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David, have fun at happy hour and then come back and reassemble that pool vac. Try not to have parts left over... ;) had a successful day and got everything I needed to do done. need to go out and water the spinach seeds.

excellent news Don! my morning went well too, body shop fixed my loose panel in ten minutes, a bolt had fallen out and that sure went easily. Then talked to local garage and they put car up on lift to look at shock. Its a strut and only issue is whether their spring compressor will handle it...

yes, my impression was that was one fat deer must not have taken her birth control pills...

7 years ago today, food pantry volunteers came and helped me harvest potatoes several years later we got smart and I hired a neighbor who had a real potato harvester. it had just rained before this planned event but sandy soil dries pretty quickly. hard work for mostly seniors two young helpers...

am glad Wngsprd enjoyed Washington, the waterfront on the Pamlico River is nice. not sure but might be heading there with rv this Fall. Summers are very hot in Eastern NC. My two lady friends there email me and say when will you be back? 8 hour drive, not so easy any more. one friend is 91 and...

looked over the "feet" of the four columns holding up my to be built pergola, and they have four 3/8" holes in them for ground attachment. I ordered these rods which if I drive in slightly off angle, should hold the two column pads down adequately on the gravel areas. Other two pads go down...

good morning all had a good night's sleep, feel like I got caught up chilly morning but clear weather going up into 70's today and up to 90 in a few days. the heat is coming in. I have an appt with body shop that did minor repairs to my Lexus before it was sold to me. they apparently redid the...

on the exact same road I traveled last week up to NY, my young friend with his very nice GMC with the baby Duramax was coming home pulling jet skis yesterday, was up on Lake Champlain, and two deer ran out on 287. He could not swerve due to traffic. thankfully he had a truck and could drive...

yes but grandpa's Scout didn't have six USB ports so how could I possibly want it?... ;) I am the very happy owner of a JD X370 mower bought from local dealer. Same dealer who sold my grandfather a JD B in 1941. Good models used to start with LX, then became 3 series. Anything else is a low...

nice rose Ken! man after my own heart, rose wise. waiting for pack of spinach seeds to show up so I can replant parts of garden. figure I can do one crop before it gets too hot. hard to believe forecast is for 93 in three days. went out and scraped some window frames that were peeling, the...

I agree. have bought Kubota filters made in China and somewhere else in SE Asia. All in the spec and QC. and expensive no matter what my dream tractor, a Massey 4707 was built in a brand new automated factory in China. They also build them in a similar state of the art factory in Brazil...

I'm afraid selling an open old tractor with a snow plow today would only appeal to the very hardy. everyone wants a heated cab.... even Bill. today's compact tractors are so handy from a functional standpoint they make the old stuff seem crude and uncomfortable. unless you have plenty of garage...

Scott, I bought it for 2500 with all the attachments, cultivator and fertilizer hopper (which I never used) probably put 4 grand into it with new clutch, tires, complete refresh mechanically, though I never painted it. sold it for 2500... somewhere between 2500 and 4000 seems to be the range...

I wish there was a way to know/research which are the better Chinese brands. not a lot of high tech in a small carb. for example, does one carb maker use better steel or precision? seems most of the problems have been fuel related in the past; which is why I've tried to switch to propane as...

on this day six years ago I was tilling the veggie garden after a rain in NC with those tires and engine sitting over rear axle, pretty hard to get that Gravely stuck. I could never use a rototiller like this up here with all the rocks in the soil. but in the sandy soil of the Inner Banks, that...

good morning all brrr....dropped to 46 degrees out, going to be one of those weeks, forecast for later this week in 90's. better night's sleep last night though had leg cramps I had to walk off will probably do some car/rv washing today, will try to get outside on what should be a nice day...

it came with a remote start key but I've never trusted it. plus I need to pull one end of cover back off the muffler area. As well as turning on the propane tank first. nice marinated flank steak dinner at my brother's home, don't expect to be up long considering last night's lack of sleep.

this is a live feed of what is billed as largest soccer game in the world, huge euro event, UEFA if you like soccer I was a lowly slow fullback... darn, this is a feed of the fans it appears, not the game. false advertising

Ken stopped by and we pushed every button on the rv stereo, at least twice, turned it on and off, and finally the sound came back. Not sure why but now the soundbar works and the new dvd/cd player works. couldn't have done it without him. Ken's new Audi very nice pretty windy and cloudy out...

those Canadian firemen were rescued,very good thing. wonder if this is beginning of a bad forest fire summer the A team is headed over here to figure out what I'm doing wrong with my rv sound system. what's interesting is I have the same sound bar in my living room, we could swap it...

Looking good Ken. I know you have been wanting to do this for some time. hope you get a lot of years out of it. Will now be a real pleasure entering your woods. those Simplicities with their racing stripes look like they are ready for a demo derby! rpg practice?

the little gizmo I have on the electrical panel to alarm when the street power comes back on failed to work. I replaced the battery in it, not sure that was the problem. I only found out power was back on when I logged on and found emails saying power was restored. so that didn't work...

good morning all long night, heavy thunderstorms came through, 1.62 inches on gauge, power went out at 1am, was raining hard enough sump pump running hard, so even with battery backup on sump, I needed to start the gen. So out into pouring rain I went and fired up gen. could not get back to...

on this day a few years back I was mowing the roadsides with a Land Pride finishing mower and my MF 4707 basically did all the roadsides on the way to other side of farm, was clear where I did it vs county crew who mowed too low and always left huge clumps my land was on the right; could get...

