Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Happy Birthday BEF mine was last week 71 my body tells me that every day

Happy Belated Birthday Buppies! I have you down for the 16th. Prayers for you and your wifey.

Happy Birthday BEF! Hope you have a blessed day and get a huge piece of cake.....my wifey is making toll house cookies right now with Ghiradelli chocolate chips. Oh my!!!

Drew, there are numerous reports of the aftermarket coil packs being seriously cheaply made and failing quickly. The NGK brand isn't any better. The only recommendation is to stick with Ford...

yikes
they are 45 bucks a piece vs 10. NGK is 27
ok, that really makes me want to identify one possibly bad coil pack and just replace that with an oem one.
thanks

yes, those shrink wrapped Chinese coil pack sets do not give off a feeling of quality.
I wonder who makes Ford's? Some Motorcraft supplier?

NGK is the best IMO. If real NGK and not counterfeit, best product in it's class.

Well, it's now a done deal.... fighting with the bureaucracy is finally over with!
Took 3 years and a lot of aggravation, but now everything is corrected. Now it should be a lot simpler to organize our finances.

All I have to say is WHEW! Now our full retirement plans can come to fruition

YAY! I'm figuring it is your retirement/disability situation?
Hope the rain is greening things up.

My son had a local shop replace 1 coil pack for $150 or more. When he had issue with another I ordered from rock auto, and showed him how easy it was to change. They were never interested in learning auto stuff until they had to pay.

I will probably be gone from this world by the time my kids realize this fact.

David, do you have to mow all year long there? Do you get any kind of reprieve?

Billy, taking your wifey and Della to the top of the mountain sounds like a fairy tell story.

Drew, oh to be back home. Hope the leaf pile is manageable, car starts, and neighbor is better.

Many stating problems here in Texas (2 personal friends in different counties) of them voting one way, then the machine changes it to a different candidate. They said to double check your picks, before you hit accept and print your ballet.

Anyone still have any vinyl singles?

Many years ago, I bought a nice sound card for my PC that had the rca jacks for left and right. It worked decent, but still I'm not an **** vinyl snob. I love CD's. Wow and fluttern are not my thing. Even though I had a Shure V15 type IV stylus and cartridge, most all my records sounded like rice crispies...snap, crackle and pop. My brother would offer to make high quality cassettes on his system, if people bought the album and gave it to him. One time, A friend brought over the new hot album Aerosmith Rocks. They got the first side recorded, then forgot to flip the record over and proceeded to again record the first side on the tape's B side. All those hits we didn't recognize yet to notice we were listening to the same side... LOL. They would usually get a top quality tape for the price of the LP. (Tapes were usually a tad higher than vinyl back then). He had an Akai cassette, and an Akai reel to reel.

My daughter when she was maybe 4 or 5, broke my phono's needle using it as a merry go round with her toy animals.... I bought a cheaper Shure, and parked it in my safe, for when and if I want to play a record.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Ken, not sure I understood right, are they laying off at your dad's work, or yours?

Hoping for the best. I'm hoping my job at my work is more recession proof than jobs in the past.

Beautiful pics by the way. You have a beautiful yard.

Ron, loved the redness in your treeline.

Fall pics all looking good.

We can't buy a drop of rain here. 5 or 6 weeks since rain. more dryness to come. Same high pressure that pushed 2 hurricanes to Florida. I'll take it.

It is drier than a West Texas popcorn fart!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I’m almost afraid to buy auto part from Amazon as it’s probably counterfeit.
Have a few 45 records.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes.

Had a rack of ribs, and brought about 1/3 home. Brought home big slice of chocolate cake, and ate half after getting home.

Just realized that slice of cake was $12. Ouch.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is cooling in cup. 59° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 63° with cloudy skies and a cool NW breeze. Finally got my conserve energy day in. Did drive into town to drop off absentee ballot. Today will wash all house windows.
Sharing the feeder.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Morning Ron.

 

[sodamo]

Kyle, yup, mow year round, but time in between can vary. But I don’t do snow anymore

I had an Akai reel to reel. It also had an 8 track on the side. As I recall I could record to either from either or external source. Bought it in Japan when I was there for a brief hospital visit in 68.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I don’t do much snow any more either.

 

[daugen]

good morning Ron from me too and what a nice happy birdfeeder.
reminds me of fish tanks, some fish just don't do well together.

speaking of fish tanks, have we heard from RS?

Don even I would flinch at 75. Heck I was a wuss at 80 degrees.
with my arthritis that hot tub is instant relief.
of course if you wanted to consume a lot of Texas's fine energy product you
could heat the pool. But with the hot tub, zero need. Cool pool, hot tub.
you've got this...
enjoy the tractor rides

NGK is the best IMO. If real NGK and not counterfeit, best product in its class.
I've been using their spark plugs for 30+ years. I remember them being oem for Honda motors.
these are iridium plugs going in, and that could sure be faked.
plugs are six to 8 bucks apiece
found them in Rock Auto

nice to be back on regular time zone.

headed to Winchester VA this morning, on and off I-81

 

[Thomas]

Wishing you many many more trips around the sun BEF.

