Good morning!!!!

[KilroyJC]

Good evening all. 64ºF for the start, overcast, light breeze. Light to moderate wind, overcast thinned in afternoon, no rain fell even though it was forecast, high temp was 85ºF HI 91ºF. Bike ride to start morning, got call on motor, no direct replacement available will borrow a push mower to get inside fence. I will tear down the old engine and see what it will take to repair. Nap in the afternoon.
Dennis the funniest thing was the expression as she looked around as if she is wondering if she was caught.
Ron glad you were able to start the weed spraying. Good to hear grass mowed. and bricks loaded. Hope wind was down today. nice pic
Drew glad you are enjoying your coffee. Hope zoom meeting went well. Sorry about needing to net the strawberries.
Billy hope you had good time in the hills.
Buppies glad you slept well. prayers sent.
Kilroy glad you don't have to learn the hard way
Frits glad trip to Messick went well. Good luck getting all service done and not hurting shoulder. I trust you will be there when daughter asks for help.
Kilroy good find
RNG glad new stucco crew worked well if overly salty. Bet it was fun watching barn swallows. Sorry about the tire woes, hope bead wire came off ok without too much salt required. Good luck getting VW started.
Ken sorry no salt after all that effort. nice pics
Bill glad you got back to sleep. Hope town/dump run successful.
Drew sorry back is not happy. Good to hear borax working.
Ted hope winds die down. Glad drip irrigation installed.Interesting about the fuel stabilizer, Have been using Stabil marine stabilizer for years with no fuel problems. Hope appoint went well and you were able to get more done
RS hope brake project went well. Good luck with coon.
David hope flail finished and cutting well. Sorry about Flipper needing diags. Hope you and gate got thumbs up from Sophie.
Scaredy interesting mower. prayers sent.
Dennis glad you have dolly 1.0 done. yummy sandwich. Sorry you already dolly 1.1.
Billy thanks for pics.
Kilroy nice job on spare carrier. nice pics as well.
David thanks for link.
Jay glad nice drive to get replacement microwave.
Dennis hope the timberlock lags hold. Sounds like a lot of progress going on.
Jay interesting though on Dennis's sandwich.
Thomas glad good work day, sorry about no new wood.
Ted glad you have rain in forecast again. We had 3+ inch in forecast for this week, likely will get less than 1/2 inch. Hope sleep will go better tonight. Sorry about dealer shutting doors not many places like that left.
Randy(wag) hope horse transfer and paddock cleanup both went well.
Bill sorry about tin work. Hope you get started early tomorrow.
RS nice pile of weeds. Sorry about the incorrect brake pads.
David sorry about not liking the first flair repair. Hope round 2 goes better.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /back surgery healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /loss of brother, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

The most important aspect of the spare tire carrier is that, when Little-Miss-Dubious-About-Most-Of-My-Projects saw it installed with tire mounted, the lightbulb finally went off and she enthusiastically approved

 

[Buppies]

54 high of 80 today milling on tap today

Weekend coming and Mother’s Day got to work on that to

Still more trees to clean up I’m getting slow and balance is poor

Prayers for all our Country scaredy. LS Kyles daughter, all others silent or spoken

 

[KilroyJC]

Good morning!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).

53.3F, going to low 80’s, intermittent precipitation expected today.

Ordered 10T type 57 stone to be delivered Monday. Mrs had raked the shed site and removed a bunch of roots and branch debris, and we put down weedbloc fabric under where the shed will sit. I need to mark the end of the fabric with a stake..

Got another stump out yesterday, began working on another when a cold, gusty win blew through, so operations were suspended in case it brought rain.

it didn’t…

Today’s plans are pretty much consumed with taking mom shopping and other errands, and depending on how bad the weather is — or isn’t — possibly going up for dog walk.

Either today or to,or row we should get a Harry Progress Report from boarding school. We will find out who is training who LOL!

 

[daugen]

Kilroy, maybe I'm confused...I've never seen anyone carry around an ATV spare, but then I don't go racing off road.
why do you need a spare? Do you get a lot of flats? I sure understand getting the tire out of the little bed but why do you have it in
the first place? For the "Jeep Baja" look?

