Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

58F cloudy mid 70's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...shouldn't take long cleaning up 2 8" spruce trees with chainsaw and tractor,check game cams,odd and ends puttering.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Thomas]

The rescue agency said it would take a dog up to 3 days to "decompress"...
Took Margeaux about an hour...maybe. She's a real sweetheart and doesn't let the bad leg get in the way. She does have a tough time going down stairs, but no problems coming up.
Not a real licky licky dog...she loves the attention we're giving her and I think she'll be a welcome member of the family. Definitely our fur baby for a long time to come!!
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After all the running around and playing...time for a snooze

Arm is still a a bit achy, but tomorrow I'll tap in those spikes at the bottom of the chain link fence....this to prevent Margeaux from escaping under the fence. I'm not sure she'd try, but no use taking that chance

More toys needed.

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
58 here also this morning. What a welcome change from the heat and humidity!
Was going to cut the grass yesterday but someone left a light on in the tractor and killed the battery! Hopefully charger will fix it.
Health wise the wife and I are doing fine.
Was supposed to have our window replaced on Wednesday but it looks like rain will cancel that. An already bummer to add to the bad glazing in the window and being given replacement glass but no installation/replacement.
Prayers for all our servicemen and women!

 

[Buppies]

69 high of 94 very humid again today

Still feel tired today, had tomato sandwich for dinner very good

Prayers for those in harms way along gulf coast our military everywhere

 

[pennwalk]

Roy after your remarks about your new family member liking the couch I'm glad that you didn't have to post a picture of you sleeping on the floor on a stack of pillows. We had my nephews great dane with us a couple of years ago. That dog followed my wife everywhere. Some dogs just love momma. Enjoy the new dog.

Chris

 

[Frankenkubota]

Eric, the vast majority of Native Americans have no problem being referred to as Indians, in fact most self identify as such.

was it the owner of the Redskins who commissioned a number of independent surveys of native americans re the name?

i think the result was overwhelmingly in favor of keeping the name.

A rose by any other name.....

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s 67 and will likely go up 10 degrees with a mix of clouds and sun as well as a chance of showers and rain today.

Slow day yesterday, made some shop progress, played a few games of table tennis with son, lost 2 out of three games. Last loss was after triple deuce, first loss was by a wide margin.

Not sure what today will bring, might go out to lunch at Bowman’s Tavern near Ken, friends are playing music there from noon to 3.
Not much I can do to get the last speaker finished, I’m still waiting for a shipment of parts containing the resistors I need to finish the crossover.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 77F @ 5:00AM. Abundant sunshine. High 101F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
Looks like one more day of smoke, then maybe a little clearing.

Good luck finding a sale, Ted. Do Sunday papers still have the tons of Labor Day ads they used to on the weekend before?

"Woke" vocabulary is just another sign of the times, Eric. Most folks I know just try to ignore it.

Welcome to the GM thread, alexebdra453. REI used to have pretty good articles on their website for outdoor equipment. A dozen years ago I took a pump filter with me to Baja and it worked great, but there may be better devices out now.

Finished the frame on the grizzly yesterday, still no sign of the I-beams for the bars. I have a bunch of 2" pipe I purchased for fence railing I'm going to repurpose to make a frame for the 1" screen we found at the junk yard. My hope is I can use it without the bars so I can get going on filling in the trenches. Looking at the photo, I should probably weld caps over the open end of the tubes, too. On the bottom, they'll keep out the dirt, on the top they'll keep out the critters. Not sure about paint, either. Probably do without for now, and see how much rust the rocks rub off. If it's a lot, paint wouldn't last anyway.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend!

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning! 82 now, predicted to be 86 later, same as yesterda, but it showed 90 here. Being outside the last 2 days has tough.heat/humidity got to me Friday, yesterday wasn’t much better.

Mowing yesterday in the sun made me wonder why I don’t have a canopy. But then I would need to do a lot of tree trimming. Need to think about that. Maybe just add a fan to get some air moving would help.

Had a birthday party for my dad in Canton last night. He is starting his 90th lap of the sun. My step sister planned it. Wondered why she chose a restaurant in Canton, but gotta say, food was excellent. The calamari appetizer was quite good (not grilled over a wood fire in Turkey good), but good. The veal was quite tasty, and like the calamari, cooked just right. A lot of the family, we hadn’t really seen in some time due to the current situation. Was good to see everyone.

Not sure what I will get into today. Staying out of the sun will be on the list!

Everyone stay safe out there

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 53, going for highs in the mid 80's. The predicted high was only supposed to be 81 yesterday, but hit 88.

Clouds built in late yesterday, and a storm finally crossed over us, albeit very briefly. Only 1/10" in the gauge. Definitely not enough to do anything more than just dampen everything.

We must have been target for a cross wind during the storm.... it was just breezy, when all of a sudden, we heard this really odd wind noise....
When we looked out onto the front porch, a metal rocking chair was down 5 steps, still upright. Another was moved across the porch to the top of the steps. The two upright junipers in front of the porch that are in 30 gal metal planters were knocked over.....

The strange part was that nothing else was moved or damaged.... not even any tree limbs knocked off....

The drip irrigation was completed yesterday! WooHoo!

Ron, as usual, a great pic.

RNG, I have no clue as to the Sunday paper ads.... I have not gotten one for years since it became half the size. The 'paper' really wants people to become online subscribers.

Dftodd, nice family pic on vacation. Hope everyone had a great time!

Popgadget, hope you have a great dinner at Bowman's Tavern.

Today is day of rest.....

Everyone have a great day!

