Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

Plowhog, your little dog has an iron stomach to handle that brillo pad, glad he was not hurt. Would have thought soap would have irritated
his GI but thankfully not. Maybe just cleaned him out well?...

Lou, those old Internationals are real head turners. First you see the color combo, then you squint to see if you can read the model numbers.
now there's a tractor truly built to last forever, with maintenance.
As long as that cab acts as a ROPS

I've told this story too many times but having watched a sixteen year old boy die in his father's arms with a crushed in chest
from the steering wheel of the old Farmall that rolled on him on a hill close to my home. I was second in with fire company, driving to scene.

ROPS and seatbelts, the latter of course only working if you use them. When i mowed banks in NC, I sure buckled up
probably not used by most of you, but if you aren't on flat land, really is a smart idea

I will never ever get the look of that fathers' face out of my mind. He still lives a couple miles away.
Help pull some dead kids out of car wrecks with the rescue squad and it sure makes an impression on one's subsequent driving.
I was in the insurance business, quite well aware of how NOT indestructible I was.
One reason I gave up motorcycles.
and now I see the 60 year old disabled guy across the street who walks like he is on puppet strings, broke almost every bone in body
hitting a deer at 50mph. One of our local cops. Lady across the street took him in to care for him and he has been there since.
Nice guy. But that could have been me.

My open air driving will now be with my windows down on back country roads.
Often I can't because of allergies but after a rain, what a treat to roll the windows down and just
feel the cool morning air flow into the car. Or rv. I love to leave in the morning with the driver window down,
only put it up when I get on the highway.

 

[wngsprd]

Prayers Billy. My 95 YO mom has had this multiple times. Her lungs start filling with fluid and she can't breathe. Salt is the main culprit for her. Most food that tastes good, has sodium chloride in it. She has to take lasix and now go P a lot.

I think this is the third time for my mom, 93. She's been avoiding salt, but her system just isn't flushing out the fluid fast enough, and she waited too long to finally go the hospital. The ADT "help I've fallen and can't get up" device really works...she said she was too weak to even dial phone numbers. Much better now, and appetite strong.

 

[wngsprd]

Thanks for well wishes and prayers for my mom, and the sympathies expressed for my mother-in-law.

 

[daugen]

the best part of the rv driver's door is the sill is at just the right height
to lean one's arm out on. Rarely seems to work on cars anymore.
Top of rv door is like a nice flat armrest. Like most trucks.
I get a lot less wind buffeting from that truck door than I do from my car window.
car window seems to be designed to be up?

 

[Popgadget]

I get a lot less wind buffeting from that truck door than I do from my car window.
car window seems to be designed to be up?

The Prius manual says it’s more efficient to drive with the windows closed and use the AC than have the windows open.

Hypermilers drive with them closed and the AC off.
Glad I’m not a Hypermiler……..

 

[daugen]

Hyper miling sounds like hypo fun
just set your cruise at five over and let the rest of the world fly by you.
that works wonderfully in the rv. I'm not going over 65 anyway.

those hog trucks going 85mph in Texas are going to make me sway...
that wall of air coming at a 20mph closing speed is a nice forward wake

 

[riptides]

74 outside this AM, heading to lower 80's. Nice storm through this area last night. Dumped a lot of water.

I did manage to find some time a while back to replace one of the sump pumps in the crawl, so the majority of the house floorplan is sitting dry now. Have another pump to get too. That will be the easier one, not requiring a crawl for 40 plus feet to get at.

Spent 8 hours on the road this weekend. Dads house and in-laws. Not much progress on either.

Spent the day yesterday, in the Milk House on my knees cleaning up tile, reworked some tile, planning to seal today. Plumber coming later this week for the final hookups.

Need to get to the grasses around the house, may not happen since rain is once again expected this afternoon. Pool area is over a foot high, the pool is still blue and clear, it has been unattended for the last month.

Will be on the road again for the real day job this week. Should make planning and project time interesting. Usually....nothing gets done.

There is nothing in the desert and no man needs nothing.
From Lawrence of Arabia

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 69 going to 84 and partly cloudy/foggy.
Yesterday ended up nicer than Saturday since the big storms held off until late at night.
Did more party cleanup and headed out to the Grange Fair after picking up the son at his friends house.
Scotty, that is some major road damage, time to avoid driving. The flooding is why I have a 4+ foot by 2 foot deep 150' long trench next to my pool. Got tired of cleaning mud and debris out of it.

Wngsprd - prayers for your Mom , gd is a cutie and Della looks so sad the mud time is over.

The cleaned out trench is already covered with grass. Cheap contractor grass seed always works for me. Now it's cleaned up, I can run the lawn tractor or the massey in it to keep it clean. Had some deep ruts from previous floods, all fixed now.

The Middletown Grange fair was a bit smaller this year. But still had plenty of tractors and rides. Did not get to stay for the last tractor parade, but did see the kids strutting out some cows and alpacas.
JD, Kioti and Kubota dealers out with plenty of stock and even saw some nice Ventracs.

And the pool before the party, not many people went in as Saturday was pretty cloudy and cool:

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low of 56°, heading towards 91°. Hit 94 yesterday. Still no rain chances.....

WNG, sorry to hear about your mom. Hope she gets better soon and can get home.

Plow, Rigby must have a cast iron stomach! At least he evacuated it on his own!

Kyle, good luck with the new incoming class.

I might look at the Jeep today, just couldn't get the ambition to start on it. Before I go nuts inspecting everything, going to try replacing the radiator cap.

Need to hand water the seedlings / plants in the nursery area.... didn't do them yesterday.

Not sure what else I will get into. The trimmer heads are due to be delivered today, so will probably get the trimmer ready.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[m7040]

good morning, 75 going to 78 no rain

Trimmed some more and mowed the meadow area finished. Hit a branch with the ROPS and it came down and hit my head. Not too bad but some dried up blood in the hair this morning

More trimming and mowing today in another area is on the agenda