Good morning!!!!

[kenmbz]

59 going to 64, waiting for the heavy rains to hit here, flood watch etc. I built a 150 foot long swale, so far it's holding these downpours.
Seems like we get them once a month now instead of once a decade

Condolences about the horse riptides
Drew, feel better
RNG, that van looks really nice.

Stay well and be safe. No outside work for today

 

[LouNY]

Riptides, sorry for your family's loss of an old friend.

After two calls to my farm diesel supplier, and the same miserable service, no return call, I gave up, cancelled my order and my six year business with them and called a place even closer. They picked up the phone immediately, were really pleasant to deal with, gave me a date next week to plan on, told me they'd come as last stop to keep weight of truck down, as they have to run over a section of my front lawn down a ways to get back to barn. Plus...$1.09 for farm diesel, 30 cents less per gallon than other company charged. Amazingly low price.
Good time to stock up, sure made my day.

Morning to all today;
45 degrees out now wind blowing and misty rain, just a blustery sour day.
Was going to let the coal fire go out but looking at the forecast guess I'll bring another half dozen bags up to the house and keep it lite.
Got my fuel delivery today $1.20 a gallon almost 800 gallons for the house and a bit over 200 gallons in the tractor tanks, 1077 gallons today.
We will have to see if filling now was the right call or if waiting till July/August would have been better.

Every one stay safe and healthy.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I keep meaning to post this:
How to Make Bread In Your Instant Pot

It's getting to the point where you could just use an Instant Pot for everything!:laughing:

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 69˚F earlier heading to the mid 80s lots of sunshine.

A bit of excitement yesterday as the FD ladder truck pulled up in front of my house and the ambulance behind it in front on my neighbors house.
My next door neighbor was a victim of covid-19.
She does NOT have the virus but because of the hospitals reserving space and delaying procedures and test she slowly got sicker and sicker and collapsed yesterday. She had lost 30 pounds the last few weeks and was dehydrated. She is about our age. They will not let her husband visit her. Now they are finally trying to diagnose her in a timely manner.

We have had 293 cases in the county and 41 that ever required hospitalization and only 11 currently are in the hospital. Over half, 169, have recovered and only 8 deaths. We have several large hospitals in the area with over 891 beds. I have heard that there are more people dying because of delayed other treatments than from covid19.

 

[Looking4new]

RNG, you should be below the frost line at 5'.

The North Bay trip was as usual, uneventful. Got everything I went for including fuel at $0.739/L or $2.79 CDN/US gallon. That is the cheapest I've seen it in many years. That was also res gas.

 

[txdon]

I keep meaning to post this:
How to Make Bread In Your Instant Pot

It's getting to the point where you could just use an Instant Pot for everything!:laughing:

The recipe calls for a metal coffee can, do they even make those anymore with everything plastic? Maybe a large vegetable can.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! It is still morning right?

Had a little issue here this morning, so late posting.....

RIP, Sorry to hear about your horse, always hard to say goodbye.

Drew, hope you feel better and maybe the lab tests will reveal a cause and solution.

RNG, thanks for the video... at first I thought you were going over to lift the WHOLE VAN in a show of brute force! :shocked:
Then I saw the pallet in the van...whew! Glad the BH has exceeded your expectations!

Porch roof is OFFICIALLY COMPLETE! Now to do the porch railings.... see how I did that? They are technically separate.... roof up high, railings down low... 2 separate projects.... I have not figured out an excuse for the landscape timbers.... give me a bit to figure out that one

I am surprised at our gas prices here. They seemed to drop quickly, but stopped before they got as low as some you guys are posting. Regular stations are at $1.58, Costco has been staying at $1.20. Propane has really dropped, diesel is still up there at $2.89.... cannot figure it out.

I think I am going to work on the landscape timbers.... no wait.... maybe the railing.... wait...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, you should be below the frost line at 5'.

I'm thinkin' the guy that dug that trench was paid by the foot. In depth!:shocked:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Funny you should mention propane, Ted. Just got the bill for filling the 1150 gallon tank. 927.8 gallons at $2.11/gallon. I think I've heard much lower propane prices elsewhere in the country, but it doesn't surprise me that it would cost more out here. Everything else does, too.:smiley_aafz:

Still, the feeling of security I get from that full tank is priceless. Be even better when the genny and rest of the solar power system is hooked up.

Speaking of procrastinating, I should be riding that backhoe right now. That trench isn't going to get done all by itself...

 

[txdon]

Does anybody have a coffee maker that grinds and brews one cup of coffee?

 

[sodamo]

68°F and .17 inches rain.
A bit late in posting as I got up early to be at HD when it opened. Got there just a few minutes after and no line. Wear mask to enter.

