Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

 

[txdon]

I had read about this new drug in the experimental stage and my doctor was also aware of it.

Eli Lilly jumps 10% after it says it will seek approval for its Alzheimer's drug following designation as a breakthrough therapy by the FDA​

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Shares of Eli Lilly jumped as much as 10% on Thursday after the company said it would seek accelerated approval for its Alzheimer's drug candidate, donanemab.

Sounds promising Bird.

 

[rswyan]

75F and partly cloudy @ 21:00, headed down to an overnight low of 66F. Possibility of showers late in the day tomorrow.

Was 79F in the house when we came in, Woman turned the AC on for a bit to cool it off, just shut it off and opened up windows again.

She worked on the hosta again today, I got the upper and lower fronts mowed and provided support activities for the hosta harvest. We've got a second 5 gallon bucket full at this point.

And we've managed to clear about half the area remaining along the west wall of the shop:

I may go ahead and pop the remainder of what's there out tomorrow and park them down in the woods by the house ... after I mow the yard around the house.

Noticed a dead house wren at the base of Nest Box No. 2 while I was mowing:

Had observed the male house sparrow hanging around and perching on that nest box ... he probably murdered the house wren ... as retribution for me trapping the three female house sparrows, one of which was likely his mate. Tomorrow I'll check the nest box he and his mate were occupying (No. 4) and remove the nest along with any eggs. If he's in there he'll get a shot of starting fluid ... and then get added to the compost pile.

Ran over and picked up a spare 25 gallon sprayer tank and a couple of run-flat tires/wheels this evening from a friend. Hub needs repaired/welded on one of them. Also got a nice little homemade cart for a welder ... will probably repurpose that for the plasma cutter.

Not much progress on anything else ... though I did get the hopper feeder refilled this morning. Ducks were out noodling in the frog pond while I was doing that. Must be fairly decent pickings, as it seems like they are down here pretty regularly.

Hydrangeas, blue-green and variegated hostas, and day lilies are doing very well, almost hate to move them:

But they need relocated.

Hope everyone had a great day ...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Busy at work again.

Got home after 6:30, ate quick and started mowing. Got it all done. Started at creek and worked my way back to house. Was dark when I finished around the barn.

Go to bed, do it again, the good lord willing.

 

[rswyan]

Biochar is not ashes, it is charcoal (all black, no white).

You mean like this:

That's dirt on the charcoal, not ashes.

Ashes are not good for my already high alkaline soil here.

Yeah, my comment that you are addressing there wasn't really wasn't about biochar per se ... it was more general: about the effectiveness of the correct amendment for a particular soil type ... and seeing the results of that with one's own eyes (it left an impression)

Here the soil tends to be more acidic, so ashes produce a different result than they do there where you are.

Regular bagged BBQ charcoal has too many additives and all the tar and gasses may not have been cooked out. I'm still trying to figure out how to make biochar here.

You probably make it there the same way as one would anywhere else I'd imagine.

Our biochar production facility here:

It's a dual function plant - produces biochar and ashes ...

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 77F for the start, clear, light breeze. Windy day, clear all day, and high temp was 93F HI 102F and DP 70F. Bike ride early, took walk with weed eater, then put ski mirror back on boat.
Covid update: Cooke 3240 confirmed cases, 2 active cases, Montague 1784 confirmed cases, 2 active cases, Grayson, 11374 confirmed cases, 13 active cases.
David great news on Sophie's eyes
Dennis nice pic
Homer looks like a nice setup, bet it is cheap at the asking price
Scaredy have fun fishing.
Roy have toured the USS Texas years ago, was great, hope they do as well.
Ron nice sunrise, amazing what a sharp blade(s) can do for a mower
Billy glad you are doing well, and have a great nurse to boot.
Drew sorry about lack of apple choices. Good luck with grinder
Paul safe trip and grass growing very fast hear as well.
Don Glad cedarcide went well, grass growing and next week has a summer's worth of rain.
John kitties have a way of putting you in your place, don't they. glad wife made it to Cleveland,
RNG glad sand is coming sorry about heat, interesting moon pic, glad trench is done.
Randy hope you get your pies.
PJ we always scan the bag prior to leaving parking lot for that reason. Chic-fil-A does a bang up job. Ordered a Big Mac on way home from Italy, and they got order right but with 10 minutes from order to pick up window still had to wait longer
Ken sorry about foot, small dogs do not know they are small nice pics
RS never looked at hostas that way hope you get the 65 gal tank to feed washer
David glad get together went well, hope guys did good in H&F
Randy good to hear fuel usage dropped off.
Kyle does not look good.
Doug sorry about the gout attack. glad to hear you are doing better.
Thomas sorry hay wagon job was so interesting understand early pillow time
Drew nice watermelon
Luther how true about easier to hurt back when older.
Paul nice collection of Makita tools
RS I understand, hard to move plants when they are doing that good.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter and car crash,Bird/aging issues, Billy/skin cancer surgery, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Buppies cancer surgery/ diarrhea, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes,Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Dennis/older brother/son, Grev/wife's eye, Randy/recovery, Bill/DIL home care, Ted/knee recovery, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/uncle, Drew/tendon healing, David(sadamo)/Sophie's eye surgery,RNG/fire season, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Back not hurting today...Yay! Thanks for the thoughts.

