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Wife's neck and back are much better after taking ibuprofen yesterday. She liked the Bob and Brad videos. Thanks all for the chiropractic replies. Thank you to all our Veterans!

My buddy at work says his rule was, the potential beau had to come and eat at the family table before there was any dating. Sounds good to me. Mostly, I used to hate the wind while bicycling...then I got a sailboat....and now I am much more rotund. :) Thanks for the prayers. Wng, sounds...

Thanks for the chiropractor and daughter dating advice. My daughter laughed at L4N's comments. Lol.

Howdy stranger! Nice! Love the outdoor theater, until it gets too cold. (around 68F for me :) ) Busy at work, just wish I had energy like when I was 40 still. I overdid it a little this past weekend. Roy, hope the leg gets better. My wife woke up 2 days ago with neck pain. This is...

Roy, sorry about your neighbor. Prayers. BEF, condolences and drive safe. Don, nice hutch. Busy as a beaver yesterday. Worked a bit on Steiner. Changed oil in car and SUV.....each is a PITA. Car, you have to remove inner fender well....SUV has a mount that is adjacent to the oil filter...

I have fallen behind. Will have to read later, but I wanted to wish Mrs. Mostly a very happy belated birthday. Please forgive my lateness. Hope all of you are having a blessed day.

Does anyone know what this is? the long brown tube? My unit has some sort of Parker hydraulic dampener/accumulator. I don't see it on the parts list.

in your golf cart, chase them towards the neighbor you like least and blast 'em from behind before they go through the fence.

Sorry about your SIL. Prayers for your family. Happy Birthday to your son. Ron, prayers your son is getting better. Beautiful blue bird pic. Prayers for this country. Sodamo, looks like those dogs are tuckered out from all that work. rs, have you let the captive squirrel go yet? Hope...

The hidden truth behind how manufacturers make a killing, not just a living. Was that pun intended? Do tell more. Also, do you fly regularly?

Better get a Jethro sized bowl of brownies and ice cream, it might be a few days until they declare. Unless Sodamo's hopes come true.

Ron, prayers for your son, and for your hearing. Drew, glad your Dr. visit went well. I concur. And nice lawn you have there.

Hope you have good thick shrubs and privacy fences. ;)

Per Don's suggestion, I started a thread for the Steiner in the Ventrac page. It's had 41 views, but no replies. I did not get to work on it today. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/ventrac/431449-old-me-steiner-230-questions.html

Prayers for Ron's son. Wow, did you put all new springs too? ??? Thanks for all the prayers for my son. His finger is so much better, in fact, when I got the GT80 fired up, and told him he couldn't ride it until his finger is well, he went and soaked it in warm and cold baths. Today, he...

Maybe I should call this thread....."This old Steiner" I just bought an old Steiner 230 that had been sitting for 4 years, on a gov't site. The guy there said that no one there knew why it was parked. It is quite rusted, as it came from near the Texas coast. I am trying to determine if it is...

Seafood pasta sounds great right now. This is a view of the main shaft coming off the engine flywheel.

Ron, prayers for your son's neck. Can't imagine it, prayers for healing and his medical staff. Steiner sitrep: Messick's parts lookup is down this morning. I've been using that as a guide to what's what. Want to get the engine running prior to anything else, but need to dis-connect PTO...

Pick your favorite leak.

Broken hose. Gt80MX

That is one nice guitar. Filling a "sonic Hole" sounds good to me. I passed on an auction for a rough cello. I was going to surprise my daughter. She would have to learn via youtube if I bought one. Looking better by the day. You deserve a break today. Does the boss pay you overtime on...

Would love to see a pic if you get the chance. Interesting. Would like to see/read more if you do it. Call the game warden ASAP. Steiner sitrep: The mower deck is heavy duty and has a few rusty spots where it is welded. Need to clean and prime spots with rustoleum rusty metal primer...

Speaking of farming with junk, It's a diesel.

Bird, be careful. A broken hip will not be fun. My mom is also doing some late in life estate planning. we don't know if it's better to deed the house before she passes on, or to have a good will and let it go that way. Roy, sorry about your expensive chainsaw wrench. It could have been...

Is the new pond overflowing because of the water hose? One of my best tools at work is a nice stereoscope it is the best thing since sliced bread.

Beautiful. Hard to beat mother nature. I'm like Don, wondering why it is only 4 degrees cooler there than here all day??? Eric, glad your car insurance was cheap. I usually put about 36,000 miles per year on my commuter car.

Rip, it sure looks like you did a lot more work than just put a coat of paint on the ceiling. Your wifey is going to be so happy when you're done that she may let you drive her tractor.

