Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

That reminds me. Talking to dad, he said bush hog bolts for gearbox came loose again. The bolts on bottom are under the stump jumper. My 98 yr old dad removed the stump jumper, got the bolts tightened, but couldn’t get stump jumper back on by himsrlf, so he flipped the mower, and got it all put back together. By himself, he won’t wait for help.

I think I’ve just found my new role model. I hope to just like him when (if?) I’m 98!

 

[rswyan]

66F and mostly cloudy @ 21:15, heading down to a low of 58F overnight. More great sleeping weather ...

Got hopper feeder refilled first thing.

Moved latest batch of tomatoes and peppers in seed starter tray outside to start hardening them off.

Added cayenne pepper to the top of the dirt in the four grow bags with the gladiolus in them.

Moved more tomato and eggplants further out in front so they get more sun.

Additional order made up and placed with Menard's, now ready for pick up.

Last two bags of mulch removed from van and placed on the east planting bed, also removed 55G aquarium and got it taken around back. Tomorrow I'll fill it and check it for leaks.

Grabbed another bucket of weeds The Woman pulled that I found back there and loaded it in the dump cart.

Cleaned out the (now-empty) cargo area in van, loaded one gas can.

Loaded screenings from making potting mix into dump cart, along with some heavy clay dirt. Took that up along with the weeds and dumped it onto the compost pile.

Sprayed around perimeter of northwest planting bed, also between east side of frog pond and flower bed.

Couldn't quite get cleaned up in time to make it to Menards this evening so that will have to wait for tomorrow.

Woman brought home Chipotle (for her) and Singapore Mei Fun from the Chinese place (for me)

Time for another piece of that chocolate cake and then maybe some more repotting of yellow and red bell peppers if I can summon up the motivation.

Need to go put things away and close up first though.

Hope everyone had a great day ...

 

[Buppies]

Burn and scrape I got lucky

 

[newbury]

Well I don't often talk about my health care, but today was almost a record.
Doctor had me come in today because one blood work reading was a little high.
So yesterday evening I did my usual blood pressure check with my Omron cuff and it was like 157/98, very high for me. 115/67 is more like it.
Checked it a couple more times before I went to bed. Still high.
Didn't sleep well.
Checked it in the a.m. several times still high.
Got to the doctors office, worried.
Nurse takes my BP. 120/65. I whip out my Omron cuff, 155 over 95. We double check, apparently I need a new cuff
At my doctors they have detained me once when my numbers were over 139/89 (I had just come up 7 flights of stairs).

 

[Wagtail]

Good arvo. The overnight low was -1.2C and the 'reported' high is 13C... yet my thermometer is saying it's 17C. That's the difference between where I am and the aerodrome; I believe mine over 'theirs'. Clear sky and breezy.

Take care all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Well I don't often talk about my health care, but today was almost a record.
Doctor had me come in today because one blood work reading was a little high.
So yesterday evening I did my usual blood pressure check with my Omron cuff and it was like 157/98, very high for me. 115/67 is more like it.
Checked it a couple more times before I went to bed. Still high.
Didn't sleep well.
Checked it in the a.m. several times still high.
Got to the doctors office, worried.
Nurse takes my BP. 120/65. I whip out my Omron cuff, 155 over 95. We double check, apparently I need a new cuff
At my doctors they have detained me once when my numbers were over 139/89 (I had just come up 7 flights of stairs).

Glad to hear it was just your Omron was off. Why would 139/89 make them detain you?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Glad to hear it was just your Omron was off. Why would 139/89 make them detain you?

