Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

RNG, always lusted for a 4in1 but could never mentally justify.

 

[sodamo]

Drew, is your shed foundation same size?

 

[sodamo]

Welcome home, Paul. Sounds like an exciting weekend ahead

 

[daugen]

Drew, is your shed foundation same size?

They provide outside dimensions and I built to them. Allegedly when all assembled it will line up with outside edges.
Then from inside I'll screw it down into the 4x4s. Which after installing the foundation this afternoon, I hope, I can then drill for extra large
spikes to drive down into ground. So secure the ground lumber and then secure to it. Shed won't be in for another two weeks.
They said they will tamp down the gravel thoroughly.

 

[txdon]

Don Sorry your tomatoes are done already, nice weather.

Don hope you can get more soon. If not we can meet and do a TP exchange

Good afternoon. 82˚F, clear skies.
The tomatoes have buds and get a few weeks reprieve to see if they can produce a tomato before being ripped out to make room for the winter veggies/greens. Scored a 36 roll of TP at Target so no TP exchange required. Has anyone noticed a shortage besides the limit signs at Costco?

My Brother got the same covid antibody test that I had.
My test 7 months after 2nd Moderna was 1746 U/ml
His test 1 month after 3rd Moderna shot was > 2,500 U/ml
Wife's test 6 months after single J&J was 301 U/ml

There is a separate antibody test for those who have had covid. On the test we took only the covid antibodies from vaccines appear.

 

[sodamo]

RNG, we often laugh about the rotisserie chicken dishes as Sophie likes the alfredo and some of the others. We have reasoned that that based on some of the chicken content some of those dishes likely return $50-75 for that $5 chicken. John says says they used used to get fresh made chicken soup, but I’ve never looked for it. This particular pot pie was well loaded however.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, always lusted for a 4in1 but could never mentally justify.

Granted, it was probably more a question of want vs. need. The immediate need is to scoop up long piles of rocks gathered by a landscape rake. A regular bucket sorta works, but always leaves another pile of rocks perpendicular to the original. With the 4-in-1, you open the bucket, drop it so a jaw comes down on either side of the pile, then close it while rocking back so the jaws stay on the ground until they are shut. That's how rocks get trapped between the jaws. Without the 4-in-1, I've been hand shoveling the pile into the bucket, and not having to do that over and over is justification enough for now.

There are also places where I've been using the underside of the bucket to back drag rocks and debris up out of ditches, with the bucket perpenducular to the ground. That's pretty hard on the curl cylinders and pivots, and since the Wicked tooth bar was installed on the bucket, it leaves furrows in the ground. I can do the same thing with the top jaw of the 4-in-1, and it doesn't put hardly any load on the curl cylinders. And since the 4-in-1 has smooth edges, the surface is smooth.

When I start processing firewood again, a 4-in-1 bucket holds more bucked wood than a grapple, yet can still grab a downed tree and act like a saw buck.

It's just nice to use the right tool for the job, and not risk damage to the tractor trying to get something done. What price do you put on peace of mind?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Which after installing the foundation this afternoon, I hope, I can then drill for extra large
spikes to drive down into ground.

I've had good luck using 5/8" rebar for stakes, Drew. For that foundation, drive them in at a 45° angle to the ground, and that wood's not going anywhere.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Drew, nice looking farm.

As we got to the diner on the mountain, our friends were walking out. Figured I’d see them.
Got the big breakfast, 3 eggs, home fries, sausage, toast, 2 pancakes. Took them awhile, they aren’t fast but it was good. Took a drive thru mountains afterwards. Crossed AT several times, I showed wife the area near where I slept on a backpack trip on AT over 10 yrs ago. She didn’t take hiking boots, so no hikes. Did stop at penmar park on the AT and high rock.

 

[Bird]

txdon said, "Scored a 36 roll of TP at Target so no TP exchange required. Has anyone noticed a shortage besides the limit signs at Costco?"
I had to go Walmart this morning for just a couple of grocery items, but THEN . . . . well, it seemed they had an abundant supply of paper products, so I stocked up. If neither of our daughters need any of this, I figure I won't need to buy anymore bathroom tissue, paper towels, or facial tissue until about the middle of next year.