buckeyefarmer
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Morning all, 71° and dark. Time for more sleep, i hope.
Good morning!!!!
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RoyJackson
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61 right now...high today about 70 or so
61 right now...high today about 70 or so
Eric Salop
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No rain overnight and for the first time in ages, no predictions of any falling for the next couple of days. Shouldn't need to wear a waterproof coat for once, let alone Don's 3 coats. Chance to catch up a little on a long list of dry weather jobs and no better day to do that than today, the summer solstice. My energy will probably fade before it goes dark. Dusk (civil twilight) is not until 10:13pm for us. How does that compare where you live ?
Randy, good to hear they haven't dragged you back to hospital.
Wng, bears with no fear of man nor dog
Doesn't sound too promising for a fairy tale ending. How can you persuade them to take a picnic in the woods instead of coming to your house for porridge ?
Randy, good to hear they haven't dragged you back to hospital.
Wng, bears with no fear of man nor dog
Doesn't sound too promising for a fairy tale ending. How can you persuade them to take a picnic in the woods instead of coming to your house for porridge ?
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64 high of 80 today humidity gone at least for one day. About 9:00 PM or so for us Eric
Very productive garden Drew
Got traps for muskrats who have take up residence in the pond ordered three so far making a big mess
Those traveling have a great time safe travels
Prayers for Toppop
Prayers for all in need
Very productive garden Drew
Got traps for muskrats who have take up residence in the pond ordered three so far making a big mess
Those traveling have a great time safe travels
Prayers for Toppop
Prayers for all in need
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60F cloudy low 70's for high chance rain this morning clearing later today with nice dry breeze.
Plans for today... finish cutting limbs/branches,starting cleaning front field from yesterday flash flood.
E muffin feed little critters than get at it.
Enjoy the day all.
Plans for today... finish cutting limbs/branches,starting cleaning front field from yesterday flash flood.
E muffin feed little critters than get at it.
Enjoy the day all.
ronjhall
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Drinking first cup of coffee. 53° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 75° with lots of sun. Did not get any thing done other than take wife to doctor. OK report. My turn this morning. Then cut fields if it dries up enough.
Drew, thanks for Randy report. I like tomatoes.
David, have a great trip.
Buckeye, get more rest. Hope the cough goes away soon.
Buppies, Muskrat Love. You may need THE MAN.
Payers for all.
Good Morning All.
Drew, thanks for Randy report. I like tomatoes.
David, have a great trip.
Buckeye, get more rest. Hope the cough goes away soon.
Buppies, Muskrat Love. You may need THE MAN.
Payers for all.
Good Morning All.
ronjhall
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Civil Twilight is 9:51 here. Have to go 300 miles north of here to get your time.
wngsprd
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69 going to 84. Thomas, the 3 H's have been replaced by the 3 C's...clear, crisp and cool...for this time of year.
Happy Solstice!
Glad to hear about Randy. Prayers said.
Rip, you da MAN...but you'd be even da MAIN MAN if you bring some properly sized traps here and catch some bears, like PJ suggested. They visited the bird feeders again yesterday...about 2pm! Quantico?
Don, you'll have the cleanest, prettiest ceiling in all of Del Webb land...you need a nice recliner out there so you can stare up during rest periods.
Happy Solstice!
Glad to hear about Randy. Prayers said.
Rip, you da MAN...but you'd be even da MAIN MAN if you bring some properly sized traps here and catch some bears, like PJ suggested. They visited the bird feeders again yesterday...about 2pm! Quantico?
Don, you'll have the cleanest, prettiest ceiling in all of Del Webb land...you need a nice recliner out there so you can stare up during rest periods.
farmer2009
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62 this morning and headed to 84 today. Chance for severe weather later today. Had 2.5 inches of rain Wednesday. About 4 rain events.
BIL is supposed to be here in a few minutes. He’s going to help me wire in the pond pump. I don’t trust myself to make underwater wiring connections. Even though I have the heat shrink tubing and rubber tape. He does have the big set of wire crimpers that are needed for this #6. Mine are only good to 12. Maybe 10 in a pinch.
Then I hope to get the rake wheel fixed. Dad hit a fence post the other day and bent the arm that the wheel mounts too.
Nice tomatoes Drew. Mine are about a foot tall and need some fertilizer. Too wet to fertilize and till though.
Don. Did you make the marathon polyurethane event?
BIL is supposed to be here in a few minutes. He’s going to help me wire in the pond pump. I don’t trust myself to make underwater wiring connections. Even though I have the heat shrink tubing and rubber tape. He does have the big set of wire crimpers that are needed for this #6. Mine are only good to 12. Maybe 10 in a pinch.
Then I hope to get the rake wheel fixed. Dad hit a fence post the other day and bent the arm that the wheel mounts too.
Nice tomatoes Drew. Mine are about a foot tall and need some fertilizer. Too wet to fertilize and till though.
Don. Did you make the marathon polyurethane event?
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Good Morning!!!! 69F @ 4:30AM. Plentiful sunshine. High near 90F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph.
