Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

need to ask our resident expert PJS,
what kind of organ pipes are they?
I was surprised to see an organ in this church

Might be an A M Moller pipe organ. Located in Hagerstown MD they made 1000's starting around 1875

Pipe Organ Database

pipeorgandatabase.org

 

[ronjhall]

91 degrees in Giddings Texas
just polished off the last of Don's lasagna and then
topped that off with piece of home made apple pie
made by Kyle's wife and brought to me by Kyle.
I get pie and a fixed septic system, such a deal.

and what pie, lots of cinnamon which I love, and the crust, the
crust one could write sonnets about.
Kyle please tell your wife she makes the best pie crust in Lee County
of course it's the first pie crust in Lee County I've had but I'm certain
it must be the best

Lee County Peanuts. Are they still there?

 

[txdon]

My new office. I e-mailed the owners that I was released from the DR. to go back to work and about 30 minutes before I e-mailed Their Fall tractor driver had to go to Florida for his dying mother and they really needed me Sunday. I told them I would be there in an hour to orient myself with the tractor and their new procedures again since it has been two years. By the time I got home the Saturday tractor driver could also not work so I start a 9 hour shift tomorrow. I practiced going on and off the tractor with ny new shoulder and all is well.

Drew before you leave Texas you need to try some Homemade Vanilla Blue Bell Ice Cream. Brookshire Bros. will have it, a must with apple pie and made locally in Brenham, not too far from Giddings. They give free samples at the factory.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Lee County Peanuts. Are they still there?

Good question. I know the mill is not running anymore. They may still sell some at the weigh in barn.

Leecountypeanut@gmail.com

Don, that's a lot of tractor driving. Those big tall tires keep you up high I'll bet. Easy on the clutch as you take off.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Saturday) morning. Overnight Low of 0.6C and it's presently 18.2C, clear with a gentle breeze.

Fortunately it was clear last evening and I was able to see the Aurora Australis... mostly shimmering white 'sheets' and spectacular 'beams'.

Yesterday's Launie trip was very successful. Good trip, there & back. Everything on my 'mental list' was found and only a couple of extra things that I didn't know that I needed. Seems that there was a 'sale' on everywhere I went. I got home by 1715.

Today will be spent washing new towels and a couple pairs of trackie-daks.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Trip to the farm went well. many stops on the way, Kubota to get more SUDT for the farm tractor (gotta get that fixed), then stopped by to look at land in WV, then down past Uniontown to get lunch and a homemade pie at a favorite place. Brought home a hot cherry pie just out of the oven. Stopped at Menards to look at ACX plywood. How do you think that would work for cellar door if painted? It is external grade. Marine Grade is twice the price. Unfortunately need 2 pieces, as the opening is 4'2" wide... Didn't buy it.
Almost forgot to get gas, was very low.
My brother was already here and had started cleaning the porch, but we removed the old block steps and installed my new steps. Went pretty smooth, except dad came out once and yelled at us to put the steps back. lol....
Then we tore out the rotting handicap ramp we had used for my mom. We plan to rebuild it with PT wood, another time. It has holes in it where the wood rotted thru, and dad walked down it the other day... it had to go..
Will add pics from my phone in a minute.

Steps before.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Ground hogs had dug hole under ramp and under the porch, removing a lot of fill from under the slab. I shot one there once.

 

[sodamo]

Sure look functional, Dennis

As for door, maybe 4’ on a 2x frame?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Sure look functional, Dennis

As for door, maybe 4’ on a 2x frame?

Cellar door has hinges in concrete, can only be about 3/4” thick at hinge edge. Can be thicker set in a little.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 63ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Light wind, moderate gusts, scattered clouds, and high temp was 88ºF. made coffee to start day, got some bills paid an back in the mail, pulled more sandburrs, 30 mile bike ride. Lunch then went to work on batch of spaghetti sauce., then invited stepdaughter/hubby for dinner which went well, and we got caught up.
Ron glad shopping good. Hope you enjoyed your seat time. Nice bird pic
Thomas hope good progress on leaf control.
Drew glad Don got your back up camera running. Glad you were able to sleep well again. Bet you enjoy the cool off in Giddings. Glad you had a second valve to shut tank off for the road.
Drew if we are gumming up the works, would be nice if they would say something and propose a solution or 2 that would help.
Scott(vt) hope you had good day at work.
Paul good to hear progress on getting "I"s dotted and "T"s crossed. Hope the sprinkler help gets the grass sprouted. Hope you can keep all the plate spinning.
Masseyrider sorry weather didn't cooperate with no furnace till Nov 1. Took me 2 years to get 5K miles on SUV. Need to watch how often you eat like choice two.
Friendwithtractor sorry about outage, we lost traffic signal on wa to town from accident in August, no evidence of construction yet. Hope log splitter runs well.
Drew sorry about lack of tractor pics. Yes water very big deal when no enough to go around.
Buppies good to hear Parkway started to open up. Thanks for heads up on cold start. prayers sent.
Frits Cody sure looks nice. Hope you had success finding more jacks and mowing.
Ken sorry about the toll on deer family. In Missouri more bucks were harvested because of way rules setup. Pennsylvania may be the same way. Here some people see the some don't, I haven't.
Kyle Drew seemed to like the boat ride and museums especially car and tractor ones.
Kyle not sure what the answer is for your "buddy". You're right , letting them roam free is not the answer not enough car savvy. Thanks for the tractor pic, know nothing about Fendt tractors.
Ron nice pic.
Bill hope Jr has good trip to town.
RNG glad held mail delivered with pump controller. Hope reall issue gets fixed.
Frits thanks for story.
Ted glad you got to see aurora, no joy here. Hope you found something to do
Drew gal you made it to Giddings. Glad you got resupplied. Hope meet with Kyle goes well.
David great news on Sophie's eye pressure. Hope mowing went well
David were the message from when I was on Oahu trying to work out a meet with you? I was disappointed, but wasn't the best shape so close to wife's death.
Frits thanks for response. I wish her the best of luck with new job.
Drew glad Kyle was able to replace your valve. PJ should get a lick out of the pipe organ. Thanks for the pics from museum. Hope nap was good.
Bill hope you can get the functional assessment set up.
Drew glad you got some apple pie to go with the lasagna. I know what mean about pie crust. Ann was great pie crust maker, and I found out how good the crust can be Hope you can get some Blue Bell Ice cream.
Don got released just in time to go back to tractor driving. Have fun getting back n the swing of it and don't hurt shoulder.
Randy(wag) glad you got to the aurora. Good to hear good trip to big smoke. Trackie-daks?
Dennis sounds nice trip to farm. If glue is water proof should work ok. Glad work on farm progressing.
Dennis hope you can take care of groundhog.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues,Mike /BIL in FL, 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, hurricane victims, and Country.

