Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Soph’s ophthalmologist liked what he saw today. Scheduled her for eye exam for glasses in a month and back to him a month later. Guess I’ll have to seriously start considering my own cataracts, but likely try to put off until after DL renewal.

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-08-26, 0308

69° right now...high about 90° today...

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy glad fork unloading went well, enjoy Margeaux when she gets there.

Yeah, I really appreciate my neighbor doing the job...he and his tractor did all the work.
Saturday we pick up Margeaux and let her settle in. I'm getting my 2nd COVID shot tomorrow (Friday) afternoon and hope I don't have the bad reaction some folks (like my stepdaughter) had. I can hold off a day unshipping and assembling the pallet forks, but I can't put off picking up Margeaux. I don't care how I feel...that pup is coming home Saturday morning!

 

[ronjhall]

Frist cup of coffee has been poured. 73° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 89° with mix of sun and clouds. My sister and her husband arrived from AZ yesterday. Lots to catch up on with them. Sassy goes to groomer this morning. Grocery shopping needs to be done.

RNG, I must have missed it. What is a Grizzly Frame?

David, good Sophie had a good Opthamologist visit.

Ken great picture.

Kyle, good luck with Gator carb.

Buppies, hope they get all the C in one visit. Good job towing equipment.

Roy, do you have to assemble pallet forks before you can use them?

Drew, hope reaction to shot is not to bad.

Everyone stay safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning, a clear sky today yet not too hot thanks to a gentle easterly breeze that will keep the thermometers to no more than 20C/68F.

Broadband has been pitifully slow these last few days. Repair man came and swapped over the last spare pair of cores in the cable that runs under the yard. Nice to be able to once again see pictures on here.

Alien, have fun with the ripper, just be careful where you stick it in. I heard they are more effective than a divining rod for discovering unexpected water pipes

Kyle, happy anniversary. Ours is the day after yours, fortunately your memory is much better than mine - your pre-emptive posts have kept me out of trouble more than once, I owe you again this year !

 

[ronjhall]

Good morning, a clear sky today yet not too hot thanks to a gentle easterly breeze that will keep the thermometers to no more than 20C/68F.

Broadband has been pitifully slow these last few days. Repair man came and swapped over the last spare pair of cores in the cable that runs under the yard. Nice to be able to once again see pictures on here.

Alien, have fun with the ripper, just be careful where you stick it in. I heard they are more effective than a divining rod for discovering unexpected water pipes

Kyle, happy anniversary. Ours is the day after yours, fortunately your memory is much better than mine - your pre-emptive posts have kept me out of trouble more than once, I owe you again this year !

Happy Anniversary Mr and Mrs Eric.

 

[sodamo]

Happy Anniversary Eric andMrs Eric. And many more.

 

[txdon]

Happy Anniversary to the Salops!
(Thanks Kyle for saving Eric, again)

Good morning! No 100˚F, just 96˚F, yesterday. After checking the history on my tempest weather station this has been one of the coolest years. The minimum temperature was on February 16 at 0.3˚F and the max was on July 26 at 99.5 ˚F. With clouds rolling in we will not hit 100˚ this month and probably not this year here, incredible.

Now - 73˚F heading to the mid 90s, clear skies but clouds heading this way.

Yesterday's trail work was still plenty hot with the chainsaw work and dragging branches to the mulcher. After 2 hours I couldn't sweat fast enough and the mulcher had to leave so that was it and it was only 86˚F. Today they are starting at 4 PM when the temp will be in the mid 90s, so I will not be there, there are plenty cool months coming soon enough.

Texas weekly covid cases continue to drop. It looks like we peaked on August 18 at 19,000 new cases a week. Yesterday's 7 day average was 13,000 and is on a downward curve. We still are averaging 200 new cases a day in the county which is down about half.

 

[daugen]

good morning all.
sunny hot day today back up to low 90's.
trying to wake up with first cup of coffee, feeling a little headachey this morning from Moderna booster, and a little tired, pretty much
what I expected. As long as it doesn't get worse, just will be a low chore day. And maybe a nap.

good school board orientation last night, looking forward to starting and also going on finance and investment committee.
All our investments must be green and fifteen years ago last time on this board myself and another investment adviser restructured
all the investments. Nice to see endowment has doubled in that time.
School has been open since last September, distanced, masked, etc and not one case of covid has gotten into the school.
We all keep our fingers crossed.

headed out for a walk around the local park shortly before it gets too hot.

