Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

64 looking for 93. At least the humidity took a vacation yesterday, but back tomorrow.

Sorry to see such flooding up in you New England guys areas. The news on tv here makes it look terrible.

Prayers said, Buppies.

BEF, your place is looking real nice. Crazy the number of deer hanging out there.

Had a real nice day up in the mountains yesterday. First chance I had to go in over a month...withdrawal had kicked in. Found some patched of wild raspberries like yours, Ken. They were good. Saw some deer, and one bear, but it was close to my house on the way home.

 

[wngsprd]

This must be a good year for the berries...

 

[wngsprd]

Wildflowers are having a good year, too.

 

[wngsprd]

Views were great...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Nice looking grass BEF. Any neighbors who might be interested in haying that pasture?

I want to keep it mowed.
It has been hayed before, but yesterday learned the guys who previously hayed it and neighbors fields won’t be doing it, they found bigger fields. Neighbors were gripping they need to find someone to mow their fields now.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 78˚F before the sun rise with clear skies with a high of 103˚ this afternoon. We are under an "Extreme Heat Advisory" with the heat index reaching 114˚.

I'll do a little hedge trimming, watering and a trip to the gardens to check the cantelopes this morning and the rest of the day indoor activities. The indoor lap pool was actually cool yesterday.

Drew I hope you already have a repairman scheduled for your A/C.
Buckeye, looks like the new neighbors will keep you supplied with seat time.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Looks like you got good food plot started.

Wait till I show some of the other cam pics, the deer love it there. Neighbors said you can’t have a garden.

 

[txdon]

Wait till I show some of the other cam pics, the deer love it there. Neighbors said you can’t have a garden.

Deer are just a big pest. They eat everything you plant and crash into your vehicle.

 

[m7040]

Using Propress is the cats meow,no soldiering or smell just have make sure no burrs on cut tubing,only down fall fitting prices. compare to solider fittings.

The plumber said the cordless tool to compress the fitting was 2000 dollars. Looked to be easy to do and as he said has made his life easier and removed the risk of a solder joint not working because of drip of water and he said a wet pipe does not make any difference to the quality of the joint

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s 72, going into the low 90’s today, no rain or wind forecast.

Yesterday started a surprise on my way to breakfast with the professor.
Came around a bend in the lane and saw this-

So I backed up and took the overland route around it where I saw this-

That was the remaining trunk of the tree that lost half of it a few weeks ago.
At any rate, had a nice breakfast and got to work when I got home. Put the grapple on the tractor, grabbed the Stihl saw and cleaned it up.

You can hardly tell it happened now. Got back to work on the speaker, all the dado work done and dry fitted.

Next interruption was a call from someone with a wet floor in their utility room. I went there expecting a clogged condensate drain on their AC, but ended up replacing the T&P valve on the water heater. Got home in time to eat dinner with grandson and his mom, his dad is in Utah for work.
After dinner grandson helped me put away all the tools and equipment from the day’s adventure, drove him home on the carryall when we were done. I got a chuckle when we went to hop on the Lazer to move it 50 feet into the shop, and he insisted that he needed his ear muffs.

Today will at least start in the shop on the speaker, it’s time to mow already, that might happen today, but tomorrow at the latest. Airport Authority meeting is this evening, and it looks like the Transit Connect deal might happen after all, the seller contacted me and is now willing to accept my offer which factored in the needed repairs.

 

[daugen]

heating up outside, time to get moving.

spent last hour writing letter to my school board regarding
procedures in place to prevent student molestation by teachers and staff.
Something that seems like from Mars in a Quaker school but due diligence applies to everyone.
makes me sad to see this, more ruining the diminishing innocence of youth.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/us/franklin-tennessee-rape-investigation-soccer-wednesday/index.html

 

[Popgadget]

The plumber said the cordless tool to compress the fitting was 2000 dollars. Looked to be easy to do and as he said has made his life easier and removed the risk of a solder joint not working because of drip of water and he said a wet pipe does not make any difference to the quality of the joint

The ProPress works well, but the fittings are expensive compared to sweat fittings. But for wet work it can’t be beat if you need copper. Before that we would use a jet-swet and add a ball valve to deal with wet lines. We use both where appropriate, as well as PEX-A. I would likely have used PEX for that repair.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 75 going to 92 and sunny.
Clutch went on the Simplicity, will see if I can pull the one off the backup and replace. Franken Lawntractor.

