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Good Morning, Vt, 44 to start going to 68 with sun and bright blue skies now ! Looks to be a beautiful fall day ! Kathleen wants some boat time but we need for that thermometer to come up a bit ! 😉 Mostly, great picture on the bike ! Looks like you could tackle a long ride with a look of...

Good Evening, Quiet evening in the Green Mountains ! 🙏

Good Morning, Ct, 50 to start going to 68 ! Clear skies now but getting cloudy later ! Thomas, we pulled out a win ! 🙏 Leaving later today for Vermont, hoping to get out on the boat a few more times ! Also hoping for a little shop time over the next few days. The last 3 days were very busy...

Good Afternoon Drew, Ha Ha, how did you know that was my job ! 😉 I will try not to ! 😂

Good Morning, Ct, 53 going to 74 ! Sorry, I’m with the FD today so really didn’t read all the posts ! Sorry ! Picture of todays operation ! Hopefully we have some good sale numbers! 🙏

Good Evening, Everything is under cover except my wife’s car ! 😂😂 All the tractors, my truck, Z Turn, garden tractor , log splitter, Polaris Ranger etc ,,,, 😉

Good Evening, Frits, nice work, you still have it my friend ! Don’t sell yourself short ! If I recall I had a job replacing the tube on my 1982 Wheel Horse garden tractor ! 😉😀 Wow, those tubes are almost expensive as what tires used to be ! 😉

Good Afternoon Fallon, I am pretty sure you can find what your looking for at Harbor Freight ! I picked this charger up many years ago, both 6 and 12 volt with a start option ! I use it on my 6 v tractors and my Ford Model A !

Good Morning Plowhog, Nope , Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport! 😉

Good Morning, Ct,57 to start going to 73 ! Partly cloudy skies and fall is starting to move in ! Drew, I think I stood in front of that very tree ! 😉 That was fun walking along that trail ! Frits, good luck with your front tractor tire ! That thing looks pretty heavy, I’m sure I couldn’t lift...

Good Morning CalG, Always a good idea to check out the equipment before the season starts ! Grease , oil change and filter along with general maintenance! Good catch !

Good Evening Frits, You might check the air stem. Also if you have a big pan you could try finding it with water !

Good Afternoon, Looks like the grands want Chinese instead of pizza ! 😉 😂😂 Ted, yes both in Ct and Vt they are gone, warmer climates for them now ! Fuddy, sorry to hear about all that nonsense! That’s our Gubbermint working for us ! 😉😂

Good Morning, Ct, 61 to start going to 75. We never did get the rain they predicted, I think it mostly stayed on the eastern part of the state ! Sounds like Phil caught some of that rain, and it looks like Cape Cod got plenty! Dennis, Beach Boys we’re my favorite band growing up ! I had the...

Good Evening, This week I bought a new electric range for our Ct house and my wife’s Honda CRV needed new tires ! 😉 Not exactly fun purchases ! 😂

Good Evening CKF, Well that should take you 2 or 3 days as long as the wife isn’t eating ! 😉😂

Good Afternoon, My feeling is that both the cover over the PTO stub and the plastic cover over the shaft going to the implements is a good idea ! The only implement that I have the shaft hooked up to is the Bush Hog. It doesn’t get I’m my way IMO, so I leave it on ! If it’s a problem for...

Good Afternoon Ultrarunner, I have seen some of those doors in Europe. Also some heavy steel with locks like that with concrete walls! You are not getting in easily or any time soon without making a heck of a racket ! I kind of like the oak doors on the Pantheon in Rome Italy, 4" thick ! Good...

Good Morning, Ct, 60 to start going to 81. Cloudy skies giving way to some partial sun. Plowhog, hope your wife feels better soon. Wngsprd, hope your Mom is doing well also ! Have to work a few hours this morning and then will try and do a few more things around the pool. We have two grands...

Good Evening jorswift, Looks good on a level and flat surface !! Looks like CKF fixed your problem !!

Good Afternoon, Frits prayers to your wife, hoping for a quick recovery for her !🙏 Dennis nice looking fire pit ! Snow season can be crazy up in Vermont, probably not all that much different than Lou Ny’ s weather ! Although I have quite a bit of elevation over Lou ! I agree, the last few...

Good Morning, Ct, 57 to start going to 75, with some rain moving in later today or tonite ! Thanks for all the suggestions on trim for the new stove ! Some good ideas there ! Glad I got the grass mowed yesterday because it looks like Kathleen has given me the green light to close the pool ! 😉...

Good Evening Frits, Nice looking stove ! Best of luck with it !

Good Afternoon Ken, The black silicon stops sound like a good idea ! I will have to keep my eyes open for them ! Gap is really only on the left side ! Ken, the ones for $24 look like they should work great ! Thanks !

Good Afternoon David, Apparently so David ! 😒

Good Afternoon , Well we took delivery on the new stove this afternoon. Looks nice and it should for the price ! Only problem is that there is a slight gap on the left side of the stove on the quartz counter top. Wondering what I could put in there to close the gap ? Any ideas ? The old stove...

Good Morning Paul, Nice score on the new/old mantel !

