Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

Good night all.View attachment 657622

Beautiful. Other than the swimming pool, look like it could have been taken here...we walked outside to get a better look.

 

[wngsprd]

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Billy must not have too many if hunting with butterfly net

I carry it on hikes and make figure 8 movements over my head and along my arms...I'm sure I look goofy. Kept a log last couple of years (also something goofy)...537 kills last year and 2,037 the year before...maybe I'm making progress. Sometimes I keep the net going until I had dozens in it. I don't know why there are so many along the creek and in the woods...rarely see one when I hike at the battlefield forest and never in the mountains.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 61° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 68° with rain then clouds. House is clean. Pick up my Aunt this morning. Then spend day chit chatting and do a few things around house.
My Dr neighbor lost a fellow Dr. Tuesday. He came down with the virus. Was treating himself with oxygen at home. Started having breathing problems. Died in ambulance on way to hospital. If you have symptoms get to a hospital for proper care. This Dr. graduated from same high school I did.

Crane before landing. Not very well focused.

Drew, special prayers.

Great pictures everyone.

Eric, any species that is not native to North America is considered invasive. Sometimes it's a good thing compared to Native species.

RNG, hope your solar guy shows up soon.

Riptides, poison ivy. Not sure what changed. But I used to breakout every time I got near it. Now it does not seem to bother me anymore. Nice sunset.

Randy, hope Dr appointment found you some help. Son is headed to Tail of the Dragon today. Play with his Mustang. Still have to remind him to be careful.

Don, good to hear no roof damage. I am not sure size of hail determines how it will damage thing. A lot has to do with how frozen it is. Lot of hail is a mix of snow and ice. More ice, more damage. Also how far it is falling from. Hail from low clouds is better than high clouds.

LS, has your wife put any fish in pond yet?

RS, I would have put a short bolt in one of the holes and used my 15" Channel Locks to take end cap off.

Everyone be safe and healthy

Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

74 and cloudy going to 85, maybe storms. Had a good t-storm yesterday.

Almost June. Where'd April and May go?

 

[toppop52]

...the soft-as-silk lubrication on their ultra smooth flanks

Eric, your description of the fish sounds like the beginning of chapter 2 of a **** novel!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 77F @ 5:30AM. Clouds and some sun this morning with more clouds for this afternoon. High 91F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph.
Rain starts in the wee hours tomorrow morning, continuing through noon, with thunderstorms until evening. We could get as much as 0.6".

Some really fantastic photos, folks. Thanks for sharing!

Careful, Randy, this is a family thread.:laughing:

Lots of stories about crashes on Tale of the Dragon, Ron. Hope your son has fun and doesn't find any trouble. Saw a missing persons post from the Sheriff's Department yesterday for a motorcyclist that disappeared Monday. This morning I read he went off a mountain road and they found his bike, and his body.

Good to hear Julie's made a nice recovery, and you both survived your cooking, Eric.:thumbsup::laughing:

You deserve some nice weekend weather after all that rain, Buppies.

Sounds like you're making good progress on the cylinders, RS.

Right from the beginning, one of the experts I was following said that the main method of transmission was from breathing air contaminated by exhalations/sneezes/coughs of others, Don. I'm still wearing N95 masks in public.

Speaking of masks, hope Jay's doin' OK.

Hoping for a steady recovery for you, too, Drew.

Got the bookcases moved yesterday, and it took all day. I really need to start going through them and re-home toss out a lot of them. I still have binders full of notes I took as an undergraduate I haven't opened in forty years, and moving boxes full of old magazines I haven't opened in ten!:confused2:

Heading out early this morning to purchase plywood and tarps to cover the trench. Heard from solar contractor finally, via email. He evidently didn't have the stones to speak over the phone. Said delay was beyond his control, he wanted photos of the garage and trench. and that a crew would be here Monday - Wednesday next week. I made a short video of both summarizing my concerns, wrote back including the URL and expressing my disappointment, and suggesting he do a better job with his communications. No response.:banghead:

TGIF gang!:drink:

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 52, high up to mid 80s, chance of t-storms. Humidity level increased to 36% this morning.

RS, making progress on the cylinders.... a good thing for sure!

Ron, another great pic... looks like he has flaps deployed.... no fish in pond, probably will not be, more for water sounds.

RIP, nice sunset pic!

RNG, sounds like good progress on clearing/reorganization. Hope the solar guy keeps his word and progress will be made next week. There is something about getting rid of books that is hard... I think I have an underlying fear of not having a reference in the future.... may be caused by the reading of the book “ Fahrenheit 451 “ when a kid.

Randy, careful...careful...

Rick, any hail down your way?

I may attempt to do the electric work today, I think i am just procrastinating, thinking it is going to be harder than it actually will be. Just need to get motivated.

Everyone have a great day and start to the weekend!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Anybody notice anything strange about my last post.... I noticed it about 3/4 the way through typing it, so thought it might be fun just to continue.... and see who will be the first to pick up on the anomaly.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Anybody notice anything strange about my last post.... I noticed it about 3/4 the way through typing it, so thought it might be fun just to continue.... and see who will be the first to pick up on the anomaly.

You left out Rich & Roy?:laughing:

 

[riptides]

Anybody notice anything strange about my last post.... I noticed it about 3/4 the way through typing it, so thought it might be fun just to continue.... and see who will be the first to pick up on the anomaly.

