Kyle_in_Tex
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Thanks, you see, I don't even know where to start. I will tell my son to start researching it.
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Thanks, you see, I don't even know where to start. I will tell my son to start researching it.
RoyJackson
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Roy, are you sure you don't have a nice little assassin business going on with those suppressors?Phht Phht
today folks seem to call the police way too quickly, makes sense to keep gunfire noise down. Scares some folks too.
I learned to ignore it around here, around dinner time on weekends sounds like a war out there, and I swear I hear fully automatic
rifles going off. I try to stay indoors then and have been thankful for woods surrounding me. Always did like target shooting though.
Nah...no assassination business for this boy...
There's a fair number of shooters around here. One gun...well, I don't know what he's shooting, but it's sure a hand cannon.
That full auto you hear is probably either a bumpstock on a AR-15...or a guy proficient with using his belt loop. Just using a belt loop works...there's videos on YouTube showing the technique. Although I did at one point, I don't do mag dumps anymore. Can't hit anything shooting that fast (at least, I can't) and it's a waste of ammo
BTW, that
is complete Hollywood fiction... You might get pretty quiet (hearing safe quiet) with a .22, but no larger calibers
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Kyle_in_Tex
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Sorry about your bee attack. Take some benedryl and put some hydrocortisone cream on whelps, unless you have problems with mild steroids.
Side story, a buddy lives not far from the Gulf of Mex, and he has a metal trash pile. When it gets big enough, he'll haul it to recycler. Some bees have set up home in an old washing machine, and are probably the killer type. He says he can't mow near there anymore or they'll come out. He wants to make a gasoline trail up to it and pour a cup of gas in it and light it, hoping for a lid blowing explosion. I told him to make sure to put his redneck hat on and video it. Actually I first told him to look on craigslist for a beekeeper who would come get the hive and split the honey....and a $20 tip.
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76, going to 87 today, sure beats the upper 90’s. We got .7 of rain from a line of storms that moved down from northern Delaware, the severe weather was over by the time they got here.
Drew, thanks for the advice, it’s a complicated deal.
Mostly, the humidity is miserable, yesterday the temp was 99 and the index was 114, in one point.
Had two doctors appointments yesterday, one with my kidney doc and one with plastic surgeon to check my sun damaged ears and forehead. Have to use chemo therapy cream for a few months.
I hope y’all have a great day.
Drew, thanks for the advice, it’s a complicated deal.
Mostly, the humidity is miserable, yesterday the temp was 99 and the index was 114, in one point.
Had two doctors appointments yesterday, one with my kidney doc and one with plastic surgeon to check my sun damaged ears and forehead. Have to use chemo therapy cream for a few months.
I hope y’all have a great day.
riptides
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I'd vote for the bee keeper. I had a friend that showed up with "old gasoline" at a burn pile one time. I was not paying full attention to what he was about to do, nor did I pay attention to "old gasoline" - ain't no such thang....or how much he had...or anything.
Well after the BOOM we both had some explaining to the wives and neighbors.
It was a miracle we did not get killed.
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Good Morning!!!! 69F @ 6:00AM. Sunny. High near 95F. Winds light and variable.
What a great adventure for you and your son, Kyle, an RC plane as big as a car!:shocked: Sounds like you'll get lots of help from this peanut gallery, though!:laughing:
I think the deer here have all packed up and headed for the mountains; haven't seen any in weeks.
Maybe I should get the sprayer out again this morning, too, Billy. I spotted some beds of yellow star thistle with blooms yesterday, and the poison oak in the easement is thriving. And I've got a new jug of 2-4-D that needs trying out...
Sorry about the stings, Mike, but good you're having the last word.
Hope you regain control of your meds without too much trouble, Drew. Just another sign of the rapidity of your recovery, and another reason to get the heck out of there. Shameful, just shameful, the way the Medical Industrial Complex takes advantage of folks that can't do for themselves. Been with Vanguard for a long time now, too, for pretty much everything but a checking account. Real nice to be able to see everything on one computer screen. But I just can't bring myself to invest in bonds in this rising interest rate environment. It would be a different story if I had old, individual bonds with 8%-10% coupons, but those are a thing of the past.
That's a surprise, if not welcome, bit of regulation, Eric. Are you going to stop looking for permission now? And are you going to rig up another siphon?
