Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 36F @ 5:45AM. Sunshine and a few clouds. High 56F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.

Was thinking maybe I can wrap with rubber or silicone tape. Any thoughts? Initially was just gonna replace, but if not leaking, maybe not yet.

A neighbor uses sections of old fire hose to cover his hydraulic lines. He gets them free from the local fire station. I put some on the hoses to the grapple and 4in1 bucket and it's been holding up well.

I've been working on getting some old stuff running and trying to get ready to sell it. Old 2003 Impala, looks really good cleaned up but has a P0300 misfire code. Not sure if it is bad gas or what since it has been sitting.

Might wanna take a look at the air filter to see if there's a mouse house in there.

Your "yard art" photo makes my back hurt just lookin' at it, Mike.

I'll bet you saved a pretty penny on that axle, Paul. Nice work!

I use the reflection of a hand held light to judge the right amount of paint to spray. And I still get runs. Getting pretty good at cutting them off with a single edge razor blade, and can sometimes smooth them out with the edge of a paper towel if I can catch them before the paint dries.

My condolances, Ken.

I had just enough time to clean the rain gutters out before the home insurance inspector came waltzing down the driveway yesterday morning. She had software on her phone that told her what to photograh or video, and it took a couple hours. Good thing I got the gutters done, as she had to photograph them. Don't know what either of us would have done had I not brought up a ladder from down south; she didn't bring her own. She said the house passed inspection, but didn't know how long it would take to issue the fire safe certificate. I'm hoping the certificate will open up more opportunities for the new owner to purchase homeowner's insurance.

Weatherman was predicting rain for yesterday afternoon, but it held off until late in the day. I got several stacks of pallets moved down to the bottom of the property, out of sight from the house and closer to the burn pile. Put the land plane and 4in1 bucket on and groomed the gravel driveway to fill some rain ruts and spread new gravel on the uppermost section. Refuled the tractor at the very end of the day, getting wet in the promised rain, and stung by surprise hail.

Finished the day with a vegetarian stew and a couple dark brown Guinness stouts. I forgot to wear green.

Realtor and photographer are supposed to be here at 8:30 this morning, and I'll probably be busy moving stuff around for the pictures and videos. I'd like to finish spreading gravel, and drag a few trees to the burn pile if there's any daylight left. As of yesterday's forecast, most of the rest of the week was suppoed to be wet. Now they're guessing cloudy to sunny. I'm not complaining.

 

[daugen]

RNG, did you get the firetruck running? found a forever home for it?

Jackson & Perkins climbing roses came in, two reds and one yellow.
instructions say to soak them for a day so in the pails they went.
very nice looking plants, full of growth

this afternoon when warmer will transplant more of the lettuce and radishes.
beans in pot with insulation on top seemed to survive 30 degrees last night.
ones in ground, not so hot, kinda like that darker green your lettuce gets when it freezes
in the refrigerator...
beans definitely do not have the built in antifreeze that lettuce and radishes do.

 

[daugen]

for those of you with swimming pools, before you open the skimmers:

 

[Buppies]

Another no sleep night but feel asleep in chair at 4:00AM now awake.

Finally get to visit with wife this week and meet doctors. Spoke with people who do home health care I think tomorrow will be the day excited but aware of pitfalls.

Ken there is a college in Salem Va that might interest your son small great school Roanoke College just suggestion smaller classes great professors

Going to change clean up methods consider shovel dozer. Just too much the way we are doing it.

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[PJSprog]

47°F and thin clouds this morning, going up to 75°. Maybe 80° over in STL. Going to be windy here all week.

Condolences to you and your family, Ken.

Nice use of a boresighter, Paul. Clever.

Good morning, gents.

