Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

lovely day out, breezy, sunny, warm but not hot
been on the go for awhile but time to regroup.
Foam insulation boards bought, tightly squeezed 8 foot boards in, got them downstairs.
Got vacuum downstairs. need to rest before attacking that.

got new fuel filter installed on Gravely and installation sticker affixed.
Ball is back on hitch very tightly using an 18 inch adjustable wrench.
new rear reflectors installed. That finished my list. Plus another coat of 303 and a shot of carnauba on the hood
and the old girl is tarted up for a few more miles.
Popgadget sure gets an attaboy on this one. He adjusted the choke cable, the brakes and had it running like a fine watch.
If there's ever anyone who wants their engine to keep running, it's a pilot...

went to get a cherry tomato and had to go back in for basket. Nice little haul today.

 

[daugen]

my oh my
bad news
our friend Toppop passed away several weeks ago.
His medical challenges must have been too much.
a good friend.
Thanks for Engineer42 tracking this down.
Bummer
here is his always smiling face just as I remember it:

Randall Jeffrey "Randy" Wilson Obituary (2022) - Pocomoke City, MD - Holloway Funeral Home - Salisbury

View Randall Jeffrey "Randy" Wilson's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

www.legacy.com

 

[kenmbz]

Oh, that is so sad about TopPop- the world is missing another great man.

 

[txdon]

I went in for Pneumonia on second my kidneys had shown a major decline. They basically crashed overnight, now I’m a dialyses patient three days a week.

Drew, his last post was July 22nd answering Sodamo's concerns.
8-2-1952 - 8-14-2022 May he Rest In Peace. Prayers for his family.

 

[NHBX]

So very sad, may he rest in peace.
Prayers for his family.

 

[RoyJackson]

my oh my
bad news
our friend Toppop passed away several weeks ago.
His medical challenges must have been too much.
a good friend.
Thanks for Engineer42 tracking this down.
Bummer
here is his always smiling face just as I remember it:

Randall Jeffrey "Randy" Wilson Obituary (2022) - Pocomoke City, MD - Holloway Funeral Home - Salisbury

View Randall Jeffrey "Randy" Wilson's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

www.legacy.com

Thanks for posting, Drew

RIP, Randy!!

 

[Popgadget]

RIP Randy!
He was definitely too young to leave us.

The mailbox comments are deja vu, having just rebuilt mine and making a new post. It was built out of heavy gauge (10?) steel and lasted about 30 years before the bottom rusted through. After looking what was available, I decided to cut the bottom out and replace it with a piece of stainless. Post is 3” sched 80 pipe with flanges to attach it to the piece set in concrete and down 36”. I posted pictures of it along the way.

Drew you will not have any issue with the weight of the water on the foam, it’s distributed over a large area. Concrete is routinely poured over sheets of foam.

 

[B7510HSD]

RIP Randy.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Thursday) morning. The overnight Low was a balmy 12C, there's a slight wind and it's overcast calling for afternoon/evening rain. The High may make 17C. Today is the "Official" first day of Spring as Aus goes by calendar, not solstice/equinox.

Of course the coming first week of Spring will be Winter-like conditions.

The drive out to Pyengana (for cheese) was great... no traffic ahead of me there and back.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Very sad about Randy. I’m sitting here crying, and I never met him in person but wanted to. He loved his family and grand children. Prayers for Ellen.
RIP Toppop

 

[sodamo]

Rest in Peace, Randy.
You will be sorely missed, not only by your TBN/GM ohana, but the many so fortunate to have known you in person. Prayers for your family.

 

[scaredychicken]

thanks for the update on Toppop, very saddened by this news, condolences to his family, friends, and all of us in the TBN community.

spent the day in town, got a few things done.
bought spark plugs, chicken feed, stopped in on a few people, scraps pickup, and also bought some cheaper "maintenance beer" for when my buddies come by later this week to help me with the El Camino etc. when they get it running, I'll get some "gift beer" of their choice
back to the bookkeeping after dinner

we had an 8 min downpour tonight, huge dump of rain, high winds - everyone in the store stopped their shopping to look out the window, trees were bending and some were even breaking, power went out and generator kicked in at the grocery store. wild.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. hit post before I did my report 73ºF for the start, overcast, .1 inch in rain gauge from yesterday. Light wind day, sky varied in between mostly cloudy and overcast, and high temp was 89ºF, HI 96ºF. Men's meeting to start day, then bike ride. After lunch took trimmer for walk around driveway and house then nap. Dinner at Mexican restaurant.
PJ hope interview goes well. It is frustrating when people make bad decisions, and so many of them do have sharp teeth.
Roy glad audit going well. Hope you survive today with the second shift audit.
Buppies Glad wife looke good last night. Sorry about pond going down, was that 12 inch or 1.2 inch of rain. Nice to bae able to appreciate the good in one's life.
Billy love the low humidity days. High was not as well entrnch inlate August as they usually are. Glad cool enough to run the chansaw.
Drew thanks for the answer, a lot of large cabin boats on Lake of the Ozarks would have Port of St. Louis on stern, and with no locks on Bagnell Dam, impossible to navigate to there. Thanks for the info.
Frits hope bike helps during rehab. Hope your wife dies not have any side effects this time.
Scotty sorry about the no rain in months. Many of us in Texas had no rain and 100+ days for 2+ months. We understand your pain.
RNG sorry about the DMV and no bolts in stock. The iceing on thecake must have been the forklift driver abusinf the pallet on the landplane.
Ken good to hear son settling back in school.
Paul glad flying went well and got good lunch. The folks I worked with were very much in love with Kroil. Be interesting if something better out there. Hope breakfast went well.
Drew I was thinking water closer to 8 pounds per gal.
PJ sounds like good weather for Labor Day Weekend.
PJ hate to hear that in STL area.
Scaredy Amazing story, glad it ended all good between you two.
Frits hope shoulder heals soon. Inned to sharpen my blade .
David hope to hear good report on Sophies eyes. Good to hear painting is progressing.
Thomas glad not long day at job, no looking forward to me getting sneakers for my truck.
Drew glad Gravely ready to go. Nice that Paul was able to help you get the tractor across the finish line. Nice garden haul.
Drew sorry you had to be bearer of bad news, Randy RIP, sending prayers for his family.
Rand(wag) your temps sound more Spring than Winter.
Scaredy quite the storm at the store, was at church once and tornado about 1 mile away. Scary.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, Bird/aging issues/, Don /mom's pipeline process, Randy / RIP /condolences to Family, 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, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /wife not feeling well, /marriage, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, 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.

