Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

Also fixed the Yard hydrant by silver brazing the stem back on the rod. Not easy to hold it in position to get it brazed. It does not work to tack it because it stays fluid and falls off. And did not have 3 hands. So had to cut treads to hold it long enough to braze it all-around. Install it and it works. Saved a lot work from digging it up. Picture shows the brass steam brazed to the stieel rod

Nice job. It’s not easy brazing brass to steel, and in position like that without a fixture makes it even tougher.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Evening.
70° and sunny here in Wichita.
Yesterday winds were about 50, made it interesting opening doors. The picture doesn’t do it justice.

I’ve spent most of the last 4 days either in a class room or locked in a moving box, so the outside weather is pretty irrelevant.

Nothing else to report other that I’ve go some trees to clean up when I get home. My wife says she’s not sure whether it was the wind or the earthquake, but there is work for me regardless. I’ll see on Tuesday what’s in store for me. She says it’s definitely too wet to get the tractor and grapple involved, so depending on how precarious things are, it might just wait a while longer.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Prayers son continues to improve BEF

Thanks, I'm concerned about lack of knee movement, but I think it's the pain from the large scabs and such, that he just doesn't want to move it. He sees DR tomorrow.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Monday) morning. Overnight Low of 9.5C and it's presently 20.2C, sparsely clouded & calm. There was 2mm in the gauge at 0900.

I might pop into town today; pick up some mail, top up the ute with petrol and drop that clothing donation off at the Op-Shop. Perhaps a wee trip over to Pyengana for some cheese as a raffle prize for a Saturday meeting in Ross.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[m7040]

Nice job. It’s not easy brazing brass to steel, and in position like that without a fixture makes it even tougher.

For sure
Thanks popgadget
Smallest tip I had was Victor number 1 and turned down as much I could without backfiring
Could really use smaller tips for work like this

 

[Popgadget]

What rod did you use?

 

[Looking4new]

The BH is on and the sunken part of the driveway is fixed for now.
Attacked one of the 8 tree stumps I want to clear out on the north west side of the house. Right now the biggest (3' dia) of the stumps has a 3' deep moat around it. It has a smaller (2' dia) tree stump growing out of the side of it. Cut into the bigger stump vertically and put some Epsom salts in the cuts. Then took a leak on it just to start the rot process. Will probably go out tomorrow morning and put more Epsom salt on it. Probably wont do anything to it until after I get back from down south.
Bag is packed. The cat didn't see me do it, so I should be good to go on Tuesday.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 52ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Moderate wind, partly cloudy sky, and high temp was 77ºF. Chapel setup to start day, after chapel, breakfast with small group, some the others wanted to try lodge buffet (18.00). Meal delivery went smoothly. Got home had lunch, napped, woke up to late to go to Caitlin Clark watch party. Grief share cancelled. Got the link other riders pic.
Saturday 9:33 CDT post:
Dennis thanks for update on son. Hope your sore throat is better. Generally medical events prior to coverage starts will not be covered. Hope eval is good.
Scott(vt) Have fun with the grands. Sorry about cleaning duties. Thanks for Vermont pic
David glad you can sneak in some mowing. Is it phone or network issues?
Lou sorry you missed it.
David no dash cam or GoPro experience.
RS what will you do with 70ºF day ? Sorry about no Espoma bone meal. Still snowing! Good to hear wife feeling better. Nice germination on that tray. Hope you got day agenda taken care of.
Kyle sounds like you are eating good Good to hear son did well at track meet. Sorry about relay results.
Scotty glad tractor delivered with no problems. You can help him get fixed up. Glad you got some seat time and showed him some in and outs of tractor operation. Glad gate sensor fixed.
David sorry cold rain on first try.
Randy(wag) glad to hear you got more rain, and tanks are full. Hope church was good.
Don glad new filter fixed leak. I understand you quandary with IRS check. Sorry nothing was bought, your restraint is commendable.
Sunday morning 2 AM CDT posts:
Two_bit no quakes near enough or strong enough for me to feel. Thanks for explaining CAD.
Buppies we have 3 days of rain here! Sorry you are so cool. prayers sent
Ron good to hear parts for MMM sorted. Nice you were able find and fix the neighbors wiring faults. Hope you got rock removal done. Nice sunrise !
Bill hope BH went on with no problems. Packing the bag is when I get excited for the trip
Billy glad less wind. Hope you enjoyed your R&R day. I watched the women's Basketball ball game, one of my fellow riders is an Iowa Alum.
Drew congrats on getting a fish named after you!
Mike something is not right when you have to mow bundled up. Hope weed whacking went well.
Thomas hope you had good putter day.
Ken sorry about dog freaking out. Glad just a scare. Hope son helped with cleanup Looking forward to Rove review. Sorry about running out of gas chipping. nice pics
RS congrats for the new bird spotted. Hope your new plant protector helps slow down the deer. Sorry about the water pressure problem, glad pressure help over night.
Two_bit seems like Dallas going a bit overboard in eclipse prep.
Buppies glad birds putting on show.
Phil Murphy must have sabotaged your belt on blower. Nice projects. Glad health is holding up for the both of you.
David sorry no mow window.
Buppies nice view.
Scott(vt) nice drill. Hope getting requalified went well.
Kyle hope bible study went well. Glad son helping around the house. Hope plans work out for eclipse for family. Thanks for prayers.
Dennis glad good worship, and son made it to help with slides and streaming. Glad good lunch, hope Wednesday class goes well.
Frits glad wife could join for ice cream. Glad dishwasher installed, sorry about parts shortage. Glad hydrant repaired, nice job.
Paul nice weather hope wind dies down. Hope training went well. Sorry about the down trees.
Dennis hope Dr visit goes well and he ask Dr about knee.
Randy(wag) Hope you get your agenda done.
Bill glad BH is on and bag packed. Have fun with stumps.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, 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, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 42 and going to a high of 55°F. Wind E 8 mph. Mix of sun and cloud.
I guess the 80% eclipse will just look like the clouds are hiding the sun. I don't look directly at the sun at any time. I do not drive into either the rising nor the setting sun either.

