Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

Prayers said for your family, Kyle...and yours Buppies.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Thought I could manage by just elevating. Nope. Couldn’t get the middle blade torqued tight. No way to grasp the spindle that I found.

Could you wedge a 2x4 between the blade and mower housing to keep the spindle from turning?

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Kyle, you surely did have a tough week! positive thoughts and prayers sent your way....hang in there!

Buppies, prayers your way too! I can't imagine what you are going through. Hopefully you can find a solution.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Monday) morning. Overnight Low of 1.7C and it's presently 17.8C. Clear with a breeze.

Just tootlin' along... it's that 'time of the year' when nothing pressing is happening. It's the last, official, week of Autumn and the grass is slowly growing so no mowing is planned for quite a while.

Mind you, the empty wine bottle box is full (again!), so a trip to the tip to recycle them needs doing.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Severe thunderstorms warning. Line of storms approaching.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 75ºF for the start, 1.4 inch in gauge, partly cloudy, breezy. Windy, variable cloudiness, high temp was 94ºF, HI 97ºF. Made coffee to start day, help setup chapel, they waited enough so I could help with the heavier lifting. Chapel went well, and tear down as well. Full crew on breakfast this morning. Chatted with new neighbor when I got home, then nap, then worked on huge stack of filing to do. Then celebrated progress with another nap .
Ron sorry about unforecasted rain. Glad you got trees trimmed, and some weed whacking done. Hope window washing went well. Nice cardinal.
Drew hope dinner went well.
Don impressive set of horns, Thanks for the pic
Bill hope hut construction goes well.
Thomas hope day went well.
Paul hope repairs lasts better than you expect it to. Hope putting furniture together was fun. Pool sounds as cold as the river I was in Friday. Nice results from PW. Hope breakfast and music were fun.
Don congrats on signed contract. Especially compared to average selling time.
Frits glad rain on planted garden. Sorry about hole in glove, hope burn heals quickly, prayers sent.
Dennis sorry no delivery yet.
Buppies hope you did ok weed eating after getting sneezing start from yesterday's mowing. Hope you got hot tub maintenance done. Took 2 naps to recover from trip, pulled 3 ticks of so far.
Billy glad splitter started so easy. Good to hear rest of rounds split.
Buppies had a bill come back after almost a month, marked undeliverable, no reason given either.
Ke good to hear pool in good shape now. Hope cable replacement goes well. Pine looks happy.
Scott(vt) hope lake time was good.
Plowhog great puppy pic. Hope you can fix irrigation.
David glad BX back in service, sorry shortcut didn't work. Glad BX mowing like it should
Ted glad less windy. Good to hear more than 2 years, maybe less yucky to clean on annual basis. Hope you found something to earn your dinner and stay out of trouble
Frits sorry to see your last project torn down. Sounds like they worked hard to keep it working and expanding for a while.
Kyle sorry to hear how poor this week went for your family. Prayers sent for your daughters and you and wife. Sorry about your heat.
Buppies sorry to hear about wife's condition worse.
Gale sorry to hear about your weather issues . Hope you get power back soon.
Scott(vt) sorry about the tornado melting down. Glad you and Kathleen got some boat time anyway
Randy(wag) wonder how all those wine bottles got empty, must be defective glass
Dennis hope no storm damage, no fun waiting on line to arrive
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.

 

[rswyan]

64F and wet @ 03:30, calling for a high of 74F with thunderstorms likely mainly in the morning.

Krazy Kat came in the bedroom about an hour ago, was going nuts and woke me up.

Was potting up some beets last night and the seed tray that they were in also had catnip growing in it … so I fed her some. Looks like that might have been a bad idea.

Got both tube feeders and one suet feeder refilled yesterday, also scattered some for the ground feeders.

Moved filled Water Buffalo around by the northwest planting bed so it would be the shade most of the day.

Went up to the shop and hunted up the needle scaler and a grinder with a couple of wire brushes.

Almost got the 2 worst short t posts scaled before the thunderstorms got here, have a little to go to finish the one.

Did get the tire air pressure checked and topped up on the van.

