Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Dennis, I bet those tomatoes were scooped right up at church.
every day is an opportunity for kindness

half got taken. We took a peck.

 

[PJSprog]

Another tragic Marine Corp Osprey crash, training in Aussie land. Prayers for the families of those lost, and for the injured to heal. I would NOT join the Marine Corp right now, if I knew I was going to have to fly on an Osprey.

Friend I grew up with just retired a few years ago (Master Gunnery Sergeant), elected to spend his last two years of active duty in an Osprey. When he said he was doing it, my reply was, "On purpose?!" He loved it, but acknowledged that they have some issues. One failure left them stranded at a small town airport for about a week until a replacement part could get there. Said the town's people found out why they were there, and brought the crew home-cooked meals every day.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

A feeble attempt at getting pics of the hummingbirds..... was able to get one sitting on the feeder when another is landing.... the rest of 'em were too busy fighting.....
Entertaining for sure.

I need to get a new digital SLR camera. My 35mm is waaay outdated...... I don't even know if I can get film for it anymore. Then the development.....

 

[sodamo]

70°F and .28 inches rain

Old military guys luncheon a big success
The CIA program was excellent. John is an active writer on the subject. The Island Intelligencer | J.P. Atwell | Substack. If interested.
My grilled chicken proved very popular. Of 10 pounds prepared I have enough left for a light lunch. Lots of kudos from wives that I accomplished hosting without Sophie.

Need to investigate hot tub today - no power. Hope something simple.

Likely make a run into town later to brewery and HD

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good worship, and our lunch spot is open again. Good ole Tony is back from Italy.
I need to remember to buy E0 gas when in VA. None near me.

 

[daugen]

Need to investigate hot tub today - no power. Hope something simple.

Me too. Of course mine is unplugged...

mowed the lawn and checked air in rv tire. Down five pounds more than others.
think I still may have a slow leak in the valve extension. I'll watch it for another couple days.
fired up rv gen, let it run fifteen minutes with a/c on, both worked fine.

planning on energy conservation rest of day.

 

[wngsprd]

...the ember storm that swept through Paradise, and the fire tornado that almost took out all of Redding, CA, left very few homes standing like that one in Hawaii. And even if your home doesn't burn down, you still have to live with the smoke while it's burning everyone else's home.

The California, Hawaii, Canada (and other) fires have been a terrible thing, especially for folks living there like you and for those downwind.

No consolation, but the good news is that globally, wildfires have been trending down over the last 2 decades...down 35% from 20 years ago. NASA data shows a new record low for 2022, the last year with complete data.

 

[wngsprd]

Good worship, and our lunch spot is open again. Good ole Tony is back from Italy.
I need to remember to buy E0 gas when in VA. None near me.

Maybe he brought back some new family recipes.

 

[kenmbz]

Power run to the garage is finally complete. Only have about 10' of wire left from the 100'.
Now to shop for Oil burners, and of course get everything cleaned up.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, isn't California extra tough on those regs?

It's just plain crazy, Drew. A while back they stopped allowing people to register Diesel trucks over a certain age. Earlier this year they outlawed sales of new devices that use small gas engines, like string trimmers and blowers. Trying to force everyone to go with electric/battery power.

Even crazier, last summer they issued alerts asking people not to charge their electric cars in the afternoon and evening because the grid wouldn't support it. Yet they still want to limit sales of gas engined vehicles.

For the brand new RAM van I just bought, I had to have it smog tested here in Kalifornia, even though it meets emissions regs in all 50 states. Sez so right on the sticker.

The inmates are clearly in charge of the asylum.