Good morning!!!!

[Wagtail]

Good late (Friday) morning. Mild overnight low of 8C, overcast with a stiff breeze. 0.3mm in the gauge at 0900. Predicted high may be 12C with strong wind and showers. Presently 10.6C.

That's about it... I'll soon need to put a new round of hay out for the agisted horses, but that's up to the owner as we'll probably need to set up a 'new' paddock. Of course that will mean Tractor Fun for me as I'll need to chain harrow the paddocks that they're in now.

Just got a 'call' for someone needing furniture from the Church... I'll meet up with her at 1400. There's practically been a call every day = it's a wonder that there is anything available at this rate. Or, maybe it's a 'that time of the year' thing.

Take care all.

 

[rswyan]

68F and "Fair" @ 22:30, heading down to a low of 63F overnight. High temp today was 84F.

Hopper feeder and suet feeder filled first thing.

All those Orienpet lilies were still there this morning, even better: all were blooming.

Ordered a couple of Rubbermaid single-step stools from Amazon which The Woman said had previously been "just perfect" to use while weeding. Back before ours broke I was a fan as well.

Then mixed up 2 gallons of glyphosate and started spraying what will be the expanded garden area. Did that for a while but it was fairly breezy so I switched off to mowing.

Got the entire front yard mowed.

Hosta has now filled in on the back side of the shop, pretty much choking out all the weeds:

This guy was out grazing up by the road, didn't seem too perturbed by me on the mower ... kind of sauntered along ahead of me, stopping occasionally to top some weed he found tasty:

Woman ran out to grocery store to pick up a few items while I was mowing.

After She got back She worked on making up 2 gallons of liquid critter repellent using garlic powder, cayenne, and putrified eggs. It will probably need a couple of days to get good and ripe.

After mowing was time for dinner, Woman made Sloppy Joe's and hash browns ... I had two ...

Then back to spraying. Was still somewhat breezy but not quite as bad, I'd just stop for a bit whenever the wind picked up. Used the rolling garden seat which worked well and saved me from having to bend over to minimize drift. Got probably 80% of the un-tarped area done, used either 4 or 6 gallons.

Neighbor friend came by while out walking her dogs and she and The Woman visited out front (since I was spraying in the back)

Woman decided to weed around the west peach tree while She waited for her to stop by.

She had that mostly done by the time I discovered She wasn't in house and started looking for Her. I ended up helping Her finish it up and then hauled the weeds up to the compost pile and brought the equipment back to the house.

Made up another 2 gallons of glyphosate premix before moving the plants into the garage and closing things up.

Hope everyone had a great day ...

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 78ºF for the start, clear sky light breeze. Moderate wind with brisk gusts, clear sky, and high temp was 102ºF, HI 106ºF. Bike ride to start morning, mowed the shady parts of front where grass still growing did not walk the trimmer like I should have. Did get nap in, Helped wife make dinner, she is getting used to the idea.
Kyle usb floppy drives still around. My experience is that N/C machines were always behind on tech levels when new.
Randy(wag) driving in fog is not fun. Hope you had good circulation when they did the toenails.
RS Have a lot going on glad rain did not dampen day's activities, hope you got the hog.
Doug sorry they are having so much trouble sorting out the mask. Check out CPAP Reviews on YouTube, his videos have been very helpful and has some on mask fitting. Doubtful puppy will stop mud play tomorrow. Hope you can get new gate up soon.
Scaredy good to hear productive coffee sessions, prayers sent for wife and marriage. Good to hear SIL moving on.
David thank you actual day is tomorrow. Good news on new toys, hope you get hang of new air fryer.
Dennis thank you.
Drew Thank you. Hope you like what the day has planned for you
Mike hope body maintenance went well. Thanks you.
Thomas probably correct on the plans, thank you
RNG Glad FAA looking at video. Thanks for link to cell reception. Stepdaughter had her reverse osmosis filter plug to the point it was trickling. Glad you could get bike ready for trip. Have a great weekend.
Thomas sorry about no note. hope you got it today.
Billy hope you get some rain, thank you.
Drew no to neutralizing filter water here is basic.
Buppies hope tent works well and goes up easy. Thank you.
NHBX last good rain here early June, one brief shower since. thank you, we share same birthday so happy birthday to you.
Don we will set record for most 100ºF days this summer, expect to pass old record next week Thank you
PJ sorry you are having ADT issues. Work dropped ADT years ago because of lack of support on system. Thank you
DF you sound like my about the rain.
Dennis glad you got some rain.
RNG glad you were able to get system that works better for less money
Drew sorry about jump starter.
Ted Hope the trimmer got some exercise. thank you
Drew nice squash
David hope you find a hose bibb, and you are able to start mowing.
RS good to hear neem oil working. Hope you make good progress on agenda. Thank you
Scaredy hope you do get clog fixed. thanks for birth day link
Don I thought I saw a spark head for back of car.
Drew sorry about fireworks issues.
Drew congrats on baby eggplant.
Dennis sorry about connection issues
Paul hope you don't get bit.
Randy(wag) bet you are ready for preacher to come back Hope moving the horses goes well.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, Bird/aging issues/, Don /mom's pipeline process, /fire nearby, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's heart issues, /pneumonia and not posting, Roy /palpitations, /angina , Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /3 new skin cancer spots and treatment, /wife knee healing, Thomas/gout, /operation and recovery, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery/retirement, / passing out issues, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Doug and wife/health issues, /nerve and pain, / wife's hospital stay, /torn bicep, Ken /kids shot tragedy, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, /cataract surgery, /Sophie's hand infection, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /wife not feeling well, /marriage, Paul/ wife's disc issues, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis /retirement plans / brother "alligallyitus" and improving, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend cancer diagnosis and recovery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Ukraine war, mass shooting victims and family, and Country.

