Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

speaking of rain, this is not appealing.
looks like I have to drive in this to OBX on Friday
looks like a serious downpour
at least it's not a hurricane

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guess I'd better enjoy the dry weather until then

 

[Buppies]

51 high of 80 today paver in shop waiting on parts $175 dollars per hour labor rate money is worth less and less every day

Skin cancer removal November 6 very long wait this one’s on cheek. Still nothing from primary doctor on lesion on parathyroid sign of the times. Still weak tired

sounds like everyone is busy time to get up and attom atom ant

Prayers for all our Country

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

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

52.9F going to mid 70s, partly/mostly sunny all day.

admin runs went well, including stop at a thrift that relocated to an inconvenient location that we happened to be near. 50% off day plus some other specials. Got a half-dozen articles of clothing for a buck, a snow shovel for $3, and a large green Tupperware dough bowl with lid identical to one my grandmother had for $2. Minor puttering around house followed, did not go up to woodlot.

today starts off with dropping Harry off for a couple days of boarding for a few days as Mom will be staying over for a few days, hen Bailey goes to vet for blood work prior to dental cleaning (due to anaesthetia) next week, then I get to go to follow up at periodontist.

after that, the wood I split yesterday morning needs to be stacked.

I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

 

[Thomas]

50F clear sky low 60's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Today plans...2 spots in town for critter food,if ground firm enough tractor use try remove half bucket size quarts rock with gold color lines,and place driveway edge....than see what rest of the day offers.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good evening all. 68ºF for the start, overcast, and light breeze. Moderate wind with brisk gusts, Overcast with some light rain at times, and high temp was 85ºF, HI 89ºF. Putter in morning, bike ride, wind made it harder . Trip to town for lunch and groceries. Nap on return, then fixed light timer again, light is on now I think ants are studying the insulating properties of electrocuted ants, I wish they would stop.
Ron glad clean up on the garden pond was good. Hope mowing went well. Nice pic, again
Buppies hope you get you rain and paver repaired. prayers sent.
Billy glad you had nice hike. How did he sound? Hope fluid an filter change went well and you found a non-flammable solvent, none come to mind. Hope dentist visit non event.
Thomas sorry more rain, hope work went well.
Mike sorry about cost issues on milk house especially hook up to septic line. Is it really worth it at this point to take down wall and move electric? Hope repairs on MX are kinder.
Drew hope good trip on today's leg. Would like to hear what is better than Starlink.
Kilroy nice scarecrow pics. Hope you can make enough rack space for wood. Does Mrs know you posted that pic?
Ken hope installer did good work.
Scott(vt) hope CDL hazmat test goes well. Hope hose replacement is successful.
Don sorry fall over, we are hanging around 90, some rain in forecast. Sorry to hear neighbor lost out to ex-Californians. Hope probate work progresses.
Frits Yes it is sad that some people treat others not in the manner they wish to be treated. Hope grocery pickup went smooth.
Mike sorry to hear all that going on near you. In Ozarks dogs running around live stock get shot.
Newbury amazing neighbor.
Dennis glad your current neighbors are good.
Chris hope you got to mow. Real Estate is always weird, now it is weirder than typical.
Mark hope all is going well.
David hope they figure out if low BP is an on-going issue. Glad HH also success.
Drew glad drive went well. Hope RV washing is successful.
Dennis sorry you had to waste a morning fixing paperwork Not good news on amplifier. Glad WiFi calling works as an alternative.
Drew great pics.
David glad you got drone back with damage to you
Scott(t) congrats on hose find!
Kilroy 5 head milkshake maker, something you don't see every day.
Drew 2 more neat pics
Thomas a little of shooting the messenger(delivery guy)? Glad you were able to clean critter feed area.
Drew don't forget the propane!
Randy(wag) sorry weather guessers were right. Hope not too much damage, and town run 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.

No she doesn’t

 

[KilroyJC]

58 going to 81. Another nice day.

Great nuthatch shot, Ron. Could you see the aurora last night?

Kilroy, Franklin seems like a real nice town. Scarecrows look cool. Looks like a fun restaurant.

Dentist appointment went well. Then over to hardware store and sub shop and home to work on zero turn.

Draining the hydraulic fluid from the 3 ports and canister filter went well, but getting the strainer loose was a job...finally dragged out the air compressor and impact wrench...the strainer is about 6 inches long, built onto a 26mm nut with an o-ring. Just couldn't get good leverage in such a tight area otherwise. Glad I cleaned it, though...lots of strange material on it...not metallic. It took an hour just for the fluid refill to slowly flow into the nooks and crannies...7.5 liters...I poured one liter at a time, then began cleaning up tools while each settled. Finished at sunset, just in time to help my wife unload groceries from a Costco run.

Franklin is a pretty good location, just far enough away from places like Asheville and Atlanta to not really be overly contaminated with stupidity yet not ridiculously far from all sorts of interesting places—- I tell people that “everything is equally inconvenient”.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 49 going up to 76 and sun is coming up.
We have heat!

Got a call earlier, the installer is looking to subcontract out the removal of the Tarm so who knows when it will leave, certainly seems like it will be around for a few days :-(

Went to remove leafs in skimmer, garter snake in there got upset, luckily I didn't just put my hand in, got most of the leafs out, will relocate snake if still in there today, tight space to grab a snake.

Be well,

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
47 when I woke up, it already 53 on the way to 70 under a cloudless sky.

Yesterday was about the same weather, started with breakfast with the professor, wife and daughter joined us. After that it was clean up outside, trim beds, open up the blind corner in the lane a bit so you can see what’s coming the other way before impact. All in preparation for my wife’s farm open house this weekend. Got the signs up down at the road.
Got the ceiling back together and painted in the dining room.