Thomas, glad I slowed down last week. Welcome Popgadget. Ron, nice colors. Coco happy is good. A friend of mine is wanting to have a shrimp boil this weekend. So I'm trying to plan the trip for Sunday but it is about a little over 2-hour drive each way. RNG, it just seems that most manuals...

Consider it your contribution to salmon. Looks like they help better than my kids do sometimes.

Glad your arm is better. They should move the Pentagon to Texas, near Fort Hood where there is plenty of room and cheap housing. Get some congestion out of DC. No sense being in some extremely high priced area. I'm betting they have to pay all the staff a large cost of living bonus...

rip, glad you got to spend time with your girls. My daughter had her confirmation in church today along with about 11 other young people. They all had to pick and recite a favorite bible verse. She looked beautiful in her white dress.

Nice picture, and I'll bet you make a lot of birds happy too. Our new barncat "Waffles", an orange and white female, is providing us good entertainment. Especially when the neighbor's male cat and her get into a scrap. I have a new friend who is going to go with me. MSMA also works if you...

LS, ingenious air seat! Love it. Drew, glad your home. Time to rest. Oh how I would love to have a spring like that...handsome kid you were. :) Sodamo, you deserve a break. Sorry about the waste of time. I'm no welder. I weld "gorilla welds". Big, ugly and hopefully strong as heck...

Good to hear your system is doing well, hope the techs can tweak it to the rest of your expectations. That thing looks great, I hope it serves you well. I'd be interested to hear how well the suspension works. No dump bed? It did cool down quick. I took a my daughter and a friend to the...

Don, likewise. You are right, there are 2 models of Kubota diesels, and I believe it depends on which year model it is. I don't know which one yet. Looking at the exhaust and intake photo is the only clue I believe it's a diesel, and the dash has a glow plug light. I've already looked at a...

I meant no disrespect when I mentioned paying somebody for my upcoming project. You were a victim of someone who talked big and delivered little. Sorry. How is your system holding up? Does the generator have to kick in much? Prayers for Ellen's and Buppies removals to be successful. I...

Don, it can't be like the van, because I can't afford to pay someone to bungle it up. If the motor is toast, or a main transmission component is wiped out, it will be a wait and see. I've seen similar 230's (that run) go for $3500 sorry about the tooth. Hard muffin? I broke loose a crown...

I was going to say the situation was like a dollar waiting on a dime. But I see it arrived, so I hope you enjoy it and it serves you well! I have a feeling you will like the hydrostatic.....and the brakes belong on the left, so you can use them to brake steer. :) I wish all of you guys...

Buppies, sounds like a pretty good job. I could use a few bobtail loads of screened gravel to shore up my roads. Sounds like your wifey is enjoying rubbing it in about how nice her cab tractor is. :) Nice photos wng and Ron. Enjoy them. Ron, when is the cold due to hit you?

I've never RC sailed, but if there was competition (everyone with the same boat), it could be fun.

Don, do you have to buy your own sailboat, or do they have them available for the people who want to join?

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Beautiful pic Ron. Also loved the drone lake pic. BEF, happy birthday and prayers for Covid patients. Getting caught up at work. Have a blessed day all. I add 2 stroke oil, 1oz per gallon to my diesel. But I don't buy in bulk.

Our new barn cat is killing all the lizards. She should've been named Special Force Cat, if it moves, and is small, it dies. She has killed a small mole/shrew, 2 mice, multiple lizards, tens of grasshoppers, 1 scorpion (I think she learned a lesson on that one).... Thanks for all the prayers...

Me too, rest that is. Daughter played guitar and sang in church today. I did the slides. Went to friends and had hamburgers and a South African style of pork/beef sausage. It was good. A wee dram of Dalwhinnie for the lizards too? Hope not many at that price. find a friend, who has a...

It really is already her vette, you just don't know it yet. Maybe keep it parked at your place, so it's not an everyday driver. ethanol strikes again! I haven't watched it yet. Have the NBC gold pass to watch them. will watch later. Went to highschool football game last night. It was a...

Wow, that siding looks great. How hard was it to put on? Did you have it done? LOL, good one. Sounds like fun, but I'm not much of a camper, especially if it's windy. .... keep us posted on the air cooled rebuild. car insurance increase probably to cover the higher rates of auto thefts...

Ron, BEE YOU TEE FULL picture of crane. Thank you. Yesterday's fall trees were beautiful too. Rick, enjoy gd visit....(she really wants to come drive your vette hee hee) :) Phil, I hate to hear that about your knee. I've not had a replacement, but M/C wipe outs have my knees less than...