Ken, I think you'll like that mower, have the same one, one model different but same thing you definitely got your money's worth out of those simplicity's you had. Buppies, I agree on new/used but at this point in my life, on a much reduced income, buying new $80k vehicles is not sensible. And...

Scott, I think the word I've heard is stealership... I just need to be selective in what they do. am hopeful local garage will do this, so I can see underneath and look at the leak dealer pointed out. I can live with a slow drip/seep. Can live a long time if it costs 2200 bucks to fix it...

Phil, sounds like you are the hero of the day there. Nice work. the fire season has sure started in Canada. Bad uncontrolled wildfires in Central and Western Canada. I wonder what this means for US other than a lot of smoke pollution blowing down here. New Jersey was on fire last week...

good morning all beautiful bird pic Ron, the detail is marvelous not much planned for today, rain showers in a little while ,maybe not lot of continuing rain in forecast, and a flood watch posted new dvd player for rv came in, will need to install that today. I might need to borrow Ken to...

lexus dealer said my right front strut was starting to leak. quoted me 1100 bucks to replace one strut. Utterly laughable. 🥹 I ordered two (should do both sides at same time) KYB Excel G struts from Rock Auto, here on Monday, for 162 delivered for both. Need to find someone to install them...

no luck on rv stereo system. Sound bar still will not turn on with new cable. And then went to test dvd player and it made a loud bearing noise and failed. Sigh. New one of those ordered but still can't get sound to come out of sound bar. I think I need Ken or Popgadget to come add brain...

good morning all 55 and rain is done, .69 on gauge going to be cloudy and low 70s today, maybe more showers tomorrow. one of those Springs we are jumping on our mowers whenever we can am off this morning to get some elective work done on truck, flush brake fluid, trans fluid and an oil change...

more coffee does help on a wet cool day though decided a mug of hot tea this afternoon would hit the spot. did get the house cleaned up, found some nasty cobwebs in the guest bedroom. I need to have a cleaning lady come in once or twice a year, not every week or two. so it was me and a couple...

good morning all looks like a wet day for the Northeast. rain is just starting here, expect a day of it, some local flooding is forecast I'm not going anywhere today so will just enjoy the pitter patter. RS, agree with you about shorter oil change intervals. do you put about 100-150 hours on...

good morning all should be a quiet cloudy Tuesday with temps in high 70s. no plans for today, some cleaning and puttering Mostly,, glad you had a good trip. Ron, I need to do my windows too.

that little fire truck is what RNG needs for his driveway! threw a bunch of things into the crock pot, mostly veggies and a little chicken, will let that cook all day. now headed back out on a pretty day all the flower beds are now edged and mulched all dressed up and nowhere to go... picked...

Norm had a bit of Rodney Dangerfield in his approach made him likable and funny

Florida governor Desantis just signed a new law requiring probable cause before state or local enforcement boats can stop your boat for a routine safety check. Apparently, no more safety checks. Part of this is due to the reality of South Florida where in many places you have three or four...

eight years ago today just before lunch Bob the bear at my friend's NY cabin out looking for a snack looks well fed Bob is no more. like Thomas knows, sometimes they move on. or sometimes they have a very bad day in front of a semi I hit one with my pickup in NC, thankfully a little smaller than...

if you have the room, model trains are very neat. growing up, further South on River Road, below where Ken lives, there was a guy with a miniature railroad that ran along the far side of the road, next to the canal. My memory was it was about three feet tall, not sure about riding on it. But...

wonderful pic Ron. the deuce and a half you are referring to I bet weighs a little more than an Electra 225, deuce and a quarter... perfect timing this morning and proved out a little negative reinforcement. I looked out kitchen window/firing port... to see the first squirrel rounding the...

good morning all up early on a cool morning, only 46 out now, but going to be a nice Monday/holiday with temps in 70's Paul, congrats on new truck. It gets good reviews, hope it works well. Now to figure out what all the new buttons do... no plans for today other than possibly continuing to...

showers threatening but not happening. got some carnauba butter wax put down on half the car, as usual carnauba little touchy being applied to hot metal. I'd wait til the shade came out and then apply. Maybe I just like the smell of that wax. going over some detailer polish, always wonder about...

RS, be careful with open wounds and garden dirt. my SIL got blood poisoning from gardening with a cut finger a rather unpleasant thought considering I usually don't wear gloves. blue sky with pretty white clouds

ticks suck, in every form of the word... got car washed and most of rv then run downtown to get six more bags of hardwood mulch taking a break before I start on the lawn, won't run mower until noon anyway lot of bicyclists and motorcycles out on road, bicycle club really was a hazard to...

lot of nice looking btu's Frits. it's always important to have one's priorities straight ;) Too much stuff to do. Got my dipole antenna up an early tv memory of mine is watching Buck Rogers saying into his magic microphone: Come In Mars! Come in Mars! and in a scratchy sound, Mars replied...

good morning all looks like most are sleeping in...wise. blue sky morning,should be a nice day with clouds later in the high 60's. this morning I wash my car, and maybe parts of the rv. this afternoon the lawn has to be done. also need to put some flags out by mailbox in the lawn. and then time...

went into drug store yesterday for a refill on hydrocortisone, which I have to take. that will be 51 dollars please for two months. I have the good Aetna prescription plan, I thought. Really? could you check to see what the discount card would cost? oh, sure, and, well, it's 21 dollars on the...

