Good morning!!!!

[Alien]

Got my Ridgeline serviced this morning. Service tech was new to me. By the time we finished the walk around felt like I should be getting an order of fries. Seems like every comment had a $$ solution attached. I’m pretty much a believer in the old system, certain things get done according to the mileage schedule and you knew up front they were due. Estimate was almost $200 to change the cabin and air filter (recommendations on invoice). I ordered them from Amazon less than $40. Can take Sophie out to a great dinner for difference.

Dealers are like that. When I got my 15000 klm service on the Ranger the other day they told me I could use a wheel alignment. Well it must have come from the factory incorrectly aligned if that is the case. Anyway it was poppycock as I am a certified A Grade mechanic and I know how to check tires for alignment problems. I even have my own alignment equipment. He changed the subject when I questioned him.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

A nice clean tractor

I think I found Mike Morgan’s new WV property on google maps. Some people thinks it’s weird, but I like looking at maps.

Another slow day on TBN, hope some of the old regulars come back.

Dad finished mowing his fields today.
He said an electric pole fell feeding power to his garage, so no power to my camera. Guess I need to fix that next trip.

 

[Alien]

Google maps, me too.

 

[Wagtail]

Good late (Wednesday) morning. Overnight Low of 4C, a wee bit overcast and just had a fine, misty, fall of moisture (can't really call it 'rain') sweep through. It's calm and presently 15.4C.

It's 'into town Day' for groceries/mail and I'll fill the ute up as I've got a meeting in Devonport to attend on Saturday morning at 0900. I'll plan on leaving home at 0530 to arrive/park/register with ample time factored in in case anything delays me.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Hi all.
Been very busy lately. Shopping yesterday while Lesley was sleeping. Groceries, scripts, Mower blades, spark plugs etc. Got a haircut. She cut too much off. Now I look like PeeWee Herman.
Today I have to remove and replace a window that a Kookaburra tried to fly through. He is OK but he left a mess of glass for me to clean up. Last time it was a Guinea Fowl. I guess that window is fated. Window is on the front porch so at least it was not one of the new ones we just installed in the house. I have a spare window out behind the barn thankfully.
Nothing else planned as Les has been suffering terrible headaches the last 4 days. Another Dr visit coming up.
My stepson returned our ride-on mower the other day. I decided to drive it over to the barn and check the battery etc. Never made it. Ran out of fuel after about 30 feet. Filled it up and checked the blades. all the blades were broken off. I had 2 spares. (it needs 4) I thought I would check it cutting some grass. It was gutless. Changed the fuel filter. Still gutless but sounded OK. It is a twin cylinder. Checked the heads. One was cold the other hot. Pulled the spark plugs and one was dead yet it still ran smooth. (Kawasaki twin) Replaced the plugs and it is going well now. I don't know how he got on mowing his lawn as it could barely move when the deck was running. Gotta have a talk to him. I had also loaned him my tow-behind lawn sweeper. He backed the trailer over it and tore it to pieces then he just left it here like that. He is going to have to fix that or else.... Luckily our new ZT mower won't fit on a trailer so he can't ask to borrow that one.

Sounds like your stepson could give PJs stepson some good competition.

2022-08-16, 0402

55° right now...high in the upper 70's today.

Boy! I took a tumble late Sunday and I'm really bruised up on my right forearm and right side.

Working to prep for a customer audit this coming Friday...

Roy, hope you get better soon.

My CNC mill proposal went to the top and they are going to buy it! Now the hard work of making room for it. It is a made in USA, Has VF3SS with a 5 axis rotary tilting table. I'm still dancing in the clouds.

 

[Buppies]

Don it will come slowly for you all hurricanes will be downgraded soon

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Kyle, what kind of stuff do you make on a CNC?

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 74ºF for the start, partly cloudy sky, light breeze. Light wind day, variable cloudiness, and high temp 99ºF, HI 102ºF. Bike ride to start day then trip into town for lunch and groceries. Bill from groceries $135. Nap after putting groceries away. Worked on finding audit trail purging for work this evening, more to do on that.
David sorry about no checking beyond require maintenance.
Roy sorry about the tumble, hope recovery happen quickly. Hope prep for audit goes well.
Buppies now have 4 days with forecast highs below 90ºF, and serious rain. Hope your wife is getting around better.
Drew hope painting went well. good luck with hot tube and washer is failed.
Roy don't put off Dr too long.
Drew I used to drive a "beater" to work wearing old clothes. People gave that car and me more clearance for some reason I have contemplated dash cam and helmet cam but not pulled trigger.
Paul sorry about the potential prop damage, really hope you don't have issues with props.
Don Bird might get some but rest of Texas not so much if front #2 follows forecast I heard this evening. Sorry about mowing, and good to hear you are moving up in Card standings.
Ken sorry about the dark cloud.
RNG Glad solar system keeping up. Sorry about the drilling issues, takes practice to sharpen drills correctly, do you have a drill gauge? Hope gate stop works. Good luck getting everything on new router.
Drew so will you have to repaint white later? Good luck with garden
Ted nice cold front, should come through here tomorrow. Sorry about the cable and the heater core. I had some luck with running some flushing/cleaning liquid through cooling system then back flush heater core.
David hope issue found and not too expensive.
Phil you need to find that idiot and give him a good talking to. Nice job fixing soap dispenser and cleaning tractor afte getting grease on windows.
Thomas sorry about long day and back pockets dragging.
David sorry about the high cost of dealer naintenance.
Don our weather guess are saying second cold front no, will stall out over Dallas area.
Doug maybe let windows get dirty?
Dennis sorry about the electric pole at your dad's place. When I follow rail-fanning or other stories often use maps.
Kyle congrats on new mill.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid,/mom's breathing, /learning new job, 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, /fall injuries, /angina /wife ankle, Billy /wife back & hip, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /3 new skin cancer spots and treatment, /wife knee healing, /getting dehydrated and cramping, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery/retirement, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Doug and wife/health issues, /nerve and pain, / wife headaches, 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, /wife not feeling well, /marriage, / friend stop drinking, 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, and Country.

 

[rswyan]

67F and mostly cloudy @ 10:45, heading down to a low of 62F overnight.

High hit 76.8F here today, which is well below normal for this time of year. Absolutely beautiful though, mix of sun and clouds.

With the milder temps we've had the AC off and the windows open for the last several days.

Picked all the summer squash first thing. Not all that much as we've kept after it for the last couple of days.

Then I started working on disentangling the oldest asparagus in pots from the winter squash and pumpkins.

Woman came out and took over on that and I moved one of the watering rigs over and hooked up the hose and gave the flower bed a drink.

After that ran I a string line for a row.

Once that was done Woman worked on weeding the asparagus pots and I planted them as She got them done.

She went over to visit a couple of girlfriends next door once that was done and I started weeding and planting the newer batch of asparagus in pots.

Got 29 asparagus plants total in ground and well watered in. Probably have another 6 to 10 to go which we'll do tomorrow afternoon.

She did some additional watering on other plants after She got back from visiting.

Was still doing that when it started sprinkling. That didn't amount to much so probably a good thing She watered.

She cooked up some pork chops with sauerkraut and apples for dinner, with some mashed potatoes courtesy of Bob Evans. Was very tasty.

Heading to bed early tonight.

Hope everyone had a great day ...

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-08-17, 0403

59° right now...high in the low 70's and rain showers (I hope we get them)

Still aching...I'm going to call the doctor this afternoon...the bruise on my arm is healing nicely, but the pain in my side doesn't seem to be getting any better

 

[Alien]

You might have cracked a rib Roy.

 

[daugen]

good morning all.

Phil, I'd sit in that nice clean tractor just smiling and wonder what adventure I can get into.

weather forecast is not helping. Church caretaker said oops, left out right paint for me, but..........50 percent chance of showers this afternoon.
That would leave me about 2-3 hours of drying time for exterior latex enamel. Not sure that's enough time; wouldn't be for oil paint.
Next two days are hot and dry, so I have a plan B. Then forecast shows a whole week of stormy summer weather coming.
think I'm going to leave early and get it done this morning. Then I can really scrub these hands and get the white paint off. Kilz exterior primer doesn't wash
off so easily. which for a primer is actually a good thing...

A new CNC machine, for a machinist that has to be exciting. Does its software package provide new features?
I wonder how tolerances are for today's machines vs 30 years ago.
some fine memories of sitting at a drafting table learning mechanical drawing.

Alien, hope your wife is doing better. I read somewhere alignment can get screwed up loading and unloading on the new car carriers.
that may just be an alignment shop marketing pitch...
I usually get car/truck aligned when I put on a new set of tires, particularly if never aligned before.
if you spend the extra money to get really good tires, at least one alignment makes sense to me.
Otherwise, unless you hit a curb or whack something, should take a long time for alignment to go out.
maybe some vehicles are more prone to this

 

[txdon]

Good morning! Oh my, 79˚F, this warm this early means a scorching day and we will most likely hit the pedicted 103˚.

Yep Roy, time for an x-ray to see the damage especially if it hurts to laugh. Hoping for the best.

My water softener is causing me grief, apparently the last plumber in 2016 (pervious owners) installed a well water water softener and did not put a pressure reducer in. The insides and seals are starting to crumble because of the chlorine treated water and it needs to be replaced with a city water water softener. Hopefully all work will be done today along with replacing an occasional leaking shutoff valve in my plumbing. There is a new rider on my home owners insurance that covers appliances and I will call today to see if this meets their definition of coverage - with a $500 deductible. The new water softener is also a whole house water filter that gets cleaned during the regeneration cycle every week.

 

[Buppies]

64 high of 78 today nice day I hope

Hope you get the rain Mostly she is moving along better thanks for asking

Prayers for all Alien and his wife, Toppop, Roy and ribs, Kyle and his family, Kenmbz and family, all others silent or spoken our Country

 

[daugen]

Don. Good luck. I doubt it. Most plumbing damage requires sudden or accidental leakage. Long term corrosion or "crumbling" is usually not covered.
And usually the coverage is for damage caused by leakage, not damage to the unit itself. For example, if that unit had a three year warranty and leaked, then
the responsibility shifts to manufacturer, not homeowner, unless some other consequential damage occurred.
Maybe that endorsement gave back a small amount of coverage, just to make folks happy.
The big print is easy.
The little print taketh away. And there are plenty of exclusions, many unique to a particular state.

Ken, hope you have a very good day.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Morning all!!!

Everyone try to behave today, no more slips and falls.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 66 going up to 83.
worked on bicycle and looking to see where I want to place the new bench left over from milling.

Roy - get checked and feel better.

 

[wngsprd]

57 feels so good...gorgeous sunrise today...and later 81 will feel good.

Roy, sorry you're still hurting. Maybe it is a rib.

I'm catching up, so just read some older posts...like Kyle's 1972 vs. 2022 chart...my wife and I got a good laugh...and congrats on the CNC mill.

BEF, your shed is looking good, and your dad looks happy on that tractor. Lunch on the mountain sounds good.

WAG, enjoy your parade tomorrow (or is it already tomorrow there?).

Mostly, hope your Mexican restaurant reopens soon...I know how you feel. My wife and I have been watching some Andrew Zimmern Bizarre Foods episodes, and have really enjoyed seeing the Tex-Mex prepared in Austin, Dallas, El Paso, and even Houston.

Alien, sorry about your kookaburra...have you ever tried using hawk silhouette stickers on your windows? We have some that are clear, but supposedly are quite visible to birds...our window crashes are significantly reduced. Isn't saying kookaburra fun?

Pop, that's an expensive prop. Hope it was okay.

I've been doing the usual mowing and mountain hiking...finished the A/T in the north district of the Shenandoah, and much of the central and south districts, which I'm working on now, along with some other areas. I tried 2 long hikes with just one day of rest in between...probably won't do that again.

Finished my new firewood pallet, loaded it up with wood I split, and moved it to its new resting spot with the others, ready for October.

The phone tech came in yesterday, but all he did was swap out our router/modem, and tell me some things I have reason to doubt. I figured out how to log into the modem after he left, and could clearly see the line status was poor. This is what I had told him was the problem, but he disagreed. So, still slower than it used to be.

Texas, hope you get some rain.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
70 going to 80 today.

Yesterday was a good day, made decent progress cleaning up and throwing away things that I probably shouldn’t have saved in the first place. Got replacement propane tank monitor installed and set up. Cleaned up grill and cooked lunch on it. Ordered a urethane garden hose from Eley for wife to use in the barn, she is hard on them, hopefully this one will hold up.

Today might be the day to get to work on the biplane before the season is over. The general rule is the temperature has to be over my age to fly it. Not much else planned, but something always comes up.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 81F @ 5:45AM. A mix of clouds and sun. Near record high temperatures. High near 105F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
Like Don's temp, if it's already this warm, this afternoon is gonna be another scorcher. Yesterday's high was 104F, but at least it's a dry heat at 10% when the heat peaks. So far the wind has been gentle, otherwise we'd be under another Red Flag.

I haven't had much luck with rain and latex paint, Drew. Softens up and wrinkles like a prune if it doesn't get enough drying time. I think that Killz will come off better with denatured alcohol.

Those crates looked pretty impressive, Paul, but an idiot with a fork lift can do a lot of damage. I know because I'm one...

That's good news on the new mill, Kyle. Nice to see your new employer putting faith in you with that big investment. No pressure there, huh?

Have you considered one of the new salt less water conditioners, Don? I always thought they were snake oil, but I see now the local Culligan franchise is selling them, too.

I was relieved to find 75 DC volts on the land line phone wires where I'd dug them up yesterday, and was able to make enough connections to hear a dial tone again. Sound quality was awful compared to a wireless call over the cellular network, but all the cell towers went out in the last fire sooner than all the telephone poles burned down. Belt and suspenders, even though that probably still isn't enough. Maybe WiFi calling over Starlink will still work? I'll have to give that a go sometime.

Speaking of fire, a chain of lightning complex fires northwest of here has been filtering smoke this way, and I noticed that the air monitors had gone offline during the network shakeup. Cycled power to each one and have them back now, and while air quality outside isn't unhealthy yet, I hope it's not a sign of things to come.

Another security camera came in yesterday, so today I'll see if I can make enough new Ethernet connections to get it running up at the gate. It's a run of over 1300', and uses a pair of boosters, so we'll see. I've set a lot of dominoes in place to pull it off, so there's no guarantee it'll work. Especially in this hot weather. I touched an Ethernet switch out in the pumphouse yesterday, and could only hold onto it for a few seconds before I had to let go. That can't be good for the electronics.

I noticed last night that somebody in the neighborhood is running a pair of propane cannons again. I don't notice them during the daylight hours, but they run all night, too. Not good for a good night's sleep.

Happy Hump Day. Friday can't come soon enough this week!