45°F and cloudy this morning, going up to ... well ... that's the high for today. It will start dropping as the rains arrive later this morning, and head down into the mid-30s tonight. Looks like the same for tomorrow.
Started working on clearing out the old fence line at the east end of the pasture Saturday. The neighbor from across the road came over and helped. I think he was looking for an excuse to get out of the house for awhile. He hasn't quite adapted to retirement yet. We got nine trees dropped and a bunch of ground level scrub cleaned out. We were about halfway finished when we both decided that was enough for one day. He was a big help, and I enjoyed teasing him about the battery in my Lynxx 40v chainsaw outlasting the fuel tank in his Stihl saw. Probably finish that last half next weekend. He insisted I let him come over and help again.
Sunday was cold and windy all day, never getting out of the 40s. Got some inside stuff done, and some puttering in the studio before a nap was in order. Finished the day by going to our favorite Mexican restaurant in town. As we sat and thought about it, this was the first time we've actually eaten inside of a restaurant since December last year. Was nice to be back there. Great food and wonderful people running the place. Hope they can survive this mess.
Also found yesterday that a guitar I'd ordered from an overseas seller, which had tracking suggesting it had been shipped September 25th, was finally released by US Customs on Saturday, and is in the possession of the USPS in New York City. It will be interesting to see how long it takes them to get it to me in Southern Illinois. Hopefully, I'll be having a "New Guitar Day" sometime this week. When I ordered a guitar kit a couple years ago, it got to me from Australia in a total of 7 days, including two days in Customs in Chicago. No idea why this one is taking so much longer, but glad it's finally on it's final leg of the journey.
Good news on your audit, Roy. I've always found that some people are just better off taking a day off during audits, as no amount of training or coaching will keep them from boogering it up.
LS started offering rear mounted 3PH controls just after we bought our XR3135HC. I still haven't ordered the kit to install one, and curse at myself every time I'm changing an implement. It really would be helpful with a cab.
I'm surprised there are no windows that open on that cab.
Congrats on the new Ranger, Rick. Looks sharp.
I'm more of a grinder, too, Randy. My welds aren't pretty, but they seem to hold OK.
Glad you got all of your stuff, Drew. Now, the fun of sorting it all.
Nine years and almost 121K posts. Quite a legacy, Irv. Remains my favorite place on the internet.
I've had fingers and sometimes my whole hand lock up on me. When it happens, it's always after a long stretch of particularly strenuous work. The notion bothers me, as anything debilitating with my hands is the ultimate nightmare for a musician. Fortunately, it doesn't last long, and I can usually massage it out in short order.
