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not good at all Scott, little failure to communicate I'd say. finished planting all the daffodils I was given, guess about 60 new ones, they will be a different color than what I have now so looking forward to next Spring. Reminds me I have to deadhead some. mowed the lawn and pushed the...

great alpaca pics Popgadget That's a lot of socks! or perhaps a four legged sweater? not a good morning had run in with unpleasant owner at local nursery, which my favorite helper there apologized repeatedly for, but he was repeated yelling his instructions about why they would not open until...

great gauges GRS only issue is where the tach is too bad it's not at 1800... the output data is super helpful see honey, it has to stay in the green I used to have a 50amp boat with a 100 amp wife...

mid May for potatoes is amazing July 1 in NC, new potatoes a little earlier I'm not doing them here, they either grew poorly or got bugs friend stopped by and dropped off about a hundred dug up/over propagated daffodils, and I got half planted yesterday. will finish that today. Can't plant...

Thomas, working in a parts store, you'll never run out of SeaFoam... what is the most popular part that gets sold?

good morning all and welcome to the weekend. mostly cloudy day, high of 61 with heat coming in tomorrow. lots of planting planned for tomorrow will be running a few errands this morning, then mowing the lawn Buppies, my eyes itch even getting up. Washed my face well last night, that pollen...

64 degrees with the sun going down, freeze warning out tonight hopefully the last. I have five tomato plants in the living room and three more coming from Burpee. that's plenty for me. next year I'm buying from the RS Tomato Factory

sounds like fun, let's meet there, we are a triangle. I could go to Costco nearby afterwards.

Don, any flowers on the potatoes? what else are you growing this year?

had a fun day outside on a 65 degree gorgeous blue sky day, though when I come in I always have to wash my face to get pollen out of eyelids, etc. good trip to local nursery, but no new veggies, so I picked up some Irish moss in alternating colors and planted that in a partially sunny spot along...

and I knew Popgadget was working hard when I went by his place yesterday morning in the rv going home about 9:30 am and honked three times. I bet he wondered who that idiot was honking. as I go off this morning looking for commercial veggies, Bonnie plants five bucks each?? I sure will be...

good morning all 35 going up to 65 today in bright sun, should be a nice day Woodchuck, hope your shoulder heals quickly. Mine didn't so hope yours does...surprising how it restricts what you do. have errands to run this morning, might stop and get some more veggie plants. But not planting...

I looked up the company at the very bottom of the screen. interesting, they almost imply they own TBN https://www.imcuniverse.com/?page_id=233 I wonder how TBN compares to other large tractor oriented sites. Not that it matters, but now that we are part of the IMC digital universe, who knows...

nicely said Rip. worked out a solution for the bidet seat electrical plug. only outlet in bathroom competing for space with my right side. Plug the bidet cord in and it sticks into my side while trying to do my business. Just too tight in there for a moderately large person. so I looked at...

good morning all a chilly 41 in Quakertown PA going up to low 50's today and much colder tonight. Winter has not yet left... rv stayed warm with one electric heater on high so coffee pot dinged and time to wake up I expect to head home around 9am. great moon pic Ron

Old man lies in bed with wife sleeping tree falls down and kills her, knocks him out of bed one more reason they are called widowmakers of course you could say that about a tall extension ladder too... Almost all the trees in these woods are tall and straight, not a lot of arms on them. If...

3 hour school board meeting by zoom, definitely put my needle on E hope you all have a good evening now i know why this campground is so quiet, there are no people here. Lots of full time rvs but no transients at all. I wonder why

I never threw a code for anything, I think.

I absolutely agree, just quoting I wonder if they meant circumference it looks like a two to three footer in that pic update I went out and measured average tree 30" some bigger ones 42" a few larger, but mostly straight and tall 42 near me has a worrisome crotch in it

this is a lesson that will stick with me will now have to start planning based on night winds too these rvs are built with matchsticks and glue zero requirements for strength other than not falling apart in the wind. My rv allegedly has a solid fiberglass roof; hoping that might be a little...

94 inch diameter tree, just missed her husband unimaginable A 69-year-old Bensalem woman died Saturday after a large tree fell onto the RV camper she was sleeping in at an Upper Bucks campground. The Bucks County Coroner's Office identified the woman as Cynthia Cousins. An autopsy found she...

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/southeastern-pa/central-bucks-county/one-person-dead-after-tree-falls-on-rv-in-milford-township-campground/article_3850b204-ffee-11ee-8024-871778a05bdf.html just found out about this this same campground whoaaaaaa sure not staying here in a storm looks like it...

up up and away nice farm country around here somewhere in one of these pics is Quakertown airport, thankfully far enough away drone did not alert me

Frits, just think of all the stuff you can pile on 14 feet of stainless table. Nice to have room for longer projects went for walk all around campground and found a place to send up drone later today. Property next door is where a large hot air ballon company works out of and I might get...

