Good morning!!!!

[Fuddy1952]

RIP
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Used to have 4 black cats, down to one.

Tractor loader valve still sticking. Finally got it to work by manhandling it. I was having trouble with the handle lock, maybe something messed up with it. I took off boot around it, I can see this the curl side locks and unlocks, maybe the forward reverse direction isn’t unlocking.

So sorry about the cats. We lost Sabbath, a 20# big tomcat...super nice...then got Cosmo Topper.

 

[Rich B1]

Condolences about your cat BEF

 

[toppop52]

BEF, I’m sorry you lost your kitty. We had the exact same situation with our black and white, Charlie last June, she was 21.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

So sorry about the cats. We lost Sabbath, a 20# big tomcat...super nice...then got Cosmo Topper.View attachment 722890View attachment 722891

That first picture cracked me up. Thanks, I needed that.

 

[NHBX]

BEF sorry for the loss of your kitty ‍

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Kyle, how do you go about removing duck weed from a pond so large ? I can just imagine you making a floating skimmer attachment for your Steiner Beast

I wish I could have mechanically removed it, but I believe that would have been a lost battle. I must admit, I did use a very slow acting chemical, which I can't remember the name. It came in a powdered form, and I only put a couple of cups in.....way back in July or August maybe? Our pond had so much vegetative growth, that if I didn't do something, it would have grown over and just become a marsh. It needs to be dug out or deepened, but there are no low budget methods that would be considered normal. It has so much silt, maybe a meters thickness of it in places. A neighbor with a big bad 4 wheeler tried to go down in it, turn around and come out. He had just rigged a snorkel breathing tube on it. The silt sucked him in. It was good that someone was there with a rope to get him and it out.

Here is my idea for the cheapest method to get some silt out. I may have offered this idea before. The pond has 2 tributaries, and the main one has about 50-80 acre watershed. When it rains hard, like 1-2"(25-50mm) inches/hour, the main tributary can flow like a fast river, about 25 meters wide. My plan is to launch my buddy's 200hp center console outboard boat, tie it to our bigger tractor, using the tractor to hold him back. He can gun it, steering back and forth side to side, while I man the tractor and control his forward/backward motion. Basically, a 200 hp tiller, and then let the raging torrent of nature carry off the sediment downstream over the swale.

Sorry about your kitty BEF.

Prayers for Bupps, Topps, L4N's knee, and all in need.

 

[LouNY]

^^^^^
A person could rent a liquid manure pump with an agitator loop and back it in the water start it to agitating when it has a good sized area liquidfied pump it out and repeat.
Not as much fun as your way though.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Dennis, Sorry to hear about your kitty.

Eric..... "LS, planting bugs to find fleas ? Have you been at the gravel again."

 

[PJSprog]

Condolences on the loss of your kitty, BEF.

Kyle, when I read your idea, the first thing that came to mind was, "What could possibly go wrong?"

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 36F for the start, clear sky, light breeze. Wind was light to moderate, Sky mostly clear, and high temp was 72F, DP 36F. Started with leaf sucking this morning, then lunched and had bike ride. If I get 20 miles in tomorrow, I will still be 20 miles short of getting my 6K miles in 11 months. did get nap in the grocery shopping after dinner in town.
Covid update: Cooke 4207 confirmed cases, 20 active cases, Montague 2691 confirmed cases, 22 active cases, Grayson, 16,459 confirmed cases, 146 active cases. Cooke 1, Montague 1, Grayson 59, new cases.
Dennis sorry you had so much mic issues. Nice you got to spend time with friend. pics on new decorations
Ron I am sure you will find something to do nice bird pic
Roy hope you get your markers in. Hope wife's recovery continues.
Billy good luck with your to-do list, good to hear no bad injuries from fall.
Buppies that is a lot of surgeries
Mike hope tax meeting went well, Hope you can get wood pile under control and enjoy family.
Buppies takes about 10 minutes for me to get bored with daytime TV.
Bill sounds like conserve energy day to me
Paul sorry about knife, have fun tool shopping
Don Cooke co. has about 2% fatality rate if you add probable(973) to confirmed cases(4207), deaths 105.
Ken love that smile, will garage be far enough away?
PJ thanks for skunk update, meant to ask for it. I need to get my humidifier up and running.
RNG hoping you get rain soon. Glad you got some deals. Hope you get wood pile under control and have enough dead/seasoned wood for this year.
Rich glad you are enjoying help from the cat. Hope you can get some hunting in. Thanks for talking about you Covid experience
David should be easier to put greenhouse together, right?
Eric sorry moving wood did not pan out, cold rain is definitly not fun to work in!
RS Sounds like you have plenty inside work.
Dennis sorry about losing the cat, Glad bike delivered intact. Sorry about raising FEL issue, all quick connects on correctly?
Roy you have convinced me, I will not piss off a Rhino
Thomas sorry about flare up, prayers sent
Dennis nice pic, good luck with FEL valve
Kyle don't forget to video the silt removal, what can go wrong
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, Bird/aging issues/, Don/whipper, more tests/ Grey 2, health /ring bearer/back broken & infections, Don/ neighbors with Covid, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL covid, /cancer surgeries, PJ/FIL death, Dennis /wife wrist surgery and recovery, Roy/ palpitations/ angina, wife/ankle recovery, Billy/ wife fall, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Buppies/new cancer on face /lingering cough, Thomas/gout, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted/knee recovery/retirement, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery, Ron/neighbor Covid issues, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, RS wife/ dog bite recovery, Scaredy/injuries from fall, Paul/ wife's disc issues, Mike/elbow pain, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Not much, but something

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-11-30, 0427

14° right now...glad I'm wearing flannel PJ's and a fleece robe! High in the mid-30's today...

