Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

39 rain today very chilly night see some wet snow

Got some limbs up in the yard with tractor and chain saw grass mowed still a lot of work to do.

Prayers for our Country, Ukrainian people

Prayers for all

 

[Eric Salop]

Finally decided to try a set of Bluetooth hearing protectors (3M, Eric). Man, are they nice...much better sound protection than my old cracking ones, and the Bluetooth worked well...I was surprised how well I could hear the music, not turned up loud, while doing the 2nd complete mow of the season

keep those plugs going Wng, else 3M shares are sure to slip now mask usage has declined

The noise cancelling headphones I use with the Iseki have been playing up recently, so I looked around and decided to treat myself to some end-of-line Sony ones as replacements. Not since I splashed out many weeks of accumulated Saturday job earnings on a pair of Marantz headphones back in the early 70's, have my ears been cosseted by such nice feeling ear cushions. The inbuilt equalizer has allowed me to tune them to have similar performance to my hearing aids - it was an unexpected surprise to hop out of the cab to open a gate and be able to listen to birdsong.

 

[Buppies]

Some of the best headphones I ever bought years and years ago Koss pro 4AA in fact they still sound good and by the way I am a pack rat

 

[daugen]

good morning all
thermometer says 28, not good for some plants, colder than predicted
nice day around 52 and then over an inch of rain tonight.
15 inches in a month is just amazing David. Too bad you can't pipe some to NM...

early appt with endocrinologist, then getting fitted for a mouth guard at dentist.
After all of that, likely a quiet afternoon, doing wash and planning for nice weather ahead.

 

[Buppies]

Interesting Drew you will be at 52 and I am at my high already 39 and falling

 

[wngsprd]

43 and sprinkles, going to 47 and hard rain. Snow in the mountains.

Get well Roy!

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp is 26 and going to a high of 46°F. Wind E 6 mph. Partly cloudy.

Easter dinner/supper was turkey with dressing inside the bird for me. Son only stuffs the neck and that is plenty for just me.
Todays dinner/supper for them is lamb (have I mentioned how much I don't like lamb), left over turkey for me. I only like the dark meat which works out perfect as they only like the white meat. I will have the drumbstick for breakfast and the thigh for supper.

Tomorrow I will be out of here by 6 A.M. so no posts until I get back on Saturday or Sunday. I will load up the Dodge today. Not much to load, just a carton of cigarettes (**** to you Brits), my kit bag and phone.

Speaking of foods from other countries, my daughter in law turned me on to mushy peas. I like them better than north American peas, they stay on the knife better.
I eat my peas with honey, I've done it all my life, it makes the peas taste funny, but it keeps them on the knife.

Have a safe day all

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s 29 with frost on the ground, and a high of 50. This morning’s clear skies will turn to ran by late afternoon.

Had a great breakfast and visit with the family yesterday, then over to the shop go make more speaker progress. I’ve got 4 of them completed to the point where they just need to be tested and have the grills installed.

Someone came from Wilkes Barre, about two hours away to buy the 3 Point post hole digger that I listed on Facebook Marketplace about 4 days ago. I have had pretty good luck both buying and selling on that platform.

Today, I’ll get the speakers completed and start packing and shipping them. One is only going to NJ, and will get picked up.

I might have to go up to Allentown this morning, but hopefully I can handle it by phone.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 58˚F, a weak cold front brought the temps down 20˚ the high will be only in the mid 70s, nice while it last, but as always in a few days the prevailing south winds from the Gulf of Mexico will bring Summer temps back.
We have only had an inch of rain the last month my water usage alert already went off on the 15th so for the rest of the month the water our rate per gallon will be higher.

The challenge for today is to try to connect my wife's laptop to the projector and borrow some bluetooth speakers for a WFPB meeting later this week. Also have to check to make sure the wifi signal in the amenity building is working on her equipment is fast enough to stream.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 45F @ 5:00AM. Partly cloudy skies this morning will become overcast during the afternoon. High 69F. Winds SSE at 10 to 20 mph.
Looks like rain will start again tonight, continuing on and off through Friday. Yet in all that time, only an inch will accumulate. I'd gladly send it all to New Mexico and Texas if I could.

I managed to get one burn pile fired off yesterday, but it was slow going. It seems the tarp that was covering part of it half way blew off, and the rest of it was pretty soggy after two inches of rain. After most of an hour, only part of it was smoldering. A while back I asked the dozer operator where he recycles his used oil, and he said he uses it on his burn piles. I had a few gallons of Kubota's super expensive Super UDT2 left from the last oil change on the tractor, so dumped it on and things immediately improved. At twenty-five bux a gallon, I was happy to get a bit more use out of it.

