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Morning all, 39 going up to 47 and cloudy, rain later. Got the poison ivy covered Ash trunk moved off the septic mound. Didn't want to chance the tractor up there, so used my timberjack, with the jack base removed. A little muscle and leverage and it's down the side. Got gas in the cans and...

My brother and I were a snow shoveling team, our driveway and then any older neighbors and then the paying people up the street. Could make what seemed like a fortune to me back then 20-30 dollars :) Long days work, but fun. Beautiful street M7040

Morning all, 27 going up to 42 and sunny, dog walk was a bit cold this morning. Yesterday went well with the BIL dog and mine sometimes traveling in pairs, sometimes the BIL dog being defensive and my dog being oblivious. Dog slept well last night. Made some roasted brussel sprouts, bought on...

Happy birthday Sodamo/David!

Good morning, 49 going up to 51 and cloudy, temps will start dropping in the next few days. Got the Turkey, Mashed potatoes and stuffing done and came out perfect. My sugar free apple pie was really good. Today BIL and wife come over for the day and have more turkey and will make a big dish of...

Matters how much your house costs and what the loan really covers. We have some of what you would consider large loans, but for this area they are not considered large. We refinanced our house at 3% for 15 years and are paying down to a time line and used some of the money for a rental property...

Morning all, 45 going up to 52 and sunny. Getting ready to start the Turkey. Happy Thanksgiving all ! Dog had a bath yesterday and took her for a walk at Peddlers village, they had their 'lighting" last week. Some general cleanup around the house and then ran out of energy. Son has been...

Morning all, 45 going to 57 and cloudy. Got a little under 2" of rain yesterday. Got the "seating" from the firepit moved out, tractor certainly makes this fast. Got the name of a specialist from my very good heart Dr. Will try getting an appointment asap. After Dr. went shopping to pick up...

Morning all, 28 going up to 48 and cloudy, calling for up to 2" of rain today. This will impact tractor work planned for tomorrow. Have the day off so will only spend 3 hours at the day job today, too much to do. Prayers for Zane Scotty, getting old is hard. Nothing done yesterday, today Dr...

I mostly buck in open areas in the woods, branches fall, wood chips fly. Just safety glasses are not enough for that situation, so the full helmet goes on. For delimbing on the ground, out in the open, with a pole saw. the safety glasses are fine by themselves. Situation changes needs.

Morning all, 32 going up to 47 and sunny. Son drove on the long road up on the NJ side of the Delaware and did really well, learning how to maintain lane and speed. We had huge flocks of birds come through here yesterday covering the trees and shared road, late going south? Happy anniversary...

May neighbor many years ago drove a garbage truck for a living and during snow season he would drive a big plow. He did that for years, as his drinking got worse, until he shredded a VW bug with the plow. After that they would only let him drive garbage trucks , no plows!

Morning all, 49 going up to 55 and sunny. Did get firepit put away and started tree cleanup of the one that fell on the septic mound. Of course the base of it is covered in Poison Ivy, so that will be pushed off the mound for later removal and the rest I just need to drag off and cut. Shopping...

If they have the cable retainer is on right they are not a big deal. No cable spring retainer and I won;t even look at working on one.

Morning all, 48 going up to 52 and sunny, still bug season in November, but it should cool down a bit. Yesterday after work went and picked up some new medicine finally and cleaned out dishwasher, then just relaxed, energy was done. Slept in til 9 this morning. New medicine (lower dose) seems...

Barn style sliding doors? Do you have the room for those? Could even use your own planks.

In Mass. everyone had a plow or access to one (in our case neighbor up the road). Town would come through when they could. It was more a community thing, like my neighbor and I do on our shared road. In a larger community or city that does not work as well, so schools shut down out of caution...

Another Farm on the other side of town is selling 80 acres to a developer. Escape path from NJ (like me, wife is the local), Philly and NY. Luckily miles away, but will create more traffic on way to sons friends house and shopping. All the fields here are now sold, and a few new houses have...

That's scary, but some of that has happened closer to town. I keep the road on my side cut down so it's more obvious when trash is there, I also think it makes them less likely to dump stuff, but ...... I also maintain a slope about 3-5 feet in, so large stuff would roll down a bit. We keep the...

Morning all, 30 going up to 68 and sunny/cloudy Put up the driveway markers and rearranged the garage for "winter" mode. Now need to clean up the wall of tools and planting stuff and wrap the bushes. Got in 2 hours before darkness was complete. Mostly- Prayers to you and the family, Need...

