Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

Supposed to be 82, its 87 and rising. We need rain badly, grass is brown and crunchy.
Hope everyone is having a great day, been a fruitful day getting stuff done and resting. Worked on Ellen's El Camino some, getting close to having it show ready.
Beautiful day in spite of the dry heat.
Prayers and good wishes guys.

 

[Bird]

I notice that the Salisbury Zoo is free; no admission fee. The Dallas, TX, Zoo used to be free, many years ago, but they finally decided that too many mothers were letting their children out there instead of paying for child care, while the mothers went to work. So you can imagine the problems with large groups of undisciplined children roaming the grounds all day. So they finally started charging admission.

I always enjoyed visiting zoos, and while the San Diego Zoo is perhaps one of the "best" or biggest, etc. and I did enjoy visiting it, as well as a number of other zoos around the country, I think the San Antonio Zoo was the best I ever visited but that was so long ago that I don't know how much it's changed and whether for the better or worse.

And we visited Binky in the Anchorage Zoo a few years before he became famous for trying to eat an ingnorant tourist.:laughing: Polar Bear Zoo Attack - YouTube

 

[Ed of all trades]

Been piddling today, Going to mow the grass in a few min.

RNG, you asked about the Eastwood 110 piece tap and die set. Like it except for the T handle tap wrench. It has rounded jaws so there is no way to hold a square tap head.

Buppies, glad for the good news, still praying.

Kyle, Happy Birthday.

Eric, I would not try the tea thing, from what I remember they got pretty nasty after that. Hope things go well.

Bird, went to a zoo / croc farm in Thiland and one of the girls with us got bit on the finger by a leopard. Just one tooth and held her finger for a bit and turned her loose. We were petting them and tigers.

Have a good one. Ed

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Thanks for all the birthday well wishes.
Camp is hot.

 

[toppop52]

I notice that the Salisbury Zoo is free; no admission fee. The Dallas, TX, Zoo used to be free, many years ago, but they finally decided that too many mothers were letting their children out there instead of paying for child care, while the mothers went to work. So you can imagine the problems with large groups of undisciplined children roaming the grounds all day. So they finally started charging admission.

I always enjoyed visiting zoos, and while the San Diego Zoo is perhaps one of the "best" or biggest, etc. and I did enjoy visiting it, as well as a number of other zoos around the country, I think the San Antonio Zoo was the best I ever visited but that was so long ago that I don't know how much it's changed and whether for the better or worse.

And we visited Binky in the Anchorage Zoo a few years before he became famous for trying to eat an ingnorant tourist.:laughing: Polar Bear Zoo Attack - YouTube

The Norfolk Zoo is, or at least was, a great zoo as well.

 

[toppop52]

Ive been seeing starlings flocking for about ten days, and now the blackbirds have started small flocks, as well some smaller birds. Seems 2-3 weeks early, but maybe not.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Mowed a little. Grass was real tall by the road.

Getting camper ready for a weekend trip in PA. First trip this yr. Air in tires, water in tank (only electric spot). Probably no internet.

 

[farmer2009]

Kyle. Happy birthday.

Last night was interesting. Woke up about 4 times gasping for air and holding my mask. The last time I had trouble going back to sleep. Wife said she could tell if mask shifted as I’d start to snore. My mask just has a slit in it and it sets under my nose. While awake if you open your mouth it feels like it takes your breath away. Therapist said that was normal. So I don’t know if I was opening my mouth in my sleep or something else.
I’ve also had pain in my lungs all day. I wasn’t as tired this morning as normal but still tired. No more energy yet. Wife thinks I’m not used to my lungs getting full, and this machine adds pressure to get them full. So it’s causing discomfort. I have 30 days to find the right mask on the company. Therapist isn’t back in till Monday. If this waking up continues I’ll be going back for a different mask Monday.

 

[Buppies]

Happy Birthday Kyle and many more trips around the moon

 

[Buppies]

The zoo in Ashboro is my favorite

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 82F for the start, calm wind, clear sky. Wind was on the brisk side, sky remained clear and high temp was 112F (not heat index ). Plan a was to go to town and shop and run errands. Stepdaughter wanted to go to breakfast, but selected restaurant quite serving breakfast, so went back home. By the time she left nap time, after nap, too hot to go. Did sneak some work in on removing dead fern branches. Hope to do better tomorrow.
Happy birthday Kyle!!
Don that is 12# lighter than my 10-speed. Shifters on the down tube are less ergonomic, and I would guess you have better derailleurs than I have. Should get you going with a minimum of fuss.
Farmer, my bil has cpap, and it took him about a month to get used to exhaling against the machine.
prayers for all

 

[txdon]

Don that is 12# lighter than my 10-speed. Shifters on the down tube are less ergonomic, and I would guess you have better derailleurs than I have. Should get you going with a minimum of fuss.

Went for my first 3 miler in the hills early this morning. Next time I need to take water, the bottles I got at Academy were too large. It only reached 103 here but we had 8 hours of over 100˚. Got my cat eye cc7000 working and installed this evening but too late to take it on a road test. The circumference of my wheel is 81.75" or 210.18 cm so 210 was the program setting number. Only took me 2 days to figure that thing out. There were no youtubes back in the 80s for instructions and none now. Next week I'll work on shoes.

