Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

You know you are getting old when your 18 year old cat sneaks by you to get outside and continuously sets of the front door ring alarm before you look and the app have an OMG moment and rush outside.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 80ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. moderate wind, partly cloudy sky, and high temp was 103ºF, HI 109ºF. Putter to start day, then bike ride. After lunch nap time then double checking all tax info together, have not found broker info yet. Went to town for dinner and oil change supplies for truck. Stepdaughter brought by a peach cobbler with huge cherries mixed in . Water people have restored stage 2 watering restrictions, well has been repaired and back on line.
David glad you were able to mow, and Sophie was able to help
James the kitchen looks awesome! Nice pic
Ron glad grocery shopping went well, and grass mowed. Nice pic
Thomas hope study was productive.
Buppies glad you got some rain, prayers sent.
Drew good luck with truck search. Hope e-bike assembly went well. You might ask why nothing has been done to RV before moving it.
Kilroy sorry about wet day, at least you don't need to water Hope Bailey has a good Harry free day.
Mike good to hear ZTR coming back. Hope you get some good news on milk house.
Paul glad you had a slow day . Hope the flying was safe and uneventful.
Frits if I remember correctly Fokker employees had about 45 paid days off. Tomatoes look good.
Scott(vt) glad everyone had a good time at beach. Hope you had safe trip home.
Don you know it's hot when 80ºF water feels freezing. Glad you like your new lawyer, hope probate and estate go smoothly. Good to hear knee responded to the anti inflammation medicine.
Dennis nice you get extra visit from son.
Ken glad brother's stent implant went well. I see you have plenty of deer.
Drew sorry about Ford dealer. Good to hear dlide on RV fixed. You might ask them if the can secure set screw any better, like jam nut or blue locktite.
RS hope your ambitious agenda was accomplished.
Chris sorry about the rain pants. nice to hear all are enjoying the time away. Enjoy the upcoming family time.
Mark hope you need the rain. Hope you have a good weekend at your mom's place.
Ted sorry about the water bill, ours is going up they are replacing the 50yo pipe while phase 4 going well there will be 1 more phase. And so bill goes up.
David hope town trip and mowing goes well.
Kyle real nice house. Hope you are getting enough water on trees. Do you have many rocks that you hit while mowing? And good spark arrestor on mower? Saw trailer full of young cows going to dinner tonight.
Frits nice sign collection (plus truck)
Gale glad you are not hot
Frits thanks for link.
RNG hope you get your price reduction. not surprised at feet dragging, always seems to happen. Glad even better numbers on insurance.
Thomas sorry Mrs call off date night. Hope no damage from storms.
Dennis glad you back home safe and getting rain.
Don wonder how cat knew to sit in front of door camera. Nice he did not stray off.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /sleeping, /wife 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, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /back operation 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.

 

[two_bit_score]

Hopefully everyone out of diapers next year !

Yes sir! That sure helps!

 

[check]

Tile a good option, just don’t know about attaching to osb. Perhaps 1/4 inch backer board.

Yes, maybe. That stuff is deadly.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 58° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 78° with cloudy skies. Did some banking in the morning. Then finished roof except for edge trim. Today will work on last of the trim work on chicken coop. Tractor tires did not make it to my place yesterday. FedEx says maybe today.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

64 going back to hot and humid...89.

Thomas, sorry that storm was a mess and prevented your date night.

Mostly, cherries in peach cobbler sounds perfect.

Hoping the grass dries early so I can started on mowing and trimming...grass took off during the slow rain Thursday.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
cloudy day today, but hopefully no rain, needs to be nice for Ken's pool party, which I will attend (with a bag of tomatoes of course)
for a little bit. I don't know most of the folks there, but I did get to chat with his Dad last year.
Ken has it catered with a food truck and they are awesome. I'm sure it's a lot of work for him.
Beautiful spot, back in the woods

You might ask them if they can secure set screw any better, like jam nut or blue locktite.