 

[Thomas]

49F clear sky day mid 70's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Got call and note left in mailbox yesterday from the city tax office saying twice they been to appraise land house etc. unable do to bear confronting them,I call ask them why they didn't make appointment,reply I got was silents from the tax office this coming Friday afternoon they will show up I'll be there...guess I better have talk with Boo.

Plans for today...soon as day breaks break leave control,mid afternoon Dr. appointment not looking forward to this visit at all.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Thomas]

49F clear sky day mid 70's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Got call and note left in mailbox yesterday from the city tax office saying twice they been to appraise land house etc. unable do to bear confronting them,I call ask them why they didn't make appointment,reply I got was silents from the tax office this coming Friday afternoon they will show up I'll be there...guess I better have talk with Boo the yard boss.

Plans for today...soon as day breaks break leave control,mid afternoon Dr. appointment not looking forward to this visit at all.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[wngsprd]

46 going to 79.

Congrats, LS, on your victory!

Well, didn't go vote yesterday. Got a text from my mom that the hospital/doctor wanted to have a meeting with family to discuss her situation. So, we left for Virginia Beach. Great doctor, very thorough and caring and rated as top cardiologist in charge...he confirmed that Thursday's initial issue was a heart attack, and that a stent was risky right now, so she'll be heading to rehab, then to home to get stronger. Recheck in 2 weeks and make final decision but stent unlikely...just medicine.

Will go vote today, and split some wood and go for a hike.

 

[wngsprd]

49F clear sky day mid 70's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Got call and note left in mailbox yesterday from the city tax office saying twice they been to appraise land house etc. unable do to bear confronting them,I call ask them why they didn't make appointment,reply I got was silents from the tax office this coming Friday afternoon they will show up I'll be there...guess I better have talk with Boo.

Plans for today...soon as day breaks break leave control,mid afternoon Dr. appointment not looking forward to this visit at all.

Enjoy your day all.

Boo is just doing his job.

 

[Buppies]

Boo great security Thomas

50 this morning high in 70s not sure what I will do today

Prayers for all our Country Appalachia Florida flooding out west Drew makes it home safe

 

[ronjhall]

Buckeye, my 2004 Gulfstream Endura Diesel sold for $102k when new. I bought it in 2006 for $75k with 7,000 miles. Kept it for 11 years. Drove it over 100k miles. Averaged 10.2 mpg. It’s same manufacturer as Drew’s motorhome. Never had problems like he has had. Sold it for little over $40k. Today to replace with a similar model would be over $200k. I see similar Endura’s for sale on FB for $50k to $60k. Good luck finding an affordable RV in today’s economy.

 

[ronjhall]

49F clear sky day mid 70's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Got call and note left in mailbox yesterday from the city tax office saying twice they been to appraise land house etc. unable do to bear confronting them,I call ask them why they didn't make appointment,reply I got was silents from the tax office this coming Friday afternoon they will show up I'll be there...guess I better have talk with Boo.

Plans for today...soon as day breaks break leave control,mid afternoon Dr. appointment not looking forward to this visit at all.

Enjoy your day all.

Make sure Boo is there on Friday to help with getting property value lowered.

 

[daugen]

Make sure Boo is there on Friday to help with getting property value lowered.

yes, Boo is the new Tax Complaint Dept!

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low temp is 60 and the high is supposed to be 59°F. Wind S 14 gusting to 20 mph. Showers. That is the end of summery weather.

I am not doing anything about the remote for the Dodge until after Nov. 14. If the physiotherapist recommends driving lessons @ $150.oo/hour, and I still have to make my way down to Barrie, 100 miles south I am going to hang up my license, totally. None of that is tax deductible.

Today looks like another energy conservation day.

Have a safe day all

 

[m7040]

good morning,

D's birthday today. She moved to Osaka and ended up in some unsafe accommodations and had to scramble out of there to another place. hope it works out for her

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
47°, clear and a forecast high in the upper 70’s. Made it past 80 yesterday. Grass is doing well, it likes the heat, the sun and all the water I’m giving it.

Yesterday we got all the remnants of construction activity out of here, all the trash, building materials etc. The next task was to get the manure bin emptied, it only took three trips with the dump trailer, it was dry enough to compact and fit a lot in each load. Next task was to deal with the wall plates that would not accept the dual banana plugs. I did find a plate that would work,but it came with its own cover as it didn’t fit in a standard Decora opening. Of course, that wouldn’t work for me, I needed it to be in one opening in a two gang plate. The other opening was a brush plate for the HDMI cable.

Another case of Bridgeport to the rescue.

Nice thing about plastic is that I just put the end mill in the chuck rather than swapping it for a collet.

The difference in the openings is not huge, but noticeable. At any rate, that task is behind me.

Today, I’ll take the dump trailer for a load of mulch to finish the beds created by the OFH. After that, I’ll continue putting tools and supplies away in the shop in an effort to locate some horizontal surfaces.
Also need to put all the slats in the plasma table and fill the pan so it’s ready to go. I need to add Borax to the water, I learned that if I keep the ph at 9 or so, it doesn’t rust.

I’ve got to get the sprinklers going, have a great day all!