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More deck work, fixed the end that was a little off, and got the end board cut. Forgot there is no tape under it. Mowed front and side yard. Got 6 more deck boards on, including the bowed one I showed a few days ago. I’ve had it on its side with bow up, and the sun the last few days took a lot...

You can turn a barrel

I probably bought it after you mentioned it. Don’t use it often, but nice to have. Been meaning to try a carb for several years.

Phil, that is a monster. You could turn your old lathe on it.

I have this one , currently not available https://a.co/d/81noQUe

Even the sheriffs drove right by the No Trespassing signs last night After stopping behind our barn and getting out of the car, they then drove on back thru our field.

It has been 19 years.......

Didn't get nearly as much done on the deck that I thought I would, but sure am tired from working all day. Started by removing 6 more deck boards and taped the joists where they were. Ran out of joist tape but just enough for the next 6 boards, amazon didn't have the same brand, so ordered a...

Already has a gate, but they installed silt fence in front of it so it won’t close. 2am this morning a sheriffs car went out thru our field, they first stopped behind the barn and got out of their car, then they drove back to the field, then left. No other vehicle came in before them. It’s...

Power came on while we were at evening service. Class went good. Did loose an LED light fixture upstairs. It made a loud snap just as my wife turned it on, at the same time we lost power. All LED fixure, no bulb. Also have one UPS complaining with a constant buzzing noise. Had to reset...

Happy Easter. Big storm blew thru last night about 10:30. 80 mph winds. Lots damage, saw roof of a barn blown off. Power still out, and will be for awhile. Someone recorded a big flash at the local substation. Right after the storm, I heard voices outside. Seems 2 girls, who sounded a bit...

Lots of work going on at the farm. 2 different pipeline companies, one is going to bury an oil/gas pipeline, the other is a temp water line. Will cut down on the mowing this summer. They have several excavators, dozers, skidsteers working

Today flew by. got a little deck work in today. finished the blocking down the middle, and installed 2 more pieces. Then moved picnic table to the new deck side, to clear the way to pull more deck boards the next time.. Still haven't decided if im keeping the picnic table. It's metal frames...

Breakfast meeting today, always good.. Decided to clean up the garden when I got home, still had everything in it from last year. Pulled the plastic, removed bean and tomato trellis. Then tilled the garden. Other than having to jump start the massey, and put a little air in the tires, it ran...

Worked again today. Not sure what the smell was. No circuit board in mine, it has the mechanical timer.

Busy day at the farm. Brother was there to mow and flew his drone They have most of trees cleaned up, have bridges across the low ravines. The water line guys also have water line ran around our pond already. They used skid steer to mow thru multiflora and have a path already. The big dozer...

Pulled cover off, nothing obvious. Jiggled the wires, tried it and it ran. So let it pump out, and will try another load

My speed queen washer just bit the dust. 7 yrs old. Has a burning electrical smell to it.

That was north section of skyline drive. Had to go fix something for MIL that took about 5 minutes. Dad is doing ok. Noticed this morning no power on a camera, so maybe they did hit power line unloading the dozer right under it.

Turkey just came to check things out

Was afraid they would hit the corn crib turning it. I helped build that corn crib back in the 70s, and put a lot of corn in it. They working excavator on the front hillside, far background of this zoomed in picture.

MFW, welcome back. As I recall you had moved when you was last on here.

I was wondering also. Drove down skyline drive yesterday and wondered how things were going.

Unloaded a dozer at the farm.

A drive in the mountains yesterday

you made that kid's day..

I can shift the clip over a little to the side.

I already cut 3" off of it, or I would return it. It might be the one that gets ripped for against the house, once ripped it should bend ok.

busy day. started with pulling 2 more boards on the deck, taping, and laying 2 more down. Turned the badly bent one the other direction, now you can really tell it's bent. layed out chalk lines, and determined the middle of the deck is 1/4" out from the ends. I thought it looked like a slight...

yes, some videos now have so many ads, I just stop watching them

I measure out from the house, started with a chalk line. Might pop another line soon to check middle is staying with the ends. somehow I lost a quarter inch, so need to recheck my numbers. Bought the big case of trex clips tonight, $150 ouch. Got some Creole for supper, that was good...

I had a couple job fair type emails this week, one from Lockheed Martin. Not looking to go back. Good breakfast, wife didn't go. Wife and son went duckpin bowling this afternoon with a group from church, they just got back, had fun. I was having fun on the deck. 3 more boards off, 3 on...

