Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 57F @ 5:00AM. Cloudy and damp with rain this morning...then becoming sunny by afternoon. High 78F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90%.

A gentle rain started failing a few hours ago, something of a surprise since the weatherman assured everyone last night that it wouldn't get this far south. Only a tenth of an inch accumulation so far, and from the looks of the radar map a couple more could find their way into the gauge. Having just finished mowing yesterday, the last thing I need is more rain.

Finished up the mirrors for the van yesterday. It turns out I wasn't applying enough pressure to the buffs, and in an effort to compensate, rubbed through in a spot on one of the mirror housings. So there will be a bit of touchup to do today. Getting the wires threaded out of the housing was a bit of a trick, and had to replace two of them with lighter gauge to have enough room. Testing showed that both motors and clutches work, an expensive fix if they didn't. And I finally got to use the glass polish and buff I got from Griot's Garage, and while the 30 year old mirrors didn't quite come out looking like new, they're pretty darn close.

Happy Hump Day everyone!

 

[bakerg]

Front porch was sagging, dug a hole to get a 8 ton jack under the corner and jacked the porch up 3 inches. Will now fill hole with cement and leave the jack where it is and hopefully the cement will flow under the porch. will then have to re patch the edges of the porch that are up against the house as the owners before did a real bad job. Then I will have to level out the sidewalk as it lifted with the porch.

 

[CajunRider]

Search for companies that do concrete leveling with foam. Here's one I found in your area.
Concrete Lifting & Concrete Leveling in Toronto | ON Concrete Repair for Slabs, Sidewalks, Garages

 

[rswyan]

66F and very sunny @ 10:00, high today around 72F. Checking the 10 day forecast on Weather Bug it says 40% chance of storms today, check the hourly forecast and there's only one hour where it shows a 10% chance ... :confused2: I'm going with: probably not going to happen ... which is good because there's still standing water in the bottom parts of the front yards.

Extended forecast still showing 50% or better chance of rain every day with cooler than normal temps from this coming Friday through next Wednesday ...

Made it to the dentist yesterday ... no surprises, other than they have gone high tech ... the x-rays are now done digitally, no film. Images come up immediately on a laptop.

Stopped by in town on the way home to pay the guy who cuts the grass. He said he was going to be @ 16:00 ... I got there @ 16:40 and he wasn't. He did call later to say he'd been delayed but had gotten up there and gotten it all cut.

Wife got her impatiens planted yesterday. Our little flower/plant shopping trip to The Depot the other day was cut short as she ended up with an upset stomach after we got there. Fired up the new (old) Weber and grilled four burgers after I got back ... sure tasted good ... so good I ate three of them. Also got her to lay down and be still long enough so I could trace her outline on a piece of cardboard for a target (which she cracked funny about)

Need to make a drawing of the peonies today as to color ... so when they get dug up they can be replanted accordingly. There's a lot of outside work that needs doing but it's simply too wet in most places. Might relocate the sparrow trap to a different area and see if I get anything, need to rebait it for sure. It really seems to work much better when there's a decoy bird in it. Possibly mix up another tank of Round Up so it's ready to go when it finally dries out.

Have to do a little more research on tires for the wife's car today, draw water for pwc's, change house water filter, more painting edges on panels. Probably place the order for some of the polycarbonate panels for window replacement in town.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable and productive day.

 

[rswyan]

I got ota digital now, but it dont have espn. Personally I have almost stopped watching all tv.
People in the Mobley thread on tbn are reporting no throttle back so far on the $20, 22 GB plan.

Good to know ... thanks :thumbsup:

 

[rswyan]

I got ota digital now, but it dont have espn. Personally I have almost stopped watching all tv.
People in the Mobley thread on tbn are reporting no throttle back so far on the $20, 22 GB plan.

Good to know ... thanks :thumbsup:

 

[toppop52]

63 going to 84. Definitely been noticing the humidity creeping up.

Get well Roy!

Stopped by Harbor Freight yesterday and bought a 4 gal backpack sprayer for $17...saw a nice one in Home Depot for $85 so decided to give the cheapo a try. My old 2 gallon metal carry tank is about done with.

I have one of those, works great!

 

[toppop52]

Supposed to be sunny and 80, but still overcast and 60's right now. This gloomy weather is getting old.

 

[Thomas]

63F overcast low 70's for high...would be kinda nice to see the sun once again.

Got outside early again this morning trim couple more steep banks also soggy area.
This afternoon might cut down couple more BIG spruce trees haul limbs to brush pile before t-storm arrive,if not sharpen mower blades for this weekend lawn haircut.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[bakerg]

Search for companies that do concrete leveling with foam. Here's one I found in your area.
Concrete Lifting & Concrete Leveling in Toronto | ON Concrete Repair for Slabs, Sidewalks, Garages

There are holes already in the porch where the previous owners had it done, have been told it doesn't last and from the look at my porch that is true. The 8 ton jack that I'm using is from the old farm days so it is not much of a loss if I bury it in cement and my way is a whole lot cheaper.