Good morning!!!!

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 48°, going up to 87°. No rain over the past 10 days, things getting brown again. Maybe some showers by the end of the week.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ED!Hope you have a great day. (Hope you have enough cake):thumbsup:

Drew, glad you made it through the storm unscathed. Take it easy during cleanup.....don't need to overdo anything.

Ron, tell the wifey-- nice work. It's always nice to see a project come to a beautiful finish.

Hope everyone else dealing with the heavy rains make it through ok, prayers out for those folks.

I go back to the ortho doc tomorrow. Not sure what the outcome will be. The knee hit a plateau, not getting worse, but not getting any better. I get around ok, but have difficulty squatting or standing still for any time (good side to that is that I have an excuse for not standing in line). Well, I'll see what he says...

Everyone have a peaceful Sunday and a great start to the week. Prayers out for those needing.

 

[daugen]

Roy, the front part.
glad I went out early, raining now, looks like it will all day.

Still might powerwash front porch, can do that on a rainy day
Also need to pick okra, going to get wet doing that likely but it's warm out so who cares

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Happy Birthday Ed. Hope y'all have a great cake.

Ron, tell your wifey howdy and job well done, those are really nice curtains.

We have birthdays coming up on the 20th, and 27th here.

Drew, I can't remember for sure, but did you have one of those power vac jobs that can vac the lawn?

Time to get ready for church. Will pray for all of you and those under the storms.

Take care all.

 

[CWB Wyo]

It made down to 43° this morning, yesterday was in the high 70's with some wind and mostly sunny skies. Today is going to be about the same. They don't show any changes in the weather for a week.

We didn't make it to the range yesterday, we'll try later in the week. Going to help a neighbor cut a load of fire wood and get some poles for a fence today.

Ed ... Happy birthday.

Hope everyone has a nice Sunday.
CWB.

 

[Buppies]

LS prayers for your knee hang in there

Ron tell the wife beautiful job as a matter of fact a fantastic job

 

[lostcreekranch]

72° this morning with 90° forecast for our high.

We got another 1” of rain Friday night / Saturday morning so, now 4”+ in September after on 3/4” for all of July / August.

I did some pasture mowing yesterday. Was nice doing it almost dust free.

Needing to do some outside window washing today.

Happy Birthday Ed. Mmmmm! Cake!

Have a great day!

Prayers to all.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 53F @ 8:00AM. Sunny. High 78F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.

Was awakened early yesterday morning to the pitter patter of rain on the porch cover, but it was gone after a minute or two and wasn't even enough to wet the concrete. But it's a sure sign, along with the very mild temperatures, that summer is passing into fall. I found a Facebook group that keeps tabs on the leaf colors in the Sierra, and will put a few days together to ride up there for a look when they hit their peak. A lot less people in the mountains after Labor Day, but a lot of places cut their hours or close down all together. I also leaned a few years ago the USFS campgrounds are open, but they lock the toilets so as not to have to clean them. Our tax dollars not at work!

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Happy Birthday Ed! Hope all your birthday wishes come true!

Heard from my friends in New Bern yesterday again. No pictures, but she said the water was up to their front porch steps and was 20" deep in the street out front. A neighbor's pecan tree dropped a very large limb that took the electric service panel off their house, knocking the electricity out for a day or so, but other than that, they suffered no other damage. I guess this means they're safe for another thousand years, huh?:confused2:


Had a little job to machine a cam lobe for the throttle gear on the old BMW yesterday. To get the arc where the lump will glue to the gear I clamped a 5/16" thick piece of aluminum plate to the table, with another piece of plate underneath it for a cutting buffer. Then I used a 3/4" end mill to rough in the arc, leaving about 1/8" of material. Used a boring head to finish it up, adjusting the cutting diameter until I got a snug fit. It was a fiddly bit of work, but it came out well enough. All the fuss was necessary because BMW changed the throttle gear profile and housing when they reduced carb size from 40mm to 32mm, and even though I had the lumpy cam, it wouldn't fit the housing on the old BMW. So that little bit of metal got epoxyed to the new style round cam, and will put enough extra pull on the throttle chain to completely open the throttle butterflies with only a quarter turn of the throttle.

While I was messing about in the shop, I put together an adapter plate to mount the new fangled electronic ignition "brain" where the old trigger unit used to sit. Classic case of similar shape components with mounting holes that used two different distances between them. So the plate mounts to the frame using the original hole spacing with flat head screws that are countersunk below the plate surface, then another set of holes that match the new "brain" get drilled to hold that on. Made up a drawing to drill the holes, but then decided to just use transfer punches and match drill the holes one at a time, the old fashioned way.:confused2:


The electrical work and adaptations for more modern hardware take a lot of fiddling and don't show much progress in photos, kinda like what happens when the framing is done on a house and all the interior work is being completed. Hopefully most of that is done, though I do have a couple pieces of 10mm round stock to thread so the engine will be held in with stainless steel hardware. I don't have dies that size, so it'll get done on the lathe today. And maybe a little brake work on the front end, too.

Hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend!

 

[sodamo]

70°F and 1.04 inches rain

Spent most of the day inside, cleaning and sorting thru my tool chest. Not exciting, but beneficial. Even have the draws crudely labeled as to content. Just the two large bottom drawers left. They will be the most exciting due to the myriad of things stuffed into them over the years.

Likely watch the Patriot game later this morning.

John coming down later for cards and dinner. Sophie had made a terrific lasagna. I know because the kitchen smelt awesome and I got to sample the leftover sauce.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Happy birthday Ed!!

 

[sodamo]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 62° with mostly clear skies this morning. Heading to 84° with sunny skies. There was more to yesterday than weed killing. My wife whose neurological condition continues to progress. Has been making new drapes to go along with the Kitchen Island we are going to install. Great reward for her and me to see them completed. Except for some little adjustments. There are 4 windows like this in Kitchen/Dining area.
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Got a text from oldest Son last night. He made it home (Charlotte, NC) from his weekly trip to LA and back without problems. Lots of rain at home. But no damage. Lake Norman is at full levels.

Those in the way of what's left of Flo. Stay safe. Special prayers sent.

Drew, glad you only have clean up and no major damage.

Prayers for those in need.

Good Morning All.

Very nice