Good morning!!!!

[riptides]

Well I have just got to reply to this shaving sub-thread. After I joined the Army in '75 I kept clean shaven for decades...

DUDE, those are bad AZZE.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

 

[PJSprog]

That is awesome, newbury. :laughing:

 

[sodamo]

70°F and .53 inches rain.

Could be interesting morning. Trucking company scheduled to be here early to pick up 40 ft container been parked here about 6 months to transport to Naalehu area. Container belongs to a friend who moved from FL Keys last Dec and is settling in a yearly rental property. Container has mill, lathe and other tools Keith uses to make steel drums - the musical type.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Actually, the PTO shaft ends are well lubricated and it slips on the tractor's stub shaft easily. The problem is the retaining balls don't retract enough. I've read online that sometimes the connector end is packed with grease...too much grease. The fix is to disassemble, clean out the excessive grease and re-lube. This isn't my first PTO shaft by far but it has been the most frustrating to hook up.

I have had to remove the "pull back" collar, letting the balls come out completely, to get off a stuck PTO. Then I had to take a file and clean up the shaft where the balls had impinged the shaft on the tops of the splines. (Making the shaft have a larger OD than it should)

2017-07-13, 0315

55 right now...high in the low 80's today.

Audit's over...2 minor findings at our plant. Not so good at our sister companies, but I don't think there were any majors.
Think I'm going to knock off early...wife and stepdaughter want to grill this afternoon.

Good deal on the audit.

I hurt my back Wednesday night. Pumped ibuprofen until this AM. Much better, but still tender. Can't put my own socks on. Gonna be a flip flops week off for vacation.

Reminiscing of lost, old friends should ultimately bring back fond memories.

Hope you all have a great day.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I use electric razor, don't like other kinds.

Maybe i should try green.

 

[toppop52]

Mowed grass, what a dusty mess! I haven’t seen it this dry since 2012. Six weeks ago it was so wet you could hardly mow.
Trimmed some trees and watered flowers and maters, then gave the dog a bath, now it’s my turn!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Well I have just got to reply to this shaving sub-thread. After I joined the Army in '75 I kept clean shaven for decades, using my Dad's safety razor and Gillette blades, even after I got out of the RA. Partially because in hot humid conditions with a beard my face would get itchy. And the Army seemed to want to make sure I traveled to hot humid areas.

About 2000 or so there was speculation that razor blade prices were going to jump, and being a cheap SOB I found a sale and bought about 20 packs. I made them last and MAYBE went through about 10 packs by 2005. Work got a little more liberal and I started keeping a beard during the winter, shaving during the summer. Then about 2007 I decided to celebrate St. Patrick's Day and dyed my hair and beard green for the day. And shaved it all off the next day. (Except for the moustache, I've kept that since '78) As I was approaching retirement I adopted that practice, sometimes not dying the hair. One shave and a haircut (with clippers at their shortest) on the day after. Repeat annually. Since 2009 I think I've gone through one pack of blades. SWMBO occasionally touches the hair between holidays.
This last year I changed over to just using the clippers for my beard, leaving me with about a two day stubble which seems to be popular. Saved me about 10 minutes.

Don't know where I packed the razor blades.

Shaving is far overrated. I think a good going over with clippers once a week keeps the bugs out, the moisture down and in this day and age your still presentable.
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A "day before" St Patrick's Day:
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I showed it to my wife, she said she would just leave me if i did that. Lol.

 

[sodamo]

More than you may know about container removal.
Tractor tie-in near end.

iCloud Photo Sharing

 

[newbury]

I use electric razor, don't like other kinds.

Maybe i should try green.

Like I wrote, green is only for St. Patrick's day. My fraternal Grandmother was VERY Irish. I USED to celebrate with 3/4 liter of Jamesons. A green beard is better at the office than a bottle of Jamesons

One year I was at Camp Lejeune training Marines on Topographic equipment, a British OF-4 (Lt Col?) visited and got a good chuckle out of it.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 74F this morning, mostly cloudy, near calm wind. Wind was more brisk, clouds cleared off some then got cloudy with thunderstorm around but no rain, high temp 92F. Had a lawyer/estate planner to update will to Texas standards, not radically different but impressive bill . Bike ride, nap take dog to Vet, had **** gland issues.
Bird sorry for your loss.
PJ nice perspective.
Roy nice audit results, hard to do much better!!
Prayers for all.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. Clear blue sky here with no wind and an expected high of a pleasant 25C/77F.

