Good morning!!!!

txdon · Apr 28, 2018

Eric Salop said:
Rick, I know nothing about mowers that have missed out on that evolutionary thing call a steering wheel, but that's certainly a very nice flatbed trailer.

Eric the mowers with steering wheels out here are the old retro mowers. You have way to much arm and feet motion to turn and change direction. Those retro mowers will wear you out. With the next generation ZRT you will be able to operate using just one hand with a joystick.

Happy Anniversary Bird!
Randy take it easy.
Rip hope your wife gets better.
David glad your wife could make it out.
Ok Rick you got the WOW factor going on there!

#7 and #8 cobbler have been made and #8 will be a shared on over at Mom's today as we celebrate Mother day early with my older brother coming down. We are now averaging a cobbler a day and because of the recipe (no sugar, fat, eggs or flour) I have actually lost a pound.

That could also be because I have started another paver project. Not a spectacular compass rose/circular drive just an extension to Mom's sidewalks. It will keep the sand from washing on the sidewalk during a heavy rain. So I have loaded and unloaded 300 leftover pavers, buckets of sand and ready to start the paver bed. All of the pallets I set the leftover pavers on were rotted so I could not use the tractor.

ronjhall · Apr 28, 2018

Bird said:
Does White Castle still exist? I haven't seen one in years. Here's a new place we've never been and think we may try. Anyone know anything about it? 54th Street | Family Restaurant in St. Louis, Kansas City, San Antonio, Dallas

Looks like they have everything from burgers to steaks and seafood.

There are still over 400 White Castle restaurants. Most east of the Mississippi. The closest one to me is in the town where Irv (300UGuy) lives. About 20 miles away.

Looking4new · Apr 28, 2018

30 and going to a high of 34F. Wind N 11 gusting to 19 mph. A couple of inches of snow in the forecast.

My thumb should be here today, I hope.

Other than installing the thumb, I have nothing planned.

Happy Saturday all

txdon · Apr 28, 2018

Today's weather is nothing. It's not cold or hot (55˚) not windy, not clear or cloudy (just hazy).

Morning project is to give the gopher in the potato patch a drink of water, about 1000 gallons.

jbrumberg · Apr 28, 2018

Thomas said:
46F foggy mid 60's for high,sun might peek out now and than...t-shirt weather.

Plans for today.... leaving soon for dump run,pick up limbs/branches rake to snow mud line the rest of the day.

Enjoy the day all.

^^^^^^ Same weather and I plan on doing yard work and dog walking. I have no more snow; only mud, lots of mud. Sunny today and then tonight the rains come with a possibility of snow showers Sunday night into Monday morning and I'll probably be turning on the A/C Wednesday. I will put out the first hummingbird feeder today; it's about the time they start showing up.

Randy- I hope you are breathing better today.

Mike- I truly hope that your, your wife's, and your family's situation starts improving soon.

Thomas- Good luck with the truck.

I hope the wives are improving, those on the mend keep mending, and the rest of us have a decent Saturday doing what we anticipate doing..

My + wishes, thoughts, and prayers for all.

lostcreekranch · Apr 28, 2018

Eric Salop said:
Rick, I know nothing about mowers that have missed out on that evolutionary thing call a steering wheel, but that's certainly a very nice flatbed trailer.

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Eric, I had to haul with that gooseneck trailer as my smaller 77” wide utility trailer is 1” to narrow for the new Mower. Now I’ve got to look for an 83” wide trailer.

Funny (to me) story. When we started looking at the John Deere Zero Turns back in 2009, I had never driven one. My brand new wife had one a few years earlier so, she actually did the test drive of the unit we bought. It took me a few days to drive it smoothly and not run into anything. Early on, I didn’t go around trees ...... I bounced off of them.

txdon · Apr 28, 2018

Joystick Zero turn mowers
Joystick Operation - Country Clipper - YouTube

CWB Wyo · Apr 28, 2018

The low this morning was 39*, it was in the 70's and sunny yesterday. Today is going to be about the same, just more wind.

The neighbor didn't feel up to working on the trailer are looking for elk yesterday. I think he made the right choice. I ended up doing a few things around the house.

I'm not sure what the day will bring.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.
CWB.

RoyJackson · Apr 28, 2018

wngsprd said:
Roy, start with the Venom red dot...then you can post some pics for us before you do the other stuff.

Per your request.
Sorry about the blurry pictures...hard to hold the gun and camera (cell phone) steady simultaneously

BTW, this one is the 3 MOA version

lostcreekranch · Apr 28, 2018

Here’s one for RNG and others with steep hills to mow.

Remote Control Slope Mower - TRX-48-PRO - YouTube

jbrumberg · Apr 28, 2018

Rick- Too cool. Thanks for sharing.

This could finally be the "RC Toy" with which my wife approves. Thanks for sharing. I got curious about this unit and rollover angle:
How Steep Will It Mow? - YouTube

It can handle a steep slope = It would cost a small fortune.

