Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

33F light frost here and there upper 50's for high clear sky.

27 turkeys picking front lawn this morning,and Mrs. has her wood furnace purring like kitty.
Yesterday rain final halted 3ish which mean today lot of leave blowing.
While blowing side lawn late yesterday afternoon Doe and her young fed than lay down,seems the leaf blow or I was no threat,have feeling they will be back today watching.
Time for some dry beef gray on toast head out do leaf duty.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Buppies]

39 high of 57 today light rain

Prayers for you and your knee LS

Prayers for all those in need

 

[RoyJackson]

Have you tried your saw with different capacity batteries Roy ? Mine came with the 2 Ah and that leaves a safe amount of lubricating oil left when the battery goes flat. With the larger capacity batteries you must need to check the oil tank and refill long before the battery ran out of power.

I will try and get a measure of how long this battery lasts next time I'm cutting firewood and report back. My guess at the moment is that 2 AHr is just short of what a full tank of fuel would do with my Stihl MS181. It won't replace my larger Husky for when there is a lot of heavy cutting to do, but once I get another battery I can see it taking over most jobs from the little Stihl as it's so easy to use.

I have a 2.5 and 5 aH battery. IIRC, I have used the 5aH battery. However, I've never had a job big enough that the battery (if freshly charged) ran out of juice. I check the bar lube reservoir pretty frequently and I carry a smaller bottle of it when ever I'm sawing (unless I'm close to the house).
As you wrote, the EGO saw isn't going to do the job of a big saw, but it sure takes cares of my needs.

 

[RoyJackson]

2018-10-14, 0809

31 right now...high in the mid-50's.
I hope it dries up enough to mow today...that, and removing leaves from the front gutters, are the chores today.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I will try and get a measure of how long this battery lasts next time I'm cutting firewood and report back. My guess at the moment is that 2 AHr is just short of what a full tank of fuel would do with my Stihl MS181. It won't replace my larger Husky for when there is a lot of heavy cutting to do, but once I get another battery I can see it taking over most jobs from the little Stihl as it's so easy to use.

If the charger really does fill a battery in only 40 minutes, it would make a good escuse for a spot of tea so you can both recharge for another round, eh Eric?:laughing:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 68F @ 5:30AM. Sunny. High 74F. Winds NE at 15 to 25 mph.

We're under a Red Flag Warning until Monday night due to very low humidity and high winds. Last year's firestorms in Santa Rosa and Santa Barbara occured during similar conditions, and lack of maintence on the local utility's power lines was blamed in several instances. Now we learn that PG&E has installed weather stations throughout it's territory, and has designated several areas, including where I live, as extremely hazardous. They'll be preemptively turning off the electric power in those areas based on weather conditions. Looks like it's finally time to get that LP generator and transfer switch installed.

That's a tough spot to be in with your knee, Ted. You know, doctors are no different than football players, auto mechanics, or dentists: Most are good, but some really stink. Sports medicine has made astonishing leaps in recent years, and maybe there's a medical center out there that can give you more options than are availabe in Albuquerque. And a little Googleing won't put any stress on that knee...

Finished up the horn install on the old BMW yesterday, and tidied up the rest of the wiring harness. The battery I've been using in the bike isn't sized properly for it, but will work with a wooden spacer under it, which I made and painted yesterday. When I went to remove the battery I learned that some of the wires I'd installed were in the way, so had to do some minor rearranging there. Today I'll put the seat back together with the new foam and cover that came last week, reconnect the battery, and put the tiny handlebar fairing on. Tomorrow the post office is supposed to deliver the new ignition, and it would be nice to be able to try it out and hear the thing run.

Now if only PG&E will leave the electricity on. This morning when I turned a light on, it was flickering badly. I thought it might be the lamp, but they were all doing it. So maybe the utility has more problems to worry about than just the wind blowing down trees into power lines?:confused2: Two years ago they were fined for diverting millions of dollars from a fund set aside for power line maintenance to give bonuses to shareholders. Now those ill sown seeds are sprouting, and their negligence is resulting in no power days and more fires. I don't believe in socialism, but when corporate greed and mismanagement in a monopoly results in catastrophic fires and service compromises, it's time for more stringent government oversite. But in this case, it would be easy to argue that the gummint is complicit as well, as the Public Utilities Commision has been overseeing PG&E's activities for many years.

