Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

A great day on tractor mowing yesterday. Everything performed as it should.

Have you now declared the LS Officially fixed, time to break out the champaign.

Forecast for central Texas 100˚+ next week.
0.04" inch rain today!

 

[Thomas]

67°F and 0 rain

A great day on tractor mowing yesterday. Everything performed as it should.

 

[m7040]

50F and sunny @ 08:45, heading up to around 75F for the day's high.

Good day for a road trip out into rural Ohio and then some mowing when I get back.

Got posts unloaded late yesterday:

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Next step on that project will be to get the 4 x 4's tarped and move a squirrel cage blower down from the shop and get it circulating some air so they dry out a little quicker. Need to wire up a proper cord for it first though.

After that I loaded the empty IBC tote in the van.

Drained off a half quart or so of engine oil as I had slightly overfilled it the last time I had topped it off. Took it out for a quick test drive and that was enough to get the high oil level warning indicator to shut off.

Checked the rear tire pressure and they were at 70psi so I topped those off at 80 psi which is the maximum.

Fished out a 10' stick of 1/2" conduit and some hose clamps to get the pick up hose on the bottom of the underground fuel tank and loaded those in the van.

Northwest planting bed is filling in nicely, sure needs weeded though:

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Have to see if I can get The Woman on that lol.

And the new hosta that I transplanted last year seem to be doing well:

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On that last photo I finally got the power company to come out and take down the pin oak that was growing up into the electrical wires next to the pole with the transformer on it ... so that area won't be getting as much shade.

Of course that was after they came out and trimmed it and left a huge mess and I called and raised holy hell.

Dole out this week's meds and then I'm probably off to pick up the next load of diesel fuel.

Hope everyone is having a decent Saturday ...

RS< if you need ideas for the gates here is a picture of my 8 ft gate, the 16 ft Gate is similar

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good morning. Weather has been nice, cool in the low 40's, highs mid 60's. Finally a chance for rain today. Haven't had any precip in over a month!

Some good news and some bad news.....
Dona's PET scan showed that the lymph nodes/cancer has been obliterated in the lymph system. The bone marrow areas show that it is almost gone.
The bad news is it has now spread into the actual bone. Blood work is stable, but the important parts are still showing low. The oncology "team" (6 Drs) meet with a consortium of Drs from the Mayo on Wednesday. They will present Dona's case to them. They will formulate a new treatment strategy.

This hit me much harder than it did Dona. She has always been strong.... I'm counting on that.....

She goes for another thoracentesis on Thursday. We are hoping the fluid buildup is continuing to be on the decrease.

She did come outside with me yesterday and we transplanted about 30 new tree seedlings. We may do another 15 or so today. This week we will probably be able to do a few plantings. Good that she gets some sun and fresh air.

That's about it.....

Hope everyone has a great day!

Thanks for the update, and prayers for Dona.

Prayers for Buppies and wife.

Been busy at work and home. Son getting academic award next Wednesday. 3 more years of high school to go. He's been exercising like crazy.

Got the yard mowed today just before a storm brought maybe .25" of rain.

Been troubleshooting the headlights in my SUV. You would think it'd be easy...phantom issue, but after ordering all new lights and bulbs, the old ones are working again. I believe a turn signal or running light bulb had been overheating and causing a voltage decline. Put a new LED bulb in the running light and seems to be working now.

Fork seals on FJR 1300 are leaking. I made my own plastic sheave tool to do what the store bought ones do. Seems better, but bike is 16 years old, so rubber is getting old. Hasn't hit 5000 miles yet. Took her for a 50 mile scooterpop yesterday in 82F weather. Purrfect temp.

It is 78F after the storm but muggy.

Working on the older Gator carb, trying to get it to start and idle better. Usually the pilot jets. Thinking about drilling them out a few thousandths.

Duck I took to the public pond seems to be doing fine with his new friend still.

Doctors agreed to do the heart procedure on my mom. They say 99% safe, and it should greatly reduce her congestive heart failure (fluid build up around the heart). Shoud do it near the end of the month.

Prayers for our team.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Sunday) morning. Overnight Low of 5.2C and it's presently 8.3C [heading to 19C], clear & calm.

Yesterday was 'straight forward' with the arvo paddock transfer followed by some 'tractor fun' chain-harrowing Paddock #6.

Yes, that possum showed up again last evening... getting a bit bolder too as I had to 'toe' encourage it to leave.

As per usual, I'm off to Church in about a half hour and then the rest of the day is His.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I’d lead encourage it after it left the house.

Good breakfast with all the crew
Went to the large greenhouse as mentioned before
Took Honda in for emission scam test due next week.
Changed oil in Honda. Still couldn’t get oil plug out with 6 pt, so used the twist out set I had ordered after last time I had to take it to the shop. Makes me wonder if they took plug out or siphoned the oil out. Anyways, it came out and new oil in. Took me awhile to find the new oil plug I had ordered, but eventually success. Had issue finding filter wrench also.

