Good morning!!!!

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all, 56 going to 83 and sunny today. Did not even get to start my to do list yesterday. Wife called a Craigs List add about a lift chair for mom and sent me to check it out. Stopped by the bank to get the $250 they were asking for the chair. Got to the address and made the deal for $250. Reached in my pocket for the $250 and only had $200. The guy Said "Just send me a check, No problem." I dug in my wallet and found $48 and he was happy with that. I often hear of people having a bad time with Craig List people but I have enjoyed every contact, buying or selling. Will try my list again today.

Don Glad your Mom is feeling like working in the garden. Their was an old lady near where I grew up that when she was 102 her kids took her garden tiller from her. They thought it was to much for her. When they got home the garden was worked up. They asked how the tiller was locked up in the shed? Her reply was, The grubbing hoe wasn't. My guess is that the garden was 30 x 50. She died at around 105 or 6 and gardened every year.

Have a great day Ed

 

[toppop52]

Pretty morning, low 60's, may get near 90 today, but fall weather gets here late next week. Mowed grass yesterday, still growing, car show today, fund raiser for Alzheimer's Association.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Without my glasses, wasn't sure it was 630 or 830 when i got up. With glasses it was 830.

Saw back dr yesterday, he wants me to go to physical therapy for the back.

Came home from work and started mowing the yard. Hasn't been mowed in 3 weeks. Very tall, had to go real slow. It was damp down inside, so it was clogging the deck real bad. I just cleaned the deck before the last mowing. Back still hurts, but it seemed the longer i mowed it kind of felt a little better. Got to finish today. Hit 90° or close to it the last couple days.
Need to dig potatoes. Not sure i want to do the bending yet.

Need my eyes checked again. They still dilate.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 58F @ 6:15AM. 0% Precip. / 0.00 in. Sunny. High 76F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.

Wunderground appears to have sorted out the missing current temperature problem, and the MyYahoo web portal once again shows bookmarks. The two RSS news feeds are still MIA though. iOS 11 on the iPad, however, is indeed missing the AirPlay capability, rendering it useless for playing music on the back porch. The iPhone remains unsullied at 10.something, and still serves admirably in that function. Such glaring problems should have been caught by simple unit testing, and are just another indication of the decline of Apple under Cook.

With weather like that, Don, turnout will be pushing into record territory and you guys'll be extra busy. Hope that translates into more equipment for the VFD.

Had another small grass fire along Highway 70 yesterday, quickly extinguished by CalFire. It's still very dry, and this afternoon the weatherman is calling for a Fire Watch, with very low humidity, warming temperatures, and strong winds, into Monday. Fingers crossed the idiots that like to cut dry grass and throw cigarettes out the window, and burn trash get the message. Yes, our little neighborhood Facebook group regularly has posts decrying such foolishness, and the confrontations that follow during attempts to educate the offenders.:confused2:

Almost finished with last bracket for the old bike saddlebags, just have a couple of bosses to weld on before bead blasting and paint.

BBQed a chunk of fresh tuna for dinner; didn't even need salt to be delicious. Like the farmer's three legged pig, it's too expensive to eat all at once!:laughing:

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend...

 

[Bird]

Optos Daytona retinal scanner
Dilation-free retinal exam with new technology lets eye doctors save images, too | cleveland.com

I'm not sure this is the exact machine but it sure sounds like it. The retina pictures are amazing.
Am I the only one that doesn't get their eyes dilated? My eye Dr's. office is in Barton Creek Mall, Austin and has 2 assistants.

Next time I go I'll get more information.

I've been out mowing the yard, and before I came back to TBN, I did a little Internet search and found some information about such machines; sounds great. I guess I'll have to ask my doctors the next time I visit them. Oddly enough, it sounds the same as what my retina doctor does with a machine that makes pictures for him, but AFTER they've dilated my eyes. But with Medicare and the AARP United Healthcare Supplement, he's never charged me anything.

But the strabismus doctor did charge me $37.98 yesterday for the prism they put on my glasses.

 

[CWB Wyo]

The low was 30* this morning, yesterday's high was 59*. We got some more snow in the afternoon about 3 in. It was wet and heavy a lot of it melted. It looks like it's going to be like that again today.

Worked on the side by side yesterday. They had put two plugs in the outlet side of the heater core not sure why. The instructions said to remove them . Well I seem the one but not the other one that was about half inch inside the same pipe. Didn't figure that out tell later in the day. So still have to finish it today. I guess I need to read bad instructions better.

Hope everyone has a nice day.
CWB

 

[sodamo]

67°F and no rain

Yesterday didn’t go anywhere near expectations. 4 trips to town and back. 20plus miles each way.

1st trip pretty much as planned. Nice breakfast with wife, errands. Even got my senior flu shot, wife got the young one.

6 miles the other direction to transfer station for garbage and recycles. On way back stopped at local body shop. Al just got back from 2 months in Reno. Broke the drivers side door latch in the Sequoia about the time he had left so was waiting for his return. I bought replacement online. Told me he wouldn’t do it, too many plastic clips that might break.

Back home, I called auto shop I use when I don’t go to Toyota dealer. Settled on taking it right in. Didn’t matter if they kept over weekend. So that’s 2 trips - Sequoia and my truck. Did another HD trip while in town for a replacement screen door.

Arrived home to find a VM saying the Sequoia was done and ready for pick up.
Spent half an hour playing with the dogs and piddling around then back to town.

Sequoia indeed fixed, decided we’d eat in town and then head home with both vehicles.

We did get to see the space station later:


Staying home today.

Be safe
Have a great day.

 

[sodamo]

Managed to finish my filter maintenance.
Here’s a few pics:

A portion of the system where house and garage gutters joint, the garage 1st flush and the 1 of the pretank filters. I have 3


Used filter and components before assembly:


Assembled:



On to next job

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Managed to finish my filter maintenance.
Here’s a few pics:

A portion of the system where house and garage gutters joint, the garage 1st flush and the 1 of the pretank filters. I have 3

Now that there's a real plumber's nightmare. Would have taken me at least a dozen trips to the hardware store to put something like that together!:laughing:

 

[Buppies]

Enjoying football this evening great dinner with wife almost bedtime. Friday get whole house water filter changed but nothing done outside.