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I just mentioned elsewhere that I saw the first Blue Bonnetts in my neighborhood this morning. And yep, 79°, forecast for 81; don't know if it's going to make the other 2 degrees are not.

I just mentioned elsewhere that I saw the first Blue Bonnetts in my neighborhood this morning. And yep, 79°, forecast for 81; don't know if it's going to make the other 2 degrees are not.

NWS says it's 68° here at 4 a.m. and going for 81° today (Wednesday, 9/22/2023).

We had a great HAPPY THANKSGIVING with our daughters, son-in-law, and granddaughter with as fine a meal as you could imagine . . . and enough leftovers for a long time.😀😀 And now it's raining right now and while not forecast to be a lot of rain, it's supposed to be a rainy day all day.

My gauge only got a quarter inch.

I didn't even know they were having that show at that airport. I haven't been there in quite some time and I'm sure much has changed. My office was there way back when I was commander of the police helicopter section which, as far as I know, is still based there.

Whew, you sure have a better memory than I have. My Dad's oldest sister was married to a high ranking official in that roalroad when I was a tiny kid. He had a heart attack and whe he died he left my aunt with a gold watch and chain, so interesting paperwork, etc. and I inherited that stuff...

I see my name mentioned a few times in this thread, so just a little history. I retired just before my 25th year completed as a Captain from the Dallas, TX police department when I was just a couple of months short of being 50 years old. I had worked every job in the police department except...

And I only got less thab a half inch of rain.:(:(:(

Had my right knee replaced 12 years ago, and like Randy, a few days in the hospital, and then had to go to a physical therapist for a while. I would not want to go through that again . . . BUT . . . that knee is still just fine. But now the other knee is giving me trouble and I'm not at all...

Yep, Brandi, sure glad to see that old hot summer over. Of course this morning the low is 68° calm and going for 98° with a 5 mph west breeze.:(:( The last weather forecast I saw indicated we might get some relief next week.

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were the very best. But as a youngster I was even more of a Gene Autry fan. I'm sure that was the result of a relative who knew him when they were kids AND the fact that I used to show hogs (from the time I was 10 years old) at the county fair where the rodeo coliseum...

Good pictures, Brandi. And we didn't get as much rain as you did, but we sure enjoyed the end of the drought around here. I got more than an inch and a half of rain and a 40% chance forecast for today.

I THINK (can't remember for sure) that I could do all those things just fine when I was 60. But now that I'm 82 . . . . Well, my balance ain't so good anymore.

I had enough experience with a windmill, as our primary source of water, from the time I was 10 years old until I was 14 that I've had no desire for one again.🤣🤣

Yes, I liked that movie, and have watched it more than once. And the first live professional stage act I ever went to see was Burl Ives in "Joshua Been and God" in Dallas when I was about 20 years old; more than 60 years ago. It was a one man show in which he played a preacher who put himself...

And it's a pretty dry one, too.🤣🤣

84° for a low this morning and going for 103° again for the high AND NO RELIEF OR RAIN IN SIGHT. We may have a new record high summer.

Very nice, and I see you put a rear view mirror on there, as I did on my tractor years ago.

AAhhh, the things we remember. I'm 82 years old, but I sure remember living in Marlow, OK, when I got my first drivers license when I had just turned 16 and Dad got me a 10 year old (1946) 2-dr Chevrolet with just over 90 thousand miles on it, and my first trip was to Oklahoma City to visit my...

I haven't bought any ground beef except the 93% lean at Sam's Club in a long time. It's currently $4.75 a pound. Their 80% lean is currently $3.44 a pound.

Yep, he did a lot of comical songs that I've always enjoyed.

We don't have all the fancy stuff some have described in this thread, but we do have the ToTo slow closing lids and seats in both bathrooms.🤣 This thread reminds me of a book I had by a fellow who had spent winters in the wilderness of Alaska. He said he'd found the secret to instant comfort...

🤣🤣🤣Brandi, I'd forgotten about that. But that bottle cap might not work now. Got the yard mowed yesterday morning and then rain started about noon. It isn't light enough yet this morning to see my gauge outside, and we're still getting a light rain, but the NWS shows 10 miles north of us having...

NWS shows Denton got .01", but here 10 miles south of the airport, my gauge got .02", but sure nothing like some of your got.🤣🤣 Of course rain is forecast for tomorrow.

Yep, I grew up with persimmon trees around, so naturally I've had my share of experience with both ripe ones and some not so ripe.:D:D

We have not had any outage in a long time now, but of course I am a bit concerned because my wife is on the oxygen generator day and night, so in a power outage she'd have to go to the little oxygen bottles that she uses if she goes out anywhere. So I do try to make sure we have those little...

I know our tastes change over the years in many ways, but this reminds me of when I was a young police officer working in West Dallas and on eary Sunday mornings I've stopped some of hispanic origin driving home in a big hurry with a big pot of menudo sitting in the floor behind the driver's...

Were you a polio victim. I was, and spent 6 weeks in the hospital once and one week another time, as a result, but it sounds as if you had a much harder time than I had. And when I was in the hospital I saw many other boys in much worse shape than I was in. As for the color TV with remote. ...