Buppies, hope you are feeling good this morning and that all things go well

I had the same wonky 3 pt hydraulic issue on my 4707. Truly had a mind of its own at times. I fiddled with the draft lever, fiddled with everything, really surprised four + years later this model is still having issues. Maybe it's operator error, but they sure need to make this more intuitive...

good morning all 49 in Quakertown PA going up to low 60's in rain showers this morning. Too bad it's cloudy out, supposed to be a pink moon this week, would look cool coming through all the trees here, which have not leafed out yet up too early, but woke up wide awake and feeling good. enjoying...

geez I hope I didn't get you sick David, but wind is blowing the other way....feel better soon. You must be really tired at this point. At least I hope you got good news about your LS. safe and sound in Quakerwoods campground above Quakertown PA, and what a rip, no discounts for Quakers...;)...

https://www.lappstructures.com/shed-styles/amish-built-greenhouse/ on the way to the campground this afternoon will stop in at this Amish shed place not far from campground and will look at greenhouses they have

good morning all feeling better this morning, still a little weak and sweaty after hot shower but otherwise much better. woke up to see red flash outside poor pic through window screen but red fox came to visit frost last night took out everything that wasn't already frozen. Oh well at least...

Buckeye, you sure are a good father

did some food shopping, came home and mowed the lawn that wore me out, time for a nap very nice day out today RNG, nice to have a friendly neighbor with a hoist! I bet you have moved a lot of stuff a glass of sugary gingerale and a couple of prescribed cortisone pills and I felt 100 percent...

don't sign. the days of fat fees are over, negotiate, it's all your money.... what's almost humorous is she is asking for more than the normal 3% for her share if someone else brings the buyer. quick visit with doc, he said next time I'm sick don't come in, telehealth call. Ok. He's not a...

good morning all 31 degrees out and frost, not going to be a good thing for garden very tired this morning,probably from being in bed for two days, at least less nauseous. have doc appt at 8am so have to get moving for that, guess I'd better wear a mask. I'm not sure what I have but stomach bug...

they do, some folks will eat anything... feeling better, less dizzy. Staying in bed reading my book, trying to eat bland stuff. probably could use the chill time anyway and I've lost four pounds.

a little better, this is going to take another day, most of it in bed shad is the worst fish in the world to eat, competes with carp oily, strong and just full of bones Frenchtown NJ is a lovely small river town with some nice shops

good morning all up most of the night, pretty exhausted but feel better kept some food down but still weak and shaky. Cancelled my appointment at old homestead today, will reschedule thanks for well wishes

thanks to all. doc said it was likely GI bug, gosh you sure don't feel good, very dizzy. brewed some ginger tea which is helping. was told it would be gone likely tomorrow. headed back to bed good thing. I've been invited over my old family farm Sunday afternoon and now I'm told multiple...

not a good morning woke up awfully sick, no fever and neg for alligators, but geez, sweats, chills, diarrhea, constant nausea back to bed didn't someone else just have this? oh well, I rarely get sick, my turn

oh happy days my weedeaters/landscapers want my greenhouse and will take it back with them after dissasembling next week. Now I can get serious about a nicer one. The ones built by the Lapps in Quakertown comes on a sturdy frame, so I can move it if I have to. Funny, I'm taking rv to...

good morning all 46 going up to 60 today in clouds geez five nights in the 30's in ten day, not going to be good for the veggies. no wonder Burpee does not send out tomatoes to first week in May. hope everyone wakes up feeling good this morning. Dennis, that lot is lovely. Bottom line is...

the pics coming in from the indonesian Ruang volcano eruption are very cool they had to evacuate all 800 residents off this tiny island and took them to island next door, where stuff is still coming down on their heads. what a view to watch across the water

is that Indian lore Buppies? very cool btw, I told you about that vision I had where my wife came to see me six years after she had died. granted I was in hospital and on good meds. But I think that's what let the vision come through. So I'm warming to the idea there is a spirit world, and...

3 years of South Florida showed me what tropical weather is like, and pretty likely it is coming North more and more. South Florida can have crazy lightning too. Just not used to that further North. all that heat just makes things fizz and pop yes, right about now is the best time. on the NC...

doesn't here now either one likely disappeared minutes later over my pay scale

the rain may be coming in for us but not like in Dubai something pretty crazy happening there in the desert, they just got a year's rain in 12 hours, one place got ten inches. Simply unheard of, never happened in recorded history. looks like storm water management was not high on their high end...

when I bought my town's Radio Shack, the old guy who had it used to be a tv repair guy. He had more outdated electronic junk in boxes and thought he should get retail for them. Uh, no.... So I put a lot of stuff, electronic components, outdated small parts, in boxes and said ten bucks for...

good morning all 53 out now with showers coming in, likely high temp of the day, will be cloudy need to wake up before I make my list of to do's. site glitched on me this morning, seems almost every day it gives me a "can't find that". I pushed the trimming mower yesterday for a bit, mostly...

well said coffeedrinker. I was not referring to JD's Quick Hitch, which I think is proprietary to their subcompacts and compacts. I thought their "regular" hitch for larger tractors was the one that seemed simpler, smaller and tougher. but then I haven't run a Deere since the B I grew up with...

RS, at my home near here before I went to NC I had one of those cold frame setups on my rear deck and it worked great. It did blow over once so keep lots of weight down low.

