Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
46° high of 66 advertised under a clear sky.

Yesterday was a perfect day for pouring concrete. Relatively cool and breezy.

The ground is so dry the concrete truck could dive anywhere he wanted, leaving no ruts, let alone risking getting stuck. It all turned out great, we ordered just about the perfect amount, ran out as the small pad for the kitchen door was about 1/2” low. The pad is plenty thick,about 6”, but about 1/2” below the planned elevation.

I started spreading the fill pile around, I have some laborers coming today to rake and shovel it against the new concrete as I continue to place it with the loader and box scraper.
When I built the house I buried all the shale that came out of the excavation for the basement. It came back to haunt me in this project. About the only way to deal with it is by hand, picking it out of the piles and putting it into the loader bucket.

Last night was an oddfellows meeting, I missed the last one being on a trip somewhere. Speaking of trips, the one to Palm Beach scheduled for Thursday canceled, I guess they thought it wasn’t a good time to go vacation in Florida….

I’ve got to get going before my help gets here.

 

[mpham]

Morning all! Starting out in the low 40's today. Going to a sunny 62. Looks like frost conditions for the rest of the week. Need to head out to the garages and remove all the freeze items.
Breakfast with the neighbor already complete. Need to head to the store and see if anything sold.
Was able to spend time in the shop this weekend and yesterday. Quite a few projects started and completed.
Lighthouse #7:

A 12 inch cherry tray:

And some more Christmas dodads.

Leaf patrol will be the main job this week. Also septic pump out this Friday. Need to dig up and expose the cover. Might try to squeeze a batch of oatmeal raison cookies too!
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[Buppies]

Beautiful work Phil love cherry wood your talent is amazing

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Vt, 39 to start going to 56 with beautiful blue skies ! Looks like sweat shirts on the pontoon boat today !

Drew, glad you and Mostly had a nice BBQ dinner together ! Sounds like a nice night !

Ken, any good firewood out of those dead ash ? I have harvested quite a bit of dead ash off of the Vermont property !
Burns well with decent heat output !

Dennis sorry about problems with finding the right place to settle ! Hope your conversation with the wife goes well !

Paul, looks like your almost there ! Sounds like the order on the concrete was just about perfect !

Lou, nice work on the propane tank ! That looks like a 1000 gal tank ! Should get a good price on the fill !

Here are a nice shot of last night’s sunset and this morning’s sun hitting the mountain in front of us ! I think foliage is just about peaked here !
Hope all have a blessed day !

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 62˚F heading to 90˚ Sunny skies, no rain.

Only won 2 of 5 games at cards last night, the regular crowd was there. Every time you win you advance to the next table, so always good conversations. The attack turkey also ran after one card player when she was on her bicycle, she outran it, but it did terrify her. I don't have chrome bumpers so he did not think I was another turkey, he just did not like me in his space. When Drew gets here I'll show him the chase up the driveway caught on camera.

I had an extremely high electric bill in September higher than in August. I found out yesterday, when the light company came to replace my electric meter, that the meter was not reporting my actual usage - they just estimated. Hopefully the new meter will report back to the mother ship correctly.

Some of the PT exercises seemed extremely difficult yesterday, I thought I was regressing but during my morning stretches this morning the shoulder feels better. I just have to count on for a few rough days during recovery. Dr visit tomorrow to "Test my limits".

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 36 and going to 55°F. Wind NNW 4 mph. Foggy now but clearing later.

Summer is over, I think. We might get an Indian summer, but I am not holding my breath.

I've been out of action here for a few days. No excuse, just needed a break. Did get the mower cleaned up for winter, 2 of 3 new blades and one sharpened. New fuel filter, too.

The thermostat change was a shocker! 50 bux for the parts (thermostat and gasket), 800 bux in travel time and labour. I think I know who I wont be using again.

I did find out that Massey and Kioti use some of the same parts. Also found out that Kioti has a warehouse in Canuckistan now, in B.C. Now we don't have to rely on parts going into the 'states and then coming up here. Maybe that is why my oil filter was only $13.95. I can remember that same filter costing me 40.oo bux + 13% tax.

