Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Thomas try structural Steel tube fill with concrete and plant in ground. For rustic look use rusting steel ASTM A588 works very well

 

[kenmbz]

My Neighbor made our new post. Someone hits it, probably find their car parts. Bottom cement tube and backed into lots of big rocks.
Least they could of done is left you a note Thomas. People should just pony up, stuff happens, $ and time to fix should be on them.

 

[daugen]

One common passion here is taking care of our homes and farms, and the idea of wrecking someone
else's mailbox and not stopping is really hard to understand. But if one is drunk, or high, who knows.
Geez I heard a thunk but didn't know what it was...

9'' granite post polish on 3 sides cost $290,00 11 years ago.
Well, if it's any consolation likely did more than $500 damage to whatever hit it. Sorry that happened.

I've never seen that statue of Lincoln, very cool. One of our great ones.

nice visit with my elderly friends, was about to get up from first stop after tea and cookies when knock on door and in
comes little old lady number two. But she really isn't...lot of pizzaz and vinegar for 96, and she takes care of her
daughter with ALS. I sent her home with a box of fancy chocolates from a place in Newtown and she said she would share them with her daughter.
Mission accomplished.

and a little side story...when the older clerk at the chocolate candy store heard my little story of delivering chocolates to a pair of 95 year olds in the old age home,
she grabbed a smaller bag and dumped about 8 little bonbons or something in a bag, free for me. It was her way of thanking me, I was touched.
Now those fancy little chocolate balls priced at ten dollars for two were frankly awful, really rich and syrupy and not hard or crunchy like I like. At least one had nougat or something in it.
I tried three of the eight, spit out two and said that's enough. I'll give the rest to the lady across the street. I'm glad I bought something else for my elderly ladies.
But it was truly the thought that counts.

 

[daugen]

and I might add the reason I didn't buy hard and crunchy chocolates was on the advice of the chocolatier.
Old folks like softer food she said.
I rarely eat candy but some chocolate almond brittle or similar is a nice treat

 

[txdon]

The dentist canceled because of my knee replacement, said I have to be on antibodies before they could clean. They communicated with the surgeon, got me pills and rescheduled later this week.

Third strike on getting a new 2.5Ah EGO battery, 2 Lowe's and 1 Ace hardware out of stock. I have 2 more places to try locally.

 

[sodamo]

The dentist canceled because of my knee replacement, said I have to be on antibodies before they could clean. They communicated with the surgeon, got me pills and rescheduled later this week.

Third strike on getting a new 2.5Ah EGO battery, 2 Lowe's and 1 Ace hardware out of stock. I have 2 more places to try locally.

I went thru the same antibiotic thing with Dentist for a couple years after my knee replacements.

 

[Rich B1]

Sucks about your mailbox Thomas.

I hung up on some cylinder shop today. Guy simply would not listen to what I was trying to explain to him. He wanted to argue. He told me I didn’t know what I was talking about. So told him I couldn’t believe he wasted his time calling me when he obviously knew more about the product than I did, and hung up on him. My boss thought it was funny.

We had to say good bye to one of our cats several weeks ago. A local lost and found pets page has been trying to find the owner of a young cat for several weeks. No one stepped forward, this one is moving in with us

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Just a quick report to say we made it to Eugene, but are staying in a smaller town south of there called Cottage Grove. We did hit the same places I frequent in Chico today, and they're all there, but in somewhat larger versions. That's a good/bad thing, as there's better selection, but it's harder to find.

Headed downtown here to look for BBQ, but lots of choices if that doesn't work out.

Off to the coast tomorrow...

 

[Looking4new]

IF you have access to an old 6 cylinder motor and its' crankshaft weld the crank to the motor and bury the motor in the ground. The crank shaft makes a good, almost indestructible post. The motor makes a good anchor for the post.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Check, I'm very sorry to hear about your wife's broken arm. Durn ice.

Thomas, if I could hang my mailbox on a couple of strings to an over hanging branch I would. I've sneezed while driving and nearly killed myself almost hitting an immovable object. My post is maybe in the ground no deeper than 8"-12" if someone hits it, I hope it comes out of the ground easily.

Roy, hope it passes. Might consider some antibiotics.

Here is what I've learned in a couple of days about hydraulic cylinder rods. There are typically 3 types of rod materials. 1)Cold rolled 1045 carbon steel chrome plated. 2)Induction hardened 1045 chrome plated (the induction hardening is usually about .050" deep). And 3)Chrome moly 4140 alloy steel chrome plated.

Most are #1 or 2. I'm not exactly which mine is, but my buddy thinks its #3 because of the very fine grain structure where it cracked. Could do a spark test, but I don't have a hardness tester...

I try to always hold open doors to let people in or out. On the car, I sometimes open my wife's side normally, but always open it when we are on a date.

Fuel prices trying to depress me. Has me re-considering my 137 mile daily commute. Wish there were jobs of my forte here locally.

Prayers for Buppies and wife, Check's wife, mostly's wife, Stepp's son and family, Randy, Doug and wife, all in silent need, our country, this world, and especially for Ukraine.

Seems Russia is full of propaganda lately....again....same as it ever was. Just finished reading about the WWII Yalta conference. Roosevelt and Churchill believed what Stalin said at the conference, and both left in good spirits...only to be flabbergasted by his crooked sinful ways postwar. Well, Roosevelt passed away, but our high up chain of command was dismayed at what was hoped to be a peaceful post war world. Unfortunately, Ukraine and Poland have been rolled over plenty in the last centuries. Maybe only Germany's military killed more soviets than Stalin/Lenin....maybe....