Once the pile burned down, I started limbing the downed trees from another pile, and kept the fire going for the rest of the day. I put a dent in that other pile, but not much of one, so I'll keep at it today. I was using the little electric Makita chainsaw, and toward the end of the day the chain tension was jumping all over the place again. I'm guessing that the sprocket is worn out again, this time after only three battery changes.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a smooth start...

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, a chilly 35 but sun is up and going to 50.
Good Easter dinner, chicken came out fine with roasted brusselsprouts.

Thomas, looks like tree just laying down so you don't have to do as much work to get it bucked ?
Roy - hope the new medicine works for you
RNG - seems like the sprockets area wearing way too fast. Maybe chain is burred? Or sprockets too soft?

Stay safe and be well,
SpatchCock with stuffing under the skin.
What a strange name for a butterflied chicken.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG - seems like the sprockets area wearing way too fast. Maybe chain is burred? Or sprockets too soft?

No doubt the chain is burred. Once the sprocket is worn, chain tension varies so much it jumps off the bar frequently, burring the drivers. And since the sprockets are made of powdered metal, they're much softer than the chain steel. Bad materials choice on Makita's part. At five bux a piece, it's not that expensive to replace them, but if they don't even last a day, I'll end up going back to my Stihl.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Those are some nice looking speakers, and fancy speaker stands.

Our low was 29° but says 40° now.

I’m coming down with another cold. Just got over one.

5-6” Snow in the mountains today they predict.

 

[RoyJackson]

Just read tonight's forecast...3-5 inches of snow
Not going to rig the snow blower, but I reckon I'll drop the pallet forks and rig the front blade

 

[Buppies]

34 degrees rain hitting like it’s very heavy propane has kicked in on furnace

RNG cut limbs with 261 pro yesterday been in my stable a while great saw with 20 in bar. Also know to use STIHL pole saw 38 years old still cuts great my granddaddy bought it

 

[PJSprog]

39°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 54° today.

Wife and I ran some errands Saturday morning. Stopped in the tax place to get our returns completed, signed, and e-filed. We used this place last year, and I wasn't all that impressed with their seeming lack of organization. This year, they held our returns until the 11th hour, after having them over a month. An elderly lady who was in the office at the same time proudly proclaimed that she would not be going back there again, as they were just too much trouble. I concur.

We also stopped at Whole Foods Market to pick up some fresh veggies for Sunday's dinner, then one final stop at Denny's for brunch.

I never got around to removing the rear wheels from the mowers on Friday, so I did that around noon-ish Saturday, then drove them out to the farm supply store in Centralia. I was a good boy while I was there, and didn't look at any 60" zeroturns.

Spent Sunday midday in the garage finishing the speaker cabinet. Got it covered, mounted the hardware, and wired the jackplate and speakers. Apparently, I only ordered one set of grill mounts instead of two, so I just split them between the two for now, and didn't order side-mount handles. Need to order those today to actually "finish" it. Played it a bit yesterday evening, and it works as planned, separating the two channels (clean and overdrive). It's not as well-made as Paul's high end cabs, but it will get the job done in my little studio. Those cheapy poly cone speakers actually sound pretty good for bass distortion. I may just leave them in there.

Wife made some delicious stuffed turkey breast for dinner, and I ate entirely too much.

Cabs look good, Paul, as does your property. Nice drone shots.

 

[Buppies]

Looks like I could cut a piece on my iPad Ken

 

[pennwalk]

43f It feels cold.

I made a grocery run this morning. On the way I had a red tractor trailer flashing his lights as we approached every red light. When I got to the grocery store I checked the lights and stuff. All good. I guess he just didn't like driving behind an old guy.

I did the first mow at the farm Friday. It was a really nice afternoon and I enjoyed it. No doubt it will seem like a chore by next fall. I have been looking for a newer mower. So far I haven't found anything that I wanted that I was willing to spend that much money for. So I am still using the ragged old JD 425.

Saturday I cut the farm lane etc. The Yanmar started right up even though it had sat in the barn freezing its bolts off for 4 months. Those are good machines.
Snow blower is back in the barn.

My wife's garden is looking pretty good. We have eaten lettuce and asparagus and a little spinach. She is still covering the lettuce on cold nights.
The trees and flowers seem a little off this year. Maybe it was that real cold spell just before everything bloomed.

Hope everyone has a good week.

Chris

 

[LouNY]

With these forecasts it's hard to tell what we are going to get.
If I have to I'll back blade it with the bucket or if need be 1st gear at an idle and play with the bucket curl
to keep it out of the dirt. Let the coal fire go out a few days ago missing it the last couple of days and the next couple.

 

[sodamo]

64°f and 2.04 inches rain. According to my wx station this is day 20 of this storm. Enough already! Just too wet to do anything meaningful outside.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day