Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

Around here it has to be 50 A

I actually just ordered a ChargePoint 50 amp charging station. When I built the house 40 years ago, I ran a piece of 6/3 from the unity room in the basement to the garage, so I figured I shouldn’t let it go to waste, as I also had a 50 amp two pole breaker to fit my panel on the shelf.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
a very pleasant 69 out now going up to 77 in sunshine.
sure doesn't get much better than that, and if the wind stays at 12mph as they predict, it should be a fun day for both kites and the camera drone.

seems odd to sit here quietly, without wind noise, jiggling around.
was jiggling so much at one point not only did it remind me of a boat, but also of the Amtrak on bad track going to florida. Constant jiggling.

folks next door brought a smoker and invited me over for dinner tonight.
that was sure nice of them. We met after my bike helmet blew off the bike and rolled over to his site. Two very long time buddies, both with 42 foot giant fifth wheel trailers, pulled by giant trucks. And they like to drive fast, extolling how they pulled their rigs at 75mph.

boy did I keep my mouth shut on that one. Too much testosterone I guess, couple of Virginia guys with big tires and big attitudes.
I think it was mostly guy talk. I just nod and smile and think better you than me friend. And the one guy told the other friend one of his tires was getting really worn. Yeah baby, let's go 80mph on that one.

beach cart is going to get a workout today.
finally a nice day to enjoy this very pretty part of NC

like Kilroy and others, I grew up on LBI but now I drive all the way
to NC to OBX. funny how over the years those beaches have gotten those acronyms as standard. On a million bumper stickers reliving good memories I guess. Actually there are very few rv places near shore in NJ, and nothing near the beach. Nothing near water in Cape May or places I'd want to go. Probably up in the n/w mountains there are nice places but I have that half an hour away from home at a nearby lake.

there is an rv place right near the statue of liberty surprisingly.
driving there, from experience, is a real headache going through some truly ugly industrial real estate in Bayonne area. I surely do understand why Kilroy moved to get cleaner air.

this is too long, sorry. good coffee...

 

[m7040]

good morning, 59 going to 65 and raining much needed

Not much on the agenda today other than staying dry

Mostly, Gov employees will be paid after the shutdown ends. Essential employees will work without pay until it ends

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

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

49.4F going to upper 70s, partly/mostly sunny.

Harry was ecstatic to be picked up, finished a big bowl of food and promptly went to bed. Ball of energy this morning…

Church, then trip to woodlot without dogs, with the splitter, to try and finish up the last of that pile of firewood (or as much as possible) so it can start being transported home for stacking. While Mrs is running splitter, I will do final grading for where the carport will be attached to the back of the shed, so that the excavator has a good home for the winter.

I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

 

[KilroyJC]

good morning all
a very pleasant 69 out now going up to 77 in sunshine.
sure doesn't get much better than that, and if the wind stays at 12mph as they predict, it should be a fun day for both kites and the camera drone.

seems odd to sit here quietly, without wind noise, jiggling around.
was jiggling so much at one point not only did it remind me of a boat, but also of the Amtrak on bad track going to florida. Constant jiggling.

folks next door brought a smoker and invited me over for dinner tonight.
that was sure nice of them. We met after my bike helmet blew off the bike and rolled over to his site. Two very long time buddies, both with 42 foot giant fifth wheel trailers, pulled by giant trucks. And they like to drive fast, extolling how they pulled their rigs at 75mph.

boy did I keep my mouth shut on that one. Too much testosterone I guess, couple of Virginia guys with big tires and big attitudes.
I think it was mostly guy talk. I just nod and smile and think better you than me friend. And the one guy told the other friend one of his tires was getting really worn. Yeah baby, let's go 80mph on that one.

beach cart is going to get a workout today.
finally a nice day to enjoy this very pretty part of NC

like Kilroy and others, I grew up on LBI but now I drive all the way
to NC to OBX. funny how over the years those beaches have gotten those acronyms as standard. On a million bumper stickers reliving good memories I guess. Actually there are very few rv places near shore in NJ, and nothing near the beach. Nothing near water in Cape May or places I'd want to go. Probably up in the n/w mountains there are nice places but I have that half an hour away from home at a nearby lake.

there is an rv place right near the statue of liberty surprisingly.
driving there, from experience, is a real headache going through some truly ugly industrial real estate in Bayonne area. I surely do understand why Kilroy moved to get cleaner air.

this is too long, sorry. good coffee...

Among the many factors fueling the decision to abandon the land of my birth, the gritty harsh scenery and air quality are down on the list of reasons.

i used to joke that the air in the mountains was too clean and I had to lock myself in the shed and run my chainsaw for ten minutes so I wouldn’t go into withdrawal…

 

[wngsprd]

63 and misty, going to 69. Rainfall ended up a bit over 4.5 inches from Ophelia.

Check, real nice...real nice.

Lou, cool that you got a couple of pulls. Nice looking track/stadium.

