Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Until Don’s post I thought it was a real one parked in the distance. Then I enlarged it.

 

[daugen]

good morning all.
77 going up to 90 today, would be much hotter but rain is coming in this afternoon.
Which means I need to get some work done this morning.

Eric, marvelous picture. Don, that was a nice cultivating setup on the B, totally different B than I grew up with. Ours had twin narrow tire front, and a large exposed exterior drum/flywheel
for running the large belt to the wood cutoff saw. That belt made a slow wump wump wump sound I'll never forget. A foot wide exposed belt, real OSHA nightmare. So was the very exposed blade on that saw design, which has been mentioned are still in use all over the place.

Mexican helper number two coming for interview Monday afternoon. If at first you don't succeed...
I'm amazed helper number one even wants to work here in the heat of the day outside. He can only get here by 2pm.
He says other workers at pig farm go too slow. Whole job too slow. Interesting...so seems he likes to come here and
be more active. Ok...worries me when a 48 year old guy is walking around too fast on a 95 degree day, clearly soaked in sweat.
Clearly he can handle it better than I can.

headed out to rototill garden first thing this morning. Fun to be out there early in the morning, but mosquitoes at that hour are nasty.
Then I'm making up a batch of orchard spray and going to spray everything I can including all the azalea bushes near the house tomorrow morning. With showers due in this afternoon,
spraying is just a waste. I need a dry day I can count on.

Kyle, you are one seriously handy guy. Remarkable how much you know about fixing all kinds of things.
Self reliant and can do, very impressive.
I'd like to get stuck on a desert island with you, and your wife and her beautiful three sisters...

My father could barely use an adjustable wrench. I learned botany from him but surely not mechanics.
Learned some of that in Shop in high school, only guy who took Shop all four years, amazing what taking mechanical drawing can do
to help you later in life. Only learned woodworking, tiny school, 53 kids in my grade.
So when RNG and Kyle and others start tearing things apart, I'm always sort of in awe.
Same awe as when PJ and others play musical instruments.
Just a lot of talent here. I can't wait to see Ed start making stuff on his lathe. Little action shots of metal curling away...
the thread My Shop Time is a concentration of that, all kinds of nifty hand made creations and repairs. Tool stands that make me drool.
Machinery I wouldn't know how to turn on. Learned about new things there, including magnetic drills.

This is a very nice place to be for early morning coffee time.

David/Sodamo, glad you survived your tree intimacy lesson. You think you just nailed the turn when in fact it nails you.
No injury, no harm, no foul. Just surprising how those palm trees can jump out at you. They should stay still.

this is a pretty amazing story this morning, speaking of propeller heads, guy can loop a plane but not land it, I think he wanted an aviation ending. Sad and scary to be on ground underneath him. Seattle airline employee steals a plane from airport and crashes - CNN

 

[Bird]

I got to watching a series of videos about a STOL plane almost totally gutted and improved by a guy named Mike Patey.

I don't know anything about those videos, or that person, but sure had a lot of fun with a Helio Courier some years back. I even flew it backwards across the airport one day; didn't have to have too much headwind to do that.:laughing:
Helio Courier - Wikipedia

I was just checking the NWS website for rain chances today at 4:29 a.m. when I heard it start raining outside; sounds good.

 

[RoyJackson]

2018-08-11, 0611

53 right now...the bedroom window is open and that cool air feels good. High in the mid-70's today. Looks like a low probability of rain, which is good.

Dump run and pick up a few things at the local auto parts store. Mowing and weed trimming are also on the agenda.

 

[Thomas]

55F now few clouds low 70's for high...going to be outside day for sure.

Plans for today... Good couple hours weed whacking,dump run,buy some critter food,this afternoon International Harvester Chapter 18 10th red round up in Dublin,NH. event.
As I look out the window Mother Doe has her 2 fawns under apple tree,one fawn running back and forth trying to get the other fawn to play :laughing: 2 turkeys are pecking the driveway,squrrils chipmunks waiting for there breakfast sooo I better shag butt real and taste the day.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[wngsprd]

70 going to 87, and maybe rain.

Kyle, cool Draco...I don't see how it landed and took off in such a short distance.

Randy, have a great cookout/party!

LS, glad you got some rain.

Don, need pic of your dancing boots!

Thomas, sounds like a very peaceful safe area you have made for the animals.

Funny how some days fly by and others go slow enough to get a lot done like yesterday. Took Coco into town for a follow-up lime disease test...prelim test showed a possibility. We use Frontline tick/flea monthly - topically applied preventative...so only rarely have I found a tick on her.

Then stopped at the battlefield park on the way home and hiked 3 miles RT to the river for her to take a swim.

Changed the oil in my truck and had better luck snapping the filter drain into the hole without making a mess.

Installed the pump on the 3 pt sprayer, put them on the tractor, and mixed up 25 gallons of 2% and sprayed the last plot. Then mowed part of the yard while the tank cleaner was running through the pump and tank, and then draining. Finished cleaning the tank and took it back apart, added anti-freeze into the pump and put it on the shelf, hopefully until next year...while watching the sunset.

Then showered, ate delicious spaghetti, and zonked out.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all, 69 going to 84 with a 50-60% chance of T-storms-showers. Went to Blackstone yesterday and had a good time. My buddy and I chatted shop stuff and life stuff all the way there and back. Got there and they had a beautiful 10" x 26" Hardinge lathe. New paint, great shape with all the goodies that sold 15 min before I got there. Other things interested me but not what I wanted or could haul on a pickup. Stayed about an hour and a half and headed home. Missed my turn and ended up going up 29 through Buppies neighborhood. Could not stop as the boy was missing daddy. He was likely out paving something anyway. It was a good day and look forward to finding the lathe that will be mine. Thought about taking pics about the time I got home.

Have a great day. Ed

 

[ronjhall]

First cup of coffee has been poured. 54° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 86° with mostly sunny skies. Had a good time with all the company yesterday. 4 of us made a run over to HF. Took a pile of coupons. I control myself. Did not buy anything. A lady friend was with us. She bought the most. An event for her because all the women she knows will not even go into a HF store. She is the wife of my friend that called me to say goodbye before he died. A wonder how many wife's make the trip to HF by themselves?

Art's and crafts show was crowded. Good weekend for it.

Work in shop today. Going to make a flag holder with suction cups for side of a RV. While searching I came across this accessory for Don and Mostly.

Eric, I always like to search pictures like that. But when I can not find what should be found. Don's critique will always point me in the correct direction. :thumbsup: to both of you.

Kyle, glad you are getting equipment working. How are the flat tire repairs going? :confused3:

Don, I think you need to put video on U-tube or similar to post it on TBN.

RNG, good idea weighing the blades after sharpening. I have a Ohaus gram scale on a shelf in shop that has not be used in many years. I also have a electronic portable balncer that may not even remember how to work anymore. I worked with balancing machine most of my working life.

Ed , hope you found a Lathe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Buppies]

Ed you are correct paving in front of schools bleachers yesterday. Sorry lathe was sold

68.4 this morning high of 88 storms later today. Never very good at puzzles only thing I saw in picture was shadow of watering can

Prayers for all

 

[riptides]

70 outside this AM. Sky looks like the rain is on the way. Of course, road trip and family functions are planned.

Got most of the grass cut yesterday. Looks like a service call to the dealer is on order for the ZTR. Something amiss with fuel delivery when hot. Of course, right in the middle of the best grass growing season in years, and I need a mower looked at. Great....grrrr..... Well, in anticipation of the possibility of service, I absolutely scalped the grass. LOL.

Hope all have a great weekend. Be safe.