100 year payoff a tad long David, silly to even quote stuff like that good trip to TSC, got the last propane bottle filled, and then bought two blue hydrangea bushes, tiny things not sure one is alive..., and some other annuals they had out in parking lot. Bonnie veggies are five dollars a...

thanks I got through about 50 and then went to the end... lot of heresay, though if they stopped advertising here, clearly they are having problems. Or are no longer. I tried to open some of the newspaper articles and they require you to sign up. No.

never got outside. Just got off phone with guy who owns the farm I grew up on. He bought it four years ago and is just now moving from Colorado to here, having spent millions more on renovating the outbuildings. Primary house is 12,000 sf Tara built by prior owner built swimming pool used to...

maybe already had the box of 30 from HF? your junk is my treasure functional stuff for sure should not be thrown away

that's a great idea Don so you don't wreck the normal chain saw chain in the dirt. Popgadget, your azaleas are going to pop soon, should be gorgeous, mine are just starting but much thinner than yours. great pics Ken, your TLB is like a swiss army knife. time to get moving time to suck up...

Eddie, thankfully my earlier 4707 had zero a/c problems and in hot sticky NC summers only had to go to second fan position. you sure don't want water leaks where you can't see them. That isn't going to end well. often issue is just chaff/dirt/bugs clogging up a drain hole, happens in rv's too...

now what tractor would be complete without a bring me a beer button? (y)

Ron, what is that horn/siren?? attached to top of FEL controls? nice looking tractor

good morning all looks like our nice warm weather has left, more seasonable for next week I got worried at 4am and went out and brought in a flower planter from outside, the one built for a Mother's Day present. Would not be good if I froze it now before the gift... So I've been up for...

gosh I sure didn't know that. ???? will search on this thanks

needed to come in and sit. got the greenhouse completely cleaned out, now I have to figure out what to do with it. then a friend came by with another super talkative friend from Vermont I've never met and we talked cars and rvs, so not hard to do. He was about to pick up his first rv. I...

had to look up the Pedernales River TwoBit not very big river, but pretty so you are in the Texas hill country since the water flows East. River named after shale rocks found in riverbed.

yes, current ones built in Brazil in similar all new high tech factory AGCO built there mine was a 2019 mine came equipped with 34 inch Trelleborg radials which they later downsized to 30 or 32 I think. 34's were sized for 100hp variant but I guess when they built mine that's what they had...

I have read a discussion that the oem JD quick attach is simpler in design and more importantly, weighs less. The less the hitch weighs, the more lift capacity you have. Plus the SSQA sticks out a little further?? thankfully easy to compare lift capacity of comparable units regardless of what...

this is a really interesting discussion, let's not wreck it with personal attacks please or maybe it's just all talked out? I wish I lived closer to Messicks, about two hours West of me, and then I'd chose between Kubota and New Holland. Maybe it's a PA thing...but New Holland is here. Though...

good morning all Scaredy, always good to hear from you. good outcome on the tractor. Ron and Scott, thanks. Trying to be very careful with what I eat, maybe I'll lose a few needed pounds... but it's starting to throb so I might indulge in a little white pill this morning. At least it's on...

coffeedrinker, when this forum started, I think it was primarily Kubota. This is primarily a site for hobby farmers. few tractors here have gps...

Kubota tractors are notorious for crappy standard seats, and only in recent years have they upped their game and offered better seats on smaller tractors. When I went from an L5740 to a Massey 70hp full size utility tractor, the jump in comfort was simply enormous. I thought I had died and gone...

with a mighty crack, out came my tooth. not so bad, though when numbing wears off. went to supermarket and got some soft food for a few days. just have to remember to chew on other side. looking forward to planting the plants and shrubs I bought this morning. getting nicely warm outside, on...

went plant shopping at Bountiful Acres today, they don't have any warmer veggies in yet, but did get some kale and cabbage plants. plus two more willow shrubs for the back yard, trying to assist mother nature in draining Lake Drew. now to read my book for an hour and then head to dentist...

JD usually do not come standard with quick attach skid steer compatibility. They have their own simpler setup, which weighs less, a good thing on a small tractor grapple, but you have to buy Frontier green implements to work with that setup. I think many JD's have converted over to SSQA format...

that hour figure seems a little low. Do the maintenance, replace the hoses, belts, tires, etc and just keep on going. properly maintained diesel engine will last a very long time, commercial farmers run 10k. at 100 hours per year for hobby tractor, I bet you could go fifty years. There are some...

RS, I am very pleased with my raised beds. What is extra helpful is having them sized for hoop frames from side to side, so you can cover the whole thing if desired. My next door neighbor's farm, whose wife is in the local gardening club, has beautiful raised gardens with those hoops, saw that...

good morning all some of you guys are up too early.... should be a nice warm day today, high in upper 70's. unfortunately my day is consumed by having my molar pulled out this afternoon. This morning going to work on thinning out the lettuce. not sure the beans and cukes will make it, they...

second flower planter built, went easily, used lots of glue this time. 4100 steps, big day for me ready for the glue factory gorgeous weather out, but my eyes are itching, headed to shower to clean it all off

after my brother's grandson built his planter of daisies for Mothers day, I got to work on the lawn. First weedeating, then pushing electric trim mower, then riding mower. in between got the riding mower all greased, lawn still wet in spots came in and had to sit, have some lunch, think I'm...

some folks think the only way to have a real Philly cheese steak is to use Velveeta. how they can call that liquid plastic cheese is amazing. Cheese product? good morning all slept like a rock, amazed to wake up and see light streaming through the windows. Scott, have fun in Florida. Kyle...

windy windy here too Popgadget, you can surely depend upon that bottle opener never wearing out. built to last

1.05 inches of rain and I think the veggies are drowning and seriously unhappy at 45 degrees. I may go sink some bean seeds down next to the plants already in, hedge my bets Rip glad your daughter is plugged in and warm. when covid was in full force and I had finally gotten out of the hospital...

