Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

who says you can't do both? That's called multitasking...

Somehow I think you'll manage.
Remain strong. Remain fast.
And then jump when she calls...
Go for a ride in your Monte Carlo, should be a pretty day there too.
Of course if you ask Ellen to help you weed and you point to a spot which places you in
a truly admiring position, well life sure is good.

Good advice, all!

 

[freedomlives]

Cleverly, I put a bunch of plumbing fittings I'd need to fix the bathroom in a kleenex box on the windowsill in the bathroom last month. My wife just let me know that she uses empty kleenex boxes as trash cans and throws them away regularly. :-/

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 45, going up to 74. Wind is still calm, but the weather guessers are all talking up a bunch of hype that gusts of 70 could be expected. No precip though, just dry brown rain. A couple of years ago, we had gusts to 75 and my garage / shop's metal roof peeled back like a sardine can. That was a real PIA to fix. It stands out in the middle, nothing blocking the prevailing wind for about a 1/2 mile. When I replaced it, I doubled up the screws in the field, tripled the edges all around.

Doctor visit went ok. Got the stitches out. Knee is still really swollen. He explained what they did during the surgery, the tear was "far worse than thought" and they removed about half of the meniscus. That explains why it feels all "wobblely" when I walk. He said I was right at the point of "replacement", and they had that conversation during surgery. They opted to try just removing the torn pieces. He took me off all work until at least May 31st. Not what I wanted to hear. He said it was going to be a slow healing process. After walking from the distant parking lot to the hospital, then back out to the car, then the combined 2 hours of travel, the knee swelled two times it's size, pain flared up big time last night. Even w/ doubling pain med dose, could only sleep about 3 hours. Here we go again.... Anyway, starting PT next week.

Andrew - bikinis in the garden? ...man I'm gonna have to come and visit. How's the tractor been working out? I saw your posts in another thread about the loader /steering hydraulics, were you able to figure it out?

Don - I have only seen 2 rattlers here on the property over the past 20 years. Mostly see them run over on the roads in the area. Have who I call 'the resident bull snake', I think it's the same one year after year. He keeps getting bigger each year, now bout 6' long. Lots of little garden snakes.

Drew - maybe if you try freedomlives gardening concept (gardening in your underwire or a bikini) it will keep away the cold temps May attract some additional help:laughing:

Everyone have a great day, be safe. Prayers out for those in need.

 

[sodamo]

67°F and 1.13 inches rain last 24 hours.

Take wife to annual eye appointment this morning.

Prayers for all

Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning or I guess afternoon. Had a bad head ache last night and slept little last night. Got up and soon went back to bed. Just got done with the morning work. Head ache is gone but still tired from the muscle relaxer I took at 3. Been cleaning out mom's room and am mostly done. Will Likely take it easy today. Prayers sent, have a great day. Ed

 

[freedomlives]

Andrew - bikinis in the garden? ...man I'm gonna have to come and visit. How's the tractor been working out? I saw your posts in another thread about the loader /steering hydraulics, were you able to figure it out?

The first experience I got of this "culture" was when my wife's aunt came walking over in just a bra and shorts-- in a way, coming from the US culture of modesty except on TV or at the pool, it was semi-shocking, not that the sagging boobs were so exciting. :-D But the reality of heat and no airconditioning in the summer means that the definition of what is modest gets adjusted down appropriately. It is nice though being more "natural" with the wife in the garden.
At the church I went to in Atlanta many men showed up in coat and tie during the summer. Not happening here. You'd die of a heat stroke. Appropriate Sunday dress during the hottest month(s) is khaki shorts and collared short sleeve shirt. I'm surprised the priests survive in all their vestments.

Haven't figured out for sure what I'm going to do with the hydraulics. At least the problem of the leaking valve or cylinder I'll fix, but the rest, some of the advice I got is contradictory. In any event, the tractor works, just not perfectly. Tomorrow I'll finally tackle the big pile of dirt if it doesn't rain. The guy who sold it to me has got the bale/hay fork attachment almost done as well, so I can move spoiled hay out of the barn and make a big compost pile with it and mulch the potatoes.

Hope your recovery with your knee is speedy.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Still got last yrs weed block down in my garden. They are all pushed up from weeds growing under them.
These weeds are taking over my yard, choking out the grass. I sprayed a tank of 2,4,d tonight, mixed another tank.

 

[jbrumberg]

".... He said it was going to be a slow healing process."- Ted

This is not an easy process. Ted hang in there and try to take "things" more slowly. Pushing too hard sets rehab back. BTDT

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers for all.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 62F for the start, partly sunny, windy. Afternoon became mostly sunny, wind increased and still gusting over 25, and high temp was 82F. Today did not get much done, work called and did not get them taken care of till noon. 2 hour nap today and still tired.

