Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

My wife made a black raspberry with cream cheese pie, was very good.
Tacos for supper were good also.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Randy, glad to hear from you. Glad we didn't have to send the break out force.

I’ve got to count roof screws this morning. This roof was installed in 2006 and in need of some TLC. A good power wash with mold/mildew treatment but most of the screws exhibit some rust, replacement maybe best option. Likely around 3k screws but I need an accurate break down by size before I attempt ordering.

If it's just a sheet metal roof, you might consider stainless screws, being so close to the ocean.

For my portable Miller I use the 20oz-24oz co2 paint ball small gas bottles from Academy Sports and Outdoors. It may be an option to test before you invest in a large bottle.

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I called Airgas today. They don't sell Argon bottles at the moment. Only rent for now until they get supply back up. $0.80/day. Bottle costs about $75 to exchange. Tractorsupply sells a big bottle for $300. I need to make sure it has the DOT and proper stamps on it. I think rental is the way to go, until I verify the welder's operation.

Which player ? Team? When?

Don't go getting a melanoma!
I've found good use for my old white long sleeved shirts I used to have to wear 30 years ago. And the ties can be used for sweatbands!

Agent: NHL goalie prospect Ivan Fedotov sent to Russian military base
I want to say I saw pictures of some guys herding him into a van and driving away.

Wifey made a big batch of spaghetti. Filled us all up. Son can eat quite a pile of it himself. He has grown 2" in since Mar 17th. Wow.

Eeees hot. 101F today.

I saw it will get up near 107 near PJS...

Going to watch Terminal List 1st episode if I can stay awake.

RNG, I like the birdshot idea. Sorry about your neighbors. People like that make it hard to keep your patience in place.

There is a law here in Texas about the minimum amount of land you need to shoot a gun. Can't remember the amount, but I know 5 acres isn't enough.

Prayers for our team mates, our country, and Ukraine.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Wednesday) morning. It's slightly milder for a Winter's low of 2.4C, and I've received 1.3mm of rain by 0900. The BoM predicts a high of 14C but it's only 9C now @ 1140.

As the adage goes; "no good deed goes unpunished". My Minister is on a month's vacation and I volunteered to have the Church phone transferred to my phone to handle requests for mattresses/frames/used household furniture/etc... from those in need. I've since learnt that he used that 'line' for a lot of his personal calls. So now I'm fielding all sorts of calls. I now need to go into town and open up the Church Hall, at 1830, for an AA meeting. Oh well.

It's 'into town for mail & groceries' day.

Take care all.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

A nice sunset tonight....

 

[sodamo]

Successful trip to Kona
Got this PW

Still need to unload and assemble, maybe even test run. Expecting it to be the last pw I buy.

E0 gas was $6.099 at Costco.

Disappointing stop in Waimea. Sign on DQ door “Permanently Closed”. Combined with the Chinese buffet not being available, Sophie doesn’t see much reason to stop in Waimea . Not exactly true, we know where the available restrooms are.

Tonights dinner out postponed to Thu.

 

[rswyan]

76F and mostly cloudy @ 22:45, heading down to a low of 72F. High hit 93F here today.

Just came in a bit ago just as it was starting to sprinkle, thunderstorm headed in. Rich likely to be in the path.

Got hummingbird feeder rehung and shepard's hook put in, in the middle of the front lawn. Also Japanese beetle trap assembled, baited and hung as well.

Garbage hauled up to the can at the road and set out, also recyclables hauled up.

Last 10 asparagus bare root plants potted after making a trip up for some screened compost to make more potting soil. Also did 6 more rhubarb bare roots tonight. Assuming all 9 make it, that should be enough for us, family, and friends. First three plants are doing well.

Made two more trips up for a cart of screened compost, used that to add to the edges of the garden bed. Likely to need a couple more dump cart loads to finish it up so more planting can occur.

Largest tomato plant out in the garden is now above the 2' tall cage, Woman says I need to make another 4' tall cage up. Probably 2' tall ones as well for the smaller stuff.

There's 7 zucchini on 5 plants, should be ready to pick in a couple more days.

During one of those trips down from the screened compost pile this little guy made the mistake of heading through the northeast planting bed into the yard probably foraging for something to eat. He's now up on the burn pile with his siblings:

Four shells, three coon kits.

Located Rocky's remains while I was up loading screened compost before that. Assume some bird of prey picked him off the pile, not much more than skin and bones left at this point.

Woman ran out and did a little shopping, stopped by Wasabi Express and brought home the Steak and Shrimp for dinner, still have some for tomorrow.

The same 2 yellow crookneck squash at the back of the frog pond were pulled up again today. Replanted those plus got one of the last two slated for back there planted at the end of the row, still one left to go.

Hope everyone had a great day ...

 

[newbury]

Agent: NHL goalie prospect Ivan Fedotov sent to Russian military base
I want to say I saw pictures of some guys herding him into a van and driving away.