Good Morning, Ct, 56 to start going to 79 or so ! Cloudy start with sun expected to burn through later ! Kathleen and I spent some time in the hot tub last night, very relaxing! Ron, enjoy lunch with your sister ! Drew, good chance to practice your Deutsch sprachen ! 😉 Wngsprd, yes it’s...

Good Evening Drew , Thank God for your sister ! Thanks for the great pictures also ! Wow , little high on the nightly cost ! Rest up and stay safe !

Good Afternoon Don, Don, the pool temp is down to 74 in Ct. We will probably close it up this weekend, mostly because of the leaves coming down, just too much work to clean them up ! But will try and use the hot tub a couple more time before then !

Good Afternoon Rockinbbar, I have an old 1986 MF1040 diesel that I bought in 2004. So I have had it about 20 years and I believe I put about 50 hours per year on it. The hour meter broke a few years ago at 1700 hrs, so im guesiing I have a little over 2000 hours total. Open station, used mostly...

Good Afternoon JackDaniels, Well, comfortable sleep is pretty important ! Im going with the comfortable mattress, and I will sleep fine at night with a clear conscience !;)

Good Morning, Torvy, very good recommendation! Kubota is a great tractor but 40K probably won’t get you what you need unless you go with a good used machine !

Good Morning, Ct, 51 to start going to 78 ! Another sunny day on tap. Going into work, still getting the truck ready for the fall. Happy Birthday Beautiful Bill ! 🎉🎊🎂 Paul nice shot of the house and old folks home from the plane ! What was your altitude? Drew and Plowhog, glad to hear you...

Good Morning, Vt, 55 to start going to 79 ! Another beautiful sunny day with bright blue skies! I will need to make a dump run before we leave today ! Drew, that is an awesome looking Jeep ! I’m guessing that the land yacht is equally impressive! We went for a nice cruise late yesterday out...

Good Evening, I went to TSC and bought some Rutland Fire Starter blocks for the wood stove ! It’s almost that time ! 😉😀

Good Evening, Happy Anniversary Ken and bride ! 🎉🎊🎂 Many more years together! 🙏 The good Lord is shining down upon our little piece of paradise this evening! 🙏

Good Afternoon Paulsharvey, I would not pay extra or a premium to not have a emissions free tractor ! But of course that is coming from someone who owns a 1986 MF diesel tractor that I run on heating oil ! Been running many years and it does what I need to do, so until then I will stay with...

Good Afternoon, Well the 6 degree cut on the back legs has worked , at least on the first right leg ! I made up a 6 degree taper jig and actually managed to get the blade on my Delta Unisaw up to the 3” mark ! I didn’t think it would go that high but I preserved! 😉 I will try and get the other...

Good Morning, Vt, 54 to start going to 80 or so ! Clear and sunny skies once again. No rain forecast until at least mid week next week Drew, with those prices for gas, I’m thinking you have to have a big gas account! 😉 Especially at 10 mpg ! Don, interesting idea on the tea ! Any medicinal...

Good Evening, NHBX, thanks I guess I know all of that but Kathleen thinks they are cute ! 😒 Nice sunset tonite ! 🙏

Good Evening 45er, I would be pretty sure you can find what you want with an AG configuration! Lots of outlets, you could also try Miller Tires !

Good Evening Rickingbbar, Well so far today has gone well, but I’m thinking after dinner a camp fire and call it a day ! 😉

Good Evening Yes, back in 2010 months put up a 28’x 44’ barn. One drive through bay in the middle ! Tractor storage, Polaris Ranger , log splitter and the front side of the building is my wood shop ! Wish it was a bit bigger but that’s what I could afford at the time ! 😉

Good Afternoon Kyle, Kyle, if X axis is slipping I’m thinking that you will need to take off the table ! Get a table or work bench about the right height and adjust your table height accordingly! Crank the machine table off onto the bench and see what it looks like underneath! You might get...

Good Morning, The local turkey population is passing through cleaning up the bugs ! 😂

Good Morning Don, Don, when we were in Hawaii a couple of years ago we toured the Dole Plantation while there. We were told that they don’t export pineapples anymore. They use almost everything grown for consumption on the island ! If you buy a Dole pineapple it is probably from Mexico or Costa...

Good Morning, Vt, 55 to start going to 77 with some humidity creeping back in ! Yesterday I started walking around the property with my hand held electric chain saw, amazing how many branches I trimmed already! I did get a little shop time and got the adder blocks glued into the inside of the...

Good Afternoon, I bush hogging both sides of the DW and coming up through the lawn area, went to raise the bush hog up and nothing is happening! 😳. Uhoh, what did I break now ? Looked behind me and I see I’m dragging this black line behind me ! Somehow one of the hydraulic lines disconnected. I...

Good Morning Paul , Ha , I’m thinking not many ! 😉😂

Good Morning, Vt, 49 to start going to 76 ! Another sunny day ! Every day should be like the last few ! Got the grass mowed yesterday afternoon before we went out on the lake ! Probably need to do some trimming today , here and there. Ron, good frog pic on your RV pad, I guess he had plenty...

