Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

congrats on the new bike RNG, she's a beauty.

fun watching tree guys, whole thing done in a little over an hour, very professional, neat, cleaned as they went, no damage
to property. Now I have to go work on that snowball bush they dug up and make sure it is replanted properly.
they dropped the trunk right on their mats

 

[PJSprog]

77°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 97° today. 96° and 98° for the next two days before a storms roll in on Thursday to cool us back into the 80s.

Wife and I have been using a weighted blanket for the last couple of weeks. She decided she wanted to try one, so we did. I never really cared for it from the start, but she seemed to like it at first. She eventually noticed that it was always sliding off my side of the bed, mostly from her kicking it off several times through the night, and she was fighting it all night (as was I). Yesterday, it went away and was replaced with the original quilt. By comparison, it was like sleeping under a Kleenex tissue. (the weighted one was 20 lbs)

Kyle, this place is not likely to ever move. The owner started it here because he thought he would have a bottomless labor pool from the nearby neighborhoods. Unfortunately, the area has changed, and not for the better. He'll not be here much longer anyway, as he's been slowly phasing into retirement. I doubt his son will move it either.
I never really minded a long drive to work, probably because I've pretty much always had one. Living on the Illinois side of the area, most of the better-paying jobs are on the Missouri side. When I worked in St. Charles MO, I was driving 120 miles round trip every day. It's about 90 miles now. I does give me a chance to listen to a lot of music, though. And, I don't hate that.

Good-looking bike, RNG. Seems like flying and riding would be a hard option to pass. What year is it?

Good morning, gents.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 62°, going up to 86°, chance of a T-storm.
No rain last night, but a good light show off in the distance.

Drew, those tree service guys are amazing to watch bringing a tree down. You can hear those big chippers a long distance away. Were you keeping any of the chips?

RNG, nice score on the bike! My vote is to fly up there and ride back

PopG, nice pic of the Stearman. Love the sound of those radial engines!

Today's agenda will include getting the planters filled as a priority. Then may get to start disassembling my daughter's Jeep. She brought it done a couple months ago for my son to repair the body work, but he has been too busy. I figured if I start on it, he'll "make the time" to help out.

Everyone have a great start to the week!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good-looking bike, RNG. Seems like flying and riding would be a hard option to pass. What year is it?

It's an '83. They only lasted two model years, '83 and '84. Maybe a thousand imported into the US, so they're not exactly common.

 

[sodamo]

68°F and .09 inches rain.

My friend Keith experienced a mishap with his DX Friday.

Tractor located about 600 ft down slope, about 15°. Took about 3+ hours to get 5 of us (including my son) and John’s JD 2032 to ease it up the hill and another 300 ft to Keith’s shop area. Slow and steady, no mishaps in the hot sun. So glad it didn’t rain. While this is the kind of interaction many of us on GM take for granted, it was an unexpected, rare experience for my city living son who seems to have little life outside his work and immediate family. We made it home in time for fabulous lasagna dinner.

Semi annual Dental cleaning/check up to day.

In person happy hours this afternoon. I suspect a tale or too regaling yesterday’s recovery.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

76F and cloudy @ 12:00, heading up to a high of around 82F. WU now reports only a 50% chance of precipitation today, with 62% chance tonight. Looks like best chances are around 20:00.

Woman and I both got up late today (>11:00) I actually fell asleep on the couch last night ... woke up around 05:00 and got up and went to bed ... then slept in.

Ran over to HD first thing yesterday to pick up that 2 x 4 x 10. 10 footers were all at the back of rack which was 5'+ off the floor, had to get help to pull them forward. Got checked out, then loaded, and was just about out of the lot when I realized that I actually needed three 5' boards, not two ...

Pulled out and made the loop through Autozone's parking lot at the corner and got turned around and headed back into The Depot. Picked up an additional 2 x 4 x 8'. New on guy the register, transaction appeared not to go through, swiped card again, now appears that I got double billed for the 2 x 4 x 8 ...

When I got home neighbor was delivering another roll off of manure which ended up being the last one (he's keeping some which is a wise move IMO), volunteered that he could come down later with his dozer or tracked skid steer and pile it all up, since it would take me forever with the B2910. Great guy.

Refueled Kubota, 5 gallons pretty much fueled it up.

Moved boards for screener around back and got those cut, then moved up to shop.

Did a little more tilling, this time on the west side of the garden area.

Got mowing done all down around the house, west, east, and south.

Hopper feeder and 1 suet feeder refilled.

Scheduled a bill for payment.

Broke for dinner, more clean up on the Wasabi Express.

Young neighbor who used to help me quite a bit stopped by, seems he has gotten his contractor's license and insurance, formed an LLC, and gone into business for himself ... Hooked him up with a bunch of squash. Also found out his grandfather who helped me with the Kubota is in the hospital, and not doing too well.

After that went up to shop and started drilling and screwing the new frame for the screener together.

Somewhere in all of that, neighbor showed and got all the manure piled up.

Got the frame for the new screen all screwed together by the time it got dark.

Probable agenda for today:

Contact HD about the double billing.

Handle some banking.

Remove tiller from Kubota and put on box blade, do some additional clean up and fine tuning around compost/manure pile.

Later, when it starts raining, get the 1/4" crown stapler from the basement and take it up to the shop and start stapling the 1" hardware cloth onto the screener frame.

Plus whatever else comes up.

Hope everyone has a great Monday ...

 

[sodamo]

Darn pup loves water and when it saw it raining he just had to make some mud. Does he look guilty?

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Our first boxer was an all white male. Loved the water. Take him to a lake or shore and he was in. When wife would take him for a walk after a rain he would come home covered in red Georgia mud from all the puddles. Sophie thought it more hilarious than I.probably as I would be the one to hose him down.

 

[sodamo]

Nice looking bike, RNG. Bet the fly & ride option is very tempting.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

My friend Keith experienced a mishap with his DX Friday.

A similar thing happened to the old Kubota when the hub broke out of one of the front axles. I got it back to the garage by lifting the front end slightly with the bucket and dragging it in reverse. Not pretty, but it beats trying to hitch it to the pickup truck with a chain...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Nice looking bike, RNG. Bet the fly & ride option is very tempting.

Thanks. I've always been a sucker for red.

I have one U-Ship quote for $537, which is not very tempting. I can make the run myself in two days for not much more than that in fuel, and do it on my own schedule. A fly'n'ride would end up costing about $400, plus a motel room if I don't make it back in a single day, which wouldn't be a surprise expecially on a machine of unknown condition. I have contact info for a shipping outfit a friend used a while ago, and will get in touch with them and then make up my mind. But between the inconvenience and horrors using a shuttle to get to the airport and of air travel (I haven't been on a plane since I retired, and don't miss it at all), the risk of a breakdown and the resulting high recovery costs, and the discomfort of riding an unfaired bike 700 miles in sizzling summer weather, the fly'n'ride would be my least favorable option.