Good morning!!!!

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

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

51,6F, going to upper 70s.

As noted above in reply to mostly, we have hopefully straightened out the payment issue. Harry had better be picked up this afternoon, or there will be a major $#1+storm, and we wont hear a thing about the “non-refundable” deposit - it won’t be pretty, my Jersey wants to come out and describe it in earthy, gritty ways but it is Sunday morning and this is a family channel. . .

it was drizzly on-and-off yesterday, so no trip to the woodlot. Spent some time cleaning out the back seat of the pickup and making it passenger-friendly again. Yes, there IS a floor back there!probably the biggest discovery was the set of keys from the place we owned in Florida that we sold three years ago . Untangled a bunch of ratchet tie-downs and put them back in the kitty-litter bucket I store them in.

I find that I use a lot of lashing ties for most of my tie-down needs, and for general temporary fastening and securing. They do tend to disappear, so I made another batch of 20. I place a mail in each end of a 2x4x8 and lace back and forth with 550 paracord, cut at each nail, and melt the ends with a propane torch. I usually keep a couple in my back pockets, they have come in handy at random times. As long as I don’t let stopped if there is a kidnapping investigation in the area. . . It could be awkward

Drug dealer across the street was in the can for almost a month on contempt charge, finally got bailed out three days ago. Two days ago, got in a screaming match with one of the other inhabitants, other inhabitant called police, she is now back in… and it is a long way to the next First-Of-The-Month. We moved 753 miles from the heart of urban decay to Small-Town America, and have this crap across the street again

I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

 

[KilroyJC]

GM UPDATE:

According to Sheriff’s website, druggie got bailed out 10:20 PM last night.

which would explain the noises at about 1AM. . .

yay

 

[Thomas]

all the tools I left at the local school for workers to use while I was off at memorial service at my own church.
MIA

Hope you recover tools ask couple questions if unable.

 

[Thomas]

39F clear sky upper 60's mostly cloudy late afternoon.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Setting on the deck last evening 7 deer,2 gray fox,1 LARGE raccoon Avon lady.

Plans for today...3 stops in town,rub a dub wash both vehicles,check game cams,than see what the rest of the day has to offer.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 50F @ 4:00AM. A mix of clouds and sun. High near 70F. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 mph.
No rain here since midnight, but we picked up a bit more than half an inch yesterday, mostly in the morning. A big cell tried to drift over at about sundown, but fortunately petered out and the hail it had been dropping didn't make it here.

Hopefully someone was looking out for your tools and you'll find them again soon, Drew. But I got a sinking feeling as I read your account of the loss.

The wood stove didn't seem to be drawing very well, so I pulled the rigid end off the shop vac hose and fished it into the fresh air intake to the stove. I heard several things get sucked into the vacuum and called it good. Stoked the stove and it took right off, so I think whatever was in there was the problem. Sat on the patio watching the storm pass, enjoying a drop or two of Kentucky's finest, and noticed that the new stove pipe is leaning to one side a bit. It's just a temporary installation until the stucco gets finished, put in place to keep the rain out. But it's something to check when the contractor says he's done.

Needed to restock the firewood dolly yesterday, but before I could do that, I had to dig the firewood pallet in the garage out from under a pile of cardboard boxes. Made a couple of stacks, neatly taped together so the garbage man can easily get them onto his truck Tuesday. This late in the year there's little chance of getting through a whole cart of wood, so I stacked about half full and called it good. The manzanita on that pallet is pretty heavy, so I saved myself a bit of effort in the process, too.

Got a text from my realtor letting me know that the person that out bid my offer on last week's house couldn't get the financing they needed, and the selling realtor was asking if I was still interested. She was putting the house back on the market, priced just under my offer. I declined, as I'd need to build a shop building before I could finish moving from here, and I don't want to take the chance of not being able to find a contractor that could do the work in the near future, and that wouldn't want ten prices to do it. I've seen enough homes with out buildings and RV access to the back yard to know that such things exist, so just need to be patient enough until one comes on the market.

A few days ago a fellow expressed interest in the flail mower I had for sale, and yesterday followed up saying he could come and get it. He had a two hour trip to get here, so after confirming the price with him, I got the forks back on the tractor and rigged a couple of ratchet straps to lift it into his trailer. He showed up right on time, just as the storm I mentioned looked about to hit. We got the flail loaded and secured, I got paid what I was asking, and he was on his way. Very nice to meet someone that does what they say, and knows a good deal when they see it. Several others tried to low ball, another joker changed plans several times and wanted me to hold it for him. Uh uh, first one here with the cash gets it, and he didn't. So many flakes and creeps out there these days; another by product of the pandemic?

A new mouse trap had been cleaned of peanut butter twice by the one that had taken up residence in the kitchen, so yesterday I fiddled with the trigger and lightened it up considerably. Reset it, and just at bed time last night heard it go off. Followed by several minutes of thrashing, as it had caught the critter behind its head and had somehow missed breaking its neck. Stepped on it to put it out of its misery, and will clean up the mess after breakfast. Not a very nice way to start the day, eh?