Rick, I got confused on the price I mentioned, they were $21,999 stock show.

Happy b'day to your son! Eric, I've cooked on a stove similar to that....so I can knock that off the bucketlist. Rick, hope you figure out which one you want. IIRC, they had the full cab AC/heated Gator on sale for less than $20K stock show special, at one time here. The dealer told me when...

I'm still behind in reading...You guys are on a roll. Ditto and thanks for the pictures. My family just got passed by 2 cars racing, a camaro and a charger. Where are the cops when you need them? I was in the right lane, and one of them had to let off, change lanes and fly past us, then...

Thanks BEF. My daughter submitted a request to a steerage committee at church to see if they have funds for a portable PA, that could be used for a wide array of things. Yes, the Lite would be my first choice. I have so much catching up here to do. I had to skip a lot, but will go back and...

Buppies, sorry about your issues. Insurance hopefully will take care of the car. Hopefully you can get the septic working. Prayers. This too, shall pass. which reminds me to get some septic powder.... Wng, glad you got the skunk situation handled, smelly shovel and all. Drew, starting a...

Prayers for you, our team and our country. Sorry about your septic problem. Hope you get it fixed quickly. I need to freeze a few places on my forearms at work. Sorry about your friends tractor mishap. Glad you got your tractor going again. It looks too clean in there. Get 'er dirty. :)...

Sounds like a great hike. Especially the "no bears" part. Woke up to the driveway alert sounding off. Saw a work truck with 2 trailers had pulled in our place, and ran through our field to do a u turn...on the way back out. Good thing pasture is dry. :(

Waiting for a mostly (gopher) sit-rep.....

Thank you! Did you really find and fix the leak??? :)

PARTY AT PHIL'S HOUSE TOMORROW!!! Congrats!

Maybe both? I imagine the incoming air cools the wire predictably, whether it be a linear or exponential curve, but the bug inhibiting the flow allows the wire to get too hot....So, an insulator would be my guess? Even sheep are unpredictable in these times... Car ran fine yesterday, but...

Could that be the "bandini" highway? cool cool. Could it be that the vanagon might get to be kaliforny legal????? Lost key is hiding in the mill's T'slot Make sure crankshaft isn't bent. Happens often. Taryl on youtube bent one back straight enough. Hope your message went well. I...

Jim, I've been gone for a few days. So sorry for the family. Prayers.

Ron, beautiful pic. Hope the drain problem is solved. Mostly, keep us posted on the Mostly/ground hog adventures. :) Prayers for all with Covid, Cancer, Mental Illness, and heart/circulation diseases....and our Great Country.

Thank you. Have you ever tried to till ground that is hard and settled?

Yes, the full moon is setting, while the full sun is coming up in the East! Nice. 59F here.

Have a nice time on your days off. I Love Canadian Bacon. My FIL drinks a pilsner's glass (pint) of milk to help his acid reflux. David and Sophie, a sincere belated congratulations to you both. We count count all our blessings. Prayers for her eyesight, and Bird's wifey too. Maybe a...

A good friend of mine is going to the Baseball playoff bubble to work the playoffs and the world series. He works for the TV crew. He's excited because he's a baseball nut. Next 3 weeks or so. He's having to use 20 days of vacation from his "real" job.

Tees are a great idea, especially like your ideology on them....plus, it would slow the kids hitting balls to every 5 seconds rather than every 2 seconds.

I wonder if they make a device, kind of like an indoor fire sprinkler, that has a small piece of meltable plastic, that keeps it closed...Something like a water sprinkler you could put out at the end of a long hose, away from the house. Leave the hose pressured up, and if the fire touches it...

I'm like PJ, don't particularly care to fly in an Osprey...In fact, I'd join a different branch...It's that bad to me. Glad you didn't get moose rolled. whew! Don, sorry about your cousin. I thought there was a church over there to line up on? I guess that's the other property in Fedor...

Ron, prayers for your neighbor. Eric, the straightest path is not always the funnest. Don, happy belated birthday to your Mom. Sorry and condolences for your cousin. Phil, tic toc to retirement. ....Yay! Nice pictures, Ron, Wng. I've gotten behind again......only got through post #119230

Sorry about your GBS issue. Glad you made it home safe. I saw a guy who ran off the road in the rain, and had run the passenger side up against a tree, but it didn't wrap around it. He was walking around, talking to the officers. I find myself praying for safe travels often. To hit a deer...

Drew, my tractor dealer always offered to sell on a 5% commission if you were buying another tractor from them, not sure what the commish would be if just flat out selling it, with no re-purchase. You always have to remember, they can get another one, brand new, at dealer cost. So a person...