Good Evening, Nice sunset cruise on Lake St Catherine This evening ! 🙏

Good Morning Ken, Very interesting post, thanks for sharing your thoughts ! That morning I was working for Pitney Bowes in Shelton,Ct as a model maker. They had a big screen TV in the cafeteria, and we all went down to see what was happening! Such a terrible day, they sent us all home early...

Good Morning, Ct, 48 to start going to 75. Another sunny day and beautiful day ! Slow start, stayed up to watch debate, should have gone to bed ! 😒 Buppies, prayers to you and your wife! 🙏 Drew, glad trip is going well and thanks for beautiful pictures! Prayers to all families who lost...

Good Morning Plowhog, Praying here for a positive outcome on the fire that is close by ! 🙏

Good Morning Phil, Wow, some very creative ideas not only on the Christmas ornament but the plate with the etching is fantastic ! Beautiful work !

Good Morning, Ct, 55 to start going to 75 ! Another beautiful sunny day on tap for today ! Tomorrow we are heading north for a few days , I’m sure the yard needs mowing but probably won’t mow the fields until later in September or early October ! Paul , old folks home looks beautiful, that...

Good Evening, Dennis good work on the install, tractor is always handy ! RS, hope wife is feeling better soon ! 🙏 NHBX, thanks for the video ! Bad day for sure ! Youngest sons family took possession of their new black lab today ! She is 8 weeks old and a real cutie! So David, you can tell...

Good Afternoon, Ct, 47 to start going to 74 ! Beautiful day, but I’m working so therefore the late check in ! Good one Drew ! Good for Don also ! 😉 Paul, nice progress on the little plane ! Hope all have a good start to their week ! 🙏

Good Evening Bill, HaHa Bill, indeed ! 😂 Lou, actually I poured some gas down the hole and I failed to get it lit ! Had to go back and get the gas can again and repeated the whole thing ! We had fire on the next attempt ! 😉

Good Afternoon, Ken, glad the party for your son went well ! Sounds like you have a good grip on the cleanup ! Paul, happy birthday to your son ! 🎉🎂 Wanted to mow around the pool and ran into a yellow jacket nest ! Poured a bit of gas down the hole and threw a match, they are not happy ...

Good Morning, Ct, 49 to start going to 67 ! Totally sunny with low humidity and bright blue skies ! Started my day with the early service at church, good worship with prayers for all our flood victims ! And of course their ongoing battle to get their homes and businesses back on line ! 🙏...

Good Afternoon Drew, Super pictures ! At the FD, pouring outside, so we pulled out all the fire trucks and it’s going to be inside ! Hope it works out, we have to shuttle the burgers and dogs one flight of stairs ! We will make a go of it ! 🙏

Good Afternoon Kyle, I’m thinking.439 oversized 7/16 carbide reamer !

Good Morning, Ct, 57 to start going to 71. Overcast this morning with a front coming through sometime around 5 ! That is not good news for our last concert of the year at the FD ! The band that is scheduled to play is the Bernadette’s , and they are very good ! Hoping somehow for a good outcome...

Good Morning, Milford,Ct , 54 to start going to 79 with some early morning clouds ! Time to get packing, need to be gone by 10 ! Good one Drew ! Mike sorry to hear the difficulties with VDOT ! Frustrated for sure ! Ron, good point on the water pressure ! Kathleen is looking at me, time...

Good Afternoon Don, Looks like a golf cart rollover. Hopefully the occupants faired better ! Drew, best of luck finding that leak ! Leaks are also frustrating! Ken, hopefully the weather holds for the party on Saturday! 🙏 Hope all are enjoying their day ! 🙏

Good Morning, Milford, Ct , 58 to start going to 74 with bright blue skies! Our last full day here, will need to start doing some packing later because we need to be out of here by 10am tomorrow! Plus the place needs to be put back to the way out was when we got here ! 😉 Drew, build it and they...

Good Evening Wngsprd, Great rock climbing picture ! 🙏

Good Morning, Milford,Ct, 56 to start going to 75, totally sunny now and the tide is out ! Plowhog, Rigby is getting big now, good looking boy ! Drew, I don’t have a lot of time spent in Mo , but we did fly into St Louis and drove west out to Columbia for a wedding a few years back ! I would...

Good Evening Drew, I’m guessing you will also find some very good BBQ in Texas also ! Hope all have a blessed evening ! 🙏

Good Morning, Milford, Ct. 54 to start going to 73 ! Totally sunny and cool with a slight breeze. Mostly, yes indeed those are multiple boo boos ! And Ryan had to go to the ER yesterday because he had a cut over his right eye ! We thought he might need a couple of stitches but they ended up...

Good Evening, Couple nice sunset pics, beautiful sky tonite !

Good Afternoon Ron, For some reason I thought that was something that you guys did at Eddie Walkers place ! I do remember seeing those pictures many years ago ! Wow , those years flew by ! 😒

Good Morning Paul, Indeed we did ! 😉😀

Good Morning, Milford,Ct. 61 to start going to 78. Partly cloudy now increasing to all sun later. Paul, I always go into the restaurant with the intention of eating healthy, but that always doesn’t happen! 😉 Ron, was that a golden finch in this morning’s picture? Beautiful bird ! Our sons...

