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Totally horrible situation, can't imagine it and have few words. Condolences. Son and I put up 9 songbird homes yesterday.

I have a PAPR at work, it would be good for ease of breathing, but the tube and side worn pack would be bulky to wear around equipment. Maybe that is where my new monitor is....in the drink. I'm sad too. Doesn't hurt my feelings if you post here. Safe travels. Prayers Buppies and Holly, Ted...

Sad about this. I loved Supertramp. Spent a lot of hours listening to their music.

Question for you electronic gurus. 12 volt turn signal relay on my SUV. When I put an LED bulb in the headlight, it blinks very rapidly, maybe twice as fast. Is the relay for the turnsignal using volts or amps to determine how fast to blink (when to disconnect/connect the circuit)? I'm...

God is Great! Ted and Dona, such great news! Best news of the day for me. Cures for cancer is one of my prayers. Sorry about your fall. Round up or Target 6 on the goat heads. Dave, be careful with your lungs. Hope all is well. I recommend these for mowing to keep the dust out of your...

Drew, I have seen a P38 fly in air shows multiple times. It used to be based in Burnet Texas, but not sure of anything because that was decades ago. Of course they did not have the supercharged engines, because the n/a is available and much cheaper. Son lost to an upper classmen on another...

Drew, I would have bought a couple of tickets if I had known sooner. Doubles my odds of winning right??? Hope you win!

Wore out. Been working on pond rake. It will be a rube goldberg contraption, just because I'm trying to repurpose materials that otherwise were going into the metal scrapyard. I feel like I'm about 80+% done. I took 3 ibuprofen because I was on my knees, and bent knees, and leaning over too...

Top picture-they are all working. Bottom picture- 2 guys are standing around like road construction workers.

They are out there, but higher than female giraffe anatomy.

Drew, roof can be patched with the right tool. Won't match perfectly but rest of roof could last more years. There is a tar strip underneath that should stick down to the shingles below. You can put some roofing cement on loose shingles but if it drools down it's ugly. Billy, when you take...

Have fun and be careful on that ladder! What company? Please do tell? Paying about $375/year for FJR 1300 sport touring bike. Progressive IIRC.

It paid you $10/hour x 30, to get your money back. How frustrating. Took son to school, but first stopped by Starbucks on the way. Just sprayed some round up on my tall weeds around my septic system. Taking mom down south for her cardiologist appt. Off today.

I keep telling my buddy to go buy a brand new YZ250 2 stroke and leave it in the box. It will be a collectors item someday. Fill the inner bag with argon maybe and reseal. put a case of 2 stroke oil in the box with it.

Would love to build an engine like that, but would take a heck of a lot of work....and tooling. LOL! Prayers Bupps and Holly. Hope y'all have a good day. Sorry about the wasps. Just dealt with that myself. Left 2 bumps kind of like big pimples. Still slightly red after a week. Does the...

Venerable Yamaha XT 250 is for someone looking for the simplicity of an air cooled bike. Not too high seat height from suspension. My old boss rode one around the world, almost. He ran out of excess cash and time near the Russian border IIRC.

Buppies, thankful you are better. Heat stroke is real and it will kill anyone. Once you have an episode of it, you are more easily susceptible to it for a while. Please be careful. Shade and hydrate. m7040, glad no one was hurt. runaway trailer....I have hooked up, thought my buddy hit the...

My buddy does a lot of "horse trading" when it comes to motorcycles.... In the last couple of weeks, he sold his camping Monkey because he found a super clean 2008 yamaha raider with only 4800 miles, and that's how much he was asking for it. It is my buddy's 3rd Raider. I told you he is a...

Mostly I hope you have a safe Hotter than H*** bicycle race. Sounds like a lot of wine getting disappeared. Billy, do you order those exotic coffee beans? Hope it's good.

I still have the old Lincoln 9 volt that I got from Don. I just changed tubes of grease, and the grease had been laying on it's side in the case and was inconsistent in it's thin/thick viscocity. still fighting getting the system purged. It is moly grease, and a black mess. Done got it on a...

Mostly, one of my student worker's parents will help with the Hotter than Heck medical team. Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Be aware of heat stroke symptoms. Good sunblock will reflect the sun's energy.

Ken, yes all the kids are coming back to campus. Right now their parents are moving them in and walking the campus to see where their classes are. We have 17,000 new freshmen starting Monday. Our degree has 80+ newbies, which are sophomores starting. I make it a habit to introduce myself to...

Glad you got it going. Some carbs have a solenoid valve on the bottom to shut off flow in case of turn over. I have just taken them out and cut the little plunger, defeating their purpose on our flat land. You can get them on Amazon cheap if we are talking about the same thing. I looked and...

