Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

Ron, how is your walk form going? Do the goldfish freeze the whole winter long?

Kyle, walking has not changed yet. Another PT visit today.
Fish stay in pond all year around. I have an aerator that keeps oxygen in pond. Especially.when it freezes over.

 

[Thomas]

71F cloudy day good chance t storm afternoon low 80's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...after 46 years hot water heater decided to retire last evening,our plumber said he be here around 8am, today,couple stops for critter food,pick Mrs. up at noon form her job her car at service tech for some TLC,afternoon depends on the plumber or just putter.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[daugen]

for our Texas friends, the vehicle next to you may not have any driver at all
Austin, as usual, seems to be the focus. Interesting that Texas has permissive regulations
when it comes to autonomous vehicles so they are getting tested there.
I saw the Waymo ones in San Francisco, rather strange looking
makes you wonder how much all that lidar radiating out of there is doing to the nearby pedestrians.
wait until they have a lidar recall, find out we've been microwaving ourselves

https://www.autoweek.com/news/a65381583/tesla-robotaxi-bay-area-expansion/

time to get a move on

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
75° and overcast, high of 85 with the sun coming out later, with the likelyhood of thunderstorms increasing throughout the day.

Yesterday did get all the mowing done, except the pastures (which don’t need it yet) used both the Lazer and Progressive. The Lazer had a blade come loose, which was pretty odd. It stayed on, the symptom was an incomplete cut in heavy growth, but generally worked ok.

Brunch was excellent, I had burger and salad, wife had lobster eggs Benedict.

Later in the afternoon, after the presidents golf outing and the airspace opened up, son and grandson came up and we flew RC here.

Not a lot scheduled for today,I’ve got to cut sandblast rubber for the Rockman, probably go out to lunch with the usual crowd, putter around in the shop.

 

[Popgadget]

makes you wonder how much all that lidar radiating out of there is doing to the nearby pedestrians.
wait until they have a lidar recall, find out we've been microwaving ourselves

LIDAR radiates laser light, usually in the infra red spectrum. Much shorter wavelength than microwave, but electromagnetic energy nonetheless.

 

[daugen]

it would be interesting to have a broad band receiver and see how much EM we are getting from
what sources
this was a big deal for folks living near high tension lines. I think that concern turned out to be unfounded.
with every car having numerous transmitters now, not just receivers, there is a lot of stuff in the airwaves.

headed out to pick beans and get some work done before it rains.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 77 going to 85 and cloudy, calling for heavy rains tonight.
Finished cleaning out coolers from party, got all the furniture moved and cushions inside.
Trash down to cans, what a mess that was, never buying off brand bags again.
Afternoon relaxing and lots of left over food, so no prep/cook was nice.
Then son cam home at 2:30 am from going out to the late movies and tooling around with his friends.

The Jeep seems to be running rough with all the signs of timing chain stretch, needs to go in tot he shop.

Something ate one of my tomato plants. Did find a green work the other day, but whatever is eating the plant I can't find and I looked under what leaves were left and on the ground.

I still have the second smaller Mr. Cool head unit I need to put in, could have used it this weekend.

Cotton candy maker is cleaned, still need to clean popcorn machine. We found out years ago it was cheaper to buy these than rent them, so we bought nice ones and we've had them for many years. Take up storage space, but the little ones go nuts making cotton candy.

Well, back to the day job.

Be well,

 

[Buppies]

70 this morning of 92 storms possible got pounded yesterday afternoon grass I mowed Saturday needs mowed again.

Precious obeys fence never strays far from you nice.

Nice truck Gstrom

More nice work Phil

Prayers for all our Country

Precious is asleep at foot of bed on Hollys side could not ask for more

Great news sodamo nice party Ken you are the man

 

[FriendwithTractor]

Good Morning to All who Celebrate! 77° going to a high of 83° scattered thundershowers this morning. Some storms blew through last night but no damage that I could see this morning.

Friendsgiving went well. Campground owning friend's sister is a professional chef, so we were in for quite the treat. Mashed potatoes, Turkey, gravy, wine mushrooms, an extra sweet corn hybrid, stuffing, delicious spinach dip (Never thought delicious and spinach would be in the same sentence) Mom's apple pie was a big hit. Good to see everyone again. Drive up there and back was a snap, realized how rare it was for me to be up there during the summer. Most of my memories of NEPA happened from September to May.

A group of my online friends, including one from Down Under, are congregating in Buffalo, NY for a wedding of another one of our online friends this weekend. (I'm not invited to the wedding, it's a numbers game, I get it) Despite already shelling out to help rent the Air BnB, I'm really debating if I want to drive the 10 hour round trip total. This might be the final hurrah before I can close that chapter of my life. Decisions, Decisions...

Still need to reach out to the salesman, Think I'm going to step up to a 20ft trailer for an extra $200. Just need to time it so I can pick it up while the folks are at the beach. Also need to find my mother something for her upcoming birthday.

Otherwise, just holding down the fort at work. Think we're finally getting to the point of the summer where everyone is either out on vacation, recovering from vacation, or preparing to go on vacation. Mowing is all caught up and we'll just let the storms blow through, hopefully no damage.

Y'all stay safe out there and be well!
Prayers for all ailing and recovering!

 

[m7040]

good morning, 80 going to 84 flood watch in effect, same yesterday but we got no rain

Taking a slow day today. Made a couple of up coming appointments
Subscription for Gevalia coffee went down a dollar per bag. May not last

 

[sodamo]

68°F and 0 rain

Not a big day planned, most likely start new round of mowing.