😂. Exactly

41°. Only .27” of rain. It went SE of us. Early to bed last night. Wife woke me when she came to bed, subtle like a hurricane. Really enjoyed sitting outside yesterday and watching the fire burn. Did get 5500 steps in from gathering burn material. Glad the shed wood is now gone. Breakfast...

Prayers mostly

brought back to life by an advertisement, first post.......

You been retired longer, yet I see you going to work..... lol I did also get a forsythia trimmed, and burned the pieces. Got rid of a lot of junk wood I've been wanting to get rid of, a productive day.

Scott, didn’t see the gorge, we were heading home that day. Have pics of Woodstock, Rutledge.

Almost done with old shed siding. Light rain, sitting by fire, under my golf umbrella.

Paul reminds me, I forgot to get the trash out to the road this week. Finally a good day to burn the sticks in the fire ring, wet, no wind, no raining yet. Just sitting around camp fire. Taking more nails out of deck boards, but not all. Too wet to tape the joists when I pull them.

Drove thru Woodstock Aug 12, 2001. Went to church a couple miles before the Quechee Gorge area, up on the hill on the left.

welding is one of the things on my bucket list, have never welded.

Buppies, hang in there.

Couldn’t sleep, layed in bed over 4 hrs trying. Good thing tomorrow is another rain day. Up thinking of all the work that needs done

Don’t know which pipeline co this is, but they building a nice road behind our barn.

No rain after the little bit this morning. Went to lunch, exchanged 2 propane tanks that were outdated, they won’t sell pellets by ton now, just by bag and they have 20+ tons sitting there. Home, then ran down to pharmacy. Home again. Grass dry, changed clothes, open barn door, starts light...

busy day at the farm. road was backed up with vehicles. So far they unloaded a skidsteer with a roller on front, a skidsteer with a bucket on front, there's at least one truckload of stone, and other vehicles. They removed the flags marking the electric lines. We have 2 pipeline companies...

That cable hanging in first pic is the cable that pulls the door open, with the assist of the spring, that is now broken. so one side broke, and the door is now cockeyed. the fix is make a phone call....

Only .01” of rain so far. I need a day off. Maybe clean the garage some. Wife has a ladies lunch, maybe I’ll run out for something also.

Mostly, prayers for Brother and you.

I'm leaving 1 1/4" overhang on the sides, will put fascia on later.

I'm beat. Only got 4 off and 5 pieces down. first was the one to cut around the posts. Have not done the harder outside pieces. I'm working from the outside towards the house. Last piece will get ripped to 3" according to the math. So far I am right on my marks. Had one piece with a...

Walmart use to pride itself for selling American made products. Maybe it will again. With the price of trex, measure 5-6 times before cutting. 23° was the low, sunny and 42° now.

Good thing I didn't cut yet, I see end gaps only need to be 1/8", and not 1/4" like the spacers gap between boards. I'll need to remark the first piece. This will be the picture frame on the ends.

Scott, congrats on getting the decking done. I'm ready to lay my first piece.. cold day, in the 30's with a cold strong wind. Birds crapped both truck mirrors, will spare the pic this time, just as bad as yesterday.. so had to clean that first. Hit mission BBQ for another smoked burger...

Do I know about that. The transfusion is 1 of 2 methods. I did the IV as it’s less intrusive and has same success rate. Only it took me several months to be able to walk again. The key is getting it identified and treatment started ASAP. I was a week between realizing something was wrong, and...

Cleaned out pellet stove and then fired it up. Did get a new saw blade and cut a small section of trex off to try it. Cuts well. Wife made chili for supper. Already feel some heartburn, don’t usually get that. Only got to 42°.

What a dreary rainy cool day. Got a landscape crew working across the road, clearing out an area grown up along the road across from me. I liked it grown up, as it shielded their house from me. But if I was them, I'd have cleared it also. ran errands with truck. First had to clean quite a...

40° Woke up from noise of an obnoxious trimmer buzzing from across the road Got a letter from electric company they couldn’t cash my last check I sent, said invalid account number. Same account I’ve paid with for last 30 yrs. All other checks haven’t had a problem. Made an electronic...

