Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

62F cloudy pop up t storms during the day upper 70's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
While setting on the deck last evening Mrs. tap on picture window pointing under the deck,there was little Boo curl up sound to sleep didn't see hear him approach wasn't there when I enter deck...I guess my back pockets were dragging more than I thought for.

Plans for today...Check game cams,town for critter food,2 sections of pine cones that's fallen need to be clean up rest of the day not sure.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Buppies]

She mows grass with me watching still does mostly ok still careful says it’s her favorite thing to do. Still waiting on toros to get fixed keep old Z as spare

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

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

66.2F going to upper 80s, Partly/Mostly sunny all day.

Yesterday got a little screwed up with splitter woes, but it is much better that I had them at the house and not up at the woodlot. After church we will try heading up there again. I will try starting and running the splitter in the driveway before hitching it up, just to make sure.

While I was letting it run yesterday, I rebuilt the carb on that blower I got two weeks ago. Reinstalled it and it would not start, and after a half-dozen pulls I noticed fuel dripping out of the exhaust… so THAT will need to be revisited… yay…

Harry managed to get into a discussion with the “AS SEEN ON TV” bug screen we installed on our French doors last year, and now the bottom of it needs to be resewn as it got torn and does not close properly.

I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

 

[daugen]

death toll in Hawaii now exceeds California Camp Fire.
nice to hear ex wife and her daughter's family all got out at 2am, evacuated about an hour before the entire block burned down.
thank goodness.
now she is flying back to NJ, not that far from me, where she/we used to live.
Haven't seen her in 25 years.
Very dysfunctional, more than I could handle. So admit I'm a little leery.
I will likely quietly help with a little money.
I'm sure the call will come...and that's ok, not too many folks have their entire town burn down and lose 100 percent of what they owned.
Time to help. But not get ensnared....

 

[daugen]

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/espoma-garden-lime-6-3-4-lb

I'm off to Tractor Supply this morning to get some lawn lime. Researched why my lawn is dying next to the pines.
if you zoom way in on this overhead pic, you can see the dead lawn area at the top left. And another one starting near the septic tank.
All under pine trees.
Like a dead desert. Too acidic.
Small bag covers 100 sf, have a small Scotts spreader I will use.
maybe I should get two bags.........or a bigger bag. Lot of pine trees here.

I had this same thing in NC and didn't research it. Put lawn food down, new grass seed, it all died.
I was told it was some kind of fungus amungus.
I'm thinking I should have tried to raise the PH...

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Guys,
62 to start going to 80 !
Morning rain here but looking west into the mountains, looks like some nice clearing ! Our friends are hoping to get out on the lake today, so hopeful for a pontoon ride later !
Looks like I will be making a nice breakfast for our company shortly !
Eggs, bacon and sausage on the griddle , so kitchen should be smelling good !

While mowing the other day, looked at blue berry bushes, going to need to do some picking !

All have a blessed and safe day !

 

[Buppies]

Drew when we lived in Moneta put 4000 pounds of lime per year still wanted more before a year was up. Very thick grass deep green Southern Lawn Extreme seed developed by VATech

 

[Buppies]

Have a great day Scott

 

[B7510HSD]

Drew have you set your auto RTH altitude? And then update your home point?

 

[daugen]

Drew have you set your auto RTH altitude? And then update your home point?

of course not....
thanks
I'll get into setup a bit more
Return To Home very important to work if I go out over water, or out of sight

 

[daugen]

Buppies, thanks
I'll get the big bag of lime

 

[riptides]

83 outside this AM, heading to mid 90's. 63% humidity. Soaked t-Shirt already just doing morning chores.

Hope all have a great day, try and take it easy. Be safe.

 

[daugen]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/13/business/taylor-swift-food-bank-donations/index.html

I'd call that setting a good example.
So is Oprah in Hawaii.
Both can clearly afford it. Thankfully.

I'm off to try and get in as much trouble as I can at TSC

 

[m7040]

Good morning. 75 going to 87 today no rain

Taking it easy today.
yesterday mounted the brackets for the trimmer but it is too low for the load bed to clear when tipping so will move it up higher

 

[m7040]

Was watching an old movie where you put in 25 cents and the bed vibrates. Remember those when traveling through AZ and NM many years ago

 

[gstrom99]

China bike assy went pretty good. Online video "instructions" are pretty much useless. It must've had a rough trip over, as somewhere it must've flipped over. Engine oil had leaked out all over and the gas cap vent fitting was busted off. It cranked right up, when I was finally done, which was a pleasant surprise.

