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Good Morning, Ct, 64 to start going to 74. Nice crisp air came in last night, what a relief over the past few days weather. My youngest son and wife are taking the grands to Lego Land later this morning, it’s somewhere over in NY State, not exactly sure of the location but it’s a bit of a...

Good Morning, GM Drew, a welcome break in the weather for sure 😉 GM Lou, sorry to hear that Lou, hoping the scooter enables you to get around better and not miss the fairs. Is that the Washington County Fair ? I have been wanting to go to that one for years 😉

Good Morning Steve, Happy Anniversary, what a milestone, my Mom and Pop made it 71 years before entering the pearly gates 🙏❤️ Congratulations to you and your wife 🙏

Good Morning, Ct, 69 to start going to 82. It feels more humid today. Thanks Mostly, tractor is gone. He needs to come back for the plow, this fella knows absolutely nothing about tractors 😳 But he played the full price and didn’t ask any questions. Just made bacon for the grands. Taking...

Good Morning, Happy Belated Birthday PJ !🎂

Good Morning, Ct, 67 to start going to 86 or so with much lower humidity. Nothing terrible Drew, when you’re moving along in 3rd or 4th gear a bit more noticeable but not bad. I did check the oil yesterday and it was down a bit since I have not checked that in years and brought it back up to...

Good Afternoon, Ouch, I think this will hurt !🥲

Good Morning, Ct, 70 to start going to 85 or so. Another hot and humid day by the looks of it. The last really humid day according to our weather man. Getting ready to go on my morning walk, yesterday I spotted a good sized bear about 1 1/2 miles from home. Glad he didn’t see me 😉 Got most...

Good Evening, Billy, looks like the neighbors brother is going to buy it. For those dates we are unfortunately gone ! Looks very interesting though. Sorry to hear Dennis, hopefully he can get well soon !

Good Morning, Ct, 69 to start going to 86 with increasing humidity. Looks like afternoon thunderstorms are a real possibility today with an increased threat tomorrow. Need to do some work out behind the pool this morning while it’s still cool, a birch tree that I cut down a couple of weeks...

Good Morning, Ct, 64 to start going to 90. Clear skies but the heat is coming in shortly. Thomas congrats on the new job. Hope it works out for you. I forgot to tell the guys on here that when we were at our friends beach in Sound Beach that my wife misplaced her watch and we couldn’t find...

Good Morning, Sound Beach LI, 69 to start going to 84 or so. Headed home later this morning. Had a great day at Jones Beach yesterday, the concert was great although I really didn’t care for the new stuff that the Doobie Brothers sang. I enjoyed all the older ballads. The Choral Reefers were...

Good Morning, Happy Anniversary Paul 🎂 Great news Ted 🙏

Good Morning, Sound Beach LI, 65 to start going to 82. Thomas, your wife has a good sense of humor 😉 I had a good chuckle on that one. Plans for today are to head to the south shore of LI around 10 am for Jones Beach. The concert is tonite so we will be there most of the day. Won’t be...

Good Evening, Billy, it was a really nice night to watch the sunset and moon rise ! Dennis, good time had by all 🙏 Mike, good to hear you on again ! 👍 Ken, I figured you would know that area ! Nice beach to visit with the live music 😉

Good Morning, Sound Beach,LI, 61 to start going to 80 with bright blue skies. Nice ride across the sound yesterday, weather was perfect. Got over to our friends cottage and relaxed for awhile before heading over to Cedar Beach to watch the sunset. Picked up a pizza on the way over and we...

Good Morning, Ct, 56 to start going to 77 with clear skies and low humidity. Heading to Long Island later today and the concert on Sunday night at Jones Beach. I worked until 2:30 yesterday, so almost a full day. Then I came home and packed up my radio gear and headed to a local park. Couldn’t...

Good Morning, 😂 Thanks Dennis 😉 Lou, well I went one step better, I used a couple of dabs from my grease gun 😉 The last time I had to use a jack to get the rear rims off and I jacked up the front end and used wooden blocks to get the front tires off with the aid of power steering. From that...

Good Morning, Ct, 63 to start going to 78. Supposed to be sunny today, yesterday wasn’t. Looks like work today, so I have some cash for more radio toys 😉 Yes Drew, having a great time thanks 😃 I rotated the tires on my truck yesterday, wow what happened ? I can hardly lift those tires to get...

Good Morning, Dennis, thanks for the reminder 😉 Bill, I hear and understand 😉 Engineer, sure looks that way 😉

Good Morning, Ct, 64 to start going to 78. Looks to be a cloudy and cooler day. This morning at 9am I have to report to Quest Diagnostics for a drug test. But I get paid for going so I guess it’s not that bad. Anyone driving commercially and actively working can get selected randomly for this...

Good Evening Frits, Glad to hear, I haven’t been able to pushups for at least a month and a half. One day I got down to do them and my right shoulder was killing me. I finally went to an orthopedic doctor and he gave me a shot of cortisone. It’s much better but I still don’t think I can do...

Good Morning, Ct, 63 to start going to 82. Looks to be another banner day. Mostly, yes pizza party went very well , lots of good conversations. Kathleen said after the party, everyone there was old. And then I reminded her that everyone there was in their 70’s, except for our sister in law...