 

[daugen]

I think the washing machine needs a new board. Guy has worked over 20 years fixing these things.
something about there being a plastic tube that goes from the sensor on the board and tells the brains in board
how high the water is. He first checked tube for being clear.
He left, said would know more later.

well, since I'm not going to be washing clothes, best to head out side on a very
nice day and get some more clothes nice and dirty

interesting part about this morning was the small electronic box he had plugged into the washing machine
and was reading device on his phone. He was able to remote operate the washing machine on his phone with this box.
he said it was only done on GE family washers which include Hotpoint.
so their washers have a kind of simplistic OBD port.
unfortunately not very bright software since no fault codes

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I went to bed after 11:30, but woke up 3:30 then couldn't sleep, so came downstairs. Watched a bunch of youtube, like some from Trex deck building and flooring, etc. Fell asleep probably around 7:30 in the lazyboy, and just woke up after noon. I recall my son saying something to me before he left for work. Was 25 deg when I fell asleep, now 56 deg out. I had turned the pellet stove on when I came down last night, wife turned it off while I slept beside it.
Paul has more scheduled today then I do all week. 3D printing looks cool, I can't think of anything I need.

 

[sodamo]

66°F and .03 inches rain

Happy hour a good time. We managed to disappear 8 lbs of corned beef.

Guess I’ll be taking my side link to a hydraulic shop this morning with the hope they can match up the seals.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon David,
I know you are totally off grid. And maybe that’s because the grid isn’t available where you are possibly.
Just curious if you ever figured out what your monthly bill would be if you were dependent upon the grid ?
Unfortunately in Ct they tack on all these extra charges on top of the electricity that you use. We even pay for the electricity that the poor can’t afford on our bill. That extra is called Public Benefits , along with a bunch of others. Anyway just curious

 

[Buppies]

The power company said I used very little power in February and congratulated us. Ha Ha we were without power for 10 days.

 

[Popgadget]

Nice use of a boresighter, Paul. Clever.

When I looked on Amazon for the smallest laser pointer I could find, it dawned on me.
And I can use it on my Kimber Micro 9!

 

[m7040]

must be the day for washing machines
The new one was delivered and hooked up. The drain hose had to lengthen since I had moved it a bit to make room for a table. Very simple controls which is what I like. However it cost 3 times the cheapest one

 

[Thomas]

happy beleted bithday,wishing many more trips around the sun Phil.

 

[Thomas]

Sorry for the loss of your father Ken.
Thoughts prayers to family.

 

[daugen]

landlady calls, says would you please go to local appliance store and pick out a new washer, old one needs a board and?
and they said not to fix it. Less than five years old, pretty sad.
So I picked out a basic GE with a 4.5 cf tub and it will get delivered.
I guess I may move one of my surge protectors and put it on the washer line, since that is 120.
could have been fried during surges caused by many outages

sure isn't going to be a nice one like Frits is getting but the repair guy said even Speedqueens have electronic boards in them.

 

[Thomas]

42F clear sky.

Yesterday morning before day break we lost power noon today power was restore,soft ground heavy strong winds cause large mud slide which buried road about 30' high destroy power pole,only 4 homes were affected from this mess,guess now the powers to be will widen that nasty sharp corner.

Plans for the evening... might set on the deck enjoy smooth cigar.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

watched another spaceX launch, then watched spaceX land the crew from the space station.
Wife went to check supper, forgot to turn oven on... so we went out. Got a crab cake, was OK, but expensive. Loaded potato soup was very good.
Went to Lowes to show her the trex they have, only I forgot that Lowes didnt have it in stock, the other Lowes in town has it, but showed her the sample. Going to check if I like the next color that HD carries. Another day.

Dad was interviewed and on TV today for his 101 birthday coming up this weekend.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Wednesday) morning. Overnight Low of 11.4C and it's presently 23.9C, clear & calm.

Yesterday I did call an arborist regarding a few jobs. I had to leave a message + emailed for a quote. No return call/email as of yet.

