Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Thomas I’m trying

 

[m7040]

good morning, 30 going to 46

May get up to the barn/shop today to get into some clean up and maybe more

 

[two_bit_score]

Good Morning!
Coffee is great this morning! I use a 20oz insulated metal cup which keeps it warm for hours.

It's 40°F now and predicted to go to 65°. Clear now but clouds forcast around 8am.
3 MPH winds out of the North gusting to 6mph with 92% humidity.

We never got any snow flurries or rain yesterday just a slight drizzle briefly.

• Buppies I am sending prayers your day today is much better than yesterday!

• Thomas enjoy your Sunday and have a good day at work tomorrow.

• mostly, Several things have crept onto my calendar for next week so I'll be busy - but it will be a good busy.

• Ken those limbs could be a little further away for me to feel comfortable.

I'm going to enjoy Church via the internet today.

Prayers for everyone to enjoy a wonderful Lord's Day! Please pray for our Nation.

 

[check]

Good morning! Goodbye freezing weather for central Texas. 42˚F, heading to the upper 60s with a sunny afternoon sky. The house did well in the cold, I can find no damage. The skimmer baskets were full of leaves and the pool floor bot got completely full on the initial cleaning because the strong N wind brought live oak leaves into the pool.

Last week I just missed Checks daughter, she was on a different Royal Caribbean Ship that left a day earlier and made an extra stop and had an extra day at sea and came back a day later. We did the 5 day cruise she did the 7 day cruise. Her ship went to the two ports in Mexico that we went to only on different days. Weather was in the 80s and we had rain on the one day we we had already decided to stay on the ship in Cozumel. No Surprises everything went smoothly. A well planed vacation but I did think about the 16˚ morning at home and wondered if my pool pipes would burst but all the automatic freeze protections worked as they should, with no disruptions in power or gas. The citrus plants were in the 60˚ garage and were happy.

Today I'll unwrap the outdoor in ground plants to see what damage they sustained. I did notice a bunch of ice and a larger broken limb in a tree on the golf course but that must have come from a broken sprinkler head shooting up into the tree on a teens night. There was no lingering Ice after 4 days of freezing weather, except for that limb on the gold course.

Kyle the ice chip looks like a fern.

Hi, Don, maybe your 2 ships “passed in the night”! Anyway, I just checked and Michelle’s ship is now docked back in Galveston and she is in the Royal Caribbean building, I guess waiting to get on to her transportation back to Houston airport. Assuming no flights get canceled, she arrives back here at 4:15, and we will be picking her up and hearing all about her trip.

Back here in town in The Great White North, it looks like we are finally going above freezing for the next few days, and so perhaps tomorrow we will be using hot water to melt the frozen ice in the gutters. (The neighbor said he could help with that, so I changed my mind about chipping the ice out.)

Going out for a nice breakfast and then heading over to the Daughter’s place to defrost her standup freezer!

Have a nice day, everyone!

P.S. The new knee is healing up nicely, and I just confirmed in a meeting with the surgeon yesterday that my surgery for the second knee on April 2 is still a “go“. How is your knee coming along, Don?

 

[riptides]

30 outside right now, may get to 50!

Spent all day yesterday in the woods with the chain saw. Then to the log splitter.
Today is more of the same.

Hope all have a great Sunday. Be safe.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 35 going up to 45! and sunny.
Took dog for a walk at peddlars village.
Wife wanted me to top the Firebush by the pool more.
So I topped that one and trimmed a few other firebushes and hedges using the fiskars pole saw.
Need to start doing pickup sticks, the last few wind storms have covered all the open spaces.
Going to have to burn or chip, way too many to just dump somewhere.

Then I measured out the trim, will start cutting that when I get some time.

Had to adjust the garage door, it was stopping to high on close, got that done with a few back and forths and ladder up/downs. But closes much better now.

Kyle on that ice flake, it does seem like everything is bigger in Texas

TXdon - sounds like a nice trip and glad you came back to everything in good shape

Thanks for all the prayers for my dad, He said he was in pain, waiting fro hospice nurse to call to see if she can do something to help.

