Good morning!!!!

[Bird]

A lady friend that just passed away used to hand stitch all her quilts, none done by machine. Using a machine on a quilt was an insult to her.

My mother and my paternal grandmother made all our quilts when I was a kid, and I've helped stitching a bit in my preteen years. We had hooks dad mounted in the ceiling, so a quilt in progress could be pulled up over our heads when it wasn't being worked on, and lowered to the right height for a person to sit on a chair on either side of it to continue the work.

 

[daugen]

Ken you and Dennis/Buckeye are our resident appliance repairmen. :thumbsup:
I have never bought an extended warranty except for electronics on my boat that I knew would get shaken around like mad.
And they never broke...
Having been in insurance business most of my life, and knowing the profit margin on those contracts, have firmly believed not to pay for insurance
on anything I can afford to fix. Which usually means anything under $1k, which is also deductible on home and cars.

another rental opportunity popped up today from little apt wanted ad I placed, and it looks like the best one so far.
Private, one floor, all renovated with new hvac, cable, garage, fireplace and nice deck out back looking into woods. No place for garden though, perhaps something small. Nice to have options. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3523-River-Rd-Lumberville-PA-18933/9094626_zpid/

 

[RedNeckGeek]

another rental opportunity popped up today from little apt wanted ad I placed, and it looks like the best one so far.
Private, one floor, all renovated with new hvac, cable, garage, fireplace and nice deck out back looking into woods. No place for garden though, perhaps something small. Nice to have options. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3523-River-Rd-Lumberville-PA-18933/9094626_zpid/

I agree, Drew, that looks like a really nice place. Two car garage, too! Wouldn't take much to put a planter or two on the back porch so you could raise some veggies and flowers, we all know how much you love keeping your fingers in the dirt. Be patient, the right place will come along because good things happen to good people.:2cents:

 

[txdon]

Got my fingers in the mud today and finished the root trench and barrier. I will be so sore tomorrow.


Wonderful weather today, cloudy with the high of 68˚F, now it's 62˚F, time for a Whipper walk.

Kyle, they have lifted the burn ban in your county.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I have my (old) oil burner/wood burner and my AC under contract. I fix everything else or buy when wife makes me.
Have fixed refrigerators, dish washers, and just recently replace motor and inverter board on my washing machine.
It matters how much effort you want to spend on fixing vs.calling and cost of repair.
Washing machine over $200
Fridge - about $30 every 2 years for hinges and other wear items
Dish Washer - $30 for new solenoid.

So made money fridge and dish washer, broke even on Washing machine for what it would cost for extended warranties.
Time is also a big issue, and if you will lose money by spending time fixing things, that needs to weigh in, I just use spare time so little cost to me.
I also like fixing things (as long as it's something within my ability) for the rest, I pay someone that can do it better

David-$50/month sounds very reasonable. Do they charge you any service fees ?

$50 a yr would be reasonable.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Got my fingers in the mud today and finished the root trench and barrier. I will be so sore tomorrow.
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Wonderful weather today, cloudy with the high of 68˚F, now it's 62˚F, time for a Whipper walk.

Kyle, they have lifted the burn ban in your county.

Colorado County Commissioners lifted our burn ban this morning. Got an alert on our VFD eDispatch app around noon.

 

[sodamo]

Ken
That covers parts and labor. Never been charged additionally. It does seem that most any appnt runs around $200 and that’s per item, something I would be very very reluctant to pay. Parts prices seem inflated as well. Don’t know if same prices apply to customers not under the warranty plan. My hold out hope is for the day the parts are no longer available or repairable and we talk replacement item.

Other than this stuff, I fix myself. Sadly when it comes to many things these days it’s replace, not fixable.

 

[sodamo]

Drew, looks like a contender. You don’t need a big garden just yet anyway.

 

[sodamo]

Good job, Don

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Drew, nice looking Apt. hope you get it.

My son is breaking his Apt lease early and moving back home to save some money. He moved in right as the virus was starting, but was so eager to move he signed without consultation from me. I recommended too late he wait..turns out he was home most of the time and working from home. He could have done that here. His plan is to move to TN, probably Knoxville area. He has to stay with current company till May for 401k vesting.

some on and off rain, was-surprised to see 1.1” in gauge when I got home. Some heavy rain on way home. Some people found out at what speed their tires no longer held a wet road

Worked more unplanned overtime, hope I can get out early tomorrow to make up.