The garage and towing service I use has a number of roll off trucks. One of them when he comes back from North Bay will be picking up my new tank. Hopefully it is here today, but I am not holding my breathe. I can't do anything with it until after I come back from the meetings.

Energy conservation for the rest of today.

Have a safe day all

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking hot cup of coffee. 45° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 73° with partly cloudy skies. Got last of the rocks moved from garden pond Yesterday. Delivered to neighbor. I can now walk around edge of pond without tripping over rocks. Also made 2 brackets in shop for MMMower. They were not on original owners tactor. Off this morning to take pictures of Eagles nesting where a neighbor works.
A pair of Woodpeckers.

Kyle, rocks were 6 to 12 inches in size.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

May the eclipse watchers have good travelling weather to and from. Saw this somewhere yesterday: "It's an eclipse not an apocalypse. Relax".

Nothing wrong with preparing but some cities are over reacting. ...

Experiencing a total eclipse is pretty cool...I mainly remember the odd type of darkness, and the way the birds reacted...but it does seem like this eclipse is getting crazy...just heard on the news that some of the county school systems in my area are releasing students early, and 3 counties are closing for the whole day...and we are only getting 83% eclipse, probably with clouds. It is not going dark here. My county schools are observing regular hours.

 

[wngsprd]

Two bit I believe chicken little applies here

Very nice today high presently 59 very sunny birds chowing down grass needs mowed again. Took a nap or just passed out not sure which. Yellow and red finches tit mouse, chick a dee are here today with squirrel on ground. Blue birds are close by Mr and Mrs Red bird about butterfly making a showing. Nature at her best and really enjoy that

I bet your place is beautiful this time of year.

 

[wngsprd]

35 going to 71.

As Buppies once said, "Carolina Blue" sky yesterday, all day. Next, I hope to get him to say, Go Heels!

Ron, I'm still amazed the pileateds come to your feeder. Never seen one go to ours. Here, the red bellies are the boss birds...I wonder how it reacted with the pileated on your feeder?

BEF, hope your son is healing and pain receding. Prayers said.

Nice drill, Scotty. I mentioned last year, that on the trails in the federally designated Wilderness areas, that is the drill type they have to use to work on shelters, etc...no power tools are allowed.

Had a busy afternoon...first mowing of the year, first bush hogging of the year, for 3 hours, then string trimming around all of the yuccas in the "grove" until the battery died.

Then late afternoon, we had our first hummingbird of the year come to our feeders (2 days later than last year).

 

[daugen]

good morning all
cold out 33, going up to 60 today in nice weather with some clouds.

busy morning planned, visits with landlady and another friend today, both getting trays of flowers, and
in between, visit to dentist. Rear molar not responding to penicillin very well, mouth is sore and just aches.
going to be a long day, likely a root canal tomorrow. I don't know why I keep needing so many root canals.

tonight should be last of cold nights, staying in 40's from now on
which means I hope to plant veggies tomorrow, or the next day.
what I planted sadly isn't likely to make it, cukes got too cold for them even with covers.
I always experiment with some early ones, and frankly they usually don't make it.
ground temp is 55 in raised beds, so should be ok.

throbbing aching hurt in tooth pulses with every heartbeat. Lovely.
i took a pill...

Have fun with the eagles Ron.
Have a good trip Bill.
Dennis, hope son continues to heal in every way

 

[daugen]

I did not watch the game but am enjoying the photos taken this morning.
this was my favorite, captures a lot of emotion and hints at SC overpowering Iowa.
I bet she wasn't used to getting her shots blocked

 

[riptides]

34 outside right now, heading to lower 70. Could use the warmth.

Lots of tile work yesterday, setting 1x1 down along the wall edges. Two more wall edges to go. Each piece is custom cut due to the wavy concrete walls. Time consuming and lots of walking back and forth. Tile cutter, wet saw is outside since the water goes everywhere. Especially with the wind. LOL.

Finished up on the grass cutting. Even got the weed whacker along the house, part of the fence lines and pet cemetery.

Day job call, and I need to get a dump run in before Armageddon hits. Got to go with a clean slate. LOL.

Hope all have a great day. Those curious. Protect your eyes. Be safe.

 

[Buppies]

44 this morning light shower possible high of 70 today off and on rain moves in rest of the week heavier on Thursday

Prayers for all our Country

 

[daugen]

good morning Buppies. You just keep sending that heat up and over this way
70 is a wondrous thing...

 

[Buppies]

Good Morning Drew I will try but my weather powers are weak at the moment

Morning Kenmbz

 

[Thomas]

29F clear sky mid 50's for high partly cloudy sky for eclipse.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...trip to town for critter food,not much puttering outside because of snow and mud looks like slow motion day.

Enjoy your day all.