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35 here and they said the low was going to be 40.
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35 here and they said the low was going to be 40.
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I use aluminum grain shovel for snow.
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Good Morning!!!! 51F @ 5:30AM. Periods of rain. High 54F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.
Peanut butter attracts bears, and deer like it, too. The neighbors tie metalized mylar ribbons to their electric fences, then smear the ends with peanut butter. The deer lick the ends once, maybe twice, and leave the garden alone. After a while, the peanut butter isn't needed any longer.
Hope your mom gets better, Ed. It's hard rolling with the punches her aging body is throwing, and going along with what the doctors say they can and can't do. Not much choice, other than to somehow shrug it off and just keep going. Stay strong my friend!
That WAS a lovely sky the other night, and i'd have missed it had I not glanced out the window in time. Whatever I was doing was still there waiting on me the next day, but that sunset was as fleeting as those geese it surrounded. The beauty of nature and the wonders of the world surround us, and all we have to do is look up to enjoy them...
German/Mexican, Don? Those're gonna be some stubbornly spicy tamales!:laughing:
Had to adjust the bearing stack in the front wheel yesterday; I guess a millimeter in India isn't the same as the ones they had in the sixties over in France? Both bearing sets were made by SKF, even paid extra to get 'em 'cause I thought somehow they'd be better than the much cheaper Chinese imports. Silly me...
Got all the spokes swapped out, and started tightening spokes before being overtaken by a growling tummy reminding me it was dinner time. And time to put a few things away and cover up some other things in preparation for today's rain, and to take out the trash. A spicy bowl of left over chili was my reward, and a glass or two of a fruity red blend to wash it down.
More spoke tightening, then some truing and dishing, and maybe finishing that wheel today. Then on to making some tools to disassemble the shocks; they need new fluid and seals...
Hope everyone's week gets off to a good start!
Peanut butter attracts bears, and deer like it, too. The neighbors tie metalized mylar ribbons to their electric fences, then smear the ends with peanut butter. The deer lick the ends once, maybe twice, and leave the garden alone. After a while, the peanut butter isn't needed any longer.
Hope your mom gets better, Ed. It's hard rolling with the punches her aging body is throwing, and going along with what the doctors say they can and can't do. Not much choice, other than to somehow shrug it off and just keep going. Stay strong my friend!
That WAS a lovely sky the other night, and i'd have missed it had I not glanced out the window in time. Whatever I was doing was still there waiting on me the next day, but that sunset was as fleeting as those geese it surrounded. The beauty of nature and the wonders of the world surround us, and all we have to do is look up to enjoy them...
German/Mexican, Don? Those're gonna be some stubbornly spicy tamales!:laughing:
Had to adjust the bearing stack in the front wheel yesterday; I guess a millimeter in India isn't the same as the ones they had in the sixties over in France? Both bearing sets were made by SKF, even paid extra to get 'em 'cause I thought somehow they'd be better than the much cheaper Chinese imports. Silly me...
Got all the spokes swapped out, and started tightening spokes before being overtaken by a growling tummy reminding me it was dinner time. And time to put a few things away and cover up some other things in preparation for today's rain, and to take out the trash. A spicy bowl of left over chili was my reward, and a glass or two of a fruity red blend to wash it down.
More spoke tightening, then some truing and dishing, and maybe finishing that wheel today. Then on to making some tools to disassemble the shocks; they need new fluid and seals...
Hope everyone's week gets off to a good start!
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The low this morning was 31*, yesterday's high was 50*. Today's going to be in the mid 40's overcast with wind 15-20 mph.
Ed. Hope your mom gets better soon.
Going to work on a sled for the snow today.
Hope everyone has a nice day.
CWB.
Ed. Hope your mom gets better soon.
Going to work on a sled for the snow today.
Hope everyone has a nice day.
CWB.
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64°F and .27 inches rain last 24 hours.
Other than making a trip to the PO and awaiting UPD not much else planned so far..
Be safe
Have a great day
Other than making a trip to the PO and awaiting UPD not much else planned so far..
Be safe
Have a great day
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64°F and .27 inches rain last 24 hours.
Other than making a trip to the PO and awaiting UPD not much else planned so far..
Be safe
Have a great day
Other than making a trip to the PO and awaiting UPD not much else planned so far..
Be safe
Have a great day
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Prayers for your Mom, Ed
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35F and sunny ... high of 43 predicted for the day. Now showing a 50% chance of showers tomorrow.
