Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 42F @ 5:45AM. Plenty of sunshine. High 73F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph.

RNG, your home shows well. Don't take any low ball offers. It is a bargain, compared to homes in Texas. Can you get lake access from your place? How far is a boat ramp?

Thanks for the kind words about the old house, Kyle. I used to be able to hike down hill off the back of the property, down a pretty steep and sketchy trail, to an abandoned road that ran along the lake shore, passing the remnants of an abandoned limestone kiln. I say "used to" because a wind storm a few years ago knocked a whole bunch of trees down across the road, and I don't think anyone has cleaned up the mess. We can still get down to the lake using the old abandoned boat launch road, but it ends at a cul-de-sac where a K-rail blocks anything bigger than a small four wheeler, and that's about a quarter mile from the water. And I have to go up the quarter mile driveway to get to the cul-de-sac at the end of the county road to get to the upper end of the old boat launch road. Good exercise if you're hiking, but not much fun on anything with wheels.

I know they sell some really special M/C oils but I have had good luck with Castrol GTX for years.

FWIW many years ago I lost the bottom end of a BMW K-bike to a rod knock. Castrol GTX was in the engine at the time, and I've never used it since. A lot of older motorcycles have flat cam followers that require higher levels of zinc than are permitted in cars these days. Fortunately you can still buy oil that will work, but it's not widely available. And as I think you mentioned, more modern bikes use engine oil in their wet clutches. Use the wrong stuff and the clutch starts slipping. Same deal, the right stuff isn't always available. I never used to, but now I carry a spare quart of oil with me when I'm on trips, with sheets of typing paper I can roll into a funnel and discard after I'm done topping up. PITA, but it keeps me goin'

Had two showings of the old house yesterday. The first couple has family in the area and was familiar with the place, but I don't think they'd been inside it before. The realtor thinks they might make an offer.

The afternoon showing was almost a disaster, in a very literal way. A very large Chinese family showed up, almost a dozen of them, half of them sub 10 year old kids. Their realtor did not, and somehow my realtor saw fit to let them all in. I watched through the security cameras as the unsupervised kids ran screaming and yelling through the house, around the yard, poking their noses into every knook and cranny, knocking over a cheap telescope I had set up on a tripod in the great room. One of the adults picked up a security camera and turned it to the wall, so who knows what happened in their after that. One little girl ran across a gravel pad and fell and laid there crying for a while before anyone saw her. My realtor left them on their own when their late arriving realtor wanted to get in through the gate. She was parked too close to the gate, and when she backed up she took out the mail box. But I didn't learn about that until almost 10PM because the realtor texted the news after we had a phone conversation to wrap up the showing. I tossed and turned trying to figure out how to prevent such a thing from happening again, and if I need to find a new realtor. The property is not kid friendly with all the gravel, steep drop offs, wildland setting with lake to drown in, rattlesnakes, and hungry mountain lions and bears. Going forward I need absolute insurance against liability for anyone that comes onto the property, and I need positive identification from anyone that does. My realtor admitted he didn't get that from this latest crowd. The only ray of sunshine in this is if they actually bought the property. Think of all the lovely havoc they'd bring to my idiot neighbor!

Spent the rest of the afternoon tinkering in the garage, getting ready for another trip north that I think might be coming sooner rather than later.

Hope all of you enjoy the rest of the weekend...

 

[masseyrider]

The weather people are now predicting heavy rain/snow event starting Thursday.
They hardly get today right.
You'd think they'd learn from this past week predicting a Biblical scale rain event that didn't add up to a good sneeze into the wind.

 

[LouNY]

Good morning, the low is 30 and going up to 37°F. Wind NW 5 mph. 40% chance of flurries.

I'm in the process of doing a search for a newer, longer suction pipe for my Fill Rite FR700V fuel pump. Fill Rite doesn't stock the pipe anymore, so I need to dig one up locally. The one I have only stretches to 35". I need one that stretches to 48". I guess if I can't find one I will have to use a coupler and go with a nipple.

That is part of todays job, if I find my 'get up and go'.

Have a safe day all

That is what I do a 12 inch nipple and a coupling.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Late Morning,
Mike, sorry to see you have to crawl under your bush hog to remove whatever. Just got back from FD training and all I could think of with your picture was our lecture on Lock Out/Tag Out, meaning I hope you removed the ignition key when you were under that cutter

Ok I’m packing and heading north

 

[daugen]

successful morning greasing lawn mower and sharpening the blades.
but battery has died after four years. It's a generic U-1 size with 320 cca; I found a
350cca one at Tractor Supply, so I'm headed there shortly.
I put battery on 5A battery tender and it would not charge. oh well
years ago on an older almost identical JD mower it came with this ancient looking battery with
6 caps to check water level. It lasted ten years.
hmmmm

I routinely put a battery tender on my batteries so only getting four years means it
was a pretty low spec battery to begin with.
I don't expect much more of the TSC Traveler battery but it's cheap enough at 57 bucks.
not sure if oem charger will be happy with AGM so stuck with same type.

I'm off to get a new battery before the tourists clog up the roads

 

[sodamo]

67°F and .03 inches rain.

Somewhat quiet but successful day yesterday.

Today in a state of flux. Our Canadian friends who winter in the Cottage got word late yesterday afternoon of dire situation back home - severe water leak in upstairs bathroom. Apparently a couple days duration resulting in standing water in multiple rooms. They weren’t due to leave until next Sunday but may be scrambling to get back earlier. May take them to Kona airport today. Their son is on location and taking limited action, wet vac, fans, dehumidifier.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[ronjhall]

67°F and .03 inches rain.

Somewhat quiet but successful day yesterday.

Today in a state of flux. Our Canadian friends who winter in the Cottage got word late yesterday afternoon of dire situation back home - severe water leak in upstairs bathroom. Apparently a couple days duration resulting in standing water in multiple rooms. They weren’t due to leave until next Sunday but may be scrambling to get back earlier. May take them to Kona airport today. Their son is on location and taking limited action, wet vac, fans, dehumidifier.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

If going away for more than a couple of days turn the water off.

 

[daugen]

installed new battery in lawn mower after charging it.
10 dollar core charge on battery and I asked how long to bring it in.
30 days
and then she gave me the credit anyway...oops.
checked the spark plugs, they looked fine for 110 hours but I ordered new ones anyway.
oil only has 20 hours on it and since full synthetic, that's fine for another season.
I'll change it end of this year, looks like new
cleaned up the mower and it's ready to go.

lightly drizzling out, looks like a good day for a nap

 

[sodamo]

If going away for more than a couple of days turn the water off.

Very true, but word is this was human induced. Wife’s best friend stayed there between leaving here and going to own home 5 hours away ran the hot water in upstairs sink and somehow didn’t shut off. The flow exceeded the drain and overflowed for 2 days.
An interesting aside, this is a very smart house. Dave can monitor/control many functions via internet from here. My guess is he is already thinking how to monitor water in future.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Monday) morning. Overnight Low of 7.1C and it's presently the same @ 7.1C, partly sunny and calm. There was 0.5mm in the gauge @ 0700, all from yesterday arvo.

As I mentioned yesterday, I'm off to Launceston in about a half hour for my annual ute service. I've got a Church Council meeting at 1700, so my day is planned.

That's about it, take care all.

Went and set up the Keurig for my first cup. Went to the bathroom and came back to coffee all over the counter. Forgot the cup that is usually there. Hate when that happens!

You're not the only one that that happens to . When I do it I'm always standing right beside the machine (Nespresso) mixing up cat food before I notice that I didn't put a cup under the spout.