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I was specifically asked what I would do it for, with my machine. I'm not putting in a bid. I'm not buying a new machine that could do it in 1/4 of the time. I'm not worried about my time, it's wear and tear hours on the machine is where I came up with the figure.

Yes, i did my new driveway with it. It took 2 passes to get to full depth. Maybe an hour for 150'.

Thanks for the insight. It's a 1/8 acre garden, so it's not just the back yard. It's rocky and not previously tilled or gardened.

Had a guy ask me to till his garden. I was thinking $200/hr, 1hr minimum, time starts when i start my tractor. My tractor 14hp with a 48" tiller, so it's not fast. Am I selling myself short? Or asking to much.

That hits home. Wakes me from a dead sleep so i can immediately wake my wife up to tell her the cat is throwing up.

He was trying to kick down the door when I came down. He has 2 meds for pain but he doesn't' seem to be feeling any pain. He walks around and wants to be pet and is very affectionate. He doesn't like the oral syringe, at all. I have to hold him while my wife gives it to him and he still bats at...

He has to be locked in that room for 2 weeks, I didn't want him to be on the cold concrete that whole time. Once he gets out of jail, I'll go back and start finishing that room now that the stuff is out. Got my bucket of mud ready.

He's home! $5600 later with his cone of shame. They even gave back the draw string.

I have brick and stucco, brick takes so long to lay though... I actually have the brick, if i went that route. I wanted the top of the wall to be level with the ground, and the top is already level with the doorway, which I was hoping to have the ground an inch below. I also want to prevent...

I started backfilling the area behind the wall with dirt. Even at mid day the dirt was frozen, i was a bit surprised. I want to get teeth for the bucket, I think it'll really help break up the dirt piles. Weeds were growing as well, which had some root balls that were tough to break through...

Thanks for the insight. They managed to successfully remove the sweatshirt drawstring. It went from the stomach all the way to the colon. They got it out of stomach, but had to make one incision into the intestine to remove the last piece. He's in recovery now and we should be picking him up in...

Ouch. If you don't mind me asking, how much was the surgery? I got a range of $5-7k.

Mocha(left) is balanese, elsa(right) is ragdoll. Mocha went into the ER tonight. Threw up 3x today, then 3x blood this evening. They did xrays, and found his intestines bunched up. Their theory is he ate a drawstring from a sweatshirt. One that my wife used to play with him. Now it's caused...

That was my tought. It looked squished almost.

I put down some landscape fabric, then drain hose, then stone, then filled with dirt. The Dirt pile is at a low point so it was very muddy and my tractor has turf tires, so that was fun. I just need to backfill the area with dirt, then seed for grass and put straw down.

That's an idea. I have to figure out what's actually bending. It doesn't look like it's dropping, more like compressed since it's bowing at top and bottom. I checked the other ports down the line and it's not happening there. It's only happening on the second porthole. I have no idea when it...

Isn't that a type of brassier?

I just watched my fedex driver do the slow walk up 200' with 2000 rounds of ammo, then walked down, then walked back up with 300 egg cartons. He set the ammo on the chair on the front porch, which I don't mind.

They are 12ga steel and that particular joist is a double back to front. I got the thickest ones available since the cost was negligible. https://www.clarkdietrich.com/products/tradeready-steel-joist I'll reach out to them, from how thick they were, I never expected it.

I was putting some stuff on the second floor of the garage, and as I was riding the elevator up, something caught my eye. One of the joists didn't look right. At first I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. The joist looked bent. And a few joists beyond it. And while it's hard to tell it...

Yes, but I've spent 150k on this shop in the past 3 years, for me to putz around in the evenings and weekends for the next 40 years. And my wife is getting a little tired of my 'excessive' spending, as she puts it.

Yup, but for the amount I need it, it's hard to justify the expense.

Ok so I gave it a try. I put my Milwaukee M12 drill on hammer mode and tried with that: Then I used the Milwaukee hammer drill: There was a bit of a difference.

Up until now i've only done block or small cement holes. These are 1/2" holes 4" deep, so it's a little different. I wanted something more substantial. Then I realized my milwauke m12 drill has a hammer setting. So I'm going to try that out too, just for fun.

Oh, the cats. Mocha is the chunky one, Elsa is the white one, Latte is the handsom one, Lucy is the black and white, and Roxy is the orange one. Mocha just wants pet all the time, and there's a lot of him to pet, Latte rapes elsa despite being fixed, but also elsa seduces latte, it's weird...

Well I have this one, we'll see how it goes. It was $40, which is a far cry from $250 which is what I'm seeing SDS's for.

