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I thought John Deere lost the class action suit on right to repair and had to open up more. maybe they appealed..............

RS, looking good. just finished planting the green beans and the cukes. gorgeous day outside. tried to post pics from phone but they were greyed out and kept giving me a fail on does not recognize format of jpeg. un huh will just go take a pic with regular camera, I don't have the energy to...

got home and it was 99 in greenhouse in the sun, yikes, opened it all up to cool off. much too long dealer visit this morning, but they are very nice. Volvo sales said things were slow. I've bought three cars from them over 40 years, pretty reliable folks. I just wish Volvo made a larger suv so...

Burpee just emailed a confirmation that my little Fignomenal Fig tree has shipped, which I will put in a big outdoor pot, and hopefully be able to drag inside for the winter. Maybe...let's see how big it gets. I really am not a fig person, though always liked fig newtons as a kid. As usual...

good morning all wow the heat is on, high in upper 70's today. After getting car inspected, coming home to plant bush beans and work on flowers on a beautiful day. First I'm going to get on phone and call other oral surgeons locally since my primary dentist never called back. i would sure...

seemed like a nonevent here, glad Ken took that pic so I can see what I missed. pretty cloudy out went to dentist, tooth has to be pulled, went to oral surgeon down the street, unpleasant woman behind desk refused to tell me the cost of pulling a tooth, just that the first visit was...

my primary doc is a small stature man with not an ounce of fat on him. My endocrinologist and oncologist are both tall and thin. I worry they think I'm a fat slob with no willpower. When I see my primary in two weeks, will ask him to try hard to get me approved for Mounjaro or similar. At 6.0...

good morning Buppies. You just keep sending that heat up and over this way 70 is a wondrous thing...

I'd give that gen a pat on the head (y) since diesel loses performance after three years, you want to burn up some of that fuel anyway. I had a 250 gallon diesel tank on my NC farm and I ran out every March. So I always had fresh fuel. Plus I had a 500 gal propane tank for Generac. fuel...

I did not watch the game but am enjoying the photos taken this morning. this was my favorite, captures a lot of emotion and hints at SC overpowering Iowa. I bet she wasn't used to getting her shots blocked

good morning all cold out 33, going up to 60 today in nice weather with some clouds. busy morning planned, visits with landlady and another friend today, both getting trays of flowers, and in between, visit to dentist. Rear molar not responding to penicillin very well, mouth is sore and just...

Rusty, do you have a system/SOP for turning the unit off to do inspections, like check the oil level? does your unit have any issues with wet stacking under very light load? It's sure getting a good workout, probably best thing for that diesel. It was born to work. and I am curious, under...

good morning all should be a nice day, starting off around 38 going up to high 50's today. quiet morning, then off to have brunch with friends in Lederach (other side of Harleysville) and take them their flat of flowers. pretty sure my first batch of veggies got frozen. They are covered but...

twobit, take a small bubble level with you and make sure he gets you straight.... and for the straight and narrow, guess you'd better take a ruler setting you straight implies you are crooked. Yup. Sounds like fun. :giggle:

good morning Buppies cold winds out of the NW today will make the day feel much colder at least the sky is blue possibilities are endless let's make the most of them though some days can feel like the treadmill when the angle has been set all the way high. nothing goes easily crank that angle...

RS, you better get some glasses no corneal damage on Monday perhaps you could get a live cam, put it on you tube, and make millions selling the eclipse "live" reporting in live from his strawberry patch, we will have a live report from our Ohio TBN reporter...

my brother in VA will see about a 90 percent blockage in the eclipse, Buppies guessing you will be a point or two higher, further West you go darker it will get. what a great couple of weeks for a science teacher. Earthquakes and eclipses. I wonder how many gazillion sets of eclipse sun glasses...

good morning all 38 going up to low 50's today, should be a nice day after picking up brother and his wife at train station this morning, then will start delivering flats of flowers am really looking forward to next week when temps rise. woke up with sore molar feeling fine. took a sip of hot...

I heard a great quote about the quake that was exactly my experience some lady said it felt like her laundry was out of balance and it was shaking, but the whole house. That was my first thought when I heard it mixed with giant helicopters overhead. makes you wonder how old iron gas connections...

RUMBLE RUMBLE that was sure interesting thought it was a fleet of heavy lift choppers going right over house, but the noise was too low, like a deep grumble. earthquake went right up Delaware River and I'm only a couple miles away I went outside, saw nothing, oh well we don't get them often...

Rip, that tile work was looking good more pics please

good morning all up too early, enjoying first cup of coffee 38 out going up to 48, first dry day in a while I wish this tooth did not hurt, hot coffee on it is not pleasant at all this too shall pass Ron, at our age to buy a spare MM mower is a positive thing. now you will have two well...

drive safely Lou I bet your seat warmers are on

a mud volcano is a wonderful visual Rip. hope your daughter has a totally safe trip. I know you will not relax til she gets there. and since I'm headed that way in four months my existing concerns over wind remain. slow and steady slow and steady...

good morning all what a rainstorm this has been, 4.10 showing on gauge this morning. apparently a little more this afternoon, then finally a slow warming up and I see a 70 in the forecast. Dennis, sorry for this headache. If the other guy was hurt at all, I'd definitely get counsel as David...

