Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Bill I built one of these at my cottage.

One moment, please...

 

[daugen]

funny, here's Wagtail way out of our time zone...and I've been thinking about time zones for my trip.
Never been through so many consecutively. Will have to reset my watch a lot. And I'm getting there an hour earlier
than planned. Since some campgrounds charge you a lot if you get there early, I have to be more careful.
8000 miles
62 nights

I really should get the oil changed somewhere along the line.
Not so easy to do in a motorhome, most Ford dealers won't deal with me.
And no campgrounds I've seen allow you to work on your engine there.
I really don't want to put that many miles on that oil, full synthetic or not.
Maybe some place in Texas.
I'm betting my oil will be mighty tired by the time I get to Texas...

had a very nice pre-Easter dinner at my brother's locally with his daughter and full family.
Two small boys, oh my were they loud. My ears are ringing still. But cute kids and I brought them both
small chocolate bunnies and their mom an assortment from Pierre's chocolate in New Hope. It's good stuff.
That went over well.

My brother said he was getting his C8 Corvette back from shop tomorrow after getting a small wing put on.
ok....but hopefully he will come give me a ride. Will sure be wearing my soft collar riding in that because I know he will floor
it at some point. I've never been in anything that goes to 60 in 2.9 seconds.
Most double motor Teslas will I think, but I think this will sound better. There are Porsches and EVs that go much faster.
but for most of us we just don't need rocket sled acceleration.
I happen to like the passing lane and work hard to pass safely and correctly, always with lots of sight distance.
So a dawdler under the limit and a nice passing lane, well that's just an opportunity for entertainment.

I can just see Scootr in that Cobra, getting stuck behind some little old lady dithering about finally making a right turn, and
the pedal goes down. It's like playing a musical instrument, you do it for the sound.
used to be you hit "passing gear" to blow the carbon out. Now in a 10 speed, hard to pick one...

 

[Wagtail]

Wagtail a temporary fix that has worked well for me is to cut out a piece of tire inner tube and place it over the leak with a hose clamp to put pressure on it. Just in case you want to delay the permanent fix

Ta for that and, indeed, it's what I would've done if it was the pipe itself. (Navy damage control training) Unfortunately it's the copper band fitting and I've been informed by the retired plumber parishioner that it will require an actual plumber to fix.

My 'jury rig', self-vulcanising silicon tape and two small hose clamps, has vastly reduced the leak to a dribble.

It being Easter weekend, I may need to wait 'til Tuesday to get a plumber in.

 

[Looking4new]

Dump and town run went swimmingly. Got me 8 of 2' x 2' by 2" thick patio slabs for the new tank. I will only use 6 of them under the tank IF it comes with full length skids. Tank is 72" long by 50" in diameter.

Got gas when I got back to S.R. $2.04/L = $7.71/US gallon. She only took 52 L for a total of $106.oo.
I knew it was going to be pricey. I had run the Dodge down to 1/8 tank. I wanted to put in injector cleaner and it is better doing it with an almost empty tank so it mixes well with the fresh fuel. When I get down to the Big Smoke on Sunday, I will probably top it off with high test 93 octane.

Those pre engineered garages look good, except that neither junior nor me are any good at heights. What I am looking for is a completely built or at least the seller builds it in place garage. Ideal would be 30'WX40'L with a 5/12 pitch steel roof. I will settle for 20'WX30'L with the same roof pitch if money becomes a problem.
I have a few Canadian outfits bookmarked that I will need to do my research on. Don't forget the exchange on the US buck is at 35%, so for every dollar an item costs I pay $1.35 and then add 13% sales tax on top of that. Then there is shipping.

 

[daugen]

Messicks has released a video talking about impact of Baltimore port closure, and so have lots of other folks.
Messicks says what is on hand has them ready for the Spring planting and they don't see any near term issues.
But apparently a huge amount of agricultural stuff comes through that port, including fertilizer.
I don't know how much the fertilizer industry relies on just in time delivery, but you sure don't want to run out of fertilizer in planting season.

Philadelphia is the next big port North. I know of one Ro-Ro terminal North of Philadelphia on the Delaware River where I used to watch from my boat
cars come out of those giant ships like ants following each other. That apparently has created some of the bigger issues, where to unload cars.
Wilmington DE perhaps, maybe the Navy could help by making some room in Norfolk for ships to unload.

