Good morning!!!!

[Wagtail]

Good (Friday) morning. Overnight Low of -0.4C and it's presently 14.0C, clear & calm.

Received a WhatsApp text from my friend in Washington, D.C.. Only she forgot that her 1200 (noon) is my 0200. The bugger is that when you get a text or call during the wee hours you HAVE to answer/respond to it. I'll call/text her soon.

Nothing planned for today, again. That's about it, take care all.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 72ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Light wind until thunderstorms arrived, Sk clouded up in afternoon and at least 3/8 inch rain, and high temp was 102ºF, HI 106ºF. Made coffee to start day, oatmeal for breakfast. Bike ride, cool off unload truck bed, and nap. lost power while in shower for 8 minutes, had enough light to finish. Outboard motor was grandpa's then Dad's then old brother, now mine. It not locked up, too much going on to work on it .
Buppies prayers for you and Holly.
Frits prayers for your wife.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 55° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 74° with a few clouds. .11" rain since yesterday morning. Grocery shopping went good. Then got shop cleaned up and all supplies put away where I hope find them when needed again. PT this morning. Then do a search for the other spare bolts I have for mower blades. Messicks wants $15 each for them. No other plans for today.
Can you hear me.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
Currently 58 going to a rainy 74.
Woke up early with severe hand pain. Arthritis kicking in from working on the tractor yesterday!
I went out to mount the bucket so I could turn the mulch pile out back. I noticed a stream of oil on the floor as I was leaving the garage!
One of the quick connectors decided to start leaking! I tried reattaching a few times but no go. Luckily I kept all the old ones I had replaced and mounted one of them back on. Leak fixed and pile turned before the rains came! Now I pay the price for pulling so hard to get the fitting removed.
Other than that and normal living things are going good.
Cigar tubes are selling. 5 of them already made and sold! A few other projects completed and a few more in the loop.

Buppies, thanks for letting me know someone appreciated my work. Surprised they know what a shift knob is! Most people now a days don't!
Sorry to hear Holly fell! Hope she heals up quick!
Latest stuff:


That's it for now.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[ronjhall]

I like to go to the weekly Concerts in the Park held by the little town I live in. Have not gone lately because of my foot. Yesterday evenings event was one I wish I had not missed. It was for ALS of Michigan. My wife passed from this terrible disease 6 years ago. Jimmie Bones on the keyboard has it.
So glad someone did a video of it.

 

[daugen]

good morning all and welcome to August.
temps really dropped last night, nice to not hear a/c run all night
lovely day today, high of only 75.
Phil, sorry your hand hurts. Some days I wonder what part of me is going to malfunction today...
your woodwork continues to delight and impress.

not sure what I will get into today. Nice to look at calendar and see an empty spot.

Ron, 15 bucks for a Kubota bolt, sure must be finished nicely?
bet it's something complicated like reverse thread, and does it have a socket inset in head?
better harden that bolt or since reverse thread, you just know it will get overtightened by mistake.
seems to be some question whether reverse threaded is "right threaded" but apparently right threaded is normal,
tighten to the right.

my JD mower is not reverse thread, nor was my Gravely. The Gravely used those Belleville washers instead.
wow, look at this bolt from Messicks. 39 bucks for a blade bolt.

Kubota #70713-34364 Blade Bolt

Blade Bolt

www.messicks.com

 

[ronjhall]

Drew, this is the one I need.

Kubota #76539-34372 Blade Bolt

www.messicks.com

There are some on Amazon and EBAY. But the reviews are not very good.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning TBNers,
Ct, 59 to start going to 72 with mostly cloudy skies. I think most of the rain has passed by but not the clouds. I don’t think we got as much rain as predicted but we did get enough to forgo watering the garden and outside plants for another day or so. We also got a fair amount of wind but my antenna is still up in the trees so I guess it’s all good .

Looks like work this morning but only a couple of deliveries.

Phil, sorry to hear about your hand injury, hopefully that feels better soon. Every morning I wake up there is always something that hurts

On the radio front, I’m waiting on a coil for my whip antenna that will hopefully be delivered today. This will expand my band coverage to 40 and 80 meters for my portable POTA operation.

Steve, I see that you did a like on my post yesterday, so I really do want to try FT8 operation hopefully by this fall. And I still have the PM that you sent me on the cable connection between the transceiver and computer. I will need to pick that up. Was kind of wondering how the computer clicks get synchronized? But I’m sure I will at some point.

We have 2 of our grandchildren for an overnight stay this afternoon and night. Maybe we will take them to the carnival in a near by town.

Hope all have a blessed and safe day

 

[Happy in NC]

Good morning TBN!!!
70 this morning going to low 90s. No rain yesterday but a wider spread chance this afternoon.

Happened to be on CL looking at "stuff" Man advertised a 6ft Ford scrape blade for $175. Called him drove about 45 minutes and picked it up. About 1/2 the price of what I usually see. First CL buy for me and I am pleased. Also picked up 2 oil change fluid catch for my lift. One with a very nice 35 gal barrel. Both brand new. $100. Now I'll probably be a CL junkie
No plan today really. I may start getting the plasma and genny loaded up to cut on old tank on Sat. High of 80 will make it much more doable.

Time for a second cup
Everyone have a great and safe day!!!

 

[m7040]

good morning, 65 going to 75 nice and looks like it will stay cooler the next week or so

Found some German speaking movies for wife to watch. She wanted to keep up her German and turning off the English subtitles allowed her to immerse herself in the language. She said it was easy to understand because they were speaking very clear Hochdeutch. Dialects like Platdeutch can be difficult to understand

The bolt for Ron's mower blades is the same I have on the Kubota ZT. It is a good mounting system and when I had problems with it, it was entirely user error

May get some service work done on the equipment today