Good morning!!!!

[scott_vt]

Good Morning WinterDeere,

Take some of mine, if it'll make you feel better. Who even looks at their own post count?

No i understand what your saying, i just feel that because we are on this particular thread, we are being judged differently
Like I said in my previous post, not going to get my panties in a wad, I just don’t agree with it ! JMO

 

[LouNY]

Just one of the wonders of the computer age and forums. Your posts only count on certain forums. This change has me about to turn off my ad blocker and then inform all the advertisers I will not be buying or using their products. And the thing is it isn't even the actual products it is what every crybaby service that they are using for ad placement.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning Paul,

Wow, wish I was in that FD Department

I usually bring them smoked pulled pork or brisket once or twice a year.
My contribution to the cause. My daughter was a firefighter and EMT before her nursing career sucked up all her time.

 

[riptides]

Good Morning WinterDeere,


No i understand what your saying, i just feel that because we are on this particular thread, we are being judged differently
Like I said in my previous post, not going to get my panties in a wad, I just don’t agree with it ! JMO

Look at it this way, you have achieved Super Member status under false pretenses. LOL.

The bar is raised yet again for (some on) the Status ladder. LOL.

 

[Dftodd]

The head phones I listen to while mowing are old beats buttons are small easy to screw up have to take them off to see which button to hit. Too complicated for old goats like me

I just throw in some ear plugs and drive around talking to myself

 

[rswyan]

A cool 61F and partly cloudy @ 11:30, heading up to around 64F for the day's high. Winds out of the North @ 10 - 15mph. Low this morning was 46.4F.

Yesterday's rain turned out to be quite the soaker - the gauge has almost 1.75" in it ...

Got another week's worth of meds doled out yesterday first thing.

Then headed down to Menards to pick up order.

I intentionally left a couple of items off the order so I could purchase them separately and use the rebate checks to pay (can't be used when order is placed online) ... so I had to hit the desk for a slip for the six 10' sticks of 1/2" rebar and then go pull the 4' x 100' roll of welded wire fencing and head up front to pay.

Then headed back to the pick up desk to get the other order. Found out that whoever pulled it didn't bother to palletize it ... so had to do that before they could load it in the van with a tow motor.

Headed out after that and swung by TSC in Canal Fulton on the way back and picked up 1/2 mile of Bekaert 14 gauge galvanized high tensile fence wire and some additional insulators. The wire ended up being on sale this week, so saved $10 there.

Headed up to the shop after I got back and unloaded the rebar and then started looking for materials to build the fence staple starter tool.

Ended settling on a piece of 1" square tube as the socket/holder for the staples with a couple of pieces of 1/4" plate welded inside to create the slot the staple will go in.

Got that welded up, just need to do a little clean up on that and weld the handle/driver on it and it should be good to go.

Will probably head up and do that here in a few ... along with cutting the 10' sticks of rebar in half to be used to secure the welded wire cages.

Got the Menards rebate form filled out and an envelope addressed and a stamp put on it for yesterday's purchases so that's ready to be put in the mail.

Sun is now out but it's fairly breezy ... so might unload the roll of welded wire fencing into the shop where it will be warmer and start cutting that up to make the cages.

Likely still too wet to do any further mowing so that will have to wait until it dries out a bit. Probably will be a couple of days due to the cooler temps.

Beyond that just see what else comes up.

Hope everyone is having a decent day ... and not having too much trouble coping with the recent "big change" to the forum ...

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Mike,

The bar is raised yet again for (some on) the Status ladder. LOL.

No truer words were ever spoken

 

[txdon]

With 18 million views the Good morning thread would seem like a magnet to advertisers.

 

[sodamo]

68°F and 0 rain

A very successful day yesterday

8 members of the Hamakua Coast Old Farts. OK. Dwayne is only 52, honorary member. A learn as you go but soon developed a sequence. Partially assemble an arch with 5 pieces on the ground, load onto a jig we designed, lift and place with tractor onto previous arch and wall pieces. I operated the tractor.
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Even with a few hiccups managed to have last arch placed before 5pm

A couple of guys will return today to add remaining bolts and torque them all. Not me

But I will get to finish assembling, greasing my new flail

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[WinterDeere]

Just one of the wonders of the computer age and forums. Your posts only count on certain forums. This change has me about to turn off my ad blocker and then inform all the advertisers I will not be buying or using their products. And the thing is it isn't even the actual products it is what every crybaby service that they are using for ad placement.