Ken, our superman of the hour, saving ladies from giant snakes! that was very nice of you. did they give you a time frame on the new driveway?

Bill, dip it in chocolate and sell in store for two bucks! Don, sounds very nice, 84 degree water just about perfect think I might make a run downtown early to pick up four or five bags of mulch, whatever will fit in suv without me taking out any of the storage crates in rear. This is a much...

I knew I needed to grease the axle bearings on my trailer before I left on my trip, and stopped in at Heath's service station in Lambertville NJ, just across the river, where the owner knew I was coming for a drive thru grease job. His father is still alive, near 100, still stops in at station...

good morning all no idea why I'm up so early,but sipping first cup of coffee sun and clouds today with a high of 65; still cooler weather than expected. Ron, you are up early too...

went to bbq some burgers for lunch, take advantage of the 2.49 price at local supermarket, and perfect for burgers, too fatty for other stuff. And the grill promptly ran out of gas. While dealing with that, elderly neighbors stop by, miserable timing but ok, so we sit on my new furniture and...

on this day, way back in 2008,. anchored out on Sassafras River in Maryland, watching the boats go in and out. Diesel had gone up to 4 dollars a gallon, from .73 when we bought the boat, so it was soon sold. 13 years with that boat, including three years living aboard in S. Florida. Very, very...

Happy, just be careful out there, particularly if working alone. That's a big project, soon where you will look back at it with a smile. Frits, that must feel good seeing GD growing up and on the right track. You really help a lot of people. trying to get my nephew with home in Catskills...

I think several of you have Tundras: https://www.autoweek.com/news/a64855959/2022-2025-toyota-tundra-reverse-light-recall/ I wonder if there is a modern car that has never had a recall. ??

good morning all looks like rainy weather finally stopped, 1.62 on rain gauge, so over 3 inches for this whole multiday event. That's a good soaker. Cooler weather, heat is on, high in 60's today. no plans for today other than food shopping. I need to cut a lot of lettuce and start giving it...

Ashokan Reservoir, Ulster Co. NY this was worth the diversion off 28 onto 28A, but better to come down from the far end, long drive through windey nothing with the exception of one big church built back in the middle of nowhere. The water areas are up closer to 28 though I'm glad I tried the...

1.16 rain in gauge and still coming down, a nice gentle rain though. renewed some CDs at local bank, 4%, then went to pick up car. Felt pretty stupid, nothing wrong with 4Lo. This is an older design where you have to come to a stop,put trans in neutral, then go into 4Lo. Once I was told about...

that john deere garden tractor was the biggest one they made with 2wd and no fancy steering, diesel, what a marvelous machine to drive. too funny that early on the D letter fell out, renaming my machine

on this day about eight years back, was packing veggies and potatoes for the food pantry in Washington NC. Seems I took a pic of my home made water wagon that day. I sure used that a lot. a few years earlier I was working on my Ferris zero turn. Loved the mower but hurt my hands and wrists too...

good morning all .98 on rain gauge and still raining lightly, another day of it apparently. I'm off early this morning to take car to dealer to get the 4Lo fixed and to get the nav updated. Very happy they had an update for this older design car. All tire thump seems to have been eliminated...

that looks delicious Dennis. nice dinner at my brothers, she made some Mexican chicken dish that was yummy. I told SIL I was a sucker for anything with chicken, corn and black beans in it and she said she will make that next time. Was pretty close tonight. And a home grown spinach salad...

80 grand for a part, yikes. As long as it works, priceless picked up more bird food and a new hummingbird feeder. saw very small bird buzzing around yesterday and realized a hummer was in town. time to put out the chow remembered to put some peanut butter on mousetrap and put that in rv. I'm...

good morning all wet out,slight drizzle, beginning of two days of rain and cool weather for next week. More than inch expected, then a dry weekend for the holiday,which will be nice. no plans for today other than taking car to tire dealer this afternoon. Brand new Goodyears have a small thump...

George Wendt, Norm on Cheers, 76 what a great show that was

interesting video from Messicks showing what used tractors cost most interesting thing to me is his comment that the small and compact tractor market is pretty well worn out at 5000 hours. Useful life about half that of commercial ag. Which makes sense. commercial zero turn range is 1500-3000...

I may be FOS oh let us tell you the many many ways... :giggle: :giggle: :rolleyes: Holly's stuffed dog has Buppies "special name" embroidered on one ear. So he will always be near. Scary time when the world is confusing, but hopefully that doggie will soon be replaced by the new puppy.

eye opening visit to dermatologist. busy day, four freezies, including my upper lip. oh my did that sting. and then it all got worse. oh look, you do have a tick on your back. good, they got that dug out. oh look, you have another tick on your back. geez I am so skeeved. mountain ticks so the...

wow, saw 44 on thermometer, that's not good for the veggies quite the cold front that came down

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good morning all had to turn heat back on, a surprising 46 out now, hope all my veggies are ok another busy day, going to be really worked over this morning by dermatologist. red area on upper lip, boy that's going to sting when the freezer gets there...plus something in my armpit and one on my...

ordered an update for car nav, 299 for them to do it, I don't see a usb card so perhaps internal. showed 2017 on maps, that's kinda old. I like the nav system, simple to use, though I haven't tried voice commands. I did get a notice from Sirius saying they had switched my account to new car...