Lou, sorry and prayers for your ability to get around. My buddy bought his mom a portable O2 machine. She has bad allergies and some asthma. She uses it whenever she gets winded. Sure appreciate your advice here, I can tell it comes from years of experience.

So I had to order my son a new tennis racket. His old one finally broke. It was his sister's prior to him using it. We got it at the big garage sale by TxDon years ago. My daughter let a friend use it and he hit it on the net. It cracked 1 side of the hoop. It finally cracked the whole...

Here's the dead, weird shaped yellow jacket nest. Payback.

Went out and started to mow the section of land that I haven't cut for almost 2 years. Man was it tough to cut. Had to go maybe 3mph and manage the power by lifting the shredder deck up when it started killing the engine. 65 PTO Hp on a 6' shredder. Tough weeds I tell you. Come try it with...

I took mine apart at least a couple of years ago. I cleaned everything really good, lapped the important faces with fine sandpaper on a surface plate. I put it back together with 15W-50 mobil 1 because it is relatively cheap (and so am I). I put a new top seal on the prop shaft, used the...

Not sure what went wrong, but bad for me too.

Happy anniversary! Blasted the yellow jacket nest with Raid wasp spray. Killed them dead. Took son to practice tennis. He's trying to put too much "English" on his server. I can't get around much, but I can still hit the ball if not too far from me. We got a shower from the tropical...

Been busy at work. Still have a lot to do next week. Working on my Bush Hog today, I switched the 3pt framework over from our old cutter to the one I bought at the auction, except for the tail wheel. I'll probably have to do the tailwheel too later... Anyway, I got finished hooked up the...

As a machinist, when folks ask me to make something for them, I say "As long as it isn't brackets or hardware fasteners." Had 1 guy ask me to make him multiple custom stainless hinges for his ski boat's engine cover. When I told him it would take me a week or more to machine them from billet...

Wd not good for this application Drew. More of a water displacement lube. My favorite use for it is to remove the tar off of a car's lower fender when you have to drive over recently repaved tar and gravel roads. RIP, glad to see you still posting. Would love to hear more details of the...

I hope they sound as great as they did at the Woodlands Pavillion some years ago. Some great musicians. So sorry and prayers my friend. This is tough. At work, we have stuff in so many places, it is impossible to keep it in my memory. So I have my student workers look for something, I'll...

Ron, I hope everyone up there is staying indoors and/or wearing N95 masks. I would take my PAPR mask home if I had to deal with this.

I thought Ozzie's music was great, but was not a fan of the dark lyrics, but loved the music arrangements. So I would still listen to it often.

G' Morning! lower 70's going to high 90's....uhgh. Like Spike said 2 more months, but I do remember sweating a lot while trick or treating as a kid. So, maybe 3 months. BEF, the next door neighbors' place is for sell. Comes with plenty of hot summers. :) and mild winters. M7040, you sure...

Happy Birthday Ken! Condolences ArlyA. Feel better Mostly and PJS. We got rain!!! I've been mostly a couch potato today. Went down to the coast on Friday, picked up an old outboard (bought on auction not running), friend bought some TRP props, and went to another friend's funeral. Near...

Same here, got my ears lowered and got the senior discount for the first time! Wifey says, "This getting old thing is starting to pay off." :) Drew, I hope you told her to take her floaties!!! Son was mowing our post oak savanah "mott" with the Beast and he saw a copperhead (rare for us...

Nice! Same for me! Working on pump station trainers at work. Still don't have all my fittings. Clear PVC is pricey! ka ching a ling! PS. If you ever try to install clear PVC for a situation that you need to see whats happening inside the pipe, be sure to cut it with a band saw and not the...

But the weevils actually "soured" the chicken scratch grains, and I google it and the weevils can actually host some worm larvae. The chickens have worms now too. We just bought some stuff to treat them.

Since we only have 2 chickens and 1 Peahen, we don't use enough of their food to keep it fresh. Now we have some weevils in our poultry food trashcan with a tight fitting lids. It just costs so much more per pound to buy 5lb bags vs the big bags. 1 thought is to use some of my argon/CO2 mig...

Thank you for thinking about her. Her heart's efficiency is much better. I was hoping that physical rehab might could get her off of her walker, but her balance is still not great. I told her "with your new heart, you will probably outlive me." She said, "don't say that." I'm thankful her...

I'm glad to read this. Prayers for Y'all. I got 2 out of 3 jobs done. Then my autistic daughter had a meltdown due to forgetting to take her meds. So, gave her the meds and then took her for a 2 hour ride in the country, with stops at a grocery store and a bakery. The new fuel pump is in the...

Ken, your yard looks nicer than middle earth in the movies. Sorry about your Uncle's memory. Seems like he's good within his own realm. Thanks all for the pics. Trying to get some things done today. Need a quick trip to town to get some 1/4 and 3/8 fuel line. Also hopefully the orange...