Son had friends come over last night, they showed up about 11:30 , so we sent them off to apartment so we could get some sleep.

Today, Wife wants to take dog into town for a walk, should be a good day for it, might also start cutting the trim, Going to do this outside so I don't make more if mess in the garage.

Cheap nail gun works well so far. I rarely use one, so didn't want to spend 4 or 500 to get one, think this one on sale was $40 and does 16 and 18 gauge. So will cover my tiny projects.
Works fine with my small compressor and hose reel.
Glad I got 10' of the plastic end cap, looks like I need at least 8 feet of it.


Be well,

 

[riptides]

...
Need to start doing pickup sticks, the last few wind storms have covered all the open spaces.
Going to have to burn or chip, way too many to just dump somewhere.
...

Me too. I have got piles of sticks everywhere. I should take them to the burn pile this AM.

The kicker is my great state now has a burn ban that now runs from 12AM until 4PM.

My burn pile will continue to burn into that timeframe. I would need to move it to an area that has no "flammable grass/vegetation" within 300 feet. Sigh...

 

[kenmbz]

Me too. I have got piles of sticks everywhere. I should take them to the burn pile this AM.

The kicker is my great state now has a burn ban that now runs from 12AM until 4PM.

My burn pile will continue to burn into that timeframe. I would need to move it to an area that has no "flammable grass/vegetation" within 300 feet. Sigh...

How do states come up with these weird laws?
Do the people that write them live only in town houses?

Time to get creative with how to make the piles burn fast/hot so they finish in the time allotted

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Prayers for you and your wife Buppies. I have had 3 family members, grandmother, step grandfather, and Father in law that had lost their memories. Short term memories were shot. Long term stuck around on my GM and step GF until the end.

My 96 yo mom still has fairly good mental capacity, being able to remember passwords and such.

Ready for some more warm weather.

Prayers for our team, our Nation, Ukraine and ******.

 

[sodamo]

64°F and no rain

A couple hours on tractor with rototiller, maybe half done 1st pass that area.

Success with the 20 ton press getting Scag shaft separated from brake. Boy was it on there. No way Mike would have gotten off manually. Was like it exploded when it finally let go, surprising the dickens out of us both.

90th Birthday celebration at treat. Small gathering of longtime neighbor that had used George’s services over the years. Glancing around I could only imagine the $$ invested.

Off to a neighbors lunchtime as he wants to get input into laying some drainage pipes/culverts. Not my expertise but willing to offer opinion.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 59F @ 8:45AM. Generally cloudy. High 62F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph.

Pretty neat ice crystal, Kyle. Another wonder of nature!

Finished installing my air/hyd bottle jack in the 20 ton press and so far I am pleased.

Sounds really nice. How 'bout a photo? Got a press here that still uses low and high stage hand pumps, and the handles stick out at just the right height to murder knee caps. It's ripe for conversion, but I'm very interested to see how you mounted the bottle jack. Did yours come with a foot control?

How do states come up with these weird laws?
Do the people that write them live only in town houses?

Yes, and why do they keep changing them? We used to have Fire Hazard Reduction Burning with no time limits and no size limits on the pile. Now we are required to get permits for early and late season burns, and they've put limits on the hours and size. I still have a big pile, but now have to feed a smaller fire using the tractor and grapple. I'm OK with that because some of those piles were so big I had to use a hose to keep the flames from throwing embers all over the place.

Didn't get much sleep night before last; finally just gave up and was on the road north by 6:15. Ran my errands on the way in, but forgot to hit the Post Office. First thing I noticed when I got here was a smoke detector chirping. It was the same deal as last time, but a different detector, so I should have changed all the batteries, so I did. While I was unloading the van I saw that the door to the pump house was hanging by one hinge at a crazy angle. Must have been a heck of a storm while I was away. Then I noticed water trickling out of the top of the 1200 gallon storage tank. Reached in and depressed the float valve a couple times and got it to reseat.