Every work day for me....besides, you need a ride in the country every now and then. :) Still busy as heck at work, and they keep upping the amount of work I have, but not extending the time. I don't get paid overtime, so I rarely work it. RNG, are your panels dusty? Have they ever put out...

Great story....I believe you have a crick in your neck from mortaring the bricks, thus, a wee bit off the beaten path. Churches last over there fairly well. Latest one is older than USA. I wonder if they make a scythe in a cab model. BEF and Ted, resident Tuff Torq experts. I need to do...

My beautiful wifey said to say Thank you to all you kind gentlemen for the birthday wishes. We had a great day at church. I got to be usher and help the pastor with communion, which means a lot to me. We got there early to teach Sunday school, and I'm guilty of not reading my email.....the...

The wifey and I had a date Saturday. Her birthday is Sunday. We went to Fogo de Chau in Houston, and then she wanted to pick up some Dunkin' donuts for Sunday morning...She was mad that we couldn't go into the Dunkin' store to see what was available. But we got a dozen plain glazed , and an...

Sorry about Duncan. I'm sure there are a lot of sad people in your neighborhood. He lived a long life, and had love at the end of it. What a great picture of a beautiful person. Glad you shared it. Thank you for the prayers. My daughter is trying to schedule and play for a small...

Drew, so glad to hear of your last chemo appt, and the good news on the new digs. Wng, sounds like a nice hike! How much elevation change? Ron, thanksgiving is around the corner.....gonna fatten them up a bit more? hope the aches and bruises subside rs. It is so quiet here tonight.....I can...

My son just got through having fun with the tennis racquet bug zapper, getting very small flies in our kitchen area. Better than Wii Fit game! Hope you get feeling better soon. Nice pics Ron. Prayers for our team, and for America.

We got plenty of bad stuff, but I'm glad we don't have bears! I would worry about our kids 101% of the time.

Ron, really nice photo. David Sodamo, good to see the kids getting along.....I wish mine would be that good. :) Yesterday, I got the daughter on the 4310 tractor mowing, then I was going to get on the bigger machine. It had a front flat. :( Just a slow leak, but I had to use a portable...

Re: Big Barn痴 Retirement Farm Shop That canopy reminds me of an old steam tractor, to keep cinders off of you.

You started global cooling all by yourself. :) Yes Sir! http://www.co.lee.tx.us/upload/page/5434/rescinding091020.pdf Glad you got your trenching done in the cool. Welcome to the readers club.....I waited until age 47 ish to get my first pair. Thanks for all the prayers and thoughts...

Haha are you sure?

Just for RNG....

Thomas, the kitty will be an outside cat. My middle daughter with autism is very allergic to cats. I'm still keeping an eye on the situation of having one outside. Good deal. I wonder if that nut might be metric....being on a Kabootey. Some very lucky dogs there, to have you as owners...

More great news, I'll say some more prayers for the both of youz. Your a good neighbor LS. Thanks for the mouse catching info Don. I'm getting my parka out of the closet and dusted off. :) I agree about inner cities. Hope you find some trout streams. I would guess with all those...

Ted, praying for your daughter, glad to hear the news. Taking a stray cat, that we will adopt for a barn cat, to get spayed and shots today. In Austin, so pray for me. :) Had a single lightning bolt hit very near, knocked out the power from about 4 to 7ish. Kids were going stir crazy.

Ron might be eating frog legs in a few weeks. :) I've eaten them, and alligator too. At Pappadeaux cajun restaurant. RNG, I'd be totally frustrated about the subaru vanagon issue. Don't they know it lets out less emissions than a stock air cooled vw motor?

Prayers for Ellen too. My cousin went through this, and she wore some kind of Head gear that kept her head cold whilst administering the harsh drugs. She kept her hair that way.

Just the 200mg OTC.

Prayers for your daughter, and a full cure.

Prayers for LS' headache.

Great news Roy! I might have a beer too for you! Good prayers Buppies. Happy anniversary Mr and Mrs Mostly Gas....(does your wifey know she's "Mrs. mostly gas"?) hee hee Thanks for the prayers Team! sudden heart muscle workout, no good. When a movie has a quick scary loud part, we call...

Has anyone taken Saw Palmetto with any noticeable improvement?

Sorry about your uncle, Paul. Randy, very nice resting place. I just read Unknown Valor, by Martha Maccallum, which chronicled some USMC guys lives, before and until the end of the war. Good read. Unknown Valor: A Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima...

Ron, the Blues Brothers are classic! A little bit of the marker dye goes a looooong way. Reminds me of Prussian blue that corny machinists would play tricks on others with. I would put a stomp to that action whenever I had the power to. Drew, I wonder if whomever you sold your Deere to...