Dodd, prayers. Buppies and Holly too. Lost a friend to cancer. He went in complaining of shoulder and neck pain. Was cancer. The attempted treatment killed him. His faith was strong. Was about to turn 66 on Aug 1. Too young. Always tell loved ones you love them when you say good bye...

Ken and team, thanks for helping Drew out!

Thank you to all for the Happy Birthday wishes! A great group of men. Popgadget, do you program your smaller holes a little oversize or use cutter comp, or slow your feed down? Wondering if your cnc has a "look ahead" feature, which can reduce the herky jerky movements from a system. On many...

Took a morning motorcycle ride with son. Stopped and got a breakfast taco. Still have about 4 myriads of stuff to do. The seal for the 286 Bush Hog came in. It is for the pumpkin where the PTO shaft goes in. Coming up with probably better ideas for the pond rake. Wanting to revert back...

M7040, wonder if gopher gravy goes well with smoked groundhog? I had a skunk burrowing under my slab. Tried Raid, tried smoke, nothing doing, but shoved the water hose on in the hole and he flew out of there running. The chase was on, driving the old Gator one handed with my Rem 1100 in the...

Sorry about your drummer friend. Hope the gig goes well. Nice job on the keyway. I often just use a flat endmill in lieu of a keyseat cutter....that being said, I have a brand new set of KEO keyseat cutters at work in a very nice wooden box. About 20 cutters or so, I don't remember. Ron...

Very rough sketch of pond rake to be attached to FEL bucket. This is the bucket mount.

Kind of leisurely work day. Got the CNC lathe setup to run the 2nd op of some tensile test coupons. Turn a .504" dia neck on 3/4" dia matl. They get pulled on a high end unit, that graphs the metal's curve. Watched the radar as more rains hit the Guadalupe river watershed. Still sad. So...

Don't usually ride at night, but it had been a while so I took a short jaunt 15 miles maybe. Back country roads doing about 35mph. Saw in this order: feral cat twin fawns bunny bull frog bunny armadillo (these can launch you at speed). 1 dude walking in the dark back to his compound.

I guess even Tranes have gone sky high. 3 years ago you could get an inverter heat pump trane installed for much less than $10 K. Hope your shoulder problem subsides. I have dull shoulder pain and can hear things poppin just working out with 8lb bar bells in each hand. My shoulders were...

Oil change and transmission flush complete. $40 for engine oil and filter Mobil 1 5w-40 euro grade $77 for full synthetic Valvoline Dexron VI DIY $117, cheeeep. :) While the car calls for 0w-20 oil, I don't like running that light of horse Pee down here, especially in the summer. especially...

Quick jaunt to Wallyworld to buy oil for auto maintenance. Headed out to the barn 8:30 pm. Gonna do an oil change and complete transmission flush with synthetic.

Ouch 30K ? Happy Bday Happy! Ron, hope you git yer giddy up figured out. Love the photos! Billy, that coffee sounds good, I wish I could drink coffee with caffeine. Glad Della doing well. I've been telling anyone who'd listen for years that our military Generals better get off their duffs...

Happy birthday Mostly. busy at work. came home after picking up groceries, and pulled PTO shaft off of the bush hog I bought at auction. Need to try and get it freed up, doesn't telescope. BTDT. Have a blessed day y'all!

Sounds like Northern Exposure....."You're suffering from the throes of existentialism." The Russian river flooded and killed one or more IIRC back in 2019. We had another deadly flash flood event on the Blanco river a handful of years ago. My mom was griping about the gov't response and I...

The lake near TxDon has come up 25', and caused a lot of bad flooding and damage to RV parks and anything in the basin.

Really sad about the flood victims. Prayers for the families. Count is sadly up to 59 last I heard. Hitting hard because I just had my family out there a couple of weeks ago. And I remember talking with some people that, to fill up Canyon lake (at all time low), it would have to rain really...

CrashDaughter, I welcome all your replies. I would do similar if I were in your shoes.

Ron, here is an ad from the big Houston stealership. FWIW. One is hybrid other is not.

Table almost looks like a mirrored Texas outline. Neat story. Southbound and down...breaker 1-9. Sorry. My wifey is counting my calories and limiting my goodies. She bought me some low fat sugar free stuff. Probably made with seaweed... I feel your pain....but I have lost some pounds. More...

Gilligan's Island the worst.... But I did like I dream of Jeanie. :)

Got the SUV and small car washed. Sharpened the blades on the 42" mower. One of the fine thread metric blade bolts stripped the head, even though I used a 6 pt socket. Albeit a cheap brand socket.