I guess I was 14 the first time I even saw a TV and when we got one, there was one station we could get from Ardmore, and if someone went outsidee and turned the antenna, we might get the station from Wichita Falls and sometimes even one other station. All went off the air at midnight each...

Hate okra? Understandable I reckon, but I love it. Okra was also my first money crop when I was about 12 years old. We had a windmill that could not pump the well dry, so I could leave it running. I planted two LOOONNNG rows of okra running very slightly downslope from very near the...

I have ALWAYS liked grapefuit, but it used to be a nuisance to cut open, separate out the pieces, etc. but no more. Now i get the big jugs of grapefruit pieces, alreay sliced, with even a light sweetening. And I have a big jug of it in the refrigerator right now. But my wife never touches it...

Many, many years ago, a neighbor (and good friend) across the alley behind us, came over one Saturday and borrowed the little air compressor I had at the time, rolled it across the alley to his garage and aired up all the tires on his two daughert's bicycles. Then he brought the compressor...

I see many of you grew up in places similar to where I did. I started in southern Oklahoma, moved to north Texas when I was 17 years old. And until I bought a little mobile home when I was 19, I had never spent a night in a house with a locked door, as far as I know. I don't remember my...

Our daughter and I both had good luck with TNT carports. BUT . . . . that was nearly 20 years ago, so nothing I could say about them now would be valid today.

For farmers? I had to use a kerosene lantern part of the year to go milk the cow every morning until I was 14 years old. And of course I remember my uncle with lights on one of his tractors so he could plow until midnight or later at certain times of the year. So what? You work when you have...

Do you really think there might be a return to sanitiy in Congress?🤣🤣🤣 I read that it passed unanimously in the Senate so it'll be interesting to see what happens in the House.

Hope you have a great Birthday, old timer (I can't call many by that name, but looks like you're about 10 months oldern me.):ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

I'll admit that I had to look up Azerbaijan; didn't know where it was. But we're certainly glad to have you join us.

:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:Yep, I''m gettin'em every day. Yesterday's mail only brought 9 candidate ads, one sales pitch for life insurance, and one letter wanting to sell me a new reverse mortgage. I get mail from the USPS 6 days a week, and it's more than 99% junk since, like many of you, I receive and...

60 years ago, I was a clerk in the Dallas Post Office and one job I used to have was handling those. I have no idea how much it costs senders now, but back then, when normal postage for an envelope was 4 and later 5 cents, those envelopes you could return with no postage required from you were...

Does anyone (besides me) sometimes wonder why human beings simply cannot get along together; never have and never will. From Biblical times throughout history, quarrels, fights, wars, etc. have always happened, and I'm sure always will happen.

I know we all get annoyed at times when things don't go to suit us. But I've lived long enough to know that neither I nor you nor anyone else is going to always agree with everything another person does or says. I recall a childhood phrase that you can cut off your nose to spite your face, but...

It's like any other insurance. If you need it and they pay, it was worth it. If you don't need it or they won't pay, you regret having bought it. One of my grandfathers didn't want insurance of any kind. He said that's betting against yourself. But for the peace of mind, I've bought such...

I never attended college at Texas Tech, graduated from Abilene Christian, but had an occasion to visit Texas Tech; sightseeing a lot more than 50 years ago, and I was quite favorably impressed with the place. Naturally, I'm sure much has changed since I visited there, but I'll bet she's gonna...

Yep, I've sure wondered about those things myself, but nothing yet.

I'll have to admit that I had serious doubts about that stop/start feature, and maybe someday I'll still get unhappy with it, HOWEVER, after more than 5 years and 47,000 miles it's performed flawlessly on our Ford Escape. The ONLY time I've used that button to disable the auto shutdown feature...

Yes, I've been accused of that, in places other than TBN. :ROFLMAO:

Torvy, I'd say you have a good reason to brag a bit. And congratulations to both your kids, as well as their parents.

I never take the cart to the carousel; just leave it against the post by the handicap parking spot, out of the way of anyone parking, of course. When I park in a handicap spot, I love it when there is a cart sitting right there so I have something to hold onto walking into the store. I see...

Sounds just about the same as for me. I think I've shopped at Sam's Clubs since the first one opened in Dallas. So, yes, the preferred membership fee pays for itself.

I used to go to a QuikTrip gas station to use their ATM when I needed cash, which was very very seldom and there was no charge for getting cash from my credit union that way. However, about a month and a half ago I tried to do that and it wouldn't accept my card. So the next day I stopped by...

Yep, I get the same recording, and I DO have a rarely used account at Amazon, but I always just hang up. In fact, we get so many bogus calls that we've quit answering the land line until we see where it shows the call to be coming from. If it's actually important they'll leave a message on our...

I wonder how many of you who mentioned using credit cards for everything instead of cash, actually keep track of your spending and charges. Personally, I keep all receipts, and I reconcile them with the statement each month. And sure enough, yesterday was a charge for $49.97 that I sure did...