Don, sorry for the loss and accident. 52deg Good worship, I had songs again. Good lunch at the usual place, I tried a new dish, pasta with red sauce, and shrimp and crab meat. Was good, but bit more expensive. only .23" rain, and that was last night. Taught my class tonight. still haven't...

Getting a little rain Just had a slice of homemade cherry pie my wife made. Yum. Got 15 miles in on the bike tonight.

My new Bosch battery jig saw came today, and I don't like it and will return it. Just too big and bulky to hold, with a side on off switch instead of a trigger type switch normally found on a jig saw. No deck work today. dry out right now.

Finally success on the hard drive. Now have a 2 TB SSD in place of the original. Did it using an older MS image tool from Win7 days, I made the image last week and finally able to restore it to the new drive. Had a hiccup where the MS recovery disk would not boot from a USB connected DVD...

Getting nothing productive done. Did eat bkfst out by myself, now attempting once again to clone a drive. Actually attempting running repair disk on drive that won’t clone. Very frustrating, I’ve cloned many drives in the past, never had this issue. Was going to go to HD, don’t feel like...

I have an old fashion clamp on amp meter. I do also carry a cheap HF multimeter in my electrical bag, so I have at least 3.

Only 1 fluke here, and one old radio shack analog meter. Rain well north of us, tracking NE direction. The lower ohio valley getting rain non stop for days. I think I55 is flooded near Madrid, it’s been closed.

That reminds me, dad’s grape arbor is falling down. Also just remembered I need to do more work on church computer.

Redecking is not that bad. If I had built the railings better in the first place it would have gone pretty quick to just pull up the old boards and screw down new. However, since I have to rebuild my railings, and I want to connect over to the garage deck, it will take longer with more work...

Good dinner out with my wife. Crab imperial was very good. Never been to this place before, as it's on the other side of town and a pain to get to on a Friday, but we managed. Waitress was excellent. Only complaint is it was very noisy, and hard to hear each other. Place was packed.

Yes, but she is managing... Sometimes you get a keeper.

LS, great to hear from you!!! Prayers that Donna continues to improve. Congratulations on new to you truck. My tree isn’t happy

Mostly, that meal sounds good!!! Scott, don’t forget the meter. Buppies, glad good visit.

Woke a couple times last night with a big BOOM. .6” rain in the 2 cells, and we were on southern edge of the storms. Wouldn’t be surprised if over 2” rain to our north, based on radar. So I slept in till 10. Take Tiger to vet today. Later tonight celebrate 38 yrs of marriage.

Good breakfast meeting this morning. stopped by church to take another stab at cloning the Hard drive, out of space again. Decided to do another backup, and it was taking forever, so left with it running. Only deck work was to carry the 10 trex pieces and lay on the deck for now. Humid out...

my starlink ethernet adapter failed during a storm last week. Had to set starlink up as router again, but my house mesh system connected and it's working. I have Gen2.

Ron, the older I get, the more things hide from me.

Huge tornado outbreak in the midwest right now. Stay safe. Probably hitting PJ right now.

lots of tornados, Lake City AR had a big one.

Since I have the opportunity, might do 12” oc joists on lower deck.

I really need to leave MD. Our new governor Spend Moore is attrocious. Right up there with the CA gov. So much wasteful spending, and they just keep raising taxes.

Don't see much on radar right now.

Buppies, glad good visit I usually appeal my county assessment, and they will drop it some. Temps in mid 50s is great for working outside, not too hot. Came in for lunch at 3 pm and think i'm done for the day. Got good bit done. Squared up where the lower deck will go. Got middle post...

Ours played that, but they shot rubber bands at each other.

I will tape top of all joists. I bought butyl tape from amazon. Tuff Guard, 2" x 50 ft, 4 pack for $29 Impressed with it, very sticky. It has a plastic backing to peel off. Also using zip tape on top of ledgers, to flash from wall over top of ledger. Also taped the back side of the new...

All day just to get new header on for lower deck. Removed old deck and dropped it down. New one now bolted to concrete wall, and middle of it sits on stub outs I put in 20 yrs ago, for this very purpose. Did zip tape the back side against the concrete. Ran out of tape, had to make another...

The Stihl ZT is a rebranded Ferris.

Almost an inch of rain last night from storms. Lost internet, not power. It seems the ethernet link to the starlink went out. This morning i was able to temporarily reset the starlink as a router, so can get internet now direct to it. But it won't let me configure the router to another...

