Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Don I did the insulation panels on my garage doors. Did it the same way as ED. Later I replaced them with insulated doors. Much better.

Ron are insulated doors much better than insulated panels or were insulating panels much better than nothing?

Good morning! Sunny the temp range today from the mid 70s to 100˚.
Projects are being put on the list faster than I can do them, now I have to switch to a prioritized list.

Whipper went into a barking fit yesterday morning and my wife went out to try to stop her, the neighbor was outside and pointed across the golf course, there was the neighborhood coyote. They know Whipper only barks for a reason, our street's watchman. We are lucky we have good neighbors on both sides, we all have pickups and mow our own yards. That was standard in the country but an exception in the retirement neighborhood.

Today I'll pick up the bike from mom's and maybe post a pic to see if it's a good vintage bike that just needs a tune-up or one that needs more work than it is worth. Spinning classes start Monday and I want to get my bike on the road in July. I saw the bike group the other morning on the way to the dentist they look fit and fast, I need to be able to keep up. I can't make the excuse that they are younger. . . .

The composting barrel arrived so I can start my spring garden by doing soil prep. I read the HOA rules and am in compliance: No more than 60 gallon, container, matches the decor of the house, 5 feet from house, 20ft from neighbors property line. 20 ft from golf course, not taller than 36", on cement pad. I don't feel restricted by the rules just challenged. We have enough "green" composting material from the kitchen the challenge will be to find equal amounts of "brown", that's where our paper shredder will take the place of the chipper.

 

[Bird]

77 degrees this morning, going for a high of 101. So many of you talking about succotash and I rarely heard that name used in my part of the country, but I sure have eaten it, and like it very much. And some of you talk about "bean sandwiches" and I'm not clear on what you mean by that term. I think of "sandwich" as being something between two slices of bread of some kind and you pick it up in your hand(s) to eat it. If that's what you're talking about, I've never had one. However, there's something the restaurants called "open face" sandwiches for which you put the bread on a plate or saucer, put the other ingredients on it, and eat it with a fork. If that's what you're talking about, yep, I've eaten it and like it.

I got up about 3:45 a.m. this morning, and as soon as daylight got here, I applied a fresh coat of Sherwin-Williams Deckscape to the steps at each end of the deck.

 

[lennyzx11]

Good Morning!
Raining here in Vermont but all is great!
Got the girls stuff moved yesterday. Whew! Glad that is over! They lived in a 2nd floor walkup with a 90 degree turn out the door that I thought the couch wasn't going to make it out of. It got forced a bit I admit.
Got them moved in. The little one wanted to stay all night with me so I unveiled the new little rollaway bed I had in the closet in our bedroom and we got it all assembled and made up.

About 3 am she was calling me wanting to sleep with us in our bed. Her momma and grandmother both admonish me for it but I've put a lot of time, effort (and money) to be able to do that so in the bed with us she went!

Today I take her to her little school/daycare, then Home Depot for a list of stuff for connecting both sets of washer and dryers.

I've been following along on the cleaning up the shop and workbenches. And the foam insulation on the walls. I have a 24x24 two story that is the new man cave. The upper story is bare studs but floored with sub flooring. That is going to be where the wood tools are going.
The lower floor is a two car garage that is an absolute wreck right now! So you all aren't getting any pix until I get some semblance of order in that one.
The local Kmart is going out of business and selling their fixtures cheap. I bought one heavy three tier shelf unit on casters that I think will make a great planer stand along with one or two more bench tools.

Lenny

 

[ronjhall]

Ron are insulated doors much better than insulated panels or were insulating panels much better than nothing?

Insulated doors are best. Panels do not seal the joints. Like a insulted door does. Here is picture of my insulated door in shop.
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[txdon]

Do you want a thermometer you can read across the room?
How important are:
Accuracy?
Cost?
Reliability?

I went through that last year for a "large outdoor thermometer"
and found almost all the inexpensive large thermometers were not accurate.

note refers to the 12" ers.