Nice sunset shots, Ted. Taken from your new porch? Your lumber misadventures are pretty par for the course with HD out here. I've given up pre-ordering for pickup; they're either out of it and cancel the order or the wrong stuff shows up on the counter when I go to collect it. I guess we know now what happened to all those C, D, and F students we went to school with.:muttering:
Sixty-two new CV19 cases in the county over the July 4th weekend, bringing the total to nearly 300. Still only 3 in the hospital, and now over a thousand have been tested. But no sign of the spread slowing down. It's a lot worse in other counties, though, and the governor is forcing those counties to close bars and further limit inside dining in restaurants, in addition to requiring masks everywhere when out in public where social distancing is impractical. We're supposed to have a motorcycle campout next weekend at a nearby park, but I'm having a hard time working up any enthusiasm for doing it under those conditions.
FWIW, Weather Underground posts guidelines for weather station placement, specifying a height of five feet and a certain distance from houses, trees, etc.
Glad the compressor work is going well, Kyle. I'm sure you'll come up with something good for that compression ring...:thumbsup:
All this talk about Menards got me curious. I'd have to go to Wyoming to get to the closest one, so it looks like I'm stuck with Home Cheapo and Loathes for the foreseeable future...:laughing:
That garden show I was listening to over the weekend spent a lot of time talking about blueberries, RS. I recall them saying they like well drained soil, and on the acid side. There are even hybrids now that bear fruit at different times of the growing season, and planting all of them can get you berries for a lot longer. Are you going to start raising your own meal worms, too? I'm thinkin' about it; the lizards are eatin' me out of house and home!:laughing:
Cutting grass at 4AM, Bird? I can understand wanting to stay out of the heat, but what about the neighbors trying to sleep?:laughing:
The NiCd rechargeables in my trimmer finally gave up the ghost a month or so back, and it's been "interesting" trying to use them with the cord still plugged in. Not that I'm trying to do anything more than trim a sideburn or eye brow; that guy in the video looks like he just got out of prison or boot camp!:laughing: I'd rather look like a shaggy dog than that!
Woke up in the middle of the night, night before last, and realized that the alarm system wasn't going into program mode because it couldn't tell when the ignition was turned on. Both of the power leads were connected, correctly, but to always hot sources. So yesterday morning after breakfast I sat down at the computer and went through the breakdown of what each of the wires are for, some fifty of 'em. And I found one that, in addition to its main purpose, also gets connected to a switched DC source, that is also hot during cranking. And sure enough, when that lead was hooked up, all of the programming instructions that had been failing started to work. :duh: But the horn wasn't blowing when the alarm was tripped, and I traced that down to using switched DC to powering the horn relay. Fixed that, and now I can wake up the neighbors when I fat finger the remote pendant in the middle of the night. It's a REALLY LOUD horn!:laughing: One of the features I like about the door locks on the truck is that there's no beep when I lock the doors, except when I push the button again. Sometimes it's nice to get an audible confirmation that the doors are locked, but most of the time it's a nuisance. This alarm has that capability, but it wasn't working. So I read through all those fifty something wire descriptions again, and found one that might be needed for that feature to work, and it did. But the instructions never linked the programming feature to that particular wire.:banghead: Last thing to hook up was the GPS/cellular tracker, and buoyed by the previous successes, I gave it a go. The instructions mentioned a pair of status LEDs, but failed to tell where they were located, so I spent some time looking at the wrong end of the device before I noticed to teeny weenie little spots of red and green color on the side. It thought it had both GPS lock and a cellular signal, so I downloaded the controller app to the phone to see if it would communicate. Nope, no dice, so I used the help menu in the app to call VOX tech support. Fifteen minutes on the phone with Larry revealed that they're using T-Mobile for a carrier, and I'm outside their coverage area. Even took a drive to the top of the hill, an interesting experience with no instruments in the dash, to see if I could get coverage, and no dice. But Larry couldn't tell for sure if it was a bad unit or lack of coverage, and the experts that could had already gone home for the day.
The special sealant for the van's oil pan was delivered yesterday, but I think I'm going to give the van a rest and use the calm predicted for today to untarp the fire truck, move it, and finish grading that part of the yard. All of the super strong magnets I ordered are also in, and when I put the tarp back on, I'll use them instead of ratchet straps to hold the tarp in place. I figger magnets will be a lot quicker to take off in an emergency...
What a great adventure for you and your son, Kyle, an RC plane as big as a car!:shocked: Sounds like you'll get lots of help from this peanut gallery, though!:laughing:
I think the deer here have all packed up and headed for the mountains; haven't seen any in weeks.
Maybe I should get the sprayer out again this morning, too, Billy. I spotted some beds of yellow star thistle with blooms yesterday, and the poison oak in the easement is thriving. And I've got a new jug of 2-4-D that needs trying out...
