Good morning!!!!

[hawkeye08]

Happy hump day! Today was the warmest day of the year so far, hit 82F this afternoon.. about 10degrees above what the news was showing for in town.. Warmed up early and then some clouds to keep the heat in.

Daughter was off today so wife and I had day off from schooling the grand daughter. I told my wife that perhaps a good day to repair clothesline? She offered to help, which was very nice since I would not be able to get it done very well alone.. One of the poles had rusted off near ground level so rigged a repair using a pipe inside the pipe... seems to be working okay. We out up new clothesline also (vinyl coated cable).. I bought some cable used by sailboats that has a much higher strength than the typical cables used for clotheslines. We like the sun dried laundry much better than drying in the dryer... Another project checked off the list.

Stay safe, prayers for all

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-04-30, 0336

45 right now...today's high in the upper 40's and 70% chance of rain...
Trip to CT was uneventful...dropped two set of blades to our sister company and picked up a gage and samples from a supplier. I originally thought I'd be delivering the gage and samples, but that was an incorrect assumption. Not much traffic (relatively speaking) on I-91. I was back at the plant I work at by a bit after noon.

 

[daugen]

68 out now, waiting for strong storm coming in mid morning, two inches of rain expected and high winds.
been up most of night, nauseous again, hope my lab tests yesterday help in determining why I am intermittently sick.
Weight down to 206, was 216 a year ago.
Spending too much time in bed reading books, living alone in today's world is pretty boring.

Realtors aren't allowed to show home, hope they roll that back soon.
County covid count went from 13 to 21, then hopped up to 40 something, and two days ago dropped back to 20.
?? Good news is that's a very low number for county, no deaths, but not much trust in reporting.

stay safe and have a good day.

 

[riptides]

Here is hoping you get well soon Drew.

It's raining here again. Supposed to be a washout day....it's 63 which is nice, but there is a flood watch.

Mostly- thanks for asking, the horse had to be put down day before yesterday. She had been with us for over twenty years, so the wife and daughter took it really hard. She was our first one, that started us on the path to where we are now. Flat land and wide open pastures. I had been caring for her in her last few days, something was not right, so she got a lot of attention and special front pasture walks. I put in some miles walking her those past few days. We called in the vet and the wife made the tough call. We then called in a friend and I had picked out a nice spot on the back pasture overlooking the trees and creeks to one side and the wide open front for her. Said a nice prayer, shed a lot of tears, and went and got her friends for last respects. Her buddy of also almost 20 years just stood over her for a really long time, the others just sniffed and turned. And that was that...

I mowed all of the farm yesterday, just to let out some stress and not think about anything other than keeping the lines straight. Started in the back with the tractor, ended up in the front with the ZTR 5 hours later. I knew my ZTR gulps gas, and I went through 5 gallons rather quickly. I need to check up on that.

On the drone front, I had a cheapo model a year or two back. One of the motors gave out so I returned it. A lot of computer, push button flight. Not like the r/c hangar queens I have. I cut my teeth on line flight and advanced to r/c when I could afford it. Since I did not have anyone to train me, I had a lot of micro-flight and mishaps with the ground. Now-a-days I walk up to the airport when I hear the guys out there with their "model" jets. Yeah, cannot afford those.

Hope all have a good day. Be safe.

 

[Buppies]

52 high of 63 still raining over 2.5 inches of rain waiting for outside light to look for damage

Hope you get better soon Drew

Prayers for all

 

[Thomas]

40F cloudy 10mph wind light rain upper 40's for high steady come afternoon into to night.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Peepers were loud and clear last night for the first time,5:30 am the turkeys were gobbling.
Gas $1.53 gallon Diesel $2.72 OTR.
Plans for today...Basement detail some cleaning other than that not sure.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Buppies]

Very sorry about the horse Riptides

 

[Thomas]

Quick recovery thoughts for you Drew.

 

[RoyJackson]

Mostly- thanks for asking, the horse had to be put down day before yesterday. She had been with us for over twenty years, so the wife and daughter took it really hard. She was our first one, that started us on the path to where we are now. Flat land and wide open pastures. I had been caring for her in her last few days, something was not right, so she got a lot of attention and special front pasture walks. I put in some miles walking her those past few days. We called in the vet and the wife made the tough call. We then called in a friend and I had picked out a nice spot on the back pasture overlooking the trees and creeks to one side and the wide open front for her. Said a nice prayer, shed a lot of tears, and went and got her friends for last respects. Her buddy of also almost 20 years just stood over her for a really long time, the others just sniffed and turned. And that was that...

Man, I'm really sorry about your horse...it's a tough thing with any pet...

 

[Thomas]

Riptides.
Sorry for your family loss.