Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

Went down to my pit and crusted a spot and brought a few buckets of topsoil up but it’s too wet to work good. Roughed it in, I’ll let it dry and finish it, still gotta order some mix dirt. The topsoil in my pit area is deeper than I can dig, had the guy that did my driveway take his big Bobcat and try to find the bottom, went down around five feet, pure black powder, it’s the floodplain of an old creek that’s just seasonal now. I found a stone tool back there a few years back, I use it for a paperweight on my desk, not native to this area for sure. Got some pottery shards out of there too.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Another school shooting.

Left work early, costco run for $15 doz roses.

No shop lights in stock.
Did get a new fancy stud finder.

 

[toppop52]

No shop lights in stock.
Did get a new fancy stud finder.

Is it pointing toward the Eastern Shore?:laughing:

 

[txdon]

So during the active shooting a student is hiding in the closet and in real time live on TV the news caster gets the student to tell him exactly where she is hiding. Did they think there were no TVs in the school?

I guess they figured their mistake because they went out of their way after the incident to report the student hiding in the closet was ok.

 

[jbrumberg]

We returned from the croc trip w/o incident. It was more a bird watching tour than a croc tour. The tour boats are powered by a 150HP outboard and draw ~2' draft. We almost got stuck a couple of times which would have meant that the passengers would be pushing the boat free (the reason for required non flipflop footwear). The crocs that we saw were pretty small. The ones under the Tarcoles Bridge are much,much bigger; wait till tomorrow's pictures with some luck as we travel back to San Jose (our final destination). One can see how a cow or two becomes croc food. The submerged croc was an 8' female. The tour guide called her in with baby croc calls and splashing water.

And a reminder about St. Valentine's Day.

We are so thankful that we are able and healthy enough to make this trip.

My + thoughts, prayers, and wishes for all.

Pura Vida

 

[daugen]

Jay,
when my wife was very sick one of the few ways we could get away was on a cruise ship. She would take along a few of her favorite stuffed animals, usually small manatees.
Well...each day the room steward would do the towel art and create different animals to make friends with the stuffed toys. It really was cute.
That one is very nice, I'm sure your wife appreciated all the effort you went to for her. We'll back you up on that...
You handpicked those rose petals I just know.

Ok, where's our pictures of Costa Rican tractors?

David/Sodamo, my memory is perhaps in frustration you bought a really good small generator to back up the Chinese diesel one.
Is the diesel the one with the problem water pump? How big is it?
How many hours before the water pump conked out?

I had a 20 year old 15kw Onan in my boat that rattled and banged and vibrated the boat, needed a steady diet of new water pump impellers,
but never died. Biggest problem was Springtime, after rubber impellers had been sitting in one position for many months. That's when the impellers would start to go, those pieces
that had been bent over so long, fail and then those bits head for places you really don't want them. Some perfectionists took their impellers out, I just replaced them every two years, they were cheap. Your gens are regularly run so that isn't your case. Was it a bearing, a shaft or a gear that failed and if you already went over this, sorry.

Tractors usually have metal gear impeller water pumps, correct?

 

[sodamo]

Very pleased to say my main generator is back functional. Need to do a mod for the fan safety shroud but that should only involve some spacers and longer bolts, otherwise purrs along nicely.
Thought I’ve posted video before. Don’t see how

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Left work early, costco run for $15 doz roses.
No shop lights in stock.
Did get a new fancy stud finder.

Farmer, I'm the last guy you wanna be takin' advise on women from. However, I think you're OK with the roses, and it's a good thing Costco was out of shop lights. But if you try to give her that stud finder, it's a good thing you're used to sleeping on the couch because you're gonna be out there on it again tonight!:shocked::laughing:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Farmer, I'm the last guy you wanna be takin' advise on women from. However, I think you're OK with the roses, and it's a good thing Costco was out of shop lights. But if you try to give her that stud finder, it's a good thing you're used to sleeping on the couch!:shocked::laughing:

She asked if the stud finder was for her.

 

[300UGUY]

Great day today, the sun was out! I took my dogs for a long walk, did a little work at the shop, bought my wife flowers and candy. No stud finders.....

 

[RedNeckGeek]

She asked if the stud finder was for her.

You're a VERY lucky man, Farmer!:thumbsup:

 

[farmer2009]

She asked if the stud finder was for her.

Every time I have to get the stud finder out around her I turn it on and run it across me. And tell her I had to test it. It always puts a smile on her face even if she won’t admit it.

 

[farmer2009]

63 currently. And it’s cooled off a little.

Took wife to eat at Texas Roadhouse. After her doctors checkup from her mole removal. At 4:30 they had a 45 minute wait. We left at 6:30. Food was good. Got her a flower arraignment and card. Florist wouldn’t deliver to school. Said too busy, then gave me a hard time about saying I’d just pick something to take home. So will probably find a new florist for next time.