Happy 7/17 Anniversary PJ and wifey! Yes, desiccant dryers should provide much lower dewpoint than refrigerated. Thanks for the explanation Lou. Thanks for the laugh pardner! :) So, are the newscasters primarily London accent? The ones I definitely have to turn on the closed caption...

Junk is my favorite 4 letter word. It always seems to follow me home. RNG, not sure how much more they'll spend on the old compressor.....But they are claiming they need the desiccant dryer for the best air for testing fuel cells. I'm not sure just how low of a dewpoint they need, but also...

Heat exhaustion is a killer. Know your limits. Once you get it, it comes back easier the next time. Be careful. EEEES hot! So glad you all got it done to your liking. 17' is deep. Peaches sound good. I love peaches. I wish I could get a nice cab tractor.....these "feels like" 114F days...

Eric, I read some little quip somewhere where they stated a Texas accent was considered (by foreigners) a plus in some avenues of life. :) I can't for the likes of anything figure that out. Mine is about as bad or good as they come....I would get laughed at in UK.....We could go to a pub, but...

Ron, Betty was a beautiful and gracious woman. The pleasure is ours, having a friend like you online here with us. Will give the family an extra hug today. Eric, I would for sure stop by, with a jar of jam. My My wife told me it sounded delicious. My daughter got invited to play again at...

If you dig by hand enough, you CAN sleep standing up with the aid of a shovel for a prop. :) RNG, Here you go. The R 18 Dragster | BMW Motorrad

40 Thomas days.... that's funny! Hope they go smoothly.

Hope you get your meds straightened out quickly! LS, can u sleep standing up??? Roy, I hope they can help you out, and figure out what's up, and fix it. Diabetes often causes unexplained weight loss. I need to drop some weight too. I have gained 6lbs in the last 5 years....on top of the...

Sorry about your coworker Ken.

So glad to hear of your good news. I remember when the storm hit Pensacola and there were some F-22's left behind because they weren't flight ready. I truly hope some stripes were taken off of some officers' rank for not getting them on a truck out of town. Oh that made me mad.

Mass exodus from Laura coming through Giddings since this morning. Hoping people get out of the way. Saying it will be major storm when it hits Tx/ La border. A lot to catch up on. Once I get behind, it's hard for me to catch up. Seems when we leave town, we get some rain. Got .5" when we...

Thanks and shush! Ron, that's not me playing with her. That guy has more talent in his pinky's fingernail that I do. Eric, Here's the audiobook I'm listening to now, so far pretty good. In the Queen's english style of vernacular. Carrier Pilot, is the name of the book. LIEUTENANT...

Ron, love the sandhills, on the sand hill. How the sam hill did you get that picture? :laughing:

Put your sunglasses on, the future is bright! Randy is right! I had to "skinny" out the rolled down window to get out of my impala. I usually don't haul much of anything heavy. tandem axles rated at 3500lbs each=7000lbs minus the 1500lbs the trailer weighs, so technically have 5500lb...

I get amazed at how much people get for used trailers. Consider having big stuff hauled, and if you really want a trailer longterm, maybe just a single or tandem for Joe everyday stuff. My tandem 16' can haul my small tractor, or mower, or even my old impala. Trailers hold their value if...

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Woke up thinking about what all I need to get done today at work....time management. Ted, good job on the project. Maybe some tropical storms headed to Gulf. Atlantic 2-Day Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook Plasma cutters are neat. I wish I had one at work. Also wish I had a wire...

I wish we were all in Hawaii, having a beer at David and Sophies....taking turns helping him mow....(before any barley pops).

Here's more salt....California is finding out that solar and wind energy are not enough, and now they have brownouts/blackouts due to insufficient energy.....Ya GOT to have dynamos spinning. You're going to make it hard for me to sneak up and feed the lizards.... Prayers for you and Ellen my...

Ron, good for you to offer taking the dog. Hope it works out well. Prescription Meds. A big frustration. So I've ran out of one drug, but thankfully have the main one for my BPH. The website has a place to ask questions of my doctor, but they say, don't ask for prescription renewals, that...

Kekoa wants you to hurry so y'all can play. Just be careful, my friend's dog had followed him on his tractor, unbeknownst to him, and he backed up and ran over his old dog. His driveway was 1/2 mile long and he couldn't believe his old dog had followed him that far.

Drew, good for you. I was very frustrated at how they took advantage of you.....I tried but wasn't very good at masking my displeasure, because of your condition. I didn't want to get you too "riled up". They took your shirt, your coat, your hospitality, and were very unaccommodating. I read...

