Good morning!!!!

[WinterDeere]

Up early this morning, and did a few hours of "work" work, before reviewing my list of home projects and required shopping list. I headed out to the truck with plans to stop at Tractor Supply, Lowes, Walmart, and the beer store, but the truck had other ideas. Cranked over once, then dead.

Because the starter was hiding behind a heat shield and not easily accessible, I spent way too much time dicking around with fuses, relays, and other probable causes, before finally pulling the heat shield and getting some test leads right onto the starter solenoid. It was getting battery and start signal... obviously the starter was dead.

An hour's round-trip to an open auto parts store, and then another hour or two to put the whole mess back together and clean up all the tools scattered in the driveway, and that was my day! Never did get to my projects.

 

[Dftodd]

Always like the smell of clothes were hung out to dry.

Sheets Reminds me of my Grandparents place.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Tuesday) morning. Overnight Low was a frosty -0.5C and it's presently 16.8C, mostly clear with a breeze.

Just 'tootling' along. That's about it, take care all.

Set a post yesterday to hold a dinner bell we purchased in Tennessee a few years ago. Wife 's happy.

Remember to 'ring' the New Year in @ 0000 NYE!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Wore out. Been working on pond rake. It will be a rube goldberg contraption, just because I'm trying to repurpose materials that otherwise were going into the metal scrapyard. I feel like I'm about 80+% done.

I took 3 ibuprofen because I was on my knees, and bent knees, and leaning over too much. Don't normally take it, but I need some sleep.

Did not go to church yesterday, but Pastor new about our ordeal with daughter and he brought over 2 pizzas. We prayed and ate and had some good talk. He's also a great friend to us.

Also today, my wifey decided to put together a glider rocker that seats 2. It is a patio lawn furniture type with mesh webbing for breathable comfort. She did make a mistake putting left end assembly J on the right end. Did not find out until the glider rocker links were interfering. Told her where she went wrong and she methodically took it back apart and had my son help her put it together. It works fine now. Alls well that ends well.

I haven't watched much of the US Open tennis tourney but I love to watch tennis. Was telling my family that it used to be on mainstream TV often back about 40 years ago. One thing that annoys me, (and others) is players that "grunt" when they hit the ball. Plenty of players before and since don't grunt, so why does the sport let them get away with it. I remember Gabriella Sabatini and Monica IIRC were some of the worst. When they played it was just uhg, ug, uhumph, uuug. I believe the players that do it, do it to annoy and try to intimidate their competitors. Wish the tennis association would penalize them for doing it. One guy complained to an opponent yesterday about it. The grunter lost, so good.

Took the Yamaha FJR out for a couple 15-20 minute rides to pick up stuff. It is a really nice bike. A lot of power. Only could recommend one to seasoned riders. The suspension is fantastic for what it is.

They had flattrack motorcycle racing at the Springfield mile. Wish that was still on mainstream, but only PPV.

Plane rides for lunch sounds fun. I used to do that many years ago.

My mom is doing well, with a good structured daily routine. Wish she would rehab more. She has a LOT of medical appointments in the last few months. But since we almost lost her back in January, every day is treasured.

Prayers for our team, our nation, Israel and Ukraine.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Drew, I would have bought a couple of tickets if I had known sooner. Doubles my odds of winning right???

Hope you win!

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 68ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind, mostly cloud with popup showers, just not here. High temp for the day was 86ºF, HI 93ºF. Made coffee to start day, made Malt-o-meal for breakfast, organized task list, bike ride, mow front yard, lunch, nap, organized credit card slips, found company had missed credited my last payment, and now I have have a positive balance at end of bill cycle. Finished off St. Louis ribs bought last trip to town for dinner.
Resuming Friday 8/29 10:21 AM CDT post 210,752:
Drew glad pavers in place, Sorry about difficulty in getting reasonable price sand. Hope watering went well.
Dennis good to hear progress on deck steps. Hope Smoky likes your lap.
David sorry about new mower with dead battery. Glad YouTube was able to help you to get it to charge. Glad 1st impression is so positive. Truck is heavy. Hope town run and H&F went well.
RS nice on arb mulch. Glad you got some rain, wish it was more. Glad sprayers refilled and ready for next spray opportunity. Hope you Friday went well.
Dennis sorry out of material. Hope Snagglepuss enjoying your lap.
Drew sorry so tuckered so early, short nap gets me going again. House looks good.
Thomas glad you like the challenge of busy day. Sorry rain changed your plans for afternoon.
Don nice looking electric pruner. Nice reach. Hope you get some good days to try them out
Scott(vt) neat fog pics.
Randy(wag) glad you made it through winter.
Ray(gah) welcome back. Sorry about the dry summer, hope you weren't hurt too bad.
Saturday 8/30:
Ron glad filters changed without shower. Good to hear clean and grease of JD mower and it's ready for action. Hope Kubota clean and grease went as good. Nice sunrise.
Drew hope you filter change went as good as Ron's. Hope ramps went well, front walkway goes without issues. Hope visit with sister and BIL went smoothly.
Thomas hope day went according to plan.
Billy cleaning up garages or tool-shed always a challenge. Hope snake caught mice without fanfare
Scott(vt) sorry Opa second fiddle to Nana. Sorry not warm enough for boating, big activity here, boating will slow down now. Glad radio time was so productive. Hope field maintenance and deck work do go well.
Spike59 hope cattle hauling went well and new weather station install and works smoothly.
Happy(NC) glad shop cleaned up, and man-room ready fr guests. Hope visit is good.
Dennis thanks for follow up on slides.
ArlyA sorry trip not postponed. Hope it goes well.
Drew I have spare shingles and would replace them by myself with spotter on ground.
Bill hope grass cutting went well.
Frits hope window work went well. glad you could use excavator to remove mile-a-minute growth. Glad GD doing well at college. Hope D speaking engagement goes well.
Billy definitely different walnut.
Ken sorry the leaves are falling so early. Glad you got away with no stings from yellow jackets. Good to hear no stings dealing with sawing log. Sorry about no confession about towel rack. Good luck with Jeep, hope you got some pool time and watering done. Glad forks working out.
David hope roasted curry kabocha soup turned out. Glad guy won H&F. Hope rain didn't spoil you plans.
Drew glad ramps turned out ok, and adding sand to varnish worked. Sorry no real inquiries on RV yet.
RS glad Friday went well, time can get away from us. Sorry ground so hard. Hope you get rain soon, everything is taking a lot of water! Glad trees are trimmed so mowing easier. Nice haul from garden. Hope Saturday was productive.
Dennis glad good breakfast. Good to hear pipeline people winding down.
Thomas glad mowing and trimming went well. Mrs whipping some good stuff. Hope good star and critter night.
Randy(wag) hope church was good and leading went well.
Kyle sorry about drama with daughter. prayers sent. Hope you get some rain.
More catch up later
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.