Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Somebody interrupted my schedule by culvert diving
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That is a dirty joke. White dog jumped in the muck.

 

[sodamo]

Looks like fun, you can get new tools without spending any $$$$$. Ed

Almost like Christmas finding long lost friends LOL

 

[txdon]

Been thinking about RS, hope he is doing ok.

Something might be wrong he posted 70% less in Friendly politics today than yesterday.

yesterday
9:15 am
9:19 am
9:57 pm
4:03 pm
4:17 pm
4:34 pm
4:35 pm
4:37 pm
6:26 pm
6:31 pm
today
10:01am
9:59 pm
10:17 pm

 

[txdon]

Almost like Christmas finding long lost friends LOL

You would really laugh if you saw my new garage. Built in doored shelves, epoxy floors and a work bench 2 sq ft.:laughing:
Still trying to figure out a good place for my snake boots.

 

[daugen]

he posted 70% less in Friendly politics today than yesterday.

thanks Don. That answers that.

up way too early because I of course went to bed too early maybe 9pm.
So this cup of Seattles Best coffee is tasting mighty fine now as the little
electric motors are slowly pushing up my eyelids.

Have another half hour to go, but then daylight starts creeping in, lovely time to be out, if the
bugs aren't biting. Thought I'd pick the potatoes I dug up on the third pass yesterday.
Not going to do it carefully, my fireman neighbor will follow me with his potato fork he likes to use and
I expect to get about 20 pounds worth, maybe even 30
and I just know he will get another ten pounds when I'm done.

Sorry Kyle, just not the time to take that very good advice. Making hay while the sun shines...

Got an email from a garden club member saying she and her husband want to come early Monday morning and help out.
Outstanding. What's nice is I can hand them a to do list and they will do that while
I can do something else. Like weedeat around the vegetables which I
won't trust anyone else with.

I have three tomatoes to pick today plus about half a dozen cabbages. I pulled one cabbage and it sure seems like a wasteful plant, more than half the weight
of the plant surrounded the end product, in other words, I threw out more than I kept. I guess that's the same with corn...
Cabbages aren't going to win any prize, but free is free.

I won't even take a picture of my woodshop it's such a mess, with stuff piled here and there.
There are just so many projects ahead of it...and at least I know where to find things.
I know the workmen must think
I'm a real slob when they go in there to get into the barn fridge.

I keep hoping for three days of rain so I can get these "inside" jobs done.
I'll probably keep on hoping too...

May you all have a nice Sunday with family fun and contentment.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. We are covered in cloud this morning, with a fine mist in the air that is doing it's best to defy gravity. Yesterday I took advantage of the breeze to dodge the horseflies and strim/pull out weeds that were threatening to go to seed in the wetland. I've not finished but my back says that's enough for a while, today it will have to be brickwork instead.

Kyle, I don't think I will have any problem with your accent, though I would appreciate any thread cutting lessons in inches to have metric sub-titles

My own voice is not all like most BBC English. I grew up in northern England and still have a strong Yorkshire accent. Everyone in the town where I now live can tell that as soon as I speak, though I do to try hard to not use the words that are peculiar to my home county. For example instead of "What have you done". "Nothing", it would be "Whats tha done"."Nowt". It can be fun for others to mimic - my cousin's wife was from Texas and she would often burst out laughing when trying to copy how I talked, very much like this young lady from Turkey.

School Of British Accents – YORKSHIRE - YouTube

 

[Eric Salop]

... I tried to follow that when I had 1 bench, but since I've populated my shops with about ten "workbenches", 4'x8' I frequently leave things "laid out". I'll run into a problem, need another part etc. and leave the project for up to months till everything comes together. Getting parts locally is about a 2 hour roundtrip job.

Newbury, ten benches ! I could try that approach, but then I'd have to buy some more tools as I only have enough to fill nine

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all, 64 this morning going to 89 with a 40% chance of t-storms. Hope to take it easy today but we will see.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday, prayers sent for those in need. Ed

 

[sodamo]

Interesting comments about shops and work benches. I used to have decent space, but last couple of years I managed to let projects take priority over cleanup. (Sound believable?)
Anyway, I made up my mind that major projects are taking a back seat this summer until I get order restored. Now, if I can keep repeating those words....

 

[ronjhall]

Finished drinking first cup of coffee. 63° with light fog this morning. Heading to 94° with mostly cloudy skies.

