Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

VDOT is the same as it was 25 years ago riptides

 

[ronjhall]

Drew do you use a pressure regulator on water line when hooked to city water. Some RV parks have water pressure over 100 psi. RV water systems are tested at 50 psi.

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[Buppies]

Good point Ron

 

[daugen]

I find this software helpful not only in showing the weather, which currently is clear everywhere, but also the time where I'm going after the time zone change.

Drew do you use a pressure regulator on water line when hooked to city water. Some RV parks have water pressure over 100 psi. RV water systems are tested at 50 psi.

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yes, yesterday's was like a fire hose, 115psi and the campground says they will lend you a regulator if needed. I have the one with a pressure gauge in it, showing max restricted pressure which I think is around 45 psi
this is one I bought last year, stays hooked up all the time to my potable water hose. I also have another hose technically for black water, but without the regulator, makes a great washdown hose.
yes, I sure would not want to tax this cheesy plumbing any more.

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[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Milford,Ct , 54 to start going to 79 with some early morning clouds !

Time to get packing, need to be gone by 10 !

I will immerse myself in the finest of Americana
most of which will have been made in Hunan Province.

Good one Drew !

Mike sorry to hear the difficulties with VDOT ! Frustrated for sure !

Ron, good point on the water pressure !

Kathleen is looking at me, time to get moving !

Hope all have a blessed and safe day !

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 78F @ 4:45AM back in Yankee Hill this morning. Plentiful sunshine. Hot. High 104F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

I remember the Badlands being worth the visit, Drew. Mostly just a drive through experience, but it's been many years since I was there.

Smooth trip up yesterday, but really hot temps after noon. 104 passing through Sacramento, 100 in Chico while I was running errands. I started the A/C at the old house at 2AM yesterday, so it was nice and cool inside when I got here. Only glitch was a dead battery on the gate opener, but I was able to get the opener disconnected to get in. Battery is dated 2016, so that's part of the problem. But I also suspect the charger isn't working properly, too.

PG&E will have contractors out using a drone to check a couple power poles this morning, so I'll be up at the gate first thing to get it open for them. I brought a few cans of spray paint to give the gate a freshening up, so I'll get that done before it gets too hot. I'll be inside doing paperwork most of the rest of the day, and maybe some cleaning. The new house came with a Swifter, so I brought it up this trip along with a new box of pads to see how well it works on the tile and engineered flooring. Not expecting miracles, but anything helps.

TGIF gang!

 

[ronjhall]

I find this software helpful not only in showing the weather, which currently is clear everywhere, but also the time where I'm going after the time zone change.

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yes, yesterday's was like a fire hose, 115psi and the campground says they will lend you a regulator if needed. I have the one with a pressure gauge in it, showing max restricted pressure which I think is around 45 psi
this is one I bought last year, stays hooked up all the time to my potable water hose. I also have another hose technically for black water, but without the regulator, makes a great washdown hose.
yes, I sure would not want to tax this cheesy plumbing any more.

Amazon.com

I had a Watts regulator that looks just like that.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 58 going to 79 and cloudy.
Today son turns 17.

Got garage cleaned up and ping pong table ready for tomorrows birthday party. Out to dinner tonight.

Speaking of road maintenance. Though the town truck came through, they just cut back stuff the is in the road or over it.
So I need to get back out there and cut back the stiltgrass. Will wait until deep winter to cut back the brush.
However the cleanup I have been doing to the road area has helped out immensely and this years cleanup will be easier.

Be well,

 

[m7040]

good morning, 59 going to 79 and sunny

Took wife to get infusion and mowed yesterday. More mowing on tap today. Brought the splitter battery into the barn and hooked it up to the battery tender. Set up an extension cord to do the same to the ZT battery. The trees are overhanging on the road but fortunately the tree cutters have started on the far end of our road. Propane was delivered 230 gallons need to pay the bill. Filled up the van with diesel 2,45 a gallon.

 

[plowhog]

PG&E will have contractors out using a drone to check a couple power poles this morning,

The problem with a private contractor on your property using drones is you don't know what they are recording or exactly how they will use it. It may differ from what you are told, and how would you know? My experience with PGE is their contractors "run wild" without supervision, often doing whatever they want.

Such as: will their drone find any structures not in code compliance which would result in a report to the County? Will the drone see someone target shooting who has a child with them, resulting in a report to the Sheriff? Does your house need a fresh coat of paint? The drone footage collected could be shared (even sold to) home improvement contractors wanting to target their sales pitches to people that have houses with tired paint.

Anyway, good luck with the drone. It is a very slippery slope of allowing others to film your property and potentially maintain a permanent record which you have no control over.