Meh. Don't waste your time. Life is too short. There are bigger things to worry about, today!

 

[rswyan]

No standing water in low spots on the lawn, so it should dry up fairly quickly with a little sun and the breeze.

Fence staple starter tool completed:

Ten 10' sticks of 1/2" rebar cut in half @ 45 degree angle for cage stakes.

Checked on post holes, looks like they stayed sealed up so should be reasonably dry.

Warm out in the sun.

Think I'll go run the string line between the 2 corner posts and see if I can't get at least a couple of 4 x 4 line posts braced up and set, if not filled and tamped.

Probably need to fill the bird feeders as well.

 

[Thomas]

56F few clouds here and there.
Much needed almost 1 1/2" rain fell sure could use 6"+.

Long but good day at work.
Afternoon plans were section leave control,between steady 10-15mph wind now and rain leaves almost double laying on the ground,hope the next couples days leaves will dry for blowing.
Plans for the evening yet to come up with anything maybe deck to enjoy quick cigar.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[daugen]

finished a nice day with friends here in Myrtle Beach. Started to shower and stopped with heavy rain coming tonight, one to two inches. Ok, just be stopped by tomorrow morning

nice lunch in a local marina overlooking some expensive large yachts
glad to hear we got an inch of rain at home
I need Popgadget to send me a picture of Zoe.
My friend's dog here is named Zoe also, 150 pounds of Mastador.
just the gentlest affectionate dog totally spoiled by her owners who have no kids but her.

 

[Popgadget]

Fence staple starter tool completed:

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Here’s how I start (and finish) fence staples. It will drive 2” 9ga staple as fast as you can pull the trigger.

Definitely the best fencing tool I have ever bought.
Dennis can attest to that.

 

[m7040]

Have that stapler too but pricey. It works really well. I used it because my shoulder was injured and it was easy to trigger. Hard to pull the staples out though
rswyan, I have a roll of high tensile fence wire if you are interested

 

[WinterDeere]

Here’s how I start (and finish) fence staples. It will drive 2” 9ga staple as fast as you can pull the trigger.

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Definitely the best fencing tool I have ever bought.
Dennis can attest to that.

That is so friggin' cool. All of my nailers and staplers come with an umbillical, tied to a compressor. Reliable, but hardly convenient.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Thursday) morning. Overnight Low of 3.8C [wind chill] and it's presently 17.1C [wind chill]. Mostly overcast, high gusting wind with misty 'rain'. There was 0.2mm in the gauge @0900. This wind is beginning to get on my nerves but, as I've mentioned, this weather pattern happens every Spring & Autumn.

A productive day yesterday... although the Church gate repair (which wasn't the gate I thought it was) took three trips to the hardware store until I finally bought the correct length of bolt to finish the job. And a fun job to do with a howling wind complicating it. I also brought a spray can of lanolin IOT do all of the locks/hinges in the Church. I reckon that it's been years since any of that kind of maintenance has been done.

So, it looks like I'll be 'hunkered down' for a few more days.

That's about it, take care all.

Wow, what a hit I took, that seems just wrong to me Buppies
A lot of my posts are tractor related, can someone ask Muhammad about this ?

It looks like I only took a 'hit' of 1000 posts... perhaps mine are "Aussie" posts with some sort of exchange rate.

 

[Looking4new]

Scott, shotgun tanks are the worst for slop and slosh. The asphalt tanks I hauled had two baffles in each one. They still slopped and sloshed but not near as bad.

The Kioti is still in the shop. I'll stop in there on Friday and see how it is coming.

Looks like this Canuck took a huge hit on the post count.

 

[Popgadget]

That is so friggin' cool. All of my nailers and staplers come with an umbillical, tied to a compressor. Reliable, but hardly convenient.

If you look close you can see that there’s an adapter on it to use Makita 18v batteries, it’s the only 18v Milwaukee tool I’ve got.

 

[B7510HSD]

Scott, shotgun tanks are the worst for slop and slosh. The asphalt tanks I hauled had two baffles in each one. They still slopped and sloshed but not near as bad.

The Kioti is still in the shop. I'll stop in there on Friday and see how it is coming.

Looks like this Canuck took a huge hit on the post count.

BUT they are nice going across the scales hit the brakes a few times and the sloshing makes it tough to weigh correctly!