Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

Coffee has been poured. 54° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 64° with some sunshine. .39" rain over night. After spending more time on phone with Amazon. May have delivery problems solved. Person I talked to yesterday said they have had lots of complaints about there new delivery policy. Got all trimming tools into back of Mule. Went around yard trimming trees and shrubs in yard. Then took tractor and picked up the riming and put them on chipper pile. Grocery shopping this morning. Then get started on shrubs around house. Still have not got rid of on Hornets nest on west end of house. Sill stay away those shrubs for now.
Foggy morning at bird feeders

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Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[sodamo]

First washer I remember was a small, square thing with a hand crank wringer. We lived in a trailer at the time, I doubt it was maybe 16in square. Then she got one of the round, white ones with electric wringer. Must have been used as didn’t have too long and didn’t always work and about 6 or 7th grade she got the modern automatic kind. My brothers and I contributed $1/wk from our paper route moneys.

 

[sodamo]

Maybe practicing for the air show at pease this weekend?

At the old Pease AFB? My Dad helped build that when I was in grammar school. Loved going to airshows there, B47s. Did a Civil Air Patrol summer camp there one year.

 

[daugen]

speaking of air shows, have any of you seen a P-38 fly at one? Not many left, I think under ten.
as a small child I remember playing in the attic and up on the ceiling were these large airplane stickers of different
planes, likely all WWII vintage. And I always remember the twin engine twin fuselage P-38 sticker up there.
Funny the visuals you remember...
my Father was in the AirForce, never flew, and likely just liked the planes.
I think Louise below is looking mighty fine.

 

[ronjhall]

I have a 3 point hitch on an SSQA plate. I have used it 3-4 times after I built it. About all it's good for is moving equipment around. I was not pleased at all with trying to use implements on it, I wanted to use a york rake and it just didn't work well. It is handy to set 3 point equipment in my little shop to work on.
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I have a 3pt quick attach for my FEL. Works very well with my landscape rake. Gage wheels on rake make it easy to get a level area. I do not use the 3pt adapter for FEL any more now that I have 2 tractors.

 

[ronjhall]

They acted like they didn’t understand English when I talked to them before. And I mean Acted, they understood. They cut limbs from trees, then threw them in my yard. Did same to my neighbors. They just don’t care.

I have always wondered if they put on an act that they understand what you are saying. Some cannot read either. I looked at my Amazon directions for delivery. Someone has added directions to it in Spanish.

 

[daugen]

bet those turf tires give a nice ride Ron. When not digging heavy stuff, you might be able
to air the rears down a few more psi, get an even softer ride.
my Massey with turf tires was my "lawn tractor". It tread lightly. The big ag tires surely do not
if ground is wet. And if you stay out of the mud, those turf tires have remarkable traction, plus you always
can put it in 4wd. Glad you got a second tractor, makes dealing with implements, or not dealing with them..., so much
easier. You don't need less tractors as you get older, you need more...
that's our story and we're sticking to it

 

[wngsprd]

57 going to 87. Humidity returns.

BEF, good story on washing clothes the old fashioned way. Sorry your fiber company is so sloppy. We've had 2 different fiber companies lay parallel competing lines this summer, but fortunately they were both on the other side of the highway, other than the line they ran to our house. Lots of mess...but nothing like what VDOT did yesterday cutting trees back down our road yesterday...I'm kind of glad in that we had some cedars that had gotten so wide trucks driving by kept them trimmed the hard way. But we had some beautiful dogwood trees and persimmon trees that got trimmed and don't look right.

Took Della for an extra long hike and swim, just to enjoy the cooler temps yesterday...then went poison ivy hunting with my backpack sprayer. Found a couple of fresh bear poops in the woods.

 

[NHBX]

At the old Pease AFB? My Dad helped build that when I was in grammar school. Loved going to airshows there, B47s. Did a Civil Air Patrol summer camp there one year.

Yes, the air national guard still has a large presence there.

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[daugen]

since we've had nice dry weather, the chances are good my trip to the local apple orchard
today will score the first of this year's apple harvest. Yeah.

They might still have some white nectarines left that were
floral and sweet. But I live for apples and I just can't eat the stuff with wax on it.
local orchards are not organic interestingly, near organic or some such.
I had to spray my orchard at least five times a year in NC, the question is what do you use.
I perhaps can afford to use neem oil which is OMRI listed but commercial growers need something more powerful and
way less expensive. OMRI listed orchard spray is pretty expensive. Most importantly, blemished fruit won't sell, only so much
cider you can make.

2.50 a pound for apples retail, don't know what a whole peach basket costs per pound, but less.