Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s already 80, dew point 70, so it will be a sticky one as the temps climb past 90. Yesterday was hot, but had a good breeze.

Yesterday I had a nice breakfast with a couple of friends, then came come and did some prep work for my cheese stuffed smoked burgers.
Ended up doing an AC service call for my buddy, he is swamped with this heat. Got home in time to fire up the smoker and cook the burgers, they came out pretty well. Had a couple of our kids and grandson over to test them along with a friend that used to own a BBQ restaurant and is still a judge for BBQ competition. I always bounce new ideas off of him.

They came out pretty good, next ones will be better.

Today I’ve got to do another service call, then I think we are going to try out Costco.

 

[Popgadget]

I got a chuckle out of Drew saying that he used to take captured groundhogs across the river and release them in NJ.

Reminded me of the question why does NJ have more toxic waste sites than PA, and why does PA have more lawyers?

NJ got first pick!

 

[daugen]

Ken, Europe is literally on fire now. Setting all time heat records. Only ten percent of England is air conditioned.
I wonder if Eric is really hot right now. Hope not.

so that's what I smelled that was so good last night. Breeze from the NorthWest...

site is double posting. They'll fix it.

 

[PJSprog]

77°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 99° today.

Drew, you might be surprised to learn that physical media is making a comeback, at least in the music industry. CD sales are steadily going back up, and there has been a resurgence of vinyl over the last couple of years. I think enough people are starting to understand that the fidelity loss with MP3s and streaming is substantial, and are turning back to better-sounding sources. Plus, you don't get to read the liner notes with downloads.

Crazy, huh Jim? In the '70s, some were screaming about the coming ice age from global cooling. Didn't happen. Then, they were screaming about global warming melting the polar ice caps and flooding all the coastal cities. Didn't happen. Lately, they've realized they have to be less specific and now just call it "climate change" to cover anything that happens. There have always been alarmists wearing breadboards crying "The End Is Nigh!" There always will be.

Ted, I've used AmmoSeek a few times with decent results. You're probably not going to find great value there (add shipping to any prices), but you will find what you need when you can't find it locally. I need some small pistol primers, and no one locally has had any for a long time, but I've found them on AmmoSeek ... pricey, but available. The Wife and I were in Cabela's over the weekend and were surprised to see so much ammo on their shelves. They had plenty of 9mm, .380ACP, and even .22LR. Prices weren't all that appealing, but not awful, and stock was plentiful.

Good morning, gents.

 

[LouNY]

77°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 99° today.

Drew, you might be surprised to learn that physical media is making a comeback, at least in the music industry. CD sales are steadily going back up, and there has been a resurgence of vinyl over the last couple of years. I think enough people are starting to understand that the fidelity loss with MP3s and streaming is substantial, and are turning back to better-sounding sources. Plus, you don't get to read the liner notes with downloads.

Crazy, huh Jim? In the '70s, some were screaming about the coming ice age from global cooling. Didn't happen. Then, they were screaming about global warming melting the polar ice caps and flooding all the coastal cities. Didn't happen. Lately, they've realized they have to be less specific and now just call it "climate change" to cover anything that happens. There have always been alarmists wearing breadboards crying "The End Is Nigh!" There always will be.

Ted, I've used AmmoSeek a few times with decent results. You're probably not going to find great value there (add shipping to any prices), but you will find what you need when you can't find it locally. I need some small pistol primers, and no one locally has had any for a long time, but I've found them on AmmoSeek ... pricey, but available. The Wife and I were in Cabela's over the weekend and were surprised to see so much ammo on their shelves. They had plenty of 9mm, .380ACP, and even .22LR. Prices weren't all that appealing, but not awful, and stock was plentiful.

Good morning, gents.

I'm glad to hear that records and CD's are coming back. With my hearing the quality isn't really much of a deal,
but having a physical piece in my hand that I can play when I want to is.
Flipping through a stack of albums or CD's to pick what I want to listen too is much nicer to me then trying to find it on a thumb drive is.

 

[PJSprog]

The artwork is better, too, Lou.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 65°, going up to 93°. Chances of a T-storm.... probably on the horizon...

I hope CD's aren't going away..... I don't download any music, primarily because it's to hard for me to scroll on the phone (fat fingers and bad eyes).

Those ammo prices sure took a hike! Some are OK. No rush, we just want to do some practice plinking. It's been a few years, need to refresh the skills. The local range had some in stock, but were essentially double the price. I may wait until the local stores get some back in stock.

I think I am going to clean up the truck today, maybe the car too, if it doesn't get too hot..... I'll try to do the insides first.

Need to refill the bird feeders.... they plow through the seed at a crazy pace!

The truck cab rear seat got filled with donations, so need to go drop those off first at the Salvation Army drop off before I will be able to clean it....

Need to go to the store for a few items for our trip this weekend. Traveling light, so shouldn't need too much.

Well, that just blew the agenda..... can't put the cart up front before the horse.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[daugen]

friend just left, and I feel a little better, feeling stupid for not figuring out how to get parts together.
Well.....after the part in question fell apart four times in a row, I just smiled and we then figured out the proper sequence and it all went together just fine.
It was the hose strain relief strap that has a very unusual design. So took him half an hour to fix it, but we got it done.

then we changed plugs in the lawn mower, at 50 hours Kawasaki's plugs were surprisingly dirty, running E90.
They certainly could have gone back in but put the new ones in anyway.
Where is my JC Whitney spark plug cleaner?

Then we took a golf cart ride over to neighbor's to check out construction.
Had to keep moving to get some air.
We both decided that an afternoon in a/c made sense, but maybe we'd mow the lawn. Maybe not too.

I sent him home with a tomato and green pepper, his wife will like that.
Oh, we also picked some potatoes. Too small, need another week or two. but enough for a couple meals for me.

 

[Thomas]

85F clear sky low 90's for high.

Call in this morning to help out pt. job than made 2 stops for critter food.
Plans for today...share the recliner with kittens while ceiling fan blows cool air up us,don't plan on heading outside until this evening.

Enjoy your day stay cool also pets.

 

[RoyJackson]

Plans for today...share the recliner with kittens while ceiling fan blows cool air up us,don't plan on heading outside until this evening.

Enjoy your day stay cool also pets.

Good plan!!!