Wedding reception at neighbors went very well. All forecast thunderstorms disappeared at 4pm and sun came out. Cars were parked everywhere with 250 guest. I took some pictures of the various gardens in their yard. These are only some of them. The garden surrounding the pool are beautiful. But there were to many people around it to take a picture.
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David, while my bench tops are clean, shelves under them and elsewhere need cleaning. May get to them this winter. :ashamed:

Prayers for all those in need.

Good Morning All.

PS, my son called while I was posting. To wish me a HAPPY FATHERS DAY. I will pass it on to all other fathers.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

how bad it is
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It could be worse. This is one bay of the Vanagon mechanic's shop:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Somebody interrupted my schedule by culvert diving
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Who's a good dog?:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[mpham]

Happy Father’s Day to all! Looks like it will be a great summers day here..80,s-90,s and humidity.

 

[RoyJackson]

2018-06-17, 0633

47 right now...high in the mid-high 80's today.
Changed the oil and air filter on the ZTR yesterday and mowed about half the lawn. As soon as the morning dew evaporates, I'll finish the job. I need to get rid of some weed in front off the house...I put if off last year, but as lazy as I am...can't do it this year. I've got to get a good quality heavy weed barrier to preven the weeds from returning next year...
My little electric pressure washer gave it up...think I'll go for a gasoline model as a replacement

 

[wngsprd]

how bad it is
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I am sure one of those earthquakes did that.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

My own voice is not all like most BBC English. I grew up in northern England and still have a strong Yorkshire accent. Everyone in the town where I now live can tell that as soon as I speak, though I do to try hard to not use the words that are peculiar to my home county. For example instead of "What have you done". "Nothing", it would be "Whats tha done"."Nowt".

"All Creatures Great And Small" was set in the Yorkshire Dales, and featured many residents speaking with that accent. It's good to know we have a translator here on the Good Morning!!!! thread!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Project not done until bench is cleaned.

Than i never finish, lol

Hate to admit, but my geo system been running several yrs unfinished.

My garage gets cleaned each fall before my labor day picnic, but tools get dumped on a shelf, and other stuff dumped in the barn. . I have way more tools than storage space.

 

[wngsprd]

67 going to 91, better chance of rain or storms. Happy Father's Day.

RNG, hope they contain that fire away from you.

Finally got some planting done yesterday: Sorghum, sunflowers, soybeans, cowpeas, buckwheat. Dragger over the sunflowers since I don't have a planter. Fertilized, but it got too dry and dusty on the surface to finish: I drive over the plots (which I do, since I don't have a cultipacker, and it takes forever, since I'm only packing the width of my R-4s each trip). Will go do that in a few minutes with heavy dew handling the dust for me.

Great harvest, Drew.

David, is that Kekoa with that mud bath beauty treatment?

 

[Bird]

Well I was told diesel would be standard but "late arrival".
Attached is the quote I got in April.

/edit - and I JUST called my Virginia dealer and he told me they are still on track and I could actually order one now.
Dealer -
Mike Powers, Ourisman Ford, Alexandria, Va phone: (703) 660-9000

I see that you've ordered the XLT, SWB, and I've ordered the Titanium, LWB, so I don't know whether that makes a difference or not, but I've sent an inquiry to my dealer so I'll eventually find out, I guess.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 53F @ 4:00AM. Mainly sunny. High 76F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

Like Drew, I hit the hay early last night and now I'm up earlier than usual. That probably means a nap this afternoon, and I hope Drew gets one in, too! He deserves at least one after digging over a ton of potatoes!

Very unlikely we'll see any rain until mid September at the earliest, Kyle. I really like it that way, except for the wildfire danger. But then there's really no place in the world that has perfect weather 100% of the time, so everywhere's a compromise.

Yesterday's fire made the evening news. Progress was stopped at 40 acres, they're still working on full containment, and no cause has been determined as of yet. Looks like at least one building was destroyed.

Made some progress in the garage yesterday, but still more to do.

Enjoyed listening to Eric Clapton's new "Life In Twelve Bars" album on the back porch yesterday evening. The man has had an incredible career, and the double album contains cuts from every era, most of them live and seldom heard before. The first few selections are from artists, most long gone, from which he derived his inspiration in the Blues. There was a strong breeze to keep things cool, so I even had dinner on the patio, me and the uninvited yellow jackets. The electric flyswatter got put to good use.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the weekend...