Good morning!!!!

[Wagtail]

Good (Thursday) morning. Overnight Low of 10.7C and it's presently 18.7C, fairly clear with high winds (warning issued). I'm expecting rain this arvo... I've taken the flagpole down as my windows are rattling. I've already lost power, for about a half hour, this A.M.

'Town run' yesterday was successful in all respects and the clearing of the geranium patch/garden took most of the arvo. The majority of the cuttings were disposed of (an entire 'ute load') and all that's left are to gather up the leaves/remains, again into the ute's bed. It's much too windy to do that right now.

So, it looks like a 'sit tight' kind of day.

Drew, according to Fox News, the Northern Lights will be making an encore this/your evening/night. Hope that you can experience it.

That's about it, take care all.

Toyota called and they will have a 2026 Tacoma, my color - Bronze oxide, arriving in January.

The US Toyota Tacoma is my Toyota Hilux.

Mine is an '07 4.0litre V6, 'extended cab' with a 'full box'. Still going strong.

 

[Buppies]

Decent got stone down asphalt plant broke so resume tomorrow

Good evening

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Winds cranking up again tonight.
Had early supper with the new minister.
BB showed up again.
Breakfast tomorrow with the guy half of the usual gang.

Late in the year for paving.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I hold the door for everyone. Young and old. If someone does it for me. I say thank you.

Me too.

Punta Cana

Have some rum pirate drinks for me.

And he cuts his own hair with the dog clippers and a 1/4” comb. Just run it all over my face and head!
Speaking of dogs, I have a client that has two standard poodles that travel with her, they were her late husband’s hunting dogs, and apparently very good ones.

Standard poodles are great dogs. They had a national retriever competition here in our county that lasted almost 10 days. Many owners have multiple dogs with fancy trailers or custom truck beds. While I have seen poodles in years past, I didn't see any this year, but I maybe only saw 5% of the dogs. All were black labs. Amazing how they work by commands.

Yes, interval walking. 3 min regular pace and 3 minutes all out fast walking X 6.

Good morning! 52˚F heading to the low 80s, S wind clear skies.
Yesterday was a productive day. Finished touch-up painting of the rustic sponge 2 color in the bathroom. It was originally painted to look like old tuscan plaster. I was able to duplicate it after removing the grab bar from the wall and relocating the toilet paper holder.. My wife said the grab bar made her feel old.

Then the pool robot decided it did not want to work any longer. Called the manufacture and it was still under warranty and they sent a shipping label for me to mail it to them today.

Toyota called and they will have a 2026 Tacoma, my color - Bronze oxide, arriving in January.

You should custom order a 2 color rustic tuscan bronze oxide color! Don, I was thinking about your Ford (as I saw one the other day) and wondering how you liked it? I guess shopping for a new truck would be the answer.

I need to take down a tree in my mother's back yard. An estimate by a supposedly reputable guy was $3000. I have a towable lift I can rent for a weekend for $300. I have my pole saw, and my buddy has a Stihl telescoping saw. I would have to cut small branches at a time and "whittle" it down. Could do trunks too or maybe do them later.
It is leaning towards the house and is a Vee double trunk. And the roots keep growing into her sewer drain pipe clogging it.

I got way behind again. Happy Bday Scooter belatedly.
Prayers for our team, our country, and for peace in the world.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

On my half ton SUV, the carbon purge canister has bursted internally and sent carbon pellets down many of the fuel lines, some all the way up to the solenoid at the engine.
New parts on order. It was a bee otch dropping the tank by myself with about 8-10 gallons in it, using a transmission jack. The really hard part was getting off a particular fuel line connector under the driver's seat area. I was about to curse the engineers. Why do they make about forty eleven types of connectors for all these things? Anyway this is another fine example of pollution controls that cost an owner $$$ to repair. All this thing does is accept a wee bit of fumes while the motor is turned off and the solenoid/pump shuts off. Then later when you start it, it opens up and lets this wee bit of fumes to get burned through the engine. Meanwhile, my fuel lines are full of activated charcoal pellets. I'm blowing from both ends to try and get them out. I believe I have them out, but I'm seeing on a video that I should maybe pull the fuel pump out of the tank, drain it, and wipe it out to get the beads out of the tank....Arghh.