Oh, he was picked up in Russia

Ivan Fedotov, who reportedly was picked up by law enforcement in Russia

I thought when you wrote "here" you meant in the US.

 

[sodamo]

Good advice Drew. And make sure people have access. Sadly, when my BIL passed unexpectedly last Nov I think the Funeral folks took advantage. Because his wife knew he wanted a memorial service, they convinced her that meant open casket etc costing north of 40k. Luckily she could afford it, but putting that away for her grandson’s education may have been a better use. Two days after planting him we found his written instructions - cremation.
Me, I tell anyone who listens, just scatter my ashes in the pet cemetery and have a party.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. Sorry about no post yesterday, but did not get home from fireworks till after 10:30 pm. July 4 WX 81ºF for start, clear sky, light breeze. Moderate wind with brisk gust at times, clear sky, and high temp was 99ºF, HI 103ºF. Finish decoration on golf cart for parade, then drive to line up. Parade took around 40 minute to drive., we dropped off when passing in front of house but almost done at that point. Went to help with Fish club boat rides for a couple hours, then home for nap. After dinner, launched boat and went to watch fireworks, after fireworks tied up at neighbor's dock, walked home and collapsed. Today WX 74ºF for start, clear sky, light breeze. Moderate wind with brisk gusts, clear sky, and high temp of 100ºF, HI 103ºF. Recover boat on trailer and drop in normal place in driveway. Bike ride, then lunch and mow back yard( golf course closed today due to holiday). Nap then off to town for dinner and shopping. Gas down to 4.16/gal.
Sunday night posts.
Randy(wag) Sorry to hear about more flooding.
Ted I suspect you are better off with one that has been running more.
Don Sorry about the fire so close. Praying it is not an issue for you.
Scaredy sorry clog still issue. Glad good visit with family members. Sorry about rear hatch window.
Ted sounds like better than productive day. Congrats on having such good luck with getting so much help. Nice pics. Hope project finishes with out further issues.
Monday Morning posts:
Scaredy congrats on moose sighting, sorry about no pic.
David congrats on Makani not leaving room.
Don I would guess guilty and smart. hope whipper did ok with fireworks
Thomas hope day went well, and you got your goodies.
Drew have fun with High School friend. TR6 sounds like a fun change with more soul.
NHBX Sounds you had a nice day on the 4th.
Dennis hope you mad it out of bed. Hope the tractor repiar goes well.
Dennis had mocking bird start using some of the sounds from one my Garmin GPS units, took weeks to figure out what was going on
Paul Sorry you got so dehydrated. Easy to do . Glad you made progress. Pork looks wonderful. Hope pool hanging around went well. nice pics.
Kyle I only mix limited quanites of fuel. I have a graduated cylinder that will measure oil for 1 quart of gas at 24 to 1. Congrats on getting your hair back. Hope you cn get MillerMatice up to speed. Nice link.
KilRoy What OSHA doea not know, will not hurt them. Sorry about pen failure, and damage to other laundry.
Dennis good to hear you made it out of bed Thanks for newspaper pic.
Storm sorry to hear about your neighbor. Good to hear the dogs are getting along.
RNG Nice you are getting some nice weather and visitor. Have to wonder the cost of the heads or the the fact they appearently were not ready to bolt on, ruined their potential popularity. hope range christening went well.
Drew nice haul.
Ted sorry your rain chance evaporated. Hope mulch progressed.
RS Hope you agenda went well.
RS hope you did not burn.
Davit good luck wih roof screw replacement.
Dennis glad you got ZT oil and trannie oil changed.
Roy nice way to celabrate the 4th
Drew glad you got a run in the TR6
Thomas did not know Lil Boo reading TBN
Drew sorry to hear about nose. prayers sent.
Don glad hike went well. and breaking up more scar tissue. Very good news on fire, except for drone in the way.
Drew when the subdision does thie fireworks the local VFD is there ready to go.
Ted nice progress on mulch, hope trimmer workdoes not take too long.
Randy(wag) Glad the cool wather is not big impact on plans.
RS sorry about mulch issue, nice work on Rock's buddies. hope you get rain.
This morning posts:
David that is a lot of sdrewing time!
KilRoy glad you are getting some BBQ time. Thanks for potato recipe
Drew hope you get some rain and maintenance done on mower.
Thomas hope shep projec did not get bigger because of Lil Boo's interference.
Billy Glad 4th went well.
Randy good to hear from you, not like you to not post at all.
Buppies glad you are getting beach time with wife, sorry to hear about lack of memory. Hope her knee is improving.
More catching up later.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, Bird/aging issues/, Don /mom's pipeline process, /fire nearby, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's heart issues, /pneumonia and not posting, 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.

 

[sodamo]

Next Question: How will you prove the drone belongs to your neighbor?

