Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

God blessed me with another trip around the sun yesterday. Got a pair of farmer John overalls!
At work, been shopping online to create a bargain set of tools.

The artwork is better, too, Lou.

ZZ top Tres hombres, Santana Abraxas!

More bad news on tractor, after new water pump and radiator it’s not holding pressure. Leak inside somewhere. Either gasket or cracked head. I told them to do it, I hope it’s just gasket.

Oh no! Hope for the best.

Texas sharing some heat with others....

They are saying that the cops need more training, but I don't hear them say that kids need more training...

Prayers for our team.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

We have alligatoritus going around at work. I was near someone and so I am wearing a mask and staying away from others at work.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 82ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind with moderate gust until t-storms came close, sky clouded up, and high temp was 106ºF, HI 114ºF. Storm came close, lighting hit close by, Light sound separation less than 1 second. In spite of what radar said only trace of rain. Men's meeting to start day, caught up on recorded news, was going to Costco today now tomorrow. 10 day has .13 rain in forecast, I seem to be having Ted's luck with rain right now. Did get nap in.
David no I have not used the plastic beads.
Buppies I doubt laziness is your problem
Ted Sorry about your heat. hope some rain shows up.
Dennis sorry about the water issue. Sorry to hear about garden.
Drew hope you can get help with hose reel. good luck with finding a pool. Not a fan of shooting in crowdwd areas.
Drew you could consult with Paul
Roy your webinars are ok.
Mike you have untrimmed fence in background Hope you finish the trimming, and get the holes for wiring done.
Drew did you mean floppy disk? nice truck had similar S10 5 speed, had 150K on odo, sold to someone who needed it worse than I did.
Mike thanks for story.
RNG Sorry to hear about your water well issues. Hope you can reduce the rust issues. Hope ride goes well this weekend
Billy glad sink is fixed with no collateral damage. Sorry about new leak. Hope heat does not last as long as it has here.
Ken trimming in 95ºF wears anyone out. nice pics. thanks for sharing.
Drew I don't thinks RS ask at all
Paul burger looks good, hope friend is giving you good pointers to improve the meat. Hope service call went well and good luck with Costco.
PJ Interesting about CD's coming back, I had heard about more vinyl being pressed. Hope your heat breaks down soon.
Ted hope you find the ammo you need. Hope you get the agenda order worked out.
Drew glad reel is ready to use. Good to hear garden is providing.
Thomas like your evening plans.
Don garden looks great.
RNG it takes a level of audio equipment I don't have to hear the difference. Proper care of vinyl lows down the vinyl degrading. I read about a laser system to read vinyl but it was expensive so never got it.
PJ thanks for info that artist get paid. I had heard the artists have gaone back to touring to make money.
Dennis sorry about tractor new, hope just head gasket.
RS long day on tractor yesterday, Hope you got tractor ready to use today. Hope you can get groundhog soon.
Drew sounds like once you get outside , you want excuse to go back in reel looks good
Ted glad you made progress today.
Randy(wag) Good luck with your next tool purchase.
Don potluck food looks good, too bad no pic of desert
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /learning new job, Bird/aging issues/, Don /mom's pipeline process, /fire nearby, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's heart issues, /pneumonia and not posting, Roy /palpitations, /angina , Billy /wife back & hip, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /3 new skin cancer spots and treatment, /wife knee healing, Thomas/gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery/retirement, / passing out issues, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Doug and wife/health issues, /nerve and pain, / wife's hospital stay, /torn bicep, Ken /kids shot tragedy, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, /cataract surgery, /Sophie's hand infection, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /wife not feeling well, /marriage, Paul/ wife's disc issues, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis /retirement plans / brother "alligallyitus" and improving, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend cancer diagnosis and recovery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Ukraine war, mass shooting victims and family, and Country.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

bending over is an issue. I almost bought the one on wheels but I'm really trying to hide it in the bushes.
this does not roll at all.

You can buy a cart version for $100 more. Ouch.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

High of 91° yesterday set the monthly high, but it was hotter back in May than today.

 

[sodamo]

Randy, we will joyously help you spend your money.

 

[sodamo]

Quite appetizing, Don

 

[sodamo]

Happy Birthday, Kyle. And many many more

 

[Wagtail]

Randy, we will joyously help you spend your money.

I know, and I yours.

When I first joined TBN I started a thread on what I needed in my shed (mostly tool wise) as I basically had homeowner hand tools... the list was extensive and handy (one Member even made an Exel chart of all of the suggestions).

One of the 'tools' was a come-along. I'd never heard of one of these (some other tool suggestions required translation into Aus) So I bought one and it 'sat' in my shed for a few years before an occasion arose where it was the perfect solution to a problem, and I had it!

There are a number of tools in my shed that are like that, thanks to you lot.

When I eventually 'cark it', there's going to be a very interesting auction.

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-07-21, 0356

66° right now...high in the upper 80's... rain and possible thunderstorms

Wife and stepdaughter back from their visit to another stepdaughter, so the gang's all here. Margeaux was, as expected, ecstatic

In to work today...

 

[daugen]

good morning all
another very hot day, 96 and thunderstorms mid day
sitting here grumpy, no food, no coffee, fasting for epidural later this morning.
Getting sedation this time, hopefully it will go easier.
pretty much shoots down the whole day but if results are good, well worth the time.

