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Feel better David. Get some rest and chicken soup.

Last time I was at red lobster I was still in High school. Could always get much better seafood, pretty much anywhere for less money. Not sure why they are still in business. Paul, when I helped the pool guy with my multiple sub panels, reduced his stress. I am sure your contractors will love...

Gas is up over $4/gallon here again :-( Bought some filters for the tractor. Some supplies for the pool and some mulch. Got a small tree, need to buy oil for tractor. Where did all the money go :-( No tools or tractor attachments, bills to pay.

Morning all, 49 going up to 53 and rain? Got some weeding done, removed some grass patches from front area where it's not supposed to be, even with the hula rake it was quite a workout. Grass is overgrown, but need it a bit dryer to cut, we will see what happens. Kyle - I have T mobile and...

We wanted to buy the 6 acres behind us, but it went for almost as much as we paid for our house with 6 acres. Now we will have a new house back there and have to plan some privacy screening. Will also lose quite a bit of our mountain view. $100,000 an acre now, and I could have bought it at only...

Joshua trees makes the drive from Vegas to LA so much better. Fascinating trees.

Our condolences. Make sure to document the great parts of your memories with him for your family to hand down.

Tree unloading. Next step, BH to plant once the wife settles on which of the 3 spots. and tractor at rest:

Morning all, 47 going to 64 and calling for rain. Picked up tree and it's home safe. Got one of the side lawns mowed, but ran put of sunlight. Did manage to get tangled up in a old powercord. While I had the deck off to unwind it, I greased up the spindles and did the front end too. Mower needs...

Postal and train service , were meant to be just that, a service. While the trains were originally all privately held, the government takeover was to keep it cheap and reliable. Neither of which the trains are today as they keep talking about profits and forget what the reason was for government...

For my last house the peoples realtors had a picture from the front that showed the tree and a small bit of house in the background. When we sold that house, I made sure we saw every picture going up on the site, and provided my very own picture from the street, without the tree blocking the house.

The politicians gave up on Rail in my area as roads with (ever increasing) tolls and gas tax is a money earner for very little outlay. NJ Transit moves 800,000 passengers on a busy workday, they can't make money as much of it is siphoned off to who knows what. Like a $400million office move for...

Morning all, 47 going up to 72 and sunny. Wow was it hot yesterday. Looks like the white pine I planted 4 years ago is succumbing to the deer rub, very unhappy . Sawed the fallen tree off the bent cedar, but the cedar may have been pushed over too far and may be a write off :-( On a positive...

Hope it's not a snapping turtle . if so just make sure he keeps a few feet away. Those snappers are always fun and remind me of baby godzillas :) Firepit idea sound great, achievable and somewhat quick payoff.

I use the gorilla cart to haul wood from the stack to the front rack. Also to take garbage and recycling down to the cans. Small twigs and brush to be dumped. used almost every day for small tasks where I don't need a tractor sitting around.

When we would spend time at my Uncles place in the Mountains of western Mass. The things we liked to do: Hike on the trails and investigate (old CCC camps and other derelict structures) Ride drive on the neighbors tractors and his old pickup truck Horse riding. Working on parts for the barn...

Morning all, 59 going up to 80! partly cloudy. Dog walk at peddlars village. Tractor prepped and ordered filters for oil change. Probably need to do anti-freeze too soon. Took the weed whacker for a spin. First tick of the season :-( Surprise thunderstorm and 1/2" of rain last night...

Morning all, 62 going to 73 and sunny. Got mulch and pool stuff picked up. Went with wife to buy small tree and look at what kind of bushes we will put up once neighbor builds house. Thinking Golden spire, they worked well at our last house and would probably get big enough here, and low...

Morning all, 49 going to 56 and high winds , scattered showers. Heard more tree falls, can't wait for that to finish up so I can get the trails and back area finished up. Went to dinner with wife while son was at band practice with his friends, need to stop by HD and Lowes today to pick up some...

I use phone link to transfer from my Android to my windows laptop. Easy to setup,

Pindar -My ex girlfriend was in the owners class many years ago and when we showed up he gave us a private tour. He taught at Stonybrook college at the time, really nice guy. Him and the Hargraves started the wine industry there. My coworker grew up with the Hargraves, was a shame to see them...

Wonder what the tongue weight of that container would be on that truck with that setup?

62 going up to 63 and rain. Had about 1" yesterday, lawn cut. Initial dashcam install, will do more to hide wire this weekend. Ordered Pool supplies. Did some food/veggie shopping. Pear trees are blooming. Might need to spray this year as had some kind of leaf spot last year and no pears. Need...

