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on this day 12 years ago the sunflowers were blooming and the veggies were coming in from our garden at a friend's farm. my wife made a lot of homemade chicken parm red sauce with those tomatoes growing sunflowers is fun but you really have to support them when they get big and topheavy...

thought I'd ask the AI gods how much worse a 6 AIC was versus a 5 very interesting response Specific risks of moving from 5% to 6% An A1C of 6% is not just a slightly higher number—it represents a distinct shift in your health status. Increased disease risk: Entering the prediabetes range...

nothing new at the racetrack I get the horse cruelty part, we did ban cockfighting didn't we?..., but vegan protests? we don't eat horses do we?.... maybe we do...or our dogs do. No, I looked it up, use of horsemeat in dog food banned in 1970. Protests at the Saratoga Race Course are organized...

https://7thstreetsurfshop.com/wave-cam storm has headed up the coast and looks pretty nice out there now I'd like to be walking on that beach bet you would too Buppies...

the best juju sent your way Happy for happy concrete!

good morning all, we've made it to Saturday after long day yesterday, slept well, hope to have a quiet morning likely waxing the rv and probably riding the mower. then this afternoon I go over to go swimming with my handicapped friend, mostly to help his wife so she has a chance to go chit chat...

the good news is the chicken was not rubbery. but what a low end lunch, oval chicken part felt mechanically pulverized and was soft as could be. tasteless unseasoned broccoli with it. really a terrible lunch but nice people working there. memorial went fine, some family drama, jumped a foot...

can't remember last time I was at the Plumsteadville Inn, circa 1753. one of many old colonial Inns in the area at an intersection of major roads. Some torn down, some restored at huge expense to meet current codes. nice that this place put in a rear portico for letting off passengers out of the...

good morning all should be a lovely sunny day with a high in low 80s. showered, shaved, put my nice clothes on and ready for the day. drinking my coffee, reading my "lines" for later. At 98 my MIL was last of her generation, wonderful she had such a long life. My Mom died of cancer at age 55...

I've been thinking about my memorial talk tomorrow morning about my MIL. Her son said he cannot speak, too emotional. So I'm the leadoff speaker. Other daughter decided not to come, creating huge upset with brother. Other daughter, my late wife, will be with me in spirit. this is the end of a...

successful trip to Home Depot, they had nice smaller mums for five bucks a piece, got two each of three colors, that filled up my pots and got them all placed and watered. still grey and cool out, looks like it wants to clear up but slow going

on this day nine years ago I was seriously pissed at a big black bear in Washington NC. wrecked front of my truck night before after dinner with friend, luckily able to drive home and did a little temporary fender repair with the Kubota hopefully never do that again. that was most expensive...

great morning fog pic Arly. All those kids keep the town jumping, probably a little too much at times but just good to have the young around. So I can see how old I look... :rolleyes: actually high school girls look like college girls to me so college girls must be ? probably a good work...

geeez, Ron you're my hero that was kinda stupid of me but I never use those switches...

folks along Outer Banks in NC on Hatteras Island have been evacuated including all the rvs. several houses on stilts near Rodanthe expected to go into water. That whole area is where they had to build an entirely new concrete highway out over the bay because the road near the beach kept washing...

good morning everyone cool morning, only 61 out now and just getting into low 70's today. In fact the ten day forecast is mostly days in 80's, which is cool for August. have a puzzle with my electricity. cleaning ladies came yesterday, did a nice job and when they left two of the outlets in...

thanks, I looked, all seem to refer to different head model this is an earlier smaller model that was superceded by a better unit, maybe the old one can't be retrofitted. Will see. had a nice dinner at brother's, nothing like home made meatballs

70 out in light drizzle fiddled with weedeater, could not get old head off, pretty sure what I bought won't fit but going to let another set of eyes on it. Meanwhile I went out and weedeated the whole place. A single line trimmer just doesn't have much power but on regular grass, it's ok. I'm...

on this day a few years back I harvested so many things in one day I had to lay one of each out on the counter. Lots more not shown, all the early veggies like lettuces and bok choy, potatoes, etc those okra plants would just grow taller and taller and taller, up to twelve feet until a storm...

hope you get ten years out of this battery RS. cleaning ladies left, house looks better, wasn't scolded too much... worked out deal for them to come every three months. replacement head for Makita string trimmer came in. oem one only has one string, replacement has two. Newer model of same...

I told Popgadget I had a lovely dance with his dog She led I followed... Zoe was having so much fun, hard to resist. found five mums at bountiful acres, will buy more but cheaper ones. Got all five planted which was what I thought I'd be doing this afternoon.

Arly, just looked at a map and I thought my brother's place in Cedarville was far away, but Houghton is even further out that peninsula to the West. You are almost in Canada. looks like a wonderful spot to have a boat and a beautiful area in general. Town of 9000 should be just the right size.

we really, really do not bounce well any more. falling off any ladder or roof will likely do serious damage just need to be extra careful and hopefully have an assistant at bottom of ladder making sure ladder doesn't move I have a long very high quality manual pole pruner that is too hard for...

Norvodisk just announced they will sell Ozempic direct for cash at half price, 499 a month instead of 1000. it worked for me but I did not like the queasy effect it gave me at times. better less ice cream so easier to avoid taking meds if my AIC stays at 6.0 and I don't have any other physical...