I’ve had to replace dishwasher rack once, couple stove burners, dryer temperature switch, dryer roller.
Did buy an extended warranty on my Visio tv. It’s lived past the extended warranty period now., so that was money wasted. Also bought drone replacement warranty, which will probably be wasted also.

Son said 2 students and 2 workers at his university now have Covid.

Sure getting dark earlier.

Glad RNG has done ok.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

We're 100% on the same page, David, especially the NIMBY/Greenie part. But loggers won't help the vast numbers of small property owners such as myself that don't have the big trees the loggers are after. I'm safe here thanks in large part to a neighbor that loves to drive his bulldozer at cost, but even then it wasn't cheap to clean this place up. And it's an increasing handful every year to keep it that way. But if your neighbor lets his property go, it can really mess you up. Just last night on the news, a young man told of watching two towering pines on his neighbor's property explode in flames, which then proceeded to shower his home in sparks. In moments it too was blazing, and there wasn't a thing he could do to stop it.

RNG,

Your situation seriously tugs at my heart strings... Be Safe!!!!

I do understand, I am entering the "small land owner" now as I will be under 20 acres and not completely wooded. I've got a guy, he is just getting started as a larger logging operation. I'm going to pay him to clear near the house, but I'm also hoping the old hardwoods I have will tempt him to do a limited thinning and cut me a 100M range site...

Here in VA, they will only log small (under 20-25 acres) sites if they are already set up on a neighboring property and can do it as they leave kind of thing.

Seriously, I pray to God your little sprinkler works, but if it goes bad GTH OUT!!!

Be safe please.
Be well,
David

 

[MossflowerWoods]

David MFW -In MA where my uncle used to live the lumberjacks are all out of work from stripping out the old hardwoods. The lumber companies planted crappy pine, which will spread fire and burn hotter than the old growth. Be careful what you wish for in logging. Controlled burns and fire breaks seem to work best. It's what the Native Americans used to do and the Parks are trying to adopt it now. After seeing the blight in Yosemite from not letting the burns happening, they finally figured out clearcutting was not working and neither was fire suppression.
We now get most of our hard woods from asia since so little left in the US. Paper goods are expensive for a reason.

RNG - I hope this means that the fire is getting under control. I know a lot of people who got through camp fire with only the clothes they were wearing.

Ken,

Not to insult Mainers, but Loblolly Pine is the cash crop here in VA, building grade and faster growing. Hardwoods simply take too long to grow, 30 years for pine, 60-80 years for Hardwood. Homes are built from Pine...

I grew up in Oregon. OMG I miss those HUGE Douglas Fir trees, but they will not grow here in VA. Loblolly it is for me! I've got over 46 acres planted and I'm selling it!!!

My new place is all hardwood...

Like I said, not meaning any insult to Maine...

Be well,
David

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 54F for the start, light drizzle, 1.2 inch in gauge. Moderate wind in morning, light in afternoon, overcast all day, high temp 68F. Conservation of energy today, talked to Garmin on phone sent log file to them and they said they will take close to two weeks to get to it and figure it out. Did get walk in with wife, not nap .
Covid update: Cooke 350 confirmed cases, 17 active cases, Montague 155 confirmed cases, 19 active cases, Grayson unchanged.
RNG good to hear you have not need to evac and seen the fire, and all is as ready as you can make it. hope you can get some sleep tonight
Phil hopefully not too much trouble
Eric hope you get the hay cut and in before it spoils
Chuck there is always a fair amount of mis-marked and unlabeled boxes,
Thomas enjoy your day!
Ron, enjoy your light day. Great pic as always
Billy glad you got a hike in
Bird hope you get your ice maker fixed soon, loving this cool weather.
Don hope you get to work on the root trench, this is the weather for it.
David(moss) yes California need better fire planning forest maintenance policies
Drew, cleaner has been in short supply, hand sanitizer is coming back but wife like my home brew the best.
Ted hope you can get Mas fixed up soon.
PJ I understand with all that capability comes the hard work of learning it. The there is your hearing a further complication.
RS glad the seat install is further along hope you get all the kinks worked out.
RNG you were so close to having the van done... hope the fire does not crank back up
David enjoy the new puppy
RNG the story is so sad, there is not much any can do, but keep plants away from house like you have.
Drew has potential
Don nice job getting root trench finished.
prayer for all, especially for Drew/move, Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, Mike, David(moss)/move/sale, RNG/fire, and Country
sat safe and healthy you all.

