Good morning!!!!

[KilroyJC]

29 and lots of frost going to 65. Heard the first gobbling of the year behind the house this morning before sunrise.

Kilroy, glad you got the cap off. See, talking to it sweetly instead of cussing works everytime.

Ron, it seems like the earwigs and ladybugs are everywhere and can squeeze into anything. Stinkbugs, too. Lotta snow.

Kyle, glad the med is helping. Reminds me I need to start checking my BP more often.

Split firewood and stacked yesterday and then got the blade trimmer out...started on second pull...Always a thrill to hear it come to life on the first or second pull. Cut all the old asparagus stalks, and a patch of briars and stalky weeds, some canna stalks, and a few volunteer weed trees. Nice big tarp full, twice, to pull to my brush pile. Wore myself out.

Drinking a nice Guatemala this morning. Time to make a pour-over cup for my wife, who I hear stirring in the bedroom.

The cussing was very much in my thoughts, though

 

[KilroyJC]

The Ford 5.0 l coyote V8 has been a very durable engine. But they are having some troubles now with the 2020 models and Ford is having to replace some engines, they develop a knock. My buddy who has one has done a compression check on his personal vehicle with 80,000 miles and cylinder number 8 was substantially lower than the other seven. 7 cylinders were close to 300 PSI whereas the 1 cylinder was only around 230. It is sitting right now at the dealership awaiting a new engine with 88,000 MI. He only has warranty to 90,000 mi so he has to park it until Ford can get him a new motor. Another customer had to wait 7 months to get his new motor. My buddy is prepared to wait.
Ps, I would have chosen the V8 too naturally aspirated. But in the transit case, they only offer a naturally aspirated V6 or the twin turbo model. And the torque of the EcoBoost is unbelievable.

Too bad they killed off the 300 Straight 6 — that was a phenomenal engine.

 

[rswyan]

52F - which is the high for the day - and sunny @ 16:30. Low this morning was 38F.

Up until the wee hours, was out working in the garage until about 06:00. Didn't get to sleep until 08:00.

Amazon just dropped the hose fittings to connect up belt/disc sander to dust collection system.

Always easy to know when someone has come down the driveway - that Little Squeak makes a bee line for underneath the couch ... she's a 'fraidy cat ...

Got Wonderboard put up and screwed down yesterday.

Had The Woman run over to Lowes and pick up 5 J hooks for the dust collection hoses.

Did the testing on the Dust Deputy and was very pleased with the results. It appears to about 99% effective.

Was quite surprised at the amount of really fine dust in the Shop Vac when I initially opened it up to clean it out before the test:

If you're not collecting that then you're probably breathing it.

Comparison of the current filter (after an initial cleaning) and the original filter which I'm going to use for the test that had been cleaned previously:

Shop Vac after being emptied, with the pile of what came out of it sitting on the floor next to it. Pile of sawdust and debris is probably 6" to 8" high:

What made it into the Shop Vac - after sucking up the pile on the floor (and then some) through the dust collection system and Dust Deputy cyclone:

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As you can see only some very fine dust and no large particles whatsoever.

It will be interesting to see to what degree this extends service period on the Shop Vac as far as filter cleaning goes.

In other news, I managed to get all the glue drips picked off the mahogany blank for the Forstner bit holder.

And modified/sanded the round piece of plywood for the Sky Hook™ so that it rotates 180+ degrees, sorted out the vacuum hose off the blast gate manifold for it, and got the small hose attached with zip ties.

Sky Hook™ has been activated and is now fully operational:

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The good news on that is that the hose reaches the entirety of the workbench (pictured) on the north wall and probably 90% of the workbench on the west wall.

Also got the new work bench top cleaned off, a bunch of screws/fasteners sorted out and organized into one of the new Plano Stowaway cases, and a good start on cleaning off the workbench on the west wall.

Agenda for the rest of the day:

Probably do some research on thin-set mortar for the tile setting in the main bathroom.

Get end installed on hose for the belt disc sander.

Work on holder for Forstner bits.

Start design work on cabinets for new woodworking bench and router table.

Hope everyone had/is having a great Sunday ...

 

[scaredychicken]

Good Afternoon.

Church was good, as was the chilli lunch that followed, nice to see people (as i don't get out much)
Dog is outside
I think that I need a nap today

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Monday) morning. Overnight Low of 16C and it's presently 22.8C, partly cloudy with wind gusts from the N to NE. There was 1mm in the gauge at 0900, however that was probably the tail-end of yesterday's thunderstorm.

