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Fritz, Just use a larger cut off wheel on the grinder. I frequently run a 7” zip disc on my 4 1/2” grinder. Just be mindful that the larger wheels are usually rated for less speed. I used to use a HF speed control before I got the Masterforce variable speed grinder from Menards.

61F and somewhat cloudy @ 08:30, heading up to around 82F for the day's high. Currently under an Air Quality Alert for ozone. Rain moves in later, mostly likely in the evening. Woman got most of the sticks picked over on the west side, enough for me to mow at any rate. She headed over to the...

60F and sunny @ 10:30, heading up to around 76F for the day's high. Got front, back, and almost all of the east side mowed yesterday after I got back home: Front was very tall and thick - highest parts 6" (or better) - mowed that with the deck set to 3.5". East side and back not quite as...

Yes thanks - that helps. Was originally going to do double doors for each 6' opening. I think using pvc/abs for the frame and 12.5 ga wire for the mesh they will be light enough that a single door would be fine. And that eliminates the cost of one set of hinges for each opening.

Yeah, no ... I really shouldn't. Doing so would only set her up to fail ... as she has a very hard time turning the Cub steering wheel and hasn't quite yet mastered the "don't-try-to-turn-the-steering-wheel-until-you're-rolling" paradigm which makes it a little easier. Her trying to mow would...

Safely home after extracting another 300+ gallons of hho/diesel, still about 8" left in the bottom of the tank though. Hopefully the 3rd time will be a charm. Now to get started on that mowing.

50F and sunny @ 08:45, heading up to around 75F for the day's high. Good day for a road trip out into rural Ohio and then some mowing when I get back. Got posts unloaded late yesterday: Next step on that project will be to get the 4 x 4's tarped and move a squirrel cage blower down from the...

Got the mostly empty IBC tote removed from the van along with the pump and hoses. Leaving those set out in the sun, so the hose maybe will lose the memory curl in it. Then I ran down to Menards and picked up the 6” x 12’ posts. Still got to get those unloaded. Posts are pretty dry so they...

Thanks. I'm fairly sure it will ... although the Michigan state ag research station in the UP went with a 10' fence ... probably just in case ... :LOL: Deer are not the only issue here - we have a variety of other critters that would enjoy a garden buffet: skunks, possums, groundhogs...

50F and Sunny @ 10:15, calling for a high of only 58F for the day. Refilled the hopper feeder, two tube feeders, and two suet feeders yesterday first thing. Also scattered some seed for the ground feeders. Got some more clean up done out front, moving a Rubbermaid trash can on wheels around...

Thanks. That’s the plan/hope. Just got notification a couple hours ago that my special order 6” x 12’ corner posts are in at Menards. Already picked up the 4 x 4 x 12’ line and gate posts … all 24 of them … they have been drying for about a week. If an 8’ tall electrified fence don’t keep...

Good morning GM'ers ! After a considerable period of cooler (and wetter) than normal weather it finally looks like things are about to break and some more seasonable (warmer) temperatures are in sight. Which means more outdoor/TBN time. The cooler weather was preceded by warmer than normal...

Beautiful afternoon, very warm and breezy. Headed down this afternoon to vote at the local polling location, no line, no wait. In and out in around 10 minutes, mostly because it was a longer ballot (4 pages due to multiple local issues) Woman went down before I did, same deal. [emoji106]

61F and sunny @ 13:15, calling for a high of around 64F for the day. Have been working on coating the new Raw Rutes cabbage shredder with flaxseed oil over the past couple of weeks, probably got a dozen coats put on it ... which ought to be good enough. Then spent most of yesterday shredding...

Hmmm ... looks like things are working again ... (y) Yesterday's post that wouldn't post: Currently 61F with plenty of bright sunshine and heading to around 64F for the day's high. LWS reports that it only went down to 33.1F so it looks like we dodged the "hard freeze" bullet again ... (y)...

Billy, Sincerest condolences, sorry for your loss.

Same.

Good afternoon GM'ers ! Currently a cool 53F and sunny here. Only calling for a high of 56F today. LWS reports that the low temp this morning hit 32F ... that's the coldest it's been so far this fall. WU is calling for it to get that low again tonight ... but it's supposed to get back up to...

Greetings GM'ers ! Sunny and a cool 60F @ 14:15, LWS was calling for a high of 61F for the day, think we may have already hit that. Woman's hearing is much better, cough is still horrible ... :( Worked in the garden yesterday, mainly picking but also started some clean up. Habanero harvest...

82F and sunny @ 14:00, calling for a high of around 84F for the day. Didn't get much done yesterday ... other than a lot of energy conservation ... ;) Big fat groundhog did make an appearance out back and I did get one shot off. It scurried back into a burrow entrance, unclear if I hit it or...

81F and sunny @ 13:30, calling for a high of 85F ... so another warm one. Refilled hopper feeder plus scattered some seed for the ground feeders yesterday. Got several more clumps of hosta dug out in front of the garage and divided up. Think there were around 14 or so divisions ... Took...

81F and sunny @ 13:30, calling for a high of 84F for the day. Got 14 hosta starts/divisions planted and watered in yesterday. Really it was only a Baker's dozen, as the last was just a couple of small pieces I threw in the final hole. Was slow going as the small, fine roots from the maples had...

86F and sunny @ 14:15, calling for a high of 86F. Low this morning was 56.5F. LWS reports the high yesterday was 86.7F. Felt warm in the afternoon but cooled off a little later and was very pleasant. Got about half the leaf mold cleaned out on that planting bed under the maples along with some...

76F and sunny @ 12:00, heading up to around 85F for the day's high. Winds light and variable. WU shows nothing in the way of rain until next Wednesday with highs in the 80's and high 70's every day ... suspect that will have us heading back into drought territory ... :( Got all the tree...

81F and partly cloudy @ 14:15, calling for a high of ... (wait for it) ... 80F ... :LOL: Waiting for the ATT repair person to show up. Internet went out yesterday afternoon ... and has been in and out ever since. Seems like that often happens after they have been doing repairs in the area or...

