Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Watched most of a 3 hr youtube video on installing floor radiant heating.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good Afternoon RNG,

I have a Masterbuilt Smoker, it’s electric and really easy to control the heat settings ! You can dump dampened wood chips in there for your smoke. Bought it TSC, have you looked into those at all ?
The ribs usually come out great !

might have to check that out.

 

[LouNY]

Good Afternoon Lou,
Lou, these are some pretty dark clouds that your sending over to us !
Looks like some heavy rain shortly !

Just finished a brief hard shower, still hearing thunder boomers in the distance.

 

[gstrom99]

Mowed today. Here's some good advice I didn't get:

Don't hit your raccoon trap with your mower.

Stopped the JD zero turn in it's tracks, but it seems okay (except for one chip out of one blade). The trap? not so much... Sent the trap body/tube about 30 feet!

 

[Thomas]

Thomas, I need you to train Big Boss to be nice like Boo.View attachment 882773

Yikes...I'd say you got your hand full with Big Boss,maybe spray bear mace on wooden parts or hang some rope 6" or so soke in some nasty.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Gstrom,
Lucky the mower didn’t suffer more damage !

 

[Thomas]

20 mins ago 83F now 79F going down clouds are getting darker,weather alert 6pm to 9pm 1"+ hope it's not a BIG splash.

Been okay day...got the trimming barely enough time to mow the lawn before heaves open up around 11:30pm...whew.

Plans for the evening after dinner later on share bowl ice and just numb it.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Thursday) morning. Overnight Low of 5.4C and it's presently 11.3C, somewhat overcast & fairly calm. A bit damp this morning but nothing really in the gauge.

A very successful 'into town' yesterday; there were two items to retrieve from the PO = the Government sent me a "poo test kit" to check for bowel cancer and the brass 'door push plate' arrived. Script picked up at the Chemist, then groceries.

I ordered a couple of "Workplace First Aid Kits" from St John Ambulance. We've got two Churches that we're responsible for so I figured if our St Helens' kit was 'out of date' then the one in St Marys would be too.

Yes, I mounted the push-plate on the french door = very good quality.

I'm off for a 'Foot Dude' [podiatrist] appointment in a bit.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Looking4new]

If your government is anything like my government then I wouldn't use the test kit. I would just take a dump in a box and send it to them.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Errands successful, drip irrigation completed, that's it! Temp went above the 96° mark stopping at 100°.... just way too hot to do anything, let alone be outside.

Temps should start dropping a bit tomorrow. Good chances for some showers starting tomorrow too. I hope so.

Gstrom, you were lucky to have minimal damage to the mower! That trap looks well made.... well it did....

Dennis, I also have a Masterbuilt smoker, but it's propane. Initially, had an electric one, but it would constantly trip the breaker. The propane lasts a very long time, at least 30-40 hours of use, might be longer. Also very easy to regulate.

Time to watch the nature shows on PBS.
Everyone have a great evening!

 

[rswyan]

70.2F and "Fair" @ 21:15, heading down to around 67F for overnight low. LWS reports that mercury hit 94.6F for the high here today.

Got 3 cattle panels moved into the shop and straightened out, had to weld one wire back on one of them. Decided the 4th one didn't really need straightening ... it should be good to go.

Came back down to the house after that around 17:00 and headed out on the deck for more disassembly work. Was in shade ... but it was absolutely miserable with the heat and humidity ...

Got about an hour in on that and had to come inside since The Woman was headed over to the neighbor's for a haircut. (She operates the window, opening and closing it so the Little Squeak doesn't get out when I'm out there)

And because it was clouding up to the north and west and I was hearing thunder.

Went out and hooked up the soaker hose on the Sunny Boys and set it to run for 15 minutes.

Grabbed the first tomato while I was out there ... a Crimson Cushion almost the size of a softball. Came back inside after that and sliced it up and ate the whole thing. Very meaty, small seeds, and not too much juice. Taste was great, not too acid.

Wasn't too long after that the skies opened up and dumped buckets. Got 1.3" in around 15 minutes or so. Had another little shower come through later this evening that dropped another 0.11" ... so 1.41" total for the day.

My young neighbor the arborist stopped by around that time to drop that tree over on the east side of the garden.

Got that dropped over into the woods so it wouldn't be lying on the lawn about the time it was getting too dark to really see.

Probably going to have a brownie which The Woman made yesterday with some milk and watch a little bit of the Olympics.

Hope everyone had a great day ...

 

[Looking4new]

Here is another band and piece I really like. More like an orchestra.

