Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

L4N, aren’t you closer to Huntsville? I am only 40 minutes from there.

I am right smack dab in the middle, between Huntsville and North Bay. 40 minutes to north Bay and 40 minutes to North Bay.
check, that would put you somewhere around Orillia?

 

[NHBX]

Good morning at

22°f now, today sunny, with a high near 47. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph

Played pickup sticks a few times this past week with the wind we’ve been having lately. Plow is mounted, snow blower is greased and ready if needed, sand barrels are full and oil tank is full. About as ready for winter as I ever am!

enjoy your day everyone

 

[daugen]

Plow is mounted, snow blower is greased and ready if needed, sand barrels are full and oil tank is full. About as ready for winter as I ever am!



somewhere up in Heaven Roy is too, wishing he had a few more hp for the JD blower, but thoroughly happy

waiting for zoom call from school, Advancement putting arm on me for referrals for Capital Campaign.
Never enjoyed fund raising, err opportunities for giving.

 

[Rich B1]

It looks great. Looks ready to ride. Did you rebuild the engine? Brings back memories of the bikes that I had in my youth. My first BSA was a 1939 350 cc that I got when 15. That was before the telescope fork and no rear suspension. But I learned a lot about these bikes.

Everything had to be rebuilt. I ended up doing a mildly built engine after I was given a cylinder head that had been rebuilt for performance. The intake/exhaust ports were cleaned up and slightly enlarged along with Gold Star valves. I put a 7.8-1 piston (stock was 6.5-1), and Gold Star touring cams (Almost 30 degree increase in duration over stock). I expect it will be a decent running engine.

@Popgadget - I also like most Brit bikes, but decided to stick with one brand. If I was ever to seriously stray, a Velocette of some sort would be high on the list. I have been lucky enough to have gotten to ride several Velocettes, they are quite impressive bikes to ride.

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning, 19 now, high of 48? We shall see. Was a toasty 16 when I got up.

Not sure what today will bring, I will find something

Everyone stay safe out there

 

[wngsprd]

Good Morning
It’s 21 with a forecast high of 45 under clear skies.

Yesterday was a clear day as well. I saw a stealth bomber orbiting the area, I’m guessing it was going to do a pass over Lincoln Financial Field for the Eagles game, and was holding until it’s allotted time. Regardless, it was pretty cool to see.

Trip to Sebring was very nice, I flew with my partner as copilot, we have been friends for 40 years, so it was a good time. The passengers were racing in a 12 hour race, and were quite happy, as evidenced by the trophies that we put in the baggage compartment. Was a nice clear night, could see the lights of Baltimore over a hundred miles out.

Here’s the sunset from 45,000 feet-
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Not sure what today will bring, but I’m sure that it will keep me busy.

Nice Motorcycle Rich. I have a soft spot for old English bikes, Matchless, AJS, Velocette, Vincent, Royal Enfield and of course Norton, Triumph and BSA. They all command impressive prices for a clean example now. I have always lusted for a Velocette Thruxton, but I suspect it will go unrequited.

Great Del McCoury song about a 52 Vincent Black Lightning...
...in my opinion, there's nothing in this world
Beats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl
Now Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't do
They don't have a soul like a Vincent 52...

 

[m7040]

Good morning, low was 24 going to 46, 28 at the moment

Trash needs to go up to the road today, recycle tomorrow

Rich that should be a strong performer. Sounds like it will have serious low end power too. Did you get the magneto tested?

Was driving up through the Frederick water shed area the other day and there was a large tractor blowing off leaves from the road. Those PTO blowers put out some serious air and sticks small rocks leaves all disappeared up the embankments along the road

 

[newbury]

Where does the air come from that replaces the air the vacuum takes out?

You need to keep a supply of basketballs on hand to let the air out of.
Bill Crosby, why is there air

Newbury, $400 sounds like a lot for a vacuum, but the Dyson V10 Animal has been worth every penny.

Thanks, I'll look into it.

 

[Popgadget]

Great Del McCoury song about a 52 Vincent Black Lightning...
...in my opinion, there's nothing in this world
Beats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl
Now Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't do
They don't have a soul like a Vincent 52...

Actually a Richard Thompson song covered by Del.

 

[riptides]

All this talk of vacuums... I have a Kirby G4, 30 years old.

Purchased via door-to-door salesman. LOL. Neighbor said "you HAVE to check this thing out".

They came, they cleaned a carpet. Can you say color change? LOL. And... I drove it around the room sucking up stuff left behind by other vacuums. There was no comparison. That thing, to this day just sucks and sucks. It's a phenomenal piece of work. I'd say I got my monies worth out of it, but dang that thing was pricey at the time. No maintenance on that equipment. Just a roller tension belt thingy every few years.

On another lighter side moment, I found my Kubota decal in the driveway a day or so ago. So it was not washed off after all. Whatever adhesive Kubota uses on their decals, needs work.

 

[m7040]

My first road bikes were 50 cc two stroke mopeds that did not require license to drive and younger kids could legally drive. The law did not allow modifications to make it run faster but that did not stop many from boring out the carb and intake in the cylinder and they could run pretty fast and keep up with cars. Police would stop many and take the carb off to check for modifications and give a hefty fine. Luckily I escaped any fines

 

[check]

I am right smack dab in the middle, between Huntsville and North Bay. 40 minutes to north Bay and 40 minutes to North Bay.
check, that would put you somewhere around Orillia?

