Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

that's very low humidity RS, must feel good. And good for shop tools. Not going to rust at 16 percent right?

I gave the portable gen a hard long run yesterday, a real workout with the rv a/c going pretty constantly.
Interesting I tripped the breaker, too much draw, when I used my 30 foot approved Camco power cable extension.
Reset it, moved the gen closer to rv, and it ran fine. Very quiet inverter gen under light load but they start making some
noise for sure when the load is high. A Champion is no Honda, nor does it cost four grand. More like a tenth of that, so Honda
must have some serious internal muffler baffling on their units

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Hard to keep up with everyone, we now have king wngsprd, demanding hummingbirds, lots of heat, a really cool sunrise pic, and don has a new rock collection.

 

[hawkeye08]

wife surprised me with the PVC fitting I needed. Glued it up and laid it out.. 250' of drip (12" spacing, .9GPH). Looks like it will work out well. Now to do some weed wacking and clean up around bushes and get the drip line placed where we want it.

 

[ronjhall]

Very productive day. Grandson and grand daughter are great helpers. Pole barn roof coating is done. New gutter on west side of pole barn. Replaced 2 bottom tongue and groove boards on west side of pole barn. All done by lunch time. They will return Friday to help with more projects.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Kind of late, but it's my birthday today. Been busy. Worked 1/2 day, then grocery shopping, then drive 1.2 hours home.

Eric, we have attempted to make a Manchester Tart, but I have a question to ask. Does it still count as a Manchester tart if you make the base and middle layers with shortbread crust in lieu of "short crust"? If I made a perversion of the real thing, might I call it "Lee County Tart"? You see, I like shortbread, and a bakery about 20 miles south of us makes a wonderful cherry shortbread. I believe each piece (about 100mm x 50mm x 50mm) costs about $3 or more dollars, so it is pricey stuff.

I had my daughter, son, and wifey all involved with making it. It is hard to believe how much money and labor can fit into a 14" diameter porcelain tart dish. It is in the refrigerator (not sure what the English call it), cooling down. My wifey is actually a bit edgy awaiting the cutting, hopefully in another 30 minutes or so.

So from top to bottom, the layers we went with are from top to bottom:

Shredded coconut and fresh raspberry garnish
Homemade whip cream
Bananas mixed in with homemade custard
shortbread
whipcream
raspberry jam (store bought)
shortbread


And that's about it.

Nice photo PJS.
RS, really nice flower bed.
farmer, hope your allergy shots go your way.
Ed, glad to have Ed back.
RNG, nice Beemer. Hope your VW project keeps moving forward.

Hope all of you have a blessed evening.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Kind of late, but it's my birthday today.

Happy B-Day, Kyle. Hope you don't get any candle wax on your tart/cake!

RNG, nice Beemer. Hope your VW project keeps moving forward.

Had to find something to keep me busy until the VW comes home... :laughing::laughing::laughing::hissyfit:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Happy birthday kyle!!

Tart sounds good. I like shortbread also.

 

[sodamo]

Happy Birthday Kyle
Sounds yummy

 

[sodamo]

Nothing serious at Dr, likely a strained muscle.
Ibuprofen refill (the 800mg) and a muscle relaxant prescription.

Nice lunch with wife at V
Chinese buffet.
Dogs enjoyed the ride to cooler part of the island and their McNuggets.
Kekoa more energetic, must be recovering, or decided to forgive me stealing his maleness.

All this a/c talk?????? 74°F as I type. Was 66° in Waimea.

Time for a quick nap.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 78F for the start this morning, mostly clear sky, and calm wind. Wind moderate today, temp rose to 100F, and skies clouded up a bit but still no rain. Bike ride this morning, had been having trouble with cadence sensor, worked fine today. after lunch and nap cleaned up front side and back porch.

 

[farmer2009]

Kyle. Happy birthday.

Allergy shots went well. Small amount of swelling at one of the three injection sites but they measured it and sent me on my way. My eppi pen should be here Friday. Will have to carry it on shot days.

 

[Buppies]

Happy birthday Kyle

 

[farmer2009]

It will freeze meat in there!

One day I may need too. Never rule out options. But don't plan on it.

Although one day I'd like to build my own kiln using fans and a window unit a/c. But not this building. I'd probably spring for spray foam when that time comes.