 

[sodamo]

A productive, albeit expensive day.
Sophie’s ophthalmologist appeared happy with the Az Dr report as they seemed in agreement. Says he sees improvement in the pictures but opted to try another drop prescription and back in 30 days. Copay for drops was over $75 after some sort of non insurance discount. He is concerned that damage to optic receptors may not fully recover. Says he does have 1 other patient in his massive practice with similar conditions who is also a mystery.

Can’t believe how much 2 small fillings cost after insurance. Sometimes I think having dental and vision insurance costs us more in the end.

Successful trip to HD for lattice and pegboard, but we had to hunt for the pegboard. Someone had covered with other sheets of plywood. Funny, but all the help disappeared when time to load. Another customer helped. Adding some pegboard is a non structural mod to tractorshed. The lattice an attempt to dress up the BBQ area at Studio/caretaker unit and a bit of privacy from my equipment storage.

Did have a nice lunch at our favorite Japanese restaurant.

Home later than hoped but still managed the second coat of paint on my 2x4’s. Will be ready to assemble tomorrow.

The news of Randy still somewhat numbing. Thank you Drew for the update.

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-09-01, 0256

60° right now...high in the mid-60's...I love this kind of weather! (except we need more rain)

Audit is going well...another minor finding that actually should go to one of our sister sites...and we will let them know they screwed up. Pretty easy fix though...
We audit 3rd shift this morning which is why I'm up so early...

 

[daugen]

good morning all
cool 61 out this morning going to low 80's in nice weather.

I've met Toppop several times, first at a car meet with my wife and friends in DE.
Then met his second wife, before they got married, at diner near his home.
A very nice, gentle human being that would do anything for anybody.

But clearly he was in terrible health, struggling with a variety of challenges and they were simply too much.
This was no surprise, sadly for his new wife. Big hug to her from all of us for the good care she gave Randy.

That's number two in this group. Let's stay healthy guys.
RIP Toppop. You surely will be missed.

 

[Buppies]

Toppop and family our condolences I miss our communications heaven will receive you with open arms

Mostly .12 in not much

Prayers for all our Country

 

[buckeyefarmer]

News on Randy is numbing. Hard to believe.

Saw a piece of property In Botetourt county that looked promising, then yesterday it went into pending state, so guess it has a contract on it.

 

[daugen]

my plans for today were to go with friend back to Fort Dix area in NJ and return the Gravely. Decided he could do that fine by himself, he will bring his Ridgeline
over to hook up my trailer and take it with him. He goes every week with groceries for his 102 year old mother. What a good son....really.
I had something I wanted to work on more...my basement.
Today I vacuum down there and get ready for Ken coming over tomorrow morning to set up the hot tub. It isn't going to be hard to do, we both watched the youtube video, but will be fun
to do it with someone else. I admit I tend to look at crummy instructions like I got and give up too early, looking for a teenager...but now thanks to Youtube, it's not so hard anymore.

need to mow the lawn today also. That last little bit of rain we got spurred it back on. I don't mind, with someone else doing the weedeating, I can't complain about riding around on a mower with power steering. Maybe it's my sanity check...if I can't do this, maybe time for nursing home.
Which is why I love to see Buckeye's Dad on the tractor. Yup, I can still do this.

Life is good but fleeting. Remember to tell those you love you do, don't take it for granted.
Sometimes they get away from us.

 

[daugen]

Roy, you've been up all night, third shift audit means you have to physically be there? I'd get cameras...

I worked third shift for three years during college summers. Union Camp multiwall bag factory. Think bags that cement comes in. Hard factory job at end of production line.
guys there kept egging me on to get degree so I wouldn't have to come back...
QC also on third shift, had to be, if glue line got off on bags, bottoms would blow out of bag while filling, customer goes nuts as it shuts down their line.

With our QC guys here, I just have to chuckle. QC was the station next to mine, up the long rollerway where all the bags came down.
I'd hear her swearing and squawking and she had a red button or something she would push that lit up somewhere on the last machine, called a bottomer, since it put the bottoms
on multiwall bags, and the operator would have to stop the production line.
QC person not usually favorite among staff. Unfortunately. QC preserves reputation of company long term. Probably the most important job in the place.
Which Roy you should tell your boss at next annual review...

if my telling these stories is getting too much, send me a PM and tell me to be quiet. I won't be offended.