3.70 inches of rain and still coming down. back yard once again a lake and thunder boomers for a little while lady from gardening club coming over at noon tomorrow to pick up three flats of flowers for the school. will be helpful to make more room so I can spread growing plants out more. In...

yikes Mother Nature is working you hard Thomas pace yourself and be careful I was watching radar earlier and it was green where you are but freezing to the West, looks like that is moving over and catching this rain heading North. Definitely a NorEaster, second part of this system scooping up...

good morning all rain, rain, rain 2.22 inches so far and I bet Lake Drew is about ready for a small bass boat... no plans for today, will try to get something accomplished inside Buppies, Mostly and all others recovering, hope your morning is much better. lot of power still out in...

Sorry Dennis, hope your son is ok sure are the calls you don't want to get

that's where I intended to stay for a couple of nights, thanks

hah, funny, I did, it looked nice, quite a system of campgrounds around that lake

Buckeye, my long pole pruner is a Fiskars and it works beautifully. spent the last few hours watching rain come down, and making rv reservations. Good thing I started on this. Getting reservations over Labor Day is a challenge. Three places I had arranged all wanted three day minimums so I...

will be quite a party for the end of days folks and the tin foil hatters. for the rest of us, it's a lesson in astronomy. good thing Mr Moon moves out of the way we need our sun back RS, get your glasses quick. It's going right over you. https://nationaleclipse.com/maps.html

Don, do you have a total eclipse today after lunch? Looks like "totality" line goes right through Austin. That should be interesting must be interesting out driving and have it turn into night

good morning all but a very wet one, for days now. .54 inches yesterday, two or three more inches over next two days. sure hope my sump pump keeps pumping, it runs a lot Mostly, hope you got to sleep last night. Next few days won't be much fun but hope you heal quickly. and for sure get some...

if I'm getting three inches of rain, that's a lot of snow up North...sorry guys. This must be the time of year when seat time pushing snow might be losing its appeal. do you remember all of us worrying about Roy going out in this weather, with his bad leg, bad heart, etc. may he RIP in the cab...

good morning all Ron, my coffee tastes pretty good this morning too (y) RS, good score on that plant. Unless your wife has always complained of taste, I'd be careful when taste goes away, might be a canary in mine? or maybe it's time for a trip to the hot sauce store. that beef looks good...

I was reminded that a two cubic foot bag of mulch/soil is mighty heavy when it gets wet. picked up two 2 cf bags of Miracle Grow potting mix at TSC near Popgadget, two for 25, normally 17 apiece for the big bags, so a good deal. I struggled to get it in cart, almost fell over, young guy asked...

Ken, how's your son's driving? clouding up but warming up, raked the flower beds and the yard, planted some grass seed, might make a run to TSC since they are open today. I'm wondering if the one in Ringoes NJ is the same distance as the two on this side of the river. all of them have plants...

Ron, your ducks are gorgeous the range of colors is wonderful cute feet too... the animal kingdom is much more colorful than us humans. We have to put clothes on to be colorful and we show off with those colorful clothes just like the ducks do with their colorful feathers

Good morning all and Happy Easter. hope everyone gets a chance to be with family and have a good day. Will be having dinner at brother's but nothing else planned for today. a warm 61 today, lot of rain in forecast later this week, weather slowly warming up to 70 next weekend. I'm ready.

had fun this morning planting cukes and a lone bush bean. testing the first batch, lots more growing, likely I'll freeze this but who knows. couple of nights I might lay some insulating cloth down over top of them. raised planter I built yesterday turned out nicely. I lined it with landscape...

good morning all should be a nice day until rain comes in, and will rain through tonight. I have a few errands to run this morning RS, good info on the amaryllis. I have five in the basement, thinking maybe I should up pot like you have. I rarely get them to come back. I hope to have a quiet...

out to the gardens I've already gone and planted six hellebores that landlady gave me, more in the clumps than I thought. So that lead to raking and cleaning up the beds. think I'll head out shortly to go pick up some hanging baskets. I hope in another month I can make my own, have some...

Pretty sure this is a tool for production farming, not us hobby farmers who are always looking for more seat time. automation and gps mapped field software is standard above a certain point in big tractors. so stands to reason anything labor intensive on a farm is going to be looked at to...

good morning all looks like a really nice day today, sunny and high around 55 I have no big plans for today but a small freestanding wood planter came in late yesterday so that is going to get built this morning. Landlady sent her helper back over to my house with two big lenten roses he dug up...

Messicks has released a video talking about impact of Baltimore port closure, and so have lots of other folks. Messicks says what is on hand has them ready for the Spring planting and they don't see any near term issues. But apparently a huge amount of agricultural stuff comes through that port...

funny, here's Wagtail way out of our time zone...and I've been thinking about time zones for my trip. Never been through so many consecutively. Will have to reset my watch a lot. And I'm getting there an hour earlier than planned. Since some campgrounds charge you a lot if you get there...

the ship that hit the Baltimore bridge weighed 213 million pounds. that's almost hard to fathom I bet when they rebuild that bridge they improve the "fenders" around the piers. this bridge was built before these super heavy ships were designed, and there were some issues of width needed to get...

good morning all half an inch of rain and system is still coming up the East coast today, more light rain, then clearing out later today. was able to leave the electric heat on high setting in greenhouse and it stayed a balmy 80 degrees in there. headed out soon to turn it down to low. I'm...

