Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 69ºF for the start, clear sky, light breeze. Light to moderate wind, brisk gusts, partly cloudy sky, rain to north, and high temp was 88ºF. Cold front to come through this weekend. Made coffee to start, office work, bike ride, mow back yard and found 4 balls, put off town trip, nap, got truck wipers changed out.
resuming Saturday 10/11 8:00 AM CDT post 212,501:
Kyle cool glad gets to make gears for the systems they design. Great catch on the water line. Glad the change over to pex went well overall. Nice to hear wifey did what she could to help. Hope you Saturday want ok.
Mike glad chores done and shopping with wife, and she was working on getting your beer stocked locally! Hope cleanup went well.
Ken glad you are getting rain, sorry it's early. Your decorations are much earlier than mine.
Scott(vt) thanks for wood pics!
RS glad rain chance in forecast. Glad you more posted coated. Sorry you weren't as rain ready as you thought. Hope trip to Menards and birthday party good.
David sorry arm is sore from shots.
Kyle any reason for changing his grip? That's a lot of practice to produce a blister. Good decision to no football. Sorry about the reaction to Shingres vax.
Ron glad you found the plaque, it's cool! thanks for pic
Drew glad you made it home safely. sorry no catch up before the rain hit.
Ron isn't Harvey recovering from shoulder issues?
Drew glad unloading progressing in spite of rain.
Thomas glad leaf control went well. Hope Chinese food good.
Drew glad you got out before you found out who was right on flooding. I wouldn't mind a radar like that around here.
Drew thanks for the EV drag race info. Really cool.
Randy(wag) glad wind is finally calm. Hope good church service.
Dennis hope you don't get rained out.
RS glad b-day party very good.
Bill hope Kioti and invoice show soon.
Sunday morning 3:36 AM CDT:
Ron glad nets over pond. Beautiful tree.
Billy glad you got hike swim in before rain hits. Hope more fun at festival.
Scott(vt) my post count went down to 1500. Now close to 6500.
Bill hope rabbit ho;e was fun.
Scott(vt) glad good time at farm festival. Congrats on nomination to CWT CWOPS. Hope church was good.
Don sorry about no rain. Not much more here either. Glad farm is doing well and you have a tractor driving job. Good to hear wait times short.
Drew my condolences to you and the families. there are advantages to drinking coffee black .
Happy(NC) sorry you won't get much rain. Hope you can get back up 4X4 back up to snuff. Glad you won't go hungry this winter, looks delicious. Hope you got internet working in garage and progress on 4X4.
Bill my post count just got back up to where it was before.
Ron I think you have to mention both tractors to get the double count
ArlyA good to hear you got lo down on your new camp. Nice pics.
Thomas glad mom has sense of humor, butterball needs better choice of toys. Bet funny to see Butterball bump into stack then just sit there. ope leaf control was successful.
Frits glad you are getting rain. First fire sounds nice. Very sorry wife had high pain level, prayers sent.
Drew hope service went well and no emergencies on your part. Did you start liquid diet on Monday?
Dennis hope hike was good, I don't see any boats on the lake. Nice pics.
Ken sounds like fun day yesterday. Great pics
Gstrom good to hear you are returning to normal after retinal detachment surgery. I still need to cu wood for winter.
RS hope yesterday went well for you.
David glad new mower greased up. Good to hear new restaurant has good food.
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.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 44° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 71° with sun and a few clouds. Yesterday I cleaned up the metal mailbox post and sprayed it will primer. Later today will spray it with black paint. That about it for today. I am sure I will find something else before the day is over.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

55 heading to 71. Just had a shower pass by, but it should clear up by the end of the day as the northeaster finally moves on.

Hike and swim, no dump run, and some good playoff baseball yesterday. Wife comes home today.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 48 and going to a high of 62°F. Wind E 2 mph. Sunny.

I'm not sure what I will get up to today, but rest assured it wont be much.

It looks like I got my post count back.

Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

good morning all
not a fun night doing colonoscopy prep but that's done
sure one of those situations where old folks can't trust a "fort",
brother picking me up at 7:30am, friend bringing me home around lunch time.
going to be one hungry guy
I hope to sleep all afternoon, make up for being up all night.

think we ought to lighten up on the verbiage debate.
whole new world out there in online advertising, new rules, and we have for many
years enjoyed the friendship and fun of a totally free site. If there are some restrictions, ok,
just don't think this is the venue for some free speech discussion. I consider myself an invited guest and will
act accordingly. We have an intelligent owner who understands the issues and needs to work through this.

we need rules, folks try to break them here all time, injecting religious and political ideology in avatars and discussions.
I can't see where what we discuss in GM is negatively affected by moderator rules.
without those rules, I would not likely be here since I don't do well with nasty rude people.
I'm happy with some rules and civility. And where sensibly needed, compromise.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Tractor Morning Steve,

Been a long time I do not use it as it was boring to me.

I think it will prove the same to me but like anything else I need to try it and understand it

I know a lot of my CW friends have a picture of a guy sitting in front of a wall on their QRZ page, with a FT8 sign and a circle with a line drawn through it. . My real love is CW, and I don’t see that changing I actually got the manual out on my Yaesu yesterday and made 2 SSB contacts. One on 40m and one on 20m. I bumped the power up to 100w, I normally run 50w when running POTA or portable. Just wanted to make sure it was working. Have a good day Steve

 

[scott_vt]

Good Tractor Morning,
Ct, 48 to start going to 60. Went out to get the paper at 5am and I could faintly see the moon through the clouds, so hopefully most of the rain and unsettled weather has gone by.

This week is Fire Prevention week here and my grandsons want me to come to their school on the fire truck. So I need to be at the FD prior to 9 am. Don’t want to disappoint my grandsons .

Still trying to weed through the junk in the attic, not easy when the wife is asking me why are you throwing that out She is the one that wanted me to start this project

Looks like work on Thursday this week and then head to the Vermont mountains Thursday night.

Not much else going on, hope all have a blessed and safe day

 

[ArlyA]

think we ought to lighten up on the verbiage debate.
whole new world out there in online advertising, new rules, and we have for many
years enjoyed the friendship and fun of a totally free site. If there are some restrictions, ok,
just don't think this is the venue for some free speech discussion. I consider myself an invited guest and will
act accordingly. We have an intelligent owner who understands the issues and needs to work through this.

we need rules, folks try to break them here all time, injecting religious and political ideology in avatars and discussions.
I can't see where what we discuss in GM is negatively affected by moderator rules.
without those rules, I would not likely be here since I don't do well with nasty rude people.
I'm happy with some rules and civility. And where sensibly needed, compromise.

You got that right.

 

[WinterDeere]

THis word censureship has got to stop. I thought this was america, land of the free, home of the brave, not some friggin 3rd world country with a dictator.

It's always fun when people confuse freedom of speech with freedom from consequences. I remember having to explain the difference to an employee, when they were fired for something they said, and they tried claiming "freedom of speech!"

Sure, you're free to say it, and you won't land in jail. But a site (or employer) also isn't forced to host speech they or their customers might consider inappropriate. The customers of this site are the advertisors, and the moderators are always going to be mindful of things that could potentially offend those customers.

And in case you don't understand where you fit in: You're the product!

Oh... and Good Morning, folks!

 

[ArlyA]

Good morning TBN! In the lower 40s here this am and predicted to hit 51 today. Our kind of weather! We are watching the weather and will go to Camp Covington if it looks reasonably dry over the weekend so I've been organizing items that are needed there. Dearest took the day off yesterday and put things away or sold items, from her now deceased folks. House is still a mess of things from that, but with this new-found camp, we are distracted from that job. Looks like we will get some rain here starting on Thursday.

 

[m7040]

good morning, 54 going to 69 wet outside but not much rain overnight

Infusion this afternoon for wife. Should provide some relief. Usually takes a couple of days to have some effect on her pain and discomfort

Did some tinkering in the welding shop. The old belt sander was destroying belts. Had not used in a long time but found that there was an adjustment for belt tracking that likely was off center. Works just like on larger belt sanders

Had a good discussion with D. She has set up a Limited Liability Company and landed first jobs

Picking up groceries as well this morning

 

[B7510HSD]

Good Tractor Morning Steve,

I think it will prove the same to me but like anything else I need to try it and understand it

I know a lot of my CW friends have a picture of a guy sitting in front of a wall on their QRZ page, with a FT8 sign and a circle with a line drawn through it. . My real love is CW, and I don’t see that changing I actually got the manual out on my Yaesu yesterday and made 2 SSB contacts. One on 40m and one on 20m. I bumped the power up to 100w, I normally run 50w when running POTA or portable. Just wanted to make sure it was working. Have a good day Steve

I have seen those signs I guess I need one! Spend some time on Winlink it could save you when the going gets tough! CW is great BUT not for those who you may need to contact who don't know CW. With Winlink you can send emails to anyone with an email address and all over HF. Good for the Tool Box.