Happy anniversaries Kyle and Eric.
I only forgot once and that unhappiness prompted me to put the date in my annual calendar to keep repeating each year.

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy, do you have to assemble pallet forks before you can use them?

It's just a matter of mounting the forks on the frame...one man job...two might make it a bit easier since those tines go 90 lbs. each
If you look on YouTube, some remove the forks when stowing the frame in an out building. My neighbor has a large enough shop that he keeps the tines mounted on the frame and has a dolly to move it around.
Unfortunately, I don't have that luxury. My forks will be sprayed with some kind of preservative when not in use and left outside on a pallet. I never leave any implements directly on the ground.
The only implement I stash in an outbuilding is the chipper...

 

[wngsprd]

72 going to a steamy 94.

Happy Anniversary Eric and Julie!

Fiddlearound, 52 years is quite impressive! Congratulations to you and wife.

One more congrats...enjoy your new granddaughter, Mostly.

David, glad Sophie's eye report is good...and thank her for mountain photos.

Sorry about your skin cancer, Buppies. Many of us likely have little ticking time bombs on our skin.

Speaking of skin, spent a couple of hours at the urgent care facility yesterday...the same one that put 8 staples in my scalp a couple of years ago. I have a >25 cent piece red spot on my bicep from likely a spider bite...got it under an old long sleeve white dress shirt I was wearing while mowing on the zero, running up against a long row of forsythia, etc. I never felt a sting, and had no tick, just a small whelp like the way a mosquito bite starts. It hasn't cleared in 8 days...which is weird for me...I spend a lot of time in the fields and forests so have had hundreds of tick and chigger bites over the years, and plenty of spider bites...never had one transform over the days and be persistent like this.

I was hoping for some magic test to tell me what it was, but got a "doesn't matter" from the doctor and a prescription of cephalexin. She pressed on it and said, "it's blanching, so that's good." Then drew a circle around it with a Bic pen to help me determine if it changes size. Well, I learned what blanching means, and got my first Bic pen tattoo (ink promptly washed off in the shower last night.)

Will keep an eye on it and decide if I will take antibiotics...the treatment can be worse than the ill.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s 70 and might make it to 90 with clear skies.

Yesterday went by quickly, but everything went like clockwork. I got 5 coats of finish on two speakers, and all the mowing done in between coats. I ran the Lazer around the edges and got the big mower hooked up while my helper was napping. By the time he was up and had lunch we were ready to rock and roll.

Today will be in the shop again, Need to get the electronics built and wired, hopefully these will be done by Saturday, and I can relax a little bit before I head off to training.

I never forgot an anniversary, but I can’t say the same about a birthday. That didn’t go well.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Popgadget, how much is birch plywood in your neck of the woods now?

Congratulations on your twenty years together, Kyle. May I ask what steakhouse?
My bride and I celebrated our fifty second anniversary a couple of weeks ago.

Happy belated anniversary Fiddler.

Good morning, a clear sky today yet not too hot thanks to a gentle easterly breeze that will keep the thermometers to no more than 20C/68F.

Broadband has been pitifully slow these last few days. Repair man came and swapped over the last spare pair of cores in the cable that runs under the yard. Nice to be able to once again see pictures on here.

Alien, have fun with the ripper, just be careful where you stick it in. I heard they are more effective than a divining rod for discovering unexpected water pipes

Kyle, happy anniversary. Ours is the day after yours, fortunately your memory is much better than mine - your pre-emptive posts have kept me out of trouble more than once, I owe you again this year !

Glad I could be of help my friend. Hope you have a great day, tell your wifey Julie Howdy and Congratulations!

Slow broadband is a bummer, hope your's works much better.

72 going to a steamy 94.

Happy Anniversary Eric and Julie!

Fiddlearound, 52 years is quite impressive! Congratulations to you and wife.

One more congrats...enjoy your new granddaughter, Mostly.

David, glad Sophie's eye report is good...and thank her for mountain photos.

