Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

67F sun cloud mix steady 5 mph wind...nice as Roy said we could use the rain.

Just long @ss day at work and I doubt very much this evening I'll be doing anything like Texas 2 step shuffle.

Pickup now home 4 new sneakers and tire deposal $832.oo,wasn't charge for 2 new tire sensors or labor and they even change rear end fluid...pretty darn good.

Recliner dinner recliner early to bed that's the plan.

Enjoy your evening.

 

[Thomas]

Speechless felt like I got keep in the back pockets.

Randy you shall be miss but not forgotten on GM.

Peaceful rest my friend.

 

[m7040]

I started full time work after school when I was 15 and lived at the work place with room and board. This was in Denmark where apprentices serve 4 years and in my case it was at a fix it all mechanics, blacksmith shop. The old blacksmith was a tough taskmaster and had huge biceps and was 6ft 6 tall. When he was forging some big pieces he would get us kids 3 of us down in the Smitty and we would hit the iron with sledges on one side of the anvil and he would set the tempo with regular hammer on the other side of the anvil. And he was yelling at us all the time to keep up the speed before the iron cooled. The early days of this was hard but when I got more strength and endurance it was fun and since working and living together we got very close
Since you all are sharing stories thought you may enjoy some of mine

 

[sodamo]

Fritz, my paternal grandfather was a blacksmith. Unfortunately I never got to see him work and he passed when I was still in school.

 

[wngsprd]

Thought a lot about Randy while on the trail today...the many things I learned from his posts, the places we had each spent time in Virginia and NC, and what great spirit he had.

I stopped at this place to say a prayer for Randy, Linda, Ellen, and the rest of his family...and all of the special people here that share like he did.

 

[mpham]

RIP Randy! Way to young!
Beautiful day here with sunny skies and in the 70's! Tonight dropping to the 40's!!
Still laying low as I recuperate from the surgery. I have no symptoms at all but need to wait till next week to get the doctors approval to go back to normal. I've pretty much been doing what I want anyway.
Fall is coming so it's time to get the plow, blower and leaf removal tools out and serviced.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[pennwalk]

Very sad about Randy. I hope his family is getting by.

I wonder if others of the TBN missing have actually passed.

I tried spot mowing at the farm. A lot of the lawn is brown. I just tried to hit the places that are green and growing. Makes less dust but I'm not sure about it. The other problem is that the leaves are dropping. The bagger for the zero turn is pretty expensive. I'm thinking of resurrecting the JD 425. I have the bagger for it and I like it. We'll see.

We took the kayaks down to the Community Park in Perryville Maryland down at the mouth of the Susquehanna river. Nice place to launch kayaks into the northern part of the Chesapeake. But we agreed we like Maine better.

I wouldn't mind a little rain. (but not too much)

Chris

 

[daugen]

Chris, navigable water doesn't go very far up the Susquehanna but it's pretty from the water.
I used to take my 3 foot draft Carver there fairly often from the Bohemia River.
When I got the 5 foot draft Bertram, that made the trip a little challenging since the Bay water to get up to the River was shallow with
a zig and zag channel.
425 nice machine, worth fixing up. Bagger on my 390 is like a vacuum, doesn't leave one leaf on the lawn.
Reminds me it's getting time to put the bagger back on.

had a nice bluecheese burger made by supermarket, cooked in a pan with a couple cloves of fresh garlic chopped up.
yum

now to bake some blueberry apple strawberry muffins.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Got 5.5” of rain a year ago today from hurricane Ida. Has there been a hurricane this year?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Ole finger muncher is active

 

[daugen]

finger munchers got to eat too...

 

[rswyan]

71F and clear @ 21:00, heading down to an overnight low of around 61F.

Gonna be a short post.

Was moving some rocks in the bucket with the Kubota behind the pole barn this afternoon, stopped to toss a couple more in and got a little too close (6’) to a Yellowjacket nest in the ground at the rat wall.

Got chased all the way around to the front and to the other end and they were still buzzing and stinging me. At that point we both ran towards the house.

Was nailed probably between 10 and 20 times. Woman got nailed once when one climbed up under her shirt while trying to swat them off me.

Left hand, left shoulder, left leg around the knee, right forearm and bunches around both ankles.

Nasty little buggers.

Still in a good bit of pain, going to go take a hot shower.

Will catch up later.

Sorry to hear of toppop’s passing, sincerest condolences to all his family and friends.

Hope everyone had a better day than me …

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Friday) arvo. Well, the weather-guessers got it wrong with their prediction/warning of a frost this morning... the Low was only 6C and it rained = 8.4mm in the gauge. It's clear and sunny with a current temp of 18.3C.

daugen: the vast majority of houses in Aus do not have a basement, but it they do it's called a basement or a cellar.

