Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

that looks like a lot of steps PJ, not sure I could do it.
Simply amazing what was once there

azaleas lighting up the entrance way to house, happy bushes

Rich, are you required to wear an inflatable air bag vest when you compete?
I saw them for first time on Youtube, never knew they existed.
Apparently some classes require them for racing.

 

[toppop52]

63°F and light rain this morning, only going up to 65° today. Looks like the rain is done with us, at least until tomorrow. We had some mild boomers roll through early this morning, but nothing approaching severe here. iThingie app says we'll be in the upper-80s to low-90s next week. Sounds to me like good kayaking weather.

Drew, I grew up in Granite City, a mere five miles as the crow flies from the Cahokia Mounds Historical Site. It is a truly fascinating place. The trek up to the top of Monk's Mound will take the wind out of a healthy man. About 20 years or so ago they finally built a museum across the road from the main mound, and it's spectacular as well. They have displays set up showing what they believe life was like for the native Mississippian tribe who lived there, and it's like walking through their village. A very cool experience.

That’s cool, we have several mounds within about 6-8 miles of where I live. The largest is about 20’ high, about 70 yards long and about a hundred or so feet wide at the top. Before they were protected, someone bought the property where the big one is and built a big brick house on top. Sometime when I go by it I’ll take a picture.

Corrected spelling.

 

[PJSprog]

There are mounds all over the St. Louis area, Randy. Every so often, someone will accidentally find another one when they start digging or excavating and find a bunch of artifacts in what they thought was just a small hill. It's believed that at the peak of their culture in the early 12th century, there were more people living there than in the city of London at that time. Then suddenly, around the middle of the 14th century, they all just disappeared. No one knows what really happened to them, only a bunch of theories.

I've climbed that mound several times, Drew. The last time was about 15 years ago, with my then-fiance. I had to force myself to finish the last flight of steps at the top. Once up there, you can see all the way to west St. Louis County, about 20 miles or so. The top of the mound is about 100 feet high.

 

[rswyan]

The 9th dahlia has sprouted (initially missed it), will leave it inside for a few more days along with the one that still hasn't.

Moved the other 8 outside.

In the one tray I planted a couple of days ago, 22 marigolds have sprouted and have broken, or are starting to break, the soil:

One of the elephant ears appears to have sprouted as well.

Voting done.

So a little bit of progress.

 

[daugen]

only a bunch of theories.
alien abduction?

strange they can't pin it down, fascinating archeological site
this is long before their scourge arrived a few hundred years later.
Westward Ho! Pave over the Indians.

had cake with neighbor, too much icing, I scraped it all off.
But she was happy.

Might go out and thin some radishes, just to get outside

 

[Thomas]

51F cloudy rain arriving late evening.

Today was slow motion day...Got area in basement clean for winter wood starting this Friday...Had good long visit with couple ex coworkers..Nice long walk on deer trail also check couple deer wintering yards with hope finding antler sheds...no but not ticks either. Made some loaded bake potatoes even Mrs. said they look No plans for the evening just feet up.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[toppop52]

There are mounds all over the St. Louis area, Randy. Every so often, someone will accidentally find another one when they start digging or excavating and find a bunch of artifacts in what they thought was just a small hill. It's believed that at the peak of their culture in the early 12th century, there were more people living there than in the city of London at that time. Then suddenly, around the middle of the 14th century, they all just disappeared. No one knows what really happened to them, only a bunch of theories.

I've climbed that mound several times, Drew. The last time was about 15 years ago, with my then-fiance. I had to force myself to finish the last flight of steps at the top. Once up there, you can see all the way to west St. Louis County, about 20 miles or so. The top of the mound is about 100 feet high.

It’s said that a lot of mounds, especially round ones, were garbage dumps.

 

[Rich B1]

Rich, are you required to wear an inflatable air bag vest when you compete?
I saw them for first time on Youtube, never knew they existed.
Apparently some classes require them for racing.

My competing days are likely over. I am enjoying pit duties.

The air suits are so far, only required for the AFT series which is the top level. So far, the suits do seem to significantly reduce injuries to the core body and neck area. The legs and arms still take a beating.

Some riders at lower level series are starting to wear the suits as well.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good Morning!!!! 55F @ 4:45AM. Plentiful sunshine. High 84F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph.

I'm not fond of wind either, Ted. Lots of dust in the air here from the driveway work, dust devils love to play in it. Lots of idiots lighting burn piles in it, keeping the fire department busy, too.

Lots of catching up yesterday, so not much got done. I did find that the ignition switch on the side-by-side is on the fritz, and of course Kubota didn't have one in stock. Gave it a shot of DeOxIt, and will see if that helps this morning.

Still no sign of the package FedEx is holding. Makes it difficult to finish the StarLink installation without the necessary hardware. But I'll maybe get the cable run in from the dish. Hoping that the conduit that's already in the ground is big enough to take the molded on end. Too bad it doesn't use something like CAT5 that is easy to work with.

Went down the YouTube rabbit hole last night. Haven't spent much time there before because the videos just wouldn't play without a lot of buffering, but now it's like watching TV. Cord cutting is a real option I'm going to have to check into, especially with more than a hundred bux going out every month to Dish.

The boys continue to make good progress on the driveway, and will finish this week as long as their equipment holds up. I rode with Les in his ancient dump truck to see where he's moving the dirt to, and it's a wonder it runs at all...

The great state of California took pity on me yesterday and issued me a refund check on my income tax. For a whole dollar. I guess with billions of dollars in budget surpluses, they figured I needed it more than they did. Probably cost 'em more to write and mail that check than it's worth. That surplus won't go very far if they keep pi$$ing it away like that.

I’m told the cable end at starlink dish is removable and smaller.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

There are mounds all over the St. Louis area, Randy. Every so often, someone will accidentally find another one when they start digging or excavating and find a bunch of artifacts in what they thought was just a small hill. It's believed that at the peak of their culture in the early 12th century, there were more people living there than in the city of London at that time. Then suddenly, around the middle of the 14th century, they all just disappeared. No one knows what really happened to them, only a bunch of theories.

I've climbed that mound several times, Drew. The last time was about 15 years ago, with my then-fiance. I had to force myself to finish the last flight of steps at the top. Once up there, you can see all the way to west St. Louis County, about 20 miles or so. The top of the mound is about 100 feet high.

I want to see it.
Lots of mounds in Ohio also. Big one in Moundsville WV.