Good Evening Ted, Ted, no truer words have ever been spoken! 😉😂.

Good Afternoon, RS, we grew a few red hot cayenne peppers ! Harvest was only about 20 peppers and my oldest son likes hot and made a small bottle of hot sauce with 8 of those peppers ! Well, that sauce is hotb! 2 drops on a cherry clam is about all you want IMO ! 😉

Good Afternoon, Drew, glad to see you and Paul got together! I did notice you are eating healthier with that salad , although Paul’s fries looked pretty darn good to me ! 😂 Nice pictures, thanks !

Good Morning Paul, Should make a nice mantel ! Are you going to let it dry out in the barn ? When I was building our home back in 1982, I did some machine work for a guy that owned a mill in Vermont. In return he milled a piece of red oak for our mantel. I let it dry in my garage for 6 months...

Good Morning Phil, Beautiful work once again ! Love the laminated turning ! If I ever get into doing lathe work, your giving me some excellent ideas !

Good Morning, Milford,Ct, 70 to start going to 80 with overcast skies ! Accu Weather is showing a 50% chance of a shower but we never got the storm last night that was predicted! Drew, hope you and PJS have a good meeting at the zoo ! Hopefully the weather cooperates. Bill, the idea of a...

Good Afternoon, Turned out to be a very nice day on the beach ! The kiddos are having a great time ! 🙏 Cliverknollfarms, congrats on your retirement and great picture also ! Enjoy your well deserved time! Thanks Drew, the cloudy morning turned into a beautiful afternoon! David , glad Sophie...

Good Morning , Milford, Ct. 65 to start going to 79, totally overcast this morning ! As nice as yesterday was, today is not but weather is supposed to improve with sun showing later ! Kids were up at the crack of dawn, so that means Nana and Opa are up early also ! 😂 Kids are having a ball...

Good Evening, Bill, It’s a bit cool here tonite ! And my DIL’s along with wife would probably not approve! 😉😂

Good Evening, We got to our new home on the beach about 5, a little late but at least we didn’t overlap our boys unloading their vehicles! Ken, nice work on bucking up all that wood ! Especially in that heat ! Really nice place, but very restrictive on what is allowed etc ! A couple of pics !

Good Evening, PJS, our prayers to your son and family, also good recovery ! 🙏

Good Afternoon Drew, 96, thats HOT ! No shade and the heat from the concrete just radiating back up ! No wonder you cant get the RV below 82 ! Hope you get some cooler weather soon ! Frits, good luck with the tree removal, looks like a big one. Some good firewood if you dont mind wrestling some...

Good Afternoon, Paul, the stone work came out excellent, the cedar should complement it nicely !

Good Morning Again, Paul, directed me how to shoe horn myself into the cockpit, yes it was a bit tricky ! But definitely worth the effort !😀 Packing the truck up this morning ! Kathleen , we have too many toys for the kids !😂 Hopefully we have room for our clothes ! 😉

Good Morning, Ct,59 to start going to 73. We had a little rain last night, and it looks like slow clearing this morning! Mostly, I never got the grass cut yesterday and I’m hoping it dries enough by early afternoon to cut. We are leaving for the beach about 3 or so, we can check into the...

Good Evening McKelly, Thank you, best singers ever ! Dean is our favorite but the others are great also ! 🙏

Good Evening, Don, let me know when you start doing PT, and as you recall I was standing and sitting in rapid succession with a drink in my hand, trying to out do you when you were recovering the last time ! Of course I had a drink in my hand then ! :):) All kidding aside, get well soon, with...

Good Afternoon, Well it was a very interesting afternoon ! Got to meet Paul and his copilot Rick ! I took them to Pepe’s Pizza in New Haven, probably the best pizza in Ct ! I got to sit in the copilot’s seat on the jet, that was what I call a great afternoon! Thanks again Paul, for lunch...

Good Afternoon, Sounds like Paul got delayed down in Pa. We are sitting in Robinson Aviation terminal, other than the counter reception person, I’m the only one here ! She just informed me that Paul’s jet is in the air ! Just a little taste of what the corporate life style is like ! Are...

Good Morning, Ct, 63 to start going to 77 ! Cloudy and much cooler. Drew, really glad to see you got the electrical issues resolved! I know later in your trip you will be seeing some members with great mechanical skills! Possibly the can repair the damaged stairs ? Looking forward to...

Good Afternoon, RS, that sounds like a bad hair day ! Hopefully you can get the right kit for your cylinder repair ! Drew, well could have been much worse than squashed steps, could have gotten stuck in the mud ! Good luck with the tech today or tomorrow!

Good Morning Paul, I don’t know what your plans are but i could drive down to Tweed and meet you ! Let me know and possibly get together!

Good Morning, Ct, 66 going to 90, should be the last really hot day ! Thursday is going to be much cooler with low humidity! Paul, are you going to be in New Haven at Tweed any length of time ? I’m not that far north of there ! Drew, sorry to hear about your electrical issues, hope for...