Sorry about your skin cancer, Buppies. Many of us likely have little ticking time bombs on our skin.

Speaking of skin, spent a couple of hours at the urgent care facility yesterday...the same one that put 8 staples in my scalp a couple of years ago. I have a >25 cent piece red spot on my bicep from likely a spider bite...got it under an old long sleeve white dress shirt I was wearing while mowing on the zero, running up against a long row of forsythia, etc. I never felt a sting, and had no tick, just a small whelp like the way a mosquito bite starts. It hasn't cleared in 8 days...which is weird for me...I spend a lot of time in the fields and forests so have had hundreds of tick and chigger bites over the years, and plenty of spider bites...never had one transform over the days and be persistent like this.

I was hoping for some magic test to tell me what it was, but got a "doesn't matter" from the doctor and a prescription of cephalexin. She pressed on it and said, "it's blanching, so that's good." Then drew a circle around it with a Bic pen to help me determine if it changes size. Well, I learned what blanching means, and got my first Bic pen tattoo (ink promptly washed off in the shower last night.)

Will keep an eye on it and decide if I will take antibiotics...the treatment can be worse than the ill.

Agree on the antibiotics. I have an old white dress shirt too for sun usage. I typically put hydrocortisone on bites, and if a wasp or scorpion, I'll take/give benedryl.

 

[Popgadget]

Popgadget, how much is birch plywood in your neck of the woods now?.

Just over $100 for a 5x5 sheet for true Baltic Birch.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 68F @ 5:00 AM. Abundant sunshine. High around 95F. Winds light and variable.
We'll be under a Fire Weather Watch Friday into Saturday morning; the usual issues with strong winds, high temperatures, and low humidity. No word yet from the power company about a shutoff, but I'm keeping my eye on them.

I once had to argue with a nurse practitioner to get a course of antibiotics for what looked to me like an infected tic bite, Billy. No sense taking chances on a possible Lyme disease case.

Welcome to GM, Fiddlearound!

So far, so good, Drew. Hope it stays that way.

Not so much anti-vax, Randy, as pro choice.

Good doctor, Rich. Why tempt Fate when your antibody counts are good?

Sounds like a good read, Kyle. Read a ton of books on the submarine service, surprised I missed that one. BMW at one time used solid brass float needles, then switched to brass with a Viton tip. The tips still get a ring worn in them and will either leak or stick shut in time, but the seats stay in pretty good shape. And in the Bing carbs, the seat is replaceable.

Work on the grizzly/soil sifter/rock screen went a little slower than I'd hoped yesterday. Tried to speed it up putting on a coarser bandsaw blade, but the last length in the box was too short. Had another left over bit, so patched together a blade with two braze joints. It cut pretty well, once I turned it over so the teeth were pointing the proper direction. The argon/CO2 bottle is on its last gasp, so I may or may not get some tack welds on the assembly in before I go to town this afternoon. The front panel has put on enough weight that it's right at my limit for flipping over by myself, and I'm told by the neighbor he can lend a hand tomorrow. Just hate to see him come down and mostly watch me weld, though. Big waste of his time, and for him, time is money.

Got another couple rounds of pumping water up to the high tank yesterday, but the pressure is still hanging on to about 20 PSI. I haven't gone up to the tank to listen for the gurgle, but I suspect the air bubble is still there.

Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!

 

[toppop52]

Good Morning!!!! 68F @ 5:00 AM. Abundant sunshine. High around 95F. Winds light and variable.
We'll be under a Fire Weather Watch Friday into Saturday morning; the usual issues with strong winds, high temperatures, and low humidity. No word yet from the power company about a shutoff, but I'm keeping my eye on them.

I once had to argue with a nurse practitioner to get a course of antibiotics for what looked to me like an infected tic bite, Billy. No sense taking chances on a possible Lyme disease case.

Welcome to GM, Fiddlearound!

So far, so good, Drew. Hope it stays that way.

Not so much anti-vax, Randy, as pro choice.

Good doctor, Rich. Why tempt Fate when your antibody counts are good?

