Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

64F over cast showers on/off thunder boomers late afternoon early evening,guess its just putter day.

 

[RoyJackson]

Good morning, looks like Roy slept in again. 68F heading to 79F.

You bet I slept in! That's what weekends are for! 0300 mornings...well, that's OK for work days, but not for weekends!

2014-07-27, 0759

60 right now...high of 79 today with a 90% probability of thunderstorms.
This has been a lazy weekend....didn't do much yesterday except play with the dog and today will likely be the same. With the wifey visiting her daughter, Bella is alone about 12-13 hours a day. She's been good...nothing torn up and been holding her business. So, we bond on the weekend.

I am going to look at a Deere zero-turn mower this week. It's currently in Newport (close to the Canadian border), but it's being brought to Montpelier (25 miles north of Bethel) Monday or Tuesday. IF I buy it, it'll cut down mowing time 30%-50%, even with a narrower deck (60"...currently using a 72" RFM). I thought about trading the RFM, but I'll keep that for the field.
Anyway, first let's see if I can swing the deal....

 

[Buppies]

71 this morning nice thunderstorm came thru about 4:00AM this morning rain and storms rest of day. Nothing special on tap other than church

 

[sseelhoff]

79* and Huuuumid. Going to 100* today, with an heat index of 105* Grocery store and some weedeating today. Perhaps some work in the garden.

 

[riptides]

Yesterday, was hot and humid, so I started cutting grass and the fields at 08:00am, stopped around 5PM. Had three tractors going, after the help showed up. Then I got to weed-whacking. Another two hours.

Man, I got burnt.

Today, clouding and seventy.

Yep, bad timing.

 

[sixdogs]

Ron, thanks for the tip on the vertical mower; makes a huge difference.
and yes I sure want paperwork in hand before anyone hauls my stuff, insurance certs, whatever.

When we moved 1100 miles away, I told the moving company I wanted the biggest truck and trailer and that they would be exclusively mine, I would pay for it and I would follow the truck down. That's what I wanted a price for. Fine, they said it's no problem and gave me a price.

When we firmed things up just before the move the price was substantially higher and there were not many moving companies around but at lest our items would be segregated and we would rent and pay for one truck and one trailer with no exceptions..... we got the contract and read it over.

It contained a still higher price than the one agreed to ten minutes earlier and had specific language allowing them to add other people's things to our truck and for them to unload and load again at will. This is a major moving company. When I said I was paying extra to guarantee one truck and one trailer for me, they said that's just the way it is and it might be necessary to add the things of others.

Well, with the price now nearly triple our initial discussions and their contract I decided to move myself. My wife wrapped things, which she wanted to do anyway and containerized our things in empty washing machine cardboard boxes to make loading easier. Our hay crew packed the truck on one end, relatives helped on the other end and we saved many thousands of dollars.

From this experience I have zero faith in moving companies and learned their contracts contain many wiggle room clauses to do anything they want and un-agree to anything they already agreed to. I'll never move again, probably but if I do it will be on my own and I'll hire others to load and unload. I can drive wherever or hire someone if I can't.

Others will have better experiences and there are probably some great moving companies out there but I would research and get personal experiences from other users including the BBB. Even then I would pay a lawyer to read the contract and make sure it's what you agreed to.

 

[sam5570]

Good morning everyone, very humid here this morning just a few drops of rain over night. finally got a little computer time don't know where time goes but it sure passing fast. hope everyone has a wonderful day. got to clean some vehicles this afternoon.

 

[sodamo]

72F and only .01 inches rain last 24 hours. Mowing done

Off to a potluck breakfast at a neighbor's
Surprise 70th birthday party this afternoon for a friend. She already turned 70 7/03, but the celebration was postponed due to her un scheduled heart surgery.

Be safe
Have a great day

David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet

 

[bakerg]

Not a single soul showed up to the yard sale today. What is left will be given away.

 

[rswyan]

Went to bed early last night (around 8 or 9) ... slept for about 4 or 5 hours and then went up to the shed and worked for about 5 hours before I came back down and went back to bed. Just woke up an hour or so ago ... time for the second cup.

Last night I got some steel cut for tool/equipment stands, cleaned out shredded paper a mouse was trying to use to build a nest inside my MIG, and forced myself to do more straightening up and putting things away ...

It is so nice to be able to find tools and stuff when you need it. I have one more joint to glue on the CPVC up in the shed and all the plumbing inside will be finished. And there's a ceiling light fixture I want to move in order to provide more even lighting.

All the parts for the front hydraulic diverter valve, grapple, and SSQA projects are due to be delivered tomorrow and I just got a bunch of pics and dimensional info from another TBN member for the grapple, so I should be able to figure out a materials list for the steel tonight and get a quote on that tomorrow, if not also get it picked up.

More cleaning, straightening up, and putting things away on the menu for the rest of the day.