Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Sun out today, first time seen in about a week. With the sun came high humidity.

 

[rswyan]

Bup,

Thanks.

Wishing success on the Redbirds.

Heal up from the op ... :thumbsup:

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

We are in the middle of a heavy thunderstorm. It is beautiful. We haven't had rain since May 4th...16 days....and just like Morton Salt...when it rains, it pours.

 

[txdon]

We got a half inch, it will settle the dust enough so I can mow tomorrow. It's still thundering so we might get a little more.
I put the back on the tv so it goes to the TV hospital tomorrow for exploratory surgery.
Cobbler #12 in oven. The dew berries are past season and now I'm using my frozen reserves.
DishTV came out and fixed MOM's TV that had no sound, so she is ahead of me.

 

[Thomas]

Welll I didn't cut or stack wood today instead trim side field this morning,2ish decided mow the side field and blackflies were extra hungry :confused2::thumbdown: still plan on mowing front lawn high spots just before dark in hopes blackflies decide to go bed early.
Soon to be momma turkey has made hole in front lawn for dust baths.
Mrs. now grilling and something sure smells good. :licking:

 

[RoyJackson]

Side view of chipper. I measured to top of shut. 6?0? View attachment 554985

Any problems getting it rolling and stopping? I see the chute prop isn't supporting any weight. Any issues with balance when sitting in place or moving?

I think the dolly I made for the Woods chipper will work as far as the weight and size of the chipper's stand (the skid shoes will help too). The dolly I made for the Woods chipper is definitely overbuilt (I have a bad habit of overbuilding stuff...I don't built stuff often, but when I do...). Might need bigger casters...

Thanks for the pictures!

 

[ronjhall]

Any problems getting it rolling and stopping? I see the chute prop isn't supporting any weight. Any issues with balance when sitting in place or moving?
!

No balance problems. Putting all my weight on chute will not make it tilt. It will get caught on the cracks in floor. I use a Large HF pry bar to make it move over them. Dolly wheels are HD. 4” I think. With grease fittings on wheels and swivels.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Yep, the usual suspects.

I see they unlocked the thread, removed some posts.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

We are in the middle of a heavy thunderstorm. It is beautiful. We haven't had rain since May 4th...16 days....and just like Morton Salt...when it rains, it pours.

We got a half inch, it will settle the dust enough so I can mow tomorrow. It's still thundering so we might get a little more.
I put the back on the tv so it goes to the TV hospital tomorrow for exploratory surgery.
Cobbler #12 in oven. The dew berries are past season and now I'm using my frozen reserves.
DishTV came out and fixed MOM's TV that had no sound, so she is ahead of me.

Don, we ended up with 1.75" here. We really needed it, there were cracks in the ground already 1/2" wide. Also, I saw some "blackberries" from Lexington on craigslist for sale, IIRC they were $20 or $25.

 

[rswyan]

Your readings are really decent.

Well, considering that I've been smoking for nearly 50 years, I was pretty surprised myself.

I have three rarely used spirometers. Most of the RT's that I dealt with reported that for most users they are rarely used once in a home setting; basically a waste of money. I have an oximeter. It's did not cost much, gives O2% and heart rate, and is accurate.

Yeah, that might be handy to have.

They usually check O2% and heart rate with one when I go in for an appointment. It's usually 93% - to 96%. This last time (last Tuesday) it was 97% or 98%, forget which.

I am sorry to read about the respiratory challenges, pain, and your sleep disruptions. I hope they resolve soon.

I'm sure they will.

Good luck with the cigarette withdrawal and everything else.

Thanks.

Day at a time ... :thumbsup:

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

just finished picking peas before the rains came. Got in just in time, gave me a chance to box things up for delivery tomorrow.
4 quarts of "shucking peas" and three quarts of snow peas/edible pod peas.

I could use a hand with terminology. Need to label the peas that need to be shucked.
Are they considered "regular peas"? Some folks love what I call regular peas, I do...just so much work and I'm not doing it.

So if there were two boxes of peas, one you needed to shuck, would "shucking peas" be the right term?

Drew, I'm guessing all that hoeing has got you tuckered out. They make a simple little sheller you can attach to a table. Still, you have your hands full already trying to keep up.

We are starting to pick some husky cherry tomatoes, and so far only 2 celebrities. We have some better boy tomatoes that are doing good so far. I have the wife looking up spaghetti sauce recipes.

Anyone have a spaghetti sauce recipe they love and wouldn't mind sharing? I hope to have enough tomatoes to put up some jars of sauce.

 

[rswyan]

:thumbsup:
Have your PVCs slowed down without as much caffein?

The PVC's essentially disappeared at some point after I got back on my heart meds a year or two ago ... whenever it was.