Good Evening b3bt459, I have an old Massey Ferguson MF1040, 32hp and 28 at the pto. Its also a pretty heavy tractor, about 3700lbs without the front loader, although I usually always have it on. I use a 5 ft Bush Hog Squealer and I need all my hp on my hills going through some thicker grasses. I...

Good Evening Drew, Beautiful spot you have there ! Looks like a nice view also ! Enjoy your evening there !

Good Morning, Ct, 59 to start going to mid 80’s. Plowhog, totally agree, we have them in Vermont, although a lot of the locals that have ponds aren’t thrilled with their presence ! They spear the fish in the ponds and kill a lot of good fish ! Ron, nice picture of the Blue Heron ! Bill...

Good Evening, Plowhog, congratulations to you and Rigby ! 🎊🎉. He is turning out to be quite a pup ! Don, glad to hear your getting a break ! It got well into the 80’s here before an afternoon thunderstorm cooled things off ! Drew, that sounds like you went through the ringer, and helped empty...

Good Morning, Ct, 62 going to 81, with pretty high humidity! Possible late afternoon thunderstorms! Thomas, that is a widely held secret number, not to be divulged! 😉😀 Lou, thanks ! My life seems very busy since having grand kids ! Hoping things will slow up a little when they are old enough...

Good Morning, Vt, 56 to start going to 78 ! Looks like some humidity and possible thunder shower later ! We will have to go to the dump this morning ! And after that packing up ! Kathleen has three days of grand kids next week so a busy week ! Then we go on a beach vacation with the entire...

Good Afternoon, Well I didn’t make any big money today ! 😉 But I only lost $20 so it was a win for me ! My buddy Ron made over 500 bucks on the 8th race on an exacta ! Lou, actually it wasn’t too bad today at the route 149 and route 9 junction ! I’m going to get over to your place one of...

Good Morning, Vt, 53 to start going to 76 ! We are heading out to Saratoga later this morning, they like going to the track and betting on the horses ! Maybe I will get lucky and pay for the Toro ZT I just bought ! 😉😂 Phil, nice turnings as usual! I did go into my shop yesterday and started...

Good Evening Thomas , Thank you sir ! It’s a beauty ! 🙏

Good Afternoon Ted, At that price it’s almost as much as scrap gold ! 😉😂

Good Morning Drew, Almost forgot about my Farmalls ! 😀

Good Morning, Vt,53 to start going to mid 70’s ! Beautiful blue skies with sun and a nice breeze ! David, wow finally, great news ! That is some tall grass ! Drew, that Massey was sharp, I would have a hard time getting rid of that tractor ! Looks like you had a finish mower on for the...

Good Evening, Nice sunset tonite !

Good Evening David, Fingers crossed that your narrowing down the problem David ! I’m Getting some good vibes here ! 🙏

Good Evening, Vt, 40’s this morning but warmed to upper 60’s later ! Latest check in ever ! Sorry ! I’m supposed to relax up here but not much of that until later today! The contractors came up early to finish putting the James Hardy siding on the house peak and then they finished so had to...

Good Evening, Vt, rainy and cool 54 when we got in ! Turned the heat on for a few minutes! Ken, great camel story ! 😉😀 Ken, my little drain worked fine nail the grass plugged up the screen ! In the future I will just leave the screen out ! Dennis, I wanted a Koehler but he didn’t have any...

Good Morning, Ct, 49 to start going to 71 ! Clear skies and no humidity! It has a fall feel out here today. Ron , nice picture of the moon ! Wngsprd, I don’t know the tire size but is a tube an option? I repaired the front tire on the WH last year with a tube and it worked great ! In work...

Good Morning, Ct, 56 to start going to 69 ! Sun is out and humidity gone ! 😀 Ken, thanks for all the great pictures! Don good luck with shoulder surgery ! I went down to my favorite Toro dealer and bought myself a new Zero Turn ! I will either replace or rebuild the motor on the Wheel...

Good Morning Lou , That is a lot of tractor for $8500 ! Plus the hours a pretty low, lots of life left in that machine !

Good Morning, Ct,66 to start going to 80. The numbers are in on rain totals, we got about 7” or more here and the next town north got over a foot of rain ! I actually think we got more than that here ! There is a possibility of thunderstorms and more rain mid to late afternoon, not exactly...

Good Evening, Ct, terrible flash flooding in our area this afternoon and evening ! We have lost some key roads that are really essential for traffic! Tomorrow will prove very challenging to many commuters! Kyle, I’m totally with you on that score ! Their governor talks a good game but I doubt...

Good Morning, Ct, Sharon, Ct. 66 to start going to 74 with on and off showers! Heading home this morning, weekend weddings sure are expensive! 😉😀 David, thanks ! Thomas, did you try soaking the nuts with a lubricant ? If a no go just cut them off and buy new lock nuts ! Plowhog, thanks I’m...

Good Afternoon, We are idling away the afternoon, kind of a wasted Saturday! Our youngest son and family just got a new Black Lab puppy ! Cute little guy ! I’m sure we will be watching her when they are away ! 😉 Couple pics of Sophie ! ❤️ Hey Mike good to hear you on again !

