Good morning!!!!

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low of 63°, heading towards 87°. Sunny with 20% chances of a T-storm. Didn't get any rain yesterday.

Ran the drip system on an abbreviated schedule. Then just piddling around, found some more damaged branches. Got them cut but only placed in a pile outside the gate. Need to get the tractor and move it back to the burn pile.

Why do the neighbors animals all want to come here? ..... first, 3 cats decided to have a fight outside the bedroom window at 06:30.

Then I get a call from the back neighbor saying our horses are loose ---- but we don't have any horses!
Sure enough, a horse and a donkey in our back field! I called the appropriate neighbor to come retrieve them.

Third, another neighbor's dog came over for a visit, but just passing through.....

Then, the strangest by far..... we were sitting on the porch, when suddenly, the wife says "WHAT'S THAT?" ---- there is a ferret running down our driveway, checking out each planter. By the time I got out to the end of the drive, it was gone....
I have no clue for this one......

I wonder what will show up today? I hope a nice Black Angus. I know what to do with that type of stray....

More piddling in the cards for today. I thought I had PT, but is scheduled for Wed. this week.
Four weeks so far without any real improvement. This is the last regular session, then next week is an evaluation by the main head therapist to basically confirm what I already know.

I hope everyone has a great start to the week!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

wonderful pic posted this morning of obelisk erected overlooking Las Vegas.
Police took the pic before they took the structure down.
something about the SouthWest that seems to encourage this

Ted, do you have any interesting neighbors?

https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gqm9lioakaaj8d6.jpeg?q=w_2000,c_fill/f_webp

Yes, we have quite the assortment of neighbors. I can introduce you to some if you want.....

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Dennis, Good job on the mower! That doesn't look easy at all for one person!

 

[Looking4new]

The call with the diabetic clinic went good. I gave her the numbers from my twice daily blood checks. 30 day=7.5, 14 day=7.3 and 7 day=7.3. She was tickled pink with those numbers.
A1C when I went into the hospital was 11, but I think that was caused in part by my consumption of at least 12 oatmeal raisin cookies/day. Now I have none.

 

[gstrom99]

I got an estimate for upgrading the house electric. Cleaning up the spider nest looking wires hanging at the pole and the house, new wire feed via trenching to the house, new SD 42 slot main panel/breakers and running a feed to the upstairs box. $3,900. I'm okay with that. Waiting on a call back, for proceeding.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 71F @ 7:15AM. Sunny. Hot. High 103F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph.

Was gonna pick up a trailer tonight and get it loaded for a trip south tomorrow, but it's just gonna be too hot to work out in today. And I don't like the idea of driving with that heavy load in the heat, either, so I'll wait a day for cooler weather.

On my tractor issue. Thinking I need to put together a suitable YT video. Not really and video experience, but I know several you do YT videos. Any recommendations on editing? IMovie? Will be using my iphone, then edit on ipad. Thinking I’d like to get something informative for a varied audience, the dealer, dealer tech, LS corporate, and the fine folks at TBN.

When the auxiliary valves on the back of the M63 leaked so badly, I shot a time laps video showing the problem and posted it to Youtube. Did the editing in iMovie on a laptop without too much problem, but I did refer to the iMovie help pages when it came time to add titles and such. Based on the video evidence, ended up returning the Kubota valves and replacing them with a set from FitRite,

Nice ride up the Feather River Canyon and over the mountains to King's Beach on Lake Tahoe Friday. It was the first time in a very long while I've been up there, and there were four traffic stops for construction on Highway 70, ranging up to fifteen minutes of waiting. Got there before noon, temps stayed in the low 80s both days and was just perfect. Helped set up tables and chairs and a few sun screens for the wrenching session the next day. Slept in a tent in my friend's back yard, which is a beautiful pine forest. Woke up cold in the middle of the night and had to put on more clothes.

Had about two dozen folks show up, most to bench race and gawk, but did have to do a welding repair on one side stand, and straighten out a bent hand lever. Then got everything taken down and put away before dinner, so all I had to do the next morning was to fold up the tent. I had the use of a comfortable couch that night, as my host was worried I might not like being visited by the bear that was making regular rounds of the neighborhood.

Got an early start Sunday and got home before the temps got too bad, but still soaked through my t-shirt. Got a nap in and did some tire shopping, running into some supply chain issues. No real rush, though.

Before I the trip I wedged some neoprene pucks under the speakers in the motorcycle helmet and could sorta hear music through the earplugs, but that's not a good solution. Found a patch cord that'll let me go back to using in ear buds instead of the speakers, so will get that ordered today.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a good start....