Phil should be completing something absolutely amazing by now if he learns how to hand carve, we'll be seeing little tractors on his bowls...

good morning all cooler windy morning, 47 going to 57 today with rain this morning. lots of wind today, blustery. Buppies, you had me looking at weather report, geez four nights in low 40's ahead, at least not 30's. quiet day planned, then dinner tonight with 10 other gardeners for the small...

some trucker in Texas was having a bad day this morning apparently intentionally drove his 18 wheeler loaded with rebar into the Dept Public Safety building in Denham. Hurt a bunch of people doing it. sure hope he isn't driving anytime soon criminal act says the sheriff. might not be a good...

am watching the radar and another batch of rain due in, currently over RS and Ohio and heading East Buffet on the Beach! How much better can it get! a long time ago,, driving my brother's 1962 red corvette convertible through Seaside Heights NJ with the top down and Beach Boys blasting from...

friend of mine said his son was very happy with this remote propane monitor for his mountain cabin so I ordered the two pack. One for tank in rv and other for propane tank for home gen. Two that are out of sight but very important. not overly worried about running out on the barbecue. I always...

El Nino is apparently turning into La Nina, representing a periodic cooling of waters in Pacific expected result is warmer weather for central and Eastern US. this is good news for some South American cities that are running out of water, apparently La Nina brings them wetter weather. the real...

good morning all surprisingly warm this morning, about 64 which will be the high of the day, with temps dropping into 40's tonight. .65 rain so far, some showers continuing this morning. I'm off to pick up school board friend and we are off to breakfast together. local place has a ground lamb...

got most of the flower gardens planted as well as marigolds between bush beans. Beans and cukes loving this sun but I think soil is still a little cold for them. still have to thin the lettuce. I hate to throw the extras away, will try to plant them somewhere.

If I were closer to Messicks here in PA, I might consider New Holland. so many of these tractors are just rebranded something else. I can't imagine John Deere being as successful as it has been if it didn't partner with Yanmar to make so much of their equipment. Yanmar considered to have...

OJ Simpson from cancer no loss for the murderer

i think it only breaks down at 100,000 hours... just kidding how often do you change the hydraulic filter? now they apparently have a smaller micron rating and using a motor oil filter would not be the best. i think a lot depends upon the environment. A clean warehouse or living outside could...

https://www.1300starpickets.com.au/products/10-x-star-pickets-black-300mm Wagtail had me looking up what a star picket is learn something new every day Popgadget, you need another ten feet in that workshop, bet you never thought you would fill it up so much when you built it. best part is that...

good morning all what a nice day yesterday was, got a lot done, enjoyed planting my flowers all over the place today will be warm with rain coming in later Ron, you are ahead of me. I have two loads of wash to do this morning. not much planned for today other than a little weedeating and...

got a lot of plants planted, then took off lawn vac, put it away, which required moving half the stuff out of the garage, and then mowed the lawn. That one spot is so thick I had to raise the mower all the way up first pass. otherwise what a wet mess. Got it done after sliming up the mower. I...

Mostly, you keeping dry? quite the flood east of you in East Texas, Kirbyville currently making headlines got a lot of flowers planted, both bought and my own, very pleased with how it looks, and now to mow the lawn. if I still have any energy after that, always more flowers to plant I need to...

not a heat pump but maybe same circuit. I didn't go right from heat to cool. Heat had been off for hours. I just went to cool, it tried and then quit pretty sure you're right, this is not a smart thermostat

back home with my sanity and wallet intact oral surgeon apologized for his staff not giving me a range yesterday, and yes she was by herself with the other girl out. I'm pretty sure my dentist called him (just down the road) after work yesterday and put the arm on him. so, drum roll...

Glacier National Park is ALL the way up there. too far for my trip but one of the nation's most beautiful areas I'm going to spend a fair amount of time in the badlands but will not get to most of the Utah parks. hope the final leg of her trip goes well Rip. quite the adventure

homework done let's see what he quotes this morning.... I'm guessing 1000 bucks Simple extraction Simple extractions are generally the cheapest extraction procedure, ranging from $75 to $250 per tooth. Simple extractions are the easiest to perform. If a tooth is fully erupted and not impacted...

good morning all very warm this morning, 51 going up to 70 in clouds. I'm off to oral surgeon this morning. Groan. now for yesterday's post: it was so nice out, and we have more wet weather coming later this week I went back out and planted some more. Got four kinds of zinnias planted in back...

I thought John Deere lost the class action suit on right to repair and had to open up more. maybe they appealed..............