Good Morning, Sharon, Ct, 66 to start going to 79 with cloudy skies ! The wedding is at 4:30 , we had a nice time around the bonfire by the lake last night ! Too many beers I think ! Beautiful farm country in this area ! Love that ! Have a good day !🙏

Good Morning, Ct,65 to start going to 83 or so with humidity! Engineer, thanks for all those great pictures! Years ago I went to the Canadaigua Pagent of Steam, upstate Ny. That was a great show, some of the old steam tractors were just amazing ! They actually were actively plowing out in the...

Good Morning, Ct,60 to start going to 84 ! Humidity kicking up and I’m in work ! Ron, very nice work on the guards ! Warming truck up now, time to get going ! PopG, your control panel looks a little more involved than my Peterbuilt ! 😉😀 Hope all have a good day ! 🙏

Good Morning, Trip home uneventful! Thomas, I replaced the center spindle and pulleys on the Wheel Horse last year ! New spindles aren’t cheap ! Good luck getting a replacement! 🙏 Have a good evening! 🌇

Good Morning, Vt, 56 going to 80 or so with clear skies ! Some weed eating and cleanup this morning then heading south ! Bill, great picture, that is a big cat, and I thought our cats were big ! Plowhog, nice picture of your previous pooch ! Nothing like a good chick magnet ! 😀 Drew...

Good Evening, Ron thanks for the detailed explanation! Looks like you have it under control ! I’m thinking you meant .06 and not .6 ! Even in the model shop I believe I was limited to .187 thick. Didn’t get as much done as I was hoping. It was kind of chilly this morning so I went to turn on...

Good Morning, Vt,52 to start going to 75, with sunny skies, some lingering fog laying in the valley ! Yesterday we had on and off showers, mostly dry but every time a dark cloud passed we would get some sprinkles ! Planning on more shop time this morning after breakfast. I need to make the...

Good Morning, Wngsprd, sorry for your loss, prayers sent to you and your family ! 🙏

Good Evening Bill, Bill, I do have some matts in the shop, in front of the table saw, over by the work bench but not all over ! Where the bandsaw and planer usually stay, I can’t have any matt over there because those machines are on casters ! But that’s a very good suggestion! 🙏

Good Afternoon, Vt, got a few quality hours out in the shop. Worked on milling up the stock for the rear rocker legs and band sawed out the profile before the lower back started to bark at me. Standing on the concrete for 5 hours will do it ! Hope to get some more accomplished tomorrow...

Good Morning, Vt,55 to start going to 68 with sunny skies now but we did get a fair amount of rain last night so I’m glad I got the lawn done ! Phil, very interesting light fixture, and nice work on the little bowl made from scrap ! Bill, I’m sure you will figure out the conversion method...

Good Morning Alex, Last year I redid our 800ft DW. I have one steep section that was always a problem with a spring coming out of the bank especially during our wet season. So prior to putting down surepack or crushed limestone I put in a 100 ft long diagonal trench with 1 1/2" crushed stone and...

Good Afternoon, Vt, low 70’s with a slight breeze ! Very pleasant, so I got the lawn mowed and then spent some time in the shop ! Traced out 4 rear legs and put a new blade in the bandsaw. By 4 pm I was kind of tired so took the Polaris Ranger up the road to visit my friend Uncle Dave ! Had a...

Good Morning, Ct, 61 to start going to 79. Partly sunny skies and notably cooler ! GM Bill, our cat Ginty is dying from liver failure ! Best cat we ever had and he is only 9 1/2years old. We have been giving him meds for close to 2 years but sadly it’s catching up with him ! 😒 I will be...

Good Evening Dennis, Glad to hear your going to get the old WH running !! I may buy a rebuild kit over the winter for mine, maybe go with a .010 over piston ! I just don’t know that I would be happy mowing the Ct yard with anything else ! You don’t get much for under 5K these days !! Anyways...

Good Morning PopG, Happy Anniversary, that is certainly a milestone , congratulations! 🎈🎊 My parents made it 71 years, I don’t think I have a chance to get close to that number ! Enjoy your day with the family Paul ! 🙏

Good Morning, Ct, 68 to start going to 83 with finally sunny skies for a change ! That was one wet week for sure ! Checked the Vt camera this morning, power is still on so should be good to go tomorrow morning ! Randy, the prices are just crazy these days, we often just order a whole bottle...

Good Evening, Just checked the Vermont porch camera, we are getting slammed up there ! Not much happening in Ct compared to that ! Wish I could post a video but it is really rocking up there, hope we don’t lose power ! 🙏. I need electricity to make sawdust ! 😂

Good Afternoon Eddie, Happy Anniversary! I remember that project so well ! Absolutely amazing craftsmanship along with a determined work ethic that can’t be beat ! Thanks for the trip down memory lane ! Please wish your beautiful bride Karen , Happy Anniversary also ! 🙏

Good Afternoon, Bill that was a great old video, now I know why you go down the YouTube rabbit hole every so often ! 😂 Ken, all great pics and thanks for posting ! My California vacations were very limited, mostly San Francisco and going over the Golden Gare to Sausalito, and of course tour...

