Good morning!!!!

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

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

53.3F going to low 70s, forecast is rain/light/rain/isolated T-storms/showers/scattered T-storms/light rain/showers-scattered showers/rain/light rain/intermittent showers and rain. So an good day for administrative duties and catch up on phone calls that couldn’t be made while doing the tax data thing.

we did the “tough love” thing with Harry last night, especially since he was especially unruly yesterday. So he went into the crate at bedtime, did his hourlong for 45 minutes, and was quiet until the 3AM Call of Nature — and instead of doing the sofa thing, went back into the crate. 10 minutes of yowling and he kinda fingered out that he was not getting snuggles on the sofa anymore…

1100 conference call for Doggie Boot Camp, and 1700 follow up vet visit for Harry, next vaccination and questions about frequent hiccoughs.

I got the four grapevine roofing’s in yesterday, there is an ancient section of ag fence that I can use for supporting the vines once they start growing, I just need to replace a couple of the 50+ year old posts that are rotted. I may even invest in some 1/8” steel cable for a top support strand.

I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!!!!

 

[ronjhall]

I wonder if the Cardinal staring at its' reflection thinks that is another male coming into his neck of the woods.

There have been several Male Cardinals around pond and feeders. This one actually took a drink out of pond. Female was also there.

 

[KilroyJC]

Kilroy, my friend's parents owned a blueberry farm in Pemberton, still have the sign out front (rehabbed for fun)
that went back to nature after friend's Dad died. Father was an aircraft mechanic and my old friend got a lot of good
training from him. he and I have done many projects together, and he was the only one I would trust to take care of my Gravely
while it was living away from home.

went to Jersey beaches as a kid. Driving down those long stretches, with the windows down, no a/c..., in the station wagon, watching the pine forests
go by and by and by, and will we ever get there?? On the way back you were tired, sunburned and itchy from sand and hopefully just fell asleep.

First trip I remember riding in was 1959 Biscayne station wagon, with the big fins, big silver thing, six cylinder and three on the tree. Probably horribly slow compared to today, but then the world seemed to go a little slower too in the 50s...

My grandfather always bought cheap Chevrolet sedans. Pure depression mentality, had lost almost everything he had earned in big crash.
So my Father started off buying these seriously slow and boring cars.
Then I think he woke up, maybe started making more money, started buying my Mother an Oldsmobile.
It was the cheapest one, and geez it had three on the tree also, must have been the last one made.
And then came the Olds 98 convertible, dark green, with a 370hp 455 top spec engine.
Dad must have had a good year. If I was good, it was my date car instead of my own beater.
But he did it for us, he would have been happy with an old faded Biscayne. Not a material guy at all.

when I was a wee lad, Mom would take me down to Asbury Park on the train from Newark — the weekend shore trains were the older Jersey Central cars with windows you could open all the way, towed behind a GG1 (a thing of imposing wonder to a 6 year old (and still impressive now)) until the switchover to DE at long branch because the catenary power wires ended there. Fried clam strips at the Howard Johnson’s, SkeeBall, the aerial ads towed by small planes — good times…

 

[ronjhall]

Buppies, best wishes with treatment today.

 

[check]

