Good morning!!!!

[lostcreekranch]

I read the article and can see the reason she said it but, initially I figured it was something about Dikes and frozen canals. :shocked:

Prayers for Topps, Ron being better than OK, Ed getting over his cold, BEF to be in such great shape that his wife never needs a stud finder and all that need them.

RNG, Maybe that stuff will work. I'm guessing it has a low temp melting alloy mixed in? Maybe bismuth? Might be a hit or miss and require some craftsmanship and good fortune. I know you have the craftsmanship part good to go.

125, I got tired just reading what all you put into the carts.

We are well and have made school and work for the whole week!

I was thinking of taking off Monday Presidents Day and taking the family down to the San Jacinto battlegrounds for a Texas history lesson. It will depend on the weather.

San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site — Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

The Battleship of Texas is just across the street.

78F downhere tonight. Might need to run the AC.

My wife doesn't care to get flowers. She prefers chocolates and "a gift that lasts". She told me the card I got her made her "tear up".

Kyle, it dijk not dike.

When you go out to San Jacinto Battle grounds have a great lunch or dinner at the Monument Inn.

 

[Buppies]

Ed prayer for you and your family

Prayers for Riptides and his family hopefully his wife gets glowing report

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Kyle, good to hear your family is well and doing fine.

Bird, my consistent rejection from jurys has resulted from my firm belief that the death penalty is the only guarantee against recidivism.

Drew, that's a clever use of the old peanut jar, but I wouldn't trust the filtration. Very difficult to beat a throw away paper filter, and an oiled sponge or gauze isn't much protection at all.

Jay, I think we lost our competitive edge when we held the doors wide open for foreigners to attend our graduate engineering schools and work at the highest levels of our industries. We gave away our best technologies, and with the H1B program, continue to do so. The trade off has been a proliferation of a desire for individual freedom in formerly closed cultures that has led to the breakdown of many of the worst human rights governments. Still a long way to go, and it's debatable if the tradeoff has been worth it.:2cents:

That's a heck of a tractor, Wng. See any with a Subaru engine in 'em?:laughing:

Got the compressor repaired, celebrated by blasting and spraying a new coat of paint on the old Klaxon brand horn for the old motorcycle. I tested it before the abuse, and if it doesn't work now, it's because of the beads and/or paint...

Touring bike is packed and ready to go at first light tomorrow. Gonna be a chilly ride over the hill, probably in the low 30s. Not much over 50 until I start descending into Death Valley. Gonna use a lot of electricity keeping the grips and jacket warm, and once I get out of the mountains and can wick it up a bit, lots of fuel.

Not sure what kind of cell reception I'll have down there, so I hope everyone has a great President's Day weekend!

 

[daugen]

Drew, that's a clever use of the old peanut jar, but I wouldn't trust the filtration.
thanks, I agree and so does my friend. Parts on order, oiled foam filter came out of old Tecumseh.

to bed too early, up too early, enjoying a cup of coffee in the middle fo the night. Will definitely be a nap day.
Like many of us I don't make it through the night without a walk to the bathroom and that 2-3pm sort of wakeup is my downfall.
Lay back in bed, start thinking about making that first row straight today. Start thinking about cleaning ladies coming and what I had to pick up.
Just having them force me to pick up all my junk every two weeks is a blessing. Always been a piler, not a filer.

Wingsprd, I have to find that museum, I must drive on by. My problem is a 8-9 hour drive each way and how to stop in the middle of that. Maybe if I'm staying over at my brother's up your way it could be a stop. Now I have to look up where it is. Thanks for pics. One of my little pocket cameras insists on 7-8mb pics, and I have yet to find a way to change that, resolution, whatever, have gone through every menu. Just should get the model and Google it. It seems just about anything is on the Internet.

Different camera takes .6MB pics, much better. I'm looking at a 27 inch monitor, extra resolution is never a problem but I know it can make it very hard to see on a smart phone/tablet
when sometimes the pic pops up fully zoomed in. Looks like you are looking at a piece from a jig saw puzzle and where does it fit in.

It shows i need a date when I'm potting tomato plants at 4am.....

Ed, hope you feel much better soon. Don't get dehydrated.
Reminds me of the kindergarten saying: One Sick All Sick
Miserable for sick caregiver. Time for naps, if the world will let you.

 

[RoyJackson]

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33 right now....high about 40 or so. Probably some rain today...
Boy, I'm glad it's Friday!

 

[sodamo]

Drew, yes it was the older generator, the 24kw diesel. Went down just before Christmas. This is the 2nd water pump replacement and just a tad over 1500 hours. Guessing the bearing is the weak point as that was the failure both times. If I can find right bearing and seal I would like to rebuild. PITA to replace as the unit is in a sound enclosure so very tight working area compared to an open frame.
Generators are somewhat the bane of my existence. A couple days into my trip I was monitoring the system and noticed a problem. Fortunately my house/dog sitter is handy and figured out my military surplus Gen has thrown the serpentine belt and was able to replace it.
So today I’m on the fat side with 4 function generators: 24kw Chinese diesel, 10kw MEP803 military, 5500watt Honda EU7000, (all currently hooked in for Autostart and individually selectable)and the Honda EU2000.

