Good morning!!!!

[KilroyJC]

Kilroy if you have a lot 20 feet by 25 feet equals 500 square feet divided by nine equals 55.5 round up 56 sq yds. For 4 inches compacted stone multiply 400 times 56 equals 22400 pounds divided by 2000 you get 11.2 tons round up 12 tons should do the job. Variations can occur for sandstone base vs granite. If granite add 10 percent to 12 ton number

59.9 this morning high in 70s rain and showers later. Nice work BEF lot looks good.

Cyst gone mostly sugar level running way too high 350 antibiotics really screwed me up working hard to get back down wears me out this roller coaster ride of up and down

m7040 and Jay prayers for wives and you all dedicated people you are

Kyle the ideals and what we were left with in this world our generation were not good stewarts at all. In my opinion instead of saving the world we really screwed it up.

Don nice things you are doing for your mom

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

I came up with 388sq.ft. Rounded up to 400 sq ft. 11t should have been enough except for my skill level (or lack of skill level)…. It is feldspar stone.

 

[Thomas]

Work pants t shirts etc...according to wife they get so bad (I don't believe it) they aren't allow in washer and dryer,it's off to Laundry mate.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!!!! 65F @ 5:15AM. Sunny. High near 90F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

I only managed to get in a couple hours mowing on the tractor yesterday, JKC, and by the time I got off I was stiff and sore. Not as young as I used to be. Don't worry too much if you get some dirt mixed in with your gravel. It'll help the gravel pack down harder.

Government meddling is what got us into the engine mess we find ourselves in today, Kyle. Imagine what kind of life you could get out of an old school long stroke overbuilt V8 built on modern high precision tooling, without all the pollution controls and computers?

Beautiful flowers, RS. I'm especially fond of the irises...

Do herons taste like chicken, Ron? Might be time to find out...

Can you have camp fires at your place, Drew? If so, you could make rocket stoves out of each of your stumps and not cause much fuss for your neighbors.

Got a text from the contractor yesterday morning letting me know the stucco guy wants me to water down the scratch coat three times a day. I had tentative plans to attend a camp out, so those plans went out the window. And the watering involves climbing up on the roof, and I don't like heights, especially wet, slippery ones. So far I've managed not to Humpty Dumpty the climb, but I'm definitely not having fun.

Did the usual dance trying to get the bushog hooked up for the first time in over a year. The one where I jump on and off the tractor a hundred times trying to get the 3PH stuff connected, and then find out that the PTO shaft is stuck, both at the coupler and where the two parts are supposed to slip. Had to unhook everything, then use a ratchet strap to get the slip shaft to slip, and lots of Kroil to get the coupler moving again. I smelled like Kroil after that.

Ran over lots of dirt clods and rocks after that, not surprising after all the digging and grading last summer putting in the big water tank. And I didn't get the tractor anywhere near the deep road cut above the driveway, leaving that to the weed wacker. Even with that, I get a little dizzy when I get close to the edge. What I did cut came out looking like a bad haircut, mostly because I let the grass get too tall and it got pushed over instead of cut down. But now that the clods and rocks have been smoothed out, I can go over it again with the flail and clean it up. Still have more rough ground to cover, so hope to get that taken care of today.

I did make it to the Dodge dealer for a test drive yesterday, after a quick wash up and change of clothes. Met the fleet manager and one of his salesmen, both really nice guys. Ended up driving a 159" wheelbase high roof van almost 20' long, but between the good rear view mirrors and the backup camera, it was easy to drive. Good thing, too, as I had to back up three feet closer to a new car just to get out of the parallel park spot it was in, and the short turning radius made that easy, too. The engine didn't seem to have as much poop as the one I tried in the Transit, but both are rated at about the same horsepower. But this V6 made nice engine sounds when it got stepped on. This van had a metal divider between the cab and cargo area, and lots of metal shelves along the sides in back, so it was hard to tell how noisy an open van might be. But I heard more wind noise than anything once we got up to freeway speeds, probably from those giant mirrors. I got the salesman to show me some bumpy/pot holed roads, and the suspension was supple and smooth. That was a 3/4 ton truck, though, and he said that the one ton would ride a little stiffer. The one ton comes with a rear sway bar, but the 3/4 ton doesn't, but one can be added for not a lot of money. I'd be OK with either one. But that was the only one they had on the lot, and only a few were due in at some undetermined time in the future. The one I found in Idaho is relatively luxurious compared to what I drove, but it's advertised at a price below MSRP, so would at least be a fair deal. Just need to figure out how to get it home. There are cargo tie downs in the floor, and all I'd need to do is figure out a way to block the front wheel of a motorcycle, and get it into the back of the thing and tie it down...

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!