I held off cloud baiting with weedkiller yesterday because the forecast changed to > 97% chance of rain and the rainfall radar map showed a broad band approaching. Not a drop fell and the unmolested weeds are thriving :confused3:

David/Sophie, nice picture sequence. Sometimes I think truck drivers purposefully don't try too hard - they like to see little tractors in action

 

[Buppies]

65 high of 86 today some rain chances next week not quite as hot

Prayers for all those in need

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all, 64 going to 87 and sunny. Going to eat breakfast with Buckeye this morning and then not sure what the day will bring.

Buppies, Prayers sent your way.

Prayers sent for those in need. Have a great day. Ed

 

[daugen]

Buppies, hope you are up so early because you are just raring to go...and not bothered by something.
Another nice day, 65 going up to high 80's.
Staying clean this morning, my elderly lady friend is coming over to consult on what furniture I should
put in my sun room, now that I got all the planting stuff out of there. Then perhaps downtown to a furniture place, then lunch nearby.

Spending a Saturday like non tractor folk....

 

[ronjhall]

Need to pour first cup of coffee. 63° with a few clouds. Heading to 87° with chance of rain in evening. Got 3PH trailer hitch completed and painted. Came out better than I thought it would. Nice not needing to cut lawn this week.
Local gun shop/range is having a Michigan made products day today. Going to stop by and see if there is anything I do not need. After going to Aunts place to install parts on bathroom fan.

David S. thanks for the photo's and videos.

Good Morning All. Prayers sent for those in need.

 

[mpham]

Morning all! 58 going to 80 today. Starting an 18 day vacation today. Will be some traveling involved but hope to stay low key and just enjoy the mini retirement.. Can’t wait till Oct.2020 so I can stop for good. Prayers for all who need it, condolences for all who had a loss!

 

[wngsprd]

58 nice cool degrees...going to 88.

Eric, I picked today to spray since the forecast is for calm air this morning, but it may take much of the day for the ground fog and dew to burn off...I don't think my 50 gallons will be enough to tempt the rain to come here, however.

Phil, have a great trip!

Newbury, great beard. I signed up for the Harry's freebie of a razor/blade/shaving cream...their blades are about a buck cheaper than Costco, so I wanted to check them out...but they are made in Germany, so would rather buy USA, but I don't even know where Gillettes are made.

 

[txdon]

Spending a Saturday like non tractor folk....

Ok, I'm going to head to Mom's and sit on the last family tractor and take a selfie. Well, it's really her tractor, so is that an equivalent on a tractor forum of living in your Mom's basement? I'll have to ask Rick.

Good morning! 70s heading to high 90s heading to the "country" to help Mom with heavy trash day and her weekly groceries. Some day we all will be city folks or be paying out a lot of money for help and care and maintenance on your place and maintenance on all the equipment to maintain our place, if you don't have volunteer kids nearby. My parents who were in good health, could operate by themselves till their 80s but once they hit 80 every year they needed more and more help. There is no "Move date" for those who stay till they "carry you out" only more and more assistance. Like a friend said - It only gets worse.

Not to be so gloomy early in the morning so get out and enjoy those tractors - while you can - and enjoy every minute!!!!

The song for this Saturday Morning:

Don't Stop-Fleetwood Mac + lyrics in description - YouTube

Don't Stop
Fleetwood Mac
If you wake up and don't want to smile
If it take just a little while
Open your eyes and look at the day
You'll see things in a different way
Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be, better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone
Why not think about times to come
And not about the things that you've done
If your life was bad to you
Just think what tomorrow will do
Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be, better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone
All I want is to see you smile
If it takes just a little while
I know you don't believe that it's true
I never meant any harm to you
Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be, better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone
Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be, better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone
(Ooh) don't you look back
(Ooh) don't you look back
(Ooh) don't you look back
(Ooh) don't you look back

 

[toppop52]

53 just before 6, going into the 80s later. We badly need rain here like a lot of you guys do.
Ed, you and BEF enjoy, I haven’t met any of the crew since Drew and I had lunch last December.

 

[toppop52]

Prayers and great days for all.