bakerg
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Good morning, 61F heading to 84F. Why is it when I pedal my bike to work and back, it seems that I am always going against the wind.:confused2::laughing:
Good morning!!!!
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RobS
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I have that same problem, we must share weather patterns! How far is your commute?
dave1949
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Nice pics of the draft horses KevT. Thanks for posting them. I'll bet that was fun and educational. Horse pulls are popular at our local county fair. There are a few around that do low impact logging with horses too. I guess if you have to ask how many bales of hay those big ones eat every week, you can't afford one. :laughing: Awesome animals.
Upper 80's today, another warm one.
Upper 80's today, another warm one.
bakerg
Elite Member
It's about 2.5 miles from home to work, takes about 10 to 15 minutes depending how fast I pedal. It is about 7 minutes by car.
txdon
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Good morning! 75˚ heading to 98˚ summertime hot. The weather man on TV said he had a goal to not hit 100˚ this summer. ?? He thinks he will fail this weekend. I think he will fail today.
Eric, just mount one of these outside your cab.
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Eric, just mount one of these outside your cab.
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Larro Darro
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Good Morning. 0755, sunny, 80F with 83% humidity. Forecast high of 92F with 50% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 77F tonight. After the last few days, it should feel like a cool fall day around here. I need to cut grass today, and all three of the mowers I use the most could stand to have their blades sharpened. The Woods RFM is the easiest to get to {it's on the B7500, so all I have to do is lift it up}, so I'll probably start with it.
Kev, your driving school looked like fun. I know it sometimes seems my tractors have minds of their own, but nothing like the horsepower you were using.
Speaking of horsepower, that reminds me of the plowing stories Daddy used to tell. My Uncle James was always a klutz {I think I got that family gene}, even when he was a boy. When they were both living at home, Daddy always got to plow the mules, while Uncle James was stuck with oxen. It seems there had been a couple of wrecks with the farm equipment, and the high priced {and spirited} mules couldn't be risked with him. I know in his later years when he retired and moved back home, he was just as hard on equipment. I once pulled him out from under his tractor when he had flipped it. He also pulled a big tree down on top of himself trying to get the saw unstuck. That time he was knocked off the tractor, run over and dragged. But other than that one time, {a couple of broke ribs and one night in the hospital} he always walked away from his wrecks.
You guys have a good one,
Larro
Kev, your driving school looked like fun. I know it sometimes seems my tractors have minds of their own, but nothing like the horsepower you were using.
Speaking of horsepower, that reminds me of the plowing stories Daddy used to tell. My Uncle James was always a klutz {I think I got that family gene}, even when he was a boy. When they were both living at home, Daddy always got to plow the mules, while Uncle James was stuck with oxen. It seems there had been a couple of wrecks with the farm equipment, and the high priced {and spirited} mules couldn't be risked with him. I know in his later years when he retired and moved back home, he was just as hard on equipment. I once pulled him out from under his tractor when he had flipped it. He also pulled a big tree down on top of himself trying to get the saw unstuck. That time he was knocked off the tractor, run over and dragged. But other than that one time, {a couple of broke ribs and one night in the hospital} he always walked away from his wrecks.
You guys have a good one,
Larro
mostly_gas
Super Member
Good morning all. Currently 78F going to 98F. They backed off the 100F forecast by 2 degrees 
. Dewpoint still 73F so will crack 100F on the HI. Stepdaughter did not go to work so much for a stealthy withdraw . Work beckons so off I go.
. Dewpoint still 73F so will crack 100F on the HI. Stepdaughter did not go to work so much for a stealthy withdraw . Work beckons so off I go.sseelhoff
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Our weather station was showing 100 yesterday afternoon.
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300UGUY
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You should have called him "Lucky"!!
I see drafts at the local fair, it takes a lot to support them, they usually come with semis for transport. Awesome animals, a neighbor used to raise English Shire drafts, I was told they were the biggest.
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67F @ 7:30AM. Sunny. High 92F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
RS, that's one clean engine. How do you get the crusty bits out of the piston/cylinder wall gap when you're decoking? I always worry about scratching the bore or propping open a valve with something that fell down in there and got lodged.
Eric, perhaps you could teach your sheep hand signals so you won't have to drive around backwards? Or add a horn to the tractor, or even better, a train whistle! :laughing:
Kev, thanks for sharing the pictures of the horse teams. Like most others here, I'd much rather see photos of others working than do any myself! :laughing:
Snow, the bolts on my Bushog have spring washers under the nuts, and I was able to tighten them last time from the top using an impact wrench.
Gary, that's why bike riding is such good exercise!
wng, I think I heard you on the Duke recording last evening, but couldn't quite make out what you were saying? :laughing: One thing is becoming increasingly clear though. Trying to play that music outside a studio must have been incredibly difficult! Wakeman struggles with his Mellotron between songs, weird jumps in sound quality provide startling surprises, and the show must go on even when Anderson is sick. Not to mention White still trying to learn the music.
Got most of the body panels cleaned and sanded yesterday, and find I don't have enough room on the plank to paint them all in one go. That's just as well, as I'll have to move the bike itself onto the back porch come paint booth. I'm too lazy to take the fairing off for painting, and it'll be easier to break the work down into two batches.
Hope everyone has a great week...
RS, that's one clean engine. How do you get the crusty bits out of the piston/cylinder wall gap when you're decoking? I always worry about scratching the bore or propping open a valve with something that fell down in there and got lodged.
Eric, perhaps you could teach your sheep hand signals so you won't have to drive around backwards? Or add a horn to the tractor, or even better, a train whistle! :laughing:
Kev, thanks for sharing the pictures of the horse teams. Like most others here, I'd much rather see photos of others working than do any myself! :laughing:
Snow, the bolts on my Bushog have spring washers under the nuts, and I was able to tighten them last time from the top using an impact wrench.
Gary, that's why bike riding is such good exercise!
wng, I think I heard you on the Duke recording last evening, but couldn't quite make out what you were saying? :laughing: One thing is becoming increasingly clear though. Trying to play that music outside a studio must have been incredibly difficult! Wakeman struggles with his Mellotron between songs, weird jumps in sound quality provide startling surprises, and the show must go on even when Anderson is sick. Not to mention White still trying to learn the music.
Got most of the body panels cleaned and sanded yesterday, and find I don't have enough room on the plank to paint them all in one go. That's just as well, as I'll have to move the bike itself onto the back porch come paint booth. I'm too lazy to take the fairing off for painting, and it'll be easier to break the work down into two batches.
Hope everyone has a great week...
