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I'm behind by a few days. Need to catch up. We just got our first band of rain from Beryl at 2:50 pm. More coming. Expecting gusts up to 60mph tomorrow. I went and got my mother, who lives in Victoria. The primary threat for her is multiple days of power outage. Claudette and Harvey had...

I truly hope they can fix it. Makes me wonder if documenting the complaint, and the level of service, online here, has made the mothership tell them to "Jump through Hoops"??? No one should go through this much trouble...to get their tractor running right.

sorry about Rigby. Glad you knew what was wrong. Glad here too, had to look up foxtails. Ouch! Thankful for healing and remember your strife well. Glad you're back in shape. I would highly recommend you go with your son to court. It makes an impression on the judge to see a parent there...

Hopper looks like he's going to fit right in. He needs something to chew on with those baby teeth. Your step daughter looks like she's doing well.

I have seen and been amazed at some people I know who are Kaizen organizers....I am not one of them. I have a few tubs labeled, A/C stuff, soldering stuff, electrical stuff, lawnmower small engine stuff. But I still have the middle of my barn filled with stuff. It would be easier to share a...

You guys and "your bears" have me worried. Especially with a cub to protect. Be careful.

Think I have a leak in the SUV's a/c....put a little more in. It has dye, so I need to break out my black light tonight to search. Went to a prayer vigil last night, about 150 or more showed up. Son has a 14 yo friend that just got diagnosed with a bad malady. The family is well known...

Races today! Flat track Lima Ohio Event Info - 2024 Lima Half-Mile Pro outdoor motocross at Southwick on Peacock channel Southwick National - Details - Pro Motocross Championship

Popgadget, I'm amazed at the progress. Isn't it cool when the framing happens and the "feel" of the rooms develops.

RNG, glad you got the mill moved, you will be the envy of the neighborhood with your shop equipment.

Prayers you can get some relief soon. Make sure you take your mower on back, so you can test it properly before hauling it back home. Glad she got it back. Sounds like Las Vegas. Crooks everywhere. Glad I live in a small town, but the cops still stay busy. I wouldn't have thought of that...

A possible candidate for my bearskin hat??? I'm so glad to hear this Don. Yes, it's usually a good thing to stay out of the national news. Prayers and blessings my friends, I have to git to work!

I could see the smoke, but it was a huge fire and I'm glad it didn't happen on my end of town! Traffic backed up for miles. 290 is a major highway between Austin and Houston....and all points in between. (Like ZZ Top sang) Holy Smokes I'm way behind! Prayers y'all.

Prayers. Heat exhaustion is a killer! be knowledgeable of symptoms. Skin: Cool, pale, clammy, or moist skin with goose bumps Sweating: Heavy sweating Pulse: Fast and weak Temperature: Elevated body temperature, but may be normal Muscle cramps: Severe cramps in the legs, stomach, or hands...

G'morning Wags, Good evening here. On vacation at Mo Ranch near Hunt Texas. Beautiful here. River water is cooler than TxDon's and mine's standards. Guessing around low 70's F. Having to use wifi, no cell service here. Had another Turd floater hit us here. Maybe and inch of rain...

We had a turd floater, about 3" in a bit over an hour. A lot of runoff.

Thankful for your last trip around the sun and prayers for a great day and a bunch more trips around the sun! Happy Birthday Ron! Don, I pray it is not much of nothing. We believe my daughter has a resistant strep virus. Amoxicillin did not work. Some spots can be caused by strep maybe? My...

Last weekend's winner. Slideways!

Thanks Mostly, I'm glad you're back full time again. :)

That should melt the rest of the snow off... Glad to hear GD is healing at home! OUCH! might put some new seals in while you're in there....ya' think? Or you could turn it into a coffee grinder for Billy? Thanks for helping Drew, Ken. I saw some pics from afterwards of the George Strait...

Slideways!

Were you down this way for the STP project? LS, your place looks beautiful, like an oasis in the desert. I'm not faculty, however a few times each semester I do get a chance to lecture some classes on some of the equipment we teach with, mainly for safety and to show off each machine's...

100% effort & 80% race suit 😅🏁 🏍️: Jorge Martin | Red Bull | Red Bull · Original audio almost unbelievable....

Happy Father's day to all the dads here! There is a great group of dads here. And many who are really special, having helped raise kids who are not their own. Trying to get ready for church. Gonna try to go to 2 services this morning. Both pastors are friends. Glad to see you back 2Bit...

I would only wear it in the winter....

Hopefully it didn't kink the line. Have you made any more progress?