Mostly, wow you sure hit it on the head, no pun intended. Anything that comes loose can be secured somehow...
These motors don't normally fail, though not quality motors, rather the whole gear and tooth arrangement gets looser and looser as it
wears/vibrates. Born to fail.
I guarantee you I will never own another rv with a Schwintek slide.
And since it only took four years and 30k miles for this slide to fail, I figure it will fail again.
So at some point, seems like a great idea to pay someone the 300 bucks to climb up and locktite that motor mount.
Thankfully I can still use the rv with the slide in.

Seven years ago (I think?) when I was in Jackson MS with my first motorhome, and the exact same slide broke, sure wish I knew what I knew now.
That mechanism had just hit the market and was being touted as the new better solution. My new Winnebago was proud to announce it.
Instead it failed miserably.
Replacement parts were not available. Local dealer did not know how to fix.

Even top quality builders like Grand Design have had their reputations damaged by this bad slide design. But they are totally in bed with Lippert;
Lippert builds the frames for many of the rvs sold today. Industry consolidation brings efficiency and cost cutting, but sure not quality improvement.
Those frames btw are cracking all over the place. Dozens of youtube videos of folks with cracked frames.

Now I know why folks buy an Airstream. Problem is they are double to triple the cost.
And no Airstream has a room slide, never in their history. Maintains body integrity.

That slide mechanism, built by the largest mfr in the industry, Lippert (think Chevrolet), has done for the
rv repair business what ethanol has done for small engine repair.
Created a boondoggle of business.

Some of you with good technical/fix it ability could retire doing service work on these rv's.
There are so many of them out there and likely they will all break.

next time I have rv up at Popgadget's, if he has a big step ladder, maybe we can loctite those motors.
They are very hard to get to, buried in a tight spot. Of course.

hope you all have a great weekend.

 

[m7040]

good morning, 65 going to 86 today no rain

First cup of coffee this morning. Plan today same as yesterday

Changed to the 095 twisted string yesterday. What a difference in performance from the 080 string.
Really like the Makita trimmer

 

[Popgadget]

good morning, 65 going to 86 today no rain

First cup of coffee this morning. Plan today same as yesterday

Changed to the 095 twisted string yesterday. What a difference in performance from the 080 string.
Really like the Makita trimmer

I went to the 095 twisted as soon as I got the trimmer. And yes, it was a huge improvement in performance. Cuts much better and lasts much longer.

 

[KilroyJC]

Better situation than my parents lawyer who just got suspended for taking money from an estate that he thought had no heirs. Then one showed up.

The dreaded “Trust Account” issue….

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s 66 with a high of 80. Foggy this morning, sunny after it burns off.
Should be a good day for Ken’s party.

Yesterday was entirely consumed with traveling. Went pretty well, had a gyro failure enroute to Akron that had to be dealt with. We got to Akron uneventfully, the weather was clear, then made the short hop to Washington, PA where our maintenance is done. They swapped out the gyro, and had lunch ready for us. They got us right out, we made it back to Philly in time to do the Martha’s Vineyard trip as scheduled. Dinner at Mission BBQ afterwards, home in time to do a few chores like install the $56 plastic handle that adjusts the seat height in the Transit Connect replacing the duct tape that covered the metal stub. That was cheapest that I could find, it’s just about a one ounce piece of plastic.

Today wife is off to Farmers Market with the Transit Connect on its maiden voyage. That leaves me home with Zoe, and she has house cleaners scheduled for this morning. Zoe and I will go over to the shop to stay out of their way, hopefully they will be out of here early enough for me to get to Ken’s party. Not much else planned, I’ll work on finishing the P51 converted to electric power, and a bit of paperwork this morning.

 

[Buppies]

Off to look at mowers this morning grass approaching 2 feet see what we come up with Mt Airy in the mix

Prayers for all our Country

 

[riptides]

65 outside this AM, heading to upper 80's. Like in may hit 90. Cannot see outside this AM. Nice blanket of fog.

095 line in the weed whacker was an OMG moment. Perfect for my fence lines. It was a real difference maker.

