Recent content by Gem99ultra

Excellent points of view! I had the (dis)pleasure of running over an extension ladder, end-to-end, on I-5 while vacationing on my motorcycle. I fortunately simply took a high-fly and managed to keep the bike upright. Otherwise, that would have been my final motorcycle ride. If I could have...

Our milk was also delivered to thehouse - hopefully after the Ice Man delivered our block of ice for the Ice Box. Do you remember the Ice Man, the guy that brought a block of ice, carrying it from his truck and putting it into the Ice Box. He always had a big sheet of leather hanging over his...

One 'Atta-Boy' for BatteryCables! I resent companies claiming Shipped as soon a they get an order. Obviously, they are trying to get paid as soon as they can and that's when they shipped the order, but it's just not right to claim Shipped days before an order is actually shipped.

Public speakers make me want to vomit. Even on national news, the commentator throws in a 'uhh' or an 'ah' every third word. They're supposed to be professional speakers, but they sound like amatuers. Makes me want to just change channels - which is exactly uhhhh what I do. My next gripe is...

I have two almost identical to the one you pictured. And yes - it is so difficult to turn on/off that I'm always afraid of breaking the handle off. The only improvement I've come up with was soaking it with WD40 - with synthetic additive. That seemed to have helped a good bit, but it sure...

I've lived in both HOA controlled neighborhoods as well al 'non'. The neighborhood with the HOA did have a bunch of blue-haired biddies that thought they were God. They made living there totally miserable. And now I live in a non-controlled neighborhood. At first, all was hunky-dory. Then our...

I happen to fallen into the same category you refer to. Dental visits were not only expensive beyond my parents financial limits but they were also considered 'back in the day', as a luxury for the well-heeled. I can only remember going to the dentist twice in my lifetime just before I entered...

Adding to the high blood pressure issue, the latest i.e. most prevalent cause of dementia is bad teeth. Data shows that eldery persons with less than 20 good teeth remaining at age 70 are 1.4X likely to experience dementia.

So very true! I've smoked for 70+ years and I am very sure it'll kill me in the end. (On the offensive side however, at 84 I'm still very active maintaining 15 acres of pine trees, 2 acres of 'lawn', and all home & vehicle maintenance tasks.) Most likely if I did avoid smoking and nicotine...

One concern you may have regarding an HST vs Geared is having to use the pedal contantly for mowing, etc.. I'll point out, my HST has a 'cruise' lever, so that feature is a no-issue. Regarding the power loss, I don't think I've ever ran into a problem with the power margin being so close to may...

This NOT going to be a popular statement, BUT... Amazon has delivered my last two orders on/before their stated delivery date estimate! Noted, both were delivered by thier own Prime trucks. Still, I hope that performance is an indicator of days to come.

Having to visit the Doc's office monthly, I get aggrivated in having to fill out the same 3-page info form each time. I'm not sure if it's just a test on my integrity or a test of my writing skills. I solved that aggrivation by bringing a blank one home, filling it out, sans putting in the...

Same here, i.e. flocks throughout the day but seemingly none during the night. I don't know, but I do believe, they must lower thier metabolism during the dark hours. So, in summary, I suspect they don't feed at night unless they have a real hunger problem. Hopefully we'll see a HB expert on...

BX23S-1 gives good advice regarding the Kubota. I have a similar Kubota ZTR in the 48" size, which is identical pretty much to the 54". (I needed the 48" max size to mow between the many yard plants.) While my 2-year old Kubota Z412 runs flawlessly, I'm not exactly thrilled with the cut. From...

I had not heard of hummingbirds feeding with some prior instinct of oncoming winter per se - but we're sure seeing signs of them being aware of incoming bad weather. You may well be onto something there. We're filling two 1-qt feeders 3x per day now with as many as 15 birds on the feeders at...