When neighbor comes to claim the pieces

 

[scaredychicken]

I have had medivac helicopter land next door, so I thought maybe that was it.
We also get camp David copters going over. I should mow a sign encouraging Brandon in my field.

FB just made a major change to public group pages, which I found out about with a spam advertisement in a group I run. Anyone can now automatically join, no more requests to join. I like the request method, as I only allow wholesome family types to join, based on their profiles. Might have to make my group private. I have 4500 members.

I'd join your group.

I'm a moderator in a car group that has 85,000 members, I'll have to see if there are changes in that group.

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-07-06, 0411

66° right now...high in the mid-70's.
Reckon I'm going to stop by and get fuel for the ZT on the way home...still might be too wet to mow, but at least I'll have a full tank when it's dry enough...

 

[daugen]

good morning all
we got gypped on the rain, .01 merely made the car pollen a mess.

I'm off to church this morning to photograph graves, though shouldn't take overly long now that a friend has volunteered to bring in his
4k drone and video the whole place for me.

got the oil changed in the JD lawn mower, 49 hours, was starting to turn some color. Used up last of JD Turf Guard dino oil, had to make up a little
with synthetic oil, never had any issues with mixing a little oil. And best news was I got the lock n lube connector to actually click on the center mower spindle, which
has given me fits before. I pumped a bunch of grease in there. I have mixed feelings on that lock n lube attachment, many of us use it, works great when it works.
But it's a fat connector to get in tight spaces.

looks like I'll be doing a bunch of watering today. Ground is getting dry. My snowball bushes out front are the canaries in the mine; have to water them every 2-3 days.
But they look pretty. Ordered an Eley hose reel for the front; tired of hauling buckets of water. At least I'm allowed to...

speaking of pushing up daisies, retribution is at hand at RS's place. those plant munchers are taking it hard.

all of you in super hot weather, take it slow, let's all stay healthy.

 

[daugen]

I took this pic up in the Catskills. First pic where I think the lens in the Lumix is a little better than
the I12 phone, which has a darn good camera in it. Bigger camera seems to focus better, which it should.
It's the one I want to set up outside and take bird pics with. I looked at more expensive cameras but realized I had
no talent to use them. This one has an Intelligent Automatic setting, among 12 others I think. So many choices, mostly confusing.
And then you can rotate through about thirty specialty settings when you drill down in the menu. Quite a computer in these things any more.
So when I try to take a picture looking into the sun, it's going to try to make it better. One reason I wanted a camera I could put a UV/glare filter on.
time for more bird pics. Can only look at so many vegetables...

Something to lure Ron back. Sure miss him. Eric too.

friend gave me a good hint which I used, way to quiet down the little landscape trailer which always bangs the gate loudly on bumps.
I took a small strap and hooked it to the gate, wound it around seat arm, which keeps seat from bouncing wildly on bumps, and then to tie down.
Much quieter now. Plus since I put that anti rattle hitch lock on, no bang bang from that either. Much better.

 

[wngsprd]

Me, I tell anyone who listens, just scatter my ashes in the pet cemetery and have a party.

That's the same thing I told my wife.

 

[wngsprd]

70 going to 93, likely storms, which missed us yesterday. Red sky in morning...

RNG, glad you got some shooting in. Smart to contact your LEO. Hope that fire is out.

Mr Toppop, get well soon!

Buppies, hope a safe trip home.

 

[daugen]

Toppop, Toppop
what are you doing Toppop?
get better fast
and make sure it lasts

from all your online buddies

prayers

 

[riptides]

71 outside this AM. Heading to lower 90's. Good chances for storms the rest of the day and week. Still battling insurance claims.
Last night's sunset with two of three daughters back home.
Hope all ailing get better. Be safe.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 65F @ 4:15AM. Sunny. High 89F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph.

Got a call back from a different deputy yesterday, and he wasn't interested in trying to prove trespassing on the drone. He did say he'd have a talk with the neighbor to "educate him on firearms law". And next time I'm out on the range, I'll keep a 12 ga. handy with bird shot loads. At several hundred bux each, they'll think twice before they try that stunt again.

Still need a couple more plastic conduit fittings before I can finish off the Starlink install, but the post we planted is nice and solid.

Today I'll pack the touring rig for another trip south, this time to try and view a SpaceX launch. My friend down there let me know there was a pretty large grass fire on the base yesterday afternoon. Forward progress was stopped at 50 acres, and it was mostly contained as of last night. Hope it doesn't cause a postponement. I think the biggest fire in the state is getting ready to push past 4000 acres south and east of Jackson, CA. Got a buddy out that way that's no stranger to evacuations, that has put a lot of work into creating defensible space around his home in the past year. Hope he doesn't have to test it.

Short week; Hump Day already...

 

[Thomas]

64F mostly cloudy day clearing sky early evening mid 70's for high.
The rain we got yesterday help to green the lawn etc.,could use couple more days of that.
Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...trip to town for propane other than that putter day.

Enjoy your day all.