Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

66°F and .74 inches rain. Looks to be clearing.

Never got to mow yesterday as it rained non stopped.

Laser eye procedure uneventful. The dilation was the worst of it. No discernible difference at this point but wasn’t expecting much. Dr will evaluate next Friday when I get right eye done.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

70

better keep moving RS or the buzzards will carry you away...

Being carried away by The Buzzard not necessarily a bad thing ... although a lot has changed from the early days ...

​

How did the Buzzard become the mascot of WMMS radio in Cleveland?

 

[riptides]

I'll have to try that sometime.

Used to be an unmarked airport over in that area, probably associated with Mt Weather, but I can't find it on google maps any more..

My office secretary from the early 1980s, after she retired, built a log cabin down in the Rt 50 area just east of the river. Pretty down in that area.

Super expensive in that area now.

 

[rswyan]

70 and cloudy @ 13:00, calling for a high of 72F for the day. Remaining overcast with occasional showers throughout the day.

Ten Day on WB currently showing rain for all Ten Days ...

Forecast on WU looks much better ...

So much for those April showers ...

Got remesh panels removed off sawhorses yesterday first thing, didn't bother to move them to the barn. Did put the cardboard in the garage though.

Moved the Cub over and put it away just as it was starting to spit, in case it actually decided to rain (it didn't, at least here)

Spent the rest of the day watering and repotted the following items from the seed starter trays:

Red Mercury Bell - 10

California Wonder Green Bell - 1

Habanero - 6

Hot Lemon - 4

Broccoli - 16

Moved the peppers outside because somebody was trying to eat them. Need to do that with the redbud seedlings as well since they are meeting the same fate.

Woman picked up some cat grass yesterday while She was out so hopefully that will lessen that problem.

Had enough room to stick the broccoli in pots back into the greenhouse. Will probably move those outside to the entryway later as the peppers seemed to make it through the night ok.

USPS just delivered Woman's birthday present from Amazon:

Hopefully I won't regret this ... but She's been asking about one of these for a while now.

Also dropped off a pair of LED replacement bulbs for our 2 cell Maglites.

Bulbs were ordered yesterday, the saw was ordered the day before.

It shipped out of Plainfield, IN ... so slightly less than a 2 day transit time from shipment to delivery.

Pretty good, I'd say ...

Agenda for the rest of the day:

Maybe some more potting.

Possibly head up to the shop and work on the lift cylinder and live trap.

Hope everyone is having a decent Saturday ...

 

[daugen]

you'd better deliver that with a box of chocolates RS
just saying

 

[rswyan]

She had it opened up and unpacked and was going through the manual before I could even get into the living room to watch …

 

[daugen]

had a funny chat with nice lady at rv campground on East Shore of Virginia, Temperanceville, where there's a big
commercial campground there right on the water. Which I had my eye on, and when I called for a reservation for week after next, she
tried selling me the least expensive back in without septic. Um, ok, but how about one of the two you have, per your current website, that are right
on the water? Oh, let me see. Well, it seems we do have two there, deluxe waterside, and I'll book that now for you.
Score.
Backed up looking out on the Chesapeake Bay. Good first night of a short trip to Washington NC and back.
it costs so much to fuel this rv I simply don't care about spending another ten or twenty bucks on a nicer slip, if I can get by the water.
That always costs more.

Actually it's not the Bay, it's the Pocomoke Sound. Which connects to the Bay.
guess I'd better not back up too far...

 

[Popgadget]

Personally I prefer NC bbq just saying

Texas style for me. Actually a blend of KC, Memphis and Texas. But definitely no sauce unless I put it on. And not vinegar sauce.

