Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

that's funny, 85 is bathwater.

operated a small Husqvarna/Briggs rototiller,
and ran it up and down the sides of the sunflowers.
Most of which have been eaten. As the sweat poured off me I wondered
if I was just making it more convenient for the deer to find my crop through the cover of weeds...

I hadn't been able to use that tiller in several years, and put it away with a full tank dosed with
seafoam. No primer bulb. Started on sixth pull, and ran smoothly. Briggs 900.
Wore me out though, not good for my body at all.
So came in to cool off, drink something else, and head back out in a little bit to rototill the remaining sunflower field.
This is when a/c enables me; never could do this in an open cab. Heat alert here for some high number.

I told the teenager helper to slow down, pace himself, go back and drink something else, anything but the beer...,
and I have two flavors of sports drinks in the barn fridge. He's working until noon and it's already seriously hot out there.
And at age 16, not sure how sensible he is. He refuses to wear a hat, no wonder he feels hot, his head is getting baked.
His hair is a little bit girly long (I'm sure the thing) and I guess he thinks that hair protects him.
Without a hat, he might as well have put the heater on just like in a car. Bright sun out...

I tell him that I'm looking out for him like his Mom and he just smiles. Doesn't engage in a lot of conversation. But asks good questions.
Now I need to go out and see how many roots he hit with my nice JD mower. I guess I'd better check the blades too...
He's weedeating a whole lot of fenceposts right now. Better him than me.

Take it easy today, relatively, if you can. And I will heed my own advice.
Or as my favorite sign in the world said, the official one on the wall behind my Father in WWII at his
desk in IndoChina doing AirForce intelligence, the sign said
READ AND HEED
Gets to the point quickly...
Sometimes you can't, like Buppies, who is out in the worst of it.
back to work.

 

[txdon]

Don, water temp @85F would be considered soup here in Michigan. I doubt that most lakes here ever hit 80.

Ahh, it all relative to the outside temperature. When you get in water 15˚ colder than the air you have gotten used to it is initially chilly.

Light at night is important to see snakes.
Pics of trail to pool lights and pool pavilion lights.

 

[sodamo]

69°F and no rain. A gorgeous morning.

Pool maintenance today

Be safe
Have a great day

 

[sodamo]

Roy, had 2 Chase credit cards with fraudulent use this spring. No charges to me, but a real pain doing the replacements.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good afternoon, I am late checking in as we went out doing tourist stuff after I got back from the sheep this morning. We went to a secret bunker, so secret that the car sat nav refused to accept that the last digit of the post code (zip code), telling me there is no such place !

Once a WW2 radar station, the derelict remains once again became top secret in 1976 when they converted it into a post nuclear war control centre. Much of the equipment is still in place, powered up and still humming away - very scary to see. Much more scary is the thought that this museum is dedicated to a chilling part of the country's history, yet it all seemed relatively recent times to us !

 

[Larro Darro]

Good Evening. 2110, partly cloudy, 82F with 66% humidity. Our high today was 96F and our forecast low is 73 with 20% chance of rain tonight. We have peas cooling that need to go in the freezer. Picked two five gallon buckets yesterday.

I use only credit cards. If they get stolen, the folks are stealing from the credit card company. If you debit card gets hacked, they are stealing from you. We have never had any u/a charges on our cards, but we have had them changed before their time because of the breach at Target. We pay as many of our bills with the card as possible, {because it's free money} so there is the hassle of changing all that. But really, since that is a Margie thing, it was no problem at all for me.

You guys have a good one, Larro

 

[RoyJackson]

2016-07-15, 0320

66 right now...heading to 87 and clear.

 

[daugen]

77 heading to mid 90's, another very hot day.
Coffee pot just dinged, some things take priority...

 

[Buppies]

75 this morning high of 92 later with more storms in forecast and like a broken record this continues thru next Wednesday before cooler and drier air makes an appearance. Just a mini shower yesterday so only my shirt got wet

 

[ronjhall]