Yep, a penny used to get me some chewing gum from the vending machine in the train station in Ardmore, OK when I was a little tyke. I remember penny post cards from the U.S. Post Office, but by the time I was working a window in the Dallas Post Office, and still had customers ask for a "penny...

The last one I picked up was just 2 days ago, but since I'm not 82 yet, I guess I can continue for a little longer. :ROFLMAO:

I don't recall hearing that tune before, but in 1951-52 we had moved to Healdton, OK where my Dad worked for Johnston Testers and bought a nice 10 acre place. And one night I went to see the only traveling medicine show that I ever saw. They had their trailer set up in a vacant lot, opened and...

Funny thing about that. I've never seen that college. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: You know police officers (in Dallas, at least) used to work rotating shifts. So I used to work one month at a time on all 3 shifts. That could make it difficult to find courses that I could work into my schedule. And...

All this talk about the ridiculous alcohol laws all over this country reminds me of a few things. I NEVER knew of my Dad to have anything at all to do with the bootleggers in southern Oklahoma, but I know from the age of 10, even I knew who and where the bootleggers were. It was common...

Oaktree said, "Never understood the aversion to alcohol in the Bible belt, the Bible is full of references to drinking wine." You know my college degree is from Abilene Christian College (now Abilene Christian University), so I had to take some Bible courses and I'll never forget one day when...

I used PP once, and by the time they got their errors straightened out I knew I'd NEVER deal with them again.

We had the blue laws in Texas. I can remember when the Dallas Area only had two "malls" and of course they were closed up on Sundays. Local Sports Car clubs ran races on the parking lot of one of them on Sundays (one car at a time and timed). And then my job sent me to Northwestern University...

:ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: Wonder how many of you, like me, remember the first time you ever even saw a microwave. In 1967-68 I had a moonlighting nighttime job at the Marriott Motel in Dallas. I guess it was about the biggest one in Dallas at the time and had a nice dining facility in...

I NEVER saw my Dad or his Dad without a long sleeved shirt and long pants on.

In 1951-53 I used to buy "day old" bread for 3 cents a loaf at the local bakery to feed my hogs; always bought 100 loaves at a time and it was still fresh enough we ate a lot of it. In fact it was 3 cents per loaf OR PACKAGE so I nearly always bought some cinammon rolls or cakes that the hogs...

My parents didn't have a station wagon, but I sure remember our two daughters riding, playing, sleeping, etc. in the back of our station wagons.

Yes, I can remember that, too, perhaps for a different reason. When they put that face mask on and it appeared I was going to be suffocated, the fight was on, and I was holding my own until one of them went to get my Dad. I guess my Dad was one of a kind, he never raised his voice, he never...

That's one I had forgotten about, but yes, I've done that, too.

I don't remember all my pay scales from the past, but I do remember that I was a part time temporary mail carrier my last year in high school and went to a full time clerk position in Dallas when I was 19 and the pay was an even $2 an hour with a 20% night time differential for all hours worked...

That sounds about right. I can't remember for sure how low it went. I do know that we hoped to have our tanks low on gas when a gas war hit, so we could then fill up the tanks at the lower price and keep them full until prices went back up.

i know many here will not agree with this article You're right there. Enough said.

I did all those same things when I was 16 to 19 years old in my Dad's service station, and it was quite common to havce people come in for a dollars worth of gas.

There was a time when I was selling gasoline for less than 30 cents a gallon in Texas. Many times I thought a VW might be a money saver and good idea, so I'd go by a dealer and drive one around the block and didn't want a VW for another year or two. And in 1965 my cousin bought a new VW...

Yep, we had wringer washing machine that stayed on the back porch, was rolled into the kitchen to do the laundry. Three stools (made by my pateranl grandfather) set around the washing machine, so clothes could be taken from the washer, run through the wringer into the first and then into second...

Aaah to be a youngster like you guys. Just one more month and I'll be 82. :ROFLMAO:

Two long and one short ring for us, if I remember right (and I wouldn't bet on that). Funny how we remember certain things from our early days. My mother was on the phone with someone when the guy down the road came on and asked her to hang up because he had an emergency call to make. She...

I not only remember all these things, but have had plenty of personal experience will all but coal and home delivery of beer. There was a time when we went to a drive-in movie ALMOST once a week; that is if I'd been able to pick up enough discarded bottles along the highway that week, to pay...

I enjoyed a fine Christmas dinner outside on the patio yesterday. I think we had a new record high temperature of about 82 degrees.

We can certainly understand you being proud of her, and justifiably so. I'm sure we all wish her well in the future.

The title of this thread; Please answer without comment" reminds me of the lawyer who asked a witness in court to "answer yes or no only" and then asked, "Have you stopped beating your wife?" I see some answered this thread as instructed while others provided more information.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

National Weather Service says Denton, TX, is 49 degrees this morning, and I, too, am glad to see the cooler weather.

I have been a peanut addict most of my life; keep some peanuts on hand here in the house at all times; very seldom a day goes by that I don't eat peanuts; used to buy raw shelled peanuts by the hundred pound bag and roast them ourselves at home. I've also had a reputation most of my life for...