I think David is at perpetual Happy Hour... ;) :giggle: Luau maidens waiving to him as he mows with his tractor hold that thought got car washed, new second key for car, got approval to take Lexus back to seller's body shop to do a better job of affixing front bumper plastic. It popped out...

Phil, great idea to get your work at a comfortable level, no bending over. the amount of disease in the forests of NY is truly sad. Whole areas were covered in what looks like their version of skin cancer and as expected, my well fed birds are loving the rear steps of my rv to do their...

good morning all looks like a lovely day, sunny and 70's. lots to do today, get car washed , get new key made for car at dealer, only got one at sale and I demanded a second key. Luckily for them not a super smart key so they have a key guy come once a week to program new keys. You would think...

hemp oil is wonderful to rub in on my hands joints that ache from arthritis. After about ten minutes, seems to feel better. likely the massage helped too...yes all CBD THC is for entertainment, CBD is used medically. I'm told sometimes 20 percent or so THC added to CDB can improve results (?)...

got the lawn mowed and most things put away. still miles to guy before I sleep, but had to sit down. picked a big handful of radishes, and I see there are little green peppers growing. has two large agm batteries, 3kw inverter was like a little kid in the mud but car was marvelous, no spinning...

Thanks Don, and I made it home in one piece too. Not a bad drive down pulling that empty lightweight trailer. lawn looks like a foot high, need to get food out of cooler and then go mow. Roses are going bonkers. Lots of pics coming. have about 20 pages to catch up on

nice day here in the mountains, cut up that downed tree, got some other jobs done now for some burgers before the storms come in lots of annoying gnats lot of mud here, but so far car has done fine springs and running water everywhere

nice ride up to NY, challenged by a big tree across the road to the cabin half way up. waited four hours for friend to get there, he walked to top, brought down a chainsaw and we got tree removed. Headed back down shortly to cut it up to firewood. nice weather here in 70's, property very muddy...

good morning all fairly warm and very foggy this morning. early start, lots to do need to make two stops in town before I leave. first is to drop off radishes to my brother, then to stop at gas station hunting a manual grease gun. I have those zerk lubers on axles of trailers, but could not...

first roses here today too

sure was pleased to see trailer lights blink when I tested them. I wired the trailer for the larger connector, seems to hold on better. Lexus did a really nice job on the hitch. Had some issues with chains hanging down too much so I did my usual bungee cord wrap and that solved that...

if you saw layout of my place you would understand, trailer was stored in back and I can't drive car back to get it, have to pull it out with lawn mower and that has always worked well. yes if trailer was already hooked up, super simple. Not the case, rather interesting ride pulling the loaded...

long morning but finally home with new tires on car and a doing fine by my family doc. 👍 but he said my cholesterol was too high and to stop fiddling with the statins and take them. Ok, they really do work. though I'm sure there are side effects like cramping. now to hook the john deere...

those dents will pound out just fine, this tool on tv says so! I hope he was the driver and moved over, or that is one squished person, sad.

New World screwworms? wonder why some kind of inoculation wouldn't get rid of it. apparently may become an issue for pets too fire ants, screw worms, it's a jungle out there...

in drizzle late yesterday got the hitch finished on new car. very unusual rear door, though I like it, swings to the side not up and down. so the height of the ball just clears bottom of door. I won't be pulling anything that needs the larger ball anyway but the adjustable hitch is great for a...

good morning all foggy morning with showers likely very busy day for me, off to primary doc appt at 9am, will get nagged about my weight, nothing new, then off to get new tires put on car, then home to food shop and put Gravely on trailer and get that ready to leave tomorrow morning. Have to...

I believe that reasonable people don't need to be told what is bad for them and greater society. the problem is what do we do with unreasonable people... we live in a society where individuals have to make concessions for the common good. We know we can't eat our neighbors when we are...

now that's a nice truck and nothing but compliments about it online I really like the refresh did you go hybrid or turbo?

that looks darn good. Probably lot of sugar but over some ice cream, yum growing up here locally we had a small bottling company named LaRue, located just outside of New Hope. They had these small thicker bottles and their root beer was my favorite, second was birch beer and then vanilla. a...

interesting gizmo RS https://www.alaskarubbergroup.com/ASSETS/DOCUMENTS/ITEMS/EN/T.F. Hudgins_70874_CAT.pdf pouring hard out as last of system goes through. 2.30 in the rain gauge and rising this was the good soaking we needed. Hearing first of thunderstorms and some house jiggling thunder...

not to beat a dying horse but it seems with a fair amount of moral decline out there, folks are trying to scam the repair shops and dealers a lot more. Seems to be a whole class of folks who have a gypsy mentality. Hit and run and go to another town. you dented my car! that scratch wasn't...

Neck issues came back out of the blue! Will try to take it easy as I can. Phil, if you have bad arthritis/SDDD and bad bones, a fusion can help. Surgeon told me in 2010 my neck would feel great for two years, and then it was all downhill. So fifteen years later I wear a soft collar while driving...

good morning all 1.16 rain in the gauge and going to rain all day. Lake Drew is filling up. power flickered on and off last night, enough to reset stove clock. I'm off this morning to Lexus dealer to get hitch installed on my new to me car, going to do some food shopping on a rainy day and...

on Friday I'm pulling my one ton trailer with a 1500 pound garden tractor on it. that should be easy. from the feel of it, don't think there's enough torque in this very mild V8 to pull a lot more. should be a good test run for the new to me car. This is a base model, not a lot of electronics...

glad you found your tape RS Don, wow that's hot for May, time to float in your pool other than crazy uber driver, today went well and pieces fell into place, tow hitch being installed tomorrow and new tires on Thursday. And off I go with car and trailer on Friday to the Catskills in NY. just...

