Good morning!!!!

[lostcreekranch]

Ah ..... another convert to Air Frying.

Here痴 something to make your cleanup ..... even easier

I ordered a set of these, thanks Rick. Also ordered the accessory kit with the holders made for that size unit, like the one with three horizontal
stainless skewers for making ka bobs out of veggies and meat. Will pick up some green peppers today and try them out in there.
Am hoping I can make okra edible in there also, no slime,
all crunch, all high fiber, low cal, some kind of not too spicy unsalted topping.

The air fryer came in three boxes, inner, outer and then Amazon.
Inner two boxes very substantial, and no broken white foam bits on the kitchen floor. :thumbsup:
Takes a lot of packaging to get here in one nice piece from the other side of the world.
Lot of these models look very similar, probably work the same too. Mine has a veggie button, a chicken button
and a french fry button. And about ten more I think; of course you can add or subtract from menu presets.
Sure nailed the marinated chicken at 28 minutes.

I always wonder when new cooking appliances will go up in short circuited flames on the first use.
Made sure I was close to kitchen while fryer was working. And fryer was under operating hood vent.
Combo was pretty noisy.
It's air, not grease, so can't be all that dangerous, right?
Famous last 911 quotes...

Sun's coming up and time to get a move on.

Drew ...... Air fryers are just "baby" convection ovens. You're just not heating up that huge 8-10 cu. ft. box. In the amount of time to preheat the big box, your meal is pretty much done.

 

[wngsprd]

57 going to 77. Saw our first female hummingbird yesterday. Males have been here two weeks already.

Kyle, prayers for your surgery fixing the problem.

Eric, I like my unpredictability a bit more when it is not created by coyotes.

Picked up a load of lumber at HD yesterday to build an implement rack today. Space is so limited in my little tractor barn that I'm going double decker. I figure I can stack the grapple or bucket on top of the tiller. Need to mow before the rain hits.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning. It's 58°F here this morning and forecast to see 83°F and lots of sunshine today. The "big storms" last evening were a "big dud" here. Haven't checked two rain gauges yet but, I'm guessing maybe 1/4" at most.

Still no humming bird activity at the feeder yet, after a week but it took nearly two weeks before they found us last year.

Read an interesting piece about bird feed this morning from a local gardening expert ......

When feeding birds, quality seed makes the difference | GardenLine with Randy Lemmon | NewsRadio 74 KTRH

Maybe this is common knowledge to those of you with bird feeders but, I never though about it. We had a bird feeder on the back porch at our former place in Fayette County ....... I finally moved it off the porch as it was always such a huge mess. Maybe now .... I know why?

Good luck to "Kyle's Doc" for his surgery this morning.

Sounds like Drew is "All In" with his new appliance.

Hope everyone has an excellent "Friday Eve".

Prayers to all.

 

[cat fever]

Good morning all,

46 this morning, clear skies with no wind.

As I read the post in this thread it's amazing how much is going on in just our little corner. My prayers and best wishes go out for everyone. Some are just having a little bad luck with equipment some with health and some with friends or family. I feel for all of you that need a little comfort at this time. Best wishes and may the Lord bless each of you that need it.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Yours is FWD primary/AWD? Check the flexplate and torque converter for missing weights or loose fasteners. Output and input shaft on transmission and transfer case for true.
Does the vibration seem road speed or engine speed related?

It's road speed related; happens regardless of engine RPMs. Manual transmission, so no torque converter; what's a flex plate? The drive shaft is out of it now, and it still vibrates. I'll check the bell housing fasteners between the engine and transaxle, though. I did find that the nut holding the input flange to the input shaft on the front diff was loose, so anything's possible. Yesterday I found that the A/C compressor wasn't coming on because the wire to it had never been hooked up. Still doesn't cool, so now I'm wondering if it's even been charged. I don't have any A/C tools except maybe a vacuum pump that might work, so I'm trying to come up to speed on that, too.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

How old in years and how worn are the tires? Did I see a picture of them cupped? Or was that someone else????

The tires are about three years old now, but only have about 500 miles. You thinkin' they could be flat spotted?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Surgery tomorrow at 9 am. They said I just have to stop eating and drinking after midnite. Darn.

Good Luck, Kyle! Hope you wake up feeling good, and your recovery is quick!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

The tires are about three years old now, but only have about 500 miles. You thinkin' they could be flat spotted?

All that time parked? Quite possibly.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

2/3 of my new bed came yesterday, the other third will/should be arriving today. I will put it all together tomorrow.
I did the dump run yesterday, so today I only have a town run and a trip to the hardware store.
The sump pump that I have had in the hole doing its' thing for the past 5 years finally crapped out yesterday evening. It is a really good thing I keep a spare pump still in the box on the shelf. That is why I am going to the hardware store, to get me a replacement pump.
I also need a new 1/2" drive breaker bar, a 3/4" socket (preferably a deep one) and a 6" extension. They will all stay in the Dodge, just in case I need to change a flat. It is better to have it and not need it as opposed to needing it and not having it. I don't have CAA (AAA in the 'states) so I can forget calling them for towing/flat changing.

Hope the new bed feels like :cloud9:, Bill.

I keep a pressure pump switch on the shelf for exactly the same reason. They seem to crap out every couple years, and until they're replaced, there's no water pressure to the house. The last couple were made in Mexico...

And thanks for the reminder on the tire changing tools. Somewhere around here is the jack for the van, and hopefully a lug wrench, too. But I'm probably better off with a breaker bar and socket; too many of my friends have suffered from breaking or otherwise faulty lug wrenches.:confused2: I get free towing through my American Motorcyclist Association membership, but last time I called, they told me it would be a couple hours before someone could get here...

