Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 72ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, breezy. Windy most of the day, Mostly clear sky, and high temp was 90ºF, HI 93ºF. Made coffee to start day, finished getting boat ready and took off for boat ramp about 15 minute late Wind already kicking up messed how close boat driver could get to docks and did not get as many carp. Fish survey did ok, did get pic of tractor crossing bridge for you guys
Ron glad car washed, and neighbor visited. Good to hear you are pacing yourself. Pretty flower.
Drew hope you didn't forget anything. Glad you got some of Paul's music and enjoyed it. Hope trip goes well.
Mike quite the gauntlet of fearsome beasts.
Thomas hope day went well and a good Dr visit.
Mike sorry the kids left those pets for you. Sorry about the 500 pounds of dry mortar mix that is a lot of weight to wrestle with. Hope tile work goes well.
Plowhog that ditch work sounds rough. Glad pup visit was good, nice pic.
Don sorry about lawn mowing in the heat. Glad potatoes were good air fried!
Buppies hope you can get some sleep. prayers sent. Already 90 here.
Scott(vt) hope you have good luck with poo and good trip to Vt.
Paul glad mowing went well, neat pics especially GS blowing of mowers. Hope contractor don't trash you utilities.
Ken good to hear pool opened. Sorry about yellow jacket nest, they are obnoxious. Hope jobs went well today.Nice pics. Really enjoyed the music!
RNG glad selling going fairly well. Good to hear you got help with getting trailer up where you could prep and paint underside.
Paul that ear turned out great, with now post deburr or clean up.
Ted good to hear all quiet on the western front. Glad progress on the planters. Wow what pics! I have nothing from Bird.
Dennis good luck with the building plans.
David that out to work, bet it will be nice to have back in mowing arsenal. Hope you got a hold of tech and HH was good.
RS sorry about heat, we are at 90 except when it rains. Good to hear lift cylinder continues to progress. I see you're eating good Nice flowers. Hope today's agenda goes well
More catch up tomorrow.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 63° with mostly cloudy skies. Heading to 85° with mix of sun and clouds. Mulch has been spread in all my gardens. With neighbors help. Cleaned up all chip from spring chipping. It was close to 2 yard. Got them spread at neighbors gardens. It was noon by the time we finished. Spent afternoon on porch with fan on enjoying the warm temperatures. If winds stay down will put wind killer around buildings and fence lines.

Popgadget, good sounds.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Ron is up, and I haven’t gotten to sleep yet.

 

[ronjhall]

Ron is up, and I haven’t gotten to sleep yet.

Go get some sleep.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
sure going to have a lot of posts to read when I get home.
battery at one quarter, sigh, that's a first
I have a new Ipad and not sure how to get here from there.
Will try that later
meanwhile will take lots of pics
56 in Lewes DE going up to high 60's.
loudest thing here are the birds
and some serious hawks or eagles flying overhead

gotta go
all is well

 

[wngsprd]

55 going to 83.

Mostly, great juxtaposition of tractor over boat's windshield. Glad you at least got some carp.

"Didn't Earn It"...hadn't heard that one...great.

Took a long time for the fog to burn off, and the dew to dry, but I got some mowing in between puppy sessions.

Yep, Buppies, they're saying 90 and summer humidity here Wednesday, too.

 

[Thomas]

56F cloudy low 80's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Little disappointed on how doctor plan removing the tumor,cut remove follow by couple doses of radiation.
Plans for today...8 hours at part store afterwards

Enjoy the day all.

 

[riptides]

59 outside right now, heading to lower 80's. Should be a nice day, looks to be a clear sky all the way to the horizons.

Managed to get some grass cutting in late yesterday, more today. And then the weed whacker needs to make an appearance.

More lawyer/estate work also yesterday...sigh...

I'll focus on the animals, day job and grasses today.

Hope all have a great day. Be safe, those ailing get better. And I hope all are where they want or need to be.