Good Morning Sassy, Looking quite good Sassy 😉🙏

Good Afternoon, Thanks Billy Thanks Don

Good Morning TBN, Ct, 60 to start going to 86, looks to be the warmest day this week. Pizza / pool party went well but both Kathleen and I were pretty much exhausted by the time everyone left and we did all the cleaning up. She told me it will be a long time before she does that again 😉😂...

Good Morning, Billy, that must be a big machine , curious what model you have ? Maybe a picture when you can 😉 I have a small Toro, 22 or /3 hp with a 42” deck, but the Ct house only sits on 1 acre. I think only have 2 zerks. What brand do you have Pontug? Don, is that stuff good for pressed...

Good Morning TBN, Ct, 58 to start going into the 80’s. Looks to be another beautiful low humidity type of day for the pizza party that Kathleen is putting on later today. 🙏 GM Dennis, well I’m glad I’m not talking Greek to everyone on TBN 😂. You probably know more about Smith charts than me 😉...

Good Morning, Arles, our condolences to you ! 🙏

Good Morning, Ct, 58 to start going to 76 or so. Another very comfortable day on tap. Kiddos are still sleeping so I think I may get a long walk in before they get up. 😉 Kathleen is having a back yard/ pool party with pizza and salad and copious amounts of wine tomorrow afternoon so will need...

Good Morning Steve, Thanks Steve, I will look into that when time permits, also will order that cable on the next Amazon order that I put in 👍 I received the 40 meter / 80 meter coil yesterday after waiting at least a week. I set the antenna up in the side yard and fiddled and adjusted the coil...

Good Morning TBNers, Ct, 59 to start going to 72 with mostly cloudy skies. I think most of the rain has passed by but not the clouds. I don’t think we got as much rain as predicted but we did get enough to forgo watering the garden and outside plants for another day or so. We also got a fair...

Good Afternoon, Ct, 70 to start going to 77 before the rains come in. Still humid but it sounds like cooler weather is on the way 🙏 Buppies, beautiful dog and beautiful picture. Good comfort for Holly hopefully 🙏 Frits so sorry to hear your wife isn’t feeling well, hopefully better soon 🙏...

Good Morning, Ct, 70 to start going to 90’s again. Yesterday was brutal but I still managed to pressure wash both decks behind the house and then Karhleen comes out and says why don’t you pressure wash the pressed concrete around the perimeter of the pool 😳 Oh , Ok Honey and so I pressed on ...

Good Morning, Billy, good to hear you back on again ! FWT, I have the Ruger Model 77 stainless barrel with the laminated stock and scope. You can drive tacks with it at 200 yds ! Deadly ! 😉 Great varmint gun IMO 😃

Good Morning, Ct , 65 to start going to 78. Rain showers came through early this morning and looks to be over fairly soon. Drew, all I can think of is how much will this asteroid screw up my radio propagation 😉 Better get all the radio time in that I can in the next few years 😉😃 Kiddos must...

Good Morning, Ct, 67 to start going to 85 or so. GM Buppies, it will be welcomed after the last couple of days 😉😃 Kiddos waking up will probably have to make bacon in a short while. Drew, absolutely beautiful sunset 🙏 It will be busy today 😉 Hope all have a Great Saturday 🙏

Good Morning Drew, Nice looking veggies, Kathleen has been harvesting them from her raised beds the last couple of weeks. Nothing like fresh cukes and tomatoes 🙏

Good Morning, Ct, 69 to start , Oh Boy, going to 92 to 95 😳 Dennis, maybe a day off from the deck work today 😉 I did get some weed trimming done yesterday but because I was partly on the back side of the property I wore long work pants because of the poison ivy back there 😉 It wasn’t long...

Good Afternoon Drew, I bought this battery and charger last week from Amazon for running portable at the parks. Seems to be a nice combo !

Good Morning, Ct, 63 to start going to 88 or so. I mentioned yesterday that humidity was ramping up but that was false , it will be ramping up today. Looks like possibly thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. I hope it’s dry for Saturday evening because we have another concert at the FD. This will...

Good Afternoon, Ct, 60 to start going to 88. Mostly sunny and humidity starting to ramp up. Work today, maybe grands tonight. Gotta get moving, it’s getting warmer. Hope all have a fine day 🙏

Good Morning, Ct, 58 to start going to 80 with low humidity, hooray 😉 Uneventful trip back to Ct yesterday, but seemed to be kind of tired after driving 3 1/2 hours. When I got home after unloading the car I got on the radio and immediately scored a contact with England 😃 That makes 11...

Good Morning , Paul, nice job on the van cleaning 😉 Ken, nice pictures, that old Bronco is a classic, not a fan of yellow but it looks right on that vehicle. FWT, beautiful picture of your almost 1 yo son 🙏 Gods Morning Buppies 🙏

Good Evening Thomas, Yes Thomas, I have been kind of over the top with ordering new radio equipment much to the chagrin of my lovely wife Kathleen! 😉 Smd I just ordered a bunch of new equipment for operating portable out in the parks. I think it’s about time to start saving money next month...

Good Afternoon, The critter was not a ground hog but a skunk 😳 But I think he is out of the barn, at least I hope he is because we will be leaving tomorrow and he won’t survive 2 weeks with no water 😉 Ponytug, yes Riptides Mike is MIA, I need to send him a PM ! 🥲 He might be tied up with work...

