Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

Morning all, 49 going to 63 and sun is up.
The old boiler is gone and the permit for new boiler finally ready


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Wow, Ken, didn't know you were into making moonshine.

 

[scootr]

Wow, Ken, didn't know you were into making moonshine.

Didn't know home stills were permitted.

 

[ronjhall]

Popgadget, I have one of those HF Mini tire changers. Lately when I need to change a tire. I get kid (he is 40. But anyone same age as my 60 year old son and younger is a kid) across the street to help. Makes both HF tire changers that I have work very well.

 

[daugen]

successful morning, rv radio fixed
just a loose connection in rear, which they knew, and I knew, they should have checked the first time.
took them over an hour to fix but they only charged me for a half hour, which is fine.
connector has the little screw on side like a DB9; they had simply vibrated loose.
But to get to it, dash has to come off, radio taken out, etc.
way over my paygrade

put 24 gallons of regular in at Wawa on way home for 3.55 a gallon, then when home, dumped two cans of
Sea Foam in the tank, and then a couple more gallons of high test from my mower can. Rv is ready to go.

time to go out and mow the lawn on a nice day

hope you all are well

 

[daugen]

my friend saw this at his local coffee shop in Milton DE this morning
not the best taste but still humorous

 

[sodamo]

67°F and 0 rain

Good lunch in Pahoa.

UPS delivered my networking component. Hoping to get that configured today.

Scored all 3 vacs at Safeway as walk-in. Moderna, sr flu, and RSV. Both arms complaining this morning and a bit under the weather so today will mostly non physical. Sophie reporting similar.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[scaredychicken]

Good Morning Everyone

I hope that all is well in TBN land

I felt like a bit of a caveman yesterday ... we lost power for 6 hours, but I had fire

Since I could really do nothing in my home office, the house, or the garage ... I decided that it was a day for outdoor work. After a crazy wildfire season, the burning ban was finally lifted on Oct 13/23, so I gathered up burnables and set to work. It was overcast, but calm for a bit. Stormy and windy evening however. I cleared a utility trailer full of junk wood also. Dump Run planned for the weekend.

Last week I managed to get the 1990 GMC Tracker stored in the old horse barn for the winter. Last Monday I had enough of the garage cleared that I could store the El Camino in a bay for the winter.

Still waiting on the meeting with the lawyers, banks etc - this is really a slow process.

Sunny today, and my daughter / son-in-laws 3rd Anniversary today (already) ... so it feels like a good day

 

[daugen]

Scaredy, good to hear from you. Have all the good days you can for sure

got the lawn mowed, headed out take some drone pics. want to see how high up it will go.

 

[Popgadget]

. Lately when I need to change a tire. I get kid (he is 40. But anyone same age as my 60 year old son and younger is a kid).

I agree about the Kid, but I’m too stubborn to call for help unless I truly can’t do it myself. And my over 40 year old son is a short workman ride away….
It would be torture for me to watch him struggle more than me to change the tire. Bigger ones aren’t bad, but those 6” rims are tight

 

[m7040]

I agree about the Kid, but I’m too stubborn to call for help unless I truly can’t do it myself. And my over 40 year old son is a short workman ride away….
It would be torture for me to watch him struggle more than me to change the tire. Bigger ones aren’t bad, but those 6” rims are tight

I made the executive decision to not change any more tires. I have done a lot of tires in my life and always hated the smaller ones the most

 

[m7040]

Today's Tanzania excursion went well with lots of pictures sent to us. Picked one of the elephants.
She said it is really dark there at night with lots of strange sounds

 

[m7040]

Hard to see but looks like a lion

 

[rswyan]

52F and cloudy @ 15:00, calling for a high of 53F for the day with a 2% chance of additional precip. Tomorrow is supposed to be nicer: about 10F warmer with a mix of clouds and sun.

Need to get the check in the mail for the annual septic permit.

Likely head down in a few and have a look at the softener components that have been soaking, probably move them upstairs to the kitchen island where I can worked on them at a comfortable height while seated.

Then work on getting a BOM made up and priced out if everything looks good.

Hope everyone is having a decent Tuesday ...

 

[daugen]

that elephant is majestic, covered in a happy coating of red dirt to foil the bugs
I wonder if they use it as a sun screen

colors just starting here
straight up in back yard
I chickened out, still had more height left, forgot to look at screen which tells you how far away you are.

I tried using the home function after it verbally came on saying home location set. Nope. Some operator error. Maybe I need to push the button twice.
So despite knowing that gravity inevitably will cooperate here, I just used the up and down buttons with no nav when all the way up.
I can't bend my neck so all I can hear is the buzz getting louder and louder. Then when I can see it I bring it over to the vinyl launch pad I have for it so I don't have to worry
about blades trying to mow the lawn.
I think I'll have fun with this thing on the trip to Florida. Will try to send it up when I can.

 

[rswyan]

RS, surprising number of parts in there, with all that corrosion, surprised it worked. Until it didn't...

Surprisingly, it was still softening ... until the leak got so bad we had to bypass it.

Is it the salt that does that?

I think it's mainly the minerals in the hard water that leave the deposits on the brass items.

A lot of whitish deposits on the brass and some of the steel ... that may be calcium.

The corrosion on the steel part is possibly due to salt water.

A little bit of green here and there which is probably copper leaching out of the pipes.

Enjoy the mowing ...

 

[newbury]

I made the executive decision to not change any more tires. I have done a lot of tires in my life and always hated the smaller ones the most

My problem had been the 14.9-28 rears on my M4700. They've been a 2 son job.

 

[rswyan]

RS, nice foliage shots and great work on disassembling the valve body !

Thanks.

Looks like plenty of parts, reminds me of when I rebuilt the hydraulic touch control unit on my Farmall Super A !

 

[B7510HSD]

that elephant is majestic, covered in a happy coating of red dirt to foil the bugs
I wonder if they use it as a sun screen

colors just starting here
straight up in back yard
I chickened out, still had more height left, forgot to look at screen which tells you how far away you are.

I tried using the home function after it verbally came on saying home location set. Nope. Some operator error. Maybe I need to push the button twice.
So despite knowing that gravity inevitably will cooperate here, I just used the up and down buttons with no nav when all the way up.
I can't bend my neck so all I can hear is the buzz getting louder and louder. Then when I can see it I bring it over to the vinyl launch pad I have for it so I don't have to worry
about blades trying to mow the lawn.
I think I'll have fun with this thing on the trip to Florida. Will try to send it up when I can.

Drew on mine I need to hold the button down for a few seconds like I do to take off. You should have the RTH on the phone screen and also the button on the Remote.

 

[gstrom99]

Overhead Door guys showed up about 9:30, but they were done and gone at 4. Commercial grade doors and shaft drive openers. Pricey, but I'm happy (and didn't micro-manage or get involved at all).

 

[KilroyJC]

I did the "chimney sweep" thing here yesterday. Outside and clean out at the bottom, so I was a dirty mess. Shop vac was just used to the the horizontal run inside, cleaned out. Also planted some cedar trees and a scotch pine. Garage door company is supposed to come today and put the doors in my shop. 7:55 and they're not here yet. No call or notification, either way. Hopefully they show up... Heater is due to get done tomorrow. County assessor's office guys showed up and wanted to look at the shop. I filled out the "any improvements this year?" card they send every year, and told 'em about it. They said it looked great and were impressed, and the new shop "shouldn't" bump my taxes much. We'll see...
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