 

[sodamo]

So the mounting panel behind this junction box rotted out and needs be replaced. Rotted board easy to remove, the various screws, not so much. This box houses the leads between 2 subpanels.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 79ºF for the start, mostly cloudy and breezy. Moderate wind with very brisk gusts, sky became mostly clear, and high temp was 96ºF, HI 107ºF. Made coffee to start, Men's Meeting, bike ride, lunch and cool down, nap, work on paperwork, dinner at Mexican restaurant. Earliest concert I remember was Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, opening band had a gut named Jean Luc Ponty. He was good!!!
Buppies Good evening . prayers sent.
NHBX hope you got some rain today, Our humidity here dropped off some today, more tomorrow. Understand about too hot. Hope you made the dump run.
Bill doing better with mouth control than i did before
Ron glad you got some moisture. Glad PT good, no pain no gain. Hope you got water line to pond fixed. Pretty bird.
Bill sorry no rain last night, hope seed not washed away. Enjoy rabbit hole.
Drew glad melons good. Hope Paul enjoys the other melon. Sorry rain keep evaporating on you Hope the peppermint spray helps with cat.
Thomas hope trimming and mowing went well today. Sounds like not as many hours at parts store thee days.
Scott(vt) glad work done at 2:30, and got swim with grands. Hope good trip to VT.
Billy sorry about bear attack and half you feeders need serious repair. Good to hear Della doing well in training. Nice list of concerts.
Billy big boss made mess of feeder.
Gstrom never seen sunflower seeds dehusked.
Don got warm here by noon. Nice job on fountain. Hope hole was dug without to much sweat.
RNG good to hear van ready for trip back. Glad you found the hole in box. Sorry ribs not up to your standards. Hope drive went well.
Engineer at least they provided in flight entertainment
Ted hope you get rain soon. Good to hear pans seasoned well. Enjoy BIL time.
Drew sorry low on motivation. Only have heat advisory here. sorry battery waterer lost. When I quit adding water to the "ring" was using less water per battery. I was advised very new batteries and very old batteries used more water(prone to boil easier). Don't remember if cells near post used more water.
Don date palm really root bound. Glad you got it done.
Drew hope stop was good.
Dennis wow $370 and forgot some things / Hope you can get tire plugged.
David welcome to club
Paul sorry hot and humid has struck. Good to hear progress on home.
RS sorry so hot there. Nice rain amount, hope you get more. Have fun working in A/C.
Drew glad cone was good. Hope house cleaning went well.
Frits good to hear tree shelter work done. Hope the hawks are doing their thing. Sorry about rush hour
Scott(vt) nice pics, hope you rain but not ashed away.
Lou hope you got enough rain.
Gstrom sorry about hitting racoon trap, Z-turn did a number on it. Hope you don't find more damage with Z-turn.
Thomas glad you got trimming and mowing in before rain.
Randy(wag) glad good trip to town. Glad you have new kits ordered for the 2 churches.
Ted glad irrigation and errands both good. Good to hear temps droping starting tomorrow.
RS glad cattle panels straitened up. Nice you got first tomato and it was good. Glad you got tree dropped inspite of rain.
David hope you get board replaced without getting lit up
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.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 66° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 88° with evening thunderstorms. Repaired water line to garden pond. When grass dried mowed it. It sure was warm. Have a Nurse coming out this morning to check out my health at home. Then grocery shopping. Spending rest of day staying out of the heat.
Climbing to new heights.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
looks like the heat is back, 96 today, yuk
I never got my inside work done yesterday so house cleaning on for today.
Will be so hot out this afternoon not going out there anyway.

sure could use some of the rain you guys are getting. Maybe tomorrow.

David, maybe spray from that spigot did it in. I never like water near electricity...

I ordered a set of charcoal infused filters for the a/c unit in rv. About the only thing I can do for smoke though
I suppose I could put a small air cleaner in rv. Just no room.

my neighbors said my portable fridge worked great, their new fridge is delivered today and I'll get mine back.
what's nice is you can set it at -4 or around 42; use it as fridge or freezer. It's very small though, honestly sized to carry two large
boxes of local chocolates out to my family in California. Or a couple of frozen Costco lasagnas.

played telephone tag with druggist yesterday, still don't know what he will charge to compound Wegovy.
Hope to get that going today.

feeling pretty good this morning.

Happy August everyone.

 

[wngsprd]

69 swapping to 96.

Took a hike with Della on the way to the vet, then took my wife to Torchy's and Wegman's. Good day.

 

[Thomas]

Helloooo Ms. August.

69F foggy near 90F sunny,the 3h's are back.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...8 hours at part store afterwards depends how much zip I have left.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[NHBX]

Good morning,
72° now highs around 90° mix of sun and clouds. Yup, 3 h’s

Thomas, only 52 days till autumn!

We did get an inch of rain yesterday, right after I watered the garden lol, certainly won’t hurt.
The folks north and west of us have been hammered with lots of rain and flooding. Prayers for them and others dealing with natures tantrums.

I got a bunch of little stuff done yesterday. Can’t remember what it was lol CRS seems to be worse when it’s hot out, at least that’s the story I’m sticking with for now, I think

No plans for today other than keeping cool.

Enjoy your day everyone
Stay safe and healthy

 

[daugen]

Thomas, hope you have plenty of zip left when you get home.
don't mix up your SAEs with your metrics...