Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

Low 20's only heading to low 30's for the high. Partly cloudy. Looks like a good day to relax and enjoy the pellet stove.
61 trips around the sun yesterday.

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Wishing you many more trips around the sun Phil.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

JB, getting out of the door to chop wood must have put a big smile on your face. If the electric spliter is too slow, buy a kindling cracker and a big hammer. It is fast and immensely satisfying. Not as dangerous as chopping with an axe, only downside is the risk of developing biceps bigger than your shirts.

I'll second that, Jay. Or you could, like Eric, make one from stuff found laying around the property. But when it comes to hammers, my hands quickly tired from a two pound maul. A sixteen ounce ball pein seems just right, though the handle is a bit long. To each his or her own, eh? As far as biceps go, I think your shirts are safe with a kindling kracker, but should I be worried about the effect the chainsaws and trees might have?:confused2::laughing:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

61 trips around the sun yesterday.

Hope all your birthday wishes came true, Phil!:cloud9:

 

[LouNY]

Mostly, congrats on your anniversary.

64 yesterday morning, 34 this morning, more normal temps for March have returned. At least no temps in the ten day under freezing, a good thing for all the flowers I've planted.

Struggled with putting finish mower on new tractor yesterday, and even with help we just couldn't do it. Cat one mower just not fitting on a Cat two only tractor, spacing for one seems to be at 30 inches and second at 38. Lower arms just wouldn't come in far enough.
Worse is it appears the dealer sold me a new Bush Hog with the same problem, we couldn't get that on either. Not sure it's a matter of just swapping out pins either. Land Pride might make different lower "weldments" that dismount with a couple of pins, but not sure, will research on Monday. Most of my other equipment is Cat 1 and 2, with a double hookup. Not my LP finish mower nor this new bush hog. Latter the dealer will have to fix, but sure hope I can convert the mower. Meanwhile moved a lot of equipment around, trying to make use of limited covered storage. Once again I find mounting implements to be aggravating for one with reduced hand function and this is why having extra tractors is marvelous. But I need to cut back, declutter... and hopefully will not have to buy a new finish mower to solve this. The LP 84 inch rear discharge mower works perfectly, hate to see it go for something simple like this, but no amount of Googling found an optional hitch kit. Has nothing to do with spacers, it's a width issue on the lift arms.

I don't have that issue as most of my implements are cat 2 or cat 2-3;
I am wondering if a person couldn't take a cat 1 quick hitch and add an outside tab on both lower mounts to fit to the tractor lower lift arms and then weld an extension on for the top link to mount to.
That would seem to me to be a decent way to do for mounting cat1 implements to a cat 2 tractor.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

 

[Thomas]

21F anther passing snow shower now low 30's for high...March lion winds gives the air has bit to it this morning.

Plans for today...remove snow from both ends of both culverts,push snow back for place pickup plow,remove snow corner of the driveway,check game cam,watch little nascar,putter...getting real itchy to start LOT of spring clean up.

For the second night in the row one of the kittens like to sleep on my pillow at back of my neck,when moving her lots meowing and more loss of pillow for me...hmmm.
E muffin than venture outside again.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[ronjhall]

Now I know why there are no Squirrels at feeder this morning.

 

[CWB Wyo]

It was 11° this morning with clear skies. Yesterday was sunny and in the mid 30's. Today is going to be mostly sunny and in the upper 30's with a light breeze.

Not much going on today. Will try and clean up parts of the driveway a couldn't get to with the blower if I can find a place to put the snow.

mpham ... Happy Birthday

Hope everyone has a great Sunday.
CWB.

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning Everyone!!!! Happy Saint Patrickç—´ Day for those who celebrate!!!!

25ºF was today's low temperature, 26ºF now with a few snowflakes in the air, and today's high may reach freezing temperatures. Cooler temperatures most of the week and most importantly a lot of sun and dry weather.

Last night's corn beef boiled (pressure cooked the beef) was great eats. A very rare meal here nowadays. Interesting history on how corned beef and St. Patrick's Day became identified together in the USA; a true example of minority groups blending of cultures in NYC. I hope Eric corrects me if I am wrong, but boiled dinner on the other side of the pond is different (i.e. no cornbeef).

RNG- I read about the top down burn in Popular Mechanics, and like you I thought it was BS, but I tried it on our old stove. It worked better than anticipated and I have been burning top down ever since. I may put a piece or two of pencil width kindling down first to increase airflow. It depends on the firewoodç—´ size & shape. I use 2X-3X more newspaper than you to get things going. Soft woods like pine are not that common around here as firewood or fire starting due to the creosote. I will burn pine scrap wood, but only if I am out of split kindling. I used to burn all kinds of "stuff" (bones, personal/financial paper) in our old wood stove which could take a 22 - 24 log. An 18 log is the longest that I can place widthwise in the new stove. The new stove likes to be cleaned out following each burn. It's a PITA, but there is very little ash left as I tend to burn this stove a little "hot" I clean the stovepipe 2X/year. The last time I cleaned the stovepipe (September) there was ~1/4 cup of creosote flakes that I vacuumed up.

Bruce- Congratulations on the 42 years together. I wish you many more healthy and happy years together.

Drew- I am sorry to read about the Category 1 and 2 attachment mismatches. "... You just have to stand up to these people, and tell them immediately you won't pay." Good luck. Massachusetts General Hospital tried to pull a similar $ stunt on me with a (their) SNAFU with prior authorization. It took a lot of calls and a lot of discharged -emotional energy, but my health insurance finally paid. I壇 still be paying if things were not resolved.

Randy- I wish you safe travels and a great day with your Grandson and family.