I do garbage collecting every month, beer cans and bottles mostly. Hate the bottles as some break. Luckily it's only a few per month but I only patrol 4-500 feet of the main road. Worst is finding garbage on the shared road, as that is from delivery drivers and visitors.

Showed up outside my garage, Box Elder bug, need to make sure they aren't figuring to get into the garage walls for winter. They supposedly make a mess.

Morning all 25 going up to 65 and sunny, now that's a big spread in temp! 6 years at this job this week, feels like 20 :cool:

The guy walking under the container while up there !

Morning all, 25 going to 54 and sunny. Dog's nails clipped with a wrestling match as she really does not like the nail clipping. Birthday flowers and balloon went well. Found the tree that fell, rest of dead ash by sceptic mound. will buck this weekend.

Boston was the first US city I drove in where during rush hour they told you TO use the shoulder as a lane to drive in. Now NJ is doing that too on route 1 Peave of being passed on the right by a nut doing 10-20 mph over the rest of traffic

There was a show I watched on these railroads in the mountains to bring cargo and ore from the mountains to the sea. Also to bring people from far flung villages. As the cargo got less important, the rails were pretty much abandoned. Very few people live along the line, but some people were...

Morning all, 31 going up to 52 and sunny Did some general cleanup and rearrangement downstairs, still a few more items to put away before turkey day. Wifes birthday today, got her a nice glass bulb wreath that she wanted. Will pick up flowers later. Rough night again last night, time to find a...

Mine is from when I owned a 1969 Mercedes Benz 280SL in Dark Blue/over Dark Blue. Sold it due to family needs, but I was active in car shows and street (timed) rallys for a while. It was unrestored and needed work, which I did, very slowly. Still miss having it 8 years later. MBZ =Mercedes Benz...

We ran into a few sailors in NYC after the concert, my friend and his wife bought them drinks and we chatted with them for a bit. Were in town for a while and touring around, good kids. Their ship is a pretty special one...

For straight line pulls use a block/pully to change the angle and add force. Can even change height to lower for the draw bar. I have a small tractor and this works pretty well, keeping away from taller falling branches is easier too. Bull rope damped works well.

Yes, been on the steam one many times. Old train tracks converted back into use and restored trains and cars. The restoration yard is not too far from me, as well as the tracks. We hear the steam train from our house, fun to hear. Many people who live along the line decorate for the seasons.

Morning all, 42 going up to 50 and sunny. Made it through the travels and travails yesterday into Manhattan. I just did not eat anything until we got home. Long day, left at 9:30 am, got home 9:30pm With about 30 people in our group, many teenagers, it was quite loud. No one lost. Met up with...

Morning, 32 and off to NYC in a few for sons band to play. Quite a few friends and family will be there. On way to dog walk yesterday

Yesterday afternoon on the way to walk the dog:

I leave the BH on with my plow, sometimes helps, sometimes doesn't. Don't want the front too light, lose steering and have to back up sometimes. But BH helps with traction on the straights and slight uphills

Good luck, getting the manual is my first step as the Dr. usually don't know the specific equipment that well

Morning all, 41 going up to 50 and sunny, fall continues, fine by me for now. Got the pressure sensor replaced in the heater and it is much happier now. Found a lot of bagworms on the juniper by side door, so gathered them all up, as many as I could find, weren't there a few weeks ago, this...

We are still getting fall weather here, not unusual, but it's stuck on mild now for weeks.

It takes me weeks when I get a new CPAP. Mine allows me to have a range, which is senses, and that makes a big difference. Mine varies from 9.5 to 11 based on data with range set 9-15. I was lucky in that my nose pillow mask fit me well from the start, tried a few others and they did not work...

Good luck with the knee surgery, hope all goes well for a speedy recovery

Amtrak, underfunded and poorly managed. Most other countries understand the importance of commuter and high speed rail between city hubs. Here the government looks at this, like the post office as a money loser rather than a service to the public. I have not been on Amtrak in more than 10...

Bitter End .

These devices have to be certified, so they try not to provide interfaces for anything. The manufacturers do have ways of feeding back requests, but I am sure that would be slow.

Yield signs where people stop or just drive through since they don;t know how to yield

Morning all, 47 going up to 50 and looks like a bit of rain is about to hit us. Drew-too much tension and threaded on wrong, needs to be backed out and thread fixed and need to have more slack. Mark -prayers sent Sons band plays in NYC Sunday, way I am feeling this is going to be a challenge...

