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sixty eight°F and .oh five inches rain Splurge lobster dinner didn’t happen. Actually arrived at restaurant about 20 minutes early and just stepped onto sidewalk when my phone rang. It was the manager calling to explain lobster wasn’t delivered and therefore not available. I should explain the...

Nope, not yet ☹️

Don, maybe consider something as these Vocolinc smart plugs...

70°F and no rain Beautiful day yesterday and I enjoyed most of it on Sophie’s BX. Got lots of mowing done. Likely continue today. Splurging on Angry Lobster night tonight, end of promo and close enough to our anniversary. I doubt the future inheritors of our estate will miss it to same degree...

Most of my UPS comes via Ontario, CA We fly in and out when visiting SIL in Corona.

70°F and .27 inches rain. Awaiting response of freezer repair. Troubleshooting took several hours and then after more time on phone discussing having to supply info and pics by email. Had hoped to see response this morning. Guess that was too hopeful. I did get an appointment next week with...

Sounds like a positive turn of events, Dennis

Looks good, hope it works well for you. Like I said, I really liked our first one for the excellent job. Miss it.

Seems my TBN app doesn’t like IOS [emoji637][emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji640]] and adding junk.

Thanks Don and I understand. But.. How would that any different from any other service we employ? The weedwhacker guy from the landscaper? The cleaning lady? Maybe even the PT person decides to make an extra special trip. Overall we tend to trust. As I said we need be aware and take precautions...

[emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji638]][emoji[emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji639]]° F and .[emoji638]inches rain Priority is to get freezer scheduled for repair Happy Hour this afternoon at neighbor’s, themed end of summer BBQ Nothing...

Friend and neighbor just had his malfunctioning Gen 2 replaced with a Gen 3. Had to do a tempory mount as it didn’t come with the proper mount adapter and is 12° out of alignment. We normally see speeds around 200 + or -. His initial test was over 300. Be interesting what is when properly aligned.

Which robot are you getting Don? We have had [emoji640] Solar Breeze over the years. To my thinking the original performed the best, really liked it. Our latest, not near as good and probably won’t replace with another when it dies.

Tragically sad, Don. But I don’t get the connection. Likely that website could develop a whole new profit center documenting current elder abuse. Would the recent conviction of fifteen yo girl for killing her Mother suggest women shouldn’t have children? Too much bad happens in life but we...

Looking good Lou. Unexpected activity today. My 7 month old Vissani freezer quit freezing. Luckily we had been watching as it has been noisy a few days and caught while everything still frozen, only top shelf a little softer. Fortunately able to find space. But of course, warranty repair...

I have a Graco airless sprayer. Got it when we built the house. It has seen many many gallons of paint and have to say I love it. Even lent it out a couple times to trusted friends for big projects. But boy it can be a PITA to clean. When we repainted the house, I got the roller attachment. Boy...

Happy Birthday, Mrs Kyle [emoji512][emoji512][emoji512][emoji512]

Thinking about those a bit more mature than I and living challenges. I wonder if someone is maybe missing an opportunity. What if some agency offered a matching service. Older person living alone has need for companionship and assistance, available space, but perhaps tight on finances. Younger...

68°F and .24inch’s rain. It’s Sunday. Energy conservation? Likely watch some football. Helped celebrate 93 yo friends birthday last night. Terrific lady. Did a test run of my hydroponics overnight. If no problems, mix up some nutrient solution and go live. Drew, that has to be...

69°F and .1 inches rain. Nice lunch with BIL yesterday. Also learned some discouraging news. Expecting a package via UPS. It has arrived in Hilo, but a note said delivery delayed 1 business day due to a mechanical problem. Meaning Monday. Not a problem knowing I’ll be in town I can just...

Drew, if RNG’s RV box is like the one I referenced and I believe it is, it is wire sized and breakered appropriately. Three different size wires according to circuit.

67°F and 1.41 inches rain. A wet one. Spent too much time chasing down an electrical problem yesterday, but at least I found it. Guys final won at H&F. Not by a big score, but enough [emoji1] Meeting and treating Sophie’s brother to birthday lunch today. Normal Friday errands will be later...