If I use a regular masonry bit that goes in a jacobs style chuck, will the hammer function cause excessive wear on the chuck/bit?

I bought a hammer drill on marketplace to assist with some masonry drilling. I'm not sure about the difference in chucks though. The hammer drill bits i saw at HD have a smooth shank with a slot on each side, but the drill I bought has what looks like a normal chuck. Will it accept this...

My weber rollers were to high for my bandsaw. So I made some adjustments to them. I was concerned about some questionable reviews on the saw, some said it's precision leaves something to be desired. I haven't found that on mine so far.

Generally speaking DRW are skinnier than SRW. I dont' have any experience personally, but logically, you are mostly plowing on paths that are already cleared of snow. Skinnier tires are better on snow. But I'm guessing for DRW, it's going to be a highway tire without aggressive tread.

When I was building my shop, after 15min of talking talking with every sub i was considering, they lose the opportunity. I ask them to tell me exactly what they plan to do, how they'll do it, and the cost. And they reply with they plan to do substandard work for an outrageous price. And this is...

Got about 6" today. So I tot out the toboggan and got some quality sledding in with the little one.

My to30 3pt is up when there isn't any weight on it. If I have a plow or disc it goes down.

Oil guy came to fill up the house. I asked him to also fill my 2 55g drums as well. I got my fueling station out of the old garage and into the shop last night, easy with the barrels empty. He was nice enough to fill them for me. Then I got my pump and power hooked up, and the barrels into...

I used diesel kleen for the past 15 years, centane booster and anti-gel, but apparently there's a new one that is better, it's in the shop, I'll check when I go out. It's expensive though. I get off road diesel delivered and have never had an issue.

I have a 2001 zd21 with 1200 hours and it runs like a top with no indication of giving up. It's those kubota diesel's, they're good for 10k hours if properly maintained.

My issue is my hands, bad arthritis in my thumbs. If I push to hard, like last time, I couldn't hold more than a coffee cup for a week without intense pain.

I drop the blower from my tractor and put on a 7' plow. I plow as wide as I can. Every snow storm the plowed area gets narrower, so start wide. But for the most part, the blower does hte job, just take it slow and max rpm works unless complete slush. Park it inside and let it all melt.

The real bummer is tomorrow is the last day above freezing, so i have to finish laying the block. Then comes the big freeze. I cleaned my finger up mostly and bandaged it, but it's not the only one that got chewed up.

Got more block laid, despite the wind. My string line was blowing all over the place, and my wheel barrow even blew over towards the end. Then i noticed i had a slight injury on my finger that I didn't feel because I couldn't feel my fingers. Once I got the feeling back, it was not great.

Using old concrete, when i mixed it, once it set, it just crumbled. Not good at all. It turned to sand in my hands when I grabbed a piece. So I ripped the 3 corners up, they came up with no trouble. Cleaned the surface, got new concrete/lime/sand, mixed it up in 3:3:12, and laid it. Once I'm...

Glad to hear it's working for you. Really makes a difference over manual steering.

That's rough, at those prices I'd consider just using oil at it's inflated rate. I hated to spend it while I have a big pile ready to split. I remember 2 years ago when I was irritated it went over $150/cord.

You're in VT, all you have is wood, why is wood so expensive there? My issue with knotty wood is it doesn't fit in the stove very well. I mean stuff that has a 90 degree right angle in the middle, or a hard curve. My wood stove isn't very big, I can fit 3-4 normal pieces in at a time, but...

I normally cut and split wood, but I hurt my hand and back, so I can't be swinging a maul safely. So I went on marketplace and was flooded with folks selling wood. No one lists prices, which irritates me, so I sent a few messages. Everyone comes back with ~240/cord, displaying pristine stacks...

I removed the bolt and took it to my guy who makes hydrualic hoses and said i needed that end on one, and the cylinder end on the other, and he did that.

I use a 3m respirator with p100 pink discs. https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/v000093499/ And I use a harbor freight auto tinting mask. I used to weld without the repsirator and the **** that came out when i blew my nose was unnerving. Using filters completely changed that.

Battery tenders generally do that, tend the batteries. When they detect the battery is topped up, they shut off until the battery drops below a certain voltage. This way, the battery isn't overcharged. It's not like the old style trickle chargers that charge at a constant rate all the time. So...

No. But the blocks arent' going more than 2 high, so I don't think it'll be a problem. This slab is 60 years old so the settling has been done and there is lots of wire in there. Also some of htat concrete is nearly a foot thick. From about page 10 in the thread:

Yup, I'll be drilling and putting rebar every few feet, then filling that block with concrete. The corners are already done.