 

[toppop52]

69 high of 94 very humid again today

Still feel tired today, had tomato sandwich for dinner very good

Prayers for those in harms way along gulf coast our military everywhere

Ripe tomato sandwich is one of my very favorites.

 

[rswyan]

83F and sunny @ 11:30, HI 96F, DP 72, heading up to a high of 87F.

WU is now calling for heavy thunderstorms to develop this afternoon with rainfall amounts as much as 2" - 3", 100% chance of rain ... wee-oh baby ...

Glad I spread most of that milky spore on the upper part of the lower front ... although if we really get that much rainfall, I doubt where I spread it will make much difference ... particularly if it happens in a relatively short period of time.

Before that happens I have around 15 bucketloads of compost I set out to dry some a few days ago that I will try to get run through the screener to replenish the pile of screened material.

Other than that, I'll be looking for work that I can do in the shade until the rain arrives.

Rich, you're probably gonna get hit in the next two hours ... cluster of thunderstorms moving your way out of Columbus.

Got fall bulb order placed last night, along with another order at a different place for three other varieties of hostas.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday ...

 

[sodamo]

66°F and .05 inches rain.

Switching gears today. Yesterday’s tile clean up went well and tomorrow I’ll redo the shower drain and do the grout. That should make it worthy of a pic.
Today will concentrate on mechanical maintenance, mowers and hopefully my golf cart which is getting a new carburetor. Margeaux sure looking quite at home

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

Got about half the compost screened before I started feeling raindrops.

It's now pouring.

There will be no need to water anything for a while if this keeps up ...

 

[daugen]

almost three inches of rain predicted from Ida on Wednesday.

of course they are now predicting 20 inches for New Orleans area
looks like a serious storm for East coast

hmmmm, looks like it's going right over my head Thursday morning

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Kyle, JD X390 least expensive one with power steering
only 10 inch rear wheels (they are fairly wide) is fine for just mowing but if you want to do anything else with it, might
consider a basic 5 series. They go 3 5 7 in size, think BMW...
Likely a good bit less money if you don't need power steering, which makes this thing super easy to drive though.

Drew, I like the X394 model with the all wheel steering.....but too much $$$ for me. It is close in price to a nice zero turn. A used tractor might just be your best avenue. I just spoke with Deere salesman at church. He says that they are out or low on most midsize machines, and just forget about anything with a cab. He said the 6000 series cabbed machines don't show availability until next April!!!

62F high for today 68F afternoon quick shower.

Good day for outside chores...spruce tree area and front field trim and mow,while mowing Mrs.waving her arms and pointing at the stack wood pile and there laid Boo sound a sleep 1pm,glad Boo got nap in because I didn't.

I very very seldom complain about restaurant meal but how in heck do you screw up mash potatoes mushroom gravy $17 steak tough enough use for boot sole,almost wanted to drag my tongue on the lawn and my stomach has distance thunder storm sound.

Well try keep my eyes open enough watch some NASCAR and share bowl ice cream,

enjoy your evening all.

Sorry about your crappy meal. Many restaurants are struggling right now. Hope you don't need some "Boo B Gone"...

BEF, you do a lot for your church. Glad they have someone with your talent to help them. Hope your message helped many.

Don, it looks like many of the tempest weather stations on the coastline are not reporting. Prayers for those in Ida's path. They probably just wished they only got some inches of rain.

We got another inch of rain yesterday. Our pastures are green in late August, a fairly rare occurrence.

I started a thread for the HPX Gator in the ATV section, more thoroughly cataloging what I've done. I checked the valve clearance last night...all good. New fuel pump is pumping aplenty. No gas getting in the crankcase. All good, but with the darkness, I did a shadetree spark check with the plugs just laying on their respective heads. The rear cylinder is hit or miss, while the front seems great. I just ordered a new $82 coil to see if it might fix the spark for that cylinder. If that doesn't work, next is new $330 ignition module (which I replaced in 2016). Why the rear cyl spark is intermittent, I don't know. I cleaned the 2 spade connections, and retried it, but no change. The service manual from Deere is over $200....Ouch.

 

[rswyan]

74F and partly cloudy @ 16:00, rain has stopped.

Out of the two closest PWS', the one is reporting 0.09" of precipitation and the other reports 0.45".

I'd say the latter is closer to what we got, but we may have gotten more than what they report.

At any rate, it was a good soaking.

I don't think the catch basin that drains the lower front overflowed, but it may have been close to it. There was enough runoff that we had a little stream running through the yard on the east side.

Gonna go fill the sprayer and the 65 gallon tank and enjoy the cooler outside temps ...

 

[Alien]

Weirdest thunderstorm ever yesterday evening. I was having a snooze and this incessant booming woke me up. I thought the wife was doing something outside but then she wandered in and said it was a storm. No wind, just a massive boom every 10 seconds or so, A large cloud was rapidly moving overhead all by itself. NO lightning at all. As it moved on whoosh, down came a torrent or rain for about 10 seconds, then it was gone. Strangest event I have experienced. Lasted about 1/2hour all up then silence.

 

[daugen]

Kyle, I can't drive a zero turn due to arthritis in hands but if I could, I sure would.
I think zero turn market even more competitive, lot of models from residential to prosumer to commercial.
Sometimes you can find a good deal on a used one from someone who just wants the latest model, bigger engine, something.
Boy they go quickly though.

 

[Rich B1]

rsw, we got maybe 10 minutes of decent rain, then light rain for maybe 20 minutes, then it was over. Had a lot of really dark clouds, thunder, and lightning, but the actual storm was pretty mild.

But the temperature did drop 16 degrees in about 10 minutes which was nice