Prayers for all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Wow, so much to catch up on.....

I have spent enough time in TX to be aware of snakes. The only place I saw them was at Dons.

æ³¥on is your place named Snake Heaven? You seem to have lots of legless creatures around.?br>
Farmer ... it痴 a Texas Thing. . We live with all our friends ... unless they insist on getting into places they don稚 belong.

Nah, just one, he moves around a lot by energizing in the transporter room.

I have started taking all my snakes and dropping them off at Don's. I told them if they slither back, they could get lead dead. So far, so good.

Need to pour second cup of coffee. 39ï½° with light rain this morning. Heading to 69ï½° after morning rain. Got all the limbs picked up and put on chipper pile yesterday. Neighbor never texted back about his tree limbs. Going to work on cleaning up garden pond today.

Tuesday and yesterday we had more snow overnight. Here is a picture taken in downtown Milford, MI. Tuesday morning at the upper millpond.
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Prayers for those in need.

Good Morning All.

Ron, my buddy that just moved to Dayton Ohio texted me that it hit 83F there.....??? It was 82F in College Station at that time...???

The first experience I got of this "culture" was when my wife's aunt came walking over in just a bra and shorts-- in a way, coming from the US culture of modesty except on TV or at the pool, it was semi-shocking, not that the sagging boobs were so exciting. :-D But the reality of heat and no airconditioning in the summer means that the definition of what is modest gets adjusted down appropriately. It is nice though being more "natural" with the wife in the garden.
At the church I went to in Atlanta many men showed up in coat and tie during the summer. Not happening here. You'd die of a heat stroke. Appropriate Sunday dress during the hottest month(s) is khaki shorts and collared short sleeve shirt. I'm surprised the priests survive in all their vestments.

Haven't figured out for sure what I'm going to do with the hydraulics. At least the problem of the leaking valve or cylinder I'll fix, but the rest, some of the advice I got is contradictory. In any event, the tractor works, just not perfectly. Tomorrow I'll finally tackle the big pile of dirt if it doesn't rain. The guy who sold it to me has got the bale/hay fork attachment almost done as well, so I can move spoiled hay out of the barn and make a big compost pile with it and mulch the potatoes.

Hope your recovery with your knee is speedy.

Uhmmmm, were you and you're wife gardening about 9 months ago per chance???.... (You don't have to answer my cracky joke)....

Don, I was driving on 21 between Dime Box and Lincoln and I hit a swarm cloud of some kind of bugs that just about coated my windshield. Not bees, not june bugs, not love bugs. They were in a small cloud about the size of my barn. I thought about stopping and buying a jar of honey and leading them over to your place to see if you knew what kind of bug they were.....but the honey guy wasn't there.

We are a chicken owning family now. We bought 4 chicks and they are eating and pooping a plenty. I told the family we will name them all derivatives/synonyms of "poop".

Thanks for the "zero" CT score comments. I did find out a down side to it. The amount of radiation is like a 3 compared to a standard chest xray being a .02. So like 150 times more. Then to top that, I had to have a GI barium swallow scan due to my esophagus constricting. It registered a "6" on the radiation scale....NOT GOOD.

My 2 girls are having to take standardized tests in school this week. The oldest took 3 and said she "ace-ed" them. The middle kid with autism took 1 and actually finished it. She is surprising us all with talent on loan from God. She has her good days and her not so good days.

Drew, did I miss a post about you deciding on a new car? I'm surprised that something could sway you from the Subaru, it being so low maintenance and all wheel drive. Quick story, last weekend I was coming west on our main blvd here in town and a little dog came running out into the center turn lane. At the same time I pulled along side it from my direction, trying to coax it over, an AMG 63 Bi turbo mercedes had stopped while driving from the other direction. The little dog was confused and scared. Fortunately, 2 girls got out of a small SUV and called it and it went running straight to them and jumped into their arms. Me and the MB driver just gave each other a thumbs up. His 6 figure car and my 4 cylinder Altima. LOL... Life is good, my daughter was surprised that I would stop traffic and risk it for a little dog in a 35 mph zone. Got me some daddy brownie points and lived to tell about it.

CW, cool pic of bullwinkle. You wouldn't see that in my yard if you lived down there. Neither that snow either.


Trash. We seem to have a lot of it. We fill up 1 large trash can with wheels that gets hauled away weekly. $37/month ouch! plus I take oversize or junk items to work.


Prayers for all in need....You're like family.