We mostly stayed inside during the rain and wind yesterday...a little walk during a lull...watched an old funny Adam Sandler movie.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! Summer's back! 78˚F heading to 102˚. Heat advisory has been issued the 1st day of Fall heat index up to 110˚.

Railings installed, only one trip to hardware store for sheetrock anchor bolts. It was too hot to mow the yard yesterday and today is a no go also. They should make a small electric riding mower with an A/C cab.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

57° with light drizzle
Rained a lot last evening, a local weather station reported 2.4”. Almost that at home also.
Most of it is over here. It looks to be pulling away from here, but might get a little yet.
Going to worship in a bit.

 

[Thomas]

55F cloudy low 60's for high chance of quick passing showers.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today,sharpen blades on mower,,,darn those pine cones ,might trim under under blue spruces,waatch some football all before dinner.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good morning. A balmy 78F and humid this morning. Record heat yesterday over 100F. Have to say it felt "normal", although I stayed mostly indoors until the evening.

Glad that at least the storm brought some needed rains to the eastern coast.

Son got to go to the Aggie football game yesterday. Packed house the radio guys said. Brutal heat too. A&M has 3 deep depth on both O and D lines this year. That's a good thing for hot days like yesterday. The defense played better than they did against Miami (where their great QB picked us apart).

Headed to different church early to get in some Bible study. We are going to a different church about 20 minutes away that a dear friend has become their pastor. It is not necessarily a long term solution. Pastor at our old church, not being what my wife and I feel what a pastor should be. We have had youth on Wednesday nights for like forever, now he announces to have youth confirmation on Wednesdays (which takes kids away from our program). We moved youth night to Mondays, only to be told that Mondays are used by the Trail Life group. Well, our friend called the Trail Life people and asked if they are using that building, and they said "no, they are using the other fellowship building". Pastor was told this, and he relented. Our youth night is our church's best outreach, getting kids to come that don't have a church or a family that takes them to church. Pastor was asked "Why don't you have youth confirmation after Sunday's service at 10 am - noon" He said that won't work for his wife. So, his wife is a great person but I just am wondering if the Pastor knows my wife and I are unhappy with him and trying everything to subterfuge anything we do with the church? My wife won't let our son go to his confirmation classes. I take communion in the other line. Sad.

check, Ron, beautiful photos. Thank you.

Lou, looks like you had the weights just about perfect. Nice wheelie at the end with a soft let down.

PopG, the literature says the Advanced model has a really premium sound system. I hope you enjoy it.

Mostly, a frozen micrometer? What do you use it on spokes for? I found a cheapie old micrometer at work frozen. I would swear the threads are galled or fully rusted internally. I can't get it to budge by hand. Next attempt will be tightening it in a collet to try and break it free.

David, nice mower. Considering it's already right there on the island, someone had to pay shipping. So the price must have fit the need.

Ron, hope you got a good fridge. I shopped for the simplest model, to avoid circuit boards and such. So far, so good. How old was your old one?

Hope and prayers for our team, our United States of America, and for Ukraine. I may have heard something about Zelensky fired many of his top military leaders. I wonder if it is due to corruption or lack of motivation, effectiveness, or what?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

My crazy neighbor just fired off a bunch of shots with what sounds like AR15 at close to midnight. Who does that at this time "target shooting" or just wake up the neighborhood?

Sounds like your crazy neighbor is retaliating you’re dumping his rocks back on his property. Consider reporting the incident to law-enforcement. If he keeps doing it, keep reporting it so as to establish a pattern. With enough of that, you’ll be able to file a formal complaint that will lead to fines he will have to pay Worst case, you can sue him for creating a nuisance. Unfortunately, that seems to be the only thing some people understand.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 62 going up to 66 and rainy, almost 2" so far, so not too bad.
Heard another tree crash in neighbors area, most of my dead ones are still standing :-(

Trip to HD to pick up 1x3 was slightly problematic. fitting 10 down the center, easy.
Fitting 20 more at an angle with front passenger seat forward and tilted, about 1/2" short.
Who designs these things, had to angle the whole mess up to fit.
But all done and in the garage and ready, 30 strips, $60 .....

Did more cleanup and rearranging in the garage and finally mounted the conduit and box for the min split on the wall.
Will need to start removing the other outlets to sheetrock and then reattach. Slow but steady.

Work went fine yesterday, and hour delay till I got to go out, but not too bad.

Kyle - happy birthday to the wife!. Scorpions , prefer the spiders we have here.

Will see to getting some more sheetrock up today. Need to rearrange more stuff.
Wife keeps buying, most of it just taking up room, anyone need 4or5 hundred halloween and Christmas decorations.....

Need to get more leafs out of pool, closing next week, too many other things going on to do it this week with tests and procedures.

Be well,

 

[Buppies]

56 high of 78 today bright sunshine. Nice rain yesterday 2 inches pond came up some but not too much. Think we lost most of our fish.