RS, looking good. just finished planting the green beans and the cukes. gorgeous day outside. tried to post pics from phone but they were greyed out and kept giving me a fail on does not recognize format of jpeg. un huh will just go take a pic with regular camera, I don't have the energy to...

got home and it was 99 in greenhouse in the sun, yikes, opened it all up to cool off. much too long dealer visit this morning, but they are very nice. Volvo sales said things were slow. I've bought three cars from them over 40 years, pretty reliable folks. I just wish Volvo made a larger suv so...

Burpee just emailed a confirmation that my little Fignomenal Fig tree has shipped, which I will put in a big outdoor pot, and hopefully be able to drag inside for the winter. Maybe...let's see how big it gets. I really am not a fig person, though always liked fig newtons as a kid. As usual...

good morning all wow the heat is on, high in upper 70's today. After getting car inspected, coming home to plant bush beans and work on flowers on a beautiful day. First I'm going to get on phone and call other oral surgeons locally since my primary dentist never called back. i would sure...

seemed like a nonevent here, glad Ken took that pic so I can see what I missed. pretty cloudy out went to dentist, tooth has to be pulled, went to oral surgeon down the street, unpleasant woman behind desk refused to tell me the cost of pulling a tooth, just that the first visit was...

my primary doc is a small stature man with not an ounce of fat on him. My endocrinologist and oncologist are both tall and thin. I worry they think I'm a fat slob with no willpower. When I see my primary in two weeks, will ask him to try hard to get me approved for Mounjaro or similar. At 6.0...

good morning Buppies. You just keep sending that heat up and over this way 70 is a wondrous thing...

I'd give that gen a pat on the head (y) since diesel loses performance after three years, you want to burn up some of that fuel anyway. I had a 250 gallon diesel tank on my NC farm and I ran out every March. So I always had fresh fuel. Plus I had a 500 gal propane tank for Generac. fuel...

I did not watch the game but am enjoying the photos taken this morning. this was my favorite, captures a lot of emotion and hints at SC overpowering Iowa. I bet she wasn't used to getting her shots blocked

good morning all cold out 33, going up to 60 today in nice weather with some clouds. busy morning planned, visits with landlady and another friend today, both getting trays of flowers, and in between, visit to dentist. Rear molar not responding to penicillin very well, mouth is sore and just...

Rusty, do you have a system/SOP for turning the unit off to do inspections, like check the oil level? does your unit have any issues with wet stacking under very light load? It's sure getting a good workout, probably best thing for that diesel. It was born to work. and I am curious, under...

good morning all should be a nice day, starting off around 38 going up to high 50's today. quiet morning, then off to have brunch with friends in Lederach (other side of Harleysville) and take them their flat of flowers. pretty sure my first batch of veggies got frozen. They are covered but...

twobit, take a small bubble level with you and make sure he gets you straight.... and for the straight and narrow, guess you'd better take a ruler setting you straight implies you are crooked. Yup. Sounds like fun. :giggle:

good morning Buppies cold winds out of the NW today will make the day feel much colder at least the sky is blue possibilities are endless let's make the most of them though some days can feel like the treadmill when the angle has been set all the way high. nothing goes easily crank that angle...

RS, you better get some glasses no corneal damage on Monday perhaps you could get a live cam, put it on you tube, and make millions selling the eclipse "live" reporting in live from his strawberry patch, we will have a live report from our Ohio TBN reporter...

my brother in VA will see about a 90 percent blockage in the eclipse, Buppies guessing you will be a point or two higher, further West you go darker it will get. what a great couple of weeks for a science teacher. Earthquakes and eclipses. I wonder how many gazillion sets of eclipse sun glasses...

good morning all 38 going up to low 50's today, should be a nice day after picking up brother and his wife at train station this morning, then will start delivering flats of flowers am really looking forward to next week when temps rise. woke up with sore molar feeling fine. took a sip of hot...

I heard a great quote about the quake that was exactly my experience some lady said it felt like her laundry was out of balance and it was shaking, but the whole house. That was my first thought when I heard it mixed with giant helicopters overhead. makes you wonder how old iron gas connections...

RUMBLE RUMBLE that was sure interesting thought it was a fleet of heavy lift choppers going right over house, but the noise was too low, like a deep grumble. earthquake went right up Delaware River and I'm only a couple miles away I went outside, saw nothing, oh well we don't get them often...

Rip, that tile work was looking good more pics please

good morning all up too early, enjoying first cup of coffee 38 out going up to 48, first dry day in a while I wish this tooth did not hurt, hot coffee on it is not pleasant at all this too shall pass Ron, at our age to buy a spare MM mower is a positive thing. now you will have two well...

drive safely Lou I bet your seat warmers are on

a mud volcano is a wonderful visual Rip. hope your daughter has a totally safe trip. I know you will not relax til she gets there. and since I'm headed that way in four months my existing concerns over wind remain. slow and steady slow and steady...

good morning all what a rainstorm this has been, 4.10 showing on gauge this morning. apparently a little more this afternoon, then finally a slow warming up and I see a 70 in the forecast. Dennis, sorry for this headache. If the other guy was hurt at all, I'd definitely get counsel as David...