Lou, if your diesel got up to 170, should be hot enough to avoid stacking nice easy work for your old girl maybe throw the a/c on just to load it up for a little bit?

good morning all a cool 63 out now going up into only high 70's today in clouds. This cool weather is such a pleasant change, but it won't last. headed out this morning to find some mums to plant, not sure they are in yet, then home for the afternoon while cleaning ladies come. 900sf cottage...

I'm picturing an extra heavy duty swing with Boo pushing the little ones back and forth old truck tire and a chain? finished picking up house and putting stuff away. Found box with high school yearbook in it, got distracted by that a bit. think I'll head out tomorrow morning and look for...

my friend whose son had the wedding picnic this past weekend in West Orange NJ said he saw this poster on the wall of the local deli he had breakfast in. yes, a black owned business sad such a talented artist was so emotionally unhappy Billy Jean will always get cranked up on my car stereo...

I always know when the downpours come because it usually moves some of my garden mulch around. small foodshopping trip, picked up some cash for housecleaners and dropped off some tomatoes to Popgadget's wife. Their dog Zoe is the nicest dog and just wanted to play with me. It's just a lot of...

for one year I drove our local fire company's fire trucks, lot to learn, complicated when you are hooked up to another truck supplying you with water. Compare the panel of a new Pierce pumper with that old steamer. I bet both would look equally impossible but at least the modern stuff has big...

good morning all much cooler morning; in fact ten day forecast is surprisingly cool for end of August have a routine dentist appt this morning, hope it turns out to be only a cleaning. Lou, glad you got improved mobility and very interested to see how that scooter works out for you. I still...

almost twenty degree drop in temps for tomorrow; front coming through later really must be bringing cooler weather in. it won't last but after soaking my clothes today, should feel nice tomorrow. did a lot of domestic house stuff today, had to, having some cleaning ladies come in this week for...

Buppies, hard to know when to pick them. I read you wait until stem starts to turn brown. on larger watermelons you wait for a white/yellow spot, but on icebox watermelons not sure. yes, would make quite a cannon ball.

good Sunday morning all going to be a warm summer day into low 90's, with thunderstorms after dinner. took a nice long trip through the garden, snipped off some dead leaves and made a nice discovery in the watermelon patch. I have five icebox melons growing, not three. Pulled some leaves back...

oh the joys of NJ.... had a nice time at friend's post wedding picnic. About 60 people came, mostly on bride's side so fun to meet a lot of Filipinos. Just about every young Mother was carrying a baby; little kids seemed to have fun. got pretty hot even with breeze picking up. What a nice...

ahhhh, that makes more sense, thanks should be the recipient of a .22 hollow point need to get my destinations into car nav system. I make my plans online using Google Maps and then get into a car which has ancient tech, but...somehow has a live connection to track traffic, since it gives me...

good morning all Ron, great zoom on that squirrel, that is one big fat squirrel you must be feeding them better than I do...I shoot bbs at them :rolleyes: possible light showers this morning then clearing up, which is good because I have a post wedding picnic to go to in West Orange NJ this...

PJ, happy birthday Kyle, sorry for bee stings TSC sells sunflower seed for 24 bucks for 20 pounds or 26 bucks for 40 pounds. I lugged home the big bag. picked up some local corn and dropped some off at Ken's while he helped me with a stuck weedeater spool. otherwise had a quiet day had some...

Arly, keep those pics coming when you can please, your neck of the woods very pretty washed my car, ran a load of car towel wash, set those on fast wash since not very dirty these are the soft extra fluffy microfiber towels I use for car/rv drying. One is about an inch thick. running a floor...

in this case they are eliminating the entire power feed and recreating it I believe. so wires into house irrelevant if they are starting over Ferroresonant Transformer, like the old buzz box golf cart chargers and welders?

I think the reason the PS Audio product is so expensive is that is is active, not passive. It will correct low voltage, not just alarm on it. so they call it a power regenerator. It generates 2kw of sine wave power, not just filtering another source and done not by battery power like an...

good morning all up way too early, coffee perking didn't cool off much last night, still 74 out now, going up to 90 today, likely muggy my only plans for today are washing my car and vacuuming the house, got a nice tupperware of tomatoes put away last night. They will go in a chili this winter.

Scott, does yours have a loud rear end gear noise? I used to think something had to be broken in mine but was told oh that's normal straight cut gears. nice looking tractor been kind of lazy this afternoon

so far none of these have burned out/expired; have had half a dozen over the years on the farm had several in the house, one in barn shop which had my woodworking tools. wanted to see drop in voltage at turn on for various things, including a portable a/c unit...

feels good to cool off. Waiting for doc to call me and talk to me about phleboliths (allegedly harmless) and osteophytes, not so harmless, bone spurs. For your medical term of the day, I sure had to look them up, a phlebolith is a small round calcification aka vein stone, and normal for...

drove back to my friend's home where I had dinner last night and retrieved my carry bag, which in itself was not a big deal but it had my nice hat in it. And I knew I had the rv to wash. So went and picked that up, dodged around paving crews continuing to work on 413 North of 202 and got home...

good morning all Bill, hope you have a "peachy" day... got to my friend's home last night just before major downpour. By end of dinner it had stopped, good timing and it looks like about an inch and a half of rain for home. One weather station shows half as much rain as the other, and this...

