Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

45F clear sky mid 70's for high.
Slept in a little this morning been long time 6:30am feet hit the floor,when I look back both kitten took my spot.

Today plan...trip to town for goodies,maybe motorcycle ride this afternoon other than that take the day as it comes.

Fishing late yesterday afternoon didn't go to well unloaded boat in water than it dawn on me as I was placing the motor...no oars tackle box fish poles, :duh: sooo 25 miles back home little chewing on my ear from the Mrs. :confused2: oh well it happens.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Thomas]

Thomas the farm I grew up on had 70 acres of hardwood woods. We usually did 7 cords of firewood a year, my father loved to run the fireplace all weekend. Big old stone house poorly insulated so that roaring fire was everyone's favorite.
Now I do one cord a year and I can't give it away. One can give food to the poor, I wonder about firewood. Problem is that almost all poor folk in this area are in government housing or single wide trailers, all likely heated with electric heating.

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You stir memory from the past I was brought up in old New England house and insulation R factor was little to none,but the old Sam Daniels wood furnace keep house warm and toasty but sure was thirsty temp went below zero each year no less 10 cords of wood cut stack before June 1st.,strange in a way I miss doing the chore but in a way I don't.

No problem giving wood away in this area,heck if you leave cut wood beside the road towards in of the year you won't have to worry about it if you no what I mean.

Cord of wood in our area cut split deliver $275- $325.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 79F @ 5:45AM. Mainly sunny. High 104F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

Glad to hear our Texas members are still afloat! Those down on the Gulf Coast and in low lying areas of Houston aren't nearly so lucky, judging from the flood of videos over at weather.com. Flooding is supposed to get worse over the next few days as the rain continues.

Not much of a cool off here last night, barely dipping into the 70s. I made it to 1:30 PM out in the garage when it hit 100F, came in for some water and a long nap.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the weekend...

 

[CWB Wyo]

The low this morning was 46*, yesterday high was 90*. Today is going to be about the same, they don't show any rain for a few days.

We made it to town for the car show. Quite a few cars there, more then I thought would be there. Was there most of the day then had dinner with the neighbors that we had gone to the show with. It was a enjoyable day.

A another neighbor has been working on a garage, he had the foundation done. He had a crew of 4 with him Friday morning. And looking over there this morning and he has everything up, the metal roof on and done. Looks like he just needs to put the outside skin on it. It looks to be about a 30x40 garage. Wish mine had gone that quick.

Hope everyone has a nice day.
CWB

 

[lostcreekranch]

Dumped 2 1/2" from rain gauge about 10 p.m. last night. Another 5" in gauge this morning so that is 20", from Harvey, ...... so far.

Still raining here but, slower than yesterday.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Only in Texas can you have a drought, a burn ban, an eclipse, a hurricane and tornadoes all in one week!

 

[sodamo]

69°F and no rain. A little dry is good. Hope the same for the Harvey crowd.

Likely finish the mowing today, no other big plans.

Be safe.
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

71F and mostly cloudy @ 13:00, high today supposed to be 79F ... not sure we'll hit that unless it clears up some. The Woman says it is "chilly" and she is "cold" ...

Good chance (50%) of rain on Tuesday and Wednesday, would be welcome. No 80's in the forecast until a week from today and then it's only 81F.

Got some rough measurements on the trash/recycle cans yesterday afternoon ... may work on building the part that fits into the hitch receiver to pick them up today.

But since it's overcast and (relatively) cool, it might also be a good day to get some other outside work done.

Should be able to avoid mowing lawn for another 5 days or so ... :thumbsup:

 

[rswyan]

Interesting label

I sure like the view from where that pup is sittin' ...

Shakes head...:shocked:

... RS nice looking porter

Thanks.

... RS, was the beer as good as the dog picture? :drink:

I like it ... it's pretty smooth.

But I like Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout a little better.

Neither has as much "bite" as Guinness Stout or Yuengling Black and Tan, which I like a lot less.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Only in Texas can you have a drought, a burn ban, an eclipse, a hurricane and tornadoes all in one week!

