Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 72ºF for the start, light breeze, mostly clear. Light wind today, mostly clear sky, and high temp was 96ºF, and HI 100ºF. Bike ride in morning, then putter, with nap thrown in. Weather will be hot temp 100's Hi mostly 105ºF or higher in 10 day.
Roy good news with no findings yet.
Drew what is the Heat Index(HI) for the 92ºF ? Hope the dirt work helps the septic system.
Bird never thought about tire defects. Thanks for info
Kilroy must be frustrating having rain that close to home. Welcome to GM.
Paul glad you did not scratch the truck. Hope you get the the a/c cab before heat starts.
Thomas hope you puttered inside.
Billy sorry no rain. Nice to your mom is that independent at 91. Hope she can find community she likes.
Scaredy hope the festivities were fun.
Buppies prayers for you and the wife.
Don the water sure dried up fast. My subdivision is no fireworks year round.
Dennis hopr you get a good visit in with son.
RNG glad fires not issue yet, and trench dug. Hope your shade works out.
RNG it is a wonder that no studs were broken. Sorry about computer issues, hope rest of day went better
RS hope you get rain soon. Got a lot done. Hope A/C keeps you cool and Kubota done soon.
David glad your follow up went so well.
Ted sounded like nice morning on porch, hope mulch replacement went well. Sorry about losing Kassie
Drew glad you got mowing done. what is going on with tailgate retaining pin?
Dennis glad you are getting rain sorry about losing cat soon.
Doug just use my coffee maker, makes water hot quickly
Doug hope you can enjoy family and Leslie's Dr appt goes well.
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, /pneumonia, Roy /palpitations, /angina , Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /3 new skin cancer spots and treatment, /wife knee 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, /aches abd pains and spasms, 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.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Didn't get to any of the mulch today. The first section that was done has a gate, which now wouldn't open because of the top dressing 3-4" of new mulch. I figured that should be taken care of before proceeding with any more mulch.
It's a 4' wide gate and has those big spring type closures on it. Dismantled the springs, gate hinges, and lock catch. Raised it up 4" and put it all back together. While I had all the tools out, figured it would be a good time to do the same for the double gate on the other side, before I do the mulch.

That one was a bit more involved, since it has 2-4' gates, one has a 12" long pin to hold it stationary and the other gate latches to it. Got it all fixed up to clear more mulch.

I was sweating my butt off, sitting there battling the gates. Temp went up to 86°, but I could feel the humidity coming in. Took a break for some cold liquids, heard a couple rumbles.... that quick a storm was forming!

Just enough to wet everything and chase me inside. Had 2 more storms pass through. Not much quantity of rain, maybe a 1/10th. Just had another shower that lasted 10 minutes. We'll take any we can get!

Tomorrow is another day.....

 

[sodamo]

Dave, they make a special circular sawblade for a table saw for cutting polycarbonate. They work great. I have had trouble getting good cuts because the plastic would melt in front of the blade and mess up my projects.

Thanks, Kyle. Just used a fine tooth (plywood) blade put in backward, my 51/2 in , 18v Ryobi. Did great.

 

[Alien]

Wagtail, After saying that, the rain stopped. I think we missed the worst of it. Just far enough inland. Only 17.6 deg atm. 80% humidity.

 

[sodamo]

"But does it really matter if the heating coil is in the bottom of the pot instead of under it?"

I thought I read that the new rage is cold brewed.

Hmmm, so Aussies would have a special cold kettle instead of a refrigerator?
As I remember growing up, most people had a tea kettle on the stove. It would whistle when ready.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Best place for tea is in the harbor.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
warm sticky day, 76 going up to high 80's with storms this afternoon.

home fries cooking on stove, going to take it slow today. Need to recuperate from all that bouncing around on mower.

might change oil in mower this morning, got to 50 hours. Using JD's Plus 50 conventional oil to break in engine. Normally I'd put full synthetic in at second oil change, but
I have an extra quart of dino oil so going to use that up. Then my go to is a gallon jug of 10/30 full syn.
Also need to grease that center mower spindle, the one I can't get to easily. will likely have to take that accessory off end and use just a regular fitting.

landlady called and cancelled meeting, contractor could not come. As long as something is done by next Spring, I'll be happy. But if they want to put a small berm in need some time to
grow grass on it.

no word back from Randy/Toppop

 

[NHBX]

74° now with light rain, may see some thunderstorms later this morning. Dew point is 70° and feels a bit soupy out. Guesser’s say it will clear up later today. I hope so for those with outside plans.