3.70 inches of rain and still coming down. back yard once again a lake and thunder boomers for a little while lady from gardening club coming over at noon tomorrow to pick up three flats of flowers for the school. will be helpful to make more room so I can spread growing plants out more. In...

yikes Mother Nature is working you hard Thomas pace yourself and be careful I was watching radar earlier and it was green where you are but freezing to the West, looks like that is moving over and catching this rain heading North. Definitely a NorEaster, second part of this system scooping up...

good morning all rain, rain, rain 2.22 inches so far and I bet Lake Drew is about ready for a small bass boat... no plans for today, will try to get something accomplished inside Buppies, Mostly and all others recovering, hope your morning is much better. lot of power still out in...

Sorry Dennis, hope your son is ok sure are the calls you don't want to get

that's where I intended to stay for a couple of nights, thanks

hah, funny, I did, it looked nice, quite a system of campgrounds around that lake

Buckeye, my long pole pruner is a Fiskars and it works beautifully. spent the last few hours watching rain come down, and making rv reservations. Good thing I started on this. Getting reservations over Labor Day is a challenge. Three places I had arranged all wanted three day minimums so I...

will be quite a party for the end of days folks and the tin foil hatters. for the rest of us, it's a lesson in astronomy. good thing Mr Moon moves out of the way we need our sun back RS, get your glasses quick. It's going right over you. https://nationaleclipse.com/maps.html

Don, do you have a total eclipse today after lunch? Looks like "totality" line goes right through Austin. That should be interesting must be interesting out driving and have it turn into night

good morning all but a very wet one, for days now. .54 inches yesterday, two or three more inches over next two days. sure hope my sump pump keeps pumping, it runs a lot Mostly, hope you got to sleep last night. Next few days won't be much fun but hope you heal quickly. and for sure get some...

if I'm getting three inches of rain, that's a lot of snow up North...sorry guys. This must be the time of year when seat time pushing snow might be losing its appeal. do you remember all of us worrying about Roy going out in this weather, with his bad leg, bad heart, etc. may he RIP in the cab...

good morning all Ron, my coffee tastes pretty good this morning too (y) RS, good score on that plant. Unless your wife has always complained of taste, I'd be careful when taste goes away, might be a canary in mine? or maybe it's time for a trip to the hot sauce store. that beef looks good...

I was reminded that a two cubic foot bag of mulch/soil is mighty heavy when it gets wet. picked up two 2 cf bags of Miracle Grow potting mix at TSC near Popgadget, two for 25, normally 17 apiece for the big bags, so a good deal. I struggled to get it in cart, almost fell over, young guy asked...

Ken, how's your son's driving? clouding up but warming up, raked the flower beds and the yard, planted some grass seed, might make a run to TSC since they are open today. I'm wondering if the one in Ringoes NJ is the same distance as the two on this side of the river. all of them have plants...

Ron, your ducks are gorgeous the range of colors is wonderful cute feet too... the animal kingdom is much more colorful than us humans. We have to put clothes on to be colorful and we show off with those colorful clothes just like the ducks do with their colorful feathers

Good morning all and Happy Easter. hope everyone gets a chance to be with family and have a good day. Will be having dinner at brother's but nothing else planned for today. a warm 61 today, lot of rain in forecast later this week, weather slowly warming up to 70 next weekend. I'm ready.

had fun this morning planting cukes and a lone bush bean. testing the first batch, lots more growing, likely I'll freeze this but who knows. couple of nights I might lay some insulating cloth down over top of them. raised planter I built yesterday turned out nicely. I lined it with landscape...

good morning all should be a nice day until rain comes in, and will rain through tonight. I have a few errands to run this morning RS, good info on the amaryllis. I have five in the basement, thinking maybe I should up pot like you have. I rarely get them to come back. I hope to have a quiet...

out to the gardens I've already gone and planted six hellebores that landlady gave me, more in the clumps than I thought. So that lead to raking and cleaning up the beds. think I'll head out shortly to go pick up some hanging baskets. I hope in another month I can make my own, have some...

Pretty sure this is a tool for production farming, not us hobby farmers who are always looking for more seat time. automation and gps mapped field software is standard above a certain point in big tractors. so stands to reason anything labor intensive on a farm is going to be looked at to...

good morning all looks like a really nice day today, sunny and high around 55 I have no big plans for today but a small freestanding wood planter came in late yesterday so that is going to get built this morning. Landlady sent her helper back over to my house with two big lenten roses he dug up...

Messicks has released a video talking about impact of Baltimore port closure, and so have lots of other folks. Messicks says what is on hand has them ready for the Spring planting and they don't see any near term issues. But apparently a huge amount of agricultural stuff comes through that port...

funny, here's Wagtail way out of our time zone...and I've been thinking about time zones for my trip. Never been through so many consecutively. Will have to reset my watch a lot. And I'm getting there an hour earlier than planned. Since some campgrounds charge you a lot if you get there...

the ship that hit the Baltimore bridge weighed 213 million pounds. that's almost hard to fathom I bet when they rebuild that bridge they improve the "fenders" around the piers. this bridge was built before these super heavy ships were designed, and there were some issues of width needed to get...

good morning all half an inch of rain and system is still coming up the East coast today, more light rain, then clearing out later today. was able to leave the electric heat on high setting in greenhouse and it stayed a balmy 80 degrees in there. headed out soon to turn it down to low. I'm...

that's a much larger tractor, compare the two pics odd Tractor Data says hydro one of four available transmissions