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Good evening all. 51 for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind day, sky cleared off, and high temp was 77ºF. Slow start, bike ride, Trip to town for meds and lunch. Wanted to start washing cars but had some communication issues for fish club, then tax issues to straighten out, and fixed map problem on fish finder, and no nap . After dinner got bike race router loaded in GPS, and back up GPS. Gas made a 20+ cent price hike in town today price now around 3.599/gal.
James chain should be not be dry. Take chain and bar off if chain is dry and check for dirt/sawdust between bar and saw in oiler grove.
Scaredy trusting God is good plan. prayers sent.
Ron nice progress yesterday. Hope grocery shopping was successful, and clean went well. nice squirrel pic
NHBX sorry about wind, hope no damage from wind. I got my shearing in late March. Hope grocery run successful.
Buppies good to hear cyst shrinking and draining less. Hope you are sleeping better. prayers sent
Drew sorry about neck acting up. Hope all you pick ups went well. Hope you get your Gravely back. Nice pics
Mike hope you get your shopping done, and more paint on the Milk house. Sorry about the noisy critters. Hope you get the plumber project and started and busting up the concrete and laying the pipe.
Scotty glad you got a cool off. Hope valve install had no issues. Have fun with the extra seat time. Nice pics
Drew glad your A/C works.
Bill weather turned on a dime again. Changing tires and putting back hoe on sound like spring/summer activities.
Frits I did not remember if you had talked about the fence or not so I asked. Glad you had on hand material to run the fence. Hope PT people can help you avoid damage to shoulder and get tree shelters done.
Spike wondered when SR-71 get replaced.
Buppies Sound like your cousin had an interesting career.
Paul glad yesterday went well. Nice grill upgrade. Hope breakfast was fun and you get mess cleaned up.
Don nice starting temp. Hope you day was nice.
Kilroy glad you got to sleep in. Hope Harry starts going to sleep without all the theatrics soon. Could have been worse, she could have con along and caught the disater on her phone Is feeding the bees sugar water temporary?
Ken sorry about the need to water. Good to hear flower beds getting cleaned out. Hope good night at hardware store and movie. Nice flowers.
RNG Glad tractor is rescued, dirt is moved, and side-by-side back in business. Hope you have good weekend in Lompoc.
Ted glad you got the morning off from the wind, sorry about no rain. Hope gravel work was fun.
RS glad you got the dead woos up to brush pile. Nice progress on saw, good to hear ordered parts have shipped. Hope you got some paint on motor.
David hope rain pauses so you can get more sheets up. Goof luck to guys on H&F.
Drew great pics.
Drew rain much better for my lawn than out well water. Hope you get RV setup to tow trailer with golf cart.
David sorry about rain out, bet chicken soup good consolation.
Thomas good day today, you earned you feet up tonight.
David weird story.
Randy(wag) hope mad horse woman took you name for her well. Enjoy your Eccles Cakes tomorrow.
Ted glad winds held off today, and you got gravel spread. Hope you can finish with 1 more 28 ton delivery. Hope winds hold off tomorrow.
Dennis sorry so hard to find chirping device. Mower leads a hard life. Sorry about new chirp. Good luck with new post for barn
Dennis thanks for new lot pics, hope you can get driveway in
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, /back surgery 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, /loss of brother, /heart 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.

thanks for the suggestion about the chain – we’ll check it out!

 

[daugen]

The middle keeps coming down, the side posts are leaning to the right.

sounds like my back some days...

clam strips at HoJo's. Oh yes. And french fries
Skeeball, that goes way back. Wasn't that the one where it sloped up at the back?
fun memories

my most favorite memory was the little remote control bulldozer you could drive and push sand around
in what was basically a big fish tank. I think it took nickels back then, soon to be quarters I'm sure

 

[m7040]

Good morning, 59 going to 80 beautiful day

Checked the blood work results online this morning. All good except A1C is 5.8 should be lower than 5.7. Need to do better on carbs and exercise.

Off to PT again this morning. Hurt the shoulder slightly yesterday connecting water to the outside sink. It was not coming together so resorted to brazing fittings together since I could not find the right combination. Today after PT will go to HD to stock up on plumbing supplies. But it works now.

One of our neighbors saw the recent accident outside our property driving up as it exploded. Two people died

Hope it goes well for you Bubbies today.

Have a kid coming out nest week to to help me with fence poles and tree shelter stakes

The Redbuds are blooming and the full 1500 ft row looks good.

 

[LouNY]

Some high priced dog training if this is what your talking about,

New Skete Monasteries - Monastic Life, Dog Training​

$3500.00 for the base training.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning, 58 going up to 87, and sunny.
Still need to fix heater door in Jeep, had to leave windows open yesterday.

So, talked to local lawn guy yesterday about "new" neighbor. Seems the guy down hill from him offered to buy the land ( so no house looking down into his backyard) and they were working on the deal but it may be stalled.

Last nights food/drinks at local HW store followed by movie "The Money Pit" was really fun. Got to meet and talk to the HW store owner and the guy who runs the theater. This movie theater boasts it has been showing movies continuously the longest in the US. Movies since 1906, rebuilt 1883 to current layout.

BEF - we had those hard wired alarms in last house, I remember them....When I had to add one more alarm to meet fire code, I had to put in another of the same unit. When I went to hook them up, the noise coming from all of them was torture.
And I remember battery and unit changes just like yours...

Pennwalk - glad the fire didn't keep coming, scary stuff.

Buppies prayers sent and hope dizziness goes away quick.

Be well,

 

[scootr]

47º going to 65º today. We have the gloomy morning / sunny afternoon pattern going for the next month or 2, I hope. The heat can wait. Mowing for the neighbor this afternoon. First hired out job for the tractor. Should be easy enough for the weed slayer.