One of the results of yesterday's storm was a rare high humidity that 'pumped' the temperature up to 32+C. We're definitely not used to that way down here in Tassie.

I don't know what I'll get up to today.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[check]

Worked for me too! Do you have studded tires?

Nope. Too noisy.

 

[Looking4new]

check, your movie didn't work for me.

Cleaned up a driveway today and scored a new customer. There is only two driveways on this road I don't do.
Just finished watching the St. Valentines Day massacre with Jason Robarts, again.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 49ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Strong winds today, partly cloudy sky, and high temp was 76ºF. Chapel to start day, the hot cereal for breakfast. Dash meal route today, lunch at Applebee's, watch videos and nap.
Bill hope you had a good day.
Ron sorry about the bug in the fuel lines. Glad you got plowing done. Hope NASCAR was good. Neat pic
Spike what is included in hay field renovation? Nice F-16.
Kilroy I hope you have success with walnut sap experiment.
NHBX glad wind did not show. Glad you just forgot to put it in 4wd. Hope clean up went well today.
Billy glad trimmer started on 2 pulls. sounds like you did a lot of trimming.
Thomas hope cleanup went well, And you can leave plow off pickup once removed. Nice pic
James glad 4Runner did good in snow. Interesting that front wheel drive people had more trouble, I had 2 Saturns with front wheel drive and they did better than rear wheel drive in snow.
Scotty hope sprinkler refurbish project wen smoothly.
James was able to download and watch video, thanks. Reminded me of a trip up I44 in Missouri after 8 inch thundersnow. Tractor trailers were of both sides like the buses in video.
Drew sorry you feel like you need to change Meetings. Discretion is the better part of being faithful.
Drew thanks for link
RNG sorry about the airhead changes. Sorry you are coming out empty on car and house searches.
Paul quite the stack of braces to install in speaker. Nice pics. Glad valve easy change out and adjustment to cover as well.
Frits hope ATT can help with Iphone.
Ken glad you found a good new resturant. Hope spray worked on stilt grass. ATT decided not to repair a tower out here, lost a lot of customers.
Ted sorry winds are back, and no precip. Glad pizzas and desrt good and GS time is priceless.
David glad you could work around rain. Hope trip to Lowe's was successful.
Gstrom they changed from wire when stell prices shot up in the 80's i think.
Dennis never had network port on computer go bad. Glad streaming works again. Glad coughing over. Sorry about ATT issues. Hope you find new diner for breakfast.
RS looks like great dust collection system. Glad Wonderboard up. Hope tile goes back up without much issues. Hope research for thin-set mortar was fruitful. Hope cabinet desgin moves along.
Scaredy glad you got out for a bit and Church was good, prayers sent
Randy(wag) sorry it got so warm on you.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[sodamo]

Success trip to Lowes - sorta.

Called 1st thing this morning to tell them I would be arriving about 10. Got there just about 10 only to find out there was nobody there yet from Fullfillment. Eventually directed to go to a certain aisle where someone would help. It was a significant wait but eventually someone showed up, but without a clue as to my order. My friends and I decided we just pull it ourselves. 2 of the doors had my name on them. By the time we had them on the wagons an associate said the third was out back. While waiting I found another cart in the back with my name on it, contents matching my order. By then and unknown to me, one of my friends had decided he needed to talk to a manager. Shortly after getting to the loading area, 3 younger, stronger, helpful employees arrived to help with the loading.

We did have to stop for lunch in Waimea. Made for a longer day by the time we had unloaded.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

David, looks like you will be busy awhile.

 

[sodamo]

Forgot to post this earlier

Snow on Mauna Kea this morning

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Looks like I have the water softener fixed. I ended up replacing all the rubber seals under the rotor plate. Not a hard job, just took me awhile to get to it.

Up in the night again.

 

[sodamo]

David, looks like you will be busy awhile.

Yup
1 slider belongs to Mike, guy in green and he has asked our assistance to install. The other 2 are for cottage to replace two sets of french doors that aren’t weathering well. Part of the plywood is for cabinets at cottage. The bottom sheets of plywood and 2x4’s are for me to turn into 6 sliding barn doors for the e tension I put up earlier.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Yup
1 slider belongs to Mike, guy in green and he has asked our assistance to install. The other 2 are for cottage to replace two sets of french doors that aren’t weathering well. Part of the plywood is for cabinets at cottage. The bottom sheets of plywood and 2x4’s are for me to turn into 6 sliding barn doors for the e tension I put up earlier.