117 volts as PECO tries to keep up on a very hot and humid day here one of the high end stereo gurus says to get really good sound you need a power conditioner on the AC line to your equipment. 2000 Watts for ten grand. if you want your power clean, really, really clean, guess this is what...

RS, you need a farm stand!

very nice experience at wellness center of hospital in Warrington, parking spot right out front near the door and once registered I was seen within 5 minutes. Marvelous. Shows I need to avoid the main hospital whenever possible. now to find an open mri. that went so fast this afternoon...

Dennis, best wishes for your Dad.

that sounds like way too much excitement for one day David, glad you got everyone home. tried to get an xray at local hospital but after driving through enormous parking lot with every place filled I came home. There is a secondary location, a wellness center, I can go to for a walk in xray...

when I pick my cukes and tomatoes out of the garden, and slice them up with some home grown basil and red wine vinegar and olive oil, I look at all that healthy food and think more of this please. my AIC dropped to 6.0 recently and I've lost a few pounds as I normally do over the summer. never...

good morning all house feels humid and warm, never got below 70 last night, going to 90 today in thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Probably enough rain to invigorate the lawn again. I'm off this morning to doc appt for second visit on my groin/hip pain; jumping through hoops to qualify...

Grange Fair, thanks for reminding me Ken. Starts tomorrow got some painting done, left helper out painting garage door, plus we plugged some carpenter bee holes. took big package of veggies to older neighbor. haven't even started what I thought I would do but when landlord asked do I want free...

good morning all looks warm and steamy out there, temps are on the rise, going into 90's today. A sweaty day for many folks. I guess I got the hummingbird mixture right because fun now that two or three hummers are flying about. Birds don't know how to relax...either going full speed or...

David, I think you've figured out how to make every day a Happy Hour. Choice of town or home... a marvelous accomplishment I'm sure you can thank the brilliant idea of getting your dear wife her own tractor. visions of driving down the beach together, each pulling a beach rake, stopping to...

my morning sure did not go as planned. started off by firing my landscaper for dishonesty. This all started yesterday when I found the remains of a destroyed bush behind my garden shed, one I had planted this spring along with a matching shrub. it was beat down to a woody frazzle, looks like...

found one of your chiggers wow those Virginia chiggers do get around... ;) lovely morning, shopping done, time to work outside

well Buppies I shouldn't be up this early either, and I am... another hot summer day today need to do some food shopping this morning, then will mow the lawn later and maybe wash the rv. plus have another half dozen tomatoes to deliver to someone. or maybe I'll just chop them up and freeze them...

quick trip downtown to use a 5 dollar off coupon on some bird seed. got the birds fed. hose dragged all over the place watering everything. on this day six years ago I was selling my Super A in Washington NC. It lasted three days til it sold. . that gigantic carrot cake I made was at least...

did you know that Scotts Miracle Grow, the folks we buy our lawn seed and chemicals from, is now a leader in the pot cultivation business? Talk about diversification... apparently they got into the business through the hardware end, growlights and other equipment. Scotts sees this as just...

good Sunday morning all should be another nice summer warm day with high around 90 probably will wash the rv this morning and mow the lawn this afternoon. less loud car show traffic than I thought. Every once in a while something very loud would go by, clearly a vehicle that never saw...

we don't know the thickness, or why it failed, maybe at a weakened attachment point but I wonder if someone very large got in there. I'm way too claustrophobic to try. by failing in that first curve, makes we wonder if they took the constant banging of multihundred pound folks bouncing off the...

2V isn't going to get you far Dennis, sorry. can you get a schematic for the charger? it's allegedly smart Kyle, wonderful pictures, thank you nothing like a summer day at the shore yes to using WD40 as cleaner, I use it to clean mower engine with a synthetic towel

successful morning but worked too hard at it took the back way to Flemington NJ on a cool morning with the window down. get out of car and feel for wallet. nope. back I go and do it all over again, this time staying on 202. oh my are the state police chowing down on radar on that stretch due to...

Rip, great to hear from you. Low sugar ketchup is better for you... ;) glad you are doing ok and you clearly have been busy with major stuff. when you get time, milk house pics? for you engineers, do ya think they should have braced/reinforced that initial curve a little better?

my multiflora rose at end of property was inherited and never ceases to rip me up when i get anywhere close. looks like a lovely day out. finishing second cup, had my breakfast now headed out in best part of the day. Popgadget, your grandson grows two inches with every new picture what great...

good morning all ahhh, that's the golden moon shining through my windows last night, was very pretty not big on fish eggs so will leave sturgeon to others... very cool morning, about 53 out, going up into mid 80's today in nice weather. Perfect for the car show here. Don, hope your wife feels...

dropped off three pounds of tomatoes to my step brother who lives locally and had a nice breakfast at local watering hole. Old chief of police waits tables...nice local spot. now home on a lovely day

good morning all noisy birds out this morning, maybe they want to be fed a cool 57 out now going up to 83 in sunshine, should be a nice day before the next heat wave comes in. washed my car late yesterday, maybe today will work on the rv. As expected new shocks on rear of car did not make the...

newbury, thank you. can't pull up the picture (?)

lots of solid solutions for double axle trailer going up on one axle seems less for single axle RS, that looks pretty close, thanks, have lots of neem oil, headed out to hose them down

my tomato vines are very productive but all over the lower leaves are dying off perhaps a mildew