Good Morning, Vt, 66 to start going to somewhere in the 70’s with chance of showers later. Good Morning Buppies 🙏 Yesterday was everything that today is not 😉 guests are leaving this morning and I guess we will stay another day or so. Battery died on the Z Turn, it’s over 5 years old so...

Good Morning Kyle, Happy Birthday 🎉🎁🎊

Good Morning, Vt, 51 to start going to 78 or so. Beautiful day yesterday after an early morning shower. Most of the day was on the lake enjoying. Our guests enjoyed a wonderful day 🙏 You were right Thomas 😉 Drew, I remember cutting the grass for my Pop, he had an old reel mower with a rope...

Good Morning, Ct, 74 to start going to 90. This humidity is terrible. Did get the grass cut yesterday evening, but not enough energy for the weed trimming detail, maybe later. Dennis, deck looking super good. I’m not doing the other one in this heat, I have rules 😉 Buppies, 410 works good...

Got Morning, Ct, 71 to start going to 90 or above and the humidity to go along with it. Work this morning but only a hand full of deliveries. Thank goodness for that. Dennis, I will let you know what happens with that install. Right now, I still have another deck to install the Trex on, and...

Good Morning, Ct, 69 to start going to possibly 90 with heavy humidity. Wow, easy to fall behind on this thread 😳 I blink my eyes and everyone has moved on 😳 Heavy rain last night, possibly 2 plus inches or more. Bill, I like that idea for at least today 😉 Dennis, my oldest son has decided...

Good Morning, Ct, 67 to start going to low 80’s I believe but every day seems to be really warmer than predicted with pretty high humidity. We are enjoying the pool along with the grands in this heat. They had a little swim party yesterday and had a ball. I had to leave early for a concert at...

Good Morning, Ct, 69 to start going to 82 but I think it will go higher especially if the sun finds its way out 😉 Went out for dinner with another couple last night, nice time but Kathleen’s mojito was lousy, couldn’t even taste the rum. 🥲 Plans for today is to finish putting up the new...

Good Morning Again, Swung by the homestead and did a photo shoot with my grandson Ryan in the oil truck. He was thrilled 🙏❤️

Good Morning, Ct, 67 to start going to 84. Cloudy now with sun breaking out later. Work today, probably just this morning. Wow, what a mess that was Drew. I thought I screwed something up on my laptop and brought it to my son and he said nope, everything is down except Ken’s work email 😂 Been...

Good Morning, Happy Birthday Happy 🎂

Good Morning, Ct, 72 to start going to 87 or so. Mostly we did get some rain last night but not the quantity they had predicted. But some is better than none. Very humid again for another day. Mostly, a very Happy Birthday to you sir 🎂 Kiddos coming over for more swimming today. About 3...

Good Morning, Ct, 74 to start going to 88 or possibly over 90. Looks like evening thunderstorms. Swim lessons for the kiddos today at 3 and looking at the lawn, well that needs mowing again. We have some burn spots so I’m hoping for some rain tonight. Ken, I’m thinking that if Don could...

Good Morning, Vt, 67 to start going to 85 with humidity. Looking ahead for our week’s weather, looks like lots of rain and thunderstorms. As Drew mentioned the tropical depression is coming up the east coast. Lou, I see the same thing over this way also, some corn just popping up now, that’s...

Good Afternoon, Vt, a hot one today but nice breeze out on the lake. Just got back to the house and need to get the grass mowed one more time. Kind of waiting for it to cool down a bit first. A couple of pictures of the kids out on the lake and around the camp fire 🙏

Good Afternoon Buppies, Hope you and Holly had a good day🙏

Good Morning, Vt, 63 to start going to 85 with increasing humidity. Fun day on the pontoon boat yesterday with the kids, they had a ball jumping off the boat onto our floating mat. We found a nice quiet corner of the lake to anchor that was shallow and had a great time. Today our youngest...

Good Morning Buppies, Prayers going out to you and Holly ! 🙏

Good Morning, Vt, 54 to start going to 74. Beautiful crisp blue sky type of day. I smoked 4 racks of ribs yesterday and brought them down to my neighbor for his July 4 th party later today. The plan is to take the whole gang out on the boat and come back to his party for the later part of the...

Good Morning, Vt, 58 to start going to 74. Noticeably cooler today with a chance for a shower at some point. The gang arrived last night around 7 and so we had kind of a late dinner. Filet Mignon with shrimp and scallops with roasted peppers and onions. All washed down with a couple flood...

Good Morning TBNers, Vt, 65 to start going to 80 with heavy humidity. The rest of the gang should be here late afternoon or early evening. Grandkids are excited about coming up to see Nana and Opa. Hope we can fill the bill. 😉 GM Billy, the last time I was up here I spent a lot of hours on the...

Good Morning Lou, Some spectacular sunset pictures driving by your area late yesterday, here are a couple of shots on the go through the windshield of my F150 that Kathleen took 😁

Good Morning Drew, Reread your original question about if I had worked any countries during FD Field Day, I have worked 7 countries so far. It not on Field Day. That contest is a US event. Sorry for the delay 😉

Good Morning, Ct, 77 to start going to 90. Steve I didn’t personally but I can check the club records at some point ! Drew, I was strictly on 20 meters and 40 meters CW. Those bands were pretty hot considering the poor propagation 😂 Work this morning and Vermont later this afternoon 🙏 Hope...

