Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

I take it they have to import all the cement.
Had a breakfast meeting this morning. came home and lit the firepit again, this time it burned. Got a bit of yard waste gone, although was very smoky at first due to the wetness. Sun starting to peak out now, maybe will be dry enough to mow later today or tomorrow afternoon.

Yea, pretty much

History - Hawaiian Cement

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[sodamo]

lexus dealer said my right front strut was starting to leak.
quoted me 1100 bucks to replace one strut. Utterly laughable.
I ordered two (should do both sides at same time) KYB Excel G struts from Rock Auto, here on Monday,
for 162 delivered for both. Need to find someone to install them, shouldn't be too hard.

they also said I had a slightly leaking differential seal and wanted 2200 bucks to replace both seals.
no thank you. That needs more research. I had both differential fluids changed today, a little overdue.
at least they did the diagnostics.

Drew, I could be wrong here, but it seems your history with used vehicles leans expensive.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

everything all mowed up, calling for more rain tomorrow. Will try not to forget my zoom call in the morning.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Friday) morning. Overnight Low was again 0.1C and it's presently 13.1C, clear & calm.

A lovely day was had yesterday and Paddock #1 was chain-harrowed.

Nothing really planned for today.

That's about it, take care all.

...afterwards stop for critter food and pallet

Oooh... can we expect a "Pallet in Fields" thread 'update'?

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 64ºF for the start, mostly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind, variable cloudiness, rain threatened to come south but did not, and high temp was 79ºF, HI 84ºF. Made coffee to start day, was going to do bike ride, then reconsidered after radar and forecast. Grabbed trimmer and walked around property, had to reload string, factory coiled so tight it was pain to work with. Had lunch the went for ride, paused to recheck radar, and decided to finish ride. Trace of rain fell. Nap shower and dinner.
Resuming Sunday 5/25 9:40 AM CDT post 207,151:
Drew glad car and RV washed. hope you got the mulch down. Just remember bicyclists will tend to pick the lighter traffic road.
RS glad you were able to get cleanup time in the shop. Glad mowing done around house. That was fun replacing bandage on back by my self. The had me keep original bandage for several days to promote the incision fusing up. Hope you got posts done and brassicas planted and tomatoes repotted.
Ken glad swale finished. hope you got pool open.
David sorry new fuel filter didn't fix mule. Sorry you are baching it for two weeks.
David thanks for crate story. Did Sophie ever get any more house plants later?
Bill hope mowing went well.
Drew had same situation today, Showers on other side of river. The ones that crossed fell quickly apart. Sorry about leaner tree. Hope ribs good.
Buppies sounds like you are ready for Precious, find the fence collar? prayers sent
Randy(wag) glad laundry done, enjoy your day off.
PJ congrats on new truck, hope you get your mowing in.
Monday morning 3:21 AM CDT
Drew hope you got mulch down. Sorry roses not doing well after all the rain. Hope you were able to make a good floral arrangement for MIL.
Ron glad deuce and a half was ready for parade. Nice Sassy pic. Hope BBQ good.
Billy glad Della got a swim in, hope she had fun meeting all the new dogs. Sorry dinner not until 9 PM
Thomas hope you got the wood in the basement and stacked.
Drew good to hear squirrels gave up raiding feeder when it saw you. Nice birds leave to give you clear firing lines.
Happy(NC) glad you were able to recover some from bridge project. Hope you get good ideas from friends.
RS hope Squeak got his petting. Hope you were able to give ground hog something to think about. Glad first poles done and the next ones started. Glad progress on mowing. Hope you can get kohlrabi planted. Hope you got spraying done. Lot of hours on Kubota and miles on the van.
Don quite the busy Sunday! Nice RR pics.
RS good Squeak pic
Buppies Hope Holly doing well.
Scott(vt) hope you got pump and filter working, sounds like pool open. Glad you could spend a few minutes listening to the cw transmissions.
Bill hope you were able to get grass cut.
Ron nice story about the id of Ogden Utah train station.
Frits glad you could catch some of the programming commemorating the veterans. Please tell D thank you for service.
Drew trains that size rarely get carried off. Seems like a lot of the are home built.
Drew thanks for pic and story. They are stronger than us too.
Frits hope the anti tip device works. Raccoons are got at unlocking things like carabiners.
Dennis glad good Sunday worship and hotdog roast back in action.
Drew thanks for Florida boat story. In all my years of boating have only been stoop a handful of times.
Ken glad pool open, hope you can get cover back up to snuff and stored. Thanks for pics
Drew crock pot sounds good.
David Glad Sophie safely at sister's. Hope HH was good.
Dennis sorry church stopped 6 PM ringing of bells. Thanks for pics.
Bill glad grass cut and mower refueled. Hope you get your spiders sprayed.
RS glad tomatoes repotted. Sorry no spraying. Good to hear progress on round post. How many of the 4X4 do you need to do?
Don Sorry ceremony was moved indoors. Nice pic of Army Band
Thomas glad wood in basement, sorry wet ground limited mowing.
Dennis glad good day.
Buppies hope you are getting caught up on rain.
Randy(wag) glad you got all items on agenda off the agenda
More catch up tomorrow.
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.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking hot coffee. 46° with mostly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 73° with mostly cloudy skies and a slight chance of a thunderstorm. Shopping went good yesterday. Made one last check on neighbors Mule. Turned the key and battery blew the caps off. Off to Rural King for a new battery. Stopped on the way back a few gallons of Recreational Gas. $4.36 per gallon. Put new battery in Mule. Started and ran as it should. Spent rest of the day doing yard work. Mostly pulling weeds. May cut grass today.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
beautiful bird pic Ron, the detail is marvelous

not much planned for today, rain showers in a little while ,maybe not
lot of continuing rain in forecast, and a flood watch posted

new dvd player for rv came in, will need to install that today. I might need to borrow Ken to
figure out why the sound bar doesn't work. I'm sure it's operator error but I can't find the issue.

hot coffee going down nicely, eyelids raising, ready to greet the day

 

[wngsprd]

65 and showers, going to 79.

Buppies, glad your leg is healing and you have Holly comfortable at home.

Got caught in the rain while hiking Della to the river...it was too high for her to swim, so we went to a side stream.

 

[Thomas]

53F mostly cloudy day low 70's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...4 hours at part store,afternoon take trimmer for walk steep banks couple wet areas soggy to mow.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Thomas]

Leg healing up now down to a couple of days antibiotic left to take. Holly chilling on couch.

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[mpham]

Morning all!
57 going to the 70's.
Had to rescue the nephew yesterday on the highway. Alternator quit. I jumped his dead battery with my truck to get it going and it quit as soon as I removed the cables. Hooked the jumper cables back on for a bit to give it some charge.
Got it running long enough to remove the jumper cables and hurriedly hooked up my jump pack. Got it to run long enough to get it off the highway. It quit again half way home. I repeated the process but this time hooked the wife's jump pack that I grabbed on the way out. Got him home!!
I don't recommend anyone my age or older change an alternator on a 2009 Honda. You have to remove a bunch of stuff including the front motor mount! 340 dollars later it is back to running!
Right after I finished that job I got a call from my father in law saying his seat wouldn't go backwards and he had moved it all the way to the front to vac the back seats.
I removed the seat plastic and jiggled and banged on the connector and switch and it started working again.
Nothing else got done and today will be a do nothing day for sure! Neck is not happy with all the upside down work!
More graduation festivities to go to before the big day on Saturday. To bad it looks like it will be pouring rain so the event will be indoors and severely shortened.
Nothing from the shop. Maybe get back in there next week.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[daugen]

Phil, sounds like you are the hero of the day there. Nice work.

the fire season has sure started in Canada. Bad uncontrolled wildfires in Central and Western Canada.
I wonder what this means for US other than a lot of smoke pollution blowing down here.
New Jersey was on fire last week.

forest is wonderful, grew up in it somewhat, but not if likely to catch on fire.
our woods here stay damp enough usually, but last Fall we had a drought which created real problems.

so soggy and wet here hard to think about fires. Hopefully no loss of life with these Canadian fires.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Vt, 54 going to 66 with cloudy skies. At least it’s not raining, actually we really haven’t had any real rain since we got here on Wednesday afternoon. We are both hoping to get a maiden voyage in on our pontoon boat on the lake this afternoon, sounds like the sun could pop out briefly, we hope. Also need to tow the trailer up behind the barn to get it out of the marina.
We save $100 bucks by bringing it up here.

