Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Couldn’t get my go kart engine running. Kept spraying sea foam in, let it sit. Etc. it runs 5-6 sec on the sea foam then stops. Maybe it’s fuel pump. There is no filter

Sun came out so mowed rest of the far back field, then mowed everything around the house. Only got the field to do now.
Started raining a few drops again just after I quit, but stopped by the time I got into the house, now sun is out again.

Prayers Ron.

 

[NHBX]

I hope I won't need it either...
There are a number of YouTube videos on converting a portable genny into a semi-permanent shed
Until I can afford a whole house genny...this might be a good option

I picked up a suncast shed earlier this summer (on the list to assemble before winter) kind of looks similar to the one in the video. I got tired of dragging from it the shed to the house where the power inlet is, might do something like the video.
Thanks for the YouTube link.

Luther

 

[ronjhall]

Oh Ron, I'm so sorry. I remember when you brought Muffin here to our place. She was such a good dog, and a great companion. I pray for you.

What a great picture, surrounded by Texas bluebonnets. (I believe).

Picture was taken at Jim and Kathy’s place in Sunset, TX.

 

[daugen]

Ron, may your dog remain in bluebonnet heaven. Sorry for your loss.

had a nice zoom get together with my sister in California, her husband was complaining how miserably hot and humid it got there today,
80 degrees with high humidity when normally highs in 70's. Sister said "we are really getting soft"...

made a chicken casserole for dinner, turned out really well, got the garlic, thyme and dash of Texas Pete's down just right.

 

[NHBX]

80 degrees with high humidity when normally highs in 70's. Sister said "we are really getting soft"...

made a chicken casserole for dinner, turned out really well, got the garlic, thyme and dash of Texas Pete's down just right.

Drew that is one good looking dinner, its got all my favorites in it. Pizza tonight to give the wife a break.
Its only 70 here but high humidity the air is running to keep the house dry, your sister is right about getting soft.
I can't take the humidity anymore, the ole lungs ain't what they used to be!
Enjoy your evening.

Luther

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 79F for the start, clear, calm wind. Moderate win today except for front going through, whit caps on the lake then. Sky clouded up late afternoon, most of the rain has been Ted's 6 to 8 inch between rain drops hope we get some overnight. High temp was 101F, feels like 109F. Chapel this morning, then walk with wife, made pancakes for breakfast this morning, and then wife and I made spinach quiche in muffin pans using crescent rolls for crust. Stepdaughter and her boyfriend came over for his birthday then it was nap time. After nap changed battery in bicycle computer.
Covid update: Cooke unchanged, Montague unchanged, Grayson 1260 confirmed cases, 94 active cases.
Randy good luck with getting grass back under control.
Roy good luck with genny
Drew good luck with your copay, and new ball cap.
Thomas that's the spirit, conserve energy
Ron hope you get your rain neat cloud pic.
Billy what about Coco's flotation device for swimming hike?
RNG do you get reports from system with statistics hours on inverters/genny?
Dennis hope worship went well, and that tingling is not a sign of trouble down the road. Smiled at the reminder of the helicopter rescue
Ron sorry to hear about Muffin. My condolences.
Rick hope you get more rain than I have so far
RS nice of you to bake the cookies. hope today went well for you.
Randy what are you using to help float the mower?
David 4 miles?
Roy wish my fingers had more memory.
RS glad you got some rain.
Dennis glad you got to mow some more.
Drew nice looking dinner there.
Prayers for all, especially for Drew/move, Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, Mike, David(Moss)/move, Ron, and Country
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[sodamo]

Nothing as serious as you Mostly. Just 4 miles on my recumbent bike. I do at least 6 mornings and usually 7 unless going to town very early. It’s where I get my morning glance at TBN / GM.

 

[RoyJackson]

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57 right now...high in the mid-70's and a 50% probability of t-storms/rain.

 

[daugen]

good morning all.
First cup of coffee going down the hatch.
Delightfully cool morning at 68 out now, but headed up to 90 in sunshine all day.

I will be headed out this morning to find local dry cleaner that also does wash and fold service. More expensive alternative (but not much) than coin op but
keeps me out of that enclosed room for hours on end which can't be very safe disease wise.
Also going to call local computer repair place and get price on switching hard drive to solid state and replacing the fan. If under 300 bucks, I'll do it. More than that, not sure.

It was honestly not a pleasant thing to do because I am not wired this way, but last night I got a long email from my realtor, who got a long email from my farm buyer's realtor, with a page of questions
posed by buyer. Well...what goes around comes around. On four separate occasions while I lay in a hospital bed they beat me down on price for ridiculous reasons. I was deeply offended by these folks, and after owning and selling six houses prior to this, had never experienced this scorched earth policy. So in very clear but not nasty terms, I told them I would have been glad to help the buyers
if they had just treated me fairly. And that life was not all about taking, plus the lowest price rarely offered good value. So I declined to help them at all and told realtor to not provide contact information. Some of the questions were stupid...who provides propane when name of company was right on tank. And some, for an engineer... were ignorant, as in where does the output from my garden solar charger go, since it goes into the ground and they don't know where it came out. Really? Those are the ground/earth wires...bare wires of course. Output wires went through insulated donut in shed wall and out to electric fence.

I am quite sure from their selfish perspective they just think I'm a grumpy old man. So be it. It was never "just business" like the Mafia hit men say before they shoot you in the head... Those holes in my wallet hurt and I have a good memory. Onward, but at least I got to vent my unhappiness and disappointment in these people.
As I have said here before, I have lived my life for the last twenty years by a simple motto...every day is an opportunity for kindness. They really missed out.