The only pollution controls I like are fuel injection controlled by an O2 sensor with the catalytic converters. They can have their AutoStop bull corn.

Good night all.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 48ºF for the start, partly cloudy sky, light breeze. Light wind, partly cloudy sky, and high temp was 74ºF. Made coffee to start day, Men's Meeting, office work, town trip for lunch and groceries, bike ride, clean up for dinner with group.
Resuming Saturday 11/08 8:31 AM CST post 213,880:
Ken hope rounds were not wet. Hope you were able to work on list if no splitting. Hope you got House garage and garage situated.
Drew sorry you couldn't finish RV without rest. Good luck with new connector soldering.
Drew I had a similar set up in St Charles house. I would problems with enough traction and and had to change sweep height on brushes to compensate.
RS making nice progress on insulation/remodel. Hope you got the Cub back in operation.
David glad you are getting better with new flail. Hope you beat the rain.
Dennis glad good breakfast. I never was good at shooting clays.
Randy(wag) hope church was good.
Lou nice story about Lab retrieving the clays.
Bill sorry you had you had trouble with a pump.
Bill sorry Toronto stealing your snow.
Buppies sorry up so late and Precious wants to start early. Good luck with outdoor lights. prayers sent.
Sunday 11/09 3:37 AM CST:
Ron glad you garden trimmings cleaned and windrowed the leaves. Hope you got snow plow on tractor. Nice cardinal
Bill hope ribs were good.
Billy hope rain didn't mess with fresh paint. Thanks for the encouragement. Clean up good excuse to go boating Hope wife gets back soon.
Scott(vt) sounds like quite the competition for the chairs. I understand about serving breakfast.
Phil glad blower ready to go for snow. Hope new parking area works out better. Goats will be happy with the acorns. Nice piece of wood.
Drew hope laundry went well. Hope you come up with way to getting rid of the bacon grease.
Thomas 7 boats and 10 kayaks + 40 people involved in lake cleanup
Drew have fun and good visit with older Brother.
Mike glad you are not getting snow yet. Hope you got game cams setup.
Dennis hope BB comes back.
Paul glad you won over the Mesh. Nice progress on little plane. Hope Palm Beach trip went well.
ArlyA glad you got which thermometer ir right.
Frits glad good day for wife. hope barn and wood stacking continue to go well.
Drew looks like a mean leaf machine
Ken glad good visit with son. Glad more splitting done. Hope you can get the grass aerated. Hope you can get things moved around to better locations.
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. 24° with clear skies tis morning. Heading to 49° with plenty of sunshine. Decided to cleanup wood next to my house yesterday. Lots of tree limbs down. Got it about 1/2 done. After grocery shopping in the morning. Will work on the cleanup some more today. Need to windrow leaves in back field. Oil changes are on hold while I compete these outside chores.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low temp is 32 and going up to 37°F. Wind W 8 mph. 40% chance of flurries.
We got about 1/2" overnight.

I wont need to plow this morning, which is a good thing. I've got a quack appointment at 10:15. Then run to the dump. After the dump trot on down to Sundridge and hopefully turn in the paperwork I got the quack to sign off on so I can get the handicap placard for the Dodge.
Then back to SR and the dope store. I'm just about out of Ramipril. That'll be my week of running around.

I'm up way too early this morning, but after I do all the running around I can have a nap.

Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

good morning all
warmer morning, 46 and sunny day high in 50's, should be nice
was planning on taking my landlady for a drive today up the Delaware river to Frenchtown,
up NJ side and then back down Pa side. Just to get her out of the house. She is beat up from the end
of chemo, at 84 and quietly mentioned she would enjoy getting her out of the house since she can't drive.
I let her two boys who are in their 50's know I'm taking their mom out, they are super appreciative.
every day is an opportunity for kindness.

not much else planned for today other than cleaning the house.
my vacuum fairy is on vacation...and I sure am tracking the leaves in.

 

[daugen]

3000 for taking that tree down is at least a thousand high
unless they have to bring in a bucket truck and even
then...I'd get more estimates.
As long as you don't get hurt, and your house doesn't get hurt, I think chipping away at the tree
would work.
alternative you could trench and cut all the roots near the piping. They'll grow back but probably
take a while, if she likes the tree.