Looks like a nice day today, so I'll take another swing at getting the VW running. The contractor says he's gonna paint the house this week, and I want to get the van well away from any over spray. Hard to do when the engine won't go.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend.

 

[wngsprd]

52 going to 83...nice sunrise with the moon still bright.

Don, I think I'd choose BEF's snake over yours. I've seen geese attack, but not turkeys.

Helped my wife some more with planting her flowers...my job is to lift the heavy bags of soil and fill the planters, and then move them to final position...and then the most important job is to come back later to confirm how nice the flowers look after she's planted them in her well-planned arrangement.

In the meantime, did a little work on the zero-turn and took it for a couple hour ride mowing yard and trails.

Also ventured into a solar power installation...massive 72 square inch panel to power 3 LED lights down at the barn. Hardest part of the job was removing the 3 wasp nests where I needed to install the motion-activated light and run the wire. I installed one of these about 5 years ago, and still going strong...$40 kit from Costco.

 

[Buppies]

Nice morning slept in some another great dinner at Miller’s last night wife really enjoys eating there so trip is inconsequential

Probably work on down trees today mow grass what ever else comes up

Sorry about missing tools Drew sorry about drug heads Kilroy continue to heal alien, no snakes for me my 28 ga gives them medicine they need

scaredy prayers continue, wngsprd glad wife is getting better bet flowers are pretty

prayers for all our Country

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low was 38, it is 54 now and going to a high of 65°F. Wind light and variable. 60% chance of rain, total accumulation 0.09".

I cut the skin off refrigerator and freezers to use for any tin work I have here. That is my job for today, so it wont matter if it rains.

It really sucks that people you thought you trusted to look after your tools, don't. I learned my lesson 30 years ago, now I DO NOT lend my tools of any sort to anyone for any reason/excuse.

Have a safe day all

 

[m7040]

Good morning, 57 going to 79 much warmer today. Rain in the forecast for afternoon.

Will work some more on setting fence poles and tamping in.

Not able to post pictures even after resizing and getting the message that the file is too large for the server to process. I see others posting pictures so what is up?

Daughter sent picture from Alexandria last night of a car ramming a utility pole after narrowly missing her Uber and then the driver bolted out and ran away.

Drew, hope that your tools show up again. Not a good feeling.

We had a neighbor one time that borrowed the tractor and after 3 weeks it was not returned. Went over and retrieved it and he got mad because he had not had time to use it yet. And when I was out of town he hit up wife to get the keys to barn because he needed my tools etc. He got mad that the barn was locked. Glad he mowed away.

With the many adjoining neighbors we have there is always a couple of problems. Another neighbor also borrowed the tractor and pulled the gear stick put of the slot so it was locked and said nothing about it.

 

[daugen]

well all's well that ends well
turns out Buckingham Meeting's caretaker, the Meeting that owns this school, was not on the email loop about me leaving tools until later, he came along
after everyone had left apparently, saw the tools, gathered them up and put them inside school where I could not see them.
I'll get them tomorrow.

back from foodshopping on a lovely day. Got myself a small roast to put in crock pot later this week.
Almost put in on when I got home then realized I'm going to a friend's tonight for dinner.

Frits, lot of folks without licenses and insurance, take off no matter what damage they cause.
Maybe even existing warrants out.

headed out to pick some more lettuce, inspect the radishes, who's going to be first??

 

[pennwalk]

"problems of working for yourself is that you are stuck with a taskmaster for a boss."

You need a union.

 

[daugen]

I hope and pray that no one on TBN had family or friends in Allen TX yesterday, just North of Dallas.
That's 200 incidents involving four or more folks getting shot so far this year.
Not a proud statistic and worrying to anyone who frequents public places.
Kudos to the off duty cop who saved lives.

public perception of Texas is larger than life and assumes they are all concealed carry and ready to defend themselves.
But even in a public mall, that didn't happen here.

pretty soon we will need airport grade security in a lot more places than folks who preach for personal freedom will be happy about.
200 incidents is a lot of rotten apples.
lot of crazy people

 

[Buppies]

Putting a patch on the problem will not solve it Drew. The family and faith must become a part of our Country again as it was when most of us were growing up

 

[m7040]

Coffee has finished brewing. 53° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 73° with morning rain and cloudy afternoon. Changed house and RO filters yesterday. Ordered new set of filters for next year. Got tire unmounted and tried to fix leak in side of tube. No luck. New tube showed up later in the day. Will get it installed later today. Need to start putting weed killer down around paver bricks.
Mr and Mrs Cardinal.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

Nice picture. Our Cardinals are almost done attacking the mirror on the van

 

[newbury]

How are we to know how much we load the FEL anyway. I fill the 72 inch bucket with top on it with wet clay. I am sure it is way overloaded compared to actual rating? Something tells me when there is bounce in the FEL while driving it is loaded

