Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

good morning, 63 going to 86 sunny changing to partly cloudy

did not get to mow yesterday so today is it

Found tracks along the driveway up at the road. Would be nice when people use the driveway to turn around they would stay on the pavement

 

[Buppies]

62 high of 88 today 90s not yet but close

Mpham hope you feel better soon

Drew you have cranks that adjust depth steering guides direction
Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 62 to start going to 85. Another bright and sunny day before the clouds return tomorrow. Last night Kathleen and I went to the local car cruise night with the Model A. Nice night to be out and amongst so many beautiful restored vehicles. My 1930 A was the oldest car there.

Got an email from the Chinese out in California that they are sending a complete gazebo out to me instead of just the one small panel that is missing Unbelievable! That’s right Drew I just used an exclamation point

Dentist appointment later today and all the kiddos are coming over for a dip in the cement pond

Phil, hoping you feel better soon , I’m sorry you had to work on my project under the weather, I didn’t need it so quickly but thank you so much.

Found tracks along the driveway up at the road. Would be nice when people use the driveway to turn around they would stay on the pavement

Frits I pride myself on backing into some long DW’s without going on peoples grass . I have delivery vans pull into my DW and then turn around on my grass instead of backing in, that is the work of a very incompetent driver

Hope all have a blessed and safe day

 

[Happy in NC]

Good morning TBN!!
58 this morning with usual Tstorms and mid 80s this afternoon.

Spent the day putting away items that I should be done with for now. Fixed the joystick for my FEL. It had come lose the last time I used it. Also got the stabilizer bar off and plan on welding it up today. Spent the whole day avoiding crawling under the tractor. Success
Agenda today will be helping the wife pack for a trip to Montana with friends, Making a fuel run and crawling under the tractor to see what I am getting in to and parts that I will need.

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

 

[Tinhack]

Getting pounded with heavy rain this hour. First wave went through at about 5am. Expecting 2-4 inches. Creeks rising and parts of the Big City are flooded already. I'm Ok here as we're about 100' higher than San Antonio. We just won't be able to go anywhere. They're telling folks over the radio to stay at home. Lights are still on but I'm running the web off my phone. Huge areas are without power. It's been really noisy since 5am. I'm getting another cup of coffee before the electric goes out. Stay dry!

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 48 and going up to 66°F. Wind NW 6 mph. Sunny with cloudy periods.

It is a pity that we cannot put in a 3" concrete curb with railway spikes pointy end up along the driveways accompanied with a sign that reads, "private drive enter at own risk."
My driveway, where it flares out to the road has a 2' ditch on one side and a 2' ditch on the other with a power pole right there. Getting out of there is going to be expensive.
In 31 years nobody has fallen into it, that I know of.

I may cut the grass today after the wind picks up. Supposed to be 12 to 25 mph winds later today. Excellent grass cutting weather, the bugs can't fly in those winds.

Time to get on with my day.

Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

Tinhack, hope you have a backup gen, and weather the storm

Scott, that was worth at least three exclamation points...
these companies apparently have no parts dept, all they can do is send another.
hope they get it to you quickly.

Bill, enjoy the breeze

think I jinxed myself on rv. Thought water system was great, even tested hot water in kitchen, all was normal. Until I took a shower this morning. yuck smelly rusty water, plenty of hot water, but sounds like the tank is shot. Also backed up by the fact that no water was coming out of bathroom sink until I took off strainer and it was clogged with two tiny pieces of rust. I knew that wouldn't end well, had to come from somewhere.
funny thing is my under sink filtration system made that gross water seem just fine, so that sure works. Suburban SW6DE, cheapest interestingly at Home Depot. It involves a propane connection so likely above my pay grade. Six years and bounced around a lot, likely porcelain tank lining broke letting water at steel case. 400 bucks, could be worse.

 

[LouNY]

Frits I pride myself on backing into some long DW’s without going on peoples grass . I have delivery vans pull into my DW and then turn around on my grass instead of backing in, that is the work of a very incompetent driver

Hope all have a blessed and safe day

When my daughters were learning to drive one of my requirements before they could take the driving test was to backup our driveway using the outside mirrors on the old plow trucks.

 

[daugen]

six years ago, changing blades on mower on this day in NC

 

[Buppies]

Great teaching moment Lou

Sorry about hot water tank Drew

To replace tank in house is several thousand dollars and it’s 25 years old

Time to go water hanging baskets on porch watered shrubs last night

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 73 going up to 90 and sunny.
Graduation Day!

Ends up that one of wife's friends kids is also going to NYU, so son will know a few people there.

Took the trimmer for a walk last night after cleaning up more of the hedge detritus.
Found a large chunk of tree where I had been mowing the day before. Must have fallen pretty far since I can't see where it came from with all the leaves.

Phil - I had a similar CB, long gone now. I had a huge grey multi frequency short band receiver too at one time, not sure what happened to it.

