Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

No, we have this thing called Mauna Kea kinda blocking.

We can put Kilroy on his KX033-4 Mini-Excavator on that to get you a clear line of sight.

 

[sodamo]

We can put Kilroy on his KX033-4 Mini-Excavator on that to get you a clear line of sight.

LOL, he would definitely be experience when done.

A good morning mowing 2 of 3 sections done. Should be able to finish after lunch.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good Morning Popgadget,
Yes it does indeed ! Will play with it in the next few days ! Thanks for your reply !

check the contacts on the centrifugal switch. They are supposed to come apart after startup IIRC.

Hot and dry with no rain in sight. Crunchy yard. Wide cracks. Yes, we need rain from southern Ca to Texas. LS is in the middle of it. No rain here for over 2 months too. High winds have us on firewatch.

Went to friend's church about 20 minutes away, nice service. Went grocery shopping afterwards. $247 for a basket not even full, with very little meat. Large peaches are $2.97/lb, and each weighs a bit over 1/2 lb, so a buck fitty for a peach. ridiculous. and price of gas going higher.

So another friend and I were discussing things, and came upon the subject of hamburger meat not having flavor at our prized Whataburgers. I saw a thing on FB where others were chatting about it, so it's not just us. My wife says even store bought hamburger is losing its appeal to her, due to fattiness. It just doesn't seem to have much beef flavor nowadays. One friend says they put too much water in it to lower the price maybe.

Watching the Black Hills raceway Sturgis flat track races.

Thanks for the birthday well wishes for my mom, I will tell her she got wishes from around the world!

PJS, glad to hear job is going well. Looks like you have a full family of pups there, good looking dogs.

Prayers for our team especially Buppies and wife, m7040's wife, LS knee and stress.

Popgadget, yes, you get the redneck award of the year with that picture. I'd of had another rope thrown over a good branch and attached to me so I could rappel down if I slipped.

 

[rScotty]

Mmmmm, surprisingly dry here in the southern Rockies. Now 79 days without any precipitation. My daughter lives outside of Durango, they have been super dry, less than 30% of their normal precip.

Maybe send some down our way?

Not so in the Northern Rockies - up towards Wyoming. I've been working outside today & needed a jacket all day. No sun. Just mist.

 

[m7040]

The vineyard is located next to the old historic Burnside Bridge at the Antietam Battlefield in a beautiful location. We are going there again soon driving through the one way roads through the battlefield to get there. We can also go through Sharpsburg to get there but the battlefield route is very pretty.

 

[Thomas]

74F few clouds here and there.

Been good day for outside puttering...While welding and grinding towards end of finishing snowplow,happen to look behind me there was Boo 30' away sound to sleep on his burlap banket...he didn't smell my package cheesy crackers.

Mrs. bqq some hot sausages and all the fixing...sure hit the spot.

Plans for the evening...heading for the deck soon enjoy smooth cigar waiting for critters and stars.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[Thomas]

Glad the Mrs. really likes the mower Buppies...take it easy on the BIG toe.

 

[txdon]

August, 101˚F on the coolest weather station. Not only is August the hottest month of the year in Texas but in central Texas it is rattlesnake birth month.
Each female has between 2-12 babies each with fangs and venom.

 

[Thomas]

August, 101˚F on the coolest weather station. Not only is August the hottest month of the year in Texas but in central Texas it is rattlesnake birth month.
Each female has between 2-12 babies each with fangs and venom.

Tip of hat to you folks have face this and that.

 

[daugen]

got the bike finished and installed on rack. Very sturdy.
had a nice dinner over at friends and drove the bike around their block, and got lost...
had to call them on how to get back on development back roads.
Bike hit its 20mph top speed, ran fine
yawning like mad, not going to last long

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

got the bike finished and installed on rack. Very sturdy.
had a nice dinner over at friends and drove the bike around their block, and got lost...
had to call them on how to get back on development back roads.
Bike hit its 20mph top speed, ran fine
yawning like mad, not going to last long

Drew, they make "wrist protectors" for roller bladers and such, also you might consider a neck movement limiter? Except they would limit your ability to check your blind spot. Be careful on that thing. Go slow when on loose gravel.

