Good morning!!!!

[RoyJackson]

2020-08-09, 0517

64 right now...high in the low 80's today. As soon as it's daylight...well, say about 0800-0830, I'll get to work outside...mow first, if the grass isn't too wet.
After that, at least get a start on the field.
I'm hoping the Stabil I put in the genny's tank did the trick, but can't say my hopes are too high. I don't have anything to drain the gas in to...well, maybe. I got 7.5 gallons yesterday...most went in to the mower. Maybe I can use those containers

 

[daugen]

good morning all
light showers going through area, clearing, then likely some more this afternoon

More thunderstorms and lightning last night around 8pm, buffeted the rv a bit
Roy good luck with generator, if there's water in there you may just have to bite the bullet and throw that gas out. Are you able to get non ethanol gas where you are?

need to make a run to Lowes to pick up some longer screws to hold in a safety bar on rv, existing ones just fell out, not long enough and likely sunk into
something not very strong.

Had a nice dinner of cod and lima beans last night, and now some veggie sausage and eggs for breakfast. Wonder how they will taste.
My dessert is usually a couple of Mandarin oranges. Not getting much exercise so have to watch how much I eat. Going to have some good Italian food for dinner
and definitely looking forward to that. Am ordering seafood canneloni, linguini with clams and baked ziti with chicken. Lots of leftovers I hope.

Read an article on how many of the cheap face masks out there don't really accomplish much. They said home made cloth ones, three layer masks and of course the N95 ones were the best. I have two of the latter but no way to wash them effectively. I found trying to put the cheap ones in the clothes washer just made them fall apart.
Even the ones the hospital gives out for free don't last long, the elastic straps pull out easily. Not very reassuring when the package of new ones says "not for medical use".

The Sturgis bike rally is really a bad idea.
All those infected bikers will then come back to their communities and I bet set off a huge increase in CV cases.
The governor should have some spine and do something about it. If they want to drive without a helmet, hurts only them.
Don't wear a mask and you hurt others, very selfish.
This isn't live free or die, this is being a good citizen.
Glad this is happening on other end of the country.
As someone highly at risk, this becomes very personal to me...
Covid counts here jumped tremendously after July 4th socialization...Beaufort Co went from 100 cases to 400 in one month

Hope you all have a nice Sunday and do some fun things.

 

[Buppies]

70 high of 88 today 90s next week, big light show last night but no rain lots of thunder too

Prayers for Jay and the wife ,Kyles daughter ,BEF and his shoulder Sodamos wife, any and all I missed and our country

 

[toppop52]

We have a big bulk diesel tank but don't want to store large amounts of gasoline .. so I get 2-3 five gallon containers filled about once a month. I started treating all my gasoline with Stabil 360 Marine several years ago. I add 1/2 oz to each 5 gallon container before going into town to fill them. It reduces the effects of ethanol contaminated gasoline and has totally eliminated all fuel related issues with our 2 cycle chain saws, pole saws, brush cutters, blowers, etc. I used to consume more gasoline but .. now our Kubota zero turn .. is diesel. I treat the gasoline, for our Corvette, with the Stabil 360 Marine also.

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I keep it on the shelf all the time.

 

[mpham]

Morning everyone! 66 heading to a humid 85. Need my air fixed!
Had a quiet week with not much going on.
We are in wait mode for all the repairs lined up. Now that we scheduled all the appointments my wife got called back to work starting tomorrow. Will have to change things around all over again. At least we will have real money coming in again.
Sent in my official retirement papers yesterday. 59 Thomas days to go.
Hope everyone is healthy and safe. Prayers going out for all in need.

 

[Thomas]

63F clear sky mid 80's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today...trim and mow front field than take the day as it comes.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Prayers that her vision comes back enough to read and drive.