Oh Ron, I'm so sorry. I remember when you brought Muffin here to our place. She was such a good dog, and a great companion. I pray for you. What a great picture, surrounded by Texas bluebonnets. (I believe).

Bingo! Cox .049 engine wrench

Think fun.

Anybody want to take a guess what this is for?

casting long shadows...they are.

Eric, I hope the visit is one to make memories for your grandkids. RNG, hope you get the rust and sand out of the firetruck. Speedaire compressor at home working good. Still having trouble with the big scroll compressor at work. It still will squeal the drive belt at high pressure. They...

I try to grab a cup of ice and water before I head out from work on my 68 mile commute. We need rain too. I hope Coco gets better.

Haha! Hope the old beemer pans out. I always guessed that they were bullet proof dependable... Thanks Rich for sharing your ride. I miss riding. Hoping everyone has a great day and blessed day.

Lots to catch up on.... New stuff, mowers and jig saws....oh and sheetrock too! Drew, hope you get it figured out on the wifi, and the heart monitor shows good data. RNG, I'm biting my tongue on your Vanagon woes. Hope all have a blessed day. Prayers.

hahaha....Not too sore, need to practice. I could still zing it pretty good, but it was real windy. Depending on your model, just order another carb. Most of the cheap carbs work OK. I suspect the very thin diaphragm gasket that works as a fuel pump is bad. You can replace just the gasket...

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Sorry for your co-worker PJ. Congrats! I never lived above Interstate 10 until I was 27....To me, almost everybody was a Yankee! :shocked: Ok guys, I don't know how, but I survived a game of Ultimate Frisbee last night. There were 6 adults, 2 teenagers, and 5 kids. I was sucking eggs...

Tractor Battery King!

Thanks RS.

Do you align your sleep position north south, or east west, to align your atoms with the Earth's natural Gauss lines or perpendicular?

So the older bush is 1.5 years old, and it did not produce much of anything this spring. The bush we planted earlier this year, was full of blooms and young berries, and we harvested 2 or 3 nice bowls full from it. We planted a small peach tree on the west side of them, if it will grow, it...

Both were bought in containers. One was planted last year, one early this year. I have not noticed any bugs on them. I was hoping it was just a transplanting temporary thing.

Prayers that her vision comes back enough to read and drive. I just got in from fixing the plastic hood on my LT180. It had cracked on of the hinge points. The hinge points are down near the exhaust, and they get hot, plus time takes it's toll. Anyway, I marked and drilled to 1/2" holes...

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PS. Billy, that was a copperhead. We dispatch them here anytime we see them. They don't rattle before they bite, and they'll hide in garden, waiting for some poor soul to come and pick the green beans.

Yes Eric, some things you can't put a price on. BTW, I can't use counting sheep as a means to slumber since you've posted that photo of angry sheep....Looks like that field produced a tremendous amount of forage. Hoping it gets adequately dried before baling. The offer still stands for your...

David, progress on Sophie's eye sounds good. We all heal a bit slower than when we were 12. Mostly, understand the heat taking away your weed eating motivation. I peeled back one end of the chicken wire anti chicken garden fence, so that I could get the tractor in there. Ended up just...

I can't laugh too hard. I've been down a bumpy lover's lane for the first 41 years of my life. Somehow God showed me mercy and brought me a wife whom has a firm grasp on our religion. David Mossflower, hope the dust settles. PJ, nice painting....happy mountains. Hopefully happy pond soon...

The right tools for the job.

Cats are weird...

I'm glad to hear that everybody seems alright except for some property damage. you might consider rinsing off your vehicles and your RV because the water that comes in on those hurricanes can have a high salt content.

Heaven forbid we not be able to make coffee!!! :thumbsup::laughing: ....knowing the intensity you pour into your java. Thank you for asking, and thanks for all the prayers. She is much better. Much better. Back to her sassy self. :) Prayers for your young coworker. Drew, glad you found...

Maybe she's just doing the bear necessities.:)

That's what it's all about. :) I just watched a replay of the splashdown and recovery. Seems like it took forever to open the hatch......They must've needed a better locksmith. Great stuff!

Yes, prayers for safe re-entry and landing. Ron, hope your wasp stings are better. If I get a sting or bite, I take some benedryl. So do the drones that fly off of the Ipads/phone use bluetooth? How does an apple product communicate with them if they get far away or out of sight? Rick, glad...

I sometimes make a list. My brother went to a "motivation" weekend retreat back in the '70's, and they taught him to make lists, and to be sure and scribe through each task as you complete it. They said the satisfaction of accomplishment and scratching through the items was a motivating...