Raining this morning. Nice, steady shower, which is still needed and a good thing, but that means no Car Show today, though.

Went to daughters for (me) fixing their pontoon boat trailer (master cyl install). Got it in fine, then find the new "Power Bleeder" didn't come with a connector to attache the req'd adapter - each end has male pipe thread fittings. Guess I need to buy (or find in my stash...) a Milton quick connect, to finish the job... The SIL had "fixed" their TV antenna lead (yanked apart by the dog) by just twisting the main co-ax lead together and taping it up. Sigh... I found a spare roll of new coax cable here - hope it's long enuff. She fed me and the dogs and I played with the grandkids. So that is okay.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 59F @ 6:15AM. Partly cloudy. High near 75F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.

Glad everything's OK in Paradise, David.

Got a bunch of catching up to do here, not likely to happen, though. It's been non-stop since we did the final walk through on the new home Friday morning. Getting the van unpacked, sorting through the boxes to get a kitchen setup, grocery shopping. Then starting electricity, natural gas, water, internet, etc. Not sure if sewer is included in water, guess I'd better check on that.

Got a scare late Friday afternoon while we were checking out the hot tub. A noise that at first sounded like wooshing water, that kinda blended in with the jet pumps from the tub. But it kept getting louder and louder, louder than a person can shout. It was a jet of some type, at pretty low altitude, likely a fighter of some sort. Not long after that, we saw a very large borate bomber no more than 100' over the house, heading east to a wildfire about 100 miles away. I knew there was an airport a mile or so away, and that the house was under the flight path of the main runway, so it's no surprise to see air traffic overhead. It doesn't have any major airlines running out of there, so I figured there wouldn't be any jet traffic. But apparently the military does touch-n-goes there, and it's a refueling/reloading base for CalFire's air fleet. So I'll get some noise during the day, and fingers crossed it'll be quiet overnight. So far it has.

Still need to get a carpet cleaner in, and start on fixing the various shortcomings identified by the building and termite inspections. Also need to track down a copy of the home warranty, as the microwave/fan unit over the gas range isn't working, and the refrigerator is making ominous noises. I've managed to track down the maker of the hot tub, but they don't list this model in their tech support section, so I'll need to call them Monday.

The patio has a table with a propane fire pit that's been nice to sit around in the evenings, and I've already met several of the neighbors. They seem like very nice people, two are gearheads, so things are looking good there.

Today I'm taking some R&R to do some hiking with my buddy and the dog, dropping by some local parks to see which are dog friendly. Too much fixin' and paperwork make RNG a dull boy.

Hope all of you are doing well, and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Beautiful job on the basement, James.

Mind sharing what sort of finish you used on the butcher block counter tops? The ones here don't seem to have much of anything on them and need some attention...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Popgadget, that is a sturdy Milwaukee drill with I am sure lots of torque. I have two of the longer version right angle drills that also have lots of torque but being longer easier to control

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Last time I saw it, the drill out in the garage looks very much like these, Fritz. And now I remember how much torque it generates. Enough to rip it out of my hands when it got stuck on a nail...

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 77 going up to 87 and sunny.
Got caught in a downpour and heavy flooding yesterday while on my way back from the hardware store. Got home and >1" in about 15 minutes.
Last night heavy winds, fig tree bashing against the window, that has never happened before!
Power still on though, will need to look later for damage.

Chimney fix seems to be holding and no leaks so far!

Other headlight went out in jeep, not warning on that one, will replace today and hope it's only the bulb. Still takes time and is a bit painful as located between a lot of stuff and not really visible.

For me being severely lactose intolerant, butter is not a thing. a drop of crab seasoning or a touch of franks red hot works for me. I can't eat seafood in most places as people have forgotten the simple grilling with olive oil (good oil!) oregano and lemon like the greeks do it.

Rip - used to go to a Korean place in Queens NY where they prepared Monk fish in a really spicy sauce. I miss that place, was by my Grandma's.

Hope your friend is ok Wngsprd and they get the tumor clean out.

Got some holes drilled , but did not have a small enough hole saw bit, wanted to go to 3/4" since this will only be a one wire run until it crosses over the basement. Got a few holes done before we needed to take off, late night picking up a kid from one of his friends off to college parties.

Tomato worms, think I got them all, Thankfully got a good supply from Drew earlier on, getting some but heavy rains split them and the worms got a few leaves.

RNG - good to see the house coming together. Always fits and starts, but knowing you it'll be even more amazing soon.

With all the tornado warning and wind lashing, a bit tired and getting a late start.

Be well,

Babies getting bigger

Mom staying out of the sun