Hope everyone enjoys the other half of their weekend!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I've learned it's best to not upgrade the software on Apple hardware much past the point there Apple moves on to newer stuff. Unfortunately, that means at some point, security patches and fixes that enable newer apps to work stop coming, and you're left in a situation like what you have with the iPads. It'll cost about what the laptop I sent in to get it working again, and I already know the latest and greatest from Apple won't run on it. So I'll disable automatic upgrades, and be content to just read email and surf the web on it. As far as i can see, Apple has the iOS devices pretty much locked down as far as longetivity. My iPhone 4S is several generations past anything Apple currently supports, and isn't much good for anything but maybe a camera. I guess that's just the price of progress, but what's being offered as latest and greatest isn't so great. Not sure what to tell ya, as it's the same situation over on the Android side. Kinda like the car situation. Lots of folks just lease a car now, drive it a year or two, and turn it in for a new one with all the latest buzzers and whistles. Fools and their money...

Thanks, I guess I'll just call them goners. Count me as 1 who despises Apple's planned obsolescence MO. My old Dell with Vista is still chugging along, but I get warnings from Chrome about no support and it could be hacked...maybe time to use Firefox.

Had a bit of an eventful morning so far... While sitting and sipping the southern pecan decaf coffee my wifey made us, the chickens started squawking their panic squawk out front and as I ran out the door, I saw the hawk flying off again.....I don't think it got anything, but not sure if he punctured any chicken's with his talons. Went to look for it, only to see it fly further away off our property. While quietly sitting in the gator, hoping to catch a glimpse, a 6 or 8 point buck came within about 40 meters, but then noticed me and ran back in the woods. I filmed him with my phone. I guess I'd better go check the coop to see if the chickens are alive.

 

[CWB Wyo]

Kind of cold this morning 15° with about 3 inches of new snow, but no wind. Today is going to be in the low 30's with some clearing this afternoon.

I didn't do much of anything yesterday. I'm pretty sure that's what I'm going to do today. The elk season opens tomorrow for the general tag. I'm probably going out in the morning and see if I can find one. I also have a cow tag that opens the first of November in a different area. That's the one that the friends from NC has tags for, looking forward to going with them.

RNG ... What trucking company are you working with on your bumpers? Maybe they can interline them with a company that services your area.

Hope everyone has a good Sunday.
CWB.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Heavy overcast this morning, rain about 35 miles away, but on the other side of the mountain. Supposed to get some of the moisture by this afternoon. Hope so. During the few summer monsoon rains, the grasses suddenly sprouted, grew a foot tall, then dried out. Makes it a great source of fire fuel now.

Thanks for all the support about the knee. Dealing with it is really getting old at this point. I pretty much know it's limit and don't push it anymore. Going to head outside and get a few things organized for the winter months.

Everyone enjoy your Sunday, May it be peaceful and uneventful. Prayers sent for all.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG ... What trucking company are you working with on your bumpers? Maybe they can interline them with a company that services your area.

The shipper went through a freight broker called Freight Center. The contract ended up with Saia. The finger pointing that's going on now centers around where the incorrect delivery info came from. I have written records on my end that I supplied the correct address, but now the bumper supplier is waffling about the Freight Center web software not accepting the address as valid, so he had to fudge it a little. He's admitted his mistake, and offered a partial reimbursement on the charges, so hopefully tomorrow I can make a drive and be done with it.

Now I just have to make sure the truck will start. When I hooked a charger up to the batteries day before yesterday, the Battery Saver said they were down to 50%. Now I'm thinkin' I might have a charging issue, too.ullinghair:

 

[sodamo]

71°F and .05 inches rain.
John came home from hospital yesterday after 3 days of intensive testing with no clue what caused his incident of passing out Wednesday. Said his heart was that of a 53 yo, he’s 70. One Dr told him that around 20% of cases like his remain undetermined. Not sure how comforting that is.
No big plans for the day. Putter a bit, football, our Sunday card game.
Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[RedNeckGeek]

In other neighborhood news, a man's body was found by sheriff's helicopters in a canyon not far from here last week. Two days later, a nearby marijuana grow was raided, hundreds of plants were destroyed, and one person was arrested. The surprising thing is that a dozen or so out of staters were present at the time of the bust, at least half of them from Europe. It could be that the helicopter over flights looking for the man, who had been reported missing in the area a week earlier, also turned up the grow area. More likely in my mind is that the body is somehow tied in with the grow, and there's a lot more of the story still to emerge. I've got nothing against people that choose to use marijuana, medical or otherwise, but this kind of activity has caused a lot of anxiety and suspicion in the neighborhood, and a lot of us are wondering just how safe we are now.

