Good morning!!!!

[WinterDeere]

Good Morning
63° now day started at 51 on its way to almost 80 under a clear sky.

Yesterday started with breakfast with the professor, followed by RC with the old guys, then lunch with the pumpkin farmer neighbor. He said the deer have done colossal damage to this year’s crop.
After that it was into the shop, to do some tinkering and make some more tooling for the Di-Acro bender.

This was an interesting piece, it’s an eccentric clamp.
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It gets tightened with a wrench to squeeze and clamp the material to the die. The forming roller above it was another project.

Nothing scheduled for this morning, I’ve got to go back to Martha’s Vineyard again. Might have to do it twice next week as well. I guess I can’t complain about working a couple of days in the same week, especially if it’s not really work….

Looks like music this evening, so the day will be pretty full, even if I don’t make any sparks or metal chips.

That bender looks very, very familiar. Did you by chance buy it from one of the local middle schools, in the Central Bucks district?

 

[daugen]

fun shopping trip, got what I needed, got what i didn't need... and
a piece of blueberry covered cheese cake for dessert later.
life is good

out to wash/wax the rv and check for blackberries.
I planted the variety I had in NC, the largest commercially available blackberry bush, and the fully grown berries
can be over an inch long. But rarely fully ripe unless one is incredibly patient.
They may look ripe, but they aren't.
have to be careful with bees and not just stick my hand in there

I'm somewhat allergic, but my brother is worse, and the doctor who delivered me
way back when was one of my father's closest friends who he played bridge with most Sat nights.
until he died from three bee stings. Despite multiple epi pens and a fast trip to hospital, he passed away three hours later.
that was a life lesson for me, those yellow jackets particularly the ones with ground nests seem to be
truly bad news. Not your happy little honeybee by any means.
I had repeated problems with them in NC because the softer soil meant ground nests easier for them to build, particularly under
thick pine needles. Here, not so much though I see a bunch of yellow jackets buzzing around my hummingbird feeder.
this place is intentionally covered in flowers so all those bees are good in many ways.
until one stings me.

 

[ArlyA]

fun shopping trip, got what I needed, got what i didn't need... and
a piece of blueberry covered cheese cake for dessert later.
life is good

out to wash/wax the rv and check for blackberries.
I planted the variety I had in NC, the largest commercially available blackberry bush, and the fully grown berries
can be over an inch long. But rarely fully ripe unless one is incredibly patient.
They may look ripe, but they aren't.
have to be careful with bees and not just stick my hand in there

I'm somewhat allergic, but my brother is worse, and the doctor who delivered me
way back when was one of my father's closest friends who he played bridge with most Sat nights.
until he died from three bee stings. Despite multiple epi pens and a fast trip to hospital, he passed away three hours later.
that was a life lesson for me, those yellow jackets particularly the ones with ground nests seem to be
truly bad news. Not your happy little honeybee by any means.
I had repeated problems with them in NC because the softer soil meant ground nests easier for them to build, particularly under
thick pine needles. Here, not so much though I see a bunch of yellow jackets buzzing around my hummingbird feeder.
this place is intentionally covered in flowers so all those bees are good in many ways.
until one stings me.

We carry benadryl and epi pens in our field first aid kit, while we are not allergic to stings, you don't know about the next one (or 20).

 

[Jstpssng]

We carry benadryl and epi pens in our field first aid kit, while we are not allergic to stings, you don't know about the next one (or 20).

I have 3 Benedril in my shirt pocket right now… as I sit on a log taking a break 1/2 mile from the truck.
Years ago a former colleague was in a similar spot when he was stung. He had never been allergic before but this time he passed out.
Fortunately he woke back up but to hear him tell the story was eye opening. He said that his last thought before going out was of holding his newly born baby.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 49° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 79° with plenty of sunshine. Grocery shopping went good. Trip to east side of Metro was good. Visit with wifes cousin was good. Had lunch at one the Marina's along shore line of Lake ST Clair was very nice seeing all the big boats docked there. Then stopped a at local Frozen Custard stand. Was very good. Took 2.5 hours to make the 45 mile trip back to my home.
Today will get back at shrub trimming.

Buppies, I am good. Forgot to click on "Post reply" this morning.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[ponytug]

good morning all
up early, drinking my coffee
looks to be nice day, 55 going up to 81 today in sun and clouds.
hope to work outside today after I get on phone this morning to make appt for CT
on my hip.

My visit with primary doc not good yesterday. I honestly don't like the guy, he is condescending, thinks
I'm a fat slob for not being thin as a rail, that I'm lazy for not starting my day with hours of exercise, etc.
and when I showed up for a consult on the latest mri, he hadn't even read it yet. Just not a good feeling, but his office
gets the appts made and the scrips filled; it's his personality I have come to not enjoy over the years. My oncologist, cardiologist and
endocrinologist are all really nice people who never talk down to me. My primary has a specialty in ortho and aging, well that's me to a T.
Maybe it's the doc's heavily slicked down hair...oh well

fiddled with my new hand blade file yesterday, sharpened the new mower blade that came in, took the paint off the cutting
edge basically. Seems to work nicely, and I sharpened a pair of garden shears too. Have always found sharpening knives to be
very satisfying.

Personally, I think life is too short to have your primary care doc not have reasonable human skills. If they don't, they aren't going to be really listening to you, and that means malpractice, or overlooked care. Then again, I'm not wild about docs who can't say "I don't know".

I think that the item that really double underlines the importance of respect and soft skills is that the #1 thing that correlates with good surgical outcomes; it is having the surgical team introduce each other with first names, and use them amongst themselves.

After discovering as a kid how much difference a good edge made to a scythe and axe, I also have found sharpening very rewarding, both to do, and then to use a tool that works easily. I try not to let others use my kitchen knives, as they don't expect the knives to cut so smoothly or easily, and can get into trouble. My close friends and relatives know what to expect. A few years ago, I bought myself a really good drill sharpener, and "wow!" drilling was just amazingly easy. (Hint: get something better than a Drill Doctor.) I don't have the hand eye coordination needed to free hand sharpen a drill, despite lots of attempts.

All the best,

Peter

 

[ArlyA]

I have 3 Benedril in my shirt pocket right now… as I sit on a log taking a break 1/2 mile from the truck.
Years ago a former colleague was in a similar spot when he was stung. He had never been allergic before but this time he passed out.
Fortunately he woke back up but to hear him tell the story was eye opening. He said that his last thought before going out was of holding his newly born baby.

I think a epi pen would be more important to have along, than Benedril.

 

[ponytug]

I think a epi pen would be more important to have along, than Benedril.

Both are likely important, but I'm not an MD.

These days, I think a phone/watch with satellite SOS would be a good backup to those two. We use them routinely when not in cell / radio coverage. (SPOT, Garmin, whatever works).

All the best,

Peter

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Billy,

Scotty, slow and steady on that job...lots of breaks and gazes at the mountains.

Absolutely, just not when I’m measuring and or cutting

 

[ponytug]

Good Morning Billy,

Absolutely, just not when I’m measuring and or cutting

I'm with you on that one! Great photos.

Have you considered removing some of the dirt under the joists for no ground contact? (Longer joist life?)

All the best,

Peter