Looks like the rail on the closer side has a kink/sank.

I have a little over 6 acres, 3/4 woods and tight spaces. 700' shared road and driveways to clear snow. Lots of ash trees to move around from felling to firewood. Backhoe gets used for stump pulling and planting trees. Flail for the rough paths/trails in the woods. I use a Lawn Tractor for...

Morning all, 42 going up to 65. More resting after work, not getting much done around the house, bad night again. Neighbor who put house up for sale last week has a pending sign out, he asked double what we paid for our house. Same house size and land. Crazy market. So many less trees.

Ready for work:

Certainly invited to stop by here. The park on the NJ side is much bigger than PA side, lots of older houses moved from other areas to make it a good visit. Lots of interesting places here and bridges. The canal walk on both sides makes for good hikes/bike rides. Lots of history like in your area.

Morning all, 45 going up to 51 and sunny Went an voted, after work took nap Son's band playing at bitter end in NYC on Sunday, some of my friends and family will show. Cousin is having back problems and may have to go out on disability. The trip to NYC has me worried now, even 20 min drives...

Sorry for your loss Arly, great pictures

with enough power in that range, life for them would get interesting.

Morning all, 54 going to 69 and cloudy. Not much done after day job. Did order new pressure sensor for apt heater. Drew - safe travels, have fun Happy birthday Scotty ! sorry about neighbors Riptides

Morning all, 35 going up to 58 and sunny Got the leaves moved, took a few hours with the push blower and hand blower Went over to a neighbors open house, he split his land in two and is selling one of the houses, he will make his money back for both houses just selling the one. Gave dog a bath...

Morning all, 52 going to 65 and partly cloudy. Ended up sleeping most of the day yesterday, did go out to dinner, first time in a month or so. Trying to adjust my medication, need to call Dr. Today hope to get the leaves moved and maybe bath the dog, she gets a big stink for a little dog. RNG...

Morning all, 48 going up to 59, WU says sunny, but clouds beg to differ. Got some stuff moved around yesterday, more splits to the racks. Talked to uncle, he needs a new stent as it looks like the one he got a while back collapsed :-( If I am up to it will push the blower around for a few...

Morning all, 25 going up to 58, bug reduction seems to have happened. After work took a nap, woke up for dinner, more veggies. Ron - happy birthday to your youngest son!

Morning all, 29 when I walked the dog this morning, first freeze. Going up to 50 and sunny went and started collecting up all the Halloween decorations. Nothing exciting to report. Did not sleep well.

Morning all, 40 going up to 49, cloudy, heading to our first freeze tonight. Got MRI results back, not cancer, but no answer as to what is going on either. If leaves dry out enough will need to move some. Maybe finish cleanup from party if I have enough energy. Need to clean up areas to store...

Data is so fleeting, thanks for getting us all back on line, appreciated.

Welcome to TBN, what are you planning to grow?

Welcome to TBN. any pictures of the ford?

Welcome to TBN from the other coast

Morning all, 41 going to 51 and calling for sun Yesterday mostly day job. Happy Halloween!

Morning all, 51 going up to 68, cloudy, rain Lazy day yesterday, cleanup around the house and moved some firewood. Be well, an updated picture from the border of my property across neighbors field.

Hate driving in Boston. So many lanes, all packed and everyone trying to change lanes since the one next to them is obviously moving faster :cool: Edison NJ is one of the places I dread, many newly licensed older drivers and lots of accidents. Many with people driving under the rear of...

NYC drivers see your indicator lights flashing as a sign of weakness :cool: US drivers are quite good compared to many other parts of the world.

Was 81 here yesterday. Will hit 29 low next week.

Morning all, going to stay around 60 and light rain so far. Party went well, 20 or so people showed up including some we haven't seen in years. Even had an old high school buddy of my wifes show up. Weather was perfect, but had to take in all the electronics last night since we knew it was going...

Morning all, 73 going up to 80 and sunny. Rain and cold start tomorrow. Son's band played a friends halloween party last night, place was pretty crowded when I picked him up last night. MRI went fine, got the disc which I will look at today and my Dr. will hopefully Monday. This morning tweak...

They look like the flatbread they use in the area instead of utensils to pick up food off the shared plate.

Morning all, 66 going to 77, they say sunny, clouds are winning that argument. Halloween projector setup, more wiring and finished seating around firepit. Tractor came out to play moving things around. MRI later. Scorpian invasion. Send on to Thailand where they roast them on a stick, no I...

