Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Good morning! 75˚F heading to 100˚+ again. I need to work in the yard this morning, mow and hand water, before the real heat comes. We can only use our yard irrigation system once a week and with such hot temps the yards are dying. Everything gets brittle after 2 days without water, the pot plants have to be watered twice a day.

A lot of ya'll have really pleasant temps, send that cold front down here, and we won't refuse a little rain either.

I have 2 rewards for shopping at the local grocery, that entitles me to 20¢ off each gallon of gas during a fill up, and since my Ranger's fuel gauge just turned yellow that will be a priority this morning also during the store run.

This afternoon during the heat I have a book - "The Wright Brothers" by David McCullough. A very well researched and written book.

Don't forget it's kitty's "Tummy Rub Tuesday".

 

[Popgadget]

Good morning! 75˚F heading to 100˚+ again. I need to work in the yard this morning, mow and hand water, before the real heat comes. We can only use our yard irrigation system once a week and with such hot temps the yards are dying. Everything gets brittle after 2 days without water, the pot plants have to be watered twice a day.
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Did you mean potted plants?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 77F @ 5AM. Cloudy skies early, followed by partial clearing. High 96F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

Still catching up with you folks.

Hope your bear doesn't earn 7 years bad luck for you, Thomas.

How did you get all that stuff home from the auction, Kyle? Did you need more than one trip?

No mechanical issues on the trip, just one electronic bug. The wire on one of the ear buds I use to block out noise failed, and I couldn't find the spare pair I carry. Hope I didn't lose them. Heat didn't turn out to be much of a problem once I figured out I could get my knees and feet outside the fairing. And I wasn't beat up from the turbulence like on the unfaired bikes. Two large vents fed a good amount of air to keep me cool, but direct sun on the jacket did kind of sizzle my arms. Yesterday morning started out in overcast and fog and low 50s temps, and finished up in bright sun at right about 100F. Seven hours and about 450 miles each way. I like the new tires, but the front needs more air for lighter steering.

I made dinner Thursday afternoon while my friend was at work. Spaghetti with meat sauce and a salad from whatever I could find in the fridge and pantry. Must have been good 'cause I got invited back. When we checked for upcoming rocket launches, the schedule said there'd be another on Friday afternoon. When we checked Friday morning, it was due in half an hour! So we watched from my friend's front yard, and the view was about the same as we got from the ridge top, but a lot more convenient. Puttered the day away with some hiking with the dog, a little home improvement, and a movie. That pretty much set the tone for the rest of the weekend. The weather was really nice, though, with overcast and fog early mornings, warm breezy afternoons, and cool nights. The house has no A/C, so the cool temps were appreciated.

One of the hikes was to a beach that was bordered by farmland. Huge fields of vegetables of all types. Big tractors, too.

The trail out to the beach ran through wetlands over boardwalks. This fellow was paddling around near one of the bridges.

That afternoon we walked around a farmer's market in downtown Lompoc killing time before our restaurant of choice opened. It seemed like every building had at least one wall painted with a mural of some sort, most of them dealing with the history of the area.

This one was so long it wouldn't all fit in the photo frame. I haven't seen any graffiti anywhere, and very few homeless as well. Lompoc must be doing something right.

The plumbing supplies I ordered were waiting on me when I got back, but the Amazon drivers have yet to figure out what the parcel box is for. Rocket scientists they're not. So plumbing is on today's agenda, and maybe some grading out of the trench if it doesn't get too hot. Not holding my breath on that one...

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s 68 and will barely make 80 today. Overcast with 70% humidity, but no rain.

Yesterday was another inside day, putting stuff away, tinkered with the recordings from Saturday’s show, interesting having all the individual tracks as well as the two track feed to the PA.
Ran a new airline into the machine shop, did a small machining project for a neighbor. Amazon brought me a new Makita 1/2” impact gun, this one does over 1100 ft lbs, my old one does 345. Now I should be able to break much more stuff…

Off to breakfast with the professor, then I’ll see what I can get into.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, Going up to 83 and partly sunny.
No rain, officially in drought and the maples are dropping leaves.
Spend lots of time watering stuff now.

No Peaches or pears on the trees.

Old Coworkers neighbor decided to burn leaves and torched his house and melted the siding on my CW house. Burn leaves in a drought, not the sharpist stick .....

A little peek at the trip up the Eiger mountains to Jungfraujoch.
Miss the chill right now.

 

[LouNY]

Morning to all:

Drew, sorry to hear all the ills of your friends.

Our past week has been hot and humid, not good weather for an over weight older person.
Haven't gotten much done outside because of the weather. Did make some progress on
the kitchen/living room remodel most of the electrical changes done, new lighting and ceiling fans up and working,
new home runs from the breaker panel to under the kitchen and ready for new receptacles when the cabinets come out.
Now it's time to start varnishing the wood for the ceiling.
Had a few severe thunder storms in the area the last few days, the worst missed me by a couple of miles,
and we got some needed rain.

Heard a new song today that I liked; Progress by John Rich, some will like some will not.

Wishing all a good day

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Speaking of onions, on way to work I passed a flat bed tractor trailer full of pallets of bagged onions. The top was covered, but sides not so they can get air. I wondered how many onions were on that truck.