I like that big wheeled jack. always lifting from side so assume when lifting wheels point straight in and out. I have lots of rubber chocks thanks to the rv, so before I do anything will chock everything else. the wheels need to come off my trailer, have zerk lube on bearings so they are...

thanks, need to go "off road" with this, over the lawn even if I get closer. suppose if I found a paved parking lot that would be nice but I need a jack anyway and stuff with cars I've always found inadequate. always an issue of not toppling over, so always looking for stability

this all reminds me of my own trailer, which in four years has not had wheels off. but then, I don't have a jack...maybe I'll borrow one for this. of course, good reason to go to HF and find a nice cheap hydraulic jack. I'd like a jack that runs off my Makita cordless drill, that would likely...

how about plain old WD40 on the bolts and studs? I understand the torquing issue, what I meant was some kind of corrosion preventative. worst are your trailers, boat and farm, they tend to not get a lot of tlc.

if you live in the snow/rust/salt belt, good to make sure all parts get moved around, cleaned out and maybe lubed with some never seize. You do that yourself, guy at shop likely won't. They'll slap dirty back on dirty.

guys rotating tires are often pretty rough on them get them back with greasy fingerprints and abused lug nuts. lot better if you can do it yourself. I think more important for some cars/trucks than others. perhaps living in Kansas on super flat roads is different than living in hills of East. a...

nice downtown Arly love the hanging flowers seems to be a Michigan thing fond memory of driving through Petoskey and marveling at all the hanging flower pots a visual treat for a gardener

good morning all should be another nice warm summer day here, would be nicer if air was cleaner. headed downtown to UPS to return some spark plugs. Ordered NGK BPR5ES (the "honda plug") to replace the one Popgadget gave me for my rv gen. box comes in, looks suspicious, plain brown wrapper...and...

on this day in 2012 I was ogling a new JD4720 in Delaware while visiting a friend. bought a L5740 Kubota instead, no regrets. but any boy raised on green is going to look at one for sure... ;)

Happy, I know you aren't happy about that cracking sound for sure. yesterday while at Costco, this shirt, for some reason caught my eye. I have plenty of winter shirts but my heavy duty LL bean chamois shirts are finally getting pretty ragged around the edges. this is made by Weatherproof, a...

nice to see you have so much fun with this Scott. Looks like you've rediscovered an old friend. if any of you have bees, you might find this interesting

good morning all some unexpected light showers out now but they will clear out, cloudy and mid 80s today. all I have planned for today is dropping car off at local garage to get the rear shocks put on. Buppies hope you had a better night and a good day today

Thanks Dennis. About three feet away, Iphone nailed it, fun to watch hummingbirds and butterflies right out my kitchen window. my repair job on the rv was barely ok, I need a second finish coat on the caulk. but sure better than it was. This would have been so much easier if it was real wood...

all these aging rockers with died hair... bet fun to listen to a pretty friend came to visit my flowers

good trip to Costco after dropping off several pounds of tomatoes to Popgadget on the way. Costco wasn't too crowded thankfully and got some interesting things to provide some food variety. plus the normal detergent and supplies. nice to get some things back in the downstairs freezer, silly to...

Bill, great glasses story, drive safely today and don't hit a single bug line dancing sounds like a lot of fun boot scoot boogie?

good morning all cloudy going up to mid 80's today walnut brown wood putty came in yesterday, hope to finish the rv bathroom trim repair with that. and then off to Costco when they open, haven't been there in a while, and need to stock up freezer. I used my Alemite hand grease gun yesterday...

I am going to use salt and industrial grade vinegar. dilute it some and make your own pickles Bill

because I was banging my shins in the garden shed on the unforgiving edges of my front mower hitch, after a little experimentation, found the right bumpers. Approved for all shins

some car stuff: if you have a modern GM car that can perform OTA, over the air updates, GM just announced new ruling saying any damage done to car by not updating with 45 days is no longer covered under warranty nor will they be responsible for damages done. most interesting. lawyers hard at...

good Monday morning all nothing like a fresh tomato; got two emails from friends saying how much they enjoyed my tomatoes. am off around 7:30 this morning to local imaging center to get an ultrasound of my groin. Sounds like a gooey affair... but I need to rule in, or out, a hernia, as it...

1960 Chevy? got the parts cut and installed in the rv, not close enough to avoid some wood putty which is the final step for the joint. Looks better already. got lucky with the cutting, had a freud fine blade on chop saw and it left a very smooth edge

would not have a useless yard not when that land was what you depended upon to feed you very different priorities than today it was a fine tomato morning, bringing up my two day to include a zucchini going to my neighbor, and most of these tomatoes going to two other neighbors. I got the...

good morning all on a very nice August morning a "chilly" 55 this morning going up into the 80's. first cup of coffee going down, waking up slowly think I'm going to tackle the bathroom door trim replacement in the rv this morning. Normally I'd use my chop saw to cut molding but this stuff is...

nice to hear from you PJ, sorry your kidney stones weren't cooperating. had a nice swim at my friend's community pool in Hatfield, then a nice dinner and by the time I got home was getting dark. Had to slam on brakes only once, not for a deer this time, but a mangy looking red fox. I really...

if you are getting on the amusement ride and everyone looks really large maybe wait a bit...