More nice work, Phil 🤙

68°F and .07 inches rain. Morning rain messed with my mowing plans yesterday. As noted, a trip to VA website revealed my disability claim was approved. However further digging indicated that they likely acted on incomplete info, disregarding my enlisted time including my time in RVN. Now I...

Snow up on Mauna Kea is close enough for me. Look, not touch!

Extra prayers for your wife, Frits.

Guess I can officially join the tinnitus club. VA gave me a 10% disability rating. And denied my other issues. So now I will get a generous $171 / month tax free. Oh wait, my military pension is also reduced $171/ month. But at least I save taxes on $2000 a year.

I like it 🤙

69°F and .24inches rain. Dr happy with pressure in Sophie’s eye, healing well. No prescription changes. Vision improved to 20/80. Hopefully dry enough to resume mowing, but will definitely have to raise the deck. Taking Sophie to Lobster dinner tonight. No particular reason other than...

Dennis I ate a significant portion of the rear chain guard on the Frontier rotary doing backing up cutting. Really rough stuff so the noise didn’t bother me. Apparently Deere dealer didn’t install all the support bolts so guard bent and chain was sucked in - repeatedly.

Paul, looking forward to seeing that “new” mantle installed.

Some days I think major shelling out is a prime retirement activity.

70°F and .51 inches rain. Much dryer this morning. Sophie has a mid morning followup for her eye. That will pretty much limit activities around here, but nothing has higher priority. Nice, small Happy Hour gathering yesterday. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

So true [emoji16][emoji16][emoji16]

72°F and 6.7 inches rain last 24 hours. A bit soggy. Forecast for more today. Happy Hour in town this afternoon Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Happy Birthday, Bill [emoji512][emoji512][emoji512][emoji512]

Me too.

RNG, curious as to why you are changing out the switches?

68°F and .22 inches rain Feeling closer to normal this morning. Likely watch some football, piddle around a bit Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Don’t know how it differs, but I do have this scanner for my XR4140 and it does read codes. I’ve had an intermittent stalling issue (documents in a couple threads here on TBN). Didn’t get any useful info. Then again, neither did Dealer tech with the official scanner/laptop. Last time he was...

Happy Anniversary Mr & Mrs Ken And many more

71°F and .49 inches rain. Maybe declaring energy conservation day. Headache, arms sore, feeling blah. Reaction to double stick yesterday I guess. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Sophie’s pineapple season seems to be July- September picked last 2 day before yesterday

Don I think I’ll try rooting in my hydroponics.

Drew So at the store today Notice, Hawaii grown Dole

Prayers for your son Kyle and glad he is OK

Great pic, thanks Dennis I remember being amazed at the size of the plants. I don’t see any fruit so guessing these are young yet. Sophies never get this big. When I was stationed at Schofield (77-81), we were surrounded by pineapple and sugarcane. Interesting times.

Hehe, we like Sophie grown or neighbor grown. If buying, we get from Costco. Anything in local store is $/lb, easy to leave on display. We are very fortunate in that we often get white pineapples. I believe they don’t travel well so not commercial. The one local place that sells them removes the...

CS is a prime target of AI. My limited info is that AI is trained via existing info/experiences. Most calls have that recorded for training message. Does that mean it will be trained in ‘english is my 3rd language’? I suspect they’d want us to feel comfortable.

72°F and .07 inches rain. Guys almost won H&F. Led from beginning and lost last hand and the game. Of course the gals were thrilled. The kabocha shrimp curry was excellent. I’ve been asked to make again. Off to Hilo for Friday follies. May get flu and Covid shots. Wx permitting I could...

I’ve made this soup a number of times. Always a favorite. This is my starter recipe. https://foodland.com/recipe/curry-roasted-kabocha-soup-with-ginger-and-coconut-milk/ I’ll also made and added turkey meat. My thought for today is maybe a bit thicker, add the shrimp, up the curry using...

