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moved the trailer with a load of lumber down to the barn to empty it out Mounting the trailer hitch on the tractor I remembered the lousy hair clip pins on the stabilizer bars and decided to drill them out and put in some proper SS sturdier clips. Something I never seemed to get around to

good morning, 71 going to 88 sunny 90 percent humidity Rained. a little but barely settled the dust yesterday The ceramic sanding belts came in and wow they can cut. A set of mower blades sharpened in less than 2 minutes even with big chips in them No need to mow grass is not growing Will...

Another good day working on this and that. Finished another window and relaxed some. Wife is struggling again but hanging in there D is considering moving to Casteau, French speaking part of Belgium. She has worked in EU before. Central location to anything in EU and a pretty rural area with...

good morning, 72 going to 85, rain in the FC this afternoon maybe, it was also in the FC for overnight but no rain Grass has brown spots Up too early, don't know why Worked on another storm window, changed the glass and sealed it up. Moved a bunch of tree stumps left in the upper fields down...

That was after two applications of weights

The tire rotate and balance was indeed free, nice shop and professional service The end result is to get 0 ounces of weights to be added on either side as shown on the screen Ran very smooth on way home so was needed without really realizing it Tread depth was as new so not much wear on the...

good morning, 74 going to 87 rain possible overnight On the agenda is balance and rotate tires on the van. Will see if it is free as advertised? Will see what else comes up that I may get into. Lots to choose from Checked in with wife of my brother that passed away. Family is taken her on...

good morning, 73 going to 88 sunny conditions Pushed the rounds into a pile with the blade on the excavator. Now if I could arrange some help for splitting? Maybe a splitting party Chimney was swept. Interesting how they used a cordless drill to run the bush up and down the 35 ft high chimney...

good morning, 62 going to 86 warmer today and sunny Woke up earlier than normal and walked Cody with the headlamp. The adjustable intensity does not work any more so very bright Worked on another window to seal it up splicing in wood and caulking Also worked on chain sawing logs that had...

Also this morning took this picture of Naked Ladies flowers that practically came up overnight

good morning, 60 going to 84 sunny Walked Cody and lingered outside in the nice cool morning. Lots of fawns around and smell of skunk was in the air close to the house. Cutting back some overgrown bushes today D is talking about coming out with friends to camp in the back area of the farm and...

That is a nice area. Remember driving on the beach. Glad that is still the case. I don't think there was a ferry back when I was there. Spent a lot of time around Point Comfort near there building a cogeneration plant. Hope your mother will be able to heal soon

Made a trip to town to pick up a few things. Greased the excavator about 30 grease points. The swing bearings and swing gear takes 30 pump shots for each 90 degree position of the cab rotation. Tube ran out of grease so changed that also Wife is cleaning up old files and found some pictures...

I am sure they will review the original design calculations and do material testing. What I would look at carefully would be changes in the operating conditions such as increased water flow or abnormal water levels causing increased stress on the plastic elbow from water running through it

Likely due to plastic tube weakening from UV exposure