That area of LI is nice, send pics. Fun to hang out in Port Jefferson.

Morning all, 51 going to 72 and cloudy. Got the grass overseeding and some more cleanup done. Today might make a shopping run. Very tired. Be well,

And the same preservatives my grandmother used to use. :cool:

looks like they will be here soon. I make my own nektar 4:1 boiled sugar water. No red, benzene is not good for anyone. Maybe a bobber in the feeders for those with bad sight?

Morning all, 54 going to 75 and some sun. Got the front bed areas sprayed, some weed whacking and other work done and used the m18 blower to move it around. Was finally able to get into the back area, still pretty muddy, but got the bigger fallen ash cut up into manageable bits for when I can...

Went up about 50% in the last three years. Just doubled when I added my son, so now at $5600 for two older cars.

The Milwaukee quick lock pole saw and weed eater has worked well for me so far. I have gone through a few chains I use it so much. Great on mid size saplings, autumn olive and trimming low hanging branches.

So my eclipse glasses from 2017 were $1.88 and last week online $7.99. I tried PMing LS with no response :-( anyone have his number, not on since Feb?

morning all, 39 going up to 78, sunny, might need AC later ? Spent the afternoon cleaning out the front beds, got another three carts full of leaves, branches and of course the weeds which looked quite happy. Today the winds seems calmer, so might hit those areas with RM 43. Back area still...

Grave robbing was the only way for a long time (1800's) for Dr. to practice surgery. Later new laws were created/amended for Dr.s to get cadavers legally so the proliferation of snatching was reduced.

Drew - sorry about your pain. My friends wife is a dentist and I am sure she would have some unkind words for how that office treated you. BEF - how is your son otherwise, is he in better spirits or still stressed about accident? Got dark here too, but just clouds. Birds and dog did not...

Through eclipse glasses on phone.

Through the eclipse glasses on my phone:

I use a reciprocating saw on large stumps after digging out with a backhoe. To get any close in roots. Pole saw for 3" plus trees. Brush cutter with metal blade for 2-3" trees/bushes. I will use the tractor to pull bushes if it makes sense. But anything big and one of the chainsaws come out...

I can see the moon about 10% over the sun, no zombies in sight. Guess I have to lower my expectations .

Sun is out we are ready, anything to not be at my desk working :)

Smaller cousin, most of the bigger ash are in the 80-100 feet+. We have(had) Green and white Ash here. Mountain ash is not affected by EAB. Pine beatles and oak wilt, elm die off, so many trees getting taken out. But we have lots of invasives to take their place :-(

I walked part of the trail yesterday to see how much work to re-open. Some areas still unsafe due to large dead Ash which refuse to fall, even with strong winds and an Earthquake! This smaller one is mostly down and safe to remove. Some areas where I put down wood chips still look ok.

Morning all, 33 going up to 67 and mostly sunny until it's not. Got one of the side beds cleared out and a bunch of tulips planted from BIL, probably end up feeding the deer... Also planted some mini daffodils that my wife bought a few weeks ago. More cleanup to do, but more rain in the...

Morning all, 51 going to 57 and see some sun. Had a scare last night with dog, she hurt her paw and freaked out, we got her into the car, but by then she was back ti running around and getting excited for a drive. We went around the driveway and took her for a walk , she seems fine now and this...

Morning all, 46 going to 52 and sunny. Got some more fallen branches cut up and stacked with more sticks. Will see if I can chip today, ground was pretty slippery yesterday. Son drove himself to work, I may never drive my truck again..... Standing water in yard, so I could not get out to buck...

Just had an Earthquake. Friends up near Scranton felt it all the way up there heard from friend on eastern Long Island NY. 4.8 magnitude, shook his area too.

Morning all, 37 going up to 50 and some sun. Son is driving to his friends for school today and went to library with GF yesterday. I may never see my truck again. Did order a dashcam. Went food shopping and was so tired I kept having to go back and find stuff. Be well

We got 3+ inches of rain and lots of downed trees. Will get them moved if the ground ever dries enough.

I just added my under 18 son to my car insurance. Went from an already too high 2800 to $5600! And I am in a low crime, low theft area. :eek:

Morning all, 37 going to 53 and partly sunny. Storm yesterday flooded some roads, more trees down so had to reroute to get to sons drivers test. Son now has his Junior Drivers License! Now to find out how much insurance will go up......... BEF - Happy anniversary - Hope your son heals quickly...

The IRA withdrawals are in the news. Lots of people hitting them up to pay increasing bills. online: Twenty-nine percent of traditional IRA–owning households in mid-2022 took withdrawals in tax year 2021 compared with 23 percent in tax year 2020. Some of the increase in withdrawal activity...

