Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

Yup, I live in Michigan. Bright sun, 40°, wind and snow all at the same time. At least there was no accumulation of snow.

 

[Buppies]

49 degrees and falling very windy light rain heading for low of 32 lots of freshly planted gardens in trouble old adage never plant garden till after Mother’s Day, oops. Some folk lore is very true

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good afternoon. It was 75° when I left the Ranch at 6 a.m. it got up to 89° but fell fast after the front passed thru after 2 p.m. and now 76° and very windy at 20 mph with gusts of 30 mph+. Looking like the rain has bypassed us again.

I was running errands and fixing a few things at our Richmond house. There are three recessed ceiling fixtures that bulbs burned out in a week. They're crappy (90 watt equivalent.) CFL floods and I've been replacing them with dimmable (120watt equiv.) LED floods. I ordered the new bulbs, online at Home Depot, for curbside pickup this morning. HD opens at 6 a.m. but curbside doesn't open until 8 a.m. which their web site forgot to mention. Who knew bankers run their curbside pickup.

Finally gave up and went inside store to retrieve my order. You can only enter thru one door and exit thru another. It kinda ruined staying safe with curbside pickup.

I saw joggers, running alone, wearing masks? How do you run and breath in those things. I'll be so happy when only robbers and doctors have to wear masks. Will the government let us know .. when switchover day is??

Stopped at Discount Tire for a free rotation on the F-350 KR then grabbed some adult refreshment at Total WIne. Their curbside worked well except they don't open until 10 a.m.

Finally got back to the ranch in time for and early lunch before afternoon yaupon chopping. After about 2 p.m. it was way too windy so ..gave up and did some shop cleanup.

Everyone stay safe and healthy.

Prayers to all.

Edit: Today marks the 75th Anniversary of VE Day. Victory in Europe.

 

[daugen]

Thanks guys. Rough days but better
Drove the JD mower to get the fast weeds out of front lawn and lane. Looks good as it should throwing a ton of maintenance money at it.

Crashed the mower into front ditch when I just was confused, no damage, hit a big root, blade is unlike to remain sharp after chopping top off big tree root, but no apparent damage. No new vibrations, pretty tough shaft drive and pine is soft. Sounds like a lesson in no operating machinery while under the influence...

The treatment so far is helping me but have long way to go. Head doc called me for a status report and his team of four other endocrinologists are suggesting more radiology, CT and MRI to rule out cancer. Have always thought that would be the way I go, everyone else in the family including my wife, taking a terribly long time to die. Yeah, kind of hard getting to a calming therapeutic outlook worrying about that.

I really need a life and distraction outside of disease. Jay knows about this. Many others do too.
So we aren't going to discuss that online.
I'm tired about talking about my heath

RS, love that armored feeder.

Rain is starting, very low temps tonight
North is in for an un pleasant surprise. It's May 8 and a lot of tender stuff is out there.

Show goes on tomorrow at 11am. I escape a half hour earlier, driving ever so slowly down to local beanery, where trooper car after car line up outside, they all go in and sit at their same tables, no one wears a mark. Nice example they set, and the farmers come in as usual, totally ignoring reality. I'm of course going to wear a mask, would be insane not to.
Will sit in my truck for a couple hours until it's over, after desanitizing carefully.

peace gentlemen
Drew

 

[rswyan]

After all my squawking about HD, turns out 2 of the 3 items I ordered were incorrect.

My fault, not theirs ...

And back we go ...

:laughing:

 

[toppop52]

Thanks guys.I was thinking at the start of this project that I would go with a chrome 6" stack, but after some serious measuring, found that the 6"er wouldn't fit between the loader lift arm and where it needed to be. So I cut it back to three inches. That gives me 1" of clearance.

6 inches would have looked like a stove pipe!

 

[toppop52]

Had an A10 flyover at 2:30 today, went around in a big loop covered the population centers in the eastern part of the state. The three of them came in at about 3000 ft right over the airport, which is very close, as in I can see the end of the north/south runway from my backyard. They went east and did some maneuvers for about 20 minutes, then headed northwest and up to Baltimore.

Not a bad weather day, sunny and mild before lunch and clouds with sprinkles in the afternoon, and some wind. Tomorrow is predicted to be 51 and 30-40 mph winds, low tomorrow night near freezing.

Drew, good wishes and prayers for you.

Great pictures everyone.

Rick, LS, RNG, you’re busy boys!

Have a good evening and God bless.

 

[toppop52]

6 inches would have looked like a stove pipe!

Do you have a bender, or are you using pre fabled elbows?

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 61F for the start, overcast .7 inch in rain gauge, light breeze. Wind picked up quickly, partial clearing in afternoon, high temp 72F. Energy conservation day today, new boat cover not going to work out, traps water and wind blew the cover loose. Did get a nap in and took wife out to eat at local Mexican restaurant for dinner, she enjoyed getting out. Will catch up tomorrow hopefully.