Ken really has worked hard on his place and made it very special, can see the changes over last few years. growing corn is above my paygrade or ability, never had much luck. maybe I'll trade some tomatoes for an ear of Ken's corn... what a morning. Getting the rv home was fine but had a...

good morning all up early, waiting for rain to start, 61 going to 69 today looks like rain all day and into tomorrow. will make a wet morning bringing motorhome home and getting that set up but that's all I have to do today. Bill hope your car ran great after all the work done. Mostly, the...

forecast is rain for two days. am hoping by end of next rain the lawn in front, the part that got reseeded will fill in better. Two days of rain should make everything happy. currently looks like the before in the hair ads...pretty thin. the moon the last few nights has been wonderfully bright...

long, tiring but ultimately successful day. dumped the Ford expedition as it squealed and clanked its way into Doylestown. went to look at a used Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe and it was ok, white with black interior but then my eye caught on another car there that had just come in. Husband and wife...

I have always, always said no to anything stronger than pot all my life, and particularly anything that came in a pill. So many opportunities to try cocaine and now at 75, sure not going to start. smart folks should worry whether they might just like it too much. Since I had alcoholism in my...

good morning all looks like a very nice day today, sunny with high of 80 there is no access to the rear of my bathtub area without cutting into sheetrock and the part where that was done a long time ago, hole is down low by controls, not up high where piping is. So, no joy there without...

I could use some advice on a caulking/sealant product. my shower head piping goes through a hole in the tile with quite a bit of clearance, and no support all the way back to the connection. I want to support the piping where it comes through the wall, and let that area take the pressure when...

marvelous pics Frits, please thank your daughter quick trip downtown to get a few things from supermarket, including grapes. friends coming for lunch and wanted to put some out for nibbling. They are bringing Jersey Mikes turkey hoagies for us. going to sit outside on a very nice day. sounding...

good morning all cool 48 out now going up to almost 80 in sun today. should be nice friends coming over for lunch after church, I have bean and tomato planters ready for them to take home. Ron, wonderful bird pic, Mr and Mrs?

just read that GM has published the third revision of the 6.2 V8 recall; now saying basically if you have a 2021 to June 24 engine, they are going to replace it. The whole 0-40 oil nonsense was rejected as a solution. The replacement engines take 0-20 which apparently works if the engine parts...

I saw 3.09 this morning in Doylestown for regular, down a dime came home, tidied up outside, pushed the mower a little mostly for steps, and now in for day. Sat outside a while reading my book, nodded off, lot of sports cars out driving/roaring around. I passed a line of five older BMWs and...

where Buckeye? quite a greenhouse

now RS before getting your wife to weed the gardens you should get her to mow the entire place and then make you a nice hot lunch. tell me how that works out for you... ;) took five caterpillar nests out of junk tree at end of lane hosed the nests down with neem oil, they probably liked...

Happy, I've never seen anyone do what you are doing, at that scale. Looks like fun actually. try not to tempt fate and gravity glad whoever is taking that picture is watching you Thomas, going across the Delaware River yesterday coming back from checking on my sister's home in Princeton, the...

longer days are wonderful, fun to look out at 5:30am and see the world waking up as I look for the first squirrels to try to beat me to the feeders. My bb gun is ready. problem is creaky kitchen window. Even after oiling it makes a little noise cranking open far enough for me to get rifle...

good morning all had to get up and turn heat back on, cold floor in bathroom better than thermostat pleased to hear the hvac switch to heat properly and come on. not like we tested the heat portion yesterday, but...with a new thermostat whose little AI brain has been restored (I kept the old one...

this is where having a glucose meter can really help: good thing I like avocados I love pizza but usually avoid it because it is rarely healthy food

good morning all woken up at 2am to the sound of a mouse trap going snap, they're back... and rain tinkling on the windows, .18 so far, more planned for today weather has cooled off too first cup of coffee going down, hope to conserve energy today Popgadget hope your flight home was ok last...

RS, really nice to hear from you. I'm sure you are going to have another amazing garden this year.

Pope Leo aka Robert Prevost just named first US Pope. American Catholics will be delighted

cabbage and beets starting to come in this day in NC some of these plants were just pretty to look at. I love beets, cabbage not so much

my a/c is happily running again, but found out this house definitely got surged. The transformer was hot as could be, swapped that out, and the almost new thermostat on the wall had a strong burned smell in it. Replaced that and everything started back up. had to laugh, he didn't have the right...

i wonder why Michigan is so much less expensive not legal in PA D&D, I have no idea, not much contact

I tried a new cap first, only because it was easy and boy was I careful not to ground those connectors. No joy. Then Popgadget walked me through checking for power and there was none, I think, at the interconnect box. I'm kinda nervous around 240V so hope I checked that right. tech is coming at...

look at the price of a retail pack of cigarettes I'm a retired CFP and it has always pained me to get in line, when I was in NC, at the supermarket and see all these poor folk buying cases of beer, cartons of cigarettes, and usually several cases of Coke or similar. And yes add bags of chips...

good morning all came home yesterday to hvac not working. worked with Popgadget testing some spots and turns out no power out to the compressor. over my paygrade so I called the hvac folks landlord uses. this was after flipping hvac breakers several times meanwhile did a fast mow on the yard...