I was wondering that, not too unusual for me, even on BP meds. Just depends on what I’ve been doing, how long since last meds, etc. BP varies a good bit thru the day.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 74ºF for the start overcast, light breeze. light to moderate wind, sky cleared earlier in day, and high temp was 94ºF, HI 103ºF. Heat advisory until Sunday at 7PM. Puttered until bike ride, then after lunch hand trimmed the trees. Wound spare weedeater spool. Worked on lubing the pedals on the Peugeot, have clicking noise coming from somewhere.
RS Getting paradise better and better.
Ted sorry about life getting in the way. Hope wind calms down.
Randy(wag) Glad your weather is not freezing you yet.
Roy sorry about having to give up some of your coffee, glad more water helps.
Randy good to hear lunch went well. Praying for your son' heart issues
Buppies that is sad to hear, how hard will it be to get the bears to move on. Hope surgery went well.
Paul hope you were able to handle the 300# of grain with problems. mailbox looks great. Nice sign, hope you had another nice flight.
Drew Good luck with weedeating. Hope mowing and weedeating does not set your wrists back in their healing. Good luck with changing med dosage.
Doug hope CPAP helps Leslie as much as mine has helped me.
Thomas hope you were able to find something satisfying to do.
Randy having seen several flights of less than 10 seconds that is fast.
Billy glad you noticed the lug nuts when you did. I have never rechecked torque on tires after replacement or rotation.
Drew I think the torque on the F150 is 105#. hope you find an extension.
RNG sorry about the heat warning. Glad repair of gate sensor went well. Good luck getting tank full. Fuel price took my breath away.
Mike good to hear from you. good luck keeping up with mowing, working and Milk House.
Ken hope your break from rain longer than 2 day. Snapper would not be welcome in my pool either.
Randy not what we want to hear
PJ sorry to hear about your heat.
Mike sorry to hear auto cleaner is down. Glad you don't need to remove all the concrete.
RS hope you get the agenda accomplished.
David glad guys won. Glad chicken and soup were good.We are trying to make fewer town runs as well.
Chris 103ºF HI here, 73ºF back in March
Dennis I admire your dad's get it done attitude, but understand your desire for him to work smarter.
Dennis cat had a rough day waiting for you
Kyle good to hear birthday went well. Always a challenge when starting a job an they did not have someone taking care of all job facets. Good luck with motor on Speedaire.
RS overachiever again.
Buppies good to hear not full surgery, praying for quick healing.
Newbury glad it was cuff and not your BP high.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, Bird/aging issues/, Don /mom's pipeline process, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's heart issues, Roy /palpitations, /angina , Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /3 new skin cancer spots and treatment, /ultrasound of kidneys result /wife head wound healing, Thomas/gout, /operation and recovery, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery/retirement, / passing out issues, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Doug and wife/health issues, /nerve and pain, / wife's hospital stay, /torn bicep, Ken /kids shot tragedy, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, /cataract surgery, /Sophie's hand infection, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, Paul/ wife's disc issues, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis /retirement plans / brother "alligallyitus" and improving, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend cancer diagnosis and recovery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Ukraine war, mass shooting victims and family, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[Alien]

Pages fill up quickly here don't they.

Some pics of the new Tiger 3 and the engine and a Calmato and a Super Air.
Love my 4 Stroke engines.

 

[Alien]

Good arvo. The overnight low was -1.2C and the 'reported' high is 13C... yet my thermometer is saying it's 17C. That's the difference between where I am and the aerodrome; I believe mine over 'theirs'. Clear sky and breezy.

Take care all.

Just ordered myself a weather station Wagtail. A few klm away temps are different to here as is rainfall etc etc.
Not expensive but my last one was destroyed by ants building a nest in it.

Miraklass Weather Station Wireless WiFi Solar Sensor Rain Gauge UV

Miraklass Weather Station Wireless WiFi Solar Sensor Rain Gauge UV

www.catch.com.au

 

[sodamo]

Day took unexpected turn, but not to town.
Found what I thought was a replacement shear bolt for flail. Didn’t last a full circuit, so back to the shed.

Offered my neighbor some of my kabocha soup. She did supply the kabocha. She accepted and was home so I took it over.

Longer story short, I now own this
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Grrr, not posting

Wasn’t quite free, $100. Between her, Sophie and I got it loaded onto my pallet forks and brought home.
Always wanted to learn the piano, guess this will be my chance.