71°F and .08 inches rain Finished mowing my middle area yesterday, just the Hilo end left. Likely not today. Have some piddling about to do. My seed germination is disappointing, not much to show 10 days in. May need to evaluate and just get some starters from store. H&F here at our house...

Have a neighbor not far away, has fiber, well sorta. Went down in storm almost 2 weeks ago and still not fixed. Wife works from home and seriously considering Starlink as backup. Their cell is not good either.

Extra prayers for you and wife, Buppies

72°F and .05 inches rain Interesting day yesterday. First time I’ve had audio exam without being in a booth. Actually, after the interview it was 4 exams. In addition to the usual mash the button when you hear the beeps there were 2 involving repeating the word you hear. The 4th was a...

Thanks Drew

Agreed Sure have spent time at worse

74°F and no rain Sitting in Hilo airport awaiting flight to Honolulu. Have appointment for audio exam for VA. This will pretty much kill the day as my return flight gets in 1614 this afternoon. Very nice Happy Hour at neighbors Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

68°F and no rain Not a particularly productive day yesterday. Heavy on energy conservation. Did watch football and I did get pulley back on BX. Thanks Bill, will have to pickup some Loctite. Should get more mowing in this morning Happy Hour at neighbor’s this afternoon. Prayers for all...

Thanks for sharing the pics, Drew

Interesting. Of course I’ve discarded about a dozen or so pineapple peelings past couple of weeks. Discard in that they went to the neighborhood cows.

67°F and .06 inches rain. Some mowing done yesterday, but the side pulley on the BX came unmounted, but not destroyed this time. Of course the screws are missing. And I was about to run out of diesel. Trip to HD and found grade 8 bolts that should work and nylon lock nuts. Hopefully those...

Ken, me too. Dealer still waiting for parts as of Friday.

Yup, that was my 1st thought as well. It attempted the regen (higher rpm) but failed before actually doing a regen, at least according to dash symbols. When it failed, back to limp rpm. I’ll look for that port but don’t recall ever reading about one or seeing on a diagram.

68°F and .22 inches rain. 50% chance of more. Wx will be determining factor today. Hope to get more mowing with BX, but we’ll see. Plenty of piddling about to keep busy. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

LS mystery remains ☹️ got about half hour work before going into limp mode, then it seemed like it took half the morning to limp back to tractorshed. Frustrating. Passed info to tech. Did get more mowing done with BX.

Thinking re my previous discussion re upbrings… I recall reading about how young Chinese children were removed from their homes, placed in camps for proper education. Appalling seemed a common response. Of course, we wouldn’t do that. We developed a better method. Put that young child in daycare...

Happy Birthday to you son, Ken

Yup, almost always.

68°F and .06 inches rain Guys lost H&F again Looking like a good morning to work the LS. I’m hopeful. 🤞 Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

LOL, yea seems there would be at least 1 altercation regardless of grade level. A bit of clarification, I didn’t mean to imply any particular set of parents bore responsibility, but there has been such a drastic change in how kids are raised (trying not to get political) that I think parents...

Something of a followup on my LS. Tech still awaiting parts, anyway. Suggested I do a manual regen, so I did. Regen was about 20 minutes, appeared normal. So I decided a test work run. Mowed a heavy area with rotary Worked about 30 minutes, no problem Passed info on to tech Will work it...

Doesn’t appear a lot of damage so likely noone hurt seriously.

Great progress, Don

Drew, good luck with leak. I know how frustrating that can be.

I believe the major factor almost never discussed is the Parents. What did they know or allow or not allow and how did they handle it. Were they too hands on or hands off? Many of us grew up with guns in school, but I sure don’t recall many instances of misuse.

Mostly, unfortunately, Dan kept the only copy. It was in Excel. Over 30 years ago so I’m sure there would be many changes. I do remember that we even played with weighting various factors. This started as one of those fun exercises, just a few minutes at random times but over a few months period.

69°F and .17 inches rain. A mixed bag yesterday. Some mowing, some piddling around, but didn’t go to town. Will go this morning. Stop at PO as well as H&F at friends later Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Travel and pet pics… this place is special.