Took my wife out for lunch, which means I accompanied her on her trip to Costco..lol After spending my Costco rebate, I changed my membership to the lower cost one, which doesn't give the rebate. I didn't earn enough last year for the rebate to pay the cost. I shop there a lot less after the...

A usual sunday, worship, then lunch at the usual italian place. This afternoon prepped for the class I taught tonight that went well. Just a few sprinkles of rain, not enough to wet the ground. Supposed to rain some tomorrow, will work the deck around the rain. Need to dig holes for...

our usual breakfast place was packed, so went to a diner down road, which was very good. Stopped by lowes to pick up some trex clips for the decking, just a small box. Realized later the box had been opened before.. Was missing the 4 starter clips (which I don't need), and contained 93 of the...

I think i'd tape them together, those things slide. Looks like same color my wife chose.

Rocky Harbor, it won out over the misty harbor gray from Lowe’s. Trex has 6 of the basic colors, HD stocks 2, Lowe’s carries 2 different ones. I did get the next post location marked on the deck, before I got rained out.

today was sort of a bust. Woke up at 10:30, guess I was wore out yesterday. was noon before I got the trailer on the truck, air in tires after sitting all winter. Decided to go into the city to the HD that had the 20 ft solid edge TREX. Almost an hour drive, and they couldn't find them...

Got another new rail post installed on the deck, after finishing the one I started last night. Had to remove 2 deck boards in the middle to do this post. 2 more left to go, but Now I need to decide where the new lower deck will go, so I can make the connection, which will involve 2 more rail...

My wife has skied there, but not recently.

Mostly, today was dealing with a different pipeline with different company, just for water line. They don't pay as much. some of the cutting today, big beech tree cut. If you zoom in, you see a couple people

Did get out before supper and got one new deck post almost all installed. Biggest problem was the wind blowing the sawdust in my face as i cut the old railing at the post location. Lot more tree cutting at the farm today for the pipeline, they have two large excavators on the next farm above...

Another good meal at mission BBQ, this time the smoked cheeseburger. Very good. Stopped at HD (town the other direction) and picked up 8 ft Trex Rocky Harbor (right where they said it was), then went to Lowes and picked up 8 ft Trex Foggy Wharf. Neither had the color match screws. During...

Ron, glad to see your squirrel holding an umbrella....

Bought some more wood for deck, but didn’t start any work on it till after supper. HD did not have the 8 ft trex I wanted, online says they have 92 pieces in stock in the aisle I looked in. Did get 1 more railing post installed and prepped for another. Railing So much stronger than before...

They make them longer, just gotta hunt for them. $52 supposed to be in stock about 25 miles away. I thought about just putting shorter ones in, and join behind the middle posts.

I need an 18 ft square edge for the end, in order to make the 45° for the border. Those are hard to find. Sides will be cut from 16 ft. Need to pick up some more 4x4 for posts.

45° this morning, got up to 64° Overcast this morning but no rain. Cleared off and sunny this afternoon. I’m beat, worked on deck all day. Got 2 outer boards ripped off, in pieces, and got the outer 2 posts installed. Rail brackets came, really like them. Will use old railing until I get new...

Heavy frost at the farm. Need to head home, gotta teach tonight. Hear some wild critters howling last night, probably coyotes, the mice just leave reminders.

Took dad out today for his 101st Bday party. Had 13 people there. Oldest brother couldn't come but rest of the kids, and 4 of the grand kids there. He enjoyed the day. After we got home, one of the hunters came by with a card and cookies for him, this guy still fighting cancer. My old HS...

My A1C was lot higher, haven’t heard from Dr yet

I got 6k steps in walking around the farm yesterday. Those hills steeper than I remember. 100 ft ROW seemed wider too, but I didn’t have tape measure.

our first washer, the wringer would pivot. first rinse from washer to 1st tub, then pivot the wringer 90 deg and go from tub 1 to tub 2 for final rinse, then pivot another 90 deg to wring out into a basket. Was just down in the basement where it sat, and just thought about it.

I did 4 goodyear camper tires last year around $750, or $180 per tire installed.

wngsprd, using GRK structural screws to pull in the end band board. They have a cutting edge at the tip to help bore a hole to reduce chance of splitting. I did use timberloc brand (black) i had for a couple posts. There’s a 3” GRK in there also

can't believe the tire prices you guys are throwing around. But on that note, my verizon cell bill just increased another $40 this month, no changes in the plan, but a price increase on existing. Got my 6" GRK screws from amazon, and put a few in the deck. They really sucked in the lumber...