 

[daugen]

I really am hoping to be well schooled in American barbecue by the time I get home this Fall.
I'd like a really tender steak, but not a filet, maybe some short ribs, then some barbecue.
I also love German food, bet there's some good places along the way.
my biggest challenge is getting out to restaurants not traveling with a car. So often the best opportunity for me is to
stop someplace for lunch. I'm sure the lunch portion will be two or three meals anyway.
Creole is good, have to be careful with ghost peppers or something explosive in there.
I'd like TexMex also. Not junk food, the good stuff, but preferably not at expensive restaurants.
TexMex without a lot of carbs. I bet Don could pull out three recipes.
Thankfully I like black beans.

when traveling I almost always cook for myself so when i stop at supermarket once a week, I try to get something
local.

now I need to email my stepbrother in Salida CO to see if I can get my motorhome up to his house, not to stay, but to change
the oil. This is the wonderful family member with a handle of bugattidoc, as in 100 year old race cars, simply a remarkably talented guy.
He would build crankshafts from scratch from billet something. I think he can handle the oil change. Really I just need somewhere to dump the oil, sure don't want to travel with that. He has a machine shop at home, I hope to get some good pics. He built his wife a greenhouse shaped like a geodesic dome. His old machine shop in Lahaska Pa, outside of Peddlers Village, was like a candy store to me. I had to be careful to not keep asking
what is that?
and what is this?
most of the cars he worked on ranged from 1-3M value to priceless. Most European old racecars.
yup I think that crude hunk of Ford iron will be in good hands.

I'm just not going to go 8000 miles on an oil change, though with full synthetic I probably could.
I just changed it about 1000 miles ago and I have this one small trip coming up.
Then it will get changed again. I can do it in the driveway, and by doing it myself, I'm more confident in it.
The time before that oil change a friend's son helped me with the oil change, basically did it himself, stripped the drain nut so it would not
tighten at all, just spun, and then loctited it on. Amazingly it held. New drain plug put on immediately plus I have another spare.
I never ragged on him about it, what bothers me is he didn't tell me the nut stripped. Kudos for Loctite.
I had to find out with wide eyes the next time I changed the oil myself.
a real you have to be kidding moment.
new one went in just fine, so thankfully enough good threads were left.
It was tightened but not leaned on since it has an internal rubber washer.

only thing that engine likely needs is another couple cans of Sea Foam.
keep those injectors clean, maybe I'll creep up half a mpg to 10.5

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Sunday) morning. Overnight Low of 3.7C and it's presently warmed up to 5.4C (heading to 17C). It's clear and calm. Aerodrome received 2.4mm yesterday, I'll check my gauge later on. (Edit: 1.6mm in my gauge.)

Nice drizzly day yesterday.

I'm off to Church in a few minutes and then the rest of the day is His.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Quarter inch of rain so far.
Tested pellet stove, kept it running. Tiger asleep on top, pebbles asleep in my lap.
Working on picture organization today on the computer.
Wife went to a history event in town today, only to find they cancelled it.
She stopped at Costco for 1 item, couldn’t find parking spot and left.

 

[Looking4new]

I got my trailer back from the neighbour lady yesterday and emptied it. Lots of crap wood.
Refilled it with raspberry canes and dirt and some crap wood, too. Took that to the dump, tomorrow if the rain holds off I Have two 45 gallon barrels of wood ashes to bury, then those barrels can go to the dump. Also have about 6 or so lumber tarps (28x40') to go to the dump as well. This place has been a mess for long enough, time to clean it up.
I get this load out tomorrow and then the neighbour lady can have the trailer back for a couple of days.
The trailer WILL be in its' parking spot before I go south. The trailer has a pintle ring (lunette ring) at the tow point, so I don't worry about people asking to borrow it. The answer is no anyway. I will let them fill it up and I will empty it, but it only goes from home to the dump and back. (No lights)
The lights are there but they are busted. When I rebuilt the frame and spring I flipped it over on its top to do that and busted the lights. My bad.