Happy 50th you 2 !!! Glad her uncle seems better. Prayers Bupps. my ex wife's dad was "out of it" and they had keyed on both sides dead bolt locks. Actually kind of a relief when he went home to heaven. MIL was a trooper keeping him all those years. Agree with previous advice. I see you...

Great story CalG

Prayers. Did he have family?

Happy Birthday Ron! I hope you have a blessed day, and your foot gets better. Also hope you get a big piece of cake. Speaking of eating sweets, have any of you heard of Warren Buffett's eating habits? Drinks 5 cokes a day. 7 times the normal amount of sugar a day. McDonalds breakfast biscuit...

Looks like you're ready for an Outdoor national !

Great pics! I hope you realize how blessed you are. A wee bit jealous of some of those rides. :)

You are strong. People can be strange. You do look like him. Thanks for sharing. You can click on his profile name and see his posts dating way back. My dad left me when I was 8. We were glad the alcoholic/playboy was gone. Skipped the state and never paid child support. Grew up...

I need to buy some tractor tires. Notice anything funny about this Wallyworld webpage? I Need 2 new front tires and rims for our bigger tractor. We made the mistake of letting the dealer load them with water. Rims rusted out badly and messed up the beads. Anyway, originals are 23 years old...

Wait a darn cotton picking minute! Weren't you on morphine yesterday or day before??? Everyone puts their pants on 1 leg at a time. Except those of us who have been there done that. :)

Complimentary, no charge, with love from Texas. :) Heat dome has been over us, and is shifting to the east coast. Hope you get them passed fast! Sorry about the pain. Prayers. g'night y'all.

Prayers. I don't even know what to say, but we are here if you need to talk about it more. 50 is very young. How much runout? If there are any chips or debris in the scroll/jaws, they will runout. Most 3 jaws have a way to indicate if you just finger tighten the bolts that mount the chuck...

Happy Father's Day to all the dads here. I know there are some great ones in our group. I agree, happy birthday to the U.S. Army! Haven't had a chance to watch all of it yet but watched the first 45 minutes. My work/University puts a lot of officers in our military branches. We have some...

Absolutely great pic Ron! Thank you. Inside job would be my guess.

I have 2 friends that cut, rake and bale hay. After them both separately baling hay this past weekend, they both called me and told me they were worn out. Both said they were ready to give it up. Each have 2 a/c cab tractors plus non cabbed tractors.

Similar to you and Don, we had 17.78mm. Unexpected. Billy, condolences to your wife and family. Hard to lose the last of a generation. my mom is the last of 4 siblings, and she has only 2 nieces and 1 nephew left out of what used to be 8. 1 of her nieces really dotes on her, since she has...

FriendWithTractor, aaahhh the excitement of new land! It looks good. Is it for sure yours yet? Thanks for the pics. Please keep us posted as you re-tame it. Would love to see it, if you give it a haircut. Happy, did you have Starlink satellite? My friends that have starlink rave about it...

Ahhh, but when I eat too much, I feel like a pig and I sweat! Took at least 5 gallons of oil to Walmart for recycling. Watching Pro Motocross outdoors today. Some good racing. Celebrated oldest daughter's bday, she made travel plans for her birthday. She had some friends over. Didn't want...

Glad to hear Della is back in action. Scotty, it takes a while to grow a thumbnail back. Did you drill a micro hole to relieve the pressure? Ouch. Popgadget, hope you didn't cut off too much with the peeler. Buppy's prayers for Holly and getting your equipment going. Ron, great pics. Love...

I'll bet that Triumph 1200 twin has some low end grunt.

I'm a big fan of box turtles. Had 2 for backyard pets when i was in middle school. They'd come up on the porch to get fed. Not shy.

Good morning!

Sounds like a really nice trip. Hope the place wasn't too sentimental...did you find any cool old stuff to keep? 2 maybe 3 questions. Didn't they give seniors some sort of extra discount? Aren't they only allowed to raise a max of 10% per annum (which is ridiculous too)? Glad you beat them...

got the small shredder blades done, fresh GL5 lube in gear box, promptly went and cut about 3 acres of fairly deep grass, had to go kind of slow because I only have 25 pto hp to deal with. Grass has not been cut since last year. Gator is sold. Nice puppy Buppies. My best friend lost his 3yo...

Sold our old Gator today. Sale went easily. Church was good. Wife wants me on a diet to lose some belly fat....she wants me to go low carb, but not totally carb free. Putting the new blades on the old Deere LX5 cutter. Need to suck out the old gear lube in the gearbox and put fresh. Been...

asbestos socks? :)

Prayers for those fighting the fire, especially those trapped. Been a long week, and I'm behind. Monday was off for Memorial Day. Still jimmying with the headlights on SUV. Just when I think I have them fixed, they act up again. It is a short or shorted connection for sure, I can "Fonzi"...

