Good morning!!!!

[two_bit_score]

Shadfest is going on, town was full.
May go today early to try and beat the crowds.

Frenchtown looks and sounds like a neat place. What the heck is Shadfest?

 

[kenmbz]

Frenchtown looks and sounds like a neat place. What the heck is Shadfest?

Shad is a type of fish we don't want to eat
Celebrates the return of the Shad to the river many years back, when the area was filled with artists.

We usually park on the PA side and walk the bridge to the NJ side as parking is a nightmare with all the tourists.

Shad Fest Details Lambertville NJ and New Hope PA, Visit us now for all the information at ShadFest.com

Shad Fest Details Lambertville NJ and New Hope PA, Visit us now for all the information at ShadFest.com

www.shadfest.com

Shad Fest Lambertville's Historic Shad Festival - Greater Lambertville Chamber Of Commerce

ShadFest™, Lambertville's Historic Shad Festival, featuring arts and crafts from all around Hunterdon and Bucks Counties, Food Vendors, and Poster Art Display & Auction

www.lambertvillechamber.com

 

[Buppies]

Shad are great bait fish for stripers that are stocked in smith mountain lake

 

[Buppies]

Drew hope you continue to feel better

 

[Buppies]

Great pictures Ken I really enjoy them

 

[daugen]

a little better, this is going to take another day, most of it in bed

shad is the worst fish in the world to eat, competes with carp
oily, strong and just full of bones

Frenchtown NJ is a lovely small river town with some nice shops

 

[Looking4new]

Drew, I hope that whatever you are eating stays in you and doesn't leave violently. Been there, done that.

Hose reel installed; My back and knees said that is enough of that for today. Bored the 1/2" holes with a masonry bit and installed the threaded rod with nuts and washers.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Chilly today
Good worship, I led singing.
Good lunch, we had a visitor from MO here teaching a class at the Fire academy, so invited him to lunch with us.
I got out my turbocad last night to work on another cabin plan. Been awhile since I used it so forgot how to do things. Microstation is still my favorite CAD program. I used to teach it at local community college. Autocad is next favorite, but after they disabled my last version because they weren’t supporting it any longer, I refused to buy it again.

 

[two_bit_score]

Shad is a type of fish we don't want to eat
Celebrates the return of the Shad to the river many years back, when the area was filled with artists.

That's what threw me. It sounds like fun. And we have some unusual festivals in Texas too, I guess. The Art Car Parade in Houston is one.

On April 21st we celebrate San Jacinto Day and the victory of Texican forces at San Jacinto over Santa Anna and the resulting Independence of Texas from Mexico. It's not a festival but a celebration and one of my many favorites.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon TBS,

Going to church and maybe eat catfish with my son after

I love deep fried catfish , I will be right down !

 

[two_bit_score]

a little better, this is going to take another day, most of it in bed

shad is the worst fish in the world to eat, competes with carp
oily, strong and just full of bones

Frenchtown NJ is a lovely small river town with some nice shops

We only look at shad as bait. But it looks like at Shadfest they filet and cook 'em.

 

[two_bit_score]

Good Afternoon TBS,
I love deep fried catfish , I will be right down !

They are sure better than shad.

 

[Helogabals]

I am more of a "visual storyteller"


Had foundations of lamp posts delivered. Guy I normally call for those jobs have got new truck. I like the looks of that.
Just wondering, I Scania a thing in US ?
Here maybe 0,1 % are "long nose" trucks. American made Freighliner or similar we will not find on EU highways. Can't understand why.

Green little one is mine. Renault Kangoo.

Here you can see that drawing (or draft ? ) board.
And how I got it up to second floor. (again - how do you count floors ? Like 1-2-3- .. or 0-1-2-.. ? Asking as here we have first, but for instance in Italy - second version)

 

[two_bit_score]

(again - how do you count floors ? Like 1-2-3- .. or 0-1-2-.. ? Asking as here we have first, but for instance in Italy - second version)

Interesting. Usually 1,2,3 but sometimes it's G,1,2,3 with G being Garage or Ground as in basement, and some times its G1, G2, G3, 1, 2, 3.... And is G1 the lowest or is it G3 the lowest?