Scott, when you have time, would you take pics of your antennas? I'm just curious....sold a lot of antennas in my Radio Shack days, but only a few special ordered short wave ones. funny, was just discussing dual voice coil speakers with Popgadget and here you are installing your own coil of a...

https://brclegal.com/us-car-recall-statistics/ with Ford's latest recall I wondered if recalls were getting out of hand. no, in the 30 million range year after year am curious what average cost per recall was pretty sure many of these are fixable by over air updates In last year surprising...

good morning all wow 4 inches of rain Buppies, you folks got a lot more than here, actually just North and South of me got more an an inch. Only 1/3 inch of rain here. I hope the weather dries out nicely for your work. marvelously cool morning out, 61 now going up to 80. I have a full day...

my diesel laptop I'd love to see that must be a new off grid model? has stayed grey and cool so far today, still only 71 out. made a trip back to Hatfield this morning to pick up trim molding to replace the water damaged trim in the rv. Need to measure carefully. found my nice fine tooth...

what a lovely cool morning out 62 degrees, hard to believe, just picked tomatoes, brought in about five pounds. In another day or two will be a dozen more as all the determinate tomatoes ripen. Bill, yes, a L or an arrow, something. saw some garden weeding I need to do, will head back out to...

good morning all and welcome to August. temps really dropped last night, nice to not hear a/c run all night lovely day today, high of only 75. Phil, sorry your hand hurts. Some days I wonder what part of me is going to malfunction today... your woodwork continues to delight and impress. not...

it rained a lot more at your place, not much here, only .21 might have a few more showers

North of here it shows Bedminster getting soaked, hope Popgadget got his mower put away in time. West of here, one and two inches of rain reported starting to rumble now when it hops around like this, WU modeling has a fit

my brother emailed me from Michigan saying be careful, thought forecast was five inches of rain here. no... however everyone in this area can't forget the big storm not far from you where so much water came down so quickly that water came off the top of a hill and flooded the road below...

Popgadget inspired me to mow the lawn just before the rains come, which is in an hour or two hot and sticky out, happy to get inside forecasts for accumulation all over the place Buppies, sorry for wife's scrape David, sometimes I wish they put in zerk fittings in all these parts. my neck could...

my favorite bird pic Ron so cool you have those things roaming around in your yard quite the hunter, would not want to be a small frog nearby

I always called it farmers genes. it's quiet out, very little traffic going by, except for early commuters heading off to NYC. and then around 4:30am the birds start to twitter. and then more join in. like they are saying get up! get up! even better was in NC. I loved hearing the neighboring...

good morning all no idea why I woke up this early but enjoying my coffee Mostly, welcome home. heavy rains due in this afternoon, one to two inches predicted. at least no watering needed this morning and a high of only 84 going to work on rv this morning while cool, want to get those fixtures...

Frits, your place looks beautiful with historic buildings, like living with history every day. Sometimes I bet you wish the huge barn was not so historic but what a marvelous building. having grown up in a house built in 1720, and living in an area where I think half the old homes say Washington...

nice rig Ken. Nice bumper too. nice visit with friend in Hatfield, really do not enjoy driving down into congested Montgomery County, always wind up in lines of traffic. But they are worth it and after nice breakfast with school board friend at Chives in Lambertville, just took my time getting...

I emailed my sister who lives on the Pacific coast in california to go down to the beach and see if she sees any waves coming in from the Pacific tsunami Northern California arrivals are expected to begin 2:50 a.m. ET, reaching San Francisco Bay around 3:40 a.m. ET and Southern California...

good morning all a/c ran most of the night, still in low 70's out, heading up to 98 today. ugh. having breakfast with school board friend, want to hear whole story about local son of a well known Quaker teacher was arrested in Washington state for protesting against ICE. Local internet was...

97/108 even the birds don't like the heat later I bet they splash around in the bird bath I need to go change the water in it, after walking out to get the mail and that should have me hot enough before I get back. maybe when sun goes down I'll venture out my boat a/c units had issues icing up...

my friend just left armed with the large zucchini I found hiding in garden this morning. she is going to make some bread out of it. got very red in face this morning and have to just cool it, keep drinking more water. never got to work on rv, like others, you go outside and want to turn right...

Buppies, yes, life choices, we are often our own worst enemy I've made it to 75, hope I keep making decent decisions made enough bad ones to learn by 100 percent of my family has died due to cancer, and I've had it, so with no expectations of making it onto the cereal box (do they still do...

I don't understand why my local state liquor store doesn't have wine faeries like Wagtail gets. when I asked the guy at the counter where his wings were, he looked at me funny... How come the Tasmanians get all the fun? ;) actually our state liquor stores are usually very good, and have a...

good morning all coffee is perking, and the a/c has sure had a workout high of 98 today, yuk I'm off early to hardware store and supermarket for a few things, then home before it gets too hot this afternoon. Weather forecasters predicting a big cooloff for later this week, but warn of a lot...