because so many folks drive around with suspended licenses, no insurance, you name it, particularly near urban areas, it's clear we have a whole class of bad citizens out there. There seems to be a feeling folks have a right to drive, unlicensed, uninsured, dui, who cares, I've got my rights...

first time I saw the beautiful mowed field of Popgadget's I thought this is a landing strip for planes! though R/C for now went out and found another zucchini plant, garden is now full. lawn is jumping up, will get to it later today after back from haircut my lupine plant is having babies

Happy Birthday Frits hope you do something fun today

good morning all congrats Ron on new addition to family and beautiful flower pic (cherry tree, crabapple?) should be a pleasant day today up to high 70s, then a cold front comes in for a few days bringing rain, normal Spring weather. woke up dizzy, long visit to bathroom, wonder what didn't...

Don, how was the burger? any better than ones you make yourself? I think the rain has stopped for awhile was thinking I need to check oil level/age in generator. doesn't take much to lose power around here gen takes same full syn 10/30 as lawn mower which is convenient. I'm waiting for them...

was sunshiny for a little bit but now clouding up and looks like more afternoon thunderstorms rolling in. got some gas for mower, filled up car, picked up a squash plant on way home,but not the pattipan I was looking for, and now watching the grass grow about an inch a day Don, glad that water...

Buckeye, sorry golf cart did not help your family. Hope you can find new home for it. if there are any senior living places near you, that's a good market. need to go deliver last pot of beans

New project at work, gotta keep busy :) geez and here I was going to stop down with brats and brewskies so you could lounge by the pool all afternoon. I talked to your boss and he said that was great oh well, not an outside day, maybe tomorrow.

had a belt and suspenders failure this morning first I could not get pc to work despite ups because apparently monitor is not plugged into right hole in ups. That's a project in itself pulling that all out. second, fired up my year old lenovo laptop and could not get keyboard to work. did...

off grid? got magnets? this looked pretty cool I wonder how long it would take for those magnets to lose their charge guess this would slow down over time maybe Kyle can make one of these for a class

good morning all woke up early when power went off about an hour ago. fired up generator and still no power in part of house. checked all the gfis. Nope. back down stairs and there was one little breaker half out. power to the people on and off rain today, supposed to be a community meet the...

doing what I can by taking my time. and doing it beautifully Phil. your woodworking is marvelous. reminds me, maybe a good day to build a birdhouse with the cedar I bought. my nice wooden bird feeders are just wrecked by the squirrels, wish I had built houses instead. in particular I want one...

David, I read your volcano is active and shooting lava 300 feet in the air. I'd love to see that, but for sure not up too close. I bet a lot of photography drones get melted trying to take pictures

good morning all pretty bird Ron am up too early also not enough rain yesterday, only about a quarter inch looks like on and off showers for next few days, but we need a soaker in this area Dennis, did the pipeline eminent domain your property and force the intrusion or did they try the honey...

gorgeous rose Fuddy lupine is starting to raise a family

good morning all rain gauge shows .20 but not wet looking out, though forecast shows rain all day as that system works its way up the coast. I'm ready for rain, bring it on. Dennis, nice looking chairs. Almost want to keep the plastic covers on til pollen ends...dark cushions or light...

mowed the high parts of the lawn, ground is back to being hard and bouncy. needed to push the trimming mower a bit, good exercise. rain due in around 4pm. I'm no longer due in...I'm in. chores are done, plants are happy Kentucky Derby...I put two bucks down on Loud Muffler in the third race...

Buppies I'd like my glucose to be 75...nabbed at 109 last week. Feel better today. headed out shortly but first ordered some calcium supplements for my tomatoes and peppers, to prevent end rot. I used a lot of it in NC, had 130 tomato plants I think and I used the foliar spray in a two gallon...

good morning all 60 out now getting warmer with thunderstorms starting this afternoon. looking at national radar, that's a big system scooping down into the Gulf bringing water North. We sure need it, looks like wet weather for several days. got a call from mobil home park. Could you please...

a warm 82 out now got my new rose bush areas finished off, edging pavers set. eyes really itch

Creeping Charlie, also known as ground ivy, is a common perennial weed that thrives in shady, moist areas and is difficult to control due to its ability to spread rapidly through runners (stolons) and seeds. It is a member of the mint family (Lamiaceae) and is characterized by its square stems...

after owning my town's insurance agency for 20 years, where I got in at the literal crack of dawn, I owned a retail store for five years. had seven employees in my electronics business and thankfully got lucky with employees. Most were hobbyists of some type, one was retired and loved...