72F and sunny @ 13:00, calling for a high of 76F for the day. 0% chance of rain. Yesterday did not at all go according to plan. But it was all good ... (y) After being very sick for like 9 days, I finally persuaded The Woman to let me take Her to the Urgent Care. It started out in Her...

Needs something in the fuel intake cleaned out I believe ... but yeah, other than that, it should be ready to fire up.

60F and partly cloudy @ 11:30, calling for a high of 68F for the day. Winds out of the WNW @ 10 to 15 mph. Was rather chilly out there yesterday with the wind. Got another week's worth of meds doled out first thing. Refilled hopper and both tube feeders, also scattered seeds for the ground...

58F @ 12:30, has been cloudy but Sun is peeking out now. Low this morning was 52.3F. Clearing this afternoon with a slight chance of a shower. Calling for a high of 62F for the day. High here yesterday was 83.3F but I was gone most of the day. Fresh coffee made and tasting good ... (y) Got...

75F and sunny @ 13:15, calling for a high of 81F for the day. Got 2 gallons of glyphosate sprayed in several areas. Thought one sprayer was clogged but it turned out that I just didn't have the pump screwed all the way in and it wasn't building pressure ... 🙃 Refilled hopper and both tube...

Penetrol by Flood:

67F and sunny @ 12:30, calling for a high of around 75F for the day. Woman was up when I got up, immediately announced She was heading back to bed ... :( Just saw groundhog out back. Good to see it's getting used to going out there ... should give a chance for a clear shot at some point...

69F, breezy, and supposedly "mostly cloudy" @ 12:30 according to WU, but all I'm seeing here is bright sunshine. Calling for a high of 71F. The only rain we got yesterday was a few drops for a couple minutes ... didn't even fully wet the pavement ... :( Next chance for rain is Friday. Hopper...

76F and sunny @ 12:00, calling for cloudy and a high of 82F for the day. 51% chance of rain which would be welcome. Doled out another week's worth of meds yesterday first thing. Was water in the Kubota bucket when I went out yesterday so we did get some rain, but it didn't look like all that...

PJS, Sorry to hear of stepson's accident. Glad that he survived. Best wishes for a good recovery.

75F and cloudy @ 12:00 with some rain showers in the general area. Calling for a high of only 78F with scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. Threatened rain yesterday afternoon and evening with thunder and lightning but nothing really materialized here AFAIK. But closest LWS says they got...

Just got back from friend's place, took them a couple of tomatoes. Went over to check on an old TSC rotary 5' cutter that needs some work. It's missing the the 3 point hitch and the brackets for the tailwheel and the wheel itself. Top side of the deck needs replaced but the gearbox, PTO, and...

92F and sunny @ 13:45. DP 71F, HU 53%, "feels like" temp = 105F ... :oops: 92F is the forecasted high for the day here ... but I wouldn't be at all surprised if we beat it. Got right lift cylinder reassembled and re-installed. Figured out that the 6 pins I had in stock were just for the...

80F and supposedly mostly cloudy @ 12:00 but I'm seeing a good bit of sun. Calling for a high of around 86F for the day. DP 70F, HU 71%, "feels like" temp = 85F. LWS says the high temp yesterday was 95.2F. Made trip over to Kubota dealer and picked up a new seal kit. One of the parts guys...

80F and "Fair" @ 11:30, heading up to around 91F for the day's high. DP 69F, HU 68%, "feels like" temp = 83F. Yesterday's high hit 96.8F at the LWS. Got the right lift cylinder pulled, disassembled, and cleaned up ... things were going swimmingly ... Started to replace the first seal ... the...

84F and mostly cloudy @ 11:45, heading up to around 94F for the day's high. DP 68F, HU 59%, "feels like" temp currently 91F. Groundhog carcass moved up to the field first thing yesterday. Checked live trap, still set and un-tripped ... but bait now gone ... 🤬 Made some room in the shop and...

Ken, Here's what those seed heads will look like once they open up: They can float quite a ways on the wind ... ;) We have them everywhere here ... they just keep on coming.

Looks like thistle. Quite a ways ... once that head ripens up a bit and opens. They have a white feathery things attached to the individual seeds, kind of like dandelion seed heads. Gold finches here love them (nyjer)

86F and sunny @ 12:15, calling for a high of 89F for the day. DP 67F, HU 51%, "feels like" temp = 91F. LWS reports high temp yesterday hit 89.8F. Refilled hopper and the two tube feeders yesterday first thing. Checked live trap ... still set and un-tripped, with bait intact as of yesterday...

Yes it is. Don't know that I ever said. No real specific plans for it at this point. Long enough (9') they could be used for posts for a shorter fence, maybe for that 6' chain-link fencing. Thick enough wall that they probably wouldn't ever rust out in my lifetime ... I'm sure some use...

83F and partly cloudy @ 13:00, calling for a high of around 87F for the day. DP 68F, HU 71%, "feels like" temp = 87F. AC ran 10 hours less July this year compared to 2023 ... (y) Yesterday ended up being a pretty lazy day, got a nap on the couch while The Woman had golf on tv ... lol ... I...

Yeah … dang autocorrect … 🤬 Should have “cuke” … [emoji849]

73F and sunny @ 10:45, heading up to around 86F for the day's high. Ran soaker hose for 20 minutes on the row of indeterminate tomatoes on the vertical trellis first thing yesterday. Probably do that again today. After that checked the gear oil in the front axle of the Kubota and it looked...

76F and sunny @ 13:15, heading up to around 80F for the day's high. Low this morning was 52.5F. Unloaded items from van, parts washer and bracket moved up to the shop, cart set in front of garage (until I can clear some space to move it inside) and pipe unloaded on to a pallet: After that I...

69F and partly cloudy @ 12:00, calling for a high of 75F for the day. Low this morning was 50.4F. Woman has shut off the heat and opened up the house ... (y) Amazon delivered the 'kraut packer. Made trip over to friends, pretty good haul: HF parts washer which looks to be in "like new"...