Need to pour first cup of coffee. 59° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 75° with some clouds. Took grandson shopping. Menads, Sams Club, HD and Lowes. He loaded all the heavy stuff into cart, car and unloaded at home. Then we installed a new storm door on house. I need to rest today.
The Amazon Echo I bought came yesterday. I don't get all the excitement about it. But grand kids love it. It's for wife. So far she likes it.
Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

so only my shirt got wet
I sweat through two entire sets of clothes yesterday, both sodden messes dumped into the washing machine which luckily is on a straight path from the garage door to the bedroom/shower. Totally unlike me, I've been salting everything I see. And yes, it seems to help. Could be the quinine helping too. Now for more potassium but I've never found eating a banana accomplished anything but give me a lot of calories. I'm going to see if they make a "sweater's supplement" at the drug store this morning.
A doc gave me a list of minerals/supplements to try, starting with the quinine, which I've been drinking with tonic water. Need to be careful or maybe a little gin will slip in...
Every day a heat warning. But still this is the minor leagues compared to what folks go through out West. I lived aboard a boat in South Florida for three years and all four a/c units on that boat ran night and day. Had to replace all four of them. 95 and 95, and I don't mean the interstate. You walk outside and the water explodes off you in defense of the hot wet blanket of air that envelopes you and instantly makes you damp, hot and sticky. Breathing is actually harder outside.
Yeah, we moved back to PA...had enough of that for sure. Coastal Carolina, though I'm inland a ways, can be hot and sticky too, but not like Florida or Texas.
or Louisiana on a day so hot the shrimp sweat.

So be cool out there today and hydrate. Lots.
I finally drank an orange sports drink yesterday, that stuff sure needs to be super cold to get down,
you know the orange is hiding something not altogether delicious. Feel like I'm pouring minerals and salt in suspension into me, which I guess
is what we sweat out in the other direction. I have cases of it plus cases of water down in the barn next to the fridge.
With instructions to all that they are welcome to refill the small fridge after themselves and put the empties in the recycle can.
I remember when all we had was the end of a garden hose. You have to wait until the hot water gets out of course so you clean up a little with that and then the cooler water comes. We had a deep well at our farm so the water was always nice and cold, always worth waiting for. And then we had to put a chlorinator on due a neighboring horse farm spoiling the water supply, and the nice water was gone. Of course, maybe for a while that water hadn't been so nice after all. Pretty irresponsible for a horse stable uphill of us to not dispose of horse poop properly. Testing your water is super important.

This heat must be hard on farm animals too. Farmer, are your chickens keeping cool?

 

[wngsprd]

You're right about sweat exploding off when stepping outside...I even got a taste of that this morning, and it's only 72 out. Should get to 92.

Rain got closer yesterday...poured down as close as 1 mile away...we just got a few big drops. Hoping it's our turn today.

Had a late drive home last night from the county planning meeting...got home after 1am. Too many deer on the roads at that time of night.

Taking my NC son to the train station today for another NYC trip while we dog sit his boxer. Another son just went up to Scranton.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning All, 73 here this morning going to 89 with a 20% chance of thunderstorms. Tired today, yesterday was stressful, Mother in law came and everyone was stressed. Went to blacksmith guild meeting last night and had to leave early because of stressed family member at home. Autism and stress don't go well together. Soon after I got home all calmed down and went to sleep.
Going to finish mowing grass, I keep forgetting the little strip beside the drive, 12' wide and 20 yards long. Not sure what I will do today but a swim and a nap are in the plans.
Don Our pool is often down around 78 and it takes a bit to get used to it, we need to get a reel for our solar blanket and use it but have not so far.

Daugen When I worked HVAC we had little packets of electrolyte pills in the first aid kit and everyone took them regularly. Working in a attic all day is fun in this kind of weather.

Have a great day all. Ed

 

[txdon]

Good morning! Another 100˚ day, fifth in a row. I need to tractor mow at Dad's so I can make a ditch out of a low area by his road. I will not be working past 1:00. It gets tiring being wet all day. Sometimes I think I'm getting to be a sissy in the heat but then my brothers come down on the weekend to work at Dad's, from their AC offices all week, and they really look bad and have to always stop early.

ED, we have the reel and solar blanket for the late fall and works very good when the days get shorter. The water temp can easily get to 90˚ in September.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

The Amazon Echo I bought came yesterday. I don't get all the excitement about it. But grand kids love it. It's for wife. So far she likes it.
Good Morning All.

Ron, you just keep on working up to it, one day at a time. I ordered an Echo too, still waiting on it. Said it will ship next week. Primary usage planned will be my bathroom radio...

 

[bakerg]

Good morning, power flickered here at work yesterday 3 time before 2 fuses blew at the pole and took out the main feeder wire into our transformers. That was at 9am, got power restored at and left work at 1 am. I didn't do much of the work but my battery was dead on the phone after I got done talking to the people you did a great job getting the power restored. 3 different companies worked to test the transformers, replace the wire from transformers to the pole and the utility company to reconnect the lines at pole. about 20 different contractors in all through the day.

