Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

Mars missions are latest arena in the US-China rivalry - CNN

the race is on...all my scifi novels over a lifetime of reading have talked about the importance of mining in space, and with the
search for "rare earth" metals, clearly there is a need to source these materials from places where perhaps they are not so rare.
Maybe in our grandchildren's lifetime this will happen, but not before we have better logistics/rockets, etc.
Astronauts are mighty brave folks.

 

[ronjhall]

First cup of coffee has been poured. 66° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 82° with cloudy skies in AM. Thunderstorms in PM. Got enough rain to wet ground overnight. Did garden pond maintenance that was in bad need of it. Lots of frogs in it. Some good sized. Goldfish look healthy. Heat likes to let string algae grow. Pond Vacuum gets rid of it. Look like it may be a good day to conserve energy.
Sandhill Cranes are back.

Eric, I meant the correct letters. :confused2:

David, great picture.

Riptides, did your buy you an excavator? Ceiling looks like same T & G that my barn doors are made with.

Drew, you may want to look into a extend a stay RV kit for propane. This will allow you to use a 20 lbs or larger tank for propane and not have to move motorhome.

Happy Anniversary Mr and Mrs mpham. I had a head stone on order just before CV. Need to check if it got installed.

Everyone stay healthy and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Frankenkubota]

When I lived in Scottsdale it was found that all the recycling material that people carefully separated, was being taken directly to the land fill b cause it痴 a big empty desert and they can hide it there, for a while anyway.

The Chinese stopped taking out recycling because it was filthy, contaminated. BTW...the only real $ in recycling is in the metal. I read 90% of aluminum cans get recycled.

I知 glad someone else pointed this out, sometimes I think I知 the only one paying attention. The notion that govt is going to do anything is absurd. I致e said it before, people are govt. and the vast majority of people just want 都omeone else to do it? Let the govt do it. Kind of circular logic right there.

Recycling is there primarily to make people feel like they are doing something promising, something to help.

Its psychology, It痴 BS. It痴 like watching Father Knows Best or Andy of Mayberry. Prolly Anna stuff makes us feel better but it痴 just not true.

The only solution is some kind of deposits on ALL packaging, incorporated in the initial price. I used to deliver 7 up. All glass, all deposits, major PITA!

Now, put a $10 deposit on that plastic 2 liter bottle or those single serve packages and see what happens. You will hear Coca Cola and Mrs. American housewife screaming in unison.

Most everyone believes in most everything ......... until they actually have to suffer a little.

Initiate deposits on everything!

MAGA

 

[riptides]

....
Riptides, did your buy you an excavator? Ceiling looks like same T & G that my barn doors are made with.
....

Oh gosh, no. It's a friends. I have over 1000 feet of water line to run, and a few stumps on the "lawn" by the porch that need to come out.

We have tongue and groove most everywhere. Including the barn ceiling. Very rare occurrence for a dairy barn to have that around here. It's a pain to work with and a pain to find in this area. The barns especially so, with the development encroachment. They are the white elephants. No use to "homeowners" no use to developers. And no more dairy farmers. Sad.

mpham, Happy Anniversary. Something to be proud of!

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 77˚F., heat index 77˚F, wet bulb 75˚F it is 10 min after sunrise and cloudy.
Solar 8Wm2
Humidity92%
no wind

In a hurry have to save some oak trees from cedar invasion at the park this morning.

 

[daugen]

thanks Ron. I think I will get the Camco version with the extra hose for an external propane barbecue.
Amazon.com: Camco Propane Brass 4 Port Tee- Comes with 5ft and 12ft Hoses, Allows for Connection Between Auxiliary Propane Cylinder and Propane Appliances (59123): Automotive
First I sent email to Dynamax customer service asking them how this install would affect oem propane tank level gauge and if they had any install
or safety concerns. Thinking I probably should get some sealant tape for the fittings.
Now to decide whether 20 or 30 pounder. I think the latter.