Spent most of yesterday working on the landscape rake. Got the 5" crack in the frame ground out and welded up along with another shorter crack on the other end. Was sitting on the little mechanics seat while doing that and had a hot booger fly into my left shoe ... left about a 1/2" hole in my sock. Was rather painful. Later I managed to hit my left middle finger with a flap disc on the grinder while it was still spinning. Also painful.
Got two pieces of steel cut and prepped to make the top connection on the 3PH quick hitch compatible. Got one of those completely welded on and the other one tacked up. Have to finish that later today.
Also got the rear of the brace that runs from the top connection to the back of the rake cut on the back side of the top connection, since I wouldn't be able to reach it once I got the aforementioned pieces welded on. Now I just need to weld on a piece tying the two sides together, and I can cut the brace loose on the front side, modify and reposition it, and weld it back in. Also got a bevel ground on the pivot pipe.
Need to dig out the rods and chimney cleaning brush and hit the chimney pipe as it's not drawing quite as well as it should. Based on the last time I did it, it's probably just soot that's fallen down into the 90 that goes into the stove ... but it can't hurt to clean it all out given that's the beginning of the season.
Badly in need of a hair cut, but the barber is closed today ... so it looks like tomorrow at the earliest.
Spent most of yesterday working on the landscape rake. Got the 5" crack in the frame ground out and welded up along with another shorter crack on the other end. Was sitting on the little mechanics seat while doing that and had a hot booger fly into my left shoe ... left about a 1/2" hole in my sock. Was rather painful. Later I managed to hit my left middle finger with a flap disc on the grinder while it was still spinning. Also painful.
Got two pieces of steel cut and prepped to make the top connection on the 3PH quick hitch compatible. Got one of those completely welded on and the other one tacked up. Have to finish that later today.
Also got the rear of the brace that runs from the top connection to the back of the rake cut on the back side of the top connection, since I wouldn't be able to reach it once I got the aforementioned pieces welded on. Now I just need to weld on a piece tying the two sides together, and I can cut the brace loose on the front side, modify and reposition it, and weld it back in. Also got a bevel ground on the pivot pipe.
Need to dig out the rods and chimney cleaning brush and hit the chimney pipe as it's not drawing quite as well as it should. Based on the last time I did it, it's probably just soot that's fallen down into the 90 that goes into the stove ... but it can't hurt to clean it all out given that's the beginning of the season.
Badly in need of a hair cut, but the barber is closed today ... so it looks like tomorrow at the earliest.
Ed of all trades
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Thanks guys, mom is feeling better today and is breathing pretty good for lately. Think I will make a Costco run after lunch.
Don Sounds like they could be a little different.
Rsyan, my dad used to say you were not a welder unless you could get a spark in your shoe and not break the arc
Have a great day. Ed
Don Sounds like they could be a little different.
Rsyan, my dad used to say you were not a welder unless you could get a spark in your shoe and not break the arc
Have a great day. Ed
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38°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 59° today. We had some blustery storms roll through on Saturday. 40-50mph sustained winds all day ripped down about half of the Wife's Xmas decorations.
The Wife finally got her Kia Sorento back Friday. Broken valve spring was clicking around in the head when she let off the accelerator. Expensive little repair, but she has confidence driving it again.
Got the boy's bedroom closet finished yesterday. Put in a new upper rod and reused the existing lower one which hangs from the upper (Wife's Grandfather made it, so she wanted to reuse it), built shelves into a cove in one back corner, and installed new bypass doors. The Wife also had another sitdown with him about the perpetual state of anarchy in his bedroom. At least now he has a closet to hide some of the piles of stuff.
Wife took the foster dog to a small local airport again yesterday morning. This time, both the weather and the mechanicals cooperated, and Max flew to an overnight stop in Des Moines, Iowa, then is flying to his new forever home in Bozeman, Montana today. Neither of us will miss having a fourth dog in the house with Thanksgiving coming up this week. She was actually prepared to drive him to Iowa yesterday should something have canceled the flight again.
I ordered some acoustic foam for my studio last weekend, and it finally arrived on Thursday. I opened the air-tight compressed packaging that night to let it sit and rejuvenate itself. It was still pretty squished on Saturday, so I tried using a hair dryer to fluff it back up. Worked like a charm, and with a little time and patience I finally had the 2" foam I'd ordered. Got some of it stapled to one wall behind the recorder and playback speakers yesterday evening. Now I need to spend some time in there to see where else I'll need some.
