Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

Great to have you both back on the same day...and now, if only Dave would get back here where he belongs.

 

[RoyJackson]

2015-09-15, 0305

59 right now...warming up to about 80. Looks like a warming trend for about 5 days...

 

[Eric Salop]

And dave1949 hasnt come back yet..

Good morning and good to have everyone back - except Dave1949. If he doesn't come back soon, then it looks like the rumours may be true - he never really existed.

Conspiracy Theory No 1
Dave1949 was the code name for an advanced military artificial intelligence program. This was designed to prevent inadvertent release of nuclear warheads. When under threat with communications compromised, isolated launch site operators would still believe they were able to contact a senior "person" they trusted, Dave1949, without ever realising he was only a built in computer program. Final test, before putting Dave into active service, was for the software to run unaided by the creators on a public forum - TBN.

Well Dave sure had me fooled. We must have finally crashed the program. Perhaps it was that impossibility that we all kept insisting was true - Dave's addiction to rocks !

Conspiracy Theory No 2
Several other "people" on TBN are also artificial intelligence programs - that's why those that have had their suspicions for a long time always want to see pictures as proof of what we say we have done.

Conspiracy Theory No 3
Actually, you are the only real person on here. All the rest, including the pictures, are computer generated to attract advertisors to a huge potential customer base.

 

[daugen]

52 degrees here, all the warmth must have gone North (?) but a nice day planned.
Johnny Appleseed day. Four red delicious, three yellow delicious, and a persimmon tree to plant today in the orchard, replacing the 8 trees that drowned this Spring.
And a good day yesterday with my neighbor, the ditcher, and he and his son will do swales around the orchard; he thought that would do perfectly well for surface water.
So hopefully what I plant won't suffer a similar fate. He said if that didn't work well enough, they could always drop pipe in the center of the swale but try to let something simple work before one got more complicated. Sounds like a good plan. Plus my neighbor has the coveted Harley rake and he said he has many years practice with it since he doesn't like raking either. Actually his rather large son will do the raking, while Pop runs the machines. And in the midst of this discussion he said I had what they called locally "pig turd clay". I let that sit a minute and gave him a questioning look; I know Hog Avenue wasn't far away, and he said the "real" name was Hog Turd Avenue, but the map folks shortened it. Seems to be an aversion, understandably, to the T word.

speaking of pigs...there is a billboard war going on locally. One shouts Stop Industrial Hog Pollution, Save the Bay! while another shows a pic of a hard working farm family saying something like a good honest day's work... It's of course not the pigs/hogs that are the problem, per se, it's their e coli and everything else pollution going on. But then there are nitrates and who knows what dumped everywhere around here, including constant crop dusting planes. So there are fertilizer and pesticides getting applied over just about everything. The way of the world, but having a hog farm right along the river or a creek leading to it really has some folks upset, and likely correctly. btw, when does pig become a hog? Over a certain age? Male I assume. A hog certainly doesn't sound as tender...

Farmer has the same issues, all those critters put out what they take in...and what to do with it so it doesn't leave one's property in the wrong way. Like through an aquifer...So far I haven't even seen a hog/pig farm around here but they're here or those billboards wouldn't be going up. This might be the leading edge of ecological sensitivity that took over the Chesapeake Bay. Farms along the Bay are very regulated and inspected and pollution is taken very seriously there. Lot of big rivers dumping into the Chesapeake Bay,particularly at the top, coming down from Pennsylvania, bringing farming nutrients and pesticides into the Upper Bay, causing oxygen problems at times. Not sure how serious they are here...yet.
I'll send Dave another PM and see if I can entice him.

 

[bakerg]

Good morning, beautiful day here, into work early for some OT, 63F heading to 79F. Bike ride in was quiet and calming before work starts.

Eric, you think way to much this early in the morning, I could never do that at this early hour.:ashamed:

 

[daugen]

Currently, local time in New York is 5 hours behind London.

not to worry...he's ahead of us
Of course, the Brits always thought that anyway
and were glad to get rid of us

 

[KevT]

Eric, Inquiring minds want to know!!! How does your brain come up with such ideas? There are more times than not I wish mine did.

Larro, I will admit I didn't watch the video, I have very limited data downloads, so music and video is not allowed. I am sure they are great things, but so is adobe (clay, straw, water, sun baked 12x12x4 blocks.) as long as it is kept covered in stucco it will last hundreds of years. Keeps cool in the summer, warm in the winter, and is sound proof. Wont burn, and can't shoot through it with average caliber fire arms. The down side is labor costs to produce and lay up... Concrete block houses don't burn either, what burns down in a FFire is the roof, and interior walls, and furniture (stick frame houses excluded of course).

Drew, I am sorry, I did not take pictures of the camera install on my tractor. Hard to hold the camera and bolt things together at the same. I can take after shots for you if you want and/or explain what I did and why. Still have some bugs to work out like a better way to mount but move front camera between implements (Velcro doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling). I will be happy to answer any questions you have. BUT, I got that project done last night (less modifications), now to finish my wife's shelves.

67 outside right now going to 85 with afternoon rain.

 

[Buppies]

Another cool morning but not as cool as advertised. This dry weather is hard on those with allergys plus yard looks like desert. Two driveways ready to pave that is today's activity tomorrow subdivision road and parking lot tomorrow. New to me service truck Dodge 4500 gets new windshield and oil and filters changed. Something tore up bird feeder beyond repair birds are not happy but new one on the way. Hopefully it wasn't a bear probably a raccoon either way one of us has to go

Riptides glad to see you are still in one piece and still have all parts intact

No serious rain in sight for next two weeks at least so the tea leaves say

Good Morning

 

[Thomas]

51F now low 80's for high.
Going to have to snap my butt after work if I want to finish picking rest of veggie from the garden before dark sets in to night.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Thomas]

Buppies.
"Something tore up bird feeder beyond repair"

Game cam will leave no doubt.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured second cup of coffee. 56° with mostly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 80° with mostly sunny skies. Got most of my little projects done yesterday. But a few new ones have been added. Going to sons place to celebrate youngest grand daughters 11th birthday. They sure grow up fast.
Drew, Hogs. Never park next to a truck hauling them. Don't ask how I know.
Buppies, Welcome back.
Riptides, Welcome Back.
Dave1949, please come back before Eric goes off the deep end.
Good Morning All.