Prepped the block area, got 3 corners up. Hardest part is done, next i'll fill in the walls. I'm not sure how I'm going to top them. Once walls are done, then drain hose, backfill with stone, then top with dirt, then plant grass.

55gal drums used for ATF and the sort are almost free on craigslist and marketplace. I have a 12v pump that goes into the bung hole. When the oil guy comes around, I have him fill 2 drums as well as the oil tank. Not this one, but similiar to this...

Rototiller I sometimes have to make 2-3 passes to get to full depth. It rotates forwards, so it sometimes propels me along the soil is so hard. This isn't the field, but on the second run, you can see what happens in this video.

This is all red clay. My tilling tractor is a 14hp new holland s14 gas. I till at about 0.5mph, and occasionally slower. I pull a 14-2 bottom plow with either my kubota or ferguson. If I got a 3pt tiller I'd put it on the kubota which is diesel and gets better fuel economy than the gas. Also I'd...

I move slower with rototillers, but move faster with a plow & disc. But I make multiple passes with plow & disc. Right now my rototiller tractor is a dedicated machine, I was thinking of getting a 3pt rototiller. I do about 1 acre in one field and 2 ½acre fields. I can run plow and disc with 3...

My sister said christmas eve would be dinner at 5:30. I have a 5 month old who has his own schedule, so we try not to incovenience others. We were running a little late, arriving at 5:25. We were the first to arrive, The next family showed up at 6:15. Others showed up at 6:30. Dinner ended up...

Yup!

5 months old, he's got this christmas thing down.

Merry Christmas!

My sisters and niece paid $800 each for tickets to her.

Who do they think they are? Volkswagen?

My b7200 has turf tires and I would like to get a set of r4's. Someone has wheels and tires for sale locally off a bx, but doesn't specify anything about size. I can't find any information about bolt patterns on either machine..

i will have gutters, that's what the pipe sticking out of the ground is for. There's 4 of them, one on each corner, that all connect and join at the low back corner that drains into a pit. As is, it the water drains strait off, and goes into the gravel on top of the drain pipes which have holes...

I'm there. good info and decent folks, although it's been a while since I've posted.

That is really tempting but I expect freight to be as much as the unit itself. Still, 5k is probably decent. But I've heard and seen less than great things about chinese no-name batteries.

What I really want is a mini dump. Just big enough to take the bucket so I can load dirt, then dump. And all these carts and hybrids are just on the small side. I want a slightly longer wheel base and maybe a 5x5' dumping bed so I can do sand, gravel, dirt, etc. But I want it to be electric. I...

I don't like the step, it was just a matter of backfilling which I never got around to. Then it got overgrown with weeds, discarded boards, blocks, bricks, etc and was a real mess, and I wanted to get it cleaned up. Plus that step down onto plywood that's falling apart is a real hazard. I have...

Need to start building retaining wall on the garage now that I'm at that point. Cleared a bunch of weeds, blocks, boards, etc out. I took some measurements, dropped some pins, ran string and started setting blocks. Not cemented down yet, just trying to get an idea. Wanted to get some dirt up...

My wife had a small procedure just over a year ago, 15 minutes, in and out. Doctor billed $400, anesthesia billed $75, hospital billed $11,000. Paid the doctor and anesthesia, but called the hospital and asked what this was about, there were no line items or specifics. They couldn't tell me...

Visited the local firehouse where Santa made an appearance! My son was completely indifferent despite it being his first Christmas.

Looking for less clutter, not more.

If you're looking for ideas for that special someone that has everything, here's a helpful list.

Never give up. Find something you're passionate about and push through. For me it's friends and family, building things, working in the garage. It's hard because I can't lift my left arm above my shoulder or really grab things with my thumbs or hold a screwdriver for more than a few minutes. If...

My uncle is in vietnam right now. This time he was invited. His platoon got together and went on a 10 day tour to visit the sights. He's having a great time I hear.

I have a b7200 with a bucket and a b8200 with a blower. Just buy more tractors.

I have a 5' on my kubota b8200 which is 17hp and it runs fine. But it's front mount. I did not want to be turned around backwards driving in reverse.

I think he was specifying two different guns, one for pellets and one for bear.

Firearm ownership is a responsibility. There's skill involved. Anything that involves skill requires practice. Each weapon is a little different, reloads to the point of muscle memory. I like to have at least 1000 rounds through each weapon to ensure that I am a) completely comfortable with...

I'm not stocking for a random break-in. I'm stocking for war. Military age men crossing the boarder number in the millions. I see mobs of hundreds of anti-semites praising palastein and H****s for the extermination of my people. We have been victims of genocide for the last time.

