Good morning!!!!

[Hay Dude]

Good morning!
Another hay hauling day

 

[kenmbz]

I am a firm believer that IF you have a tree within 50' of the power lines that is over the height of the lines it should come down. A lot of people around me don't agree with that thinking, but they are the first ones to b*tch when the power goes out.

That would be a few thousand trees along my main road

Though the Ash did a good job of taking themselves down and creating lots of power outages.

 

[Buppies]

Agreed L4N only 235 people out of power not a big deal to power company only those effected in such small quantities and tree falling took it out

 

[Buppies]

Morning Ken

 

[daugen]

expensive morning
looking at one quarter of the screen
rubber heel caught on power cable to laptop, yanked it off table onto floor.
very lightweight, knew it was not durable and sure enough, the screen is almost gone.
so that's on the list for today with my sister, getting another laptop. And this time one a little heavier duty. This one only lasted six months, I knew it was too flimsy. Want a 4k screen so have to see what they have, or get one day delivery from Amazon.

next post hopefully on new one

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 57F @ 8:00 AM in Orcutt, CA. Cloudy skies with a few showers this afternoon. High 68F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%.

Welcome to California, Drew! Traffic was a big reason I moved out of the SF Bay Area when I retired. Putting "the" in front of the route number, as in "the 101" is more a SoCal thing; I never heard it until my first ride down the coast to LA many years ago.

I kept looking around asking where are the guard rails?

But guard rails would spoil the view!
It's a bit unusual to get rain in the summer, but it's not unheard of.
The big issue with worn tires is hydroplaning. Lots of freeways out here have spots where water accumulates, especially 101. And since it doesn't rain all summer, the oil accumulates, too, so that the first rain turns the roads into ice rinks. America's Tire is the same company as Discount Tire in California, and they partner with Tire Rack for installation. The America's Tire here in Orcutt replaced a valve stem in a trailer tire for me, sent me down the road with three more new valves for the other tires, and wouldn't take a nickle for the service. Guess where my next set of tires will come from?

actually have a question on using my 50 amp adapter on a 30 amp cord.
just how much juice can I pull? more than 30 amps? if breaker on pole is 50, then only breaker applying would be rv panel breakers.
with a new transfer switch put in, will be safe again to pull full load.
with wire nuts still on those wires, been very hesitant to recreate my toaster.

Right now, the GFCI blows when I turn the power on to that circuit, but I watched a YouTube video this morning and I don't think I have the neutral hooked up to it correctly. So that's job1 this morning. It's a 50 amp circuit, and there are 50 amp, 30 amp, and 120VAC outlets on the wall box. Likely the only time you're drawing anything close to 50 amps is when the compressor starts. The high is only supposed to be 79F on Monday, so I don't think staying cool in your RV will be a problem.
Are you half way through the trip now?

Before we started excavation on the driveway up north, Tom, there was one spot where the gradient reached 24° (degrees, not percent). They got it down to 17°, and it could have been flatter if the dozer operator had followed directions. Very little snow up there in winter, but mud is a huge problem if I don't get the gravel down before it starts raining. Another item to check off the list next time I'm up there.

All this talk of snow and ice, and Fall's not even here yet. Sheesh!

I am a firm believer that IF you have a tree within 50' of the power lines that is over the height of the lines it should come down. A lot of people around me don't agree with that thinking, but they are the first ones to b*tch when the power goes out.

I'm right with you on that, Bill. Unfortunately, the Dixie Fire two years ago was started by a pine that fell onto lines not far from the start of the Camp Fire. Dixie was the largest fire in California history at over 900,000 acres, and the Camp Fire was the deadliest with 85 lives taken. Both were caused by faulty maintenance of the lines, and PG&E got away with just a slap on the wrist.

Yesterday would have been a smooth 425 miles if it weren't for two horrible drivers I met on the way down. The first cut in front of me moving something like 15 MPH slower than I was traveling, causing me to jump on the brakes hard enough I was worried the wood in back would start flying. If that wasn't enough, the on ramp was covered in good sized gravel so the front end of the van got a good peppering. I didn't meet the other idiot until I got to Atascadero on US101 where a huge box truck merged into the slow lane doing no more than 25 MPH. I had maybe 150 feet to slam on the brakes, and almost took out is left rear bumper (the next lane over was full of cars). Took almost five minutes for traffic to clear enough to get around him, all at 25MPH.

The forecast here was calling for rain this morning, but now that seems to have slipped to the afternoon. So I've got a chance to play electrician still this morning, then maybe get some wood unloaded this afternoon...

Hang in there gang, Friday's comin'!

 

[sodamo]

68°F and .07 inches rain.

Morning rain messed with my mowing plans yesterday.

As noted, a trip to VA website revealed my disability claim was approved. However further digging indicated that they likely acted on incomplete info, disregarding my enlisted time including my time in RVN. Now I need to do a supplemental claim.

Lobster dinner was a delightful treat.

After dark, I get a phone call. My neighbor is at my gate. Wife got a TRO and he needs a place to stay. Could be interesting. I know I want to be minimally involved.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[PJSprog]

The yellow jackets are not happy after the excavator made them come out mad and now they are looking for the nest.

