Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 66ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind, Sky cleared off, and high temp was 90ºF, HI 93ºF. Made coffee, paid bills, bike ride, lunch, mowed back yard, cooled off half way, finished mowing. Nap dinner, went recycle meeting.
Bill the antifreeze still prevents freezing, it is the anti corrosion chemicals get used up. Hope you get the Kioti ready for winter, and nap is good.
Ron glad pond maintenance done and good dinner at neighbors. Nice visitor.
Billy hope you get your rain. Sorry wife is out of town and missed the hike. Nice Della shot, they grow up so fast.
Frits quite the gathering of deer. Glad plants are attracting humming birds. nice pics.
Scott(vt) hope work was good, and truck ready for winter in time.
Mike hope you can get caught up on your chores inspite of rain. Nice herd of deer.
Thomas hope putter day went good.
Don hope PT went well, nice milestone of healing coming up. You will have a lot of time to catch up after surgery is healed.
Hay Dude nice hay stacking.
Bill hope you economic plan works.
Ijj sorry about you dog, hope new puppy works out.
Masseyrider you make the best of it as well.
Ken that was a lot of checks. Glad good scarecrows. Great pics
RNG sorry about the wind. Sorry about the lack of parts and tools, hope you can start crossing items off list soon.
Drew I wish I had some tips to control tinnitus at all . Good luck mounting new camera. Hope good drive to next campground.
Buppies hope you get the forecast rain. Sorry about the grass reaction. prayers sent.
Drew not familiar with Med mooring. Good luck with backing in. Hope you got your tractor pics
Plowhog hope irrigation went well.
Bill good advice. I just use bricks to stop the trailer.
Ted hope you got more rain. Hope you rid of the aphids. II sure you found something
David sorry about all your rain, Hope HH went well.
Buppies hope you got the rain.
Scott(vt) sorry you need to close the pool so soon. Hope you get to the hot tub soon.
Don it nice to be wanted. Glad PT went well and no Igor
Drew glad you made to campground and no moving for 6 days Nice pics.
Dennis sorry about the chain. Glad mower not hurt too bad.
Drew dinner looks good. Hope the Austrian listens to you.
Randy(wag) sorry meeting went overtime. Usually take time to digest after eating.
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.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is cooling in cup. 51° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 80° with mostly sunny skies. Got rest of tree trimming and limb pick up completed. The did some maintainace on tree trimming tools. Ready for next trimming job. Going to replace bottom seal on back storm door today. Then take my sister out to late lunch. Today is her last day of her visit.
Today's Harvest Full Moon.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

67 and light rain, heading to 74, more rain.

Ron, I saw that moon rising last night through the thick clouds. But not this morning.

BEF, sounds like you had a bad day. Hope today is better.

Scott, closing the pool...sad time I bet.

Yesterday got things ready for these several days of off and on again rain. Also, string trimmed until the battery died. Broke my promise to myself not to mow again until after we got a rain...the grass and weeds were just too tall in places...so mowed for a couple of dusty hours...at least the wind was strong enough to blow the dust away. Now the rain can wash it well.

Inside chores today.

 

[Thomas]

Ok what is wrong with this chain?
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Glad luck was riding with you could been lot more damage.

 

[Thomas]

51F partly cloudy day low 80's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...8 hours at part store afterwards yet to decided.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[NHBX]

Good morning,
50° now highs in the mid 80’s and mostly sunny today. No wind to speak of, DP’s back in the mid 50’s , no rain in the forecast until next week and then only showers .

Not much interesting going on, just trying to maintain forward motion on the yard “junk reduction act of 2024”. What started as moving stuff around to make snow removal easier has turned into getting rid of stuff collected for “some day” projects that will never happen lol. Grocery run this morning and then see what the rest of the day brings.

Enjoy your day everyone
Stay safe and healthy

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I need in on the junk reduction act.

Mowed a lot of dust yesterday, depending on how I turned, wind took it away, or back at me.
Circle of turkeys.

 

[riptides]

67 outside this AM, heading to mid 70's with rain expected this afternoon. That is a good thing since we are pretty dry.

Cleaned and moved some furniture around yesterday, most of it heading elsewhere soon. Not much going on the estate cleanouts. Scheduled dumpster for one, need to get pro movers for another. And the lawyers need to get paid. LOL.

Today, a light day planned. Job search continues, waiting on others on that.

Just...trying...to maintain...sanity. LOL.

Hope all have a great day, be safe.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

plow hog, nice you stopped by for a visit with Drew. Rigby sure growing fast.
Drew, I drove up in that area once, past by San Quinton prison. Had a contractor doing work in the area, the one that eventually spent time in jail for fraud. Wonder if that is where he went.
He bought used equipment and billed us for new. Then he never finished the work and we went after him for default on the contract. I had to go to court in Sacramento to testify.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 54 and going to a high of 82°F. Wind E 4 mph. Sunny!

Junior goes to the quack this morning and while he is away I will change the anti-freeze in the Kioti. I have 2 empty 1 gallon containers I can drain the old stuff into.

BEF, thank you.

If I had that busted chain, I would take a grade 8 1/4" or 5/16" bolt with 2 flat washers and patch it up so I could continue dragging trees. Or if one section is shorter that the other just move the hook to the longer of the two sections.

Ron, nice moon.

I gotta get on amazon and order me a bike lock. I have been forgetting about it. Pitter, patter I better get at 'er.

Have a safe day all

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
62° with a high in the middle 70’s and no rain.

Yesterday was another busy day. I moved a lot of dirt with the loader on the L6060, spreading it around the building, today the hand work starts grading it and picking rocks.
We made the executive decision that the mantle was too green to use. It was drying out nicely on the surface, but the center after a cut was still 25%. So I went to a reclaimer and picked out a hand hewn beam. I pressure washed it and then we put it on the mill to square the back to make it easier to install.