 

[LouNY]

check the contacts on the centrifugal switch. They are supposed to come apart after startup IIRC.

So another friend and I were discussing things, and came upon the subject of hamburger meat not having flavor at our prized Whataburgers. I saw a thing on FB where others were chatting about it, so it's not just us. My wife says even store bought hamburger is losing its appeal to her, due to fattiness. It just doesn't seem to have much beef flavor nowadays. One friend says they put too much water in it to lower the price maybe.

I don't believe that it's a matter of watering down the beef. I tend to believe it is more the age of the beef going into the hamburger. Also the less fat the less flavor to a certain extant. I have always prefered burger from the older cows, not cull age but pushing 3 years old as the more mature meat has more flavor and in burger it has more texture not just soft mush. 80/20 or 85/15 burger will have more flavor then 90/10.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good worship this morning.
Since Tony went to Italy for 3 weeks, we decided on Mexican, but it was opening late due to owner arriving without key to get in, so we went to the diner on the mountain. Still very slow with very little people. Shame how it’s going downhill. Food was good. People in corner booth weren’t happy with their food, took their plates to manager to show him something, they never came back. Heard plates banging around back in kitchen, like the staff was unhappy with whatever the complaint was.

Nice nap this afternoon, wife woke me when time to leave this evening.

Son made it to the yankee game, sent some pics. They are still touring NYC. Supposed to go to Mets game tomorrow.
We got .25” rain tonight. Really needed it. Calling for storms tomorrow.

 

[daugen]

Drew, they make "wrist protectors" for roller bladers and such, also you might consider a neck movement limiter? Except they would limit your ability to check your blind spot. Be careful on that thing. Go slow when on loose gravel.

thanks Kyle. I'm already wearing my soft collar, I wear that all the time driving normally.
Many years ago I owned a few bikes, including a Harley Davidson.
A 50cc Harley. For real. Some imported piece of junk they put their name on, I think for the fuel crisis.
a real ring ding dinger. Four speed on the handgrips, a very strange bike.
I drove it to my summer job, was cheapest thing I could find with a motor on it, and then drove a heavily loaded sod boom truck at my job.
Very strange going from that big truck and getting into this 100 pound motorcycle going home.

I also owned a Bultaco on the farm. Now that was fun. It was old and beat and I didn't care.

Slow is the word, always scan the road surface ahead. Most of my driving won't be on public roads, I have zero desire to be in traffic with this thing.
If I wanted to do that, I'd get a full size motorcycle. Honda 1100 DCT would be nice

 

[Wagtail]

Used one of Don's 3M Dobie pads to get most of it off,

I had a chuckle at the name of these scrubbing pads as it's an anglicised version of the Indian word 'dhobi' which means "washing/cleaning".

You've heard/read me using 'dhobi' when I refer to doing my laundry and such as it's a Navy (RN/RCN/RAN/RNZN) slang word for that... indeed, laundry soap is referred to as "dhobi dust".

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Monday) morning. Overnight Low of 1.2C with a slight frost. It's presently 17.1C, clear and calm.

Had a very good sleep and, after a hectic weekend, a bit of a sleep-in. I'll get motivated for some tree-trimming tasks this arvo... I can't let such a beautiful day go to waste.

Gorgeous morning coffee outside included a low flypast of a pair of wedgetail eagles... fortunately, Penelope the Pussybeast was under a tree at the time.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[scootr]

Good (Monday) morning. Overnight Low of 1.2C with a slight frost. It's presently 17.1C, clear and calm.

Had a very good sleep and, after a hectic weekend, a bit of a sleep-in. I'll get motivated for some tree-trimming tasks this arvo... I can't let such a beautiful day go to waste.