Uncle is out of surgery and hospital and recuperating at home. Doing pretty well for a 90 year old who also just had hip replacement last year.

Brother goes in today for his stent.

Wagtail-had a friend who was living in Tas for a while and moved back to the mainland, he used to talk about pademelons, so had to look it up. Y'all got some funny looking fur animals down there

Made appointment to get septic pumped out.

RNG - good luck with the house and hope no bidding war.

After seeing how well the pex works in tight spaces I've become a big fan, just the cost to start is pretty high for the tools vs. a torch.
Reminded me I need to replace the fill on my boiler since the old amtrol one is jammed.

Be well

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!!!! 72F @ 4:15AM. Abundant sunshine. Hot. High 99F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
High 90s and into the 100s for the rest of the 10-day. Summer is here with a vengeance.

Thanks for taking us along with you on your trip, Drew. Glad the MH got you home safe, and it was fun seeing you with some of the other inmates here!

Nice of you to help out your neighbors, Thomas, and nice of them not to expect a free ride on the work you did.

Like you, Ron, I came up empty handed from my Prime Day shopping. Most of what I saw seemed to be cast offs and left overs that nobody wanted to buy.

Saw a listing for a home in the Lompoc area with a three car garage, a large bonus room, and a covered patio that could be walled in for more garage like space. It's priced higher than I'd like, but what isn't these days. I'll get a zoom tour tomorrow, and if that goes well, will make an offer. But my real estate agent has another client that is also interested, and wonder if he'll try to play us against each other.

Speaking of Lompoc, my friend down there goes in for cataract surgery today. Keeping fingers crossed for a favorable outcome on that one.

Also pulled some covers off on the van to get a feel for how involved upgrading the stereo system might be. What's there now makes noise, but I would hardly call it quality audio. More like a 60s era transistor radio. Talked with a Crutchfield tech, who said I'd have to hack the speaker wire bundle coming out of the head unit, which sounds a bit drastic. Would also like to use the amplifiers and subwoofer I bought but never installed on the VW, but that's also complicated. Also couldn't figure out a way to get wires into the doors from the van interior, which might involve drilling and removing even more panels. I was hoping to just plug'n'play, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

I did get the float reattached to the shut off valve on the small water tank, but the water level in the tank is still too high to re-do the adjustment properly. Need to take more showers to get the water level down some more I guess.

Once it gets light out I'll jump on the side-by-side and spray out the weeds that have cropped up ove rthe past several weeks. Not sure what else the day will bring.

Happy Hump Day, folks!

I am surprised that Crutchfuld does not have an adapter harness for the vehicle — I have replaced several sound systems over the years and they have various adapter harnesses for many vehicles. Might be worth an InterWebz search…

 

[KilroyJC]

. Neighbors were gripping they need to find someone to mow their fields now.

Sounds like a business opportunity…

 

[KilroyJC]

Deer are just a big pest. They eat everything you plant and cash into your vehicle.

Hooved Rats.

YUMMY hooved rats, but hooved rats nonetheless.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).

Repeat forecast of yesterday, going to have to water plants at woodlot.

No work at woodlot yesterday, I forgot that Harry had to go for his Doggie Playhouse assessment, so we dropped him off and then took Bailey up for a blissfully solo walking experience.

Harry did very well on his assessment (boy did he now them!!!) but he needs Canine Influenza shots before being able to participate. So we have an appointment today, so no work again, but I will be getting a hairscut and picking up fittings for the water filter to get the grit from the stream water out :

I unwound one of the old yarn filters for the core, and took an old HVAC filter that I stripped the mesh out of and wrapped it and tied with some of the old yarn. All it needs to do is get out the big chunks.

Time to get Harry to the vet!

I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

 

[Popgadget]

After seeing how well the pex works in tight spaces I've become a big fan, just the cost to start is pretty high for the tools vs. a torch.

Price out a ProPress tool with all the different jaws and an assortment of fittings. A PEX expander will seem like a steal.

 

[txdon]

The cantaloupe went from golf ball size to softball size in a week. I was excited for a bit I thought I had a ripe cantaloupe but it was just a small rabbit keeping cool under the leaves. Pic of rabbit only showed shadows.

 

[txdon]

Rabbit under leaves. I can’t see him in the pic.