Worked on the deck some more, got 2 new rail posts in, very securely fasted do the joists, unlike the old rail posts.... That original deck guy should have been fired. Once all new rail posts are on, then can start replacing deck boards. Will order brackets to attach railing Sorry pic was...

It’s online, so I recorded off my computer screen. But they managed to get several things wrong, like wrong day for his bday, they said he was drafted when he had enlisted. But still nice interview and story.

watched another spaceX launch, then watched spaceX land the crew from the space station. Wife went to check supper, forgot to turn oven on... so we went out. Got a crab cake, was OK, but expensive. Loaded potato soup was very good. Went to Lowes to show her the trex they have, only I forgot...

I went to bed after 11:30, but woke up 3:30 then couldn't sleep, so came downstairs. Watched a bunch of youtube, like some from Trex deck building and flooring, etc. Fell asleep probably around 7:30 in the lazyboy, and just woke up after noon. I recall my son saying something to me before he...

He was checking out snagglepuss walking the 2x4.

morning all. 26° Spent yesterday designing how lower deck might work. Was chilly wind.

Sorry for your loss Ken, prayers.

I was hoping the failed router was just the power supply, which is an odd 19V. but it was good. Originally ordered new mesh system pair on amazon and wasn't coming till wed, then right after I placed the order, saw Costco had a 3 unit one for $50 more in stock, so quickly canceled the amazon...

Happy Birthday Phil Nice Ninja Squirrel Ron. we got half inch of rain, the edge of a storm hit us about 9:30 last night, then the line of rain drifted over us. slept in today, feel out of it. Did get recycle out, and snagglepuss is fed.

router at church building failed, so no streaming today. Bought a new mesh system from Costco, and got it installed before evening service. Had winds this afternoon, but little to no rain. Just got a storm warning, and just got .06" of rain, on a storm that just brushed by us.

I went back and looked at the deck picture I posted, and there was Tiger staring out the window. I didn't think I had a picture with him looking out. I still can't find my 30 ft tape measure I keep in my tool bag. Has disappeared from a job I did somewhere. Brought up the one from the Barn...

Ron, hope enough screws in roof that the winds won’t remove any.

People sure were busy today, lots of work done on here. I brought 5 bags pellets up from barn just using the ranger, even though it's 52 deg outside, felt chilly in here so started it. Like the size of that mini eX Drew. David, sorry vacation cut short. Hope all is well. Took another couple...

Just can’t get a good moon pic with iPhone. Threw batteries in an old digital camera, and it didn’t work. So tried an older digital camera, and it wouldn’t work. Forgot about the old digital camcorder. Guess I should get another digital camera for these occasions. Just more stuff to keep up...

Anyone looking at the moon?🌙

maybe less work, I only need to remove existing deck boards where the sleepers go, the others could stay, but might make some nice wasp nest areas if left, so probably not a good idea to leave them. I wouldn't have to put in the 2 new joists needed to window frame the deck. Looked at Lowes...

Just had a thought on my deck, since existing joists are 16" oc, if going trex or similar, it really should have 12" oc. Thinking about putting 2x4 sleepers across the joinsts at 12" oc, and running the deck boards the other direction, 12 ft instead of 16 ft long. I have 3" from top of deck...

Enhanced basic with the groove on the bottoms? I was looking at the Select, $72 a piece, ouch...

Happy birthday Drew. Buppies, glad surgery went well. Hope recovery quick. Glad Holly getting help. Huge tank. Have fun I have buds on forsythia and lilacs. Overdo haircut later will mess up my day. Maybe pop off few more deck boards.

I turned 2 over, bottom looks like new, only stripe of where joist was. Joist tops look good.

Scott got me motivated to take off some decking to see how it would go. Best way was driving the small bar under and getting them started, then pull with crowbar. These are spiral galvanized nails. Some rusted thru. Got 3 boards done, but one against house has posts on it, so need to either...

The deer come out at night, on the farm.

43° Need to redeck my 12x16 deck. My brother took a neat time lapse night video at the farm, I’m hoping he puts on YouTube. Lots of deer.

FedEx backs in, drops package out of back of van and drives off. This is for my almost 101 yo dad.