Yes Drew. I know too much about fans and ventilation. But everything I have on hand it too much for that building. Smallest fan I use is 10,000 cfm. Large ones are 26,000 and they're trying to convince me to swap them for 31,000 cfms. But at $1300/fan x32 fans I'm holding out. Although mine are starting to show their age. Rusting out at 7 years. But have to use same company to get discounts for the premature rusting. I paid $900+ for these. Just paid them off a year and a half ago too. Like I said I'm holding. But I'm thinking a box fan on a shelf would do the trick. Especially heating it.

 

[RoyJackson]

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62 right now...mid-80's for the high.

 

[Buppies]

73 high of 95 later too hot for man or beast

 

[Eric Salop]

Eric, we have attempted to make a Manchester Tart, but I have a question to ask. Does it still count as a Manchester tart if you make the base and middle layers with shortbread crust in lieu of "short crust"? If I made a perversion of the real thing, might I call it "Lee County Tart"? You see, I like shortbread, and a bakery about 20 miles south of us makes a wonderful cherry shortbread. I believe each piece (about 100mm x 50mm x 50mm) costs about $3 or more dollars, so it is pricey stuff.

I had my daughter, son, and wifey all involved with making it. It is hard to believe how much money and labor can fit into a 14" diameter porcelain tart dish. It is in the refrigerator (not sure what the English call it), cooling down. My wifey is actually a bit edgy awaiting the cutting, hopefully in another 30 minutes or so.

Sorry I'm late to the party Kyle, Happy birthday !

I like shortbread too, your "Lee County Tart" sounds a great variant. This is a recipe for what we know as "short crust" pastry - Shortcrust Pastry | Recipes | Delia Online


Refrigerator (or abbreviated to fridge) is just the same here.

Do you have what we call "custard". Although custard can be made with eggs, one of the most common ways it is made here is from (eggless) "Birds Custard Powder" Bird's Custard - Wikipedia

(Wiki reference to non-Newtonian fluids seems a bit of a waste of good custard. Non-Newtonian properties are great fun, but that can be easily made for the kids to play and experiment with using ordinary cornflower)

:licking:

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning. Still haven't seen any lightning this year, although on the way home last night we passed through an area where thunderstorms had been very active and could distinctly smell the change in the air. The summer evening sky turned into a premature night fall as I got my wish for some heavy rain to wash away that swallow poop. A bit too heavy for comfortable driving, it came down so hard that the radio was almost inaudible and my wife's voice sounded so distant it was hard to believe she was sat right by my side. The double speed wipers finally got to take a well earned rest as we approached home and the radio could at last make itself heard at a higher volume than normal, which was fine as it coincided with the start of Jefferson Airplane and [Don't you want] "Somebody To Love".

When we got back and looked at the garden, we could see that again not a single drop of rain had fallen where we live. I went round the paddock where we keep any sheep in need of a bit of extra care. A friend had called round earlier in the day to check on them and fed them. A ewe and her once poorly lamb that is now well on the way to full recovery both greeted me with their usual demands for me to pick them some tasty weeds as a late night snack.

Over in the corner an old ewe who has been going slowly down hill for a few days, was laying almost still, not able to lift her head to see if I had brought her anything. I moved the water container that was a few inches to her side a little closer and lifted her head to take a sip. She wasn't interested. Maybe I would be able to tempt her with some of their favorite weed, so I went into the tiny orchard to see what I could find. Two minutes later I was back with a bunch for all of them. The old ewe was looking directly at me but saw nothing, she had finally slipped away.

"Somebody To Love" was still playing in my head as I went to bed at the end of a peculiarly satisfying day. Couldn't help wondering what those ewe's last thoughts were as I drifted off to sleep. Perhaps at the end of my life, my thoughts will be much the same.

 

[Eric Salop]

Found an example of messing around with a "non-Newtonian fluid". Non-Newtonian Fluid - Cornstarch and water - YouTube

RNG If you haven't played with this in a while, that's another one you can fill time with until the 'van is ready :laughing:

 

[txdon]

Good morning! Still 77˚ its going to be a 100+ day. Up a little early a little sore from the water volleyball yesterday. Water is getting a bit warm and I might need to add ice.
Eric the youtube following the one you posted was interesting also - walking on water. They got a cement truck full of cornstarch and filled a pool. As long as you kept moving you were ok but if you don't move quick enough you sink.
Happy belated birthday Kyle.
Watch the heat guys. One of our volleyball players was sidelined this week after an earlier heatstroke. He was fishing with his grandson on a boat and passed out. His grandson 14yo, did get him to shore and called for help.

 

[Thomas]

63F clear sky upper 80's for high slight chance of t-storm later evening.

Guess I am just not to the 3 H's weather as I use to be,very little interest puttering outside after work now a days.

Enjoy the day all.