 

[sodamo]

66°F and .87 inches rain. Sun is peeking thru but forecast is passing showers. Dare I hope for some dryness?

A nice good bye dinner with our friend Pedro. Who knows what the future may bring.

Happy Hour this afternoon at recently refurbished and reopened county park.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

80F and mostly cloudy @ 13:15, calling for a high of 81F for the day.

LWS reports the rainfall in the last 24 hours totaled 0.07" ... thankfully we have a possibility for more tomorrow.

Got grapple claw moved up to the shop yesterday and set on 4 jack stands.

Woman went out and brought back Mexican for lunch/dinner.

Friend came over in his Tesla for some discussion about the mods on the grapple, Woman got to take Her first ride in an EV.

She was pretty impressed when he punched it ...

After he left we headed back to the garden. She started watering the cabbage and broccoli and I started pulling weeds out of the holes where the beans will get planted.

Neighbor lady came by walking her dogs, helped The Woman water. Most everything got thoroughly watered.

Have the first couple of tomatoes on the Sunny Boys.

I got all the holes for the beans weeded.

Agenda for today:

Woman reports Japanese Beetles have arrived (apparently early) and She has been on the warpath, picking them off plants. She dug out the traps so I need to move the Shepard's hook and get one set up out front plus a few more down here around the house.

Clean up the pulled weeds from the bean rows.

Apply inoculant to beans and get those planted.

Have Woman finish weeding the row of Sunny Boy tomatoes so I can pin down the soaker hose and get that area mulched.

Woman reports Menard's rebate check was in the mailbox when She came back from getting gas for the Cub ... so maybe a trip down there later.

Cut a bunch of bamboo stakes in half for the peppers and get the taller ones staked up.

Plus whatever else comes up.

Hope everyone is having a decent Monday ...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Made a lunch run to chipotle, then TSC to get gear oil and proper shear bolt. They said 16 oz oil, it overflowed at less.
Just need to get shaft on and try it. It does need new blades, I don’t have wrench big enough other than adjustable, which I dislike using. To change blades from the top, I need large socket.
Watched YouTube video on removing the blades, ordered set of large impact sockets on Amazon.

 

[Buppies]

Happy Birthday to daughter PopG

Be care BEF heat is brutal

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Happy Birthday to daughter PopG

Be care BEF heat is brutal

Gorgeous day here.
I was worried about lifting mower with FEL, That’s why I flip the mower over on the ground instead of hanging it from the loader.
The stump jumper came off easy, but was really tight on the new shaft. Had to really crank the castle nut down to get to the cotter pin hole.
I should have turned mower back upright to get the new gearbox on and the bolts semi tight, then flip again to put stump jumper back on.
Instead I manhandled it up with some boards under to get it close, then drew it up by tightening the nut. Should have got new bolts for it. We double nutted it last yr when single nut kept coming loose.
When I tried the pto shaft the other day, it was tight due to rust. Need to clean that up to get pto shaft on.

 

[m7040]

Good afternoon, 83 the high of the day no rain and actually pretty nice day

Ordered groceries online and did not use the 20 percent off points saving them for a bigger grocery bill next week

Son got cleared by Dr and went back to work. Groceries helped them out and hopefully they will be ok

Kind of slow day but did manage to mount a small toolbox on the wood splitter

 

[Thomas]

I don’t have wrench big enough other than adjustable, which I dislike using. To change blades from the top, I need large socket.

Some auto parts stores you can rent tools...wrenches,impacts,slide hammers etc.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Some auto parts stores you can rent tools...wrenches,impacts,slide hammers etc.

Or buy 5 Chinese ones for $35

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Harpers ferry train bridge on fire. Some peoples commute will be longer than planned, as MARC train uses those tracks.

 

[Thomas]

62F partly cloudy,been rainy afternoon which we needed.

Been good day,got everything done I wanted and than some.
Mrs. new pet a raccoon decided cadet riding mower set good place to snooze.

Plans for the evening

Have good evening all.

I plan on afternoon nap but the twins got comfortable spot before I did.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

62F partly cloudy,been rainy afternoon which we needed.

Been good day,got everything done I wanted and than some.
Mrs. new pet a raccoon decided cadet riding mower set good place to snooze.

Plans for the evening

Have good evening all.

I plan on afternoon nap but the twins got comfortable spot before I did.

We used tohave 2 that looked just like that.
PTO shaft is on the mower, now just gotta hook to a tractor and test it.., will have to move stuff to get the massey out, and it stll has tiller on it.