You are actually thinking about something and not doing something about it? Your slowing down....OMG. LOL

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

You left out Rich & Roy?:laughing:

I did forget about them.... I guess you win ... in a round about way. When I was typing, I realized everyone’s name was beginning with R... I thought it to be strange.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

You are actually thinking about something and not doing something about it? Your slowing down....OMG. LOL

Naw,,, not slowing down, just finding better ways to procrastinate :confused2:

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

good morning all
friends

I expect to be in chemo/rehab for 18 weeks here in Greenville Wash area
two strokes and adrenal cancer
sale of farm end of June
good recovery chance
wow
hard to do

will try to keep up
best day yet
enjoy yours

Drew, thanks for posting an update. At least we now know what to pray for (and against) for you. Take it easy don't worry, put it in the Lord's hands.

The largest size I saw was bigger than a quarter and smaller than a golf ball but my neighbor said he had baseball hail (but he is very old). There is still hail on the ground in shaded areas - now 12 hours later. There are pics in the neighborhoods all around here of baseball hail. I was on the front porch (covered 10') and had to go in the house it was bouncing hitting me. My roof looks OK and my tube skylight did not get damaged. Another neighbors tube skylight was broken by the hail.

This is the first night ever my neighbor left his car out on the street because his driveway is being re-surfaced. His car is hail damaged now, but not very bad. It was not predicted and covered a small 8 mile area.

Hang in there Drew, let the realtors do the work and earn their money. Don't worry about keeping it perfect for the new owners they will understand they will have a month of maintenance to do when they move in.

My iPhone TBN app is giving me grief again. when I tap the reply nothing happens, so I can't post pics.

I saw the hail stories on the news, and wondering how you guys fared. I had Snake Farm insurance, and I had to take pictures of the roof's granules coming out and collecting from my down spout 3 TIMES before they would help cover a new roof. Glad I have a metal roof now.

A lot to catch up on, been busy. Prayers for all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Rick, you are more than welcome to come test drive the 835M on my place, if you want to compare it. I can tell you it rides across small bumps and irregular ground as nice as anything I've ever been in. You can actually hear the shocks doing their job.

 

[PJSprog]

64°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 78° today. We finally made it to the end of the rain, for awhile anyway.

Beautiful pictures, fellas.

 

[kenmbz]

70 going to 82. Rain in the forecast for lunch time.
Think this weekend will be time to move the bar. Will take pictures, will hopefully not wreck bar or tractor!
I have seen some great pictures on this site, keep them coming.
Doe keeps hanging around, must be mom to the fawn that I see daily. Have not seen the 2nd fawn or that Mom, but that one is a week or two older and is probably starting to move on.
PA Gov is keeping us locked down though the hospitals are emptying out and the cases are decreasing, curve flattened weeks ago. Think this one hates small business and people below his station.

Stay Safe and be well

 

[sodamo]

67°F and .06 inches rain.
Back a bit better this morning but likely take it easy again. This aging thing sux.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

74F and partly cloudy @ 12:00. Rain around throughout the region. We're currently in a clear spot between a couple of bands of storms ... but likely will see precip before very long.

Meanwhile the grass just grows and grows ... :laughing:

Got to digging around on McMaster's website yesterday and found out that they have a lot more bushings than what my impression was, based on a recent search - spring type, bronze, and sorts of trick stuff (oil, graphite, and PFTE-embedded) ... and the prices seemed fairly reasonable.

I thought that was the case, probably from past research I had done, and was a little confused as to why my recent search results on the site weren't turning up more options :confused2:

So first thing today will be to review RNG's loader bushing replacement thread and see if I can glean any useful information there. After that, take some measurements with the digital calipers to determine the bushing lengths for the rod and cylinder body ends, and the bosses for the pins on the loader frame.

Then some research on material types to see what might be most suitable while trying to avoid anything too exotic/expensive. There is some temptation to use something that has some inherent lubrication - probably oil or graphite-embedded - to minimize wear. Ideally, I might be able to figure it out to the point of at least being able to verify inventory and possibly be able to place a bushing order by the end of the day.

USPS just delivered part of the DHH order - unfortunately it was the "non-essential" portion (for the immediate job anyways) - they were running a "special" on five 36" x 48" full-color charts showing the various hoses and fittings they offer ... and it included a very nice brass keychain that that comes apart via a quick coupler. If nothing else, charts will make great shop **** ... :laughing:

The remainder of the order had a zip code error and was apparently sent to the next PO over and is currently being sent back to the main PO for rerouting. Hopefully that will show up tomorrow ... and not be sent back to Philly ... :laughing:

Anyways USPS employee "Terri" is on it ... :thumbsup:

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, safe, and productive day.

(FWIW, the one pin (bucket end) I checked last night measured 1.02 on the captured portion and 0.983 on the portion subject to rotational wear. That does not include the wear in the bore itself obviously, which was significant)

 

[rswyan]

Two weather warnings just issued: Lighting Alert (within 10 miles) and Severe Storm Risk. Currently in the midst of an absolute deluge ...

 

[mostly_gas]

Good morning all.
resuming post comments from yesterday:
Don hail siaze is very local, Mom had softball size hail one time neighbor only had baseball size hail
Thomas, funny how people react to mask requirements, glad you were able to enjoy popcicle
Stepp, great pic
Rand great pics
RS sounds like someone might be spoiled?
Mike nice pic
Don thanks for Covid update.
RNG isn't Margaritaville in Baja?
RS looks like quite the project with the usual amount of scope creep.
Today's postings
Eric, tench invasive where not enough predation to keep numbers in check.
Buppies glad you will get a chance to dry out.
Thomas have fun with your overhang painting
Mike have fun with your porch project.
Billy oh just a deterrent
Ron sorry about Dr friend, nice crane pic
Ted, talking to the "R's" and ignoring the rest of us
Finish tonight