Sorry to learn that Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty has passed yesterday.

And some gave all. Memorial Day remembrance. I hope all will take a moment to reflect. If you know a gold star Mom, Dad, Wife, Son, Daughter or relative, reach out to them today. Prayers for our fallen and our active duty troops.

That sounds delicious. sorry about the anxiety. Prayers for y'all. Billy, hope you can save the hemlocks. I don't have any strawberries, but I'm celebrating with some chocolate chip homemade cookies with some ice cream. Prayers for our team, our great Nation, and for peace in the world.

Saturday night I shredded after dark for about an hour or so. My rear facing light is out. Need to do some electrical testing of the turn signal switch, and the light switch. Front headlights work, but are a bit dim being 23 years old. There's plenty more to cut, as I only did a few acres...

Groupies from the 60's !!!

Hope y'all get some rain soon too. It is hit or miss.

Popgadget, I feel the same about small tires. I just did a small 8" x 2" tire on a small electric scooter. I gave the brick and mortar store $17 for a tube you can get 2 on amazon for $10. Hard part is getting the tire back on without pinching the tube. Put a tiny bit of air in the tube so...

Got up, fed the kitty, let the flock out of the coop. Since wind was dead, started spraying some Round up. In the 30 minutes, the wind started picking up, but I was done for around the house. researching the couplings on my 430 loader's dual SCV connections. Not sure if the threads are...

Parent Robin and a young un.

Beautiful Phil! sorry about neck. Ron, is that a robin? We have one down here at work that hangs out under a huge oak tree. There is a sprinkler system and the ground stays damp most of the time. Hope Della keeps getting better. Hard to keep a dog with energy chilled. Guess y'all can get...

That's a tangled mess BEF, hope everything is ok when you get it out. I would use heavy duty sheet metal shears to cut through. Drew, I hope the new SUV works out well. At work, working on a trinket giveaway thingamajig doomaflatchee at work. Will make a couple of handfuls of them for the...

Sounds to me like the pipe has lost its support inside the wall. They usually are shored up with clamps on 2x4 supports. If the wall leaks onto the supports, it will rot over time. Can someone get to the inside of the wall from the other side?

Bo, did you get new rims? I need new front rims and tires on 1 of our tractors. Rims are rusted on inside badly.

Annual Full coverage for FJR 1300 is about $400. here in Texas. And I'm over 60 years old with 50+ years of experience.

Thanks for the update, and prayers for Dona. Prayers for Buppies and wife. Been busy at work and home. Son getting academic award next Wednesday. 3 more years of high school to go. He's been exercising like crazy. Got the yard mowed today just before a storm brought maybe .25" of rain...

We've had lots of rain all around us, but not so much on us. Some places withing 20 miles have had over 8" in last 2 weeks. We've had about 1" Beautiful postcard weather day. 78F and a breeze. Motorcycle has leaking fork seals. Might try the thin plastic seal cleaner first. Reminds me I...

Bought some more stuff to work on projects.... LX5 shredder blades on sale at JD New battery for older HPX Gator (about to sell). Thought I was going to put on the new headlights on my SUV. Turns out, I must've thrown away the old ones back in 2021. There was a pigtail I need now to revert...

RNG where are you? (Car 54 where are you?)

Be careful with that nubooboo. Friday y'all, I'm worn out. Even though I had a relatively easy week.

Don, mowing may end up something like that.

Hope they don't pee you off too much. True story, Friend just took his truck in for possible trade. Expected about 10-11K, which is inline with KBB.com They told him they'd text him the numbers, as he left for work. He got the numbers, only $6K trade in. For a 2020 Ford F150 XLT Supercrew...

You are right. Fencing is expensive. I don't really want to cross fence my place, mainly due to price, but also due to convenience. I am applying for a wildlife exemption.

Rich B1, I've been wondering what you've been up to. That is a beauty. I am a fan of thumpers, but also a fan of most all bikes. Wondering how the vibration is on that thing? My friend has ridden the Husky 701 thumper, and he says it hardly has any vibration. IIRC, The engine in that bike...

Spain and Portugal as of now are not sure of the power outage cause. I've read that some companies buy some of their really large power distibution equipment from China, and that it is computer controlled.....not sure if that had anything to do with it.

Mowing has become more of a chore, than it is stress relief. Tractors are getting old, have to spend time and money keeping them up. To mow, or not to mow. Thomas got the message, without the question. :) At the risk of sounding like a broken record, SpeedQueen offers a no lock lid model...

Here's a question for all of you guys, and there are many factors..... I only have a 6' mower for 24+ acres, open cab, and I've been cutting it since 2002. Anyway, I've had my fill of seat time for mowing. Still have to do other chores that I don't mind so much. Been having to repair hydraulic...