Good Morning, Ct, 64 to start going to mid 80’s or beyond. Had a great time on my first Field Day event with my newly adopted radio club, MARC. Meriden Amateur Radio Club. Only being there as a member for a couple of weeks and I had a chance to operate one of their CW transmitters. I made a...

Good Morning, Ct, 68 to start going to 84 or so. Looks like an early shower and then back over to the radio club. Hoping to get a couple hours of operating plus a breakfast stack of pancakes! 😉 Hope all have a great day 🙏

Good Morning, Drew sorry for your loss and you are definitely doing the very considerate thing with the friends notification! 🙏

Good Morning, Ct, 62 to start with a high of 81. Light rain falling this morning but lifting later today. Today is the first day of Field Day 2025, which is when Amateur Radio Operators take to the outdoors and and set up their stations and contact as many other operators as they can in a 24...

Good Morning, Ct, cooler weather prevails. Cloudy with on and off showers but the lack of heat and humidity is really refreshing. Work this morning and then some weed whacking around the homestead later. Hope all have a good Thursday 🙏

Good Morning, Thanks Dennis 🙏 Thanks Mostly, we are praying here also 🙏

Good Morning, Ct, another hot and humid day. I’m with kathleen this morning at the local Orthopedic Center. Lots of trouble with her lower back the last few months and today another shot in her lower spine 🥲 Looking for answers at this point. The prednisone they gave her has helped a lot but...

Good Morning, Ct, 74 to start going to 95 or so with heavy humidity. Went for a 6 am walk and it was still rough even at that time 😉 Lots of little jobs like Ken, a few for Kathleen and some are around the pool and a few for myself. AC and a cab sounds ultra nice in this weather. Ken...

Good Morning Phil, Sorry to hear of your friend passing and hoping your neck issues improve 🙏

Good Morning, Vt , 63 to start going to 90 with enough humidity to slice it with a dull knife 😉☺️ Nice dinner on the deck last night with Kathleen, along with some Sauvignon Blanc. I grilled up a couple of small steaks and Kathleen boiled up some corn on the cob along with some summer zucchini...

Good Evening Thomas, Well said my friend 😉

Good Afternoon Ultrarunner, I did the front side of my barn 3 years ago and went right over the T111. Like Eddie stated it is brittle but my walls are pretty flat. I did not use a vapor barrier, but as far as I can see it’s not an issue. Barn walls are 6” with insulation Hope this helps ! I...

Good Afternoon, It might be old but it can still do days work 🙏👍

Good Morning, Vt, 66 to start going to 84 or so depending on how long the sun is out this afternoon. Hopefully the morning rain will stop so I can mow the lawn before we leave tomorrow. I bush hogged the field on the right side of the DW yesterday morning and would like to get the other side...

Good Evening, Very nice Phil !!🙏

Good Morning, Momma and some fawns visiting our front lawn this morning 🙏

Good Morning, Vt, 54 to start going to 78. The as Thomas said the 3 H’s coming to town 😉. Got the lawn mowed early evening but now I have clumps of grass all over 🥲 So clean up in my future along with unloading the back of my truck with a load of Trex. Route 8 was partially closed before I...

Good Evening, Heavy wind but nice sunset sitting with Kathleen on the deck ! 🙏

Good Evening, Drew, POTA, or Parks on the Air, is an amateur radio activity where licensed operators set up portable stations in designated parks and public lands to make radio contacts. It's a popular program that combines the enjoyment of outdoor recreation with the hobby of amateur radio...

Good Morning Again, Forgot to mention I had my first POTA, parks on the air activation yesterday. One of the fellow club members walked me through the process for the first time. I made 19 contacts on 20 meter CW. Lots of different things you have to do to start the activation. So I’m guessing...

Good Morning, Ct, 63 to start going to 84 or so. Yesterday was in the low 90’s with a lot of humidity, I’m not a fan. Today looks like a half day at work cleaning and waxing the big red Peterbuilt. Then later in the afternoon, planning on going to a friends house with Kathleen and out on his...

Good Morning RS, My feelings exactly, they want to go under the front porch and then burrow under the house slab 😳 That’s not happening if I’m around, deadly consequences if they try it 😉

Good Morning Guys, Ct,66 to start going to 88 with enough humidity that you could cut it with a knife. 😉 RS, I have used my 22/250 in the past but recently they were close enough that I took them out with my 20 ga Remington 1100 with 7 1/2 shot, some old skeet loads. Ron, Happy Birthday 🎊🎈🎉...

Good Afternoon Kyle, Well, yes but I feel better ! But I ended up not going, so hopefully you will give me a reprieve 😉😁

Good Afternoon, When you associate with good hearted people good things will come your way 🙏 Phil, thank you so much for doing this job ! The antennae and tractor was a brilliant idea. Please tell me what I owe you besides the shipping cost please ! 🙏 Again thank you 🙏

Good Morning, Ct,62 to start going to 77. It’s pouring at the moment, but it’s supposed to clear out later this morning. I was going to go in and work a half day cleaning and waxing the Peterbuilt. But looks like I will have to go in later or not at all. RS, hope everything is Ok with you and...

GM, Diagnosis, stones ! Drew that is an exclamation point, painful ! They are sending me home.

GM, They are giving me morphine for the pain, this can’t be good !

