Good morning!!!!

[pennwalk]

Steady rain this morning and that means WET leaves. I'll have to rake because the equipment doesn't like piles of wet leaves.

Roy, very nice ride. I am envious. My stuff is more farming with junk type equipment but it still gets a lot of work done.

Chris

 

[kenmbz]

Good morning all, 42 going up to 53 and WU is predicting flooding, again

Got nothing done yesterday but dog walking.

Sodamo - that container is so transformed that it looks like a house. Amazing watching your progress.
Sorry to hear about your flat Roy, more $ but at least the you had the situation well under control
Phil- how are you enjoying retirement? and glad the knee is feeling better
Drew, hope they find your shop vac-can borrow mine if it's urgent
Rip-insurance companies are such a pain-
Ron- Turkey shoot siting -they never come out of the woods here and I don;t feed them, so pictures never happen for me
Eric-can;t wait to see pictures of your progress on pointing and fixing, how is the drainage project working out?

Ordered an Alaskan Mill from Granberg - time to make a coffee table

Hunter on neighbors property has been chasing his wounded deer, first time on my property and then on my neighbors (2 separate nights) property last night. She was freaking out seeing people running through her place with flashlights, she has two small kids and we both have dogs. What to do ??

Stay Safe and be well

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good morning, wet and breezy here, Max is not keen on going out when it is like this, I think the falling leaves blowing in the wind are spooking him too.

I had intended to net some small fish (4"-6") from the top pond and transfer them to grow and breed in the one that was dug out this summer, however the water level up there is high and getting colder for wading, so instead the plan is now to have some fun catching them on a hook and transfer them a bucket at a time, spread out over a few days. Tying small hooks to nylon doesn't get any easier with age, this size 20 is my limit nowadays and even then I have to do it at a table in good light instead of with the wind blowing at the waterside.

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Roy, 40 years without a flat is good going, typical though that it happens on a new tire. So you got a free chainsaw wrench for your trouble ?

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.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I reckon old age is overtaking me. I'm now older than any male member of my family has ever made it to. And I've fallen twice in the house, twice in then yard, and once on the back porch in the last month. No damage, or broken bones so far; just a few bruises and a little bleeding. My wife has an advanced case of COPD; stays on oxygen almost all the time. So today I'm taking our eldest daughter to my credit union to get her signed up on our bank accounts just in case we should become unable to handle things ourselves.

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 worse, some people wipe out when they get a blowout.

Rip, I was secretly kind of hoping your wifey would let you drive her tractor just once. Sorry about the MRI crap.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 53F @ 5:45AM. Plentiful sunshine. High 79F. Winds light and variable.
Looks like high 70s and low 80s for daytime highs for the next week or so, then dropping ten degrees by weekend after next. Still no sign of rain, though.

Started yesterday with a call from the service manager of the Kubota dealership. They'll issue a refund for the valve kit if I pay to have the defective valves shipped back to them. They'll let me keep the rest of the kit, which consists of the three pair of implement hoses, quick connects, and plumbing into the tractor's power beyond system. Sounds like a good deal to me. Ordered the replacement valves from Brian at FitRite, hope to get some word yet this week on when they'll ship. I need to stop by the hydraulic shop today to pick up some caps and plugs so I can still run the tractor without the valves, though. Spent the rest of the morning taking off the defective valves and getting them ready to ship. Hoping I can find a "if it fits, it ships" flat rate box big enough at the post office to take them all.

The McMaster box did show up, so I was able to get the coils mounted and new plug leads made for the white bike. Also mounted the bracket for the ignition computer. And got the socket head cap screws installed on the valve covers for both red and white bikes.

I was half way through a beer on the back porch when the solar contractor called to tell me they still had four solar panels to match those I already have, that installing them wouldn't be a problem, and they'll answer any questions I might have if I want to do the work myself. They'll also order the extra rails and fasteners I need, and provide the wire jumpers, too. All I have to do is send them a parts list, and pick them up when they're ready, two hours away each way. It would be nice if the dry weather lasted long enough to get all that done. Unfortunately, all I heard were crickets when I asked about the other dozen or so items on the punch list.:confused3:

The Airheads motorcycle club is camping over on the coast this weekend, so I think I'll head over there Friday and join them. Mornings and evenings will be cool and a bit foggy, but that'll be a nice change from all the hot weather over the summer.

Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy, very nice ride. I am envious. My stuff is more farming with junk type equipment but it still gets a lot of work done.

Chris

Yeah, it is nice...I normally go for very simple tractors (gear or reverser) open station...but, getting older (be 71 come January) and not handling cold weather as well as I used to, just had to get a cab. Being a used 4052R, the bells and whistles were paid for by the previous owner.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 48˚F heading to the high 50s, windy from the North, mostly clear skies.

Got an E-mail from my cousin in Germany (the one that got Married on our farm). Starting Monday Germany is adding more covid 19 restrictions and as a result there is another run on the stores, and yes a shortage of toilet paper again.

I added another item to the hard to find list, granite cleaner for the countertops. Since 409 stone and metal cleaner stopped producing the others are sold out. I'll try Home depot today.

I squirted some water on the roof to find out what part of the gutter is sounding like a drum during light rain and heavy mist but nothing. I guess next time I'll have to go outside during the rain to isolate the noise. My wife cannot hear it (and she has excellent hearing) and thinks it may be something I'm hearing like sinus drip - nope.

Bird are there trip hazards around your house that you can eliminate or are the feet just not moving quick enough?

Roy does your new tractor have defrosters for all the windows?

 

[toppop52]

Is the new pond overflowing because of the water hose?
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lol

 

[PJSprog]

46°F and light rain this morning, going up to 48° today. Looks like the rain is about done with us for awhile. It's been a wet week here, and we needed it, but I'm starting to look forward to that sunny and 60° on Saturday.

Been tracking a parcel from overseas since late September. After disappearing from the tracking system and languishing in Customs for several weeks, then popping up in NYC on Saturday, it finally showed another update this morning when it arrived at the Trenton Post Office. May yet get out for today's delivery, or maybe tomorrow. Either way, I should have my new guitar to play with this weekend.

That's a solid looking door, Ron.

I'd need a magnifying glass for that, too, Eric. Wow, that's a tiny hook.

That's a lot of falls all of a sudden in a month, Bird. Has something changed? Medicine or something? Good to know you have someone you can trust with taking care of things for you.

 

[Buppies]

Two inches of rain 60 mph winds about 45 minutes away