And I love the idea of backing the RV up to a roof edge for additional safety! there was even a bigger advantage Paul's shop is completely air conditioned so when that far door was open, we still got a little cool air coming out. On a hot sunny day that felt great, though we did close the doors...

weather forecast for next three days is very hot, mid to upper 90's, who knows what HI will be. looks like I'm back on watering detail; this heat dries out the raised beds Ken, I hope you are floating in your pool at lunchtime. tempted to crank the a/c down a notch and take a nap

successful morning after haircut, which was nice, headed to Popgadget's with rv. took twice as long because both main roads were blocked with paving and tree work. tis the season. burned out lights replaced, all lit up when done, outstanding. And since I was trying to replace the gen spark plug...

can you put a price on your spouse? wonderful sign in small museum near Lancaster PA this lady thought the remains of her drowned husband were worth 2.5 million in today's money he was found months later by slaves on a Maryland plantation far downstream. I doubt they got paid... General Jacob...

garden was generous this morning 1 pound 4.1 ounces for the plump fellow hopefully will be starring in Popgadget's sandwich soon

good morning all up early, enjoying my coffee going to be a hot day, 73 going to 93 today. big morning, switch to new barber, wonder how that will turn out. old barber left with no notice, new lady said 45 bucks for a men's haircut. I paid her, smiled and said not again. Competitor in same...

RS, you need to start getting tickets printed for garden tours! Looking good! thought I might slip out and ride the mower but I think the rain will catch me. going to be dry and hot tomorrow anyway, so will put that off. Lou, it sure is, and what I told the other neighbor who was whining...

sorry for your foot Thomas, ouch. on this day in 2011 I was launching my boat at the Lewes DE boat ramp from where we took a fun ride with my friends who live in Milton several years later I replaced that motor with a 70 due to constant carb problems. Boat is now in Cedarville MI and my advice...

I needed a smaller screwdriver to pry on it. whole thing had been installed with a lot of clear caulk around it. the lens is a solid piece and so is the stainless trim. New one has two screw holes. I have to take the bike rack off so I can get the ladder on a better angle. even being up that...

good morning all light rain last night, about .10 in gauge, cloudy today with more showers later no plans for today other than doing laundry yesterday wasn't very successful. I tried again on the rv spark plug and no joy. carefully went up that new tall ladder to check out rv lights and not...

I've seen Condon's tests show up to 28% THD I guess for an electric heater that's ok

finished my errands, got gas for car, some cash at the atm, and dropped off tomatoes to another friend. tried again to get spark plug off rv gen, none of the 5 sizes in my spark plug wrench asst fit on the oem, while one fits just fine on the spark plug I have to replace the one on there. Not...

I read that in late 2032, seven years from now, they predict a 200 foot wide asteroid called YR4 to just miss the Earth. It is the largest dangerous flying object in modern history and thankfully it will just miss us. But now they are worried it will hit the moon. And who will be on the moon at...

good morning all up early, 73 out now, all it ever got down to last night, but today will be cooler after another cup of coffee will decide what Saturday projects to get into. since the install kit for the shock absorbers finally showed up at 6pm last night, taking them to garage to see if...

pulling the curtains tightly closed in office to keep the heat out but thankfully my little house hvac seems to have plenty of capacity weather gauge says 100/117 but in reality a little cooler, I think those things despite their fans often read too hot in direct sun no desire to go outside...

old friend from Washington NC was out with lady friends in Morehead NC and got out on the water at dusk last night. she said it was really hot there too, and not much wind showing in this picture

my brother and his wife are at their summer cabin in Cedarville and I just emailed them saying boy is it nice up there. Heat dome made its way here in the East but not that far North. I think brother finally broke down and put a window a/c unit in house. It does get hot there at times...

I entertain my squirrels all the time with my favorite version of "catch the bb" only when they come close to feeders trash out to curb, birds fed, I'm fed, showered and shaved, so getting good early start to day. Primarily because it will be so ghastly hot and humid this afternoon sure won't...

is your day going by too slowly? hitch a ride with Brittany Force, who broke the NHRA record last week at 341 mph and she was racing against a Kalitta. Multi generational racers for sure. you really have to wonder why these things don't lift off, even giant jets lift off at lower speeds...

good morning all up early, slept well, a/c ran all night and going to be a very hot day today starting off with breakfast with a friend, have a ziplock of fresh picked tomatoes for him. I was hoping to fiddle with that shock mount today but Amazon said mounting kit coming a day later. I'm...

but what do I know? more than me...keep it coming. ;) high 80's but nice, used the weedeater until my wrists hurt too much, including edging a few gardens. then took the ebike off the rv and went over it carefully with 303 protectant. Then checked tires, nope, 8 pounds will not do so out...

yes, it was on my Gravely mower blades. Just don't overtorque them or squish the life out of them I guess not many folks use a torque wrench installing mower bolts but I sure would with these thanks Frits

what a life he had, always larger than life I never watched wrestling but he sure had his fans, and then he went on to tv. shave his mustache off and you would not recognize him rip

this is what I ordered, doesn't look like it would compress very much but if it works guess I need two sets

Peter nailed it, no pun intended, Belleville washer is full name it's a little flying saucer washer that exerts its own force. I saw them being used on my Gravely mower equipment in places. apparently over time they lose their oomph and should be replaced but I doubt anyone does. maybe on...

three years ago I bought a high capacity off brand battery for my Makita leafblower. 9AH instead of Makita's 5AH. Not sure if they make a 6 now. But I needed another battery and I decided to get a second 9AH battery to match the first one I bought. this way they can pair up to give me 18AH for...

nice dog pics and dog stories haven't had to worry about the squirrels this morning. I think they are far up some trees. earlier a red fox was near the feeders, not the nice full coated one I saw before but a greyer thinner fox who took off a few seconds later and before I could get back with...

funny how it's 62 out here now, a nice cool morning before a very hot day and it's 70 all the way North for Bill maybe he is more in the heat dome they are talking about coffee going down nicely, need to order some more better coffee in grocery store very expensive, and I have tried the cheaper...

good morning all going to be a hot day here too, in the 90's no plans for today, though yesterday did not go well. wasted most of afternoon trying to find a bell washer so service station could install my rear shocks. Allegedly mounting kit came with shock, but only the nut. Looked up shock on...