I think Oaktree is right.🤣 The ice maker in our refrigerator was replaced - again - yesterday, as is done at least once a year. And this time it took the technician a couple of months to get the right part from Sears. So for a couple of months I've been using the old fashioned ice trays and...

Yep, it got kind of breezy here yesterday evening, the severe weather warnings repeatedly interrupted the baseball game we were watching on TV, then the evening news cast was almost nothing but about the severe weather warnings, high winds, hail, threats of tornadoes, etc. I finally saw some...

Richard, I don't know how things are elsewhere, but some time ago I checked into the possibility of donating my body when I die and did not like what I learned. At that time, everything I found indicated that the school or research facility had to be notified within so many hours of the death...

The National Weather Service just keeps predicting rain for us "tomorrow". I guess if they do that long enough, they're bound to be right someday.:( But so far no sign of rain here.

And this morning the NWS says it's 49 degrees in Denton. I love it.

I once met Phyllis Diller and Fang in Dallas; worse in person than on TV.:LOL: And Blue Grass star, Bill Monroe, was playing on stage at an RV resort at which I was working one summer in Virginia Beach, and he stopped to ask me where I'd recommend for him to go eat. I sent him to a seafood...

bindian said, "So I am enjoying the slow, soaking rains I am getting." Sure wish I could say the same. Just hot and dry here and no relief in the forecasts.

We sure could, and none in sight.

So this forum us for dog pictures. Well, here's Ripper, newest member of our family. He's a Maltese/Yorkie cross, will be 6 weeks old tomorrow and weighs in at about 3.5 pounds. Has the makin's of a good guard dog. He'll guard your toes all day.

The first home I bought myself was a used house trailer (before they came up with the name "mobile home"). It was 8' x 28'.:)

What do we THINK? Well, I once had to pay for a soil test to determine what kind of septic system to install, and the guy who did it had one of those, so I reckon it's a soild sampler. But if I were planting bulbs it would immediately become a bulb planter.:ROFLMAO:

It was many, many years ago when my wife and I were down on Bourbon Street and a pair of officers on horses (and I assume rubber horse shoes) were very quietly patrolling the area. And then some idiot stabbed one of the horses under his belly with what I think was a pocket knife and took off...

rjpotts said, "As for being tracked or spied on, my life is pretty boring, if someone (or something) wants to follow along I don't care." Same here!

I, too, have read that "suicide" is sometimes associated with hearing loss, OR associated with tinnitus. Well, I've had tinnitus for many, mamy years, and I've been wearing hearing aids for many, many years; don't think I'm likely to commit suicide, but I guess you never...

Mossroad said, "When my father in-law first got his hearing aids, we'd be sitting at dinner and all of a sudden he'd say "My battery died" (hoped it wasn't his pacemaker!) and he'd hand my mother in-law his hearing aids and she'd change the batteries for him. I always wondered if he just...

I went to see a doctor about the ringing in my ears about 1989; first time I ever heard of tinnitus. At that time, he told me, "You don't need hearing aids NOW, but you will before long." 1992, I got my first Beltones for $1,630. 2001, I got Starkey's for $1,800 (audiologist in a doctor's...

I'll have to admit that I don't know at what age it might kick in. I'm only 81 and it hasn't kicked in yet.

SouthernSky said, "Went on a date. She cost me exactly $1 that evening for a Coke. Things were looking real good for this poor man." Cokes cost less than that when we started dating, but this does remind me of the fact that my wife spilled a coke in my very clean car on our first date. So I...

My right knee was replaced 11 years ago. It seemed to me like a long time before I was comfortable getting down on my knees in the floor, or in the yard, but I don't recall just how long it was. Anyway, mine was quite successful. But I DID do the exercises the doctor recommended, went for...

I was in my first year as a police officer working the late night shift when my partner and I answered a call about a window peeper. The lady who had called was quite a character, and there was a cute girl sitting there that I first thought was a teenager. Turned out that girl was the woman's...

It appears that many of you have gone through as many vehicles as I have.:LOL: My own favorite was the 1956 Mercury convertible and my wife's favorite was our 1968 Plymouth Roadrunner. But now I like what I'm currently driving better than anything I've owned and it's been the most trouble free...

I repaired/rebuilt, a lot of them many years ago, sometimes when the mechanic/owner had already tried to do it himself. It's like anything else; not a bad job IF you know what you're doing and almost impossible otherwise. I usually started by disassembling tools and thoroughly cleaning them in...

We're about 10 miles south of the Denton, TX airport where the official weather report is recorded. Their numbers often match my cheap little rain gauge, but there can also be a huge difference in the numbers in that distance, as there has been this past week.

In the last 3 days, including this morning, I've gotten about .71" of rain, and that's the total for this month.

How important? I ALWAYS have a first aid kit in the car. So far, haven't needed it except for the occasional bandaid, but I'd sure not want to be without it.

