Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

Thomas, that's a lot of cukes. Sure are good when they are fresh and crunchy. I'd like to try my hand at pickling some day.

Looks like heaviest rain is staying along the coast and headed straight up at Toppop and my friend in Delaware. Glub glub.
Time for a second cup of coffee and if the rain stops, a walk to the garden.
New worker interview at 9am, hope break in rain so we can walk around.

 

[ronjhall]

Always nice to hear from you Andrew.
Well, maybe it can be fixed. In fact I'm sure it can, but it's stumped me so far.
WEN 3939 2.8-Amp 9" Benchtop Band Saw - - Amazon.com
It's a cheesy lightweight saw, pretty sure Wen made it for them, looks identical to the Wen, I have the smallest bench top model. The clamp is cheesy and must be fiddled with to get a true 90 degrees. Frankly never liked the thing and now the rubber drive belt has broken. I bought a new belt. Spent literally hours trying to get the mechanism apart so the new belt could be installed. Could not find instructions online but maybe I can searching the Wen model. I'm clearly missing some important step.



Ron, Delta would not make something this lightweight. I need to write down the model number and then I'll use your link, thanks.

Lowes has a 9" band saw.

So does HF that looks like the WEN.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! We have been issued an excessive heat warning till 7pm Monday. Evening temperatures from 103 to 107. Right now it's 77 before sunrise.

I tried a helmet mirror but because of my progressive glasses and the height of the mirror I could not focus. I'll check out the end handle bar mirror I bought yesterday on the ride this morning.

 

[daugen]

Evening temperatures from 103 to 107. Right now it's 77 before sunrise.

wow, going to be a lot of sweaty barbecues in Texas tonight.
strange, you could get in your hot tub at 102 to cool off...

once I get clean, I want to stop sweating. Only a/c will do that.
Headed down to the barn to turn on the little a/c unit in the woodshop, try to get some of the humidity out of that insulated space.

 

[riptides]

70 heading to 75. Suppose to be raining now or any minute now.

I don't know what is digging up the yard. All indications are a gopher. I have no experience with them, never saw one. Seems it could have picked a better spot though if it is after plants. All it is getting is grass. Thanks for the suggestions and humor, though.

Neighbor stopped by with his new 12 foot bat-wing yesterday. Made short work of the treeline and ditches. Sniff....I want one. LOL.

Hope all have a great w/e. Be safe.

 

[Bird]

Like txdon, we currently have 77 degrees, but forecast to go to 110; it was 109 yesterday.

 

[txdon]

I don't know what is digging up the yard. All indications are a gopher. I have no experience with them, never saw one. Seems it could have picked a better spot though if it is after plants. All it is getting is grass. Thanks for the suggestions and humor, though.

I could send Gray2 over to eradicate. He is very experienced but he is union and will require shade.

 

[wngsprd]

70 heading to 75. Suppose to be raining now or any minute now.

I don't know what is digging up the yard. All indications are a gopher. I have no experience with them, never saw one. Seems it could have picked a better spot though if it is after plants. All it is getting is grass. Thanks for the suggestions and humor, though.

Neighbor stopped by with his new 12 foot bat-wing yesterday. Made short work of the treeline and ditches. Sniff....I want one. LOL.

Hope all have a great w/e. Be safe.

We have occasional 6 to 8 inch diameter "volcanoes" erupt from moles...but had one about 2 feet across last fall next to where we have flowers and feed the birds...my wife thought it might be the chipmunks so she didn't want me to explore it. These little domes usually have cracks and are not made of fine grains that ants leave behind, and fortunately we don't have fire ants here (yet). No gophers here, either, and the groundhogs don't come up to the yard, and they leave clearly evident holes, and usually become fox, coyote, and hawk food before becoming established.

 

[wngsprd]

I could send Gray2 over to eradicate. He is very experienced but he is union and will require shade.

What a lucky cat. I can't remember, did he move with you to Sun City?

 

[daugen]

power just went out. Someone must have had a bad commute and took out a pole....thank goodness for generators
rain stopped, 1.10 on the dial, everything is turning green again.