Got the dead hemlock’s down and cleaned up without incident earlier this week while it was cooler out.

Dump run this morning and take the rest of the day as it comes, or as the wife says. It’s her weekend, our anniversary is Monday. How she’s put up with me for 42 years I’ll never understand .

Enjoy your day everyone
Stay safe and healthy

Prayers for those in need, our country and peace around the world

 

[buckeyefarmer]

NHBX, have a good anniversary weekend.

 

[wngsprd]

I got 90k from my last Michelin’s.

Ditto, on 3 sets of Mich's...twice over 85K miles and once over 90K...on a 4WD 4Runner.

 

[wngsprd]

Do any of you use a electric jug (kettle) to boil water for your morning cuppa or do you boil water on the stove in a pot?
We have used electric jugs all our lives but it seems that 110 volts is an inefficient way of boiling water in America. Apparently some boil / heat their cup in a microwave.
I was a bit surprised by the article.

Aussies are mocking Americans for just discovering electric kettles

Aussies have mocked America for seemingly only just discovering that electric kettles exist and save a lot of time boiling water than using the stove does.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Gosh, there is so much more to mock us over than this.

 

[daugen]

consumers are reporting 11 percent more initial quality problems than the prior year’s new models.
Expected or not, according to JD Power, these initial problems reach a surprising 36-year high

If you have a new car on order, this is a concern.
with increasing complexity in safety and infotainment systems, just a lot more systems to have problems with.
And when your radar gizmo breaks, and the part is backordered with no known eta, then you wish you had that old
Buick Lesabre with the 3800 V6 that would run forever.

It had a radio, not infotainment. And a Garmin gps on the dash. It needed brakes and shock absorbers and a muffler after a long while.
They didn't seem to be recalled so much either. Older Buick Regals also held up well.
And now Buick is rated the highest quality aka least reported problems new car.

But if you had to bet on Toyota or Buick....lot of Rav 4's around. Buick was importing Chinese compact SUV's.
I wonder how that will work out long term.

When Buick rebadged the Euro Opels, all of a sudden interesting cars were coming out again. They didn't sell well though.
Nice looking station wagons, or long roofs as they say in Europe.

I think folks wanted rolling couches with three way massage.
When GM gave up on Saturn, that to me was a real loss to the market place.
I don't see many Saturns out on the road any more. Maybe the little sports car once in a while.
Always wonder how those plastic door panels held up.

when I saw a "live" Google Earth map flow by on the dash of my Audi, my reaction was both very cool and boy do I not want to own this out of warranty.
The tech was pretty amazing, Audi's best at the time.
I bet the infotainment system is why Volvo ranks poorly on new car problems.
Great stereo system, Bowers and Wilkins, but hard to use. Same infotainment screen in all current Volvos, small to large. No hard buttons.
I don't like it at all. At least the one knob they do give is the volume knob.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the temperature is forecast to be sunny and warmish. Only 55°F right now. Wind SW 7 mph. After it warms up a bit, I will cut the grass.

I've got the long weekend off (Victoria Day, July 1), I go back to work tomorrow.
The other guy that is hauling with me got himself a moose, a year maybe two year old calf.
Did about 2-3,000 dollars worth of damage to the tractor AND the trailers all down the left side of the rig. He called the cops and was worried they would charge him with poaching. He was lucky the cop charged the moose with being incredibly stupid.

 

[wngsprd]

72 and some clouds...going to 90...hit 94 yesterday.

