RedNeckGeek
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Good Morning!!!! 63F @ 8:00AM. Partly cloudy. Areas of smoke and haze are possible, reducing visibility at times. High 86F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Newspaper ads are old hat, Rick. I'd try Craig's List, but even that's a bit old fashioned. You need an app for your phone, but I'm not with it enough to tell you which one.:confused3::laughing: Really, it's just a matter of getting one of the birds to stumble across your feeder. The nectar will last a long time, even in summer temperatures, so just leave it out and see what happens. The bright red and yellow colors should attract any in the area, but if the nectar starts to look cloudy, it should be changed. Texas has a wide variety of hummingbirds, but most seem to favor the Rio Grande and Big Bend areas, at least according to this web page. Ruby Throated hummers should be around though.
Sorry about the doctor visit, Drew. That one sounds like he's putting a swimming pool in the back yard, and needs all the business he can get to pay for it. Even if the procedures aren't effective or necessary. Might be time to go shopping for a new one...
Gosh, Don, you sound really busy. Where ever do you find time for to do your yard work?:laughing:
Good day in the shop yesterday, managed to make up the bracket to support the muffler and get it bolted into place. It seems very stiff and strong. Also found pictures of bikes that use that muffler, and BMW radically altered the frame on those models to make them fit. My solution doesn't look as nice, but I'll probably make up a cover to hide the funky muffler parts that the factory decided to cover up.
Toward the end of the day I was running the lathe parting off a thick piece of aluminum rod. Instead of widening the groove like I should have, I just kept going and the tool grabbed. The chuck came loose and started flopping around making a bunch of noise and I had to hit the stomp switch to shut it down in a hurry. Took the chuck off and found that the three dogs that held it on had developed burs that kept them from fully engaging, something I hadn't noticed before but that must have been there all along. Smoothed out the burs and now the engagement is much more positive. And safe! I should have stopped last time I installed that chuck to see what was wrong, because I remember it not feeling like it was right at the time. But I was in a hurry, just like I was yesterday, and was very lucky to have gotten away without serious consequences. So note to self to not be in a hurry, and pay attention more if things don't seem correct.
Happy Hump Day, folks!
Do I need to take out an ad in local newspapers? Do hummers read?
Newspaper ads are old hat, Rick. I'd try Craig's List, but even that's a bit old fashioned. You need an app for your phone, but I'm not with it enough to tell you which one.:confused3::laughing: Really, it's just a matter of getting one of the birds to stumble across your feeder. The nectar will last a long time, even in summer temperatures, so just leave it out and see what happens. The bright red and yellow colors should attract any in the area, but if the nectar starts to look cloudy, it should be changed. Texas has a wide variety of hummingbirds, but most seem to favor the Rio Grande and Big Bend areas, at least according to this web page. Ruby Throated hummers should be around though.
Sorry about the doctor visit, Drew. That one sounds like he's putting a swimming pool in the back yard, and needs all the business he can get to pay for it. Even if the procedures aren't effective or necessary. Might be time to go shopping for a new one...
Gosh, Don, you sound really busy. Where ever do you find time for to do your yard work?:laughing:
Good day in the shop yesterday, managed to make up the bracket to support the muffler and get it bolted into place. It seems very stiff and strong. Also found pictures of bikes that use that muffler, and BMW radically altered the frame on those models to make them fit. My solution doesn't look as nice, but I'll probably make up a cover to hide the funky muffler parts that the factory decided to cover up.
Toward the end of the day I was running the lathe parting off a thick piece of aluminum rod. Instead of widening the groove like I should have, I just kept going and the tool grabbed. The chuck came loose and started flopping around making a bunch of noise and I had to hit the stomp switch to shut it down in a hurry. Took the chuck off and found that the three dogs that held it on had developed burs that kept them from fully engaging, something I hadn't noticed before but that must have been there all along. Smoothed out the burs and now the engagement is much more positive. And safe! I should have stopped last time I installed that chuck to see what was wrong, because I remember it not feeling like it was right at the time. But I was in a hurry, just like I was yesterday, and was very lucky to have gotten away without serious consequences. So note to self to not be in a hurry, and pay attention more if things don't seem correct.
Happy Hump Day, folks!