I’ve been thinking of converting my basement slider to a French door. Anderson replaced my original back deck slider under warranty as the laminate peeled off.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 33° with a mix of light rain and snow this morning. Heading to 39° with off and on mix of snow and rain. Not much accumulation of rain or snow. Should be a good day to do some shop cleanup. Did spend most of the day conserving energy. Neighbors were out doing a walk. Sassy and I joined them. Returned to watch NASCAR race. Napped most of the race. Woke up in time to catch last 11 laps. Ended with my favorite drivers in the lead.

David, is that snow or clouds around mountains? Great picture.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good evening all. 49ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Strong winds today, partly cloudy sky, and high temp was 76ºF. Chapel to start day, the hot cereal for breakfast. Dash meal route today, lunch at Applebee's, watch videos and nap.
Bill hope you had a good day.
Ron sorry about the bug in the fuel lines. Glad you got plowing done. Hope NASCAR was good. Neat pic
Spike what is included in hay field renovation? Nice F-16.
Kilroy I hope you have success with walnut sap experiment.
NHBX glad wind did not show. Glad you just forgot to put it in 4wd. Hope clean up went well today.
Billy glad trimmer started on 2 pulls. sounds like you did a lot of trimming.
Thomas hope cleanup went well, And you can leave plow off pickup once removed. Nice pic
James glad 4Runner did good in snow. Interesting that front wheel drive people had more trouble, I had 2 Saturns with front wheel drive and they did better than rear wheel drive in snow.
Scotty hope sprinkler refurbish project wen smoothly.
James was able to download and watch video, thanks. Reminded me of a trip up I44 in Missouri after 8 inch thundersnow. Tractor trailers were of both sides like the buses in video.
Drew sorry you feel like you need to change Meetings. Discretion is the better part of being faithful.
Drew thanks for link
RNG sorry about the airhead changes. Sorry you are coming out empty on car and house searches.
Paul quite the stack of braces to install in speaker. Nice pics. Glad valve easy change out and adjustment to cover as well.
Frits hope ATT can help with Iphone.
Ken glad you found a good new resturant. Hope spray worked on stilt grass. ATT decided not to repair a tower out here, lost a lot of customers.
Ted sorry winds are back, and no precip. Glad pizzas and desrt good and GS time is priceless.
David glad you could work around rain. Hope trip to Lowe's was successful.
Gstrom they changed from wire when stell prices shot up in the 80's i think.
Dennis never had network port on computer go bad. Glad streaming works again. Glad coughing over. Sorry about ATT issues. Hope you find new diner for breakfast.
RS looks like great dust collection system. Glad Wonderboard up. Hope tile goes back up without much issues. Hope research for thin-set mortar was fruitful. Hope cabinet desgin moves along.
Scaredy glad you got out for a bit and Church was good, prayers sent
Randy(wag) sorry it got so warm on you.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

I need to get some drip coffee filters to run sap through, get out the dust and bugs

 

[Spike56]

Good morning to all. Another warm start going to about 80 today. Pasture renovated yesterday. Guy did a great job. Having the same guy spread lime later this week or next. Holding off on fertilizer for at least (2) more weeks.
Heading to Legion meeting this morning.

North American Rockwell OV-10. Observation / Light Attack. Retired in early 90's for several reasons to include using drones.

Happy Monday to all. Stay safe. #USA1

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low 20, high 36°F. Wind NE 5 mph. Sunny! I can handle that.

Mountains look pretty with snow on them.

I'm not sure what I will get up to today, maybe energy conservation day.

Have a safe day all

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).

currently 33.6F, clear and crisp.

we decided to put in a couple hours overtime yesterday while waiting for the day to warm up and bang out some time-and-a-half.

Dog got up the mountain two days in a row - happy pupper!

sending out tax documents to accountant today, after giving US Mail one last chance to deliver any documents last minute.

Time for another cuppa.

I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

 

[riptides]

30 outside this AM, heading to 60. No rain in the forecast. This weather is taking a serious toll on all the flowers that have decided it was time to bloom. Too bad.

Need to make some trips to the hardware and supply stores today. Still plonking along on the Milk House. Bathroom fan is in. Removed some heavy pipes with the new angle grinder. Have one more, about 40 feet long to take out. Needs to come out as bath fan is now right under it. Of course! LOL.

Managed to take in some Eagles, Wagtail called it right a few days ago. Lots of action in the sky, 4 juveniles, 6 vultures all flying about. Talk about an air show!

Hope all have a great start to the week. Be safe. Get and/or stay healthy to those ailing.