Good Morning Again, The day has gone down hill rapidly ! In the hospital, either appendicitis or stones 🥲

Good Morning, Ct, 60 to start going to 70 with on and off rain, actually sprinkling now and very humid. Steve, would like to know more about your Delta Loop ! In Ct I’m on 1 acre but I have about 10 acres to play with in Vermont, and I’m at about 1200 ft in the Green Mountains so I’m thinking...

Good Evening, Drew, I’m using a DX Engineering OCF dipole antenna. The OCF stands for Off Center fed. It’s a 7 band antenna that has a balun and I’m able to tune the transmitter with the built in tuner rather than an external tuner. Seems to be working out well. Paul, possibly a small chip or...

Good Morning, Ct, 58 to start going to 70 or so. Sunny now and it sounds like clouds later, the heat will be coming in later this week. Yesterday I was planning on cleaning up the mess from the aftermath of the gazebo assembly but it was Father’s Day and I spent some time on the air waves so...

Good Evening, Happy Father’s Day to all my fellow TBNers. Kathleen took me out for an early dinner at a local seafood spot along the shore. Nice quiet day and good worship service this morning. Hope all have a quiet evening 🙏

Good Morning, Ct, 56 to start going to 65. Overcast and chilly again. Not exactly pool weather unfortunately. Today I hope to get the screens and curtains hung inside the gazebo. I also braced a couple of the corners with 1” by 1” aluminum angle to the deck side rails for a bit more support...

Good Evening, Paul, that crate alone is over 150 lbs. Dennis, they didn’t send the other box that contains the leg stations and other parts. So out of luck in that department! 🥲 It’s all together and will post a picture later or tomorrow. Just need to install the curtains etc but all done for...

Good Morning, Ct, 59 to start going to 65. Rain moving in but doesn’t seem to heavy yet. Sorry I missed yesterday but Kathleen has me assembling this metal gazebo out on our deck. Been at it for 3 days so far and almost done. Instead of sending me one little triangular panel they sent me the...

Good Morning, Ct, 62 to start going to 85. Another bright and sunny day before the clouds return tomorrow. Last night Kathleen and I went to the local car cruise night with the Model A. Nice night to be out and amongst so many beautiful restored vehicles. My 1930 A was the oldest car there...

GE Phil, I love it, thank you and PM me the cost ! That is Super work ! 🙏❤️ Scotty

Good Morning, Ct, 54 to start going to 80 or so. Work today, sun is out but I only came in to wash the big red truck and maybe a bit of wax also. Only a half day I think so need to get going. Have a wonderful day 🙏

Good Morning, Ct, 61 to start going to 73 with more rain 🥲 This rain is beginning to get old but what are the options 😉 Well for all of you TBNers that thought I was so clever putting my gazebo up by myself, here is what happened yesterday morning. Chinese workers can’t count worth a darn 🥲 I...

Good Morning Billy, 😉😂

Good Morning Drew, Sorry to hear your sick, hopefully it will pass quickly 🙏

Good Morning, Ct, 54 to start going to 64. Cloudy with more showers moving in later this morning. Good church service yesterday morning. Came home and went for long walk. Then got back to assembling a gazebo on our deck for Kathleen. Lots of parts to put together but I’m making progress. The...

Good Morning, Ct, 60 to start going to 72 with clouds. Church this morning and then grandsons Birthday Party later this afternoon. Yes Kyle, I remember that from years ago. No I didn’t drill any hole this time, should have, I remember doing that when I was still working that I did that more...

Good Morning, Ct, 66 to start going to 72 with rain coming in late morning. Last two days it has been very warm but cooler today with the rain. FWT, very nice parcel, really hope you get it, looks like a wonderful plot of land 🙏 Buppies, thanks so much, hope things turn around quickly. Thumb...

Good Morning FWT, That’s great, hope you get it. What does the parcel consist of ? Praying for a good outcome for you. 🙏

Good Morning, 67 to start going to upper 80’s. A rough couple of days. It started Wednesday night with a classic from my wife that we had a burst pipe in the basement. Turned out to be a septic backup. 😳 Called my septic service and they came out the following morning at 6:15. We pumped it out...

Good Morning, Ct, 62 to start going to 90 or so. Thanks Billy, my septic guy should be here in about a half hour or so. Hoping I don’t have to call the rooter guy after the pump out. We shall see. 😉 Hope all have a good day 🙏

Good Evening, The day kind of ended badly. Kathleen gave me a call while I was attending an evening class and told me we had a broken pipe in the basement. I raced home to find out that the septic tank had backed up 😳 So I called the septic guy and he will be here about 6 tomorrow morning. I...

Good Morning, Ct,55 to start going to low 80’s. Partly sunny but muted skies with the smoke moving into the region. Tomorrow looks to be very warm and humidity rising with a chance of thunderstorms. Looks like I will work on Friday. Thanks Ken, still need to install the hand rail to get out of...

Good Morning, Ct, 48 to start going to 75 with clear blue skies. Lots of window washing yesterday, got all the front windows done on the house, outside at least. Much better today and Kathleen is happy. This morning a urologist appointment, oh what fun 😉 Ken, pool deck looks really good...

Good Afternoon, Thanks Drew 🙏 Busy day, doing that long Honey Do List ! 😉

Good Morning, Vt, 42 to start going to 51 with a little sun this morning. Yesterday was a total washout, even last night when Kathleen and I drove down to Manchester for a nice dinner at Mistrals restaurant. Heard lots of wind last night so hopefully that will help dry things out for us...

