Good morning!!!!

[plowhog]

Been awol a few days, just caught up, oh my how much everyone is doing!!

Drew, I am sorry the Ag museum was closed. Not like you can just say OK I will come back next week instead. I'll put it on my list to get there for some pix and to share some impressions. Not the same though ...

As with Della, I'm looking forward to Rigby seeing snow for the first time. For dogs, snow=play. I enjoy how quiet everything gets when the snow falls, but for me snow=work. Plowing driveways, etc. And a little play with the dog.

Everyone have a great day !!!

 

[Popgadget]

Looking good PopG

What type of wood in kitchen cabinets first glance hickory but then not so sure

Alder

 

[Buppies]

Thanks PopG looks very good

Prayers for wife m7040

 

[Looking4new]

Snow might = work for some of you, but for me it is play. I get to play on my tractor.

 

[Buppies]

Agreed L4N playtime on my driveway just haven’t had any real snow for a couple of years

 

[daugen]

my sister drives a fairly new Volvo S60 station wagon, and like her husband drives fast down these incredibly windy roads along the coast.
My BIL is a retired brilliant academician and not technical, like my Father, had problems with an adjustable wrench. So when Uncle Drew comes to town, I try to help them with what seems obvious to me.

and at least his front tires were almost bald, would not pass the quarter test, I doubt he has 1/8 tread left. And he protested the car place just checked over car so how could tires be worn? Sigh. You want to trust those folks? Think for yourself...look for yourself, your tires are worn way down, and no wonder due to local roads. But, but but. No buts, you need tires.
to keep my sister safe, get out your wallet.

Let's see, you both speed down tiny curvy roads in the rain with no guardrails and huge drop offs. Yikes.
at least have good tires.
So....going to research this on Tirerack.com with my laptop, show him what tires he needs to ask for and have him order them to be put on Friday.
I will make sure he gets the right tires, he really is clueless.
Tires are incredibly important on roads like this.
I kept looking around asking where are the guard rails?
I'd think California would try to protect more than the whales...

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low of 52°, heading up to 78°. A little bit of rain yesterday... 1/8" in the gauge. Disappointed that the hype of 3 days of rain / storms forecasted didn't really happen. The 1/8" came in 30 minutes.

We were able to plant 28 little mums around the bases of the willows. Kind of an early birthday present for the wife.

Now I need to reconfigure the drip emitters. And, then some more mulch to fix what gets disturbed.

Apparently, my palm wasn't as tough as it used to be.... didn't even know the blister developed until too late...
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Got the quarterly discount card from Home Depot yesterday. That means it's time to go get a ton of wood pellets. A big plus is they are on sale at a $1 less a bag than the next cheapest place. $50 less, plus another 10%($30)= $80. I like the total of $270 vs. $350..... The local guy wants $400 a ton. Not worth it to stay local.....

Time to go start the drip irrigation. No more rain chances for the next 5 days.

After that, ??

 

[Buppies]

Have you tried discount tire Drew used them with lots of success

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Snow might = work for some of you, but for me it is play. I get to play on my tractor.

I get to watch it melt.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good morning! Low of 52°, heading up to 78°. A little bit of rain yesterday... 1/8" in the gauge. Disappointed that the hype of 3 days of rain / storms forecasted didn't really happen. The 1/8" came in 30 minutes.

We were able to plant 28 little mums around the bases of the willows. Kind of an early birthday present for the wife.

Now I need to reconfigure the drip emitters. And, then some more mulch to fix what gets disturbed.

Apparently, my palm wasn't as tough as it used to be.... didn't even know the blister developed until too late...
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Got the quarterly discount card from Home Depot yesterday. That means it's time to go get a ton of wood pellets. A big plus is they are on sale at a $1 less a bag than the next cheapest place. $50 less, plus another 10%($30)= $80. I like the total of $270 vs. $350..... The local guy wants $400 a ton. Not worth it to stay local.....

Time to go start the drip irrigation. No more rain chances for the next 5 days.

After that, ??

Just paid $345 ton. They said going up $10 next month. I buy lignetic premium. There are some cheaper ones.

That’s CA drew.

Got new breakaway switch installed on 16 ft trailer.
Just fine mist. .33” overnight.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Fairy farts buy a lot of votes. 81M actually.

 

[daugen]

Buppies, I've looked at their site but have used tirerack for a long time.
Have bought a lot of tires from them, including six for this motorhome that I went to the DE warehouse and picked up to save six percent tax.

But if there is a good local Michelin/Goodyear/Pirelli/Cooper dealer nearby, the trick is to print out the page from tirerack showing you did your homework and this is the tire you want. They can see the price just fine, and I've found I just wait for the return estimate and it's always close to tirerack.

so I educate myself on tire rack first and then try to do business locally.
someone has to install them and balance them and having a good tire shop
is valuable. I figure 15-20 bucks a tire to install and balance but I may be behind the times.

 

[Buppies]

Discount tire went above and beyond getting tires for us Pirelli from factory in Europe. I get them put on locally but do not recall how much

 

[plowhog]

Discount tire went above and beyond

+1 on Discount Tire.

I had a tractor tire go flat so I called them. They said "bring it in" and fixed it for me for free.

 

[Looking4new]

I get my tires for the Dodge locally, the garage deals with discount tire. I know I pay list price + mount and balance + 13% tax, but I don't care. That garage takes good care of me.

Anti-freeze done in the Kioti. I thought I had concentrate, I didn't, it was pre-mix and I diluted it another 1/2 a gallon. So now it is only good for -20°F. I am ordering concentrate and will drain the overflow tank and add the concentrate to that. I kept the ball valve to the heater shut off, so there is also -60F in that. When ever I need to add some more I will add the concentrate. Someone put pre-mix in a concentrate bottle. Oh well, stuff happens.

 

[LouNY]

Snow might = work for some of you, but for me it is play. I get to play on my tractor.

work, and a pain in the butt when the driveway isn't froze.

 

[Looking4new]

work, and a pain in the butt when the driveway isn't froze.

I turn my back blade around backwards like this )>
> = direction of travel. That forces the snow into the gravel and creates a smooth surface for when the serious plowing gets here.

 

[sodamo]

69°F and .24inches rain.

Dr happy with pressure in Sophie’s eye, healing well. No prescription changes. Vision improved to 20/80.

Hopefully dry enough to resume mowing, but will definitely have to raise the deck.

Taking Sophie to Lobster dinner tonight. No particular reason other than restaurant finally having what they call Angry Lobster night, 1st time in a couple years, so just a special treat for my special lady.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[LouNY]

I turn my back blade around backwards like this )>
> = direction of travel. That forces the snow into the gravel and creates a smooth surface for when the serious plowing gets here.

As do I it acts like a giant squeegee but it's still a pain in the butt, and then on my driveway you have to go over it repeatedly because even the 1300 pound back blade doesn't get it real clean when we get several inches of wet slop. A 14-16 degree slope (23-25%) is not a good location to get iced up.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

With rain, I started a camp fire.