that's a much larger tractor, compare the two pics odd Tractor Data says hydro one of four available transmissions

I scored some fine tractor pics this morning. met neighboring farm owner in grocery store this morning, he invited me over for a tour of his farm, which he mostly rents out to a real farmer with a CSA there. Mostly old JD tractors, nothing fancy about this place. No new Kubotas here... so we...

looks like our modern lifestyle, food, obesity, etc etc is pretty hard on our gut my wife died of colorectal cancer so this is of interest to me, and actually for all of us we certainly don't want an "upheaval in our microbiome"... More granular data on this uptick published last year in...

good morning all 51 degrees today with light rain starting soon and continuing for next two days I have a 15% off grocery coupon to make use of, will go shopping this morning is it me or are there a lot more ads showing up all over the page, top side and bottom?.................... Ron, you...

yeah, they weren't backing out of that one I know that structural strength comes from many things but I would feel better, sort of, if only one span of that bridge fell down. there may not be an inadequacy here but it sure didn't show sectional integrity. Particularly for a bridge that has...

just spent two hours trimming trees, good exercise, shirt is soaked. burning any wood creates carcinogens. Burning painted wood just makes it worse dilution is the solution, if you out in the middle of nowhere, it's a silly restriction. lots of other rules too I'm sure, you won't be burning...

one of the big questions is why the whole bridge went down instead of just one part. they have big stone pilings at the bottom of those bridge supports, but clearly not enough. the opening for deep draft vessels is in the middle of the river. seriously bad seamanship or a steering failure or...

ship was outbound fully loaded I've gone under that bridge a dozen times with my boat if you thought rt 95 traffic was bad, wait til this hits this morning and this hugely busy bridge traffic is diverted. Plus this was the bridge you took to avoid the tunnels. Now this may push folks back...

the video of that bridge falling is scary and I was on that bridge last year in my rv fully loaded freighter so heavy it knocked bridge down like erector set

nice to see no more freezing temps in ten day forecast. I checked the greenhouse thermometer last night several times, expected tank to run out. 31 outside going up to 50 today in clouds, then rain for next several days. But warmer. will be a busy morning, landlady sending helper over to help...

good morning all Whoa.....what news this morning, one of the main bridges in Baltimore harbor knocked down by a huge ship. I went over that bridge in the rv last year... news will be coming out if there were any vehicles lost on the bridge; they said multiple people in water. I think that...

having a cup of coffee, happy to stay off my sore foot, and doing some trip fine tuning. I have a question for our Texans how bad is driving through the center of Houston on Route 10 at 11 in the morning? I'm headed East to Crystal Beach and really wondering if I want to drive through center...

that was a lot of snow Thomas. 54 and sunny, just lovely out and boy am I tired. 4900 steps feels like 49,000 lawn mower oil and filter changed at 90 hours, out goes JD dino oil and in goes full synthetic Pennzoil 10-30. 23hp Kawasaki with a convenient drain hose. Ran mower around yard for...

partially I assume a liability issue that part of tire flexes more, might be more prone to losing plug.

nice moon pic Buppies. If you zoom in you are reminded how bright the moon is. Considering it has no light of its own, and all that light is reflected, also reminds you how powerful our sun is. When the afternoon sun has come through the kitchen window over the sink and the metal sink is warm...

good morning all should be a nice sunny day in the low 50's today, pretty much that way all week. today I will likely fire up the lawn mower primarily to suck up last of leaves and some onion grass. though it might be still too wet in the back. will need to do a service on the mower first...

software assigns that letter, doesn't mean anything and I found two Cs which really makes no sense Cool Sunshine RV park Alamosa CO but I think you meant Colorado Landing RV park in La Grange my stops so far in Texas will be Quanah (off 287) Valley View (just above Ray Roberts Lake) Alvarado...

my day is now booked. school garden club ladies coming at noon, another board member coming late in afternoon. Moon flowers are flying out of here. speaking of the moon.... big big bright moon last night surprised Ron hasn't taken a pic of it yet. never know if the guy up there moves

thanks Newbury, that's the one I bought the 3 pack 2 in the house, to check different circuits, one in rv need six? down to 3 bucks stocking stuffer for your mechanical friends?

128 on the gauge for a while this morning I wonder why the high voltage dropped by time I got the camera usually around 124 one of my favorite gizmos confirms power is on and how much versus seeing 112 to 116 in the rv if I turn an electric heater on low. Drops to 110 on high, likely not to...

good morning all 30 out going to 50 in full sun today, should be nice. might have some more folks coming over to get flowers, BIL and his wife came last night and picked out a whole tray. And since they have a greenhouse of sorts, they took their flowers home with them. I will move all the...

looks you got all the precip I got, three inches of rain at seven inches of snow per inch: 21 inches

rain about to stop, 3.04 inches neighbor stopped in, they had seen Lake Drew from their house and were worried I was flooding. nice of him to stop by. worked on my rv trip planning for several hours. now thinking about where I want to go weekend after next. Opening season for most places. Will...

got home to find Lake Drew in fine form. 1.55 inches so far, very heavy rain right now got my friend's light switches installed, that was easy and got fed a nice muffin for my troubles. Rip, hope your power came back on

just watched a show on class action suits being filed against Dollar General for deceptive pricing. Three states are involved and it appears to be spreading. These stores are specifically situated to provide to the lowest income households and they are apparently often ripped off. What it says...