Good Morning, Ct, 66 to start going to 80 if the sun pops out, but I doubt it, we are pretty docked in a giant cloud ! Dennis, thanks , I didn’t even think of checking your equipment list ! Nice looking machine when new ! My C-125 looks more heavy duty than your machine but they had quite a...

Good Evening Dennis, I’m guessing it’s something small, but it would be nice to revive the WH ! Just curious what model you have ! Thanks for the explanation!

Good Afternoon David, We toured Ireland in 2007 I believe, and we had a great time ! We really only toured the south west corner never going farther north that Galway. Galway is a beautiful town/ fishing village. Very picturesque with really good beer 🍺! 😉 We went in May and it was still cool...

Good Afternoon plowhog, Hoping Rigby loses some of that fear quickly ! He will come around !(y)

Good Afternoon, Bill, super looking e-trike, that should be the ticket ! Put a freezer on the back and you could be the neighborhood Good Humor Man!:) Lou, Frits and Dennis, thanks for your backhoe info and comments. I would love to have one but at this point, it probably wont happen ! Gee...

Good Morning, Ct, 61 to start going to low 70’s. Another cloudy start today, with more showers moving in tonite ! It’s been a rough week for anyone on vacation. Yesterdays walk was in a mist, so got a little wet but it never really rained while I was walking. Did a bunch of puttering...

Good Evening David, David, kind of what I thought ! You don’t become really proficient overnight! Thanks for sharing those some what comical memories ! 😉🙏

Good Morning, GM Paul, definitely thinking ahead there ! Kind of curious if you have any excavator experience or running a backhoe ? I know I don’t and have often wondered how many hours behind the controls to become efficient ? Good luck with the trenching !

Good Morning, Ct, 61 to start going to 71, with heavy skies and rain this morning ! Most notably is the cooler temps this morning, I’m not complaining! 😉 Ron, that’s quite a flock this morning, your obviously feeding the whole army ! 😀 Drew, interesting observation on the post and thread...

Good Afternoon, Drew, yep I jumped on that a couple of months back, tied it up for a couple of years ! Ken, I was there a few years ago with Kathleen. We had a good time but the homeless all over really took away from the place ! Down by the wharf the homeless would pee on the wooden benches...

Good Morning Paul, Looking very good ! Professionally done for sure ! Sounds like you’ve thought it out well !

Good Morning, Ct, 68 to start going to 84 or so ! Completely overcast with showers likely especially this evening and sounds to be quite heavy ! NHBX, glad you didn’t get stung more than you did ! Yep, I think I could move quickly with that scenario also ! 😉 Was hoping to go for a hike or...

Good Evening Don , Thanks for the explanation! Sounds reasonable! 🙏

Good Afternoon Don, Curious how you deal with scorpions ? I’m thinking blunt force trauma ! 😉😂

Good Afternoon Ken, Welcome home Ken !!

Good Morning, Ct, 67 to start going to 90 or so ! A bit less humidity, with more rain coming in later this week ! I just mowed the grass this past Friday but looking ahead for the week it looks like a lot more rain, so I’m thinking I will mow again today or tomorrow! Ted, no chance of a...

Good Evening Ron, Ron, very good point and well stated !

Good Afternoon, Well I will never get to Super Star membership this way ! 😂

Good Afternoon Drew, 😉😂

Good Afternoon, Good to hear Don ! I figured you would get back into it eventually!

Good Morning, Ct, 70 to start going to 83 mostly cloudy with chance for afternoon thunderstorms! Concert was moved inside the FD truck bay bot only about a dozen people showed up ! We did pretty good financially last year cooking dogs and burgers, but this year not doing well with the weather...

Good Afternoon Fritz, Sorry your having issues with the mower ! Lou, hopefully a better day tomorrow! 🙏

Good Afternoon, Looks like we are getting skunked again on our Saturday night concert ! Raining cats and dogs ! 😒

Good Morning, Ct,72 to start going to 90 ! Another high humidity day for sure. Hope weather holds for FD concert tonite. Phil, very nice work on the hat ! 🙏 Got home in time to cut the lawn down here before going out to dinner last night down by the shore ! Probably need to some weed...

Good Morning Drew, I’m thinking Beach Boys, Little Deuce Coup etc ! 😉😀

Good Morning, Vt, 66 to start going to 86 or so with thick humidity! Another rough day to do anything too physical other than being by a pool or a lake ! We have to head back to Ct today, I have a FD concert on Saturday, so hoping the weather holds for that event. Did manage to cut the...

Good Evening Frits, Sorry to hear that, I’m thinking tomorrow morning I’m going to check the gear box on mine ! Hopefully you can get it straightened out ! 🙏

Good Afternoon, Puttering in the wood shop , and realizing that I hadn’t put the half inch dowel holes in the front legs yet, I set it up on the drill press since the lathe is in Ct ! Not ideal but it worked Ok ! Bill good numbers on your BP ! Dennis, good deal on the tire plug ! Every once...

Good Morning RS, Interested in a little Turkey with that big tomato ? 😉😀

Good Morning, Vt, 66 to start going to 84 or so with clear skies and humidity! Got a little done out in the wood shop yesterday, band sawed a couple patterns for the rockers and rough cut some lumber for the back legs on the rockers I’m building! Todays plans are some more puttering out in...