Good Afternoon, Some shop time today, needed to come up with an idea to transfer the exact shape of the pattern to the band sawed spindles. Drilled 4 , .060 holes through the pattern and then tacked it onto the rocker spindle with tiny finish nails with the same diameter. I have a 1/2 by 2”...

Good Morning, Vt, 52 to start going to 56. Raining steady but not blowing wind, so not too bad. Got a nice maiden voyage in on the lake yesterday, nice day with some clouds but not too bad on the temp. Engineer, prayers to the trapped fire fighters !🙏 Looks like a day out in the shop with...

Good Morning, Got the back spindles band sawed out, still lots of work on these. Talk about a long term project 😂

Good Morning, Vt, 54 going to 66 with cloudy skies. At least it’s not raining, actually we really haven’t had any real rain since we got here on Wednesday afternoon. We are both hoping to get a maiden voyage in on our pontoon boat on the lake this afternoon, sounds like the sun could pop out...

Good Morning, Vt, 54 to start going to 64 with cloudy conditions. I did briefly see a little blue but it’s gone now. I cut the foot high grass in the yard last night before sunset, my little z turn took a beating. I should have just bush hogged it with my Massey 😉 This morning I’m raking up the...

Good Morning, Ct, 54 to start going to 69 with rain coming in later. Worked 4 hours yesterday and will do the same today , then head to Vt and spend a few days up there, hoping somehow that rain won’t be too bad 😉 GM Steve, would love to have Your state in my Log Book 😉 I worked DK2LG...

Good Morning , Ct, 48 to start going to 72 with sunny skies now. Have to bring our cat to the vet this morning for yearly checkup. Steve, had a few minutes on the air yesterday afternoon, made one contact on 20 meters at about3 pm. First contact in well over 50 years. K4BSR I believe...

Good Morning, Ct, 48 to start going to 68. Bright blue skies for a change and hopefully we are out of the rain shower pattern. Hope to get the pump and filter running today, got the cover off yesterday. Ron nice shot of Sassy, must be a fan favorite in the parade 😉 Paul, beautiful rainbow...

Good Morning, Ct, 46 to start going to 62. Maybe some short glimpses of the sun but not much. Services this morning then back home to possibly open the pool, we will see. Too much stuff to do. Got my dipole antenna up yesterday with help from my neighbor across the street with his bucket...

Good Morning Steve, Yes that would be good, still on and off showers here 😉

Good Morning, Ct, 44 to start going to 58. Bright sunny skies but cool this morning. Got home yesterday about 11 am , traffic not to bad coming out of Bayonne. Trying to get my feet planted on the ground, but did manage to mow the grass yesterday, it was wet but I cut it high. It was a nice...

Good Morning, Bahamas, 79 to start going to 80. We are at the privately owned island of RCCL. We have a cabana on the beach, so it should be a good day with family and the grand kids. Hope all have a great day 🙏

Good Morning Dennis, It has really been built up since the last time we were there , completely different in size 😉

Good Afternoon, Nice walk through down town Nassau. Oldest son bought us lunch and we had a good time with the grands. FWT, the last one I got was with my 20 ga with skeet shot, not ideal but he is gone. You are right, no tunnels under my house 😉😁 Have a good afternoon 🙏

Good Morning, Bahamas,79 going to 80, actually we are still moving so not quite there yet. Beautiful sky this morning.Yesterday we stopped at Coco Beach, we Uber’s to the beach for about 3 hours, drank a few beers 🍺😉 So we will be in Nassau shortly, not sure what the day holds. Hopefully not...

Good Morning, Closing in on Cape Canaveral , should be there around noon. Food has been very good, and the shows at night after dinner have been very good. Grands are having a wonderful time , lots for them to do. I’m probably eating too much but we did pay for it 😉 Billy, thanks, it was...

Good Morning, North Atlantic, somewhere off the coast of US. Foggy and cool, 60 or so going to 66. Every one is still sleeping so I will need to find some coffee soon. Yesterday everything went pretty smooth with boarding and then having lunch. The food was excellent for both lunch and...

Good Morning Again, It shouldn’t take long to get lost on that boat 😂

Good Morning Ken , Thank you sir, when I do finally make my first contact it will be more than 50 years ago since the last contact 😉😁

Good Morning Buppies, Thanks Buppies, we are traveling with my youngest son, so I can still text ! 😉

Good Morning, Ct, 60 to start going to 74. Time to get going here, New Jersey here we come 😉 Steve I paid the VE examination fee of $15 but I don’t pay the FCC fee until they send me an email requesting payment. Yesterday I finally got my CSCE certificate, so hoping to hear from the FCC in the...

Good Morning, Ct, 60 to start going to 70 with humidity and chance of showers. My left shoulder has been really sore the last week or so, went to an orthopedic Dr yesterday and he gave me a shot, a lot better today. Run around doing last minute pick ups before leaving for our cruise...

Good Morning, Ct, 54 to start going to 70. Clouds are moving in with rain expected later today. Frits sorry to hear about damage. Dennis, what a mess. Billy, hope Della feels better soon. Not sure about today, no email from FCC yet hoping maybe later today. Hope all have a good day ! 🙏

Good Morning, Ct, 46 to start going to 70. Looks like another beautiful day with bright blue skies. The rain and unsettled weather looks to move in tomorrow and on and off for the rest of the week. I will probably cut the grass again today because on Friday morning we will be leaving from New...