Prayers sent, lost too many friends and relatives to cancer. Hope they can contain.

And 90% is safety silliness, like unplug before immersing in water. Do not put in your eye or some other places... :cool:

That's a nice compact setup. How easy to change the filters?

In case the person forgets what their name and title is :)

I put some t=posts a few feet out to drop the deer rubs. They messed up one of my newer Pines pretty bad 2 years ago. Last year this worked, hoping again this year.

Morning all, 47 going to 79 More leaf moving and cleanup. Time flies. Finally repotted Lime tree in new planter. Be well,

I like having the longer bars. The 24" on the 620P allows me to stand up more , and balances better. When bucking 20-36" trees it makes it less tedious. For felling, it also means for most trees I can stay on one side to do the cuts. Hauling it is another matter

And removed some gauges/lights, and how to get it from LA to PA :cool:

Morning all, 37 going to 74 and sunny. Moon was bright red while setting this morning. Got the blower gas tank replaced, easy job. Cracks on old tank quite extensive. Need to replant lime tree today. Sons band is coming for practice tonight. Don - good to be home, hope this heals well More...

Great news Don, hope this works really well.

They have a directional chute , front or side, but only one side. I walk forward to push and then backwards to keep same direction :cool: Works great for long lanes and strips of land. Hand held gas or battery for around the house area. I also have a lawn sweeper for some areas to get some...

Happy anniversary M7040 , 58 is a good number. I remember gas jumping from .35 to 1.00 in a year or so, right around when I got my first car. Most of the work money I made went into the tank, left over to partying, and somehow I paid for college too.

Morning all, was 37 going to 68 and supposed to be sunny Did not get much done yesterday, where did all the time go. Ordered new tank for the blower, $65 shipped. Lots of small stuff to do outside today. Moved some more branches that fell, when I get time I will take the tractor out to move...

I really love my Little Wonder 6HP, do the road of 600' at a nice walking pace and clean up the drive way in 2 sweeps. Just having to replace the cracking B&S gas tank, but other than that it is totally stock and at least 20 years old, due an oil change too. Not much other maintenance.

A bit lopsided

Had something like that at my first house, very convenient for around the immediate house area without blowing leafs up in the air and scattering them

Happy birthday Tinhack!

Both a blessing and a curse, if the push to go battery wasn't there, the saw companies would not be making the effort, but it has reduced the number of companies working n enhancing gas saws. I have been mostly happy with my Milwaukee battery products. I want to try one of their saws, but with...

They add milkfat to their dark chocolate :-( But I did have their chocolate covered pretzels back in the 70's and remember them and Wilbur's being so much better than any store bought. I do miss that stuff.

Since 99% of chocolate/candy bars have milk, I can't have any. When Hersheys added a milk ingredient to the special dark chocolate bar, it was the last of the commercial chocolate bars I could eat. Peaved

Thanks, looks like under $100, so not awful. Good to know plastic welding is an option. Need to remove and see how bad, but thinking more cracks due to age might be around the corner, since nothing has hit the tank causing the current ones. I got all the fuel out, so remove after work today...

Morning all, 44 going up to 61 and looks like the sun is coming up. Got the lawns cut and moved some leafs around. Got a tree trimmed etc. Walk behind blower had cracks in the gas tank. Think i should fix and with What? or replace. Happy birthday to your daughter M7040 Be well, Weird...

Morning all, 50 going up to 56 and partly cloudy. Today leaf movement and side lawn mowing, and if I am not too tired, dog need a bath Yesterday's driving lessons went well, son is doing fine, just needs to get used to big truck. Went to King of Prussia mall since wife needed to return some...

Morning all, 58 going to 62 and rain moved out, last night light rain. Got some more decoration lights and wiring done. Split 2 more loads of wood, hit my limit and to the chair for a rest watching old horror movies. M7040 - I used to collect knives, still have about 200 of them stored away...

In our old neighborhood we had 2 identical house developments. The assessors sent 2 different people for each. In one the house assessments (our development) came out much higher. When I fought the tax, the town tax guy told me it was stupid, he was forced to use that assessment company and...

I use a CPAP, I have trouble breathing through my nose, so suffocating if I closed off my mouth and the CPAP went or did not use it. If it works for you, that's great, but be careful as someone may try this and it might not end well. The difference for me using a CPAP is huge, wish I had done...