You know they didn't give that much for trade in. If you want it, offer $3ish, then let them text you. There is no warranty etc.

Been a week. Got way behind. Hope I didn't miss too much. Autistic daughter has been very problematic. Our state doesn't have the best services for mental patients anymore. It is a toss up whether you can restrict a person's rights of liberty (when they haven't committed a crime) vs letting...

I agree. Buy the new one. It would have to be an old collectable to fetch same as new price.

If big pharma finds out, then they'll both be states for sure.

Changed oil in the Beast. Holds a full 5 quarts. Still has blowby, but plenty of power.

mostly, again condolences to the family. Wingsprd and Ron, great pics! Thanks for sharing.

Still dry as a west Texas popcorn fart here in Giddings. We already have cracks in the ground. Supposed to rain tonight and Easter Sunday. Happy Easter to all of y'all.

Have a buddy who raises goats, maybe 20-25 depending on season. He takes his to Fredericksburg TX where they have buyers from all over the US, and they usually claim fairly high prices. He has a long bed truck with a camper and hauls a bunch over there in the bed. He keeps telling me if I'll...

Do you take the injector out and clean it in the tank too? What kind of cleaner did you add to the water?

too many women on "meds" these days maybe?

Glad to share some of our warmth with y'all! It has been blowing like crazy off of the Gulf of America. Down here, I would guess maybe an LLC which would limit your liability? I love dogs, but they are high energy (and a lot of work) when young and I hope you have the energy. Companionship...

Now back to our regular programming on this channel. Enjoy watching your progress jk. If you the bermuda hybrids work up there in your climate, they are great for erosion control and drought proof. We have bermuda called "coastal".

BE CAREFUL, NEVER STICK YOUR FINGERS BETWEEN THE KNIFE SECTIONS, they can move even when not expecting them to move. My 9' sickle doesn't take much HP. But it won't fit on my Deere 4310 due to just not big enough between the tires and such. It also takes a good amount of 3pt lift to raise...

You sure made that kid's day, maybe changed his life. Prayers Bupps and wife. Hope you get feeling better. No fun being sick when nobody else around. Can son bring you something to drink for fluids? Sold my old 2003 car to an old co-worker for his daughter. He's an engineer who fixes all...

How did they get the ingredients to the steel mills back in WWII ?

I have a 9' Deere 350 sickle bar cutter. It is one of the most cantankerous contraptions I have ever used....But once you have it hooked up to the 3 point, and get going, things fall into place for trimming the pond. They are also high maintenance. But they do the job as good as anything I've...

Lou, prayers for you. I have skipped around on this thread because I got behind about 5 days. I hope you got the heater blower mower working. It is record high 90 F down here right now.

Buckeyefarmer, pop you a chalkline to help keep things straight with warped trex. Use shims to push out or whatever you need.

Buppies, very sorry about Holly's predicament. My grandfather had dementia that went from bad to worse. His mind was going back to the 50's and 60's, wondering where his Buick was, who took it, why can't he go outside and find it, call the cops to report it stolen, he was always trying to...

Mostly, very sorry for your brother's passing. Prayers and Condolences to your family.

Oh on another story, a friend who graduated with me got GBS. She went to ER and was sent home with flu meds. Her daughter is an RN and told her to go back to ER and get tested for other stuff. She got tested and a specialty doctor was at another hospital and took her on. She had a therapy...

Hopefully the economy will BOOM and we will need to quadruple steel output.

Oh, my SUV headlight low beam is still acting up. Put in new bulb, and now new relays for Hi/Lo and parking lights. Just ordered a new turn signal stalk which has the dimmer switch in it. Sometimes you can play with the turnstalk by clicking the high beams and the low beam will start working...

You can be quite the comedian Drew. : Hey wait a minute....I thought you were the mechanical contractor??? Oh my Don, condolences for you and Karen and the extended family. Is this the BIL that the family lives in Richardson? Sorry about the truck getting rear ended. Hopefully dealing with...

Good to hear! Get some rest. Prayers. Happy 38th to you and your wifey! Prayers Ted and Dona, sorry about your brother. May he rest in peace. hope the new to you truck works out. My mom can't get into our higher up truck right now, even with running boards. Her arm/shoulder tendons are...

Good morning! 58F to start, going to 81F with 15mph south winds straight off of the Gulf of America. Off today, taking mom to her cardiologist appointment down south. Son left early for his JV tennis tourney about 35 miles away. Wouldn't teak last longer if a good polyurethane was applied...

Sounds like my daughter. She didn't have her HS send a transcript at the correct time. Then tried to hand deliver a transcript, only to be told "It has to come direct from the HS in the US mail"... I told her to retake the SAT to try and score higher but she drug her feet giving excuses. Now...

