Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 58F @ 9:30AM. Plenty of sunshine. High 64F. Winds light and variable.
There's rain on six of ten days in the long range forecast.:dance1:

Seventy-two DOZEN cookies, Paul? You'd better get started, and maybe look into a gym membership!:laughing:

Bad news about the planer blades, Ted. Seems like they were like that in high school shop, too; teacher just couldn't keep 'em sharpened because of bone head student moves. Hope yours clean up; I just got used to using a scraper to get out the ridges.

Be neat if you guys in the northern tier of North America could get some Aurora shots to share. It's a bucket list item for me to see 'em in person.

Sounds like a Bucks County rendezvous is on order as soon as we get clear of the Covid Crap.

Ziggy looks way more than a lap full, Doug. Bet he doesn't miss many meals!:laughing:

Maybe the fish are in Christmas break, Bruce?:confused3:

Any progress on the 80 Kyle?

Had to do a double take of the thumbnail for your garage photo, Drew. That green sky caught my eye, but the photo enlarged OK.:confused2: Shouldn't be too difficult to scribe the gap under the garage door onto a 2x4 and cut a wedge to close up that gap. Then a nice piece of rubber moulding underneath for a good seal. It will help keep the mice out, too.

Saw a YouTube video of the largest plane in the world, a Rusky cargo job, forget what they called it. The video was shot in the factory where they were made, and there's one in there that was abandoned about half way through. It's for sale, and they'll finish it the way the buyer wants, Ken...

One nice thing about the plastic saw horses is you don't have to worry about your saw blade being damaged if you happen to catch one by mistake, RS. From the cuts in mine, I make a LOT of mistakes!:laughing:

That RoboTractor looks way to tippy to trust on anything but a flat orchard or vineyard. I used to work in Livermore with a bunch of folks, many of whom thought they knew a lot more than they really did. Looked like some of 'em ended up at that tractor factory...


Got the bottom welded on the oil tank yesterday and the sealing lip is still flat, so I lucked out there. But when I filled it with water to check for leaks, it didn't take long to fine 'em. Three right off the bat, one that I had to "fix" three times. I was hoping to get it painted yesterday, but owing to the lousy job I did in welding that seam, I decided to let it sit full of water overnight. My patience was rewarded with two more leaks, that are now nice and rusty. So one more grind/weld/grind/leak test cycle is needed before paint.


Another nice fire last night. You're right, Drew, just nothing compares to the heat comin' off an open flame. Especially once it burns down to a good bed of coals. Gotta love that Volcano Mudslide Stout from a local brewery, too. Strong chocolate flavor with a lick of Kahlua, very creamy head, and smooth in the mouth:licking:

Prolly spend the rest of the day running errands in town; the Ford needs a new set of wiper blades for the trip.

Hang in there gang, Friday's comin'!

 

[rswyan]

46F, sunny, and absolutely beautiful outside @ 13:00, headed up to a high of 50F. Supposed to be even warmer (56F) tomorrow ... :thumbsup:

Need to refill hopper, squirrel, nugget, and one suet feeder. Will get bird bath plugged today as well.

Ran out early yesterday evening and picked up both orders at the two Depot's. The four sheets of Wonder Board that I picked up smelled like they had been sprayed down with something (very perfumey ... :yuck ... maybe with disinfectant ? Need to get those out of the van today so they can air out ... :confused2:

Amazon just dropped off the diamond cutting wheels and arbors for the Rotozip.

Any time any vehicle comes down the driveway that little Squeak runs and hides ... :laughing:

Except when it's The Woman. How does she know that ? :confused2:

Have to go out and pick up prescriptions later.

Probably try and get a little more clean up done outside in the meantime. Need to remember to grab the roll of visqueen out of the barn while I'm out there ...

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day ... :thumbsup:

 

[PJSprog]

Seventy-two DOZEN cookies, Paul? You'd better get started, and maybe look into a gym membership!:laughing:

Hahaha .... yeah, no kidding. The cookies and fudge are being divided three ways; 1/3 goes with the friend who helped her, 1/3 stays with us, and 1/3 goes with me to work tomorrow for the people there (which was very well-received last year).

