Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

This round of mowing going to be the bane of my existence. Should be done, but NO, about hour left. Didn’t get started until late morning, giving time to dry from the rain.
Lots of wild life supervision, about 10 pigs, 2 very young, then a mom + 2, then a group of 5. Even some unknown dog that may have been on the scent of the mom +2 but he missed them.
So I’m just cruising my pattern, surveying, mentally thinking maybe another hour when I smell burning rubber. Look to my rear and my mower V belts are aflame. Even some sparks. Never seen that before. Immediately shut down PTO, stopped tractor and jumped off. Flames running up both sides of lower pulley. Of course this is a set of brand new B39 belts I had just put on this morning. Luckily, I was able to snuff out with my leather gloves.

If you look behind the lower sheave you can see the bolts from the shaft bearing are tight to the sheave, acting both as a break and spark generator.. mowing done, back to the shed.
Can’t really get a wrench on the bolt heads due to newly created metal lip. They will have to be replaced, as will the belts. Fortunately, I already had replacements on order. Tracking says Sat, but likely Tues given the holiday.
Was able to retighten bolts and can probably finish before the big repair. Suspect I will have to get new bolts at Fastenal.
Think I’ll also add a fire extinguisher to tractor.

 

[sodamo]

1st car I bought after getting my license was a 60 VW bug. Fun ride (except in Maine winter) until I blew the engine. Somehow oil went dry. But I rebuilt the engine with my Dad’s help and sold it to younger brother. My 1st brand new car was 65 Corvair Monza. Loved that car. Got drafted 2 months later, but those were the days of local bank, and the manager told me as long as I made whatever payment I could it would be OK. Had that one until I got my GTO and my Dad talked another brother into buying it. Of course he totaled it within months. I often joke that my Boxer boy, Flash, from New Zealand cost more than that Monza, and he wasn’t financed. He did sire 13 beautiful pups, so he sorta earned his keep.

 

[sodamo]

Mostly, the TV worked great, really like the picture.
Sophie is a hoot, repeatedly commenting how big (75in) it is, alternating with the living room, how small (58 in) that one is. I did tell hear that I had a fleeting thought of moving the 58in into the bedroom to replace the problematic 60in and mount the 75in in the living room, but given our luck as soon as I did the problem free 58 in was go on the fritz soon after installation.

Maybe we should get the new stimulus checks for the 3 fur kids.

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-07-01, 0337

66° now...a much cooler day in the upper 70's with showers and, hopefully, much steadier rain tonight.
Last day of work for me...4 days off.
Going to be a rainy weekend....might spoil some peoples' plans...but it's OK with me

 

[daugen]

some light rain overnight, about .18 but much more coming in today, tonight and tomorrow.
Stormy weather for sure. High in the 80's today

I agree on the Frontier, wish I still had this one, very rare LE with nice wheels and my favorite color.
Traded it for something bigger to haul weight, now this would have done fine.
I like the looks of the new one also but very competitive market; right now the current Frontier is high value, just older tech.

quiet morning, then off to meet friend for lunch in Doylestown and we then go look at Volvo suv's.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 64° with partly cloudy skies this mornings. Heading to 75° with sun and a few clouds. Grass is mowed. When it dries out some. Need to recut the area where I gathered a lot of the clipping. Worked on table and chairs. Turing out to be a lot more of a project than I planned. Too late to give up now. Hope to have it finished by end of next week. Son is staying at a campground close by. May go visit him today.

David, trying to figure what happened to mower. Bolts came loose?

PJ, if you come up here I will let you practice on my Bridgeport. No power anything except spindle. Kyle, you can help him.

Drew, enjoy your time with friend tire kicking. Do they make a Volvo pickup?

Rick, non native trees are all dying around here. Glad I never planted any. Mostly Pine trees.

Everyone stay healthy and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Buppies]

71 high in 90s today yesterday was hard heat index of over 100 took its toll

Rain later today then cool off for weekend. Prayers for all

 

[daugen]

yes, it was quite a drive but worth it.

Summit Point in WV?

My first experience with SCCA racing
Corvettes and Cobras were great to watch and listen to.

 

[daugen]

I truly have one car I should have put in storage. I was 23 years old, living in Annandale VA commuting to Alexandria working for Travelers Insurance, and I bought
the boss's son's 1964 Porsche SC bathtub white coupe for $3500. Black leather interior with beautiful steering wheel and a rather rubbery manual
on the floor. But not as rubbery as bug. Nicer wood shift knob too. After the clutch cable broke and left me stranded sitting up on top of the concrete barrier with both sides of
the Beltway whizzing past me, I decided I needed a new reliable car. Sold the car for what I paid for it.
As you might imagine, this is a six figure car now. Numbers matching non molested SC model with larger engine. Like an S model today.

I drove that in several gymkhanas at a few events, not overly hard, back end on that would swing out in a heartbeat if you lost traction.
But up to the grip of the 165-14 tires I had just put on, some Swedish brand, that car went plenty fast for me with no experience.
It was a crowd favorite, and I never scratched it thankfully. Well....my nose is growing longer, seems I remember when that rear end kicked out on an offramp in the rain and I spun that car
360 in confines of ramp, just kissed the back bumper for a tiny scratch which I promptly repainted, and with heart thumping I went on.
Like many of these older cars particularly with swing axles, Corvairs, etc you did great up to the limit but when you exceeded it
you were left with a very hard to control car. Nothing gradual about the experience at all.

 

[wngsprd]

Already July. Got up to 98 yesterday. As much as I like cold weather, it felt really good by late afternoon once the humidity dropped. Walked a couple of miles in town yesterday...just amazing the things I noticed and flowers I smelled that I've never noticed before when driving those same streets many times. Talked for a while with some very friendly folks.

Randy, so sorry to read that you lost Missy.

Buppies, I hope your hand is getting better.

Kyle, my wife had a '78 Diesel Rabbit when we married...like you said, it was slow, but we could get 52mpg and cram all our stuff and a big dog in the back to go on trips.

First visit back to surgeon today...hoping he'll tell me I'm ready to climb mountains, but like the groundhog, it will still be a total of 6 weeks.