 

[Buppies]

Nice green house BEF

Glad tractor running right now Sodamo

Kyle watch you son on bulk if he’s doing that can get too big for normal clothes ask me how I know

Yes Drew I’m in That group right smack dab in it.

Got front yard mowed at least that’s a start

Prayers for LS and Dona Kyle’s mom all others silent or spoken

 

[sodamo]

Have you now declared the LS Officially fixed, time to break out the champaign.

Forecast for central Texas 100˚+ next week.
0.04" inch rain today!

Absolutely

 

[rswyan]

now RS before getting your wife to weed the gardens you should get her to mow the entire place

Yeah, no ... I really shouldn't.

Doing so would only set her up to fail ... as she has a very hard time turning the Cub steering wheel and hasn't quite yet mastered the "don't-try-to-turn-the-steering-wheel-until-you're-rolling" paradigm which makes it a little easier.

Her trying to mow would only remind her of her own current physical infirmities ... and remind her that She wasn't willing to test drive the Cub at the dealer's before we bought it ... something She is still beating herself up about.

Not exactly a great way to lift someone's spirits.

Interestingly, She doesn't seem to have too much of a problem with weeding - it's self-paced and a sit-down job.

and then make you a nice hot lunch.

Well She did call me on my way back from the fuel pick up, checking to see if I would stop and pick up wings.

Sure, no problem.

Ultimately She decided She didn't want me messing with getting on and off the freeway and navigating Saturday traffic in the city while loaded with 2000+ lbs of diesel fuel.

So She ran down to the local pizza joint after I got home and She finished repotting Her Palm tree.

Oddly enough, She got what they call a Stromboli (it's actually a Calzone) and I got the garlic parm wings ...

tell me how that works out for you...

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You tell me ...

 

[rswyan]

RS< if you need ideas for the gates here is a picture of my 8 ft gate, the 16 ft Gate is similar

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Yes thanks - that helps.

Was originally going to do double doors for each 6' opening.

I think using pvc/abs for the frame and 12.5 ga wire for the mesh they will be light enough that a single door would be fine.

And that eliminates the cost of one set of hinges for each opening.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 57ºF for the start partly cloudy sky, moderate breeze. Light to moderate wind, partly cloud sky, and high temp was 76ºF, felt warmer on the bike. Made coffee to start day, bike ride, 62.5 miles, wind made ride lot more work. Did get nap in and dinner at stepdaughter's house
Resuming Friday 3:44 AM CDT. post 206,628:
Ron glad grocery shopping went well. Nice trac vac out for neighbors. Glad you help neighbor get pressure tan replaced. Nice sunrise pic.
Drew sorry mice are back. Glad you are getting rain. Nice row of poppies.
Billy glad you were able to take care of wife and Della, and mowed till diesel was low.Hope you have more on hand now.
Thomas hope parts store time was good, and you could do you outside plans.
Buppies hope moving pill time helped Holly. Glad you got rain and work increasing. prayers sent.
Frits glad you got some rain. Glad you are enjoying the goslings. Hope barn work progress was made. Glad 8 ft fence kept deer out.
Bill hope your day went well.
Happy(NC) making good progress on bridge, thanks for pic.
Masseyrider sorry about the windmills having to run Thursday night. Hope not too much damage to early fruit.
Paul hope you can dry out soon. glad trip down ok and problem showed before takeoff. sorry passengers needed alternate transportation. Hope Textron can replace engine control unit soon.
Ken glad you got some more rain. Good to hear progress with repotting plants. Hope new clips come soon. Good to hear trees including fig leafing out. Hope tomato plants do well, and lime tree does get eaten by bugs.
Don sorry list not setting shorter. hope you can work on list with the nice weather. Sorry pool temp dropping. Good luck with watermelon plants.
Dennis sorry weather not cooperating.
RS glad feeder are full. Glad cleanup continues. Nice you have enough totes to recover the diesel. Hope you can finish sorting what network issue neighbor has and fix them.
Dennis I can tell Snagglepuss really helping. Sorry about mud pan.
David glad nothing serious at Dr appointment. Glad your fajitas were good. hope mowing went well
RS glad tote now out of van. Hope hoses straighten out. Hope you get posts unloaded soon. glad they are not too warped. Hope ground is drying out. Hope car registration now renewed.
Mor catch up later.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, 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, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /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, hurricane victims, and Country.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking warm cup of coffee. 39° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 71° with plenty of sun. Neighbor asked for help removing his old desk boards. It is done and old wood moved to a pile. That was enough for the day. Going to help with coming up with a design for new deck today. That will be the day for me.
Have a Happy Mothers Day.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
cool 48 out now going up to almost 80 in sun today.
should be nice
friends coming over for lunch after church, I have bean and tomato planters ready
for them to take home.