Looks like the old "you need money to make money" type campaigns. Here is only Arly, his wife and a few sometimes helpers starting from their own funds. To throw parties and entertain people costs up front money. Winning over a Mayor or such would help, but they won't do anything if they don't...

One of the ash piles in the background. Have 1 bigger one and some stacked trunks too. Been splitting from this stack for 2 years to cover fireplace and firepit needs and some off to friends/relatives.

Did they say how much it would cost?

Snow on the ground and deep cold a few weeks is less bugs in the warmer weather. This was a bad year for bugs, swarms of everything.

Morning all, 53 going to 70 and cloudy/light rain. Got some splitting done yesterday and need to drag some of the broken up branches over to burn in the firepit. BEF - take care of the knee before it takes care of you. I used some pills that helped years ago when I twisted my left knee...

Dropping random branches and whole trunk tops hear. Knocking out power along the roads and the load crashes heard weekly. Most of the ones by the road/power lines are down now, but every now and then, when the wind is up, we lose power.

To win an APTA award, it seems you just need to "$upport" them. They gave their highest award to NJ Transit, which has one of the worst on time commuter rail records in the US. They have large scale outages daily with missing crew and mechanical failures. When I commuted to NYC, we would have...

Signs on the trees showing the costs you bear and asking for help, and saying when the end date of the free clearing will happen. Then on the cutoff date, if nothing happens, just stop and do what you want on the trail if anything and make sure the access areas are not cleaned by you. Pictures...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Laurie Played Carries Mom in the original and quite a few roles that were edgy

Catch any fish? Glad you got the tractor out ok.

Morning all, 39 going up to 68 and partly cloudy Got outdoor movie screen ready but had a lot of day job to do and son to drive around so that was about it for me. Need to split wood today, way behind for the later winter stack using dry ash rounds. Need to call some relatives that I havn't...

I spend hours everyday on line with the UK for work. Sometimes the humor and language spills over. But a peave of mine is when people try to speak with an english accent to sound more "civilized" that and Marmite :)

I have a 620P, titanium covers, different 2 ring piston, different coil etc. The 590 is a great saw, I got the 620P since I was cutting larger fallen Ash > 30" dbh and doing more bucking and some milling. I am sure the 590 would cover what I do, but the difference in price was a little bit less...

That would be a moment when I need to duck by saying to get to the point.....

Morning all, 48 going up to 66 and cloudy Fire pit finished, more halloween decorations put up and down the driveway with lighting. Ron's pictures always a great way to start the morning. BEF - train ride looks like a success and great views. Still need to do some cleanup, split some wood...

Baby Mantis watching me work

Morning all, 49 going to 63 and sun is up. The old boiler is gone and the permit for new boiler finally ready :cool: Got some more halloween decorations up and started building the fire pit back up. Be well, Leafs starting to turn, though many are already on the ground.

I have lost dozens of Ash trees from small 20' to ones over 100' tall. If it's EAB (most likely) then you will see holes in the bark shaped like a D. Be careful, as they die they get brittle and become very dangerous. I use the dead ones for firewood and some simple slab milling. Makes good...

Happy Birthday Buppies, hope you are feeling better.

May dog can't even read the papers :)

Welcome to TBN and new tractor ownership. Have fun

Morning all, 40 going up to 62 , sun is working it's way up. Choir car wash did well yesterday, son went to friends to watch Jets beat Eagles?? Rain cleared out and got sunny for the car wash. Cleaned out area for boiler to be removed and fixed some of the halloween decorations that breaks...

Morning all, rain is gone, sun is out 56 going up to 61. First fire in the fireplace last night. Got some more strips up and measured out for new panels, looks like 14 to go with whole and cut adding up quite a bit. Off to drop off stuff at Choir carwash along with son. Can't drink at all for...

That's how the West Indians do it in a slow simmered stew for many, many hours.

A good game camera is your friend if you can't be at the property all the time.

Morning all, 46 going up to 52, cloudy , calling for an inch of rain today. Choir car wash tomorrow, looks like rain will clear out and son will need to work it :) Busy day at work with more infighting, our great management is so proud of themselves though. Nothing got done again last night...

Morning all, 43 going up to 65 , sun is up Spent most of yesterday sleeping, so not much done. Gas $4.19 mid grade, so down about 0.30 from last week The squirrels are up in the hickory dropping the nuts and we have empty shells all over the driveway. They seem to know if they hit the driveway...

