Good morning!!!!

[jbrumberg]

Good Evening everyone!!!!

It was a long, but chore productive weekend with great weekend weather for puttering around the place. I anticipate a lot of Buppie's rain in my future for the next few days; starting tonight. My body is doing the usual protesting about working semi-used muscle groups.

Thomas- I hope the well problems are an easy quick and cheap fix. It seems that people living in the "northern tier" have more well problems than those wells in warmer climates. We have replaced everything in our +300' well system at least once. The worst problem was when out (pre-basement) well line froze up one January and remained frozen till around the time of the first sap run in late February. It was a long Winter. I was one of the happiest people on the planet the day I heard those first drops dripping from the faucets. We had a cellar that following Winter.

Ron- I hope the �roblematic bloodwork is easily addressed.

"... I had 3 deerflies successfully outrun me and take a bite...I'm sure they spit it out at first taste."- Wngsprd Blackfly season is over and Deerfly Season has begun around here. Thankfully it was a bad year for Blackflies; good year for me. I do not feel sorry for those biting insects who tap me.

Ted- I am happy to read that your son and DIL are out of harm's way. I was called "Safety ****" more than once at the drone site where I was a frequent flier when it came to safe & responsible drone operation. The FAA and LE should nail those irresponsible, ignorant, and "'entitled" owner/operators piloting while stupid. Short rant.

L4N- Thanks for sharing your video.

RNG- I hope the poison oak clears soon.

Ed- I hope the A/C gets repaired soon.

Drew- I am glad that you got help from your Friends. Thanks for sharing.

Kyle- Your neighbor is one lucky person. I put crocs right up there with flip-flops when it comes to footwear looking for an orthopedic surgeon. Good luck with your daughter.

Ted- Good luck with the light duty. I hope everything goes smoothly. I hope your wheeled office wheelchair is in good rolling order.

Roy- Good luck with the grill.

I was a "Weber Man" until I got the Big Green Egg. That was 30 years ago. I still have a functional Weber salvaged from all the Weber grills that I have owned over the years.

Tuesday is my scheduled physical with my primary physician. This should be interesting. I took no insulin at all yesterday and my blood sugars today were 103, 105, and 75. My calorie "burns" consistently exceed my calorie counts

 

[300UGUY]

I had a couple of surprises today, first my Kubota battery went dead. I noticed it seemed a little weak a couple of months ago, so I put a battery minder on it. I bought the minder last year, but hadn’t used it. It seemed to really perk up the battery. The battery is 10 years old. But today, the tractor turned over, slowly, just once. I took the battery to the autozone, the test came up dead.... new battery, works great. Just surprised it went so quickly.

Just before dark, I was working near the back door of my barn. My Kubota was parked just outside. My
Little buddy, a 14lb terrier, came running in, like he was running from something. I thought it was starting to rain, but no droplets on the Kubota, the dog was staring out toward a clump of trees, about 100 feet away. Then I noticed a coyote, about the size of my boxer, but skinny. Gray and black color. I looked down at my dog, then looked up, the coyote was gone. I’ve lived here 32 years, I’ve heard coyotes, but never seen one on the property. Until today. I was surprised at how he disappeared, I looked for a bit, but never caught sight of him again. My dog stared out into the field for a few minutes, then relaxed. But he stayed very close to me until we went in.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Got mine at local ace hardware. Preassembled.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Yee-ha, yippie kie aye, woo-HOO! We got some rain...only .25", but hey, it was wet! That's it though...now back up in the low 90's and no more rain chances for the next 7 days...hopefully it will change.

Son is pretty much out of the danger zone now but they still only have the fire only 10% contained. The fire in northern NM keeps growing, now at 36,000 acres. Big fire!

Buppies and Jay, thanks for the condolences for returning to work. I'm sure I'll have a lot of catching up to do. I know there is a new Chief now, in process of 'learning' our system. He came from Maryland, was operations director for a large EMS system there. Hopefully we'll have some positive changes.

Drew, it's amazing that you got another 50# out of there. Was I correct in my understanding that you still have 2 rows to go?....maybe you found a new career path:cool2:

Going to start winding down now...hope I can sleep due to all the anticipation....

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Oh, I forgot...Roy, Walmart has a great selection, better prices than HD.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Son is pretty much out of the danger zone now but they still only have the fire only 10% contained. The fire in northern NM keeps growing, now at 36,000 acres. Big fire!
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I see there's a big fire in Philmont scout reservation.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 74F at the start, and it felt cooler then that. Mostly sunny sky in the morning cleared off later in the day, and a high temp of 87F. Chapel, then make breakfast, then work on van a/c and defog it's headlights. Cleaned the evaporator, then checked the Freon level which was ok. Headlights took a while but fairly pleased with results.
Prayers for all.

 

[RoyJackson]

Oh, I forgot...Roy, Walmart has a great selection, better prices than HD.

My step daughter said the same thing...

As far as today:
2018-06-04, 0035
54 right now...and that's where it's going to stay all day. High probability of rain today too.

I'm up at this insane hour to go to work...I've got to be on a webinar originating in the UK (5-6 hours ahead of us in the eastern states). This is going to be a long long day...

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning. A blanket of cloud from the east has slipped over the sun this morning, exactly as the forecasters promised. It should make working up the scaffold tower much more pleasant today. Yesterday the sun was roasting my rear, felt like I was the one being cooked too fast on a BBQ.

L4N, LS : It must feel strange for you two to go back to work after such a long time off. Keep stopping to have a good strech or you will soon be stiff from all that daydreaming over moving gravel and fences.

 

[mpham]

44 here with pouring rain. Only going up to a high of 50. Back to work for me. Light duty. Arm still hurts but is moveable, no heavy lifting for a while.