Progress.
The Wife finally got her Kia Sorento back Friday. Broken valve spring was clicking around in the head when she let off the accelerator. Expensive little repair, but she has confidence driving it again.
Got the boy's bedroom closet finished yesterday. Put in a new upper rod and reused the existing lower one which hangs from the upper (Wife's Grandfather made it, so she wanted to reuse it), built shelves into a cove in one back corner, and installed new bypass doors. The Wife also had another sitdown with him about the perpetual state of anarchy in his bedroom. At least now he has a closet to hide some of the piles of stuff.
Wife took the foster dog to a small local airport again yesterday morning. This time, both the weather and the mechanicals cooperated, and Max flew to an overnight stop in Des Moines, Iowa, then is flying to his new forever home in Bozeman, Montana today. Neither of us will miss having a fourth dog in the house with Thanksgiving coming up this week. She was actually prepared to drive him to Iowa yesterday should something have canceled the flight again.
I ordered some acoustic foam for my studio last weekend, and it finally arrived on Thursday. I opened the air-tight compressed packaging that night to let it sit and rejuvenate itself. It was still pretty squished on Saturday, so I tried using a hair dryer to fluff it back up. Worked like a charm, and with a little time and patience I finally had the 2" foam I'd ordered. Got some of it stapled to one wall behind the recorder and playback speakers yesterday evening. Now I need to spend some time in there to see where else I'll need some.
Progress.
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There was another thread over there last week from someone asking how to weld a piano wire to a ball bearing. Poster was very tight-lipped about why he wanted to do it. I'll have to check yours out, though. Sounds fascinating.
Ed of all trades
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Made a mistake today. I live half way between two Costcos. Always went to Harrisonburg before but today I went to Charlottsville instead. Traffic like northern Va and could not find a thing. Pushed that cart all over that store about 3 or 4 times. Never did find everything. :laughing: I should have known better.
Hope your day is going well. Ed
Hope your day is going well. Ed
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Good evening all. 35F at the start this morning, calm wind clear sky, frost on windshield. Sky stayed clear wind was moderate and high temp was 64F. Choir practice, then leaf duty the rest of the day. Picked up 10 bags, not quite done.
buckeyefarmer
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Every costco ive been to are nearly identical, except one might be flipped left to right.
Been to harrisonburg one a few times, but been awhile.
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RNG wheel work on old parts is always changeling. Had many of the same challenges on the old 10-speed wheels, finally found a rim in decent shape, amazing how much faster/easier the wheel trued up,. I think I had the wheel round within .01 in and side to side .015. Used the "sound" method to check evenness of spoke tension. BTW nice pics of sunset.
Ed glad to hear mother doing better, more prayers on the way.
Kyle, we always had trouble with spings in stamping dies when spring coils almost touched, sounds like you need a stiffer spring.
Don how are you going to keep all the tamale variations separated, German/Tex-Mex, meat vs veggie
PJ hope you get your sound room the way you want it!
Randy have as much fun with your new vehicle as you seem to have looking for it.
Ed glad to hear mother doing better, more prayers on the way.
Kyle, we always had trouble with spings in stamping dies when spring coils almost touched, sounds like you need a stiffer spring.
Don how are you going to keep all the tamale variations separated, German/Tex-Mex, meat vs veggie
PJ hope you get your sound room the way you want it!
Randy have as much fun with your new vehicle as you seem to have looking for it.
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24 right now...high about 50 today
24 right now...high about 50 today
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Another unseasonably warm start to the day, 12C/54F at 8 am. WIth rain on it's way, this is a good day to go without a fire in the kitchen range and scrape out the soot.
Ed, good to hear your mom can still see ways to make a bit of fun.
Wng, there have been government taxes on windmills and water wheels for centuries, so it's not too surprising that most adaptable of species, **** bureaucraticus, soon found a way to take advantage of your changing farm landscape.
Ed, good to hear your mom can still see ways to make a bit of fun.
Wng, there have been government taxes on windmills and water wheels for centuries, so it's not too surprising that most adaptable of species, **** bureaucraticus, soon found a way to take advantage of your changing farm landscape.
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27 degrees out, warming up with rain coming in later today and tonight.
Off early to get a haircut, can't be messy for Thanksgiving visit with relatives...,
then home to meet helper and trim trees.
Should be interesting since I told him yesterday he wasn't mowing my place next year, just trimming.
