Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Glad you are feeling better Happy in NC

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Wife picked up small container of Blue Bell ice cream at Buc-ees on our way home last week. Was too hard to eat right away, but about an hour later we polished it off. It would go good with the cherry pie I got yesterday.

 

[m7040]

good morning, 51 going to 74

Jack posts ordered and ready to pick up at HD
The plan is coming together for how to raise the beams and support them

Mowed a couple of areas and put the ZT back on battery Tender

Visiting the Blue Bell ice cream factory in Brenham is something the kids still talk about today

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Why I wish they had Menards out our way, they keep an assortment of Jack posts in stock. Also the ACX plywood in stock. HD and Lowe’s only carries CX.

 

[gstrom99]

One of the few downsides of living "out here" is when these hog manure tankers show up to bury their "by-products". Two of these were here doing passes for about 4 hours the other day. With little to no wind, it has been pretty stinky (only slightly better after two days).

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 55 to start going to 70 or so ! Much warmer than the last few days ! Bright blue skies and sunny !

Last night we went with our oldes son and family to Gaucho Brazilian Steak house in Stamford, Ct. The meats that they serve were amazing but the traffic down that neck of I95 is absolutely and incredibly Bad ! Took a long time to get back home but we made it !

Tonite, my wife Kathleen is taking me to the Shubert Theater in New Haven to see the play, TheRocky Mountain Horror Show ! Obviously she thinks I need some cultural structure in my life !

Hope all have a great Saturday!

 

[daugen]

picked up the rv and cleaned up a little, in case kids show up, but otherwise heading outside to quietly wash rv. I looked, not disallowed anywhere.

I'm looking forward to whatever the day brings and an early dinner
at steakhouse here.

I have a question about steak. For thirty bucks should your Texas steak be fresh meat recently cut or aged or is it ok to be a frozen portion from their refrigerator? I'm guessing it's a matter of whether they employ their own butcher.

 

[daugen]

One of the few downsides of living "out here" is when these hog manure tankers show up to bury their "by-products". Two of these were here doing passes for about 4 hours the other day. With little to no wind, it has been pretty stinky (only slightly better after two days).
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and that's why Greene Iowa is green...
too bad they can't throw an odor pellet into the tank and have it
coming out smelling like mint

 

[LouNY]

Lots of manure tankers around here also, it can have a pretty potent smell to it at times. And a few that still use regular manure spreaders and many that use both.

A nice day here up to 56F this morning, heading for what I consider to be a pleasant 66F, not so nice tonight and Sunday. Down to 35F and showery with a high forecast to be in the low 40's.

Starting to get lots of leaves down on the ground, need to get busy and get more of the back filling and cleanup done from the propane tank install.

All stay safe and get well

 

[fatjay]

Today’s the church hayride for Halloween. Got my coffee and tractor. I’m ready to go.

 

[m7040]

Spent some time reviewing first draft of D's stinging letter to senior management. This can go well or really bad. Not sure which but it is sure to get attention. She has lots of guts for doing this.
Just a snippet of the letter below that gives you an idea of the tone

"Instead of fostering fair competition and allowing all qualified staff to compete for these roles, the practices aligned to many of these opportunities are pre-filled by pre-designated individuals. This practice completely undermines the Department’s equity goals, as it denies staff the chance to advance based on merit and performance. It also highlights the divide between individuals who have been within the bureau for a long time, and the perception that they are therefore owed opportunities, vs. Individuals who have been in dept for less time."

 

[daugen]

that sounds pretty common place Frits, unfortunately

finished washing rv, good exercise on a lovey morning
started out pretty foggy

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low of 50°, heading towards 80°. High clouds, but sunny. Some rain chances might show up next Friday. I hope so... it's been over a month since the last sprinkle.