67F and mostly cloudy @ 12:30, calling for a high of 70F for the day. High yesterday only made it to 70.5F. Low this morning was 48.2F. Was cool enough in the house this morning that The Woman actually turned on the heat ... :oops: Birds liking having the feeders refilled finally. Got a...

65F and mostly cloudy @ 12:15, calling for a high of only 67F for the day ... :oops: Winds out of the North @ 10 -20 mph so it will definitely be a long pants and long sleeves day. Loaded up the dishwasher first thing yesterday and then made the trip down to Menards and picked up order, in...

66F and cloudy @ 14:00, calling for a high of 69F for the day. High temps for Mon - Thu supposed to be in the 60's and 70's ... then back up into the 80's and 90's. Dogwood leaves started to turn a while back now red, hawthorn leaves falling, and starting to see a little color in the maples. A...

73F, cloudy and wet @ 12:30, calling for a high of around 76F for the day. Has been raining on and off all morning, chances for more showers this afternoon. Closest LWS reports total precip in the past 24 hours was 2.54" so far. Things should be well-watered ... (y) Went out in the cool last...

70F ... with an absolute torrential downpour @ 18:45. Dangerous Thunderstorm Alert and Flash Flood Warnings have been issued ... :oops: Probably about a drop of 15F ... along with 2.32" of rain reported by the closest LWS ... in maybe 10 - 15 minutes. And still raining but much lighter. Got...

81F and partly cloudy @ 12:30, heading up to around 84F for the day's high. DP 68F, HU 65%, "feels like" temp = 87F. Woman says it's hot out. Good chance of thunderstorms developing this afternoon (90%) ... we can use it ... (y) Scattered more cracked corn and peanuts for the ground feeders...

76F and cloudy @ 13:00, calling for a high of 82F for the day. Got right tank on Cub refilled a couple of days ago, mowed most of areas down here around the house ... except for the really dry, dusty areas underneath the trees where the grass doesn't grow much anyways and I still need to pick...

78F and partly cloudy @ 14:00 heading up to around 81F for the day's high. LWS reports the low this morning was 57.7F. Slow getting rolling this morning, cat woke me up around 08:30 ... got up, fed her, took a leak and then back to bed ... after shutting the door so she couldn't get back in the...

74F and partly cloudy @ 12:15, heading up to around 78F for the day's high. Located drill and bits and got an electrical box on the deck joists taken down first thing yesterday. Then took Cub around back and left it for Woman to load with the weeds She had pulled. After that I headed up and...

A very pleasant 77F and partly cloudy @ 14:00 and that should be the high for the day. They were only calling for 76F. Refilled hopper feeder, one nyjer feeder, and two tube feeders yesterday first thing. Also scattered some seeds for the ground feeders. Now out of seed so trip to Menards...

79F and partly cloudy @ 13:15, calling for a high of 81F for the day. Got hair cut yesterday from The Woman after I got cleaned up. Then we headed into town to pick up a refill of one of my prescriptions. After that we drove down to Eadies Fish House in Canton for dinner. Dropped by Dunkin...

85F and mostly cloudy @ 13:15, heading up to around 85F for the day's high. DP 71F, HU 67%, "feels like" temp = 90F. 58% chance of scattered thunderstorms today. Change of plans yesterday: running around put off until today. Instead, I emptied the 2 bags of mulch that were in the dump cart so...

74F and overcast @ 14:30, calling for a high of around 79F for the day. LWS reports the high yesterday was 93F and we got 0.12" of rain total. But it looks as though the big cool down has finally arrived. At least until tomorrow ... when they are calling for a high temp of 88F ... :LOL...

69F, mostly cloudy and wet @ 20:45, heading down to around 64F for the low overnight. Severe thunderstorms with tornados earlier, mostly up north but the winds really blew here and we did get some rain. Finished up drilling all the holes and tapped the two #4-40 holes in the bracket, just have...

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85F, cloudy, with rumbles of thunder and a bit of light rain @ 13:30, calling for a high of 86F for the day. DP 72F, HU 64%, "feels like" temp = 96F. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued. Hopefully we'll get some decent rain. Got hopper and the two tube feeders refilled yesterday first...

84F and Sunny @ 11:30, heading up to around 88F for the day's high. DP 70F, HU 62F, "feels like" temp currently 88F ... [emoji20] Woman headed outside a little bit ago and came right back in complaining it was hot. Then headed right back out ... [emoji38] Got front lawn all mowed yesterday...

... :rolleyes: Count to who ? I'm not sure I understand this whole "count"/"doesn't count" thing ... If I like someone's post it matters ("counts") to me ... in terms of expressing what I thought about that person's post. If the recipient sees it, it may (or may not) matter ("count") to...

Why ? Well, it certainly encompasses rural living ... in that many of the participants live rurally. Many ... but not all. But I would say that isn't primarily what it's about for everyone. Just for a little refresher, Irv's original post that opened the thread: Seems like it was just a...

Seemed like a reasonable move to me ... Front Porches typically being a place where folks gather and socialize. Not sure what all the fuss was about (... other than just a reactionary response to change ?) ... the thread wasn't deleted, was still accessible ... ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ So what's the problem...

83F and sunny @ 13:30, heading up to around 86F for the day's high. LWS reports the final total on yesterday's precip was 1.92". Local weather folks are saying we are still "officially" way below normal rainfall amounts per the measurements taken at the local airport reporting stations ... but...

69F with rumbles of thunder and light rain @ 11:45, calling for a high of 81F for the day. LWS reports another 1.26" since midnight ... and an area Flash Flood Warning has been issued. That's in addition to the 2.87" we got on Thursday/Friday ... :oops: Cut down weeds yesterday in front of...

83F and partly cloudy @ 14:00, calling for a high of 83F for the day. DP 71F, HU 69%, "feels like" temp = 91F. More misery ...:( LWS reports 0.82" of precip since midnight. Got started on cleaning out of planting bed east of the garden yesterday: Made some decent progress. Cut down weeds...