Today is wood turning day and oil and filter change after that while the oil is warm.

Tomorrow if no rain I will drag the conveyor out, grease it, adjust the chain and get it running in preparation for putting the wood in the basement the next day.

A question for you more mechanically inclined than me; IF I were to put a bigger pulley on the motor end of my conveyor then that would drive the driven pulley faster?

I've got another driveway to plow this winter. I go right past it to get to the others that I do, so it doesn't cost me any more in fuel. Win, win for me.
I am hoping to get the one across the street from me, it would be worth about $500.oo per year. There is a large parking area and the driveway itself is about 6 cars deep. I charge by the year, not by the season. I generally take the service to the end of the month that you paid in 365 days later. Most of the guys that plow around here use a pickup with a blade on it, whereas I plow with a loader bucket. i have the ability to relocate the snow if I need to.

If any off you guys are into old westerns from back in the 50s through 70s, you tube has them on this month. Seen a bunch of Eastwood movies yesterday and finished off the day with Untouchables.

Don, it sounds to me like your 'attack turkey' is begging for the place of honour at your Thanksgiving table.

That is enough for now.

Have a safe day all

 

[Hay Dude]

Good morning!
Approaching the MT535B
Can you see the Krone Baler in the shed?

Grabbing a dozen or so bales to get trucked out

 

[daugen]

forewarned is to be forearmed...I think I"ll take my can of turkey pepper spray
in case the wild turkeys come after me. Or will it be a feral pig?
are you allowed to shoot the turkey? probably not in a close spaced community.
can you imagine all the doors flying open and the turkey is flying a gauntlet of lead.
what about a nasty biting pig?

I still haven't fired my nonlethal pepper ball gun. Probably need a wood wall and a target. Have practice balls and lots of extra CO2 cartridges
I wonder if concealed carry applies to bright orange plastic guns.

later this afternoon hope to take my ebike over to the nearby lake to get some pics, maybe send the drone up.
First I have to survive the Kiowah lake. Might be some Texas alligators in there
I wonder if Mostly and I could send the drone up from his boat in the middle of the lake. Risky, water will ruin drone and it sinks. I think a shoreline photo is safer.

clear and hot, sounds like a nice day to be on the water.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

West has less trash because far fewer people.

Does MI UP have its own sticker?

47° out, getting chilly.
Looks bad for FL.

 

[wngsprd]

47 this morning high in 60s fall here for a little bit. No rain in 10 day forecast got grass mowed wife helped went fast very thick but looks good. Prayers for all our Country Appalachia FloridaView attachment 1472929

Beautiful view and lawn. Glad you had help on the lawn.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 49 going to 70 ans sunny, still dry.
Moved some leaves with the blower
Did a lot of watering.
Finished reassembling the fire pit.
Then darkness so went in for dinner. Little sleep,

Paul/Popgadget - That shale looks perfect for a small wall build. Path looks nice.

Scotty - lots and lots of firewood from the dead Ash. Between firepits and big fireplace we use it.

Phil - nice work,

Lou - the tank work looks great.

Watering and maybe some wood splitting today.

Be well,

Day 1

Day 2: might buy some more flat tops. 1000 pounds of block stored behind trampoline in the summer. So it's portable

 

[LouNY]

Good Morning,
Vt, 39 to start going to 56 with beautiful blue skies ! Looks like sweat shirts on the pontoon boat today !

Drew, glad you and Mostly had a nice BBQ dinner together ! Sounds like a nice night !

Ken, any good firewood out of those dead ash ? I have harvested quite a bit of dead ash off of the Vermont property !
Burns well with decent heat output !

Dennis sorry about problems with finding the right place to settle ! Hope your conversation with the wife goes well !

Paul, looks like your almost there ! Sounds like the order on the concrete was just about perfect !

Lou, nice work on the propane tank ! That looks like a 1000 gal tank ! Should get a good price on the fill !

Here are a nice shot of last night’s sunset and this morning’s sun hitting the mountain in front of us ! I think foliage is just about peaked here !
Hope all have a blessed day !