 

[Buppies]

Drew you can link them together in setting I believe that’s what i did. Texts messages email the whole 9 yards even phone calls come through if one wants.

Low sugar all day yesterday today way too high 312 ugh.

58 high of 85 today near 90 tomorrow very humid but rain and cool for the weekend. Mostly you guys in Texas are going to cook this summer.

Sorry about no sleep BEF

Nice pictures Ron, mostly

Bird mentioned he had dementia early onset maybe that’s why he’s not here that’s what I remember.

Prayers for all silent or spoken Thomas need something let me know I’m praying for you

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
60° and foggy again. Going to 80 once the fog burns off, then Clear skies for the day.

Yesterday was busy again. Work started on the old folks home.

We successfully found the utilities without harming them. I’m going to tie the water line in while it’s exposed.

The day started with Zoe greeting the contractor as he was sitting on his tailgate changing his shoes. She took one and ran off with it expecting him to chase her. When he didn’t, she just brought it into the house and dropped it.

Today I’ve got to fly to Portland Maine after I jackhammer a hole in the garage floor to bring the water line in through. I’m envious of those of you that don’t have to worry about plumbing freezing.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct,55 to start going to 80’s ! A little fog now but burning off and the temp climbing fast ! Got pool cover off and pump and filter running ! Something is not right on the filter pressure reading. Only reading about 10 lbs in the filter gage and should have a start reading of about 20 lbs or so ! Will have to take the filter canister apart and inspect the filter grids !

Renewal time for our auto insurance. We keep four vehicles for the two of us to drive. Here's the info on each, semiannual fees: 1997 Ford Econoline van, liability only $393; 2002 Mazda B4000 truck, liability only $408; 2013 Ford F150 truck, full coverage $385; 2017 Ford Edge, full coverage $411.

Fiddlearound, I have a 2017 Ford F150 and my bi annual insurance rates I think is about $315 for 6 months. It was lower because I insured the truck in Vermont, with their rules. Meaning I didn’t have full glass coverage. Then a few years back I was using my weed eater around the barn in Vermont and sent a pebble through the rear window of the cab !
Only to be told that I didn’t have full glass coverage , so after that mishap I put full glass on the truck ! Live and learn ! The vehicle is still registered in Vt but I now have full glad coverage ! I’m also more careful around are vehicles using the weed eater !

Drew, safe travels !

Hope all have a Good Tuesday!!

 

[ronjhall]

Bird mentioned he had dementia early onset maybe that’s why he’s not here that’s what I remember.

Txdon posted a while ago that he called Bird. He had a hard time explaining to Bird who he was.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 60 going up to 84 and cloudy.
Got pool cover folded and diving board installed.
Will get son to help finish putting cover in bag for storage later.
Pool cleaning still ongoing.

The nest when I got close is not YJ , it's bees, no wonder why they were ignoring me.
Now have to see if anyone wants to grab them, rather not kill them off.

Neighbor ran over a garter snake, kids were fascinated. I helped them move it over and later into woods when it died.

Pool looks great Scotty.

PopGadget - So much dirt, great that the digging didn't mess with any Utilities.

Today - clean pool the rest of the way and get cover stored.
Then clean up cement surround and start putting out furniture.

Be well,

 

[Looking4new]

Snow forecast for northwestern Ontario for today and tomoorw.
I am still inside. Got the heart monitor off this morning, so that is a plus.
My 'fine motor control' is back, i can sign my name again and it looks like my signature. Another plus

 

[plowhog]

with the EPA security mandates our dumps (actually Transfer stations) are only open 3 day/ week, closed Wed.

One of my customers in British Columbia said their dump worked for decades without restriction. Small town. Then a new regulation required it be monitored by a live employee but fenced off and locked when not. People arriving at a locked gate with a load of trash would dump it in the woods instead of taking it back home. The small town had to buy a special truck and hire more people to go clean it all up.

Beautiful 70F and sunny yesterday and today.

