Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

blackberries ripening, marveling that I'm getting some instead of birds and bees
largest variety you can grow, always look ripe when not
patience is so important but competition has none

 

[WinterDeere]

Air compressor needs a new air hose. Small leak in it. Cracks right at the hookup. Cheap hose from overseas. Had to use it for the log splitter and ZTR. Both of which just have real s l o w leaks in their tires.

I've spent the whole morning with an air hose in hand, grinding and needle scaling some steel for a trailer project. I've been using the same 1/2" or 5/8" Goodyear oil-resistant rubber air hose for at least 25 years, as it's the only hose that never stiffens at all in the cold. I hate cheap air hose.

But if you just slap a fitting on the end of your hose and use it that way, you're going to be either replacing it or cutting a few feet off every few years, as the last 24" takes all the abuse. I keep a replaceable whip hose on the end of my air hoses, which I just replace as they wear out. A 30" section will usually do it, and they can be had with swivel or fixed fittings, in any material you prefer.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

54 climbing to 84.

That's gonna be so nice!

Mostly jus an energy conservation day yesterday...watched some baseball...Yankees and Red Sox...Max Fried, my favorite pitcher.

Watched most of it also

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I stopped shopping at Dicks when they removed guns and ammo. Shouldn’t call yourself a sporting goods store without them.
Rural king is a good place for that.

Good worship, wife wasn’t feeling well so stayed home. Grabbed burger on way back for lunch.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Evening
Today was a beautiful day, although I didn’t do much to take advantage of it.

Got some peaches from a neighbors farm stand, went out to lunch with a friend to the local grass airport where the airplanes are old, and the pilots are as well. We saw a number APF friends there lots of vintage motorcycles came and went. The food is excellent. There is a limited menu, but really well prepared quality ingredients.

Did a little work around here, got the ERV up into the attic, and some strategizing about how I’m going to install it. I’m pretty sure I’m going to do it as a stand alone system rather than tying it into the existing air handler.
One thing driving that is that we use the radiant floor heat in the winter, so it does not make sense to me to run it for the ventilation. This way it will also have its own control. Not set in stone yet, but I’m leaning that way.

Helped oldest son get the pool covered, grandson supervised.

Last night we went down to their place to enjoy a fire in the fire pit while the kids made S’mores. Neighbors came via golf cart as well.

 

[WinterDeere]

I stopped shopping at Dicks when they removed guns and ammo.

I understand the sentiment, but did you actually ever buy firearms at Dicks? I've always bought all of my guns from mom-and-pop gun stores, with personnel who actually know their product, can order in exactly what you want, and have the wherewithall to support it when you need mod's or have an issue.

I will admit to buying sporting shells from Cabella's for awhile in the early 2000's, they had the best prices on Remington trap loads. But even there, I eventually switched back to just buying flats from the local family-owned operation, as they were able to come close enough to Cabella pricing that I didn't mind the small premium. This is back when I was blowing thru 4 - 8 boxes of 12 gauge shells every Wednesday night, and occasinally doubling that on a Saturday.

 

[Thomas]

62F clear sky.

Been good outside day,lawn field trim and mow trip follow trip to town for critter food.
NY Giants once again.
Going to be early to bed.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Monday) morning. Overnight Low of 15.1C and it's presently 21.9C (that's 74F!), cloudy with a slight breeze. It was gusty night and rain is expected late this evening.

I'll let the fire go out in the woodheater; the first time since mid-June. Yes, I know enough to not put my Winter stuff away just yet as there's always one, or two, more occasions.