83F and partly cloudy @ 12:15, calling for a high of around 90F for the day. DP 72F, HU 67%, "feels like" temp = 92F. Likelihood of additional precip is only 15% until evening ... but a stray shower or thunderstorm is still possible. Around 19:00 chances start going up, until they reach 54%...

70.2F and "Fair" @ 21:15, heading down to around 67F for overnight low. LWS reports that mercury hit 94.6F for the high here today. Got 3 cattle panels moved into the shop and straightened out, had to weld one wire back on one of them. Decided the 4th one didn't really need straightening ... it...

86F and "Fair" @ 13:00, WU calling for a high of 90F for the day with a 39% chance of scattered thunderstorms. DP 68F, HU 53%, "feels like" temp = 94F. So pretty much nasty out there ... :( Got hopper feeder, both tube feeders refilled first thing yesterday. Also scattered some seed for the...

Yes, it was PT decking. Don’t plan on burning any of it at this point - will just let it decompose naturally, along with the rest of the stuff in the brush pile. Judging from the current state of decomposition, it probably won’t take all that long … especially if it gets buried at the bottom...

Yesterday's post (got distracted by other stuff ... :rolleyes:) 81F and mostly cloudy @ 13:15, calling for a high of 83F for the day with scattered thunderstorms. Some light rain moved through a bit ago, supposed to get more around 16:00 and then 18:00. We could really use it. Indeterminate...

84F and sunny @ 11:30, DP 57F, HU 38%, "feels like" temp 85F. Calling for a high of 90F and humidity will be building throughout the day. Got hopper feeder refilled first thing yesterday, also seed scattered for the ground feeders. Back and front lawns mowed, still need to catch the sides...

Yeah … I was pretty surprised at how quickly they rooted. Think that might have been around after 2 weeks in the water. Had another cut stem that I stuck directly in a pot in potting mix. It looked like it wasn’t going to survive … leaves all shriveled up and turning yellow. After a couple of...

82F and sunny @ 13:15, calling for a high of 85F for the day. Headed out to do some spraying yesterday and shortly after I started the wind picked up ... 🤬 Looks to be about dead calm out there now so will probably get back to it here shortly. Decided the lawn could wait another day. Did...

Yesterday's post that never got posted: 77F and cloudy @ 13:15, calling for a high of 79F with a 30% chance of showers. High yesterday was 86F ... cold front came in and cooled things down, humidity will drop this afternoon. Woman was out watering first thing yesterday ... so of course that...

79F and mostly cloudy @ 12:15, calling for a high of 83F today. Increasing clouds with periods of showers this afternoon. Have spent the last two days mostly working on bucket/grapple project for friend. End plates for the mounting bar/bracket required a good bit of rework due to the...

71F and the 2nd torrential downpour of the day @ 13:30. Calling for a high of 82F for the day, LWS reports the high earlier was 78.3F and the precip total so far since midnight is 1.98" ... :oops: Rain has eased up some ... but is still coming down steadily. No watering required for the...

Yesterday's post: "Was 89F and mostly cloudy @ 14:45, was only supposed to be heading up to around 88F for the day's high. DP 69F, HU 55%, "feels like" temp is 95F. Possibility of scattered thunderstorms (40%) this afternoon as daytime heating occurs. Put out some seed for the ground feeders...

Got soaker hose on the indeterminate tomatoes hooked up and set the timer for 15 minutes. Shortly after that it clouded up as I started weeding the hosta ring around the oak tree. Surprisingly the temps seemed pretty pleasant. Probably 15 minutes later I noticed the wind coming and some...

86F and partly cloudy @ 11:30, calling for a high of 87F for the day. DP 68F, HU 56%, "feels like" temp is 94F. 42% chance of precip this afternoon. Got meds doled out first thing yesterday. Then headed outside and refilled the hopper feeder. Then realized that the front lawn needed cut...

Not by law enforcement apparently. Certainly there is concern about reporting about specific facts … and for very good reasons: Conspiracy theories about the Trump rally shooting flourish online Indeed.

He brought it up. He can choose to answer … or not. He doesn’t need you to carry his water … and this thread doesn’t need you to try and act as a self-appointed GM “hall monitor”

Reports from WHO ? Some rando on social media ?

86F and partly cloudy @ 12:30, DP 67F, HU 52%, "feels like" temp = 91F. Got a gallon of glyphosate applied up around the shop yesterday. Looks like we've finally managed to kill off the swamp dogwoods that were growing up into the beds. Came back down to the house and prepped some seed for...

82F and partly cloudy @ 12:00, DP 64F, HU 56%, "feels like" temp is 85F. Calling for an actual high of 85F for the day. Got area down here around the house pretty much all mowed yesterday. Maybe one little area over on the west side that still needs hit, as it was getting too dark to finish...

Thanks ... (y)

76F and partly cloudy @ 12:00, heading up to around 80F for the day's high. 1% chance of any further rain. Winds out of the NNW at 10 to 15 mph ... so it should a fairly pleasant day. Got electric bill scheduled for payment, didn't get around to writing out the checks for the property taxes...

Down to 67F @ 18:30 with lots of wind and even more rain. Mostly mist at this point though. Got the hopper feeder and the 2 tube feeders refilled, also the suet feeder. Plus scattered some seed for the ground feeders. A young deer came bounding down the property line on the west side as I...

(y) Yeah ... I've seen tons of those little white cabbage moths all over around here. They don't waste any time. Thanks. We got an early enough start here this year and it just all seemed to come together. Hope next year will be even better with a little more planning, good weather, and...

Yesterday it was 81F and "Fair" @ 11:45, and supposedly heading up to around 86F for the day's high. Made it to 86.5F so they were pretty much right on the money ... Got hopper feeder refilled first thing Monday. Also seed scattered for the ground feeders. Then spent the afternoon finishing up...

85F and partly cloudy @ 13:00, heading up to around 89F for the day's high. DP 61F, HU 43%, "feels like" temp currently 87F. Last several days have been busy ... not even sure I can recall all of it. Live-trapped a coon a few days ago, swimming lesson, then dropped off on the brush pile at the...