My daughter says "thank you for the birthday wishes". She is still fighting infection we believe. Has another dr appt Monday morning. This is just crazy, these prices. The amount of $$$ people have to make, to afford this. Probably the latter. Happens all too often, just like alcohol...

Very nice Rich! Hope you have a great time at Lima!

Who needs a rooster weather vane when you can have a live peahen?

I had a Ryobi at my old job, not strong enough. I concur, dryers are simple, or they should be simple. after however many years, my wifey said the speedqueen was making a noise. I took off the front panel, and sat there and watched it thru a whole cycle. Nothing. Belt was fine. I told her to...

The loads these things take on, combined with their extreme lengths, takes its toll. I'm sure the hulls are not built with battleship thicknesses. But choosing fatigue resistant steels is a must. I'll bet the jet ski guy wish he'd had a battery powered GPS. Sad about the boaters.

Oh my, sorry for y'alls' woes. I have felt that my body is "winding down" too a lot in the last year. I'm about 8 years behind y'all. My get up and go has got up and went. I have non diagnosed (let's call it tired leg syndrome)....it takes a bit of time to get out of the car after my hour...

I think mom's was the ambassador. I was maybe 10 years old, but I thought it had an inline 6. Hope the foot gets better soon, maybe taking shorter trips with Della to rehab???

Fuddy, my mom bought a used Rambler Americana or Ambassador (I honestly can't remember right now)....We had it for a while. It had air conditioning, automatic, maybe even electric windows? Its been a long time... Anyway, body style was similar to yours.

David, you know the old meme where they compare men and women/girls.... I can tell you this as a "old father" with young girls. Even though my daughter is a very strong person, girls these days with social media have a really tough time. They want to just fit in and not be weird, but this...

My grandfather was part of the force that Patton forged into Bastogne. He got shrapnel in his leg from a landmine while clinging to a duece and a half. Or something like that. I got the old Deere riding mower going again. Turns out I need it because the Steiner beast's 72" cut won't fit in...

Sitrep, the Beast is still mowing fine. It has been a blessing. The motor still has a lot of blowby, even after trying some restore stuff. We check the oil level every time we use it. It can mow our acre plus yard in about 45 minutes, so it doesn't have to work too long. I raise the deck 2"...

Not saying church is the be all end all, but it hopefully plants seeds on fertile soil. Everyone at my church is a sinner. Kids have so many stages in life, and at this age, they have what they think, are their main interests. Just like adults, many don't want to be there, some will lift...

That is a heart warming story. But to answer your question fatherless homes these kids came from churches, all kids should be taken to church parents on dope, lack of parenting systemic welfare/poverty enabled by gov't I could go on, but its early, trying to wake up.

That is some good equipment. Just need to learn to drive it! All the wiring may look like a mess, but it is good for getting signal to all the rooms they ran it to. Maybe safer than a multi wifi system as far as radio waves permeating your bodies. Unless you wear a tin foil hat. I have...

That's why that smart one moved inside the barn...

Would like to hear more about it....I found out there is a 1919 silent film of "The Lost Battalion" with the real heroes in it. I haven't watched many silent films other than Charlie Chaplin, so they just may take getting used to, to appreciate them. Yes. Last weekend, we were eating...

rip, how is it going with your father's house? Have you got it cleared up? I'm wondering if you had some crooks try to forge the mortgage like I've heard has happened, or if he did a reverse mortgage to try and cash out? There's another scam that a crook tried to scam me when I was "For Sale By...

Sorry about your license, is there any possible procedure to get it back? Not your commercial but your regular license? We have a handful of people who ride around on riding lawnmowers here in town. They go all over the place on them.

Ken, prayers you make good decisions for your dad and he gets better soon.

Thank you for your kind reply and explanations.

IMO, it is not fair to use a broad brush and call it "gun culture". There are at least 3 different "cultures" when it comes to guns. These can all be broken down into even smaller subsets... There are law breakers, I call these counter culture vultures, who have learned that they can extort...

You must be a great rider! I used to could barefoot water ski, ride a unicycle, but I've never been able to ride more than 1 bike at a time. What's your secret?

Beautiful bike. I've always wondered about the crank timing and performance of these. I wonder how they compared to the British twins of the day, like the 650's and 750's? Does it vibrate much?

PS, don't share my secret cheap computer connection with everybody ha ha.

Drew, for general internet/email/etc computer needs, like ken said, the SSD will make the most noticeable difference. If you're doing cad work or video editing, then a powerful computer is needed. These are on sale 50% off for I don't know how long, maybe only today. They will take 50% off of...