Morning all, 42 going up to 48 and wet, got at least another inch last night. Got son some practice at real parallel parking in town then went on to practice at DMV site where we will be tonight (Thanks PopGadget for the location!) Later this afternoon off to pick him up at school and take him...

California seems to run on a 10 year drought cycle. It is not doom/gloom, it just has to be dealt with and water reclamation is important. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.

Thanks, Dublin is where his test will be. Guess I know where I will be later.

Morning all, 45 going to 47 and more rain. Soggy. Driving practice with son took lots of time, almost good with parallel parking. Tomorrow is the day. More practice tonight. Mostly - glad the surgery went well. Bet your glad that is over with. Back to work, Be well.

Morning all, 44 going to 52 and rain, Good supper and afterwards we all piled in my truck and went to town to pick up son at work and get milkshakes for the relatives. Dogs came with us and had a great walk around town. Son's driving is ok Drew, he still has some issues with figured out...

Morning 51 going to 61 and some sun. Happy Easter! Have BIL and wife coming later for supper. Did some pick up sticks and son driving practice and over to his GF and back later. Helo , loved lake Garda, drove around it 2 years ago. Have fun and feel better. Happy birthday to wife! Not sure...

Me either, been to South Africa twice, but Kudu with local berry sauce is nice. Loved the blue train, but not the bumps at every switch which woke me up. We almost got taken by a hippo on the Zambezi, in a rubber canoe. That was kinda crazy. Not much for hunting anything, but grew up in areas...

Same one, saves a lot of back aches

I have 6.3 acres, about 2 are open areas. Growing up we used to stay at my Uncles in Western MA, with 12 acres, backing into a state forest. Could hike straight in for a day or 2 without hitting anything.

Morning all, 39 going to 59 and sunny. Did our hiking in Manhattan yesterday, beautiful day for it. Upper West side to drop off paperwork, to Zabars so the wife and son could get cookies. Down to midtown for lunch and then down to the Strand book store and Union Square. Followed by dinner and...

Morning all, 44 going to 56 and sunny. Off to Manhattan today to take the family out for easter and do some business on upper west side, then down to union square or therabouts. Buppies, think it's time for outside help? Happy birthday to DIL popgadget. Be well,

Houses up 50% or more in three years and salary increases at 3-4% . Reminds me of the 70's. Can't touch a house on my area for less than $400,000 (town home) or $100,000 an acre for land. My friends kids bought a fixer upper for $300,000+ in West Trenton NJ, the schools there are horrible, so...

Morning all, 45 going to 49 and rain. Early meetings today so been busy. Buppies - Hang in there, try to set reminders for pills, though I also miss them sometimes. Router sled is working, need to play around with surfaces to rest the wood on to make it more precise. No room for a big flat...

In europe many of the Burger Kings had order kiosks only. Staff only handed the food out and theoretically cooked it. No cashiers at all, only a manager at the front for any issues.

https://www.redpowermagazine.com/forums/topic/144529-tractor-of-the-week-36-544/ I wish I had time/money to work on that 544, very cool tractor.

The adds are making page loading stutter, there are so many. Talked to my father last night, plumbers were there working on pipes. My dad said they were rusty and needed replacement. not sure how copper rusts, so just hoping this wasn't a repair gone wild.

I use a trash claw for the smaller areas. A small dethatcher, a blower and the Flail for larger areas. Most of my ground cover is fallen Ash and Tulip Poplar. I chip the smaller stuff to act as a base for the trails around the house.

Morning all, 42 going to 52 , cloudy, calling for rain. Yesterday spent after work with son practicing parallel parking. Mostly - hope the surgery goes without a hitch. Back to work. Be well,

We got hit twice with big increases, over 20% on car and truck. More on home and apartment. Now about $6,000 year just on insurance. up from about $4000 in early 2019.

Wow, that's a pretty sad mistake.

Morning all, 35 going to 50 and cloudy. Worked on the driveway and stacking some cut up trees. This bridge strike is horrible. But imagine if during rush hour :-( I hope they can save those that fell. This I am sure will change how the replacement bridge is built I hope... Today need to...

When I worked in Ontario Cali, our packages would regularly head off to Canada. Sad since the zip code was easy enough to check. Area used to have a lot of wineries, now mostly housing. Had a nice race track too, all gone.

Morning all, 27 going to 53 and sunny. Spent most of yesterday in Philly, sons band played at Craft Hall. Older shore factory on the Delaware, surrounded now by apartments being built. HAd to be a good 6-7 massive ones. Also next to rivers Casino. Looks like most of the old factories on that...

