Good morning!!!!

[Ed of all trades]

Sorry to not know, but is the boy you羆*e son or other relative?

He is my wife's brother, but to me he is "My Boy". He is such a blessing. Inspection went well, need a couple more smoke detectors, only have 6. And need to get the furnace inspected and some little things like the instructions for a wheel chair.

Roy, Tummy bug, tree, hope this is all and hope you get everything fixed without a hassle.

Have a great night. Ed

 

[farmeratheart]

Hello All- 42F right now with wind and rain. About 4.5" since yesterday morning, so far ... Heading in to work today after a week's vacation at the lake. Have a great day! Frank

I think that some have misunderstood! The punctuation mark after my salutation, Hello All, is a hyphen, not a minus sign before the 42F! I hope to never see -42F here in Maryland (or in upstate NY, for that matter)

Frank

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 48F at the start, clear, light wind. Wind slower on the increase and less peak gusts than yesterday, clear, high temp of 66F. Choir practice, then to town shopping with wife, bike ride after unloading the van.

 

[mostly_gas]

Ed good news on inspection :cool2: :thumbsup:

Welcome Farmeratheart (FAH)

PJ pics are great, what's next

Roy, that has to be the worst Monday I have heard

Randy, get better !

Eric good luck with your hedge and hawthorn plans, those thorns can play havoc with tires

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Roy, hope you have a better day tomorrow.

PJS, very nice. I thought it would be cool to have a room like a Benigans or Chilis pub with all sorts of playable but not expensive instruments on the walls . The kind you don't mind the kids getting down and playing with.....What is that contraption under the Ninja print? I have a guess, but don't want to embarrass myself.

Went to daughter's junior high volleyball game. Our team won. Need for her to be able to practice someplace nearby... Might clear off a spot and put up a net, but not a sand pit. thinking like a grass that can be kept at a reasonable low height.

Hope all have a blessed day tomorrow.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I have volleyball court in my yard. Removable poles, Buried 4" pipes i put the poles in. I use 4x4 poles, trimmed at bottom to fit in the pipes. Not quite regulation height, but close enough for fun. Need people for practice..

Morning all, bathroom break over, back to bed now........

 

[RoyJackson]

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Happy Halloween, All!

Had my tricks played on me yesterday, so hope none today. Two estimates in the $3K-$3.5K range. One more required by the insurance company on Thursday.

Weather today:
46 now, high about 50

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 59˚ chance of showers today. After the joy of finding Ms. Whipper my week started off like Roy's. The mower threw a rock into a double pane window on the house and I got the flu and temp spiked to 102 yesterday. Ms. Whipper is also still recovering she is sleeping a lot and has not barked since she returned. When my wife walks to the front gate she stops about halfway waiting for her to return, like she is too tired to walk any more. I'll giver her a few more days of recovery.

I'm feeing better today and the homeowners insurance will pay for the new window with no deductible.

RNG I have been thinking of chipping her. The problem is that no one can get within 100 yards of her when she is scared. My cousins could not even get a pic of her. When she showed up here, it was months of feeding her before we were able to get close to her. Now she acts like a regular dog but just around us. It really surprised me when Ron and Betty came here and Ms. Whipper took food from Betty's hand. Most of the time when we have guest Ms. Whipper disappears into the woods.

They are just starting to come out with some new collars and by Christmas Ms. Whipper should have one. I'v been looking at these two scheduled for release later next month.
Battery life is still the problem.

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The pod can come with a extended battery but they don't have it in production at this time. it's by phone 3G gps and monthly fee of $5
The Findster Duo has no monthly fee and range is 2-3 miles.

PJS your home is looking very cozy, I like the violins on the wall. It looks like both of you have your personal music space. Does your Mrs. PJS ever play the keyboard in you band?

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning. A little warmer today, yesterday it peaked at 8C/48F, although when I check a sheltered spot that was in the sun, the metal I was wanting to paint nicely made it up to 22C/72F, which was plenty for rattle can spraying.

RNG, I am slow at hedge laying and very much a novice too. A few people have helped kept this old craft alive by turning it into a sort of country sport, where their skills produce a living artwork and each person's short section is judged at the end of a day's competition. This is typical of one of the events close to where I live Cheshire Hedgecutting 28 - YouTube

Alas my efforts don't come anywhere near their levels. Despite the thorns it is something I enjoy doing and find very satisfying. Laying makes a hedge that is dense and "warm" close to the ground, which provides good shelter for livestock and for wildlife too. Fortunately hawthorn and most of the other plants in hedges are very forgiving, so with a bit of luck many may survive my rough treatment.

This black and white 1940's "public information" film is one I always find fascinating to watch. Hedging (1942) - YouTube I have the same tools but unfortunately not his skill - nor a landgirl helper.