69°F and .16 inches rain. Did get a couple hours mowing yesterday. Until I was losing traction and the wet clumps were clogging the chute. I seem to have an aversion to that. Will give it another try today. Possible trip into town today. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

My last duty station before retiring from Army was Falls Church, Va. To say the commute ruled many peoples lives would be an understatement. My cubicle mate was an LTC, West Point grad computer engineer retiring 1 month before me. He lived in Manassas, Va, one of those Rt 66 commutes. There was...

Paul, Sophie likes to tease our retired municipal electrician that she has likely helped me pull more wire than he pulled in his career. He agrees. She is really good on the feed end. This 350ft one of her best

69°F and .04 inches rain Fish and chips were very good. Actually I had the scallop and calamari combo. Sophie had the Ono. Hope I get to have a productive chat with LS tech this morning. Rain in forecast but I’m hopeful to start mowing with the BX. Still adjusting water flow in gutter...

Possibly. Already purged tank and lines. Thinking I might completely pull tank and inspect.

True, and appears to be working.

Happy Anniversary, Paul and Mrs

Had opportunity to run my LS this morning. Sadly only took about 5 minutes work and it went into limp mode. Sent text to tech but being a holiday I don’t expect a reply. So now, officially back to piddling around. I remember “retiring” about age 47, gosh 30 years ago. 🤪

Happy Monday Morning and Labor Day too. I remember that meant end of summer and back to school. 70° and .68 inches rain. Still hopeful to get back out on tractor, even mow if wx would cooperate. Otherwise probably piddle around a bit. Now that greenhouse is basically functional need to clean...

72°F and .78 inches rain. Today looking like a wet one. Yesterday was pretty much in the green house day. Got my gutter garden soaker irrigation put together and functioning. Like the way it works. Now I need to dial in settings. Started with 1 minute run every hour but suspect that may be too...

Congratulations on retirement 🤙🤙

70°F and .07 inches rain and just started again. Likely remnants of Gilma Sophie had a good Dr visit. Dr very pleased, made a prescription change and next 3 follow-ups scheduled. Of course pharmacy visit extended our time in town. I did get the missing items for my gutter garden soaker...

Prayers for your son’s recovery, Paul

Nice to read of your progress, Don. We know you are a good patient and it pays off.

Mostly, not quite, tech did put an inline filter in the rerouted fuel line, but did run 10-15 minutes before without the filter.

71°F and .51 inches rain. Off to Hilo this morning. Sophie has ophthalmologist followup and we have a few errands. New owners picked up the Spark yesterday. Nice younger couple, fireman and his wife. Downgrading from what he describes as his unreliable Volt. His wife’s drives a very nice...

Meeting fellow TBN/GM folks one of life’s pleasures.

Prayers for a great recovery, Don

My Davis forecast says Sunny, but has been raining on and off all morning. My excuse for not getting much done

Nice spot, Drew. And you can enjoy stressfree time.

Glad you are back in Ron

RNG Might want to look at something like this? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWYCZZNG?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

68°F and 1.08 inches rain. Stayed with the heavy duty cutting yesterday. After about 5 1/2 hours the LS tractor started acting up again. Just going into limp mode (1400 rpm), but never stalled. Not a temp issue as I had cleaned the radiator screen and temp was in normal range, actually a tad...

Dennis, maybe paint the socket itself bright red….for when you lose the packaging [emoji16]

RNG, sadly the ground was so soft, the FEL just went into the ground, no lift. But I was thinking how I might crib if I didn’t get other assistance.

Well, don’t have one for starters. [emoji16]

Good for Boo 🤙

Thick indeed, slow work, takes 2 passes just to get what you see. The Guinea grass grows in clumps. Appears I got high centered on one that was significant higher for some reason. Neighbor suggests maybe the farmer had a debris pile there.

71°F and .26 inches rain. TS Gilma approaching but weakening. Likely more of a rain event. That said, I’d like to get a start on regular mowing before she gets here. So that’s my hope for the day, get the Laupahoehoe end of property done today. Paul, the old folks home is really shaping up...