Sure sounds familiar. We, too, have gotten the 2 Moderna shots, and like you, still wear our masks, etc. And, like your sister, I had polio when I was 22 months old and the doctors didn't even know what it was. Dad said the doctor simply told them, "He's gonna die". I guess I was 7 years...

Bird, saw you had some rough weather and rotation near your town last night too! I only heard a little thunder just before I went to bed. My wife tells me we had just a little very small hail and some wind, but i see no sign of anything this morning, except about 1.48" of rain in the gauge.

Yep, Jinman is definitely missed. I also thought of him when I saw the first Bluebonnets yesterday in my neighborhood. And I, too, hope for a little more rain tonight.

My own opinion is exactly like yours.

Yep, Dennis, some nice weather. So yesterday I got the oil & filter changed in the car and got the annual safety inspection done Aah yes, many, many years ago I had to help Dad cut down a tree, split it, find the queen and move those bees into a hive. Then Dad bought several more hives, so I...

For the 1971-72 school year, when I was a lieutenant in the Dallas Police Department, I was sent to the Northwestern University Traffic Institute. We soon became good friends with Pete and Eleanor Baker. He was a sergeant in the New Jersey State Police at the time. We had 2 little girls and...

Interesting article in the Denton Record-Chronicle​ this morning. Kubota buys 318 acres in Ponder for testing and demonstration | News | dentonrc.com

How many of you knew that our host, Muhammad, got married around the first of the year? I thought we'd see some wedding and/or honeymoon photos before now, so I haven't mentioned it earlier. I don't think:cool2: it's supposed to be a secret; at least I hope not.:rolleyes:

That's the reason I liked the one I had. I had a flood light on the back and front, a rear view mirror, and a tiltmeter mounted on mine. Unfortunately, you can see where I backed into/under a big strong limb one day.

I have a cousin who has a 1999 Cub Cadet lawn tractor, model number 2185. It is in need of new rear tires and he's having a problem finding them. The manual shows a part number of 734-319 for Cub Cadet Turf Pro tires, size 23 x 9.50 x 12 NHS (don't ask me what the NHS means). He bought some...

I didn't mean to get two of the same photo, so I'll try again,

Does anyone have any personal knowledge/experience/information/opinion about the EGO battery powered 56volt self propelled lawnmower, string trimmer, and/or blower? What I've read so far sure makes me think seriously about going from gasoline powered lawn equipment to battery powered.

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge about the Red Copper pans they're advertising on TV and a website? Red Copper™ | Official Site | Revolutionary Non-Stick Ceramic Copper Cookware! - As Seen on TV No sticking, even with little or no oil, can use metal utensils, including a mixer...

Early this morning, I noticed a news article that said the average nationwide gasoline price is $2.21 a gallon; lowest it's been in a decade. I guess this area is a little below the national average; most of what I've seen has been from $1.71 to $2.05 a gallon. But then this morning, I filled...

Yep, it's that time of year again, so I just got through resetting 11 clocks so they'll have Daylight Savings Time tomorrow. I still wish they'd pick a time and stay with it instead of changing twice a year.

I'll try this one to see how it works. Maybe remembering what it was like here in February will help us get through this 100+ degree August. And yep, it works now.

I'm no longer getting any pop up notifications of private messages. In fact, if I click on "Alerts" it will show No New Messages, but when I click on "Inbox" I find there actually are new messages. I'd have never known about one this morning, if I hadn't gotten an email with the private...

Mikim (Mike Kennedy) was a long time TBN member and a great help to many of us. But instead of going into the details here, I'll just refer you to the story of his passing, beginning with Post #5983 in the Texas Spring/Summer Thread...

I don't understand why some replies to my posts go to my Inbox (as expected and as was done in the past) while some go directly to the Spam file???????????

Apparently Kubota's USA headquarters are moving to Texas. Just found this story in the Dallas Morning News this morning. Kubota Tractor and Credit Corp. moving to Grapevine | Dallas Morning News

I have lots of brass quick couplers with my air-compressor and air tools. And I used lots of brass hydraulic quick couplers on my own tractors in the past as well as others. None of them have/had any rubber gaskets and none leaked. Now I also have lots of brass quick couplers for my garden...

I've seen contractors mowing highway right-of-ways on slopes that I wouldn't want to mow, but never saw one have a problem until today. About 30 miles east of Vicksburg, MS, on I-20 there was one tractor and rotary cutter sitting in the grass, one tractor upside down at the bottom of a steep...

I've never owned a tent, but when I was a kid in the Boy Scouts, I've slept in a tent.:laughing: However, as an adult, I've certainly "camped" in the open using an old piece of carpet for a bed and nothing overhead but the stars. I've slept on the ground and/or in the bed of the pickup. But...

Last Spring, I was outside in the shop when it sounded as if someone was using a jackhammer right outside. It was several days before I got a glimpse of the culprit and that went on for several days or maybe weeks. And now he's back (or maybe friends of his). I can't tell that he's hurting...

I don't think I've had any problem with the ads on TBN until this morning. But the Lindt chocolate banner ad "Build the perfect Easter Basket" completely blocks things like "Mark All Read".