 

[PJSprog]

Any time any vehicle comes down the driveway that little Squeak runs and hides ... :laughing:

Except when it's The Woman. How does she know that ? :confused2:

We have three Border Collies like that. They'll jump up from wherever they are and run to the back door before she's even slowed down to turn into the driveway.

 

[toppop52]

25-53 today, that 25 caught me off guard.

My experience with Bucks County consists of multiple trips to Bristol to pick up motors, transmissions, wiring harnesses, etc... from Contemporary Corvettes.

I remember around 1959-60 there was a solar storm that produced Northern Lights that we could see in northeastern NC. Fairly dim as I recall and just after sunset.

Rip, what’s the plan for the pickup, original, hot rod or restomod?

Mostly, hope you had a nice boat ride, that’s the best part of fishing.

I think everyone feels an attachment to where the grew up and went to school. I miss the Outer Banks, playing high school ball and all the other things that come with youth.

We think we miss the place but we really miss the time in our life. The place will always be there but the time has passed.

Have a good afternoon gents.

 

[toppop52]

Rip, Fauquier County is next door to my son in Front Royal, some pretty country.

 

[farmeratheart]

Except when it's The Woman. How does she know that ? :confused2:
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Dogs hearing is so good that they can differentiate between sounds made by a strangers car or truck and one from their home! One of ours has even got used to the sound of the most frequent pizza delivery driver’s cars!

 

[Alien]

Ziggy looks way more than a lap full, Doug. Bet he doesn't miss many meals!:laughing:

Yes you are correct. He was fine until we got him fixed a few years ago and the vet warned us that he would probably put on weight so it is a bit of a battle. We buy a special food for him but he loves his mince and anything else that we eat, he wants. Being a Queenslander he loves bananas but he only gets a small bit. We have 2 other little ones as well (not pugs) but Ziggy has been with us 9 years tomorrow. Have to give him a treat for his birthday. Here is a pic of him learning to use the Laptop.

 

[Alien]

Dogs hearing is so good that they can differentiate between sounds made by a strangers car or truck and one from their home! One of ours has even got used to the sound of the most frequent pizza delivery driverç—´ cars!

So true. Any neighbour can drive up our road without a murmur from the dogs, but, when that postmans car comes, they hear it from way down the road and go nuts. The postie recently change vehicles and it took the dogs a couple of days to realize it was him but now it's back to normal. LOL

This is what happens when mum comes home from shopping. (bit dark for video) Turn your volume up and listen the the chinese crested when he gets wound up.
He wasn't too bad this time. I think he knew I was doing a video.

 

[Dftodd]

46F, sunny, and absolutely beautiful outside @ 13:00, headed up to a high of 50F. Supposed to be even warmer (56F) tomorrow ...

Need to refill hopper, squirrel, nugget, and one suet feeder. Will get bird bath plugged today as well.

Ran out early yesterday evening and picked up both orders at the two Depot's. The four sheets of Wonder Board that I picked up smelled like they had been sprayed down with something (very perfumey ... :yuck ... maybe with disinfectant ? Need to get those out of the van today so they can air out ... :confused2:

Amazon just dropped off the diamond cutting wheels and arbors for the Rotozip.

Any time any vehicle comes down the driveway that little Squeak runs and hides ... :laughing:

Except when it's The Woman. How does she know that ? :confused2:

Have to go out and pick up prescriptions later.

Probably try and get a little more clean up done outside in the meantime. Need to remember to grab the roll of visqueen out of the barn while I'm out there ...

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day ...

My dog can tell whose coming down the street. She gets excited and comes to the fence when my wife or I pull onto the street. Although it really confused her for a few days when momma got a new car. She wasn't sure if she needed to bark or wag her tail.

Neighbors said her hackles will stand up when she hears the UPS or FedEx trucks before they turn down our street. Once they hit the street the barking and growling starts