Sounds like a good read, Kyle. Read a ton of books on the submarine service, surprised I missed that one. BMW at one time used solid brass float needles, then switched to brass with a Viton tip. The tips still get a ring worn in them and will either leak or stick shut in time, but the seats stay in pretty good shape. And in the Bing carbs, the seat is replaceable.

Work on the grizzly/soil sifter/rock screen went a little slower than I'd hoped yesterday. Tried to speed it up putting on a coarser bandsaw blade, but the last length in the box was too short. Had another left over bit, so patched together a blade with two braze joints. It cut pretty well, once I turned it over so the teeth were pointing the proper direction. The argon/CO2 bottle is on its last gasp, so I may or may not get some tack welds on the assembly in before I go to town this afternoon. The front panel has put on enough weight that it's right at my limit for flipping over by myself, and I'm told by the neighbor he can lend a hand tomorrow. Just hate to see him come down and mostly watch me weld, though. Big waste of his time, and for him, time is money.

Got another couple rounds of pumping water up to the high tank yesterday, but the pressure is still hanging on to about 20 PSI. I haven't gone up to the tank to listen for the gurgle, but I suspect the air bubble is still there.

Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!

I’m also pro choice, I was just referring to those that are anti vaccine.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, heat is on-did not get much done yesterday outside of day job.

Buppies - hope they can get the spots out without issues.
Mostly - congrats on the granddaughter-great news!
Sodamo - Sophie is doing well, good news so far to start the day!
Eric - Happy Anniversary to you and the Mrs.!
Wngsprd - hope the arm heals soon. Some Spiders can give a wallop that lasts for a few weeks.
Fiddlearound - welcome to GM thread and happy belated anniversary.

Stay safe and be well.

Another, what is this new flower I have never seen before. Keeping the deer away has certainly led to some interesting finds.

 

[daugen]

tried to go for my walk but park lawn crew was there and the noise of the mowers was too much on my ears.
So I went downtown and got four pots of mums that came in yesterday, the ones outside the supermarket are usually the least
expensive in the area and if you get them early, they are nursery fresh.
So lugged out the two big black eyed susan plants and replaced them with mums.
I'm going to try to plant the black eyed susans along side of garage in full sun.
Maybe on a cooler day.

then after lugging pots around and playing musical plants, I got out the watering can and
box of Miracle Grow and watered all the new plants with some fertilized water.
And then of course there were a few old plants that I thought needed a little help.
Otherwise things are growing well, that almost four inch rain we got has everything green.
I keep deadheading the zinnias and the roses and they keep blooming.

one more trip out in a bit, to give the humming birds some fresh sugar water aka nectar
need to stop sweating first and get body temp down.
Then ready for another foray out in the heat.
Other than a sore shoulder I seem to be doing fine.

81/88 and going up, heat advisory in effect.

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning! 72 now and hazy.supposed to get to 86 later.

RNG & Kyle - I have not read Fluckly’s book, but have read a lot about his exploits aboard the Barb. The Barb has about 6 war patrols and had nothing to show for it. Under the command of Fluckly, it became one of the top scoring submarines of the Pacific Theater, first submarine to launch missiles in combat, and landed the only invasion of Japan to blow up a bridge with a train on it. The boat and crew had a bunch of decorations, but conspicuously absent was any Purple Hearts. Gonna have to find a copy of his book now.

Yesterday was just a go riding the bike day with no maps, no plan, no GPS. Just ride and didn’t even take very many pictures. Here are the pictures I took. Most of my ride was this type of views







Not sure I posted this, but this one is for Kyle, he will appreciate it



Got to go to the butcher shop and pick up 1/2 hog we are getting and put that away, then not sure what I will get into

Everyone stay safe out there

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 58, going up to 86. Maybe a chance of a storm is in the forecast now.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to Mr and Mrs Kyle!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to Mr and Mrs Eric!

Buppies, extra prayers sent your way. Hopefully they will get all of it.

RNG, hope you can get all the bugs worked out on the water line. Sounds like a good welding project.

I was able to complete the additional set of steps off the porch. Wifey is pleased. Today will be drip irrigation on the new landscape bed.... it is getting old hand watering pulling a hose.

Not much else on the agenda for today. I still have to find out if the mulch will be on sale at Lowes for Labor Day.

Everyone have a great day!