I scored some fine tractor pics this morning. met neighboring farm owner in grocery store this morning, he invited me over for a tour of his farm, which he mostly rents out to a real farmer with a CSA there. Mostly old JD tractors, nothing fancy about this place. No new Kubotas here... so we...

looks like our modern lifestyle, food, obesity, etc etc is pretty hard on our gut my wife died of colorectal cancer so this is of interest to me, and actually for all of us we certainly don't want an "upheaval in our microbiome"... More granular data on this uptick published last year in...

good morning all 51 degrees today with light rain starting soon and continuing for next two days I have a 15% off grocery coupon to make use of, will go shopping this morning is it me or are there a lot more ads showing up all over the page, top side and bottom?.................... Ron, you...

yeah, they weren't backing out of that one I know that structural strength comes from many things but I would feel better, sort of, if only one span of that bridge fell down. there may not be an inadequacy here but it sure didn't show sectional integrity. Particularly for a bridge that has...

just spent two hours trimming trees, good exercise, shirt is soaked. burning any wood creates carcinogens. Burning painted wood just makes it worse dilution is the solution, if you out in the middle of nowhere, it's a silly restriction. lots of other rules too I'm sure, you won't be burning...

one of the big questions is why the whole bridge went down instead of just one part. they have big stone pilings at the bottom of those bridge supports, but clearly not enough. the opening for deep draft vessels is in the middle of the river. seriously bad seamanship or a steering failure or...

ship was outbound fully loaded I've gone under that bridge a dozen times with my boat if you thought rt 95 traffic was bad, wait til this hits this morning and this hugely busy bridge traffic is diverted. Plus this was the bridge you took to avoid the tunnels. Now this may push folks back...

the video of that bridge falling is scary and I was on that bridge last year in my rv fully loaded freighter so heavy it knocked bridge down like erector set

nice to see no more freezing temps in ten day forecast. I checked the greenhouse thermometer last night several times, expected tank to run out. 31 outside going up to 50 today in clouds, then rain for next several days. But warmer. will be a busy morning, landlady sending helper over to help...

good morning all Whoa.....what news this morning, one of the main bridges in Baltimore harbor knocked down by a huge ship. I went over that bridge in the rv last year... news will be coming out if there were any vehicles lost on the bridge; they said multiple people in water. I think that...

having a cup of coffee, happy to stay off my sore foot, and doing some trip fine tuning. I have a question for our Texans how bad is driving through the center of Houston on Route 10 at 11 in the morning? I'm headed East to Crystal Beach and really wondering if I want to drive through center...

that was a lot of snow Thomas. 54 and sunny, just lovely out and boy am I tired. 4900 steps feels like 49,000 lawn mower oil and filter changed at 90 hours, out goes JD dino oil and in goes full synthetic Pennzoil 10-30. 23hp Kawasaki with a convenient drain hose. Ran mower around yard for...

partially I assume a liability issue that part of tire flexes more, might be more prone to losing plug.

nice moon pic Buppies. If you zoom in you are reminded how bright the moon is. Considering it has no light of its own, and all that light is reflected, also reminds you how powerful our sun is. When the afternoon sun has come through the kitchen window over the sink and the metal sink is warm...

good morning all should be a nice sunny day in the low 50's today, pretty much that way all week. today I will likely fire up the lawn mower primarily to suck up last of leaves and some onion grass. though it might be still too wet in the back. will need to do a service on the mower first...

software assigns that letter, doesn't mean anything and I found two Cs which really makes no sense Cool Sunshine RV park Alamosa CO but I think you meant Colorado Landing RV park in La Grange my stops so far in Texas will be Quanah (off 287) Valley View (just above Ray Roberts Lake) Alvarado...

my day is now booked. school garden club ladies coming at noon, another board member coming late in afternoon. Moon flowers are flying out of here. speaking of the moon.... big big bright moon last night surprised Ron hasn't taken a pic of it yet. never know if the guy up there moves

thanks Newbury, that's the one I bought the 3 pack 2 in the house, to check different circuits, one in rv need six? down to 3 bucks stocking stuffer for your mechanical friends?

128 on the gauge for a while this morning I wonder why the high voltage dropped by time I got the camera usually around 124 one of my favorite gizmos confirms power is on and how much versus seeing 112 to 116 in the rv if I turn an electric heater on low. Drops to 110 on high, likely not to...

good morning all 30 out going to 50 in full sun today, should be nice. might have some more folks coming over to get flowers, BIL and his wife came last night and picked out a whole tray. And since they have a greenhouse of sorts, they took their flowers home with them. I will move all the...

looks you got all the precip I got, three inches of rain at seven inches of snow per inch: 21 inches

rain about to stop, 3.04 inches neighbor stopped in, they had seen Lake Drew from their house and were worried I was flooding. nice of him to stop by. worked on my rv trip planning for several hours. now thinking about where I want to go weekend after next. Opening season for most places. Will...

got home to find Lake Drew in fine form. 1.55 inches so far, very heavy rain right now got my friend's light switches installed, that was easy and got fed a nice muffin for my troubles. Rip, hope your power came back on

just watched a show on class action suits being filed against Dollar General for deceptive pricing. Three states are involved and it appears to be spreading. These stores are specifically situated to provide to the lowest income households and they are apparently often ripped off. What it says...

