Good morning!!!!

[LS Tractor Owner]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Ron. Hope many more get deducted off the count!

David, the OBD II port should be behind the dash on the right side. Note that I said "should be"....

Drip irrigation day again. Cut the times back per zone just a little. Good chances of t-storms / showers now forecasted for Thursday through Sunday. Hope so....

Our local news just reported that the Ruidoso fire has burned 1400+ structures, over 8500 acres big and growing. Zero % contained. One death. Close to 10,000 people evacuated. There are some rain showers forecasted for the area, so hopefully will help with getting some containment.

Need to head out to the grocery store and the pizza place.

Have a great day!

 

[sodamo]

Thanks Ted
Was expecting it was readily accessible, not behind behind panel requiring a screwdriver

 

[txdon]

I'm curious to see how those blinds work out for you, Don. Still haven't purchased any window coverings at the new place.

We are EXTREMELY pleased with our blind selection. They are
Hunter Douglas Designer Roller PowerView Gen 3 Automation Bottom-up

Sitting outside under the veranda 75˚F watching the light rain making little circles on the pool surface.

Biopsy was not too painful results next week, a little less blood with each gauze change. No spicy food for a few days. Pain pills are working - no pain. Taking it easy today.
The plumber moved the natural gas valve under the BBQ pit from the back to the front so I can now just open the lower door and turn the gas on/off. no more painful crawling to the back with my metal knees.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Someone just tried to hack my FB account, by pretending they needed to send me an access code to unlock their account. Didn't sound right, took me a minute to figure out what they were doing.

 

[rswyan]

Valve adjustment on Cub started:

Think I can just pull the ROPS to get the clearances I need but we'll see. Will need a hand lifting it off.

I removed the seat and will do a mod for The Woman on that so it slides further forward.

Also got the rear hitch removed and a piece of 1/4" x 4" angle cut in the bandsaw to length for a lowered hitch for the core aerator.

Came from a friend's old King Kutter landscape rake that I rebuilt for him. Was in pretty rough shape, but the piece I salvaged from it should be fine for what I'm going to use it for ... once I run over it with the needle scaler and throw some fresh paint on it.

Got another shot off at another big groundhog ... think I missed it though. Haven't been back there yet to see if the other one is lying over in the woods.

Currently 88F (feels like 101F) ... shop is in the mid 70's though ...

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Went to the grocery store..... noticed some dark clouds way south.... 15 minutes later, horrendous sound of hail hitting the store roof. Then power went out. Had to wait 20 minutes to check out, computers had to reboot.

Wifey called me, 1/2" to 3/4" hail.....very dark, very windy, changing directions. She was concerned about a possibility of a tornado.

Going home, looked like snow along the road! Lots of hail. Pulling in the drive, bunch of shredded leaves, flowers, plants. Will assess further tomorrow. I think a few branches down too.

Power is out for our area, 6700 customers according to the co-ops outage map. On my way home, about 1/2 mile from us, there was a power pole snapped in half, upper portion barely staying attached. Fire trucks blocking the road.

Pulled the generator out and got our power going. I'm fairly certain that power will be out for a while.

Radar shows another storm moving our way.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

David, glad you found the port! Yes, they don't place it in an area easy to get to.

RS, I understand your philosophy on the soaker vs. drip. Drip can be a pain with hard water. I found some drippers that can be taken apart and cleaned.
Soaker hoses might be your best bet.

 

[Looking4new]

Plowhog, maybe this might help.

 

[Popgadget]

Pop, hope you don't get much static at town hall over your build permit. I had believed it was all settled.

No problem at all. They agreed with me that their solicitor was in error, and would make the revisions at no charge (as he should).
They also said that nobody ever reads that stuff, they were surprised that I caught it (they sure didn’t).

 

[sodamo]

No joy with my OBD2 code reader. Did a good job showing running info, but not reading any codes.

Not should what this really means and choosing any provided no info. Proprietary?

I did exercise it to the point of repetitive stalling which I suspect is temp related rather than wire rubbing on frame.