Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Safe trip, RNG

 

[Engineer42]

Drew, nephew we recently visited had just gotten a Blackstone and cooked us a delicious meal. His wife apparently got a great deal at Walmart and got for anniversary gift to him.
Also curious as to comments. My Weber is in need of rehab or replacement.

 

[sodamo]

CA requires every business to have a recycle dumpster with contracted service. I was agaste and against it at first but it really helps with the household recycling as well as all the cardboard from incoming shipments.

Cardboard is one of the few things our county does recycle. We decided we would try the shredded stuff as a mulch. We don’t do well composting as Sophie always takes the veggie and fruit scraps to feed the cows.

 

[ronjhall]

Project pics, Ron?

This is picture I took Saturday. Welded bushing on yesterday.

 

[Engineer42]

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Forgot. Steaks too

 

[scootr]

Had to lookup Foxtails. Poor Rigby, get betta soon.

Lucky man who has to lookup Foxtails. Neighbors hunts with some bird dogs, One inhaled a foxtail and nearly died when it migrated out of the lung and through her chest. I've only had experience with the foot or ear penetrations.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I did sausage and pancakes on the blackstone July 5, 2019. The next day I came down with GBS. Maybe it was my cooking? This week is 5 yr anniversary of that nightmare of 2 months in the hospital unable to walk.

My youngest son goes to court this week to fight the ticket he got after his accident. I printed several pictures I took from the scene, which indicate my son traveled approx 40 ft after impact, and the other person ended up over 200 ft down the road after impact, yet my son got charged with failure to reduce speed.

 

[m7040]

Went up to the Mennonite saw mill and picked up 100 5 ft long oak stakes for the tree shelters. The lady in the office only accepts cash and she has a small wooden box for it as well as a glass jar for change.
D called and filled us in on the latest. Seems like they don't want her to leave. Offered her the directors job on a temp basis. She turned that down but give me GS15 and authority I will consider it. They had voted who should talk to her because she is intimidating the group apparently. Funny a small female minority person and a group of older men.

 

[Thomas]

70F clear sky light breeze.

Been good day...trip to town was basement has winter wood stack also Mrs. kindling BIG bin full Mrs. raccoon and I had good chat and gray fox just sat there going.

Plans for the evening feet up enjoying cigar waiting for critters and stars.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[Popgadget]

why 2 sets of manifolds? what size boiler?

I’ve got a total of 7 loops plus a baseboard that I’m putting in the boiler room. My “great room” has 4 loops, so I put them all into the top manifold, and will put a zone valve controlling the flow to that manifold.
The lower manifold has the bedroom using two loops, the bathroom uses one and the base board will use one. They will have zone actuators mounted on the manifold to control them.
If I wasn’t zoning I would have used a single 8 port manifold rather than 2- 4’s.

 

[sodamo]

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This is picture I took Saturday. Welded bushing on yesterday.

Nice

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I’ve got a total of 7 loops plus a baseboard that I’m putting in the boiler room. My “great room” has 4 loops, so I put them all into the top manifold, and will put a zone valve controlling the flow to that manifold.
The lower manifold has the bedroom using two loops, the bathroom uses one and the base board will use one. They will have zone actuators mounted on the manifold to control them.
If I wasn’t zoning I would have used a single 8 port manifold rather than 2- 4’s.

Thanks, When I had oil fired hot water heat with heat exchangers in my air handlers, I had them zoned, but could never get the valves to work right. I ended up leaving them open and just flowed the water thru both zones all the time. Still got that stuff in the basement ceiling.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

That's a great pix-- thanks!

Friday was interesting. Early am, noticed the irrigation vacuum breaker had sprung a substantial leak. Never ever before had one fail-- but oh well. Drove to HD, bought a replacement (Febco) unit, and installed it. New unit was defective-- water blew out the side port. Drove back and exchanged for another new (Febco) unit. 2nd unit was worse-- water blew out of every port. (???) Returned it for refund. Drove to plumbing supply house, bought a Zurn/Wilkins brand, installed it, and it works fine. Honestly-- ???

Just finished that, and I hear new pup Rigby screaming with wife holding him. Oh no. Off to Vet emergency-- they removed 3 foxtails from his ear. One punctured the eardrum but that will heal in a week. After that he will be back to 100%. He's on antibiotics "just in case." Quite a Friday.