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-09-11, 0333

19 years ago, terrorist destroyed the Twin Towers in NYC...murdered almost 3000 Americans...let us not forget this...

59 right now...high in the mid-60's and morning showers. For a short week (4 days), this sure has been a long week...

 

[Buppies]

Agreed Roy

70 high of 83 storms this afternoon big cool down tomorrow high of 70

Grass is like hay now but too wet to mow

Prayers for riptides, Kyles daughter, Jay and wife, Drew, RNG, our country

 

[Eric Salop]

Eric... that's some nice looking hay.
What does bale of hay cost?

Thomas, as it's you, I will happily give you a bale, although I can't help but worry about how much you are going to cry when you get the bill for transport.


RNG, "Make hay while the sun shines" is indeed in common use here, in all walks of life.

For some inexplicable reason, the more recent one of "Make silage when the weather allows a grass dry matter (DM) of 30% at harvesting, with rapid wilting to minimise excessive sugar and protein losses" hasn't yet crossed over from farming into every day speech.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. Quite a strong wind today, I have been wearing a woolly hat to stop me shivering while cleaning out yet more brick joints. This year it is the turn of the old bull pen, which is now my workshop. It is only about 115 years old and made out of engineering brick, so would be much easier than the house to point, if only someone in the 1960's hadn't tried to patch over the lime mortar with sand and cement. Can't blame them really time in doing a quick bodge as they say time is money. With plenty of time on my hands, I must be quite rich

Now I wonder if there's a way to retire from retirement?:confused2:

I heard that we all get to do that eventually ... Actually, when you have lived a long and happy life, that is probably no bad thing.

When I am about to kick the bucket, I could well be smiling at the thought of no longer having to pull ragwort while being stabbed by horseflies, while Jim will going "Whoopee, the old Toshiba microwave is still running !".

Anyone else got any last likely flippant thoughts to share ?

 

[daugen]

Good morning all.
Foggy morning, 75 going up to mid 80s with rain likely this afternoon.

need to call rv dealer and see if recall parts came in, apparently slide can self activate while going down the road. :shocked:

Roy, I think that one event did more to our national psyche than anything else in our lifetime, other than perhaps the Vietnam War.
Made us all feel less safe.
While I lived in PA, great number of those investment managers on top floor lived in our area, something like 35 of them died, made quite
an impact on the community. Am very glad we are a lot more careful about terrorism now, but sometimes the bad guys, and the plain mentally deranged bombers
get past us. One of many good reasons to live in the country.
Pic is of maiden voyage of my first boat, Carver 33 aft cabin, as we brought it down from Mamaroneck NY through the East River and down the NJ coast, but not before taking in the sights of NYC and the Statue of Liberty. That whole area gave me goose bumps thinking of my grandfather coming
through Ellis Island.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 51° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 69° with sunshine and some clouds. Have a working light on garage now. I knew I had a spare fixture for this light. While putting tools away I found it. I'm sure I looked there at least 2 times. :ashamed: Take Sassy in for grooming, pay property taxes, pick up order at Menards today. Then will see what rest of the day brings.
Tree rat has a growth on its neck.

Roy, never forget. :flagday:

Bird, Hope you ice maker get repaired. I never use mine. I bought a repair plan from American Home Shield for just about anything in house that does something. Neighbors have had good response from them.

RNG, hope you got more than naps last night.

Buckeye, less overtime for you.

Don, root trench looks good. I remember you saying you were sore when we worked on your drive. I very seldom get aches from this type of project. Maybe that why my shoulder went bad. I do not know when to stop. Unless I am tired.

David, your lucky. Sassy's latest plan is to get me up between 1 and 2 am. Probably close to when I need my nightly trip to relive myself.

RS, 11% until

Everyone be healthy and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Thomas]

55F cloudy upper 60's for high lot less humidity mostly 10 mph wind.

Outside chore done E muffin time. :licking:
4 th night in a row Boo shown up about the same time and has slept in the same spot. hmmm.
Plans for today...Trip to town to get case of this and that goods for the Mrs.,rent a dumpster for next week cleaning out attic etc. with Mrs. which I am not looking forward to put out another new game cam wireless game cam not impress with,

Enjoy the day all.