I'm looking for one that is less than 5" wide so it will fit on a 6"x6" patio post. I'll review that thread, thanks. Analog or digital that is the question. Reliability and accuracy is prioritized above cost.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 60F @ 6:15AM. Sunny. High 86F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.

Sounds like you're doing a wonderful job of spoiling your grand daughter, Lenny. Keep up the good work!:laughing:

You should keep SWMBO around a little longer, Mostly. They don't make 'em like that anymore!:thumbsup:

New suspension parts for the Honda showed up yesterday, so that'll keep me busy for a while today. The Naval Jelly and BBs did a nice job on the spare fuel tank, and if it's dry today I'll put some metal prep in it to get it ready for the liner.

I did manage to unmask the VIN sticker on the BMW frame, tedious but glad it's done. Been worrying that the sticker would come off with the tape for a few years now, and I'm relieved now that the suspense is over. Got one of the steering head races out using a somewhat makeshift tool that I've always had problems with, and true-to-form it didn't work on the other one. Put a couple weld beads on the race to shrink it, but all that did was blister the paint on the frame. Glad I didn't powder coat the frame because the paint is relatively easy to touch up. Today I'll weld a little bar across the race and tap it out, then install new bearings and the triple tree. It'll be good to start putting things back together again. Also spent a little time on the Internet tracking down some proper bearing pullers. It's about time.

I better get goin'. The hummers are all ganged up on the feeder outside the bedroom sliding door, and it's almost empty...

 

[PJSprog]

73°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 92° today. The 83% humidity is making it sweaty out in the shop already here at work. There are a couple of potentially severe storms approaching the STL area this morning from across mid-Missouri. Keeping an eye on the radar for those.

Not a lima bean fan at all, and never had succotash. My Mother loved them, though, as does my Wife.

We had a new insulated garage door installed last year to replace an older failing metal one, and it's made a remarkable difference in the temperature in there. We have windows all along two walls (south and west) that The Wife put room darkening curtains on earlier this month, which also made a huge difference.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I bought insulated garage doors for my barn, just in case i ever insulate it.

 

[PJSprog]

I have the grandson two more days. I知 keeping him busy.
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That's awesome, Randy. Put a boy on a tractor of any size, and he's good to go for the rest of the day.

 

[Bird]

Many, many years ago I was a watch commander in the Dallas City Jail. There was not a great deal of variety in the menu for the prisoners, but the employees working in the jail could eat the same thing if they wished. One day a week, the menu consisted of butter beans, cabbage, and cornbread. Now that just suited me fine, but some of the employees sent out for sandwiches or burgers that day.:laughing: Our 2 daughters at the time were 4 and 7 years old and one of them had a friend for dinner one night when my wife fixed butter beans, cabbage, and cornbread along with a few other things. Anyway, I told the little girls, "We're having jail food tonight." The next day, my wife saw the other little girl's mother, and she said to my wife, "I've just got to ask what you had for supper last night, because my daughter said you had jail food.":laughing:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

The next day, my wife saw the other little girl's mother, and she said to my wife, "I've just got to ask what you had for supper last night, because my daughter said you had jail food.":laughing:

:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:

Very amusing, Bird, thanks for sharing.

I'd have been one of those guys sending out for lunch on butter bean day, as limas have always just stuck in my throat when I tried to swallow them. Just goes to show how much tastes and preferences vary, though. My mother loved limas. That or she loved watching my dad and I suffer on jail food night.:laughing:

 

[sodamo]

69°F and another 1.09 inches rain. Sun shining now.

Back to regular programming in the garage today.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Ed of all trades]

Got the garage door insulated and it made a huge difference. Took 3 sheets of foam and cost less than $15 a sheet. Also got a can of spray foam and a roll of foil tape. A new door would be better but about $60 bucks will do just fine for now.

