Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Tonight’s moonrise. It really is the moon, not Sun
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Not as glamorous as what you guys post, but I did have some accompaniment while mowing
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Nice pics.

Still can’t get my wife to use the ranger, she will get out her wheel barrow to use.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

One thing I learned here, pay three times as much and get an Amish stick built shed delivered and all built ready to go.

I was just starting to wonder if you had something like that as an option, Drew. Several outfits in town have ready made sheds for sale, but they're not Amish. They're not cheap, either. But I think they'll install them for free, and that makes them quick and easy...

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp 43°F and the high will be 48. Wind NNE 7 mph. Rain.

No firewood going in today.

I guess I am not supposed to own a power washer. The replacement for the one I bought in the Spring fired up, but stalled after 15 seconds and was uber hard to pull over. Called the store and they said they would get back to me and so far they haven't. I will be looking for my money back. Between the two of them there is $32.oo worth of liquids in them that I will never see again. This is not counting the gas to go and return them.

I don't know what I will be up to today. I do know the trailer light plug needs changing, might do that. I haven't had lights on the trailer in 2 years, so I think I had better change the plug BEFORE I get caught.


Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

Bill, did you run a lot of water through the pump before you started it up? Usually takes a while to get air out of line.
if you want one that you can totally rely upon, scan the Northern Tools catalog. Don't forget the little cans of antifreeze for your
power washer unless it never goes outside.

which reminds me I need to order one for my cheapo HF one, 79 bucks and it's run just fine, perfect for cleaning off lawn mower and walkways.
Ever since I froze up an expensive one early on, I've been a believer in those little cans of antifreeze and pump lube.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 57F @ 5:00AM. Overcast with showers at times. High 68F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
We got a little less than a quarter inch of rain yesterday, and it looks like the same will fall today. It's looking like an inside day, and like Drew, I've run out of excuses for putting off housework. But since the coming week all looks wet, I can spread it out and not get too carried away trying to get it all done at once.

Very few people wearing masks in town yesterday, mostly old folks like myself. Covid admissions have fallen by about 50% at the local hospital, but they still have 35 people, 7 of which are in intensive care. 75% of them are not vaccinated.

My first stop of the trip was at the allergist, where I got two shots. Then on to Costco where I got another, for the regular flu, but the 65+ dose. The little pharmicist did a nice job; I didn't feel a thing. They aren't giving out Moderna boosters quite yet. The arm on that side is a little sore this morning, but no other symptoms, so I appear to have cheated death once again.

Picked up the wire and junction boxes to rig power to a couple more of those outdoor LED lights, so some attic time will happen in the next few days while it's raining and the sun is hiding behind the clouds. I'll run some more wire for additional security cams, too, since the last two came in earlier this week. They were on back order since July!

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

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, sun looks like it's trying to come up, 50s now
Got out weed whacker, hedge trimmer and pole saw to clean up back yard, bushes etc.

Tried to use pole saw to cut up fallen branches, but it was taking too long so got put the small chainsaw and that worked fine, sun was setting, so moving all the detritus will need to wait for this afternoon.

Thomas-feel better soon, sorry to hear you and the Mrs. under the weather
PopG- glad check ride went well and was quick. I think I see my brothers isthmus in the pic.

Rip- 24% hike- sounds like when I was in NJ- fight it! In NJ, so many people were fighting increase, they changed the rules to make it even more difficult to fight, so do it soon before they start the upward spiral.

New neighbor survey done. My property in the back is actually closer to his field than I thought. Which is good, now I know I am not getting to close to his place when I clean out brush.
I guess they are getting ready to build, just in time for winter.

Bought a dyson V7 vacuum, works great but seems fragile for so many $.

Stay safe and be well

 

[txdon]

Don what does the 7 day average have to drop to to leave the red zone?

My mistake, not average but below thresholds.
Actually it has to stay below for 14 days the rate of the community spread has to be below incidence rate <12.7, positive test rate<15%, and hospitalization rate<. (see below for my county)

Is everyone in the highest zone in your area? Has anyone dropped down a zone? We have been decreasing for a month and a half but are still not below the thresholds to drop us from the RED zone to the ORANGE zone.

• To move from Red (Uncontrolled Community Spread) to Orange (High Community Spread) phase, the incidence rate needs to be below 12.7 for 14 consecutive days and incidence should be trending down during those 14 days. The incidence rate is currently above 12.7.
• To move from Red (Uncontrolled Community Spread) to Orange (High Community Spread) phase, the positive test rate needs to be below 15% for 14 consecutive days.
• To move from Red (Uncontrolled Community Spread) to Orange (High Community Spread) phase, the COVID hospitalization rate for TSA Region O needs to be decreasing for 14 consecutive days.
• All three indicators above need to be met to move to Orange phase.