Morning all, 38 going to 50, after yesterday's almost 3 inches of flooding rains, it is now sunny out. Drove son and friend to Mall , teaching him about driving though heavy rain and flooded streets and how to determine when it's too much. He did fine, understands hydroplaning better now. Did...

Detroit was on it's way to becoming a ghost town with >50% of it's population gone since 1990. Looks like it is stabilizing now. Cali population was still increasing as of 2020. Down about 430,000 to 2023 though. Drop in the bucket as the state has 39,000,000 million or so people.

We got over 2" of rain and lots of flooding, had been 25 the night before.

Morning all, 41 going to 49 and heavy rain.. Side yards flooded, trench holding and redirecting the little river. Got sled almost complete, just needs rails polished a little more and lubricated. Ordered a new head for the pole saw , it is needed for branch cutting on fallen trees. Have a...

Happy birthday Sophie!

That would be easy to enforce :cool:

The security person I did the 50 flagged words list in email, was famous for shooting his Mac when it crashed. The good old days of wall street, when shooting your Desktop wasn't considered a problem :cool: Luckily him and I were friends and he had a sense of humor. Surprised no censorship of...

Only way my dog can be tall is up on the furniture :)

We are going to get a lot of rain, and some below freeze nights. Hopefully the ground stays warm enough to not ice up. Have fun up north, hope it stays snow for ya.

Morning all, 23/25 going up to 49 and sunny. Got the router sled built, now to start on the rails. Will be able to "flatten" some of the planks and rounds when done. I don't have a large work table, so figuring out how to run this on a smaller table is interesting. Pictures tomorrow if I...

Wonder what words triggered this, ugly or nippy :cool:

Prayers for you and hope he has a painless time of it.

Morning all, 28 going to 44, sun is up. Very windy last night, wonder how many more sticks will need to pick up. Went shopping after work for veggies. Checked on the Forsythias I have been planting for the last two years. All still seem alive, but lots of deer damage..... Rip - I hope they get...

Morning all, 35 going to 58 and very cloudy. Started working on the rails for my router sled. Got them both cut. While wire brushing the surface rust, managed to get one of my fingers. Blood and pain, but luckily not much damage (no sleep and power tools) Finished wire brushing and now waiting...

I guess no one has an extra $20,000 for snowmobiles anymore. Even the base model is $10,000+ not a spur of the moment purchase.

https://www.removelaser.net/newsdetail/95 For the company making one of the laser canons in China. Too bad it is for limited purchase.

If your phone is through the cable provider, are they acting as your answering machine?

Morning all, 33 going to 47 and partly cloudy. Picked up and put down some driveway patch in some of the worst areas. Still more to do though. Hoping at some point neighbor can come up with his half to redo the shared road. First Daffodils are finally open, a few weeks after the ones down the...

Like at festivities when you hear about people shooting up in the air and then read about someone hit with a mysterious bullet quite a distance away.

Since Cali has a lot of water now, I can predict they won't be spending as much on water retention and usage. Seems like every 10 years Cali gets into a massive drought, and each time it's worse. But then it rains and everyone goes on with their happy ways until the next crises. More building...

Started mine up, dropped the plow and put the bucket on and moved some brush by the roadside. Too mushy to go into the woods or across the lawns to move anything else.

Morning all, 39 going to 50 and cloudy. Got plow swapped to bucket. More clean up and moves in garage. Seeing more floor. Dog walk at peddlars village. Moved some bushes and trees with tractor, too wet so stopped. Kyle - happy birthday to son. Mine has a tendency to grunt for most of his...

I took the plow off and bucket back on. Flowers and trees in full bloom.

We found a lot of blue glass beer bottles next to my uncles house in MA. Unfortunately they were all the rejects from a small glass bottle maker. Still sorry I didn't keep a few. There was a maple house there too, the stone vat was still mostly in one piece, but the rest was gone. I still have...

Morning all, 56 going to 60 and partly cloudy. Happy St. Patrick's Day! The Keswick theatre night out did not disappoint. Judge Reinhold seemed to be having fun during the on stage interview and had some fun insights into the movie. Bed pickup went without a hitch, guy showed up with son and...

Morning all, 48 going up to 54 and sunny. Went to HF after work. Wanted to get a router they had on sale and they didn't have one at the closer HF. Went to one across the river, saw people waiting by their car and the staff at the door on their phones. Seems some gang dudes were arguing out...

Carry a big stick ?

a metal trash picker. Saves me so much bending and twisting picking up small branches.

