Good morning!!!!

Buppies · Aug 17, 2017

73 high of 90 70 percent humidity oppressive and down right miserable. Going to be a hot day hitting the pavement so to speak

riptides · Aug 17, 2017

70 outside this AM. Ditto what Buppies said.

Managed to start mowing last evening. The grass was tall and a little wetter than I like, so WOT it was through the acres. I have one area in the front that needs multiple passes in many directions just due to the height. But it is all nice and neat now. Looks like a great day for the weed whacker. LOL. Me and Mother Nature are getting out of rhythm here.

Hope everyone has a great day. Be safe.

Thomas · Aug 17, 2017

47F morning clouds low 80's for high.
Mowing side field last evening w/the feel of autumn weather...sure felt nice.

Rains arriving tomorrow so couple small projects finish up after work before darkness arrives this evening.

Enjoy the day all.

Eric Salop · Aug 17, 2017

Good morning. The weather app on my phone is showing sun symbols. Difficult to know if that is a software error or a plain outright lie. The grass loves all this rain, all the sheep are in one small field by the railway and they still can't keep pace with the rate it is growing. Hay making delayed again for the foreseeable future.

Mostly, hope your poorly bike gets better soon.

Sodamo, those Macadamia nuts look hard work. Ever tried cracking them with a reloading press ?

RNG, if you would like to see pictures of the finest English shotguns, then have a look at this company Customer guns - Boxall & Edmiston Gunmakers - Bespoke Shotguns, Shropshire. They are an up and coming ******* manufactuer only about 20 miles away. When I first heard of them I thought it would be nice to be able to suppport a local company, however it turned out that they are aiming for the very top end of the market, almost a 21st century Purdey, with prices to match (Prices are eye watering - with or without Bell's

)

I was so excited with my Rizzini, I forgot to show you my wife's double-barrelled Zucchini

ronjhall · Aug 17, 2017

Need to pour second cup of coffee. 67° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 83° with thunderstorm throughout the day. Good day to do inside work. Got the 10 shop lights unpacked yesterday. One did not work. Dealing with Sam's club customer service took 3 hours. After stating that I would not deal with person anymore. Asked for store manager. Before manager showed up I had the light exchanged.

Back to getting fixtures installed in pole barn today.
Mostly, got my bike out yesterday good to ride it after several months. Not sure I need to take it in yet. But gear changes do not work right. I did it last year with good success.
David S, like the nutcracker. Will it work on Hickory nuts?
Eric, double zucchini. A single is more than enough. What are you feeding them.
Good Morning All.

toppop52 · Aug 17, 2017

Drove up to Bridgeville, DE last night and picked up an older Cub Cadet 1864, needed something to put the rake on to dress my clam shell driveway. It has power steering like my burned up unit, gotta put the 3 point arms on, he had a weight box mounted. Still not sure what I want for a tractor, don't need anything bigger than these large garden tractors, but my SCUT Simplicity was nice, if bigger than I need. Ramble over!
Another hot and humid day in store, gonna try to mow before the front with its rain comes through tomorrow, but still have some water standing. Oh well, have a great day gents!

daugen · Aug 17, 2017

good morning everyone. Windows all fogged up, it's hot and sticky out there, going up to 91 today so heat index will be well into 100's.
Off early to give blood for annual physical, then I have to go back this afternoon and see doc. Really messes up my day having mid afternoon appts.
Well, maybe I didn't want to be out in that heat anyway. Still have the rest of the brush pile to chip.
nothing to eat this morning but was thrilled last time when they said I could have black coffee. Yes!

From the vampires I'm off to stock up on coffee and other expensive stuff at Food Lion, got a 10 dollar off coupon, off 40 dollar sale. 25% off is as good as it gets.
Then I need to buy a large quantity of JB Weld just in case certain welding techniques do not pan out too well...and I won't tell the guys in the welding forum.
I'm thinking JB Weld has to be better than what I've always known as Bondo. RNG, you're the expert here.
What's the strongest stuff to use on metal? I have a few holes to fill with metal patches where I burned through the deck and my technique for blobbing metal on top of hole
and thinking I was done. Well, no. You grind the big lump off and shazam! the hole is still there.... sigh. Boy I have a lot to learn and I'm down in the cellar on the learning curve despite reading all the welding books, watching videos, etc. Beginning to think I should have started with Tig instead. Everyone says its easier and I appear to have all the parts needed except argon shielding gas. I admit I've been working on stuff a bit above my pay grade, which is a buck private.... since dealing with thicker metal would have been much easier. My first piece of welding when I start overlaying the new metal is a big hunk of hardened steel up against a big thick part of the mower deck. Looking forward to it actually, not watching in horror as my deck melts away like the ****'s face in the Indiana Jones movie....

wngsprd · Aug 17, 2017

70 and thin fog going to 89, with less than 50/50 chances of rain.

David, thank for sharing the macadamia layout. As much as I love them, I should have read about them by now. Good education from you. What a heavy duty nut cracker...I'm thinking about logsplitters in comparison. However, I only see 1 familiar looking nut like the kind I but at Costco

. When you receive them in 5 gallon buckets, do you still think of them as a special infrequent treat, like I do?

While waiting for the dew to dry yesterday morning in the high humidity, I lubed the tractor and FEL, and cleaned up older grease around the pivots.

Then mounted the sprayer and roller pump to do what I plan to be the last spraying of the year...getting plots ready to plant clover and some fall soybean/pea/sorghum/buckwheat mix. Then cleaned tank/pump, took pump off and filled with antifreeze...I cut the fingers off nitrile gloves to pull tight over the hose barbs so no antifreeze spills. I cut the remaining palm of the glove to wrap over the open hose ends of the sprayer and twist tie them on tight...otherwise, I've found that insects, especially earwigs, like to find and crawl up the hoses to live.

wngsprd · Aug 17, 2017

70 and thin fog going to 89, with less than 50/50 chances of rain.

David, thanks for sharing the macadamia layout. As much as I love them, I should have read about them by now. Good education from you. What a heavy duty nut cracker...I'm thinking about logsplitters in comparison. However, I only see 1 familiar looking nut like the kind I buy at Costco

. When you receive them in 5 gallon buckets, do you still think of them as a special infrequent treat, like I do?

While waiting for the dew to dry yesterday morning in the high humidity, I lubed the tractor and FEL, and cleaned up older grease around the pivots.

Then mounted the sprayer and roller pump to do what I plan to be the last spraying of the year...getting plots ready to plant clover and some fall soybean/pea/sorghum/buckwheat mix. Then cleaned tank/pump, took pump off and filled with antifreeze...I cut the fingers off nitrile gloves to pull tight over the hose barbs so no antifreeze spills. I cut the remaining palm of the glove to wrap over the open hose ends of the sprayer and twist tie them on tight...otherwise, I've found that insects, especially earwigs, like to find and crawl up the hoses to live.