Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

80 and overcast with a dew point of 74, you can wash your hands in the air.
High is headed to about 90.

We had our monthly cruise in Saturday night, proceeds went to Alzheimer’s research.
Had a minor mishap though, somebody didn’t fasten one our pop up canopies good and a gust blew it into my Ram. I don’t see any dent, thankfully they’re aluminum, looks like a pot mark. I’ll work on that today. I think the only thing hurt were my feelings.
I had a nice Mexican dinner for Fathers Day.
I took a folding chair and sat under the trees yesterday, just me and Gracie for about an hour, it was quite comfy with the breeze we had.

Gracie wanted to chase a groundhog but he was over on my neighbor’s property so I wouldn’t let her, so chased our outdoor cats instead. She doesn’t want to catch them, if they stop she just goes on past them.

I’ve been going all morning, after lunch I might take a break.

 

[rswyan]

80F, very humid (HI 84) and mostly cloudy @ 11:30, was predicted to be a high of 79F for the day so we've already beat that. Chance of thunderstorms throughout the area, a few might be severe.

The Woman reports we had additional rain overnight, looks to be around 0.15" to 0.20" of accumulation. Puddles in the driveway and I can hear the grass growing.

HF did not let Woman use coupon on item, so it will be going back. It was a belt sander ... without the coupon it's overpriced ... can get essentially the same thing from Home Depot (but actual name brand: Black and Decker), for almost the same price, but with a 2-year mfg warranty (versus HF's 90 days) ... and delivered to our door (free shipping)

Eric Schmidt needs to wake up and smell the roses.

Made the run down to Menards last evening and picked up order.

Put some sunflower seeds in an old cat food can and covered the sparrow trap around dark. Will put out mealworms for the bluebirds today, refill a couple of suet feeders, hopper feeder probably needs refilled as well.

Not sure what we'll get up to today, but it's a fair bet it will mostly be an indoor day. I got the dishes done and some kitchen clean up before I went to bed last night, so she doesn't have to mess with that.

Might be a good day to get some work done in the basement.

Big cool down headed in tomorrow - only calling for a high of 67F ...

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

 

[Alien]

Up early this a.m. (1.40 am.) Hand driving me nuts burning and numb. Makes sleeping difficult. Took a Prednisolone which works well after a while. Pretty cool at 8.8 deg C. Very calm and quite pleasant all the same. Sat out on the porch with a hot cuppa. We got a quote for cladding the house yesterday. House has plain walls. It will make it look so much better and we get in before the rather large price increase. Product comes from Canada. When I build the shed it will be the same colours. I will take before and after pics but it will be a couple of months before they can start. Person who quoted offered some great suggestions. We had another quote too but decided against that product. Trip to the city today to appease SWMBO. Stay safe all.

 

[sodamo]

67°F and .01 inches rain

At a good transition point in caretaker unit, so weather permitting seat time with the flail.

In person Happy Hour up to neighbor’s this afternoon.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

I've never been that particular about grease, but I usually buy the red stuff, which is lithium based in the CRC brand called Sta-Lube. But I will sometimes buy the cheap walmart brand too....unless I find out it's made outside of our country.

I also have been guilty of not applying it as often as I should.

Same.

Steiner Beast sitrep: Was mowing last week, and needed to move something in the grass. I turned off the electric PTO switch, moved the item, and when I turned it back on.......nothing. Been busy working on autos, so I finally got to it this morning. After some troubleshooting, I traced it to the actual PTO dash push/pull switch, which is a heavy duty "Made in America" switch. I guess I can't complain too much, it is about 20 years old, and had been down near the ocean. Anyway, my local auto parts had one in stock, hooray for them. It cost $33 plus tax, so it was a bit pricey. But they had it, and I want them to stay in business. Messick's had it for $20, but I would have had to pay shipping probably around $8-10, so I'll call it a wash. It fixed it, and I mowed, for only about an hour because I had to go drop off kids to different places. I got maybe 1.5 acres worth mowed, in-between the post oak tree forest just south of my home. Need to mow about another 2 acres worth.

