Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

Popgadget, are the slats on your plasma cutter also stainless? Or just the tank? I've decided I hate the rusting that goes on…..

The slats are mild steel, the tank and the brackets that hold the slats are stainless.
I have found that if i keep the PH above 8, I don’t get rust in the water. I use Borax to raise the PH, no fancy additives or fluids. Overnight, all the slag and murk settles to the bottom of the tray, leaving clear water.

 

[rswyan]

73F and Fair @ 21:45, heading down to around 66F for the overnight low.

High today hit 87F according to a nearby LWS.

Ended up being a rather beautiful day.

Started off by refilling the hopper feeder, both tube feeders, and one suet feeder. Also scattered some seed for the ground feeders.

Got a good look at an old Graniteware basin that was sitting outside overnight. I'd say we got closer to 1.5" to 2" of rain.

After that I went up to the shop and punched another hole in my belt to keep the pants up a little better.

Then I hooked up the core aerator to the Cub and got most of the bottom end of the front lawn aerated. Very bottom was way too wet.

Got a good bit of the back and sides done before I pushed my luck and got stuck.

Went up and got the Kubota and pulled the Cub up to higher ground.

After that I got cleaned up and headed off to Salineville for the final hho/diesel extraction.

Stopped on the way out and picked up a case of brewski's for the owner.

Nice ride out in the country.

Ended up pumping out another 150 gallons or so before the pump started sucking air.

So the final tally was right around 755 gallons.

Got back home right around 18:30.

Woman was thinking Jersey Mike's for dinner so we hopped in Her car and headed off to grab chow.

Unfortunately by the time we got back to Pav's Creamery there was a line ... so had to forego the Hot Fudge Peanut Butter Malt ...

All in all a good day though.

Hope everyone had a decent day and has a peaceful evening.

 

[txdon]

Good evening! The Germans are coming! The Germans are coming! They are here. They got a taste of the Texas heat experience, 99˚ when they arrived in Austin. We had a cool off by the pool with frozen margaritas They had an early bedtime since they have been up for 24 hours. 13 hours in the air and the rest in airports. This was the couple (my 5th cousin and her husband) that got married on our ranch in Lexington.

The pool was chilly but I had to test out my new shoulder and it did fine. It helps when the air temperature is 15˚ warmer than the water. I'm ready for next month's snorkeling in the Caribbean.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 73ºF for the start, partly cloudy sky, light breeze. Light wind.sky clouded up, short shower mid afternoon, and high temp was at 12:01 AM 79ºF, low temp during rain shower, 65ºF. Made coffee to start day, cleaned up kitchen, made oatmeal for breakfast, bike ride, schedule truck repair, steering wheel buttons died and no cruise . Scheduled summer A/C prep and irrigation people to check out system for summer. Putter and nap after lunch, fish club after dinner.
Bill thanks for the racing stories. Sounds like good times.
Dennis thanks for the movie title.
Ron glad you could help neighbor. Hope grocery shopping went well. Hope you were able to mow today. Beautiful duck.
Billy sorry Della still on the DL. Glad she can have short walks.
Drew hope Dr visit went well. Hope tire install went well. Hope grocery shopping went well and Gravely got loaded ok. 3 in rain impressive.
Happy(NC) hope errands and rebar pickup went well. Glad bridge not affected by rain so far.
Thomas hope day and evening went well.
Bill glad furnace ready to go for another year. Hope you got the cheesecake you wanted.
Phil you have a lot of rain in the forecast. Sorry about your neck, my youngest sis has some vertebrae Dr wanted to fuse years ago,she was able to work on back exercises that reduced pain and other issues. Hope concert was good.
Drew glad new hitch working out. Sorry bird house closest to RV is the one they occupied.
Frits glad pond is holding. Sorry about all the clutch slippage on drill, glad you had a back up drill. Have goslings been on pond yet?
Drew thanks for link.
Ken sorry power out, glad generator working fine. Good to see trench still working fine. Nice pics
Scott(vt) sorry about shoulder, glad shot fixed it up so close to cruise. Hope all is ready for you to leave. Sorry about slow response on license.
RS good to hear garage getting clean up. Bit of a challenges when there are 2 ideas of what to use garage for. Good you got some seeds planted and Amazon delivered your cam lock. Hope you like the kohlrabi, never had it myself. Sorry no peppers started hope you can find what you want. At least you have job security mowing
Ken thanks for update on power loss.
David sorry about Mule deciding not to run. Hope you can get driveway gate cooperating again.. Glad spaghetti and meatballs good
Drew glad good report from Doc. Glad loading Gravely and hook up to SUV went well.
Bill thanks for the pumpkin cheesecake story. Hope grass gets cut soon.
Drew glad lights worked. Hope good trip to Catskills. Hope SUV does well on trip.
Buppies sorry still having trouble sleeping. Hope you can find collar for fence. prayers sent.
Dennis sorry you are having trouble sleeping as well.
Paul just like we ran water-jet at work.
RS losing weight intentional? glad you got most of lawn aerated before getting stuck, Hope no big ruts from pulling Cub out. 755 gallons of Diesel impressive recovery. Sorry line too long to get malt.
Don glad the Germans have arrived. Good to hear shoulder behaving well. Hope you guest recover quickly after the long trip.
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, Israel, Ukraine war, hurricane victims, and Country.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 57° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 83° with lots of sun. Grocery shopping went good. Ended up cutting all 4 acres of my grass yesterday. .47" of rain overnight. Noisey storm came thru about midnight. Waking Sassy and me up. Need to do some conserve energy today.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
fairly warm and very foggy this morning.
early start, lots to do