I avoid big box stores like the plague but you can get into the gardencenters at the end, and check out right there. less steps for me used to be funny but if they tell you the wrong place several times and you've hiked up and down those remarkably hard floors for what seems like hours, it's no...

need to go back to Home Depot and get two more red pavers I was short. So I'll get four... I was one over on the grey ones but undercounted on the reds. Instead of pushing a cart, think I'll just haul a heavy canvas bag in with me, four bricks don't weigh that much, these aren't that big...

after my Sterilite hamper handle broke off, it was pretty cheesy but all local place had, I'm trying something different. Laundry hamper bags not plastic hamper and I can drag it down to basement with one hand with the other on the railing as safe. Much better than two handed hamper on first...

woke up too early, but enjoying first cup of coffee today is a high of 86, long sleeve shirts need to go to storage, out come the golf shirts. nice visit with landlady yesterday, glad she is feeling better after chemo. She loves to come and see what new flowers I have planted. looks like I'm...

rockfish was yummy, cooked in a small amount of curry and Indian spices, over spinach and veggies healthy low fat dinner big bag of fresh spinach sure cooks down to a fraction can you imagine your steak doing that? :oops: and nothing good/bad to get into for dessert. need to buy more apples...

thanks Ken, think I'll replant/pot it and then give it to someone who wants an oak tree.

plucked this out of my garden. appears to be an acorn, are all acorns oaks? anyone recognize the tree? maybe I should replant it...

decent visit with endocrinologist, we discussed my leg cramping and my cutting back on avorstatin to see if that helped. It hadn't, but I had only cut back half. He said to go off it entirely for one month as a better test. then he will likely put me back on a variation. cholesterol was...

good morning all surprised at 45 on thermometer, my veggies won't be happy with that. forgot to post this last night: today was long and came to expected conclusion. Rv market stopped in April after a first good quarter, everyone is super defensive and I was offered a trade in 18 grand below...

Riptides, enjoy your trip. Clean mountain air and the birds singing sounds good. safe trip.

Bill, glad your power came back on. decided change of plans with rv, going to keep it at mobil home park for one more month since autotrader.com ad paid for another month. I could modify ad but decided their parking cost is reasonable and gives me better exposure than at home. This also gives...

good morning all warm morning due to warm day yesterday, but now weather trending cooler and wetter. Wet is good, we need the rain. will be a busy day today. First I hose off the pollen on the motorhome and get it ready. Then I drive it fifteen minutes to Souderton where the two largest rv...

Dennis, I had concerns due to low price but when all built, a firepit with four chairs and cushions for 800 bucks was half the cost of anything I could find locally. Chairs seem durable, fabric is rough and not fancy but looks fine. Definitely a couple hours to assemble...

wow you redid that whole back area Popgadget, looking good. feels good to sit down, got all my tree trimming done, then went to Home Depot and lugged 50 pavers home for making garden borders. Of course I was two short on one color and one extra on the other, so need to go back for a few more...

good morning all summer thinks it has arrived, 83 and sunny. perfect morning for clearing out some brush, helper due in around 9am that should take a few hours and then have a few projects to work on. Thomas, NuBoo lucky to have you leave treats out Mostly, glad you got your boat bunks put on...

Welcome catalyst. 78 and sunny out, worked up a sweat waxing part of the car, parts were too hot in the sun to do. watered all the plants, weeded gardens, as my naval captain uncle would say, everything looks ship shape. Lou,, doesn't it feel like you just put those chains on? time flies had...

good morning all colder outside than I'd like for my veggies but definitely warming up from here on out hope nothing is keeled over this morning up earlier, reading my book, drinking coffee and just going slowly. have a five dollar off 25 coupon at local supermarket, not a bad discount so I'll...

newbury, that recipe is well known here... stopped at light on return drive home, heard two powerful motorcycles come up beside me. Knew it wasn't a Harley, different sound, very mechanical. One bike was a Ducati, one an Aprilia. no idea of models but the engine sound of them taking off was...

lawn is mowed, nice to get that done now a shower and shave to get all the pollen off me and a quiet afternoon. I will not be venturing down to Shad Fest. oily bony fish are not high on my dining desires

too much wind for me too....go to rv, it wasn't that dirty, quarter inch of rain had washed most of pollen off and it looked ok. but the wind was howling and the idea of spraying water in that made it feel colder out. So I passed. Had coffee and a bun at my friend's home nearby, delivered my...

yes, really glad the old girl got a workout. Fulfilled its purpose, helping out on the farm.

Buppies, I have to mow this afternoon too. At least should be nice weather, much cooler, mowing in mid sixties. seems for a little while the pollen is washed off the trees but winds last night dried everything out again. and today's another day of oversexed male trees depositing their love...

good morning all cold front came through last night with a lot of wind 48 going up to 65 today in sunshine I'm off early to wash my rv, then will deliver tomato pots to friends nearby. then home to enjoy a nice Sunday afternoon. Mostly, hope you are feeling much better. was feeling quite...

six years ago attended Beaufort Co Ag extension event where they showed us how hemp was planted. at that time, expectations were for double to triple the revenue per acre, which was offset somewhat by expensive "legal" seed and regulatory guidelines. Wonder how that all turned out.

in between the rain drops quick trip downtown to get four bags of hardwood mulch which is really all I need since the beds have been kept up. plus I got a centerpiece plant for new outdoor table. no other plans today other than going to dinner at brother's home. Kyle, you always hope it will...

all these nice decks. Shows how much we want to get outside again. not much rain so far, not much predicted it seems but at least it's all green out there the test will be if it was enough to wash the layer of yellow off my car. I may need to squirt it off. I think we are still in a drought...

good morning all a wet Saturday, .17 on gauge, looks like on and off showers all day 63 out now, high of 73 was hoping it was a hard enough rain to wash the pollen off my car, hood had turned from blue to yellow up early, thankfully have a good book to turn to, I'm a sucker for first contact...