Sorry about the Alpacas Paul. Getting any more to replace or ??

I get that all the time M7040, people leaving tracks and it takes time to fix them. Have a bunch to fix once I let the new asphalt finish hardening.

Hope not too much damage Tinhack and the storm passes quickly.

Meeting with new boss went very well, she is putting me on two more projects and going to the CIO to propose going forward with the two projects I am currently running.

Be well,

5 foot chunk of tree right at the edge of where I mowed the day before.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

This is driveway damage lol

 

[Buppies]

Somebody’s got some serious prep work to do BEF

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Somebody’s got some serious prep work to do BEF

That was the oil well crew in 2008. The crew this year has put many truckloads of stone down and have done a good job.

 

[gsganzer]

Good morning again from Kauai. We had a beautiful day yesterday, sailing, swimming and snorkeling along the Napoli coast. We spread the last of my mother-in-laws ashes along the voyage.

I also had to cancel my primary credit cards yesterday and swap to our backup accounts. It seems someone here in Hawaii liked our credit card as much as we do. I give Wells Fargo credit for their fraud detection and prevention abilities. It seems this is just becoming more and more common. I travel regularly for work and end up having to cancel a credit card at least once a year.

 

[rswyan]

83F and sunny @ 11:15, calling for a high of 85F for the day. I suspect we may beat that. Chance of rain 1%.

Ten Day shows an entire week of rain starting Saturday ...

Started off with leftover coffee this morning, requested upgrade ... the fresh stuff is much better ...

Got hopper, both tube and both suet feeders refilled yesterday first thing. Also scattered some seed for the ground feeders.

Woman reports the Pileated Woodpecker was out on the suet feeders this morning.

Got six Trip L Crop tomato plants planted yesterday after filling the feeders before it got too warm. The last two took a bit, as it was two plants in the same pot and it took some effort and finesse to separate the root systems from each other.

Broccoli plants seem to be coming back after getting nipped right after they were planted.

After that I went back to coating 4 x 4 posts after moving the hay wagon into the shade. Got another 10 sides done.

Tended a slab of ribs Woman had thrown into the crock pot.

Sent 5 tomato plants up to a neighbor with The Woman.

Late in the day I started mowing the upper front where is was fairly dry. Mowed until the Sun set, around 21:00 ... probably got it just under half done. Had deck set to 4". Blades still cutting good.

Agenda for today:

Schedule insurance bill for payment.

Move rest of tomato plants out front to shelves around back. Need to check greenhouse in the dining room, probably some in there that can go as well.

Then water tomato plants on shelves.

Do some glyphosate spraying since winds and chances of rain are both supposed to be low.

Start mowing down here around the house where it needs it, will leave the rest of the front until late in the day to give it chance to dry up further.

Later this afternoon cloud cover will increase to around 70% and I'll take that opportunity to get some more plants in the ground.

At some point in there hope to get back to coating more posts.

Other that see what else comes up.

Hope everyone is having a decent Thursday ...

 

[kenmbz]

Good morning again from Kauai. We had a beautiful day yesterday, sailing, swimming and snorkeling along the Napoli coast. We spread the last of my mother-in-laws ashes along the voyage.

I also had to cancel my primary credit cards yesterday and swap to our backup accounts. It seems someone here in Hawaii liked our credit card as much as we do. I give Wells Fargo credit for their fraud detection and prevention abilities. It seems this is just becoming more and more common. I travel regularly for work and end up having to cancel a credit card at least once a year.

ugh, credit cards. Hope not too much paperwork.

I just got an email from ezpass yesterday saying I added a car/plate to my account.
Thought it was a scam so went directly to ezpass, loged in , got my text code for the authentication. Sure enough there is a new car/plate on my account.

I deleted it and sent an email to ezpass asking how this could happen.
Changed my password first, but only I have my phone, so unsure how someone could have logged in as me. Glad I have notifications.

Have fun in Hawaii, I'll get there someday.

 

[sodamo]

68°f and .06 inches rain

Impressed with the new carpet machine. Does excellent job extracting the water.

Afternoon didn’t get off to great start. One furry little girl managed to get diarrhea before we even got to the PO. Fortunately had some paper towels and able get her cleaned up and continue to Vet. gained 6.4 lbs, 26.2lb. Vet happy with her growth and development
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Could say she told riding up front in stride.

Amazing how tenaciously some thing attach when dried a few hours. But power washer won, eventually.

Plan to pw concrete in front of house today.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[m7040]

Instead of mowing looked at replacing the sill beam. Took the old one out and fitted a new one. Tight fit that required the sledge to drive it in. Need to investigate some suitable grout and screw it in place with ledger screws after some more adjustments

 

[LouNY]

Instead of mowing looked at replacing the sill beam. Took the old one out and fitted a new one. Tight fit that required the sledge to drive it in. Need to investigate some suitable grout and screw it in place with ledger screws after some more adjustments

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