Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

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The 503 is no giant, lol. I have run the giants, but that was a while ago. I have used it on my 1000' driveway, but do side jobs with it from time to time.

Looks like it's been well taken care of thru the years.

 

[Thomas]

"Today Sophie had surgery prep with ophthalmologist."
Positive thoughts for your young lady.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Kitchen exhaust is one thing I forgot when I built, so ended up putting in a ventless range hood, with a charcoal filter. We rarely even use it, have never had an issue with stove smells.

 

[Thomas]

91F full sun no breeze humidity heavy.

Got call last evening from gentleman which I get critter food from,he's on vacation starting Saturday for week and to meet him 5am for goodies,safe to say I got more than enough critter food for week.

Plans for the evening lite dinner afterwards set on the deck until critters and stars arrive...might have smooth cigar.

Enjoy your weekend all.

 

[sodamo]

I hope Sophie has an easy successful afternoon.
So that she may fully focus on what a wonderful husband she married.

I’ll second that

 

[Thomas]

Hope you have arrived home and soon putting your feet up enjoying AC Buppies.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Couple of quick things regarding spam calls:

1. I set my iPhone to ring only if the caller is in my Contacts list. That makes a huge difference since unknown numbers no longer ring. 98% of spammers do not leave messages.

2. If you really want to get nasty, here is a trick. Get a whistle-- a loud one like sporting events. Answer the spam call, act interested but slowly start talking more and more softly getting down to almost a whisper. On the other end, the $#@^#W^ spammer is dialing up the volume on their headset. Then blow the whistle and hang up.

Probably shouldn't write that but ... oh well. Maybe they need hazard pay!

OH YEAH! Gonna try this with the next one!

 

[m7040]

The truck wreck on 30, I was a dozen or so cars back but looked like it was going West and then crossed over the East bound lanes and hit the embankment along the East bound side. Blocking all lanes in the process. Maybe another car was involved but did not see that from this far back.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

I forgot to post this morning? Then recalled that I didn't even log on! ......

Low was 61°, so far the high only went to 86°, down to 82° now. Clouds all around, but no rain yet. Hopefully we will get a least a little.

Good time for a few hours sitting on the porch with the BIL. Good discussions, quality time.
Wifey made homemade meatloaf w/ bacon and hash brown casserole. Mmmmm...it was delicious!

Phil, as usual, beautiful turnings!

Drew, hope all the batteries can get water.... strange that it didn't fill the end ones. I'm curious now.....

Don, hopefully the heat won't get too bad and you get the transplanting done without too much struggle.

David, hoping that Sophie's surgery is very successful!

RNG, success with the firewood! Woohoo!
Have fun on the camping trip.

Paul, nice progress on the 'old folks addition'. Going to be really nice for sure!

Buppies, try to stay cool and hydrated. Only a couple days left......

LFN, good luck with the lotto..... I splurged earlier this week on a couple tickets.... I got one number on one, none on the other. Not in my cards......

Taking the BIL to the airport tomorrow morning, so probably won't post until afternoon.

Everyone have a great evening!

 

[Looking4new]

We got back from North Bay at about 2:30 P.M. The cops were out in droves. One trap had 4 chase cars and all but one were busy.
The driver that took us had an early morning haul to do first, then he came back and took us. This guy is an ex cop and at least he didn't run any red lights like the last one did.

We had BLT sandwiches with some potato salad with miracle whip on both. I like miracle whip better than mayonnaise. Some say that they are the same thing, but I am here to tell you that I can tell the difference and miracle whip is sweeter.

We keep getting threatened with rain, but so far, none.

We couldn't get the garden hose we wanted at dollar store, so Amazon here I come.

That bigger grader is almost too big for most driveways. The little Galion would do a much better job. it just wont cut as deep for the potholes. No weight, not like the big one.
Back when I plowed snow for the City of Toronto, I preferred a grader, until one night they put me on a sidewalk plow. Then the fun began. 450 John Deere dozer (6 way blade) with worn out grousers. Side curtains down the sides to keep your legs warm and big heavy winter coveralls, balaclava and a brain bucket with winter gloves and plow away. Always after midnight.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Getting rain, over .5” so far. !!!!!!