Might be too much for the BX.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Tuesday) morning. Overnight Low of -0.2C and it's presently 11.6C, mostly cloudy & calm.

Looks like today will be a repeat of yesterday... waiting for a call regarding the lime being delivered. That's OK as all is prepared for the delivery. I just need to be here IOT warn/direct the driver on the best way to enter the front paddock from the road; there's a U-turn area just after our 4, collective, driveways.

So, that's about it, take care all.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

WOOHOO! Another 1/4" of rain! Nice and steady. Looks like maybe some more heading towards us.

Got the tractor out and moved all the downed branches back to the burn pile.

Then the piddling around led to outlining a new landscape bed with some timbers around an oddball tree outside of the landscaped area. Had to stop before getting the fabric and mulch put down due to me having an 'aura', which is a prelude to a migraine.

Came inside, some meds, and a cold drink.... all better after an hour. By that time it started raining.

Did burgers on the grill, which were delicious. Now some ice cream and relaxing.....

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 75ºF for the start mostly clear, light breeze. Light wind, sky stayed mostly clear, and high temp was 96ºF, HI 103ºF. Woke up early, made coffee, Got phone calls made, bike ride in, after lunch mowed back yard, short nap then dinner. Thin all the estate work is now done.
Resuming June 18 3:31 AM CDT posts:
Ron Nice rain amount, hope you stayed cool. Nice pic.
Drew glad Ken could help you with door, hope you found your sweatbands.
Thomas sounded like a nice parade. Hope day went well, in spite of heat.
Frits sorry about the tree shelters falling on ground and getting mowed. Hope watering and tree planting work went well.
Mike sorry about the building heat. Hope work went well on the milk house.
Buppies sorry about little rain. prayers sent.
Scott(vt) hope you enjoyed your grands at the cement pond Thanks for the welcome back and all is well.
Ken sorry about the need for watering already. Hope serving table progress going well.
RNG hope move continues to go well and you can sell house quickly.
Plowhog sorry about the frost warning, was it last week you had temps in the 90's? glad you are having fun with pup.
Bill sorry get up and go is hiding, Must be a conspiracy, mine is hiding also.
Ron sorry about your hearing problems.
Drew hope trip planning is coming along.
Paul my step daughter lovers her dog and is glad dog is a mini Shepard.
Paul hope pour went well.
Dennis I don't see a problem
Ken neat pics
Drew thanks for sharing maps.
David tell me about how busy this thread is Sorry about bad ECU
Dennis good story.
Dennis hope new gearbox works out.
RS sorry you run out of water so quickly. Hope you can sell the new timer purchase. Hope you can work around the heat.
Thomas had to laugh when I see pic #2 didn't know Boo was camera shy.
Randy(wag) water not cold enough. Hope town run went well.
Drew glad new door on, sorry about old door burning lawn
Ted sorry about the bad weather forecast. Sorry to hear how fast the fire blew up. Good to hear GD doing well and heading to band camp. Sorry about bug infestation.
Kyle glad you got some rain from tropical storm. Good to be back.
Dennis yup shiny new holiday.
June 19 12:41 AM CDT posts:
David hope dealer comes through on new ECU, or way to keep it cool enough to work.
David good points on reporting, valid for storm damage as well.
David good to hear house sitter help keep up with mowing.
Ron Happy Birthday!! 82, cool pic
Drew did you get overheated? Hope swim/visit went well.
Drew new sprinkler how timely
Mike I have to get outside work done as early as possible,
NHBX glad you getting break from heat soon, ours is just cranking up.
Don auto blinds what will they make next? Hope biopsy negative, prayers sent
Drew sorry about the damage old door did to grass/weeds. Weeds will fill in quicker.
Paul hope you get the paper work straightened out. Bet finding something to do won't be an issue
Thomas hope you stayed cool.
Buppies they invent stuff all the time, gives them something to talk about.
Plowhog good luck with generator. Nice Rigby pic
Bill hope you got some rain. Sorry about the fur babies hiding.
Drew thanks for the update.
Ken ope you got some pool time in.
Scott(vt) good to hear you such good grandparents. Spoil grandkids then give them back to your Kids
Kyle hope brake job goes smoothly. Good to hear trannie repair successful.
RNG and don't forget to remove the dead trees as well as controlled burns. Glad trailer should sell well. Good luck selling wood. Hope trip south went well.
RS glad you got more varmints. Glad you got approval for pellet gun
Drew funny my keyboard not that warm yet Hope you found trim paint and a good book.
David hope dealer comes through. Hope you and Sophie can shake cough soon.
More ketchup later.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, 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, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, and Country.