Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

Way back when I was a lot younger I got sun stroke twice about three years apart. 5 years ago I had heat stroke, luckily there was a pickup right there with the a/c running and he took me to my Freightliner which was also running with the a/c running and a case of water handy. Now last May I had a real stroke, so now I am just waiting for the other shoe to drop.

 

[Looking4new]

Good (Saturday) morning. Overnight Low of 5.7C and it's presently 18.7C! Fairly clear with a gentle breeze. Very 'warm' Winter temperatures.

Last evening's 'drinks' was a lovely social event but, crickey, has the prices ever gone up (due to the Fed Gov). One large glass of wine cost the same as an entire bottle that the Wine Faeries send me. Yes, I know that a restaurant/bar needs to make a profit + pay staff but my costs are getting prohibitive. <sigh> I came home to have supper @ about 1900.

That's about it, take care all.

It has always been cheaper to get it at the store than at the bar/restaurant.

 

[Wagtail]

^^^
True, but the price of one glass of wine used to = about a half a retail bottle. Now it's the entire cost.

 

[newbury]

^^^
True, but the price of one glass of wine used to = about a half a retail bottle. Now it's the entire cost.

What are the labor rates?

 

[Looking4new]

Wag, up here in Canuckistan we call that justinflation. JT hates that wording, so we use it as much as we can.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 70ºF for the start near Protem, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind, clouds built up then became partly cloudy, and high temp 86ºF, HI 92ºF at home. Dog care to start day, packed up and left after my breakfast about 9AM. Easy trip back home, unpacked and had light snack for dinner. BIL didn't get surgery, his surgeon out of hours and he is trying to get others to give up hours but the won't or getting last minute surgeries. Saw BIL/SIL loading on ferry as I drove away from it . She said this evening the dogs miss me
Resuming Monday 08/05/24 7:42 AM CDT #194,551:
Ken good to hear college tour complete. Looking forward to the details.
Drew glad good meeting winch landscapers. Must exciting shed about to happen.
Drew do you have a boat for Lake Drew?
David do hope and pray Sophie's surgery went well.
RS if not in shade 88ºF is hot. Glad mowing went well. Glad almost done mowing on east side. Hope new bracket turns out. Sorry about dust and debris in eye.
Ted some not very even rain distribution.
Ted nice and warm at 11:00. Hope the deep cleaning went well.
David hope the chain works for you.
Ken hope they figure out what going on with your arm. Hope you can get chipped tooth fixed. Happy Birthday!! Congrats on losing weight
Frits good to hear progress on gearbox swap. Hope groceries ordering pick up went well.
Don what is scorpion doing next to pool.
Scott(vt) blunt force trauma is how I dealt with the few I have encountered.
Buppies prayers sent.
RNG sorry about the health issues with friend. Hope they figure what caused the problem, low blood sugar good have made what ever worse. Good luck with insurance on new house.
Randy(wag) not nice weather. Glad kits were in at PO while you were there. Glad you are caught up with eating
Tuesday morning 3:39 AN CDT posts:
Ron glad you were able to conserve energy Monday. Hope you did on Tuesday as well. Nice pic
Phil Sorry about the scope creep on replace ceiling fan. Wonder how it stayed up on ceiling. Hope Kioti gets sold.
NHBX sorry no rain. Glad tree limb clean up went well except for hornet nest Hope you got your rain.
Thomas glad 3H's taking a break. Hope puttering went well.
Billy gal you got a hike in with wife and Della, pie sounds delicious.
Bill good luck with your projects.
Drew Good luck with packing all the clothes you need.
Buppies hope you get caught up without a lot of flooding.
Paul has to be major frustration trying to plan for future, with the wireless improvement over last few years should help with that. Nice pics and beautiful work.
Scott(vt) sorry about the rain forecast, at least you are cooler than you had been. Hope you got your walk of hike in.
Drew all the inherited panels not marked at all.
Drew interesting what went up vs what didn't tank.
Ken great pics so far enjoying the details and commentary.
Drew hope you kept the foodies happy. Hope you found tomatoes a home
Ted hope you got the rain later in the week, sorry nothing early. Hope grocery shopping went well as did the phone calls. Hope weed whacking went well.
RNG sorry about friend not getting follow up exam. I do hope you find some insurance. Hope you were able to eliminate some choices.
Frits hope driveway doesn't get washed away.
Resuming catch up later.
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 iseues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[sodamo]

David, have you got a jump pack? If not then you had better get one just in case.

Yup, it was in the house being charged.

 

[Wagtail]

What are the labor rates?

The Aussie minimum wage is A$24.10 per hour... Which is also why 'tipping' is a rare occurrence here, unless it's truly warranted for exceptional service.

Anyway, the increase, which happens twice a year, applies to all alcohol, tobacco and petrol. No matter who is 'in power', federally, it creeps up and has been doing so for as long as I can remember.

It's got to the point where it's got to be either curbed or rolled back. Yeah, I know, 'good luck with that'.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking warm cup of coffee. 55° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 71° with mostly cloudy skies a good westerly winds. Yesterday was last PT visit. Foot is much better. Helped friend with his giving motorhome a good wash job Then took pictures. Mowed grass. Still have backyard and some trimming to do today.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

76 and humid, going to 90.

LS, glad you got some rain.

Ken, looks like a great trip. Would love to go to the PB Concours. Has your son picked a school?

Kyle, Grogu is a good name for your dog. Cutey.

Sodamo, bummer on the battery.

Visited my mother-in-law yesterday. She is not doing well. Thank you for your care and prayers.

 

[NHBX]

Good morning,
72° now highs around 87° and mostly sunny today. Winds W 10-15 mph, dew points low 70’s slowly falling to around 60° by early evening. We got 1.5” rain from Debby, no wind damage I can see. North and west of us got the worst of it.

