Good morning!!!!

[jbrumberg]

Ted- I thought of this article when I thought you trimmed your own curtains:

For one's personal safety: FWIW/FYI/PSA from the British Medical Journal: https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/281/6232/26.1.full.pdf

Please be careful vacuuming in the buff or wearing a loose fitting robe

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Ted- I thought of this article when I thought you trimmed your own curtains:

For one's personal safety: FWIW/FYI/PSA from the British Medical Journal: https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/281/6232/26.1.full.pdf

Please be careful vacuuming in the buff or wearing a loose fitting robe

Yep, I am always careful around those things.... especially the shop vac....

 

[jbrumberg]

Yep, I am always careful around those things.... especially the shop vac....

Ted- Thanks for the laugh.

For a brief period of time I was assigned to a male admission unit at the State Hospital. I saw quite a few "interesting" male admissions; men can be a lot more "entertaining" than women

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 52, going for 88 again today. No rain yesterday, even though it was very humid (at least what we consider humid) at 40%.

Rip, I have not forgotten those "3 shirt days".... I surely do not miss that kind of humidity! Take some progress pics of the porch.... it will be a nice project to take it back to original farmhouse style.

Kyle, I hope your daughter gets past her depression. It is hard to watch a child battle a problem. I am sure you will help her get past it.
That electric glider sounds like it could make a great flier. Lots of stuff to consider before flying... radio, receiver, servos, batteries, balance points, I could go on and on.... that's all before you even learn to fly!

That brought back a memory of my very first RC plane, 35 years ago... I was so proud that I built the plane from scratch, everything worked as it should. In the instructions, it stated to taxi the plane around on the ground to get used to the controls. It was a simple 3 channel (rudder, elevator, and throttle). Did that quite a few times and was confident that I could manage the controls. So... finally went out to a local park area, fired it up.... all good... pushed the throttle up and she was airborne! ..... straight up.... then straight down! Whole flight lasted about 30 seconds. At least I was able to salvage the engine and electronics. Now I have planes that have 8-10 channels, drop payloads, and trail smoke.... I have come a long way!

Drew, I hope that the dealer treats you fairly. They will always low ball their offer, hopefully not too low....

Bird, glad you got the mowing done before the rain.

RNG, hope you make some headway with the van. Hopefully you will get some answers to your questions from the manufacturer.

Ended up going out on the small garden tractor and mowed some of the weeds that decided to pop up overnight... well not that fast, but they suddenly got bigger. The son, used the weedwhacker behind me. The fields have not greened / grown, so didn't have to worry about doing them. By then it was too hot to really want to get involved in anything else, so just puttered with a few small things.

Today might get back into the hobby shack project, we discussed a few changes to shelving last night. Glad I didn't get the shelves already put in.

Everyone have a great day and start to the week!

 

[rswyan]

87F already and mostly sunny @11:30. Oddly enough, WB is reporting that it "feels like" 86F ... kinda hard to imagine. High today predicted to be 92F.

Chance of storms for tomorrow has now risen to 60%.

I pretty much tried to stay out of the sun yesterday, but I was out in it for a little bit with my shirt off and can now feel just the slightest amount of sunburn.

Anything requiring much in the way of physical exertion is either going to be done in the shade, or later after it cools off.

Bird feeders likely need refilled and the trash can lid for the birdbath got washed out yesterday so I might get that set up.

Have some pallets of steel to move down to the house and some wood to cut and paint.

Probably try and find some more things to do inside where it's cool ...

Looks like there is another batch of macaroni salad in the offing ... :thumbsup:

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day.

 

[txdon]

They finally got some hair trimmers in stock and I got the last one at Target. $58.99
https://www.target.com/p/wahl-lithi...r---soft-storage-case-79600-3301/-/A-13794872

Walmart also had it for $49 but were sold out.

The Wahl manufacture site has the list price as $69.99

Amazon has it for more than twice the price, are they price gouging? $125 - $150
Wahl Lithium Pro Cordless Haircut & Touch Up Kit With Case (23 Pieces) Model# 79600-3301

 

[sodamo]

68°F and .03 inches rain

Have to make PO run thwarted by holiday.

Couple more hours to finish up flail mowing and this round will be done - for a couple days anyway.

Kyle, forgot to commend you on your video game stance. Somewhat inconceivable the industry maintains no negatives yet computer simulation training is a massive industry with just the airlines and the military.

Always happy to read the good reports.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[riptides]

...
That brought back a memory of my very first RC plane, 35 years ago... I was so proud that I built the plane from scratch, everything worked as it should. In the instructions, it stated to taxi the plane around on the ground to get used to the controls. It was a simple 3 channel (rudder, elevator, and throttle). Did that quite a few times and was confident that I could manage the controls. So... finally went out to a local park area, fired it up.... all good... pushed the throttle up and she was airborne! ..... straight up.... then straight down! Whole flight lasted about 30 seconds. At least I was able to salvage the engine and electronics. Now I have planes that have 8-10 channels, drop payloads, and trail smoke.... I have come a long way!
...

LOL.

I have the same stories. Fun times, before the buddy system it was micro-flights. I hit houses, cars, trucks, trees and dodge my own R/C more times than I could remember. One fateful flight, I "landed" in my buddies pickup truck bed. He promptly shouted "you wrecked my plane", which he had just put away. As we approached the truck, indeed, my plane "landed" perfectly in his bed, on top of his R/C, which was properly smushed.

I finally found a kit called a dura-plane. Basically a foam wing, and an aluminum channel fuselage. Darn ugly, but we finally shed our "Team Kamikaze" patches.
I still have those hanging in the tool-shed. My last flying plane is a hanger queen P-40 Warhawk.

Today, the guys up the road are flying jets. Propane systems and real micro-technology. They hit over 100mph , and usually three people are on the flight line. They are beautiful, very expensive, and to me stress inducing. LOL.

On the front porch work, I just gave up after being stung by a nest of ground bees. One in the neck, one on the leg. Funny how they were NOT there yesterday.

And the humidity is kicking up, running out of gatorade and shirts. LOL.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Oooo.... sorry to hear about the stings... ouch!

The P40 was an awesome plane. The son built a 50" span one about 10 yrs ago. He had pneumatic retract system, realistic exhaust on the cowl, 4stroke engine, etc... he went all out on it. We guestimated about 200 hrs put into it by the time it was finished. The biggest problem was then he was afraid to fly it! After about 6 months of not being able to get the nerve to fly it, he sold it for a profit....

Yes we have had some interesting crashes... always wished we had them on video. We still talk about the good ones...

 

[Bird]

They finally got some hair trimers in stock and I got the last one at Target. $58.99

Don, you left the "r" out of timers, so I added it when I couldn't figure out what a hair timer was.:laughing: Of course I've done the same kind of thing many, many times.

And my Wahl hair clippers only cost $21.96 plus tax. Of course that was a bit over 20 years ago (1/21/2000) at Walmart.:laughing: But I keep a big bottle of Wahl clipper oil on hand and give it 2 drops before each use, then blow it out with my air compressor at about 100 psi after each use. So the clippers still run and cut as good as the they did the day I bought'em. And I found that Sally Beauty Supply had a bigger bottle of the Wahl clipper oil, and at a much cheaper price, than anywhere else. I can't even remember how long ago I bought that bottle of oil.