Happy Anniversary, NH! 42 years is great.

BEF, you're up early...but nice to read your humor this morning. Glad your dad got a new mower.

Sodamo, glad your eyes are better. You have beautiful views to look at...most probably like looking at the blue of the Pacific, but I enjoy the mountain pix, especially when snow covered.

Our middle son and wife can't come to visit this weekend as planned, due to gators...so we're heading up to PopG's to sample some of that smoker production. Actually, our oldest son and wife and my wife's mom are coming...so I guess I'll have grill duty.

We ordered one of those beds in a box a few weeks ago from Costco. Firm, but sleeps well. Folded our old one using rachet straps, and stored it until yesterday. It's very heavy...a king, at least 12 inches of dense foam. Had to use a dolly to roll it out onto the porch, and then the FEL to pick it up and place it into the truck bed. Was dreading unloading it at the county dumpster...but the guy working there gave me a hand. The new bed is firmer but so much lighter. Glad to have that done. Saw the new bed on sale for this weekend, so filled out Costco's online form to claim the discount...$300...nice policy they have, and easy to execute.

Then gave my coffee roaster a thorough cleaning, and roasted a couple of batches. Then mowed for a couple of hours until the dew fell...found a patch of blackberries that are ready for picking...seems like Independence Day weekend is always the time.

Thomas and Buppies, we've rejoined you in the bear club...had our first one of the season this week...and got a bonus last evening, got to see a mom and two spotted fawns.

 

[Buppies]

Nice to hear from you L4N moose can do a lot of damage

71 high of 90 today storms maybe maybe not ground is powder one foot down

Happy Anniversary NHBX and many more

Wifes bruises getting smaller still hard for her to get around

Prayers for Toppop Eric Helgobals all others in need silent or spoken the USA

 

[Buppies]

Lots and lots of bears this year wngsprd. Nice deal on the bed

 

[txdon]

Gosh, there is so much more to mock us over than this.

Yes like people who buy (not sell) Carbon Credits. I was wondering where those carbon credits end up, now I know. Quote below from a really nice 10 day cruise organizer.

"Of course I have great concerns about the carbon footprint this vacation will generate. . . . to help offset my carbon generation, I will be purchasing carbon offset credits for both my flights and sea travel. Such credits are available through CoolEffect and Gold Standard."

 

[daugen]

pay to clear your conscience, that's been going on for a long time Don.
Instead why have a bad conscience?

At the lower end of this county sits the Grows Landfill, wonderfully named. It towers over the Delaware River which is its neighbor.
There is a small section of that landfill reserved for all the crap I've thrown out over most of my life. I'm not proud of it. And now I'm back to adding to it.
I used to look up at that landfill on my boat heading up the Delaware to Trenton, as far North as you could go, and the landfill loomed large.
How high can they go? Why aren't we doing something better than dumping it?
Speaking of carbon, how about burning it?

carbon offset credits. What a game

 

[daugen]

Bill, nice to hear from you. Drive safely. Bet you hit some really big bugs up there...and hopefully that's all

Ken, have fun wherever you are now.

have decided to chill today and do some house cleaning. Warm and muggy out anyway. After being outside for two days in heat, happy to suck up some a/c.

need to plan a day to haul trailer up to Popgadget's house with the mower on it. He doesn't drink so I can't bring beer, and apples are out of season.
Perhaps more blueberry muffins.

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-07-02, 0808

67° and raining right now....high in the low 80's. Earlier, the rain was hard enough it woke me up...I initially thought it was a windstorm.
No outside chores...too wet. Not enough trash to justify a dump run either.
I do need to clean our gas grill...I can do that in the garage with the door open

Audit went pretty good until the end. We're one of four sites sharing an AS 9100 certification. One of the sites in CT got a major finding due to screwing up the audit schedule. Frankly, a BS finding since the timing for internal schedules is not a requirement. We did get an expected minor since I was working remotely (you all know about that). Long story short, our minor got wrapped into the CT major. I think I'll be contesting that...