I was wondering what a duck omelette would taste like...? all you guys up North be careful, don't get hurt in this but get some quality seat time

https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/taxi-and-takeoff-20240318142639477.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill/f_webp after the Russians blew up the Antonov 225, only matter of time before someone built another. Consortium of wind turbine manufacturers want a huge new plane to deliver their new larger...

good morning all just the opposite of turkeys, look how pretty those ducks are! heavy rain this morning, two to three inches predicted 41 going to 49 with rain ending later today I'm headed over to a friend's later this morning to fix those light switches I mentioned. glad that's not snow...

when you think about what a buzzard eats, road kill a specialty, I bet they taste absolutely awful but for a big eagle Bob the buzzard would taste yummy speaking of yummy, found some salmon on sale for 8.99 a pound today, forced myself to buy it even though not my favorite fish. But it really...

of course it is how could anyone think otherwise ;) :giggle:

and that didn't tell us what we wanted, since built in software autoreplaces it with ****** I had to chuckle, have to be careful using the word mostly since we have our own Mostly. I did see where Ken posted the same kind of thing in his internal email, lighting up the IT desk. we must have...

for sure I think we did that well with the alligators most importantly, just be nice hmmmm makes me want to test the system, must be the devil in me... let's see if the little yellow light goes on. balls terrorist gun karen world is flat immigration vaccine peace breast God Allah let's see how...

thomas, that's a lot of snow, but then they said we were getting a lot of rain so coming at you. hope it doesn't damage your trees. trees are starting to bud here and glad only rain. reminds me I need to pick some things up off floor in garage, like my cordless battery chargers. I charge them...

good morning all nippy out, 24 degrees going up near 50 today, with heavy rain coming in tonight Ron, turkeys and buzzards are some of the ugliest birds out there, they definitely got the short end on looks. and almost tastes like chicken!... no plans for today, will see what arrives...

folks driving over the Walt Whitman bridge today in Philadelphia sure got a treat. They moved the USS New Jersey from its birth on the Camden side of the River, down under the Whitman Bridge, around Horseshoe Curve and down to the Philadelphia Naval Yard. old boating ground for me, taking folks...

nice install Scott. Anything that gets EMS to read your address easier is a great idea. that's a nice looking light I have two motion activated solar lights outside my front door, and two all night long solar lights on the walkway and out on the driveway. They work remarkably well for such...

2 1/2 inches of rain now predicted for Saturday, a weekend washout for sure. if that's snow up North, well, hope not

Frits, a new Tormek knife sharpener? I'd be in the kitchen trying it out. or perhaps for sharpening your hand adze?.... super sharp knives are really a joy in the kitchen. I throw everything in dishwasher which isn't good for them but don't mind the occasional swipe on a sharpener.

not to worry Scott, I guess the word CBD is on some list. stuff works wonders rubbing into my sore knuckles on hands and wrists doesn't last long, not much does sun is coming up to a bright blue sky. My lenten roses outside the front door are not happy from last night's cold. Since tonight is...

a late good morning all mighty cold this morning, thermometer said 21 out though Wunderground says warmer just poking along, nothing planned for today, nice to conserve energy. I put one of the remote thermometers in the rv and left a heater in there on low. Says 42 in there, should be good...

had a nice lunch at Irish restaurant in town, had lamb stew which was good. all the plants are now inside and the heat turned off in greenhouse. Did turn the heat on in the rv, 22 will be a little cold for the plumbing in there without some heat. rain showers and gusty winds coming in this...

the one that says Scott has a lot to wax on his truck. ????? is someone anti plant? it's still there, and it does say it's invisible to others. just lurking on top that message. I wonder if I've been swatted. this message is awaiting moderator approval. there was zero political here, I wonder...

thanks for info RNG Plowhog, sorry your cabin got busted a little. be safe fixing it. Buppies, glad you slept well, always gives one better energy.

why would I be flagged for the above message saying awaiting moderator approval?

Scott, lot of sheet metal on those big trucks isn't there...at least most of it is flat I've been studying the weather forecast and it's not good. Cold front comes in later today and tonight down to 28, but tomorrow night down to 22. Instead of worrying about the plants, I'm going to bring...

Scootr, that almost looks like silage, wonder if you could bail it and feed it to livestock?

good morning all Bill glad that's your snow and not here had brother call me this morning and leave message on answering machine, thankfully it worked. ordered holder for Ipad to mount it in rv, but yes Mostly I think I read I could go offline to work on the Garmin route. it was something new...

yes, make phone a hotspot. I've had that hockey puck for 15 years. always been reliable when the phone sometimes was not with 5g now, which I also have on my other mifi unit, eliminating that ten dollar charge would be smart. but I wasn't that smart today, though I did have the box for it. my...

the call goes through, my recorded message plays, but it then immediately disconnects them. So the machine engages but won't get beyond announce mode The old machine worked after I got FIOS. I think... so the answer Ken is I don't know, but I prefer my own machine, not their online recorder...

