Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

neighbor and his friend worked into the dark last night finishing the little greenhouse. Lights on the Kubota came in handy.
Probably the last time I'll drive it...

City electrical inspector coming early this morning to check on some equipment, then I head to tractor dealer for my lesson.
Brand new top of the line 8 series Massey sitting right in front of my tractor.
Let's see if we can get this into reverse properly...
Though I'm old enough like many of you to have muscle memory
where your left leg jams down on the real or imagined clutch as a panic response.

Interesting to have a "real" clutch pedal, then a powershuttle lever, which is clearly electronic, and then the
pushbutton clutch button on the joystick. Wondering if the "feel" of the foot clutch will be different. The action of the other
two are controlled by a variable response speed control, which I assume (just love that word) is hydraulic. So I continue to assume
there are lots of hydraulic actuators and my left leg is simply the actuator for the floor clutch. Can't imagine there being traditional hard faced contact clutches. Which leads me to wonder how one "feathers" a clutch like this. Maybe you don't, just dump it and let that variable response control handle it, for sure on the slow end for me.

nice to have something new to learn. Think three times, engage clutch once.

45 going to 62 today, heat is returning. Yeah.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. The 50 mph winds have finally died down, a few things are missing though no doubt they will turn up in odd corners of fields at some stage.

For the last couple of days I have been away in Newcastle, a city characterised by various dramatic bridges that cross the river Tyne. The hotel I was staying in was right by the castle in the centre and with 2 Rolls Royce parked outside the entrance, looked fearfully expensive. Fortunately, it turned out to be quite reasonable. Only downside of the visit was the vegan beer served up in one of the trendy pubs that was geared more towards young university students than old men. I have always thought of beer as being a "plant based" product, made from fermented barley malt and hops. English beers use finings to clear the yeast that is otherwise held in suspension and it would seem these are mostly derived from animals, so this micro brewery didn't use them, nor spend money on any of the alternatives. The freshly pulled pint of cloudy beer didn't clear no matter how long you waited, it looked like it had been made with water straight out of the muddy river and reminded me far too much of my own home brew attempts back in the 70's - yuk :laughing:

Nice to have you back Jay.

L4N, can't blame the cat for keeping away if it thought it would be the next one going to see that nice vet.

Just say if anyone starts to get too depressed about gas/diesel prices - then I will tell you what we pay and you will soon feel soooo much better in comparison.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 30° with light snow this morning. Heading to 39° with cloudy skies. Wife and I got last of Christmas decorations up yesterday. We have a lit door wreath. It had old style lights. Got some LED lights put them on. Should not have to search for any more bad bulbs. When I got up this morning 5 motion lights in backyard were on. 4 deer were at bird feeder. Need to put a motion light at feeder.

RNG, sure hope you make it back home soon.

Looking, glad dog is OK. On the local Facebook. A post was made about a stray cat. About 10 people replied. All giving the same cat food and shelter. Owners finally posted. They no longer worry when cat does not come home for a few days.

Roy, EGO reviews in video would be good.

Randy, prayers for you, Ellen and her mother. Lots of loving care needed for all.

Good Morning All.

 

[Eric Salop]

I'm about done with the tool box, it still looks bad but all the drawers work and top is in good shape and it has wheels now. One of the neighbors has a couple sets of ATV tire chins that we can make fit ...

CWB, this is a great example of while we all like to see pictures.

Trying to generate a mental image of your toolbox project is proving really taxing first thing in a morning. When you started a few days ago, my head was first thinking of a standard tool box,
,
then I had to adjust a little when I realised it was much bigger. This morning you almost blew my mind before I got to the end of your sentence - a tool box with tire chains !

 

[daugen]

Ron, nice story about the cat and all the love it received.
Yes, extra love and best wishes to Ellen, and Randy, as they deal with challenges and final stages.

Jay, thank you for being an uplifting spirit.

 

[Bird]

NWS says it's 63 degrees at 6 a.m. going for a high of 73! Denton County is having the Christmas tree lighting, vendors set up on the courthouse lawn, etc. at 6 p.m. this evening. The Denton newspaper says a 30% chance of rain this evening, while the NWS says a 40% chance. I guess it'll be interesting to see what happens.

 

[toppop52]

Buppies- One thing I missed during my absence here was your interpretation of the weather. This should be an "interesting " year. I am happy to have my tractor back.

Randy- “the long goodbye,” a long term grieving process, Ellen was a hero before I took my break from this thread. She still is. There are Alzheimer support groups if she should choose. So many feel so alone. In addition to you I hope that she has her support network. There are good moments that bubble up during "the trip." I hope that Ellen, you, et. al. have the gift to be involved. Hang in there......... Ellen is on my "Hero's/Heroine list.

Mine as well, besides what she does for her family, she pulled me out of my depression that I had not even recognized. Both our moms have dementia, my mom has age related not Alzhiemers. Dealing with that when my wife passed away seemed like a heavy load, but she swooped in and changed my whole mindset.

 

[ronjhall]

Since we all like pictures. Here is one of the stray cat on Facebook.

 

[wngsprd]

33 and beautiful going to 50, maybe showers.

Randy, sure hope Ellen is feeling better...maybe a ride in that fancy Pinto would help.

Wife returned home so we finally had a chance to go out and get some Tex-Mex to celebrate last week's anniversary.

 

[toppop52]

Went from 29-37 since 1 AM. Clouding up and 50 today, it will feel like a heat wave.

Jay, Drew, Ron and Randy, thank you.
Actually, everyone who sticks around are great people, look forward to our conversations.
RNG, I think about you and your situation often, hope you are soon back home.
Happy Friday everyone
And may God see you through.