Ron, wonderful bird pic, Mr and Mrs?

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 30 and going to a high of 61°F. Wind N 2 mph. Sunny!

I've got some grass that needs reseeding where I scalped it this past winter. That'll be a good job for today.

Have a safe day all

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
44 going to a sunny 65! Looks like a nice couple days ahead.
Happy Mother's day to all who celebrate!

Neck and hands are finally feeling better. Hot sunny day should help.

Need to get out and cut what's left of the lawn. Winter and grubs have done a number on it. After spending thousands of dollars over the years to have it do this I'm done! Looking into changing it all to wild flowers or let it go to nature.
Did get the Japanese maple mulched and cleaned up. Looks like it survived it's new home over the winter.

Still need to pressure wash the deck. Maybe this week.
A few projects need doing at the apartment house also. I did get the snow blower off and the mower reattached on Monday.
Father in law and nephew need work done on their vehicles. Maybe this week also.
Worked in the shop a bit.


Apple vase and form. Walnut art form. Didn't want to remove the natural patina.
All for now!
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 46 to start going to 68. Clear blue skies now. Sorry I missed the last couple of days, I have been very busy.

Scott, there are a number of free practice exams online. I did a bunch of them. Took about 10 minutes for real test, 100%

David and Steve, thanks both for suggestions, I passed my Technician class test yesterday, got 2 wrong out of 35. I challenged the General exam and missed by 1.
I did not study for that exam so no worries. But I did get some good news, while at the VE examining site for found out that if I can prove that I was licensed back in the 60’s and 70’s I could get back my Amateur Advanced license reinstated. The first photo is my name address from 1971 Callbook. Also a picture of my station at the time. So I’m pretty sure I can get my old license back. I was WA1HLP,
Scott W Martin with an A after my name, supposedly from what I have read that is enough proof.

Don, beautiful pictures.

I bought an Icomm IC-7300 transeiver and other accessories to be able to get back on the air. Kathleen is not thrilled that I will have a dipole antenna going over the top of our house.
My neighbor across the street is an electrician, and has volunteered to use his bucket truck to help me get the wires up on the trees.

Paul, sorry to hear you had all those issues to deal with on the plane.

RS, welcome back, looking forward to you planting this year.

Happy, nice work on the bridge, wondering whether you welded any support structure between the two pipes ?

Off to church shortly, Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms out there.

Hope all have a great day

 

[Thomas]

43F sunny day high upper 50's,15-20mph wind from the north all day.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...this morning putter,afternoon take trimmer for short hike mow the high spot areas.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[B7510HSD]

Good Morning,
Ct, 46 to start going to 68. Clear blue skies now. Sorry I missed the last couple of days, I have been very busy.

David and Steve, thanks both for suggestions, I passed my Technician class test yesterday, got 2 wrong out of 35. I challenged the General exam and missed by 1.
I did not study for that exam so no worries. But I did get some good news, while at the VE examining site for found out that if I can prove that I was licensed back in the 60’s and 70’s I could get back my Amateur Advanced license reinstated. The first photo is my name address from 1971 Callbook. Also a picture of my station at the time. So I’m pretty sure I can get my old license back. I was WA1HLP,
Scott W Martin with an A after my name, supposedly from what I have read that is enough proof.

Don, beautiful pictures.

I bought an Icomm IC-7300 transeiver and other accessories to be able to get back on the air. Kathleen is not thrilled that I will have a dipole antenna going over the top of our house.
My neighbor across the street is an electrician, and has volunteered to use his bucket truck to help me get the wires up on the trees.

Paul, sorry to hear you had all those issues to deal with on the plane.

RS, welcome back, looking forward to you planting this year.

Happy, nice work on the bridge, wondering whether you welded any support structure between the two pipes ?

Off to church shortly, Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms out there.

Hope all have a great day

Hey Great news! Amateur Advanced would be good and get you back on HF! IC-7300 is a great radio make sure to connect it via a USB cable to your PC for digital modes. The 7300 has a builtin sound card so software is all you need for your desired flavor of digital.

 

[Buppies]

Phil more great wood work how about a gear shift knob for a British sports car?

51 this morning cloudy now under flood watch feast or famine as they say

Great on license scotty

Finish mowing what grass I can mow before the rains come we need it just not the floods.

Took Holly out to dinner did not go too well got upset.

Prayers for all our Country

Happy Mothers Day

 

[m7040]

good morning, 58 going to 78 sunny

Happy Mothers Day

Wife happy with the Tulips yellow red bi colors. Also the hand made vase by one of the kids

Serviced the ZT. All Kubota products have an abundance of grease points. Still 60 hours left before next fluid changes at 1200 hours. Mowed a couple of hours listening to Country music on the blue tooth

Hope to get back to some more barn work

As usual when D is on travel she sends pictures this time from Honolulu