Morning all, 54 going back up to 70 and light rain. Was in the 70's, so after work played pick up stix. Just got one of the little grass areas done, the storms really dropped a lot of branches and 3 cart fulls is enough to put the chipper out. The back area pick up stix will need the tractor, as...

I think since the gyro can't be running 24x7, having a depot where you could rest a full passenger train was difficult. And the inevitable engine failure and the train keels over might be another reason.

morning all, 40 going up to 75 and cloudy. Going to be a warm one today, then back to the 30's and 40's next week. Got 2 more loads of scrap down to the cans, only 1 or 2 more loads to go, but need to wait to put in the real trash cans next week. Went out to dinner, but did not really feel up...

Our traveling wave tubes were about $10,000 apiece. The radar back in the late 80's was about $10,000,000 before installation. Yes government was the requestor. We had to buy some really expensive wave guides to go from system, out to tower and 65' up in the air. Could not buy the cheaper...

ouch

Morning all, 37 going up to 70 and see some sun. Really nice day yesterday, opened up the garage doors. Got the shelves up and cleared up more areas. Then took the first wheelbarrow of scraps to the garbage cans. 2-3 more loads before I am done. Ground out back was mud, mud on a slope is not...

When I worked Ground Radar for airports we made sure we had all the interlocks working. The tube and Waveguide was always black magic to me. Antenna tuning was by various meters and a ball peen hammer. The antenna rotates to "paint" a picture of the area. Some of the circuitry was just copper...

In Western MA at my uncles, the soil was very rocky with high potato yields, so using sandy soil makes sense.

Morning all, 37 going up to 64 and looks like some sun. Measured out where the shelves will go and got the area cleaned enough to put them there. Hardware is supposed to arrive today. Drew - Gluten free no help for me, been meaning to take wife to Erini for a while, let me know how you like it...

Feel better Buppies, is this still from the surgery?

Morning all, 38 going to 52 and windy. Had a sudden snow shower on the way to pick up my son, it was 40 degrees out! Shelf full, lot of areas cleaned up and moved around to help out with final placement. Lot's of stuff to throw out now. New shelf parts here tomorrow. Wife still not 100% so dog...

Assessed value is a random number by the town and can be based on market value, roulette wheel, dart board or time of day. All three of my houses NY/NJ/PA were all based on whole value which includes property. My house in NJ was more than the same sized one with more land two houses down and...

Morning all, 44 going up to 48 and windy. Last night heavy rain and thunder, roof leaked again :-( Did get shelves up, all 12' are now full with boxes of materials for different jobs and some miscellaneous stuff. Which clears the way for me to put up the new shelves and clean up the wood rack...

Publishing covers everything from patents to government tech docs (i did a few 40 years ago). The idea of some expensive colleges is they get teachers of renown, so you can put on your resume that I studied under so and so. This gives a benchmark for your possible abilities. I found in the state...

Morning all, 42 going to 47 and cloudy, more rain on the way. First crocuses opening. Always amazed at how different our climate is than at the base of the hill, where most of their daffodils are already up and open, ours are barely up yet. Got the shelves all painted and ready to go up, will...

Mostly courses offered and who teaches them. I went to state college and it worked out well. But trying to give my son an edge up on the future, especially writing and teaching.

Happy birthday Mrs. PopGadget !

Morning all, 37 going up to 56 and sunny, might be a good day to paint. Lime tree has some flowers, very happy. Waiting for better weather to take it back up and out to the deck. Made duck with a raspberry reduction, was good, but miss the LI duck we used to get as a kid. There is only one big...

In government work, we used to call that being promoted out of the danger zone. Many, Many stories....

A good friend of mine was shoveling out some remnants in a silo when a big rat reared up. He hit it full on with the heavy shovel and the rat just got angry. They are not just big mice. I have seen elephants knock cars over like they are toys. Wolf up close are pretty damn large. Goose are...

Our condolences , remember the good times ,

Morning all, 52 going to 56 and cloudy, but see some sun. Got taillight bulb changed out in Jeep, need to go in for inspection today. Not much energy to do anything else. Safe travels Drew. Gstrom99 - hard times, wish our pets lived longer. Prayers sent If the wind dies down I can finish...

I used to correspond with a guy who ran a computer museum. He was on the team at IBM that worked on the IBM PC that got selected for production. When IBM decided to do a purge about a decade later, he was let go, he didn't have a Bachelors degree. So fame and patents lost out to the degree...

It's raining out, so dog us hiding under desk as I work:

That is the one from the movie and we got to see it in Turkey.

