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Happy in NC
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Good Morning To All Who Celebrate! 66° going to a high of 70° and cloudy, more rain coming.
Golf was good on Friday, got a little too much sun and a slight burn. Some good shots, some bad. Better than sitting in the office.
Had an interesting service call on Thursday. My aunt had been mowing with the tiny zero turn up at the cabin when she somehow managed to break the bead off of the left hand side tire and of course didn't notice it until the tire was cattywampus and the deck was scalping the ground. So a quick run home, change clothes, throw some tools in the truck and off I went. Valve stem looked untouched and at first it seemed like I was just going to be able to get some air in it and it would pop back on the rim. 20 minutes of the compressor humming away and I realized: The valve stem had detached entirely from the inner tube, so I was blowing air into nothing.
I offered to jack it up and take the wheel off entirely to investigate further, but they declined. The place my grandfather bought it from will send someone up with a trailer to take it back to their shop and do a full overhaul as well as fixing the tire. Probably needed, as it's been up there for the better part of a decade with little to no maintenance. For 400 dollars I think it's a good investment.
Weekend was a slow one, did a great job at making sure the chair didn't go anywhere. Definitely needed that almost as badly as we needed the rain. Grass is almost out of control now. But the old man put new blades on the ZT and was nice enough to add new trimming line to my weed whacker. I guess he needed something to do after turkey hunting got rained out.
Goals for this week: Hold down the fort, lots of travel for work this week, plenty more to do. Take tree down if it dries out again after mowing, stump grinding and tanbarking also needs finished.
Y'all stay safe out there and be well! Enjoy the week!
Prayers for those ailing and recovering!
Golf was good on Friday, got a little too much sun and a slight burn. Some good shots, some bad. Better than sitting in the office.
Had an interesting service call on Thursday. My aunt had been mowing with the tiny zero turn up at the cabin when she somehow managed to break the bead off of the left hand side tire and of course didn't notice it until the tire was cattywampus and the deck was scalping the ground. So a quick run home, change clothes, throw some tools in the truck and off I went. Valve stem looked untouched and at first it seemed like I was just going to be able to get some air in it and it would pop back on the rim. 20 minutes of the compressor humming away and I realized: The valve stem had detached entirely from the inner tube, so I was blowing air into nothing.
I offered to jack it up and take the wheel off entirely to investigate further, but they declined. The place my grandfather bought it from will send someone up with a trailer to take it back to their shop and do a full overhaul as well as fixing the tire. Probably needed, as it's been up there for the better part of a decade with little to no maintenance. For 400 dollars I think it's a good investment.
Weekend was a slow one, did a great job at making sure the chair didn't go anywhere. Definitely needed that almost as badly as we needed the rain. Grass is almost out of control now. But the old man put new blades on the ZT and was nice enough to add new trimming line to my weed whacker. I guess he needed something to do after turkey hunting got rained out.
Goals for this week: Hold down the fort, lots of travel for work this week, plenty more to do. Take tree down if it dries out again after mowing, stump grinding and tanbarking also needs finished.
Y'all stay safe out there and be well! Enjoy the week!
Prayers for those ailing and recovering!
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I didn't see the check box to make it public!
I didn't see the check box to make it public!
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65°F and .09 inches rain.
My energy conservation consultant continues. well, sorta. Getting more steps in walking Makana.
Cinco da Mayo Happy Hour at neighbors this afternoon. After food list was published one friend offered to bring the Tums.
Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day
My energy conservation consultant continues. well, sorta. Getting more steps in walking Makana.
Cinco da Mayo Happy Hour at neighbors this afternoon. After food list was published one friend offered to bring the Tums.
Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day
buckeyefarmer
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main deck all framed, needs screws.
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Good morning! Low was 39°..... after 2 1/2 hours of hail! 3-4" of hail accumulated..... mixed with most of all the new leaves off the trees. Looks like a giant food processor passed through!
1/2" to 3/4" hail will do a number on what it hits. So far, damage found aside from the landscaping:
two vent covers on our RV have 1" holes....
(Patched already with some plumbing putty)
The son's RV has a 2" hole in one of the vents....
(Covered vent with plastic storage container and heavy piece of steel)
My new (to me) truck has some dimples on the hood and roof. (Not bad enough to report to insurance, I'll attempt to pop them out with my dent tool.)
The back wall of the greenhouse looks like swiss cheese. Not going to be an inexpensive fix.....
Some damage to the window screens on the house, was scared last night that the glass was going to break. Screens are cheap to fix.
Just watched the weather forecast..... more severe storms possible this afternoon and overnight. Could get more hail and wind.
The gauge showed 2.25".... not sure if that's accurate -- does hail add up to more actual fluid?
Up to 2" more rain possible through tonight.
Nooooo... couldn't just be a steady rain!
1/2" to 3/4" hail will do a number on what it hits. So far, damage found aside from the landscaping:
two vent covers on our RV have 1" holes....
(Patched already with some plumbing putty)
The son's RV has a 2" hole in one of the vents....
(Covered vent with plastic storage container and heavy piece of steel)
My new (to me) truck has some dimples on the hood and roof. (Not bad enough to report to insurance, I'll attempt to pop them out with my dent tool.)
The back wall of the greenhouse looks like swiss cheese. Not going to be an inexpensive fix.....
Some damage to the window screens on the house, was scared last night that the glass was going to break. Screens are cheap to fix.
Just watched the weather forecast..... more severe storms possible this afternoon and overnight. Could get more hail and wind.
The gauge showed 2.25".... not sure if that's accurate -- does hail add up to more actual fluid?
Up to 2" more rain possible through tonight.
Nooooo... couldn't just be a steady rain!