For me it's pretty easy.
If my FEL can't lift it it's way too much.
If the FEL can lift it but my loaded rear tires come off the ground it's still too much for safety.
My 72" bucket attached to my M4700 LA1001 FEL has a listed lift capacity of about 1000 kg or 2200 lbs and a struck volume of about 10.9 cubic feet (about 1/3 cubic yard). I've filled it heaped with wet gravel, lifted it, felt the rear lift, and then put it down to tip a little out. Gravel weighs about 3,000 lbs/yard, so I suspect my bucket had a little over 1,000 lbs of gravel. I need more weight on the back for full lift capacity.
I suspect your lift capacity to be about 2,500 lbs.
Your bucket capacity may be a little more but I don't think even heaping it with wet clay (2,970 lbs/yard per this link ) it would be way overloaded.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 60 going to 76 and sunny.
About 20 of us went to brewfest, met up with the rest later at friends house for Kentucky Derby, one of our friends from Kentucky.
Sad about the overabundance of horse injuries and deaths, very scary.

Got home late after sitting around the fire for many hours. A good day/evening.

Today need to tackle the grass, see new neighbor out in field, will there be a house there, the saga continues.

Heard some turkeys off in the bushes but did not see them, guess they survived the foxes.

Drew-Glad you found the tools and caretaker did right

Off to mow

Be well,

My friends pigs, being happy.

 

[daugen]

Putting a patch on the problem will not solve it Drew. The family and faith must become a part of our Country again as it was when most of us were growing up

I take no pleasure saying so but I think that horse is out of the barn. We have to be more successful with what we have.
Most patches fall off...

and who is to say what faith is the right one and the right amount of it?
As long as we act like good citizens, respect others, even love our neighbor, I'd be happy with that and a neighborhood
full of agnostics. So many people do terrible things in the name of their faith.
Faith, particularly organized religion, brings values, norms and expected behavior.
I've always wondered why organized religion didn't do more about societal violence.

More than one shooting a day. I briefly mentioned personal protective gear to my school board. Very touchy subject.
But we just can't put our heads in the sand and pray to a higher power. Whatever higher power you prefer.
Just doesn't seem to be working.
We need better technology
and for sure improved access to mental health care

Sane folks with automatic rifles do not shoot up the world.
They shoot up feral pigs.

seems like we need better prevention in two ways
better vetting/licensing of gun owners, particularly new ones, some how, and reliably
better airport grade security tactics in Middle America.
because that's who's getting shot up

I wonder if there are any states that have a disproportionate amount of mass shootings?

not a wonderful thing to think about on a Sunday morning. Like Ken, headed outside.

 

[m7040]

For me it's pretty easy.
If my FEL can't lift it it's way too much.
If the FEL can lift it but my loaded rear tires come off the ground it's still too much for safety.
My 72" bucket attached to my M4700 LA1001 FEL has a listed lift capacity of about 1000 kg or 2200 lbs and a struck volume of about 10.9 cubic feet (about 1/3 cubic yard). I've filled it heaped with wet gravel, lifted it, felt the rear lift, and then put it down to tip a little out. Gravel weighs about 3,000 lbs/yard, so I suspect my bucket had a little over 1,000 lbs of gravel. I need more weight on the back for full lift capacity.
I suspect your lift capacity to be about 2,500 lbs.
Your bucket capacity may be a little more but I don't think even heaping it with wet clay (2,970 lbs/yard per this link ) it would be way overloaded.

Thank you. good summary
With cast iron hubs, double cast iron disks on the wheels, loaded tires and tiller on the 3 point I do not lift tires. May loose some traction

 

[m7040]

I take no pleasure saying so but I think that horse is out of the barn. We have to be more successful with what we have.
Most patches fall off...

and who is to say what faith is the right one and the right amount of it?
As long as we act like good citizens, respect others, even love our neighbor, I'd be happy with that and a neighborhood
full of agnostics. So many people do terrible things in the name of their faith.
Faith, particularly organized religion, brings values, norms and expected behavior.
I've always wondered why organized religion didn't do more about societal violence.

More than one shooting a day. I briefly mentioned personal protective gear to my school board. Very touchy subject.
But we just can't put our heads in the sand and pray to a higher power. Whatever higher power you prefer.
Just doesn't seem to be working.
We need better technology
and for sure improved access to mental health care

Sane folks with automatic rifles do not shoot up the world.
They shoot up feral pigs.

seems like we need better prevention in two ways
better vetting/licensing of gun owners, particularly new ones, some how, and reliably
better airport grade security tactics in Middle America.
because that's who's getting shot up

I wonder if there are any states that have a disproportionate amount of mass shootings?

not a wonderful thing to think about on a Sunday morning. Like Ken, headed outside.

It is a touchy subject for sure. Maybe someone would post shooting history by state. Heard that there are 45000 killed by guns a year

 

[ronjhall]

For those with bad backs and other problems that limit their ability to maintain yards. This tool may help. I got one awhile back. It helps with not needing to bend over to pull weeds.

Grampa's Weeder - The Original Stand Up Weed Puller Tool with Long Handle - Easily Remove Weeds Without Bending, Pulling, or Kneeling

Grampa's Weeder is the most effective stand-up weeder invented in 1913. Pull weeds and their roots while saving your back & knees. Spruce up your garden today!

grampasweeder.com