Brandi, actually SHE is an 8 year old Chihuahua; the only dog I've ever known that's never learned to growl or snarl, loves all humans, just looking for new friends and attention. If you hurt her, she'll try to get away, but she will not fight or bite. Here's a picture of her when we first got...

I did that a long time ago. Since it's so quick and easy, I pop that valve open at least 4 or 5 days a week. Unfortunately, the drain was so low to the floor that even a little 90 el was against the floor, but since I never move the compressor anyway, I put some blocks under the wheels, as you...

My laptop has 2 USB 2.0 ports, one of which is permanently occupied for my wireless mouse, and one USB 3.0 port. I think I want to get a 4 to 7 port USB 3.0 hub, but I don't know enough about them to know what I want. In looking on Amazon.com and BestBuy.com, there are so many different ones...

Ron, that was always a problem with our radishes that I planted in the Spring. And I normally only planted turnips in the Fall, but in 2001 I planted both turnips and radishes on Sept. 3 and while we harvested and ate some, on November 1, I found I had some radishes in the garden that were more...

A son-in-law's sister recently bought a new computer, but had it shipped directly to my son-in-law for him to install some software and such, then he said he put it back in the original packaging and took it to UPS to ship it to his sister; shipping from Ft. Worth, TX, to the Austin, TX, area...

Banned from Walmart? That would be terrible. But you'll never be able to impersonate me, as I am now, because you aren't big and heavy enough:o, and you couldn't impersonate me, as I used to be, because I had hair on my head (don't have much more than you do now).:laughing:

A month ago I had Charter cable TV/Internet/telephone service installed and cancelled my DSL Internet/phone service and DirecTV satellite service. The DirecTV lady I talked to on the phone said she'd send a box for the receivers and to just leave the access cards in them. Then she changed her...

I'm not sure I ever knew such a thing existed as a National Grandparents Day, but I just learned that it's Sunday, Sept. 8, this year, but our 4th grader granddaughter's school is having a Grandparents Breakfast Friday Morning, Sept. 6, (sponsored by the PTA) so yep, that's where we'll be Friday...

Well, we now officially have a new granddaughter. If anyone didn't already know it, as "f��oster parents" our younger daughter and her husband have had a little girl, Jennifer, for a little more than 15 months now. She'll be 9 years old on August 4. But they wanted to make it permanent...

My brother sent me this; called it a redneck BBQ.:laughing: https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/249044_616993658329020_1963737849_n.jpg

The search function does not want to work for me today for some reason or other; don't know if it's TBN or my computer. It won't let me type in the search word or string, won't let me pick a date range, etc.

Yesterday morning, about 6:30 a.m., I was sitting here reading e-mails, news, and weather on the Internet when a really LOUD AND CONTINOUS horn sounded. To say I was startled would be an understatement. My wife and the dog were still asleep, but they sure got up in a hurry. To make a long...

Does anyone have any experience with Kumho tires? I buy my tires at Discount Tire company and have BFGoodrich Radial Long Trail T/A tires. They currently have 42k miles on them with a 60k mile warranty, and I like them. I'll be going by Discount Tire to have them rotated today, but when it...

How safe do you think these things were? This tractor was built for speed | Deseret News NARC ｻ Blog Archive ｻ Rubber Tires and the Racing U

It appears that 4 x 4s are popular for the legs on workbenches, and they certainly make good legs, but the so called landscape timbers that are flat on two sides and rounded on the other two are much cheaper and as long as they're going to be inside and not get wet, I figure they'd last a lifetime.

Many years ago, before the days of the Internet, I ordered some tools from Harbor Freight in Calfornia. I don't know how long they've had stores in this area, but I only learned of the one in Irving, TX, about 10 years ago, and I've bought a couple of things there. Then a couple of years ago...

Ron, that puppy was born 11/7/2005 and we got her on 1/28/2006. That other picture was made 3 days later. Unfortunately, she likes to snack as much as I do, so she now weighs 15 pounds, which is too heavy for a Chihuahua. She never whined or cried or seemed to miss her litter mates all; just...

Our puppy 7 years ago. This was posted as a test of copying a picture.

Supposedly new technology, and sure looks good. NEW TECHNOLOGY (AMAZING) - YouTube

I've got a question for you automotive folks. A car dealer used to recommend a fuel system flush or cleaning every 30k miles. They no longer have that recommendation. At one time a service writer told me it was a much more concentrated cleaning than using the gasoline additives that Walmart...

My Toro SS3200 manual says to check tire pressure every 25 hours. Now that's simple on the rear tires. Not so simple on the front ones. I've not found any way to get a tire gauge on the valve stem without just removing the bolt that serves as an axle. Of course the same would be true as gar as...

I am rarely bothered by mosquitos, primarily because I'm seldom out at dusk. But yesterday I took the dog for a walk in a heavily wooded park and there's a drainage ditch alongside the park with puddles; undoubtedly good mosquito breeding places. I think I probably got 4 or 5 mosquito bites...

