reasonable solution. Custom track?

 

[daugen]

good morning all
boy did I sleep like a rock last night, but everything works this morning so onward
only high of 80 today in clouds.
plumber coming at 8:30 to install back up sump pump. Once he is done, then have day to myself, probably
will mow lawn and wash the car. Car wash is over twenty bucks now if they vacuum inside and clean windows.
During the winter I treat myself but no excuse now.

now I know why fig newtons were so expensive last time I bought them...
good spreadsheet Dennis

RNG, slow but steady, enjoy the ride, like your bike...but you'll get it all cleaned up and fixed up.
Glad you did not have issues with storm.
just make sure you prioritize that "rv access path"...could I fit my little motorhome there?
Work on those full hookups too...

August 22, where did the summer go...

 

[Buppies]

68 high of 92 pretty warm today may hit 100 Friday got more jobs to look at today. Took a nice nap yesterday afternoon. The movie Shenandoah was on last night recorded it very sad shows horrors and destruction of civil war.jimmy Stewart a great actor.

Prayers for all our Country

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 55° with partly cloudy skies. Heading to 76° with mix of sun and clouds. Put heavy string around garden pond to keep heron from attaching frogs. Have not seen any frogs for a few days. Sharpened mower blades. Greased all fittings. Cleaned some more tools out of chicken coop. Mowed grass when it dried. Pulled weeds in gardens around house. Adjusted rear shock springs on Mule. Found why it always seemed lower on drivers side. Right and left spring adjustments where different. More cleanup inside of chicken coop today.
Lots of large pine cones this year.

Mostly, will have to try one of those neck coolers.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Thomas]

49F clear sky mid 70's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.

Plans for today...finish trimming front field,under spruces,if enough go go still with in me trim side field for tomorrow mowing.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[riptides]

77 outside this AM, heading to mid 80's. 78% humidity.

Back to auto-pilot at day job.

Nothing on the agenda today, maybe some more weed whacking. Although the grass is really drying out and has turned crunchy in spots. Creek still flowing, but barely.

Hope all have a great day, be safe. Those ailing...best wishes for quick healing.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).

67F going to low 90s, sunny all day.

we got up to the woodlot reasonably early, when it was cool. Mrs took dog for walk, I cleared out and leveled a spot immediately behind the shed to build a lean-to shed off the back, then cleared out a load of brush and thorny grabby stuff to get to the opposite corner of the property. Luckily, I didn’t quite hit the 50 hours for initial service, as I didn’t have a metric Allen that sit the drive motor plugs… so I need to buy some more tools…

Anyone know what size Allen the drive motor drain plugs are for a Kibota KX033-4?

I am definitely getting better with the excavator, especially with jump turns. I reversed my way of thinking about them and it has made a huge difference: instead of deciding which tread has to go forward and moving the swing handle toward it, I now decide which way I need to swing the boom and activate the tread in forward closest to how the swing handle points. It sounds trivial but it works for me.


The rest of the day was porch time.

Made an appointment for spa guy to come out and look at leak on hot tub, so today is a general clean up on and around the screenporch. And whatever other house putterings can be squeezed in.

now to catch up on all the GM posts since yesterday that I am behind on…

I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

 

[Gale Hawkins]

After a spell of rain and cooler temps the dry and heat is back. The 12v AGM battery on the Prius C died after 10 years and 3 months. I was excited I was able to get it out from under the back seat and onto tailgate the pickup so I could read the date on it.. The downside was the pickup tailgate wound up eating my relative new smartphone because its owner is not so smart. The black phone one the black tailgate got curled too much to still work when I tried to shut the tailgate.

After lunch yesterday I saw the new one on the step to the tool trailer and started that process. But since the screen was black I couldn't do the port but thanks backups in the Cloud with the help of my son late last night, it's working at 90% because of the data transfer was not one for one but thanks for the web backup services I am mostly good.

They didn't have the special Group 34 Prius battery in Murray so Sunday I drove 70 miles to the AutoZone in Princeton KY to pick up the battery by way of I-24. The river bottoms crops looked bad.due to the floods.