Good luck troubleshooting Drew. Hope nothing serious and easy fix.

Gotta love great neighbors. Got a text from one of mine, saw my stuck tractor and tow strap on way up the road to tend his cattle. He and daughter eased me out with her F350 flatbed. 🤙🤙🤙

Had a couple productive tractor hours. Then I got it high centered ☹️ Unable to get it unstuck with what I have available, BX, Mule, Ridgeline as I can’t get traction. Neighbor with tractor off island for medical. Hopefully can help tomorrow.

Safe travels, Drew

69°F and .23 inches rain, sunshine. Looks promising to get some tractor time today. Nice HH in town yesterday at our favorite Mexican cantina. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Sounds like an ordeal, Drew. Better this side of your trip. Glad to heat doing well. Safe travels tomorrow.

Congrats Rigby. Good job 🤙🤙

73°F and 6.68 inches rain last 24 hours. Honestly is passing west of us, Gilma still a few days East so something of a lull. Even a tiny bit of blue sky and sun. Would be nice to get tractor out for a run but perhaps too optimistic. Happy Hour in town this afternoon. Prayers for all Be...

Thanks guys Except for being socked in and lots of water, doing well here. Grid neighbors have lost power but we are fine. I didn’t wait for generator to autostart, just turned on manually as really not expecting much sun power. Even winds not bad, averaging mid teens, gusts of 28-29. Getting...

Correction, upgraded as I slept

73°F and 6.68 inches rain Today looks to be wash, rinse and repeat of yesterday. Good news it is still a Tropical Storm Just hunker down another day Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Lol, flag last longer at that height.

Cancelled lunch, staying home to be safe Socked in

70°F and 1.57 inches rain. More to come. Hurricane just off to SE of island. Forecast to be more a rain than wind event. Lunch scheduled with my retired military group up in Waimea, further from storm. No other plans for the day Did get test run of my hydroponics with just water. Need to...

70°F Ang 1.3 inches rain. Our hurricane is coming in. Forecast is we may see 10 inches. That will put a damper on things outside. I do need to resupply Diesel. Glad I got that work in yesterday. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Oh so hopeful 🤙 Two hours with my LS with the 6ft rotary cutter. Closer to abuse than mowing 6-8 ft guinea grass and oh so thick About 2 hours and nary a hiccup j 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞 Went to friends and picked up the Koa planks approx 29” x125x 1 3/4. Planed, not rough. Should make a very nice dining...

Ken, no idea of the filter working. 1 tube, feeds, 1 tube back to tank, bleeder valve, primer pump, moisture sensor. A bit more complicated than the old.

Frits, I agree. That fuel filter has a moisture sensor that reports to the ECU. Not sure what else. That sensor was the 2nd thing I changed last year after replacing filter and problem remained even though I didn’t get a code error. I did that because years before I had same symptoms but with a...

Interesting Mike, would never suspect getting a new filter being bad. Tech didn’t suggest the filter itself, but the assembly. I saw where NH, which used same part has replaced with newer version.

RNG. I think it was maybe Feb, I drained and cleaned the tank and lines. Refilled thru a Mr Funnel. Let tractor run an hour in the shed. Thinking, wow, I got it. Took it out to mow and didn’t get a half circuit when it went into its limp/stall mode. Took multiple restarts to get it back to shed.

68°F and .26 inches rain Just as my tractor tech was finishing up we got a surprise visit by mainland friends. Lenny is the guy that helped me paint the house 2 years ago. Today will be a mixed bag. Other friends are prepping to sell and move offered me a nice slab of koa wood. Pick that up...

Cautiously optimistic Tech was here earlier. I had warmed up tractor and knew it would stall. He hooked her up to his ODB II diagnostic and laptop. 2 codes, not seen before. He got mainland support tech on phone. Some discussion. I don’t remember the codes.☹️ Had us draw off a fuel sample...