Good Afternoon Gstrom, Lucky the mower didn’t suffer more damage ! 🙏

Good Afternoon Lou, Lou, these are some pretty dark clouds that your sending over to us ! 😉 Looks like some heavy rain shortly !

Good Afternoon Drew , I bought one of those revolving cleaning brushes for the bathroom shower ! Rechargeable and works great !

Good Afternoon RNG, I have a Masterbuilt Smoker, it’s electric and really easy to control the heat settings ! You can dump dampened wood chips in there for your smoke. Bought it TSC, have you looked into those at all ? The ribs usually come out great !

Good Morning, Ct, 71 to start going to 82, with on and off rain ! I see that northern Vermont was hit very hard with heavy rain and flooding! Looks like it will be a drive in the rain today. Ron, nice blue Jay pic today ! Bill, at 6’5” you can get away with that ! I have to be a bit more...

Good Afternoon, RS, are you going to burn all of that or was it PT decking ? I know at my CT home, I have to bring it to the transfer station and get weighed in, because they consider it demolition ! I was telling Dennis the other day that I once cut up an entire deck and sent it to the dump...

Good Morning, Ct, 68 to start going to 86 or so with heavy humidity back again ! Paul that boiler room sure looks complicated, I can’t even imagine the hours spent hooking up all the electrical and plumbing components ! Ted, sorry to hear about your daughters vehicle, hopefully you caught...

Good Evening Dennis, Dennis, that was hilarious!!Thanks !!😂

Good Morning Lou, Great story, I can envision that whole thing happening! 😂

Good Morning RNG, RNG Isn’t that the sad truth !

Good Morning Plowhog, Rigby is growing up fast ! Good looking boy !

Good Morning Buppies, Sorry to hear about that theft of your equipment! Hopefully no more of that ! 🙏

Good Morning, Ct, 63 to start going to 78 ! Morning showers giving way to partial clearing. Ron, feel better soon ! Wngsprd, beautiful pics ! Thanks ! Bill, I love those boxes of Scott Towels, they seem to last a long time ! Great for oil changes and grease jobs! Prayers to the people...

Good Morning, Vt, 58 to start going to 83 ! Another hazy morning with humidity, but we are packing up and heading south today ! Looks like the real heat will be returning this week ! Frits, thanks for that info and video ! I don’t burn wood at the Ct house so I’m really not sure how often the...

Good Evening Frits, Frits, just wondering how you go about cleaning your mini split ? I have the Fujitsu unit in the Ct home ! All I have been doing is cleaning the filters by washing them and then allow to dry ! Do you use cleaner spray for the coils and blower wheel ? And if so do you use one...

Good Afternoon, Phil what an amazing job on that shot glass ! So did you hollow out the inside first and then make a plug for the shot glass with a center to be able to turn that 3/16” stem ? Very fine work indeed ! Paul, plumbing and electrical look top notch ! More importantly I hope your...

Good Morning, Vt, 56 to start going to 80 ! Totally sunny but humidity is back, almost looks like smoke ! Today we will go out on the lake a little earlier, because we have dinner reservations at the Barrows Inn, in Dorset, at 7 pm. Kind of expensive but the food is always very good ...

Good Evening Hawkinshollow, I have Whirlpool at our Ct home and Fridgedaire at the Vermont house ! I agree with what one of the guys posted already, go with what you like and make sure you can get parts for whatever model you choose !

Good Evening, RNG, I just saw on TV where the California fire has grown to 176, 000 acres, is that the fire north of you ? That’s quite a large fire, hopefully nobody loses their home ! Another nice afternoon out on the boat ! Humidity is increasing and the heat will be ramping up tomorrow...

Good Morning, Vt, 58 to start going to 77 with mostly sunny skies ! Frits, I’m jealous of you using your excavator! That thing looks ultra handy ! Drew, that deep fried catfish sounds delicious! I have had it and really like it ! Bill, thanks for the explanation! Also I remember you...

Good Evening Bill, Bill, you are up in the middle of no where with no firearm ? 😳 I don’t use them often, but when I need them, I need them ! 🙏👍

Good Morning Plowhog, Glad Rigby is Ok ! Don nice job on the fountain !

Good Morning RNG, RNG, does Homesite insure in California? They are a subsidiary of GEICO ! I am using them for the Ct house now and they seem somewhat reasonable!

Good Morning, Vt, 61 to start going to 77. Mostly cloudy now with sun coming in later today along with a big drop in humidity! Yes, I’m not a fan of humidity! Our friends are expected to be here late morning, they are coming up from Tanglewood In Massachusetts where they attended a...

Good Evening Dennis, Fine looking sunset with Snaggelpuss !!😉

Good Evening Ted, The cabinet came out great ! The grain and the knots on the doors give it some character! 🙏

Good Evening, Sitting on the Vermont porch with Kathleen, having a nice glass of chilled white wine ! Looks like a possibility of a shower, and we missed any sunset that may have happened because of the heavy clouds ! 😒 Hope all have a relaxing evening!

Good Afternoon Fuddy, Yes indeed, that is some beautiful workmanship !