One building I use a lot has G for Ground which is a basement and 1,2,3, 4 above ground, then an underground extension of two levels and the upper underground level is E2 while the lower underground level is E1. It makes sense when you look at it from the bottom up E1, E2, G, 1,2,3,4.

It can get really funny trying to explain it to new comers.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Normally 1,2,3
But our 100 year old building at work, the first floor is ground level in the front, but building is built on a slope. So in back, 1st floor is below ground level
So at work they use, 0,1,2

Helo, very nice building with woodwork. We have thrown away most of the old draft boards around here. I don't know if my older brother still has his. It was a big one, maybe 1.5m x 2m. He had the green plastic overlay on it, which makes it nice for tight lines, and we used it as dining table too, when adjusted flat.

Church was good.

We may have won the overnight rain total contest....4.8" I told the wifey it has been a long time since we have had that much. The storms kept on training. It was 53F this morning, which feels cool to us being used to the 80's.

 

[daugen]

We only look at shad as bait. But it looks like at Shadfest they filet and cook 'em.

they do, some folks will eat anything...

feeling better, less dizzy. Staying in bed reading my book, trying to eat bland stuff.
probably could use the chill time anyway and I've lost four pounds.

 

[two_bit_score]

feeling better, less dizzy. Staying in bed reading my book, trying to eat bland stuff.
probably could use the chill time anyway and I've lost four pounds.

Maybe you just needed to get cleaned out.

 

[Thomas]

feeling better, less dizzy. Staying in bed reading my book, trying to eat bland stuff.
probably could use the chill time anyway and I've lost four pounds.

Glad your recovery Drew...rest up.

 

[scootr]

Good Morning.
Old friend and I met up at the RC flying club this AM. Beautiful calm day. By mid morning the jet guys had showed up, well we were about done, anyway. Soon we watched some poor soul put a $10k model jet straight in the ground Too rich for my blood
Came home to mow the lawn it's freaking 90º out there... Sheesh. Hope we get some May gray going, I'm not ready for the heat.
Hope you all have a great Sunday

 

[rswyan]

45F and cloudy @ 15:45, calling for a high of around 50F for the day.

LWS reports that the low here this morning was 36.5F ... so likely no frost ...

But Frost Advisory issued again for tonight.

After reviewing the Utah State University document on frost/freeze damage for fruit trees we opted not to cover the peach tree.

https://extension.usu.edu/productionhort/files/CriticalTemperaturesFrostDamageFruitTrees.pdf

Collected up the jigsaw + the trigger plate and actuator rod for the live trap yesterday afternoon and headed up to the shop.

Used the jigsaw to cut up almost all of the plywood subfloor from the bath in the master bedroom. Think there is still 1 piece to go.

Burned that to warm up the shop, was 57F when I got up there ... was in the mid-70's within 30 - 45 minutes. Didn't even have to use the blower ...

Got almost all of a 5 gallon bucket of wood scraps and some cardboard burnt as well but still lots to go.

Made trip back down to house to collect up my old glasses (to use when grinding) and the old battery operated B&D drill, batteries, and charger as the smaller corded drills in the shop appear to have given up the ghost.

Got actuator rod and trigger plate straightened out, found a piece of 28 gauge sheet metal to use to make the replacement trigger plate.

Did some cleaning and straightening up, still a long ways to go ... but probably have enough room to get either the Cub or Kubota in to work on them after I remove one item tomorrow.

Started cleaning off the spare set of mower blades for the Cub. Got the good set all cleaned off, set up the sharpening jig and got one of the blades sharpened.

By that time it around 21:00 and time for dinner so I called it a day and went back down to the house.

After dinner I modified the chains that the lights in the greenhouse hang from to get those a little closer to the seedlings.

The tomato seedlings that have survived are getting pretty good sized ... around 4" to 5" tall. Might need to repot those soon. One video I watched suggested waiting until the 2nd set of true leaves appear.

Plans for this afternoon/evening are to head back up to the shop, finish sharpening and balancing that spare set of blades for the Cub, cut out new trigger plate for the live trap + more straightening up and cleaning. Maybe do some transplanting later.

Hope everyone is having a decent Sunday ...