Good morning!!!!

[RoyJackson]

2018-07-28, 0713

66 right now...high about 80 and possibility of rain and T-storms.

Only chore today is a dump run. It's too wet to mow now...maybe it'll dry up some today.

The seminar in Indianapolis was pretty good. There were two topics, one customer specific and the other was aerospace industry specific. The aerospace industry specific concerned harmonization of certain standards and specifications....something the automotive industry did decades ago. For those who work at aerospace suppliers, you know that sometimes customer specs can conflict...by initiating aerospace industry specs, much of that conflict can be eliminated. I won't bore you with the rest of it...

 

[daugen]

harmonization of certain standards and specifications

well there it is, just what I did with my Mexican gardener!
couldn't find the right words though. Thanks Roy.

 

[RoyJackson]

harmonization of certain standards and specifications

well there it is, just what I did with my Mexican gardener!
couldn't find the right words though. Thanks Roy.

Gotta get that technical jargon down pat, Drew...

And, always remember, if you can't befuddle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull*hit. When you can do that, you've got the technical jargon down pat...

 

[Ed of all trades]

If you never heard of a duvet then I知 betting you never heard of a divan, either. 38 years in the interior design business taught me a lot of terminology.

72-85 today, still humid.

Two big car shows for charity today and tonight, one is for Homes For Heroes, the other for Brain Cancer Research. Hope the weather cooperates.

Have a great day folks!

Nope I not only know that one but have on in storage, came out of the old plantation house. Ed

 

[txdon]

Good morning! Underground Weather station "Daisy" in Sun City neighborhood # 59 says it's 74˚ and heading to 100˚ again. We have had over two weeks of 100+ afternoon temps. It's only rained twice since we moved here and the neighborhood would be a brown desert in the hill country except the HOA does not allow that. Everyone has underground sprinklers and the yards are a fresh spring green in this terrible heat.

Rick let us know how long the batteries last while mowing. Also the charger that comes with the EGO mower is a fast charger and can charge the 56V 5ah battery in 15 minutes - a mandatory hydration break every 30 minutes. I'll time the exact minutes the EGO mower runs on the 4 year old battery this weekend. I know the Worx has two batteries and dual charger, how long they each run and how long to recharge them would be an interesting comparison. My 5ah battery last about 30 minutes and the 2.5 ah (trimmer and blower) batteries last about 15 minutes in the mower (or 30 minutes in the trimmer and blower). With these two interchangeable batteries I can mow continuously with the fast charger.

Eric, the brushless more efficient motors is a point I missed in the comparison.

Mostly yesterday's and today's bike ride will be in the spinning room. A hike with Whipper will be taking up the prime cool morning temp time.

Kyle, did your kids enjoy eating their rooster or have they turned vegetarian like my "country" cousin's kid did.

 

[Bird]

Don, I have one of those EGO fast chargers that came with my mower and a 7.5 ah battery. And I also have one of the EGO slower chargers that came with the string trimmer and the 2.5 ah battery. The dealer from whom I bought it says it makes no difference which charger you use with which battery; one charger is just faster than the other one, and it's OK to just leave a battery on either charger after it's fully charged; cannot over charge a battery.

So my question is "why do they make and sell both chargers?" Is it just that they can sell the slower charger cheaper?

Incidentally, the owner's manuals have some information about how long a battery will last before running down and needing to be charged, but it does vary with the load. I don't hear any difference in the sound of the motor running, whether mowing thin, short grass or thick, tall grass, but the time you can mow before the battery runs down does vary with the load put on the mower. And the same is true of the string trimmer.

 

[riptides]

69 outside this glorious AM. Heading to upper 80's. Got pounded on yesterday. On the road too. Had to make a trip to Richmond so I ran into the weather down and back. People around here just cannot drive very well in the weather. Sigh.

Anyway, lots of branches to pick up and a pool to take care of. Might get back to the run in. That came to a full stop with the weather issues we have been having.

I still have standing water in my pastures. It needs to dry out.

Have a great day all, be safe!

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning Everyone!!!!

A muggy foggy 62ºF to start morning Walk #1. Another day with possible PM Storms. The truck is already loaded for the "Dump Run." I hope that it stays dry long enough so I can mow the perimeter path and "lawn." This place is starting to look like an abandoned property again with all the recent rain and the string trimmer still in the shop.

Ted- How's the MCL treating you? I can walk Brogen on leash, but no one else seems able to control his leash pulling. The vegetation in the lower field is 3' - 4' high this time of year with a lot of local wildlife activity based on all the animal trails/tracks through the "grass." Yesterday something got him going walking the lower field perimeter which required some "redirection"..... Later in the day I watched 3 Momma hen turkeys leading 13 young with a tailing adult keeping the youngsters moving across the yard. I really do not know if Brogen would tolerate another dog in the house based on how he behaves in the truck or the house when he sees other animals. He is naturally "muzzled" with his atrophied jaw muscles. He could not do much damage with his bite, but he weighs ~150#'s +/- 5#. He could squash a smaller animal.

I hope that everyone has a decent weekend and those on the mend keep mending and those who are healthy and happy stay that way.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[B7510HSD]

My sister just emailed me, got into SFO after a three hour rain delay, sold her home in Princeton yesterday and is now a bonafide
resident of the land of fruits and nuts. I mean, just look at our resident nut, oops sorry RNG
She said something about not being able to fly business class because they were taking their cat with them. That didn't make sense to me
but lots of rules about everything. So she took a coach redeye all night, boy is she going to be tired, but likely wired from last two days and hard to sleep in
daytime. I bet she walks down to the beach and puts her feet in the water. Muir Beach.

I told her to look up and wave and Sodamo would wave back. He has a really good telescope...

Now I have to figure out how to come visit her, when I hate to fly. That's a lot of driving...by myself. Honestly afraid I'd fall asleep driving, need company for long drives.
I have stops in Texas, Colorado and Michigan potentially, which would only work with driving. Sure would be nice if this country had decent trains that went to new places.
When was the last time you saw anyone put in a new train line? Make them electric and green, but make them. Europe and Asia train systems have left us in the dark ages.
Why should I have to go to Chicago in order to get to LA?

I think I'd really like to take a nice sleeper car train, so I could use my laptop and Kindle to keep sane. Driving the car is becoming less enjoyable with bad arthritis, all that steering wheel gripping, pressing on pedals, all things that hurt after awhile. Which is why I thought the Cadillac SuperCruise was really, really neat. But I'm not a Cadillac person, just don't want bling.
Besides, by the time the new Audi is done, the next car will likely be driving me anyway. And it will be electric I'm sure. Just like our weedeaters....

Not just weedeaters are electric Drew and you can have a nice street legal 10 second "Battery" Powered vehicle talk about sleeper!! Here's John's take on a sleeper!!
The White Zombie Summer 2 Compilation on Vimeo

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Drew, reading your writeup about driving reminded me of this..
Charlie Daniels Uneasy Rider - YouTube