Civil Twilight is at 9:10PM today here, Eric. We can pick from two other twilights as well, Nautical at 9:51PM, Astronomical at 10:39, and then there's the Actual sunset time of 8:38PM. And here I thought Daylight Savings Time was complicated. :confused2:
Hope you got all three coats on yesterday, Don. Most of the automotive paint systems I've been using have similar time limits between coats, and as you've found, tardiness results in more sanding and sometimes starting all over. Helps explain why the paint job on the van started at 8PM and didn't finish until about 4AM the next morning.:shocked:
I wanna see Mike get three bears in the back of his pickup truck, too, Wng, but I hope he let's 'em go someplace where they'd be more welcome, like maybe Kodiak Island? While you're waiting, though, maybe take a page out of Rick's book and spread some moth balls around. It works for skunks, why not for bears?:confused3:
Change of plans yesterday when I decided to pull the front differential out of the van and remove the viscous coupler, which I've read can be a source of vibration. Didn't take long to get it out, but it did take quite a bit of heat to break loose the back of the case, and then there was the giant snap ring on the top of the VC that my snap ring pliers wouldn't touch. Ended up dropping a drill bit into each hole and squeezing with a 15" pair of channel lock pliers. The thing was filled with a sticky goo that was filthy black, and maybe fifty metal plates that all needed cleaned. Their orientation had to be preserved for the sake of balance, so each was marked before removal, and handled individually, meaning 50 trips to the parts washer on the back patio, then moved to the compressed air line at the front of the garage, and then back to the workbench to be carefully placed, mark down, on some clean paper towels. That took almost three hours! Half the plates had holes in 'em, half had radial slots, all designed to stir up the goo when they rotate, getting it hot and causing it to expand and lock the plates together. Since half the plates are linked to the back axle, and the other half to the front axles, when the back wheels slip, the goo heats up and torque is transmitted to the front, providing a hands off on demand four wheel drive. But the plates are very thin, and a handful of the slotted ones were damaged, which wiped out the adjacent holed plates. The parts are no longer available from VW, so the plan now is to search for used ones, or maybe substitute a splined coupler that will link front and rear full time, and use the already installed manual decoupler to control when four wheel drive is active. Nothing's ever easy, is it?
Hasty trip to town for groceries and PVC pipe parts, and to the bank where for the first time ever there was no line but who had lost track of the PIN to my pass card so all that had to be straightened out. Right, nothing easy, and yet another nail in BofA's coffin, though I'm stuck with them because apparently they're the only game in town for a safe deposit box big enough to hold a typing paper size document without folding it up like an origami puzzle. Another errand was securing 20 gallons of fresh and Stabil-ized E0 gas to keep the generator going when PG&E shuts the power off. Which reminds me, I need to get three more E-Z Pour spouts on order to "fix" the EPA approved cans that dribble gas everywhere and pollute the environment. :confused2:
TGIF gang!:drink:
Civil Twilight is at 9:10PM today here, Eric. We can pick from two other twilights as well, Nautical at 9:51PM, Astronomical at 10:39, and then there's the Actual sunset time of 8:38PM. And here I thought Daylight Savings Time was complicated. :confused2:
Hope you got all three coats on yesterday, Don. Most of the automotive paint systems I've been using have similar time limits between coats, and as you've found, tardiness results in more sanding and sometimes starting all over. Helps explain why the paint job on the van started at 8PM and didn't finish until about 4AM the next morning.:shocked:
I wanna see Mike get three bears in the back of his pickup truck, too, Wng, but I hope he let's 'em go someplace where they'd be more welcome, like maybe Kodiak Island? While you're waiting, though, maybe take a page out of Rick's book and spread some moth balls around. It works for skunks, why not for bears?:confused3:
Change of plans yesterday when I decided to pull the front differential out of the van and remove the viscous coupler, which I've read can be a source of vibration. Didn't take long to get it out, but it did take quite a bit of heat to break loose the back of the case, and then there was the giant snap ring on the top of the VC that my snap ring pliers wouldn't touch. Ended up dropping a drill bit into each hole and squeezing with a 15" pair of channel lock pliers. The thing was filled with a sticky goo that was filthy black, and maybe fifty metal plates that all needed cleaned. Their orientation had to be preserved for the sake of balance, so each was marked before removal, and handled individually, meaning 50 trips to the parts washer on the back patio, then moved to the compressed air line at the front of the garage, and then back to the workbench to be carefully placed, mark down, on some clean paper towels. That took almost three hours! Half the plates had holes in 'em, half had radial slots, all designed to stir up the goo when they rotate, getting it hot and causing it to expand and lock the plates together. Since half the plates are linked to the back axle, and the other half to the front axles, when the back wheels slip, the goo heats up and torque is transmitted to the front, providing a hands off on demand four wheel drive. But the plates are very thin, and a handful of the slotted ones were damaged, which wiped out the adjacent holed plates. The parts are no longer available from VW, so the plan now is to search for used ones, or maybe substitute a splined coupler that will link front and rear full time, and use the already installed manual decoupler to control when four wheel drive is active. Nothing's ever easy, is it?
Hasty trip to town for groceries and PVC pipe parts, and to the bank where for the first time ever there was no line but who had lost track of the PIN to my pass card so all that had to be straightened out. Right, nothing easy, and yet another nail in BofA's coffin, though I'm stuck with them because apparently they're the only game in town for a safe deposit box big enough to hold a typing paper size document without folding it up like an origami puzzle. Another errand was securing 20 gallons of fresh and Stabil-ized E0 gas to keep the generator going when PG&E shuts the power off. Which reminds me, I need to get three more E-Z Pour spouts on order to "fix" the EPA approved cans that dribble gas everywhere and pollute the environment. :confused2:
TGIF gang!:drink:
