Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

Who you gonner call PHIL.

 

[Thomas]

69F partly cloudy.

Good afternoon taking trimmer for long walk,needed an hour plus to finish but back pockets were dragging hope to finish Sunday.
While trimming well above ankle high grass wet area hawk keep watchful eye,he/she got couple good meals.

Plans for the evening feet up share bowl ice cream or smooth cigar waiting for the critters to pass by.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Saturday) morning. Overnight Low of -0.8C and it's presently 12.7C, clear & calm.

Looks like a repeat of yesterday. The Mad Agisting Horse Woman (and Daughter) have taken the horses away to Bicheno for the weekend.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Prayers needed guys.

Eight Firefighters in a remote northern Alberta town became trapped last night as wildfires closed in on communities across the province, forcing thousands to evacuate.

The 8 Firefighters were forced to shelter in place and are waiting for rescue as the fire moved toward Chipewyan Lake, about 450 kilometers north of Edmonton.

The Firefighters were responding to a wildfire when they temporarily lost radio contact just after 8 p.m. Attempts are being made to rescue the members, but the smoke and fire conditions are hindering those attempts.

Prayers for those fighting the fire, especially those trapped.

Been a long week, and I'm behind.

Monday was off for Memorial Day. Still jimmying with the headlights on SUV. Just when I think I have them fixed, they act up again. It is a short or shorted connection for sure, I can "Fonzi" hit it and it comes on. The H1 bulbs had gotten so hot, they were burned out where the small wires come out of the quartz glass. Fixed those, now the low beam acting up on original side that the problems started with. The connector is likely the culprit. Takes a few minutes to pull back the front wheel's inner fender liner to get to the assembly's bottom bolt.

Worked Tuesday. Started a long laser fusion powder bed print right before I left. Today at 3ish, it paused and said low on powder, so it awaits me getting there to add more powder. I believe 1 column of parts is messed up already. Trying to print some really cool chess pieces. A design that you could only make by additive manufacturing.

Wednesday, took mom to Heart preop testing. Ironic, but she wanted a BBQ beef sandwhich after this. Don, before you roll your eyes too far....she's 95, has a great heart except for a leaking atrial valve, low cholesteral, low blood pressure... Had a major hail storm in Austin, had to drive into a multilevel parking garage, as between where I was, and where Don lives, they had "apple" sized hail. Didn't want my winders broken out. Was worth the 30 minutes. Only got about 1" hail and really high winds I would estimate at 40-60mph. They measured 78mph somewhere. The storm did a lot of damage across Austin and suburbs.

Thursday, mom had a successful mitral valve clip operation. Done with a catheter through the groin. Doc said her heart went from major leakage, to just a trace. Kept her in hospital overnight for recovery and observation. He said her congenital heart failure pericardial effusion (which is liquid around the heart) should almost totally alleviate and she'll quit needing to go in the hospital and nearly dying every 6 months.

Friday, woke up to the sound of thunder at 430 AM. then went and waited with mom while they got some more checks done and then released her. They recommended her for a "Watchman" heart procedure.
Said it would reduce risk of stroke to 1%, yes 1%...AND she can get off of blood thinner Eloquist. We hope to get that done in the next month.

A storm earlier in Victoria Texas knocked a really big branch out of her front yard tree. Son and I going to go chop it up tomorrow hopefully. She has a large tree in backyard that needs to come down, probably needs professionals. If a storm knocks it over, it will hit her home.

Ken, nice new to you mower. I bet you got a good deal compared to new price.

Prayers for Bupps and Holly. Also for Ted and wife.

Prayers for our team, our nation, for peace in the world, especially in Ukraine and ******.

 

[Buppies]

Long day went and looked at two jobs dinner just watched Audie Murphy movie great as always

Prayers for trapped firefighters Kyle’s mom Sodamos pup

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 62ºF for start, 1 1/8 inch in rain gauge, overcast, light breeze. Light wind sky became partly cloudy in afternoon, high temp was 79ºF. made coffee to start day, made oatmeal for breakfast, bike ride, trip to town for groceries, and lunch. Had phone call than nap, visit with neighbors then PW north sidewalk. Bike ride in morning.
Resuming Tuesday 5/27 3:38 AM CDT Post 207,202:
Ron glad good Memorial Day celebration. Hope the window washing went well, and you got some energy conservation done. Nice turkey pic
Drew hope putter day went well.
Buppies hope you got your rain. prayers sent.
Thomas hope you got your wood and day went well.
Scott(vt) hope you survived taking cat to vet. Congrats on first contact in 50 years. Glad CW getting better. Pool covers not cheap
Bill hope town/dump run went well.
Happy(NC) glad you now have a plan to improve bridge.
Paul sounds like batteries were thirsty. Glad you got some R/C stick time and congrats to GS on bass Hope breakfast and mowing went well.
Ken glad pool cover is bagged and stored. Bet you were a bit tired after that struggle. Glad pool doing well. Sorry about spider bite. Nice pics
Friend(trac) sorry pollen getting to you. Hope you get at least one of the plots. Drive for show short game and put for dough Hope you survived the week.
RS glad watering done and progress on 4X4 posts, Yes big bunch of posts, thanks for the reply.
David glad coleslaw a hit. Hope buyer showed and bought. Good luck with mule, carburetor or fuel injection?
Dennis sorry about the early rain. Sorry about missing meeting, hope he no too mad. Glad progress on lower deck.
Billy hop you enjoyed time at dealer. Hope lunch was good.
Dennis nice pic of Snagglepuss. Hope you got branches burned.
Don sorry about the hail and messing with card play. Hope Germans liked the farm. Hope farm stays busy in summer mode.
Randy(wag) glad more rain. Hope coffee went well along with the grocery shopping. Hope paddock transfer went well.
RS nice you could use the forks to load the posts. Nice you got a lot of stuff in the barn and more mowing done. Nice peach trees are sprayed. Good to hear Cub oil and filter changed.
Wednesday 3:36 AM CDT:
Ron glad windows are done, sorry no energy conservation. Good luck with neighbors mule, maybe you and David should compare notes. Nice sunrise.
Ken(tin) sorry weather woke you up. Glad no large hail. hope you got more sleep.
Billy glad you and Della got hike and swim Tuesday. Hope you are getting caught up on rain.
Thomas glad you got your wood, hope stacking went well.
Drew hope you enjoyed the rain.
Scott(vt) hope trip to VT went well. Sorry you missed an opportunity to practice your German.
Ken sorry about the driveway work delay.
Frits glad goslings still around. Glad more stacking Tuesday but Wednesday was rain out. Glad your wife got her infusion. Hope Dr appointment went well.
Paul glad all mowing except for trimming done. That was a impressive amount of grass on deck. Hope trip to Burlington went well.
Bill hope success with fuel meter.
Happy lot of rain! Sorry to hear about wrist hope it is doing better.
Don glad you are getting rain. Nice lawn is mowed.
Buppies glad you are getting some more rain. Hope forecasters wrong on hot summer, have seen anything for Texas. Good evening Buppies.
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.

 

[Looking4new]

L4N be careful with metformin it almost destroyed my kidneys

I am supposed to take one in the morning with breakfast and two at night with supper. 1500 mg total. What I take is one at night with supper unless it is a particularly heavy supper then 2. Last A1C was 6.4

Looked over some of the electrodes on hand for stick welding and found that I have a lot more than I thought. 150 lbs of E6010 1/8, 3/32 inch, 50 lbs of 7018 5/32 inch, some E6013 and E6011 1/8 inch. Most of it is in sealed tin cans and supposedly should be good without attracting hydrogen.
PopG would it be worthwhile to get a rod oven to be able to use them after being open to atmosphere. Maybe for my limited use it does not make much difference since it is not be a certified weld

You could get a decommissioned bar fridge as long as the light still works, just bypass the switch that turns the light off when you shut the door.. That should keep your rods dry.

Got a phone call today, the tractor is done. All filters except air and fuel changed, oil changed, valves adjusted and the hydraulics fixed. The hydraulic problem was a busted O-ring on the suction side of the pump. Dodged a $1900.oo bullet there. Total price for the work was just shy of $1700.oo. The towing company that I used to take it up to the mechanic will pick it up on Monday, while I am in North Bay.

 

[Looking4new]

R.I.P. hot Lips! Loretta Swit dead at age 87.
Loretta Swit, Emmy-winner who played Houlihan on pioneering TV series ‘M.A.S.H.,’ has died at 87

 

[Buppies]

Very sad about Hot Lips a very good TV show one of the best. Hard time sleeping Holly having tough night.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 51° with cloudy skies this morning, Heading to 63° with partly cloudy skies. Yesterday got front and back grass cut. Also put leftover metal put up in loft of back barn. Also started putting yard ornaments out. Will continue with that today. Have some trimming to do.
Mrs. Duck is back without a chosen mate.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
long night, heavy thunderstorms came through, 1.62 inches on gauge,
power went out at 1am, was raining hard enough sump pump running hard, so even with battery
backup on sump, I needed to start the gen. So out into pouring rain I went and fired up gen.
could not get back to sleep, so drinking cup of coffee now and sure planning on a nap this afternoon.

 

[daugen]

the little gizmo I have on the electrical panel to alarm when the street power comes back on
failed to work. I replaced the battery in it, not sure that was the problem. I only found out power was back on when I logged
on and found emails saying power was restored.

so that didn't work right, and I checked on the sump pump and it looks like the plastic piping, the very expensive plastic piping
the plumber put in, actually cracked in the center of the pipe, maybe a pencil size, and was spraying water all over the place, thankfully most
staying in sump. I think some gorilla tape will fix it, need to dry it off first and sump pump will be pumping all day today.
The battery backup part was working hard when I checked on it, so thankfully that works. But why a pipe gets a hole in its side
is strange. I need to eyeball it better. Half asleep at 1am with a flashlight is not enough data...

when you've owned boats and rvs, one thing you definitely have is plenty of emergency repair tape. So until pipe is replaced I will apply
some Appalachian engineering and stop the leak.

getting light out, yup, Lake Drew is up. Probably won't go down very quickly either since we just had a 3 inch storm days before.

more coffee

 

[Thomas]

52F raining 1"-2" before ending late night high 60F.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...4 hours at part store,afternoon no clue yet.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Happy in NC]

Good morning TBN!!!
50 this morning with 80s expected. Probably a late afternoon pop up or two.
Not to much yesterday. Too muddy to get much done. I did harvest some steel out of the river still laying there from Helene.
Made room in the garage for the Buick.

This is a rare sight around here.
1" hail was a possibility so I got everything under cover.
Walked the dog a couple of times. Surprises me how hard walking is when I don't do much walking for a couple of days.
Nothing special planned for today but I guess I better get to it, instead of playing with settings LOL

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

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 39 and going to a high of 57°F. Wind N 11 mph. Cloudy.

It appears to me that Miss Duck is pretty choosey. If she is not careful she will be out of luck.

Drew, I leave one of the lights on in the house and when the power comes back on that indicates to me that it has happened.

My SiriusXM Canada contract ends this coming June 30th. I will cancel. There is two ways I will do that, one phone them up and cancel and two dispute any charge by them on my CC.

I think I will grab me a power nap this morning.

Have a safe day all

 

[m7040]

good morning, 55 going to 64, rained overnight about 2 inches, more rain later today, neighbor pond did not leak yea

stacked wood in the morning, cleaned air filters on the tractor, tightened the AC belt and fan belt to get rid of a little chirping.
Figured out I need to get a return oil filter to change inside the hydraulic oil tank on the excavator

Saw the goslings swimming in the pond for the first time

Lots of ticks around

ordering storage tubes and rod oven, thanks agree good plan

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Vt, 52 to start going to 56. Raining steady but not blowing wind, so not too bad. Got a nice maiden voyage in on the lake yesterday, nice day with some clouds but not too bad on the temp.

Engineer, prayers to the trapped fire fighters !

Looks like a day out in the shop with lousy weather.

Still working on the first cup but may get another very soon. Hope all have a good day

 

[Popgadget]

Also like 6011 & 7018...7018 flows nice like dime.

For general repair and fabrication I much prefer 7014 over 7018. No where near as “fussy” about storage or restarting an arc.

 

[Buppies]

Got some errands to run this morning chance of storm storm today maybe not. Everything soaking wet here get gas mail, oil filters fuel filters job to look at shrubs to plant wonder what gets done.

I haven’t welded since 1992 forgot most of what I knew

Sorry about pump leak Drew

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 71˚ cloudy heading to the upper 80s, no chance of rain, N wind.

The Germans are safely back home and I will start back on the dry riverbed project. Water volleyball this afternoon.