Not too many folks typically get charged with, tried for, and convicted of seditious conspiracy as the result of mere “riots” … [emoji6]

Happy Anniversary to NHBX and the Missus ! 78F and mostly cloudy @ 10:30, calling for a high of 85F for the day. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Got quick coupler fittings installed on all 4 soaker hoses yesterday. Was really nasty out there, Woman came out for a few minutes to...

81F and cloudy @ 12:00, heading up to around 85F for the day's high. Calling for on and off rain showers this afternoon. Did some needling scaling on the three 5 1/2' t-posts yesterday. Have those now ready for the phosphoric acid treatment then primer and topcoat. Already had the fourth one...

Sunny and already 87F @ 11:00, DP 69F, HU 61%, "feels like" temp 95F ... :oops: 🤬 Will be heading up to the shop here in a few to work on needle-scaling t-posts, doing some some shop clean up, etc. Possibly a trip to Menards later this afternoon for some soaker hoses and additional tomato...

71F and clear @ 22:00, heading down to around 70F for the overnight low. Decent day, was pretty warm out there this afternoon ... high was 88.7F. Got a couple of bills scheduled for payment first thing. Checked the bag on the Japanese Beetle trap out front, still not full. Will give it...

84F and sunny @ 14:00, and calling for a high of 84F for the day. Got the last 8 Cherokee wax beans planted first thing yesterday. The (newer) B&D battery-operated drill has taken a dump apparently. Seems like it might be the trigger switch ... :( Spent most of the day though topping off...

69F and "Fair" @ 11:45, heading up to around 74F for the day's high. Started off yesterday by planting most of a packet of yellow wax beans which only covered about 2/3rds of the row. Used the B&D battery-operated drill and a 3/4" spade bit ... went much faster than using the trowel. When I...

74F, breezy, and mostly cloudy @ 13:00, hit 75F earlier which should be the high temp for the day. No further storms or rain developed yesterday and we remained stuck at the 0.32" that occurred in the wee hours. A disappointment to be sure ... :( Next opportunity for rain will be this...

80F with light rain @ 13:00, WU calling for a high of 81F for the day. Had some rain come through earlier in the wee hours, dropped 0.32". Still calling for potentially severe storms this afternoon. Maybe if we get a decent amount I'll be able to aerate the lawn. Flood Advisory in effect and...

78F and sunny @ 12:15, WU says it's heading up to 85 for the day's high. Local Cleveland weather guy last night said it could go 88F down here around Akron ... :( Either one probably too warm for much activity out in the sun beyond just mowing. And the front lawn probably does need mowed ...

A cool 61F and clear @ 23:30, heading down to around 55F for the low overnight. High temp today was 79.2F. Beautiful day, very pleasant out there. Started off by digging out 2 small live traps and firing up the compressor and then blowing the dust and cobwebs off those. There's a feral cat...

A very pleasant 72F and mostly cloudy @ 12:45, calling for a high of 74F for the day. Yesterday's storms ended up giving us a good soaking - total precip was 2.38" and occurred over an extended period of time which should have given it a good chance to soak in. That should put us in pretty...

81F and overcast currently. Had a brief heavy downpour about an hour ago, picked up 0.60”. Rain due to start again in 8 minutes. Got ten 4’ bamboo stakes cut in half and pointed and put in on the tallest pepper plants yesterday. Then watered some of them and the eggplants. Tallest peppers...

78F with some cloudiness @ 11:00, calling for a high temp of around 82F for the day's high. Thunderstorms developing this afternoon, chance of rain 100%. Took the hair clippers to my face yesterday, then followed up with the razor. Clean shaven feels good ... Got plants on shelves in back all...

79F and partly cloudy @ 11:30, calling for a high of 81F. Big area of rain northwest of here heading in, probably be here in 30 - 45 minutes or so ... if it doesn't fall apart. Looking forward to a good soaking. Went out back and collected up some stuff in the garden and brought it inside the...

80F and mostly cloudy @ 13:15, calling for a high of 81F for the day. LWS reports the rainfall in the last 24 hours totaled 0.07" ... thankfully we have a possibility for more tomorrow. Got grapple claw moved up to the shop yesterday and set on 4 jack stands. Woman went out and brought back...

A very pleasant 76F and mostly cloudy @ 11:15 and heading up to around 83F for the day's high. A very welcome relief. Was raining when I got up a bit ago. Scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon, some could be severe. Got this coming week's meds doled out yesterday first thing. Then...

Still 82F here at midnight.

That’s definitely not good. [emoji106] My rosebud is a smaller one - either a No. 4 or a No. 6 IIRC … and I always set the regs according to the manufacturer’s chart for the torch.

88F with abundant sunshine @ 10:30, supposedly heading up to around 92F for the high. High likelihood that we beat that. Was still 80F @ 22:00 last night, and had only cooled off to 78F by 23:00 when I walked up to the shop to lock up and retrieve The Woman's car. Was a chill 75F in the shop...

86F with a mix of sun and clouds @ 11:00, DP 71F, HU 62% ... heading up to around 90F for the day's high. Scattered showers and thunderstorms developing this afternoon. Weather guy on the local news said last night we are just in the beginning stages of drought ... so some rainfall would...

Already 88F and sunny @ 11:15, DP 68F, HU 55%, feels like 96F. Calling for an actual high of 92F for the day. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible ... and would certainly be welcome. Should have left the AC running up in the shop last night when I finished up. Need to get up there and...

Valve adjustment on Cub started: Think I can just pull the ROPS to get the clearances I need but we'll see. Will need a hand lifting it off. I removed the seat and will do a mod for The Woman on that so it slides further forward. Also got the rear hitch removed and a piece of 1/4" x 4"...

85F with a mix of sun and clouds @ 13:00, DP 74F, HU 67%, feels like temp = 94F. Woman is off to PT appointment. Got live trap repaired and redeployed yesterday afternoon. Then mowed compost/woodlot. Put the Light Material Bucket back on the Kubota and brought down enough screened compost to...

