Good morning!!!!

[mpham]

Sunny and 54 today. Good day to putter around and rest a little. Hope everyone is safe and healthy.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 25° with a few clouds this morning. Heading to 56° with mostly cloudy skies. Got fenders back on trailer yesterday. It's ready to do hauling if needed. Going to my dog breeder aunt's place. Needs some help with getting lawnmower, tractor and gator running. A little NASCAR in afternoon.

Prayers for all.

Good Morning All.

 

[RoyJackson]

2019-03-24, 0629

16 right now...high in the upper 40's today...nice day (and week) ahead of us

 

[Thomas]

21F clear sky 50F for high.

Setting outside waiting for deer to show up to feed notice least 3 cars stop couple people were taking pictures,sure enough 13 deer decided to cross road one at time,instead of using there trail they walk up driveway...not good.
Plans for today... :confused3: puttering.
E muffin feed little critter check game came.

Enjoy the day all.

BEF... wishing your dad many many more trips around the sun.

 

[Buppies]

Buckeyefarmer great thing you all did for your dad

Finally started clean up power company’s mess from the power outage over the winter 11 tractor buckets not even 10 percent done helper did most of the work dragged and cut what I could about four engine hours worth

Wngsprd I am a Hokies fan as my school had no football team my dad went my wife went so it was easy

Thomas that’s a lot of deer

PJ **** boss

Prayers for all

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 43F @ 5:15AM. Partly cloudy skies this morning will become overcast during the afternoon. High 66F. Winds light and variable.

All I can say is that yesterday more than an inch of rain fell, since the weather station stopped reporting at noon and then fixed itself at 7:30PM. During that time several large thunder and lighting cells passed overhead, leaving puddles and ringing ears in their wake. I was on the back porch using the parts washer for one of them, it was very impressive.

You could always just let the cell phone ring, PJ, and say that the battery died.:laughing:

Put new steering head bearings in the big RT touring bike yesterday, a job I'd been putting off as it likely involved removing most of the fairing. Found a way to do it by just pulling two panels, so not so bad. The old bearing grease had turned to glue and the races were Brinelled, both of which made for wonky handling. Got to try out two new bearing pulling tools, and both earned their keep once I figured out how they worked. Today I'll go for a short ride to fully seat the races and make a final adjustment to the bearing preload.

The sun did come out late in the day long enough to dry up some of the water under the van, so I used most of a can of Gunk cleaning off the oil that had been blown over the engine and transaxle. Today I'll get under there and do more cleaning with solvent and a rag. I'm wondering how much of what I thought was coming from the oil pan was really from the transaxle, maybe all of it? And I also think it would be a good idea to just change the oil in the transaxle instead of topping it up, as there were several parts, including one gear set, that were replaced during the rebuild and after 500 miles it is often a good idea to put in fresh oil in case the old stuff was contaminated with wear particles. Should probably do the same with the engine as well, since the block, crank, rods, and pistons were also all new.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the weekend!

 

[Buppies]

Forgot weather 34 high of 68 very sunny today rain tomorrow

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Almost forgot to mention this. Got a txt message from the body shop neighbor last night at about 9:30. He was on his way home from the hospital after hurting his leg with a chainsaw during the afternoon. He's not sure what happened, except the ground gave way underneath him and he lost control of the saw. Perhaps he was standing over a large root that had been burned out, leaving a cavity that collapsed. I plan to head over there this morning to check on him and the wife, and make sure there isn't something I can to to help him out. His new modular home was just delivered last week, and the cleanup of the remains of the old house finished as well, but here's yet another setback. Two steps forward, one step back, the poor guy just can't get a break.

 

[ronjhall]

Almost forgot to mention this. Got a txt message from the body shop neighbor last night at about 9:30. He was on his way home from the hospital after hurting his leg with a chainsaw during the afternoon. He's not sure what happened, except the ground gave way underneath him and he lost control of the saw. Perhaps he was standing over a large root that had been burned out, leaving a cavity that collapsed. I plan to head over there this morning to check on him and the wife, and make sure there isn't something I can to to help him out. His new modular home was just delivered last week, and the cleanup of the remains of the old house finished as well, but here's yet another setback. Two steps forward, one step back, the poor guy just can't get a break.

Prayers for neighbors. Hope it did not hit any major veins or muscles.
Good reason to wear safety chaps. Even when you do not think you need them. I have been slack with wearing them and other safety equipment lately. Using battery operated tools seems to have taken some of the preparation lessons I have learned over the years.

 

[CWB Wyo]

It's 27° this morning and overcast. Yesterday was mostly sunny and in the low 40's. We have a chance of snow showers this morning and sun by the afternoon. The high will be in the low 40's.

Worked on the table top for a while yesterday. Just need to put some kind of finish on it. My go up and ask a neighbor if I can go through his scrap pile and find something to make the legs out of. So I don't have to wait for snow to disappear.

BEF ... That's a great picture. I'm happy for you and your dad.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday.
CWB.

 

[cat fever]

Good morning all,

32 and snowing lightly with no wind. Supposed to be stormy all day I think.

