Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

Roy, that’s about what happened with us. I like being retired for a couple of weeks at the time. I get 10-12 calls a week for upholstery or related stuff, I take what I want. Keeps me with spendable income and out of trouble.
Cool again today before a very warm weekend.

 

[Bird]

Happy Anniversary, Ron! You're one of the very few couples that we know who have been married longer than us. We're only into our 53rd year.

 

[toppop52]

Happy anniversary Ron, 55 years is a long time, you must have bern married at 12!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Blair witch project was filmed near me, but never watched it.

Happy anniversary Ron.

 

[Looking4new]

good morning.
50F here and going for a high of 61 with a 40% chance of rain.
I gotta level out the spot for the portable garage today and build the 4' extensions for the floor, today. I know I should not 'cheap out' and should rebuild the floor completely, but that would be uber expensive and not in the plan. The only things that will sit on the extended sections are the boat trailer (converted to a flat bed) and the M101CDN2, for you Americans it is a M416, 1/4 ton Army trailer.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Has anyone else noticed there seems to be fewer snakes this year. I've only seen one copperhead and two rat snakes all year.

I haven't seen snakes here since we buried the rock piles that they lived in. But I wonder if the spring flooding you folks had has killed a lot of the snakes and other wildlife that couldn't climb to safety.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, Good looking paint job. You don't like blue do you?

I didn't pick the blue on the old motorcycle, but I don't dislike it enough to repaint it.

But as far as blue goes, one of those color changing solar powered emergency lights was delivered yesterday, and this one has a setting that causes it to change through all the colors in the rainbow. And what do you know, I find I like the blue setting the most!:laughing:

But what the OCD in me finds a bit unsettling is that the colors don't sequence in the same order as those in a rainbow, instead brightening from dark, then dimming back to dark, and out of order so that violet comes next to yellow and red next to green, so the juxtaposition of color is somewhat unsettling. Doesn't affect my intended use, which is a marker for my tent so I can find it in the dark at large campsites. Just not the soothing shift through the spectrum I was hoping for.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 52F @ 6:00AM. 0% Precip. / 0.00 in. Sunny. High 74F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.

Still under a Fire Weather Watch, with low humidity and breezy conditions. Winds are expected to increase over the weekend, unfortunately to levels close to what sparked last Sunday's fires.:shocked:

The bandsaw blade mystery was solved yesterday, while I was on the phone with the supplier. I hadn't noticed it before, but there was a sticky label on the narrow edge of the package that said it was a Neo blade, an all carbon steel material not known for its durability. And incidentally, selling at a price of about half what I paid. This revelation came only after the "company expert" had grilled me about blade speed, cutting fluid, and all the rest to ensure that I wasn't abusing his product. I explained that a bi-metal blade in my old hacksaw seemed to have no problem with the stainless steel screw stock I needed to cut, and that other bi-metal blades I'd used previously in the bandsaw had exhibited exceptionally long life. Then I saw the sticker for the first time, and everyone quickly realized I'd been sent the wrong blade stock. They emailed out a UPS shipping label and I shoved the blade back into the plastic envelope in which it had arrived. That way they'll also get to see the damage done to the blade cassette as a result of their poor packaging choice. I wouldn't want to be the clerk that processed this order; his name was stamped on the blade cassette so I suspect he's gonna be in for a rough time next week.:laughing:

Was headed into town yesterday got put off by the mechanic saying he was too busy to meet. So I'll be over there today, taking the instrument cluster along in hopes of installing it. There's still some wiring that he was supposed to do for a speed sensor and a Check Engine Light, but like everything else, it hasn't happened.

Used the rest of the day to clean and check preload on the old bike's rear wheel bearings. One bearing is showing some unusual marks on the outer race and a few of the rollers, so I'll swing by a bearing house today and see what they want for one. Swapping bearings means opening something of a Pandora's Box because preload is adjusted by changing spacers in the bearing stack. That or machining/lapping the existing spacers, a delicate and somewhat time consuming job. Good thing I'm retired, huh?:laughing:

TGIF! (Even though it is the 13th):shocked::drink:

 

[txdon]

Gray2 on full alert status after gopher invasion in the garden.

 

[PJSprog]

50°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 79° today. Upper 80s expected tomorrow, may be near a record high for us. Then, back to more seasonal temps on Sunday.

Happy Anniversary, Ron. 55! That's fantastic.

Speaking of 10/13 ... as a former member of a Sammy Hagar tribute band, I can tell you that today is Sammy's birthday. He turns 70 today (in case you weren't feeling old).

Wifey got creative yesterday and decided to change the stair case to the basement. She'd wanted to sand and stain, but found that the existing dark stain on the trim wasn't going away easily, so she changed gears and painted the risers and side trim the same color as the walls. She later stained the steps. These will also have a center runner when the basement carpet is installed at the end of the month.

The boy knocked the garage door out of alignment again Wednesday night (seems to be one of his more developed talents). Had the repair guy out yesterday, and he had it fixed in no time. He also gave us some brochures for a replacement door. We got the quote this morning. Wow! When did garage doors get so expensive?!?!