Happy Hour will be at county park this afternoon

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[txdon]

Good Afternoon! 90˚F, heat index 101˚. Partly cloudy.
My natural gas bill went up 100% (doubled) this month and it's getting hotter. I call them up and they sent a crew out this morning. At first they said everything was correct and the other guy that came out 2 weeks ago just did an adjustment to the index. Then they did a pressure test at the meter and found It was a 2lb pressure at the meter not 5lb. as the meter reading was adjusted to. the index adjustment was for for a 5lb pressure meter not a 2lb. I know confusing but the bottom line is he said I have been overcharged. Now I just need to figure out how to explain it to billing. The wrong (5lb) electronic meter was installed in 2009 using the 2lb conversion index.

 

[sodamo]

70 this morning of 92 storms possible got pounded yesterday afternoon grass I mowed Saturday needs mowed again.

Precious obeys fence never strays far from you nice.

Nice truck GstromView attachment 3775968

More nice work Phil

Prayers for all our Country

Precious is asleep at foot of bed on Hollys side could not ask for more

Great news sodamo nice party Ken you are the man

Awesome Buppies.
When Sophie was in hospital from her accident we had our 1st boxer, a white male. Early on, I got permission to bring him to her room. He wasn’t a trained therapy dog, but i couldn’t bring him in more than few times a week as it would take me half an hour or more to get to her room between the ambulatory patients coming out to hallway and the non ambulatory calling us into their room. All with permission of the head nurse administrator. After he passed, I seriously thought maybe the new pup should be trained, but never followed through. Was always amazed how this 80 pound hulk of muscle could be so gentle.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

However, I’d suggest going even cheaper on the equipment and buy a vacuum pump, a basic manifold and a burnishing type flaring tool and making a proper installation.

Thinking about that also.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Storms passed by with just a couple drops.
Humid today
Got post on deck1 moved to new spot to line up with deck2. Still need couple brace pieces and 4 pieces of trex rescrewed, had to remove and redo some. Will need to redo picture frame end, 1 will require new piece.
I about dropped over early afternoon, had to stop, took cold shower.
Went over mountain and got 1/2 bushel red haven peaches, and filled up on cheaper gas. Gas dropped on this side $.14 today, but was another dime lower over there.
Worked on deck more after getting home.
Since storm passed, might try to get some trex clips on later.

 

[daugen]

yum
got my veggie portions done

 

[Thomas]

yum
got my veggie portions done

Little bit of garlic sprinkle on green beans...yummy.

 

[Thomas]

73F cloudy.

Today was somewhat learning day,partly cloudy sky cleaning critter water tank than KABOOM lighting strike damn close I can still run.
Hot water heater doesn't need replacing,I shut the breaker off night before forgot to turn it back on still going have hot water heater replace before snow arrives.
Gentleman down the road owns two very successful companies ask me today I like join him doing walk thru of companies so out the door 5am tomorrow.

Heading for the deck to enjoy smooth cigar wait for the critters.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Was out measuring for line set length, looks like I need about 44-45 ft total. Will put AH in unfinished room upstairs (where current geo ducts pass through), about 5 ft in that room, gradual bend down to floor, drop thru floor to unfinished room below (where the geo unit now sits), turn 90 under joists (4 feet to garage wall) and go 24 more ft across garage ceiling, where it will run between the joists (unfinished ceiling), then 90 deg down 2x6 wall about 8-9 ft (unfinished drywall), then 90 deg out thru wall to condenser location. If I go with 50 ft precharged, that's 5 feet of slack to lose, which could weave back and forth between the garage ceiling joists so I end up with no extra coil outside. not sure if I want to try to bend it down thru holes in outside garage wall top plates, or just down a gradual bend and box around it (or notch the edge of 2x6 top plate).
I installed the original line sets for my house from the old upstairs location in our closet, down 2 floors in interior wall to basement, then across ceiling, so it's not like I haven't done it before.

still very humid out, so no more deck work tonight.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Kind of leisurely work day.

Got the CNC lathe setup to run the 2nd op of some tensile test coupons. Turn a .504" dia neck on 3/4" dia matl. They get pulled on a high end unit, that graphs the metal's curve.

Watched the radar as more rains hit the Guadalupe river watershed. Still sad. So many sad stories. So many still missing.

Son is hounding me to make a long pond rake to mount on the FEL of our tractor. Have 2 3/8" oilfield pipe. Wish I had a 3pt rake, but will improvise using/making my own scarifers in lieu of springy tines. Cut up a couple of pieces of 1/4" x 2 angle iron to mount to the bucket. Will take cutting the pipes on 1 end and drilling for a bolt for it to hinge on. Will need to drag out the saw, drill press, welder and go buy some hardware. Years ago, while we were waiting on the Big Boy steam train in Bryan TX, we found a few railroad spikes. There were many more but we only took a few. If I had about 4 more, I'd have enough to make scarifers. Also will need a cable setup to lift it.

My wifey texted me and asked if I could pick up a grocery order at 4:30, I said sure. So I didn't get to the store until 4:45 and they brought out the groceries. While there, I'm watching a big thunder storm blow towards me. Pulling out of the parking lot at 5pm, my wife texts me and said, don't forget to go by the pharmacy and pick up my mom's prescription. She already missed 1 day. So I'm an hour away and they close in an hour. Started praying to get there on time. The lights almost all turned green for me, and I sped by about 5 mph extra...I made it with 2 minutes to spare.

Also, on the way she called and said she heard noises coming from the a/c blower unit. Good grief what's next I thought. I told her to "turn it off entirely." Started praying some more. Turns out, a piece of insulation that was glued to the cover panel had started coming off and was trying to get sucked into the squirrel cage. Easiest a/c fix ever....took off the offending insulation (just to reduce noise from blower) it is kind of in its own cubby hole.