I hope he isn't upset but it turned out to be too much money and not enough satisfaction.
I was his biggest account and somehow I never came first...lots of things I wanted to get done this past summer didn't get done.
So we are going back to the arrangement of the year before. I hope it works.
Today I lift him up in the man cage with the FEL and extendable power saw and we beat the woods back.
I ordered a new F2690E Kubota mower, six foot deck, to mow my own place next year, and will sell the JD diesel garden tractor. One of the biggest features of the new mower is that the deck flips up in front to sharpen the blades, no more crawling underneath. I can't do that any more with my fused neck, just hurts too much. And I like really sharp blades so having it so easy to sharpen blades will be a plus for me.
I asked for delivery in January but there's a 500 rebate for this year so maybe last day of the year. My oldest brother has had the same mower for twenty years, pretty indestructible actually. JD makes a nice one but more money. And I saw that Iseki actually makes a nice looking out front mower, but not imported into US. Now Eric could get one... really need a lot of lawn to justify these things, my 8 acres does.
Off early to get a haircut, can't be messy for Thanksgiving visit with relatives...
,then home to meet helper and trim trees.
Should be interesting since I told him yesterday he wasn't mowing my place next year, just trimming.
I hope he isn't upset but it turned out to be too much money and not enough satisfaction.
I was his biggest account and somehow I never came first...lots of things I wanted to get done this past summer didn't get done.
So we are going back to the arrangement of the year before. I hope it works.
Today I lift him up in the man cage with the FEL and extendable power saw and we beat the woods back.
I ordered a new F2690E Kubota mower, six foot deck, to mow my own place next year, and will sell the JD diesel garden tractor. One of the biggest features of the new mower is that the deck flips up in front to sharpen the blades, no more crawling underneath. I can't do that any more with my fused neck, just hurts too much. And I like really sharp blades so having it so easy to sharpen blades will be a plus for me.
I asked for delivery in January but there's a 500 rebate for this year so maybe last day of the year. My oldest brother has had the same mower for twenty years, pretty indestructible actually. JD makes a nice one but more money. And I saw that Iseki actually makes a nice looking out front mower, but not imported into US. Now Eric could get one... really need a lot of lawn to justify these things, my 8 acres does.
Ed of all trades
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Good morning all, 26 this morning, headed to 58 and mostly sunny. Got a furnace inspection this morning and mom has a Dr appointment about her pace maker his afternoon, so today is going to be just those two.
Pj, I used to have my 8 track recorder, Tascam 688, set up and did some recording at home and at church. Are you going to do any recording too. Sounds like you are almost set up for it.
Buckeye, they are set up kinda just flipped but things like freezer bags are close to the front/rx in Hburg, there they are against the back wall. By the time you wonder around and find them you have gone a far piece. After about half a dozen things......
Thanks guys, Mom is doing better, but she tells my wife she is feeling awful and me "I am feeling better, just tired." She gets fussed over from wife more than me.
Randy, Have a great day, Praying.
Don, still praying for you and your family.
Have a great day guys. Ed
Pj, I used to have my 8 track recorder, Tascam 688, set up and did some recording at home and at church. Are you going to do any recording too. Sounds like you are almost set up for it.
Buckeye, they are set up kinda just flipped but things like freezer bags are close to the front/rx in Hburg, there they are against the back wall. By the time you wonder around and find them you have gone a far piece. After about half a dozen things......
Thanks guys, Mom is doing better, but she tells my wife she is feeling awful and me "I am feeling better, just tired." She gets fussed over from wife more than me.
Randy, Have a great day, Praying.
Don, still praying for you and your family.
Have a great day guys. Ed
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Good Morning.
35 going up to 39 and rain showers.
Wind S17 gusting to 24 mph.
We got a new Pug puppy yesterday (not my idea) and miraculously the thermostat went from a comfortable sleeping temperature of 68 right up to 72 F. I wasn't aware of 6 week old puppies being able to jump up 5' to do that. So I guess I will have to blame one of the cats.
Have a good day, all.
35 going up to 39 and rain showers.
Wind S17 gusting to 24 mph.
We got a new Pug puppy yesterday (not my idea) and miraculously the thermostat went from a comfortable sleeping temperature of 68 right up to 72 F. I wasn't aware of 6 week old puppies being able to jump up 5' to do that. So I guess I will have to blame one of the cats.
Have a good day, all.
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