I gave it a full B&B. Bugs and Birdpoop special he parks outside like I do, and his wife has tons of bird feeders like I do. and we seem equally rewarded with their attempts at recycling almost the same dark blue as my car

saw a coastal flood warning posted no rain in near forecast it seems a system from the South is banging into a front from the North and forcing the winds Eastward. Must be times of high tide, and now strong Eastward wind blowing the water up the coastal bays and rivers. All the way up here...

Peter, nicely said. Holly, Dona and all other spouses with medical challenges, lots of positive wishes sent your way. brother picked me up in his BMW M850, which I barely fit into, and said just keep it til your car is ready. He wants to drive his Corvette today anyway, I saw he had the cover...

good morning all slept in this morning, woke up by birds chirping, guess I was really tired have a few things to get done this morning. car is going into local service station to get the rear new shocks put on. They were cheap and with new front ones, wanted them all working way they should...

Lou, I would likely send my young helper up there, not me. considering the doc yesterday told me to take it easy, climbing that ladder is going to be put off til tomorrow. if all I have is a pulled groin muscle from screwing around with those saws on Saturday, then going up a ladder isn't going...

funny, I took the roof rails off my car to make it quieter but the 8 foot medium duty aluminum ladder just fit into car and I think it will be just high enough for me to change out those upper rv lights. carefully I will look into truss, thanks, already have one for my neck, now one for my ........

need to buy a ladder. was drooling over Popgadget's variety of nice ladders, I used to have most of the same, but no tall stuff any more. But I need to get to top of rv, have to change out some light fixtures. A simple 10 foot aluminum ladder, well padded, would be fine. two challenges for me...

good morning all looks like a lovely summer day, cooler and high in the 80's, just about perfect. yesterday was an annoying bust, doc said have to see you before ordering scan of possible hernia. He orders an ultrasound. I spend half an hour online trying to make appt with local hospital, who...

on this day a few years back a little black snake was having a bad day. I discovered him the morning I was taking two garden club ladies to inspect the garden and of course they were upset for the poor little snake. I wrecked my netting getting him down but amazingly when finally fully undone...

good morning all looks like a lovely sunny day, not too hot, high in mid 80's. if I played golf, would sure be a nice day for chasing the white ball. a sport I never learned Mostly, hope the family trip to St Louis is fun. What is the contraption in the picture? no plans for today, several...

ten years ago I learned a new word. huffing when teenagers inhale glue and lose consciousness, in this case winding up in neighbors soy beans and needing a medivac chopper. If any brain cells left, hope it was a learning experience.

RS, once you find it...these are cheap and easy. after wooden stake hit by lawn crew, since my place was just surveyed, now is the time to pound those stakes in. the value of the survey is supposed to be long term, but lose the marker, and well...

a busy but successful morning. did some food shopping, then went to TSC for roundup, then stopped at Popgadget's on way home and we installed dash speakers in my car. Due to limited clearance, hard to get crimpers in, I was going to use lever butt connectors. But Paul suggested a much better...

there is a long history of folks dying from CO poisoning in rvs and houseboats of all things. generators running on houseboats would trap CO under boat and killed some swimmers. all rv's today have to have a hard wired CO detector installed, but I have always installed a second smoke/gas...

good morning all up way too early, went to bed early I was so tired from yesterday. so enjoying my coffee early on a Sunday morning Kyle, glad you are older and wiser, hope you got to blow out a candle. no plans for today, need today to just veg out I never did inspect the woods after the...

second shower of the day felt really good, went over my legs carefully looking for critters. been a steady light rain for awhile, getting me in the nap mood today did not go well for the Stihl saws. Neither of my nephew's saws started easily but once we got the big one going, it had a new...

successful morning got it done in two hours, good thing because it just started to rain Ken rigged up a pulley to pull the tree down and it worked great. six guys worked hard for two hours and got it done. now I need another shower and a long nap

3 hours of mowing Thomas, you have about two acres of lawn to mow? if lawn is bumpy, try gel bottom cushion on seat I don't mind the riding, easy with power steering and a necker knob on the wheel, but the trimming is tiresome. It's the exercise I need but don't enjoy. fed the birds, fed...

good morning all great pic Ron might be a few showers out now, sort of hope not to keep lawn dry but oh well, at least rest of day is dry and not too hot. Slept well last night, enjoying first cup of coffee. nice 77th birthday party for next older brother, his son and grandkids were there. 12...