RonJH- Good luck with the SS bureaucracy. Thanks for sharing your wildlife pictures.

Bill- Happy Birthday. I hope you can enjoy your birthday as anticipated, and I wish you many more trips around the sun.

Eric- I like that contraption and the suggested seating arrangement by RNG; better than a shower stool. The only thing I use my hand sledge on is setting garden stakes and pounding meat in meal prep. For me it would be forearms; my biceps are shot.

I hope everyone is having a decent day.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 30, going up 54. Sunny and calm winds.

Nice to have some nice weather for a change.

Not much else going on.

Have a great Sunday!

 

[cat fever]

Good morning all,

Looks like 13 degrees this morning with partly cloudy skies and no wind.

sodamo,
You have a beautiful place there. I guess you don't have to try to hard.....it is Hawaii after all.:thumbsup:

 

[Bird]

35 degrees this morning going for a sunny 63 and almost no breeze so far.

And I'll admit to never hearing of starting a fire TOP DOWN until this thread; always started at the bottom.

 

[daugen]

Lou, good idea about the quick hitch; we hauled my LP quick hitch out and sure enough it was too narrow by the same amount, 30 inch spacing.
I'm really hoping LP makes an optional set of lower mower attachments, they are only held on by two pins, easy to take off and on, so would be super easy to just pop in a wider set. Maybe...otherwise, yes, to save the mower I'd have to fab up a wider mount.
Massey lower arms do not have the same amount of side to side adjustment as my last Kubota, much larger frame tractor, like yours and just makes the Cat 1 stuff look small.

Ron, thanks for info, hard to believe Medicare/part B would pay that much for a MRI. Half an hour for 6 grand. hard to fathom.

Sliced up some blue seed potatoes this morning, found a small supply at Lowes, which had eyes six inches long. I cut off the long eyes to about an inch from the potato and will plant those separately. Will be interesting to see if they will grow without a potato attached. This is for my red, white and blue potato salad.

Happy Birthday Phil. I turned 69 a few days ago, haven't felt well enough to be celebratory about this, but frankly surprised I made it this far.

off to plant potatoes in a quiet spot.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Working on my antique settee, got it webbed up and ready for padding. Then I painted some Sheppard’s hooks. Gotta get the vinyl top on Ellen’s El Camino before show season. View attachment 595977View attachment 595978

Fancy antique there. Looks like it's been recovered multiple times. I wish I had a thimbleful of your upholstery knowledge.

51 and breezy, much cooler than yesterday. Tomorrow is supposed to be cooler yet, before warming a bit next week.
Went to Panera Bread this morning, ordered sausage, egg and cheese on Farmstyle bread. The egg was way over easy, as in not cooked, I didn’t order over easy to begin. I went to the counter and showed them, she said you have to tell the clerk, I wasn’t given any options and never knew a place that defaults to over easy. So they made it over, I got ham, scrambled eggs and some kind of bread that tasted like a shoe box, and it tasted like garlic. The whole thing was dry as heck. I didn’t argue, I just won’t go back. Rant over.

We are headed to Front Royal in the morning for my oldest grandson’s birthday, he is going to be 10. My late wife lived for those three grandsons, I hate that she is missing them growing up.

Good day and God’s blessings on you.

WAIT! Turn around! You forgot the $2/apiece cookies....

Happy belated Birthday Phil !!!.

Happy Birthday Phil...Belated but sincere. Hope you had a good one.

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Yesterday I came across a rather large manzanita in the pile of downed trees. Manzanitas are usually no more than six inches in diameter, more like bushes than trees. But this one, holy smokes, it was easily twenty feet tall as well! As I cut the root ball off, I couldn't resist taking another cut for a slab that might someday get the additional attention needed to turn it into a trivit. It is a very hard, dense wood, much more so than oak, with a color similar to redwood. Maybe I shouldn't have sawn that trunk up for firewood, and instead made boards out of it?:confused3:

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend!

Maybe they could make acoustic guitars with it??? I know Koa wood is desired by some.

Today is my youngest's birthday! He's a whopping 9 years old and a St. Patty's day baby. We took him and 3 of his school friends to a trampoline complex. They had a lot of jumping fun.

I took my oldest daughter to work with me on Friday. We pulled the trailer over to College Station and bought about 2 cu yards of 3/4 mushroom compost mixed with 1/4 sandy loam. Quite smelly.

On the way home, about 17 miles to go, one of the trailer's tires started de-laminating. Those last miles have Zero gas stations or places you could hope to fix it, and no shoulder to pull over on. It was a 10 ply trailer tire and I just continued on at a slow 35 mph with the flashers blinking. Kind of slow in a 75mph zone, and traffic was worse than usual. Saying many prayers, we made it home. Time for new trailer tires.

We are all wearing some green today, and about to head to church.

Have a blessed day all.

 

[sodamo]

Happy St Pattys Day
64°F and 0 rain
Hope to get Top N Tilt reinstalled today, mount the landscape rake and get some cleanup.

Corned beef and cabbage in the instant pot for later also a chicken version for our friend who doesn’t eat 4 legged meat when they come for cards and dinner this afternoon.

Thanks for the diesel additive info. I’m also installing a panel to keep direct sunlight off the tanks.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Now I know why there are no Squirrels at feeder this morning.

I thought they only ate roadrunners!:laughing:

 

[sodamo]

Happy 61 Phil.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I turned 69 a few days ago, haven't felt well enough to be celebratory about this, but frankly surprised I made it this far.

 

[sodamo]

Belated Happy #69, Drew.

 

[jbrumberg]

Drew- I wish you feel well enough soon so you can celebrate your belated birthday.