In my mind at least, there are several reasons ... less complexity and fewer points of failure being a predominant one. Another issue is our water - it's hard and has iron, calcium, and magnesium in it I believe. But that may be an issue not only for drip emitters but for the soaker hoses as...

Good morning to you ! Thanks. I picked off another one of the youngsters from the master bedroom yesterday afternoon. And this morning I saw the big momma was grazing out back when I walked into the living room after getting out of bed. So I stumbled back to the bedroom and I think I got...

Clouds building, still lots of sun though. Went up and turn on the AC in the shop and then came down and unloaded the two rolls of chain-link fencing out of the van. Still have to do the poles. After that I got the east side mowed, which wasn’t done the last time I mowed down here around the...

92F and "Fair" @ 13:00, DP 71F ... feels like 106F ... :oops: Worked on getting that one soaker hose laid out on the row of indeterminate tomatoes on the vertical trellis yesterday. Got the hose laid out and pinned down, weeds pulled from the un-mulched areas, then got the uncovered areas...

Special Weather Statement has been issued for southeastern Medina and southern Summit County. A strong thunderstorm has developed over around Barberton and Wadsworth and I s moving northeast. It has two strong cells … one more north of us and one more to the south of us. Wind gusts to 50 mph...

Was already 80F with sunny skies @ 10:00, now up to 89F ... feels like 100F ... 🤬 LWS claims the high yesterday hit 95.5F ... :oops: Got plants/seeds on shelves watered first thing yesterday. Then headed over to friend's to pick up the rest of the poles and chain-link fencing. That ended up...

Happy Father's Day ! 80F here with lots of blue sky and sun @ 11:30, heading up to around 87F for the day's high. Got meds doled out first thing yesterday. Then got cleaned up and headed over to friend's to deliver his loader bucket and 3 tomato plants. My 15" crescent wrench was not big...

Still can’t do it, probably because of the amount of data TBN would have to serve up every time they were played.

73F and sunny @ 11:15, heading up to around 79F for the day's high. Got more cabbage and broccoli plants in the ground first thing yesterday until the sun started making an appearance where I was planting. The ones we had planted the day before were undisturbed ... (y) Then headed up to the...

72F and "Fair" @ 22:45, line of storms was supposed to come through around 22:00 ... looked like it was falling apart ... :( Heading to around 66F for the low overnight. Got 9 cabbages and 3 broccoli in the ground and well watered in before it got too warm to continue sitting in the hot sun...

81F and supposedly "mostly cloudy" (I wish) @ 11:30 ...but the light coming in the window tells a different story ... :( Heading up to at least 87F for the day's high although the local weather guessers are claiming it could hit 89F. Got front lawn mowed yesterday while Woman was out at Her...

Good morning ... delayed in yesterday's posting due to problems with Apple Air Drop ... 🤬 Yesterday's post: 75F and sunny @ 12:00, heading up to around 81F for the day's high. Made some further progress yesterday. Woman got plants on shelves all watered before She headed out. I started...

Yes, I did. Started with a mesh bottom cart that I think I picked up from TSC when they had it on sale. Probably less than $100. Something kinda like this: https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/groundwork-1-400-lb-capacity-heavy-duty-steel-utility-cart It was the kind that had a handle...

61F and mostly cloudy with Sun occasionally peeking out @ 10:45, calling for a high of 72F with mostly sunny skies. Spent the entire day up in the shop cleaning up yesterday. Woman came back down to the house before I headed up, as it had started to drizzle/mist. I got a lot done, including...

I did notice on the Wiki page that they showed an image of a Virginia Creeper vine with a fairly thick stem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenocissus_quinquefolia#/media/File:TreeVine.JPG ... so not out of the question it could appear "tree-like" ...

A cool 57F and cloudy @ 11:30, calling for a high of 61F for the day. Well below normal for this time of year. In a couple of days we'll be pushing 90F for the high temp. Spent yesterday out back working in the garden, mostly on tomato plants. Used the B & D battery operated cultivator to...

Plant ID says Virginia Creeper based on the image of the leaves you uploaded. We have it growing all over up here … but I’ve never seen a vine that large/thick.

76F, partly cloudy, and breezy @ 14:00, calling for a high of ... 75F ... :oops: A little front came through late last night, winds blew but most of the rain stayed north of us. We ended up getting 0.01". Got another week's worth of meds doled out first thing yesterday. Nail removed from...

1. Putrefied egg solids and/or soured milk + water. It’s pretty stinky though. 2. Peppermint extract + water. We have used both and both seem to work in terms of keeping them from eating things we don’t want them to eat … until it rains. I added Cayenne powder to No. 1 above to give it an...

69F and mostly sunny @ 10:00, heading up to around 79F for the day's high. Did not get much of yesterday's agenda accomplished although I did get the pallet of mulch unloaded out of the van. After that was done I headed over to a friend's placed and picked up his loader bucket, grapple, and...

68F, partly cloudy, and very windy with winds out of the WNW @ 15 - 25 mph @ 11:00, only supposed to be heading to around 72F for the day's high. Definitely long pants and long shirt sleeves weather. After lunch yesterday I flipped the boards on the dirt slope of the eastern edge of the garden...

Lift cylinder rebuild completed, Kubota moved out of the shop, box blade put back on, and clean up around compost pile done. Woman brought back Subway so having lunch.

73F and mostly cloudy @ 11:00, heading to around 78F for the day's high. Line of storms came through late yesterday afternoon/evening, the really intense, severe stuff stayed to the north and south of us. LWS says we still got 0.34" though ... (y) Got the front lawn mowed first thing...

Good Morning ! 74F with a few sprinkles @ 12:00, not even enough to wet the ground. Looks like the rain is on its way out until later when a line of potentially severe storms will move through. Calling for a high of 81F. Got the California Wonder green bell peppers planted first thing...