Dennis, likely a small nail but check the tire valve, usually recessed enough but ? time to get birthday card out of Amazon package that just arrived and head off to birthday party in an hour. Cut that one a little close... :rolleyes:

very nice day out, motivated me to push the trim mower and then mow the lawn. could have gone another day but back area grows almost an inch a day so the place looks nice need to rest, headed to brother's home this afternoon for his birthday dinner. I got him a dashcam for his car and his...

was out watering plants, picked a tomato, came in for breakfast headed over to sister's home in Princeton NJ this morning to check on her leased townhouse and car in garage. Want to start it up and back it up a few feet. They are coming in from California next month, will be nice to see her...

anyone who has ever whacked themselves in the face with a starter rope well I guess we are showing our age... like Scott using a crank on his car

still managed to bathe myself with spray. o_O time for a good shower. not quite sure what was in dormant oil spray and follow up orchard sprays but was soaked dozens of times as teenager with spray trying to get the apple trees sprayed. Also did the peaches, plums and cherry trees. My...

beautiful bird, sure is indigo blue good catch

good morning all up early, slept well, looks like a much cooler day today Ron, wonderful color on that bird, what is it? Mostly, I think you are well ahead on the posting lots to do today, glad it won't be so hot turns out I was pretty dumb on the tree planning. When looked at from another...

well seems I didn't order the wrong wiring adapter for my car, Crutchfield confirms no one makes it and I have to cut the wires. ok need to find those Swiss lever action butt connectors which are great for small areas too hot out now, off comes the grill again tomorrow morning in the cool.

HI 103, time to come in though did take a walk in the woods for work session planning and remarkably cool in there. Felt nice. I think I'll sit in the a/c and ponder that tomato ripening out there mice in garage started chawing on my rubber mat. mouse trap going in later

Cody looks happy looking for a nice skunk to tangle with..... no joy on the speaker adapter on car, must be a different Lexus model. will try again need to order some more Makita batteries. don't have a second set for chain saw; going through same mental dance of oem for three times the price...

timber! totally rotted woodpecker tree, brought down this morning by pro, since I told neighbor in partial jest a whole bunch of high net worth guys would be working under his dead tree on Saturday...he laughed, knew exactly what I meant, and as promised got that tree out. I knew it would drop...

that swimming sounds super Don. maybe you can be chasing the resident pretty mermaid in the pool.... ;) hope you guys in Texas can dry out. Looks like New Orleans about to get flooded again. but I'm going to leave the marinated carrot dogs to you. I rarely eat them, but actually eat more in...

good morning all hot day today, 75 out now going up to 93 with showers in the area coffee is brewing have some small projects to work on today continuing planning for work session here on Sat morning, have half a dozen guys coming to help me take down a few trees and clean up small amount of...

better eat quick Thomas, that popsicle will be a real dripper in the heat... and wherever you drip, the ants will come but it sounds mighty good stormed a little earlier, about .43 rain, might be more later.

I hear the tunes of that song do it to me one more time... but the siren of outdoors going to really have to wiggle it to attract me outside with heat index near 100. got rv washed and dried. went over interior of car recleaning some spots on seats that did not come out like new with the detail...

have no idea how this popped up if you need a new clock and you are a motorhead...boy this is you...

75 already, time to get outside before sun makes it hot quickly nice to work in the shade windows on house all fogged summer time

at least my portable plugs into a 50 amp direct wired house connection, so if I turn off water heater, I can get by with 45 amps. No cords. But even having spent a lot of money on a high quality battery backed sump pump, if power is out more than an hour, I'm very likely to go turn on gen...

good morning all warm sticky morning and a hot day ahead with thunderstorms this afternoon. I was a little lazy yesterday so will continue with projects today. after breakfast will wash rv and work on car speakers lawn crew never showed up yesterday, need to follow up with them. I think all the...

2 thumbs up for valve stems that will last longer than us Lou. in anticipation of weedwacker crew I got a quick mow in, so they could easily see what was left for them. and of course they haven't shown up. I want the place to look nice for this Saturday when my helper crew and landlord are...

ran some errands, filled up car with gas, now heading out on a hazy warm day to try again on changing spark plug on rv generator. I researched the plug, ordered the plug, found the right padded socket, and no way would it go in. Obstructed access too. unit only has 185 hours on it but plugs...

that makes sense my neighbor had a choice, there was room on his side, but he just found the big open area and dug a hole. so in my case, this was avoidable. He's a mason and I'm afraid he sunk that post in concrete... property was just resurveyed, only now clear where the line was.

how does that work? is protocol they can acknowledge you and that's all? can't imagine they can yak away up there, discuss the Mets... ;) if they have time, can they engage with you?

it was Sunday morning with no traffic so this time I hogged up the whole road early and got rv stopped in a better spot. Second time Bill for a hole in one,usually takes me one k turn to position and one to reverse. if my neighbor had not put his mail box two feet on my property, this would...

having owned a Radio Shack and having sold a ton of old style antennas before cable came in, would not be hard to fab your own antenna. Buy a big one and cannibalize it for parts. then the science comes in. Wavelength affects antenna design, sometimes you want a long wire antenna, sometimes...

have any of you HAM guys talked to the ISS yet? that would make pretty cool entry on log book but who could forget Buck Rogers calling: Come in Mars Come in Mars on a special wavelength known only in Hollywood...

good morning all up early, looks like about half an inch of rain last night, less than predicted. North of here lots of flooding apparently, including NY subway system. Thomas, have fun today need to go do a little foodshopping this morning, then back to wash rv. very pleased with how Lexus...

yum got my veggie portions done