Thanks, I went in with the carrot vs the stick, 50 year customer, here were my original expectations, how can we fix this to meet them. And he did a reasonable job at it. Too bad they aren't a company store despite huge Verizon sign outside. lot of running around, glad to be home, food...

compromise reached with Verizon store. Manager did not have authority to waive 70 bucks in fees, not a company store, we both spent twenty minutes on hold while someone in customer service went over the situation twice, then referred to their boss. What an example of sheer inefficiency They...

good visit to dermatologists, nothing major and only one freezie. have some house work to do this morning, need to get most of plant material out of living room. nothing new to plant, and greenhouse is full. So far so good. lots of daffodils blooming everywhere, crocuses, and even some...

good morning all glad it's not snowing here, but sure got colder, 34 out now going up to 50's in sun and clouds busy morning, off early to dermatologist, then food shopping, hair cut at lunch time, then after lunch I head for Verizon for what I'm fairly sure will be a poor experience. If I...

it was about that bad this morning and now I have to go back tomorrow to see the area manager. they absolutely deceived me, guy said it wasn't free regardless and of course I had thrown the box for the Ipad away. I'm taking it back to them with the charger tomorrow. I may have to cancel my...

good morning all 38 degrees on March 18, going up to 50 and cooler weather for coming week. not looking forward to this morning. Have to go back to Verizon wireless store. when I made the deal to trade in my Iphone, I agreed to a 17 dollar a month increase. I got the bill on Saturday, almost...

no planned obsolescence in those beams got my transplanting done, today I worked on daisies and the last of the moonflowers, greenhouse watered and heat turned off not sure what else today will bring maybe I'll go for a walk and try to up my step count. if the sun will stay out, might do a...

that would be dropping down further and coming up the Texas coast longer. might be nice and they have an aquarium there, plus the USS Lexington carrier, Lady Lex what a history that ship has good idea I look at the national/state parks first some of them are in the best spots

Phil, that's gorgeous. when did you start turning wood? looks like your skills are going up quickly and that includes finishing I'm envious of your skills with wood, love the smell of sawdust yes, that gets 4 wows (y)

good morning all no idea why I'm up early on a Sunday morning surprisingly warm outside now, about 50 but cooling trend for coming week. At least this warm weather woke up the Spring flowers. Dennis, when my family found out that zoning allowed the buyer of our farm to tear down our 1720 stone...

two bit, and other Texans, is there a place along the Texas shore you would recommend visiting/staying at? this would be early October. if I can get oceanside I will try. lot of rv campgrounds in that area, not a lot of state parks I could find heading East from Austin area towards New...

the huge jump in price between regular and premium always annoyed me. I do not believe there is an additional 50 to 80 cents of product cost to pass on per gallon off to fire up my new foam nozzle and make lots of suds. I hope.

filled up propane at 3.99 filled up car w/premium at 4.19 just seems like it should be 50 cents a gallon cheaper headed out to wash the rv then hopefully a nap this afternoon and dinner out at friend's home for Irish stew. another mouse for me in rv, let's see what catch of the day is

Scott, I like your tractor cow bell off to TSC for perhaps the last bottle of propane then home to wash rv

good morning all should be a nice sunny day in the low 60's today though weather is turning colder over next week all normal David, good that the boss has her own tractor while yours is in the shop. if you're nice I bet she'll let you drive it. will be interesting to see what is matter with...

National Assoc of Realtors just agreed to throw out 6 percent commissions. Boy is this about to get very interesting.

cleaned out my gardening junk yard, old plastic pots full of dead plants. Salvaged what I could, think I saw three living mums still in there, then hauled a load of sticks to the woods. came back and was just finishing taking flowers outside when landlady showed up. She went through all my...

Rip, 2000 homes is like having a town built next to you, not a community. but you live in a beautiful area and clearly folks want to move there. going to be a warm cloudy day, I think missing any bad weather though maybe a shower any of those systems that come out of Texas and the Gulf usually...

Dennis, when my oldest brother's wife did a study on the female side of my family, the one that goes back to Miles Standish, she did it all in caligraphy on an extra large sheet. It keeps getting wider... We got that scanned for each of us, and framed. But now there are two generations to...

fire up pressure washer and have it cleaned in five minutes Joel. great pics. never been a mud person but I can see the appeal. since we were ever so small we were told not to step in the puddles. now we can sure have our revenge and have fun too.

sure wish I had one or two of these for lunch seen in amish market in Lancaster

lenten rose

beautiful daffodils Frits!

good morning all pleased to see forecast is for 75 in sun and clouds today, should be lovely. big morning for me, scraping off the beard for the season. no choice, seeing dermatologist next week and getting beard off is a must. I've already had one melanoma under my chin, not taking chances on...

all the plants will spend the day "at the beach" since it's sunny and nice. got the openings cut for the veggies, did a poor job but once stuff grows won't see it. should have used scissors instead of razor knife, bunched up on me a couple times had to sit and rest a bit, now out to plant...

good morning all 38 out now, going to be warmest day of the year so far, 70 today in clouds. going to make myself a nice breakfast and then later head out to cut openings in the garden plastic and plant radishes and lettuce today. a month ago a new flagpole came wrapped in a cardboard tube...

Wagtail, I saw your neighbor dropping off all those wine bottles in your trash. Not to worry. Joel, great pic nice dinner out with brother and wife, I had mixed grill of baby lamb chops and shrimp. it was really good and place wasn't too noisy. need to study temps tonight, see if I need to...