Morning 43 going up to 70 and the sun will come up today. Wife got pretty ill from shingles 2nd shot yesterday, feeling a bit better today. I had a rough night, will see if I can move up my MRI. Got nothing done as had to shuttle son around while wife was napping. With all the people added to...

011 x 101 = ?

Happy birthday Scootr's Mom, the big 100!

Morning all, 44 going up to 66 and cloudy. 1/2" rain last night. Got one more panel up and a few more strips, now need to finish the strips and measure out for the next panel order. Probably half way through, but the rest are multiple cuts and weird shapes. Thomas-hope updated knee surgery...

Think I am being watched:

41 going up to 62 and the sun will be out. Friday night saw Seinfeld at the Met in Philly, was ok, wife was happy. I was in too much pain and Saturday was no better so stop taking new medicine. Yesterday I started feeling a bit better but still pretty out of it, now back to original problem...

Look for the holes in the bark shaped like a D That's Emerald Ash borer, it girdles the tree as the larva grow and eat, then they mature, go through the bark and into the next tree. I tried to use the poison that gets in through the tree roots, but even that tree died. Usually by the time the...

Morning all, 67 going to 77. Too tired to do any work in the basement yesterday. Off to see Seinfeld for wifes birthday tonight in Philly. Her birthday is next month. Looks like battery survived failed charger, so that's good. Charger under warranty, but don't think I would trust a...

The latest IOS 17.0.3 fixes the overheating. IOS 17.0.1and .2 was even killing my battery on my iPhone 11 until this update.

The Dead Ash I have left are either small, or huge but in the woods. The small ones I will rope. They split at weird angles all the time and drop. Almost got pegged while on the tractor. Whole areas of my trails are off limits until I can rope them down, from far, far away. Even the ones that...

Morning all, 50 going up to 80, foggy, rain later. Got a few more furring strips up. Spent time on the phone trying to fix health insurance failures again. Had a turkey parade on my front lawn yesterday afternoon. No pictures, but they have gotten pretty big. iPhone 15 overheating still an...

Use conventional face here, with back cut, or plunge cut if it's a dead ash. Ours mostly 100' or less, so no notch and jack needed. If it's too near a house etc. I'll call in someone with a crane or cherry picker. Did a lot of plunge cuts the last few years with the dead Ash, too many tried to...

Thanks, I will remove them. Weird on the house, don't remember seeing them last week. Need to check trees in the area too.

Morning all, 56 going to 84 and fog Got the lawn aerated yesterday. When I went to start the lawn tractor it was dead, with the battery minder plugged in. Seems the battery minder lost it's mind and messed up the battery and is putting out random voltage. Battery minder is about 1 year old. Put...

I used to love getting goat roti when over my friends place, she moved years ago though :-( West Indian dish.

The kids love it, and it makes my wife happy. We had a lot of bad happen to us, so any happy is a good thing.

Morning all, 55 going up to 82 and foggy, sun is peeking through though. Pool closed for winter Choir meeting I didn't know about last night so ran over there. Lawn aeration moved to today as no time to do yesterday. Need to order parts for pool robot, new one is >$1000 so a few hundred dollars...

Best of luck Scootr

Morning all, 61 going up to 80 and looks like the sun is creeping upwards. Went to the orchard, got some cider and wine tasting to keep the Mrs. happy. Pool furniture in and stacked, more movement in cleaning out the garage, but not much. Today is pool close and lawn aeration. Ground was...

Morning, 68 going to 79, summer is back and sun is out. Off to a wine tasting after dropping son at a party. Then it's time to take in the pool furniture. Got two panels up, one with a windows cut out, slow but steady. Happy anniversary Sodamo Happy birthday Popgadget - hope you have a great...

Morning all, 60 going up to 67 today and cloudy. Had to empty more water out of the pool, above the skimmers again. Got some more furring strips up, trying to figure out how to get more sheetrock up around all the stuff in the way :-( If the weather was nicer I would just put it outside...

Worried about my brother on the south shore and Niece in Brooklyn. Have not heard back from them yet.

Morning all, 57 going up to 61 and cloudy, more rain later. Procedure did not find issue, but did find no that I don't have other problems. MRI to be scheduled. Drew - propofol on me yesterday- woke up refreshed and no headache, great stuff Will work on the garage sheetrock tomorrow during the...

Welcome to TBN and congratulations on the new tractor.