 

[ronjhall]

In other neighborhood news, a man's body was found by sheriff's helicopters in a canyon not far from here last week. Two days later, a nearby marijuana grow was raided, hundreds of plants were destroyed, and one person was arrested. The surprising thing is that a dozen or so out of staters were present at the time of the bust, at least half of them from Europe. It could be that the helicopter over flights looking for the man, who had been reported missing in the area a week earlier, also turned up the grow area. More likely in my mind is that the body is somehow tied in with the grow, and there's a lot more of the story still to emerge. I've got nothing against people that choose to use marijuana, medical or otherwise, but this kind of activity has caused a lot of anxiety and suspicion in the neighborhood, and a lot of us are wondering just how safe we are now.

I sure would be worried. Take care of yourself.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

In other neighborhood news, a man's body was found by sheriff's helicopters in a canyon not far from here last week. Two days later, a nearby marijuana grow was raided, hundreds of plants were destroyed, and one person was arrested. The surprising thing is that a dozen or so out of staters were present at the time of the bust, at least half of them from Europe. It could be that the helicopter over flights looking for the man, who had been reported missing in the area a week earlier, also turned up the grow area. More likely in my mind is that the body is somehow tied in with the grow, and there's a lot more of the story still to emerge. I've got nothing against people that choose to use marijuana, medical or otherwise, but this kind of activity has caused a lot of anxiety and suspicion in the neighborhood, and a lot of us are wondering just how safe we are now.

The thing about it is, once you go up a level or so, the money side of it leads to violence...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

The thing about it is, once you go up a level or so, the money side of it leads to violence...

It's happening even with small grows that are in compliance with local ordinances. All the thieves need to do is look at Google Earth to see who's got a "garden", wait for harvest time (now), and bust the door down at 2AM and wave around an "assault rifle" to get a small fortune in dope and money. And if the idiots get the wrong address, easy to do at that hour of the morning, ANYBODY could find themselves at the wrong end of a gun. Almost as bad, after the ripoff, the victim starts looking at their neighbors with suspicion, and the tensions go even higher.

Something needs to be done to take the financial incentive out of marijuana cultivation. It's legal to grow at the state level here, as long as the zoning ordinances are adhered to. But the special taxes and fees associated with legal distribution and sales have driven retail prices well over what's available on the black market, so there's plenty of incentive to break the rules. Even when they catch someone, unless they're also manufacturing honey oil, are polluting local streams, have significant ullinghair: land grading, have a large amount of processed "product", large amounts of cash, or illegal firearms/magazines on hand, all they get is a misdemeanor, so there's no jail time and only trivial monetary penalties.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Home from camping. Light rain when we left. Everything put away, drained water tank.

Was around 40° this morning, now up to 52°.

 

[RoyJackson]

I hope it dries up enough to mow today...that, and removing leaves from the front gutters, are the chores today.

Both chores done...time for a beer!

 

[Looking4new]

Now I just have to make sure the truck will start. When I hooked a charger up to the batteries day before yesterday, the Battery Saver said they were down to 50%. Now I'm thinkin' I might have a charging issue, too.ullinghair:

Might be a loose fan belt, or do you have one of those serpentine belts?

 

[txdon]

Good evening! Hope you had a great anniversary Ron.
88˚ today and it's hard to comprehend that it will be in the 40s tomorrow and not reach 70˚ for the next 10 days. This is like Michigan weather. My neighbor invited me over to watch him change his sprinkler system to a drip irrigation system. This will be interesting.

LS I think I might be looking for a second opinion, could not hurt anything, and sometimes it helps to have a second set of eyes and experience look at that knee.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Starting yesterday, I started spraying some permethrin on the fire ant mounds. I put down 4 gallons yesterday. After a small shower this morning, I could see fresh dirt on top of some mounds to tell if they were still active (or I had missed them the first go around). I ended up putting another 4 gallons out today.

I took the kids fishing, since it will be the last "warm" day for over a week. It was 88F and humid. A good breeze out of the south kept the fish from biting much, but the middle daughter caught one bass.

My daughter drove the rider and I manned the weedeater so we got the yard mowed while warm. I might need a new speed head for my weedeater, it doesn't want to advance new filament with a bump. I reloaded it before putting it up. I might not need it again this year...

Waiting for the storms to hit tonight. Like Don said, hard to figure this cold weather lasting so long down here.