Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

good morning, 60 going to 72 rained overnight another 2 inches on top of the earlier 2 inches

Neighbors pond is at overflow condition and seeping a little over the top down my driveway. Ground is saturated so will not take much more to overflow it. Forecast says more rain to come over the next few days

Picked up groceries and prescription. Water leak on the van at the roof antenna

Worked some more on the barn project. Lots of job security there
Cody got wet on his walk yesterday and his coat holds LOTS of water

 

[Buppies]

Sorry neck acting up Phil more beautiful wood work

Hope this SUV is better Drew

Could not sleep last night really tired this morning

Puppy still in training

Prayers for all our Country

 

[daugen]

Neck issues came back out of the blue! Will try to take it easy as I can.
Phil, if you have bad arthritis/SDDD and bad bones, a fusion can help.
Surgeon told me in 2010 my neck would feel great for two years, and then it was all downhill.
So fifteen years later I wear a soft collar while driving and sometimes sitting here if my neck just hurts.
I already take celebrex and arthritis meds so not much else they can do.
fusing my neck is the reason I need a big car door to get into, just can't do the limbo anymore.

most of the time you are pinching a nerve and not necessarily where the pain is.
thankfully heat works for me. Heating pad? or ice, different for some
my best friend's wife just went through acupuncture for her back, need to ask how she is doing.

if you could ever consider it, think about getting a hot tub.
if warm water makes your hands feel better, think about being submerged in it.
makes all the pain go away for awhile.
hop out of there, dry off and go build your wooden masterpiece.
in the winter it will warm your bones, and being snowed on in a hot tub
is simply great fun.

I'm trying to give away the Coleman inflatable hot tub in my basement since I can't find the leak in the external
pump assembly.
pretty sure solution will be to give it to landscape crew. Those guys will take anything home...might be same
guy who got my old plastic greenhouse.

unless someone handy like buckeye wants to fiddle with it. when it worked it was great, like a big deep hot kiddy pool
biggest challenge is getting it out of basement and onto someone's pickup, not sure what it will look like when deflated.
unwieldy and heavy I'm sure. Many hands make light work, that lawn crew will have it disappear like magic.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Beautiful Phil! sorry about neck.

Ron, is that a robin? We have one down here at work that hangs out under a huge oak tree. There is a sprinkler system and the ground stays damp most of the time.

65 and rain, going to 70, and flash flood watch. Lots of inside chores today.

After dropping Della off at the vet for spaying, came home and mowed the remainder of the grass and trails. Sure glad I got it done before this rainy week began. Used the grapple to move some brush and then took it off the tractor for the summer. Used bucket to clean up and move some weed piles and trimming remains that my wife had made and then got the first shower on the way back to park the tractor.

Picked Della up at 5:30...still sorta spacey from the anesthesia. I'll get her up in a little while and she will finally get some food after 36 hours. Keeping her leashed and relatively inactive for nearly 2 weeks will be a challenge.

BEF, I did the same with my mower 2 years ago...no apparent damage.

Buppies, hope things go better with Holly today.

63 and foggy. Going to 77 and maybe more this afternoon. Fields are flooded in low spots.

Took it easy yesterday, caring for Della.

Hope Della keeps getting better. Hard to keep a dog with energy chilled. Guess y'all can get caught up on movies maybe?

Glad to hear RNG is alright, thanks for checking on him Ken. Good luck with the corn. Like chickens, almost everything likes to eat corn. The corn on the way to my work is already shoulder height.

At work, I have a student worker helper. I have him cleaning up our waterjet cutter that was filthy and full of garnet.

Popgadget, are the slats on your plasma cutter also stainless? Or just the tank? I've decided I hate the rusting that goes on when you keep the conditioned water in the plasma tank. I installed 3 drain valves with tubes over to a drain basin. Will keep it dry unless using it. Only takes a few minutes to fill it with our water pressure.

We are having a tight budget crunch at work. Not sure why. Would like to know exact cause. It costs more money to teach a technical course where students get hands on experience than a classroom with just books. If allowed, I will stand and ask the person who may or may not know.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! Still dark outside, 73˚F heading to 101˚. This is supposed to be the hottest day in this heat wave. If The water hits the magic 83˚, I'm in the pool. The water was still too cold yesterday. We did manage 1.5 mile walk yesterday evening when the temp dropped to 95˚ with the evaporate cool scarf that was soaked in ice water. It also works well when driving the Tractor and temps reach over 100˚.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Drew, does the hot tub come with a time machine? If I go back to 1986, will I still marry my wife in 1987? It sounds too dangerous to try. lol Gotta see the movie to get that.
1.6" of rain since yesterday. But nothing like western MD, where they had to rescue school kids by boat yesterday.
Have a breakfast meeting this morning, then who knows what. Probably class prep, as I teach tonight and another next month, in addition to my sunday night ones.

now 59 deg.

I have hard time calling an SUV a truck. A truck has a bed in the back. some states register them the same, some don't.

I found a 22 doesn't usually kill a groundhog, unless a proper shot or hollow point. now a 22-250 will leave no doubt.

 

[Happy in NC]

Good morning TBN!!
59 this morning going to low 80s. .09" in the rains gauge. Probably more this afternoon with afternoon popups.
Not a whole lot yesterday. Brush pile went out Monday night in all the rain so got that fired up again and tended it most of the day.
Walked with Takoda. Seems my step count is lacking when I spend most of the day on the tractor. 8k yesterday.
Piddlefarted around the garage. Got our paper burnt and no it's a new day.
Contractor texted yesterday and I let him know how much and what kind of stone I want.
Next up is to get to Lowes and pick up some 5/8" x 20' rebar. Not sure it that will be today or not.

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

 

[ronjhall]

Kyle, it is a robin. Doves and other birds will show up when water is warmer.

 

[Engineer42]

Engineer and you didn't call me for dinner!!

Next time for sure, Mostly.

 

[Engineer42]

Working on father in laws car today. One of the guards on the rear wheel rusted off.

Dust shield?