Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

52F clear sky light wind.

24F 3:45am this morning need windshield scraper,notice chimneys sending smoke signals on the way to work.
Workday pass quickly sure was glad to be home rest my rear pockets,stay up tad late watch NY Giants miracle.

Plans for evening dinner going to bed with chickens.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Looking4new]

Scott, Trumble in Detroit, MI you load right beside the tank for Type 2 roofing tar. 450°F.
BP in Toledo,OH loading slurry oil in between the tanks and the wind blowing in off the lake in winter made that one cold place to load.
Imperial Oil in Nanticoke, ON their racks were all under a cover. 6 for asphalt and 6 for fuels.
BP in Bronte, ON you loaded beside the tanks, 8" gravity pipe. You sure could load fast there.
Petro-Canada in Etobicoke, ON one rack with two loading pipes and you were out in the open.
When I first started hauling tar we could load in a T-shirt and never grounded the trailer. As time went on it was mandated that we had to wear long sleeves and work boots with the pant legs over the top of the boots. Now most of the terminals (BP, Esso, PC) insist you wear Nomex coveralls, hard hat and face shield along with the heat resistant rubber gloves. I've had one asphalt burn in my 38 years of hauling, and it was my own carelessness. Just a small burn not like the guy that trained me. He got it right in the chest and belly. He was off work for a year. That was his own carelessness too. Anybody I train on asphalt I tell them the same thing, "Familiarity breeds contempt." There are no shortcuts when it comes to hauling tar. You think boiling water is hot at 212°F? Try tar at a minimum 300°F. At 275 the tar doesn't flow very good. The past 10 years I was hauling chip seal oil or what we call high float. Maximum temperature was 165°F.
Do I miss it? Yes and no. I got more done this past summer at my own pace than I have ever got done in any summer before.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Saturday) morning. Overnight Low of 5.2C and it's presently 18.7C [13C wind chill], mostly clear with a strong/gusting wind. There was 3.4mm in the gauge @0900.

Today could be the end of this wind 'event'. I'm getting tired of the gusts that make my house creak day & night. If things do calm down I'll take a survey of "Wagtail Park" to assess any damage. I can already see a big branch that's come down from a Council 'road tree' across a Paddock #5 fence.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 58ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Light wind, mostly clear sky, and high temp was 85ºF. made coffee to start day, Had trouble getting started, up too late last night, 20 min nap helped, got ready to ride then remembered dermatologist appointment. Only 2 freezes and he froze wart on elbow. Got bike ride after lunch and nap in. I wear wide brim hat when mowing so use ear plugs for noise control. Use plain muffs for chainsaw work.
Resuming Monday 10/6 10:18 AM CDT post 212,301:
Friend(trac) Friday clearly was a very long day. Hope finishing touches went well. Good luck with android to apple change over. Hope lipoma removal goes well. Hope it looks as well as you think it should.
David glad you got good day of energy conservation. Hope clean up and HH went well.
RS glad feeders all have food. Hope you can finish post coating soon. Sorry wire for fence didn't pan out. Good to hear you are keeping after watering Hope you got your rain.
Drew glad you got good campsite. Sorry drive so taxing. Glad hookups done, hope you have good shower and sleep.
Thomas glad leaf control went well. hope you got good sleep.
Randy(wag) sorry about the wind messing with outside activities.
Tuesday morning 3:29 AM CDT:
Drew glad it was cool enough to open window. The kites need to behave while in public Hope you got to fly the kites. Glad you got such a nice siteeeeeee.
Ron sorry grass had to wait. Glad house keeping and laundry did get done. Good to hear Harvet doing well. Nice robin.
Bill sorry tractor not picked up in the dry weather. Sorry no nap. Hope guy don't get too wet getting tractor.
Billy hope you are close to getting caught up.
Scott(vt) hope the grands time was good. Glad SOTA went well and all had multiple contacts. Hope you found something to interest you. THanks for pics
Frits I like your thinking that you reap rewards for saving money. Hope you are done mowin the fields.
ArlyA you are much cooler tha us. Hope you got all your questions ed asked and answered.
Buppies sounds like nice morning. Hope you got good sleep. Hope nothing serious with Holley. Thanks for feedback on trains. No senic trains close by. prayers sent.
Drew sorry sunrise not picturesque. Hope you found a suitable tire cover.
Buppies nice pic of Precious
Spike56 not doing much better up here either. Thanks for the MOAB update news. 60,000 lbs of bombs is a lot of bonbs. Cool pic
ArlyA will probably 2 more months before 32ºF.
Paul glad you a couple R/C flights in before heading to airport. Cool pic of weather on way to Boca. Hope breakfast was good with professor and you were able to get mowing.
RS glad you are getting rain and were ready for it. Hope inside work went well.
Mike sorry about the overload of work and home stuff. Barn painting is a lot of scope creep!
Engineer sorry pics didn't come out.
Ron have relatives about 30 miles east of Branson.
David nice pic of new flail. Hope the Quonset building went well.
Muhammad sorry about gun hypocrisy.
Drew glad good day, looking forward to pic of Halloween decorations in Caonway.
Thomas glad you are getting rain. Hope leaves dry out so you can take care of them.
Drew I have not seen those adds, n pics then didn't happen.
Randy(wag) sorry wind messed with your outside and kids broke a church gate.
Kyle glad pond rake is working. Nice before and after pics.
Wednesday morning 3:37 AM CDT:
Ron glad you got some rain. Hope you got laundry folded and grass cut. Jay looks serious and study the suet cake.
Drew got home Tuesday night Hope you had good trip home Thursday.
Buppies glad you got a bit of rain, none here. I know who I wish had more control.
Billy I did enjoy GGD time half day Sunday, all Monday. and a bit on Tuesday. Glad you and Della got hike/swim.
Buppies we will have to talk one of these days.
ArlyA sorry late to camp. Hope cargo trailer aquisition went well. Stay warm.
Frits hope you get year end mowing completed soon. Glad Cody and groceries pickups went well. Sorry noise canceling muffs are fighting with you.
Buppies sorry your mowing head phones give you fits from time to time.
Bill hope tractor hospital will save the patient. I drove local delivery for a while. Had wooden stake bed. they put steel plate with diamonds to replace, lot slicker, ask me hoe I know
more catch up later.
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 /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Scott(vt) /wife's back pain, 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, Eye recovery, /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, Middle East War, and Country.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
up early at the Delaware shore
bad weather coming in later today but I should be able to slip out early enough.
lots to do, this morning need to pump and clean tanks, and clean the bathroom and kitchen while I have running water. RV will be winterized when I get home so need to get it clean first.