That's a great deal Scotty! Those things sell like hot cakes to contractors and such. If you don't want it, you can sell it.

Keeping my eyes open for dewberry flowers.

so I have had to turn adblocker back on. The ads are getting rediculous even between posts and also the right column... Stiil not working great. Anyone pay for and use surfshark?

Santa must've got stuck in the mud. Glad he finally delivered.

Frits the flowers look nice! We have bluebonnets blooming down here right now. Also looking for the dewberry vines blooming now, to hope to pick some next month or early May.

hope your free range post wood works out. Church this morning. BBQ'ing burgers now. Wife and son are arguing how well done to cook the burgers. Wifey makes 6 oz patties. 80/20 ground chuck. PitBoss working great. A few years back I bought a pair of replacement headlights for our older...

Wagtail, don't let all that wine make you late to the parade!

Saw this and laughed, thought I'd share it. :)

My 96 1/2 YO mom is in similar shape. She can go out, but has to use a walker. My wifey pushed her around in her wheel chair the other day. Congrats on the new engagement. At least he asked you. Big shoes to fill to be your daughter's hubby. I hope he is a good guy with good intentions...

Hope it works out, thanks for sharing with us.

glad you still have your Texas pin. I got it for you at the cotton gin museum store in Burton Texas. Thanks for all the recliner reviews. Ron too. So our local furniture dealer is not so big. They told me that they gave up lazy boy due to the raised threshold of units they would have to...

Phones will still boot up, but only can dial 911. You can still access wifi internet and run the old apps on my old samsung. I was just told the dealer in my hometown is sold out. He said that the factory took a week off to re-tool. Says he can't keep them in stock. I did find out they...

Condolences and Prayers for you and your family Ken.

Happy Birthday Phil! It is a PITA to change phones, for me I have so many apps from work that require dual authentification. Plus there are some old apps that dont work on the new android. So I had to keep my old phone simless, for my ODB code scanner and a small diameter bore scope. Hope...

glad pine missed the cabin! that is one fancy chain saw! I'm waiting for a chain saw chain with PCD cutting teeth. Prayers Buppies and Holly. Hope they can get her better, for both of y'all's sakes. Sorry about your squam cell. Prayers for a clean getaway. Lou, I had mine out maybe 5 years...

For my retired friends. ;)

Sears Ted Williams 5.5 hp small air cooled outboard. I don't have an ultrasonic cleaner but wish I did. It would probably work. Keep a tank of 100 LL aviation fuel around, and before you store your engine, run AVgas thru it. It stores for long periods. It is easy to clean out most small...

Good old, old school vernier calipers. I have to use my readers to get an accurate reading. I think I'm up to 2X but if I need to see really really close then 3X.

Down south, what made corners greasy was when we had a cricket population explosion, at night they would be attracted to the street lights on the corners. Then they would get squished by cars. A little morning dew or a slight rain, and guys were wiping out in the corners. Flat track started...

Happy birthday to Popgadget's wifey Erica. Sorry and prayers for your dad and uncle. Prayers for Ted and Dona. My mom fell, while trying to do a U turn with her walker. I'm sure she will be bruised up for a while, but she says only her ankle has a little pain. She's trying to not be a...

Prayers for a diagnosis and treatment to help. We have to give our autistic daughter meds to help calm her down. In fact, we may need to go up on the dosage as she's put on weight. Oh man, and I was trying to get away from carbonated diet drinks because they seem addictive. Seems like I want...

Very cool, especially my hat is off to those who can play them. Lone Star Back Roads Prayers Buppies. I try to pray for divine inspired cures and healing for mental illness every day. I prefer light earlier in the morning, and darkness sooner in the evening now that I'm older and not water...

Way behind here. Busy at work. Watching my mom since last Saturday. Have to take her to 3 dr appts next week. Prayers Buppies. I was just listening to a radio program that talked about people losing their memory. They said the people imagine all kinds of untrue stuff, but often believe it...

Sorry about the reaction. Hope you're feeling better soon. I have debated getting the shingles. My mom wants me to. Popgadget, I just sent a Jet 13x40 to our surplus dept and it got auctioned off, unless another university personnel claimed it. It had had a new motor put in it about 4 years...

you're turning into a lumberjack. wow Billy, that really is a crystal clear emerald color. I can only guess it is not frozen due to the flowing spring water? Looks like fun for all. I'm thankful you can still go hiking like you do. Hope you get the skunk before it gets you or Della. I got...

I know you usually have to switch a gear to go from metric to imperial on many lathes. Some have a double gear that you can take off and turn around and adjust the fitment. Since I do so little press work, my main likes on presses are having a gage, and having the low/high 2 pump handles. It...