By the way, a snowblower works good on frozen dog turds, too a fine bit of wisdom Bill (y) (y) got all daisies repotted, two more trays for greenhouse, was able to turn off heat since the sun is up then washed the car. I thought about keeping going and washing the rv but decided to chill...

I was thinking that four years ago I wasn't sure I would make it to today. for three weeks I had lost my mind. It was an awful time, locked up for six months due to early covid madness. never saw my family or my friends for six months, was literally like prison. so yeah, each birthday now sure...

good morning all sure nice not to hear the wind howling this morning in fact should be a very nice day, sunny up to 60. I hope to spend some time working in the garage, getting it organized. another shelving unit due in for greenhouse, will need to build that today. first food shopping, then if...

came in for lunch after piling more large rocks around bottom of greenhouse and managed to plug some more gaps. sun came out, warm enough I had to open the wall vent in the greenhouse to let the highest hot air out. then I worked on the bush beans, a tricolor mix and an italian green bean. Got...

good trip to TSC, had to dodge a lot of small limbs blown down on road started to pile rocks around bottom of greenhouse. I have them, might as well use them. Wind is getting under the bottom, would not be surprised if it Mary Poppin'd and landed in NJ nice sunny day at least I bought some...

90Cummins, nice engine, not sure what the tech is behind "soft gears" but I bet it runs smoothly. They promote fuel efficiency, what is the gpm under full load? A gallon of diesel may go a long time. two gens is belt and suspenders. Three gens is having fun

Scaredy, don't worry about the labels here. I always thought they were a little silly but I understand the game. nobody pays any attention to them

each day from now on, for a while, gets longer by just under three minutes. 2 minutes and 40 seconds to be exact here. In one month that's more than an hour of daylight. all good but I bet it's on some kind of curve still dark out here at 6:30am I would like light from 6am to 9pm. then once it...

good morning all what a windy night, had to go turn heat up in greenhouse, all the heat was getting blown out of it wind continues today should be a nice sunny but windy day today, very Spring like. will make my trip to TSC for propane, maybe pick up a little more potting mulch while I"m there...

then don't bring any over to Don's house...;) windy afternoon, some sun came out finally which was nice. living near the woods when the wind picks up there is a constant background noise that is very different after the trees leaf out. it's like the wind sound is unmuffled now, banging into...

Tinhack, sorry for the loss of your Mom, glad you got a good hug in. finished up potting a whole tray of moon flowers, amazed how fast they are growing. now headed outside to plant some Japanese toad lilies given to me as well as a lenten rose hellebore. my brother stopped over, picked up...

does New Hampshire have consistently excellent public education? That's a big driver for taxes. The money is going somewhere, education is a great place to start. and roads, and bridges, and... I got into an argument with a township supervisor in NC about why they needed to raise their taxes...

Frits, my friends in Lancaster sent me home with some hellebores. They live near a stream and have a gorgeous back yard full of flowers. I have two outside my front door which I protected during the coldest nights but was told they were hardy. They are blooming now well before my daffodils are...

good morning all slept well last night, a relief sure seemed to get light out soon, ahhhh, go reset the clocks. at least one's phone and pc does it automatically. 1.55 inches of rain. We are so soggy but weather is drying out and this week warming up, I see a 71 for Thursday. then it gets...

cold and wet out finished another flat of flowers, starting to make good progress getting everything out of the house into the greenhouse. I think I have an extended family of lady bugs living in the living room near all those plants. I continue to watch the moonflowers pop up. Strangest plant...

boy that's the kind of greenhouse I want, and can't afford.... Don, that's an awesome benefit and you aren't changing the propane bottles either... home sweet home. Route 30 I decided is not overly attractive and very bumpy. only hit some light drizzle, backed in on second attempt, a birdie...

https://www.autoweek.com/news/a60129328/euro-ncap-safety-buttons-regulations/ this is a relief and so needed forcing us to look away from the road when a simple touch unique knob would do fine just like they used to... Helo, you might see buttons and knobs on your next Tesla

good morning all 41 degrees in rain in Ronks Pa hoped I would get out of here before rain started but that didn't happen. I hope to leave around 8:30am, need to dump tanks first, something I would prefer not doing in the rain, but that's why I brought a rain slicker. no surprise I woke up with...

my friends discovered the goof with the sausage and called to say she will be over for coffee at 8am with my sausage. I did my best to talk her out of it but she was determined I take my apple something sausage home. Actually I got two types, can't remember the names. Will cut them up and...

It's a two hour drive for me to Port Jersey across from NYC, and three hours to Baltimore. Since I'm usually headed South, Baltimore is my first choice. I've been a water person all my life and this is just one more way to be out on the water. My wife and I were pretty quiet, we always had...

had a nice day with my friends here in Lancaster, bought lots of good stuff at central market, including some of the most beautiful radishes I've ever seen. I grow radishes and they sure don't look like these. Not just large but beautifully colored. they even had a watermelon radish which I had...

https://repowerspecialists.com/products/kohler-courage-20hp-to-replace-sv590-0022?variant=13274083033111 ad on top of website this morning, makes you wonder if the bots are reading our posts and feeding them back to us. Was this for RS??? big ad for replacing your Kohler with a Briggs... it's...

good morning all 36 in very rural Ronks PA, outside of Lancaster. woke up to find that I had forgotten to bring my pill box with me. Sigh. Need to hunt down a drug store today for some tylenol and antiacids. Can't get hydrocortisone without scrip but hopefully two days will not be a big...