I just got in from fixing the plastic hood on my LT180. It had cracked on of the hinge points. The hinge points are down near the exhaust, and they get hot, plus time takes it's toll. Anyway, I marked and drilled to 1/2" holes through the frame, where the pivots are, then I drilled out the green plastic hood with 1/2" holes right through the old pivots. There was some plastic webbing reinforcement that needed to come out too. I got out my flat 1/2" paddle bit and drilled thru (real gently) about halfway from each side, so to keep it from cracking. I temporarily have a 1/2" diameter x 20" round bar of 17-4 stainless (Type 630 for you metric guys) pushed through everything. Because it's right by the muffler, if anyone is reading this, don't use a wooden dowel or anything combustible. I'm going to rig a piece of 1/2" stainless tubing, with some stops on each end, one of which I can remove and pull out the shaft, to take the hood completely off in order to more easily facilitate working on the motor/carb etc. All thread with double nuts on each end will also work well.

Got my 2 pecan trees watered well, and my daughter watered our blueberries (just like rs). Our blueberries have about half the leaves turning brown from the heat I guess. Some new leaves are growing.

I want to make a (don't laugh too hard) 10' long brush killing apparatus, that uses a 2" pvc tube with some drilled holes in it. You wrap it with towels or an old blanket, and use some safety wire to hold it tight to the pipe. Then you pump in your favorite weed killer at a slow rate. Some call it a tampon. I will hang it in front of the gator or the tractor's FEL and drive around, applying herbicide to the tall weeds. Mainly johnson grass.

Other than that, it was a 100F day, "feels like" 107F......so I stayed in most of the day.

Oh, my mom had her 91st BD back on the 5th. She's a 1929 model.

Kyle .. look up "weed wiper" .. lots of ideas.

 

[toppop52]

Prayers that her vision comes back enough to read and drive.


I just got in from fixing the plastic hood on my LT180. It had cracked on of the hinge points. The hinge points are down near the exhaust, and they get hot, plus time takes it's toll. Anyway, I marked and drilled to 1/2" holes through the frame, where the pivots are, then I drilled out the green plastic hood with 1/2" holes right through the old pivots. There was some plastic webbing reinforcement that needed to come out too. I got out my flat 1/2" paddle bit and drilled thru (real gently) about halfway from each side, so to keep it from cracking. I temporarily have a 1/2" diameter x 20" round bar of 17-4 stainless (Type 630 for you metric guys) pushed through everything. Because it's right by the muffler, if anyone is reading this, don't use a wooden dowel or anything combustible. I'm going to rig a piece of 1/2" stainless tubing, with some stops on each end, one of which I can remove and pull out the shaft, to take the hood completely off in order to more easily facilitate working on the motor/carb etc. All thread with double nuts on each end will also work well.

Got my 2 pecan trees watered well, and my daughter watered our blueberries (just like rs). Our blueberries have about half the leaves turning brown from the heat I guess. Some new leaves are growing.

I want to make a (don't laugh too hard) 10' long brush killing apparatus, that uses a 2" pvc tube with some drilled holes in it. You wrap it with towels or an old blanket, and use some safety wire to hold it tight to the pipe. Then you pump in your favorite weed killer at a slow rate. Some call it a tampon. I will hang it in front of the gator or the tractor's FEL and drive around, applying herbicide to the tall weeds. Mainly johnson grass.

Other than that, it was a 100F day, "feels like" 107F......so I stayed in most of the day.

Oh, my mom had her 91st BD back on the 5th. She's a 1929 model.

Happy birthday to mom!

My sprayer is mounted to the fromt of my Cub Cadet garden tractor and had the single nozzle that’s adjustable from 4-16’, but I use hand wand most of the time.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is cooling in cup. 61° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 90° with abundant sun. House is clean. Plus a good day with GD. GS was feeling bad with cough, sore throat and head ache Friday. Went to Dr got tested and treated. Sent home. Dr. notified his employer. Got a call Friday from his boss. Wants him back to work Monday. Hope test is negative.
Got weekly garden pond maintenance done yesterday. So not sure what I am going to get done today. Probably putter.
Thought this picture was good with sun shining on grass.