Gorgeous morning coffee outside included a low flypast of a pair of wedgetail eagles... fortunately, Penelope the Pussybeast was under a tree at the time.

That's about it, take care all.

I just googled that wedge tailed eagle. Those birds are huge! 6-8 ft wingspan

 

[txdon]

104˚ (truck temp) at 7:04 P.M. headed to the garden and found 3 ripe cantaloupes. 4 others were over ripe and split because of the heat. Looks like several will ripen every day now. Still no rain this month or last month, garden is on drip irrigation every 8 hours.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 79ºF for the start, overcast, breezy. Moderate wind with some gustiness, sky became almost clear, and high temp was 101ºF, HI 105ºF. Chapel to start day, then made pancakes for breakfast, the we did DASH meal deliveries. Had lunch then came home, took over 2 hour nap. Then conserved energy.
James good to hear you got some quality lake and neighbor time. Hope plumbing went well.
Randy(wag) glad conference was good, and you made it home with no trouble. Good to hear church was good, and stove nice and clean.
Ron glad coop roof and trim done. Hope you get good painting weather soon. Sorry about delivery issues, wonder if he is ex-postal employee neat pic.
Frits glad wood stacking under barn complete. Hope you can get door repaired. Hope stacking in firewood shed goes well.
Thomas hope you had good Sunday. Nice turkey pic
Paul glad wife happy with Transit. Hope the phrase "hold my beer" was absent . Hope today's flying was safe and uneventful.
Don hope the canteloup are good. Hoping probate goes well.
Duds13 welcome to GM thread. very nice pic.
Drew did you find leak in hot tub? Hope e-bike work went well. Have fun with drone.
Kilroy hope you can get dog enclosure finished. Parade and concert looked like fun, thanks for pics.
Frits so that's why my stack fell over
Mike hope not too much rain. Hate to hear new clutch failed already, glad push mower still works.
Billy hope you don't have a lot to finish mowing. Hope you were ready to quit when trimmer did. Sorry about battery for generator, glad it pull starts easy unlike log splitter!
Lou sorry you are having such issues with the rain. Hope he Sunday field work went well.
Chris sorry for the rain while you are on vacation.
Drew nice Buick.
Buppies sorry about big toe and no much sleep. prayers sent.
Ted sorry planting went overtime yesterday. Hope pinion tree went well today.
Frits thanks for info on Zaatar Spice. What is it usually used on? Thanks for link
Drew glad RV is clean, hope the garage went ok and you remembered the sweat band.
Frits glad door is working again.
Scotty hope tropical storms rains without too much damage. Good luck with lawn.
rScotty welcome back. Sorry about the cool wet weather.
David hope friend was happy with his time and did well. Neat that you could watch it. Hope mowing was completed.
RS sorry about the rhubarb pie. Sorry lawn is demanding so much time. Hope today's agenda accomplished.
Ken that was one big get together! Wonder why dessert area cleaned up already. Triplets getting big.
RNG it's not what they say, it's what they do that counts. You likely the best offer he had on that house. Good luck with buying a house. Hope the shade side takes the wax ok.
Scott(vt) sorry you did not have better luck with getting motor to work.
RS sorry rain messed with your plans.
Frits neat place, thanks for pics
Mike does that tractor get used? Glad burn pile now smaller.
Ted glad tree came right out. We can't use PW until main irrigation season over.
Kyle I hear you about the gas and grocery prices. Hope the flat track racing was entertaining.
Frits great pic.
Thomas glad puttering went well. Glad Boo not get excited about cheesy crackers.
Drew glad bike done and diner went well. Sorry you got lost.
Dennis glad good worship. Sorry about lunch issues. Nice nap Hope you get more rain.
Drew college friend of mine had a Harley that was made in Italy, 125CC and four speed trannie. He said it was under powered.
Randy(wag) glad you were able to get caught up on sleep. Hope tree trimming and clean up went well.
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.

 

[sodamo]

Mowing all caught up for another couple weeks.