Good morning!!!!

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 44 going up to 57 and rainy

Talent show went well, son did a nice solo of a song he wrote. They all went out to dinner after.

M7040 - sounds like good progress all around

House across the street finally sold, asked 6.9 mil, got 5.4 mil, 19,000 square feet and indoor pool. The couple that owned it were nice, he is a developer so got the house from floors and walls to complete and sold. Bet he made a tidy profit.

Back to the day job, meeting with some directors today to move my side project forward.

Be well,

 

[Buppies]

Glad your son did well Ken

Happy son is doing better m7040 agreeing to accept help first step

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 56F @ 5:45AM. Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 74F. ENE winds shifting to S at 10 to 15 mph.

Got a couple little jobs done in the morning, and vacuumed out the pump house. What a mess. Then got the mortices for the door hinges cut using a vibratory tool, a first for me. About equal difficulty as with using a wood chisel, but the wood chisel is more manoeverable and does a better job. But this was rough carpentry, and the wood chisel here is about as sharp as a screwdriver. Two coats of paint later, and now all I need to do is mount the door knob and that job is finally finished.

Realtor lady brought along a side kick/body guard, and both put on something of a show. They acted like they'd been drinking or something, they were so bugged out about the view of the lake. Spent most of the time outside commenting on it, about how well it would show in the videos they'd make, bla, bla, bla. Not many questions about the various systems here, they were comfortable not being present when other realtors were showing the house, and they wanted the full 3% commission. So the first realtor still has a strong lead in the competition. Number three shows up at 10 this morning, so we'll see.

Neighbor is supposed to come over this afternoon so we can take another stab at getting the firetruck running. Holding my breath on that one. Still need to get some limbing done while the pole saw is here, same with some pressure washing, and if I don't hit the weeds before I leave they'll be huge before I get back. Guess I know what I'll be doing for the next couple days.

Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin!

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Mike ,

It's not one house or two, it is entire lots that used to be farms carved up and developed. Sometimes hundreds of houses

I hear you Mike, it’s tough to watch that happening! We saw a lot of that here in Ct also, but a lot of the farms here were sold to the state and they can stay as open space !
Up in Vermont not so much, we have been there since right after 911 and not much has changed in that time frame !

 

[riptides]

....

House across the street finally sold, asked 6.9 mil, got 5.4 mil, 19,000 square feet and indoor pool. The couple that owned it were nice, he is a developer so got the house from floors and walls to complete and sold. Bet he made a tidy profit.

....

Probably will be felt in assessments to all adjacent home/lot owners over the next few month/years.

I always looked at our homes as a home, of course the investment value is well documented in real estate, we took an opposite path.

 

[daugen]

RNG, what is final destination for fire truck?
Ken, you have a very talented son. Where did he get that from? as Holly smiles....

despite it saying it's raining out, it's not, so went out and trimmed some bushes, and discovered
I had to give last rights to two Makita batteries. I tried them in multiple chargers and as soon as plugged in,
light goes red and fan stops. Unhappy charger, likely a protection circuit shutting it all down.
one battery was at least 12 years old, oem Makitas are wonderful batteries, but....
125 for an oem 5 volt vs 2 for 54 for 6ah clone.
I've had good luck so far with 8ah clone, but I doubt any will last as long as oem.
I think Makita must make a lot of money on those batteries, like HP with cartridges...

one thing for sure, first time I charge a non oem battery I do it on concrete and several feet from anything.

 

[riptides]

Good Morning Mike ,

I hear you Mike, it’s tough to watch that happening! We saw a lot of that here in Ct also, but a lot of the farms here were sold to the state and they can stay as open space !
Up in Vermont not so much, we have been there since right after 911 and not much has changed in that time frame !

Morning back!

My county is big on easements, visual, conservation under a Protect Development Rights program. So they grab what they can, when they can.

A neighboring county, not so much. They have been rezoning, slicing, dicing, developing and trashing policy and rules that they had in place to "protect" rural lands.

One can see the difference when one crosses the county line.

Some people call it progress.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 29 and only going up to 34°F. Wind S 8 mph. 30% chance of flurries/rain.

Today is an energy conservation day for sure.

Have a safe day all

 

[LouNY]

Good Morning,
Ct, 30 to start going to 51 ! Quite overcast now with a threat of rain but so far not much ! We are heading up to Vermont around 3, so hopefully the weather will cooperate! Our oldest son and family will be coming up tomorrow evening at some point, so hopefully the weather is Ok for them also !

Plans for today is to pack truck until Kathleen comes home and hopefully get a walk in between rain showers ! Maybe some odds and ends done around here !

Hope all have a good day !