Today is 'into town day' for groceries.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Looking4new]

Drew, I get snakes in my dug well every summer. Mostly Copper Belly Water Snakes. A first cousin to a garter snake but way nastier. If you are a mouse or a vole then you are in trouble, but a human not so much. I still don't give them the opportunity to bite me.

About 20 years ago there was an old lady that was complaining that her well water smelled 'funny'. When the top was taken off the well it was jammed full of snakes. Copper Bellies and Garters.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 57ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, breezy. Very windy, mostly clear with some high thin clouds, and high temp was 80ºF. Made coffee to start day, Grief Share, worked on getting last of info for taxes together start bike ride, decided too windy and took nap. Took info pack to shipper office and celebrated by going to Rib Crib for dinner.
Resuming Yesterday 9:32 AM CDT.
Dennis nice rain. Sorry day was off from sleeping in.
Friend(trac) glad you had a good weekend. Glad you were able to "test" suppressor with your buddy and had a good dinner and and visit as well. Sorry Sunday was sluggish. Hope you achieve your goals for the week.
Dennis glad you found the replacement close by and could cancel the order. Hope you get the wan port shut down soon.
Scott(vt) sorry grands do scream a lot.
David hope you got the Top n Tilt cylinders rebuilt. Hope HH was good.
PJ frosty start! Belated Happy Birthday to youngest stepson.
NHBX glad rain slowing, nice amount of rain.
Buppies 007 movies do have good soundtracks. Got a kick when I saw Dunn River Falls in Dr No, had been there in person already. prayers sent.
Paul didn't think anything was above your pay grade.
David sorry cylinder rebuild not going well.
Ken most sorry to hear the news of your dad. My condolences and prayers to you and your family. Hope you get some cooperation from GF.
Randy(wag) glad you were able to survey tree limbs. Hope you were able to get up to something fun.
Today 3:38 AM CDT:
Ron glad you got Shopping, grooming and conserve energy all in one day. Hope you were able to get garage roof done. Nice mallard pic.
Dennis Tiger is looking intently at something.
Bill hope rabbit hole was good.
Drew hope your veggies survived. Hope repairman was able to fix washing machine. Hope you can get Paul to help with the RV water system. Hope not a lot of leaks.
NHBX hope good conserve energy day.
Dennis it appears Snagglepuss is giving Tiger a dirty look.
Frits hope new washer day went well.
Mike glad your grass is greening up. Hope progress goes well.
Scott(vt) hope lawn cleaning went well. Hope the fire drill was good as well. Thursday sounds like a fun day. Good luck with the points cam for the Wheel Horse tractor.
Paul glad good HD run and birthday celebration with friend. BTW please tell him Happy b-day for me. Glad you are getting more comfortable withe the design software. Glad you can export to plasma cutter ot 3D printer.
Ken sorry so many friends dead. Good luck with getting your dad's estate and GF squared away. Good luck to son on college admittance.
Don congrats on new supervisor.
RNG glad you started to regrade driveway and got gutters cleaned inspector. Surprised no drone or ladder. Hope Realtor and photographer get pics and video.
Drew sorry beans in ground don't look so good. Hope climbing roses work out.
Drew thanks for link.
Buppies sorry no sleep again. Hope Holly visit goes well and you can get her home soon. Prayers sent.
PJ sorry about the wind, it's windy hear too.
Drew hope you get good news when repair guy gets back.
Dennis sorry trouble sleeping, hope videos helped you with deck project.
David glad good HH. Hope hydraulic shop can get you the seals.
Buppies power company not really on top of things .
Frits looks a lot like my Speed Queen.
Drew sorry almost new washer gone. Hope yhou get new machine soon.
Thomas sorr about lost power, long time no power. Sorry about mud slide, hope they improve road.
Dennis glad dinner was good. Hope you can get color approval. Happy birthday to your dad.
Randy(wag) sorry arborist slow to get back to you. Hope good town run.
Bill interesting how the snakes get into wells. Hope snake clean up for old lady went well.
Catch up complete
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, 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, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /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.