Had a strange plant death....a Blue Atlas Cedar. It was planted spring of '23, was doing great, grew almost 2' taller. I noticed a little brown at the bottom so went to investigate..... as soon as I touched it, the needles just fell off! We were both in shock.... no apparent reason at all as to why it died.

Today's agenda will involve digging it out and planting a different replacement. That should kick my butt for the day.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 66 going to 76 and sunny, dry.
Went out for appetizers and a drink for the wife.
Keeping costs down as full dinners have gotten out of hand around here.

M7040 - good luck to your daughter on that letter. Honesty sometimes works, hope this is the case.
I am in an industry where picks are based on what you are vs. accomplishments in many cases.
When I worked Wall street, sometimes people were picked based on entertainment value or eccentricity. I can't remember how many times our team came in to fix those messes.

All of you with Halloween tractor pulls making me jealous, looks like fun even with the long hours.

Sorry about your tree LS, we had a white pine die after surviving a bad deer rub 2 years earlier. It seemed to be doing well, then it went brown in less than a week this last spring.

Still need to do more watering, we have lots of trees showing distress, dead ground cover and plants that are only surviving due to my hours of watering.
Afraid to use the firepit right now as so dry.
But I know eventually we will get rain.

Be well,

 

[masseyrider]

Staying cool for the foreseeable future. High in 50s. Lows getting close to frost. Today clear and sunny.
Lots to do. Don't want to do those jobs.
Thanksgiving weekend for us here in Kanuckistan.
So I'm going to be thankful and go for a cruise in the GT.
Round and round we will go. Where we'll stop, nobody knows.
Fill up of ultra premium should be aboot $125+- from the poor quarter she sits at now.
Hopefully it lasts the afternoon.

 

[sodamo]

67°F and 0 rain

Got this round of mowing done - finally. And it isn’t pretty. I’ll be starting next round soon.

Need to switch gears and start getting these insurance inspection photographs.

Some stray black and white cat showed up just before dark and started making these god awful noises. Simba, our cat wasn’t happy and joined in. The dogs were even less happy and did their best to keep him at a distance. Fortunately he gave up about 8pm.

Sophie’s brother and sisters made it to Vegas for today’s event. I gather the consensus isn’t the most positive. Sophie already says she has no intention of going to Vegas again. Don’t think the nephew is getting high marks for planning. Glad I had to stay home and pet sit

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Looking4new]

We went out at noon today and put the wood in the basement. My conveyor chain stopped working and I almost burned the belt off. I'll go out tomorrow and see if I can get it working again.
At least all the wood is inside. Wood bucket is off and material bucket back on. Compost piles turned.
Next job is to take the hoe off and put the back blade on for the winter.

 

[daugen]

Texas Cotton Gin Museum was very interesting, plus they were starting up an old Super H while we were there, and once it fired, zero smoke and smooth as could be.
Certainly an original patina with that early FEL.
twin cylinder fuel oil engine made about 125hp, ran large cotton gin through shaft that goes 85 feet in length. I hope Kyle makes it back here when they fire this engine up at next festival.
very cool place, I liked the part about the Sucker. You could see the pipe coming down to suck up the cotton

Kyle, my rv hero of the day. Scrambled right under there and replaced that valve.
he gets a major Attaboy! for this one

am looking forward to Kyle and his wife picking me up to go to steakhouse downtown.
Hopefully one of the kids will come but I'm happy just to be here.
we had a wonderful lunch at Mexican restaurant in Barton.

 

[Buppies]

Nice day so far 77 bright sunshine cooler weather coming but no rain for 14 days plus temperatures up and down warm cold rinse repeat

 

[m7040]

Nice day here also 73 and sunny

D is ready to leave tomorrow for Tokyo, Sapporo, Osaka, Hanoi, Halong Bay, Ventiane, Bangkok. Tokyo and then back November 6. Mostly BB accommodations minimalistic as they are in Japan but the hotel in Hanoi looks nice.
Traveling with two friends and glad they are big and strong guys over 6 ft tall

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