Not too bad $1.80 gallon coming today to fill it, when delivered it had just a bit in it. Under 4" in the tank.
Plus it's time to stick the oil tanks and get that coming also, usually well over a 1000 gallons but I think it will be under a 1000 this year.

 

[daugen]

Ray Roberts Lake nearby
must be heading into sun, pics too dark
might try this afternoon

 

[buckeyefarmer]

No shortage of incompetent managers. They are usually smooth talkers that can sell snowmen to an Eskimo, but are assigned in technical groups and don’t know the subject matter of the job they are assigned. So they are assigned technical “directors” or “subject matter experts” that may know something about the subject, but that position is also filled politically, and may not have the best candidate for the job. The technical people, that just want to do the work and don’t have political aspirations are the most knowledgeable, but they aren’t included in the strategic meetings and planning and the whole group can get led astray rather quickly, or just be ineffective.
40 yrs ago, that wasn’t the case. Then a technical manager came up through the ranks and knew their stuff. Now it’s DEI hires or the “chosen” on a 2 or 3 yr tour to pad their resume.
Then there’s the “my job not to do” attitudes. Those are groups that have a specific mission, but wouldn’t do their job, and complained and fight when others try to get the job done in their place because of their incompetence.
Just look at some of the issues coming out of FEMA now with the hurricane. Malfeasance.

Our church was targeted by the Lois Lernel IRS tax exempt scandal.

Will get off that soapbox now.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Back on sale
Prime

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bought 2nd one 2 weeks ago when it went on sale again. This is another $20 less. Good buy. It has become my favorite camera.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Hope you find what you are looking for BEF that was some pretty land you had. Sorry wife having pain LS, where is L4N?

Trip sound amazing Drew

Yes, not a done deal yet, but who wants to live next to an obnoxious neighbor. One of the reasons we waited to do something with the land, was to see how the neighbors were. We said when we bought it, if we had issues we would flip it and look elsewhere. I had talked to this neighbor, told him my driveway plans. He had no objections then, but now when I started moving dirt he objects and wants me to put my drive elsewhere. He had no recollection of our one and only discussion last summer. He’s looking at his survey paper which shows a small gap between the road and the property line. But the road was not surveyed, it’s just drawn with angled lines for the bend to show an approximate location. An eyeball down the line shows the road on my property at that location.
My deed says 20 ft ROW to access the road and my property line meets the road where I want the drive so it’s a no brainer.
I was about to pay a surveyor ( he’s backlogged for months) to come out and set a point on the line (which I can look from one point to the other) to show the neighbor he’s wrong, and get a lawyer to write a “go pound sand” letter to him explaining the deeded ROW (his deed should read the same), when another neighbor gave us a good offer to buy it.
I could come off to the south where the road also is on me, but that would look weird coming in from the side of the house.
I will miss the land and the deer, it is a pretty lot.
But we almost put it on the market early in the spring to buy land in WV instead, but that land fell through.

The lack of a road agreement is another issue. This last hurricane last week washed it out, because of a lack of proper ditching and a culvert Neighbor behind me told me this same neighbor who’s objecting to my drive in this location also objects to spending money to address the road issue. The guy behind me is the only one performing any road maintenance, he’s nice.
The 2 smallest property owners are the problem neighbors and the busy bodies.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Sandhill Crane.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

Saw some in WI at our friends house.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Morning all! Starting out in the low 40's today. Going to a sunny 62. Looks like frost conditions for the rest of the week. Need to head out to the garages and remove all the freeze items.
Breakfast with the neighbor already complete. Need to head to the store and see if anything sold.
Was able to spend time in the shop this weekend and yesterday. Quite a few projects started and completed.
Lighthouse #7:
View attachment 1472952
A 12 inch cherry tray:
View attachment 1472953
And some more Christmas dodads.
View attachment 1472954
Leaf patrol will be the main job this week. Also septic pump out this Friday. Need to dig up and expose the cover. Might try to squeeze a batch of oatmeal raison cookies too!
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

Love the lighthouse.

 

[Looking4new]

Just finished watching Midway. Time to get my butt in gear.

 

[ronjhall]

Saw some in WI at our friends house.

Shorty after you left my place they returned.