As a plus, this one is also a lot lighter than the green one.

Kitchen cabinets were delivered yesterday, they get installed today. We ripped 6 sheets of MDF for closet shelving using the track saw on horses outside. That stuff sure makes a lot of dust.

Today won’t be any slower paced. I’ve got help coming to shovel and rake the soil that I moved with the tractor, masons are doing the stone work to set the mantle, kitchen is getting installed, trim carpenters are working on the closets, and the cedar siding might happen if they can work around the landscapers.
And to top it off the prospective turboprop buyer’s mechanic is coming to review log books and maintenance records.
Other than that it should be easy to stay busy.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
up too early in Greenbrae CA, about 55 out, going up to 70 in nice weather.
coffee pot making its final gurgles, but I've learned to wait, this little rv coffee pot is a dripper, when you take the pot out, it leaks all over unless you wait until done, not like the one at home.

slept well last night, I think pretty relieved to actually be here.
Sister coming over today and we will just veg out at her house.
Want to go for walk down to beach, which I'm told is quite a hike, and I really want to fly the drone there if not too much fog.
I also have a lot of laundry to take with me, she just laughed when I asked if I should bring my quarters...

very disappointing yesterday that when I drove to the California Ag museum, it was closed. Big sign, special event, so sorry. oh well

change of plans on that mantle seems wise Popgadget, you would not have liked seeing a big crack form in that first one as it finally dried out, all perfectly installed too. Now you need to find a fun purpose for the first one.

hope you all have a good Tuesday.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 56 to start going to 79 or so ! Cloudy start with sun expected to burn through later ! Kathleen and I spent some time in the hot tub last night, very relaxing!

Ron, enjoy lunch with your sister !

Guy next to me from Austria, just came in after renting it in LA and winding up here right next to me

Drew, good chance to practice your Deutsch sprachen !

Scott, closing the pool...sad time I bet.

Wngsprd, yes it’s sad, but unfortunately the hot tub is built into the pool so I have to close the whole thing down ! Probably Friday !

Dennis, glad to hear you didn’t do more damage to your mower !

Today we are getting a new slide in range from PC Richard’s ! We only had the GE Profile range for 9 years and the burners on the left side died ! Prices are crazy today ! Wife’s car needs new tires, Honda CRV, so between stove and tires we just went through about $3000 ! Hoping for good COLA on the SS this year !

Hope all have a good day !

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Paul,
Nice score on the new/old mantel !

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Scott, know the feeling. I shelled out extra $7k last month.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 64 going up to 78 and cloudy, no rain :-(
Wandered around , cleaned leaves out of pool, getting ready for close.

Frustrated I can't do any heavy outside work, but short term, so no biggy.

Paul/PoGadget - That will make a pretty impressive mantle! Keeping busy is quite the understatement.

be well,

Play time. This family group has been wandering through here for the last few months.

 

[Buppies]

63.5 high in low 70s rain here 1.5 in since mid night and rising we need it. If I had power I’d send to you Thomas.

Sorry about chain and camera not working BEF. Hope you get anti freeze done L4N

Rather than argue slept in truck on hill last night pitty patter of rain drops helped. She called at 3:00AM no memory scared just woke up sugar level 130 no shot last night cool.

Nice mantle PopG, nice deer family Ken we have 6 regular ones right now 8 geese two bucks who come thru from time to time bear a no show maybe went looking for Drew

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 62F @ 6:30AM. Partly cloudy skies this morning will become overcast during the afternoon. High 78F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

Kinda hoping RNG fires up his smoker...
I will bring him a six pack of Mexican beer along with another surprise,
and we can be happy full Anglos
and toast to a launch out of Vanderbilt AF base
RNG, arrange that please, about 7pm

Ribs, smoked. Got it. If I burn 'em, better keep some of those meatballs handy in your freezer. The launch schedule is a little vague on September dates, but will firm up as we get closer. Just be careful what you wish for, as the tendency is toward very loud launches in the wee hours of the morning. And if they land the booster at Vandenberg, throw in a sonic boom for good measure.

Still going around trying to get a new prescription filled through Medicare. The plan I have insists on using Express-Scripts, and they want $350 for a 90 day supply. The Costco mail order pharmacy gets $65 for the same thing. The first prescription attempt went to Costco, but they refused it because they weren't on the preferred list for the plan. So I had the doctor send it to Express-Scripts, and got that eye opening surprise. The ultimate fix is to change plans during open enrollment, but until then I used the chat feature at the Costco website to arrange payment on a credit card so Costco will fill the prescription after all.

Then I tried to find a local supplier for the well controller, which led to a chain of calls with no one having it. So now I'm back to trying Amazon one more time, and getting it delivered down south, and hoping they don't lose it again.

The neighbor did come down with his big backhoe, but couldn't cross a small ditch to push down the big Digger Pine that's leaning over the front gate. He's working on a plan B, but he had no trouble pushing over the dead oak that was leaning over the backhoe attachment. The root ball on that one was very shallow, and it went over almost without a fight. I'll get a chain on it later today and see if I can find room for it on the burn pile.

Still have one more four-way switch set to suss out today, as my efforts yesterday were met with late day confusion. But I did get a couple pallets of firewood loaded into the van, and reassurances that someone will come up from Nevada City today to pick up another eight of them. Sez he only needs to make one trip, but I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[Buppies]

Some leaves here are just turning brown and falling off. Maples have few spots of color fear our drought will make leaf peeping poor this year and two to three weeks early

 

[Looking4new]

I just phoned and got the script for 'lipitor' filled...$6.11
Anti-freeze might get done this afternoon. Going to have a nap.