Good morning!!!!

[KilroyJC]

Yeah, they didn't think that through very well. They are nice sealed connectors, but both too large to be passing through a wall. Still need to close ours up with RTV.

I got the grey electrical service entry sealing putty -far less mess and no curing time.

 

[Buppies]

Glad wife handled snake 40s music interesting

 

[Buppies]

New lift for neighbor sounds nice

Nice step by step Maintaince of mini of filters fuel filters. Much better than any manual thanks for sharing

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).

62.1F going to upper 70e, mostly sunny forecast.

running around went well, Mrs did well at the thrift stores, I started the seasoning process on one of the cast-iron pans (the wide flat one) by following the directions… however, it took over two hours + to burn off the factory oil coat and was getting dark when I applied the first coat of fresh oil, then started to drizzle, so I will resume the process by baking it in the inside oven for a couple hours.

Today, Mrs wants to stop by the local county job fair. Maybe do something other than seasonal tax work? But then it would be giving up free time for woodlot and foodplot work… but my pension got screwed about 20 years ago when somehow we lost COLA, so my decent pension has fallen far behind inflation as of late…

then we go for round 2 of brakes…

when I do the deep cast Iron cauldron tonight, I will give it a wipe with some thinners to get more of the factory oil off so maybe it will take less time to burn off. It is all a learning curve.

I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe productive blessed day!

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, cloudy, going up to 80 with a lot of thunder and some rain last night.
Spent a few hours trimming along road. Stiltgrass was so high/thick I went through 3+ batteries in 1.5 hours, should have lasted 3 hours with normal cutting.
Then went and did a few side areas, need to wait for a few dry days to finish around yard and get out blower, lots of leaves falling.

Buppies - I hope the Dr. is also checking for any UTI etc. that would drive my SILs mother to forget who she was and get angry. I hope this all gets better for you, prayers sent.

Sodamo - congrats on the pool conversion. No more burning eyes!

Dftodd - congrats on trip, have fun.

Think I found out how I got poison ivy the other day, on the front stretch birds must have "dropped" some seed and some young ivy vines, will take care of them in the winter.

Not sure what I will get up to after work with the rain around. Maybe put up another sheetrock panel.

Have the remote app for the mini-split working and trying to adjust the dry vs. cool cycles. The dry cycles keep ac on so it gets cold, the insulation I added keeps it cold. but humidity still comes up when only on ac, so cycling ac/dry until I get the right mix. Thing cools the whole garage really fast.

Be well,

 

[Buppies]

This was eye doctor was easy to get in to my doctor takes two weeks will tell you to go to emergency room

 

[KilroyJC]

I usually wait a few months after each new vaccine is introduced and then poll my doctors & other friends to see what they are thinking.
Only the RSV is out yet - at least in our area. One retired doc got it last week, another still in practice said he is going to wait until about December before reviewing the results. i.e. to early for conclusions.

Flu & Covid not available yet.

Vaccination is a wonderful tool. I remember all too well the horror of mysterious annual polio outbreaks.
Lost my best friend in grade school that way.
But side effects are real too.

rScotty

And the official definition of “vaccine” was changed from what it had been for decades to something else because “reasons”…

 

[KilroyJC]

Another round table discussion...Why is there DEF or purge cycles on tractors at all?

There are some who won't upgrade to a newer Tier because their old tractors run better with less fuss. The previous tier was clean and ran fine.

Something about “Right to Repair” on the current crop of tractors that all have Def/Purge (sounds like a band name, no?) May have something to do with it.

 

[Popgadget]

Another round table discussion...Why is there DEF or purge cycles on tractors at all?

There are some who won't upgrade to a newer Tier because their old tractors run better with less fuss. The previous tier was clean and ran fine.

I was a bit skeptical of the tier4 engines when I bought my L6060. It has a DPF and does regeneration, but no DEF.
So far it is entirely seamless, I have never had to wait for a regen, they happen entirely in the background while the tractor is working. I do appreciate the efficiency that the common rail injection brings to the table, I routinely see 1.7 gph while pulling a 16’ mower. Also the exhaust is clean, and doesn’t appear to have any odor, even when run indoors.
So at least in my experience, it’s much to do about nothing.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 71˚F, North wind, partly cloudy, only heading to the mid 80s, wow that will make today a 20˚ cooler day than the 100s we has last week.

Probate paperwork and lawn mowing will consume most of the day. The liquidators finished pricing the 1000s of items in the house and the "tool man" still has to finish the garage and tractor shed. My Aunt came by and help clean out the pantry and the freezer, and took a trunk load of groceries home.

I still need to transfer about three trailer loads of stuff from one building to another, but will wait for my nephew to help because of my knee. Even though I have 3 weeks before the sale I still see no end in sight in the organization of the sale items, it will just be a best try effort.