RS, that's a sad saga. makes you wonder if the factory has a special low clearance tool for that. sorry this isn't easier and surprised you are having these problems with quality equipment. I bet you are too. I would get your mower out of dealer's clutches and do it yourself if you can.

this is likely on the itinerary for tomorrow after a morning trip to the main market. This place looks pretty interesting, lot of things to look at, has anyone gone to this: https://roughandtumble.org/

I think that defines hurry up and wait... hope your mouth and wallet survived gstrom, very sorry you lost your friend. all friends are special, some more than others. spent several hours with my friends here in the rv in Ronks Pa. We've known each other since high school and I bought a Honda...

good morning all another foggy fairly warm morning I think I got lucky with the weather, rain has just moved out and won't come back til Sat afternoon, and I'll be back late Sat morning. The timing seems to have worked out. I need to go put a fresh propane bottle on the greenhouse heater, will...

didn't the early Vegas require loosening the motor mounts and jacking up the engine to get to the oil filter? some terrible clearance problem. not good news for RS, hope you get a reasonable solution without wrecking the sofa fund. long but good school board meeting tonight on zoom. Pleased...

i agree with 15 bucks, more than minimum wage but still an unskilled worker. plus you are quite likely to be feeding him If he's a real go getter, maybe give him his first raise after a month to 18 locally adults are hired in supermarket at 17 per hour I'd find out what his goals are for total...

good morning very foggy out, air is warmer, more rain this afternoon not a lot planned for today other than packing rv to leave tomorrow. Only a two hour drive to Lancaster, actually headed to little town named Ronks. buggies are cute but horse poop everywhere. RV will need a real wash when I...

didn't a few of you have LG refrigerator problems? the interesting part of this is LG says they printed on the refrigerator box the legal terms of the sale of the product, including requirement to sue in a specific state. most folks never see the box, the installer throws it out. It reflects...

mine always tries to reload every picture, takes forever I must not have something set right, I think I was double clicking and not right clicking

Bill, you'd think at six bucks a gallon they'd be at your door every day... I still have about three hundred bucks left on acct, one more fill up will wipe that out. it's really sad to think that the little fuel oil tank in my basement holds 1000 dollars worth of heating oil. rains, it stops...

good morning all rainy morning, 41 going up to 49 need to drop off my tax paperwork to accountant today, run an errand, not much planned. Ron, nice to see your cranes again.

good morning all warm 46 going up to low 60's today in clouds, rain coming in tonight for almost a week. doing some food shopping this morning, a little plant transplanting, nothing special today Buppies, hope you are feeling better. Phil, where do you get all that interesting wood? You have...

the entire family is out sunning, their day at the beach. and like folks with no tan, first day out has to be a short one. interesting that second and following leaves on a cucumber plant are rough edged while the first set of leaves are very smooth. I wonder what adaptation caused that Part B...

Joel, a hockey stick is like a boat propeller, you never ding them til you use them...hope she got a good wack in anyway. ok, off in rv, let's see what kind of adventure I can get into. studied the potholes on this past trip, roads have mostly dried off. need to get gas and gas. then I'll be...

I have a couple of Makita sanders and lots of sandpaper Ken if you want me to stop on down. first trip to TSC done, got 30 pounder filled plus some more seedling soil now to head back there with rv nice and sunny out, was able to turn off heat in greenhouse actually hope it gets warm enough to...

Frits, prayers for your son to reach some internal peace and happiness this must be very hard on you

good morning everyone wow, sunshine and 66 today? yippee lots planned for today, continuing to get rv ready, hope to take it this afternoon up to Tractor Supply and get the main propane tank filled. I have another portable tank to fill also, no sense making two trips up there. engine had sat...

what kind of oil do you use? engine oil that is...

still getting oversize messages, failure to load pics, part of problem is every time I connect the cable to the phone software tries to load all 20,000 pics in the phone to present the last few for review. I should never have done a pic dump from the old phone to this new one. Now it's much...

what a busy but good morning raining constantly, about an inch so far, Lake Drew has returned I wonder if Popgadget has an r/c boat we could drive on my private lake finished cleaning the rv, everything seems to work still have the bed to make, my least favorite job disinfected the fridge and...

that's a remarkable accomplishment, nice going

very pleased to report no leaks at all when water put back on in rv. I put the slide out, cleaned and mopped, will take it to TSC tomorrow or the next day to get propane. Heat came on fine, I have a small electric heater on low in there. found all my paper napkins chewed up. Have to replace...

relative in Colorado said his son was skimobiling in Donner Pass yesterday morning, six feet of snow there already they expect almost twice that the videos coming in on YT are remarkable mostly because why are these idiots out driving in that stuff? particularly the long haul truckers with...

do you eat plain unsweetened yogurt? appears it has some benefits unfortunately the fruit on bottom stuff sure tastes better I'm told mixing your own fruit in with plain yogurt is a much healthier option...

