Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

87, index is 97.
Tropical storm warnings and a hurricane watch for us. Center storm on current path will pass about 15 miles west. That means we are on the northeast quadrant, likely giving us the higher winds. Heaviest rain is predicted just west of us but so close it’s hard to tell. Wind prediction is 40-50 with 65+ gusts.
I hope they’re wrong.

By the looks topical will travel dead center for us starting tomorrow late afternoon into early Wednesday AM,sure hope it doesn't pack the punch like topical Irene did years back...Wednesday and maybe Thursday will be clean up day one form or another.

 

[Thomas]

I forgot to add, that after getting me and the generator caught it the rain storm, I looked on the radar history, and the t-storm really was a pop-up...it popped up like they say...on the first screen of the radar video, it wasn't there, the next it was and connected the north and the south storms for just 5 minutes.

I'd like dollar every time so call pop up shower/t-storm got me soak over the years and the weatherman never mention pop ups,chance of,maybe, etc.etc.

 

[sodamo]

That looks really nice, Ted
Good job

 

[PJSprog]

Was 66°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 75° today. Rained pretty much all weekend here.

Spent the better part of Friday at a friend's place in St. Charles MO Helping him with some keyboard programming. He's the keyboard player from the Sammy Hagar tribute band I used to play with, and he bought the same Roland synthesizer I have. The guys in the band have been giving him grief over taking too long to find sound patches during shows, so I went over and helped him program everything he needs into sequential user locations. Now, User 1-15 contains everything he uses. No more scrolling through six different banks of sounds, a little over a thousand in all.

Saturday was rainy all day, and I don't think I left the house all day.

Sunday was another rainy day. I ran a few errands early, then settled into my studio and got some guitar and keyboard tracks recorded on a couple of songs. A productive day. Made tacos for dinner, too, which is always a good thing.

Happy (belated) birthdays, Randy and Ken.

Glad you're feeling better after the fall, Ted.

Kyle, I just finished a book that could have been subtitled "How To Write Lists." The author must have suggested nearly a dozen different lists. I've never been a list guy. I've tried, but I can't even fathom the number of grocery lists that never made it off the kitchen table.

Batten down the hatches, Drew.

 

[rswyan]

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[rswyan]

Line of thunderstorms moving through. Under lightning alert, less than 6 miles away.

Temp has dropped 10 degrees, rain just started coming down.

Got auger rack about 1/3 sanded but rain has put the kabosh on that for the moment. Did get a couple of Simpson Strong-Tie brackets added to stiffen things up though.

Happy belated’s to our Birthday Boys ...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

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Can't say for sure, but that shot would be very easy to fake.

Even so, that monkey probably does a better job at it than I do.:laughing:

 

[sodamo]

I’m an irregular list guy.

Back when working I was a better list person.
Now my tendency is make a list that I can refer back to periodically, but not regularly. List is less priority completion issue, more so a list of step priority for more complicated tasks. I will refer to more as a reminder.

My master list is in a spreadsheet that includes sub spreadsheets for specific areas/projects. Being spreadsheets they sometimes get $ entries for material or comparisons. Sadly, this list has items with little to no progress that are years old.

 

[mpham]

Another hot and humid here. Portable units are not keeping up.
Looks like we are in the same path as Thomas. Rain and wind starting in the afternoon into the evening.
I hope to be able to go to my job in the early AM (will leave at 5 or so)and be home before the mess. Usually a three hour total commute. Plus I need at least 4 hours for work there.
Will finish the day home office. Won't have this problem soon. (64 more Thomas days)

RedNeckGeek said "Hope you get the A/C straightened out soon, Phil. Will the new unit save you some money through higher efficiency?"
We are still waiting for an estimate and description of the new unit. I hope it is better after 20 odd years of improvements. Thanks for the good wishes!

 

[txdon]

Warning! RNG do not let you pet lizards see this:
Bearded Dragon Flying a drone - YouTube