Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

70°F and .01 inches rain


Randy, how was your 30 day eye checkup?

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

It was good, just went yesterday, vision is 20/20 and 20/40. Right eye had a lot of scarring from multiple laser surgery for bleeding some years ago. Ordered new glasses today but I can drive and read without them. Need help on really small print right eye distance vision.

How about you?

 

[sodamo]

Nice looking cart, Drew.

 

[sodamo]

Thinking about Don’s question.
Never attempted to quantify. If I delay mowing for too long then it takes significantly longer, hence more fuel. Kinda like now, I REALLY let it get too tall, too thick so very slow. Got to mow just over an hour this morning when it got too wet, meaning the cuttings weren’t being discharged.
Not only the fuel, but I do enjoy the task more when a reasonable height. Probably cause it takes less attention and my mind wanders. Then again, that sometimes gets expensive when I think up projects.

 

[Thomas]

Good luck at doctors today Thomas

Stay low and keep cool down there.

 

[Thomas]

Is anyone mowing less with their tractors now that the fuel cost have doubled?

Mowing lawn same but front side field not much because of soggy ground.

 

[sodamo]

It was good, just went yesterday, vision is 20/20 and 20/40. Right eye had a lot of scarring from multiple laser surgery for bleeding some years ago. Ordered new glasses today but I can drive and read without them. Need help on really small print right eye distance vision.

How about you?

That’s excellent, Randy
I go tomorrow. Not expecting as good as you, but as of now there is a difference between eyes with 1st surgery (right) being clearer than left. Be interesting what Dr says. I’m using some unknown strength readers for close and drive without.

 

[Alien]

Is anyone mowing less with their tractors now that the fuel cost have doubled?

Not yet but starting to think twice. Trouble is I enjoy mowing. AND it is easier and quicker to keep on top of it instead of letting it go too long because you tend to have to work the mower faster and go slower if it gets too long. Probably don't save any fuel by doing that in the long run.
It cost me $74 for half a tank of diesel in the Ranger yesterday. I used to cost that to fill it from empty.
$2.17 per litre at present and rising.

Some may remember I bought a disability scooter (well, two actually) before Christmas. I already have 340 klm on mine. My wife has over 100 klm on hers. They have been brilliant so far.

 

[Alien]

Just went out for a cuppa on the front porch. Beautiful morning. Not a breath of wind , no cloud. Sitting on the table was my new weather station.
I said to Lesly, " did you put that there?" she said no, it was there yesterday. Courier must have dropped it off when I was away shopping and I didn't notice it till today.
Guess I will get it set up today sometime. It will be great to see the temperatures etc without having to go outside.

 

[daugen]

dum dum dum dum
6 inches too long
however rear step clears front railing by almost six inches so maybe I just need to back it in.
Too hot out still, had to chase the droopers like RS (didn't I just water you?)

De-oxit'd the golf cart power cable and cleaned up the battery compartment. It has a distributed watering system I have to figure
out how to use. Looks like you dunk the siphon end into gallon of distilled water. Time to search youtube.

 

[daugen]

didn't take long to find out I was missing the hand squeeze bulb to pump the water into their system through naturally a proprietary connection for which they sell the bulb and proprietary fitting for 40 bucks. Might see if I can pry one out for free from dealer. I had my gallon of distilled water all ready and no way to get it into system. That took all of 30 seconds on youtube to figure out.
First owner has the pump on his garage shelf I bet.

what I want, and it involves a little fabbing perhaps is to motorize this process so I don't have to squeeze that hand bulb time after time. That's not good at all on arthritis.
But how about getting one of these cordless drill water pumps, chop all the alien connectors off, use something like hose clamps, and motorize it?
might overfill it; they are expecting you to feel a "firm bulb" and stop. My Makita drill would pump right past that...maybe set the torque release setting way low, let it slip a lot

https://www.amazon.com/Milescraft-1314-DrillPump750-Priming-Transfer/dp/B00F1ZJG5E/ref=sr_1_9?crid=18I9MGD5086ZL&keywords=small%2Bwater%2Btransfer%2Bpump&qid=1655329449&sprefix=small%2Bwater%2Btransfer%2Bpump%2Caps%2C60&sr=8-9&th=1

I've always enjoyed little plumbing projects like this. Reminds me of the pump system on my NC water wagon, what RS calls a buffalo. Not sure why but likely to learn.
And usually with water, if you screw up you can fix it.

filling six batteries is a pain; motivated to make this work.
Rube, meet Goldberg.