good morning all up early, looking at wet forecast for today, highs in the low 50's. I will be spending the day working on rv. Ron, glad yesterday went well for you. Kyle, prayers for fast/total recovery for your son

that's a nice looking Honda. Northern Idaho sounds like you really want to be self sufficient GRS, like being in Canada. Having backup power to keep from freezing to death sounds like a seriously good idea...

successful afternoon before Ken even arrived three of us slid the old rv cover off slick as could be, from the side per Popgadget's suggestion, which of course worked. Job done in less than five minutes. Rv looks nice, still clean and shiny. I turned the electric heater on low to get the...

got all the plants back out in the greenhouse, a pleasant 84 in there now planted a flat of elegans lilliput zinnias then fed the birds now sitting and resting before helpers show up old friend just called sounded awful, tested pos for covid today, so he sure isn't coming. but another younger...

nice blue sky out but way too cold so puttered inside more cukes planted, these are all the 3 to 4 inch ones you buy in a pack of five or six in supermarket. My favorites. But at .75 to a buck a piece, I'll likely just eat them off the vine. these will be planted and grown up a trellis when i...

Plowhog, looks like you will live up to your name. good morning DarkBlack Ron, three tractors has a nice ring to it... ;)

good morning all and happy birthday to Sassy, cute little fur ball, so is Jasmine! slept well, was very tired from prior night. going to work on greenhouse later this morning when it warms up, cold out there now. then this afternoon some friends come over with poles and we get the cover off the...

I don't mind the whiskey ads, it is the ones about erectile dysfunction I don't like. I keep getting a politician asking for money. all of them have a lot more money than I do. because it's going down to 25 tonight decided to leave all the plants inside. very windy day today, looked nice but...

oh my what a night Drew hope greenhouse does ok. no, it did not. wind was howling last night, sounded like a freight train coming through the trees. I kept an eye out on the greenhouse thermometer and saw it start to drop quickly. not good. went outside to find one end of greenhouse blown out...

I finally gave up with the ads and signed up for YT premium last week. What an improvement. then I don't have to see politicians faces asking for money... since I don't pay for cable tv any more, i don't mind putting my money where I spend the most time. That PBS video was high quality, maybe...

Iowa PBS put out this documentary on the rise of mechanization in farming and the early history of tractor wars between John Deere, Ford and International Harvester. I find it fascinating that Ford was more interested in building tractors than he was cars. John Deere knew they couldn't compete...

I watched a YT video on coal mining last night and had to turn it off as they showed how tight and dark those mines are, very claustrophobic. No caves, no mines for me. Thomas, hope your wife feels better. You too Buppies.

bad fires in the Texan panhandle, largest one n/e of Amarillo. that area must not have gotten much rain hope they get it put out I don't think we have anyone up in that area? Bill, NIMBY

Frits, dignity assumes civilized relations religious zealots and nationalist crazies simply don't care really a do onto others as you would have them do onto you, with equal dignity. I cannot imagine what is was like to be a slave. So much of human history involves enslaving others all around...

good morning all surprisingly warm morning, low 50s headed to 60 in rain all day and windy tonight. .20 on rain gauge so far. running some errands this morning, will stop over at brothers, want to see his new C8, well not quite new, a 2022. He likes yellow, this one is grey with yellow on...

I stand corrected. like LS blue is not New Holland blue nor Ford blue we shall keep our blues in order turquoise? ok

David, great score on the Dewalt equipment. my favorite Dewalt was their cordless grease gun, almost made hitting the zerks fun. otherwise I was in the blue camp, Makita.

good morning all 63 in sun and clouds today, warm front coming from South bringing rain tonight David, a triple post! something must have happened over the Pacific... RS, you need better organization so you can get something done during the day. your slacking off has to stop, your wife says...

still too cold in the gardens but today's temps should help was so nice out I turned the water back on and washed the car, something long overdue. 82 in greenhouse with no heat on. uncovered the flower outside my front door, it should be blooming nicely soon it would not have survived 13...

that one looks cool, maybe put a board across it and you have yourself a home grown seat

don't know if any of you were affected by AT&T's outage yesterday not external, an internal screw up looks like the "upgrade" sure didn't roll out well. I ran a database company for a while and Monday mornings were always tense when you found out if the weekend's update worked "execution of an...

good morning all wow what a big bright moon out forecast is 57 and sunny today, a nice change and it will really get the spring flowers woken up. 27 outside, 67 in greenhouse, all is well there Phil, glad you and wife are feeling better. Ron, what are you going to use to get that gravel out of...

just sat down with a thud been on my feet too long all the flowers are back in the greenhouse, 80 degrees on top shelf because of big old sun out there pumping out the btus. resting before I vacuum house, again. I'm tracking too much stuff in from outside

Popgadget told me to check the connections on the thermocouple since safety valve would not release gas. I checked all the brass fittings in there, nicely built, all tight as can be. Squeezed the little electrical contacts but it was sparking just fine. turned it over, hooked it up, and it...

2200 rpm, nice slow engine speed for your cruise Popgadget. I am in awe of anyone with enough multitasking ability to figure out all the functionality on that dash. the nav screen seems much more complicated than those on boats or cars.

good morning all wunderground says 20 but my thermometers say 13 here, coldest night of winter. and naturally....the night the propane heater refused to cooperate so my living room is now covered in plants. I need to fix the heater, somehow, and get heat back up before the plants go back out. I...