Good luck with the Vt. trip. It is warm muddy and sloppy here, 32F predicted 42F with a half inch of snow on top of mud were the snow was cleared about 6 inches of white cement on the rest. Driveway all soft and easy to rut up right now.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Lou,

Driveway all soft and easy to rut up right now.

Hooray, I can’t wait to get my freshly waxed F150 covered in mud , not !!

 

[sodamo]

65°F and no rain.

Session with solar guy went very well. I now have an 16kw system. 8kw each side in a master/slave configuration. Previously system was 8/4. Each side virtually identical so cold be master/slave either way or even better should 1 side fail the other will operate independently. Tweaked the settings and no generator errors. Generator is only 14k and generator tech suggested setting about 80%.

Trip to town to pickup Sophie’s new bifocals. Interesting her remarks how bad her vision must have been compared to how much better she sees.
Celebrated with ice cream at Baskin Robbin’s.

Will do some piddling around this morning

H&F here at the house later

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Buppies]

Another 12 loads of brush hauled away that’s 1/3 done hauled 14 yesterday. Joys of home ownership

 

[daugen]

trash out to curb including a worn out office chair
I bet it's gone within an hour or two

did a small solder repair on truck, not sure it worked
the wire for the rear window defroster fell off, seems to be soldered on to glass.
so I tried a little solder, after flux, gun really wasn't big enough and not sure enough solder made
it in there. Will find out when I turn it on next.
otherwise, this goes on Ken's or Popgadget's list

got cloudy and started to drizzle again

Buppies, that's a lot of brush
bet you need to put your feet up

Spring flowers just aching to come out

 

[NHBX]

Ours are a bit behind yours!

 

[kenmbz]

Ours are a bit behind yours!

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Ah, spring in New Hampshire
I remember as a kid having a pretty thick snow base in the mountains by my uncles house well into April.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Been trying to clone a hard drive all morning and afternoon, not going well. Software keeps having issues.

Did eat lunch at Mexican place, huge burrito, very full.

 

[txdon]

About 50% of the tulips are blooming. The structure being built in the middle is a wind mill. High winds tore my canopy - new one expected tomorrow. New baby alpaca is named Tulip, since she was born during the tulip festival.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Friday) morning. Overnight Low of 14.4C and it's presently 23.5C, mostly clear with a steady breeze.

I honestly don't feel like 'getting up to' anything today, or for the foreseeable future due to this bloody tooth... which isn't actually the tooth itself but an inflammation of the jaw. Monday can't come soon enough but I'll head into town to pick up a PO delivery this arvo, then stop at the chemist to see if they've got something to knock down this swelling. <sigh>

The "Mad Agisting Horse Woman" has requested a paddock transfer this early evening.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[daugen]

Wagtail, when that happens to me it's straight to the penicillin and in two days much better
hope you feel better soon

Don, wonderful pictures, a sea of flowers

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all, running late, tonight lost internet for a while tonight. 47ºF to start, mostly clear, moderate breeze. Moderate wind till noon then dropping slowly, brisk gusts then dropping slowly, mostly clear sky, and high temp was 70ºF. Made coffee to start, made oatmeal for breakfast, got bill in mail. Mobile boat mechanic stopped by to get engine numbers, so I put battery in boat, then cleaned leaves out of it. 95 hours on engine. One battery acting like bad cell so will replace it use as starter battery, and try to use other two on trolling motor. Got more wood split, and bike ride and nap. Lost internet about time I start posting, checked it 1.5 hours later and it was back.
NHBX glad rider to lunch was good, and lunch was good. hope today went well.
Ron hope not too much ice in the winter mix. We had a camera bird feeder, all we got were squirrel backsides. Hope grocery shopping went well. Nice pic
Drew hope Costco trip was good. I have about 5 years on my truck GPS replacement.
Billy hope hike and and Della's swim was good. Nice pic of Della.
Drew odd noise detection has been becoming more common in the metal stamping industry, finding problems when they are easier to repair. My question is will Kia then fix engine and until what point?
Thomas hope not too much cold, and sloppy mess can wait till tomorrow.
Drew you had a lot of fun farming in NC. Thanks for sharing pic with us.
Phil hope snow not an issue. Sorry about the feeling poorly. Glad that is ove for you. Good to hear getting woos shop time.
Happy(NC) hope not too much rain. Hope you get tank soon.
Buppies hope grass comes back, and home front survivable. prayers sent.
Two_bit sorry no training. Glad catfish good. Since HD not only reason for town trip, trip was not wasted.
Mike sorry trip in as bad as it was. Hope you got your errands done.
Two_bit hope day went according to plan.
More posting tomorrow.
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