Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

Got front lawns mowed and the grass blown into windrows after it baked in the sun and dried up a little. Too late to get it picked up with the Trac Vac. Hopefully it won't rain ... but that is looking unlikely.

Tried to install the 3" cylinder for the log lift ... somehow I missed that the ports on the cylinder were 1/2 NPT ... doesn't look like I have the adapters to fit it ... so mebbe another (45 minutes, one way) trip Rural King tomorrow. At least it looks like they have the proper fittings (1/2 MPT ----> 1/4 FPT) ... when I search TSC's website they apparently have never heard of adapter fittings.

Might see if I can get something done on the 4-way wedge tonight.

Leaves on the dogwoods are starting to turn ... sure sign summer is near it's end.

 

[txdon]

. . .Do the mini splits use Glycol to deliver the cold or heat? Or does freon run up to an evap coil? . . .

. . .Pouring rain in the form of Cats and Dogs right now, with many training storms behind this one.

Mini splits use Freon.

We just had a quick 1.25" of cats and dogs.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 70F and rain this morning, 2.9 in last 24 hours. high was 83, skies cleared off to partly cloudy, light wind. Packing for consulting trip to STL, got the worst of the lawn mowed, won't get much done tomorrow, travel day and visit mom. No Internet at my lodging so check-ins will be sporadic.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Got a shower valve that won't stop leaking. Swapped the working part, with the ball valve and rubber gaskets, with identical parts from basement shower, and it still leaks upstairs. One that was originally leaking upstars does not leak when installed in the basement. The part i swapped does all the work, opens hot and cold and mixes into shower outlet pipe. The base part of the valve has water inlets and showet pipe output. Maybe a hole has formed between an inlet and the outlet in the base?
Going to be a pita to replace, gotta tear out a wall, probably remove the sink cabinet also.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Strange how that "stuck" thing happens when you are not right near your backup help.

We've got 1.6" in 30 minutes and it finally let up. I even "let" TxDon have some rain. At least I tried to send it that way.

Some of the Austin TV stations are forecasting up to 16" south of Austin by tomorrow night. Hope it comes reasonably slow.

Just started raining here, looks like it will be a wet night.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Just started raining here, looks like it will be a wet night.

We ended up with 4.56". Most of it ran off downstream.

 

[Eric Salop]

Eric, have all of these knife and gun regulations made the British public safer?

Is crime on the rise or decline in the UK as a result?

These are ongoing questions here in the US.

Thanks

Actually safer ? No one can ever really know the answer to that. I am sure that many people who are personally unaffected by such regulations feel safer.

The reality is that many of these well intentioned regulations only apply to law abiding people - criminals do as they please.

Statistically, there are ways the general public could all be actually much safer - say if everyone unaffected by such regulations stopped driving their cars for pleasure every other weekend. They won't do that of course, so reducing deaths and injuries is not the true issue.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. Thought last night that the rain was over, so we went to sleep with the window above the bed slightly open, the wind having dropped to a gentle breeze. Rain had different thoughts, it woke me at first light and I found I was half washed before even getting out of bed.

... Feeling my mortality today.

I had a dream a while ago in which my life was coming to an end, with only a day or two left and I just couldn't believe that all my time had gone. "I'm not ready yet" were the words in my head as I woke up. That day I thought hard about what I did each day and considered if I should draw up a bucket list. Nope, couldn't think of anything to put on it and when I asked my wife if she wanted to go on holiday, or do anything that we hadn't already got planned, she drew a blank too. At that point I realised how lucky we are to be content with what we have.

You aren't ready yet either RNG and not much we can do about it anyway, so keep on with what you enjoy, for as many years as you can. When the time eventually does come, those fortunate enough to have strong religious beliefs have plenty of great experiences yet to come. For the rest of us - well, we can look forward to taking one heck of a nap

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all. &0 here this morning going to 83 with a 100% chance of rain. NWS says we can expect between a 1/10 and 1/4 of an inch, sure doesn't look like it will be a Texas size rain but we will take it. Hope you guys are staying safe and dry down there. Hope to have an easy Sunday and maybe an afternoon nap but they seem to be hard to find around here.

Have a great day Ed

 

[wngsprd]

Actually safer ? No one can ever really know the answer to that. I am sure that many people who are personally unaffected by such regulations feel safer.

The reality is that many of these well intentioned regulations only apply to law abiding people - criminals do as they please.

Statistically, there are ways the general public could all be actually much safer - say if everyone unaffected by such regulations stopped driving their cars for pleasure every other weekend. They won't do that of course, so reducing deaths and injuries is not the true issue.

Amen.