 

[farmer2009]

70 this morning and headed to 92 today.

Plans for today are to work on the bathroom. Hope to get the tub set and surround installed. Then start hanging drywall.

Drew. Chickens are staying cool. The swamp coolers aren't working as well as they should be because of the humidity but it's been enough with the air speed.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning! 72F @ 5:30AM. Sun and clouds mixed. High around 100F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.

Drew, I wonder if using a salt substitute based on potassium chloride would help with the cramps. The taste takes a bit of getting used to (been using it for a while now as I'm on a salt restricted diet) and can't remember having any cramps, but then I didn't before, either.

Beautiful pool, Don! And those awnings sure add a certain zing to the air.

The problem with drugs is the same problem with everything else. Some people can't help abusing them, just as with alcohol, tobacco, cars, motorcycles, children, guns or you name it. I don't think it'll be long at all before there is national legalization of marijuana, and when Archer Daniels Midland develops a super seed, all those Kentucky tobacco farms will go back to work growing it. That'll put the Mexican cartels polluting our National Forests out of business, along with a lot of small growers that are currently eking out a living. Uncle Sam and the states will make a windfall in taxes, but we'll have a new excuse for killing ourselves on the highways. So some good, some bad, but the changes are coming whether we like it or not.

Eric, we have the remains of two Cold War era missile silos within 50 miles or so of here, and there's a restored Titan II silo outside of Tucson, AZ that is open for tours. People seem to forget that the superpowers still have nuclear arsenals pointed at each other, and rogue nations like North Korea and Iran are **** Bent for Leather to join the club. Our gummint seems to be sticking its head in the sand over Iran, what that treaty business, but truth be told there's not a lot to stop 'em when they get help from Russia and China. I hope you set a way point for that little secret fortress, as I don't think we're out of the woods quite yet when it comes to Mutually Assured Destruction. But who need to spend all that money on nukes when you can just steal a semi truck and mow down a hundred in one wack? Surprised it took the terrorists so long to catch on to this one; The Terminator showed the world how to do it years ago.

Sitting here writing this and three little gray foxes are enjoying the view from what remains of the lawn just outside the bedroom sliding glass door. None of them gave the live trap so much as a second glance. Perhaps I should consider a different bait, as chicken scraps seem to hold no particular allure. Any suggestions?

Got an early start yesterday and managed to get primer shot on most of the van interior. Took about three hours, and by the end I had to switch to a slower reducer because the paint was drying before it hit the steel. Big screw up when I stepped up onto the engine bay deck and my foot found nothing but air, as I'd removed the covering hatch. The leg and lower body followed that foot down four feet, but the other leg somehow managed to stay on top. Instant yoga isn't good for much except inducing high levels of pain, most of which fortunately dissipated after a few minutes. The right knee is still sore, and it looks like I'll have a little hitch in my git along for a while. Still have two doors and the floor to prime, and when that's done I'll know how much paint I'll need to order for the the interior. But right now it's looking like the better part of a gallon.

Made it into town for errands, stopping by the mechanic's where we discussed the head machining I did. Last time 'round he used a wood router bit and template in a drill press to carve out a complicated shape on the side of the combustion chamber, which he'd somehow forgotten to mention. So I'll try to emulate what he did on the mill. At least we know where the thin spots are, as I'd sectioned a scrap head and had that along to show him. There is a water passage just under the location of this new butchery, so I'm gonna have to plan the work carefully.



TGIF!

 

[toppop52]

Good Evening. 2110, partly cloudy, 82F with 66% humidity. Our high today was 96F and our forecast low is 73 with 20% chance of rain tonight. We have peas cooling that need to go in the freezer. Picked two five gallon buckets yesterday.

I use only credit cards. If they get stolen, the folks are stealing from the credit card company. If you debit card gets hacked, they are stealing from you. We have never had any u/a charges on our cards, but we have had them changed before their time because of the breach at Target. We pay as many of our bills with the card as possible, {because it's free money} so there is the hassle of changing all that. But really, since that is a Margie thing, it was no problem at all for me.

You guys have a good one, Larro

Actually the law doesn't require debit cards be insured, but almost all banks, ours included, do insure them against loss.

 

[toppop52]

86, going to 94 later, another hot and humid one. We got almost 2" of rain on Wednesday afternoon from pop up storms, nothing since.