Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

good morning, 50 going to 64 no rain wind gusts to 20 MPH

Taking a break from working on the barn to do some other tasks around here. Using existing on hand lumber and recycled wood was interesting but has resulted in two built in shelves and reusing part of the feeding trough for storage of steel lengths
The challenge to myself was not spending any money on it and so far so good
Will get back to finishing it soon

 

[ronjhall]

Good morning TBN!!!
Chilly start at 43 degrees. We should have upper 70s under mostly sun.

Very productive day yesterday. Major milestone.
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First time in 8 moths that car has been at the house.
Sure is keeping my step count up. 11,750 yesterday and over 8k daily for the whole week. Not with out the body complaining about it though!

Good progress on bridge.
Been a few days of 5k steps lately. Made up for it yesterday. 15k. Body is OK today. But last nights sleep was not as good as I like.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Steve,

Good Deal hope you get what you want! CW? Clear Weather ;-)

Yes that would be good, still on and off showers here

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
54° and overcast, no rain, but grey.

Yesterday’s trip to Burlington took a bit longer than expected, we took some time after we dropped off the passenger to figure out why we didn’t have internet connectivity. The WiFi worked fine, it was the wide band piece of the puzzle that was out.
We knew exactly where to start, as that black box was just replaced with a newer version, supposed to yield higher speeds. My guess was that the service center installed it, tested the WiFi, but didn’t activate the new box. It was a good guess, and easily fixed, but took time to get the required information to get it activated.

When I got home, first chore was to get back to the wheel locks. Here is what I settled on for a key.

Pound the socket on, remove it in the arbor press.
Before and after….

Here is the fancy tool that I got from Amazon. I was too impatient to wait for it to be delivered, so I can’t report on its effectiveness.

We did play music last night, had a good time running through songs that we never or rarely played. Lots of Creedence, a few Grateful Dead, and some Elvis as well.

I’m about to take a hedge trimmer for a walk down the lane to improve visibility around the corners, need to change the oil on the little plane, not much else on the docket.

 

[rswyan]

52F and partly cloudy @ 08:45, calling for a high of 62F for the day.

Hawk was just out on back deck railing looking for breakfast. Got away before I could snap a pic.

Made trip down to gas supplier yesterday afternoon and swapped out tank.

Old tank was a 75/25 mix of argon/CO2 which they no longer offer apparently ?

New tank is 80/20 ... which is the max CO2 percentage for spray transfer. Will be interesting to see if I can coax the PowerMig into it.

The tank I turned in had been last filled in 2016 ... so had to pay the $20 recertification fee to get the tank retested.

Not exactly setting the world on fire as far as gas usage goes ...

Total cost was just under $100 for a 125 cu ft tank.

Counter guy said the cost of acetylene has tripled ...

Unloaded that after I got back, got it hooked up, and checked pressure ... 2000+ psi ...

Started a fire in the double barrel to take the chill off and then started horizontal surface mining on the west bench/storage shelves.

Also started cleaning those little storage bins.

Made decent progress.

Was a toasty 85F in the when I came down for dinner.

Just went up and started fire to take the chill off, wasn't too bad ... only 62F inside the building.

Agenda for today:

Work up in the shop early while it warms up outside.

Then finish up planting the brassicas.

Finish coating the two 6" x 12' rould posts.

Do the mowing down here around the house.

Repot a couple more tomato seedlings.

See what else comes up.

Hope everyone is having a decent Saturday ...

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 56 going to 65 cloudy , cold , windy.
Today hope to finish swale, got a lot done yesterday.

Got a text from my neighbor, her husband away and big snake by pool filter.
I got snake removed to their back woods.
Snake was somewhat cooperative, used pool net, it crawled in when cornered.

Hope to get pool opened tomorrow as swale is nearing complete. Have to be really careful as we have our cable running in that area.

Happy - glad bridge is coming together, Happy happy?