Hope all of you have a good start to the week.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. It has been raining most of the night and we are set for more later today. So good though for last week's heat to come to an end, as well as feeling comfortable in the house it is nice to be able to get cool water straight out of the tap (faucet ?).

Friends are coming to grade lambs for market, after that it will be a good day to catch up on reloading a few cartridges. I find squeezing and trimming brass strangely satisfying and having total silence apart from rain on the roof while weighing out powder quite therapeutic.

Ron, sorry to hear about Muffin.

 

[Eric Salop]

... So in very clear but not nasty terms, I told them I would have been glad to help the buyers
if they had just treated me fairly. And that life was not all about taking, plus the lowest price rarely offered good value. So I declined to help them .

Well done Drew :thumbsup:

 

[K5lwq]

Good Morning Everyone! 70F this morning and I feel like today is Christmas Morning!

We had thunder storms all around us yesterday afternoon and all we got was the thunder. When I went to bed, rain chances were gone.

At some point before midnight we got 1" of rain!! At least that is what my weather station is saying. Still not sure if the wife just poured some water in to mess with me. Lol

Sorry to hear about Muffin! We sure miss the doggies we have lost over the years. Each one of them have a special place in our hearts!

 

[Buppies]

64 high of 84 stayed cloudy all day yesterday until late afternoon

Bear was walking up sidewalk last evening when I went to get work papers out of truck. He went one way me the other

Prayers for all

Prayers for Ron, Jay and wife, Kyles daughter, Drew, riptides

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 58° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 80° with thunderstorms in afternoon. Already missing Muffin. Got her grave dug on side of a hill that is visible from house. All our pets have been buried there. What job. Ground was like concrete. Figured I would had dig it. Because it would be easier than put back hoe on tractor. Got it done. But I was beat by the time I was done. Need to landscape the area for a marker yet. RIP Muffin. Sassy was going around house looking for her this morning.
Hope to get some outside projects finished today.
Thanks everyone for the Muffin wishes. For newer members here on TBN. Jim Inman (jinman) where muffin picture was taken. Was one of the original TBN members that posted lots of good info for us. He passed a few year ago.

Drew, you did good. Neighbor that sold house across street had buyers wanting something taken off price for every little thing that inspection found. They put a stop to it by telling buyer they would put place back on market next day. Also reminded buyer that they were buying a 30 year old home. Not a new home. The market in my area is in the sellers favor. Dinner looked good.

Buckeye, good you got lawn cut.

Everyone stay healthy and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Stop me if you heard this one. A bear and Buppies were walking down a sidewalk ......

 

[Thomas]

Stop me if you heard this one. A bear and Buppies were walking down a sidewalk ......

...they met to agree and disagree.

 

[Thomas]

55F clear sky upper 70's for high chance of late evening shower.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Not much plant for today...finish weeding the rest of the garden mostly and putter.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[newbury]

good morning all.
First cup of coffee going down the hatch.<snip>
if they had just treated me fairly. And that life was not all about taking, plus the lowest price rarely offered good value<snip>
I am quite sure from their selfish perspective they just think I'm a grumpy old man. So be it. It was never "just business" like the Mafia hit men say before they shoot you in the head... Those holes in my wallet hurt and I have a good memory. Onward, but at least I got to vent my unhappiness and disappointment in these people.
As I have said here before, I have lived my life for the last twenty years by a simple motto...every day is an opportunity for kindness. They really missed out.

Hope all of you have a good start to the week.

ATTABOY Drew:cool2::cool2::cool2:

When I read the first part of your post my mind jumped to you driving over to lend them a hand.
They read like the type of people who think it's a dog eat dog world and have no ethics. They might have grown up never being told "NO" and never having to have faced consequences. If you have not already done so you should write a general letter laying out the specifics of how they beat you down on price when you were in the hospital and circulate it among your former neighbors as a warning to beware of the newcomers and apologizing for having sold to them

I was brought up to turn the other cheek. And maybe offer the other cheek also. But if they slap again deck them with all the power I can muster.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG do you get reports from system with statistics hours on inverters/genny?

The system does generate reports, but there's very little leeway for customizing them. And right now, there are no current shunts that are being monitored, so very little information about system performance is available, other than total kWh produced by the solar panels. The contractor says that will be corrected, but they've been saying that for several weeks now...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 85F @ 5:45AM. Partly cloudy. Record high temperatures expected. High 107F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph.
Lightning storms yesterday caused new fire starts from one end of the state to the other. Over twenty in the Mendocino National Forest west of here; we'll probably see the smoke once the sun is up. We're under a continuing Red Flag Warning, and regulators are saying rolling blackouts will continue as well. What a recipe for disaster...

Sorry to hear about Muffin, Ron. The best friends are the hardest ones to lose.

What goes around, comes around, Drew. I feel sorry for your old neighbors. Your sister should count her blessings. The LOW here was 83F yesterday, with a high of 102F. Any chance of talking you out of that chicken casserole recipe?:licking:

I'm glad you and the bear parted on good terms, Buppies.:shocked:

It's been so long since I did any reloading, Eric, I'm not sure I still remember how.

Safe move went about like I thought it would yesterday, took about three hours and nobody got hurt. Didn't count on the very light rain that was trying to fall, but was grateful for the cloud cover. Almost took longer to put the closet it was in back together than the move; the organizer shelving broke into pieces and needed a couple dozen drywall screws to hold it back together. Better than new now. Now time to start shopping for a replacement with a higher fire rating.

I'll also start looking for the evap emissions parts I need for the van, probably have to get them used.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a good start!