Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good morning! 77˚F muggy, partly cloudy humidity 83%. Heading to the mid 90s today.

Kyle I had a friend in Houston whose son was applying for a job as a valet at our condo. He said his son could not drive a standard, I told him sorry I could not be a reference for his son. The incline into the parking garage was quite steep. When your daughter feels comfortable with the stick shift get her to practice stopping on an incline and the going up it without rolling backwards or dying out. This will simulate parking garages and railroad tracks. Remember the RR tracks besides South Main Street in Houston at Hillcroft, Fondren and Chimney Rock. Our first 4 vehicles were manual, never wanted to spend the extra money on an automatic. I have paddle shift in the Stinger now, one day I'm going to learn how to do it.

Different websites discussed wether BBQ charcoal could be substituted for expensive biochar. One web site seemed to make the most sense. It stated that using all natural charcoal that was not in briquettes form but in lumps was ok. I found some at HD and will crush it and add it to my compost. I do miss a good burn pile, it would be interesting to make my own good expensive biochar.

It was too hot to mow yesterday, at least all the grass is growing at the same speed and the yard looks even.

Hand and foot tournament tonight - going for the price money. Tournament is limited to the first 40 people.

Wngsprd hope you continue to recover quickly.

Don, It seems at one time many years ago, that I was reading to keep burned/charred wood out of a compost pile, because they took too much energy to finish composting??? Kind of like Post Oak leaves??? So I'm interested to see how it turns out. There is a local company that was making lump charcoal, maybe B&B? Maybe the smaller the crumbles, the easier it is to contribute. I believe I told this before, but my buddy does oil patch work, and at really old units, there would be what I considered a small environmental disaster of spilled oils and such....He said, "In 5-10 years, this will be the greenest place in the pasture". He showed me where another unit had been, and sure enough, he was right.

Your bringing back Houston memories. While I did not live there, I did stay summers with my cousins when I was 6-10 yo. I do remember going up Post Oak Blvd, maybe at the old Alt 90, there was a T,G,&Y in a shopping center. There was a Zuider Zee fish and chips on the corner near there. Sometimes we'd go to Meyerland mall/plaza and sometimes we'd head east, down Almeda Genoa to the Almeda mall on I45. I promise, I never stole anything from Pyburns. Only went in there maybe a couple of times with my mom when we got to town, to not show up empty handed.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RIP Coconino Moon

2/24/14 - 6/25/2021

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Had a pleasant stroll around town with my wife this morning. It was good to see the place so busy again, even if we all still have to put on masks before entering shops.

Fuddy, are you tempted to buy the island home ?

Wng, good to hear you recovered enough to be roasting not just one but 3 batches of coffee.

Kyle, I have a Metabo detail sander, similar to the one you showed except with a generous length of power cord. I hate tools that skimp with short cords, though I guess it will not be long before most tools without batteries are museum pieces. It works well in the hard to reach places where I can't get in with an orbital sander. With 33 different flat faces per window, I am really glad there are only a couple of places I have to sand by hand.

Bird, sounds like your auto driving daughter grew up with a great can-do attitude

PJ, saw a sign on a chalkboard this morning that you may need to take heed of if you keep missing out on those portions of food
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Ok Eric, here's my idea, I want only 10% royalties. This idea can fix at least 2 problems (maybe more) at once. You know how those UPS (uninterruptable power supplies) are always going bad because of the batteries??? Well, lets' make one, that can not only charge multiple Makita/Milwaukee batteries at once (they already have that) but can work as a UPS too, using whatever brand of batteries are attached to it (charging under normal circumstances, but used for backup power if needed). I just need you to design the boards and schematics. PS, I have maybe 3 or 4 old, non-working UPS's at work (in my area alone), that need new batteries. I'd throw them out for a nice charger/UPS system. I've seen our IT dept throw many old UPS away. The batteries they use are so/so. I figure a properly charged 18v battery or a host of them charging, could really supply ample time to shut down a server or computer or maybe power other things like a fish tank's pump etc....

 

[buckeyefarmer]

RIP Coconino Moon

2/24/14 - 6/25/2021View attachment 703664

So sorry.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Quickly skimmed thru over 50 posts.

Wngsprd, that just sucks. On our way to MIL tonight we were talking about our past dogs. Don’t have one now, and down to 2 indoor cats.

I missed out on some great weather this week due to work.

Tomorrow helping MIL go thru her barn. She’s going to let someone auction most of the stuff. Lots of old hand tools.

My youngest son drove my pickup for the first time tonight. It’s an auto.

I was freshman in College when I was asked if I could drive a standard, dump truck. Sure I can, lol. I had driven our standard truck for years, but the dump truck had a high low transmission selector, but I learned real quick.

 

[PJSprog]

Condolences, Billy. Lots of wonderful memories, I'm sure.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 77F for the start, partly cloudy, breezy. Windy day clouds cleared off and high temp was 92F HI 100F, and DP 74-68F. Bike ride early this morning, then mowing, with some hydration cool-off breaks, then nap.
Covid update: Cooke 3241 confirmed cases, 4 active cases, Montague 1786 confirmed cases, 5 active cases, Grayson, 11374 confirmed cases, 13 active cases.
Kyle glad back is better. Lake session will be for the church kids. Not likely I will do more than swim.
David glad you sold sheetrock, hope fun was had by all at H&F.
Scaredy glad you had good time. catch any fish?
Roy have fun mowing, safe return trip for travelers
Doug interesting setup, any idea why do it that way?
Rolf hope you weather the heat wave OK
Drew glad you found a way to sleep better, does not sound like headphones are charging
Doug you driver license can restrict you to automatic trannies?
Ron thistles are pretty but hard to get rid of. Glad you could help neighbor, good to hear progress on chairs
Thomas enjoy date night.
Eric glad to hear you had time to stroll with wife. Love the sign. I am hard to kidnap
Don hope the charcoal works, too much other stuff in the briquettes. I mow for a while then cool off and rehydrate. Hope you get in the tournament
RNG glad you got a few drops of rain. How would the deliver 300' lengths?
Ken would think if hatched shells would still be there. Snakes maybe? good luck with benches
John nice pic, hope dinner goes well.
Don hope that was worth the effort!
PJ I have the same forecast starting Sunday.
Don how fine does the biochar need to be?
Billy my condolences on losing Coco
Roy sorry to hear travelers got lost.
Kyle a lot of the UPS use small 12V lead acid batteries, you can get a lot of different sizes cheap
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.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Billy, my condolences on the loss of your friend and companion. The hurt goes deep.... time will heal, then all the great memories will help.

 

[toppop52]

Billy, we all know pets are family and losing one is traumatic and sad. You and your doggie had a special relationship, one that death can’t break. That healthy, happy pup is waiting for you. Godspeed.

 

[toppop52]

Rode down to Hertford, NC today to have lunch with my lifelong friend Joyce, we all had catfish, BBQ,, fried chicken and all kinds of sides at Bob’s Seafood and BBQ. We spent a couple of hours reminiscing and gossiping. Left home around 9 and back at 6:30. It was considerably hotter there and afternoon thunderstorms were starting to boil up, we just got a few drops.
Wanted to fly down again but nobody was going close enough to be practical, two plus hours in the plane vs seven in the SUV. But we enjoyed the trip.