Don, I'd love to make a plate of all that and try it.

Dennis, I was looking for small. Normally yes the wheeled one is a better deal and wasn't a lot more expensive.

 

[riptides]

79 outside this AM, heading to upper 90's. Really humid...

Managed to finish up the front pastures fence lines, sprayed some roundup around the house and changed shirts twice.

Fingers still sore from weed whacking. LOL. Just one more fence line in the back to do.

Think I will take it easy today though...maybe tractor time since it has A/C. That would be the smart way to work.

Hope all have a great day and are on the healing side. Be safe.

 

[wngsprd]

76 going to 96. With a breeze outside, felt pretty good at sunrise as I raised the Flag.

Happy Birthday, Kyle! I bet you don't feel any older. Kids are a challenge to raise, but keep you young!...or at least that was what I was always telling myself.

Don, that's a real nice looking spread. I like the way the recipes/ingredients are displayed, too.

Roy, glad the ladies got home safe and sound.

Decided to get under the shade of one of our maples yesterday and crawl under the Zero and scrape the deck and then change out the mower blades. Even though it was in the mid 90s, didn't feel too bad. Lots of folks are talking about the heat, but ever since I was a kid, I remember spells of heat in the 90s and going over 100 at times. Nothing new...it is summer! Then mowed for 2 hours to "test" the blades. I think I did a better job sharpening them this time.

 

[wngsprd]

Sunset last night...

 

[newbury]

One of the 'tools' was a come-along. I'd never heard of one of these (some other tool suggestions required translation into Aus) So I bought one and it 'sat' in my shed for a few years before an occasion arose where it was the perfect solution to a problem, and I had it!

That's one of my prime tools for manual moving of big heavy things. What is the Aus translation?

 

[txdon]

Don, that's a real nice looking spread. I like the way the recipes/ingredients are displayed, too.

The ingredients are mandatory because a lot of people are just getting started and don't know what is hidden in the ingredients they put in their favorite pot luck food. The WFPB is more than vegetarian or vegan and while most people in the group "get it" there might be some new ones that don't. Only one dish had to be avoided last night, it had Mayonnaise which we all know that mayonnaise contains both oil and eggs. Education at the meetings will be on-going and friendly.

Fun fact, In 1957 A group called the "Naturalist" had a name they called prepared animal meat: spicedembalmed. I looked up the definition and actually that is correct before embalming fluids were used.

define EMBALMED 1. preserve (a corpse) from decay, originally with spices and now usually by arterial injection of a preservative:

This sounds like BBQ
. . . removing the viscera and filling the cavity with salt and vegetable powders. The Jívaro tribes of Ecuador and Peru took the additional precaution of ensuring the immortality of their chiefs by roasting their embalmed bodies over very low fires.

On a more pleasant thought . . .
Good Morning, a slow roasting triple digit temperature again today, we should all be well done by the end of August.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 87 going up to 96 and sunny.
Did some weed whacking yesterday - after an hour had to come in.

Did find a massive hornets nest. Sprayed it last night, but this morning seems the spray had no affect will need to put some poison right on the nest tonight and hope they don't try to get me.

BEF - hope the issue is a simple gasket.

Kyle - Happy birthday!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 74F @ 6:30AM. Sunny. High around 105F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.

Raid Wasp & Hornet spray has always worked for me, Ken. Good reach on the stream, too.

Ready to hit the road again. Headed out on the touring bike to see how it is in the heat. Riding into a hair dryer on an unfaired bike is no picnic, but roasting behind a fairing might not be too much fun, either. We'll see.

Have a great weekend!

 

[LouNY]

ZZ top Tres hombres, Santana Abraxas!

^^Absolutely no way;^^
Yep,
Patsy Cline,
Kitty Wells,
Helen Carter,
Loretta Lynn,
Tammy Wynette,
Dolly Parton,
All three of the Mandrell sisters,
Jeanne Prueet,
Jeanie C. Riley,
Steela Parton,
and the list could go on n on
I've listened to Country music all my life.

 

[PJSprog]

67°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 99° today. Forecast is for 104° on Saturday. Some rain forecast for Monday, which might drop us below 90° and break the heatwave ... for one day, then back into the 90s all next week. The only bright side here is that humidity has been relatively low, at 55% right now.

Got to spend some time in my nice, cool underground studio yesterday evening. I didn't hate that.

RNG, all that stuff is completely different once you attach music to video. For that, you're required to buy a separate music sync license. Without one, the record companies, or whoever owns the rights to the recorded music (usually the record companies), will demand that the platform (YouTube, or any other) take the video down. The big companies have staff who do nothing but browse the internet all day looking for copyright violations. As an alternative, YouTube Studio offers a variety of free use music to add to your videos. It's generally generic and bland, but it comes without all the trouble of using someone else's music without getting a sync license. I've seen Leland Sklar complain on his YT channel about having bass play along videos removed because of copyright violations, on songs where he did the original recordings. Of course, the record company owns the recording rights, so he has no recourse.
As for pay, no one actually knows how YouTube's intentionally convoluted monetization system works.
Video is a weird game.

Happy (belated) Birthday, Kyle. Glad you completed yet another trip.

Good morning, gents.