Wasn’t worried about the dirt - just worried about pulling up weed block fabric — especially while Mrs is watching

 

[KilroyJC]

Good morning! Low of 41°, heading to a high of 66°. Yesterday's high only made it to 60°. The rain total for yesterday was just over 1-1/8", spread over 8 hours. Nice steady soaking rain.

Currently very foggy, not sure about any cloud cover....can't see if there is any yet....
Rain chances are only at 50% today, so might be able to go after the gravel pile again.

I was able to see where the rain wanted to go, so a good plan is now visioned for diversion. Hopefully, it can be directed towards the tree line.

Wifey transplanted a bunch of juniper clippings yesterday, in hopes of propagating them. Time will tell if it works....
If successful, about $300 worth of plants will be worth the effort.

Kilroy, looks good! There is definitely a learning curve on any new machine. Don't have too much fun....
Oh, by the way, do you remember any white / black Olds 442 zipping through Trenton and Newark? Well, back in the day.......

Drew, maybe rent a stump grinder? Might be easier than digging those big boys out....

Kyle, I can't believe your daughter is a senior already.... time sure is flying by.....

BEF, good job on the mowing. Seems like the neighbors keep a good watch.... mower would be safe in a shed?

Everyone have a great day!

I am a NoJo kid - but if you went to Raceway park, you may recall a black 78 Olds 99 Regency Landau in black - with rear skirts, full factory red velour interior with power seats, and kick-@$$ air conditioning - that regularly ran in da 11’s on raw John Henry… that was my friend Joey Spino, who used to leave Joe Mondello (of Mondello Engineering) scratching his head…

 

[KilroyJC]

Way back in high school, the electronics teacher taught us to keep one hand in your pocket if you have to work on a live circuit. The idea being that if you touch something hot, your finger might get a shock, but the electricity won't run through your body and stop your heart. And that assumes your feet aren't somehow grounded, so don't be standing in water, and wear dry shoes with thick rubber soles. Keep in mind that the teacher kept a large, fully charged capacitor on his desk that provided a teaching moment to anyone that picked it up and foolishly fingered the terminals.

On the solar power system here, the contractor supplied me with a device to track battery bank state of charge, but left the installation to me. I did what I thought necessary to de-energize the system before I started the work, but on checking with him later learned that I had not. The one hand in the pocket rule may have saved my bacon that day, but I was also very careful to not get across or even touch any of the terminals and buss bars in the cabinet.

“The Left Hand Rule”.

left hand stays in the pocket, because if you found yourself with your left hand, the current can transit your heart more easily than if you go plate the corcuit with your right hand.

at least that is the theory?.

 

[m7040]

Frits,
I had a 244DL with a four speed, blue, blue cloth interior, and a burgundy Turbo wagon with tan leather interior.
I'm sure they are both still running. Early rwd turbo wagon challenging to drive in snow even with snow tires
when peaky boost kicked in. Early Mazda turbos were like that also.
I think P1800 one of the classic all time good looking sports cars.

bought the first Volvo when I was a new insurance agent. Then bought the turbo wagon when I earned some
decent money. Comfort of Buick Lesabre and Mercury Marquis then sucked me in and then a couple of Infiniti sedans.
Couldn't be fancy or loud, for sure not in church
parking lot.
am happy to be surrounded by a lot of air bags.
from what I read, Tesla has good airbags and protections, for such a low riding car.

Am early Lexus LS430 is a good value if nothing major wrong with it. I liked the quiet style, the glossy wood inside a little less.

and where shall I find my medically necessary therapeutically oriented massaging car seat.
I wonder who makes the best. I'm guessing MB.
Not just lumbar pulsing in and out, some have little control panels giving you a range of massage options.
I still get the squirms in my Volvo after three or four hours but that's due to a bad back at L5. I was actually wondering what an aftermarket
massage seat would be for the rv. I bet someone makes it.

Buppies, long ago my siblings told me to write novels.
Humbly it's perhaps more my being FOS, full of stuff...

Here is the story about the 3.26 million mile Volvo P1800 a 1966 model the same model I had back then. My P544 was a 1965 model

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2021/07/08/the-3-26-million-mile-1966-volvo-1800s-has-joined-the-volvo-car-usa-heritage-collection

 

[Thomas]

60F light rain continue to early morning.

Been good day overall...side field trim mow again didn't spin tire Nursey shopping was costly but the Mrs. got everything she wanted and more,kittens decided I needed company while napping able to plant 2 cherry tomatoes and 4 beef steak tomatoes before the rain started...whew,I have feeling I'll know what I'll be doing Sunday.

Evening plans...take it as comes.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Miss Roy Jackson and Toppop ... and think about them quite often ... RIP guys.

Yes, so do I.

 

[Buppies]

Kilroy try 21A pug mill stone comes with water and quarry dust makes a nice solid surface

 

[newbury]

Anybody contacted @riptides lately?
Last seen here about a month ago.