I could walk Brogen from the convenience of a lawn chair.

sodamo · Apr 28, 2018

68°F and another .75 inches rain.

Long, busy day ahead. Off to Kona side. First stop Lowe’s, then Costco, then lunch with the retired military guys.

Glad to report that wife feels up to it.

Prayers for all

Be safe
Have a great day

daugen · Apr 28, 2018

Looking4new; [I said:
My thumb should be here today, I hope[/I].

and hopefully the rest of your hand too, unless you had quite the Friday night.

in for lunch, it's all planted, now going back out to pick some snow peas. 83 degrees and bright blue day.

Glad Sophie is feeling better, wish Rip's wife was. Sometimes a long road to travel.

RedNeckGeek · Apr 28, 2018

Good Morning!!!! 54F @ 9:45AM. Mostly cloudy this morning. A few showers developing during the afternoon. High 61F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%.

There's no place like home, Randy.

Bet that 72" deck'll save you some time, Rick.

The RidgeRunner looks like a toy compared to the TraxxRF by Alamo. But for $62K for a used one, it's a lot cheaper (and easier) just to let the grass grow on those hillsides! Nice try, Rick:laughing:

Nice'n'cool yesterday morning, so I decided to try out the $150 repair job the Stihl dealer had done on the hedge clippers. Saw started right up, but when I took the Kubota side-by-side by the fire ring, a sidewall clipped a rock and started hissing. Made it back to the garage and found an inch and a half gash, too much for the tire sealant inside. With no easy way to carry off the clippings, I got another tire on order and fell back to plan B: more carb work. Finished assembly of the first one just as the neighbor, my buddy with the trailer, and his wife came down to say hi. We all enjoyed a peak at the blossoming lupines, but her eye was caught by the large Jeffersonian sage plants I hadn't got to trim. She asked for a pair of pruning shears and went to town cutting sprigs to sprout so she'd have some of her own. Then her old man gave me a hand fishing a new wire in the trailer, and showed me how the new fenders will mount. He had his hands full cleaning up three fairly large oaks that came down in yesterday's wind, so I offered to give him a hand. In his usual style he declined, saying it wasn't that big a job.:confused2: They had to get back home, so I hitched a ride to the top of the driveway with them in his restored Bronco, which was bucking like one. He told me a tale of swapping Diesel #2 into a transport tank he normally uses for gas, and how too much of the #2 remained in it when he switched back. We made it to the top, though, and I watched them lurch on down the road as they left.:laughing: Carb #2 went into the ultrasonic cleaner, this time with Stoddard solvent in it, but didn't get much of a cleaning. Today I'm gonna try some aircraft grade Simple Green and see how that does.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend.

wngsprd · Apr 28, 2018

Real nice set up, Roy. Hope it shot well. Thanks for posting.

wngsprd · Apr 28, 2018

Don, that joystick mower is just perfect for the video game generation.

RoyJackson · Apr 28, 2018

wngsprd said:
Real nice set up, Roy. Hope it shot well. Thanks for posting.

It did, but I've got to do a bit more sighting in...

I'm not sure if it was you who asked about feed problems with a brand of ammo, but I noticed today, the second mag that came with the gun had problems...no feeding or FTE, but the mag follower was pushing through the mag lips. I hadn't used this mag yet. If it was you that posted (IIRC, it was CCI Subsonic segmented), your problem might be the magazine

Bird · Apr 28, 2018

Bird said:
Does White Castle still exist? I haven't seen one in years. Here's a new place we've never been and think we may try. Anyone know anything about it? 54th Street | Family Restaurant in St. Louis, Kansas City, San Antonio, Dallas

Looks like they have everything from burgers to steaks and seafood.

We did try the 54th Street Grill and Restaurant, went a little early to get home in time to watch the Texas Rangers vs. Toronto Blue Jays baseball game (my wife is more of a Rangers fan than I am). And I think we picked the right place to eat for several reasons: (1) I wear hearing aids and some restaurants are too noisy for me to hear; this place wasn't too noisy, (2) I sometimes have a very hard time hearing and understanding waiters, but not here. The young man we had spoke clearly and was easy to understand, (3) service was very good and plenty quick enough, and (4) the food was great.

I had the blackened sirloin and shrimp with a loaded backed potato, green beans, and a frozen margarita and my wife had the BBQ ribs and fried chicken with French fries and iced tea. And we had one of their little loaves of bread with honey butter. All very good.

RedNeckGeek · Apr 28, 2018

Bird said:
I had the blackened sirloin and shrimp with a loaded backed potato, green beans, and a frozen margarita and my wife had the BBQ ribs and fried chicken with French fries and iced tea. And we had one of their little loaves of bread with honey butter. All very good.

Dang, Bird, I just had to wipe my chin!:licking::laughing: Sounds like you two really enjoyed yourselves, and you deserve it!