69°F and no rain. Hoping for same today. Same basics hopes for tractor as yesterday. Awaiting phone call to say what time. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Congrats on new toy, I mean tool, Scotty

Talked with my tractor tech, scheduled for tomorrow. Guess a challenge getting multiple appointments set up, especially with parts. Can’t complain as this saves me having to pay travel. My new bidet for the master bath arrived, so got that installed this morning. Another Toto but with heated...

69°F and 0 inches rain. Tractor tech a no show yesterday, said he was trying for today or Wednesday didn’t pressure for reason. Picked up hopefully all the needed parts for my soaker irrigation from HD except hose and controller on order from Temu. Also a couple parts for the hydroponics...

70°F and .15 inches rain. Hoping to hear my tractor tech will be here this morning. Sophie taking her Pilot in for servicing. Happy Hour in town this afternoon at our favorite cantina. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Prayers for Mom wngsprd

Wx changed and got another couple hours mowing. Actually only 2 small, non critical areas left. Did get seeds into gutter garden. Different approach than in past so we’ll see how it works. As for irrigation, decided on soaker hose approach with a master timer. Will also put a manual valve on...

Kyle, interesting alternative. I think the soaker hose approach would count as analog and less work once setup.

That looks terrible Scotty.

RNG, controller - something else to learn about. While I sense a simple need, I have a clue on determining what is proper moisture nor how to control. I suppose with the soaker type some sort of periodic flow. I don’t think I’d see much seasonal change but suspect different plants may have...

Phil, you’re an artist 🤙🤙

70°F and .54 inches rain and raining. Oh can I get 3 hours of dryness? Not promising for today. Forecast is passing showers until 1700. Sophie’s lasagna was terrific. So was company. Got to do a bit of research after company left and soaker hose system appears most appropriate for my use...

Need to tap the GM brain trust. Along with my hydroponics I will be redoing what i call my gutter garden Started these as a summer project with granddaughter years ago. Have had good luck growing a number of things, radishes, green onions, basil, parsley, etc. my big failing is eventually my...

My Sophie wishes best of luck with pup so named [emoji16][emoji16][emoji16]

Looks pretty bad with all the clumps, but got a couple hours in before the wx you see in background. Need about 3 more hours, but it wont be today, too wet already. Forecast for the week more of the same. Not a bad living weather, alternating rain/sun, but frustrating for mowing. On my new...

Do we have a club?

70°F and .85 inches rain. Saturday already. Have to stop at neighbor’s this morning, she picked me up some local seeds from her Master Gardener group for my hydroponics. Sun is tweaking thru giving me hope it dries enough to get some mowing done. Will be ugly through. A mower with bagger...

Took advantage of a dry break Installed another Eufy Not the primary view, which is the Dogs, but this one is OK

A mixed day but 🤙🤙🤙 Sophie’s ophthalmologist really pleased with her progress. Another followup in 2 weeks. The boys did well at Vet. I do think they would prefer not to get the poke under the tail. 78 and 76 lbs and very remarking what great shape they are in. I should be so lucky [emoji16]...

71°F and .18 inches rain. Off to Hilo this morning for Sophie’s ophthalmologist followup. Been a week. And then the Vet. Both Kekoa and Makani semi annual check up. God teased me with his sense of humor yesterday. Mowing nicely when the clouds rolled in and drizzle started. Quite wet by...

73°F and no rain at 1pm Couldn’t get online this morning, error msg in app. Did get a few hours mowing. Until cloud rolled in with accompanied drizzle. If just passing I can get back out there, but not looking encouraging. Talked with my tractor tech. Trying to schedule for Monday 🤞 Not sure...

I’m pleased. Didn’t install that one where I originally thought. Mounted on arm out from the green house, giving me a nicer panorama. Even see inside garage and green house. I haven’t found how to get the 8x zoom talked about in brochure. Only see 3x. Kekoa and Makani like to lay along wall by...

Pretty good day. Ridgeline serviced. Cost me $23 for the starting issue. New batteries and whatever magic they do with the remotes. A bit annoyed that those were new batteries from Safeway on Friday, but glad nothing major. Stayed in town and a leisurely breakfast with Sophie. Walked around the...

