Good morning!!!!

[NHBX]

Good morning folks

22 now high in the low 40’s and getting cloudy as the day goes on. Supposed to get some rain tonight and tomorrow I hope the weather guessers are right.

Pick up grocery order this morning and fill the wife’s car with gas.

Yesterday was a nice warm day so I pulled the tractor out, topped up the fuel and gave everything a shot of grease it really didn’t need.

Not much planned for today just see what comes around.

Prayers for all
Enjoy your day everyone

 

[Thomas]

27F clear sky upper 30's for high mix bag of weather later tonight.

E muffin :licking: soon outside chores.
Plans for today...do walk about mostly putter.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Thomas]

Jim Nelson...
Strong thoughts prayers for for the family.

 

[Thomas]

Mostly_Gas...
"Thomas will be interesting to know what is messing with young trees."

Bear has bitten and broken limbs.

 

[Buppies]

49 high of 61 today cloudy maybe rain shower tonight

Mostly for full effect put sulfur wrapped up in newspaper durn at entrance smell will
drive gopher out

Nice wood work all

Prayers for Jim Nelson family, Jay and wife, Kyles daughter, Kyle, BEF,, our Country

 

[wngsprd]

52 going to 62...mostly cloudy but a nice pink sky right now...rain tonight.

Mostly, hope vertigo is better today. We saw a lot of Christmas decorations yesterday on our drive...wife wonders why so early, since she thinks we need to finish one holiday before starting another...I said many people are home due to C.virus and so they have spare time to do it, or some have such nice set ups they want more time to enjoy.

Never seen gophers here...a few groundhogs around until the coyotes get them, and of course chipmunks and moles/voles for our other regular underground dwellers.

Also am surprised no word from Rick in a while.

 

[Popgadget]

Good morning. 42 her heading to middle 50’s.

Hopefully today will go better than yesterday. Seems everything I touched yesterday was either broken or broke when I touched it.

Started with the leaf blower. I pushed down the lane, on the way back up I noticed fuel dripping from it onto my new blacktop. I turned the fuel shut off and kept it running until it quit. Turned out to be the fuel pump. It’s a Little Wonder with a Briggs engine and is probably close to 25 years old. I go to the parts store to get a repair kit for the pump, and not only is it not available, either is the entire pump. They give me a replacement kit, which I install according to the directions. All is good until I try to install the air filter housing which now interferes with the pump. A few rounds with the wiz wheel and I get it to fit. But now I notice that the muffler is loose, the gasket is blown and it’s missing a bolt. So it’s back to the parts store for a gasket. Removing the heat shield for access to the missing bolt, I see that it’s got a mounting ear broken of of it. So I braze that back together and reassemble everything, it works like new again.

Go to wash my hands in the shop sink, and notice my feet are in a puddle. Turns out the the nut attaching the tailpiece to the 50+ year old concrete sink has corroded away enough to leak profusely, but not enough to come off without cutting through it in two places with a dremel. Once it’s apart, it’s off to the hardware store for new parts. Got it all put together, now the floor stays dry like it should.

But now I can’t remember what I was going to do with the day......

 

[daugen]

good morning all. Cooler cloudy day today, high of 50 with rain coming in tonight.

I also agree on using a small brad nailer to tack pieces together while glue dries.
I think I'll go this route because the more I look at those exposed screws, the less I like it.
Now the birds don't care for sure...
I see brad nailers and pin nailers advertised, many are not expensive:
Metabo HPT Pin Nailer Kit, 23 Gauge, Pin Nails - 5/8" to 1-3/8", No Mar Tip - 2, Depth Adjustment, 5-Year Warranty (NP35A) - - Amazon.com
I looked at the Makita cordless models and not only are they expensive but the reviews aren't good.
Everyone seems to complain about these tools jamming all the time. This Metabo/Hitachi unit had Amazon's best rating and least number of bad reviews.

My 1hp Makita air compressor only puts out 2cfm at 90psi, max 135psi, but apparently these small air guns don't need much
I'm never going to be doing heavier construction work so don't think I need anything bigger than a pin nailer, even for bookcases.
I used to have a freeman air nailer and hardly ever used it, gave it to a friend for a big house reconstruction project and it worked well for him.
But it was big and heavy, I need light and small.

off to have coffee with my elderly MIL this morning, then back to build a few more birdhouses. Quaker Meeting still closed, though about a third of local Meetings are open. I have now donated a touchless hand sanitizer, forehead thermometer, masks and HEPA 13 filter to try to get powers that be to open up the building on Sunday. But with Covid going nuts now, again, and more..., my opinion is definitely in the minority. We have designated 64 seats in a building that holds 140, every other bench/pew, but folks are just too nervous it appears. We are so close to getting a vaccine I can understand the hesitation. But sure will miss Christmas carol sing. Singing of course is a big no no for disease spread.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of hot coffee. 35° with light snow this morning. Heading to 37° with up to 3" accumulation. Snow is melting as soon as it hit ground. Brought Christmas tree in house yesterday. Will give me something to do on Thanksgiving Day. No plans for today unless weather guessers all of sudden get it right.

Thanks everyone for the prayers and well wishes for my son and his family.

I shop at Sam's Club because the one by me has lots of smaller packaged stuff. Lately they have been stocking vegetables from a place in Kingsville Ontario Canada. Their tomatoes are the tastiest I have bought in a long time.
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Moon was out yesterday evening waiting for me to take a picture.

Special prayers for Jim and his family.

Don, cute cat video. Not sure the cat looks like it is enjoying the water. Owl's around here are not very large. Eagles are the bird to watch out for in my area.

Drew, I like your bird house. If I am going to make more than 2 of something. I make a template to pre drill all the holes. No glue for outdoor items.

RNG, while many Sandhill Cranes do migrate south. These have been staying here year around. Neat tools in video.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-11-22, 0712

24 right now...high in the upper 30's and snow showers this afternoon.
Chores were done yesterday, but I think I'll spray the snow blower chute and housing...before I forget it. Oh yeah, got to grease the auger bearings too!!

57 years ago, John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas