64°F and clear skies this morning, and got up to 83° today.
Been keeping super busy at work, out in the shop. Not much time in the office at all, so no time to check in here in the mornings lately. Still not caught up either.
Hope everyone is well.
Good evening, gents.
I've been so busy, the days fly by at my new job. Playing "Whack-a-mole". I look at my watch just to check if I have another meeting to be at in a different room. But I love it, my knees not so much. I told my wife, I need a "mindless task weekend". I'm thinking of asking my physician at my physical next week, what it takes to get a handicap card. My knees have been in multiple incidents and my right knee is getting painful when climbing or descending stairs...I'm wondering what the parameters are for getting one is? Does anyone take shark cartilage supplements?
GNC NATURAL BRAND SHARK CARTILAGE, 90ct - GNC Guam
therapeutic only, bathroom is tiny, would not fit larger anything.
plumber left, I figured an hour of work and it was.
had 200 in cash ready for him. 295, one hour's work, he lives 1/2 mile away on same road.
definitely underestimated local pricing.
Wow! If I ever change occupations to being a plumber, I'm moving up there. He's the only one who can afford a house up there (that's not "old money").
I have used Royal Oak and B&B lump, but have settled on Kingsford Hardwood Briquettes. It’s very consistent and I get great burn times, the Brisket that I just did went 17 hours and I never opened the firebox, I had to snuff the fire when it was finished.
I do add a few chunks of smoke wood, but I’m thinking even that is a waste of time.
Thank you for the well wishes. She is home and asleep, minus one disc.
Glad to hear your wifey is doing so well after her surgery. Hope she continues to get better.
Good evening! Haven’t been in the house too long, been outside all day. Another pleasant day in Ohio.
Got the mowing done. Wife helped, first time she has mowed in a month. Being gone for almost 3 weeks with her mother passing kept her off the mowing. She enjoyed it, think she missed the seat time.
Been making parts for the race bike I won last fall. It was an assemblage of parts. Have a radiator mount that actually supports the radiator and a master cylinder reservoir mount that doesn’t involve an incorrectly sized P-clamp around a frame tube done among other things I have made
Exhaust mounting is next along with fixing the mess that the PO considered a wire harness. Turns out the way it was wired, the electrical system wasn’t actually off when the switch was off, just the coils, injectors, and fuel pump were off. ECU, relay box, and sensors were still on.
Not sure what tomorrow will bring.
Everyone stay safe out there
Glad your wifey is feeling better and back home. I like to see your progress on the bike. If you look closely, you can see some Bultaco thru the kawi frame
64°F and light fog this morning, going up to 91° today. Warming back up to more typical August weather for the next few days.
I've lived in this area my whole life. Honestly, I've never really seriously contemplated moving somewhere else, until last year when The Wife and I considered moving to central Texas. In the end, we didn't, so I'm still here. Aside from the asinine politics of my state, southern Illinois is a pretty nice place to live.
Good morning, gents.
That's a BIG aside PJS....a BIG aside.
Great perspective, Drew.
And some I have thought about from time to time.
I guess in many ways we are what we grew up. As a kid we moved fairly often, especially when my Dad worked construction. Mom put her foot down after my freshman year in HS and they relocated to 110 acres just 10 miles up the road. But again, a new place, new school, new church, etc but also a complete break with all the old. By the time I finished HS I was still considered an out of towner. I’ve pretty much continued the pattern over the year, just longer intervals. Sophie’s childhood wasn’t so different growing up a military brat. Sometimes it is amazing that the 17 years we’ve been here is the longest either of us has lived anywhere in our lives. No plans to move either. But I guess if there is a downside, neither of us have those longterm friends like grace your live. I don’t think it’s something we try to do on purpose, just kinda happens. Precovid we were pretty active, knew and interacted with a fair number of people we think of friends. Guess a sign of these modern times, but many on here, that I’ve never met in person I consider a friend.
I miss riding motorcycles with my old friends back in my hometown.
This story was in the news today.
U.S. report identifies 21 'filtration' locations run by Russia for processing Ukrainians
This is the work of our adopted daughter working for the State Department. She conceived of the program, got congressional funding, put it out for bid and managed the program among many others and on top of that she is new to the State Department having been there less than a year
Wow, prayers for that situation...and for pUtIn to get his head on straight.
Started early this a.m. Went to Gatton to choose a washing machine and then came home and checked results with Lesley. Did some research on computer then went and bought one I had never heard of before. It is a CHiQ. Chinese, but so are they all now. $520 for a 8 KG top loader with a 5 year warranty. Half the price of others and a lot more warranty. To me it has similar traits to a LG. Same dimensions as our old one but washes more clothes. Old 6.5 KG - 8 KG for new one. Seems to work OK. put a load through it. By the time I installed my BP was high and had to lie down for a while. Was going to mow some lawn today but decided against it.
Dr just rang and is having a consult with seniors. Trying to decide if I have to go to Hospital or to the surgery tomorrow. eeerk.
Will update when I can.
Prayers for you and your wifey.
Stock market went down DJI -1000. today...about 3-4% in one day. Glad it doesn't affect me.
We only got .08" of rain, still have large cracks in ground.
I consider you all to be good friends. And I miss those that are not posting here. Maybe they'll reconsider having left, if they know we are missing them? Just a thought...
I come here for the friendship, knowledge, stories and great pics! Watch out for those hornets Billy, you might have to outrun that buck getting away. I would want dual 32oz size cans of Raid wasp spray in both hands, with 2 more backups in each cargo pocket.
Drew, much better bits, with the split point grind, but I didn't see the key word I look for "Hss-Cobalt". They say High Molybdenum, not sure where that stands in the scheme of steels. Chicago-Latrobe. Nachi makes a good bit too. Some bits are crazy expensive and I'd only recommend if you were in a production situation making money. Look up an OSG SuS drill...as with anything, good drilling starts with a rigid setup, and the force HP necessary to push the drill to make chips while blasting coolant. At my former job just making small quantities in a prototype situation, I babied drills and took small pecks. But I didn't have to buy replacement drills every time I needed to drill a hole....and they wondered why I was so picky about who went into my toolcrib....
Prayers for Bupps and wife, Popgadget's wife, Randy, LS4, mostly's wife, Dave and Sophie, those in silent need, our country and Ukraine.
