Good morning!!!!

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning
55 and going to the upper 70’s under a clear sky.

Yesterday started with driving to the airport for a trip to New Hampshire in the new Prius. It made the 33 mile drive as an EV, I’m still figuring all the systems out.
I plugged it in to a 120v outlet at the airport while I went off on the trip. It was fully charged when I got back. It drives the same on battery as it does when it did when I picked it up without enough charge to run in EV mode, and ran on gas for the ride home.

The trip was uneventful, the tops of the clouds were low, this was at 3000 feet. Some weather over Long Island and Cape Cod, but we were over it at 31,000 feet.

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Made the usual stop at Mission BBQ for lunch, had some excellent Chicken. The goal for the ride home was to try out the radar cruise control on the turnpike, adjust the volume for the GPS prompts and find the tone controls for the JBL stereo. Pleased to say that I achieved them all. Now I know why Drew wanted adaptive cruise control. I set it for 73, was behind someone doing 55, and it followed them at a very safe distance.
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When I moved over into a lane that was going faster, it sped up to 73, and slowed down nicely to follow traffic on the off-ramp. The spacing is adjustable,that was set at the maximum follow distance. A lot more to learn, but I like it a lot.

When I got home son and his family were there flying model airplanes, grandson was in the barn helping his grandmother, Zoe was enjoying the outdoors as well.

I visited with them, but didn’t do much else than study the manuals and figure more Prius stuff out.

Today will start with going over to my friend’s hangar (he recently passed away at 67 from a massive heart attack) to sell some of his equipment for his widow. I have an agreement on the plane that is in there, the goal is to out of the hangar by the end of the month. Also have to take his grandson up in the plane before it sells.

Probably go over to the RC field after lunch, not much else planned. Today is my birthday, we will all get together for dinner, but not today.

Happy Hatch Day!

 

[m7040]

good morning, 56 going to 79 looks to be nice day

The wasp infection is getting somewhat under control with the dusting

Plan to mow a couple of areas and pick up branches and sticks

Happy birthday popgadget

Congratulation David on 40 years

 

[Buppies]

Glad you are getting bees under control m7040

 

[riptides]

55 outside this AM, may touch 80 today. 93% humidity.

Spent most of the day yesterday working on Milk House gable area and roof of walk-in area that is now enclosed between Barn and Milk House. Roof metal was bent up against gable side outside of siding. Today it is remove some more siding, clean up attic, remove some more pipes (heavy and long, 36 feet plus). I'll see if I can cover it up with foam board after I beat the metal into submission.

Nothing else on the agenda.

Belated congrats to those celebrating birthdays and anniversary's.

Hope all have a productive day. Be safe. Get or stay healthy to those in need.

 

[daugen]

happy birthday Paul, too bad you are getting old, like the rest of us

Kilroy, homemade meatballs and red sauce, yum, yum, yum
nice thing about meatballs is you can make them a lot of different ways.
I'm sure Don makes his with jackfruit.
I like to use a little ground lamb in mine.

I bet they would be yummy with some of Popgadget's brisket mixed in.

bright blue sky, sun is out, going to be a very nice day.
As Captain Picard would say
make it so

 

[check]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! To Mr and Mrs Sodamo. Hope you enjoy many more together.

Kyle, that's a nice 'pond'..... more like small lake! How deep is it?

Drew, the wifey says the mums are beautiful! ..... now your giving her ideas and possibly more work for me!

Got the new deck almost done.... just the deck. Tomorrow will get to start staining the open rafters for the roof. Hopefully will get some put up.
But, need to do 3 posts and a beam for them to rest on first.....

Just keep chipping away at it..... I can't believe how much of a setback the knee has caused me.... just a few years ago, I would have been done already. That's ok, I really enjoy building, this slow pace has taken my enjoyment level to another level!......

Hope everyone has a nice evening!

Ls, How long has the recovery it been since your knee replacement surgery? And how long did the pain last? I think I’m going to have to do it myself, but I hear conflicting reports how long the pain lasted how long you are out of commission

 

[check]

Good morning all. Coffe just finished cooking. Time to pour out!

Had a nice evening watching the sunset on the balcony in town last night, and the daughter made tacos for us. (She just loves to cook.)

Back up north tomorrow, and will be finishing the rest of the final floor in the basement bedroom. That will be it! No, I was with pink painted, and then we can move furniture again.

Had to remember to order the turkey for this weekend. I LOVE turkey!

Got a new five minute half inch Ryobi battery operated saw yesterday, and also picked up a battery. Operated pressure washer. Will be interesting to see how the pressure washer does on cleaning the pontoons on the pontoon boat when we take it out next weekend.

Have a great day, everybody!

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Guys ,
54 to start going to 75 with sunny skies, something different for a change !

LS and Check, thanks for the beautiful sky shots today !

PopG, Happy Birthday !

I have to share this shot of my two grandsons going to see the movie
Paw Patrol ! They are all decked out !
Got the smoker going this morning for the neighbors party this afternoon, and the proverbial meat prep on the tailgate !

We are doing 5 racks of ribs, the smoker is pretty full !

 

[Buppies]

Nice picture check

Nice grand kids picture Scotty

 

[ronjhall]

Happy Birthday Popgadget !!!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Thanks guys.
Very nice dinner with wife.

Not so good on the scag though. Wire proved easy, but apparently a problem downline, starter doesn’t crank at all. No clues as to way to diagnose. Scag pretty tight with that info I guess. Ido hear a click in vicinity of the electric module, but no clue if that’s normal. Tomorrow.