Rick, a bought a used Commercial Oregon Electric Chainsaw Sharpener over 40 years ago. It still works good. I have at least 2 chains for every saw I own. Had some big saws when I was heating with wood. Today I mostly sharpen my neighbors chains. I had a Craftsman electric chainsaw with a similar sharpener. But it was on drive end of bar. Got jammed up with wood chips and oil. When clean it worked well. I used Cha Ching I other day on my JD mower. Check is in the mail. Sorry will not be doing Cha Ching II.

RS, another week of 11%. No way I can keep with your projects. No sparrows showing up at my bird houses any more at my place. :thumbsup:

Roy, I have used Berryman Cemtool B-12 in a fuel tank. Works better for me than sea foam. Available at Walmart and auto parts stores.

Drew, I agree on mask. I think the Sturgis is just another protest against the other protest. Sure hope they do some social distancing and mask. Be careful getting longer screws. Walls are thin in RV's.

Oldpath05, :welcome: to GM.

Buppies, is your gun range completed?

Buckeye, may be a good idea to take the Dr's offer. When I leave my tractor in a place other than my own place. I always put PTO levers in on position. Tractor will not start in that position.

RNG, paint job looks good.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

LS, waiting on final cabinet pictures.

Good Morning All.

 

[ronjhall]

Kyle, belated Happy Birthday wishes for your Mom.

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy good luck with generator, if there's water in there you may just have to bite the bullet and throw that gas out. Are you able to get non ethanol gas where you are?

My neighbor has non-ethanol gas delivered, but I don't know where or from whom...this, IIRC, is leaded gasoline
However, the genny has a sticker on it specifying non-leaded gas.

I'll see how it goes today...pretty overcast, but don't think rain is in the forecast

 

[wngsprd]

PS. Billy, that was a copperhead. We dispatch them here anytime we see them. They don't rattle before they bite, and they'll hide in garden, waiting for some poor soul to come and pick the green beans.

Yep, a good size copperhead for around here. I scared it off the trail a ways into the woods and left it in peace. If it was around my house or garden...different story.

Speaking of snakes, we have a black rat snake that has a GPS system. We've been watching these wrens build a nest on our porch, sit on eggs, and now bring spiders and worms to feed the babies...one started fussing loudly Friday and we found the snake on the porch below the nest. My wife carried it off about 30 yards to the edge of the field and it came back right away. I caught it in a net, spun it around maybe 5 times to hopefully disorient it, and took it maybe 60 yards...came back yesterday...caught it again, and took it down the hill to the edge of the creek where lots of amphibs live, about 250 yards away. I told my wife if it came back again, maybe it deserved a little baby bird snack...no laugh.

Well it came back last night - on our door threshold as we opened the door. My wife is sure it's the same snake. So I got a flashlight and took it a different direction, hoping it won't cross the shorter grass of the frisbee field. Next time, it's into a box and in the truck bed for a trip to the next county.

 

[newbury]

wow Jim that's very troubling. I was told no connection of monitor to anything in me, just a small incision, they slide the gizmo in and that's it, unlike my port used for chemo infusion which had to be connected to major vein/artery? in neck. They said I would go to cardiologist monthly and they would pull the data from the unit.
I sure am going to call on Monday and get confirmation on that. Greatly appreciate hearing your experience.
I had an external monitor used on me in hospital which was basically two sided tape to my skin and at end of two weeks I mailed the gadget back to company and they
created a report to my cardiologist. Which btw said zero AFib. I was told this new device was just a longer term version of that implanted under my skin for up to a year.
If it is anything but that, unlikely I will proceed.

If you are mainly monitoring for afib what is the reliability of the Kardia Mobile?

