Good morning!!!!

[newbury]

It spawned numerous tornados, but nothing like the western or plains variety. A local TV weather station covered it non-stop for over two hours. Non-stop.

Not saying it was not serious, but the coverage was akin to the end of the world.

Remember - if a tornado IS hitting residences there is a high likelihood it WILL be the end of the world for someone.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 61 to start going to 77 ! Partly sunny skies and I am hoping the humidity starts to leave also !

Scott, I am almost in the center between North Bay and Huntsville, Ontario. South River.

GM Bill, years ago,1978, I bought a new Jeep CJ5 and drove through Niagara Falls and up over the top of Lake Superior ! Beautiful country ! I remember seeing two gigantic moose up there on the roadside ! That was a great trip !

Window cleaning and grass mowing on the list today

GM Ron, I will pass on the window cleaning but I also have mowing on the agenda today ! Should have done it Wednesday but put it off ! Also my wife Kathleen gets a kick out of seeing a gray squirrel with a red tail here !

A very young ground hog seems to have taken up residence in my tractor barn.

GM Wngsprd, we had a ground hog that thought his home was under my front porch in Vt, unfortunately he met the wrong side of my 20 ga ! Please don’t tell my wife, she would shoot me ! But the poop where they live and the porch would reek ! I guess I could try the havaheart trap the next time !

Hope all have a Good Friday !

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I was wondering when the lack of peace and quiet would become evident. I'm sure it's quite different there than your old place, but shopping convenience is a partial trade off I guess.

I was concerned about the noise from the airport enough that I checked into what flew out of there before purchasing the Orcutt home. At the time, I could find no passenger flights normally scheduled in and out of the Santa Maria field. Since then, regular commercial service has started. The biggest surprise, though, is that military jets, and especially that ungainly VTOL cargo plane the Marines use, make regular training runs and stop'n'go landings, and their flight paths are close enough that I can see the pilots in some of the planes. They also fly firefighter tankers out of that airport. Fortunately, the all the flights pretty much stick to daylight hours. I wonder at the logic of using that airport for military purposes, especially considering the miserable safety record of that VTOL aircraft.

Up north, the Camp Fire of 2018 took out most of the trees that used to shield my property from traffic and train noise, so it's not nearly as quiet there as it used to be. Very much a case of paradise lost, no pun intended. I moved there from Dublin, CA, which is at the intersection of I580 and I680, which was much noisier than anyplace I've lived. I'd say the new place is maybe midway between Dublin and Butte County noise wise. The biggest change is that the master bedroom of the new house is only about thirty-five feet from the street, and I get traffic noise like I've never had before. It's residential, but a heck of a change from having a quarter mile driveway like up north.

Another advantage of the new place, besides being a short walk from shopping, is it's also a short way to a good hospital. Up north, super expensive life-flights on helicopters are the normal mode of emergency medical transport.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 55 and only going to a high of 64°F. Wind SW 9 mph. 60% chance of showers and raining now. No grass cutting today.

I guess today will be an energy conservation day.

N i c e bushy tail on that tree rat.

Have a safe day all

 

[Looking4new]

Good Morning,
Ct, 61 to start going to 77 ! Partly sunny skies and I am hoping the humidity starts to leave also !


I guess I could try the havaheart trap the next time !

How about a conibear trap? They are just as dead and no noise.

Hope all have a Good Friday !

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 54F @ 4:15AM. Foggy this morning, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 71F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph.
There are heat advisories up for the inland valley today, so I plan an early start to get into the mountains before noon.

Spent most of yesterday packing the camping gear, checking the travel list to make sure I didn't forget anything, and doing laundry. I did make a start changing out the batteries in a Makita battery pack, but didn't get very far. Biggest hurdle was finding the right security Torx driver to get the screws out, and drilling the plastic housing so the Torx could reach the screw. Now I just need to clean up the metal tabs that join the batteries together, then break the little spot welds to free the old batteries. I have the replacement cells and spot welder ready to go, just need some uninterrupted time to finish.

I also got the radar detector talking to the new helmet, but it took phone calls to both manufacturers to figure it out. One thing I haven't tried yet is how well I'll be able to hear the helmet speakers through ear plugs...

TGIF gang!

 

[daugen]

have fun and a safe drive RNG.
thanks for the great pic. They are all Starlink satellites going up, 8 more scheduled for this month.
whoooossshhhhhh

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
72° with a high of 80 today, another dry day.

Yesterday started with a repair for a neighbor, then serviced the Progressive mower. It is the perfect application of the cordless grease gun and LockNlube, it takes at least a full tube of grease. 5 driveshafts, 9 spindles, 8 casters, and a batch of other pivots.
Got the stone leveled and ready for the Crete Heat and PEX.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 66˚F heading to the upper 90s with lots of sun and a S wind.

The TV antenna guy came to the new house and cannot put up an OTA antenna like we have here at the old house because of the roof. He suggested an App instead of cable. He will also give me a quote on updating the sound system in the house. There are speakers every where even in the garage and rock speakers by the pool.

In the old house the refrigerator stopped making ice, luckily it is still under warranty till October. I'm doing step 1. of the repair - manual defrost - unplug. Step 2 is plug it back in after 24 hours, I can do this type of repair - just hope it works like it did last time.

 

[daugen]

RNG, by any chance are you an Elk?
not many rv campgrounds near Orcutt, but the Elk place is top rated. ?
I'm driving right by you apparently on the way South.

otherwise, closest nice place is Flying Flags in Buellton. "only" 69 a night, good deal for CA.
I think that's about half an hour from you. Monday afternoon 9/23 and Tuesday 9/24.
I don't want to park my rv on the beach and get sandblasted, been there done that, never again, so
happy to be inland.

pencil me in, just don't pick me up on a motorcycle...