Like how many cases of ammo in the cabinet? Or like your home defense weapon round capacity?

Maybe, but any time someone hears about a disabled vet they expect some epic and heroic story. Not I fell off a plane. And then the question always follows up "was it in the air?" Then I have to explain that planes on the ground are about 15' up with landing gear down.

USAF 2003-2005, medically separated after a failed surgery for a torn rotator cuff. Gust of wind on an f15 and fell 15' onto the tarmac. The lamest way possible to get injured.

Radiators are cheap and easy to replace. JB weld can get messy and doesn't always take. When I sell a car, people have to stop me from telling them what's wrong with it.

I stay low and keep at least one point of contact with the roof at most times. I naturally have a low center of gravity so generally it isn't an issue, I've only fallen once.

I have to slow my burn rate if the wood is dryer, let less air in. I have a dial on the front of my stove. Also changes with the type of wood i'm burning.

stone disappears into the ground in wet areas inside of weeks, if not months. If you put down stone, put down #3 first, then #2. Should be about 10 yards of each.

I had a farmall c, it didn't have 50hp, a hydro trans, or a cab. It didn't even have a live PTO. I had the row crop front end. I ran a flail mower and 14-2 plow with it.

The maximum safe levels declared in the US is 4.0, in EU it's 2.7. But I'm told a 1.0 is equal to 2 cigarettes a day, 4.0 would be 8 cigarettes a day. As I quit smoking, I'm going to be super pissed if I get lung cancer from radon. https://radonrepair.com/faq/radon-levels/

I have been told the sensor is only good for about 3 years for the particular meter I have. I don't know how accurate that is though.

48hr post startup and i'm at 0.70. I haven't ruled out coring out the concrete slab a foot over from the pipe and creating a sealed off hole that the pump can suck from, but i do wonder how much better I can get from 0.70 for the added expense and price. My friend has a sealed off system...

All 8 tractors are functional if you consider functional less than 8 hours of work. If not, 4 are functional.

After 24 hours, the 24hr average has dropped to 1.54 from 4.08. I'm going to keep an eye on it the next couple days to see what happens.

My buddy is on shale and he says his number was in the 30's, after a $2500 system he's down to 2-3. He says he still doesn't feel comfortable spending an extended period of time in his basement, which is a shame because it's huge.

The house is 59 years old, i'm pretty sure it was not built on clean crushed stone. I know the patio I have dug under which was part of the original house was just on dirt.

That makes a little sense. But wouldn't that just be like sucking on the ground? I have no idea what is under my slab. I'd imagine it would just pull full vacuum all the time.

I'm not sure I could create a seal around the sump pit without replacing the sump pump itself. That thing almost never gets water, it has to do hurricane levels of water, but when it does, water does get in the basement, and travel to that pit, so it may not be in my best interest to seal it.

I have a floating slap on top of lots of cracked concrete, i'm pretty sure the radon is not only coming up through the sump pit. Although I don't know, so I'm open to new knowledge.

When my wife was pregnant, I gave up my office in the spare bedroom and moved to the basement. My basement radon levels were about 0.38 in the summer, with the basement windows open. US limits are 4.0. A 1.0 reading is about 2 cigarettes a day as far as cancer goes. Since closing up the basement...

He moved a bit slower because he didn't have a full speed worker. That allowed him to bill more hours. So if he had another guy, they could bang out a job in say 50 hours. Using me, we could bang out a job in about 60 hours because I'm not as quick because I don't do it for a living. That means...

I had my gc use me as labor. I have skills but I'm far from the master that my gc is. He and i worked side by side to build my shop, and I learned a lot. And I saved a lot in labor being his helper instead of someone else. I said what I want to do, he knew how to do it, and we did it. There's a...

The roof is 25' up and not easily or regularly accessible. Getting a bunch of panels up there isn't bad, but much more is a challenge. I'm going to use the radiant floor heating eventually but at the current electric rates using grid power to heat especially when I'll loose a bulk of it is...

The power isn't there yet, and the cost of electricity cost is very expensive. This isn't a final solution, just something to get me some heat while I'm getting there. And yes, I'll be using rv antifreeze and water mix for the system.

Heat! Since I've run out of budget basically due to the increase in price of materials gone up 10 fold in some cases, a lot of stuff is on hold, so I'm looking to add some heat on the cheap. And that goes beyond running my 110k btu bullet heater on kerosene for 3-4 hours to get the temps up a...