need to make two stops in town before I leave.
first is to drop off radishes to my brother, then to stop at gas station
hunting a manual grease gun. I have those zerk lubers on axles of trailers, but could
not get my air operated grease gun to the trailer,blocked and too far away due to rv in driveway.
I had ordered a brand new Lincoln manual grease gun, and yesterday afternoon when I tried to load the cartridge, mechanism so stiff I could not
pull the handle all the way out. So I just unscrewed it, big mistake, heavy spring shot out and would not go back in properly.
And just like RNG, now I have red grease flying around. Impossible to get spring back in, covered in grease, how does one spell a mess...
I gave up, will deal with it when I get home. But it's been a couple years since those bearings have been greased and I really don't want
an axle bearing letting loose on the NY Thruway.

so hopefully local gas station has a manual grease gun.

time for coffee, a shower and something to eat.
hope you all have a good day. Will check back in when I can.

 

[wngsprd]

63 heading to 90. Maybe a storm late today...yesterday's missed us, but am glad.

Grass growing an inch a day, so need to mow, but it never dried yesterday. Maybe today.

I gave my wife a couple of raised bed planters, so picked up some bags of soil for them yesterday and will assemble and fill them today while the grass grows. Tractor wants a lube job, so will try to get to that. Maybe sneak in a hike while making a dump run, too...and take Della on another dozen short walks...the vet said she would likely suffer from "play depravation" without her frequent games of soccer, tug of war, chase and long hikes. Vet was correct.

BEF and Bupps, hope you both got a good night's sleep.

Don, enjoy your visitors!

 

[Thomas]

Enjoy the vacation Scotty.

Buppies BEF cuddle down put those feet up and rest.

 

[Thomas]

63F cloudy maybe afternoon passing shower 80F for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...4 hours at part store,dump run,wheelbarrow 1/4 into basement that should be enough.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 60 to start going to 74. Time to get going here, New Jersey here we come

Strange we collect the fees at the testing!

Steve I paid the VE examination fee of $15 but I don’t pay the FCC fee until they send me an email requesting payment. Yesterday I finally got my CSCE certificate, so hoping to hear from the FCC in the next few days

Hope all have a great day