Worked in chicken coops a while this morning then fixed ranger wheel new helper managed to bend. He was turning around and backed off a culvert. It’s a piece of steel pipe about a quarter inch thick. Didn’t cut tire. Then shuffle kids around so we could have an evening together. Now back to chicken coops.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all (or should I say good evening). Got a late start on here today. Went to HD for a bunch of materials: 20 2x8x16', 16 2x8x10', 16 2x6x16', 8 2x4x16', 64 2x6 studs. 16sheets of 1 1/2" foam insulation. Had to go through 1/2 of the bunks to get straight ones. Loaded onto 3 carts. Paid for the stuff, then took it all off the carts, loaded onto trailer. Of course since I have a trailer load of lumber, it's going to rain tonight. Glad for the chance of rain :dance1:So, got home, unloaded everything into the shop. I'm just plumb wore out! :duh: Had pepperoni and sausage pizza for dinner, homemade apple/blueberry pie for dessert :licking: Going to bed in about a 1/2 hour, got to get up at 03:00 for duty Hopefully people will behave themselves next few days) These 13 hr shifts are long, (especially when they turn into 14-15 hours.) I do like having 4 days off though every week. I guess it's a wash. I'll start my project on Sunday.

To all needing prayers, there're sent. Hope everyone stays healthy and has a great few days. I'll catch up on Sunday....

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 45F and fog, sky obscured, calm wind. High temp was 76F wind got frisky, fog lifted about 10:30, sky cleared about noon. Men's meeting this morning, followed by cleaning the ashes in the wood stove. Went for bike ride about 2, normal summer clothes, first one this year. Took wife to the nearby restaurant, her main Valentine meal is Red Lobster tomorrow.

 

[mostly_gas]

I don't know the story about the car, it was near when we rented ATVs, and of course the rental people tell us that the dummy disobeyed the guide and that was his punishment
Towel figure left in the shower for us

 

[jbrumberg]

So far in Costa Rica I have seen Massey Ferguson, Yanmar, John Deere, Belarus, Case, New Holland, and Kubota tractors of various vintages...... and a couple that I could not identify (yet). I think that some are from eastern Europe/Russian manufacturers. I am no farmer and I am not the greatest of gardeners, but it appears that there are areas where agribusiness is flourishing with large tracts of singular crop plantings like bananas, palms for oil, coconut palms, and pineapples. Coffee is somewhat different- some producers plant trees grown in shade and others plant trees in the open. Coffee grown in shade requires much less to no chemicals needed for the production of coffee beans; trees grown in the open require more chemicals. Large tracts of singular crop planting without crop rotation and/or mixed crop planting is starting to create more opportunities for invasive insects and diseases. Bananas as we know them have some nasty virus that's spreading across CR. The smaller and subsistence farms with mixed crops/complimentary plantings seem more resistant to the invasive stuff.

I've posted it before, but I'll post it again: For all the poverty in CR it is wealthy in what really matters in life.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers for all.

Pura Vida.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Farmer, I'm the last guy you wanna be takin' advise on women from. However, I think you're OK with the roses, and it's a good thing Costco was out of shop lights. But if you try to give her that stud finder, it's a good thing you're used to sleeping on the couch because you're gonna be out there on it again tonight!:shocked::laughing:

Not so fast! After our Richmond House was complete, right before Christmas 2015, my wife told me to add a new stud finder to her Christmas Gift list. Her old one wasn’t working well (she has her own tool box) and she was getting ready to start hanging pictures in the new house. Boom! She got a new Dewalt SF and a Dewalt laser level tool as well.

One of the first thing I learned about her was that she wasn’t a rose fan but, she loved tulips. So, for the 12+ years we’ve been together it’s Tulips for Birthdays, Anniversaries, Valentine’s Day, etc.

We took one of the European River cruises thru Holland and Belgium a couple of years ago. The highlight of the trip, for her, was the tulip fields in Holland and the Keukenhof Gardens near Lisse.








Happy Valentines Day to all our Ladies!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Not so fast! After our Richmond House was complete, right before Christmas 2015, my wife told me to add a new stud finder to her Christmas Gift list. Her old one wasn’t working well (she has her own tool box) and she was getting ready to start hanging pictures in the new house. Boom! She got a new Dewalt SF and a Dewalt laser level tool as well.

One of the first thing I learned about her was that she wasn’t a rose fan but, she loved tulips. So, for the 12+ years we’ve been together it’s Tulips for Birthdays, Anniversaries, Valentine’s Day, etc.

We took one of the European River cruises thru Holland and Belgium a couple of years ago. The highlight of the trip, for her, was the tulip fields in Holland and the Keukenhof Gardens near Lisse.

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Happy Valentines Day to all our Ladies!

I went there as a sr in high school.

 

[RoyJackson]

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21 right now...high in the upper 40's!