Yesterday, I finally got garage re-arranged good enough to keep everybody happy with all the gear inside and, if necessary, ready for the winter usage (salt spreader and walk behind snow blower). I have a couple old rugs and carpet remnants on the garage floor (no real good reason for this...other than me being somewhat of a packrat).
Anyway, I've got to remove the one where my step daughter parks her car. Like most road vehicles, that Subaru has a cat converter...you guys know how hot they can get and I don't want any combustibles under her car. I'll do that as soon as she leaves this morning and just take it to the dump later this week.
Wifey's getting better...getting a bit grouchy which I attribute to cabin fever.
Called to get my winter tires put on the truck...having a bit of trouble getting a mutually satisfactory day and time. Although wifey says she'd be OK alone for a few hours, I really don't want to leave her that long.

That's enough jabbering for a while...

 

[Buppies]

32 high of 50 today

My chart says I have another squamous cell with roots I guess more surgery.

Prayers for all

 

[ronjhall]

Waiting on coffee to finish brewing. 29° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 41° with some chances of sun. Got little over 3" of snow overnight. Got a little bit of shop cleaned up. But decided to modify Mule pole rack so it does not rattle in it's mounting holes. Got that done but more cleanup to do. Will clean that mess up and plow the walkways.
Sassy uses her nose to plow snow.

Buckeye, sorry for your loss of cat. Lights look nice.

Kyle, like others. What could go wrong. Maybe a job for the pro's. Or maybe a TX get together. Harvey should have some time this summer. He is getting the last of the metal up on his Barndomion.

Roy, good wife is getting better.

Buppies, Oh no. Prayers.

Ken, nice drums.

Don, my county has 98.2% recovery rate.

Everyone stay healthy and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[ronjhall]

Boss302, Welcome to Good Morning Thread.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp is 21 and going to a high of 32°F. Wind SE 5 mph. 60% chance of flurries. It was forecast for 100% chance yesterday, now down graded to 60%. Hopefully we don't get any until I get back today.

A run to North Bay is in the cards for today. 13 stops in NB, then two in Powassan on the way back. The good thing is that we can kill two birds with one stone as 2 of the stops have two stores beside one another.

Sorry about the loss of your cat, BEF. It sure is hard putting them in the ground, I bury mine below the frost line at 7' deep. Frost line is 4'.

Buppies, sorry about the cancerous spots.

Nice drum kit and a very happy kid.

The ducks will love all the duckweed.


Have a safe day all

 

[Buppies]

Thanks L4N
Thanks Ron

This is a small part of what I’m dealing with some days really tough. Business is tough no help wife is not doing well but we will persevere


Live never promised us a bed of Roses but as my Grandmother used to say God will never give us anymore than one can handle. I must always remember that

Thanks again

 

[wngsprd]

32 going to 55. Went outside at 5am to see the snow flurries the weatherman was talking about on TV. Snow is unusual here in November.

Buppies, prayers said. Smart grandmother.

Sorry to read about your cat, BEF.

Thomas, hope you're doing better.

Yesterday cut firewood for the first time this season...maybe overdid the first time back...sore and stiff. I was working on a big tuliptree (yellow poplar) growing by the creek that a big storm blew over last winter. most of it fell on the other side on what is an island of soft sandy/silty fill created by an old beaver dam...but is has been so dry that it is firm walking...unlike Kyle's wet stuff.

I figured out a way to get the biggest rounds back over the creek where my tractor was parked...I cut a couple of old dead cedars into 4 poles long enough to span the creek and made a bridge to roll them across. Fortunately, the island side is about a foot higher than the tractor side, where the "bridge" ended on a sand bar, so could just place them and let 'em roll. Still have to figure how to get the lower trunk, since it is lying angled over the creek.

Now, fingers crossed that my splitter will be easier to wake up...start in fewer pulls than in previous years.

 

[riptides]

34 outside this AM. Heading to mid 50's.

Sorry to hear of your on-going battles Buppies. Prayers for you. Stay positive and hang in there.

Family is all here and settled in. All three buildings are occupied with sleeping women. Even the dog is female. Sigh....

Will start turkey and ham in a few. Grandparents should be here this afternoon.

Will be a nice day.

Virtual tax assessment review went really well. Very professional, had all my information. Got my 55k building reassessed, my enclosed front porch removed, and my concrete linear footage reduced. I tell you those aerial reviews may save time but are suspect to raise some serious wallet issues.

Hope all have a great day, be safe.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
cloudy day, 31 going up to low 40's.
After five months of waiting my kitchen stove gets delivered this morning.
Have to move things out of way and get all my cleaning materials out; likely a greasy
horror show when they pull the old one out.

Dennis, I like the older xmas lights, very pretty. Sorry about your cat. I wish all pets lasted longer.
Hard to put them down but merciful.

planned my trip to Longwood Gardens next week. Have to make timed reservations, I guess to control number of visitors which is fine with me.
About an hour and a half from here heading S/W.

Buppies, hope your wife feels much better soon and you heal ok.