65°F and .28 inches rain My friend Keith making great progress with my tiller. Got a hydroponics tutorial from a neighbor Off to Hilo to drop Ridgeline for servicing and starting issue. I did hook to my scan reader and no codes. Will drop off and retrieve later. Prayers for all Be safe...

I’m surely not as organized as you, Dennis, but one of the smartest things I did after Sophie’s was start a loose leaf binder of every bill, invoice, payment, etc. filled one of those 3 inch ones. When it came time for a final settlement, they sent Sophie’s attorney their settlement request...

Drizzly morning and into afternoon negated any mowing. So here is my hydroponics power source RV type enclosure

Condolences for your loss, wngsprd

70°F and .16 inches rain. Maybe get mowing finished today Happy Hour was yummy warming success I did get the 2 new electric outlets in bathroom functional and the power for my hydroponics. Need to clean up. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Artika Swirl I think

Ok Drew, here’s a few Coconut
Pineapple
Banana
Mango
Papaya
Avocado
Liikoi poha berries
Taro
Okinawan Sweet Potato
Yams
Bread Fruit
Rice Kabocha Pipinola
Seaweed Hawaiian chili peppers
Ham/Pork Kalua pork
Spam
Huli Huli Chicken Chicken long rice
Tuna (Skipjack, Yellowfin, and Ahi)
Lomi lomi...

69°F and .11 inches rain Drizzled all morning yesterday, no mowing. But I did get to close out the Olympics before piddling around a bit. Tiller chain at PO to be picked up. Happy Hour at friends this afternoon. Hawaiian theme food. Trying Hawaiian garlicky shrimp. Prayers for all Be...

Passing showers had turned into mostly NOT passing, so inside day. No mowing wet grass. Miss my flail. Ridgeline started with Sophie’s key fob after sitting overnight. Still acted strange and error codes. Watching the closing ceremonies.

Wngsprd Mine was silver

Sorry for you loss, Bill We too have a pet cemetery. My instructions to Sophie, when my time comes just scatter my ashes down there with my furry friends. Better to be with friends than strangers.

Happy Anniversary Mr & Mrs Paul. And many more.

69°F and .41 inches rain. Great day mowing yesterday. Both pasture ends of property done. Now the middle “lawn” areas. Sophie’s little BX does such a great job. Ridgeline battery measures 12.48, so not the issue. Had on charger all day as well. Tried jumping with my jump pack and no go. A...

Yea, can’t pay just to pour the wine. The whole hour minimum. And don’t forget the tip, 20%. Nooo, wait wine is a luxury 30%

67°F and .1 inches rain. A day without commitments. First time this week and it’s the weekend. Need to snipe around the Ridgeline a bit. My jump pack is charged. Should have put regular charger on battery but didn’t. Guess I wasn’t thinking. Nice meal with our friends, but do have to...

Yup, it was in the house being charged.

Turned into an interesting day of sorts. First stop was Safeway to take advantage of $5 Friday. Came out to truck, load in our treasures. Attempt to start truck and nothing, completely dead. To be honest, I had a low battery warning from key fob, so figured that was it. Tried Sophie’s fob...

Enjoying all the vacation picture postings. Nice way to see places I’ve never been and likely wont. Maybe running low on travel time. Of course we’ll be sharing from our trip.

68°F and .09 inches rain. Yesterday was another good Dr visit for Sophie. Meds adjusted again. Today will be meeting with the ophthalmologist that did her surgery. That will pretty much take up the morning. Will have a bit of time to piddle about this afternoon before our LA friends come...

Tractor still not fixed. Talked with Tech and apparently they want to set up some sort of test where the higher level can observe live. Not sure how that works but they are working on it. Booked our trip for next year, March. Will see what flight arrangements tour company comes up with and...

68°F and .08 inches rain here in rural Hawaii. Another unusual day here. A bit of time to piddle about this morning and then off to town for Sophie’s pressure check. Also need to visit brewery for a refill and a quick store run. Oh and into HD. H&F at friends later, possibly a bit later than...