I was telling the guys at the auto parts about the Steiner Beast story, and how little money I have in it....they laughed when I told them the switch just might be one of the most expensive items I've had to buy for it. LOL.

You made a very nice score on that Steiner ...

Rs, your yard looks great, and BEF's too. There was a beautiful patch of lilies across the street from our church, but the heat has taken them out now.

Thanks.

It's starting to get there, still a lot more work to do though.

Glad you are starting to get a handle on the vehicle issues.

We were very fortunate last year on the vehicle front. Woman's car needed a lot of work done to it - overdue repairs and maintenance) - which was going to involve it being out of service for some time.

We were able to pick up a clean '99 Mercury Mystique 4 cylinder automatic - essentially one owner (a little old lady ) - with less than original 60K miles, for a very reasonable price:

It's not in perfect shape (she creased the body panels on the other side, which led to her no longer driving I believe, vinyl on the dash is coming up in the front) but it appeared to be in fairly good shape mechanically.

We did have to put new tires on it and replace both front wheel bearings.

Woman has put around 20K miles on it since we got it.

 

[txdon]

At a good transition point in caretaker unit,

Will this be for your grounds keepers or your house maids?

 

[pennwalk]

Hot and humid today. Last week was just beautiful but the week before we were dodging rain showers most of the week. Grass seems to need to be mowed once a week which is hard to complain about. I love all the fruit we are getting this time of year. The local farm stand is about to start picking sweet corn. Talk about good.

I went to Walmart this morning. Our local store is not too busy before 9am. I would say a few less than 25 percent of the people there were wearing masks. When I pulled in the guy coming out had a mask on so I put mine on. No big deal I had it. Most other stores very few masks. It sounds like people who had the covid and have natural immunity have more to worry about with a variant breaking through. I don't know how the Indian delta variant is going to affect us but it is giving other countries trouble.

Don did you see the reports of the study that showed people on plant based diet had milder symptoms if they got covid?

Hope everyone is enjoying the summer.

Chris

 

[MoKelly]

Wife completed leg 1 of the Ohio-Erie trail. Went from Cincy to Columbus today.

Back home the weather has broke. Today is cloudy but pleasant. My biggest chore was cleaning up a downed branch from a huge dead tree that partially blocked the road. It fell during the storm Saturday night.

It took about 2 hours going at my pace which, I’ve been told, is slightly faster than a lame turtle! Oh well. Done is done.

Sorry, I got home and remembered yet again that I failed to take pictures!

Have a good evening all.

MoKelly

 

[daugen]

Amazon delivered a couple of fairly heavy 6 ton jack stands, Big Red brand, on sale and looked pretty sturdy.
took them out to garage, pretty muggy out, HI of 101

Mo, hope your wife has a safe and fun ride.

RS, your car reminds me of my MIL's Buick Regal, same age, super reliable V6 and about 60k miles. She'll be selling it soon when she goes
into the senior care center.

 

[Thomas]

92F almost clear sky 10mph wind,good chance t storm 6-11pm.

Got outside early and stay out to keep project done before mercury stared it's climb up project even snuck in nap.
Mrs. call Kubota dealer for appointment have complete service done best they can do 3 1/2 weeks,reason have haed time hiring 3 person do service road work.

No plan after dinner feet up what for mother nature give evening good bath also cool the air temp.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[toppop52]

Hot and humid like everybody else, heat index was around 100 most of the day.
Got the club trailer parked, it was still hooked to my truck and I didn’t want to take it through the drive through at the bank.

Supposed to rain tomorrow, I hope so we are in another dry spell. I have a lot of sand on top of clay so if it doesn’t rain about once a week it turns to dust bowl and the grass gets brown.

 

[txdon]

Don did you see the reports of the study that showed people on plant based diet had milder symptoms if they got covid?

Chris

No I did not. Link?

 

[RoyJackson]

Pretty good day, but very hot (for Vermont)
Wifey and stepdaughter at their intermediate stop-over for sleep. Norfolk, VA tomorrow
No T-Storms, but a very nice long shower...wish it had lasted longer

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Big storm on way home from taking son to airport, but only .17” at home.
Son’s flight got delayed, then delayed again due to approaching storm. He’s been there since 4:30 and is about to leave 2 hrs late.