LOL, I changed the cabin air filter in the Yaris...it was nearly full of dust/dirt/bugs/leaves. I wonder how it flowed at all.

Malibu gave a check engine light, mechanics call it a "slow O2 sensor" It's working, but it must've not worked/reported good enough for a moment, to set a CEL. Of course I had my ODB sensor in the yaris....

Good news for Sophie!

Popgadget, you need all those makitas to make speakers, and keep that montessa going.

Billy, you mind the nurse and take it easy. It's hard to sit and lay around when you're used to doing stuff. I could come give you some lessons on how to be a good couch potato.

Put some Slime in the Beast's smaller rear tires. They are fairly old and weather cracked.

My buddy bought his grandpaw's old, old Kubota a few years back. It is a twin cylinder with a 60" mower deck. He told me he needs new tires, and they want over $200+ apiece for the rears.

Drew, It would seem maybe your nosy neighbor might be a 42nd cousin or something like that, since your family has been around the area for so long.

Mostly, have fun water skiing. I took the family to the Battleship of Texas a couple of years ago, and to the San Jacinto monument right across the street. Both are good places to stop and learn.
Here's their webcam, that you can watch the Houston Ship Channel by day and lots of lights at night.
LIVE NOW! San Jacinto Monument Cam

Gave the daughter some more manual transmission driving lessons in the Yaris tonight. We are now shifting gears, and driving slow on backroads. She wants to be "cool" and know how to drive a stickshift.

I bought oil and filters to change the Malibu and yaris engine oil, and I bought synthetic transmission oil to do the Malibu's tranny.

Not sure when I'll get to it, we are planning a day trip this weekend.

Roy, glad the audits are done.

Prayers for our team.

 

[sodamo]

Another day, gone in a flash. In addition to piddling about I did manage to get the Laupahoehoe end of property mowed. I’ll get the Hilo end (usually 2 days) before I get the remnants in middle.

Sold my leftover drywall on CL. Young lady and her Aunt showed up in small pickup with camper top. Of course my plan had been to just use tractor to load the pallet et al, but this bed was too small. Hand load only. Less than 4ft between wheel wells, I had to donate a length of 2x6 to bridge and small tarp to wrap end sticking out of tailgate as it had started raining. Young girl was really excited, having bought a fixer upper she was eager to learn new skills.

After dinner, guys lost this round of Hand & Foot. The gals just got the cards practically played themselves. We still lead 7-5.

 

[scaredychicken]

Good Morning - middle of a heat wave out here. Was out on the water yesterday - very nice time boating with my buddy. Today it is back to routine. Bookkeeping and then a local car cruise tonight - should be a good day.

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-06-25, 0339

54° right now...high about 80°

Got home too late to mow yesterday...a meeting went on...and on...and on...
So, fed the cats, cleaned up the crap (one cat just refuses to use the litter box)....washed up and made some chow

Stepdaughters and grand daughter toured the Navy Museum and the Wisconsin...had a great time and plenty of pictures (I'll see if I can post some here). Wifey's back was hurting, so she didn't go...
They'll be heading home sometime today...

Got a pair of the Sony noise-cancelling headphones a couple of you (can't recall who) recommended. I charged them last night and will give them a try this afternoon

Did start the corrective actions (from the audit findings...both the internal systems and a customer audit). One has been accepted...hope to get more done today...