Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 63F @ 4:45AM. Sunny. High 88F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
Picked up another 0.05" of rain from thundershowers yesterday evening.

Got the cylinder and piston boxed up for shipping yesterday. Holy mackerel, UPS got over thirty-five bux to ship it, and that was with what they called a discount.

All of our sources of energy are finite, so as long as the population continues to increase, energy shortages are inevitable. Plan accordingly.

Netflix streaming continues to disappoint due to buffering. Not sure I like the brave new world of on demand streaming, as the infrastructure hasn't matured to the point where network capacity can keep up with demand. Yes, Starlink, I mean you.

The roof was wet when the roofers showed up yesterday, but it was dry enough for them to get started on the ridge cap. They got almost all of it done, along with most of the other roof penetrations. Foreman said they'd be back to finish up today. All that remains after that is a coat of paint on the chimney chase and replacing the sprinkler system tubing up on the gutters and gables.

Thanks for letting me know the 5 gallon bead seater works OK, Paul. HF has one for almost twice the price, but is in stock and I'm not sure I can wait. I need groceries, so hope to get into town to pick one up today.

Got a text from the Nevada salesperson saying that someone had "reserved" the damaged van I've been waiting for. That was quite a surprise, as I was told it was unavailable until the body shop was done with it. Just as well, I suppose, as the last thing I need is more vehicle problems from slip shod repairs.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 58 going up to 79 and the sun is up.
Son had friends over last night, so no sleep.
I am sure they will be making more noise again when they wake up.

Got a little less than 1.5" of rain, that will save me hours of watering and was so needed.

back to the day job,

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
60 with a high of 75 for today, rain is gone, sun is out.
Total rain for yesterday was 1.35” spread over a long period, so most got absorbed into the very dry ground.
Things should start to green up a bit, I’ll likely have to do some mowing this week.

Yesterday went to Primeweld in NJ with a friend that bought a fixture table and a plasma cutter. Really nice people to deal with, and gave him a good discount for picking the stuff up, as they offer free shipping.
We saw a tractor trailer merge into the lane to the left of it already occupied by a Honda SUV, the Honda went into the shoulder, hit the guard rail and came across all three lanes as it spun around and went up on two wheels, but it stayed up right and stopped facing oncoming traffic. We were able to avoid it, as did everyone else. The truck never stopped, I don’t think it ever made contact with the SUV. We did catch up with it and was able to get a picture of the license plate and operator info, which we shared with LE.

Got home home in time for a late lunch, took care of some chores, thought about washing the car and tractor but the rain got in the way. So it turned into an energy conservation afternoon, made reservations for training in Orlando next week, for hotel and car, the training centers are booked almost a year in advance, which can make things interesting.

Today is off to Portland, ME where it’s overcast and raining, hope to be back early afternoon to try and be productive today.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low of 50°, heading towards 75°. Sunny, but breezy with gusts to 30 mph. Back to no chances of rain in the 10 day forecast.

Good winter precip took us out of the 'extreme' drought category into just a 'regular' drought scenario.....
I bet that won't last for long.....

Agenda for today: repeat of yesterday... try and get some more landscape fabric and mulch down. Might only have a small window of opportunity.

Daughter is still home, no long periods of contractions happening, so just a waiting game for now....

Everyone have a great day!

 

[daugen]

Ted, fingers crossed for an easy and happy delivery.

finished mowing the lawn, was nice to do it without dust in the air. Very pretty out after the rain and a mostly blue sky.
pacing myself before going out and firing up the foam gun

nice breakfast with new school board member. behaved myself and did not get eggs benedict and got a heart healthy
omelette instead.
it wasn't very good.
they have pork roll eggs benedict.
truly something to die for, or from...

 

[rswyan]

A cool 60F, overcast, and moist @ 11:00, calling for a high of 64F today. Also showers and possibly thunderstorms developing this afternoon and continuing into the night.

Woman is chomping at the bit to get back outside and get to work.

Don't think that will be happening today though.

Got garbage taken up to the road last evening and mealworms put out for the bluebirds.

Also dropped off the second set of blades I took off Kubota MMM up at the shop for sharpening and gathered up a couple of exhaust adapters that I will be returning while I was up there and brought those down to the house.

Second set of blades I took off do not look near as bad as the first.

Agenda for the rest of the day:

Dole out meds for this week.

Clean sawdust and debris out of boots.

Schedule some bills for online payment.

Get the two new flowers planted in pots.

Locate a funnel and get the stink juice strained and bottled up.

Start return process on exhaust adapters and get the paperwork printed out for that.

Refill hopper feeder, possibly tube feeders as well. Also mealworm feeder probably.

Sharpen mower blades.

Plus whatever else comes up.

Hope everyone is having a good Tuesday ...

 

[daugen]

RS, you'd better stay inside
you can send that rain this way when you are done please

 

[rswyan]

RS, you'd better stay inside

Ima gonna sneak out real quick and fill the feeders before the sun disappears and then will probably spend the rest of the day inside ...

you can send that rain this way when you are done please

Will do ...

 

[daugen]

https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/pybshellegg.pdf

have you noticed how much cheaper eggs have been in the supermarket?
for you folks who raise chickens
USDA has a monthly analysis
if I'm reading this right...the wholesale average cost of a dozen large eggs is back to about 1.20
which is why they are charging 2.39 in store.
Regular eggs got so expensive for a while the "gourmet" eggs were now competitive.

I wish egg boxes had to list the date the eggs were laid.
Probably would explain why fresh eggs taste different and better usually .

 

[sodamo]

67°F and .13 inches rain.

Good progress painting yesterday. Should get that area finished up today. End of the high scaffold in sight.

Nice happy hour gathering. We got there 10 minutes early and able to order burrito bowl off the lunch menu, very tasty.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day