Sorry about the stings, Mike, but good you're having the last word.
Hope you regain control of your meds without too much trouble, Drew. Just another sign of the rapidity of your recovery, and another reason to get the heck out of there. Shameful, just shameful, the way the Medical Industrial Complex takes advantage of folks that can't do for themselves. Been with Vanguard for a long time now, too, for pretty much everything but a checking account. Real nice to be able to see everything on one computer screen. But I just can't bring myself to invest in bonds in this rising interest rate environment. It would be a different story if I had old, individual bonds with 8%-10% coupons, but those are a thing of the past.
That's a surprise, if not welcome, bit of regulation, Eric. Are you going to stop looking for permission now? And are you going to rig up another siphon?
Nice sunset shots, Ted. Taken from your new porch? Your lumber misadventures are pretty par for the course with HD out here. I've given up pre-ordering for pickup; they're either out of it and cancel the order or the wrong stuff shows up on the counter when I go to collect it. I guess we know now what happened to all those C, D, and F students we went to school with.:muttering:
Sixty-two new CV19 cases in the county over the July 4th weekend, bringing the total to nearly 300. Still only 3 in the hospital, and now over a thousand have been tested. But no sign of the spread slowing down. It's a lot worse in other counties, though, and the governor is forcing those counties to close bars and further limit inside dining in restaurants, in addition to requiring masks everywhere when out in public where social distancing is impractical. We're supposed to have a motorcycle campout next weekend at a nearby park, but I'm having a hard time working up any enthusiasm for doing it under those conditions.
FWIW, Weather Underground posts guidelines for weather station placement, specifying a height of five feet and a certain distance from houses, trees, etc.
Glad the compressor work is going well, Kyle. I'm sure you'll come up with something good for that compression ring...:thumbsup:
All this talk about Menards got me curious. I'd have to go to Wyoming to get to the closest one, so it looks like I'm stuck with Home Cheapo and Loathes for the foreseeable future...:laughing:
That garden show I was listening to over the weekend spent a lot of time talking about blueberries, RS. I recall them saying they like well drained soil, and on the acid side. There are even hybrids now that bear fruit at different times of the growing season, and planting all of them can get you berries for a lot longer. Are you going to start raising your own meal worms, too? I'm thinkin' about it; the lizards are eatin' me out of house and home!:laughing:
Cutting grass at 4AM, Bird? I can understand wanting to stay out of the heat, but what about the neighbors trying to sleep?:laughing:
The NiCd rechargeables in my trimmer finally gave up the ghost a month or so back, and it's been "interesting" trying to use them with the cord still plugged in. Not that I'm trying to do anything more than trim a sideburn or eye brow; that guy in the video looks like he just got out of prison or boot camp!:laughing: I'd rather look like a shaggy dog than that!
Woke up in the middle of the night, night before last, and realized that the alarm system wasn't going into program mode because it couldn't tell when the ignition was turned on. Both of the power leads were connected, correctly, but to always hot sources. So yesterday morning after breakfast I sat down at the computer and went through the breakdown of what each of the wires are for, some fifty of 'em. And I found one that, in addition to its main purpose, also gets connected to a switched DC source, that is also hot during cranking. And sure enough, when that lead was hooked up, all of the programming instructions that had been failing started to work. :duh: But the horn wasn't blowing when the alarm was tripped, and I traced that down to using switched DC to powering the horn relay. Fixed that, and now I can wake up the neighbors when I fat finger the remote pendant in the middle of the night. It's a REALLY LOUD horn!:laughing: One of the features I like about the door locks on the truck is that there's no beep when I lock the doors, except when I push the button again. Sometimes it's nice to get an audible confirmation that the doors are locked, but most of the time it's a nuisance. This alarm has that capability, but it wasn't working. So I read through all those fifty something wire descriptions again, and found one that might be needed for that feature to work, and it did. But the instructions never linked the programming feature to that particular wire.:banghead: Last thing to hook up was the GPS/cellular tracker, and buoyed by the previous successes, I gave it a go. The instructions mentioned a pair of status LEDs, but failed to tell where they were located, so I spent some time looking at the wrong end of the device before I noticed to teeny weenie little spots of red and green color on the side. It thought it had both GPS lock and a cellular signal, so I downloaded the controller app to the phone to see if it would communicate. Nope, no dice, so I used the help menu in the app to call VOX tech support. Fifteen minutes on the phone with Larry revealed that they're using T-Mobile for a carrier, and I'm outside their coverage area. Even took a drive to the top of the hill, an interesting experience with no instruments in the dash, to see if I could get coverage, and no dice. But Larry couldn't tell for sure if it was a bad unit or lack of coverage, and the experts that could had already gone home for the day.