 

[toppop52]

Nice pics.

Still can’t get my wife to use the ranger, she will get out her wheel barrow to use.

My wife is the same way, a new wheel barrow is on her Christmas list.

 

[toppop52]

49 early and headed to 78 later today. No rain until at least Monday night. My grass is nearly all dormant.
Flooring guy is here pulling up the old laminate, we are replacing it with Life Proof vinyl plank, supposed to be both water and scratch proof, we will see, the laminate was neither. I’m trying not to watch his every move, I always hated people watching me work.
I’ve got to get the MMM off the tractor, service it, the spray rig and the zero turn as well as the golf cart.

Grandson has a ballgame tonight, only three more regular season games. He will have travel ball practice and tournaments all winter weather dependent.

I’m glad to hear that those sick are improving. Our Covid numbers are dropping but not as rapidly as last spring.

I better start something or I’ll do nothing. Have a great day.

 

[txdon]

Bought a dyson V7 vacuum, works great but seems fragile for so many $.

Our go-to vac is our Dyson stick vacs. I had an Animal V10 but the dirt ejection broke after 3.5 years (just out of warranty) so Dyson gave a 25% off a new Animal V11. I could not throw away the V10 so I ordered $100 of parts and now we have two.

Roy those recipes look good. The dill pickle soup just need a little tweaking to make it vegan. Dill is growing wild in my garden now with this cooler weather.

Good morning! 61˚F heading to the 80s. The seeds are sprouting in the garden and they need watering. Our newly formed plant based group is meeting this afternoon in a larger room. Half of the people attending last month had to be turned away last meeting because the room was too small - only held 20 people.

 

[txdon]

Turkeys on the golf course this morning.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Flooring guy is here pulling up the old laminate, we are replacing it with Life Proof vinyl plank, supposed to be both water and scratch proof, we will see, the laminate was neither..

I put vinyl flooring with a rubber backing in my mud room off the garage. (Another unfinished project). It can get wet. Have thought of putting it in the basement, but that would take a lot of it.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

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Turkeys on the golf course this morning.

Couple birds behind them also

 

[RoyJackson]

Couple birds behind them also

You got to it before I could!!!

 

[PJSprog]

55°F and partly cloudy this morning, going up to 64° today. Judging by the small puddles here and there, we apparently got a little rain overnight.

Mostly_, my first time driving into St. Charles, I accidentally too the Rock Road exit off I-270 instead of the I-70 exit, and almost immediately realized what I'd done. That was the only time I ever went across that bridge, and I had no desire to ever drive on it again. That was definitely a skinny bridge.

Nice pictures today, Gents.

 

[rswyan]

62F and partly cloudy @ 11:00, headed up to a high of 66F with thunderstorms developing this afternoon. Just got a Lightning Alert on phone, about 25 - 30 miles away ... but it's a broken line of showers/thunderstorms.

Woman is out mowing and blowing the leaves with the Cub before the rain gets here. She woke up today @ 05:00 and wasn't able to go back to sleep ...

Need to dispose of chipmunks and unload a 55 gallon aquarium out of the van that I've been hauling around forever.

Other than that nothing special on menu for today. Will likely be an inside day mostly.

Might be a trip to Menards on the menu for later today.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day ...

 

[txdon]

My wife is the same way, a new wheel barrow is on her Christmas list.

An electric wheelbarrow?

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Took a knee rest day. Just piddling around the yard I found freeze damage from February splitting the bark on the trunk of my only live oak tree. The foliage looks healthy and I'm going to see if it self heals. Has anyone else seen damage like this and does the tree survive?
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Don, sorry but my guess is that tree won't live, based only on my empirical experience.... I have had the root ball grow a new tree, siamesed to the old tree trunk.

We don't have many acorns this year yet, not sure why. Some years are crazy numbers, will have to wait and see.

Today is Doobie Brothers concert. 11yo Son has diarrhea and may not make it.

I took off, and trying to get a few chores done.

Thomas, please be careful. Loss of smell is harder to diagnose than loss of taste. Time is of the essence, to get the antibody injection, and keep the disease from taking a high toll. If you wait too long, it will be less effective or should I say longer healing time with longer symptom period.

L4N, pressure washers need to be used often, kept out of freezing temps, and like Drew said, best if you fill them with antifreeze/lubricant to keep them from scaling up on the inside. No brand will survive without attention.

Prayers for our team, and our country.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Here's a story for you electric lawnmower guys. Apparently you are beating the mandate.

California Enacts Ban on Gas-Powered Lawn Mowers, Leaf Blowers

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

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