Lots of flooding in ST Louis area. Hope PJ ok.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Buppies and BEF, and others...just read that a new train excursion is opening up on August 4...2 different trips out of Staunton by the Buckingham Branch Railroad Company...uses a modernized 1940s passenger car. Buckingham Branch is the largest short line railroad in Virginia...they run a section of track near me.

One trip takes you through the Blue Ridge Tunnel through the Blue Ridge Mountains and turns around on the Charlottesville side, the Other through the Alleghany mountains and farmland.

3 hour trips, meal, dessert, beverage.

I already booked a ride in October, day before my birthday. Doing the 3:30 pm East tunnel route.
The 11:30 west route turns around in Goshen. Basically traveling down along rt 42.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Did you mean potted plants?

Keep Georgetown weird.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Don't forget it's kitty's "Tummy Rub Tuesday".

Didn’t take a pic, but last night she was stretched out, upside down across my lap just snoozing away. Here’s a different view.

She also loves to lick my face, nose, beard.

 

[wngsprd]

I already booked a ride in October, day before my birthday. Doing the 3:30 pm East tunnel route.
The 11:30 west route turns around in Goshen. Basically traveling down along rt 42.

We're looking at possibly October, too.

 

[txdon]

Did you mean potted plants?

Yes, but is so hot we try to save energy and sometimes we leave off syllables.
Finished mowing and only 85˚ at 9am. Whew!

Buckeye, we are vehemently anti-weird. Austin wears the t-shirts "Keep Austin Weird". Our t-shirts say "Keep Georgetown Normal"

 

[wngsprd]

I already booked a ride in October, day before my birthday. Doing the 3:30 pm East tunnel route.
The 11:30 west route turns around in Goshen. Basically traveling down along rt 42.

We're booked later in Oct...wow the seats really filled up fast for leaf season. Nice menu.

 

[PJSprog]

61°F and heavy thunderstorms this morning, going up to 83° today.

Seems our epic drought has been ended by epic rains today. Reports say as much as 10" of rain in some areas since midnight. Lots of flooding all over the STL area, with lots of water rescues in vehicles and even some homes. I got about halfway to work before turning around and coming back home. I-70 is closed at three or four places, including my exit in the city. I've seen friends posting pictures of parking lots and streets with cars flooded up to the windows, and some to just below the roof. Crazy around here today.

Good morning, gents.

 

[check]

68°F and .10 inches rain.

Managed to join the less than great club yesterday. When putting Sophie’s BX away I managed a misstep and ended up smacking my ribs hard in the FEL arm, pretty much knocking the wind out of me. Didn’t sleep well and mighty sore this morning. Surprisingly, not even a black and blue, but don’t cough or breathe too deeply. Maybe a recovery day.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[buckeyefarmer]

We're booked later in Oct...wow the seats really filled up fast for leaf season. Nice menu.

A week later would probably be better leaf watching. I couldn’t get a table for 2 on my birthday, so going day before.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low was 60°, going up to 85°. Mid 80's are the forecasted high temps for all week, chances are good for T-storms.

Thought for sure we were going to get a storm last night, but it fell apart before it got to us...as usual. There were a few brief storms up in Colorado, it was nice to see and smell the rain. It was really green up there, unlike our 'barely green tint' we have here. They have gotten a lot more rain apparently.

The trip was successful, MIL very happy to see everyone. But, very sad to see everyone leave. She received some of her favorite snacks/ cookies.....hey, at 80, you CAN have your cake AND eat it too!

RV was great, only one thing we have decided that needs to be changed... the HW heater. We're going to switch it out for a tankless unit. The son has one in his unit and it works great. We definitely need more capacity...aka: unlimited.

Why is it when you have a "relaxing" trip, you really didn't do anything or exert energy, then you return home, and are just totally worn out? .....

Today's agenda will include turning on the drip irrigation and give the landscaping a good drink. Then some maintenance is due on the car. Oil change for sure, need to check the brakes too. It's a 2014, but still has original brakes. Just rolled over 60K on the meter, but I have never checked the brakes yet. Not having any issues, so might not have to do them yet.

If all is good with the car, might get involved in setting up the dust collector. Need to find a good home for it, out of the way, but needs easy access for emptying. I'll only be able to get it situated, then will need to run another 220v circuit to the location. I need to pick up a switch and all the ductwork.

Didn't get caught up here yet....

Everyone have a great day!

 

[daugen]

8 inches of rain in six hours, wow that's a flood, sorry St Louis
PJ, stay safe

headed out, many stops, dropping off squash, visiting friend in hospital, haircut, and then finally a glass of wine with my brother.
At least it won't be 100 degrees walking across hospital parking lot like it was last time. Friend's hemoglobin tanked again, postponed scope, more transfusions,
need to go support his wife

 

[buckeyefarmer]

LS, over 100k miles on original Subaru brakes. I bought new pads, but they didn’t need changed when I pulled them, so haven’t changed yet.

My generator was a no show. Now Amazon tracking is claiming customer rescheduled delivery. They never even contacted me regarding delivery. I chatted with Amazon and told them whoever is delivering is lying.
Now scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.

 

[sodamo]

69°F and .6 inches rain.

Feeling a bit more mobile this morning

Water quality team scheduled to visit this morning. Will be taking a number of water samples, inspecting my system, and changing out my filters.

After they leave I intend to check out my new PW foam gun. My hope is this will be more effective on the roof washing then just a backpack sprayer.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day