Watched some of Clarkson's farm last night, new season. Lots of tractors

Be well,

Getting there.

Snake loves the heat of the pump. Now off in the back woods. We will see if it finds it's way back, if so I will need to move it farther back.

 

[rswyan]

An acquired taste.

I would think so.

 

[daugen]

Ken, our superman of the hour, saving ladies from giant snakes!
that was very nice of you.
did they give you a time frame on the new driveway?

 

[daugen]

went into drug store yesterday for a refill on hydrocortisone, which I have to take.
that will be 51 dollars please for two months. I have the good Aetna prescription plan, I thought.
Really? could you check to see what the discount card would cost?
oh, sure, and, well, it's 21 dollars on the card.
I told her I was asking her to check because pricing in her industry is illogical and unrealistic.
When the price dropped more than half, she just looked at me and nodded.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Congratulations Happy!! Quite the project.

 

[sodamo]

67°F and ,04 inches rain.

Rudely awaken this morning by an unwanted cat visitor. Gawd awful sound. Simba does not like other cat visitors. Suspect it was Tawny, a neighbor cat who does visit. For some reason he has adopted our Canadian friends who stay in the cottage. Actually, he has a tough home life with 4 dogs so our cottage is a safe haven. The Canadians give him the attention he craves. Simba tolerates him at the cottage, but not down at the house.

Meeting up with Sophie’s brother and GF for early dinner in town.

Prayers for at
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Been home an hour since breakfast, and can’t get rear end out of park.
Sunny, breezy, cool.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Sunday) morning. Overnight Low of 10.5C and it's presently 12.7C [heading to 17C], mostly sunny with a breeze. There was 1.2mm in the gauge @ 0730.

Just a wee bit of dhobi done yesterday, otherwise a relaxing day was had.

I'm off to Church in about a half hour (I'm leading the Morning Prayer service) and then the rest of the day is His... although I will carry on with more dhobi when I get back as my power company is giving me 3 hours of 'free' electricity (1100 - 1400).

That's about it, take care all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I did finally get moving, cut a couple posts for deck2, still need to decide on my design change, if I move the steps, should put in at least 1 more post in that area. was really windy out today, which was good for drying out the mud from the dirt I took out of the holes, but made it chilly. Some of the wood I bought was for changing it, so probably will go that route.

 

[Looking4new]

Possible T-storms for tomorrow. Guess I will be doing what I did today...nothing.

 

[Buppies]

Day started out with a bang then watched movie with ladies blew middle part of day got grass mowed after that at least as much as I could. More trees have fallen

Nice work Happy impressive

Might try to change oil in mowers today changed air filters yesterday.

Rehurt psychotic nerve almost put me down watered hanging baskets. Was a cool breezy day high in 60s heat on now unusual. No LaNina or ElNino last time this happened 2009 summer.

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 36° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 66° with mix of sun and clouds. Yesterday went good. Trimming is done and helped neighbor repair his car with radiator replacement. Did not see job completed. But it was close when I came home for dinner. Today is garden pond maintainace in the morning. Then help neighbor get Deuce & Half ready for tomorrow's parde. Hope to find time to watch Indy 500 and Nascar races.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
looks like most are sleeping in...wise.
blue sky morning,should be a nice day with clouds later in the high 60's.

this morning I wash my car, and maybe parts of the rv.
this afternoon the lawn has to be done.
also need to put some flags out by mailbox in the lawn.
and then time to barbecue those ribs.

a good day to appreciate what we have.

 

[Thomas]

44F cloudy day mid 50's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...yesterday afternoon on/off rain cancel working on the firewood,so today I'll try again but slower pace than last time.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 46 to start going to 62. Maybe some short glimpses of the sun but not much.

Services this morning then back home to possibly open the pool, we will see. Too much stuff to do.

Got my dipole antenna up yesterday with help from my neighbor across the street with his bucket truck. Got the apex up to about 40 ft, pretty happy with that.

Hope all have a good day