The special sealant for the van's oil pan was delivered yesterday, but I think I'm going to give the van a rest and use the calm predicted for today to untarp the fire truck, move it, and finish grading that part of the yard. All of the super strong magnets I ordered are also in, and when I put the tarp back on, I'll use them instead of ratchet straps to hold the tarp in place. I figger magnets will be a lot quicker to take off in an emergency...
txdon
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Good morning! Cloudy 80˚F heading to the 90s, last day before the 100s hit again under a high pressure area.
Kyle, I don't think I'll be eating 6 pounds of tomatoes in one day. But it's good you are looking at labels.
Mostly - A weather station on the fence is out because of the golf course. I ordered the weather station last night and the next shipment is suppose to go out July 9th, I hope I get a confirmation e-mail. They started out as a Kickstarter project and collected over $800,000.00 TEMPEST: A revolutionary personal weather system by WeatherFlow Kickstarter
Randy and Ellen happy 1 year 1 day anniversary!
After the potatoes were pulled half my garden is empty - till today - watermelons get planted.
Kyle, I don't think I'll be eating 6 pounds of tomatoes in one day. But it's good you are looking at labels.
Mostly - A weather station on the fence is out because of the golf course. I ordered the weather station last night and the next shipment is suppose to go out July 9th, I hope I get a confirmation e-mail. They started out as a Kickstarter project and collected over $800,000.00 TEMPEST: A revolutionary personal weather system by WeatherFlow Kickstarter
Randy and Ellen happy 1 year 1 day anniversary!
After the potatoes were pulled half my garden is empty - till today - watermelons get planted.
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lostcreekranch
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Good morning. It was 78° this morning, already up to 82° and we should see 91° this afternoon with a 20% chance at some rain.
Got more pressure washing of patios done yesterday. About 500 sq. ft. Left then I can start on the porches. At least .. that'll be in the shade.
We had "apparatus check" at the VFD at 6 p.m. yesterday. We'll probably start at 7 p.m. next 2-3 months. We had a quite 4th July weekend with no call outs.
Plan for this morning is .. to head into Columbus for my 2nd post lockdown haircut. I'm over due.
After that .. a stop at H-E-B to restock the pantry.
I hooked up the big grapple, to the LS 55 HP tractor, yesterday and cycled the 3rd function and .. as luck goes sometimes .. it was backwards. I bought some 90° elbows to add to the QD ends of the hoses on the grapples .. so will swap the male / female QD's when I add the elbows.
RIP Charlie Daniels .. a great artist and even greater patriot.
Very appropriate for what's happening in some parts of our country today.
YouTube
Hope everyone has a great day.
Prayers to all.
Got more pressure washing of patios done yesterday. About 500 sq. ft. Left then I can start on the porches. At least .. that'll be in the shade.
We had "apparatus check" at the VFD at 6 p.m. yesterday. We'll probably start at 7 p.m. next 2-3 months. We had a quite 4th July weekend with no call outs.
Plan for this morning is .. to head into Columbus for my 2nd post lockdown haircut. I'm over due.
After that .. a stop at H-E-B to restock the pantry.
I hooked up the big grapple, to the LS 55 HP tractor, yesterday and cycled the 3rd function and .. as luck goes sometimes .. it was backwards. I bought some 90° elbows to add to the QD ends of the hoses on the grapples .. so will swap the male / female QD's when I add the elbows.
RIP Charlie Daniels .. a great artist and even greater patriot.
Very appropriate for what's happening in some parts of our country today.
YouTube
Hope everyone has a great day.
Prayers to all.
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PJSprog
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75°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 91° again today. I say "again," but it actually got up to 97° here yesterday. Chance for showers around mid-day. We had some tall clouds build up yesterday evening, coming in from the east again, got some lightning and thunder out of them, but they got to about 10 miles away and just stopped. Not a drop of rain.
Happy Anniversary, Randy.
BEF, a farmer about four miles or so north of us had his combine parked out by the road with the elevator arm swung out to display a giant flag. It's on IL-160, so I didn't stop to take a picture.
Happy Anniversary, Randy.
BEF, a farmer about four miles or so north of us had his combine parked out by the road with the elevator arm swung out to display a giant flag. It's on IL-160, so I didn't stop to take a picture.