Before-

And after-

Today will be a Costco run and mowing. A little computer time before the Costco run.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning PopG,
Very nice repair on the ceiling!!

 

[Buppies]

Scotty who do you push snow for if I may ask. I did a lot of that for VDOT in the 80s up to 2009. Used single axle f650 with 10 foot valk blade.

Glad you have heat Ken do not like snakes

 

[m7040]

Good morning, 60 going to 76 lovely morning

Walked Cody and made coffee. Cody watching intently because next step is filling his bowl with dog food and then a snack of cold cucumbers (his best)

Picked up groceries yesterday and checked on supplies to get ready for 200,000 mile service on the van. Looks like I have the 15 quarts of engine oil but two different brands. Don't like to mix brands but they are both Mercedes Benz spec oils. Transmission oil and filters are in inventory. Fresh brake fluids in accordance with the super DOT 4 spec on hand also

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good morning!!!! 66° at 8:15 AM.Cloudy skies this morning will become partly cloudy this afternoon. High near 70F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.

Got an email from AT&T yesterday alerting me to power shut off’s over the weekend. The usual deal with low humidity and Highwinds. Glad I won’t be there for it.

Got the ceiling in the living room mostly washed and decided it needed more work than I was capable of. Had a drywall guy in for a quote yesterday afternoon and have two more coming today. Ceiling and wall need smoothing and patching and texture. Not gonna like the size of that bill.

Got a couple more security cams mounted. Not very impressed with night IR capabilities, so trying to figure out how to put floodlights on motion sensors. Have a replacement camera on the way as one showed up dead in the last order. They are supposed to be guaranteed for life and I wonder who’s life?

It turns out the new house is in the flight path of the local airport. I knew that, but didn’t realize it was a popular hub for military aircraft to practice touch & goes and such. Very noisy during the day, but so far has stayed quiet at night when it matters, yeah, I know, it’s the sound of freedom ha ha. Anyway, a pair of these crossbreed airplanes were hanging around yesterday afternoon. They sound like big helicopters but fly like an airplane.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

RNG, those are Osprey's...... watch out for them falling out of the sky......not a good history of them crashing. Yes, they are noisy. We are also in the flight path of the military coming out of Kirtland AFB.
Usually we can 'feel' them coming about 10-15 miles away..... Sounds and feels like a squadron of Chinooks!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Running into town this morning for more materials. Apparently I missed counting a couple of items in my take-off. No big deal, just mad at myself for not getting them on the "shopping list".

We are all set to start framing, unfortunately the forecast is predicting periods of heavy rain overnight tonight.....
When it's predicted to rain at night.... well that usually actually happens! At least we're ready to go.....

Went down to 46° last night. Tomorrow night is forecast to go down to 43°. Highs the rest of the week in the high 70's. I'm liking it......

I 'll check in occasionally, but follow along mostly..... gonna be busy for sure!

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning all, the temperature was right around freezing this morning in North Bay, ON. Got up at midnight and started the truck. Today was a non-eventful day, I am at home for a couple of days off. There is a 1/2 gallon of Kaluaha waiting for me to get done cutting the grass.
Got into an accident on Sept 2. The other guy was charged with careless driving (he admitted to the cop that he fell asleep, that is an automatic careless driving charge). Did about $50,000.oo damage to the trailers, no damage to the tanks (was loaded), wrote his suv off and only got a bump on his head. He refused treatment. I cannot post the pictures as they have the company logo in them. Physically I am fine, but a little gun shy now.
I'll get drunk tonight and that will be the end of that.

 

[kenmbz]

L4N - welcome back. Glad you weren't hurt.
Not how your supposed to end the summer..

 

[sodamo]

69°F and .25 inches rain

Yesterday’s piddling around didn’t quite happen.

My friend, Keith, received his new Lithium batteries for his solar system. Theses are wall mounted units, 308lbs each. It would be quite the challenge for him and his wife to get mounted. I volunteered, loaded up my hydraulic lift table and went over. Keith has a tractor and forks, but no way I could envision just lifting into position.

What I anticipated as a few hour job took rest of the day. Seems the only prep. He had done was a vague idea where to mount. Batteries were still on his pu.

But we got them mounted and I got home during the evening news. Keith is an electrical engineer with a career with a power coop. He will get them wired up today with the proprietary cables and whatever custom mods to his existing system

I did get a pic

If wx cooperates I should get started next round of mowing today but overcast as I type.

Coffee first

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[daugen]

Bill, good to hear from you. Glad you are ok from accident.

easy drive down to washington nc. stopped at old home on the way, took the drone up at my neighbor's house, they were both at work, but coming for dinner tonight, and got some pics of his farm fields and my old house.
Oh my.
they moved the raised gardens to inside the fruit orchard and put a swimming pool in that area. Then they seem to be building some contraption in the orchard. can anyone guess at its purpose, based on poor rez? looks like some of the apple trees are gone

 

[sodamo]

Excellent work, Paul as always

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good afternoon
My dentist cleaning went well yesterday. Probably the best cleaning I’ve ever gotten. Course the usual nagging went along with it.
Got another ton of wood pellets this morning while truck cover is off. Little closer place, and saved $.50 on a ton, wahoo. Called different place, they were $20 more. Now I have almost 3 tons which should last 2 winters. Stocked up my porch box with 14 bags. Need to clean stove pipe yet.
Need to install outside air intake.
Might do Costco run yet today.
2 helicopters flying south again, boy they sure fly up there a lot.