They ran an EKG on me when they sent me over to the ER (last week ?), said it looked pretty much normal, only a single PVC out of all the beats.

I did a blood test (Quest $29 many of their local labs are in small hospitals, the closest one here is in Bastrop) LDL-C at 89 with only a prescription of Instant Pot.

The calculation used is the Martin-Hopkins calculations for LDL.

Awesome ... :thumbsup:

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 70F this morning for the start, low temp was 65F when thunderstorm moved through, about .2 in rain gauge. Partly sunny at start, but clouded up quick and heavy rain began about 8:15. Choir sang this morning, and thunder punctuated on of the preachers sermon points and that got a chuckle from the congregation. after breakfast wife and I strategized on where to kick boat tires, then kicked some after lunch. Dash went blank on pickup on way home from chapel :thumbdown:
Prayers for all.

 

[lostcreekranch]

About 1/2” of rain today that was very welcome. Hoping for a bit more tomorrow.

We’ve had little rain this year, so far about 5”.

Our local VFD Fund Raiser, last weekend, raised about $28K.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Anyone have a spaghetti sauce recipe they love and wouldn't mind sharing? I hope to have enough tomatoes to put up some jars of sauce.

Never made it with fresh tomatoes, so some more research will be needed, but this is what I've been using as a basis for the last 40 or so years. It varies each time depending on what's on hand, but it's a good place to start.

Spaghetti & Meat Balls
Ingredients:
1 Sweet Yellow Onion
2 16 oz Cans Tomato Puree
1 16 oz Can Crushed Tomato
2 lbs. Ground Round
2 Slices Toasted Bread
1 Egg
2 Cloves Garlic
2 x 1 Tbs. Oregano
2 x 1 Tbs. Ground Black Pepper
2 x 1 Tsp. Salt
2 x 1 Tsp. Ground Basil
2 x 1 Tsp. Ground Sage
2 x 1 Tsp. Thyme
2 Tbs. Olive Oil

Directions:
We'll start with the meat balls. Put ground round in large mixing bowl and add toast torn into 1/4" x 1/4" chunks. Add egg and one teaspoon of oregano, black pepper, salt, basil, sage, and thyme. With two table knives (one in each hand), mix the meat ball ingredients by making a cross cutting motion through the mixture. Do this by overlapping the knives so that they make an "X" with the meat between the two blades and slide the knives apart toward the outside of the bowl. Continue mixing until the spices are distributed evenly and the toast is hard to see. You may wish to add a tablespoon or two of milk if the mixture becomes too dry.

In a four quart sauce pan, heat the olive oil until it starts to smoke. While you're waiting, form the meat mixture into balls about an inch and a half across. Brown the meat balls in the olive oil.

When all the meat balls are browned, add the tomato puree and crushed tomatoes to the sauce pan. Add the meat balls, onions and the remaining spices and crushed garlic cloves. Stir occasionally while you simmer covered for two to three hours. Longer is better.

Serve over your pasta of choice. If you're doing spaghetti, figure a one inch diameter bundle of pasta per serving. I like to get the water to a rolling boil and set the spaghetti upright in the center of the pot and then let go so it splays to all sides of the pot. As the lower portion softens all the pasta will drop into the water and you won't have to break it.

 

[RoyJackson]

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44 right now...high in the mid-70's today. Rained most of the weekend, so not much done other then assembling the chipper. Looks like next weekend is going to be a repeat of the last two days.
Well, ready to start the work week, I guess...

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all, 61 headed to 80 with patchy fog and 40% chance of showers. Not sure what I will get into today, will see.

Prayers for Buppies, RS, and LS, and all in need. Have a great day. Ed

 

[daugen]

Good morning all.
Went out and hand dug some more potatoes yesterday afternoon so I can deliver them today to food bank along with peas.
Locals have confirmed I should call my peas "shelling peas". One shucks corn and shells peas. Got it!

Food shopping after I deliver food...then home to mow lawn. All this rain has made the lawn go bonkers, as normal in the Spring.

saw my first two tiny tomatoes on a vine yesterday, that made me feel good.

trying to set date for getting volunteers in to help dig potatoes. Best weekend time wise would be Memorial Day, this coming weekend still a little soon.
My fireman neighbor confirmed potatoes are picked in June here.

 

[daugen]

I had to hunt around but finally found a guide to local snakes.
So many of them "confused with...." that I find it impossible to figure out.
Cottonhead, coppermouth, and with shiny little green and yellow tails when young, I've seen
one of those.

Flickr
you have to click on the pic to get the answer

 

[Buppies]

65 high of 82 showers and storms after 2:00 today. Wife mowed grass I weed eated until almost dark. Leg very sore this morning. Only did fence by road and bank lots of bees no snakes thank goodness

Prayers for all of those in need