Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

Very comfortable 56F but cloudy low 70's for high chance couple afternoon t storms.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...fuel for pickup and mower,do the grocery shopping for the Mrs.,remove pesky rock from the lawn,some puiiering,and date night with Mrs.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[daugen]

Drew, how hard can a Vette be to drive

I never drove my brother's Z06, the 650hp one, but that's the only one that he said had too
much power for the chassis, too easy to break loose. Scared him once or twice.
But fun to drive with a light foot. Honestly this old car was so high effort to drive with
super heavy steering (brother thought maybe it needed some steering box work) and brakes that were laughable in feel and function
compared to a modern vehicle, plus the constant roar of noise coming in, well it kind of wears you out. We both agreed about an hour of driving
was about all that was fun. A car you get out of with sweaty armpits...of course it was about 90 in the car with no a/c...

Whereas his 1960 was crude and bouncy but just a delight to drive with a 327. I drove that convertible to the NJ shore with the Beach Boys
in the cassette deck. Giddyap Giddyap 409
Nice to have a brother who will trust you with his Corvette...

I've told him for a couple years he should just order a new Corvette. For what you get they are very reasonably priced and if you don't do
something really stupid, super fast and safe too. As I was staring at the chromed steel and wood steering wheel yesterday that could have
shish kabobbed my chest...

 

[Buppies]

58 high of 88 today still Smokey haze affecting allergies

Prayers for all

 

[ronjhall]

Drew, how hard can a Vette be to drive

I never drove my brother's Z06, the 650hp one, but that's the only one that he said had too
much power for the chassis, too easy to break loose. Scared him once or twice.
But fun to drive with a light foot. Honestly this old car was so high effort to drive with
super heavy steering (brother thought maybe it needed some steering box work) and brakes that were laughable in feel and function
compared to a modern vehicle, plus the constant roar of noise coming in, well it kind of wears you out. We both agreed about an hour of driving
was about all that was fun. A car you get out of with sweaty armpits...of course it was about 90 in the car with no a/c...

Whereas his 1960 was crude and bouncy but just a delight to drive with a 327. I drove that convertible to the NJ shore with the Beach Boys
in the cassette deck. Giddyap Giddyap 409
Nice to have a brother who will trust you with his Corvette...

I've told him for a couple years he should just order a new Corvette. For what you get they are very reasonably priced and if you don't do
something really stupid, super fast and safe too. As I was staring at the chromed steel and wood steering wheel yesterday that could have
shish kabobbed my chest...

My son is coming for a visit next month. Bring his 2020 Shelby. He does not know yet. I plan on driving it.

 

[Buppies]

Drew maybe he should look at an M8 very nice or a Bentley Bentaga used the best way to buy both pretty fast. I have expensive tastes on beer pocketbook

 

[Buppies]

Ron there is a nice gentleman who lives close by whose father had the largest Shelby dealership in NY. Numerous books he has signed by Mr Shelby fascinating man to talk to

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-07-23, 0637

58 right now...high in the low 70's today.

I went and got fuel for the ZTR, than went to pull it out of the garage....click, click. Dead battery. My neighbor had pulled it in the garage while I was in the hospital and the key was hanging on the hook (I normally leave it in the ignition when the mower is in the garage)...also, the parking brake pedal wasn't depressed (engaged). I have no idea what killed the battery, but I had an online meeting to attend. I'll charge the battery this morning so I can mow this afternoon. If it charges OK, should be good to go. I'm thinking the parking brake not being engaged could be the culprit...maybe tied in to a safety switch (I know it's tied in to the mower deck PTO switch) which remained energized even with the key out of the ignition

 

[daugen]

remained energized even with the key out of the ignition

that would be an unfortunate design flaw, off should be off

However, I had to suggest to my friends who loaned me their 22 year old JD 345 whose new battery almost went dead on me
to install one of those battery kill switches on top of the battery to cut off all drain, because something was draining the battery.
Or...charging circuit bad which I'm thinking would only take a multimeter to test out.

 

[wngsprd]

65 and cloudy, going to 86.

Nice day yesterday...worked in garden, then sharpened the 3 extra blades for the zero. I'll need to swap them with the 3 on the mower in the next couple of weeks.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 76˚F, 96% humidity, partly cloudy skies, heading to the mid 90s

Yesterday was a tractor day hauling mulch. We also have two dumpster that needed compacting with the FEL. They are used to put spent plants in. They are taken out to the composting site and compost is brought back to the garden.

I order an entry mirror from Pier 1. Tracking started in Canada and yesterday got to within 20 miles of me before the tracking stoped and a note saying it was "discarded because of damage". Refund time.

I really don't understand the qualification for going to the highest level in the Covid infection. We are getting around 70 new cases a day in the county, In the winter we were getting 300 a day before the level went up to the highest level (uncontrolled spread). ??? Stores have not required mask again and there is plenty of toilet paper. More people are wearing mask in the store, about 1/3. Our county is 60% vaccinated. The vaccine is readily available in drug stores and grocery stores, no appointment necessary.