Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good morning.
66° with a high in the upper 70’s and 0%POP forecast under a partly cloudy sky.

Yesterday my buddy and I decided to forego a lunch flight in the little plane, and instead went to a giant scale RC show.
There were actual turbine powered jets

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Actual 4 cycle radials with spark ignition
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Overall it was an interesting show.

Didn’t get much else done other trim some fence posts to a uniform height with the Makita chainsaw.

Today starts with seeing grandson get on the school bus for his first day of school.

Not sure what’s after that,but I sure I’ll figure something out.

Would love to build an engine like that, but would take a heck of a lot of work....and tooling.

Boo paid the rent?

LOL!

Holly had ok day yesterday hope today is good as well.

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

Prayers Bupps and Holly. Hope y'all have a good day.

good morning, 53 going to 73 sunny cool morning

Jacked up the van and did a check of the suspension for issues that could cause the clunking on rough roads. All joints were tight and no movements detected even when using a pry bar. Struts appear to be ok. However there was some gear sounding noise when turning the steering wheel a little side to side. Also some oil leak from the steering rack. Looks like it is a failing steering rack. Not sure I will replace it myself

Got too close to a wasp nest also and was stung a few times on my hand. Pulled the hand back really quick and it activated the emergency call on the Apple Watch. Good to see it actually works

Sorry about the wasps. Just dealt with that myself. Left 2 bumps kind of like big pimples. Still slightly red after a week.
Does the clunk happen when changing steering direction? Or going over bumps?

Today went well, under the gun to get some things done. So thankful I got all 3 student workers back under my direction. Took an act of congress almost.
Working on an annual budget spreadsheet for my boss. I do so few spreadsheets, and at least a year apart, so my spreadsheet dialect is suffering.

Popgadget, 480GS at 8.5miles high. Have to be miliary or astronaut to get much better. That is so cool. Thanks for sharing.

foxes, bears, squirrels, deer, dogs...we got it all right here!

Son's tennis game coming along. He was ranked 4th on the team, but has beaten #3 and #2. Played #1 today but lost 6-4. Says that's better than 6-2. He said his serve was off today not getting his 1st serves in like he should. Gotta get it in it to win it! Wifey says it is better for him to be #2 so that he doesn't have to play the opposing team's #1. He's no Agassi. A ton to learn and get better at.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 65ºF for the start, 1/8 inch in rain gauge, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind, partly cloudy sky, and high temp was 91ºF, HI 99ºF. Rain chances on several days and accumulation total about 1/4 inch. No more 100ºF days in forecast, I think only 2 of those this year. Made coffee to start day, men's meeting, Hand man stopped by to see what materials he needed to work on my projects for him, then trimmed the yard. Cleaned of front, back porches and sidewalk, nap, dinner, no group.
Resuming 8/22/25 3:35 AM post 210454:
Ron glad shopping went well, and back field is cut. Hope assembly went well. Nice feeder pic.
David glad the new solenoid valve worked.
Drew hope the memorial service went well, including your part.
Drew hope your meal was not rubberized.
Mike hope fuel run successful. Good luck with radiator.
ArlyA sorry about sick puppy, hope he is ready to travel soon.
Scott(VT) glad you were able to get 20 more 12 foot Trex to Vermont. Hope assembly went well, as well as boat ride and dinner.
Paul glad mowing went well. nice runway pic. Sorry about bad port on switch. Hope old guys at field went well.
Bill hope you were able to clear the air lock on your grease guns.
Masseyrider yes groceries have gone up a lot.
Happy(NC) my condolences on the loss of your son. Prpoer grieving usually take a long time, ask me how I know. Hope touch up on bridge before concrete went well.
Ken bet it's fun watching the deer. Nice pics and captions.
Dennis thanks for the rubber biscuit link
RS sorry so much hand watering required. Surprised only 1 okra pod. Hope your Saturday went well.
Friend(trac) hope birthday party went well, oil got changed.
David glad you got some mowing in.
ArlyA hope puppy recovered from UTI. Big puppy
Drew glad chicken not rubbery, sorry ao bland. Glad service went well, sorry the was some drama.
Phil nice garden pics.
Thomas glad good day at work, sorry kitty found you asleep. Hope you got Bota ready for morning exercise.
Dennis nice slides are getting done. Good to hear mowing is being kept up. Sorry about the issues with power poles and guy wire placements.
Randy(wag) glad you got some rain, hope wine faeries deliver the wine soon.
Saturday morning 3:47 CDT:
Ron nice front yard got cut, and shower bench got assembled. Hope mulch got spread, kinda late for first frozen custard. Nice pic
Drew glad you made it to Saturday. Hope swimming went well, and coffee good.
Bill hope breakfast good, not much chance of outside work.
Spike56 hope you made it through the upper 90's stretch. Thanks for info on drones.
Happy(NC) hope concrete pour went well inspite of extra water in the river.
Billy sorry about the cap mishap on the sprayer, hope no aftereffect from sprayer contents. Sorry about the sloppy laying of fiber cable, hate dreams like that.
ArlyA hope looking at camps went well.
Thomas hope you accomplished your agenda for the day.
Scott(vt) glad good boat ride and dinner with good sunset. Hope day at track went well.
Mike glad you found a new way to entertain MIL. Sorry taxes not so good. Hope mowing went well.
Drew some people will protest the lack of things to protest. Hope watering and trip to Paul's went well.
Drew thanks for look back.
Ken hope drop off of son at college.
Paul glad not your model in pic, hope it was not damaged. Nice pics, I could sit and fish on dock for hours. Pulled pork looks yummy.
Lou sorry to hear about sun burn on nose and lips hope they get better soon. Sorry about poor performance at tractor pull. Plenty of walking sticks here.
More catch up tomorrow.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Scott(vt) /wife's back pain, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Eye recovery, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Israel, Ukraine war, Middle East War, and Country.