We talked about Sears and prices of the MoJack in this thread and now I have the MoJackEZ and used it for the first time today, so thought I'd post a few pictures. Basically, I think it's great, probably a bit expensive for something that will only be used a few times each year, but it's solid...

I'm one who actually likes Sears. They usually (not always, but most of the time) have what I'm looking for at what I'd consider reasonable prices. And I like the fact that they have a service department, at least for appliances. But I don't see a lot of customers in our local stores. And...

A fatal accident when a pickup struck a tractor. So far no one knows why a westbound pickup would cross the center line to hit an eastbound tractor on the shoulder of the road. Wreck under investigation | Denton Local News - News for Denton, Texas - The Denton Record-Chronicle - Denton...

This is my latest, and hopefully last, project before the really hot weather arrives. I'd never heard of RustOleum Epoxy Shield garage floor coating until a daughter and son-in-law did their garage floor with it. There are two colors. They used the tan and I used the gray. Day before...

From this morning's Denton Record-Chronicle: Denton County man dies in tractor accident | Denton Local News - News for Denton, Texas - The Denton Record-Chronicle - Denton Record-Chronicle

I assume those of you who shop at Walmart have noticed that the trade mark "Walmart Greeter" is no more. They pulled them back from the door for a few days, apparently offered some of them other jobs, and laid off the rest. I understand this was nationwide, if not world wide. I'm sure the...

Jinman mentioned that we needed to start this thread, so I decided I would. And to start with . . . I hate Live Oak trees, unless they're a long ways from the house, and mine are not. For those who don't know it, they stay green year round, but they also shed leaves year round, and especially...

This morning, I took my wife's car to the nearest QuikTrip and filled it with gas at $3.399, came home and got my pickup and the gas cans for lawn equipment and went back to the same station and the price had come down 8 cents to $3.319.:laughing:

We have a thread titled Awful Experince at Best Buy so I thought I'd tell you about some of my recent expeience. On April 13, 2008, we bought our first LCD HD TV from Best buy for $1,299.99 plus tax; a Samsung 40" model. (Yeah, I know; they've come down a bunch since then). It'll be 4 years...

Congratulations, Dan! Glad to see and read the latest.

Yeah, I know, it's kinda not tractor related, but I've found the " How many siblings do you have?" thread to be interesting to me, so I thought this might be interesting, too, to some at least. I don't know how many of you even know how many were in your high school graduating class, but I can...

This story in our newspaper today isn't about a tractor, but is a forklift that turned over and the driver tried to jump off, which is the same mistake some have made on tractors: Forklift fatality under investigation | Denton Record Chronicle | News for Denton County, Texas | Local News

Some time ago, I noticed quite a number of silicone bakeware items in Bed, Bath & Beyond. Although I was curious, I didn't try any of it. But since our cornbread muffins sometimes stick in the muffin pans we're using, I decided to try the silicone muffin pan, only to find that our local Bed...

I doubt that any of you know Jim Leavelle personally, but most, if not all, of you have seen his picture a few times. He's the detective who was handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald when Jack Ruby shot Oswald. Anyway, I just received the following e-mail today: Jim would be 91 years old now.

There's been a number of products on the market for spraying or pouring into automotive carburetors with the engine running. But has anyone ever used one of the aerosol products on a 2 cycle engine? If so, which product and what kind of results did you get? And the reason I ask. My little...

Congratulations on your selection as Member of the Month. Nice looking place you have there.

A friend sent me an e-mail with this link, something I'd never heard of, so I had to try it yesterday to see if it works. It actually does work. Shucking Corn--Clean Ears Everytime - YouTube

I have an old Olympus D460 Zoom digital camera for still photos. It's old but still serves my purposes. However, several years ago, I sold my Super 8 movie camera:laughing:, so I don't have any way to make moving pictures. I know almost nothing at all about camcorders or video cameras, but...

My little short driveway has cracks that are gradually growing, and I haven't been able to decide what to do about it. I had a contractor here today who said I could probably postpone replacing it by putting Sikaflex SL in the cracks to save money, but it would be a temporary fix. He said the...

This afternoon, at I-35 & U.S. 380, I saw something I'd never seen before; a pickup truck with a dolly hooked to the standard hitch, and a gooseneck trailer hooked up to the dolly. I looked on the Internet and found this Gooseneck Trailer Dolly that isn't exactly like what I saw, but sure is...

Another tragedy for a lot of people: NY sheriff: 5 killed, 9 hurt in tractor collision - CenturyLink

This is the start of the second week of a 3 day a week 6 week physical therapy session the doctor ordered for a shoulder problem I have. And when the therapists opened at 8 a.m. this morning, they discovered that sometime over the 3 day holiday weekend someone stole all the outside components...

Maybe it's just my old memory, but in spite of a lot of talk on TBN about handguns and carrying them, I don't recall seeing much, if anything, about cleanining and lubricating them. My dad was by far the best shot I've ever seen with a .22 rifle and he kept it loaded all the time in their...