 

[txdon]

I have an electrical question. I need an 18 gauge wire to run the doorbell camera. The wire already there has 8 - 20 or 22 gauge wires. Can I connect two of the 20/22 gauge wires together to equal the 18 gauge and cary the 25 volts from the transformer?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I have an electrical question. I need an 18 gauge wire to run the doorbell camera. The wire already there has 8 - 20 or 22 gauge wires. Can I connect two of the 20/22 gauge wires together to equal the 18 gauge and cary the 25 volts from the transformer?

Yes

 

[daugen]

read an interesting article about Cummins new gas medium duty engine built on the their
traditional 6.7 diesel block.
335 hp/650 torque if I remember correctly
Conjecture was it would replace the 6.4 in Ram HD soon.
lots of boost
not quite sure of the advantages other than to sell oem engines to Stellantis.

https://www.cummins.com/engines/octane

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

I have an electrical question. I need an 18 gauge wire to run the doorbell camera. The wire already there has 8 - 20 or 22 gauge wires. Can I connect two of the 20/22 gauge wires together to equal the 18 gauge and cary the 25 volts from the transformer?

Yes.

Sorry Dennis, didn't see your post.
Great minds think alike!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Drew, that engine sounds amazing! Good specs. I wonder what the mileage will be like?

Great, now I'll have to wait longer for my new truck......
I can blame it on Drew......

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 73ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind, sky cleared of, and high temp was 98ºF, HI 106ºF. made coffee, bike ride, clean bottom of mower, mow part of back cool off, finish back, shower and transfer last of estate money to recipients, haircut, dinner at stepdaughters, finish laundry. Most of trip prep now done, need to get packed before Sunday. Bike ride and Celebration of Life for one of the Saturday morning group. And pack
Bill hope the ride showed and shopping trip went well. Enjoy your light day.
Ron busy day yesterday. Glad nurse said you are doing good. Glad you are able to help neighbors. Hope you enjoyed your light day today. Good size clean up crew.
Billy sorry grass is so dry. Glad you can spend more time indoors while heat so bad.
Ron thanks for sharing pic and story.
NHBX sorry humidity not getting any better. Hope you stayed cool today.
Buppies sorry so hot. Glad you were able to stay hydrated yesterday, keep it up. prayers sent.
Phil happy birthday to your dad. Cool projects and nice work!
Don hope you got the next tree transplanted, sorry Hospice is unhappy.
Drew dew points were mid 60's usually over 70 this time of year. Hope you come up with good way to check generator oil. Glad you liked the Peets decaf,
Scott(vt) hope you trip back went smoothly. I am familiar with the wet clothes
NHBX now that's a snow pic.
Plowhog sorry about the smoke. Glad to hear Rigby doing well at training. Must have been wet Burning man.
Plowhog I just don't answer spam calls.
Drew I would still rather do Beach Boys.
RNG those video pranking telemarketers must be hilarious. Glad moving firewood not too bad. Sorry about home warranty people. Hope camp out more fun then the cold one couple of years ago.
Paul good to hear alligatoritus in rear view mirror. Nice progress on home.
Drew thanks for story on driveway maintenance.
Dennis there was a lot left in the 70's, but not much was preserved.
David sorry guys lost. Hope Sophie's prep went well.
RS glad you are getting rain. Sorry about heat. Lot of work in the planting bed. Glad your Friday went so well.
Frits good to hear you have your gearbox. Glad GPS got you arong bad traffic.
Dennis glad sermon ready for delivery.
Thomas glad you have supplies for when supplier not available.
David she is still around, what more do you want?
Ted still hoping for your rain. Glad you are getting time with BIL, shame he has to leave.
Bill glad trip went well. Thanks for plowing stories.
Dennis nice rain!!
Ted blaming Drew put a smile on my face.
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.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Ended up with .84" rain, maybe some tomorrow..I hope.
up to 70 some concerts now, been going thru my quicken records. too bad I didn't always label them, especially ticketmaster tickets.

 

[sodamo]

Bill, Sophie is a MW girl. I like both but prefer Mayo. Always had both growing up and my Mom was a Miracle Whip person. Then again I remember her enjoying butter sandwiches too.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Saturday) arvo. The overnight Low was 3.9C and it's presently 13.7C [down from a High of 15.1C]. Partly cloudy with a mild breeze. There was 2.0mm in the gauge.

Away to Ross for my meeting @ 0735. A good meeting and home by 1420. A lovely drive, there & back... especially when I didn't have to pass anyone. Both ways!

Looking forward to supper with a couple of glasses of Merlot.

That's about it, take care all.