Got most everything I wanted to set up my hydroponics and garden area. Looks like we may have some morning showers.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[sodamo]

So sorry to read about your horse, Mike.

 

[jbrumberg]

A rainy 37ºF for today's low temperature, a rainy 40ºF presently; and I anticipate a rainy afternoon with high temperature in the upper 40ºF's. It was a good day to make a pharmacy/supply run down to the "Big City."

I was able to purchase 2 really nice looking Ribeyes @12.99/# today which is within normal $ fluctuations. The meat department had ~30% open counter shelve space, but there still was a variety of meats and cuts available today, poultry still was available. Limited paper products, no disinfecting wipes, no wheat flour. Facemasks were everywhere. The was a lot of hand sanitizer and nitrile gloves available for the shoppers. at the entrance.

I switched out my sunglasses for a pair of wrap around safety glasses with my 3M mask. I got more direct eye contact w/o the sunglasses with a corresponding decrease in maintained social/interpersonal spacing to ~ 8'. I think I'll wear the sunglasses again the next time; I prefer the more active social avoidance exhibited by others..

I discovered yesterday that the new maul handle is a lot stronger than my back. I think I need to find another way to split some of those rounds.

Bruce- I do not need much encouragement about posting more drone videos. I made quite a few. There was definitely an improvement in both piloting and video capabilities. I have all kinds of coaxial and fixed pitch helicopters some were extensively modified as well. Wifey would be one happy camper if I got rid of all my hangar queens.

Dennis- Not a bad maiden flight. The improvements in video stabilization still amazes me. My challenges finding and mating a decent workable stabilizing gimbal to my my build became a roadblock with my build. I may revisit this.

Drew- I really hope that a cause is found and you get better soon.

Mike- I am sorry to read about your horse. It's never easy to make that "call." My + thoughts and prayers.

Don- I am sorry to read about your neighbors.

Ted- Congratulations on another project completed.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Don, that is a shame. Many have been calling for the opening up of hospitals, including a couple CA doctors. Their YouTube video was pulled becauseYouTube didn’t agree with it. I liked the video, based on science, not speculation.

893 more cases in MD out of 3430 more tests, 918 in the county, an increase of 25.

My Sister in law sent a picture of FIL that they got by FaceTime with a nurse. He’s still not very responsive, surgeon had to go back in yesterday because of new fluid buildup on the brain. He has quite the stitches across his head.

Rain slowed down for now.

 

[riptides]

Does anybody have a coffee maker that grinds and brews one cup of coffee?

That would be me, personally. LOL.

I have an old hand grinder, and a plastic funnel for number 4 filters.

My girls scream when they see it. Call me old.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

That would be me, personally. .

That’s biblical coffee.

HeBrews

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I wasn’t planning to fly drone yesterday because of the wind, but I thought maybe a liftoff then set it back down. But first it had to do a software update.

But once it was up, had to fly a little. After I shut first video off, I was watching the screen and almost flew it right into the porch. Didn’t go too high because of wind. Then I forgot to hit RTH, and just hit the land button. I thought it would go to takeoff spot then land, good thing I was over grass.

Can’t wait to fly it again.

 

[jbrumberg]

Dennis- Videos please videos. Remember to start practicing going forward and backward with increasing heights and distances and then those 0's and figure 8's . You guys will be surprised just how much breeze those Phantoms and Mavics can handle once you get comfortable piloting them. I need to check my flight spreadsheets for wind speeds during my flights.

Just out of curiosity do you still have to do the GPS dance calibrating your drones' GPS?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Just out of curiosity do you still have to do the GPS dance calibrating your drones' GPS?

One of the only problems I'm having with the Mini is it losing GPS lock, usually shortly after launch. I fly off the south side of the house, and wouldn't expect interference from the building, but that could be it. I've tried the GPS dance before launch, and it doesn't seem to help...

 

[toppop52]

68 and intermittent rain, heavy stuff isn’t here yet, winds have been gusting to around 45-50, several limbs down.

Drew, I hope you feel better ASAP.

Mike, the Rainbow Bridge is for horses too.

Still haven’t gotten my truck back, but the Borrego drives so nice I kinda don’t care.
Got my chainsaw money from Uncle Sam,so I guess that’s next.
I got out of Ellen’s Edge today, and a gust of wind blew my hat off. I turned to go after it, hit her door frame and tore a large area on my elbow/arm. Blood thinners are not letting it clot very well. Been through two bandages. Hope we can control it, the doctors office is the last place I want to go now.

Have good rest of the day. God Bless.