I have the older version of the Oatey access panel, that doesn't have the outer frame, but just a couple spring loaded clips that grab the drywall. The clips come undone real easy, and you lose the spring and clip behind the wall. Which is why I still have a couple small holes at the baseboard...

Wife left windows open upstairs, and someone has been spreading around us, so the upstairs now smells like a barn... Did get some sticks picked up. Got all bills paid for the month. pictures emailed to news guy.

But they do roll them in Canada.

Found out my A1C is high. They have never ran that number before in all my tests. Now to wait and see what the Dr says. when I had to replace my shower valve, access hole was in wrong place, it was only to access the shut off valves, which by then didn't work. I ended up taking out a...

waiting in line at car wash. Had to run to Dr for blood work. 2 hrs driving for a 30 sec draw.

Lou, prayers

I need to put a carb in my ultrasonic cleaner.

See post #1, last sentence.

Ted, thanks for the update, stay strong!!!

They cut some trees. Looks like they cut too wide at end of our field.

Mostly reminded me, I ran out of propane on the grill last night. Was only doing tube steaks, so finished in microwave.

Can hear chain saws running at the farm, from the video camera. No equipment but a pickup and a side by side went out in the field. I was going to go today, but cancelled due to wind and snow in the mountains, maybe will go early next week.

spaceX did a little better this time, made a good catch, but lost the ship again. been windy here.

Good breakfast meeting this morning. Then spent few more hours trying to clone HD, only to have multiple fails again. running check disk on it again. chilly out with the wind, 38 deg.

I’m all the time saying, wow, it’s been that long. But it’s even worse when I see clothes I still have.

Thunderstorms tonight.

Trip to dentist this morning for a cleaning. Old dentist retired and sold the practice to one of his former students. Then trip to Sams Club for a few things, but still over $100. I'm really liking Sams over Costco for most things, just so much easier and less people. Raining hard when I...

That wouldn't make up for what they stiffed me last year on my HSA they were supposed to contribute to, but didn't....

wife brought home warm faschnauts, right from the oven of a new bakery down the road. Very good.....

planted the new fence post for the one broken off, didn't do the one still held up with a t post. gathered SD cards from outdoor cameras and saved on computer. Need to replace the cell camera at the farm, it's draining batteries in a matter of hours, by taking many pics when it shouldn't be...

One of our sledding hills. We would sled on the small hill on the road, when it was ice. 2 maple trees on the left we would tap for syrup.

Sassy is the supervisor....

Can say that again. $34 for one locust fence post. That's sawn, not round.

Decided to pick up a couple PT line posts at HD, 2 PT cost same as 1 locust post up in PA. Just not gonna get up to PA this week, as I have something every day. Ate at Raising Cane Chicken for first time, sandwich was ok but messy, fries not good. Took back backroad home as they were...

We had one old pair of men’s ice skates, and my sister had skates. We made homemade hockey sticks, had 1 puck my oldest brother got in college, and we played 1 on 1 hockey on our pond. I couldn’t skate well, but managed to ice skate when I could never stand up on roller skates. We used to...

Cant say i ever snow skated, but we used to go head first into briers that separated 2 fields, covering our faces, until we made a tunnel thru the briers out the other side, then extended the ride down the next hill. Would sled down onto the frozen pond then shift weight to try to spin in a...

was 20 deg this morning, now up to 35 deg and sunny. Good worship and good lunch at the italian place. Made another attempt to clone HD last night, it again failed, but on a different partition than the first time. should be straight forward... not much planned for today, maybe a nap before...

We used to sand the rust off the runners on our sleds, then wax them before sledding.

58 deg and the wind has cranked up. peak 25 mph so far, on my semi protected gauge. Will drop and get cold tonight. Got 1 broken fence post dug out of the ground, was able to dig beside it, then push it over some with digging bar and get a chair around it, and let hydraulics do the rest. If...

Get the regular version.

Happy birthday Sassy!!!! Enjoy the extra treats.

Not a lot of room in Drews driveway. tight just backing a truck and trailer in.

Breakfast with the gang today, decided to skip the trip for today to PA for locust posts, will do that another day. got word the pipeline work at the farm will commence on monday with tree cutting. Surveyors have been marking the ROW. We must have been one of the last holdouts, and a key one...

Been trying to clone a hard drive all morning and afternoon, not going well. Software keeps having issues. Did eat lunch at Mexican place, huge burrito, very full.