You left out the rattlesnakes, scorpions, wild pigs, various biting and stinging insects, and broiling summers. I'll stick with earthquakes, shakey dams, and call it even on the broiling summers and rattlesnakes...:laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[lostcreekranch]

You left out the rattlesnakes, scorpions, wild pigs, various biting and stinging insects, and broiling summers. I'll stick with earthquakes, shakey dams, and call it even on the broiling summers and rattlesnakes...:laughing::laughing::laughing:

Nope, those are regular day in day out things.

 

[toppop52]

I pray you all in the path of the storm stay safe. When we had that 11" in about 18 hours a few weeks back, it was havoc for a while, I can't imagine what you all have to deal with.

 

[toppop52]

Beautiful day here, strong NE wind from the Atlantic storm that's brewing, waiting on a week if wind and wet. Heading to down to the Southern Shores house for a long weekend Thursday, and a classmates reunion dinner, we haven't gotten together in 6 years.

 

[daugen]

Lovely afternoon cutting wood and splitting it, about half of it was red oak and my did it smell nice.
This is my backup woodpile, the one by the house is full. This is the wood I'm having a hard time giving away...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good afternoon, 73° and sunny.

Cleaning out garage to prep for laborday cookout, which means move the junk and hide it elsewhere. Still a touch humid out when working, feels good when you sit in the shade.

Little league world series just started, US hit HR on first pitch.

 

[Thomas]

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When the temps are dropping first of next year maybe the wood pile also.

Years back fellow put 2 nice snow tires beside road and free sign...couple months no takers,than replace the free sign w/$75,couple days or so tires were gone w/no payment. :confused2:

 

[Bird]

Only in Texas can you have a drought, a burn ban, an eclipse, a hurricane and tornadoes all in one week!

July 1, 1972, we left Dallas that morning enroute to Alaska in a 3/4 ton pickup pulling a 25' travel trailer. And a little ways west of Dumas, we ran into a downpour so heavy that we pulled off the road for a few minutes, then we had a little hail, then we saw a tornado coming from the south. My wife was hysterical and I was scared out of my wits, but it veered off to the west. We started on again, and suddenly saw what looked like a dark cloud rolling on the ground coming from the north. I think it scared me worse than the tornado. But when it hit us, it was a dust storm; just coated my windshield with mud. I hit the switch for the windshield washers and thought it was a terrible time for them to not work but as the wipers moved enough mud that I could see out, the windshield washer was working; squirting the water up, and the wind was blowing it off to the left. My parents were right in front of us, pulling a 21' travel trailer with a Buick and an aunt & uncle were behind us in a pickup camper. We stopped at the first rest area we came to, and my uncle said, "I've heard the expression "wild as a west Texas twister" but nobody'd believe this." Yep, we'd seen rain, hail, tornado, high winds, and a dust storm all within an hour. And I certainly hope to never experience anything like that again.

And today . . . we've had a very nice day; started at 72 and went to 85, cloudy most of the day with one sudden cloudburst around 2 p.m. that dumped about .3" of rain in my gauge.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Lovely afternoon cutting wood and splitting it, about half of it was red oak and my did it smell nice.
This is my backup woodpile, the one by the house is full. This is the wood I'm having a hard time giving away...

That's a nice looking wood pile, Drew. If noboday around you wants it, I'll make room for it. If I'm not home when you drop it off, you can just leave it out by the gate.:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good evening all. Got nothing done today but have been busy all day. Took the Boy up on the Drive (Skyline Drive) and had lunch in the car. Trying to break his stress. Worked a little. Feel like taking a nap but will wait till night.

Drew. The old timers where I grew up used to say, If you get saw dust in your shoes you will never get it out. I guess you are proving them right.

Still praying for Texas.

Gave a great night. Ed

 

[daugen]

tropical starm warning just posted here, interesting
looks like something is going up the coast, going to get here tomorrow afternoon and
dump some rain. Has nothing to do with what's happening in Texas, sadly that storm is still predicted to dump
about six inches a day for the next few days.
Otherwise it was just a lovely day here, low humidity, and just fun to be outside.

Ed, you should have seen the sawdust I dumped out of my shoes today