Super Congrats Fuddy! The fun starts now! Some ECU's control, or ramp up and down the alternator's output. On my little toyota, if you turn the key on, but wait a few seconds, it won't squeal the alternator belt. They say the few seconds allow the ECU to adjust down the draw prior to...

Frits, prayers for your brother and family. I have sympathy for him, it gets old getting prodded and checked every hour or so. He might just want to be in a comfortable place surrounded by family. My dad did almost the same thing. He went back in for the last bit.

I was going to ask if you could set it to time lapse a shot every so often, I don't know the frequency needed, but I would figure more frequent the shots, the better the video.

I just put it there behind your shelf after I found it lurking behind my dryer.... For some, this is 100% true, my wifey not so much. Thank you for thinking of me, but no room at the Inn sir. I have a decent desk I'm using for a workbench in the middle of my barn... Flat worn out. Going to...

Sorry to hear this. They tell men not to move out for divorce advice. I've been there. It was a bumpy road. God brought me through it, and in his time, he brought me an angel. I believe he sent her (my wifey) to get me back into church. It worked.

Prayers Lou and wifey, Bupps and wifey, L4N, LS125, M7040 and family, Helogabals and family. Those in need.

expensive rig there....I wonder how much?

Will you promise to take the DEF back out of tractors? If so, you have my vote.

please share your favorite war movies, that fit for Memorial Day watching. A few of my favs. Saving Private Ryan The Lost Battalion Sargent York Heartbreak Ridge They had a Blue Angel documentary on Amazon Prime, my son and I watched. Turn up the surround sound! I found a 3/8 ratchet and...

So I was looking behind the dryer, for something that may have fallen behind there.....this set off a chain of events. I noticed the exhaust vent right angle sheet metal duct, had a seam where hot air was blowing in the house. Pulled out dryer, put it back together, but could not get the...

Ken, your back porch looks beautiful. Thanks. A day to remember. Those who gave all for this country since it's inception, until now. They have also saved a high number of other countries. I'm thankful for their patriotism and ultimate sacrifice. My kids like to watch Saving Private...

Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers. Things are much calmer around here. Plan to do some more grass cutting today. Rains coming Wed and Thurs maybe.

Prayers Buppies. Does she get lost while driving? Maybe put Life 360 on her phone.

Nice photos Rockbadchild. Are you happy with the Yoshimura and the loud exhaust for the long haul? I'm sure it saves a lot of weight.

This weekend a weekend to acknowledge those who gave all for our country, and our freedoms. They are precious.

It has been a tough few days. Thursday, our 16yo autistic daughter had a really tough day, which also put my wife and I on wits end. We actually called the mental health services to enquire about some respite care. We really kind of want our daughter to see how easy she has it here, and maybe...

Thanks David. Still trying to figure it out. I have a rough draft of a letter I wrote to him. I would add a small 1/2 bath to the master with a pocket door, and add a covered walkout porch in the back What would make your mind up about moving or not? Lots to think about, kids, logistics...

I've been thinking about getting another bike to commute, but every time I do, I nearly hit something (a big coon hound this morning). I have a 130 mile round trip commute. Down here there are some things you don't want to hit. Black angus cows at night, black hogs at night, armadillos, and...

A real biker. Congrats on your retirement. How is your commute, is it backroads?

who's porch is it anyway? Which one is Alpha? air cooked fresh potatoes sounds good, can you cut them as thin as shoestring potatoes? Grandson pic is great! Songs sound really good too for no editing. Thanks! Ha! Newest vehicle in our "fleet" is 2015. Rest are 2010 or older.... Daughter...

Since I worked for a yamaha dealer, I love the TT/XT 500/600 bikes. The motors were/are very reliable, just make sure they have oil. I can still see the engineering leftover from the 75' TT engine in todays engine they use in the Rhino, except they went to 4 valve heads in 1984 if I remember...

Ron, that's a great pic! What memories. Pull that mainsheet in! Yes on the dross. Not real bad, most would come off with a heavy duty scraper, but a grinder would do a better job. Metal is .071 thick, supposed to be 14 gage .075". We have been learning. On smaller cuts, pockets need to be...

Prayers you get better. Billy, sometimes the professor will award one to the student who answers a question first. Since our kids are engineering students, we try to give them some "hands on" experience, but in many cases, we give them demonstrations. They are taught the pro's and con's of...

Son mowed and weed eated the yard. I got on the 4310 and shredded for about 2 hours. Maybe 3-4 acres worth. Stuff was thick, couldn't go too fast. Prayers for Sophie too David.

RNG, take your home selling drone pics now, while the grass is green.

Hope to get some mowing done, but grass is still wet right now, and fields may be too muddy. Have a wedding to go to at 4pm. Prayers for Bupps and wifey, Drew, L4N, LS, Ken, Phil, and others with silent needs. Also Ukraine and ******. I would like to write about some updates of the Russian...

RNG, the paint job on the trailer won't effect the sale much IMO. Trailers sell fast usually. Let the next owner decide how **** they want to be about the paint... What I would do if I were near Chico CA, is go see the AMA Flat Track races today/tonight at Silver Dollar Short Track. :) I saw...

Or a little more loving too.

Good to hear you are still splitting our ribs. I'd bring you a rack of raw asparagus with no salt! There are but a few things that, when they suck, it is a good thing. I have used a central vac before, and it worked well, but the hose was really long. The thing I liked the most about it was...

Please take it easy, and let it heal. Not sure how you would tie your shoes. I tell the wife that my friends and I compare the grunts we have to make bending over to pick something up.....

Doesn't your shoulder still need recuperating?

There was a whole huge company in Austin that made replacements. They got sued out of business, because somehow, the cleaning process got "improved or deleted" or whatever. Same thing. It caused a lot of infections that were really bad. This is good news! You take it one day at a time, and...

Rich, how's the build coming? My buddy's Astro 360 would crack pistons after a few races. I believe he switched to Wiseco maybe?

Sounds like somebody trying to startup another tractor board, and somehow got the list of TBN???

I'm worried and praying for Bill. A month and a half ago, we had 2 chickens. Then a friend of a friend gave my daughter 2 ducklings. Now we have a pea hen. That is noisy. The reason she is noisy, is because the chickens leave her behind. They will eat while she waits, then when they are...

You need to get onto the new headlights being put in Fords, they are overly bright. Call the bureaucrats about them. This is a great thread, where people share having fun with their passions, and you are the only one going the other direction. Please have fun with us.

We have all stated we use these in the daytime. Daytime means sunlight, and you don't get blinded by oncoming headlights, and you can see your lane and your way despite the highbeam. How many bikers have been killed or hurt because people don't see them? 1 is too many. So what's the problem?

I'm praying we hear from Bill. Hoping he got to medical care. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms. We have plenty of them here albeit in the background. My mom is 94. We took her out to eat on Friday. She wanted TexMex at a new place. My wife and I didn't care for it because they slathered...

We have a new chicken that showed up after the hail storm. She's fitting in well.

To lawn, or not to lawn, that is the question. Sometimes I feel like I wish I lived in a home with a postage stamp sized lawn....and a small tree in the middle for shade. I'm all about simplify. I like that plan. shoulder deep and getting deeper. Prayers Thomas.

L4N please get to ER quick, hope they can figure out the problem and help you. Prayers.

Prayers Drew. I have a fleet of jalopys if you ever need to borrow one... Cuteness. I'm sure she will have a good home. Oh the work raising another pup, but the joys overcome the work, especially when they get trained and bigger. I'm a firm believer in every ounce of training pays off in...

Good deal, I wonder if it was maybe mold allergies like my doctor suspected in me?

BINGO! Interested to hear of any side effects from shingles vax. Hope daughter's knee gets better. Some need arthroscopy.

Not sure myself.

This is one of our buildings at work. I thought the colors of the blooms looked nice. It might be difficult to scale the awning in the background. It is huge, maybe 6 or 7 stories up in the air, 120+ feet or more wide. Biggest awning I've ever seen. Hate to be around if a tornado hits it.

Glad foot is better, and eye exam went well. Ducks will crap water up real fast. Coffee cup struggles? I would call the wifey and ask her where she hid the keys to her tractor, "Honey, I need to uhhum mow some this afternoon." Then drive the tractor to town.... :) Trying to remember....do...

Happy Birthday Frits! Could your dizzyness be related to low blood pressure? When I had bad, bad vertigo, it hurt like crazy to move my head from any position or angle. I ended up trying to sleep in the recliner, so the morning's trip to bathroom didn't hurt so much. The reason I had to...

Parts and number of dealerships that are healthy in business, are a stickler. Deutz are decent too.

Sometimes I get pain about an inch behind my 3rd and 4th toes on left foot still. I wear Sketchers slip on shoes now, and they help. I don't like walking barefooted. I have almost all but stopped drinking for about 2 years now. Only maybe 5 beers a month for the last 10-15 years, mainly...

Yes, good news, now get better and be able to tell about the history of your childhood land. :) And talk about tractors...or maybe soon your new green house, when you can figure out what you want. Yes sir! Hope. I think I might go fill up all my cans with diesel. Thanks for checking in...

ughh... Boo a screen guild actor on strike? Drew, prayers it's not something major. My wife has Meniere's. We both had something like what you're talking about, and the doc prescribed antibiotics/prednisone, and after it got better, he said he believed it was mold related. I couldn't drive...

Yes, hope surgery proves to be a good choice for the long term... That being said, my buddy had major shoulder surgery, and his sports med doc in Houston told him "Don't lift ANYTHING FOR 6 WEEKS!" His is much better now.

Diesel not far off from regular. Still too high IMO.

Mrs. RS, happy birthday from Texas! Hope you get a big piece of cake and enjoy your new trimmer saw.

Bupps, glad to hear you can still do some work. Ken, prayers you get better. Yesterday, my son lost his first match in the 8th grade district tennis tournament. It was single elimination and so he was out. He opted to stay and watch his team compete. He played in the "A" bracket, while his...

Yep, I'm more worried about the blue haired ladies, and teens texting, pulling out in front of me. Run my highbeams during daylight hours.

did your cohort cancel because you teased 109 on 309? LOL Did he give any indication what the problem is? If it dies, and it is a twin, you should be able to eliminate compression as a culprit, because 1 cylinder should keep running. That leaves spark and fuel to home in on. Hope eye gets...

And happy birthday to the grandkids y'all.

glad to hear your on the mend. Yep, $5 for a young tomato that they planted 5 weeks ago... Our small hospital 25 miles south of here was a victim. They paid $17000. Then they went out of business about a year later. Hoping your son has safe travels. I had anxiety of having a wreck, after...

Don't use a realtor to buy it. Just a lawyer and save the 4%

Wouldn't sign that either. I like Don's lawyer fee. Raw oysters cause many of the REAL (meaning hospital stays or death) worst cases of food poisoning in USA. Not to mention I've seen the water that they live in, and I will not eat them raw. Fried is good, if fresh and rinsed. riptides...

Normally 1,2,3 But our 100 year old building at work, the first floor is ground level in the front, but building is built on a slope. So in back, 1st floor is below ground level So at work they use, 0,1,2 Helo, very nice building with woodwork. We have thrown away most of the old draft boards...

aeration vs compaction....after sprigging good to roll.

I'm sorry to hear this. Prayers my friend. For wife too.

Here is what CIC Sam Houston (General of the Texan forces) wrote just before the battle of San Jacinto. Not many realize the watershed event this was for all of America. The battle was on April 21, 1836 tomorrow is the 188th anniversary. My favorite part in bold. April 19, 1836: Santa Anna...

I hate to joke about it, but I would hate it more if they ran it thru the milkhouse after you did all the work. Maybe your daughter had the right idea about moving to Montana. TxDon has some sage advice. The hwy dept is starting to plan a loop around our town. They have 4 different route...

Popgadget, those cuts look great, especially the thin areas. Our machine is blowing out the "thin" areas right now. My student worker and I were doing the same thing today. But we were not getting cuts as smooth as you. Found out our X and Y won't feed higher than 175 inches/minute. We are...

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The restrictions on not building anything until a home permit is done, would make my mind up.

Bet they're flooded. There are masses stranded at airport with no food. Box turtles were tame and came up to me to eat out of my hand. Others live in our pond a eat the fish. Oh my. Hope you can get that straightened out. Prayers for you, Bupps and wife, and our team. Also nation, and world.

I have about 4 mystery boxes of stuff in my barn. I need to go back thru them to get a mental picture of all the cool stuff I have sitting in boxes never getting used....until I need it.....then I can't find it.

I still dream of dual purpose rides. I've ridden the continental divide in Colorado between Crested Butte and Aspen. Made it up to Pearl Pass. Also taken same bike down below Monterrey Mexico to Horsetail Falls and deep into the mountains there drinking my fare share of Coronas.... A friend...

I love box turtles. Had 2 in my youth, fenced in backyard. They would come up on our porch and eat out of my hand. Hard on ripe tomatoes though...You can keep the red ear sliders and snappers. you're not crazy. Sounds like it makes a lot of sense to me, or should I say you have me...

My garden grows rocks too. Cute baby there.

I didn't have time to tell the rest of the story, so I bought all new slats, and we also painted them with POR. Then I bought the special water treatment and conditioner from Lincoln Electric, so our water is red. But now that we've been making a few cuts, the water gets under the POR and...

Yes Billy, in 8th grade he was the primary running back on the FB team, made the A team in basketball (because of being easily coached but BB his weakest sport), track team (last year's 7th grade district champ in the 400m dash, this year runner up in the 800m), and now tennis. His tennis game...

Hope whatever you decide, works out best for you. I know you like to be active. While I know absolutely nothing about shoulder surgeries, why is it that a whole replacement would be needed? Can't they maybe repair something in your OEM version? I know mine almost got ruined over 5 years ago...

Went and played tennis with son this morning. Working on my thigh gap hahaha. Except for post play taco. Pop, looks great. I'm wondering how to get cleaner cuts. Ours has hypertherm power max 105.

How you know your Mexican food is authentic... But Yummy with green Verde salsa.

I googled the sandbar, and this came up with a tale of 2 cities (weather wise). Thought I'd share. Right side winter, left side summer. Big difference. Glad I'm not a surfer.

Looking Good BEF and wifey! Billy, will you get many apples?

Glad the mower is going. Welcome pardner. Would that be state or Federal? David, that almost sounds like a ripoff. Are you saying they don't want your tractor in trade? Is your tractor under any kind of warranty still? I may have missed it, but what is wrong with it and why can't they fix...

That is a 4th gen TMax. IIRC a 530 cc engine. Not sure if still sold here. The MAX Series Pedigree They sell an XMax. 300cc

It used to be, maybe still some do it, but people would go across the border into Progresso Mexico for cheap dental care. Sometimes, you got what you paid for. Great pic! I can "kind of" understand no gasoline powered tools for noise reasons, but I can't understand not being able to use...

When it was about 33 percent Students watching Note the crescent shapes on the sidewalk

eclipse came, every now and then there would be a hole in the clouds and the crowds would go "Ahhhhh"! I texted the wife to see if the chickens went into their cage (nightly ritual) and she said yes. About 95% covered, with clouds the night lighting at the school turned on.

Buppies, beautiful walk way. Looks like Disney world landscaping. Ron, how much more rock you hope to move? Are they big one's ? We studied Ephesians 6 today at home as a family. Son did some weed eating, I did a little mowing with the Beast. Need to spray for scorpions... Having BBQ'd...

Great Mantra! POTD. Lots going on it seems there. I'd be interested to hear what town the old house is in, but understand if you would not want to divulge it. A buddy of mine was chief appraiser for a while. He's retired now. :( He lives a county away from the one he was appraiser for...

Sorry about the insurance run around. Glad I don't live in that state. It is beautiful, but can't take the drama. So glad to hear your son is OK and going to be alright. Glad you're getting over the worrying about the insurance. Hope his mind heals too (about not wanting to drive). I had...

Hope she has a safe trip. Sorry about the stress. Is it the paperwork? The money? Bureaucracy? Or just all the work involved? Don't let it age you, keep it in perspective as best you can.

Prayers Bupps. Seek help from her doctor.

Yes, Happy Birthday to Helogabal's wife! Safe travels and fair weather too.

He is Risen Indeed! Happy Easter! Prayers for Buppies and wife.

I was fairly successful at doing much of nothing today.....watched Supercross that was in St. Louis tonight. I did feed the cat and the 2 angel fish.... G'night.

Popgadget, our cnc plasma Torchmate is supposed to have a height sensing capability where it can go up and down with warped material. It is not working yet, I have sent emails to them with no reply. Maybe they are hoping I will relent and call a serviceman, who has to travel 2 hours to get to...

Thanks and Beautiful pics. It was very windy here yesterday morning too, but not like you had on top of the mountains. I'm thankful you can still get around and do your hiking. rs was the early bird today. How are the strawberries? Are they coming up yet? Ron, nice photo. Bad stories...

Yes, I did my shopping Thurs evening. HEB will be closed on Easter. Good Friday. Was talking with my young student worker. We were talking biblically about Easter. He said the words, "Very Humbling". I agree. Got 2 vehicles hand washed today. Changed the oil in another. Changed out the...

Yes sir. Keep polarized sunglasses handy. And car visors are not over rated. Listening to a book today, taking it easy this morning. Son made Belgian waffles for breakfast. Grocery store had steaks on sale. Can we say New York strip here without getting cut? Nice 1" thick ones for $3.99...

Wow, not sure that was designed to do that. I'm seeing broken bones in the forecast.

The state of fruits and nuts....and goofy agenda and laws. It just seemed like yesterday when alligatoritus hit and everyone worked from home... Glad I don't have to mess with that security bs to that degree.

Son won his 800m track race Tuesday night. going to work in the morning....a small amount of fog on the right coming home from work... Notice anything annoying?

How much did you have to buy to get back $467 ? Prayers Mostly, and to have a good time in Kerrville. Prayers for you and your wife. So for my wind damaged roof, the adjuster came and estimated repairs, and cut a check to the bank and me. I got the roof repaired, showed pictures of the job...

That came in the later years I quit working for Yamaha in 1987. But I believe all the Japanese manufacturers made a big comfy recliner type scooter. They're probably the funnest thing to ride but the worst thing to be seen riding on.

I would post the screenshot of the ad that's popping up but it would probably get me kicked out for a day.... Hope you guys had a blessed day. Prayers. My boss had flu A, and he said it kicked him to the couch for four solid days and a half a day.

Prayers the procedures improve her life. I'm so glad to hear this news of her finishing degree and such.

Went riding some country roads in Texas, weather was perfect about 75F and sunny. All old friends, we all worked for the Yamaha shop at 1 time or another. My friend owns the 2nd generation Vmax and the black FJR 1300, which has a very concealed turbo charger and is FAST! I rode it. About 180...

And the wildflowers were beautiful. Sorry no pics at highway speeds.

While in Victoria, met up with a bunch of old friends and went riding. All Yamahas, today I figured out today that all of us worked at the Yamaha shop at 1 time or another. I was riding a good friend's bike, the 3rd from left. FJR1300. A very special bike because the original owner bought...

BEF , happy birthday to Dad. Cool cake. Hope all went well. Sophie is a Texan! Son won his 800m track event Friday. Beat a kid who nipped him at the line in the previous race by about 17 meter lead. He has a Tuesday event in Lagrange, which will determine if he gets to compete for district...

Drew, where is "C" on your map? Is it a stopover?

glad you got to use the old wood for firewood. I hate it when chainsaw bar gets pinched. Keep a 2nd chainsaw just in case. Happy Birthday Sophie from Texas! I hope y'all have a great 100 year celebration! Chilly, 51F here. Headed down south to pick up my new to me oven. Hopefully get to...

Only takes a minute or 2, to submit a google map change or comment. De minimis. I sometimes leave positive comments, I sometimes leave negative comments. I ring the bell if I get good service. Frits, glad for daughters, prayers for son. Nice knife sharpener. Women typically dull knives...

Prayers for Bupps and wife, Frits and wife, Sophie's appt, Mostly, and others in need.

I'm not a fan of Verizon, after some crummy service and crummier phone support. Did your post get trimmed? Maybe the type of oil you were going to rub on joints? Pun intended. :) This is me, I want to upgrade, but my son for Christmas got a refurb apple phone, and we put his 4G Moto Power...

Phil, beautiful work and wood. BEF, sorry about the old homestead. deserteagle, wonder if tumbleweeds have any composting value? beautiful mountains. Popgadget, glad you got some space now in the shop. rswyan, I'm waiting to hear about a bountiful strawberry crop. I hope all your work pays...

Bupps, hope you got some sleep. Billy, beautiful pics. Glad you had a 3 day outing with safe travels. I like the John 3:16 note. Question, on your middle picture, someone clear cut a big section of the land. Fire safety? Motocross track? Who knows? PopGadget, cool tool. Zoe could herd...

May the wind be at your back. Not sure how high soapstone heaters are, but they weren't giving them away about 18 years ago when I was looking for a wood heater. You might can get more for the wood up there, if it is good firewood.

Eric Carmen of the Raspberries passed away. Had a strong solo career too.

Can the big ones make it all the way to Pittsburgh to deliver the ore?

Woke up to the sound of thunder, right on top of us, so no wondering. We need some rain. RNG, does this mean you are going to bring some firewood down with you at some point, or did you already haul some down? When do you hope to put your old place up for sale? Taking son and 4 friends to a...

That's why it's nicknamed the "Left Coast". Hope he gets an email from the cruise line, confirming reservations or something. Oldest dirty joke....white sxs went through the mudhole. Looks like fun! I'd of had the windshield down. Buppies, good to hear things are better. Prayers for rest...

I have a dual pane window, about 36" square, I need to remove, take apart and clean it. Would like to fill it with argon or nitrogen. Way low on the priority list. A steal on the steel! Sorry your friend is shutting down. I'll bet you wish you had a lot of the stuff just to tinker with when...

The church was having a garage sale. I bought this stainless cooktop, to hopefully make an outdoor cooker someday.

glad it all ended well. Sad for you. Condolences. wow wee zoweee! Sorry for your health, prayers. And congrats on new grandson! Sorry for your loss. Glad you got to hug her. End of life is not easy, but I know of the best long term retirement package. Bluebonnets are up, clocks are...

Thanks for sharing and elaborating. My son says there is still pain, but he says he can run because he doesn't run with his arms above his head... I was thinking $10/hour, that is what MacDonald's pays here. Also, you would be housing and feeding him. Let me warn you about young men and their...

Don, hope the MRI works towards what you need done. I found out thru BCBS that I can get my son an MRI for $436 at South Austin Health Imaging. (deductible $400 so I could get $36 back WhooHooo!)....oh wait, darn I forgot about copay..... LOL. BEF, glad y'all are better.

Oh my, what a horrible situation. Old man had no business behind the wheel. Some news I'm glad to hear. some things are calming down, for you and your wife. Don, if you like that type of book, I highly recommend the Jack Cook series of books. The book for The Terminal List was far better than...

newbury, my wife is asking if you might would elaborate a bit more. She's asking if you were in a lot of pain that steered the situation towards the MRI? You did say you tried to tough it out, so I'm guessing a lot of pain. Anyway, I'm glad you're good now. My son is not in pain any longer...

Yes, a heart event will cause water in the lungs, which for some is triggered by too much salt sometimes. Prayers for your sons. My son is healing exponentially fast. He went to school today with a very light back pack. Tonight, he was active and even playing a little ping pong (I was...

Prayers for your sons Frits. I can only say that the prayers for my son are working! We had to take him back in for another Xray on Sat morning. They never called us with any report yesterday. We called them today asking what is up? Meantime, the prayers are working. At first, he could...

Prayers for your sons Frits. Prayers for you and wifey. Thanks for the prayers for my son. He can't use his arms to lift anything of any weight. He can't raise them up but just a little. He rolled off the couch onto the carpet, and he couldn't get up as his problem is too painful to use...

Just heard from the clinic. We got to clinic at 3:45, gave son 3 ibuprofen at 4:30 while we were waiting. I called at 7:15pm and operator said "Provider will call you as soon as we have info, and we close at 8pm, so she should be calling you." Well, it's 8:30 they called....glad we didn't wait...

Still awaiting radiologists call. MRI would be next if ordered. Managed health care. Xrays first. I thing the MRI comes out of my deductible (pocket). Not sure. Thanks for the prayers.

You missed Days of the Future Passed. And, To our Children's Children's Children. I love them too. Play them often on Alexa while showering.....

You have some skills!

BTDT, did not have a pretty girl handling my unit. prolly a good thing. Son called from school. Said he was squat weight lifting and felt something "snap/pop" in the top center of his spine. (where the bar rests) Took him to clinic, got x-rays, awaiting further information of results...

That was one of the most powerful dirt bikes you could buy in 1970. I would love to have a running model of one of those right now.

Troy L. Smith, "pop" culture journalist, probably more hip hop or rap oriented. QED.

Texas Wildfires. Sad and serious. I heard if they can't snuff them out by Sunday it is looking like dry windy conditions will kick them in high gear again. https://satlib.cira.colostate.edu/event/texas-panhandle-wildfires/ This is mostly ranch territory. There are quite a many stories...

Happy B'day Sassy! Popgadget, that looked like quite the job. I hope you had some help lifting things in place to stab a bolt to hold. Hope wifey is happy with old trusty vehicle. That Parilla was really cool back then. It looks about what a GP bike in the day looked like. Did the engine...

I like this approach. Hope BMW comes out of hibernation ok. Daughter is beautiful.

IF, you could find one of those from Japan, in clean shape, it would be worth a lot of money. Some got "wadded" road racing. Some guys down here had put Toomey exhaust on them. If the Toomey's helped the 500 as much as they did for the RZ350, it could have bumped the hp up maybe 15-20 with...

Not here in Texas...but there's a trend happening. Some custom Balers are baling 4' wide now, to get the same money as they would charge for a full 5' bale. Also, people are selling 4 ' bales for pert near what the 5' sell for. Hay is going to be scarce down here I figure this year. Saw an...

One thing is for sure, they are all very expensive these days..

I love the old lawn boy mowers. But if you loaned it to your neighbor, you had to send a can of premix gas along with it