Happy belated birthday to wife Kyle sorry about church woes. Nice picture check, nice video Lou, glad you are having fun BEF, hope day on beach is fun Drew, sorry about neighbor m7040.

we watched a lot of football ate Mexican not sure about today

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[Buppies]

Good luck with tests and procedures Ken hope all goes well. Know about clutter I’m king

 

[Buppies]

RNG hope your new home is all you wanted and them some.

Nice find on Scag they are highly rated mowers mow very well and ride is good

 

[KilroyJC]

Who designs these things, had to angle the whole mess up to fit.

one of the non-negotiables for my vehicle selection is the ability to handle a 4xn sheet of material between the wheelwells.

About a decade or so ago, in one of the earlier run-ins with my SIL, we were picking up a glass front/sides wood display case with mirrored back, 4’ wide, 7’ tall, 16” deep from wife’s brother’s house. I had my ‘or Caprice wagon at that time. I had a camping air mattress and layers of cardboard and everything ready to go.

SIL insisted I would have to rent a IHaul to move it, it would never fit in my car because it was too wide to fit in her Ford Expedition.

not only did it fit just fine width-wise, but with the rear seat down it fit lengthwise with the rear door shut, too.

Just the first of several incidents that endeared me oh-so much to my “always right” SIL.

But yeah - the dimensions the design these vehicles at are just non-sensical for practical usage by anyone who is any sort of DIYer…

 

[scott_vt]

Lots of heavy rain this evening. Large puddles of standing water everywhere. We spent evening in our friends camper. They had a family they knew from the area stop by for supper, and we solved all the worlds problems.

BEF, I love nights like that, when we can solve all the problems sitting around the dinner table !

I think it was mostly guy talk. I just nod and smile and think better you than me friend. And the one guy told the other friend one of his tires was getting really worn. Yeah baby, let's go 80mph on that one.

Drew, I love your sense of humor !! Although I would be thinking just like you on that one ! Very seldom am I ever driving over 70 even on the interstate ! And that not pulling anything ! Just wouldnt feel safe !

Good Morning Guys,
Ct, 56 to start going to 64 ! More rain than yesterday, so it looks like an indoor kind of day, maybe some TBN and football later !

Went to church for the 8am service, got there and they had run out of the mislets to follow the service, so it was a bit tough trying to follow along without one ! Spoke to our pastor after the service and brought it to her attention ! She was apologetic and said she would look into it ! One of our parishioners gave the sermon on suicide and mental health issues that we all face today ! I went up to him after the service and thanked him, he did a beautiful job with it IMO !

All have a blessed and safe day !

 

[check]

Good morning all. Glad you guys liked the pictures of the leaves changing. I will post that same shot again and maybe a week or two, and you won’t believe how lovely it will look!

Went to pick up 25 sheets of OSB yesterday for finishing the basement back rooms. That is a lot of work ahead of me! Fortunately, I have a very productive helper.

As soon as we get the walls up, we will put that DryBarrier and vinyl flooring in, and then that room can be set up as a fourth bedroom. The family is vying for bunkbeds in there, and we have been looking at some very interesting ones that have a queen on the lower level and a double or even a queen on the upper level. I even saw some really interesting ones that had a little set of stairs at the end of the bed going up to the second level. Really like that idea! (Never did like the idea of someone having to climb a ladder to get up to the second bunk.)

Have a great day everybody! It’s nice and sunny up here and we’re not getting any rain for the next few days, which is fine with me.

And Yogi, it was nice and warm, but not sweltering hot up here this summer, and the nights were very moderate. It made for a great summer!

 

[daugen]

Check, hope your back is ok, bet your family will be happy when you are done.

I had a fun morning, with a few setbacks.
first kite would not fly worth beans. Kept crashing.
old guy watching me, came over, said he wondered if he could help me, suggested I retie the line to another part of kite, which of course was where it belonged, and I kidded him about having an aeronautical engineering degree. He laughed and said no, just flew a lot of kits and recognized mine.

kite promptly leaped up in the air.
thanks to my new kind friend

then I put the second kite up and tied the first one off to a heavy duty sand auger. Second one fun, an octopus and flew that for awhile.
Getting tired so thinking of bringing that in and looked over at other kite.
no kite.
where did it go.
sand auger still there, no kite, no fancy line with reel, but
there it was
way, way out there, going up up up and out out out, headed for Spain, dragging the whole spool of line with it. Oh well. Didn't tie it down well enough obviously. Made sure second kite well secured, then went to take drone pics. No card in camera. I am so consistent....

so back I went and got the memory card and came back out and took some pics at beach, but not of kite. And then some of campground going up pretty high.

done a lot of walking, need to rest, and can't take any more sun anyway. Plus I want to take a long hot shower and get the sun tan lotion off me.

 

[sodamo]

Good morning. 69°F and .48 inches rain.

A mighty day ahead

I might watch some football.
I might finishing mowing the Hilo section.
I might start mowing the interior area.
I might just take an energy conservation day.
I might just enjoy my coffee and take rest of the day as it comes.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day