Morning all, 47 going to 53 and rain. Paint showed up, but rain... So put up the shelf rails. the M18 hammer drill put a 3/4 bit into the cinder block easily. The sleeve anchors worked great. Be well,

I like to tie my rope through a pully so the tree goes in that direction and not towards tractor or truck. Strap around a good tree , attach pully. Make sure branch has a way to go so it does not hang up again or damage another tree. be careful roping as that might be enough by itself to bring...

I had the gas company give me 1.4gallons of Propane last month. The truck ran out. I made sure they didn't double charge me for fees, they didn't. They came back a few days later to fill up.

Morning all, 42 to 49 and rain. Yesterday paperwork and errands after day job. M7040 - glad your son called in to home base. Kyle - glad son is recovering Paul - no bounce testing for pulleys Be well,

Need pictures. I have a shot and line to get a bull rope over when needed. Do not bother as others have said if it is off trail or in the woods. Can a bucket truck even get to where these trees are?

Morning all, 47 going up to 63 and cloudy Dog walk in town was nice, town very crowded. Dog very tired. Got one coat and some two coats on the shelves before I ran out of paint. Seems cans have less that they used to? Kyle-good to hear that son is getting better, hope this trend keeps up BEF -...

Morning all, 50 going to 66 and sunny. Is this a taste of spring? Got all the shelf slats sanded, but sander is a bit worn out, I think I paid 35$ for it and it's been used a lot in the last 5 years. Today it's nice enough for outside shelf painting! Dog walk later, son to brunch with friends...

For the radios, you can get multivoltage plug in power supplies instead of batteries. I had friends growing up that had old HAM battery equipment. They had plug in harnesses and little cue cards for the voltages on the back of the radios.

Morning all, 43 to 53 and continued rain for today. Got 4 shelve slats sanded, only 8 to go. Son got asked back to job at ice cream place in town. Will start tomorrow. He is really happy about that which is great. Hope the procedure goes well Wagtail, doesn't sound like fun. Wife of a...

Finally got out there to take some pictures of the 1720 , hope this helps.

Morning all, 21 going to 49 and the wind has died down. Spent yesterday going through kids stuff we removed from room trying to clean up. He had a lot of old items just stuffed into the back of the closet. Happy birthday Sassy. Still working on my first coffee. Love all the MC pictures. Be...

Welcome back, Fish makes good fertilizer :) Congrats on the new ride.

https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/revolutionary-war-outlaws-bucks-county-hideout-discovered Not too far from where I live.

My father had 2 Jawas. A 250, which is the bike I learned on and a 350. https://bikez.com/motorcycles/jawa_350_1975.php He later on had a mid-sized Kawasaki and moved up to a larger honda for cross country trips. And his around town bike was a present from his brother, a 1950 Triumph...

I think these guys are stoned. But good at repeating the same thing over and over again.

Welcome to TBN and good luck resurrecting the JD, sounds like a fun project.

Seems this cold/flu thing is getting around. Hope everyone is feeling better soon. Frankenbed is gone, Ikea kept to their word, good on that one. Of course if this had been correct from the start.....glad to be moving on. Now need to find a taker for sons old Ikea bed that was well made but no...

Electrical Engineer. That was my first degree too.

I have a 1720 and will see if I can get a picture later. Does the tractor start if you bypass temporarily, or you're not that far into the fixup?

Morning all, 31 going to 42, and sunny. So temp this morning less than 1/2 of yesterdays high of 67., Supposedly Ikea is coming to pick up frankenbed parts today. They do follow up well so far. Some smaller Ash trees fell in driveway, now moved over to drive son to school. Last window...

That does not sound like fun, hope the Mrs. recovers quick.

Morning all, 55 going to 62 and rain. Got the last window in the garage dry fit and will finish tonight. Then hopefully it will be warm enough to paint the shelves. Happy birthday to the Mrs. M7040 Happy birthday to your son Scotty I am on facebook, it's how I keep up with old high school...

Morning all, 29 going to 65 and partly cloudy. Got some more of the basement trim done yesterday, only have the one window left to finish. Even got the ceiling patched where I had to run the wires. Long dog walk in the back yard since it was so warm. Maybe I will start working on the metal...

Morning all, 25 going to 57 and some sun. Got a lot of boxes cleaned up and parts moved down to garage from frankenbed. Dog walked at peddlers village a bit cold so not a long walk. Picked up son from concert and that was it for the day. Did some pick up stix and visited gamecam. M7040 hope...

We use teams calling a lot, my projects have people in multiple countries and it makes coordinating so much easier. Many schools use Canvas for course assignments and some on line work. My son is pretty used to doing on line work when needed. Nothing replaces the social aspect of school like...