 

[txdon]

That hedge cutting looks like a young man's sport.
Eric we might be able to ship you a chain saw, loppers and a gas or battery hedge clippers instead of the landgirl helper.

I'm concerned about the cutting at an angle at the bottom of the hedge. That pointed little stump just looks like a tractor flat waiting to happen.

 

[Buppies]

41 high of 61 today
Don the up bug must be making the rounds

Ed glad you passed I had no doubts

Roy sorry about the truck at least you weren't hurt

Eric some real talent

PJ nice very nice

 

[Thomas]

42F partly clear sky 10 mph winds low 50's for high,today looks to be the best day for the week.
Lots of limbs/branches to clean up after work yesterday,other than that no water tree damage.
Hope to blow some leaves after work even its an hours worth.

Happy Boo day all enjoy the day.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

This black and white 1940's "public information" film is one I always find fascinating to watch. Hedging (1942) - YouTube I have the same tools but unfortunately not his skill - nor a landgirl helper.

Thank you, Eric. Seems like the most important ingredient to hedge laying is a good strong back and a pair of well muscled arms! If you don't already have them, you either soon will or a conventional fence may be the answer?:laughing:

 

[Buppies]

I almost forgot a Happy Halloween! Watch out for ghosts and goblins this afternoon and evening

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 37° with rain/snow mix this morning. Heading to 41° with some rain. Got new prescription for eyeglasses yesterday. Took most of the day for dilation to go away. Got a couple of shop projects for today. First I need to get heater in shop turned on. Need to make a lock for tailstock on lathe. Threads wore out on old one.
Stuck out here in the country, 2 1/2 miles from Walmart. We will celebrate Halloween with no Trick or Treaters. Have a Happy Halloween.
Don, must be Whipper has us seen at your place enough that she thinks we belong there. Besides she likes them high quality Milk Bones. The little over 3' square thermopane window I had replaced a couple weeks ago cost $315. Glad I have a window rider on my policy.
Eric, a chainsaw and few other tools will take care of that hedge problem. When cleaning up fence I had something similar. Chipper finished the job. When I visited England in late 70's it was a joy to drive along country roads with hedges lining both sides. Better than the miles of wire fence we have here. But way to much work for me.
Roy, hope truck repairs are quick.
PJ, nice comfortable looking home.
Farmeratheart, :welcome:
Good Morning All
Forgot ED. Glad inspection went well.

 

[Buppies]

Ron in the 10 plus years we have lived here no trick or treaters here either

 

[ronjhall]

Ron in the 10 plus years we have lived here no trick or treaters here either

I think that's common with us that live more that 100' apart.

 

[wngsprd]

38 and clear going to 63.

Don, hope you and Whipper are feeling better. You, too, Randy.

Hope everyone gets treats, not tricks.

 

[daugen]

Happy Halloween, may everything today be a treat for you all.
Lot of sugared up kids running around...

am sore from bending over a gazillion times yesterday. Which of course means the landscaper helper calls after I was done saying he'd be here today.
And when he is here, I need him for all kinds of "can't do this by myself" jobs, so today will be busy. First starting off by powerwashing the rv, gently, and then winterizing my good
powerwasher. And then I'm putting my small phd on the back of the little Massey and I'm going to dig holes for a few final border trees. The good news is I cleaned out all the nasty
briars along the treeline; the bad news is I can now see through the tree line and vice versa. Am looking for evergreens and large hosta.

This was my second load of storm cleanup junk in a few days. In between I painted the rear of the tractor, which thankfully came out fine. But the front, oh the front is so ugly
in its wrinkled surface. So tomorrow, when it's supposed to be 75 and sunny, yeah, I'm going to paint the front again now to match the rear paint. Hopefully the oem paint will happily go over the Rustoleum paint I had underneath. Which clearly did not go happily at all. And I will clean up all my red overspray. Some of it isn't likely to come off so I need to do some touchup.
I did manage to get quite a bit off using a rag and the no smell gentle version of paint thinner. But some of the old porous plastic surface sucked up that red paint like a thirsty man in a desert,
and isn't giving it back up.

these pics are backwards in time

 

[PJSprog]

30°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 46° today. Expecting near 70 by the end of the week.

Wife took our latest foster dog, a larger-than-normal Australian Shepherd named Max, to the airport in Chesterfield, MO early this morning to fly him to his new home in Bozeman, MT. She just sent me a text saying she had to turn around and go get him again, as the pilot was apparently having some mechanical issues, and never made it out of the hanger. Hope that gets resolved quickly, as the schedule for transfers on this trip is a bit tight.

That new MF looks nice, Drew.