Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

the uploaded file is too large for the server to process
2.89 MB (3,039,232 bytes)
oh well

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 70 going up to 86 and partly cloudy.
We've been having quite a bit of lettuce here, thank you Drew.
Trees planted, bug balls got the sticky treatment to reduce the horse and deer flies, ouch.
Then took dog into town to visit son at work.
BBQ the ribs, quite a lot for $20, will be a few dinners, and rotisserie chicken still going for lunches.

My father fell and hit his head, he is in the hospital. Told he didn't break anything.
His GF could not tell us which hospital, even though she says she visited him.
He is in a neck brace and his arms really hurt.
Hopefully will hear more today. Not sure if Dr. will talk to us.


Be well,

Another Ash finally fell, will need to cleanup this week.

I rolled the smaller section so I could mow around it.

 

[Buppies]

None of my pictures will up load Drew

 

[newbury]

I'm with TxDon, I like water about 84F to swim in....There is a cooling lake south of my hometown that people would go water ski on decent days in the winter due to the warmer water. Usually a shorty wetsuit was sufficient.

Coldest I've ever purposefully dove in was 50F and I was fully wetsuited, even had a hoody. Still was cold as a well digger's rear in Alaska.

I grew up in northern Vermont on a 30 acre parcel with an acre pond ~1 mile off RT15. In May my brother and I were always wanting to go swimming. Problem was that often we were skating on the pond in April. So my Dad made the rule that the water temp had to be above 60 degree F.
My Dad was also trying to improve the pond so trout would spawn. To further that he had a pile of gravel which he spread on the ice in April so it would sink and provide a better spawning spot.
I can still vividly remember measuring the water temp, seeing it got to 60, then diving in and walking back on gravel and thick ice which had sunk.

Speaking of which, can anyone speak to how well those Lock-N-Lube couplers seal on the grease fittings ?

I've only used mine on my tractors but it holds darn well IF YOU CAN GET IT ON.
My backhoe has a couple of zerks only accessible through holes to small for the LNL.

the uploaded file is too large for the server to process
2.89 MB (3,039,232 bytes)
oh well

There are utilities out there to downsize & rename pics in batch mode.
I used to use a freebee that was written probably a decade or more ago.
It would do a lot more than just rename and resize but I didn't get into that.
What I would generally do is just put all the files in one directory (WWW.dir) and then create another directory with a name like (WWW-resized.dir).

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Vt, 58 going to 82 ! Cloudy now but sun breaking out later this morning!

Fritz, sorry to hear about your brother, our prayers for him and your family!

Also Ken, hope your Dad is Ok !

Don and Kyle, the Ct pool was up to 78 when we left last Thursday! I went for a quick swim before we left just to say that I swam in the pool in May ! The lake water in Vermont was actually warmer than the Ct pool ! Go figure !

I have a bunch of photos that I wanted to share but no luck uploading them ! I will try and shrink these at some point !

Hope all have a good Monday !

 

[txdon]

Pic test

 

[Buppies]

Drew I always thought rocket man was fitting


beautiful floor Don

Prayers for your dad Ken

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 79˚ heading to low 90s cloudy sky.
Newly refurbished mesquite floor test pic.

 

[Buppies]

This one worked others will not. Picture of our last golden about 2010

 

[daugen]

Morning all, 70 going up to 86 and partly cloudy.
We've been having quite a bit of lettuce here, thank you Drew.
Be well,

View attachment 873429

that's Parris Island Cos romaine lettuce

not sure what Cos stands for

also some softer bibb lettuce in there.
I like the crunchier types

 

[LouNY]

that's Parris Island Cos romaine lettuce

not sure what Cos stands for

also some softer bibb lettuce in there.
I like the crunchier types

I had never heard of Parris Island Lettuce, had to look it up
When I hear Parris Island I think of the summer of 1970 that I spent on the Island.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Every last word we put on TBN is being sold. Picture test, the old trolley in town 159KB

 

[plowhog]

Last Peony popped out yesterday.

Beautiful picture Ron-- thanks!!

Yesterday I started moving a pile of cedar logs my neighbor gave me. I opened the jaws of my grapple and put the top part of it behind the top log in the pile. Then started to slowly back up to roll the log free off the top of the pile. That's when the grapple came loose, fell off the tractor, landed in the pile of logs, plus yanked out the hydraulic hoses. Dang this is upsetting to say the least-- not to mention this is the 4th time this grapple has come off the tractor like this. I like the Frostbite grapple, but it seems to have a significant design weakness. I've never had a problem lifting a load, but put even a small amount of force in the opposite direction and it can disconnect itself. The SSQA bottom pins (lever operated) don't seem to be long enough to hold it in place if there is even slight force in the opposite direction from lifting. The only good news was, almost unbelievably, I was able to re-grip the top grapple mounts, lift it up and drove the whole mess home. I parked it and did other work-- I'll check it out today and see if the hoses are salvageable.

Sunny and 75F in our part of Northern CA today, but not far away there is a NWS excessive heat warning for 100F+ temperatures.

Everyone have a great day!!!

 

[ronjhall]

the uploaded file is too large for the server to process
2.89 MB (3,039,232 bytes)
oh well

Not sure why you cannot post pictures. I tried to post Sassy’s picture when it was 4mb. Cropped it to less than 3mb. It posted with no problems. I use a picture posting site for my daily photos.

 

[daugen]

well what do you know....the server is now happy

 

[Looking4new]

Drew, I am not sure either why you cannot post pics. I open mine in paint (Microsoft) and resize then save them to a file on my desktop.

 

[daugen]

this is replacement, will be in tomorrow
800 bucks is half the cost of the current one

Amazon.com

Bill, thank you, it just started working again (???)

 

[Popgadget]

Speaking of which, can anyone speak to how well those Lock-N-Lube couplers seal on the grease fittings ?

Excellent. Other than a cordless grease gun, the best accessory to can buy.

 

[FriendwithTractor]

this is replacement, will be in tomorrow
800 bucks is half the cost of the current one

Amazon.com

Bill, thank you, it just started working again (???)

A fine choice, Ryzen AMD CPUs have a reputation for quality, AMD's response to the Intel i5s and are significantly cheaper than Intel. Onboard graphics from them are not known to be slouches either. XPSs like your previous one are not cheap dates but are known for long lifetimes. I cannot say I've worked with the model you've selected, but I'm sure you'll be happy with it.

 

[newbury]

Well, since Drew got his -
here's a Dell for $286.
msg I sent Drew:

They've got a refurb on sale:
w/ the extra 45% off I got it to $286
only 2 left
Dell Latitude 5420

Dell Latitude 5420 Notebook, Gray (Skin Applied), 14-in FHD (1920 x 1080), Webcam, 1x Intel Core i5 Quad (i5-1145G7) 2.60 GHz, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, No Optical, Intel Integrated Graphics, Backlit Keyboard, Windows 10 Professional
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