The real issue is how fast they can clear that channel. Will be three years for a new bridge.
Maryland DOT must be wringing their hands, what a mess they have.
all that traffic that now will have to be routed West of the city.
Whole area is a choke point for North/South traffic
going to be like a too tight neck tie in Maryland

good thing I do my best to avoid that area anyway

running out of steam
time for my book and a trip to dreamland

Buppies, sleep well tonight

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I think mDOT just started a new project involving lane closures on the NW beltway, which is how the truck traffic will now have to go.
I try to avoid the area also.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. Just a quick post, made it to Kerrville, some traffic problems, nothing major. Still talking about which route to take tomorrow.
Buppies find your meds and get some sleep.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking freshly brewed coffee. 21° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 51° with lots of sun. Grocery shopping went good. Lots of Easter things on the shelves. Chipping went well. Pile of chips is at least 4 yards. Today should finish the this pile of branches.
Found a bird that likes the seed cake.

Mostly, have a good ride.

Buppies, hope you got a good nights sleep.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[ronjhall]

Chipper and pile.

 

[Buppies]

46 high in 60s woke up sugar level to high perfect all day still tired wife’s memory issues getting worse thinks I’m somebody else

Prayers for all our Country

 

[ronjhall]

Prayers Buppies getting your sugar levels stable and wife’s memory problems under control.

 

[wngsprd]

30 going to 65.

Prayers for your family, Buppies.

 

[Thomas]

Special special thoughts and prayer for Buppies and his bride.

 

[Thomas]

35F cloudy mid 40's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...4 hours at part store,afternoon mot sure yet.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
looks like a really nice day today, sunny and high around 55
I have no big plans for today but a small freestanding wood planter came in late yesterday so
that is going to get built this morning.
Landlady sent her helper back over to my house with two big lenten roses he dug up for me, she has way too many of them.
That will be fun to plant today.
I think that's all the excitement I can get into.

I hope Paul/PJS is doing ok and would love to hear from Ted.

I made a planter for a lady on the school board, need to get it out of the house asap, these vines grow like mad.
These are sweet peas and moon flowers.
moonflowers are sending up long tendrils in greenhouse that are wrapping around other plants and shelving.
so I need to go unwind stuff each day...

 

[riptides]

42 outside right now, heading to 60 today. No rain for today.

Hope all have a great weekend. Be safe.

Happy Easter.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

34°
Should be a nice day, too nice to work inside.
Yesterday was more picture work, organizing and labeling the 5 I did so far. Think I will rescan the one large album that I first scanned 10 yrs ago.
When done I’ll put them on a share drive where the family can access them. That’s a next week rainy day project. Calling for rain the first half of the week.
Buppies, praying the sugar gets under control.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 24 and going to a high of 39°F. Wind WNW 8 mph. Mainly cloudy.

There is nothing planned for today, an energy conservation day for sure.

Have a Happy Easter and safe day all

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s 38° under a brilliant, cloudless sky. Supposed to make it to 50 with moderate winds. Perfect weather for drying things out.

Yesterday I was productive in the cleanup department, I gave the trusty Bridgeport a good cleaning and lubrication. It does have a single point lube pump, but that doesn’t do the quill or gearbox.

Continued on to some horizontal surfaces, then went over to friend’s house to reinstall the carb that I removed and cleaned from his pressure washer. After I got home grandson came up and removed all the driveway markers and put them away.

Then I spent some time with autodesk fusion 360, as I’m pretty sure that I will use it to create the g code to operate the plasma cutter that I ordered. I will likely end up using it to create the drawings as well, but for now I can import the dxf files that I have already created.

Today I’m going to hitch the dump trailer to the tractor and pick up 8 yards of mulch to tidy up all the beds around the house. The wife says I’ve got to accomplish this before I leave for training next week. Should be no problem as long as it stays dry.

I’d like to spend some more time getting comfortable with Fusion, the CNC table will likely arrive while I’m in Kansas, and I’d like to be ready to go when it gets here.

And there is plenty to do to make room for it in the shop. We are taking the family out to dinner for DIL’s birthday this evening, the band will be waiting for me when I get back. It will be an early dinner, can’t miss the grandson’s bedtime, which will work out well for playing music afterwards.

 

[plowhog]

37F going to a rainy 43F here in Formerly-Great California.

Have a dilemma.

A contractor has been doing repair work on my CA property for 3 months. He does quality work at a fair price. I like him. Out of the blue-- he left a VM last night saying he "really needs to talk to me." I think he is going to confess he does not have the General Contractor license he told me (several times) he has. The upcoming insurance work at our ski cabin required me to get his license number, which he has not yet provided.

He is mid-way through a project on my property and there are other projects I would like to use him for. And I do not have any backup worker or 2nd choice-- labor here in CA is very difficult to find. But .... if he lied????

If I terminate him, the project he is in the middle of lands back in my lap. And I don't know how the other work would get done. But, in previous circumstances that were similar, when I offered a "second chance," it has never ended well. And later I regretted providing the "second chance."