Prayers for you and your wife Buppies. I have had 3 family members, grandmother, step grandfather, and Father in law that had lost their memories. Short term memories were shot. Long term stuck around on my GM and step GF until the end. My 96 yo mom still has fairly good mental capacity...

My wife found this ice flake in our backyard. About 6-8" diameter. Any of y'all ever seen this before?

Prayers for your dad and your family. Enjoy your hike with son! Old George was a smart man. Glad he did not get killed in Revolutionary War. Could have been a total different outcome. I guess they could soak their fake teeth in whiskey or something to keep the bacteria down. Son is getting...

That Buehl is cool! V&H engine too. Full confession, I've only ridden a few old school Harleys, but the one I got to ride for about 40 miles was an Eric Buehl 1984 FXR. It vibrated like he'll until you got up to about 80mph, then it smoothed out. I couldn't have ridden it much further. One guy...

Was 20F this morning, wind chill 7F

I'll try to explain how I feel. Imagine a scenario, where an investor came to you and said "RNG, I need your talent to start a company, I want you to buy in a 5% interest, and you'll be the primary on getting the company moving. Oh and I'll pay you a 6 figure salary until the profits can...

Maybe try some vitamin B complex? My buddy says it is working for his male Golden. He feeds his dogs $$$ dog food, and sometimes a can of salmon added. Ken, hope the dog gets better. Buppies, hope the power comes back on, and that you have heat. Daughter and boyfriend came to church, and...

I rented a 3 pt tiller once. The top link hole was so wallered out, the tiller just bounced up and down, also due to the tines being so dull. Waste of $$$. Learned that day. Look over the equipment before you rent it. Note problems with the management. taking care of mom is busy and...

I told my buddy "the FJR is so heavy to roll out of the barn backwards, it is fine once you get going though." He said, "shut up and start lifting your wife's weights!" LOL

close to 1.5" here 2 days ago. Real Cold is coming on the 19th, 20th

great super sleuthing!

Condolences, I liked the picture of him on the Yamaha. Looked like a 2 stroke model street legal model. Somewhere overseas? Scotty, sorry about friend. Buyers have higher rates to contend with. Hope they come down. I'm glad to hear you're nearly ready to sell. It is always some math to...

Been enjoying the warm 80F days. Today's high was 63F

Keep it! Put a full knobbie on the back and use it for a trencher. :) While I love thumpers, had TT XT yamahas, and brother had the hondas, I would look hard at the more expensive CRF450RL. Lighter which is a biggie in my book.

I went for a quick "scooterpop" yesterday in the 80F temp down here. Was really nice. I needed it. FJR 1300 has great horsepower. Good torque from 2500 rpm on up. Being a 2009, it is only a 5 speed. The newer ones have a 6 speed, but I've heard the 6 speeds are not as durable. I have no...

Glad to hear stepson will keep a job. Hope his surgery will provide relief. I can't imagine what all he's been through recuperating. Ron, thank you for the thoughtful advice. Glad you had a "team" to help and found a place to give her good care. Thank you popgadget. My mom is trying to...

wow, been too busy to give a decent reply, but have been lurking. May have missed a page of posts or 2. Plenty of guys feeling bad, or have worse symptoms. Prayers to our team. Big life changes for me, my mom has come to live with us for a while. My sister wants to put her in a high...

Met Bird a couple of times in person. Actually went up to Denton to attend his birthday party many moons ago. (about a 4 hour drive one way). Maybe it was his 70th celebration. Many TBN'ers were there. Many that I'd like to know how they are doing these days. He was a big foundation here...

Oh my....sorry for your troubles.

I'm missing boo boo too. I think I found him. 3M views · 31K reactions | That sprawl technique 🤣 | The Appalachian Podcast

forecasting nice weather for the weekend, but rainy before then.

Wondering if the shipyard workers are the same sailors that need a job in the winter? Looks like a new definition of cold working in the winter on those boats..... "Colder than a shipworker's bottom in Thunder Bay in the winter"

You explained ohmic sensing very well. When me and my student worker were fighting it on the torchmate, we ended up running a 2nd ground wire to clamp to the material, and that fixed it because the table's ground was intermittent. Torchmate has pierce height setting, along with matl thickness...

You don't have to worry about me going that fast for anything over a half mile . My other buddy's with the custom turbo will bury the tach at redline in top gear. He figures it is close to 180.

Prayers for wisdom and healing.

Wouldn't you know it? My long time buddy with health problems gifts me this FJR1300 wonderful machine, and then it snows and stays at or below freezing...Full disclosure, I don't like to ride in weather below 60F anyway. Don't have the gear for cold. This bike doesn't have heated grips. But...