Dump run this morning, and wait for things to dry out a bit, maybe some mowing later this afternoon, if not tomorrow is supposed to be cooler and drier.

Prayers for those affected by the storm

 

[daugen]

good morning all
looks to be a lovely rain washed day, 3.7 inches of rain later and blue skies today
will go pick up my friends after breakfast at B&B and will go to car show this morning.

had a very nice dinner last night with two other couples, old friends, good Italian restaurant.
sang happy birthday to one friend, he managed his single candle just fine.
Yesterday was a long but good day, same today.

still having internet problems with download, Verizon/FIOS never called back, no surprise

moving slowly this morning

 

[Thomas]

70F foggy sunny day low 80's for high.
Debby had little punch in her tail end of the storm, neighbor down the road had BIG maple up rooted fell across the road also taking down power lines,about 3 hours later lights were on.

Outside chores done E muffin time.

Plans for today...4 hours at part store,afternoon clean up branches limbs afterwards take the day as it comes.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[daugen]

our local tourist train got a new paint job for the engine
this weekend, likely the largest tourist event of the year, this train will be running all day long.
About half way to Lahaska my nephew's farm comes right up to the tracks and he says the horn blowing
really gets old. There is a track crossing right there so that train makes plenty of noise.
Won't be a problem this year, nephew is exhibiting both days at car show and won't be home. I think he has two
older not crazy expensive Ferraris, a V12 Jag, an older BMW and something else just showed up. He is fortunate to have many garages
on his farm.

my nephew is a successful wealth manager. He invests in cars not only for fun but as an alternative investment.
I doubt that Jag will ever go up but if you buy right ,which is always the trick, you can do well.
His 14 year old son, the kid who already got the 1950 F-1 pickup from his grandfather, will have an interesting choice
of date cars to choose from. Thankfully he is a quiet and very modest kid, acts about five years older than he is.
Between his grandfather and his uncle, he will have plenty of folks to go driving with him when he gets his temp license
and has to have an adult in the car. He is such a nice kid I don't begrudge him the silver spoon.
Not sure he will ever understand what it's like to drive a hand me down car from two older brothers, and driving cars valued in the hundreds
not hundred thousands of dollars. My brother and I were car guys growing up, so no surprise his son is, and now the grandson can rattle
off car stats. And when he says stuff like "back in the day" we all smile and roll our eyes...
oh to be a kid again.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 56 and going to a high of 68°F. Wind WNW 7 mph. 30% changing to 70% near noon of showers and possible T-storms.

If the new trike gets here and it rains I won't be doing anything, but if it doesn't rain then I will be going to the dump.

That is about it for today.

Wag, the goobermint calls those increases in prices 'sin taxes'. Federal excise tax is $0.10/L + Federal Carbon Tax $0.176/L + Ontario Sales Tax $0.09/L + Harmonized Sales Tax $0.192/L. $0.55/l is taxes. And we were taught in school that there was no double taxation in Canada. I call BS. There is no double taxation, nope it is quadruple taxation.
Our crude oil comes from Western Canada, but if the railways go on strike like they are supposed to come Aug 22 then I guess all our fuel will come from the U.S.
Enough doom and gloom, it is what it is and there aint nothin' we can do about it.

Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

Bill,, hope your trike looks nice when it shows up. I bet you will be all over the place in that.
maybe put a big bright flag on it or something, help you be seen and not get hit

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 75 heading to the upper 90's, an East wind and clouds later should keep us out of the 100s. We had clouds and thunder yesterday evening but no rain.
Mostly the scorpion is in the water it is an overflow spa and the tile he is on is in the 1/4" water overflow area.
How he got there is a mystery.

Up early wife has pickle ball lessons/practice early this morning before the heat, made her a blueberry pancake breakfast. Today can be a general maintenance day or I can start a new project no lack of either, but for sure at least one nap.

 

[Looking4new]

Train horns are like straight pipes and jake brakes on trucks, after a while you don't hear them anymore. I am only 1/4 mile from from the new highway and it is down hill. I don't hear the pipes anymore, but they sure do scare the moose off the road. I've seen that myself from back when I had a purposely gutted muffler on my Freightliner. The bark, bark, bark might be obnoxious to people but it sure scares the wildlife off the road.

 

[Looking4new]

Bill,, hope your trike looks nice when it shows up. I bet you will be all over the place in that.
maybe put a big bright flag on it or something, help you be seen and not get hit

I've got a SMV sign for it. The one I just put on the Z-turn. Three zip ties and two bolts and it is off the z-turn and three more zip ties and it is on the trike.
I get my zip ties by the hundred from a parts jobber.

 

[daugen]

we need to find a very cool SMV sign for your trike. Though if you are on a public road, maybe it has
to be of official size and style. how about adding extra lights, perhaps blinking to the rear?
I found a set of LED lights the bicyclists use and zip tied them to hitch of my lawn mower, and then turn them on when
I mow one foot from the street pavement. I wait until no cars are coming but can't see that far down the road.
So I make that one curb pass as fast as i can go.
Dimwits will run right over you, one blew my hat off going by, felt like outside mirror missed my head by about a foot.

pretty sure most of us will slow down if we see some guy mowing right next to the road.
unless he's blowing the grass into the road.
then he gets no slack from me
we have tons of bicyclists and bikers here, add some rain to that mess on road and it's
a bad idea. Blow the stuff inwards, also you don't put a stone in someone's head going by...
Or bag it.
At least blow the first pass inwards.

and if that person along the road has a tractor, pretty sure most of us would slow down to check it out.

I think a big unlettered red flag flying high and blinking lights in rear and perhaps a sign saying
I HAVE A GOOD ATTORNEY
would do nicely.