I have one tooth with too wide a gap. get the crown redone, as much as it is a PITA. I'm going to have to get mine redone.

An LS truck? Lol

Got into 60s today, but I was indoors working. Replaced ceiling fan in our bedroom. I had replaced switch on existing one, but not right switch, so it had High, low, low. I bought another switch months ago to try, but a pain to install so never got to it. I had a new backup fan in the...

Don, friend of mine, one of our breakfast bunch, had a stroke day before christmas. His wife is just retired nurse. Ambulance came right away, and he was in hospital probably 30-40 minutes most after it happened, maybe sooner. He said whatever they gave him, it was instant effect on him. He...

Yes, but saw a nice restaurant up there I want to try, so will probably go and buy 3 or 4, later in week.

55 deg. out, turned pellet stove off. Got the stone out of the yard from pushing snow. Need to buy 2 fence posts for the split rail, the wind last week knocked one rotted one over. I keep replacing 1 or so a year. Had one break at the ground late fall, and I put a T post next to it to hold...

Seems amazon is full of knockoff endoscopes with funny sounding company names. some fairly cheap. They have multilens ones like this. https://www.amazon.com/VEVOR-Triple-Lens-Endoscope-Camera/dp/B0D3TM9HKC?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1

Oh no!! Enjoy the 3d printer, something I haven't ventured into. Thanks for Endoscope suggestion, although looks like that model not available right now.

you hike to some really neat places, never heard of that. Did get gas for $2.80 at sams club last week, most places here still above $3.

After my trouble looking below my engine yesterday, looking for a good endoscope, that has it's own monitor that can record. Don't want one to connect to phone. Any recommendations? 25 deg this morning, hit 50deg today, now 47 deg. good worship, good lunch, although i kind of wish I had...

Changed oil in car. Last check of level, happened to notice oil fill lid not on. Couldn’t find it. Took little hatch off under engine, took front plastic piece off. After over an hour of looking with flashlight, caught a small glimpse of it, couldn’t contort my arm to reach it from between...

12° to start day Had a men’s event at church, was very well attended. Tired now.

Buppies, glad power is back. Sorry about Holly.

Nice it hit 34° today and sunny. House warmed up, had to turn pellet stove back down Pebbles asleep in my lap, her evening ritual. Worked on class prep again. Been getting 10 mile rides in every day.

How much is a ridgeline bed of firewood worth? dad's mail lady asked my sister if they could buy a load of dry firewood from my dad, as they ran out. We said yes, but they came yesterday with no one there to tell them what to get, and they backed up to garage and loaded a load of the maple...

Starlink just launched again. Cool pic of the launch in the background, while the last first stage booster is coming into port from the last launch.

22° and windy today. Geo not keeping up with the wind. This temp and no wind is no problem. Got pellet stove on high.

It's just been cold today. House can't seem to warm up with pellet stove on high. The wind making it feel lot colder than the 23 deg.

A small home is all I want, but I want to build it. I want to put a small building up first to secure tools, etc, and have a place to store things as I build it. Actually would like to have a place to park the camper and use it there. add septic and well, then build place if we decide to...

Sorry to hear Ken.

11° set another monthly low. Mostly, didn’t invest any time in that property other than a couple messages. Learned my lesson, ask about building requirements first. I did ask last time, but not the right questions. Can’t believe rural areas so stringent. I know other people buy recreational...

Too low of price. That machine is $50K + with a cab. $40K without cab.

Surprised to get an email back already from the PA twp, regarding the land I commented on last week. I had asked about their building process. They replied "The house must be built first" before any other buildings can be built, the same issue I had in VA. Again, a pretty rural area, and...

14 deg was low for the month. made Sams and Costco run, gas was $2.80 at Sams, over $3 most other stations, $3.15 at our normal station. No 1% milk at either place, that was the reason to stop at Costco. Still managed to spend almost $100 there, since I was there picked up a few things...

14° was the low for this month. Geo units a little behind, as usual at this temp now calling for little snow thur morning.

Welcome to TBN. Highland Co is pretty area, lots of snow..

So it's been off over a week? Hope it gets back soon.

Phil, nice work as always. Hope hand heals quick. 10 g diesel about what I use all year. Did bring 15 more bags pellets to porch box today, only 20 left in barn. Just filed taxes.

saw a video on youtube of the landing, looked like the right side landing gear buckled.

17° Missed getting recycle out and it’s full.