Another great day here in rural Hawaii. [emoji16] Sophie’s ophthalmologist very pleased with pics and exam, pressure at 13. Now she has to repeat with alternate Dr tomorrow and her ophthalmologist Friday to monitor the pressure. He did adjust med dosages. AN inconvenient pain in a sense but I...

Busy day, Mostly 🤙

Yup Now George has an extenda hoe (2 actually). I joke he could reach over your shoulder, pick your nose and you wouldn’t notice. He dug a perfectly round, 10 ft diameter hole to set catchment tank and only moved machine twice.

I count my early backhoe experience as a bit humbling. We had just moved here, George had just dug the cesspool and I volunteered to dig the trench to be ready for pipe next day. Next morning I showed him. George shook his head, “practice David, practice” I did get better and have dug several...

Also navigating the insurance maze. Just got a home owner policy written by USAA requiring an inspection. When we first built they denied coverage due to distance to hydrant and fire station. Supposed to get a virtual inspection. Could be interesting.

Thanks for sharing, Ken

Dennis, TBN is closest I get to social media. I joined TBN because I was getting a tractor. Really learned a lot and hopefully gave back as well. Found GM and is my goto place, otherwise would be an infrequent poster/visitor. I would not be one to jump to a different platform should GM disappear.

Good job Phil. We have 3 bathroom fixtures in need of replacement or rehab. I’ve been leaning toward rehab as they function perfectly, just showing surface rust.

68°F and .01 inches rain. Today pretty much a repeat of yesterday. Sophie has followup with ophthalmologist. Feeling a bit better today. Dr yesterday liked what he saw after removing patch. Pressure was 39, up from 3 last week, which is good. Did prescribe meds to lower pressure and likely that...

Aloha Robin Yes, it was a good tractor. Worst issue was puncturing the hydro filter once. Back in 2019 I sold my Case 35hp and my CH30 with about 820 hours to “upgrade to a bit larger 40hp LS 4140H. At this point I miss my dependable Kioti vs my LS which has been problematic since last year and...

68°F and .06 inches rain. Sophie seems to be doing well after yesterday’s ordeal. Visit to eye Dr this morning to remove patch and first look. Not her surgeon but has examined her before. Surgeon visit is tomorrow. Apparently missed a great wx day for mowing yesterday. Today looks promising...

Yup, she knows 🤙🤙🤙 thanks guys In recovery now

Thank guys Made same mistake, Pedro Still hoping for manual I ordered this...

My friend Keith pulled out his calipers, found this #80 Roller Chain x 10 feet + 2 Connecting Links + Same Day Expedited Shipping | eBay

Thanks

69°F and 0 rain Sitting in Hilo airport, waiting for 6am flight to Honolulu. Sophie has surgery this morning to suture cleft in eye. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Help Drive Chain broke on my Kioti KT03-59 tiller. Don’t have manual. Need Part #. Thanks

I need the manual. More immediate, I need the part number for the drive chain part #74?). My chain broke. This is going to sound silly. I bought my Kioti in 2005. Came with manual for KT09, not KT03. I never noticed until today. Even my invoice says KT09 If anyone can help Part Number...

Oh no, “Toublemakers”? Say it isn’t so. [emoji16]

Me either

Agree. Rural living in a variety of locales, associated projects, tractor and equipment mixed in, and we are social as a bonus.

69°F and .66 inches of misty rain. Nice lunch with BiL yesterday. New restaurant for us about an hour away in Puna. Made a stop at HD for some items for my project. Came home with a small ish bag and $200 receipt. This weather is gonna hurt my grass mowing. Just enough moisture and sun I...

I’ve got the new Eufy cameras charged up, but sitting on the desk, no where need where they will be located.

70°F and .2 inches rain. Not really rain, more like a heavy mist that required intermittent wipers. Sophie cleared for surgery Monday I think her Dr is excited about it. Hopefully the conclusion she’s been working toward. We did treat ourselves to Baskin Robbins before coming home...

Bill, Sophie is a MW girl. I like both but prefer Mayo. Always had both growing up and my Mom was a Miracle Whip person. Then again I remember her enjoying butter sandwiches too.