Excursion - 8 Hummer - 8 Jaguar xkr - 8 ram 2500 - 8 f150 - 6 xterra - 6 Oliver 88 - 6 Jaguar epace - 4 mini cooper - 4 Ferguson to30 - 4 Kubota b8200 - 3 Kubota b7200 - 3 Bobcat 610 - 3 Ditchwitch J20 - 2 New Holand s14 - 1 New Holand s14 - 1 Husqvarna blower - 1 68? I'm not sure if I'm...

My fueling station is parked in the shop, it's a 55gal drum. Tractors and mowers go to it. But I suspect if I didn't have 110v I could just run it off the tractor that's carrying it. Trailer harness would be sufficient for a quick disconnect. I bought a 12v pump because 110v was cheaper, and...

I got an old battery charger with 2-10a selection, cut the leads off and wired it to my 12v pump. Set it to 10a 12v and always on. Plugged it in and it works great.

As long as it's secure, with straps, it should be ok. They don't weigh very much.

I've covered GC plywood with several generous coats of paint, and they have been trouble-free after 10 years. Just be sure to get the ends real good.

Back when they told us butter was bad for us and to eat margarine? Those were the dark days when everyone thought the internet was "just a fad". Right now I'm sitting at my desk with 3 40" curved monitors surrounding me and 2 31.5" monitors overhead. I'm a good 8'-10' away from my 86" tv and...

I just hung my 86" tv. 110lbs is nothing under normal circumstances. However, when you consider you can't just grab anywhere you want, it gets complicated. There's only a few small areas you can grab on a tv, so it's a lot of weight on those said areas.

This right here. The bauer I have is 70lb, I just hold it upright, the weight does the work. Once it's through, I just lift it and reset it and start again.

It's using the internal pump, not an external pump. It's tapping the hydraulic block on the right side. I'll take a look at the FEL control valve and probably take a picture. I looked at it but nothing was immediately apparent as far as adjustments.

I was lifting a load with the bucket the other day and I fell short of what the loader was supposed to be able to lift, but was not dead heading the pump and had no change in rpm speed. Which tells me there must be some bypass to avoid overloading the pump, some sort of relief valve that I'm not...

For the price, it's hard to beat compared to a rental price. It just keeps coming in useful.

I bought the bauer 70lb electric jackhammer from harbor freight and have been running that thing for years. Broke all the concrete around the pool so i could repour it. Did the old shed pad so I could dig out my shop. I busted up my parents back porch. I have probably 100 hours on that thing and...

Glad you got it sorted before to much damage. It's getting to be that time of year where leaves and dead grass can quickly go up.

Good morning! Clear sky 7.8C/46.0F (Humidity: 77%) | Feels like: 5.5C/41.9F | Wind: 8.1mph / 13.0km/h W | Wind gust: N/A | Today: broken clouds. High 11.3C/52.3F. Low 7.0C/44.5F My son turned 3 months old yesterday. Today is his baptism.

I have that thing. Works great.

40 vs 50 wouldn't make a difference for my 95lb 4'8" wife. Also the bags are floppy, which makes them harder to carry. I seriously considered it for a while, i liked the idea of filling the hopper and just setting the temperature and letting it go. But being the only one to be able to load it...

Pellets can be annoying to buy and store. 50lb bags would mean I'm the only person in my house that can feed the stove. And if i mess up my back, shoulder, knee, etc that takes a few days to recover from, that makes hauling those 50lb sacks a whole lot harder. I have a wood stove, i cut wood...

What sort of totes weigh 2500lb? I'm guessing they're not run of the mill rubber-maids.

I have that machine, but it's still a trencher. It's heavy duty.

Looking forward to this. Something similiar is a plan of mine.

I wanted forks for my kubota, but I don't have QD bucket. So I was looking into a set of 3pt forks. Lots of options in the 3pt market. I haven't picked any up yet, but have been looking.

Consistently.

Show me a modern day engine that will go to 300k miles. Lots of 80's, 90's, and even early 00's engines make it well past 200k and with basic care, 300k. Adding complexity of all the crap they have added to increase mpg while maintaining power.

I'm not a fan of grid tied, for the reasons gone over previously in this thread. At first I was a fan, when people were using the grid like a battery. Analog meters that simply spun backwards, how good of a deal is that. Then there was smart meters, and billing differently backwards and...

I think you might have misunderstood something I said, I never said I rejected solar. I will not have a managed system though. Powerwall is $10k for 13.5kwh last I checked, which is absurd. Also tesla is booking 3+ years out for the tesla roof. I have 38x 250w panels in the garage that I'm...

That's the most insane thing I've read today.

