Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Joel nice looking work

Sitting on porch listening to Gino Vanelli great artist

 

[rswyan]

86F and mostly cloudy @ 13:30, which has already exceeded the day's predicted high of 85F.

HI 93F, DP 69F, HU 60% AQI 40.

Calling for variable clouds and scattered strong thunderstorms. Chance of rain 40%. A Tornado Watch was just issued.

Line of showers has formed from up around a little north of Toledo down to just north of Mansfield. Should be here in an hour or so. Local weather folks are already on the tube sounding the warnings, Sandusky getting hammered with heavy hail.

Woman came in the house just a bit ago, says it's hot out.

A-yup.

Showers arrived after my last post late last night, looks like we picked up an additional 1.09" for a grand total of 3.72". Lots of thunder and lightning.

Looks like continued grass mowing as far as the eye can see ...

No big plans on agenda for today, think I will content myself with inspecting the garden ... maybe pick a few of those Hungarian Wax Peppers to go along with the squash and sausage and stake up a few tomato plants that are just propped up on sticks.

Hope everyone is having a decent Saturday ...

 

[sodamo]

More thoughts for Randy, RIP

 

[sodamo]

what else can you flavor lobster with?
something dill and creamy?
mild hot sauce?
lot of lemon used but I need something more than lemon
maybe a lemon dill dressing...

A la natural, good enough for me.
And I don’t really need the extra calories LOL

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Got cloudy over the past few hours, keeping the temps lower for now, only 76°. Hopefully, a storm will form.... nothing showing on radar nearby yet......

Yes, have thought about Randy quite a few times....he went through a lot during the last few years.

Also Roy Jackson. That was sudden.... hope his family is doing ok.

Well, I guess I didn't get off to piddling fast enough.... the wifey joined me on the porch.... and we discussed an addition onto the house.... we had mentioned it in passing, but could never really figure out where it could go.....

Never even considered this spot, off of the kitchen. Nothing really to interfere with, clear, easy access to build, and accommodates exactly what she was looking for.
Basically an additional bedroom for the MIL....

Now I have something to do.... draw plans, engineer said plans, do a materials takeoff, and come up with a cost.

.......I guess my shop expansion is now on the back burner....

 

[Popgadget]

Super Corsair now that is an engine.
Wasp Major. 4360 cubic inches, 3000 horsepower.

That’s 56 spark plugs and you don’t want to know how many gallons of oil.
Variants of it had up to 4300 horsepower.

 

[daugen]

That’s 56 spark plugs and you don’t want to know how many gallons of oil.
Variants of it had up to 4300 horsepower.

I looked up most powerful piston airplane engine
this apparently took the prize but they only made two, not exactly a production engine.
The Lycoming XR-7755 was the largest piston aircraft engine ever built in the United States, with 36 cylinders totaling about 7,750 in³ of displacement and a power output of 5,000 horsepower

Lycoming Engines - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[KilroyJC]

what else can you flavor lobster with?
something dill and creamy?
mild hot sauce?
lot of lemon used but I need something more than lemon
maybe a lemon dill dressing...

Lobster Newburgh FTW!!!!

 

[KilroyJC]

could be fuel line partially plugged. Check it runs freely at the carb

Fuel line is clear.

 

[KilroyJC]

Log Splitter Update:


So I did what any reasonable person would do, after opening up the carb and cleaning everything out and having lousy results:

I drained out half the gas, added a cup of Sea Foam, pulled it and let it round for about 30-40 seconds, and let it die. Then I had lunch, worked on a couple other odds and ends, and came back after about two hours and topped off the gas, it fired right up, ran for almost ten minutes and stalled out. Pulled it again and it ran for 45 minutes without a hiccup.

problem resolved, but not diagnosed…

 

[Popgadget]

I looked up most powerful piston airplane engine
this apparently took the prize but they only made two, not exactly a production engine.

I’ve seen one at the Smithsonian. I think it was the Udvar-Hazy at Dulles, not the Air&Space museum on the Mall downtown.

 

[riptides]

Fuel line is clear.

Air filter? My lawn mower did that. Looked clean...I replaced it and woha...

 

[riptides]

On lobster...at a work location in the middle east.. the local Safeway carried them. They were cheap too. I ate them till I was sick of them. Not kiddling... steak and lobster.. steak and lobster....till blah.. LOL.

Anyone tried Monk Fish?
Supposed to be poor man's lobster. Grilled it a few times.....not bad.

Just sat down from push mower. Wife agrees to get rid of Bush hog in favor of a finishing mower. Guess I will clean it up and post it on marketplace.

 

[Popgadget]

any suggestions?

THANKS!!!!