I'm off to Ross tomorrow, early, for a meeting which should get me back home by 1630.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Buppies]

Sorry about the bees rswyan hope you heal quickly

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 72ºF for the start overcast, light breeze. Light wind day, Overcast and brief thunderstorms, and high temp was 82ºF, HI 88ºF. Bike ride started late, did manage to get full ride in before rain started, and worked on suppoet project for work, but no progress. Did get nap in the afternoon.
David Glad to hear Sophie's eyes better, praying prescription helps. Sorry about the hiding pegboard. Glad 2X4 ready for assembly.
Roy great to hear audit going well. Hope 3rd shift went well.
Drew glad you got to meet Randy. I am trying to stay healthy.
Buppies hoping that the comma was not suppossed to be decimal.
Dennis sorry about the contract on property you might be interested in.
Drew nice Ken can come over and help. Glad Youtube came to rescue
Drew I enjoy the stories. worked 3rd shift at small plastic injection molding plant that was part of Rawlings Sporting Goods. I preferred it to second shift.
Roy sorry registrar was not there.
RNG glad you go landplane unloaded and tested. Sorry about the bigger rocks coming out. Nice video.
Frits interesting story.
Ken some guy have luck with the tufftorque trannies. tractor looks good so might be worth more to the right person.
Drew nice deer pics
Frits sorry to hear deer so tame.
Paul good to hear breakfast and lunch went well. Prayer for wife to continue to heal. neat deer pics
Mark welcome to gm thread glad you posted.
Drew glad mowing went well. hope hot tube did too.
David hope privacy wall is going well, And H&F as well.
Scaredy and the fact wife not there may complicate fishing as well. I don't mind not landing fish, it is the no strikes issue that messes with me
David interesting work story, never got cut by co-worker.
Drew thought you were going to reference Jinman.
Thomas sorry about long day, boss ever going to do anything about it? Glad you happy with pickup work.
Frits apprenticeship 4 years for tool and die making. Got to work with German machinist and English tool makers.
Billy nice place to remember Randy.
Phil hope the recovery finishes well and you get cleared to resume normal life.
Drew did tide affect the area you are taking about? Used to take 16 ft fishing boat up lake arms to see how far I could go, creek channels really meandered.
Chris good luck with JD 425 project.
Dennis I am not remebering any huricanes in Gulf, kitty looks comfy, wonder why it is biting your fingers?
RS that must have been a big nest, I only got 2 or 3 stings with my encounter. Have you tried sliced onion on the stings
Randy(wag) hope trip to Ross goes well.
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.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

kitty looks comfy, wonder why it is biting your fingers?

Because they move, because it can, because it’s a cat, because it wasn’t asleep yet, because.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

RS, ouch!!!
I would be in ER with that many stings.

Think I might take tomorrow off and look at a mountain top lot in WV. I hear banjos.
Just saw it has a new hospital close.
Maybe, will see what wife says.

 

[scaredychicken]

scaredy, Don and other Texans can tell you about Mike Kim. (sp?) Got squished under a mower about ten years back

thank you - I thought it was a recent loss that I missed. I joined TBN about 10 yrs ago

sad, just the same

 

[scaredychicken]

71F and clear @ 21:00, heading down to an overnight low of around 61F.

Gonna be a short post.

Was moving some rocks in the bucket with the Kubota behind the pole barn this afternoon, stopped to toss a couple more in and got a little too close (6’) to a Yellowjacket nest in the ground at the rat wall.

Got chased all the way around to the front and to the other end and they were still buzzing and stinging me. At that point we both ran towards the house.

Was nailed probably between 10 and 20 times. Woman got nailed once when one climbed up under her shirt while trying to swat them off me.

Left hand, left shoulder, left leg around the knee, right forearm and bunches around both ankles.

Nasty little buggers.

Still in a good bit of pain, going to go take a hot shower.

Will catch up later.

Sorry to hear of toppop’s passing, sincerest condolences to all his family and friends.

Hope everyone had a better day than me …

BENADRYL - keep a supply handy

 

[daugen]

ouch, that hurts reading about it RS, sure hope you are ok this morning. My Epi pen is quivering....

good morning all. Cool 52 out going up to low 80's in lovely weather.
am off to PT this morning, then Ken stops by and we build the hot tub. Think I have all the parts ready, shall see.
I made muffins for Ken's family since he can't eat them,
but I have a couple of primo tomatoes and a sweet pepper to send him home with.

Drew thought you were going to reference Jinman.
Maybe I should have....need help here, did we lose three people? TBN in general or GM?
This was before me and I didn't know these folks but hear about them.

We all have a time to go. Let's make the most of every day.

Roy, are you surviving the audit?
Buckeye, have fun tomorrow, hope you find something to make you want to stay

hope you hard workers get to go home a little early today