I checked my power bill for august, it just came through. 19k/kwh. July it was 17c/kwh. June it was 14c/kwh. May it was 11c/kwh. Do you think it'll stop there? I don't. They're going to be basically forcing people to install solar at these rates, i get no less than 3 phone calls a day on my...

While I see your point, it's not really apples to apples. The power company gets to bill transmission without having to worry about additional generation, for existing infrastructure. Also in a lot of areas, power companies flat out refuse to buy back power. I get it they can choose what they...

I don't disagree with you on the free battery idea. I think it's reasonable to not recoup transmission. If I pay 10c in generation and 10c in transmission, and I sell back to the power company, I can understand not getting the transmission back, but I would want something close to the...

Found this stuff at costco. It says salt, pepper, and garlic, but i suspect it has a bit more to it. I eat it with virtually all unseasoned foods, and it's excellent. I'm not much of a cook, that's my wife's department. But a roast and vegi's out of the crock pot, toss this stuff on, and...

I've been aggressively researching for about a year now. I have an electrical engineering background so i'm at least basically familiar. I'm building my own system, but I want to make it scalable. Solar is simple, but the software in the inverters has been a bit tricky considering it's not very...

I can't speak for everywhere, but at least here, generation is 9.4c/kwh while transmission is 7.3c/kwh. Regardless of the transmission vs generation, they're giving you 1.5c/kwh on your exports. Lets say you export to your neighbor, will they be paying only transmission costs plus what they pay...

I heard that PGE is pushing a new thing where they can borrow your EV's power combined with a new regulation(not yet passed) that would require all EV's have 2 way plugs. That way during times of high demand they could sap your EV's power, then refuel it later. Of course the price they give you...

This is the exact reason I'm not interested in grid tie any more. Utilities are sticking it to people who are just trying to save money. And they're buying your energy at 1.5c/kwh, then what, reselling it to another customer at 15c/kwh? That number varies widely, we were 11c/kwh 3 months ago...

It is roughly the same here. And for that reason I'll be using all that money I save vs going for a professional install and grid tie and buying batteries. 30kwh of lifepo4 is ~8k now and dropping, which would be more than sufficient get me through the night. I am looking into a hybrid system as...

While I can't say what is happening with your tractor, I have used diesel kleen for 18 years on my diesel truck and it has been great. Injectors have been problem free, oil changes are regular, everything has been clean.

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I dated a girl who went to college once. She kept telling me how everything I thought wasn't true. Her professors kept saying the things she always thought were true, were not true. She came off with some pretty insane ideas.

It is written pretty clearly and ruled on by the supreme court:

Massive errors in FBI’s Active Shooting Reports from 2014-2022 regarding cases where civilians stop attacks: Instead of 4.6%, the correct number is at least 35.7%. In 2022, it is at least 41.3%. Excluding gun-free zones, it averaged over 63.5%...

So basically you're only preventing lawful gun owners from defending themselves. These people aren't contributing to crime. And she knows it.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday issued an emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque and the surrounding county for at least 30 days in response to a spate of gun violence...

I'll be using lifepo4 batteries. I already have a test setup that's functioning for my deep freeze. It only becomes uneconomical when you're paying $4/watt for panels/installation. Panels are rated for 90% after 10 years, 80% after 25 years. So a 240w panel becomes 196w after 25 years. This is...

The detail is remarkable, but it's not a photo, it's a computer generated image. The computer takes thousands upon thousands of them and basically merges them together into something unique, but very detailed.

That's what I told my wife, but she just sees the bottom line and how I promised it would save money, and hasn't.

Our power spiked from 11c/kwh to 17c/kwh, I didn't even realize it. I installed new equipment to cut power, and factored the cost of the equipment would pay for itself in about 15 months. The bill didn't go down the next month by any measurable amount so I went to verify that the usage recorded...

You don't ride kangaroo's?

Anyone from europe care to chime in on this one? I think a couple of them are pretty spot on. https://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/european-ai-american-list I'm from PA and I'm not even bothered by what they think of PA.

I hate every american and european city I've been to. Everything about them is aweful. But I love bangkok. Despite being very populated, it's not bad. While I couldn't live there, I do enjoy vacationing there.

Not quite. My wife's from there, she has family there, we have a place there. Strongly considering retiring there at some point in the future. Everything is cheap, people are great, scenery is fantastic.

I fly united exclusively. I go to thailand 1-2x a year. I layover in narita or haneda airports in japan. Usually i take flights opperated by ANA purchased through united for the japan > bangkok flight. 3 hot meals, 2 snacks, unlimited free booze, excellent entertainment and outlets. It's a 24hr...