 

[ronjhall]

thanks Ron. I think I will get the Camco version with the extra hose for an external propane barbecue.
Amazon.com: Camco Propane Brass 4 Port Tee- Comes with 5ft and 12ft Hoses, Allows for Connection Between Auxiliary Propane Cylinder and Propane Appliances (59123): Automotive
First I sent email to Dynamax customer service asking them how this install would affect oem propane tank level gauge and if they had any install
or safety concerns. Thinking I probably should get some sealant tape for the fittings.
Now to decide whether 20 or 30 pounder. I think the latter.

Kit should be installed between regulator and MH tank. Should not need any tape or sealer. All fittings are brass, self sealing. Good choice on which kit.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning. It's 75° and overcast here and our high is forecast to get to 92° this afternoon. The forecast rain, this week, has so far avoided us. Perhaps this "disturbance" in the GOM will help us out, if it goes south of us, putting us on the wet side. Fingers crossed, legs crossed, eyes crossed.

I need to sort out a leak on one of my air compressors this morning on the line between the compressor and the tank. It's leaking at the elbow right at the compressor outlet. I'll try doping its threads up with some Oatey pipe joint compound. The Oatey is rated for 400° so .. should work.

Wife and grand daughter will be here tomorrow for a long weekend so .. I need to finish cutting the yard around the house. I did most of the 9 acre yard with the tractor and RFM on Monday and only have about an acre to do with the ZT.

I've had a leak on my WR Long 3rd Function Valve, on the LS tractor, for a few days and after checking all the hose fittings for tightness, I sprayed the whole area around the valve with degreaser, then cleaned it all with the pressure washer. I taped a piece of craft paper to the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket and placed it upside down, under the valve to see exactly where my leak was coming from. There are two Torx screws in the side of the valve body, evidently from the valve body machining process. I tightened both and leak was reduced but, not stopped. I emailed with Brandon Long and he's sending me a couple replacement o-rings .. which should resolve my leak.

Here's to everyone having an excellent "Hump Day" today.

Prayers to all.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 65F @ 5:00AM. Sunny. High 94F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph.

Out here, Dave, they're right up front about recycling, at least since the CV19 panic: There isn't any. It's all shut down, supposedly because it's too hazardous for staff to deal with the waste. I think it's just a convenient cover to stop a practice that made no money for the trash companies.

Lots of good extend-a-stay options there, Ron. I'm wondering why I can't just get a pigtail and connect a picnic bottle to the fill port on the RV tank?

That's a lot of mowing, David!

I wish the builders of that tank had installed an anode when the made it, Eric. Would have saved me a lot of trouble, but only if someone else would have gone in there and changed it at regular intervals. You have me thinking, though: Can I weld in some kind of bracket that would accommodate one of the magnesium water heater anodes, accessible through the hatch for easy future replacement?

Good luck with your doctors, Drew. And even better luck getting settled in with the RV. Hope you meet some nice people in the park.

Sounds like now you HAVE to retire, Phil, to finish all those home improvement projects!:thumbsup:


A couple of hours and a half dozen zip discs later, no more baffles. You're an inspiration, RS!


The sump was hopelessly clogged with debris, but I had to cut away a baffle that surrounded the pickup to get to it. Took a lunch break before I did the clean out, and when I came back, there was smoke coming out of the sump. Some enterprising mouse had made a house under all that junk, and it made excellent tinder. So that and the whole bucket of debris got drowned with the garden hose before being dumped on the back yard junk pile.

Got the urethane coating on order, and also the tambour door for the van. Today is wire brush day, and it might be one of those jobs best taken in small doses. On the other hand, once I'm covered in rust, might as well just knuckle under and git'er'done...

Happy Hump Day!

 

[ronjhall]

Kit should be installed between regulator and MH tank. Should not need any tape or sealer. All fittings are brass, self sealing. Good choice on which kit.

Forgot to mention. Some RV parks have propane delivery. That's what we had in TX. In AZ we needed extend a stay.