Buckeye, glad to see your dad had a good time.

Prayers and well wishes for those in need.

 

[toppop52]

BEF, your dad, like my mom, are from that generation, they don’t give up, they don’t give in, and when they are gone the world will never see their like again.

 

[toppop52]

53 now, going to 61 today, a lot less wind. Spring is slowly coming, trees are blooming, grass is greening, birds are nesting and cats are howling.

Healing prayers for y’all, God bless.

 

[lostcreekranch]

It was 63°F here this morning and overcast. Forecasters say 79°F and slight chance of rain this afternoon.

I played more "pick up sticks" yesterday with the 55 HP tractor and grapple.



We had a pasture shade structure, for the horses and donkeys, that was downed in big winds a few months ago. It's finally dried up enough to get to it with a tractor so decided to disassemble it yesterday.









Managed to do it all with grapple and never left the seat. All the posts and wood structure material have been deposited on the burn pile. The metal roofing will go to local metal recycle yard.

It was here when we bought this property in 2006 and I have no clue why it was built. The horse barn has covered turnouts and pasture is covered with huge oak trees?

Plan for today is to mow all the areas, in the horse pasture, where I "picked up sticks" (and limbs, and dead trees) yesterday. I had planned on spraying fence lines in that pasture but, that will wait until there's less chance of rain.

Everyone have a great Sunday!

Prayers to all.

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning Everyone!!!!

A clear 28ºF start to the day; 39ºF now, and anticipate temperatures ~50ºF later. A beautiful early Spring morning.

I cannot handle heat, but I do not mind the cold (so far).

BEF- I am happy your Dad had a great birthday surrounded by friends and family. I like the present. I wish your Dad and easy chair many healthy and uneventful years of operation together.

Drew- I have never seen yellow collards before. No good deed goes unpunished; some punishment. for nephew.

David- I am happy to read that Sophie’s transition from Workman’s Comp/SSDI to SSI to SS went smoothly. I was/am in a similar situation, but due to some mistakes made w/i SSDI I was apparently over-benefitted and had to pay the Feds back before I could receive benefits again (with a wait period). If I remember correctly (?) the options for payback were Mafioso-like- they got their $ quickly.

Bill- GC was one of my favorite comedians. I like the term differently-abled. Accepting and owning the term disabled is a self-fulfilling prophecy if one allows.

Eric- I had to look up besotted. I see a lot of avian besotting going on around here as well. Spring is definitely in the air. I've been besotted myself

RNG- My fascination with Winter weather shifts to T-storms this time of year. The only thing I liked about staying in FL for parent care was the T-storms activity. Good luck helping your neighbor friend. In a way he was lucky- it could have been worse. I wish him a speedy recovery. My chainsaw always did and always will scare me.

Rick- I always enjoy your pictures as I do everyone else’s. Thank you.

I hope everyone has a decent Sunday.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

BEF, your dad, like my mom, are from that generation, they don’t give up, they don’t give in, and when they are gone the world will never see their like again.

Yep, dad talks about the things he did that you can't do today, like buy dynamite at the hardware store. Lol

 

[sodamo]

65°F and .32 inches rain

Can’t tractor so I find myself working on the kitchen cabinets. How’s that for a switch? One of those tasks on the to do list that never seemed a priority. But a little furry creature seems to be wrecking havoc in the pantry cabinets and more about of bait or traps is having any effect. Maybe adding the unfinished trim will deny access.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Bird]

Yep, dad talks about the things he did that you can't do today, like buy dynamite at the hardware store. Lol

I'm not sure we'd have room to list all the things we used to do that our kids and grandkids cannot do.

My granddad hauled the outgoing mail from the Post Office in Ardmore to the train station and the incoming mail back to the Post Office, seven days a week, 6 trains a day. And we used to love riding along in the bed of the truck, usually standing up just holding onto the headboard.

And we could buy and shoot fireworks at any age, even in town.

 

[Looking4new]

25 years ago I could buy dynamite up here in the hardware store. All you had to give for a reason was 'blowing stumps'.

Riding in the back of a pickup truck was great fun, made even better if there was beer involved.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good reason to wear safety chaps. Even when you do not think you need them. I have been slack with wearing them and other safety equipment lately. Using battery operated tools seems to have taken some of the preparation lessons I have learned over the years.

I received a pair of those chaps as a gift. Wore them once and almost passed out from heat exhaustion. Haven't worn them since, but this accident has me reconsidering.

So many things we used to do and not think twice about it: Rode bicycles without a helmet, sometimes motorcycles, too; cliff jumping into dark water; driving in cars that never even had a seat belt; playing with firecrackers and even bigger stuff we made for ourselves; running power equipment with no safety guards; breathing fumes that would curl the hairs in your nose; and a ton of other stuff I've forgotten about. Somehow me and my friends all survived, except that one time an M80 went off in Steve Raymond's face and he was covered in ice and frozen water, but not really hurt. Now there are laws to keep us safe; back then we used common sense. But common sense isn't so common anymore, so I guess we have to rely on the gummint to do the thinking for us?