Firewood stack in the garage was getting low, so I filled up the side-by-side with drier pieces from another stack that was bucked but not split, so I had to be a little choosy to find pieces that would fit in the wood stove. The tarp over that pile is also full of holes, so I also left the wet ones. That tarp is one of those recycled billboard tarps, and this is the third year for it. It's really stiff and fragile, and I'd be splitting it and refilling pallets this summer if I wasn't selling this place.

Filled up the side-by-side again with odd scraps of lumber to make a campfire, and invited a neighbor down to share a bottle of wine. He's my body shop buddy, and finally got a job at a shop that specializes in custom and street rod cars, something he has a bit of passion for. He was doing collision work before, and hating life. The money isn't as good, but money can't buy happiness. We ran out of wine about the same time we ran out of wood, and the sky was spitting rain anyway. Still a nice way to end a long day.

It's still raining out, so I'll putter on some inside jobs and get some tidying up done in preparation for meeting with a realtor tomorrow.

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekends!

 

[sodamo]

Good morning TBN!!
23 this morning w/high in the mid 50s under sun.
Finished installing my air/hyd bottle jack in the 20 ton press and so far I am pleased. Squeezed and squished a couple of things to test. Time will tell now.
Started to set up the solar panel for the Blink cam. Finally got the correct one after three time. Have to charge it before use so will revisit again today.
Going to try and clean up tools from the various projects I have been working on.
Probably mostly R&R for the day.

Time for a second cup
Everyone have a great and safe day!!

I keep toying with the idea of adding the air jack as well, usually when using the press.

 

[Happy in NC]

No foot pedal but still pretty good control. Use hand or air. I had to drill and tap the base

 

[ronjhall]

No foot pedal but still pretty good control. Use hand or air. I had to drill and tap the base

I have the same press. Except my jack is gray. Works good. On small projects I use the hand arm. Sure is a lot easier to use with air.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

After my trouble looking below my engine yesterday, looking for a good endoscope, that has it's own monitor that can record. Don't want one to connect to phone. Any recommendations?

25 deg this morning, hit 50deg today, now 47 deg.
good worship, good lunch, although i kind of wish I had ordered something different.

Hot in the room with the stove on low.
Gotta teach again tonight. 45 min class goes by fast.

 

[Looking4new]

Plowing all done, fired up at 11:15 and started plowing at 11:45. Finished at 15:30 hrs. Fueled and fluids checked.
They are calling for freezing rain and rain tonight and tomorrow. Pushed the driveway back 10' feet on the west side and 20' back on the east. My snowbanks are getting up there.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon,
Bill, that’s a serious pile of snow !


Paul, I was curious about those change gears on your lathe the other day. Were you trying to get a specific thread size on the lathe that you couldn’t get with the gears that you had ? Glad they had the gear that you needed !

Warm day here, lots of melting, I saw a high of 43 before it went the other way ! Got both my truck and Kathleen’s car cleaned up a bit ! I’m sure it will get dirty on Thursday when we head to Vermont but at least it’s clean now !

Hope all had a good day !

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I know you usually have to switch a gear to go from metric to imperial on many lathes. Some have a double gear that you can take off and turn around and adjust the fitment.

Since I do so little press work, my main likes on presses are having a gage, and having the low/high 2 pump handles. It is nice to have the cable pulley system to raise/lower the work rest area. my main press uses are pressing out bearings, and straightening shafts.

 

[Thomas]

Plowing all done, fired up at 11:15 and started plowing at 11:45. Finished at 15:30 hrs. Fueled and fluids checked.
They are calling for freezing rain and rain tonight and tomorrow. Pushed the driveway back 10' feet on the west side and 20' back on the east. My snowbanks are getting up there.
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Bright side of all that snow good for water well.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Monday) morning. Overnight Low of 13.3C and it's presently 24.8C, clear & fairly calm. There was 3.0mm in the gauge from yesterday morning.

Well, this morning I finally gave up 'chewing' on one side of my mouth and called the Dentist's office. Good news is that I can be seen this arvo @ 1350 to assess the situation. I'm not in any pain, per se, only when downward pressure from a wee bit of food occurs on one particular tooth. <sigh>

That's about it, take care all.