Nuclear is the future. France is something like 80-90% nuclear. China and india are building massive nuclear plants. The US all but over-regulated nuclear out of existence. We need to bring it back.

Sorry, I only like good motorsport :)

It feels about the same if I’m honest. But it’s nice to be able to see the old chap without a mirror.

I have lost a good bit of weight over the years.

I have a TO30 for years and I have not received that. If i hit a stump/rock/root with the back blade it'll raise up a bit and wont' go back down. But that's about it. I suspect it's to do with anti-roll-over.

The office is done, the nursery is done, and he has arrived! Now it's time for no sleep.

Good morning! 87f and 80% humidity, so it's warm. Cleaned up the shop yesterday and hopefully will be pulling the truck in tonight. Still have 8 bales of hay in the truck's bay. I think i need a hay shed so I'm not just moving hay around. My wife isn't convinced i need to spend money.

Good morning! 68f and 95% humidity, it'll be a fun one today. I have to take my mothers cat to get euthanized. The cat has attacked her and left her bloody for seemingly no reason a few times now and my mother finally agrees that it's time. It's unfortunate but it is what it is.

They need this immensely large power generation to power the immensely dense 15 minute cities they're planning. For those who can't do it themselves. In the past few months I've made it my mission to reduce my grid dependence to zero. I started with a power meter that clamps onto my main...

1968 New Holland S14 mowed until the deck just fell apart in the 90's. Now it tills and plows. Countless hours on it. Have a 1970 S14 as well, runs like a champ. My 2001 kubota zd21 zero turn has close to 2000 hours on it. If something breaks, I fix it.

Progress is slow, but still getting there. Today was a particularly hard day. Door trim done, shower stall done, still need caulked around hte base and the side wall finished. Washer/dryer/stationary tube done. Just a bit of trimmings and a bit on the roof is all that remains. Plus the switch...

9 years is a good amount of time. It's not a large property and I don't think the 400 would be a limiting factor for what i'm asking of it. I see a lot of mixed reviews, but there are a lot of stupid people who don't know how to use things. So it's hard to tell.

TSC has it on sale for $7000, with 48mo 0% financing, or $147/mo. I've been looking to get one and this thing seems like it has all the options. The only thing I don't see would be a plow would be nice for snow. Other primary uses would be hauling chicken feed, fire wood, moving the small...

Really the only way you are going to slow the steering down is increase the bore, a 1.5x or 2x bore would slow it down a bit, but i'm not seeing any of those with the swivel eye built in.

Lower stroke will just limit your turning radius. Also it may not be the correct overall length, or you'll be able to turn to tight one direction, and not enough in the other direction.

Surplus center. 1x8x0.625 DA Hydraulic Cylinder Swivel Eyes https://www.surpluscenter.com/Hydraulics/Hydraulic-Cylinders/Double-Acting-Hydraulic-Cylinders/1x8x0-625-DA-Hydraulic-Cylinder-Swivel-Eyes-9-7257-8.axd

Struck out at 2 TSC's. called ahead to a 3rd and they have the motherload, but wasn't able to get there before they closed. I'll head over tomorrow. My plan is to do rolling 4 years, 12 chickens a year, and retire them after 4 years. That way I'll have 48 total at any given time. I'll expand my...

Pulled the mobile coop around and cleaned it up. got my chick waterer and feeder. Had a flat tire so i'm changing the wheels out to be solid wheels instead of pneumatic. I'm on my way to tractor supply!

Not yet. Lots going on. Finishing the basement, put in a new laundry room, going to move my office down there to make room for the new nursery. So all basement storage needs to go on the second floor of the garage.

Working on a makeshift elevator using my scissor lift. I parked it in the back and was using it to go up and down, but getting anything sizable into the lift was a pain. Steps up to a platform, and the wall will fold down for loading. Then up, and the wall will fold down to make a platform to...

Holy mother of god I hope you fire whoever did your block work. Out of a cannon. Into the sun. He should have to register as block offender and not be permitted within 1000' of a free standing cinderblock, like perverts aren't permitted near schools. This is how your blockwork should look like.

2 month anniversary of his passing today. Went over to my mothers and did cleanup. Back porch was a mess, and spring is really coming so things need to get ready. She wants to learn how to weedwack and use hte mower. A few years ago I bought my father the ryobi 40v electric weedwacker, and...

I can move mountains. If what I plan is wrong for what my intent is, please correct it, and I will make proper adjustments. What I know is limited, but what I can do is unlimited. Tell me what you would do if you were planning a 10x20 greenhouse.

