Good morning!!!!

[mpham]

Phil, is your water acidic like mine?

I'm on town supplied water. Supposed to be tested regularly. I've had everything tested from the water to the house power grounds. Nobody can figure out why 3 out of 8 houses on this street have this issue.

 

[sodamo]

A bit more than an hour Really rough. Some of the clumps will high center tractor, and would have had I not be mindful.

Next task is to smooth. First try be with rototiller, not for a few days. Need to finish mowing first

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My brother had to thaw dad's well line, where it goes from pump into the ground. Keep a heat lamp on it below 28deg, but it froze yesterday.

Got to 29 deg today, tomorrow will finally get above freezing. Hopefully only the high teens tonight. Both geo systems have caught up and should stay caught up for the upcoming week. 48 by midweek.

 

[sodamo]

I surely remember living in Maine, many many years ago. First year I had built my house, i didn’t have well yet. Ran a poly pipe from parents house, more the 500ft as I recall. Insulated, heat tape, whatever, still froze numerous times. Luckily, I was still single, so minimal impact. $12500 mortgage, basically what it cost me to build, but gosh I still remember some months that mortgage payment was a struggle.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening Drew,

On the twice as heavy Massey, oh boy, what can I go dig up now

Looks like fun doing drainage ditches with that thing !

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Friday) morning. Overnight Low of 11.8C and it's presently 24.4C, partly cloudy with a wee breeze.

Another 'puttering' day during a lazy Summer.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Looking4new]

The dump and town run went off without a hitch. The PO has finally got around to sending me the mail that they didn't deliver while they were on strike. So I paid all the bills that came in and some more on the oil credit for next season. I found an extra 5 grand that I had forgotten about. That came in handy for the bill payments. The credit union I deal with used to take x dollars out of my account to pay my taxes with. 4.5 years ago they stopped doing that and I had them take $100.oo/month out of the checking account and deposit it into a savings account and it wasn't accessible through online banking. I had forgotten all about it. Then I paid the taxes out of the general account. About $600.oo every 6 months. If I had remembered about that account then there would be peanuts in it now. So I am kinda happy that I forgot about it.

 

[Engineer42]

The dump and town run went off without a hitch. The PO has finally got around to sending me the mail that they didn't deliver while they were on strike. So I paid all the bills that came in and some more on the oil credit for next season. I found an extra 5 grand that I had forgotten about. That came in handy for the bill payments. The credit union I deal with used to take x dollars out of my account to pay my taxes with. 4.5 years ago they stopped doing that and I had them take $100.oo/month out of the checking account and deposit it into a savings account and it wasn't accessible through online banking. I had forgotten all about it. Then I paid the taxes out of the general account. About $600.oo every 6 months. If I had remembered about that account then there would be peanuts in it now. So I am kinda happy that I forgot about it.

Nothing better than found money, even when it's your own.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I surely remember living in Maine, many many years ago. First year I had built my house, i didn’t have well yet. Ran a poly pipe from parents house, more the 500ft as I recall. Insulated, heat tape, whatever, still froze numerous times. Luckily, I was still single, so minimal impact. $12500 mortgage, basically what it cost me to build, but gosh I still remember some months that mortgage payment was a struggle.

When I was at scout camp near Bangor, the water lines ran on top of the ground. Too rocky to bury them, and I guess they just drain them at the end of the year.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 27ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Light wind mostly cleat early, partly cloudy late, high temp was 47ºF 10ºF below normal. Most of 10 day near normal temps. Made coffee to start day, bike on the Trek, got it ready to ride ob the road. Had noon dental appointment, came home made the bike ride,no nap, after dinner tried to have nap couldn't stay asleep.
David thanks for the pic.
Drew hope the turbotax session went well. Good to hear SUV getting whipped into shape. Good luck with sunroof.
Ron I would call that a conserve energy day. Hope shopping went well. Hope the pin mods are progressing as well.
Frits sorry about the cramps. Drink more today. Sorry wife in bad shape, prayers sent.
Phil sorry about the water line, hope repair not too expensive. Good news from insurance company! Glad pellet stove helping you stay warm.
NHBX hope day went well.
Buppies sounds like Holly had nice birthday. You can do a print screen or use phone to take pic.
Thomas Hope you have energy after 8 hours at parts store.
Hay Dude hay doesn't grow very fast at 4ºF does it?
Billy hope you got a good hike today. Glad you roast some good coffee. Nice gas price glad you were able to enjoy the Torchy's. Hope Costco was successful trip.
Two_bit hope you stayed warm.
Scott(VT) glad you got the units on sale. Hope they get delivered correctly and in good shape.
Happy(NC) good to hear temps moderating. Glad you and dog getting your steps.
Mike hope you broke the freezing barrier. Sorry driveway still ice sheet. Need pic of icicle Lunch date with wife sounds fun. Wood stoves can eat a lot!
Bill hope dump run and town run went well.
Paul full day yesterday, glad the training is helping her with distractions. Good to hear recurrent training went well. Nice the lawyer is moving on Lexus. Hope shop work progressing well.
Don glad you are about through the cold. Have fun trail blazing.
Ken glad you and dog making through the cold, neat pic
Drew glad good visit with Brother, and most info already in turbotax. Chuckled at no coat = bad idea.
Lou hope trash run went well.
David glad good day mowing. Isn't backing mowing how you were bending stabilizing arms? Hope guys did well at H&F. Lasagna likes good
Dennis glad good breakfast meeting. Good to hear you are exercising the bike Glad you caught double billing and it will get taken care of. Hope you get tree down.
good to hear RV doing well at storage, sorry suction cups not working in cold/sow.
Drew thanks for sharing pic and story.
Hey Dude glad DEF tank didn't freeze.
David hope the grading goes well.
Dennis sorry your dad's well line froze. Can you put heat tape on portion that freezes? Glad geos caught up.
David thanks for sharing story. Ant idea how cold it got?
Randy(wag) sounds like a nice day to take it easy.
Bill glad good dump and town run. Always nice to find 5K and put it to work.
Dennis they save a lot of money and they got drained, you be digging them up to patch leaks from freezing.
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