Ron, beautiful bird pic today

Drew, that sounds like highway robbery to me

Billy, sorry that Della didn’t get the swim on because of deep water

Did a little work out in the shop yesterday bandsawing the rear spindles for the rockers. Probably a bit more time today on that. Yesterday I was kind of beat after cleaning up the grass clippings so not much ambition in the shop. We will see what today brings.

Hope all enjoy their day

 

[daugen]

Scott, I think the word I've heard is stealership...
I just need to be selective in what they do.

am hopeful local garage will do this, so I can see underneath and look at the leak dealer pointed out.
I can live with a slow drip/seep. Can live a long time if it costs 2200 bucks to fix it.

makes me wonder if I broke that shock bouncing on that mountain road the prior week. Bet I did...when
it decided to give up.

grey and a little foggy out, I can hear the lawn growing, grows an inch every couple days with this rain.

 

[Buppies]

55 this morning big storms today believe they go east of me. Started replacing dead shrubs tripped in hole in yard fell sore this morning antibiotic working on me now barely made it to bathroom then spent hour cleaning up mess walls floor it came out like volcano erupting very tired this morning. Still have to monitor leg for another two weeks very slow healing.

Got 12 shrubs hopefully they live colorful and butterfly attractive we shall see once done send pictures.

No collar mostly

Drew in my experience I at least are better off buying new generally I end up spending almost as much if I’d bought new. My Ram has 110000 miles now bought new in 2019 October 16 my birthday oddly

Prayers for all our Country

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 63 going to 78 and cloudy.
Driveway ground finished, today base coat. weather guessers say rain will hold off until 8pm, so its a go. Top coating will be Tuesday. The owners son has been here to run the crew. Havn't seen his dad or brother yet. a good family run business that's local.

Went and looked at a JD x360 with 600 hours, neighbor up the road selling for another neighbor whose husband passed a while back. Other than the usual hood damage, it looks in good shape and fluids look clean. Newish tires and blades. Hydraulic lift and power steering are so nice.
So it came home with me last night.

My boss called me late yesterday, he resigned and wanted to tell before I learned through others. He officially announces on Monday.
He was the guy who hired me many years ago, will miss his even keel. oh well, a little more stress at work.

Drew - stereo help this weekend is possible.

Neighbor has a nice spread, some horses and a lot of projects he showed me yesterday. He had a trailer so used that to get the JD to me.

Buppies take a rest day. bushes can wait for you to heal more.

Be well,
Already took it for a spin and cut, 48" from 38" is nice and it fits in the front of garage (yes I measured before I bought it). Just a lot wider.

The turkeys across the shared road are not happy with the machinery.

All groundup and first compacting

When Ash meets car, luckily driver ok, about a mile away on the main road.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 50 and going up to 68°F. Wind SW 9 mph. 60% chance of showers.

Today is dump/town run with a stop at the dope store. Running low on Metformin.

I might see if I can get my power washer going. I've had it for 4 years and it hasn't washed one vehicle, yet.

Might not get up to anything today after the dump run.

Have a safe day all

 

[Buppies]

Mostly will have to check on summer of 2009 here winter was a good one last snow pile here melted May first. Tractor that year got a workout I’ll tell you

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Phil, sounds like you are the hero of the day there. Nice work.

the fire season has sure started in Canada. Bad uncontrolled wildfires in Central and Western Canada.
I wonder what this means for US other than a lot of smoke pollution blowing down here.
New Jersey was on fire last week.

forest is wonderful, grew up in it somewhat, but not if likely to catch on fire.
our woods here stay damp enough usually, but last Fall we had a drought which created real problems.

so soggy and wet here hard to think about fires. Hopefully no loss of life with these Canadian fires.

Friend of mine was supposed to be bear hunting this week in Canada, they had to cancel due to wild fires.

 

[Buppies]

L4N be careful with metformin it almost destroyed my kidneys

Nice work on driveway Ken great score on mower

Sorry about friends hunting trip BEF