What set-up do you have for flat repair? I used to just carry an extra tube and some tire removing wedges and a small pump.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good evening everyone! Low of 62, went up to 96. Still no more rain. The weather guessers keep pushing the next chances of rain out to next Tuesday and only 20% at best.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYLE!! Stay cool at camp.

Buppies, good luck with the surgery, additional prayers sent.

Drew, I always look at the bright side of things also...things happen for a reason...maybe you'll get a better helper. You mentioned 'no zoning' in your area. Do they have any building code enforcement?

Riptides, that is " normal" for a simple project to metamorphosis into a dramatically different final outcome. Look at the bright side... You won't have to go back and change things later

Don, I think you may have to get a local LE officer to radar check your speed....you don't want the residents to start complaining of any excessive speed in the neighborhood :shocked:

Well, had an interesting day at work yesterday. I was supposed to be attending a class for "incident command" as an officer for EMS. Turns out the training was specifically oriented to the officers of the first arriving engine companies on a structure fire.... Nothing to do with EMS. Myself and 2 other Captains left after the first segments. Told our commanders about it and they were all sorts of confused. Today and again tomorrow, I'm teaching an advanced medical class. Tomorrow the students will be practicing live IV sticks on each other....they will be bruised and battle worn by tomorrow night.

Go to the ortho doc on Monday...knee is still swelling every day, pain started up again today. I'll see what his prognosis is....

Prayers out for everyone, tomorrow is Friday....yeah!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Where do you get your mealworms?

Funny you should ask. I first tried Petco, and was informed there was a shortage. Then I went to a place called The Tacklebox, which turns out to be a combination bait shop and bar. Only one door, into the bar, and I had to ask if there was indeed a bait shop. I was pointed down a hallway full of jumbled up equipment of some sort, which lead to a larger room with a counter and a rather large woman that could have come right out of Pulp Fiction. I asked about mealworms, and she jestured toward a refrigerator, and said look in there if we have any. They did, I paid her price, and got the heck out of there.

Can’t wait ‘till I run out of mealworms and get to go back for more.:laughing:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, thanks for Labcorp warning..

My work makes us go thru health assesments, etc where we have to give our health data to a "wellness" company, so they can nag us to get checkups, etc. They "assure" us our data is safe with them. Yea, right....
This is our first yr of doing this at my present employer. They threatened to double our rates if we dont participate.

Similar thing here. They give us some paltry sum, like @200-$300 in a “health spending account” that goes against doctor bills, to complete a health survey that has questions that are very intrusive and invade areas that have nothing to do with health. And when I read the privacy statement, I learned that the company wouldn’t disclose the information unless the company was bought or otherwise went out of business. I appealed to the powers that be on the grounds that I wasn’t comfortable with their privacy policy and on those grounds would not complete the Internet based survey, whereupon some bright wick sent me a screen shot of the survey on paper and said I could fill it out that way. I didn’t and haven’t for the past two years. Especially in light of the security compromises I’ve already suffered at my employer’s and the government’s hands, what they’re willing to pay for my information doesn’t even begin to reflect the cost to repair the damage to my credit and reputation should the even more personal information on the survey be compromised. SCREW ‘EM!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

What set-up do you have for flat repair? I used to just carry an extra tube and some tire removing wedges and a small pump.

That’s what I’ve always carried, too. But also a patch kit, and now a cell phone, you know, to call someone to come pick me up!:laughing:

 

[RoyJackson]

2018-07-20, 0317

55 right now...high in the upper 80's today.
I'll be heading to CT for some "training" today...going to be a long day!

Like some of you others, we're required to get "wellness" reviews and "Counseling" if we smoke or are "Obese" (the wellness agency thinks we should be emaciated). Otherwise, there's a surcharge taken out of our pay.

 

[Eric Salop]

they always call and setup an appointment and if there is a violation they help you resolve it. Only if you refuse to fix your violations are you fined.

So very sensible, I wish we could have the same approach.

Farming legislators here are either incompetent or weak. Their cry is often along the lines of "we didn't want to do that, but the EU made us do it". We may soon find out how much truth there is to that.

 

[Eric Salop]

What high temperatures some are enduring. Only sorry I can't share our expected high of 21C/70F with you - or would that be too cold ?

No farming non-conformances for me ! :dance1:
The auditor was thorough, however the only mistakes found were those that had been made by the government's mapping people. It turned out she had visited this place over 20 years ago on a cattle inspection. By then the old farmer could only get around with a walking frame and the animals ran almost wild, which is what others told me too. She remembered in particular his sadness at not being able to pass on things such as where all the drains are. If only he had drawn me a little map ...


Kyle, how could I have forgotten your birthday ! Anyway, soon you will also be getting to that age when it's kinder to forget them

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all, 63 now going to 82 with am fog and partly sunny. 30% chance of showers tonight and then higher chance through thursday. Mowed the "grass" yesterday. Front yard smelled like a dry hay field, the rain will help. LS, hope you get some soon.

Prayers for all in need. Ed