Good Morning Happy, I think that’s a great idea, it was just a passing thought on my part. Fine job so far 🙏

Good Morning, Ct, 46 to start going to 68. Clear blue skies now. Sorry I missed the last couple of days, I have been very busy. David and Steve, thanks both for suggestions, I passed my Technician class test yesterday, got 2 wrong out of 35. I challenged the General exam and missed by 1. 🥲 I...

Good Morning, Ct,55 to start going to 70. Looks like today is our last good day before the monsoon rains return. Work yesterday was not bad, I was all done by 1 pm and got home to cut the lawn that was over grown. GM Steve, thanks for that info, I will be thrilled to pass the Technician exam...

Good Evening, Happy Birthday Frits 🎂 You have about 9 1/2 yrs on me, your doing great 🙏 Enjoy your day 🙏

Good Morning TBN, Ct, 52 to start going to 68. Finally looks like a sunny day or partly sunny day is on the agenda. Work called yesterday so it looks like that’s where I’m going today 😉 My lawn is about 6” high and everything is soaked so I may as well work 😁 GM Steve, yes everything is...

Good Evening B7510HSD, Thanks for the reply, I was actually a HAM operator back in the late 60’s. First licensed in 66 or 67. I made it to Amateur Advanced Class but let it expire when I discovered cars and girls 😉 I’m just studying for the Technician Class license now. Will try and get the...

Good Morning, Ct, 55 to start going to 62. Well a few days ago we needed rain and now we are under a flood alert. 🥲 Trip home from Vermont went well, rained for the entire trip. We went out to dinner last night with Kathleen’s brother and SIL. Nice meal, and we sat and talked in the restaurant...

Good Morning, Vt, 54 to start going to 59. Rain was heavy last night but it looks to have abated a bit. Skies are lightening up a bit. Looks like we will head home today, the past few days were relaxing but I did something to my right shoulder or upper arm. 😩 Drew, Marketplace does work but I...

Good Afternoon, Ted, as always out thoughts and prayers to you and Dona 🙏

Good Morning, Vt, 50 to start going to 59. Rain on and off last night and I think we lost power around 1 am, but by this morning it was back on. The next few days look very wet, both up here and Ct also. On Saturday Kathleen called an exterminator because we have an issue with wasps in the...

Good Afternoon Drew, Good Luck Drew 👍

Good Morning, Vt, 50 to start going to 65 or so. Clouds moving in from the west, and rain to start around 11 and end by 4. Frits, I have to agree with Paul about what you do and have done at your age. Absolutely amazing and I hope to be able to do what you do 10 years from now. Billy, glad...

Good Evening Bill, Hey, Mostly, I brought all those bags of mulch to the stone wall, and then I moved them up to the garden. I worked hard too 😉😃 Bill, no truer words were ever spoken 😂 Hope all have a good evening 🙏

Good Morning, Vt, 50 to start going to 70. Very overcast this morning, and we had some heavy downpours last night from 11 pm thru about 2 am. Looking ahead the sun may show up by around noon or so. Did get a lot done around the house yesterday, and if the weather holds will get more done...

Good Afternoon Drew, That looks excellent , and healthy also ! 🙏

Good Afternoon, Hard at work in Vermont. 😉 Happy, nice work on the pipe placement. Looks like you have it under control single handed. 😉 Frits, hope D’s knee improves. Buppies, feel better soon 🙏

Good Morning, Ct, 44 to start going to 66. Beautiful now, hope it lasts awhile. Heading north this morning, need to get the Vt house and garden in shape for the spring. Have 15 bags of mulch loaded in the truck and Kathleen has a bunch more stuff to bring. 😳 Thinking about getting my HAM...

Good Evening, Yup ! 😉

Good Morning Frits, That is some old wood and antique nails for sure 😉

Good Morning, Ct, 49 to start going to upper 70’s. Bright and sunny now but some wind kicks in later. Got the lawn mowed yesterday I between launching soda bottle rockets 😂 Also walked around the lawn and trimmed things up with my weed whacked. Dennis, the deck looks great but that table...

Good Evening, My grandson decided he wanted me to build him a soda bottle rocket. I bought some rubber stoppers at True Value and a box of Schrader valves from my local auto place. Ran my compressor up to 150 lbs and made up a little launching platform. He was thrilled to see the rocket take off...

Good Evening Dftodd, Yep, definitely ! Always a good idea to sharpen both sides equally and remember to remove some height off of the rakers. But when it stops cutting straight then it’s time for a new chain. 😉

Good Morning, Ct, 42 to start going to 70. Beautiful bright blue skies and those big winds seem to have abated. We still have 2 of our grands, one night. Opa needs a break 😂 Tom, beautiful picture , nice place. Kyle, that’s a lot of mowing in the Texas heat without a cab for AC, but not...