 

[sodamo]

Cellar door has hinges in concrete, can only be about 3/4” thick at hinge edge. Can be thicker set in a little.

A challenge

 

[Wagtail]

Trackie-daks?

Sweatshirt material track pants/trousers.
"Daks" is a luxury 'high end' clothing label in the UK... so we Aussies are poking fun at this.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 57° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 63° some sun and clouds. Got neighbors compost pile moved. Did some tree and weed trimming while cleaning area up. No plans for today yet.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Thomas]

50F sunny day with gusty wind might reach 60F.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...4 hours at part store,stop for critter food,afternoon more leave control.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[daugen]

all this talk about Blue Bell ice cream and apple pie, and
frustrating the scale was not kind this morning. Same weight as last week, I have
plateaued at 13 pounds off. Just having too much fun in Texas. All good in my mind.

I'm hoping I can get to Reba's downtown for ice cream with Kyle's kids, if that works, otherwise we might drive to Brenham for a free sample

Don, glad you're back in the saddle. Those tires don't look like they give you a cushey ride. Of course R4's on my Kubota were unforgiving too.
hope you have a decent seat on that tractor if you're on it all day.

going to start off my day washing the rv when the sun comes up.
and thinking of a piece of apple pie with blue bell vanilla on it
no wonder I can't lose weight, my dreams are fattening...

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 61˚F heading to the mid 90s. clear skies S wind.

This will be a hot and long first day back at work at the "Adventure Farm". I have printed out the shows so I can tell the tractor wagon ridders when they are preforming. The shows are zoofari - with different exotic animals, Falconry, The fire show and the fireworks right before closing.

The cooler air (80s instead of 90s) will not be here till Tuesday.

 

[Buppies]

49 this morning high in 70s to near 80 cooler weather next week 50s for highs. Saw wooly Worm yesterday says cold first half of winter and he was headed south. This part of walking trail parking lot done next phase in three weeks.

Sorry about loss of cat riptides

Prayers for all our Country people of Appalachia Florida

Sounds like trip is a lot of fun Drew, enjoy tractor runs Don

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
55° and clear, high of 75 today.

Yesterday was a day of punchlist stuff, a lot of small tasks. Connect downspout to buried piping, terminate AV wiring onto jack plates, install light over vanity, keep moving sprinklers around, pick up hardware to mount toilet, install speakers in bedroom ceiling, etc.

Won’t get a lot done today, have to go play with the band outdoors at a pumpkin farm. Be interesting to see what the audience is like. I left the KubVan loaded up from last week’s winery gig, so the load up was effortless. Just have unload it, load it and unload it one more time today. I tell people that we play for free, but you have to pay us to move equipment.

I am under the impression that they are providing generator power, I’m bringing a Honda inverter generator in case I don’t like the power quality of what’s provided.

Gotta get moving, I want to move the toilet into the old folks home, hopefully install it after the gig today, or tomorrow. Might hang TV’s tomorrow.

 

[Happy in NC]

Good morning! 48 and gorgeous this morning and supposed to get to 75.
Hopefully going to get back on the tractor to gather more rock for the bridge repair.
Spent the better part of two days in bed in pain from what I suspect was just gas but it was pretty rough.
I gotta get my air compressor fixed, Regulator busted and the parts have been laying on the bench for a week. Incentive as I need to lube the tractor. I know there are other ways (hand) But I like my Lincoln grease gone with lock-n-lube, Makes it much quicker and easier.
time to finish my coffee and walk the dog. He's been confused with me down
And away we go.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 35 and going to a high of 52°F. Wind W 5 mph. Sunny!

I think at about noon I will start to put the wood in. It shouldn't take much more than two hours from start to all done, with conveyor back in storage place.

The cold water feed for the bathroom and toilet runs right above the window I chuck the wood through. THAT is the main reason I prefer to put the wood in when the temperature is above freezing.

I will call on Tuesday (Monday is Thanksgiving) for an appointment, hopefully in November.

I have seen the northern lights about 40 years ago, haven't looked for them since. Tonight might be a good night for them. If I see them I will try to get some pictures of them to post.

I just weighed myself this morning 229 lbs. I haven't been that light in 30 years. This is a good thing. Only 29 pounds to go.

Have a safe day all