60F going to a hot sunny 95F. The news said this is a very hot summer compared to the past. Not record-breaking, but up there. It feels like it!

Everyone have a great day !!!

[Update: just checked the cameras at our CA ranch and saw a Bobcat with cub walk by. Busy year for wildlife, now a Bobcat with a cub, before that a Cougar with a cub, and a Bear with two cubs.

 

[Looking4new]

Morning all, 58 going to 79 and cloudy.
Today son turns 17.

Got garage cleaned up and ping pong table ready for tomorrows birthday party. Out to dinner tonight.

Speaking of road maintenance. Though the town truck came through, they just cut back stuff the is in the road or over it.
So I need to get back out there and cut back the stiltgrass. Will wait until deep winter to cut back the brush.
However the cleanup I have been doing to the road area has helped out immensely and this years cleanup will be easier.

Be well,

Happy 17th Birthday to kenmbz son.

 

[riptides]

VDOT is the same as it was 25 years ago riptides

True.

I was not let down by their service.

1. They could not identify my road.
2. The first crew started back cutting for about 100 feet and disappeared. Leaving the cuts in the drainage ditch.
3. The second crew started back cutting in a different direction than the first crew and disappeared. Leaving the cuts in the drainage ditch.
4. The third crew showed up, said it looked all done, said picking up cuttings was not their job. They basically missed about 500 feet of road. Don't know how.
5. After a few weeks and numerous calls the drainage ditches were finally cleared.

The road still has about 500 feet where you have to move over to avoid greenery. The occasional tractor trailer makes a lot of noise hitting stuff coming up the road.

Our last conversation with VDOT, they said the road is contracted out and not their responsibility. That started and ended a lengthy conversation that got - nowhere.

We gave up.

 

[m7040]

More trees are coming down. This one is leaning against another dead tree that could if it falls hit the power lines and potentially land them in our driveway

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Anyway, good luck with the drone. It is a very slippery slope of allowing others to film your property and potentially maintain a permanent record which you have no control over.

All good points. I plan to be there to watch what they're doing. Before they start, I'll ask if I can review the video and give some thought to denying permission if they refuse.

 

[Hay Dude]

Good Morning
Mowing some hay 22' per pass

 

[Engineer42]

Back in the day most of us abided by same rules and most any observant adult could and would apply corrective action.

And if I may add, you were pretty much guaranteed a second corrective action when you got home, partially for the initial infraction and partially for embarrassing your parents by someone else having to correct you. That's how it worked in my case anyway.

 

[LouNY]

LOL, yea seems there would be at least 1 altercation regardless of grade level.

A bit of clarification, I didn’t mean to imply any particular set of parents bore responsibility, but there has been such a drastic change in how kids are raised (trying not to get political) that I think parents maybe disadvantaged. Back in the day most of us abided by same rules and most any observant adult could and would apply corrective action. Would love to see a very broad based study on effects of so many changes and how behaviors have changed. But that isn’t politically possible.

I have a multi band scanner in my kitchen which I listen too frequently. Mainly to catch issues in my area but also for the general knowledge of whats happening.
The number of calls to 911 for issues that would have been simple parental discipline ( a good swift swat on the butt) are now a 911 call, an eight year old won't get out of bed, or dressed, or is throwing things around. An 11 year old refusing to go to school or just throwing a fit.
Kids (brats) calling 911 because a parent took away a phone or similar. Kids calling that a parent "assaulted" them, (gave them the swat they deserved).
Adults calling 911 because someone insulted them, or argued with them.
So many 911 calls that are just plain ridiculous, and then my favorites; calling in actions or behaviors of any and every kind but not being willing to sign a complaint. From driving issues to "oh my god someone is walking into the woods carrying a gun"
Or even better someone is sleeping in their car in the parking lot, or they have left a pet in the car with the windows only half way down.

 

[Buppies]

Riptides there is number in Richmond you can call that will get results

Happy Birthday to son Ken and many more

 

[Looking4new]

And if I may add, you were pretty much guaranteed a second corrective action when you got home, partially for the initial infraction and partially for embarrassing your parents by someone else having to correct you. That's how it worked in my case anyway.

Mine too. My Grandmothers' hand was real boney and it HURT when she gave me a lickin'. I didn't get a switch, I got a wooden handled clothes brush. With no mantel (no fireplace) to eat off of, I had to either smarten up or toughen up my back end. I chose the latter.
I threw my first stone at age 5, got my first and only windshield and one of many lickins to follow over the years.

 

[sodamo]

68°F and .06 inches rain

Guys lost H&F again

Looking like a good morning to work the LS. I’m hopeful.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day