 

[sodamo]

That trip was a first for my Bride but, I’ve been there many times, starting when I lived in London in the 70’s.

Have you ever been to Kynderdijk to see the windmills? It’s SE of Rotterdam.

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In Winter, when the canals are frozen, the local folks go there to ice skate.

Oh yea, did a fair amount of traveling in Holland, also Delft, Madurodam, Amsterdam come to mind.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I didnt get my night wakeup till almost 4am.
It came with a bad sinus headache.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I dont watch the news, cant stand it. I do read news headlines, they pretty much carry the story, not much more in the articles.
Stopped getting local paper 10 yrs ago, just to biased.
When a news paper "endorses" a political candidate, it is no longer a news paper, but a political activist paper.
Just my 4am opinion.
58°

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all, temp now 68 and falling through the day. Hope to help wife with the work some more today. I catch the news on line. I just wish it was more news and less grade school gossip. She said she don't like you!!!! So, who cares. Hope to get the edge touched up on my carving knife and spend a little time on the spoon I am making but we will see.

Prayers for all. Ed

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 33° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 32° with some sun in afternoon. Headed out to pick wife up from a overnight sleep test. No plans for rest of the yet.

Prayers for those in need.

Good Morning All.

 

[Thomas]

35F light rain sprinkle now low 40's for high.

Short work day 2 doctors appointments starting around noon.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Eric Salop]

American ingenuity once the greatest in the world ...

Don't despair Jay, I'm sure America still has plenty of people using their ingenuity. If you want proof, only a couple of pages back is that Bertie County peanut jar air filter.

A perfect example of that saying "Necessity is the mother of invention".

 

[Eric Salop]

Bright sunshine and a crisp frost to start the day for us.

We go one day without rain and already the water trough is empty, supplementary dry feeds making the sheep real thirsty. Not that all of them choose to eat hay, this once decided to wear it instead.




Thanks for the old tractor pics wngsprd. That UDLX was quite a machine with every conceivable luxury, including 3 front windscreen wipers !


Drew, I find it best to leave camera at high resolution. For any pictures you want to share on TBN, it's then easy to make a smaller copy by using a simple piece of free software on your computer. There are lots to choose from, this is what I often use on a windows machine Image Resizer for Windows | Lets you resize images by right-clicking., maybe others have suggestions too ?

 

[daugen]

I bought in the bags of potatoes and put them in the garage to work on. I have one comfortable chair in there, and a table, cutting board, light and a sharp knife. Now that's a multi hour job I'm waiting for the incoming rain to motivate. Sun is shining (shortly), the house is finally picked up and I can go work in the garden for a little while before cranking up the tractor. Early in the morning in a garden, nice place to be. I have a number of elevated sprinklers and soaker hose to install.

Need to figure out a way to make a furrower on top of my hills with the Super A. I have the furrower for the one that goes behind the little Massey but I really don't want to use that rig if I have something that won't make me turn my head. The furrower attachment I got for the rear rig attaches with four bolts. Incompatible with the Super A. Looks like I might have to make something. There's a crossbar I don't have, which may be the issue. Am wondering if I put the drawbar back on could I rig something there. It's a shallow U shaped flat piece of metal. Thinking with an adapter plate the furrower I have might, well, adapt.

really not looking to reinvent the wheel since thousands of smarter folks than I have done this before me.

 

[daugen]

Thanks Eric I'll try that.
Rethinking the potatoes. Instead of a hump, why not use my existing potato plow for a ridger/trencher instead, drop the potato in and then level off with rear blade or 2x4 drag. Need to watch more YouTube videos...
then I can cultivate and rehill with Super A.

 

[wngsprd]

65 and windy, going to 70. Hit 76 yesterday...good for drying things out...but more rain tonight.

Thomas, short work day sounds good.

Eric, thanks for the image resizer. I'll take a look.

RNG, no Subaru engines, but some of the tractors were built around Chrysler or Ford engines, and the company promoted taking them to the car dealer for repairs or parts.

Drew, the museum is in Colonial Heights, just across the Appomattox River from Petersburg. If you stay on I-95, rather than going up I-295, you'll see it facing the interstate.

 

[wngsprd]

Ron, since you're up early, here's the pic for you...get you back out on the road..1969 RV. The pic doesn't do justice to just how high up this thing sits...the camper door is a good 4 feet up.

 

[wngsprd]

Drew, I thought you might need one of these out in your orchard...

 

[Buppies]

67 like summertime but rain moving in then colder temperatures for the weekend. In the scheme of things I believe this summer is going to be very very hot i.e. mid 90s in June for Mid Atlantic hope I'm wrong

If the rain and wind would stop more trees to cut yard work to do no garden for me no time I guess that comes in retirement

Replacing two last outside doors in first floor that means all seven will have been replaced since we moved here. All the windows have been replaced on the main floor upstairs not so much. Eight more windows to go. That if it goes like the downstairs which took twelve years

Prayers for Ed and his family Riptides and his family and all others in need