Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Drew, practically a free man! Good news.

As Roy said, I'm using an EGO self-propelled, battery powered, electric that's pretty quiet. And of course around here all the neighbors (and us, of course) have the A/C on and doors and windows closed.:laughing: It would not only be unneighborly, but even illegal to run a gasoline powered mower before 6 a.m. When I was using a gasoline powered mower, I used to not enjoy having to wait until 6 a.m. to start, but I did.

While I was answering the last post, I remembered that it started to sprinkle rain yesterday just as I was finishing mowing, so I hurried to put the mower away without cleaning it off at all. And today, we have some clouds and it's not as hot as it has been lately. So I went out and hooked up a water hose, and gave the mower a thorough washing, blew off some the water with the air hose, but also tied the throttle wide open and let it run to get dried out before I put it away.

When I lived in the 'burbs, neighbors and I had a pact. No lawn mowing before 9am. We almost always had a few beers in my garage on Friday evenings. So, the beer kept most of us in bed until 8am.

Interesting day. Showed Dr my BP readings for the last 3 months. He liked what I showed him. But nurses test said 147/88. Went home and picked up my machine. Did BP again with there and my machine. Same readings as above. Took my BP again when I got home. 115/74. Not sure what is going on. Dr is going get back with me after blood test come back.

I like your home readings. A bit jealous of them, I am. Mine are closer to your nurses readings.

A couple of years ago I was getting my blood pressure checked quite frequently between my primary care and several specialist I was seeing,
at one of them my blood pressure was always higher then the others :confused3:
That one had a very attractive large breasted nurse and she would stand of to the side and behind with one pressed into the side of my neck
and the other into my shoulder, visiting with her always seem to bump my pressure up a bit :cool2:
And I certainly didn't mind it.

:shocked::cool2::drink: what a nice nurse. Did she give you a full hug too?

Air compressor at work saga: I told my boss (a lead engineer) and he has tasked a newby engineer to come up with some data about our actual usages. I will have to remind them, when it comes to compressors, you don't buy the one that gets you by 80% of the time, you have to buy the one that has some extra capacity during max use. Like our electric grid should be.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

RNG, the things on your mind when you lay your head on your pillow. Each man has his own.You are one heck of a troubleshooting analyst.Wifey and I just cooked up another 7 quarts of tomato/spaghetti sauce. She bought a small basil plant, and adds fresh basil leaves. It is now cooling so we can baggie it.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

This old compressor.

She didn't pump very well in this condition. The backside of the intake reeds was about .020" thick of gunk. Same for the exhaust.

The rusty piston explains why the top ring was stuck in the collapsed mode.

All this has been cleaned. Debating on cutting my own gaskets or paying $35 for some new ones. Should cost about $10 for 2 gaskets. I just remembered, we have a new laser at work.....hummm. Except I have to draw it up in cad.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 72F for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind day today, sky clouded up but no rain here, high temp was 88F, feels like 96F. Going to pass 100F temps soon, no rain in sight. Meet with some people out here, then to town for another meeting and lunch. Bike ride then nap used up afternoon.
Covid update: Cooke 68 confirmed cases, 36 active cases, Montague unchanged , Grayson 648 confirmed cases, 40 active cases
Ted nice sunset pics
Dennis tingling in feet does not sound good.
Kyle good luck with compressors, have fun with making salsa
RS got a lot done on the bird nests, thanks for nest updates
RNG my hair gets too hot in summer, grow it out in winter.
Drew sounds like you are on track, hope you get your med pricing worked out, and health and wellness coordinator working for your wellness!! praying for your farm sale.
David thanks for the clarification
Roy understand being tired of work when it is not fun!
Eric you realize that allowing you do do what you need to do was not the intent of those rules
Roy thanks for the pics
Ron hope Dr visit went well, great fawn pic. Hope weather cooperates with barn getting painted soon, Thanks for the sink tip, they encourage water saving around here.
Thomas Peanut and Butter?
Billy storms missing me as well.
Mike irrigation system working hard here, try onions (raw) on sting
Randy sorry humidity is so high with no rain. Hope cream does the job
RNG you covered a lot of ground in your check-in. Nice work picking up on not having a switched power line, good luck getting GPS tracker working
Don water melon yum
PJ hope you get some rain
catch up tomorrow hope fully.
prayers for all
stay safe and healthy

 

[rswyan]

71F and partly cloudy @ 23:00. Got a little more rain, not much more than a light sprinkle though.

Placed:

(Neighbor now has a couple head of cattle grazing, just out of frame)

Finished up the Gilwood Slot box:

Got the DRST completely disassembled, partially sanded ... should be able to finish it up tomorrow and get it set out ...

Hope everyone had a good day.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

rs, you're on a roll.

Interesting mealworm feeder. How far away from the home do you put your bird feeders/nest boxes?

RNG has his lizards doing tricks for mealworms. Next, he'll teach 'em to roll over.

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-07-08, 0317

67 right now...a bit humid too. High in the low 80's and maybe some thunderstorms
Well, vacation was great...time to go back to work...

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. A damp and misty day, outside I could make out the church tower a mile away, everything further is hidden.

Eric you realize that allowing you do do what you need to do was not the intent of those rules

:laughing: So true, I read dozens and dozens of authority documents that said not a single word about the existance of that exemption

... You might get pretty quiet (hearing safe quiet) with a .22, but no larger calibers

It will be interesting once you get the suppressor, to find out what the .300BLK sounds like when fed with sub-sonics, you may be able to hear the firing pin strike if the target is a good way off.

 

[Eric Salop]

That's a surprise, if not welcome, bit of regulation, Eric. Are you going to stop looking for permission now? And are you going to rig up another siphon?

Yes, I will just crack on now, with only the weather in control and it is a bit too wet at the moment to do anything for a while. Plan next is to build two small coffer dams, one "upstream" and one "downstream" of where the sluice will go and then pump out the water in between so I can dig down for the sluice foundations. I made a start on them using two lengths of borrowed crash barrier for strength. The water tight(ish) seal will come from plastic sheet weighted to the bottom of the ditch with sandbags, then up the barrier.



You guessed that I couldn't miss an opportunity like this to play with a siphon One is definitely in with that plan - even though this is my lowest lying piece of ground :confused2:

 

[K5lwq]

Good morning everyone! We have been getting some much needed rain last few days. Very thankful!

74 with 20% chance of rain today.