 

[Buppies]

Continued prayers sent Drew

 

[Looking4new]

6 inches would have looked like a stove pipe!

I was thinking of the sound. A nice deep rumble with a hint of bark when you put the fuel right to it.

Instead I think it is in the tenor range instead of bass.

 

[sodamo]

Back from town.
Wife’s pressure up in eye again so a new prescription and follow up next week. A path forward for the lens issue, but less than pleased. Emergency surgery to anchor current lens scheduled for 6/20 - that’s 6 weeks. Hate to think if not an emergency.
Another point, the anchor surgery was the original reason to see this Dr back in Jan and he decided to take another approach resulting in the delay.
Besides the other hoopla required, she has to get a corvid test the day before. That means flying over a day early, getting tested and spending the night before, supposedly the local lab here does a different test and no guarantee results will be available on time.

2 trips to Walmart as we had to go back for the prescription. I didn’t go in, but wife said, people seem to be getting antsy, perhaps losing patience over the restrictions.

Safeway was easy for a Friday, no line, but apparently they didn’t get expected stocking according what I overhead guy behind meat case tell a woman. I was disappointed the advertised on sale T bones were missing as well as much of the meat counter otherwise we got everything. Even a selection of TP at 2nd store we shopped.

 

[LouNY]

Well it's a long way from morning but I'm intending to sleep late in the morning so I'll say it now Morning All.
Drew good to see that your still kicking, best wishs to all for good health.
Just in from a new dog for us getting her walk for the night , 11 PM and snowing the 8th of May 32 degrees and dropping close to a half inch accumulation on the vehicles all ready.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Had an A10 flyover at 2:30 today, went around in a big loop covered the population centers in the eastern part of the state. The three of them came in at about 3000 ft right over the airport, which is very close, as in I can see the end of the north/south runway from my backyard. They went east and did some maneuvers for about 20 minutes, then headed northwest and up to Baltimore.

They were supposed to fly into Frederick at 1:45, the map showed they might go over me, so I went outside awhile but saw nothing. Well, did see a hummingbird.

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-05-09, 0411

31 right now...looks like about a quarter inch of snow outside and appears to have stopped. High today, about 40...
I am ready for a real Spring!

Chores...definitely a dump run! I've also got to grind bevels on the outboard side of the lower hooks on my quick hitch. The lowers hook bind up in the chipper's lower attach points (bend welded plate). A picture would help clarify. I'll try to get one today...but TBNers with Woodmaxx chippers know what I mean. I won't be doing any chipping today as I'm waiting for a pole saw to be delivered (early next week). Hopefully, the quick hitch will fit with no binding after I bevel the corners of the lower hooks. I'll report more later today or tomorrow morning

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
LCR.-Sorry for loss of your good friend.
Drew_-Hope you feel better soon.
32 here with snow this morning. Thankfully just 1/4 inch or so. Around this weekend back in 1979 we had a 12-14 inch storm.
4 tons of pellets got delivered yesterday and need to be put away. New windshield getting installed in my truck today as I caught a stone from a truck that gave it a 10 inch crack.
First hummingbird of the season showed up for us yesterday. Poor thing is going to freeze this weekend. Our local hospital is down to 1 case.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[mpham]

The May storm that stunned New Englanders
Found an article on the storm. Looks like it was actually on today's date.

 

[Buppies]

33 snow squalls last night right chilly this morning warming to high 40s today another cold one tonight. State getting ready to start opening again

Prayers for all

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the temp is 23°F and going to a high of 37. Wind NW 8 mph. 70% chance of flurries. YUK!

Yesterday morning I woke up to 2" of snow. Another inch this morning. :thumbdown:

As much as I like snow, I only like to see it from November to April.

I have two packages waiting for me at the local convenience store which acts as a drop off spot for the courier the company uses. I will go get them about 8:30 or so.

No word on the roller that was supposed to be here two days after I ordered it a week ago.

The field where the compost piles are is way too wet to put the Kioti on. So compost piles wont get turned until the fall, maybe. IF I get home for the July long weekend, maybe I will turn the piles then.

I was going to wire in an extra circuit so I could run my fan AND power a dash cam at the same time. That wont happen until things warm up a little.

I think one of the next projects for the tractor will be a horn.


Have a safe and healthy day all

 

[Thomas]

29F snowing light steady wind 40F for high on/off snow showers....3"

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Old man winter arrive last evening still hasn't got the hint he not welcome,little critters turkeys deer show up early for breakfast once I had ground clear from the snow spread there eats out everybody was happy.
Plans for today...Take Mrs. to super market,install security than play it by ear.

Enjoy the day all.