Nope. On Kawagama Lake. 13 km. East of Dorset.

 

[wngsprd]

Actually a Richard Thompson song covered by Del.

Yep, but I like the Del version much better. Of course, I'm a big Del fan, so no wonder.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 46F @ 8:00AM.
Thundershowers this afternoon following a period of morning rain. High 54F. Winds SSE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70%.
Picked up another quarter inch of rain yesterday, mainly in the morning.
Just now started raining again.

It stopped raining long enough yesterday afternoon to get the firewood pallet swapped out in the garage. In the process, I had to move three motorcycles and the van. The bikes were easy to push, the van started reluctantly and kept quitting. I checked the EMU for codes, and now it's complaining about the MAF as well as the idle control valve. Always something.

My friend down in SoCal said they found a leak in the water line coming in from the street, and now the yard is all dug up. Looks like the plumber is gonna get all their Christmas money this year. It didn't help that it was a found on a Sunday.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a good start!

 

[sodamo]

67°F and 0 rain

Guys got trounced at H&F. Fortunately dinner was great and. The company even better.

Should be dry enough to till the garden plot again.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[m7040]

Good Morning!!!! 46F @ 8:00AM.
Thundershowers this afternoon following a period of morning rain. High 54F. Winds SSE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70%.
Picked up another quarter inch of rain yesterday, mainly in the morning.
Just now started raining again.

It stopped raining long enough yesterday afternoon to get the firewood pallet swapped out in the garage. In the process, I had to move three motorcycles and the van. The bikes were easy to push, the van started reluctantly and kept quitting. I checked the EMU for codes, and now it's complaining about the MAF as well as the idle control valve. Always something.

My friend down in SoCal said they found a leak in the water line coming in from the street, and now the yard is all dug up. Looks like the plumber is gonna get all their Christmas money this year. It didn't help that it was a found on a Sunday.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a good start!

Codes are no fun. I have had a few to deal with but most were easy fixes. Changing glow plugs is a risk for breaking it so I leave that to the dealer that has special tools if one breaks. Used to be that glow plugs were solid and strong but the new ones are very fragile and any resistance can break it. The diesel injectors are also something I would rather not deal with since they can get stuck in the cylinder head although some would loosen the bolts and drive it until it pops.Some issues I leave alone like the fired heater to warm up in the morning does not work any more and the rear heater has a control valve not controlling. The parking alerts is funky. But what do you expect from a 2008 van?

 

[Looking4new]

check, this is according to google https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=distane+from+South+River,+ON+to+Huntsville,+ON?

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Distance+from+South+River,+ON+to+North+Bay,+ON?

I am about a mile outside SR and 2 miles from Hwy 11.

 

[rswyan]

46F and sunny @ 13:00, heading up to a high of 50F ... Woo-hoo !!!

Ten Day looking reasonably decent, highs mostly in 40's/50's.

Got van started yesterday and let it run for a good while to charge up the battery.

Woman commented that "while you have your boots on ..." I should go ahead and fill up the bird feeder ... so filled the hopper feeder as well as 2 suet feeders with the new suet.

Amazon dropped off new electric can opener, now Woman will be able to open cans again without having to ask me to do it.

Somebody also dropped off another package that was for someone who lives at a different address but that mapping mistakenly says is here. Not.

Got Menards order placed but did not make it out to pick it up, today seemed like the better option considering the warmer temps.

Inadvertently missed the fact that one item got added twice to the shopping cart ... so will need to have them keep that item and issue a credit when we pick it up later.

Did manage to get cleaned up and drag the razor across my face.

Woman made custard and went over to neighbor friends for dinner.

I stayed home and got some addition work/clean up done down in the fish room, also got another 9 gallons of water drawn.

Eventually heated up the last of the lamb vindaloo and broiled a piece of cod for dinner.

Forgot to trim off a little piece of cod before I cooked it to feed to the fish ...

Agenda for today:

Dole out meds for this coming week.

Handle some online banking.

Get 2 x 4's moved inside pole barn plus bring some over to the basement for building the wall in the utility room once I figure how many are needed, also move chop saw downstairs.

Trip to Menards to pick up order plus pick up some additional items. Will need to unload 4 sheets of drywall and get that moved downstairs as well.

Maybe swing by a Wally World and exchange that bad led tube.

Plus undone stuff previously on agenda (drain sediment from water heater, sanding mud, dahlias, etc.)

Hope everyone has a good Monday ...

 

[scaredychicken]

Good Morning Everyone

You need to keep a supply of basketballs on hand to let the air out of.
Bill Crosby, why is there air

I thought the air was let out of Footballs
That is a great Bill Cosby album (have it on vinyl, never listen to it now) - what a mess he's made since though, terrible impact on others.

 

[Mark P.]

Good Morning - currently 55° and sunny
Hope everyone had a great weekend..

rswyan - do you raise fish to sell or is this for your enjoyment or both?
Ron - great pic's again...

Have a great day everyone...