Spent Sat/Sun building a temporary fence around the back lawn to keep him out of the pasture. It's good sized with all his toys inside-- so it should be a safe and fun place to be. No more vet trips!!

Here's the little guy in the vet office ...

Everyone have a great day !!!

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sorry about Rigby. Glad you knew what was wrong.

Had to lookup Foxtails. Poor Rigby, get betta soon.

Glad here too, had to look up foxtails.
Ouch!

I did sausage and pancakes on the blackstone July 5, 2019. The next day I came down with GBS. Maybe it was my cooking? This week is 5 yr anniversary of that nightmare of 2 months in the hospital unable to walk.

My youngest son goes to court this week to fight the ticket he got after his accident. I printed several pictures I took from the scene, which indicate my son traveled approx 40 ft after impact, and the other person ended up over 200 ft down the road after impact, yet my son got charged with failure to reduce speed.

Thankful for healing and remember your strife well. Glad you're back in shape. I would highly recommend you go with your son to court. It makes an impression on the judge to see a parent there. Also, you can help your son, to remind him of points to be considered. Have him draw it up for practice on a white board, and maybe the judge will let him do that in the courtroom. As smart as my son is, he couldn't debate his way out of wet toilet paper.

Popgadget, I will have to look up the Bryant unit you bought. I'm sure you've researched it well.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Tuesday) morning. Overnight Low of -3.0C (frosty) and it's presently 9.8C, clear & calm.

Pretty much a repeat of yesterday. Beautiful, if 'chilly', day.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

We have foxtail on the farm, it was never a problem.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Don't hit pipe with a mower...

 

[scootr]

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On the upside -that is one clean mower deck

 

[Looking4new]

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Plow coulters don't do blades any good either. I got one the first time I ran my brand new Z-turn. Bent the spindle AND the blade.

 

[LouNY]

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That's just a fancy new fluted blade

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 78ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind , moderate gusts, sky partly cloudy, and high temp was 98ºF, HI 105ºF. Made coffee to start day pushed out credit card bill and trash, went for bike ride, mowed back yard, found 6 golf balls. After lunch short nap, putter warm up dinner and redid priority list.
Buppies glad you getting some time off from heat. Hope a good nap. Prayers sent.
Ron I don't recall anyone holding a stopwatch on you. Hope adapter comes out correctly. Poor birds.
Drew hope dentist doesn't need to drill. Hope you can get the wegovy for less than the 785. No Blackstone here, just a plan Weber.
Thomas hope you keep your distance from Mom and Dad bear. Hope you were able to start on kindling.
NHBX Hope energy conservation day went well again.
Mike glad you HI is down for a while. When HI gets over 110 whole new ballgame.
Paul glad you got some rain and it didn't impact your day. Glad wall is getting painted before manifolds are mounted. Hope you get to smoker soon.
Scott(vt) hope you got the boat cruise in.
Plowhog sorry about the poor quality of HD irrigation product. Did your wife get traumatized bey Rigby screaming? Hope both are ok Doesn't look too happy at vet's office.
Engineer glad you worked out how to carry griddle when RVing.
RNG sorry about the bad connectors. glad speaker now working. Good to hear trailer rental went well. Glad no damage loading van. Hope return trip has no overheating
Bill I promise not to hold my breath except when biking up hills.
Ken glad slabs glued. thanks for response. Nice pics
Bill have heard tow trucks called wreckers but not hookers.
Frits glad progress on watering, paying bills, and cleanup in the shop. Maybe you can get Drew the family discount
Dennis Sorry for your loss. In October will be 8 years for my mom. Nice starting temp for the day,
Drew, plowhog, just be glad not a sandburr will flat a bike tire in nothig flat, really hut animal paws.
RS nice progress on planting, hope you got your agenda done for today.
David sorry shredding cardboard so much fun.
Scotty glad you got wife's office fixed up today.
Drew glad oil changed and underneath has oil protectant.
David at least your food scrapes not going to landfill.
Ron looking good so far.
Dennis hard to believe 5 years since GBS. Hope you can make to court to support son.
Frits glad you got your lumber. Love the D stories.
Thomas glad you had such a good day.
Dennis had to look a pic for a bit to understand what I was looking at. Blades are toast.
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.