How many safety switches does it have? Seat? PTO? Clutch? check them all.
Is the solenoid the problem, Sometimes the solenoid is good, and you can jump it, but all the safety checks inline have a fault.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 53F @ 7:00AM. Partly cloudy skies. High 76F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
Looks like the storm has moved off to the east and there's no more rain in the 10-day. Sorry, Ted, but it looks like it'll pass you to the north.

Good to learn you're adapting to the new Prius, Paul. Does the adaptive cruise misbehave when the road curves and it senses barriers off the shoulder, like the one in my '23 Camry does?

Nothing like having the right tool for the job, especially if it's run for you by a friend. Right Kyle?

Spent most of yesterday tolling the damage caused by the previous night's lightning strikes. So far a network switch or two, the radio and charge controller on the gate opener, and possibly several security cameras appear to be victims. I'll have to take the cameras down today and try them with another Power Over Ethernet switch to see if they're bad.

Grid power was down until late in the day yesterday, never did hear what the problem was. It's reading 250 VAC this morning, so at least I'll be able to pump water today.

Still managed to get the carbs and exhaust back on the red bike, but need an air filter to finish the job. My buddy from the motorcycle shop will be here tomorrow to help with the Vanagon harness installation, and he might bring a filter if he has one in stock.

Time for me to refocus my attention to the other red bike, a road going version of the one I just finished called an R80ST. Just have to install a rebuilt speedometer and I think the side covers on it, for now. It also needs a lot of other work, but that'll have to wait until after the move.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend!

 

[txdon]

Happy birthday PopG!
Nice easy date to remember.

Started off at 63 now 80 heading to 90s. Knee is a little better today can put weight on it so don’t need the 3 wheel rollator, aka walker today or cane.

Check, I’ll keep you updated on my recovery after knee surgery at the end of this month.

I’m starting to see a correlation between how much knee use equals how much down time.

Kyle last week my wife mowed the yard I edged and trimmed (one of my good days) but I was put on notice to hire one of the many companies that mow in our neighborhood. About 75% of the neighbors have a lawn mowing crew do their yard.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Is this the pretzel they sell at Costco, if so is the price comparable?

Amazon.com

No, these were the ones.... apparently a 'seasonal' item.

🥨 Grab the BEST Soft Pretzels At Costco Now! 🏃‍♂️ - Eastern Standard Provisions

deal.town

They were $11.99 for the box.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low of 50°, heading to 78°. A 20% chance of a storm. High temps cool off this week, highs dropping into the 60's. Low temps forecasted to drop into the upper 30's by mid week.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! To Paul (PopG). Hope for many more!

Check, I am the one of the few with an unsuccessful replacement. Long story: 3 injuries within 45 days, followed by a successful meniscectomy. Was doing well with rehab, went back to work on light duty. Then had another injury at work, 2nd meniscectomy. Never recovered from this one, went to bone on bone in 6 months. Then had the replacement..... rehab started ok, then went downhill, causing more issues than helping.

The replacement was done 2 1/2 years ago. I was recently diagnosed with a condition called CRPS. It can occur in 20-25% of knee replacements, usually associated with multiple trauma injuries. No definitive treatment, possible improvement over years......

Don can give you a better understanding of how a successful replacement works.

We did get a brief shower overnight, just enough to dampen everything. No reading in the gauge.....

Hit or miss on work on the addition.... depends on the weather. Plenty of 'prep' stuff to do....

Everyone have a great day!

 

[kenmbz]

Morning, 68 going to 79, summer is back and sun is out.
Off to a wine tasting after dropping son at a party.
Then it's time to take in the pool furniture.

Got two panels up, one with a windows cut out, slow but steady.

Happy anniversary Sodamo

Happy birthday Popgadget - hope you have a great day and year

Scotty gk look so happy

Philly pretzels have milk, so none for me :-(

Be well,

After cutout, easier to cut the 5/8 with the saw than trim with the blade

Note mess that I need to get through with a 70 pound panel, and this is after I moved quite a bit of stuff.

 

[daugen]

speaking of brisket...
looks like some of life's adventures are still to come for me
I've never been to a Buc-ees.
that will be a must on my big trip West.
good article on why they have been so successful:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/01/travel/bucees-gas-station-convenience-popularity-cec/index.html

got the garden cleaned out and blackberries trimmed, two cartloads to the woods.
bee beat me to my best blackberry but I scored another two. Perfectly ripe, like sweet wine
plant grows like a weed, constantly hacking it back and will for the winter.

and a nice load of peppers. Was going to give them away but...
time to fire up my as seen on tv vegimatic and chop them up and then freeze them for later.
Will mix with the fresh corn I froze, should make a great winter veggie. I figure the chopped poblanos will give me plenty
of heat, I can't do hot peppers.

that was a lot of bending over. Need a break before tackling the mowers.

 

[sodamo]

70°F and .02 inches rain

Maybe watch some football today, but will be chasing my tail at the Scag, hoping to find the elusive problem. Guessing that will mean following every Google/ YouTube hint. So far it seems a lot of guys have bought a lot of replacement parts without really knowing. Apparently a common problem.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[LouNY]

And late Good Morning to all, this afternoon;
Well went out about 11AM to start mowing lawn, quit about 1:30PM did the large 1/2-2/3s of the lawn. Much of it still soaking wet from the dew so wet that water was running off the tires. Some of it didn't mow well from being so wet and my blades being a bit dull. But every time I sharpen them they just find more stones and roots to get dulled on.

The leaves are starting to really fall and changing color rapidly, Fall is here now but it sounds like Summer temps are back this coming week. Nice now low to mid 70's, calling for 80's for part of next week.

Stay safe and get well to all.
Lou

 

[two_bit_score]

While mowing around the pond, I saw some critters. Find the critter.

Was the possum dead?