Temperature today got up to 74°F according to the readout on the display on the dash of the Dodge. Yes I am still driving it with spongy brakes. To the dump and back to the house.
Monday morning the garage can figure out why I have a marshmallow brake pedal.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 67ºFfor the start, overcast sky, light breeze. Light wind, Rain started late morning, and high temp was 80ºF. Made coffee to start day, back tire flat on Volagi had to change bikes, Peugeot was good backup. 36 miles then rain intensified. Nap after lunch. Conserved energy after that
Bill sorry to hear brakes are subpar. Sounds like air in system. Might be master cylinder.
Ron sorry neighbors messed with your conserve energy day. Hope you had better luck today. Nice pileated.
Bill hope cleanup was successful.
Thomas hope day went according to plan.
Billy good to hear you will be getting splitter back. Nice progress and a hike too.
Dennis hope video came out.
Mike sorry you didn't find the escape route. Hope day job work wen well. Sorry about all the rain still in the forecast.
Dennis hope farmer beats the the rain.
Kyle sorry you are low on energy after a long day.
RNG hope rain didn't hamper progress too much. Good to hear progress on all the packing and prepping. Hope Inside work went well.
Don hope you get some drying so you can mow. Good luck with fixer upper house.
Gstrom hope glyphosate doesn't get washed off.
Ken hope you can enjoy group time inspite of no drinking. Glad brushcutter back running. Nice you got to see newborn deer. Hope you got mud work complete. Sorry to hear a lot of dead ash still to fall. Nice pics
nforktractor welcome to GM thread.
Buppie glad progress on many fronts possible. prayers sent.
Scott(vt) good to hear vacation going well.
Paul glad trip went well, Glad daughter could track you and hope you got some mowing in.
Dennis glad good breakfast sorry rain messing with you.
Drew 40 year of sailing trips is a good run, hope radishes were good.
David hope eye heals quickly. Sorry about no mow.
RS sorry about all the rain in forecast. Glad seedling work progressing, sorry about kitty interference with plants. Hope wife likes the saw.
Drew glad you got a slip you like. Now to backup without problems.
Paul I am more of a Midwest style myself.
Drew sorry about stripped oil plug, your step brother works on exotic cars!
Randy(wag) glad you got some rain.
Dennis glad kitties are keep you company, Sorry about Costco, and hope pic work went well.
Bill have a lot of dump dropping off to be done. Hope spongy brakes don;t mess with you
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[two_bit_score]

Personally I prefer NC bbq just saying

Isn't that all pork?

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 61° cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 61° with am rain and pm clouds. Did not get conserve energy in yesterday. Moved more rocks for neighbor and did repair on barn door motion light. Mounting had come loose from mounting after 40 being next to entrance door. Should be good for another 40 years. Will try for conserve energy today. With some NASCAR in afternoon.
Good crop of these this year.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All,

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
Currently 45 and raining. Forecast is for rain all day.
Nothing new to report but did get a project done.
Was working on a new design and the piece of wood had a crack and broke off the rim. I decided the remaining piece kind of looked like an old cauldron so that's what it became.

Later on I got to thinking that I had some epoxy left over from another job. I decided to try a little something whimsical! I made a witches brew complete with chunks of newt (?) and a home made fish bones. Couldn't forget the spoon! That is the knob for lifting.
I think it came out ok. Put a battery tea light inside to make it glow.
As always...Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Still raining. Another .3” since midnight

 

[Buppies]

54 still light rain less than one quarter inch since midnight we do need the rain thoiigh

Nice mpham , Ron do not work so hard

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[Thomas]

45F cloudy rain arriving anytime for the rest of the day,might reach 50F.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Yesterday afternoon was good putter day,trimmer got good overhauling purrs like kitten 1 riding lawn mower complete PM from front to back and bubble bath clean up feeding area than put little critter food out,by the looks Bo gibe it
Plans for today...looks like inside day because of rain,putter watch some NASCAR and more puttering.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 63˚F, a welcomed 1.4" rain last night, more today and Monday, N wind changing to SE and heading to 70˚.
The town lake is finally starting to fill in May. The weekly rains cut back on the millions of gallons on irrigation and the lake level is just 5 feet below full. This is the highest level in May than the last two years.
The lake has not been full for 4 years.

The yard will have to wait till Tuesday the next dry day. Then I probably will have to set the mower as high as it will go since I missed the weekly mowing twice because of wet grass all day long.
After church I'll also check the potatoes later and turn off the irrigation system for a few days.