Morning all, was 23F for the dog walk this morning, going up to 43 and the sun is back. Son off to play for 2 bands today, we won't see him for a while. He showed off his new, complete bed to his GF yesterday while here, and then they went downstairs to watch TV. Closet etc. working out and he...

I use Salomon XA pro 3D - good crossover for the woods and tarmac trails. Not as good as they used to be, but pretty inexpensive on sale. Not a lot of ankle support, for that I use Merrel boots on the rough trails :)

Last nights drama

Morning all, 38 going up to 42 and cloudy. Waiting for bed frame to arrive , again. Got head board assembled last night and ready. Been building and disassembling the same bed for a week so other projects have lagged. Hopefully they show up soon as already a bit late. Be well,

Morning all, 37 going to 49 and fog/mist, decent rain last night, some snow left, but not a lot. Bed disassembled and replacement arrives tomorrow, hopefully the 3 boxes showing up will have all full size and not part Queen size ! 2 boxes say Full, one did not have size, but it seems that one is...

Drew - what are Lamb Eggs? Microsoft Teams now has the ability to "learn" your voice and isolate all noise in a call that is not your voice. So if someone where to talk to you while on a call, no one would hear them. Not sure if this is cool or getting into the creepy mode of learning.

Morning all, 21 going up to 50 and some sun. Found out more parts wrong on Ikea bed delivery. Some disassembly required, new parts arrive Saturday. I have little faith in them getting us the correct parts so we asked for new boxes. Today I start disassembly, Interchangeable parts can be a...

Except we have Puerto Rico, which is spanish speaking. My Great Grand parents had to speak english, and they worked hard to become citizens. Since the US has no official language, it's become more difficult to get immigrants to integrate, and this is creating many of the issues we are seeing...

Morning all, 25 going to 44 and cloudy. Spent a few hours assembling bed frame yesterday, only to find out one of the core pieces was not delivered. Ikea is refunding shipping costs and wife will pick up part later today. Good service on the phone, looks like it was somewhere on the delivery...

Morning all, 17 going to 40 and sunny. First phase of closet rebuild complete. Some shelves moved and chest is in. Now to get son to put everything away so I can move clothes rod as last step. Bed arrives today and need to get part built to swap with old bed and figure out where old bed goes...

morning all, 35 going to 41 and sunny. Storage chest went together fine after glue set. Got the door frame trimmed out in the garage to put up a few more panel pieces today. New bed for son shows up tomorrow , so need to get his room ready for chest and bed build. And find a new owner for his...

Looks like you all had fun Scotty-

Ikea now uses plastic twist locks instead of metal. And forgot to add some glue to the drawer cross members. Being gentle seeing how they were built did not help, twist lock only about half turn before it split and the piece was fully supported at the time. I sent them a report and feedback...

I have a tendency to remove certain less used and replace with the skipped ones in a set. Certainly a valid peeve!

Got some seat time, plow, melt, repeat

Morning all, 34 to 41 and sunny. Ikea run after snow clearing went well. Dresser to be assembled today, bed frame and headboard on Tuesday. Time to get the sons room organized so we can assemble. Good to see you back Scaredy - Spring is slowly on it's way Dog is happy, wants to stay out longer...

Can we stay out all day

Our side yard, my brother up in Long Island NY got almost twice as much. Usually the other way around.

back in plow mode. All done including neighbors driveway and round about. Can you imagine when I first moved here I used the snowblower to do the whole road and driveway. Hadn't driven a tractor in decades when I bought this little sub-compact. Will need to clean up the plow frame welds as they...

Morning all, 35 going to 38 and light snow. 3 or 4" snow last night. Very windy so some areas will need to be cleaned of drifts when I get going. Dog is very happy and has buried herself under some of the drifts :) Got a haircut, went out to dinner, was more careful what I ordered and did...

We got about 3-4" overnight. Might take the tractor out to clean it up in a bit. Can't leave it to melt/freeze into ice

Milwaukee has come out with some duds. Reading reviews is key. They come out with so many new tools each year I wonder if the QC is done correctly. My M18 hammer drill with the first gen electronic clutch is useless as a drill driver. The clutch might as well be welded on. But it's a great...

I still miss Sears, but their Execs ran it into the ground and then bought the name after it went belly up. I like my HF Daytona 3 ton low profile so far. Fits under the wifes car and has enough reach to lift my Jeep GC. Seems to be built really well. And rolls ok over the driveway. Control on...

Someone did a Milwaukee vs. Dewalt and looked like both did well. The Milwaukee I have is the stubby and great for wheels and some Tractor work. Still have a breaker bar, just in case, but havn't needed it since I got the stubby. Haven't tried the HF ones.