 

[Looking4new]

Took golf cart for a spin down to the creek, they already put a guy wire up on the new anchor they put in my way. No one stopped by to discuss with me, like the foreman said he would do last friday..... And they rutted up the "yard" down there, used a half acre to turn a truck around.

If they can't/won't respect your wishes and property why can't you run them off? What is stopping you from moving the guy wire yourself?

Back when the power was being put into this place they put the stake for the guy wire right in the middle of my driveway. The guy across the street pointed out that the stake would be in the middle of the already established (culvert already set) drive way. The power company guy said to move the driveway. Buddy across the street moved the stake after he (power company guy) had left to parallel the driveway. The pole has been there with two transformers on it for the 31 years that I have been here and the pole hasn't moved yet.
I ran the meter reader for the power company off at the business end of a shotgun when he parked his pickup on my grass. I ran a second one off who was skulking around the back of the house. Their instruction CLEARLY indicated that the meter was on the south side of the house near the front. There was zero reason to be at the back of the house.
Now we have those stupid 'smart meters' and no reason for them to be on the property at all. Suits me just fine. Yes I am anti-social. I like my solitude and privacy.

 

[Buppies]

Went to Lynchburg to look at job ate dinner at the crowne ember great food matter of fact fabulous. Recommend to everyone.

Holly ate 90 percent of her meal a winner all the way around

May all have a good evening

 

[daugen]

good morning all
woke up and bedroom was nippy, 50 degrees out now.
I put a small electric heater on for a few minutes. When the sun comes up later the house warms
up just fine. I don't remember such cool mornings in August, must be a jet stream thing.

coffee perking, up early, might go downtown to buy a Powerball ticket today.

glad you had a nice dinner out Buppies.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee has finished brewing. 47° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 68° with clouds and possibility of rain all day. Got grocery shopping done yesterday. Then got JD mower out and sharpened blades. After grass dried cut front yard. After that did some back porch time with Sassy. No plans for today yet.
Hosta flowers are almost done blooming.

Everyone stay Well and Safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

wow thermometer says 49 out now, what a drop in temps

nice hosta Ron, stuff I planted in front of house has now grown too large, very pretty but too much of it.
somehow the deer haven't devoured it here. Seems I have one rapid spreading variety, given to me by my landlady
who was thinning out her hosta. Large beautiful green leaves, now I need to dig some up and plant it somewhere else
along the woods edge.

I need to plant more than hosta for a noise barrier due to new neighbor on other side of property.
Place has been vacant and under rehab for three years, wonderfully quiet. No longer, big rental sign out.
I may have to put in another fence like the one I put in on the other side.
Will wait and see who comes in. 3500 a month for an 1100sf 1.5 bedroom cottage seems like a lot of rent.
But probably not to a couple from the city.
Owner next door who I know slightly, old family around here, has about 500k invested in property now including
new sand mound. So he has to charge a lot of rent to get any ROI. I pay a third less here on a long term lease.

lawns are always an issue on rental property. Who mows, owner or renter.
some folks really don't care what their place looks like. Luckily the guy next to me mows his regularly, which
is good. I mow my place twice as often but he knows house is on main road and very visible. Absolutely zero landscaping around
the house, no garden beds, no trees, no nothing except septic concrete tank lids jutting up in back yard.
low on aesthetics...can only get better.

I'm the only house on this side of the road without a sand mound, and hope to keep it that way.

looks like another nice day, starting with a real touch of Fall.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 50 to start going to 74, with clear skies today.

Worked a half day yesterday, got home and cleaned all the dried leaves falling into the pool. Then went to a local state park and got another activation in. Got home in time to greet one of my grandsons at the bus stop.

Will pack up my truck later this morning for trip back up to Vermont, looks lukewarm a cooler weekend. Oldest son and family will be coming up Friday night after everyone is out of school.

Plan on bringing my portable POTA gear with me and if I get a break will try to do an activation of Lake St. Catherine state park.

Hoping everyone is enjoying the cooler fall weather.

Hope all have a blessed Thursday

 

[Buppies]

52.4 low this morning kinda cool for late August.

Got a lot of paper work to do so I’ll get at.

Prayers for all our Country

 

[riptides]

55 outside this AM, may get to 80. Sunny and dry, Pleasant weather.

Got the entire middle pasture cut yesterday late afternoon. Looks good. Noticed a boarders horse was gimpy out there, so had to get a shoe off the beast. Lucky she cooperated. Have to convince owner since no one is riding horse on a regular basis, shoes are more trouble than they are worth.

Today, need to make some fuel runs and start the front pasture. The grasses are really thinning out due to lack of rain and the time of year.

Could use some groceries too.

Hope all have a great day, be safe.