I was going to get a HF carport then wrap it in 5mil clear plastic sheeting, then frame a doorway and windows out. Then basically do raised beds inside. It's 10' wide so I was thinking 3' on each side with a 4' in the middle. I have a south facing back area, but if it gets to hot in the summer...

Greenhouses are houses that people grow things in that get hot in the cold. That's all I know about them. So here's what I have. I want to grow food year round. Lettuce, cucumber, tomato, cilantro, garlic, carrot, etc. Can I use a green house year round? I would be dedicating part of my garden...

My father passing really took the wind out of my sails. Nothing moving fast. Vanity in, hooked up, functional. Washer/dryer in, plumbed. Vanity light in and on. Sink is a bit crooked on the vanity and didn't notice it until after I caulked it. So I have to re-do that. Need to find a stationary...

24-26 eggs a day from 26 chickens. Selling 10 dozen a week covering feed costs. Plenty of fresh eggs for ourselves. I think I'm gonna get another dozen chicks, they're in season, demand is high. I hate to have to turn people away but it's getting to that point.

Here's some comedy for you. https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/02/dear-prudence-amish-urges.html Help! I Am Struggling With an Overwhelming Desire to Become Amish.

Last week I got the scratch coat done on the stucco. Tile set for the shower. Got some stucco done. Window trim mostly. Roughed in the plumbing for the dryer.

This has moved from a bathroom for my father to a memorial bathroom in the name of my father.

This morning my father called me at 8:30 to ask me to bring him a mirror so he could see his numbers. Then he called me at 8:45 to ask when I was coming in. Then at 9 to ask me to come in now. Visiting hours start at 11. I went in, my mother was already there. He was on double oxygen, nasal and...

Just watched the first eps of season 2. He's got his work cut out for him. But they don't sugar coat anything, it's a tough job, lots of work, long hours, and unpleasant smells for relatively small returns.

Wow, fiber around here is starting at 500mbps up and down, most of them are exclusively gbit. And it costs about $80/mo. If it's that different, then I completely understand, I never heard of fiber being that slow though.

I am very curious in what world starlink is faster than fiber. Fiber is typically approaching 1gbps, where starlink is under 100mbps.

I appreciate it. What happens will happen, there's not much I can do about it. I'm just going to keep pushing forward. Gotta finish up so I can get started on the nursery.

He was admitted to the ICU and he's being treated there. He's stable for now. Windows came in yesterday so got them in and insulated. Got the screen on, and hoping tomorrow for hte scratch coat. Finished the wood paneling on the inside and some odds and ends. My mother wants to get rid of the...

My father was unresponsive this morning. Taken by ambulance to the ER. He's septic and has pneumonia. Ventilation and lifesaving measures. He was home for a total of 5 days after coming home from the rehab facility last friday. He initially went to the hospital for a stent on Dec 11, which...

It's shiplap wood paneling. My mother saw it and wanted it. It was kind of a pain to do but I think it came out nice. https://www.lowes.com/pd/PFJ-Shiplap-1x8x12/5002482539 I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the basement exhaust pipe from the dryer. Maybe i'll box it in with spare stuff...

My father came home friday, so big push to get it finished. Plumbing done, 2 days doing tile, a day for grout, toilet in, sealer down. The hot water heater was dead, so had to replace the elements and take about 2 gallons of lime shavings out of the bottom. Then it was still only getting luke...

I had a honda oddesy growing up. 250cc with 2 speed automatic gearbox, left index finger was the brake, right was the throttle, pull start, balloon tires. That thing was a beast.

Heated floor in. Plenty of trial and error regarding the spacing, I thought I was going to have to much, so I started tight. But then I hit the half way marker on the wire way to early. So rip it up and start again. Overall I think it came out alright. Did my best to match the stain on the new...

Nice shop. How thick is the slab? What is going on the outside walls?

As a programmer, who frequently has to dabble in AI, i have big concerns. The learning portion concerns me greatly. With no fatigue or need for sleep, no boredom or disinterest, the learning portion is limitless. And without proper mortality and guidance, we've seen what can happen. Enter kids...

Here's the interesting part. My parents live the next street over from me and my wife. It's 30 second drive. I could run across the street, through the guys yard, and be in their back yard. My mother is still in quite good health at 73, and her mother lived to 92. So she will likely be able to...

He fell again this morning, going from the walker to the chair. Looks like it wasn't a bad fall, just some bruising. He is doing much better compared to two weeks ago. Thank you for all the well wishes. Painted, siding, electrical, trim work, rubber roof and anchors, soffit. Hopefully he can...