Good Afternoon Winterdeere, Agreed, I generally sharpen my chains by hand with a round file and when they get really bad I just buy a new one. 😉

Good Afternoon Drew, Flowers and garden looking very good 😉

Good Morning Mike, Yes, lots of time to ponder mowing all of that with a 4 ft cutter 😉 I really don’t think there is a bad view from our perch on the mountain. Sorry, I’m not trying to spend your money for you 😂 on another tractor implement 😉 Sigarms, beautiful shot , thanks 🙏

Good Morning, Mostly the drum would probably last me 2 years if we didn’t fill it. I use the most diesel fuel during bush hog season. Good one Billy 😂 Hope all have a blessed day 🙏

Good Morning, Ct, 40 to start going to 54 with increasing wind. Up early because we have 2 grands staying over, trying to make breakfast for everyone before I went to church , so it was pretty busy. 😉 We will probably take the kids to a park later, was hoping to cut the grass but it’s still...

Good Evening Kyle, They looked ok amazing, and tasty , enjoy 🙏

Good Afternoon, Just a parting shot of what my neighbor will be mowing with that 4 ft mower and 20 hp. He will have plenty of seat time that’s for sure 😂 you don’t even see all of the property from where I took the picture on my north hedge row 😉

Good Morning Again Mike, Have you given any thought to one of those articulating trimmers that mow around fence posts, they look pretty slick and I would think they make them for a 3 pt hookup ?

Good Morning Mike, Mike he has a 52” Bad Boy mower, for his yard around the house maybe 2 acres. That wouldn’t have been my choice either but the field is too rough for the ZTurn. I really wanted to tell him but couldn’t get myself to do it. I probably mow 7 acres of field with a much larger...

Good Morning, Vt, 42 to start going to 63. We have rain and fog this morning and I can actually see the grass growing 😉 Kathleen is down in Ct taking care of 2 of our grands, because our oldest son and DIL are in NAPA valley until Monday. So I will be headed back to help her later today. I...

Good Morning Dennis, Hmm, I left gaps at the boards that met perpendicular to one another but not the corners 😉 That may prove to be a problem down the road. I did leave gaps around the posts.im glad someone did it correctly 😉

Good Morning Billy, Billy OMG, what a story ! You obviously handled it way better than I would have 😉 So glad that you got the bonus hike in, partly makes up for the $220 towing charge. Did you find out from the rangers where the correct parking place would be ? Or do they just expect you to...

Good Evening, Buppies, I remember my parents telling me that when they went to the senior center the vegetables were horrible. They called them Gemusely, fictional word but probably derived from the German word Gemuse which means vegetables. 😉 They were always over cooked and terrible. 😉 Paul...

Good Morning, Vt, 48 to start going to 68. Muted sun but it’s not raining so we can get some work done. Youngest son asked me if there were any good boards left from the deck project. I do have some decent boards that I will cut in 6 ft lengths and bring home so he can build a tree house for...

Good Evening, Well, got oil and filter changed on both the ZTurn and tractor. Also got the blades sharpened and even managed to do a quick cut of the front lawn 😉😃

Good Afternoon Drew, Yes, supposed to do every 200 hours 😉

Good Morning, Ct, 48 to start going to low 70’s. Clear skies this morning, looks to be a beautiful day, but last night did not do well in the sleep department 😒 Buppies, now I know how you feel, at least getting little to no sleep. I will probably go for a quick walk this morning and then...

Good Evening, Billy, that is exactly why I’m not opening it up until Memorial Day weekend. And even then there is still stuff coming down. When we get back from the cruise I will get into it. If I had my way there wouldn’t be any trees near that pool. 😉 Dennis, glad to hear you got the other 3...

Good Morning, Ct, 48 to start going into the 70’s. Should be another nice one. Work today and 2 grands tonite, it should be a pretty busy day. Dennis I used the Gorilla All Weather tape, it was suggested by a contractor friend. It should do the job for many years to come. Hope all have a...

Good Afternoon Ken, Beautiful auto, gotta love German engineering at least until something breaks 😉😃

Good Afternoon, Mike, frustrating a best 😉 Drew, we have hawks but I’m not sure how interested they are in moles 😃 We did have a red fox go through the yard early this morning, I’m not sure he is interested either 😉

Good Morning Phil, Congratulations on your new lathe, it looks like a beast , and a huge swing radius. Best of luck with it 🙏

Good Morning, Ct, 48 to start going to 74 with clouds. We have a busy week ahead with kids every day through Sunday. I’m planning on trying to get to Vermont Thursday morning and returning on Saturday afternoon to try and get some work done there. GM Mike, boy I like that idea 😉 Ron, that...

Good Evening Buppies, My son has the underground invisible fence on his property, to contain his black lab. He seems to like it 😉

Good Evening Rovcketman357, Thank the good Lord that it wasn’t your time 🙏 I’m sorry to hear of all your pain and anguish. But I’m thinking it’s better than the alternative. God Bless and keep the faith 🙏

Good Morning Frits, Great video on the log splitters. I i put a lot of firewood up I would consider one of those, but for the amount of time I am in Vermont and using the stove my old splitter is fine. But those units are really nicely made and a lot of quality incorporated in the build. Thanks (y)

Good Morning, Ct, 40 to start going to 56 either clouds coming in later today. Paul, have a safe trip to Akron. Buppies, sorry to hear Holly not doing well. Hopefully better days ahead 🙏 Frits, hope D’s pain more manageable. Going for a long walk and then figure out what I will do...

Good Afternoon, My youngest son’s neighbor sent his cows over to our Easter Egg Hunt 😂

Good Afternoon, Easter Egg hunt was a success 😉 Drew, your working too hard on Easter 😉 Buppies, hope for good visit with Holly and easy decision on the pup 😃