Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

I did get new batteries in another UPS, 2 more to go but will wait awhile.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Tuesday) morning. The overnight Low was 12C and it's presently 19.9C, overcast and the wind is supposed to pick up and be a steady breeze. No rain predicted.

Went to bed at a reasonable hour last night for a very good night's sleep. Up a wee bit after 0800 for a relaxed morning.

I'm into town for a quick Dr.'s appointment to get a script renewed. I'll try the two Op-Shops (clothing donation centres) to see if they'll take the motorcycle jackets, then I might as well go and get the scrip + another one. After that I'll need to go and get 7 folding long tables for the annual 'soiree' (lamb spit roast) to be held on the 22nd... other 'ducks' are getting wrangled into a row for this event.

Last few days being spent with my Brisbane Mate who's still visiting until Thursday.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good one!.....

One day i will have to tell that story. . .

 

[KilroyJC]

Good morning to all! Low of 28°, going up to 50°, sunny, breezy, no precip.
The forecast has changed (as I suspected it would) to be windy tomorrow, slight chance of rain showers on Wednesday. --- but, still subject to change.

Today's agenda will be to continue working on the previous agendas. Only 'new' item on the list is to flush the tankless water heater. Need to pick up some cleaner before that can be done, so put on the bottom of the list.

Buppies, get well soon! Hopefully you'll be past the worst....

David, post look good. You're making too much work for yourself!

Mostly, nice pic! Was a nap in order? Looks comfortable!

Kilroy, sounds like a good plan for the mounting and the raising of the mast. Don't forget to double and triple check everything before standing it up! ---- BTDT!

Pond heater works well! No sign of any ice this morning, waterfalls flowing nicely. Didn't research any pumps yet..... no rush.

Everyone have a great day and start to the week!

Today after work in the waning daylight, I dry-fit the bottom section next to the existing upright and pre-fitted two bolts (with washers and nuts so they won’t move) on the upright so that as the mast reaches vertical, the bolts pass through two holes and it is a simple matter of slipping on a washer and nuts and giving them a quick spin to keep it together until the wrenches can be applied ATER snugging up the temporary guylines.

tomorrow after work I plan to attach the EMT to the bottom piece and try it again.

next I have to locate my snatch block though. . .

 

[KilroyJC]

We have used newspaper for fire starting for many years. Use 3 sheets and roll it as long as it can get ie corner to corner, twist and make a loop. It gives good heat for starting kindlings and ends go on fire easily

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I use newspaper too, but I take the local birdcage liner (4-6 sheets folded in half, 8-12 pages of reading material) and tear 1/2” strips, there or four at a time, and crinkle and shake them into a birds nest.

same effect, different technique.

 

[KilroyJC]

34F and partly cloudy @ 13:00, heading up to around 39F for the high. Bright sunshine comes and goes.

Got very little done yesterday, other than finishing up another trip around the Sun.

Woman eventually got dressed and ran out to the grocery to do a small market as we were out of milk and half and half for the coffee.

She came home with another six pack of Old Leg Humper, handed it to me and said "Happy Birthday" ...



I did manage to get the electric bill scheduled for payment though.

Also cut up some more cardboard to use as backers when stapling up the plastic vapor barrier in the pole barn, all part of getting that mess in the living room cleaned up.

I threw some fish fillets in the oven while She was out and heated those up for dinner.

Watched Disney's The Lion King last night, so can cross that off the bucket list (had never seen it) ... very cute.

Items on the agenda for today:

Gather up the three weeks of accumulated garbage in the garage and take that up to cans at the road along with the recycle bin which is full again.

Refill hopper feeder, probably tube feeders as well. Scatter cracked corn for the ground feeders.

Load up the junk in the garage that is destined for the shop and get that moved up there.

There's a pallet up there that really needs moved down to the barn to get it out of the way so probably swap the bucket out for the forks and move that down.

Then drop the forks up in the shop. Planning on doing a mod in the coming days to all the FEL attachments to add "wings" to make it easier to hook them up.

Then head over to relatives later for birthday dinner.

Hope everyone is having an enjoyable, productive, and safe Monday ...

Happy Hatch Day!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

let us know, would be happy to host you or meetup to say hi.

Will do. Not sure when, want to hit valley forge on the way. That’s about 2.5 hrs away, probably anther hour to Washington crossing. I’ve been reading some about the revolutionary war, would like to go see the locations.
Always up for a good restaurant.

 

[Buppies]

Pennwalk .14.9 cents per gallon in 1970, good deal I’d say. Not really feeling any better headache 100 fever snott a gogo

Happy Birthday RS and many more

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Curious if that HEB in LaGrange is one with a BBQ restaurant in it? We were passing through Seguin a week ago and stopped at the HEB there. The brisket was surprisingly good.

I’m wondering how many HEB’s will have these.

No, no BBQ inside store. Some Buc-ees gas stations have BBQ inside, and it's decent.

mostly, cutie pie there. Pray your GD finds work.

Work was good today. I'm giving 4 older machines to another entity within the school. I got them electrically unhooked this morning. Movers coming tomorrow. Some machines might be close to 2 tons heavy. No easy way to get under an old, old drill press.

Last week, we got the chiller for the waterjet replaced with a new working, correct sized model. Not nearly as loud, and since it works, it cycles off when the coolant temp gets down to 50F. Today, we worked on a different chiller. We replaced the circulating pump on a smaller unit attached to the Renishaw AM400 3D laser metal printer. Now awaiting the $500 bucket of 5 gallons of coolant. $100/gallon....ouch.

We painted the plasma jet torchmate 4 x 4 basin with POR15 semi gloss black. If you get that paint on you, it takes over a week to wear off. Hopefully it lasts and keeps the rust minimized.

I'm in the process of shopping vendors for our welding gas cylinders. We don't want to buy our own bottles due to the liability. So we rent. And it adds up. We need about 24 bottles. Not as high as AirGas was charging me. I might get it setup to deliver them just before we need them for the syllabus, and then send them back when used....It will be a bit to keep up with, but that's what calendars are made for.

Drew, maybe I should start playing the power ball too. At least 2 tickets, that way, I double my chances of winning.
If I win, the church that God has me attending, would win. Then I'd go look at one of those Grand Wagoneers with the McIntosh sound option.
My extravagance would be one of those small McDonnell Douglas helicopters to go fishing. (Not sure if work would let me park it in the back.)

Prayers for our team.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Pennwalk .14.9 cents per gallon in 1970, good deal I’d say. Not really feeling any better headache 100 fever snott a gogo

Happy Birthday RS and many more

When we had the crud, a couple of us had fevers get over 102.7
My fever was weird, when only about 100, I would get chills, but when over that, I didn't shiver, just stayed on couch with blanket.
Still have a cough. Finished Doxycycline, now going to start taking Zirtec, because cedar is really high here.
Prayers you get feeling better. Ain't no fun feeling crummy, especially if you have things to do.