Good morning!!!!

[RoyJackson]

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63 right now...high in the mid-70's today...

 

[daugen]

72 degrees going up to high 80's today in rain and thunderstorms.
got up a little early so I can get some food in me early, can't eat after 6am due to tests today.

Pitted sour cherries, oh my, sounds like a fabulous pie in the works, my absolute favorite. Sour cherry pie with vanilla ice cream on top.
Plus some cherry marmalade for the morning toast. Hard to find fresh, often getting them frozen from Michigan only option and that sure is expensive.

RS, thanks for pic of Menards, never saw that before, or an assortment/display that nice. Plus someone has to maintain it, wood tends to get picked through, the rejects need to be hauled off so that top piece is not cracked, warped or undesirable. Just like a grocer takes the bruised fruit out of the bin. I've been to Lowes where top three or four pieces were all bad, not a good sign.

July 1, middle of summer, time for cold iced tea and afternoon siestas.

 

[Buppies]

67 high of 90 today scattered storm possible but unlikely

Prayers for all

 

[Eric Salop]

The combination of blackfly and cold weather have let me defer my usual thistle topping until the supposidly perfect time of year. Only 2 fields now badly infested, just have to stop them seeding and then make a start next year with herbicide - unless for once the rhyme holds true.

Cut thistles in May, they will grow in a day.
Cut them in June, that is too soon.
Cut them in July, they might just die.


Bef, does your diary reveal what were your favourites out of the top 40 in the 70's ?

Simply not going to let this final episode ruin what has been very very good memories and experiences.

:thumbsup: The true market price is only what the highest bidder is prepared to pay. Without bids from other buyers, you didn't really sell it for a penny less than that.

House sales are much the same poker game in England too, with slightly different rules. Actually, strike that, we have no rules, no deposits, the buyer and seller can do what they like up until they exchange sale contracts. Many say it's more stressful than having a baby - those people never had a daughter like ours who for the first five years thought sleep was only for daylight hours

 

[riptides]

Ditto on buppies weather. It's warm outside. LOL. I am hoping to mow something today.

Mostly, no relationship to Sampson. But it's the thought that counts, right? LOL.

Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 79˚F before sunrise, the clouds will make this the last day of the week we stay under 100˚F.

This morning is Cedercide day at the park, our neighborhood trail maintenance group has logged close to 600 hours of brush clearing on our once a week volunteer outing.

The chain saw is ready to go but I'm still waiting on parts for the metal bladed weedeater. It was slowly leaking fuel at an unknown location so all the fuel lines, seals and the tank are being replaced. I was surprise to see the kit was only $25 and included air and fuel filters, tank and a carburetor, seals, fuel bulb, and spark plug and a few extra parts.

The sheetrock repair is slowly drying and should be ready to paint tomorrow. The builder and Sheetrock co. covered the repair under warranty even though it was 2 years out of warranty. They sure made a hard job look easy.

Covid cases still going up, hopefully we will see the top of the curve soon.

RS on one of the Bud Light series triathlons a Texas kid really beat me bad. He went on to specialize in just bicycle racing - Lance Armstrong.

 

[riptides]

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Don't know if you can read the sign down the road, a Messicks kubota dealership.

Bendersville?

 

[wngsprd]

71 and cloudy overcast...feels pretty nice out. Getting to 88 later as the sun returns.

Eric, our thistle is just recently blooming. Funny how I avoid cutting some of them when mowing so they will reach full bloom and delight the butterflies, and later the finch. We're not overrun, and our fields aren't cut for hay any longer, so I let a lot of interesting weeds and wildflowers have a turn to feed the birds and deer. I am concerned about some...seems like the multiflora rose and the trumpet creeper vines are getting a foothold, so I have begun dealing with them like poison ivy...and of course there are some young trees that spring back after each bush hogging. We have a patch of milkweed about 60 yards from the house that is incredibly fragrant this year...smelled it first thing when walking outside this morning...and loaded with monarch butterflies and others. If the farmer who used to cut our fields for hay (he passed away about 10 years ago) saw their shape now, he's shake his head in disgust.

Menards looks like a paradise. Thanks for sharing. My first job (with an actual W-2 and paychecks - $1.60/hour - at 16 years old) was at a lumber yard. My first assignment was to restack and sort lumber and squares of roofing shingles. I graduated up to helping the fork lift driver pull orders and strap them with a steel banding machine and then load on delivery trucks. Hot and dusty, but will never forget that sweet aroma of fresh lumber.

 

[wngsprd]

Busy day.
Came home a little early from work.
Wife decided to get some black raspberries from orchard north of Gettysburg so I drove her. Got 6 pInts at $7 each (ouch), then paid for a bucket of pitted sour cherries for $70 we pick up Sunday. Got some free cider donuts out of the deal. Wife already made a batch of black raspberry jam.
After leaving orchard got milk shake at a country drive inn.
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Don稚 know if you can read the sign down the road, a Messicks kubota dealership.
Cleaning up more picture directories, adding dates to previously scanned pics.
Remembered I have diaries from 8th grade thru beginning of college, so found dates for events in there. Also stuck most of my HS report cards in there. Also, local radio station put out weekly top 40 chart, got a bunch of those from the 70s.
Here痴 an example
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$.65 for a pro baseball ticket.

In 1975 I logged my bike miles. I was up to 175 by august, lol.
That was riding around the farm.

Sounds like a wonderful day...must be great raspberries to go so far for them, although I guess you live almost in Penn. Sixty-five cents for a Cincy game, what a steal. (I'm sure you were a Reds fan rather than a Pirates)...I took my boys to see Cincy play in Riverfront Stadium the last year it was open...we stayed in Kentucky and walked across the bridge over the Ohio to the game before the gates opened so they could be first in to get autographs.

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning! 65 now, 85 and dry later. Yesterday was definitely warm.

Yea, when it comes to materials, Menards is da bomb. Plus they must not buy from the same crooked lumber mills that Lowe痴 and Home Depot seem to favor.

Spent yesterday building a new entry door for my big cargo trailer. Just amazes me how poorly built entry doors are made in a cargo trailer. I now have a window with screen and a conventional door latch. Progress! Now to add the final roof vent.

Need to pick up a BSA oil thank I had some weld repairs made and get a gas bottle refilled for the grill today. Then I might attack putting a new starter on the Triumph. Have to disassemble half the bike to remove 1 wire, 2 bolts, and slide the starter out....sounds fun. Maybe I will decide to do something else......

Everyone stay safe out there