56F headed for a high of 79F under overcast skies supposedly clearing to partly cloudy later on. Was awakened by rain at 1:30AM; a rogue cloud had found me. Dropped 0.18" before it moved on with almost no chance of any more on the way.
Drew, I'll take your advise and steer clear of dandelion wine, and greens for good measure. Roy, you had me interested in applejack until you mentioned the commode. Think I'll pass on that, too (no pun intended).
Buppies, sounds like you found one of KevT's sink holes. It's days like that that help us appreciate long weekends like this one.
Eric, when I was little an uncle worked for the highway department, and he seemed to be the biggest metric proponent in the state. All the freeways (I think you'd call them M roads) at the time were still quite new, and were having their signs updated with metric distances. We learned all about meters and liters in grade school, but then big companies like GE and GM started grousing about the cost of conversion. I have a '70s era lathe with dials calibrated in both millimeters and inches, but am constantly losing track of which is which because the in./mm label can only be seen when it faces up. Experiences like these have ensured that most things in the US are still in SAE units, but most of us have tool boxes with two sets of wrenches and sockets. Some of us have three, being victims of Witworth's original genius and Norton, Triumph, or MG disease.:laughing:
Larro, where I grew up in Ohio they were doing well to have corn "knee high by the fourth of July". You put 'em all to shame!:thumbsup:
I puttered around most of yesterday finishing up the FEL rebuild, almost reaching a conclusion. Finally got the hydraulic lines clamped to the loader arms, but not without a little bending with a long lever. Thought I'd have problems getting the quick attach back on, but with the hydraulics back in action it turned out to be a non-issue. I did get a little bit excited when I actuated the cylinders that curled the bucket and found that one side would fully extend before the other would move, but soon realized that was due to uneven friction in the seals that would easily be overcome once the bucket was once again attached. Also found that one of the short links between that cylinder and the quick attach had bent slightly, and that the bent one only worked at one location. That and the mislocating of the pin that the bucket level gauge connects to called for a do over before everything worked properly. I found that the new paint on the loader arms has eliminated the squeak when the gauge moves, but I wonder how long that'll last. The Lock'n'Lube end for the grease gun arrived Thursday (only three days after ordering on Amazon) so I installed it and was looking forward to trying it out. It easily hooked to the first zirk fitting, but after only a brief spurt of grease, hardly enough to squeeze out anywhere, the gun had emptied itself. There was only moly grease on the shelf, so all the other pins will have to wait on the next trip to town for supplies. But I did work the FEL enough to verify that all was working as it should. While parked on what passes for the most level spot on the driveway, measurements taken on either side of the bucket to ground differed only by 1/16" in a foot, good enough for tractoring and proof that all the work has been worthwhile. So for now at least I can stop boring you with Kubota stories, at least until I start in trying to stop a leak on the right front hub.:shocked:
The tritip hit medium rare after smoking almost four hours, just as I'd finished a nice glass of wine (Bogle old vine Zin, not dandelion) out on the patio. It was a nice reward for a job that turned out well. :cool2:
Hope the rest of the weekend turns out as nice for all you out there in TBN land.:drink:
