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Yes, it has become a joke. Diversity the reason. Rock n roll is Rock n roll. Not else. There have been some great performances over the years, but they have digressed.

If money was no object, and I was retired, I would enjoy coming to give you a hand. It would take an enterprising amount of time to figure out a supplier of the seals, and put together your own kits for a fraction of the cost. Neat, but a quagmire on the left end of the crank (as you sit on...

Is that smiley face for the less wind, or the can't login? hehe Maybe try these guys, if they have it for your model, it can save big bucks. They had seal kits for the bigger tractor, but not my 4310's 430 loader. A&I Products: Agricultural, Industrial & Turf Manufacturer & Distributor Hope...

How did you manage to stop at 1/2 way. Girl scout cookie boxes get smaller and smaller over time. Prayers for feeling better and getting some energy back. SCORE! Let us know how the fancy coffee maker works out. Hope the watermarks work... I've used the reverse spiral for G10, and such to...

prayers for Buppies. Phil, glad you and wife are better BEF, I hope Girl Scout cookies work their magical healing power on you. I'm back down with the crud again. Not sure if it's the spring pollens, or the dust from mixing sackrete Saturday night.... up all night coughing, taking today...

Me too Lou. I take pics, I can look at them on Google photos from any login without doing anything. They automatically upload. God made grinders for us wanna be welders. Yep. lots of times its the tip over switch Drew. Not sure why they are so problem prone. Tired. Son has first track...

Got the backboard up just now. 60F outside and breezy. Son can't wait to play.

Wow! Doing the math....43560 square feet per acre, if you planted 4 containers per square foot. It would cost you $1,040,212.80 per acre to have a lush field of bluebonnets. I'm in the wrong business.

Prayers for your son, and for your wife communicating with him. Glad Cody is better. 44F here, same as RIGA Latvia! Although it might warm up much more here, as we have sunny skies and they have rain. Almost done with the basketball post. Ground down the gorilla welds, sprayed some...

As you know, male Goldens have a bundle of energy until they are about 4 years old. Females calm down sooner. I'm worried that if you focus on a hunting pedigree, you might end up with a hyper dog. The best hunting Golden I ever saw, belonged to my friend who had 2. He would take the Alpha...

Mostly, I'm glad to hear you are getting out and visiting the stepdaughter. Prayers.

Check the flywheel key. Does it kick back, or pop? Also, like 7040 said, are the plugs wet after a start attempt? I don't usually tighten my full tight when I'm diagnosing. Do you have a good hot spark? Some Kawi coils get weak, but don't go changing them just yet. Is there something that...

A golden can be a great hunter, or a great inside companion, or both. Glad you got the staples out, and hope for comfort and well being.

We have a tree on our land, not sure what type, that is already budding out green.

Don't know if you can adjust the humidity, but 50% is comfortable for me. Having a garage/barn to park in is great.

Really nice design of teeth on the clamshell.

Found these for possible repairs of Milton brand. I haven't tried them yet. I've always hated throwing the whole coupler away for the need of a fresh rubber seal. If the center detent part is corroded, then these may not help you...

sold by the pound here. Drew, your plants are going to be very valuable if they make it. Prayers. Hope if you decide to get one, you find a good one. You should become a hot tub mechanic too. Save yourself $$$ Ozone can be some powerful stuff. Good way to burn down a barn, leaving the...

Wow, I haven't known anyone to have LH nuts "in stock". Man, it must be neat to get around in the air, looking at all the traffic jams below. We used to fly over our friends houses in the J3 and yell down to them (before cellphones). Their dogs would start barking and they'd stop and look up...

Prayers Mostly. You are a good man.

no more freezes predicted in February for much of south Texas. froze last night, 36F right now, it could sneak down to freezing tonight, calm and clear.

y'all just reminded me to go turn off the breakers to mine at 9:30pm and 36F....

Hope you get better soon! many docs recommend probiotics while taking antibiotics. But check with your MD first. Gut health is good health. And TxDon's might just be the best. Went to start practicing mig welding. Cheapie argon regulator from Amazon has slow leak inside the actual gage...

I'd try to buy a LH tap? figure out the threads by measuring the diameter of the male thread, and using a metric or standard thread pitch gage.

I'm going to increase the length of the diagonal brace. I had to put a funky angle so that it would turn out to be at the right height when we put it in the ground. At the bottom there is a 6-in curb that's represented.

Started on basketball backboard pole. I had to design it in cad. Measure twice, cut once. Reasonably close. Tired. My wife was my helper. Love her to bits.

Those are really beautiful Phil! Meat! Score! C'mon over, I'll get the fire built. It's still 67F here for a bit. Hope y'all get feeling better so you can enjoy yourselves.

My daughter has turned into a hoity toity coffee elitist, and now has a Starbucks addiction....

I had to take a Vent hood training course that I'd put in for a solid 2nd place to that. No, counter that. DEI training was worse, and frustrating at the same time.

Billy, great pics! Must've been a nice hike. Ron, nice pics. That one woodpecker seems new to me. Drew, sorry about the wind tossing your shelves. At least your not out to sea facing force 10 gales. But I'm feeling your frustration. Anyone here like Supertramp? I've even like Fool's...

Mostly, what all, or how does the VFD position give you new opportunities? My 18 yo daughter gets anxious, whenever a new or different event comes into her life. Maturity and life will work on that. sorry about the stress of the new course. Our courses are old, and they still have their...

Thanks for clarifying. Would you think that if he put the berm higher, to compensate the raised vertical pipe, that it would work as before? Hopefully he will abide and do what's right.

Send your daughter to our college for engineering education! Girl engineers get good jobs and sometimes better pay for equal opportunity employment. I have similar relationship with my kids right now. They won't appreciate me until they have to fix their own stuff. I'm the grumpy old...

Popgadget, I really enjoy your aviation photos. What might seem normal to you, is really cool to me! Saw POCO open for the Little river band. Trying to remember if Dan Fogelburg was in the mix... Add FL to start of list??? Prayers for continued healing. Glad storm didn't topple too much...

Glad it went smoothly after all that worry. Texas is stringent on titles. many ATV's came with a mfg's certificate of origin, not a title Prayers. I totally understand, I get a chill when the temps drop in the 60's too, after a summer of 110F heat.... Prayers for our team, our nation...

Mostly, prayers for comfort and healing. We have eggs again! So the chickens get a reprieve....

Happy Birthday Kathleen! Sad news Frits. Too much f'in social media with mean girls/boys just bullying. Blood boiling over crap like this. I teach Sunday school and youth, and I try to lecture about this, but I feel it goes in one ear and out the other. Hope they can give her meds to keep...

My aunt used to sing that song, and the melody is still in my head 50 years later.

LOL....did the first eye get poked out for wandering?

Nice and thanks for sharing!

With the bends occurring above and below the port/cutout, I would think that is the culprit? Maybe you could weld some plates over the holes?

Watch at your own risk.

Happy birthday KilroyJC! Hope you got a big piece of cake to go with holding that sofa down... :) I keep 2" thick foam pads almost everywhere, to put down for when I kneel. My knees are still stock, but I've been hard on them from bicycling, motorcycling, hackey sack, softball. I need a pad...

There used to be multiple Goodyear blimps. There was one that was hangar-ed north of Houston. That's good you are staying very active my friend. Glad your legs still work. I'm starting to have troubles with mine, and my ankle nearly gave out today about 200 feet from my building. Had to rest...

What's an Old Rag permit for? Another way to tax probably. Billy, hope ankle gets better. 41F on back porch, going to low 70's. Rain coming this Friday they say. Had problems with 2007 cnc mill for a while at work (since Thanksgiving). Wrongly diagnosed by their support guy too. Ended up...

How you liking your new doozie stove? I like your reason for buying it... Sad for your friend. One thing that gets my goat, scammers taking advantage of elderly people. Drew, you'd better hope one of those mushrooms doesn't grow out of your compost. LOL.

pellet gun and bondo?

Prayers Bupps. Hope you get feeling better soon.

Condolences to two bit for his aunt. Comforting to know about her faith. Condolences to rs wife's brother. Happy belated birthdays to scootr and rs. Ron, some really beautiful pics. I sure do appreciate them. That pileated was looking for bugs in that dead tree probably. Scotty, you...

I have a Motorola Android phone with a stylus ($200) that I can use to jot down notes....on Cricket (using ATT network) we have unlimited everything and it's only $25 month per person in our family. My phone is older and only uses 4G, so I think I saw a new 5G model for $129 plus $30 fees...

mostly, glad you're feeling better. Prayers.

Should be fine with that Drew. If both had optical in/out, you could go with a cheap optical cable. There's always these cd players..... LOL MCINTOSH SACD / CD PLAYERS • Scott Walker Audio Still raining...and tomorrow too. We have had close to 5" of rain in the last few days. But just a few...

Pouring rain, wondering how much snow this will bring you guys up north later this week? 46F

modern fuel injection alleviates most problems with ethanol gas Oh wow, one of my favorite guitarists. Ron, what a great shot of a beautiful Pileated. Glad you had your camera handy, and thanks for sharing. Oh wow, glad you're on top of it. Nice shelves. Cool trucks. You guys are...

Once, I posted facts about why the gasoline prices had risen so much a year or so ago....I did not name names. I just posted facts. Only to be moderated. So, I have learned that facts apparently bother some people. If the weather is bad, we usually know the facts behind it. But not as...

exactly. I could see this to try and respectfully explain one's self. But it can get out of hand quickly OTOH. That's just it. The land around here is decent for farming or ranching. There's plenty of crap land due west. Almost like the badlands of Dakotas IMO.

No, pretty clean show with purdy girls. Should not get you into dog house.

Yes, holiday, and they just announced off tomorrow for weather. Will need to see what county commissioners say. Hope they don't take an under the table payoff...

Besides an eyesore, I wonder what all pitfalls of a huge solar farm exude? is it photovoltaic? Or mirrors heating vessels for steam? There is a huge difference in operation. Basically, as a business, they need to find the cheapest land they can get. They should NOT get tax incentives.

Whereabouts is the solar farm? Having your family in the possible path of a really bad man, I understand your stress. I think most everything said here, has been with respect. But some subjects are touchy, and as we share our lives together, subjects can get touchy. In life, I have found...

FWIW...our bird bath here in Central Texas has frozen over solid. :)

Ouch, that limestone is no good for your blood. Hope you don't play guitar for a living.

Dallas Cowboys looked so bad, I switched over to METv and watched an old "Love Boat" episode....then, they were playing Valley of the Dolls on the Movie channel. (some lookers in that movie) Congrats Helo to the team! They should have some padding on wall behind the goal, to protect kids...

2 ways to look at data. I pray for Ukraine.

I am waaay behind due to being in class all week... Just checked antifreeze on all 10 liquid cooled engines I have. All good. Old gator must have a coolant leak, it was almost 1/2 gallon low. Will check that out when nicer. On my k 46 mower's tranny, I sanded the aluminum faces with some...

Fentanyl is of the devil. Hope your wife's talk reached deep in him. Change will have to come from within him, but outside influence plays a huge part. So much of that drug is coming across the porous border on human mule teams. Drew, sorry about the young man you lost in your life. Thank you...

Helogabals, I am not used to cold weather. I walked outside without jacket, and it was high humid wind blowing. I got a chill and looked at thermometer. 59F I'm a cold wimp. It has been nearly freezing almost every morning here. Nice pic's y'all. Popgadget I loved the Philly lights...

News says Russia is using North Korean missiles, and pursuing getting more Iranian missiles. Crazy world we live in.

Mostly, my friends had their baby. A darling baby girl, thank you for the prayers.

Prayers for Mr and Mrs Buppies, and for M7040 and wifey, Billy's wifey's surgery. Nice chairs Helogabals. Ka-ching for Wegners. I'd like a big stack of McIntosh MC2500 amplifiers... McIntosh MC2500 Amplifier McIntosh MC-2500 Stereo Power Amplifier SILVER 100V USED JAPAN MC2500 vintage |...

You don't have to answer, but have any wanted to search out their birth parents? It is none of my business. I can't imagine the life changes You and your wife had to go thru to raise 9 children. I have a buddy who was the oldest of 9 kids (not adopted). His dad had a valve on the hot water...

I'm still coughing after 3 weeks. Energy level maybe up to 80% Hope y'all get better. You are right about the holiday drought period from Jan 1 to Memorial day for blue collar workers. Now that I'm in Academia, we get MLK day (instead of President's Day), and we get 1 day off during Spring...

Almost always some explosive gas. Happy birthday Wagtail! Church today first, then Mickey Dee's for lunch. Wifey is tired of cooking. Hope to get son shredding today Nice shiny new tractor DF, I hope it lasts you a long time. Happy New Years all!!!

Maybe check with Dr. Vaughn clinic in Alabama. Many who swear by his treatment.

Scott, nice tribute to your dad. We have one for my grandpa and grandma (she served too).

They kill boll weevils and ticks are no longer a big problem down here, compared to when I was a kid. About the only good thing I can report.

Sounds like the start of a very nice fairy tale..... :) Love me some hamburger stroganoff. Hope the CEL stays away. Did they actually do anything or just cancel it? Here's my sermon, if your vehicle has over 75k miles, I recommend new front O2 sensors, like a tune up part. They keep the...

Finally got the wheel off. Had to heat and beat it 4 times. Once it finally moved a 1/4", I ended up having to heat it and beat it back on the shaft, because I had mushroomed the end of the shaft. Some die grinding fixed that, another heating and I banged it off with the pneumatic air hammer...

Prayers you get feeling better. Maybe 12-15 years ago, for my 9' Deere 350, I bought a new whole knifeback bar with new section cutters for about $140. I see now they are $250.

That's a long drive, about 500 miles each way. I'm guessing it was the traffic? How much was it the heat, humidity and mosquitoes??? I'm glad you didn't get carjacked or robbed. Were you in the oil field or agriculture there in Ft. Stockton? Are we relations??? LOL. I'm not native...

Great photo Woodchuck dad. Thanks for sharing your stories. I'm most happy that your daughter is much better, and I pray she continues to get even better. Hope 2024 is another great year for y'all.

I lived in SW Houston in 78-79, lived off of Bissonet in some apartments, worked in the Sugarland Reed Tool pipe factory. Katy to me, seems to be the world's largest suburb of nice brick home, single family homes. Miles and miles of miles of boulevards with neighborhoods on both sides. Some...

Prayers for Fuddy and wifey to get better. Sorry about your Gracie. I'm still only about 75-85%. Still have productive coughing. I have noticed I don't have lasting energy. I get short winded easily. (no way I could go for a long distance hike, maybe a few hundred yards). Work for a bit...

I've had 2 bad meals at Willie's in Boerne Texas. I guess the cooks were high. I quit going.

Who'd you have to kick? :) Hope you heal quickly.

No, because we have 2 plain ole' Roadhouses. 1 in Paige Texas, and the 2nd in Bastrop. Ron, Betty, TxDon, Karen, me and my wifey went to the one in Paige and had a good meal there many years back. Same for my sister, she was born about 7:30pm central time on Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas to...

Yup, my daughter was born Sep 27, 2007. I was sad to miss it, but also full of joy for the new daughter. That was probably the best maple syrup in the state while it lasted. I often wonder how Jim's wife is doing...

Prayers Don and family. The rain soaked the ground enough for a big oak tree to fall over from our side into the neighbor's driveway. We were about to leave to go visit my mom when I noticed it. So I had to go back get the tractor out, air up the tires, gas up the chainsaws, and get the son to...

Yes! wet here too! Pond had filled. Wondering if I'll have a fish kill from the chilled water flowing in it quickly. It has happened before.

We have just received enough rain this morning to fill the cracks in the yard, and enough runoff to fill the pond.

I hope you all have a blessed Christmas. Me and the wife are haggling on when we will leave for the 2 hour trip to go to my mom's. A lot of foot dragging.....we plan to go to the Texas Roadhouse for a big meal then take my mom to Christmas Eve service at 7pm.

Merry Christmas Wagtail (a day ahead of us). Here's the only place in America where they still make these windmills.

Mostly, your right, I got the state wrong for the college, it is in Mizzou. Thanks for correcting me. A friend had mentioned it to me maybe 3 years ago. I will go back and correct it. The waving flag I made was made on our 5 axis Haas mill, I only used the 4th axis to tilt the part while I...

You finished it just in time for your Christmas present! Merry Christmas! Are there no used cheap buckets over there you can do a weld job on? I see them here at different auctions.

A buddy of mine fishes/fished with Robert Earl Keen's fiddler. Here's a trimmed pic. I made sure to include the smile. Dog sure was happy too. :) totally agree, my friend asks for the employee discount if he has to check himself out. They spend more on having to watch for theft than they...

The AT&T map shows we have 5G, but not 5G+. When I type in my address on their webpage, it says they don't offer it here. We have a unique situation whenever a hurricane threatens the Houston/Central Gulf coast. Our roads get grid locked with mass exodus. All cell phone use almost stops...

We only got 0.1" here on Friday. Still have cracks in ground from summer.

Son cut up a tree that had fallen about 2 years ago. It is crap for firewood. When he split it with the maul, he said he had to kill about 20 scorpions on a few pieces.

??? +/- Maybe will have to try some. I'm feeling reasonably well physically, (I washed a car by hand this afternoon in the sun). But I still have a lot of congestion and coughing. I spit it out, to try and keep it out of my lungs. I can't take any kind of behind the counter stuff that has...

Thomas, I would call your bear a security guard. How old is he/she ? Bupps, glad you got some sleep. Billy, didn't think the crud would keep you down long. Popgadget, glad your new instruments are working out. I'm trying to think of what I would listen to while I was flying...maybe Get off...

How much per month is it? Does it have a cap or max data download?

Drew, I wish you would hurry up and hit the lottery so we could all get one of those. :) If you only knew how long I've admired the 4066's too. I don't even want to know the price but would guess close to $60K or more with FEL. Beautiful pics. Love your dog. He looks proud, distinguished...

RNG, I bought one of the little Yamaha XT200's in 1982 for my ex-wife, for her to learn on. I bought a matching bigger XT550 and we would go ride around Clear Lake area SE of Houston. We had a good time, until our marital demise. I let her keep it. But the engines in those things were bullet...

Something else my company wasted time on, for us seniors, was annual career assessment.....to see if we were achieving our goals. I was a machinist with 40 years and was not going to be a heart cell biologist....there were no other machinists and yet they somehow rated me. Last word I heard...

Glad to hear you're better, I was taking the daytime cough and cold syrup and then found out it had nothing for antihistamine. both sides of my nose were flowing like a river. Switched to nighttime version and it has an antihistamine. Worked wonders. Also got a nasal spray and taking zyrtec...

If only we could have learned from our own past.

Ok team, here's your early American New Republic homework. My son made a 100 and said kids were trying to cheat off of his test.... Anyway, it's been a long time since I studied any of this, and I'm glad to see that he knows what happened back in the early days of our young government. I...

Prayers, me too. My allergies have manifested into the total Cold CRUD... Sleep is hard to come by. Oh my Helo. Our schools have some counselors, if there are none available, I would recommend finding one thru social services. Very traumatic. I have trouble conversing with my teenagers...

Torqued my back yesterday, while fighting sinus/sore throat...need some lozenges. 67F this morning, going to 76F Son's team played better, but still lost by big margin. They just don't have any "trees" (big tall guys).

I went to be at about 8:30 last night. Got woke up by coyotes howling all around. Tried to shine spotlight on them, I believe as soon as they saw it, they split.

Congrats on the award Phil! Thanks for the pics guys Helo, get some sleep!

Helicopters are proof of how much it costs to stay 1" off the ground for a bit.

Prayers Bupps. Son is better, has 8th grade basketball game tonight. He is up early to finish an AP English report/essay, that he procrastinated on..... Will leave work early to make it to out of town BB game. Pretty much everyone in our family has rec'd their Christmas gifts. We buy things...

$80000 bird strike. That's some expensive duck gumbo. You should see the tools and code to make something like that. Mastercam sells a special option for turbine blades. It costs more than the basic software.

Nose cone for a turbine blade or Conical shaped Colander cone for food processor? Gourmet Food Processor Is it heated when it's doing its job?

Do these work for RTV silicone? Looks like they might. RNG, sorry about the porch pirates. Glad your garage/house is getting configured to your liking. It will be interesting to hear if the Vanagon gets fixed.

My problem is I buy a toothpaste type tube of RTV silicone, use a little, and 3 months later half the tube is dried out....even squeezing a "tear drop" out. Just something you need to buy, use, and not count on it being worthy later. Like Rustoleum Rusty metal brown primer. Use it ASAP, cuz...

Prayers for your son's friend. Thanks all for the thoughts and prayers, my wife is quite sad too about the friend's wife. Work was crazy, and I was late because son had digestive problems this morning....The day flew by. Tired, mentally and physically. Pops, nice instrument panel. What year...

Mostly, glad it went well. A dear friend lost his 54 yo wife this past week. Unexpected. She was a super kind and gracious person. We all miss her. She volunteered for the pet adoption centers in the area, and had a full time job. My friend is a mess. They have a 21 yo son, who's a junior...

32- Michigan 46- Kentucky 68- Oklahoma 90W-120 - Texas (just kidding, it's gear oil)

Oh wow! I'm sure it gets rather normal, but I'd love to sit and watch them go by. Do you get much lake effect snow?

Pine trees down here did not survive similar situation. Drew, I hope it holds. PITA to test.

What if you put out some peanuts for them? or is there a specific nut they are supposed to eat?

Been cool for us southerners down here. 40+ this morning, now 57. Took it easy today. A very dear friend of 40 years, lost his 54yo wife. Unknown causes yet, she had complained about headaches. Read below. Watched a piece by Sharyl Attkisson about long term effects of alligatoritus and the...

I looked up those cockatoos. Beautiful. Are they shy like our black crows? Cooked shrimp scampi for lunch. They had large Gulf of Texas shrimp on sale for 6.97 lb. I peeled them in the barn this morning. Almost wiped out 2 lbs of shrimp and a whole bunch of linguini. Great SEC...

Mostly, I'm praying for you. Check, I hope they write you a HUGE check for your place. It sure is beautiful. There are times I wish I had a postage stamp sized lawn, that I could just use a weed eater and be done in 1 minute....but with the breakdown of civility in cities, porch pirates...

It is for a project that will eventually be a bike or trike that is pedaled, but powered hydraulically (no chain direct to wheel). There will be an accumulator, and a way to regenerate the braking force back to pressure. Popgadget, I cheated and ran it on the cnc, with good old flood coolant...

Everybody is wanting to get paid! That's why the action.

No, Y'all is plural, All y'all is what you lead with when you tell a group "All y'all can go to Helotes" Sounds like a company that begins with Un and ends with ited..... don't recommend it, unless you're just trying to wait until a fresh calendar year, for insurance purposes. Abscess...

Needed a manifold, so I just made one. Has 3 different types of ports, on 5 out of 6 sides.

Condolences for your friend. My kitty killed all the baby WABBITS. Work went pretty good today, working on a manifold for a hydraulic drive system for a bicycle. Pray I don't scrap it tomorrow. Drew, post here please. Son is getting up before 6 am for basketball practice. He has decent...

In google chrome, there is a small icon that looks like an old floppy drive in the top right corner, you can click to save draft. Drew, I'm happy for you venturing out for these last weeks and sharing photos. I wish your weather hadn't been so rough. Just think back to when you were in dire...

I won a bunch of 1/2" drive sockets in an auction. Need to sort them. Snap on, Black Hawk, MAC, Craftsman, and maybe another couple of brands Made IN USA.

Buddy has a Takeuchi track steer that has this problem. He had to buy a new circuit board and something else to get it going. They told him that just sitting around is the worst thing for the unit.

Forgot to mention, we listened to Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant. Like the dump, our John Deere dealer is closed the whole Thanksgiving Weekend (Thursday thru Saturday)

Fully Understand. I'm always trying to make decisions that won't come back to bother me downstream and simplify life.

It sounds like you really "earned your keep", cooking the whole meal. Congrats on y'all's anniversary. Hope the wife helping the mom turns out to be a blessing for all. Congrats on the weight loss. I read the meme, where we are all supposed to turn our scales back 15 lbs the day before...

My wife wanted to cook the turkey upside down in one of those baking bags. This way the breast stayed juicy. It was delicious.

Turkey pastry.

cranberry fruit salad

Daughter made punch.

https://partscatalog.deere.com/jdrc/sidebyside/equipment/63806/referrer/navigation/pgId/399558204 Here's the cable and linkage

Thanks for the prayers and thoughts for my mom. They are giving her O2, and her O2 levels are around 93. I wish I knew what her O2 levels were, prior to this episode. Driving her to the hospital, I saw as low as 73 on my finger monitor. Lasix to help clear her lungs. Doc says "congestive...

Happy Birthday to Mrs. Phil! Happy Thanksgiving to all, from our family to yours! We all have blessings, the half of which we don't even realize. I'm thankful for the Lord's provisions, my family, the freedoms we have, my in person friends and my online friends, my job, safe travels.....the...

Happy birthday to Kilroy's mom! I had to take my 94 years young mom to ER for fluid in her lungs. We are Awaiting X-ray results. On O2, she's up to 92. On hurried trip back to her hometown, she was down to 73 O2. Don on a worrisome tightrope with a bum knee. Glad it ended well. Don the...

Good thread, why was the poster deleted?

Happy Anniversary! Keep eye on wind for that fire, we have important documents in a lightweight plastic document holder. With plans to grab it as we leave in a hurry. Also make sure your insurance is enough to cover replacement costs. That's a good topic to cover annually. I recently did...

Also black standing seam roofing is popular right now. Hope the cat never jumps up there in the summer down south here. Cat on a hot tin roof... I like the look of it, it just makes no sense unless you spray 2 part foam on the underside of your roof.

Are those rails above the wheels, for keeping ice away?

Many years ago, after moving to the country, my wife wanted a more country farm looking table and chairs. we bought it used for about $800, from a car salesman....

Daughter made mini cupcakes today.

nice pictures Drew, and fish tacos! I have to admit, I'm not a fan of Mangos, if that is what is on top.

Experts recommend isolating dogs amid respiratory 'mystery illness'

sister's washer hose burst while no one was home. Flooded the entire downstairs. Major mess and repairs.

Before the influx, Went to Bastrop Discount Tire store on a Saturday at 10ish, wanting new tires. They said maybe by 5 pm. Then made appointment while going 60 miles the other direction to Brenham, got there 30 minutes early and checked in. Had to wait more than 30 minutes past my appt time...

You can kill flies and kill germs and sanitize at the same time! Like guys with Cobra's that have low riding side pipes that never drive fast??? ;) I was wondering how your wife and daughter are doing? Prayers for them. Must be some heavy sinks.

I'm sad to hear this. I read your first post, and was going to tell you to make him an oxygen tent in a pet carrier, if you have an oxygen welding gas tank at home. But then I read the 2nd post. You have my condolences. You gave him better care than most people could afford. I would like...

"The day Dick Mann came to town" was probably the demise of a lot of local hot shoes. Cool picture.

Glad to hear a new diagnosis. Hopefully he can get medicated in time to pull out of it.

Mostly, I want to extend my sincerest condolences and prayers. We are here to listen and try to offer words of comfort. This news hit me hard. My buddy that moved here from South Africa lost his brother, at 54 years young. The brother's company is trying to handle everything over in Europe...

Another semi rabbit trail.... This thread started back in 2016, and the reason I was looking was to see if it had covered when Joe Cocker passed away. Seems I don't remember much of anything mentioned anywhere when he passed on December 22, 2014 He put out some great music and one of my...

I first remember seeing a brand new red Astro at the dealer which was also the Honda dealer in our town of 50K. Next time I saw it, it was in my neighbor down the street's garage. He ended up giving to his nephew, who kind of used it to "cow trail" on his neighborhood's trails. It was fairly...

Every pet owner has to make their own decision on this. Not our business to tell him what to do. You might be right, but still.... 19 years ago, I took my dog to the emergency clinic on a stormy raining Friday night, about 60 miles away after getting home from 60 miles away. Turns out my dog...

It's good to know you're still stirring. Hope all is well. Forgot to mention, daughter made a great supper. Chicken parmigiana pasta, with asparagus and garlic bread. Wifey made some oatmeal/cranberry/walnut cookies. And they are GREAT!

I would like to thank all our Veterans today for their service to our country. I love my Freedom, and I know who protects it. Bad news on the barn fire and animal loss. Glad to hear Mr Cool is heating. I was in and out so fast to get the boat, as there was someone else waiting to back into...

Just passed the 2 stations in town that have price wars for our area. Both $2.58/gallon for gas $3.58/gallon for diesel So your diesel needs to get 38% better mileage to make it worth it to drive diesel. Unless you're hauling a heavy load/big trailer. But if you factor in the $15k extra a...

I prefer Tex Mex...

Doe wanted to know if that lion was going to get her fawn. Have you seen the new Ducati single super motard? Looks pretty enticing, but at $15K, not for me. Ended up working about 1/2 the day on zoom calls and emails. I enjoyed the zoom meeting of "the minds". Fixed my MIL's 2004 Dodge...

I used to go to the Bitter End in Austin, before they had a fire and closed down. They had some great craft brews. Some of the best I've ever drank. It was closed for good. Now I'm seeing one on maps in Dallas, and they are calling it a "Hip Oyster Bar".... Hope they have a good time and...

Prayers for your sister, the family, and her medical team. LS, it's looking good. I'm a big fan of linoleum, after seeing how it has lasted in my home to all the kids and traffic over 19 years.

Off today! Got up early as usual to take son to BB practice. Dropped him off and left. A few minutes later he called and said no practice today. Brought him back home. Wet, cool, breezy and dreary for the next 5 days...At least maybe the cracks in the ground might heal. We haven't got but...

It's never easy losing Man's best friend, especially when you're a dog lover. I hope you make it home. remember the good times. I still have a few snips of my Golden's long tail hair and his deep gold hair too.

Just after dark at 6ish, the front blew thru and temps dropped from 76 to 61 and scattered showers. Not much rain here but my friend near the Gulf of Texas got about 4" already. Oh my! Good thing you're a big scary guy and that moose knew better than to mess with ole big bad Thomas! glad...

Since they took paddling out of the schools. Some kids just don't participate. Schools should not suffer, when they are told they can't discipline. My son says many of the minorities just don't care. They don't turn in work, they think it's a big system coming down on them because they are...

Property taxes should be eliminated. As things are, you never own your house. You rent from the gov't. If you don't pay taxes, you will lose your home. This is WRONG. Now how to replace such a huge amount? Many ways. Somehow we need to figure out how to excerpt more from the people that...

Hope they can help your pain. I used to make spinal implants.

With all the bullets flying, you might want to sleep in the unfinished milk house. I despise idiots who don't handle and operate guns safely. Same with those with mean dogs. Good advice. Scaredy is there a reason she would drag this out? Is she benefitting from postponing it? My brother's...

mpham, I have a Shindaiwa multitool, but I never bought the brush attachment. I use my leaf blower.

How did y'all know it was allergy and not infection? Sounds like a good mower. Prayers for you Buppies. And just like that, it's basketball season for son....off to practice.

Hap hap happy birthday! To Mrs. Mostly too! Congrats on the mileage achievement. That takes dedication and a lot of hard into the wind pedaling.

So sorry for his sickness. Hope they can figure something out.

Great pics Harry! Thanks for sharing.

my buddy got shoulder surgery, it knocked him down for a while, but now he's glad he got it and is back up to snuff. Nice GSX!

https://www.2ridetheglobe.com/ Read the earlier travels on the XT 250. Now has 700 Tenere for 2 up traveling

Been busy and trying to catch up. Buppies, Prayers. Who would've thunk that 52hp would push that thing. Friend had a old rabbit diesel. Took about 1/2 a day to get up to 70mph. LOL. They put a turbo on it and it worked much better with about 8 lbs of boost. Hope GD had a good day...

My old boss rode an air cooled XT 250 almost all around the world. Did not cross the orient, but went through Africa.

I've been lurking, and enjoying your build. Hope it continues to go relatively smoothly. Love the floorplan and space, but the most confusing attic I've ever seen maybe. I need to burn some piles too.

The power reverser uses a pawl that locks the tractor when parked. I've heard of problems where people throw it into park when the tractor is still moving and break the pawl. IIRC, you have to split the tractor to replace it. Hopefully, you might just have a broken cable from the power...

Welcome back Helogabals! Glad you are better. Sorry about your forest. Cleaning up forest is good opportunity to get back in shape. Awesome news for daughter going to college to be an medical equipment engineer. Fun to watch sons play basketball, even though many hands slapping at the ball...

What do you teach, if you don't mind my asking? Got the A/C done. Vacuumed it for over an hour last night, shut the valves, went to bed. Woke up, vacuum gage hadn't moved. Went ahead and vacuumed it another 45 minutes or so. It is humid down here. Last night, When I flushed out the...

He wasn't referring to the actual cost, he was referring to the dealing with weather, etc. vs the enjoyment.

In Napa valley, I saw units where the prop was pointed upward. Not sure if it "pulled air down, or pushed air up"?

Well, Out with super hot temps....In with really cold temps. Anything below 60F is cold to me. I better hurry with that A/C fix, so I can test it....

Not sure if anyone is interested, but Haas machine tool is having a flash 1 day sale on drills/taps/tooling. You will have to make an account, and only online orders are given the sale price. The stuff is decent quality. Cobalt drills, coated taps. If you needed some here is the link. I...

Hey old buddy, old pal my friend! Wish you lived nearer! :) Just a fair warning, my buddy has one and everyone else's projects get stuck up on it awaiting parts and labor. LOL. m7040, your daughter could be a National Geographic photographer. Some of the shots are very timely, some are...

Yes, my brother was like you. He said, "You don't pay the price, You ENJOY the price."

Glad that you got to visit family like that. It all too often occurs for a funeral sadly. Prayers for pain relief and rest. I know your 'dogged determinedness' will get you through this. Now, you just have to find out if you have a Helga, Olga, or Bertha. Heartwood from large black walnut...

Fix it! 3.3 Quart Honda Fuel Tank w/ Large Cap | Fuel Tanks & Caps | Engine Accessories | Engines | www.surpluscenter.com Hap Hap Happy Birthday, I hope you got a big piece of cake! ??? That's what I'm talkin' 'bout! I could dig some of that action, or no action. Work very hectic again...

What a handsome guy and love the bow tie! I won the "tinny" boat and motor bidding! Hope to pickup early Tuesday morning. I won a few other small odds and ends. Went to Victoria to help my 94yo mom out. Took her to lunch and filled her car up with gas. She's going to Discount tire this...