Sunny and already 79F @ 10:00, calling for a high temp of 85F ... but I wouldn't be surprised if we beat that. Fairly productive day yesterday. Got bills scheduled for payment. Got seed mixed up and scattered for ground feeders. Other side of the one t-post topcoated. Finished filling the...

69F and cloudy @ 12:00, supposed to be heading up to a high of around 82F for the day. Indian food was very good. Did not make it back up to the shop last night to get any work done though, just couldn't summon up the motivation ... :( Did go up and lock up before I hit the rack though...

Thanks - appreciate the insight !

Quite possibly. Of course, at this point in time, gang culture and gun culture in America are inextricably intertwined to some extent.

Sorry … but the “gun culture” doesn’t only encompass competitive shooting and hunting game for sport. Both totally legitimate things BTW. It includes Hollywood’s glorification of violence and the gun, minority gangbangers, and violent ideological radicals … like the guy who suicided himself...

Somewhat ironically, there's a drive-in fairly up the road a bit from where that happened. It's name is/was "The Corral" Their signature burger was a large (like 8" wide) burger called ... (wait for it) ... The Nitemare ... The Corral: A Tasty NiteMare Good stuff. Yeah ... I've driven...

Was just using the grease gun which doesn't seal well on the fittings and is loaded with green Lucas grease ... so yeah ... green thumb and fingers ... ;)

Trip to Menards successfully completed. Got the foam-filled tires/wheels, also picked another can of Rustoleum Rusty Metal primer (12 oz can - on closeout) and a 18" Libman stiff bristle push broom (on sale) for use outside ... plus the 30 bags of mulch (was on sale when I originally ordered...

63F, overcast, and damp out @ 12:30, calling for a high of 71F for the day. Some lingering showers in the NEO area. Got meds doled out first then yesterday morning. Then got all the mowing done down here around the house. Mixed up some seed and put it out for the ground feeders, tube feeders...

73F and sunny @ 11:45, heading up to around 80F for the day's high. Coffee tasting good this morning. We made the appointment with accountant first thing yesterday, was painful for us to get up, get ready, and make the drive for an appointment before noon ... :LOL: Turned out well though...

65F with bright sunshine and a nice breeze @ 13:30, calling for a high of 67F for the day. LWS says we ended up with a total of 1.41" for yesterday's rains. That should keep things humming along. Got the armoire moved back to it's spot, cleaned out, and started reloading clothes yesterday...

Good Wednesday "Morning" ! Currently 55F and raining @ 13:30, calling for a high 65F for the day ... which may have already occurred ? LWS reports an additional 1.31" of rain since 09:00 this morning. Scattered some food for the ground feeders yesterday first thing. Finished up scaling 2nd...

Composed the following post in a text editor when TBN was down yesterday, was too tired to post it after we finished up yesterday: Good morning ! 63F and mostly cloudy @ 10:30 … but Sun trying to peek out now … Only calling for a high of 69F today with a stray shower or thunderstorm...

64F and wet @ 03:30, calling for a high of 74F with thunderstorms likely mainly in the morning. Krazy Kat came in the bedroom about an hour ago, was going nuts and woke me up. Was potting up some beets last night and the seed tray that they were in also had catnip growing in it … so I fed her...

Partly cloudy skies with a temp of 70F here @ 22:15. LWS reports today's high temp was 87.4F. It looked like there were thunderstorms building this afternoon but all we got was spit at with a couple of drops, didn't even bother heading inside. Had a reasonably productive day. Got meds doled...

Good day to you sir, same back at ya !

78F and mostly cloudy @ 11:30, heading up to around 80F for the day's high temp. Scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon, gusty winds and small hail possible. Looks like most of the rain is off to the south and east at the moment though. Ten Day showing unsettled weather for the next...

80F and "Fair" @ 12:30, calling for a high of 83F for the day. LWS reports that yesterday's high was 86F. Watered plants on shelves yesterday first thing, they've gotten big enough that most of the remaining tomatoes have to gotten big enough that they have to be watered daily without fail...

Is the California Globe (which you linked) somehow affiliated with the SF Chronicle … as part of the complimentary online perhaps ?

It’s a right wing partisan website … did you expect something different, other than “keeps circulating” ? [emoji23]

75F and "Fair" @ 13:00, heading up to around 79F for the day's high. Ten Day forecast much improved (less rain) over what it was a couple of days ago (showed rain every day) Was pretty overcast when I got out there yesterday so not too bad without the sun. LWS says high temp yesterday was...

A much cooler 78F and generally overcast @ 14:45, calling for a high of 80F with a chance of a stray thunderstorm, possibly severe. Thunderstorms came through earlier while I was sleeping, dropped 0.24" according to the LWS. Yesterday's high temp was 93.4F according to the same station. I...

LWS reports 85F and sunny @ 13:30, calling for a high today of 87F. That one reported yesterday's high as being 92.1F ... :oops: Possible I guess ... it was warm ... but not sure if it was quite that warm. Got plants on shelves watered first thing. Members of The Bug Patrol were on duty and...

Good afternoon ! 84F already with sunny skies @ 11:30, was only 75F when I checked about an hour ago. Calling for a high of 87F ... that's about 13F above the average high temp for this date. The record is 91F. Tomorrow is supposed to be just as bad. Got payments scheduled back on Friday and...

64F with a steady, moderate rain shower @ 12:00, calling for a high of 70F. Rain chances tapering off over the next several hours. LWS reports 0.85" accumulation since midnight. Going to schedule a couple of online payments then prepare some mealworms and refill the feeder on the way up to...

64F and clear @ 22:30, heading down to around 61F for the low overnight. Clouding up later with rain coming in overnight. High here today hit 81.1F, was hot sitting in the sun. LWS reports 0.11" of precip since midnight. Didn't get any deck work or oil change done yesterday. Only thing I...

67F and cloudy 12:00, heading up to around 69F for the high. Radar shows some light rain nearby but the bulk of it is still off to the west. Scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon. LWS reports no rain since midnight but says they got 0.14" yesterday. Got some bills scheduled for...