 

[Happy in NC]

Good morning TBN!!
48 this morning. High of upper 70s and sunny.

Good day yesterday. Son got in and we sat an BSed a while and decided to hike. Was a pretty strenuous hike. Straight up and nothing but game trails. Our neighbor was here over the weekend and I think they are hand working a future homesite so we decided to see if we could find it. Couple of hours and about 4 miles but didn't find it. Guess I'll have to ask him next time out. Would be a lot less physical. I enjoyed the time with him and wish we could do it more often!
Got back and then had a wonderful dinner of homemade Lasagna. Birthday cake and then he had to head back to Charlotte where he is working this week.
Fell in to bed and slept like a baby. Woke up every few hours.
Wiring harness is due today and will likely go back to working on it.
Computer due tomorrow and that will be a few hours of migration and set up.

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

 

[Popgadget]

we need rules, folks try to break them here all time, injecting religious and political ideology in avatars and discussions.

As I have said before, we are a really diverse group, and we all get along because we focus on our commonality, not our ideological differences.
It is the focus on differences that is driving the news cycle as well as most uncivil discourse.
Once in while we inadvertently leave a clue on where we stand on hot button issues, but nobody jumps on it.

Thants why I like it here.

For the record, I am very anti authoritarian, and dislike being told what to do, and what I can’t do, But I also realize that could make for a lonely existence, so I try to be respectful of others with equal, but opposite opinions.

 

[Buppies]

Hope your wife gets relief m7040

Drew good luck hope they find nothing

Well said PopG I tend to be moderate that slides conservative. I too do not like being told what I can and cannot say. The g word is a trigger for me. There are others too. In the 60s 70s 80s this would not be a problem. My cousin said it best he is about 78 now “ We thought we could change the world all we did was screw it up”. Interesting thought.

Been up since 3:00 wife had nightmares ran out of insulin sugar over the weekend went wild now too low 50ish. I’m tired all the time no drive. Norovirous is running around hope it doesn’t find me again

Prayers for all our Country

 

[Buppies]

I see I’ve been flagged to this is stupid

 

[Buppies]

Great for your daughter very sorry I could not help m7040

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
53° and grey again. High in the lower 60’s with peeks of sunshine according to the prognosticators.

Yesterday was another day in the shop, resurrected another forlorn model airplane engine. This one had stuck cam followers. I managed to tap them out and clean them with 400 grit sandpaper and alcohol. When I went to put it back together, I realized that I had no clue how to time the cam. The internet came to the rescue and it went back together easily.
The 3D printer has been running continuously making all kinds of stuff, but the big output is the brackets to hang model planes from the ceiling.
Got several of my “mini messes” cleaned up from various small projects, but there is a major cleanup that needs to be done.
Today’s project is to install the ERV (Energy Recovery Vent) in the old folks home. As its nearing time to start using the fireplace. My mechanical contractor buddy will be here shortly to help. Probably more accurate to say that I’ll be helping him, as he will likely do all the lifting and ductwork, while I do the wiring and hold stuff.
I wonder what these young guys are trying to say by not letting me lift big stuff and volunteering to crawl into the tight spaces….

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 53 going to 68 and cloudy.
Rain all of yesterday did not produce much, but we'll take it.
This week is decoration time, a bit later than usual to start.
Son is home this weekend.

Be well,

My clearing of brush is still looking good, have to balance removal with replacement greenery so it does not erode, will try another few feet back this winter, but not quite to the tree line, about 100' down from the mailbox, where it will probably stay. I see too many people do the clearing in one shot and then the whole berm starts to break down.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Tractor Morning,

It is the focus on differences that is driving the news cycle as well as most uncivil discourse.

The mainstream media is most certainly fueling the fire
Of course this just creates more news, and of course we have to have news