Concerning the lathe, I confess that initially we did originally hire a technician, but after 2 days and $2000, the parts were sitting on a roll around cart....and I had to put it back together. I had the luxury of seeing his attempts, and had a decent blueprint. But also it had sat for over a...

Lathe at work is finally going. It is a pseudo copy of a Clausing Colchester, this one is designed by Lagun, made in Taiwan, and is called ironically an American Turnmaster. It has been a good lathe overall. A hardinge might be a bit better in some ways, but I like the gear change style of...

Drive up to nest at night, open vehicle door, spray Raid Wasp spray (black can). They'll drop. Raid is best stuff I know of short of extreme chemicals. Polycarbonate may be hard to get right now, with companies buying it up to make shields for their employees. It sure is pricey. 1/4" x 4 x...

$25 bucks wouldn't make me happy if Apple had slowed down my device to get me to purchase another $1000 phone....

newbury, that movie version was pretty freaky. Drums up a lot of old memories. Drew is FREE! Drew, forehead wounds can be white lied off as Indian warpaint. :) Welcome SeidelRanch! I will have to watch your video later.....the kids are hogging the bandwidth. RNG.....starting lizard...

BEF, Ron, hope your aches go away. Shoulder pain seems to be more common these days for many. I wake up all to often with shoulder pain. Caused by Cipro (or a close cousin of Cipro) side effects. Better now, but it has been years since I took the stuff. Eric, I will gladly pass the...

I'm not 65 yet, nor do I have an I-phone. I guess they are going after the hoighty toighty old folks. :) Rick, It looks like the unloader valve on my Speedaire is maybe a schrader valve. I could see where it could get a speck of something on it and not want to seal 100%. I have some nice...

Do the black raspberries taste as tart as red raspberries? Anyway, I'll be over there in a bit, so save me a bite. :)

Fresh from Shiner Texas, their pork and beef is really good. EJ's Meat Company Drew, prayers for you, I pray you gain back 99% of your autonomy. 1% dependent on TBN :) I sometimes get Jimmy Dean's all natural breakfast sausage. I am NOT a fan of buying meat in chubs that you can't see...

I'm a wee bit jealous. I saw that your area got up to 3.5"

I'm so sorry, you two gave her a great life. Many large breeds don't last anywhere near this age. So I know you all took great care of her.

That looks really nice Randy. sometimes when I click "Reply", it shows in the bottom left corner, Waiting on facebook . com??? What's up with that?

Oh, almost forgot, my son and I were taking some (about 8) bags of gently used clothing to a drop box yesterday evening. I was teaching him that we are taught to give with one hand in such a way that the other hand knows nothing of it. I told him if he sees a young man wearing one of his old...

Roy, I wonder how full of water the drum will get. When my oilfield/tractor buddy was mad about 2 different washers he had tried, he had me send him a picture of a tape measure showing the SpeedQueen's water depth at max. LOL. I don't remember the number, but maybe around 14" deep? He went...

As the compressor turns.... I'm home today. Buzz Bomb sit rep. I put the thin edged teflon compression ring in the buzz bomb. It pumped up to 150psi and then the ring failed and blew out in one area. Fail. I put in the heavy wall (.040"/ 1mm) ring and it seems ok, but the teflon is...

Yes, my coverage is anywhere Sprint is...which is not so good off the beaten track.

So glad to hear Coco better. When my dog had his immune system attack his trigeminal nerve, the prednisone process took about 3-4 months to ramp up and then ramp down, going by his white blood count. I hope your hand is not too bad. I'm mad at baseball for letting them kneel. When they stop...

Sad about Briggs and Stratton too. This was not the CNC, it was just a "Bridgeport" type manual mill. RNG, I barely clamped on it, barely. Cylindricity is not a huge problem because of the design. Ron, a lathe is a great way to do it, I just didn't want to put on the 4 jaw chuck... ;)...

I made 2 designs of teflon compression rings to try on the buzz bomb. One with a tapered thinner lip that contacts the walls. RNG, you look a mess. Throw those clothes in a hole and bury them near a garden that needs FeO2... You could weld in some angle iron at the corners. Inside or out...

Randy, do you get other services from Comcast such as internet, voice phone, or cable? I'm trying to find a $15/month per phone price, and not yet successful. Our Republic Wireless bill is about $70, for 3 phones (we bought), unlimited calls and text, 1 gig data per month. $5/per extra gigs...

glad to hear your scans were good. Ditto. Harbor freight and other outlets selling chinese. I bought a predator 6 hp engine, years ago, to repower my old tiller. Brought it home and 1st thing changed the oil. It probably now has about 80 hours on it, is about 6-8 years old. the muffler is...