Mama used to make butter beans (the little ones) on the wood cook stove. Put the pan on the back of the stove right after breakfast with butter beans, a couple big blobs of bacon grease and 1/4 cup of sugar. Let them cook right slow all day and have them for supper. :licking: Not good for you but good to you.

Bird, jail food sounds good to me. Might have to talk to the wife. Ed

 

[toppop52]

That's awesome, Randy. Put a boy on a tractor of any size, and he's good to go for the rest of the day.

That one only has a 57” wheelbase and it has power steering, so he can handle it. The bigger tractors and manual transmissions are bit too much yet.

 

[sodamo]

Bird
Growing up a sandwich was most anything stuck between 2 slices of bread, but it also could be a single slice of bread folded in half. I can remember Mom cutting a slice vertically to make two, but the fold method was more common. An open face sandwich was a single slice with something on top, usually meat, always gravy. Looking back, a sandwich was probably most anything we want to eat holding in our hands or not involving a plate.
My paternal grandfather was big on bean sandwiches. Always homemade Boston baked beans. Usually had them cold or sometimes fried.

 

[Bird]

Growing up a sandwich was most anything stuck between 2 slices of bread, but it also could be a single slice of bread folded in half.

Yep, same here. Until I was about 16 years old, my Dad would not eat "light bread"; i.e., store bought bread. My mother baked biscuits, cornbread, or yeast rolls for every meal if Dad was going to be there at meal time. For 5 or 6 years, his job had him spending one night a week in the Kincaid Hotel in Oklahoma City. So if I could find enough pop bottles to sell for 2 cents each, we'd buy a loaf of bread and some baloney and have baloney sandwiches that night. Hard to believe now that those baloney sandwiches were a real treat. But then when I was 10 years old and we moved to Healdton, OK, and I was raising registered Berkshire hogs for the 4-H Club and showing them at the Fair in Ardmore, I could buy "day old" bread at the local bakery for 3 cents a loaf to feed my hogs. Mother would take me to the bakery and I'd buy 100 loaves at a time, so I got all the bread I wanted to eat; didn't give it all to the hogs.:laughing: In fact, it was 3 cents a package, whether it was a loaf of bread, a cake, a package of cinnamon rolls, or a pie.

 

[toppop52]

Yep, same here. Until I was about 16 years old, my Dad would not eat "light bread"; i.e., store bought bread. My mother baked biscuits, cornbread, or yeast rolls for every meal if Dad was going to be there at meal time. For 5 or 6 years, his job had him spending one night a week in the Kincaid Hotel in Oklahoma City. So if I could find enough pop bottles to sell for 2 cents each, we'd buy a loaf of bread and some baloney and have baloney sandwiches that night. Hard to believe now that those baloney sandwiches were a real treat. But then when I was 10 years old and we moved to Healdton, OK, and I was raising registered Berkshire hogs for the 4-H Club and showing them at the Fair in Ardmore, I could buy "day old" bread at the local bakery for 3 cents a loaf to feed my hogs. Mother would take me to the bakery and I'd buy 100 loaves at a time, so I got all the bread I wanted to eat; didn't give it all to the hogs.:laughing: In fact, it was 3 cents a package, whether it was a loaf of bread, a cake, a package of cinnamon rolls, or a pie.

We use to drive from South Mills, NC over to Norfolk, VA to the bakery and buy day old stuff by the pickup load, some went to the hogs and a lot of Twinkies and such went to we three boys.

 

[sodamo]

Gotta love those memories of day old stuff - some of the best treats.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 80F for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Wind picked up, sky cleared off and high temp was 101F. Bike ride this morning, followed by rehydrating time. Nap after lunch and is very difficult to go outside in the afternoon these days. Did do some truck and van searching this evening.
Prayers for all.

 

[txdon]

MostlyG, I have the bike in back of the truck and will take it in for an estimate to make it road worthy. Now, the question is at what $ would it be wiser to just get another road bike? I have not started to shop, I guess I should before I spend too much.