 

[Wagtail]

rswyan: This guy was out grazing up by the road, didn't seem too perturbed by me on the mower ... kind of sauntered along ahead of me, stopping occasionally to top some weed he found tasty:

That happens to me whenever I'm mowing/mulching a horse-paddock; plovers (lapwings) will happily wander around me and my mower eating any insects that are scared up. But as soon as I stop and get off the mower, they react as if I've magically appeared! "WHAAA! Where did you come from!!!"

Once I'm back on the mower it's as if nothing happened.

 

[scaredychicken]

Success

Had a Hallelujah Moment Tonight. After another 4 hours working on the drain clog my friend and I were able to clear it out. What an ordeal. The power auger did nothing, drano did nothing, drain snake did nothing, plunger did nothing. The clog was solid, probably 2-3 feet long in the 1.5 inch pipe. Finally we tried a shop vacuum for 25 min, from below AND the plunger from above ... eventually it gushed out, mostly caught in a bucket. Stenchy, clumpy, goo with lots of hair, sand, grease, and food stuffs. I hope to never do that again. Plunger and drano is reasonable after this ordeal.

Thanks All

 

[RoyJackson]

202-07-08, 0354

57° right now...high, about 80...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Morning all.

66°

 

[daugen]

65 going up to 80 today in clouds
need to go to local bank to put a memory card with church's graveyard database into our safe deposit box.
For almost 400 years our records have been paper, constant worry all would be lost in a big fire.
Now data is safe.
When my picture taking project is done, with the drone work being done this Sunday, someone someday will synchronize it all.
Not on my watch. My job was to protect the data, for the first time.

having lunch today with friend on school board. Summer is quiet time, not many meetings, though I'm on Finance and we look at stats each month.
We are meeting at coffee shop in downtown New Hope, where parking is very hard to come by. I'll leave early to hunt a spot. For thirty years they've talked about
building a parking garage and never have. Place gets mobbed on weekends and summers.

toppop,, hang in there and get better.

yes, my trip to Popgadget's was postponed. Neither one of us wants to get sick, for sure. Prayers for his wife's fast recovery.

friend sent me the video on how to get the old golf cart steering wheel off; two hidden screws I didn't see.
Might fiddle with that this morning.
I'm sure that fancy steering wheel will add at least 1mph to speed.........

good morning all and have a great Friday.

 

[daugen]

a question for you electrical geniuses...

I know golf carts have a limiter for speed. I don't want to go fast, though I have friends that had to buy a new cart because they were embarrassed by little old ladies flying by them.
I'd like more climbing power. Can electric motors be "hopped up" even a little like car engines? If one were to increase amp draw by several amps, which may or may not be currently adjustable, and was willing to give up battery life to do so, how does one do that? Club Car precedent 48V, 6 batteries.
I guess I should search youtube videos for this, likely some motorhead has hopped up his golf cart by now.

I'm aware that more heat can be very destructive to electronics.
let's say I'm trying to overclock this chip a little.

maybe....higher rear end ratio, say like going from a 3.10 to a 4.11. Hmmm, does it even have that?

 

[Buppies]

76 here this morning high in 90s heat index 104 just like yesterday but got very breezy 15 to 25 mph new tent worked great no sunburn for me. Wife and enjoying our time alone no phones

Prayers for Toppop, scaredy, Helogabals, Eric, Ex PM of Japan murdered, our Country the USA all other spoken or silent