Woman ran out to get milk, half and half, and butter from the grocery store, picked up a Hot-N-Ready from Sneezers for dinner.

There was a radar-indicated tornado over around Mansfield heading north towards Norwalk, Sandusky, and the islands.

Worst of the storms seemed to miss us, we did get some rain though.

Not much on the agenda for today beyond going down to Menards.

Maybe a haircut.

Might do some grilling if the rain stops … saw a Johnsonville ad on the tv last night, haven’t had brats in a while.

Probably head out to the garage here in a few and mix up some weed juice.

Hope everyone has a peaceful Memorial Day.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 59° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 65° with morning thunderstorms. Yesterday turned into a conserve energy day. Tried to watch Indy 500 race. But it was delayed over 4 hours because of rain. I did watch it after that. Window cleaning has been moved to later this week.
Today Sassy and I will ride in neighbors military truck in local parade.

Honor and Remember those that gave all.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
woken up by booms and lightning, thunderstorms going through.
Looks like they will stop soon and then later more to follow.
likely not a good day for an outdoor barbecue in these parts but I bet a bunch of folks will try.

had a nice dinner at brother's last night. She made salmon with some kind of spicy topping.
I skipped the ice cream dessert and came home and ate an apple instead.

an indoor day

Ron, enjoy your parade ride.

 

[sodamo]

Could you wedge a 2x4 between the blade and mower housing to keep the spindle from turning?

That worked to remove, but not to put back on.

 

[wngsprd]

Saw this and thought is was well said...

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 60 and going to a high 64°F. Wind ENE 17 gusting to 25 mph. Rain showers and possible T-storms.

I guess today is another energy conservation day.

Have a safe Memorial Day all

 

[Looking4new]

This always moves me.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 78˚F heading to 98˚ partly cloudy, clear this afternoon, S wind.

The only time to work outside is early in the morning. I will start mowing at the new house around 7 and work in the yard. At least I can jump in the pool for a quick cool off.

Kyle and Buppies you both have tremendous challenges, prayers sent.

Hope everyone has a safe and respectful Memorial Day.

 

[m7040]

That worked to remove, but not to put back on.

On the ZT wanted to use impact and torque stick for the blade screws but could not raise it high enough for clearance.
The blocking of the blades would work at times but slip at other times on the spindle
Putting a wrench on the pulleys and using torque wrench would work. The center with the gearbox used a large screw driver on the drive shaft to block it.
Found a setting on the Milwaukee impact that is close to required torque and is using that now. Much faster

 

[m7040]

good morning, heavy rain storm and thunder last night. no watering needed. 66 going to 78 more storms on the way

Worked on the storm door latch and got the striker plate filed down to work good. Also rammed out the underflow from the log cabin to make it drain smoothly into the pond. More cleanup will be needed today to take grass and silt out of there

Also greased the ZT and reviewed for needed service. May continue that today. Currently at 1100 hours

Time to remember D's friends lost during her Afghanistan tours

 

[ronjhall]

Use an impact gun with a torque stick.

That’s what I use. Put front wheels of tractor on ramps. Block MMM up just in case and use impact to remove blades. I have a Ryobi 1/2” impact with 4 modes. One of the modes stops tightening when it detects resistance. When removing it keeps impact until loose. Then stops. No more nuts and bolts flying across floor because I did not get finger off trigger fast enough.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good Morning
I’m reminded of a neighbor down the road who lost a son in Iraq war.

Nice hot dog roast after service last night. Nice night to sit around afterwards

I slept thru last nights storm. Deck wet this morning. Weather app not cooperating to see how much. Every now and then it looses internet and I have to restart it. ( .1" rain last night.)

And my Amazon packages did come yesterday, despite all the emails they would come tuesday. At least I got them.

 

[Thomas]

59F rain arriving soon until early evening mid 60's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...Might take the trimmer for short walk other than that putter.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[daugen]

Dennis, since before last Christmas I have found more and more Amazon delivery failure notices,
not today, so sorry, it then generates at least two more email clogging messages.
Amazon's distribution perhaps in the Philadelphia area has some challenges being on time.

showered and shaved, heading out for a walk while still cooler.

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