Morning all, 52 going up to 66 and supposed to see sun later. New medicine received, no work got done, tired. Today prep for tomorrow tests. Insurance is rejecting some of the "investigative" tests. Will fight them when I feel better. Congratulations Wngsprd-Where's the pictures :) Need to...

Morning all, 58 going up to 59 and light rain Got pool cleaned, snake not found, so must have made it's way out since I did not find any parts. That was all I could get done without resting. Hopefully tonight I will get back to putting up strips and sheetrock. Dr said he called me, but got no...

Just resting,

Morning all, 60 going up to 61 and light rain. Got more furring strips up after doing more rearranging of things to get access to that wall. Pj bad neighbors , what a headache. My friend had a dogo and it was well behaved and good around other dogs, owner issue i guess. Sounds like wedding was...

Just spent more hours rearranging the garage to try and get access to the next wall for sheetrock. Maybe sneak in a dumpster, wife would really kill me. Drew - we should see your missing kite up here soon ?

Morning all, 62 going up to 66 and rainy, almost 2" so far, so not too bad. Heard another tree crash in neighbors area, most of my dead ones are still standing :-( Trip to HD to pick up 1x3 was slightly problematic. fitting 10 down the center, easy. Fitting 20 more at an angle with front...

Morning all, 56 going up to 60 and rain. Since it is going to rain for a few days, working in the garage, ran out of furring strips for the sheetrock , so may pick some up today. Got the outside connections caulked since lots of rain is here. We have some stuff going on at day job today so need...

Sad to hear, condolences to the family.

Very little, very late, but a first step? https://apnews.com/article/highspeed-rail-trains-brightline-florida-ac55cc43685666ae10ef3307512d5f33

Drew is it safe for you to stay? be careful

Please keep the politics out of this thread.

The system is an Energy Kinetics Ascent with a TX40 40 gallon external storage tank. We could not go completely tankless due to the Solar hot water using antifreeze in the system up to the panels. So the external tank is the water mix and sense to tie the systems together.

So far I only buy aftermarket when I can no longer buy batteries new, like for my Makita 9.6v I find the aftermarket last 50% or less the OEM

Morning all 52 going up to 72 and sun is up, waiting for the weekends rains. Got another sheetrock panel up after a few hours of cleaning the garage from minisplit install and painting a few things for the wife. Old boiler scheduled for removal on the 16th of October, it just does not want to...

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Morning all, 49 going to 75, seems like the sun is rising. May have to take the lime tree in soon, limes are still a few weeks (at least) from big enough. Today - replace another blinking LED, this one high up in living room Pool cleanout yesterday showed garter snake moved across pool to...

Some online safety courses and books (as above). Spent time around lumberjacks when we were up on MA and learned some of what not to do. Spent a lot of time asking local tree people and online asking questions. about 5-6 years total saw work as a homeowner, less than one doing jobs for others...

I have had items hit my safety glasses and face shield and almost pierce them. Drilling, grinding , welding and tree work can all get you.

L4N - welcome back. Glad you weren't hurt. Not how your supposed to end the summer..

Sad news, hope your neighbor recovers fully. With 100's of dead ash here, from 20 to 100' tall, it's been a rough few years with felling dead trees and barberchairs (fixed with plunge cuts). The rest I will rope down as the branches come off in unknown directions. A few trees that fell went...

Morning all, 49 going up to 76 and sun is coming up. We have heat! Got a call earlier, the installer is looking to subcontract out the removal of the Tarm so who knows when it will leave, certainly seems like it will be around for a few days :-( Went to remove leafs in skimmer, garter snake in...

Morning all, 53 going to 74 and sun is coming up. Waiting for installers to show up for day 2. Be well, Secondary storage tank is here and shiny.

They are bringing in more wood and people to move this. Issue is turns and tile floors. They talked about pipes for rolling as normal, but with the weight and having tiles, afraid this would crack them. So thinking a number of boards and big pallet mover, or more layers of boards and rolling on...

Drew - safe travels. Well, getting the Tarm out is still perplexing them, but the new heater is in after shoving the old one over on blocks.

Guitar, on the left.

Morning all, 62 going up to 72 and rain, looks like 2" so far. Yesterday cleaned out leafs from pool and drove sons band to South Philly. Then back to rest a bit. Will call Dr. today if they don't call this morning. Oil burner replacement should start today, will miss the Tarm. Be well all,

Morning all, 59 going to 79 and sunny. Son's band practice here this morning and then we take them to play at some place south of Philly. Another driving day. The Stiltgrass comes up through everything, so mowing down bushes and the sides of the trench and edge of the driveway and woods is not...