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I can feel that picture, Frits.

Haven't seen (or felt) my ground hornets by the pecan tree yet this year.

 

[sodamo]

More nice work, Phil

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Waiting to see Beach Boys.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Friday) morning. Overnight Low of 1.6C and it's presently 15.0C, partly overcast with a breeze. There was 1.4mm in the gauge @ 0900.

Wind may pick up this arvo but certainly not at the level of the last 2 days. I'll probably wait until tomorrow to tackle the downed tree. It's 'downed' half way up so I want to be safe when doing it.

Not much else happening, which is a good thing.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[daugen]

thankfully new Lenovo laptop fired up and connected, after over an hour of new install on a slow line.
but I got my email running and obviously got here, though I can't move anything over since I can't see the other screen. When I get home going to plug a supplementary monitor into the old laptop and see if I can move some pics over.

what was really weird for a non connected guy is to take a bunch of pics on my Iphone today, and then when I turned on my Ipad, the pics all showed up due to linking.
I sure have a lot to learn.

tons of pics to process, had a wonderful day on the ferry to SF, walked around Embarcadero area where her apt is on 19th floor I think, I was happy to get back down to the first floor. Largest building there was Salesforce building and they had a convention there today.

first time I ever saw a Waymo. Lots of them

local staples did not have much of a selection of laptops, nothing 4k, but I got this Lenovo for 600 bucks with a SSD and I7 and 16 gig. It seems to work fine, and now I'm back to all aluminum construction self labeled as "military grade durability"
something the last one sure lacked...

I'm tuckered out, lot of walking today
will work on pics after dinner

 

[daugen]

very grey cloudy day,

 

[daugen]

wild looking fog bank rolling in over Marin Co

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Really enjoyed the show tonight. They played 1:40 with no break.
Mike Love’s son is in the band, on the right of Mike in this photo.
Brian Wilson is not touring with them. His wife recently died.

 

[Looking4new]

Agreed L4N only 235 people out of power not a big deal to power company only those effected in such small quantities and tree falling took it out

That is one of the reasons I say that Hydro One (former Ontario Hydro), our power company is the most unreliable public utility we have.

Hay Dude, ya gotta make hay while the sun shines.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 74ºF for the start, clear sky, light breeze. light wind, moderate gusts, Sky stayed mostly clear, and high temp was 97ºF, HI 106ºF. Made coffee, puttered, bike ride, trip to Costco, nap, Dinner, fish club meeting. No Kirkland decaf had to order it online.
Ron good to hear sister flight went as scheduled. Glad to hear neighbor's golf cart working correctly. Glad rest of day was relaxing. Hope grocery shopping went well. Nice pic.
Thomas hope you were able to harvest garden after 8 hours of parts store time.
Plowhog nice landscaping help. Glad you got rain. Hope wife doing better.
Phil glad coffee went well. Hope apartment now done. Good to hear new head gasket changed and mower runs good again. Hope window cleaning goes well. Nice wood work and pic as per usual.
Billy 2 inch rain very nice. Hope you didn't get too wet walking Della. Glad you were able to find more coffee beans. Good luck with your MIL sounds like she id doing well. Stress level will depend on how bad she doesn't want to move.
Bill hope you were able to finish off antifreeze change.
Mike sorry no rain, and unexpected road trip.
Scott(vt) hope work and pool work went well. enjoy the grands over the weekend.
Drew hope back got better. Hope you got good pics.
Paul nice progress. Hope FAA doesn't find much.
Frits glad wife better. Hope you didn't get any stings from yellow jackets.
Buppies sorry no power this morning. Hope you get more rain. prayers sent.
Ken I think the term is trace of rain Sorry you needed to water.
Hay Dude nice pics.
Drew sorry laptop screen bit the dust.
RNG sorry about the two drivers. That when you need the dash cam. Hope you found the issue on the GFCI tripping.
David sorry about lack of thoroughness on your claim. Hope you can improve the settlement. Sorry about neighbor, understand you are in awkward situation.
Dennis hope they were good!
Randy(wag) glad wind slowing down, glad you can wait on tree.
Drew glad you were able to get new computer fired up. Should be able to move what ever you want to move. First time I hear of a Waymo. Nice pics
Drew god batch of pics.
Dennis long time to play with no break. Nice pic.
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.

 

[Buppies]

62.6 this morning high in 80s 4.36 in of rain for the week more pop up storms today. Power came back on all is good.

Grass will need mowed soon growing steadily. Sorry about neighbor sodamo hope you get government straightened out.

Prayers for all our Country

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 56° with Partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 83° mostly cloudy skies. Shopping was good. Plenty of stock on shelves. Got more yard cleanup done. Visited neighbor that is putting a drive that will access to 4 acre lots that will he will build 2 new houses on. Lots of HD equipment to watch being operated. Put all the tools aways from golf cart repair. Off to Menards this morning. Then mow grass after dew dries off.
Turkeys seem to like watching my garden pond waterfalls.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[Thomas]

53F partly cloudy day upper 70's,slow cool down begins.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...4 hours at part store,afternoon finish harvesting garden than pull plants rototill garden.

Enjoy your day all.