Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

good morning, 56 going to 86 today heat is coming back in the next days

Buppies, hope the insulin can get it under control

Have two kids that are sick. Bronchitis and one with GERD attack

Jimmy Buffett has passed away

Took the truck for a spin yesterday and washed off the dust

PJ happy anniversary

The Urea type cream from the doctor to dissolve some skin on the foot worked really well

Today will help wife mostly and see what else there may be time for

 

[Buppies]

51 high of 86 not sure what we will do today. Still very dry here lots of people mowing dust.

Still fighting sugar levels September 14 nuclear scan of pyre thyroid gland September 18 pre surgery meeting for skin cancer removal what the heck.

prayers for all silent or spoken our country PJ and bee stings

 

[Buppies]

Thanks m7040

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 60F @ 5:15AM. Partly to mostly cloudy. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 76F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
Almost the same forecast as yesterday, and like yesterday, the only rain on the radar is a fair distance to the east and moving to the NNE. My bet is today will also be dry, just like yesterday.

Don't feel bad, Ted, we all have days like that. Good plan you left that job for later, maybe after a good night's sleep? At least you didn't get nearly stung to death like Paul...

Sad news about Jimmy Buffet, Fritz. The world is less happy with him gone. Another one that died too young.

My friends showed up right on time yesterday morning, and we got right to work checking out the parts van to see if it would work for his project. Turns out it will. We made a pattern of the holes in the floor I'll need to duplicate on the other van, then got the headliner from the parts van fit into the other van. Nasty two man job I'd been dreading trying to do by myself. I suggested I trade the parts van for my friend's time helping get the blue van running and finished off to sell, and he seemed enthusiastic about the idea. I think it'll be a win-win.

Finished up the morning by loading two more motorcycles into the van, and the new tie down anchor worked out well. I loaded a few more things after they left, then made the adapter for the tire balancer and got one of the new trailer wheels balanced. Was about to put the tire back on the trailer when I remembered that the previous owner recommended that the brakes be replaced, so I'll see if I can figure out how to get the brake drum off today. Looks like I have to remove the outer wheel bearing?

Found the broken plastic handle off the wheel chock on the motorcycle lift, left laying on the workbench until I had time to make a new one. It wasn't dinner time yet, to I found a scrap piece of aluminum bar stock and started whittling on it in the lathe. Got most of it roughed out, but started losing my concentration and gave myself the rest of the day off. Time for dinner anyway.

Probably spend today packing more things into the van and monkeying with the trailer brakes. We'll see what else comes along.

Hope everyone enjoys the weekend!

 

[daugen]

some of my fondest memories are listening to Bahamian reggae pop music intermixed with Jimmy Buffett, while cruising my boat slowly
through the Abacos. Buffett had both power and sailboats, one of them was visiting Washington NC for awhile and a local artist painted it.
It's on my kitchen wall. Bahamian blue
fair seas Jimmy.

 

[daugen]

listening to that Caribbean music while on a boat in the islands
is about equal to driving my brother's 62 Corvette convertible at Seaside Heights on LBI
with the top down and Beach Boys blasting from the tinny radio.
special moments, always bring a smile

 

[Buppies]

Big fan of Beach Boys liked Buffett but own no music by him odd. My collection is polluted with Motown

 

[Popgadget]

Good morning.
62 going to 78 under a clear sky and gentle breeze. Yet another nice day.

Yesterday didn’t follow the plan. The FAA inspectors were a no show, they were called to an accident investigation.
Did a Costco run without my wife, brought home a 35” curved screen monitor for $129. Also got brisket and pork shoulders that I’m going to smoke to feed the the local VFD at their meeting this week. Some NY strip steaks for family dinner tomorrow night, and the usual sundry assortment.
When I got home Amazon had delivered my new computer, a compact Lenovo desktop with i9, 64gb RAM, 4TB SSD and 9TB 7200 rpm HDD.
I wanted the power for doing music production. Seems pretty fast so far, I’m adjusting to Win 11 though.

Had to give Zoe a bath she rolled in something and really stunk. There was no way to wrestle her into the tub, did a sponge bath on the tile floor.

Fed the boys meatballs and played music last night, got 24 tracks loaded into new computer from HDD recorder, much faster than before.

Not sure what to do today, not a lot of new chores, but plenty of old ones to choose from.

 

[daugen]

I had to look up I9, very nice. you could likely run a small city with it...
Paul, I'm sure you have a truly serious surge protector, or two, in front of it.

my pc keeps hanging up on videos. Keep having to reboot. Maybe a card issue.
Maybe time for an I9....

beautiful day out, time to go feed the hungry birds

 

[riptides]

73 outside right now. Heading to mid 80's. 59% humidity. Absolutely perfect start this AM. Late start on the chores and getting out of bed. Super rare to go past 5AM. This morning it was 8AM.

Hope the morning crew heals and repairs things fast. We all have those days where either mother nature piles on or our work just gets the better of us. Keep at it.

Wife dragged me to a neighbors estate sale yesterday. Sad. All I could think of was not letting stuff accumulate. She picked up some stuff for the Milk House. I opted for nothing. I have the keep it simple bug...been that way for a while.

Anyway...on a cheerful note I will be swinging the hammers in a few. Today only...as the weather people are already freaking out about the next few days. Heat.

Hope all have a great day. Be safe. Get well to those in need.