Morning all, 55 going up to 77, sun is up. Spent a few more hours with trimmer. A few more today should finish up this round of stiltgrass hell. Got tests back from lab :-( Riptides - hope the damage is just superficial. Some days.... Scotty - thats a lot of energy stored, lucky you didn't...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireless_locomotive Very cool how it works

Morning all, 53 going to 75 and sun is coming up. Did some more work with trimmer. Mowed a bit, then started pruning top of firebush. It's tall enough the fiskers manual pole saw was fully extended to get to the base of the tall branches. Some of the stiltgrass is 4-5' tall, well was. be well...

Electricity goes up a few percent We use shock every 2-3 weeks. Salt bag from $11-$17, I use about 6/season. One algecide and and multiple jugs of stabilzer since that is usually in the chlorine tabs. So same cost for other chemicals, but no bucket of tabs and less shock. I have about 24,000...

Morning all, 61 going up to 76 and cloudy. 22nd anniversary today, flowers and card ready. Be well,

The blend door on my jeep has a little gear and arm to drive it on both sides. On the passenger side I replaced it a few years back and that one still works. On the drivers side, it seems there is a rubber insulator that comes loose and blocks the door from moving, so now have heat when I drive...

Morning all, cloudy, going up to 80 with a lot of thunder and some rain last night. Spent a few hours trimming along road. Stiltgrass was so high/thick I went through 3+ batteries in 1.5 hours, should have lasted 3 hours with normal cutting. Then went and did a few side areas, need to wait for a...

Late fall and winter give me the ability to get some parts of my property cleaned out from dead trees. So having the greenery die back is good for what I need to do to make that area less filled with obstacles. Having a good long cold spell also reduces the bugs, we had a warm winter with little...

Morning all, 62 going up to 85 and supposed to be sun coming up. Replaced surge protector on mini-split, now working. Cleaning out basement around oil burner, replacement starting on Monday. So we will end up with a storage tank on the oil burner so it can sense the temp of the water and use...

Morning all, 69 going up to 80. Cleaned up mini-split-running well. I worked at 7wtc and spent a lot of time in the towers. Today my shared desk is at the new 3WTC, though I try not to go into that area. Lost a lot of friends

Snakes are very helpful for us to reduce other reptiles and small rodents. Unless poisonous around house or in house, I leave them alone. Killing them just because they exist does not make sense to me.

Morning all, high 77 and rain. Need to finish up last few wires and wrap mini-split today. Rain not gonna help. Yesterday went well for my son. Band practice here, load car with various drum parts, amps, guitars, bass, drive to venue, play, reload, drive back, unload. The kids started arriving...

Morning all, 72 going up to 83 and cloudy. Lots of wind/rain filled the pool skimmers with leaves and covered the surface. So had fun cleaning that all up this morning. Did a test run on the Mini-Split- wow does that spit out cold air. Still need to wire in surge protector, wrap pipes and...

Morning all, 72 going to 91 and cloudy. Lots of lightning last night, no rain Mini-split , hole finished, head unit up. Need to finish wire and plumbing/sealing, we'll see if I can finish today. Little diamond hole saw bit worked really well, chipped the last bits with hammer and chisel. for...

Fios when back in NJ, removed copper, but not Comcast. Here we have both run to neighbors, so no cable removals. Copper was removed a long time ago. The copper patch box on the pole is just hanging open for the last 6 years to our whole neighborhood.

Morning all, 71 going to 95. Son goes to get his permit, he will be driving my jeep. I put together his new desk chair and drum throne, he was really happy with both and we went out to dinner at a sushi place. Today finish hole drilling, and place miniplit head. do more of the wiring. well...

My peeve as a car driver is bikes riding wide. My peeve as a bike rider is how many car riders take out their bad day on me and my son. Even when riding as far over as we can get on the local roads I pay for, we get people trying on purpose to drive us off the road and yelling at us even while...

Congratulations ! What a cutie.

Thanks, similar to what I have :-( I see another order since eventually I will need to do 2 more holes.

What kind of hole saw do you use? I have 2 hammer drills, and neither is moving quickly with carbide.

Morning all, 71 going to 95 and cloudy. Spent hours drilling through cinder block for the mini split set run. Still not done, the 90mm/3.5" hole is taking forever with hole saw and chisel. The heat yesterday wore me out while drilling the outside stucco/cinder block inward. Sons birthday...