First guess would be fuel. That engine has a fuel pump that uses crankcase pulses to move a diaphragm to pump fuel, as the tank is lower than the carb.
Pull the line off the carb, and pull the starter, see if it’s pumping (what appears to be enough) fuel.
Second guess would be a sticking valve, to check, remove the rocker cover and push on the rocker to depress the valve, probably have to rotate the engine to get to a position where the valve would seat fully (like TDC on the compression stroke), and measure the lash while you are at it.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Sunday) morning. A frosty overnight Low of -1.6C and it's presently -0.8C (heading to a predicted 12C). It's clear and calm.

Yesterday I finished up the wattle tree 3D puzzle and then the pine tree that was overhanging my roadside fence. Whilst that was happening the 'Mad Agisting Horse Woman' & Daughter dropped by; her to trim her horse's hoofs and the Daughter to go for a ride in the State Forest (which I boarder). I took her out a cup of tea and had a lovely conversation.

Well, I'm off to Church in a few minutes and then the rest of the day is His.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[m7040]

On lobster...at a work location in the middle east.. the local Safeway carried them. They were cheap too. I ate them till I was sick of them. Not kiddling... steak and lobster.. steak and lobster....till blah.. LOL.

Anyone tried Monk Fish?
Supposed to be poor man's lobster. Grilled it a few times.....not bad.

Just sat down from push mower. Wife agrees to get rid of Bush hog in favor of a finishing mower. Guess I will clean it up and post it on marketplace.

On a work assignment. we had house keeper/cook where we could not speak her language and the food was always the same so we flapped our arms to let her know to go get some chicken and gave her some money.
Coming home from work we heard a lot of noise from the basement and discovered it was full of live chickens

 

[Thomas]

Yes, have thought about Randy quite a few times....he went through a lot during the last few years.

Also Roy Jackson. That was sudden.... hope his family is doing ok.

Both gentlemen are top notch!!!

 

[Thomas]

75F clouds slowly rolling rain around 8pm ending around 10pm.

Trimmer got in good work out,under spruces trees al trim,plans was only trim front field areas,more I trim soggy the ground got and decided no way mower could do the job 5 1/2 later done trimming and the back pockets were dragging and still dragging guess I don't have the spring in my steps like I use to.

Plans for the evening...recliner bowl ice cream watch no brainer movie.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[rswyan]

Tornado Watches, Tornado Warnings, Dangerous Thunderstorm Alerts, Destructive Hail Alerts ... we've had it all this afternoon ... including another 1.72" of rain ...

Ground seems to be sucking it up ... but we're due for a break.

Currently 70F with clearing skies to the north @ 19:30. Heading down to 62F for the low overnight. Should be just perfect for the Persied Meteor Showers tonight.

Got a few peppers picked, 2 medium hot block, 2 Hungarian Wax:

Chopped those up + an onion and 2 of the squash:

Cooked the onions and peppers in some bacon grease and a bit of olive oil.

Woman added some minced garlic and fresh tyme + Mrs Dash. Also some tomato ... which I would not have done ... nonetheless it turned out very good. Woman even commented on it ... which is saying something as She's not a big fan of summer squash.

Was surprised at how much the peppers spiced it up. I had checked both types by chewing on a piece of each before cooking and really didn't feel any heat. The finished product definitely had some zip however.

Got the coals ready about the time the Dangerous Thunderstorm Alert arrived, fortunately had moved the grill under the overhang in front of the garage. Wasn't quite able to get my timing right so it was between the storms.

The Hungarian sausage was fantastic !

Complete deluge while they were cooking though (Where there's a grill, there's a way ... )

They were not hot but were very tasty ... having been smoked/cooked over indirect heat with those shagbark hickory chips rather than directly over the coals.

There were 4 sausages and I think we ate 1 1/2 ... so will have enough for another meal again tomorrow.

Woman is over looking in neighbor's son while neighbor is out for dinner.

See if I can find something on the tube until She gets back. May check and see if that last piece of sheet cake might have my name on it ...

Hope everyone had a decent Saturday ...

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

This week we see Springsteen, hope he doesn't gab too much.

I would hope too.

Taking it easy today. Staying out of the heat. Driving home at 5-6pm the last 2 days, my car's accurate temp gage was showing 108F. Might be the highest since I saw 107 last year. No rain in months.

Now we are in stage 5 drought restrictions with our water. Using more than the working wells can supply. My grass is dead, but I believe the Bermuda will come back when we get rains.

Watched Motocross from New Berlin Unadilla track earlier. Now watching Flat Track from Castle Rock TT in WA state.

Hiring 2 new student workers for helpers. The adventure begins. One is a true Freshman, the other starting his sophomore year.

Networking with a friend to see if his company might hire my student worker that finished his last day yesterday. Graduated today. Sad to seem him go, but happy for him.