I have a spare tire on my small utility trailer since it is a single axle. I expect never to use it.
Just a feel good thing to know if I blow out the right tire on a bad roadside around here, I'll have something to get me going
right away. I figure I will likely shred the sidewall. I suppose if you rock climb on a lot of shale, that would be an issue.
Just seems those UTV tires rarely fail in my admitted personal experience.

I've had an ATV and UTV and now a golf cart for almost forty years. Never got a flat. So I'm curious.
Now if you had six locust trees in your front lawn I'd understand.

It does make a wonderful front bumper.

I have a bunch of stumps in my yard, several are now rotting away and looking bad. I try to hide them by putting flower pots on top.
Squirrels and birds peck at them like mad, dig into sides, I guess to eat bugs and grubs. Makes a big mess and leaves bits of wood all around the stump.
I might rent a backhoe to take them out. Something I don't know how to use though, no seat time on backhoe at all.
If I just grind the stumps the whole area will eventually sink when the wood rots.
if I had a mini-ex, I think I'd be off looking for stumps all the time.

 

[Buppies]

MTD Ohio based company owned by Stanley Black and Decker

Those who ride the trails often go long distances off road ie Hatfield and McCoy trail system and having a spare is a good idea. The longest trail system I know of runs from Wyoming to Mexican border but cannot remember the name

 

[KilroyJC]

Kilroy, maybe I'm confused...I've never seen anyone carry around an ATV spare, but then I don't go racing off road.
why do you need a spare? Do you get a lot of flats? I sure understand getting the tire out of the little bed but why do you have it in
the first place? For the "Jeep Baja" look?

I have a spare tire on my small utility trailer since it is a single axle. I expect never to use it.
Just a feel good thing to know if I blow out the right tire on a bad roadside around here, I'll have something to get me going
right away. I figure I will likely shred the sidewall. I suppose if you rock climb on a lot of shale, that would be an issue.
Just seems those UTV tires rarely fail in my admitted personal experience.

I've had an ATV and UTV and now a golf cart for almost forty years. Never got a flat. So I'm curious.
Now if you had six locust trees in your front lawn I'd understand.

It does make a wonderful front bumper.

I have a bunch of stumps in my yard, several are now rotting away and looking bad. I try to hide them by putting flower pots on top.
Squirrels and birds peck at them like mad, dig into sides, I guess to eat bugs and grubs. Makes a big mess and leaves bits of wood all around the stump.
I might rent a backhoe to take them out. Something I don't know how to use though, no seat time on backhoe at all.
If I just grind the stumps the whole area will eventually sink when the wood rots.
if I had a mini-ex, I think I'd be off looking for stumps all the time.

I have a spare because we use the quad to go on- road (it is street legal) and the state road we travel for approx 1-1/4 miles has a junkyard and scrapyard on it, and we have gotten flats on our regular vehicles, and who wants to be stranded? We also have a lot or dead root ends poking up out of our cleared areas on our woodlot, and there is good potential for punctures there, too.

but the primary and most compelling reason for having the sore is that Mrs said “ Whaddya mean, no spare tire? OF COURSE we need a spare tire!”

and I heartily agreed, because if we DO get a flat on the woodlot, it is almost a six-mile walk home to get another vehicle. And can you guess who would be doing the walking…

 

[daugen]

oh that would be the walk of shame, to the tune of
"didn't I tell you to get a spare"?

thanks

 

[daugen]

one thing I did remember to pack in the car is a lug nut wrench sized for trailer tire nuts.
don't forget the wrench...though I bet you have a little tool box in there.

 

[wngsprd]

56 lovely degrees, going to 85. Maybe rain tonight or tomorrow.

Yep, Buppies, Mother's Day is near.

RS, Grackles have moved in and are consuming a suet bar about every other day here, too...hate to leave it empty since the woodpeckers and nuthatches, etc like it. I have a second suet near the house, and the blackbirds aren't as brave coming to it.

Kilroy, nice job on that rack.

 

[KilroyJC]

oh that would be the walk of shame, to the tune of
"didn't I tell you to get a spare"?

thanks

I might not even have to make the walk alone, so I could continue to be informed of my I’ll-advised decision to not have a spare…

no, we got the spare ordered about two days after taking delivery of the quad, and had it in the bed before we even got it registered.