Happy Anniversary Phil and wifey! You need to go back to work to stop the insanity!!! :) LOL. Don's got it figured out. Rig up slideout baffles. Hot tub. I would have went a route that used a plastic tank. Then you could have sprayed the whole county with round up since they like it so...

What a sad, tragic story. Prayers for all surrounding him. I remember her. I wish she'd come back.

I just found and watched letsdig18 yesterday. I find myself skipping forward to see progress though. Evaporative cooling is a powerful cooling mechanism. We humans depend greatly on it. But when the humidity goes up, it doesn't work so well. Count me in as a huge fan of Mr. Carrier...

Yes, CTex ran away with it. I was worried for the first few laps, after seeing the semi's, but he ended up doing his thing. What a talent. His sister had a good race too after struggling in the semis. So you are shining up an old bike? I liked the Bultaco Astro races too. OH, and I didn't...

Thanks for all the HB messages. I hope you all had good days. I bought the sweet fresh cherries in the produce for maybe $2.89/lb. I bought 2.5 lbs. The recipe we used called for 3-4 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice if you don't have sour cherries. So Mostly is partly powered by cherry pie...

Yummy looking. How long does it take to grow a pineapple? And will the plant regrow a new one after harvest? Thank you Bird and all.

Rich, I won't spoil it, but last night's singles race was one of the best I've seen in a long time. Thanks all for the birthday wishes. wanted to go do something, but the chinese virus has everything fun shut down. The cherry pie was awesome. It took a day for my hands to get the stains of...

Nice picture. Sounds like a nice ride. I miss riding. I was wondering if you could remove the tank, if rusted too badly, and replace it with some of those caged 250 gallon totes? Make you a frame and load them up. You could make them removable, for whatever reasons. 275 Gallon...

You betcha! Having trouble keeping the kids away from it.... cool cool

Former civil war battleground? Drew's sour cherry pie idea has won out for this year's dessert. Just before hitting the oven

Are there some bolts that are going to tie these 2 together, so that the 2nd one will help the first one bear the weight of the opening edges? I can't really see them if they are there.

Hey Rich, I purchased the NBC sports gold annual race Flat track package for only $10.99 for the rest of the season. :) I missed yesterday's races... :(

Civil war, American Revolution, or War of 1812?

Very helpful Drew, thank you. I will call agent soon. She will even have trouble getting a learner's permit due to the virus.

yum yum!

Question to the team. Insuring a young driver..... My daughter is almost ready to drive. Due to the virus, there is limited licensing going on. I have my old commuter car that would still be a decent local daily driver. Should I put it fully in her name, and then get liability only (let her...

Good luck on the land purchase. 18.4 is fast. Did you guys make sauce with home grown tomatoes? I bought some jalapenos and cilantro to try and entice my wifey into making some cold process fresh salsa. My son had 2 of his 10 year old friends spend the night over here. I got up and made a...

Came home tired after a possibly good "win" on the big compressor at work. I got permission to tear into the main manifold which has a spring splunger on the pressure side. This plunger has a tube that goes to the pressure switch to see what the pressure is up to. It seemed a bit "sticky" so...

J, thanks for sharing. Prayers youz guyz way. I'm sorry. With all this talk of dehydration, I've seen/heard of women having all sorts of problems traced to UTI's. Wng, hopes for Coco. hahaha. Me= screws Very nice friends you have there. Drew, sounds like you're enjoying looking for a...

The part I bolded confuses their suspicions.

That's terrible. Hope he gets a stay for a bit behind the bars.

Ok, someone at work says that somewhere, if you test positive for Covid, that they want to test your pet, if allowed to roam. They are finding that apparently, cats can get it, roam at night with other cats to spread it, and the other cat's owners are getting sick. This was work hearsay. I...

Great news! My wifey too = negative

Did you find the leak? sounds like hard work. Don't overheat. Hope your plumber friend didn't turn you upside down backwards with the bill. :) Mostly, it's too hot for me to ride. I tried to get a sooner start, but I didn't get on the tractor until after 10am and mowed until 2:15pm. The...

You guys mind sharing which company is filing liens rather than waiting on insurance? Yep, Drew can laugh, hahahaha.

Thank you for the prayers, it turns out, they were still needed. We pray to be moving forward from a "situation" as of today. Eric, 3 years ago it was your suggestion/talk of raspberry tart that led to my BD dessert....Now strawberry crumbles is in the running, along with dewberry cobbler...

Our chihuahua is a professional beggar. She'll even do a preemptive "roll over" to get some table scraps.