US news and world report: While we no longer forecast a recession, we do expect the consumer spending growth to cool and for overall GDP growth to slow to under 1% in Q2 and Q3 2024. Thereafter, inflation and interest rates should normalize and quarterly annualized GDP growth should converge...

My Grandfather was an artist and had a shop that did posters, certificates and other calligraphy. He also painted war bond posters during WWII, movie posters etc. The site of all these people with fancy pens and drafting tables. Very few machines on site. My GF made his own frames and mats from...

Morning all, 37 up to 41 and sunny.

Morning all, 17 going to 40 some clouds. Day job took too much time yesterday. Burpee is saying last frost for me is April 20 this year and tomatoes outside not until May 4th. They were spot on last year, since they are local kinda makes sense. Feel better BEF. Talked to my old coworker with...

We had 6" and it looked like it was going to melt/ice so I cleared the road and driveways. Thick heavy stuff.

It has been better for us than last year, we had 1 x 5" and 1 x 6" this year, about 2" total last year. However the melt off has been quick. Most of yesterdays snow is gone except for where I piled it up. Still a chance for more I guess...

Was on Last night. Happy anniversary Scootr. BBB sorry to hear that,

Morning all, 30 going to 37 and sunny. 6" of snow yesterday, heavy stuff, why we have tractors! Happy Valentines day. Got road and both the neighbors and my driveway, he is on a work trip. Glad it's done as all the melting from being warm is now ice. Happy birthday to your dad Scootr. Watched...

A bit if heavy snow now, might build up or turn to rain. As long as it doesn't freeze to ice we will be ok as it will mostly be above freezing. Looks like 2-3" total

Morning all, 32 to 41 and about 2" of heavy snow. Will go out later to plow when more is on the ground. LS I had a Keurig single give up the smoke. It was in the guest apartment and maybe got used 3-4 times. They have big issues there. My old keurig is still going strong at 5 years. School...

What's that old saying, why ask why :)

Just make sure you have enough room up top to remove anode rod. In Europe you see a lot of raised water heaters. Also make sure you have a decent pan and place for water to flow for drain/flush. When do we get pics of the Milkhouse work?

Morning all, 31 going up to 50 and cloudy. Calling for 4-5" of snow tomorrow. Lots of driving last night, tired today, but lots of fun watching SB at cousins. Son had fun at GFs house. Even got some trim done in the basement yesterday morning. Be well,

the company I work for uses AI for video and photo morphing and post production. The amount of change and integration they can do with AI in the last few years has changed the whole industry. Some of it is quite scary though, it takes a lot of time/input to train the systems. But they have had...

Calling for a whopping possible 2" Monday night into Tuesday. So probably rain/ice. It's 50 today.

Morning all, 44 going to 61 and cloudy. Spent some time wandering around outside yesterday, finishing the garden prep, a little cleanup etc. Then off to see band son is in play in North Philly, then take him to Valentine Cabaret thingy at high school, then out to dinner and return to pick up son...

Not quite Elk or Moose, but we don't have them down here. From my game cam a few weeks ago when we actually had some snow on the ground.

There are high speed trains all over europe and asia. Still waiting for a true high speed train here. Acela has to go slow for most of it's trip. The bullet train in Japan is relatively inexpensive compared to Amtrak. And it's clean and on time, and comfortable.

Morning all 44 going up to 61 and cloudy, 61 is a bit warm for us in February. Today son's concert, tomorrow we split up for first time in years. Him off to Grilfriends house, us to my cousins to watch the superbowl. Company I work for has 12 commercials during the superbowl and brokered...

When I worked with high voltage power supplies, we had a person who also worked high current transformers. He showed pictures of the transformer test room after a catastrophic failure. I think the walls were cement with a metal layer sandwiched in and the outside covered in a few layers of...

Morning all, 37 going to 58 and cloudy. Not much outside time lately. quite boring here doing work, weekend should improve things. Son has a valentine cabaret at the high school Saturday night after his band plays in North Philly. Son has rides to both venues, so we will just drop him off and...

Sorry to hear LS, our prayers and thoughts with you and the family.

Morning all, 24 going up to 53 and looks like the sun is coming up. Still finishing up in the garage, nothing exciting. Getting ready for tax season with new accountant, last year he did ok, but just charged us what I think is too much, considering old accountant had already done most of the...

in the North East we can't even trust the commuter rail with engineers at the controls due to corrupt management and inept maintenance. Just looks at one line of NJ transit the NEC, it has failed trains almost every day of the week. On another note, the highest train line in Europe runs really...

My son is National Honors and we will try and see if he can get a scholarship there and other academic ones. Trying to figure out how to go about this, but at least NH has links to start the process.