68F and cloudy @ 13:00, generally cloudy with a slight chance of a showers this afternoon. Better chance (50%) of rain this evening. Calling for a high of 71F. Managed to get everything mowed yesterday: front, all down around the house, and the compost/woodlot. And today I feel like it ... 🤬...

Bill, Glad to hear you are still with us ... (y) Hang in there, one day at a time.

Good morning ! 70F and sunny here @ 10:00, heading up to around 80F for the day's high. Yesterday The Woman started off working on Her flowers back in the bed, weeding, deadheading, and tying up the irises I started by setting up another section of shelving for plants and then transferring...

53F and mostly cloudy @ 10:00 but the Sun is occasionally peeking through. Clearing later and heading up around 67F for the day's high. LWS says we got another 1.17" of rain yesterday but based on what it actually did here at the house that sounds low. Radar indicated tornado one county east...

I'd be taking an aspirin and heading to the Emergency Room IMMEDIATELY ... Don't screw around with it. BTDT

47F with a very steady rain @ 11:00, heading up to the low 60's for the day's high. Low this morning was 42.4F. LWS reports 1.08" since midnight. That's almost 4" of rain in the last 3 days ... :oops: Checked plants out back yesterday first thing, all seemed good so I skipped watering...

No "fix", only "disassembly" ... ;)

When we put the lawn in here, we had two walk-behind mowers ... both around 20" - 22". One was self-propelled (a golden Murray IIRC), one wasn't. Thankfully, the Old Man let me use the one that was self-propelled. I was probably around 11 or 12 at the time. We did that for a couple of years...

60F and sunny @ 11:00, heading up to around 62F for the day's high. Winds will be out of the NNW @ 10 to 15 mph. LWS reports that yesterday's rainfall totaled 2.88" ... :oops: ... which means the grass will be growing like crazy ... 🤬 Made it in for the doctor's appointment yesterday, weight...

54F and light rain @ 13:00, expected high today is only 57F ... that's quite the cool down from the weather we've been having ... :( High yesterday was 81.1F. Big chill will be Friday night heading into Saturday morning when the low is expected to be 43F. Just switched the furnace back over...

72F with bright sunshine @ 10:00, heading up to around 79F for the day's high. Storms came through last night, mostly to the south of us but it did rain here (nothing severe though) and I could hear the thunder rumbling in the distance. LWS reports that we got a total 0.79" which amounts to a...

73F with very bright sunshine @ 11:30 (at least for the moment), heading up to around 79F for the day's high temp. Severe weather expected to move in tonight. Looks like Rich will probably get more of it than we do. Got hopper feeder refilled first thing yesterday, plus some scattered for the...

66F and mostly cloudy @ 11:45, calling for a high temp of 69F for the day. Sun trying to peek out occasionally however. Considerable improvement in the Ten Day forecast with lowered chances of rain, today only around 30%. Woman was a little under the weather yesterday and didn't do much of...

71 and cloudy @ 12:15, heading up to around 73F for the day's high. Sun was trying to peek through just a bit ago. WU says thunderstorms likely today, some with strong gusty winds. Looks like most of the rain has moved east though. Not much motivation yesterday so mostly a "conserve energy" day...

She had it opened up and unpacked and was going through the manual before I could even get into the living room to watch … [emoji23]

70 and cloudy @ 13:00, calling for a high of 72F for the day. Remaining overcast with occasional showers throughout the day. Ten Day on WB currently showing rain for all Ten Days ... :oops: Forecast on WU looks much better ... (y) So much for those April showers ... Got remesh panels removed...

70 Being carried away by The Buzzard not necessarily a bad thing ... although a lot has changed from the early days ... ;) How did the Buzzard become the mascot of WMMS radio in Cleveland?

77F and mostly cloudy @ 11:30, calling for a high of 79F for the day ... which apparently we've already hit. Showers and thunderstorms lurking in the area but no rain here yet. LWS reports the high here yesterday was 90.7F ... [emoji15] Decent progress made yesterday. Woman worked on weeding...

71F with bright sunshine @ 10:45, calling for a high of 82F for the day. LWS reports yesterday's high temp was 84.7F, we were outside most of the day so managed to avoid turning on the AC in the house. Woman complained last night though after She got home from neighbor lady friend's about it...

WU says mostly cloudy and 74F @ 12:30 ... but I'm seeing lots of sunshine out the window. Calling for a high of around 80F today. Seedlings watered that needed it yesterday, plus some got fed. Peppers coming along: Set out broccoli and cabbage in the shade to start hardening them off a...

62F, wet, and cloudy @ 10:30, calling for a high of around 71F for the day. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. LWS reports we got 0.06" of precip since midnight. We are still 0.62" to the good YTD. Beat The Woman getting up this morning so I made the coffee, She says "You better have...

80F and "Fair" @ 12:15, calling for a high of 81F ... which I suspect we'll easily beat. Rain due in later tonight, then back to more seasonal temps but still above average. Birthday party was good, probably about 20 people there. After we got back home, I grabbed the last rebate check we got...

LOL … Nothing to post, it didn’t happen. She should know better by now. Slow learner I guess … [emoji23]

74F and partly cloudy @ 11:30, heading up to around 80F for the day's high with a slight chance of a rain shower. Managed to avoid running over this little fella when I was mowing the front yesterday: Woman worked on cleaning out the bed where these giant blue green hosta were, claims they...

Finished mowing front just as it was starting to spit rain. Didn’t amount to much, just enough to wet the pavement and settle the dust. Doesn’t look like we’ll get much more. Checked Nest Box No. 2 on the way back down to the house. Five Bluebird eggs … [emoji106] Nest Boxes 1 and 3 look like...

No ... pick up only. But a free redbud seedling is included with every order of 12 or more plants. ;)

71F and partly cloudy @ 11:30, heading up to around 76F for the day's high. Slight chance of a shower this afternoon. Rained a little earlier, LWS reports 0.04". Started off yesterday by bringing all the tomato plants outside. Then took the Cub up and sprayed the screened compost pile, plus...