 

[sodamo]

Will this be for your grounds keepers or your house maids?

Good question, Don. Actually bought this container with caretaker in mind, just haven’t bother to fully define. Basic thought has been place to live in exchange for work, thinking mostly landscape and light maintenance as well as a security presence should we be absent. When Sophie’s sister indicated it might be a good place for her to live, my thinking changed to include if the caretaker didn’t live there then it could generate rent to pay for the caretaker. My latest thinking has been I can rent at fair value and allow caretaker to work exchange partial future rent on a weekly/monthly basis.
Probably 8-10 work hours a week. General housekeeper could definitely come into play if that is what Sophie wants/needs. I know several here have the housekeeper thing. Would be new for me but could adjust.
While I’ve usually thought of a caretaker as being a single, older guy, no reason it couldn’t be a gal, even a couple. Would even consider having the caretaker/work exchange and be open to housekeeping being for cash. I try to be flexible.

 

[sodamo]

Got 4 hours in with flail. Boy did I mess up and wait too long. Grass is 2 ft tall in many places, very thick in others - slow going.
Likely done until Wed unless I find another shear bolt. Not making special trip as already scheduled to go Wed morning. Not breaking shear bolt by hitting something, just the flex of the drive shaft. Guessing these must be particularly weak. I just use the 3/8” zinc hex bolts out of the bin at HD.

 

[pennwalk]

No I did not. Link?

I think this is a summary. Plant-based and/or fish diets may help lessen severity of COVID-19 infection | BMJ

 

[Popgadget]

Ken, was that Jeff Kline’s music store? Sure sounds like it. He’s a great musician as well.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 76F for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind day except when t-storm came through, .2 in rain gauge, Temp dropped to 69F recovered to 75F, high temp was about 83F. Choir practice this morning, attendance was light, no everyone was on board with restarting. Bike ride in the "heat" of the day, nap and grilled brats for dinner.
Covid update: Cooke 3241 confirmed cases, 3 active cases, Montague 1784 confirmed cases, 3 active cases, Grayson, 11374 confirmed cases, 13 active cases.
Dennis setting off alarms is inconvenient to rapid in and out scenario
Roy sounds like nice Father's day, sorry about the extra audit
Drew hope Helga was nice again, thanks for the info
Ron Hope day went as planned, nice pic
Rich you must be ready for the rain and respite
Paul gals day went well, hope today went as well.
Don your ranking dropped, few masks up here, mostly older people.
Dennis you will let us know what he finds?
Ken sorry about the foot wound. nice pic
RNG glad the weekend went so well. nice to hear safe trip as well.
Two_Bit sorry about the no rain, up hear there is some rain coming down still.
PJ sorry about the west side damage, good to hear you had a glorious nap!
Randy sorry about the mishap, rest or nap was in order at your posting
RS cool down sounds nice, hope indoor day went well.
Doug sorry about hand issue. Hope cladding project goes well
David hope seat time and happy hour both went well.
RS nice score on the car
Mo thanks for wife's trip update, glad you got tree taken care of. Speed is not alway important.
Thomas glad project is done, nap always good, and lead time on tractor work is terrible!
Randy need about .5 inch plus rain per week here.
Roy hope wife/ stepdaughter have safe trip.
Dennis sorry about the flight delays
David sorry about the shear bolt issue, I trust you buy a supply when you get a chance.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter and car crash,Bird/aging issues, Billy/skin cancer surgery, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Buppies cancer surgery, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes,Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Dennis/older brother/son, Grev/wife's eye, Randy/recovery, Bill/DIL home care, Ted/knee recovery, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/uncle, Drew/tendon healing, David(sadamo)/Sophie's eye surgery,RNG/fire season, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[sodamo]

13 folks at HH, which was outside so guess we didn’t violate any restrictions. All vaccinated. Plenty good food. Actually met guy who is newest neighbor, still building.