Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

67 going to 89...maybe a rain.

Kyle, glad the job is keeping you challenged...sorry about your knees. Never tried that stuff...just use ibuprofen and Ben-Gay or Icy Hot or generic when my knees act up. That hornet nest was a small one, but I watched a number of them come and go through that little hole in the bottom. It was odd they built it on a low small branch...looked like it bent over as they added weight and size to it.

Buppies, enjoy your trip down to Winston...haven't been there in just about forever. You like going there better than Roanoke?

Sodamo, time to beat Sophie in a little H&F?

Bought some special plastic cement to use on my spray tank, and a few tips...hope to finish my repairs and make it good as new today...and use it if no wind. Right now it's dead still, and the fog patches are burning off.

 

[daugen]

from fields behind friend's home in Milton DE yesterday.
baby lima beans being picked

M7040 nice Kubota snapshot, earning their keep. What a nice looking UTV but once you get a little older
we need a nice ride. That looks happily weatherproof. Be fun to take it out in a snowstorm

 

[wngsprd]

Thomas, I always wondered where those spots went.

 

[Bird]

79° this morning for a low and going for a sunny 93° with almost no breeze at the moment. Sure hope our Animal Control folks are working today because I just found that I have another skunk in my live trap. That's the second one this month. I reckon it's best that we no longer have a dog that could tangle with a skunk.

 

[wngsprd]

Buppies, where are you ordering your ammo? Did you ever find that .17 Hornet? I still look for it for you when I go in Greentop.

 

[scootr]

Dark and 62 now, going to 93 today. Been hot and muggy. This will be the coolest day in months. Been as hot as 105º here in so cal this summer. Hasn't rained in months. We are ready for some cooler wetter weather. Worked on the tractor roof yesterday. Will put it on later and see what we built.
Today or tomorrow I'm putting a Lithium battery in the golf cart. More on that later. Have a great day

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 73F @ 4:30AM. Plentiful sunshine. High 97F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
Last night's TV weatherman predicted a low 90s high. Guess he didn't read the WU prediction. Like the man with two watches doesn't know what time it is...

All I know, Drew, is that the Sears Craftsman bits I purchased 30 years ago are pretty good steel. Replacements with the Vermont brand, not so much. I'd be comfortable with a 4.7 Amazon review, but still scan the one star reviews to see if there are any consistent problems mentioned. It is a good sign, though, that the manufacturer mentions the set is suitable for drilling stainless steel. The carbides in the steel are hard on cutting edges. I don't think a nitride coating makes much of a difference, as it's thin and wears off easily. Sharpen the bit once, and it's gone. These videos are done well, very comprehensive, but there's something about his voice. I've been very pleased with Bosch concrete bits in the SDS hammer drill, and had I to do again, I'd spend a bit more (no pun intended) and spring for Bosch twist drills, too. I keep buying Walmart batteries and they keep doing a good job.

Replaced the headlight lens on the new red bike yesterday, and found the headlight rim dented where something hit it. No surprise that the crack in the lens started at the dent. I was able to pound enough of the dent out to reuse the rim, but a replacement sourced off ebay will make it a lot easier to get back on next time. Now to wade through all the reviews and find a good LED "bulb". The place I've been getting them from seems to have gone into hibernation.

Wasted the rest of the day on paperwork. Or maybe these days we should be calling it computer/telephone work?

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!

 

[rswyan]

59F and sunny @ 07:15, heading up to a high of around 83F for the day. Much less humid with the dew point down to 57F this morning. High hit 84.4F yesterday. Supposed to be warmer tomorrow with a high near 90F.

Went to bed late and woke up early @ 04:00 due to being overheated by the fur ball pressed up against my chest. Couldn't fall back asleep.

Got the logs from the limb removal moved over to the woods yesterday, also some of the brush/branches. Rest of it will have to be cut shorter to be able to maneuver it to the brush pile in the back with the pallet forks.

Air cleaner prefilter for the Cub washed out, should be dry by now but I haven't checked it this morning. Will blow out the air filter, change the oil and oil filter later today. Also need to mow later today.

Swapped out pallet forks for bucket and then raked out center south end of garden and gathered up more rocks and some weeds and took those up to the compost pile.

Got the 10 King Kong Strawberry plants planted, also 1 more rhubarb plant that survived. Still have a few more strawberry plants to go, but generally had bad luck with the other varieties. No big surprise there as they didn't look all that great to begin with. Last batch of EarliGlow's appeared to be moldy.

Have a couple more eggplants to get in the ground today. Probably make up a couple of 2' tall cages for them.

Deer seem to be leaving most of the stuff in the garden alone ... other than tromping around and nipping on the tomato plants a bit.

Weeded around west peach tree and got 4' tall cage installed around it.

Young neighbor recovered most of his arborist gear except for an older chainsaw. Got the story on how his truck was recovered: he was out riding around with his girlfriend in her car and saw some guy driving it, pulled up next to him at a light, got out and snatched the guy out of the truck and took it back ...

Took two hours for the police to show up to make a report ...

He's due to come over in a couple of hours to start taking down the gutters. Hopefully that will go pretty quick, then see what other trouble we can get into.

Hope everyone has a great Saturday ...

 

[gstrom99]

I was told the building isn't worth fixing, but I can't just leave it alone.

I had the towable lift for two days. Boy those are nice. My plan was to slide the "new" panels under the edges of the old corregated ones, and that proved to be very difficult. They kept getting hung up on the underlying perlins and cedar shingles. I'll need to rent it again to finish the job. The scaffold only allowed me to get the lower pieces up, as they too will need work to slide under the top panels. $80 spent on screws, silicone and 1x4 trim, $1,000 on lift rentals (scissor for inside rafter work, boom lift for outside) but zero on panels. Will wait for the predicted rain/storms to pass and get back after it Monday, I think.

This s*&* was easier when I was young(er)...

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 75˚ F heading into the 90's, yesterday was a little too warm for comfort at 98˚ during Whippers evening walk.

I did finish the painting without having to paint the entire room, I still have a good steady hand to cut in the corners!

Got some seat time in yesterday also by mulching the walkway next to my raised bed. Beans have ben pulled, too hot for them to produce. The garden was dry so the irrigation is back on, Okra and tomatillos picked, best chance of rain Tue and Wed at 40%.

The new Royal Caribbean terminal in Galveston will have parking at the front door but only 1800 spots for 5000 passengers. I went ahead and made parking reservations for a cruise next year. Covid rules are changing: Starting Sept. 5, for U.S. cruises that don’t visit Canada or Bermuda:
Vaccinated guests won’t have to take a pre-cruise test on cruises that are shorter than 10 nights.
Unvaccinated guests age 5 and up will need to test within 3 days before boarding, regardless of cruise length.