The only thing planned for today is a Parish Council meeting this early evening.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good afternoon all. 68ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light to moderate wind, partly cloudy sky with afternoon buildups, and high temp was 92ºF. Made coffee to start day, help setup, attend, help tear down Chapel, breakfast with group, nap, lunch, cleaned up kitchen/dishes, watched 4th quarter of Giants/Cowboys game, quite the barn burner finish. Working on catch up
Resuming Friday 9/12 3:34 AM CDT post 211,269:
Drew ope schedule for CT scan went well. Sorry visit with primary Dr didn't go well. You would think he would understand where the sources of pain are and possible improvements that can be made. I have finished sharpening of mowing blades with file.
Happy(NC) glad you had a good putter day. Hope errands went well.
Bill glad you are getting good temps.Hope town run was good.
Scott(VT) good to hear progress on deck, hope you can get enough board to get out on deck ok. Sorry body is talking back to you.
ArlyA glad you are getting some nice weather, and progress on the implement assembly.
Billy glad you got hike and swim with Della. Good to hear firepit wood restacked.
Mike glad you scored on grocery run on Thursday. Good to hear you survived another week of real job and were able maintain discretion on what you said
Frits sorry temp gauge quit working. Good to hear new on fixed the problem. Great to hear GD still doing well at college.
Buppies hope you got a nap in. Hope you were able to make progress on projects and take care of Holly. prayers sent.
Billy good question for Mike.
Drew glad birds getting a treat. If you need squirrels, I have some extra
Friend(trac) hope work goes ok and you can finish the trip prep. Glad to hear you now have enough luggage volume to keep girlfriend happy.
Drew I can always get fresh crappie from the lake, and neighbor shares his excess catfish, also for the lake.
Bill so why didn't office alert you to problems?
Ken glad battery still under warranty. Hope good tenant in apartment. Hope you get refund this time. Hope day job and wood splitting went well.
Paul glad good breakfast with professor, and R/C session with the old guys. Sorry to hear deer damaging pumpkin crop. Interesting project making that clamp wit eccentric. Hope trip to Martha's Vineyard went well. Hope you enjoyed the evening's music playing.
Drew hope wash/wax RV went well and blackberries protected from birds. Thanks for bee sting stories.
ArlyA having epi pens/benadryl makes sense.
Ron sorry about not posting earlier. Glad grocery shopping good. Great to hear visit with wife's cousin good and you got your frozen custard. Sorry about the long trek home. Cute little guy on suet cake.
Peter(tug) I second the notion of Dr need to able to work together smoothly. My knife sharpening skills not that hot, but drill sharpening was a piece of cake at work, sharpening bits under 3/16" problematic.
David glad mowing progress and guys won H&F!
Frits nice pics!
Don sorry about the heat, at least you can use the pool more Sorry about finding you glasses turned out to be false.
Thomas glad you got your fair share from the garden. Hope garden production was good this year.
Scott(vt) glad you are not having well issue at VT house.
Scott(vt) glad good progress on deck, and room for glider on new decking.
WinterDeere sorry to hear about deck rotting.
Newbury thanks for ring shank nail info.
Larry Welcome to GM thread. Thanks for sharing your cooking experience and money saving tips.
Dennis my condolences on anniversary of sister passing.
Randy(wag) glad tract is greased and clean. Hope you found something to putter at.
Saturday 9/13 3:35 AM CDT:
Ron hope rain didn't mess with you plans. Glad you got some energy conservation along with yard clean up and reorganizing equipment. Sorry list getting longer and not shorter. Nice squirrel pic
Drew hope the waxing on RV went well and trip to orchard productive.
Frits hope adaption papers helped your daughter. Glad you and Cosy had good trip to Pen Mar park. Hope you survive all the deer after the chestnuts.
ArlyA hope trip to property went well.
Scott(vt) Hope you can get most of deck work done before heat up. Hope good progress on deck work. Hope new valve fixes kitchen stove. Nice pic
Billy glad you had great day Friday. Better watch out you may catch up with Thomas on bear population.
Dennis hope you can get that last little bit done.
Happy(NC) hope auction went well.
Bill hope you had a good energy conservation day.
Paul glad your Friday went well. Dinner sounded good. My condolence to your wife and her friend on the loss of the friends son.
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, Ukraine war, Middle East War, and Country.

 

[rswyan]

Was 77F and sunny @ 12:30, calling for a high of 82F for the day. Low this morning was 48.0F.

Ten Day now showing 30% to 40% chance of thunderstorms this coming Saturday/Sunday.

Here's hoping ...

Annual rainfall deficit @ CAK now stands @ -5.5" as of the 23:00 local news last night ...

Verified that the battery in the van isn't an issue, and system is charging.

Symptom is move the key to the "On" position, wait for glow plug light to go out, then turn to "Start" position it gives a single "click" and starter doesn't spin.

However, if you turn the switch on and go directly to the "Start" position - without waiting for the glow plug light to go out - it will sometimes spin the starter and start up.

Fairly sure at this point it is the ignition switch.

After a sunny start yesterday it clouded up to overcast all day which made it pleasant working outside.

Decided it was time to get started on the holes for the fence posts so tightened up/restrung string lines and marked the locations again with making paint.

Then started augering the holes.

That ended up being pretty difficult for most of them as the ground was so dry. Little penetration, like concrete ...

So it was do whatever the PHD would do - which in some cases wasn't much at all - and then give them a good soaking with water from the Buffalo and let that soak in overnight.

Did have better luck with the 3 closest to the house - sunk the auger bit pretty much to its full depth ... better than 3':

Those will need cleaned out by hand with a manual PHD ... which I picked up from a friend this afternoon.

Woman came out at some point, sent Her back with several yellow squash, a zucchini or two, and a cuke. She made a couple loaves of zucchini bread when She went back in.

Today was a repeat of yesterday, with some further progress made on a number of post holes ... but still a ways to go to get them to depth. Encountering some rocks which require the digging bar which isn't a whole lot of fun.

Woman came out late this afternoon and got all the arbs watered while the sausage dumplings and sauerkraut simmered on the stove.

That was last 2 quarts of 'kraut ... gonna have to make up another batch and get it in the crock to ferment ...

Ran Her down to DG after that, She started on the mashed potatoes once we got back and unloaded and I headed back out for more drilling.

Dumplings and taters turned out perfect ...

Hope everyone had a decent Sunday ...