Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning
It’s 61 here according to my Tempest weather station. The Davis station shows 61.2, so I will ever actually know what the temperature is. The forecast high is 75 and windy.

Other than shop time, I did get the smoker fired up, it should be done before lunchtime. It’s got a little more than 20lbs of pork shoulders in it for pulled pork. It’s great having a smoker with an automated draft fan. Once the dampers are set about right, I can fire it up and go to bed. It keeps the temp better than my electric stove, and can burn for at least 16 hours on one load of lump charcoal. These shoulders will be done later this morning.

Guess what’s on the lunch menu?

When it comes to BBQ, if it's worth doing, it's worth doing to excess. My hat's off to you, Paul. It appears you've found the ultimate BBQ solution!

Now all we need are some "after" photos...

 

[PJSprog]

46°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 61° today. Mid-to-upper-70s predicted for tomorrow.

My new PFD came in yesterday. Well, both of them . Sometimes, Amazon is a goofy place to do business. With temps approaching 80° tomorrow, we may be tempted to put the new kayaks in some water somewhere for their maiden voyage.

I'll never understand how some automotive engineers justify some of the things they design into newer vehicles. Fuel filter in the tank? That's even worse than having to remove a front wheel just to get the battery out. With some of these things, it's obvious that those people have never actually built or repaired anything in the life.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

And in other news, the judge overseeing PG&E's probation is seriously considering measures that would more than double the number of power outages in California this summer. This on the heels of CalFire's recent finding that the 2020 Zog fire was sparked when wind blown trees fell onto PG&E high tension lines that had not been preemptively de-energized.

It's gonna be a long, hot summer...

 

[daugen]

Paul, I can understand a large mesh filter in the tank, but where's the fine micron filter inline?
that's just nuts. I have no idea what was in the gas at Sheetz, can hardly get a larger volume gas retailer
that has faster turnover than perhaps a major truckstop. But I shouldn't have to worry; where's my filter?

As I was looking at the fancy new ETron electric cars Audi has, I was thinking no fuel filters in them either...
The problem with the new EV cars is almost no one but the dealers can work on them. Everything is proprietary.
I think the number of Prius out on the road today, over a million? , plus Tesla means a lot more independent shops will start
specializing in EV once the current batch goes out of warranty. But I think Tesla restricts availability of parts, pays to research this.

 

[txdon]

I'll never understand how some automotive engineers justify some of the things they design into newer vehicles. Fuel filter in the tank? That's even worse than having to remove a front wheel just to get the battery out. With some of these things, it's obvious that those people have never actually built or repaired anything in the life.

On the Ford Ranger you have to remove a panel in the wheel well to change the oil filter.

On the Kia Stinger you have to remove the spare tire to get to the battery under it.

 

[3Ts]

Good morning all.
This week we had some concrete poured around our doors so we won't be tracking mud into the house anymore. Wife is happy! The contractor started work at 3am! Seeing as how he's so backed up with work it's taken 4 months for him to get to me, I wasn't about to complain. I'm still trying to catch up on my sleep though.

The seeds in the garden are beginning to poke thru the dirt. It'll be interesting to see what actually comes up. Some are from the BB store and looked kinda dried out when I opened them. I wonder if they're from the previous year and have been sitting in the warehouse.

I got my first Covid shot yesterday. Other than a sore arm, no after effects.

I'm off to a neighbor's funeral (not covid related) shortly. He was 89.

 

[txdon]

Three weeks after the Texas Mask Mandate order was lifted covid cases are still falling in Texas. Some news media do not like this - no doom and gloom to report.
Starting Monday all adults in Texas are eligible to get vaccinated.

 

[mpham]

All secured and ready to come down. Loggers did a heck of a job keeping it from falling at all.My garage is up on the left.(view is from neighbor's yard.)
56 and raining so cleanup will wait till it's nicer.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Did you book me one ?
When I looked only Oakland md.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good morning all.



Mmm, no precise weather info from me today, you will just have to guess if it is "wet-n-windy" or "windy-and-wet".



RNG, pennwalk, nice try at deflection, but I reckon we could be in trouble if arto suspects how much we make from weather. Gang, don't forget those weather station sponsorships have been our most lucrative deals since Wng had to drop the 3M mask placements when Muhamad became suspicious. Don, Sodamo, no product names for the rest of the week, give it a few days and this should blow over.

You just had to “pour” it on.