don't have to worry about nav directions today...route 1 is outside campground and it goes all the way North into Pa. Going to try to leave at daylight
coffee is good but got grounds in the pot.

Bill, when I back up my mailbox is the easy one to see, on driver's side.
Can't see neighbor's mailbox at all.
interesting part is he installed it two feet over the line on my property, by honest error, no one knew where the line was, but now it's that much less maneuvering room.

going to dump some cleaner chemicals in grey tank, then take the longest shower I can to fill up the tank. What I should do is then drive the rv and let it all slosh around. I never do, nor do I do that with the black tanks, whose level meter has read full since day I got rv. Going to dump some magic stuff in septic tank and then run the toilet to fill that tank up more. Then a major pumpout when I'm all done.
And once I have left Delaware with such a nice deposit, I will head North.

windy out, can hear the wish-wish-wish coming through vent fan

Happy Saturday everyone.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 46° mostly clear skies tis morning. Heading to 62° with cloudy skies. Not much of my plans for yesterday got done. Found a lawnmower blade sharpener on FB Marketplace. It was 20 miles away. Easy trip except for 2 road closures along the way. Which added about a hour to trip. Cleaned it up and sharpened one set of blades. Make it very easy to sharpen the blades. Started to get rest of the support poles out. Neighbor needed help getting hedge trimmer running. By the time I got that fixed it was time to call it a day. Back at getting garden pond net up today.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[ronjhall]

Forgot to post photo of Blade Sharpener.
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[ronjhall]

Drew, I replaced the tank monitor system on my motorhome with a Seelevel tank monitor. Replaces the whole panel manufacturer installed.
Also installed a valterra hydro-flush on black tank. This may also fix current black tank always reading full.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 48 and going up to 59°F Wind E 7 mph. 40% chance of showers.

I confirmed with my other customer and he wants me to plow his snow this winter for the same price as last winter.

Tractor is done, but not delivered yet. It was the number three glow plug. They haven't sent the bill yet either.

I think today will be an energy conservation day.

Drew, if the neighbours mail box is indeed on your property, I would not care if I hit it or not. Being your mailbox is on the 'clear side' stay out from it about 6' and with your 4 way flashers on (which should be on from the time you cross the center line of the road) just back up and carve it around the box. The size can be intimidating IF you let it.
If you can handle big boats on the water with no brakes, then you shouldn't have a problem with a little 8' wide vehicle on land. You can do it! I have faith in you!

Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

Forgot to post photo of Blade Sharpener.
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sweet
in the middle ages I think I could have been the guy who went around
sharpening knives and axes and scythes.
I know an extra sharp edge is not durable usually so wonder with new
hardened blades, how they sharpen and hold their edge.
but even if not durable the first mow on those super sharp blades seems to have a different sound to it. And possibly imagining things....