I started diverting water and pressurized our pipelines. For some weird unexplained reason half the pasture sprinklers don't work. Two sprinklers are within 20 feet of each other-- one has 35psi and the other has zero. ??? I am thinking there is an airlock in the system somewhere. The system covers about 20 acres with some varied slope-- need to start bleeding at each sprinkler location I guess.

Here is another pup from the litter we looked at. This is a female, so not one we might get, but seemingly without a care in the world ...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 67F @ 5:00AM. Abundant sunshine. High around 90F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph.
Looks like it's gonna be the hottest day of the year so far. Ugh!

Keep up the good work, Bill. You'll be home before you know it!

Got the holes where the dangling stadium light was painted yesterday, then decided to remove the one on the other end of the house, too. Both were only controlled by "smart" light switches, inconveniently located in the attic. That would have been hard to convey to the new owners, so just easier to remove them. But I left the Romex in place, a small fortune's worth at today's prices, but it was hotter than blazes up there.

Neighbor came over with a trailer to take away the old gutters I'd saved for him, then turned his nose up at the ones that were bent. That only happened a few weeks ago, and if he'd have come got them when they were first offered, he'd have been able to use them all. Now I suppose I'll have to make another trip to the scrap yard to get rid of his leavings. It was looking like I'd have had to make one anyway to get rid of the steel Kubota shipping pallets I'd accumulated. Each measures 5' x 10' and can be cut apart to repurpose the rectangular tubes, or used almost as is for walls and roof of a shed, which is what I got them for. But now another neighbor says he wants all of the pallets, so I'll spend some time today loading his trailer. Gonna take multiple trips to get 'em all.

I did manage to get two coats of paint on the underside of the trailer, and hope to get it back on the wheels safely this morning. I was awakened at about midnight by a crashing sound out there, and found that the wind had blown over the ladder I'd been using. Could'a been the trailer, but it was safe.

Didn't check email last night and now I see someone wants to buy the 34' extension ladder. I knew as soon as I started using it again someone would want it. It never fails...

Hope the wind dies down, as I don't like to mow when it's this high. Fire spreads fast enough on its own, let alone if there's a strong wind behind it. There's plenty of wire brushing left to do on the trailer, so no worries about staying busy...

 

[riptides]

A good puppy pic is always the way to start a day!

My pool pressure usually run high when the filters are clogged up. Maybe the pressure gauge itself is whacked? Air in the system?

I looked at our pool yesterday, yep, still covered. You all are shaming me. LOL.

 

[plowhog]

So far i'm not impressed with any of the RE companies in that area, they just do things different. More of an informal back and forth to get an agreement, then write it up.

An "earthquake level" court decision recently came down that upended the real estate industry. This will affect every property owner who wants to buy or sell.

The agent you described seemed to have ethics violations all over. Glad you refused. But the old ways of walking into a RE office, informally hiring a buyer's agent to look at property or to write up an offer, are pretty much over. Expect to sign a contract now before doing anything. It's part of the negotiated court settlement.

The intent was to lower fees and commissions. That may happen. But a lot of buyers are going to get hurt by the more rigid formalities of hiring a buyer's agent for representation. Sellers are affected but not as much. Right now it is pretty much a mess.

What the National Association of Realtors' settlement means for consumers and real estate brokers

New rules could start saving home buyers and sellers thousands of dollars in lower commissions as soon as this summer, but experts say it will take the market some time to digest the changes.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[riptides]

Of bird and man.

Lots of air activity this AM.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,

Txdon posted a while ago that he called Bird. He had a hard time explaining to Bird who he was.

Ron, that is very sad to hear indeed ! I had many pleasant conversations with Bird through the years ! One that I remember in particular was about Quantico ! He took some law enforcement courses there and he answered some of my questions when my oldest son was accepted by the FBI to serve as an agent ! He ultimately didn’t go that route but Bird was very helpful with his answers! Our prayers for Bird !!