 

[KevT]

Wow, in the time it takes me to type, 8 more posts got added.

Drew, You do realize that yes things are bad for pollution, but it is these same people that will say they don't understand why the cost of pork has increased 5 times what it used to be. I live in what is basically a collage town, smart people??? :laughing: Which is why the larger farmers around here hang signs on the fences that pretty much say if you trespass on the property you are at risk of getting cancer from the chemical fertilizers and insecticides that they use. DUH!!! Don't trespass!! I often wonder why it doesn't mention the lead poison you might get for being where you know you shouldn't be.

 

[riptides]

Good morning, breakfast club. So I need to take a better inventory of things on the farm. Seems there was a lot of equipment down time whilst I was away. I really don't like looking at a semi right outside my pool side view, so that needs to move, along with the 50+ round bales that are out there. Someone needs to FINISH the job. GRRR....

A month can change a lot of things, the dogs, one looks to have developed old age in the hind quarters. Man, that sucks, I'll treat him like the big dog he is. Cuddle him a little more. Last night they made it a point to show off and managed to break out of the chain link run, sheesh. They knocked on the door, so I let them in the house.

Only have two horses now, another one moved out with the kid. Now if some of the cats would make a similar trek!

The pope is coming to town, I have been instructed to make plans elsewhere! Someone gets it!

Have a great day all!

Oh, it was 45 out when I left. What the heck! That is COLD and unexpected. Not ready for this cooler weather. LOL.

 

[wngsprd]

47 going to 82 and sunny. Another nearly perfect weather day for this time of year.

Got some chiles roasted yesterday and made rellenos last night. Not the best I've ever had, but had a nice kick.

I've got jury duty today. So, guess it's time to go get presentable

 

[Eric Salop]

But then there are nitrates and who knows what dumped everywhere around here at the top, coming down from Pennsylvania, bringing farming nutrients and pesticides into the Upper Bay, causing oxygen problems at times. Not sure how serious they are here...yet.

Drew, not sure what the legislation is in the USA, but in the UK we have all sorts of rules aimed at limiting the amount of nitrates going into water courses from agricultural land, be that artificially applied nitrogen, or what comes out of the rear end of a pig or any other farm animal. Some rules are sensible, others are bureaucracy gone mad. Each year I have to predict how many livestock I will have on the land throughout the following year and then demonstrate by calculation how much nitrogen from poop this will produce. After that I have to do similar calcs for any farmyard manure that I intend to spread and then also for any added artificial nitrogen. All then get added up and must not exceed the "Nitrate Vulnerable Zone" NVZ limits.

A couple of years ago I had an inspection. My calculations for the nitrogen in the rear end discharges and that for the manure spread were accepted without problem. They then asked to see my calculations for artificial fertiliser, which showed simply zero. I don't apply any other fertiliser and said so. Inspector agreed I was allowed to not use fertiliser, but insisted I must still calculate how much fertiliser the "crop" (grass) would take, if I were to apply it, even though I would not be doing so ??? :confused3: The fine for this was 150 pounds ($225). :thumbdown:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning! 61F @ 5:30AM. More clouds than sun. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 73F. Winds SSE at 10 to 20 mph.

Conspiracy Theory No 4
Some folks have too many beans for breakfast and invent ridiculous conspiracy theories to relieve the pressure build up.:laughing:

Kev, check out RAM Mounts for your screen.

I learned yesterday that a friend of mine had evacuated from his place outside of Railroad Flat, CA three days ago due to the Butte Fire. The northeastern fire boundary is four miles from his land, and most of the activity is on the southwest edge of the burn, so maybe he's still got a chance. A bunch of us were supposed to get together for a camp out there in a couple of weeks, so fingers still crossed it'll happen. At least he's safe, but he's hearing rumors of looters in the neighborhood, and I may be called upon to help move some of his stuff to a safer place when access restrictions are lifted.

Mean time the air here is filled with smoke and the evening news has declared it unhealthy to breathe. The light showers we got at the end of yesterday seemed to have helped, but they were not enough to quench the Lumpkin Fire, burning about 20 miles southeast of here. And the devastating Valley Fire continues to burn unabated, destroying over 500 homes and threatening thousands more. It's the fourth largest fire in Northern California history, and at only 10% containment, it'll likely improve on that record.

 

[farmer2009]

54 this morning and headed to 85.

Building roof is on and wall framing is started. Today is adding the shed roof. Then off to bale some hay.

Drew. Ask around and you can find the farms. But I bet the farmers will all tell you. "That stench doesn't stink. It smells like money." Laughing.

RNG. Those fires sound a little close.

 

[sixdogs]

Still no dave1949 and he blocked his PM's. Anyone have email to send this? He can relate, I'm sure.


"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

~ Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948,
Indian Spiritual Leader

 

[Waskom John]

Farmer 2009,
I also had bad experience with Sears on replacing tools. I stopped using Sears about 25 years ago. Asking for a part number on a wrench is like asking for a part number on a nail from a box of 1000.
Waskom John

 

[sodamo]

74°F and .03 inches rain last 24 hours.

Be safe
Have a great day

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