Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

teak will last almost forever no matter what you put on it Dennis but matter of what kind of
look you want. Varnish or poly is usually shiny. It's what you have to use on boats. You need some uv protection
or teak will turn grey naturally. I prefer the matte look but
no question oiled finish is less durable. maybe I'll rethink after first goose lets loose on it...
I use poly finish on all the outdoor wood, just not the teak wood.

back from fifty dollar Uber getting home from rv place. Rv all set up, sale sign out on it, need to go back tomorrow and finish
shining it outside. Going to try to put some liquid ceramic wax up on faded eyebrow, give it a little gloss. Detail guy ghosted me and never showed.
I said I'd pay him 300 bucks to wax that one little part above the windshield. Then turns out that he uses a sub, doesn't have insurance, yada yada no thank you.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 57F @ 11:00AM. A mix of clouds and sun this morning followed by cloudy and windy conditions this afternoon. High 57F. Winds WNW at 20 to 30 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.

Most of the problems I've had starting small gasoline engines have turned out to be bad gas. It doesn't take long these days for it to spoil unless you use some kind of treatment in it.

Had a meeting first thing this morning with the realtor aimed at fixing and improving the MLS listing. He had 75 still photos up there in a pretty rough order, so we got rid of a few duplicates and tried to sequence the rest so that they had some sense of flow. Gave him the link to the video with the much improved background music. He gave me the links to the Facebook and Craig's list copies of the ads. They looked OK, but both need links added to the web page I put together, which provides better photos and much more detail.

Yesterday's showing seemed to go well. It was an older couple that are living in a motor home parked at a state fairgrounds. The wife absolutely loved the place, and the husband couldn't get over all the improvements and documentation I'd done. He was a bit worried about the maintenance involved in keeping 13 hilly acres, so maybe not a good match that way. Have two more showings lined up for later this week. I tried to listen in on one of the alarm system video cameras, but the echo in that room was so bad I couldn't understand anything. The light was so bad I couldn't see anything, either. Next time I'll use one of the cameras from the security camera system.

It's been more than a year, but got a note from a lady that wants to buy the swing set this weekend. Says she has two trucks lined up to haul it away. Ad says "you disassemble and move", and I hope I can stick to it. For that matter, it'll be something of a miracle if she actually shows up.

More paperwork today...

 

[daugen]

mulched gardens for several hours, not my favorite job, hard on the back.
trying to save 600 bucks I normally pay a landscaper to do this.
Done that enough years there was enough mulch left to dig up, fluff up, and add to.
Home Depot had 2cf bags 4 for 10 bucks. Good deal, I need to go back for more.

but I got the front of the house done, and then landlady called and said she'd love to come see my flowers and roses next week.
She's curious as she drives by and can't see all the way in...
Told her I had screwed up with rose order, thought the entire Jackson and Perkins order had come in, but it hadn't.
so I should not have bought those five rose plants at Home Depot. Incoming are four more, including the five foot tall Peace rose tree.
I'm going to have to pull one planted front rose out, put the rose tree in there, and then move that other rose someplace in the back.
Pretty much used up all my full sun spots, but will go on the hunt.

might go out later and do a little weedeating but need to pace myself.
tomorrow is waxing the rv and likely planting roses. J&P says soak them in water overnight, which I will.

 

[PJSprog]

Most of the problems I've had starting small gasoline engines have turned out to be bad gas. It doesn't take long these days for it to spoil unless you use some kind of treatment in it.

Isn't that the truth. I've never had much in the way of gas-related problems until the last few years. Suddenly, everything is needing repairs and replacement parts, and almost nothing starts on first pull of the Spring anymore.

With all these new blends constantly foisted upon us, you'd think they'd be able to find one that actually works like it used to when it was just ... gasoline.

 

[sodamo]

74°F and .15 inches rain.
Woke up to no power this morning. Generator failed to autostart. Life in Paradise
My installer has suggested a firmware update, but coffee first.
Got some mowing yesterday until the rain made the slopes too slippery.
Nice Happy Hour with family visiting friends and newer couple that will be relocating here in May from the Keys. John had a new Kubota he shipped here, same model as RNG I think, one of those 60 something. He bought new in Florida with implements, 24 ft trailer, and shipped it here cheaper than he could have bought here.

Should resume mowing after I do my firmware update.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon,
Well I made it to 3 pm , that’s about it for today. Joists look pretty good and I’m going to run over tomorrow and buy a few rolls of that Trex joist tape to give this deck many more years of life hopefully. So I did about a 7 hour day on this and I’m kind of beat now.

 

[Looking4new]

PJ, if you can get Shell gas their V-power gas is ethanol free, up here at least.
Paid $1.28/L ($4.77/US gal.) for regular in town today. Carbon tax is gone for now. Cigs went up $4.oo/carton of 200 today. If they don't 'get' you one way they get you another.
Income tax is done, rebate isn't all that much, Only $5,000.oo. That is enough to pay for the oil and firewood.
I will have to hit the LIF (RRSP converted to a Life Income Fund) {like a 401k} to get the tires and shelter for the fuel tank.
Back to the youtube rabbit hole.

 

[daugen]

this just came in, thankfully without dents.
got a coat of oil on the front, will do one more plus one on bottom.
was impressed by dovetailed construction on bottom.
made in malaysia.
small slats between wood, allows water to drain which is good for outside

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening Bill,

Income tax is done, rebate isn't all that much, Only $5,000.oo

Bill, I could be happy with that , just sayin

 

[Engineer42]

Good morning! 58F to start, going to 81F with 15mph south winds straight off of the Gulf of America.

Off today, taking mom to her cardiologist appointment down south.


Got the H7 bulbs in from Amazon. Need to go install them. They sure didn't make it easy to replace Suburban/yukon headlight bulbs. You have to take out the inner fender by the wheel along with half the front grill for each side. Still not sure the bulb is the actual problem.

Hope all went well at the appointment for your Mom.

Ahhh, the good ole days when you could pull two pins on a GM Truck and have the whole headlight/parking light assembly out in less than a minute.