 

[sodamo]

Maybe this time

 

[Wagtail]

Just ordered myself a weather station Wagtail. A few klm away temps are different to here as is rainfall etc etc.
Not expensive but my last one was destroyed by ants building a nest in it.

Miraklass Weather Station Wireless WiFi Solar Sensor Rain Gauge UV

Miraklass Weather Station Wireless WiFi Solar Sensor Rain Gauge UV

www.catch.com.au

I reckon that I'm 7km NW from the aerodrome. Not a huge distance but I'm 'inland' and they're somewhat on a coastal peninsula. The BoM automated station is there, probably for the RFDS flights that happen often. There's always been at least a 2-3C difference between them & I. My thermometer is only that, an outdoor wireless sensor + indoor.

Rainfall-wise, theirs is 'automated' and records in 0.2mm increments, mine is a "handraulic" graduated tube gauge in the middle of my front paddock that I physically check at 0900 (as required).

I like to keep things simple.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
cool cloudy day going up to high 70s with rain coming in tonight and thunderstorms tomorrow.

Alien, I know almost nothing about RC plane engines but that seems like a really big motor on that plane. How do they rate power
in those engines? Torque? HP?

going to be a quiet day, have housecleaning and wash to do.

Buppies, glad it wasn't more, I've itched for weeks where they did the scrape and burn on my back.
glad I have a long handled wood backscratcher.

 

[Buppies]

58 this morning high of 80 today 90s next week yuk

Prayers for all

Neck sore this morning. Mostly removing food source will cause bears to move on but our bear population is increasing here not sure what I can do

 

[daugen]

plastic auto ramps came in yesterday, looks like they will do the job perfectly for getting the mower on the new trailer.
but........every time I look at that trailer and think about the golf cart, I realize my planning was pretty
defective here. Oh well. I've screwed up worse... trailer folks are nice, pretty sure they will take this one back and not beat me up too badly.
Golf cart showing up Monday or Tuesday. And then I will take a pic of the golf cart up on the trailer. Maybe.

I'm headed up to the Catskills in two weeks with the golf cart and whatever trailer will take it. Golf cart a lot heavier than mower, but think car will pull it fine.
Still way under tow rating of car.

 

[Alien]

good morning all
cool cloudy day going up to high 70s with rain coming in tonight and thunderstorms tomorrow.

Alien, I know almost nothing about RC plane engines but that seems like a really big motor on that plane. How do they rate power
in those engines? Torque? HP?

going to be a quiet day, have housecleaning and wash to do.

Buppies, glad it wasn't more, I've itched for weeks where they did the scrape and burn on my back.
glad I have a long handled wood backscratcher.

The Saito FG21 is rated at 2.1 hp. It's 1.2 cu in. Bore is 1.26 inches or 32 mm. 21 cc.
The plane can fly comfortably with a 15cc engine but I need to run this engine in so why not have fun. Much like fitting a V8 in a 6 cylinder car.

 

[newbury]

Glad to hear it was just your Omron was off. Why would 139/89 make them detain you?

It's just their policy. The time they did it they had me wait in the waiting room for about half an hour, then they took it again and all was fine.

 

[Alien]

That piano is a bargain David. I used to have a Yamaha organ with revolving speakers for that waa-waa effect.

 

[RoyJackson]

Well I don't often talk about my health care, but today was almost a record.
Doctor had me come in today because one blood work reading was a little high.
So yesterday evening I did my usual blood pressure check with my Omron cuff and it was like 157/98, very high for me. 115/67 is more like it.
Checked it a couple more times before I went to bed. Still high.
Didn't sleep well.
Checked it in the a.m. several times still high.
Got to the doctors office, worried.
Nurse takes my BP. 120/65. I whip out my Omron cuff, 155 over 95. We double check, apparently I need a new cuff
At my doctors they have detained me once when my numbers were over 139/89 (I had just come up 7 flights of stairs).

I have never trusted those cuffs...they have always read high.