Spent a lot of time with the plumber on the Milk House. Looks like I will have to go with a grinder and pump. Waiting on my topography people with the slope info to get back to me, confirming that option. Sad, but necessary. I hope the guy comes in with a reasonable price. He said he would like to do the concrete work too. Well if the price is right, someone else can demo and dig. Not me, is fine.

ZTR came back, Yippie! I had to do a double take on it. Nice, shiny and clean. Ahh.....I usually keep my equipment clean, but dang, not kidding, this was an impressive job. Everything was done to my satisfaction. Exceeded my expectations for sure. Turn around time was faster than anticipated. My original Kubota dealer for the ZTR went out of business, so I returned to this business, which was my first dealer for my earlier Kubota's a long time ago....

Grass is the agenda for the next few days...needless to say.

Hope all have a great start to the weekend. Be safe.

Suns up, burning off the fog, wow, what a difference a few moments in time make.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

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

63.4F going to mid 80s, clear day forecasted.

Show last night was excellent!

Brass is front and center, as it should be.

Harry had a good day at Playhouse, he came home and conked out. A tired puppy is a GOOD puppy!

Stopped at Kubota dealer and picked up a set of filters, everything except hydraulic tank breather element (out of stock). $196. I know I don‘t need them for a while yet, but it is nice to have them on the shelf if the cargo ships start backing up again, or at least before prices go up more. Best economy ever…

kubota parts guy came from a family that owned a grading company, had a good discussion. He operated a dozer primarily. Discussed a bunch of practical operating topics, and Mrs now has a better understanding of why I want to get the next-door neighbor’s 310g dozer running and borrow it.

I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!



plan today is to head up to woodlot and detail clear the area where the dog enclosure will go, and maybe even get it assembled.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Guys,
62 to start going to maybe 80. Mowing and trimming on todays agenda, and maybe I can get to installing new start capacitor in the compressor ! Hopefully that solves the problem !

Hope all have a blessed and safe day !

 

[Thomas]

61F foggy mid 70's for high clear sky day.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Took short walk about this morning,going to take 2weeks plus before fields dry enough to mow even longer get the tractor in areas to remove stumps...above normal rain fall for us.

Last evening sharing bowl ice cream with the kittens heard 2 springs snap and crack than 22+ year old recliner cushion sunk good inch and just barely got it broken in the way I wanted it,got feeling Mrs. and I will be going recliner shopping today or tomorrow
Plans for today recliner shopping?? puttering .

Enjoy your day all.

 

[KilroyJC]

61F foggy mid 70's for high clear sky day.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Took short walk about this morning,going to take 2weeks plus before fields dry enough to mow even longer get the tractor in areas to remove stumps...above normal rain fall for us.

Last evening sharing bowl ice cream with the kittens heard 2 springs snap and crack than 22+ year old recliner cushion sunk good inch and just barely got it broken in the way I wanted it,got feeling Mrs. and I will be going recliner shopping today or tomorrow
Plans for today recliner shopping?? puttering .

Enjoy your day all.

Get some 1/8” round stock and a couple heavy electrical crimps and patch the springs.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 74 going up to 85 and sunny.
Spent the day moving stuff around and driving the kid places.
Finally picked him up a few towns over and got back around 10pm

Off to move more furniture, will try to get a setup pic of the yard later.
No rain last night, so could have done more yesterday.

Be well,

 

[newbury]

Last evening sharing bowl ice cream with the kittens heard 2 springs snap and crack than 22+ year old recliner cushion sunk good inch and just barely got it broken in the way I wanted it,got feeling Mrs. and I will be going recliner shopping today or tomorrow
Plans for today recliner shopping?? puttering .

Enjoy your day all.

I was just this morning remarking to myself the longevity of my recliner. It's a La-z-Boy from about 1990 (lifetime warranty). About a year or two after I bought it the base broke. One I returned it, they fixed it, been going good ever since. I wonder if their quality has declined like most everything else.
Been thinking of getting SWMBO one of those "self ejecting" recliners.
Can you tune them for more power?

 

[daugen]

Can you tune them for more power?

Newbury, do you want her to land at the neighbors?