RNG is fine, just overwhelmed by move and unable to keep up with us. I'm sure we'll hear from him soon. wanted to make sure he wasn't tied up in a basement someplace... Thomas, maybe spray tire stems with DeerOff?

good morning all birds are chattering like mad out, get up! get up! another warm day today, 50 now going up to 82 never called by dealer last night, but at least I have a rental. they gave me a Ford Bronco Sport, the smaller of two Broncos, and it looked really nice, and drove ok, but not a...

stopped by Popgadgets on way home from picking up rental car and stopping at TSC for 8 tomato plants. the range seems to be cheap stuff in front of supermarket 3.99 Tractor Supply 4.99 Bountiful Acres nursery 5.99 cost to grow them from...

all these porch pics,seems I painted my porch in NC on this day. 53 linear feet of old fashioned wood porch. At least the rails were plastic. Painted that porch every year with sticky grey porch paint. planted a lupine on a lovely cool morning, in this case "West Country towering inferno". it's...

while Popgadget is getting his alpacas sheared today, an alpaca zoo in NJ is downwind of the current forest fire. I was looking for location of fire and out popped the alpaca zoo on several layers. I owe most of my current damaged skin condition to spending childhood time on the beaches at...

change the oil in the injector pump. Scott?

good morning looks like the start of a couple of very nice low 80's days. 49 out now, sun coming up before 6am is sure nice, more day to enjoy. Don, glad they did a nice job on your fireplace. Safer now too. Phil,sorry about your BIL, hope some improvement Thomas, get the right size rods! ;)...

got second coat of spar poly put on teak top chair covers come in tomorrow, will be nice to put cushions on, leave them on, and then use the covers. I can hose the vinyl covers down easily. Trying to keep pollen off the fabric one little spot I need to scrape I see on the edge

my friend whose ancient Mom lives in Pemberton NJ, and thus potentially affected by the wild fire smoke, wrote me: It is claimed that native Americans near the Delaware would start fires when the wind was blowing from the west, while those near the shore would start fires when the wind was...

if you look at Popgadget's first picture, there are lights along the coast and lights in center of state and in between them on Eastern side are the Pine Barrens that catch on fire. barbecued a burger on a beautiful day with that lump in my stomach I am feeling happily lazy without a car can't...

NJ Pine Barrens are on fire, Lacey Township, so far mostly burning up the woods and not houses. Happens a lot, my understanding is usually caused by lightning. but also caused by human error or arson. if Popgadget is flying anywhere near bet he can see the smoke

good morning all mid fifties going up to high 70's, should be a nice day. headed to dealership again, this time for wonky hvac. pretty sure if this car breaks again, I'm going to trade it. Never had a vehicle with so many things not working. Warranties are great but what a hassle. brother...

looking good Dennis. You are really going to smile when that is done and you can just sit there and enjoy it. and likely never have to do it again.

I'm surprised. years ago while mowing a friend's farm fields, I would stir up voles and moles in the field. there was constant swooping of hawks trying to pick one up. maybe chicken is light meat and foxes don't like dark vole?... I'd think they ate most little critters. got the lawn mowed on...

on this day cultivating and picking collards in Washington NC two helpers from food pantry helped me several days. When we packed 1000 pounds of collards, all the boxes were weighed, we called it quits. Pure stoop labor. I would cultivate with Super A, and then harvest with the little Massey...

nice Q7 Ken. I think you'll really like it. I saw this Hourly Shop Rate Our general shop hourly rate is $300 per hour for services like hand sanding, planing, and more. on local woodworker website. Phil, does your wife know how valuable you are?... ;)

sounds like those moles need some natural predators, bigger ones... Don, that place needs a coat of paint

Rip, put the mower on cruise control at slightly slower rate than normal and just enjoy the seat time. I find cruise slows me down vs tromping on hydro pedal to just go faster when you can. but it is surely more relaxing. time to get my golf shirts out for the warm day (y) Bill, don't...

good morning all rain showers last night never showed up, dry outside now and a warmer week ahead probably will push the trimming mower today, grass is growing like mad 50 going up to 79 in sun and clouds today, should be a nice Spring day. Buppies, hope you have a really good day today. Phil...

got a lot done outside, built the last two patio chairs, then planted another row of radishes, weedeated whole place, then planted two planter pots of tomatoes and one of sweet peppers. they will stay in cart for next two weeks til it gets a little warmer and I can just roll them into garage...

130 rounds will make a very nice stack of finished firewood just click your fingers and say abracadabra I do think it's interesting that Messicks has sold more than a hundred commercial wood processors since they took up this line of equipment, wood splitters on steroids, automated in some...

that's a great picture preserves the moment

good morning all slow start this morning, not much planned weather should be warm and cloudy, with rain tonight. am headed to garden nursery to see if their veggies came in yet; actually would be smart to just call them. They may be waiting til May 1. But forecast is good for planting now...

Pope Francis, 88 he had clearly been very sick, but worked up til the end

I went out with hand clippers for a walk, and one thing led to another... soon I had a pile and had to stop because now I need the chainsaw. edge of property pretty junky, never cleaned out I'm just trying to get dead stuff removed and clip branches that go way over into neighbors. I was...

everything but running over the same curb three times in Washington NC... but geez now to haul a fifth wheel, would be marvelous. big truck, but I found I wanted more tractors vs an expensive new fifth wheel so the tractors won out. Plus once you start farming, hard to leave to travel radishes...

100 red bud trees must be amazing to look at locally lots of fruit trees are blooming and it's very pretty outside ah choo on this day back when a big rain came through NC, flooded the farm, which didn't take much, and the pine tree pollen wound up concentrated in drying lakes of pollen. I'd...