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Future egg layers

PJ, we couldn't get our ducks to stay at the pond. Didn't need food to coax them back, they followed us back.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Costco has a 5 qt air frywr for $60. Tempted to try it.

 

[B7510HSD]

We need pics of someone's very shiny new wheels, we need pics of more lambs, always....
we need pics of a Monte Carlo with a nice ribbon on it, we need pics of the insides of tube amplifiers (oh boy)
and maybe a little close up of a cute little chicken, long before he knows he will wind up on my plate.
Fatten up buddy, no scrawny legs on my plate!
And a tip of the hat to Ed, hoping he is happy and content.
And making nice long curls of cut off metal on his lathe.
While Larro is contemplating his navel and the world in general in his camp by the stream.
Not sure how he handles those big bugs. I mean there are big bugs in Florida...some of those walkers
could have a harness put on them to haul stuff around for you. Like putting your gekkos to work...bet some of those gigantic
bugs come and visit David on his Hawaiian mountain top. A hungry bird's delicious meal.

A bug in bed is bad.
Wives scream and flail.
Nothing better than a big hairy spider in bed with you.
That feel of something walking over your face, so you brush it off, right
onto your spouse.
Mine go down the toilet with several flushings.

do certain types of dogs or cats eat more bugs than usual? Do they find them snacks?
I've seen cats toy with bugs but not eat them.
Probably a good bug bad bug decision making process trying to wean out those little bugs,
many of them yellow, that sting one's big tongue.
so I guess it gets down to friend or foe/ edible or not edible.

taking my kale down to the food pantry and then food shopping.
Back to wash car. Nice easy morning.
And relatively, going to be a hot one.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Yes, that's the one, Kyle, 9 years ago. And my old memory is fading, but didn't you give me the Audubon clock I have on the wall over the TV in the living room? It still keeps good time and a different bird sings a bit on the hour every hour.

And we'll be praying for you and your surgery this morning, too.

My parents had one of the bird clocks that chirped a different bird every hr. It recently stopped working.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Bird, I honestly don't remember myself. My wife was pregnant and got really sick that evening. But we had a great time seeing all the fine folks.
Prayers for your daughter.

 

[CWB Wyo]

It's 34° this morning and overcast. Yesterday was in the low 60's and partly cloudy also had a light shower in the afternoon. Looks like today will be mostly sunny with a high around 65° and the wind 10-15 mph.

Hope everything goes well for for Kyle and Birds daughter.

Making the weekly trip to town this morning. Not sure if I'll get any thing done when we get back.

If the sun keeps shining most of the snow will be gone in a couple of weeks. I'm looking forward to that.

Hope everyone has a great day.
CWB.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Drew, here's the chick pic.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 67F @ 6:00AM. Plentiful sunshine. High around 90F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

You sound a little buggy yourself this morning, Drew. Hope it wasn't that delicious looking chicken!:laughing:

So how does one check for flat spotted tires? I usta get 'em all the time before I switched out the nylon corded tires for radials, but these Michelin Defenders are radials, or at least I think they are. Aren't all tires radial these days?:confused2:

Warm days and nights have me leaving the screen doors open hoping for some cool air. Lots of Canada geese on the lake below squakin' and honkin' all night make for noisy neighbors. Gonna be a long day.

Hope things go OK on the trip, Bird, and they can get your daughter fixed up. Nasty surprise when surgeries go sideways.

Thanks for the clarification on air fryers, Rick. I already have a bread box sized convection oven, so I guess I don't need the latest trend in air fryers hogging up more counter space.

I've got mowing and spraying to do, but I think the mowing will win out this morning. Then off to town for errands.

Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

57 going to 77. Saw our first female hummingbird yesterday. Males have been here two weeks already.

Kyle, prayers for your surgery fixing the problem.

Eric, I like my unpredictability a bit more when it is not created by coyotes.

Picked up a load of lumber at HD yesterday to build an implement rack today. Space is so limited in my little tractor barn that I'm going double decker. I figure I can stack the grapple or bucket on top of the tiller. Need to mow before the rain hits.

I have been wanting to build a rack in my barn for years, especially over the area i store pellets. Will be interested in how you build yours.

 

[PJSprog]

58°F and rain with some fog this morning, going up to 63° today with rain off and on.

Good-looking chicks, Kyle. The Wife picked up six Brahma chicks several weeks ago. She started to integrate them into the rest of the flock last week, but they were still too small, and some of the others were a bit rough on them. So, we have them isolated in an adjacent pen for now. Boy, they grow fast. We're up to 15 now (6 white Brahmas, 5 buff Orpingtons, 3 silver lace Wyandottes, and one Red Ranger).

No trouble at all getting the ducks back in the pen last night by myself. They were actually waiting outside the fence. Once I started pouring a bit of feed into a bowl, they made a beeline to it.

Welcome to the air fryer club, Drew. Bratwurst are fantastic cooked in it.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 57˚F sunny skies, We had a torrential downfall yesterday getting 5" of rain in 40 minutes.

Prayers for Kyle and Birds Daughter.
Kyle update us when you can.

The color match side molding for the Stinger came in and with the lines on the car they will be an almost invisible protection from door dings.
The dealer had to realign the radar on the smart cruise. He had no idea how it got out of line except that it was set right at the threshold during the manufacturing process. They have not had this happen before, but looking on the internet it's happened around the country about a dozen times. Working good again.