I was wondering what a duck omelette would taste like...? all you guys up North be careful, don't get hurt in this but get some quality seat time

https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/taxi-and-takeoff-20240318142639477.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill/f_webp after the Russians blew up the Antonov 225, only matter of time before someone built another. Consortium of wind turbine manufacturers want a huge new plane to deliver their new larger...

good morning all just the opposite of turkeys, look how pretty those ducks are! heavy rain this morning, two to three inches predicted 41 going to 49 with rain ending later today I'm headed over to a friend's later this morning to fix those light switches I mentioned. glad that's not snow...

when you think about what a buzzard eats, road kill a specialty, I bet they taste absolutely awful but for a big eagle Bob the buzzard would taste yummy speaking of yummy, found some salmon on sale for 8.99 a pound today, forced myself to buy it even though not my favorite fish. But it really...

of course it is how could anyone think otherwise ;) :giggle:

and that didn't tell us what we wanted, since built in software autoreplaces it with ****** I had to chuckle, have to be careful using the word mostly since we have our own Mostly. I did see where Ken posted the same kind of thing in his internal email, lighting up the IT desk. we must have...

for sure I think we did that well with the alligators most importantly, just be nice hmmmm makes me want to test the system, must be the devil in me... let's see if the little yellow light goes on. balls terrorist gun karen world is flat immigration vaccine peace breast God Allah let's see how...

thomas, that's a lot of snow, but then they said we were getting a lot of rain so coming at you. hope it doesn't damage your trees. trees are starting to bud here and glad only rain. reminds me I need to pick some things up off floor in garage, like my cordless battery chargers. I charge them...

good morning all nippy out, 24 degrees going up near 50 today, with heavy rain coming in tonight Ron, turkeys and buzzards are some of the ugliest birds out there, they definitely got the short end on looks. and almost tastes like chicken!... no plans for today, will see what arrives...

folks driving over the Walt Whitman bridge today in Philadelphia sure got a treat. They moved the USS New Jersey from its birth on the Camden side of the River, down under the Whitman Bridge, around Horseshoe Curve and down to the Philadelphia Naval Yard. old boating ground for me, taking folks...

nice install Scott. Anything that gets EMS to read your address easier is a great idea. that's a nice looking light I have two motion activated solar lights outside my front door, and two all night long solar lights on the walkway and out on the driveway. They work remarkably well for such...

2 1/2 inches of rain now predicted for Saturday, a weekend washout for sure. if that's snow up North, well, hope not

Frits, a new Tormek knife sharpener? I'd be in the kitchen trying it out. or perhaps for sharpening your hand adze?.... super sharp knives are really a joy in the kitchen. I throw everything in dishwasher which isn't good for them but don't mind the occasional swipe on a sharpener.

not to worry Scott, I guess the word CBD is on some list. stuff works wonders rubbing into my sore knuckles on hands and wrists doesn't last long, not much does sun is coming up to a bright blue sky. My lenten roses outside the front door are not happy from last night's cold. Since tonight is...

a late good morning all mighty cold this morning, thermometer said 21 out though Wunderground says warmer just poking along, nothing planned for today, nice to conserve energy. I put one of the remote thermometers in the rv and left a heater in there on low. Says 42 in there, should be good...

had a nice lunch at Irish restaurant in town, had lamb stew which was good. all the plants are now inside and the heat turned off in greenhouse. Did turn the heat on in the rv, 22 will be a little cold for the plumbing in there without some heat. rain showers and gusty winds coming in this...

the one that says Scott has a lot to wax on his truck. ????? is someone anti plant? it's still there, and it does say it's invisible to others. just lurking on top that message. I wonder if I've been swatted. this message is awaiting moderator approval. there was zero political here, I wonder...

thanks for info RNG Plowhog, sorry your cabin got busted a little. be safe fixing it. Buppies, glad you slept well, always gives one better energy.

why would I be flagged for the above message saying awaiting moderator approval?

Scott, lot of sheet metal on those big trucks isn't there...at least most of it is flat I've been studying the weather forecast and it's not good. Cold front comes in later today and tonight down to 28, but tomorrow night down to 22. Instead of worrying about the plants, I'm going to bring...

Scootr, that almost looks like silage, wonder if you could bail it and feed it to livestock?

good morning all Bill glad that's your snow and not here had brother call me this morning and leave message on answering machine, thankfully it worked. ordered holder for Ipad to mount it in rv, but yes Mostly I think I read I could go offline to work on the Garmin route. it was something new...

yes, make phone a hotspot. I've had that hockey puck for 15 years. always been reliable when the phone sometimes was not with 5g now, which I also have on my other mifi unit, eliminating that ten dollar charge would be smart. but I wasn't that smart today, though I did have the box for it. my...

the call goes through, my recorded message plays, but it then immediately disconnects them. So the machine engages but won't get beyond announce mode The old machine worked after I got FIOS. I think... so the answer Ken is I don't know, but I prefer my own machine, not their online recorder...

Thanks, I went in with the carrot vs the stick, 50 year customer, here were my original expectations, how can we fix this to meet them. And he did a reasonable job at it. Too bad they aren't a company store despite huge Verizon sign outside. lot of running around, glad to be home, food...