 

[daugen]

Be careful getting longer screws.
agreed, first going to try one size "fatter" and use some glue in there.
This is for upper railing holding sleepers/storage from coming down from upper berth.
Should have been bolted, not screwed with 1/2 inch screws into what is likely half inch wood...
On the way to dinner going to stop at Lowes and look for small screw assortment, hopefully square heads
As you know Ron, everything vibrates loose on an rv...

light rain has stopped for now. Showers/thunderstorms every day in forecast for next 10 days
Lawn mower repairmen smiling for sure

 

[daugen]

If you are mainly monitoring for afib what is the reliability of the Kardia Mobile?

now that looks very interesting. The issue is whether the AFib occurs when one is not monitoring for that short period of time. I don't know enough about this yet, whether AFib is truly intermittent or it would show up reliably on a daily test. But this gadget sure looks interesting and no procedures. Thanks Newbury.

Lots of questions to ask docs tomorrow.

 

[Buppies]

Not yet Ron need to reseed with shady lawn seed my mistake bench is complete though. As it will be on a slope do I pour concrete or made small deck with slant roof. Thinking more towards deck with roof but there goes the budget

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Happy birthday to Kyles mom.

Slept all night in a bed.

Mostly, the seat switch is already bypassed with a jumper. It’s either the pto switch, high/ low neutral switch, or hst neutral switch. The last 2 are buried to where you can’t see them.

The BX has the loader on, so can’t remove the grill to get to the starter to try to start by putting power to the coil. Disappointed I couldn’t help her get either of them running.

I was working on the BX yesterday when one of the little neighbor boys came over. I looked up and he was watching from the open barn door. I asked, do you know how to start a tractor? He said no. I said neither do I. The kid turned and took off running for home. MIL says the kids like to come over to “help”. She said those kids have no fear, they pick up snakes, hunt frogs, turtles, bugs.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Not yet Ron need to reseed with shady lawn seed my mistake bench is complete though. As it will be on a slope do I pour concrete or made small deck with slant roof. Thinking more towards deck with roof but there goes the budget

Budgets are mearly suggestions these days.
FIL used to have a shooting bench out back of the house.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Forget pigeons, Wngsprd has a homing snake.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Coffee is cooling in cup. 61° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 90° with abundant sun. House is clean. Plus a good day with GD. GS was feeling bad with cough, sore throat and head ache Friday. Went to Dr got tested and treated. Sent home. Dr. notified his employer. Got a call Friday from his boss. Wants him back to work Monday. Hope test is negative.
Got weekly garden pond maintenance done yesterday. So not sure what I am going to get done today. Probably putter.
Thought this picture was good with sun shining on grass.

Rick, a bought a used Commercial Oregon Electric Chainsaw Sharpener over 40 years ago. It still works good. I have at least 2 chains for every saw I own. Had some big saws when I was heating with wood. Today I mostly sharpen my neighbors chains. I had a Craftsman electric chainsaw with a similar sharpener. But it was on drive end of bar. Got jammed up with wood chips and oil. When clean it worked well. I used Cha Ching I other day on my JD mower. Check is in the mail. Sorry will not be doing Cha Ching II.

RS, another week of 11%. No way I can keep with your projects. No sparrows showing up at my bird houses any more at my place. :thumbsup:

Roy, I have used Berryman Cemtool B-12 in a fuel tank. Works better for me than sea foam. Available at Walmart and auto parts stores.

Drew, I agree on mask. I think the Sturgis is just another protest against the other protest. Sure hope they do some social distancing and mask. Be careful getting longer screws. Walls are thin in RV's.

Oldpath05, :welcome: to GM.

Buppies, is your gun range completed?

Buckeye, may be a good idea to take the Dr's offer. When I leave my tractor in a place other than my own place. I always put PTO levers in on position. Tractor will not start in that position.

RNG, paint job looks good.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

LS, waiting on final cabinet pictures.

Good Morning All.

I shifter PTO on and off watching how the switch got depressed, even crawled underneath to watch the hydro switch.

Did see that the radiator needs the cha Ching treatment.