Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 66F @ 7:15AM. Sunny. High 91F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph.

Mr. King, my high school electronics teacher, was a Roy G. Biv fan. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet. He also liked to leave a very large capacitor out of an old TV all charged up on his desk. Wouldn't take long for one of the students that hadn't paid attention in class to pick it up and shock himself silly. That may have been the only lesson learned, unless perhaps it was the Tesla coil he made and had us all hold hands, with the last two separated by a 4' fluorescent tube. Mr. King held a steel rod up so one of the arcs hit it, we'd all feel sparks jump from the soles of our feet into the nails in the wooden floor, and the tube would light up. Some of the trendier types with long hair would find it standing on end, too.:laughing: Glad I went to high school when I did; I bet all the neat stuff we used to do has now been sanitized into computer simulations...

They say they've caught an arsonist that started the Minerva fire, which nearly burned down the town of Quincy up the Feather River canyon from here. Then yesterday another series of fires broke out in the same area, so now I wonder if they got the right guy, or maybe he had a partner in crime?

Thanks to Eric, I'll be hanging onto those spare capacitors I ordered, just in case the new one goes bad in another thirty years.:laughing: I'll be sure to put them someplace they won't get lost!:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[PJSprog]

The most popular one, that we learned in the USAF, is now not politically correct.

That's the one I learned, too, Rick. (purple instead of violet, though)

 

[ronjhall]

That's the one I learned, too, Rick. (purple instead of violet, though)

I was high tech. I carried a card like the one posted above.
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[sodamo]

71°F and .54 inches rain

Morning sun still behind some clouds, eclipse visibility iffy..

Got some mowing in before it got too wet yesterday.

Dentist appointments today. Prepared for lecture as the waterpik is busted.

Be safe

Have a great day

 

[hawkeye08]

Dad just hooked up and headed out with his travel trailer.. he has not been out by himself for a couple years (his wife had a stroke and needed full time care, her daughter is taking care of her this week while Dad gets a break)..

He is determined to get some huckleberries, for years he picked many gallons each year of ripe berries (all too often the berries are picked at the first sign of color, but they have no flavor until they start to drop from the bush)...

 

[txdon]

Finished moving the 48 tables either one or two at a time, and back in time to watch the eclipse which starts in 10 minutes and peaks at 1:12.

 

[rswyan]

86F and mostly cloudy @ 13:00, high today predicted to be 86F ... will probably beat it. Chance of rain goes over 50% later this afternoon, then up to 90% tomorrow. Sure hope we get some.

Cooler temps - with highs in the 70's - forecast after the front comes through tomorrow, will be a welcome relief.

Got another 7 1/2 feet of bead run yesterday. Also got the welds on the stops for the screens ground out and cleaned up, so the screens will lay on the frame properly.

Have another 2 1/2 feet of weld still to go.

Not sure what I'll be doing for the rest of the day.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good video of the eclipse on NASA TV. Ch. 286 on Dish Network.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

71°F and .54 inches rain

Morning sun still behind some clouds, eclipse visibility iffy..

Got some mowing in before it got too wet yesterday.

Dentist appointments today. Prepared for lecture as the waterpik is busted.

Be safe

Have a great day

Dentist: when was the last time you flossed?

Patient: Bro, don't you remember, you was there.

 

[Thomas]

Thomas, would love to see a pic of your JD A pulling. Have a good Monday

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I am not owner friend Mike is,I just turn wrenches and help figure out why's and maybe's...really no desire to operate,besides somebody gotta eat burgers and talk to women.

Looks like I had Monday morning blues...JD G not JD A.

I do have 15second video but unable to post,guessing its just me. :confused2:

 

[Bird]

Dentist appointments today. Prepared for lecture as the waterpik is busted.

Just had to order a hew handle and hose for my waterpik and got it changed out about a week ago.

 

[txdon]

Got the pic of the total eclipse with sun flares through my welding helmet lens.

 

[PJSprog]

Got the pic of the total eclipse with sun flares through my welding helmet lens.

:laughing:

 

[lostcreekranch]

Got the pic of the total eclipse with sun flares through my welding helmet lens.

Oh look! Solar hairs!

 

[toppop52]

I just watched the eclipse through my #28 welding shield, very clear to the eye, but the iPhone pictures are awful, too much glare from the inside glass.

 

[riptides]

Got the pic of the total eclipse with sun flares through my welding helmet lens.

Nice shot!

Ours got taken out by a thunderstorm!

 

[toppop52]

Got the pic of the total eclipse with sun flares through my welding helmet lens.

I no longer have that many "flares"!

 

[rswyan]

Ran up to the shed and grabbed my lid about 1/2 hour in, and then The Woman and I checked it out at max ... she said it was supposed to be around 80% covered.

I was surprised at how much was covered.

 

[rswyan]

Severe thunderstorms about an hour west, looks like they're headed due east.

Here's hoping ...

 

[hawkeye08]

Used the pin hole in paper method to see the image, 92% I think they said for our area, watched on TV for a few minutes. Took a morning break from work and put the tools away from my blade sharpening session, put bucket back on FEL and put tractor back in shop... was looking at front lawn thinking it would be a good day to mow it (again)... it is a great distraction from work for 30 minutes or so (not the whole yard, just the front).