Good morning!!!!

[LouNY]

What a day. Made to the low 80's and cloudy today.

Had a storm roll through this morning. That sky was mean, half my county had impassable roads due to powerlines and trees down....and I guess parts of houses. I'm sure we will be out of power for a while.

Only about 150k houses were out of power, not bad considering MI aging infrastructure.

Had a Lightning strike in the back yard, barely missed one of my trucks. Wife said it was "bright" and she could smell it.

Now I gotta do clean up at the property. Gotta get the road open one of these days.

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The joys of tree lined driveways and roads.

 

[Joel/ak]

The joys of tree lined driveways and roads.

Yeah sometimes it sucks, but atleast it can wait. Seeing pics of my friends neighborhoods, I got off real easy. Trees down with powerlines mixed in. A few can't even leave their house.

Was hoping the lightning strike would have hit the old truck, with full coverage I could have replaced it

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Wednesday) morning. Overnight Low of 3.4C and it's presently 6.9C (heading to 13C), partly cloudy & calm.

Yesterday's anticipated lime delivery phone call happened = delivery 'sometime' in the morning. So it was "early to bed and early to rise". Delivery Bloke had my mobile number & would call prior to arriving.

And that's what happened this A.M. Call came @ 0805 and I met him at the road entrance @ 0815, directing him in. All done & he has on his way by 0830. 37tons delivered. It could/should be a similar procedure tomorrow when the spreader arrives.

So, I'm clear to have my regular 'into town' for groceries today. I'll probably top up the petrol in the ute too.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Hello everyone!
Good news for me today!
About 30 years ago I had an addition added than doubled the house size. The old part has oak flooring and addition is on a concrete slab with B&W tile, oak upstairs. Slab is about 2ft below old part and contractor made stairs. Ones going upstairs are fine, but these three is 1/2" lower to first oak step, down 6.5", next 6" down, last 5.5"! (He must have been drunk that day)...we're always falling on them.
A few weeks ago slipped and broke foot! Today back to ortho center and x-rays show it's all healed! I no longer have to wear special boot.
Other thing I discovered by accident and these hot days I'm outside all day...stay hydrated of course but two things (you'll thank me...let us know how it works for you)...wear a 100% bucket hat rinced in cold water. Second is before going out rince/wring out a wash cloth in cold water & pour witch hazel on it (head, arms, legs). I read witch hazel closes pores and it's very good for skin. All I know is wife & I stay cool all day, it's fantastic stuff.
All the best & let us know if you try it.

 

[Buppies]

Great news Fuddy

Great picture Joel beautiful pup thanks for sharing

 

[plowhog]

Going to 80F tomorrow-- glad the 100F temperatures have moderated.

Tried putting the grapple back on that fell off recently while doing tree work. I fought, fought, fought the hydraulic connectors that would *not* seat. Ran the controls in every direction to relieve pressure-- still no help. Then I remembered-- the same lesson-- I keep forgetting-- the implement itself holds pressure even after disconnection. I grabbed each hydraulic hose connected to the grapple, used a hammer and tapped the "ball" in the center of each hydraulic fitting. Presto-- it fit up easy peasy. Why do I keep forgetting such a simple thing?

Hope everyone has a great day !!!!!

 

[Wagtail]

Ones going upstairs are fine, but these three is 1/2" lower to first oak step, down 6.5", next 6" down, last 5.5"! (He must have been drunk that day)...we're always falling on them.

G'day Mate... I've got a slightly similar situation; a wide, wooden 3 step up to a raised living room with all of the steps 'not quite' the same height. I've done two things:
1) I had a carpenter add hand rails (wood to match), and
2) black 'anti-slip' strips towards the edges of the steps.

We're not getting any younger, eh?

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Saw a news report of about a tanker explosion in Giddings, Tx. Made me think of Kyle. Hope everyone is OK.

that tanker crash in Texas Ron was a highway merge gone very wrong

Crash in Lee county involves truck tractor towing crude oil

The crash happened Sunday morning on 290 between Giddings and Ledbetter.

www.kbtx.com

always, always give flammable tank trucks the right of way

I could see the smoke, but it was a huge fire and I'm glad it didn't happen on my end of town!
Traffic backed up for miles. 290 is a major highway between Austin and Houston....and all points in between. (Like ZZ Top sang)

Holy Smokes I'm way behind!

Prayers y'all.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 78ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind, moderate gusts, Sky remained partly cloudy, and high temp was 95ºF, HI 107ºF. Made coffee to start day, Grief Share,4 women mad it a challenge to talk, bike ride, cool of mow, cool off finish mowing cool off, make chalupas for dinner. Lack motivation slowed progress .
Resuming June 19 12:25 CDT posts:
RS sorry about the feels like temp. Glad live trap back in service. glad groundhog cleanup done. Good to hear planting progressing. Hope today as productive.
Dennis spry about drone crash.
Frits glad you helping son and DIL. Hope less getting stuck problems in upper plantings.
Dennis if place closed wouldn't that mean he get holiday?
David hope tech make that happen. No idea on non automotive OBD2 locations.
Ted thanks for update on Ruidoso fire. Hope it is contained soon.
Don glad you are getting rain. Nice you got valve moved for easier on/off.
Dennis sorry about hacker
Ted sorry to hear about damage from storm. Hope you got some rain.
David ECU are notorious for no error codes when they fail.
Randy(wag) glad you are getting the lime and you can tel delivery guy where to put it.
Dennis thanks for info on CAN bus issues and video
Kyle glad you got some rain.
David nice circular references
June 20 3:37 CDT posts:
Ron glad good birthday celebration. Hope shopping went well. Nice pic
Drew hope they put jack on for you. Glad good time at pool. Looking forward to chat.
Thomas hope you are surviving heat.
Mike glad you used pool. Hope pacing went well.
Scott(vt) glad pool getting exercised.
RNG hope you made it to mountains. Glad selling progressing, Hope milling machine move goes well.
Bubbies sorry about dust. prayers sent.
Bill sorry about the heat. hope Dr visit went well.
Plowhog nice story about Rigby and the fox. Hope god trip to Nevada.
Paul hope you can find good storage arrangement for alpaca wares. Glad your friend got a 3rd class medical and is back flying. Hope hay moving and concrete watering went well.
Ken hope day went well. nice pics
Dennis sorry you missed window in morning.
more catch up later tired no nap.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Israel, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[sodamo]

Love the osha approved boots.

Versatile