Of course we have quite a number of articulate, intelligent young members on TBN. And I thought some might be intested in this article from the Denton Record-Chronicle this morning. Tractor Factor: Youths' interests steer fair

Today, at my Stihl/Toro dealer, I saw a Stihl machine I'd never seen or heard of before. And after standing there for some time trying to figure out what that thing was, I finally gave up and asked the salesman.:laughing: He called it an "Olive Harvester" but said they figured people in this...

I used to have a 38" Toro ZTR and 4 years ago, sold it and bought their top of the line homeowner walk behind mower. I really liked that little ZTR except for 2 things: (1) I did not get the bagging kit with it, and (2) it would not fit through 3 foot gates. So to the best of my knowledge...

Yes, there's a time limit on editing your posts, and after that time expires, you can no longer edit it. You can ask that a moderator edit it, or you can ask that they delete it and you re-post what you wanted posted.

Mark, your ad is there, but it won't show up where it can be seen until one of the administrators checks it. That's to prevent scammers such as eBay and craigslist have. I'll bet it won't be long until you see your ad.

We've had some teflon coated aluminum skillets or fry pans for many years and they were getting in bad shape, so this month we threw them away and did some experimenting. I thought the best way to go was stainless steel. In fact, we have a set of stainless steel that's pretty good, but I tried a...

What do you do when some company keeps sending the same e-mails over and over? There are several companies with whom I've done business in the past which send e-mails almost every day, but it's usually only one or two a day that they send and I just delete them. However, CreditReport.com, with...

Is that a more politically correct title than "computer dummy"? When I bought my old Motorola cell phone, long ago, I think I paid $50 for the DataPilot cable and software to transfer photos to my computer. But when I bought a new computer nealy 3 years ago, it doesn't have the kind of plug...

We have an exceptionally loud gurgling sound coming from our kitchen sink drain. It happened off and on for 3 or 4 days a couple of weeks ago, then quit, but it's back this morning. I can find all kinds of possible causes and fixes on the Internet, but everything I've found is for gurgling...

I find lots of reading on the Internet about egg prices after the big recall in August; some saying wholesale prices were up 40%. Well, for some time, I've been buying "Jumbo" eggs at Walmart for $1.38 a dozen right into the first of October. Then in early October, they went up to $1.56 a...

Another question from the computer dummy. I bought a new Hewlett-Packard desktop computer in January, 2008, along with a 19" monitor. The mouse that came with it was defective to start with, and Best Buy said they didn't have another one just like it, so they gave me a Gateway, Model MOAKUO...

I just received an e-mail with a link to this Gene Simmons Military Tribute and thought some others might like it as much as I did.

God Bless All Our Service Men & Women! I just thought some of you might want to see this youtube video. The young sergeant had already been cremated, and the funeral director (man in black by the back end of the hearse) is my son-in-law. You can go to www.brownmem.com and read the obituary.

On June 13, 2003, I bought a new APC Backup UPS ES500 (6 outlets) from CompUSA for the battery backup as well as the surge protection for my computer. In October, 2007, the battery in it died. I didn't feel too bad about that, since it was over 4 years old. I ordered a new battery directly...

I guess this is actually a not related topic, but I was wondering whether anyone has had these Hyalgan injections. I've been having a tough time with my right knee for quite some time and my wife had been fussing at me to see a doctor so the 18th of last month, I went to see an orthopedic knee...

I just happened to be driving by the Denton location of Zimmerer Kubota this morning and noticed a new M126X Power Krawler sitting out front. Since I had not actually seen one before, I stopped to look and a very helpful salesman came out to visit. Of course I've seen some pictures of after...

Sure was a lot of pink in downtown Ft. Worth this morning for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Even included a tractor, so our daughter thought they ought to get a picture of my wife in front of the tractor.:D

For many years, I mowed my yard for the last time of the season the second Saturday before Thanksgiving, then went to Port Aransas the Saturday before Thanksgiving for a week. But the trees we had then shed their leaves pretty early. Now we have four Bradford Pear trees. They had shed lots of...

About 6 p.m., it was already dark, and my wife went out the front door to put a sheet over some of her potted plants for the night. But when she walked out, there were police cars with their emergency lights on in front of the house and an officer walked up to her and asked, "Did you call to...

This could very well be the closest we'll come to a White Christmas in this area. This was around 8:45 a.m. this morning, then it changed from snow to rain, and now less than 2 hours later it's nearly all gone.

I have concrete driveways that I guess are 18 years old. As I guess is common, they were built with wood (1 x 2?) in the expansion joints. That wood has rotted and much of it is missing. So dirt, leaves, grass clippings, etc. gets in the cracks. Yesterday I noticed a pedestrian sidewalk at...

My wife noticed today that our Chihuahua had a tick on the front of her neck.:eek: I haven't even seen a tick in at least 10 or 12 years. I sure hope that's not an indication of things to come. Anyway, I sprayed the yard with insecticide.

Not long ago, I read a newspaper article about the small percentage of the people who show up after they are sent a jury summons in Dallas. I hadn't thought that much about it in the past and had no idea so few people show up. Even though a person is subject to a fine for failing to show, I...