Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Drew, seems you and landlady are a great fit

Well, let's see she's nice, pretty, bright, successful and wealthy.
And she owns a John Deere.
so far so good...

Better get yourself patched up quick, Drew, so you can pursue that very promising opportunity...

 

[sodamo]

Better get yourself patched up quick, Drew, so you can pursue that very promising opportunity...

With those attributes, she doesn’t even have to be a good cook.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Prayers for Randy. Prayers that his medical team get a handle on his situation, and make the best decisions. Prayers for a miracle. Prayers for his family, and his comfort.

Roy, Buppies thanks.
Was looking at a big trailer place in PA. Trailer superstore .com Will have to check weight of ranger to decide 1 or 2 axle. Think I only paid $1600 for my new 7k 16 ft trailer, which still works fine but does need a tail light fixed, and new decking.
With my son moving again soon, I thought enclosed for double duty, moving and toy hauling. I really didn’t want one over 10 ft, but it seems 7ft wide start at 12 ft. 12 ft gives me some positioning room. Side door is a must.

The prices of enclosed trailers, flabbergast me... Make sure the door is tall enough for the ranger. It used to be I could rent a Uhaul double axle enclosed, for 24 hours, for about $40/day, if returned to same facility.

RNG, About 12 years ago, I bought a Milwaukee kit with an M12 and M18 drill in it. Within a year, I had to replace the chuck on the smaller drill. I sent it in and they repaired it. Took a couple/few weeks. The chucks on these drills tend to be the weakest link.

I already have the chargers for M12 and M18, and have an M18 5.0amp/hour battery, so they have me somewhat roped in, from a battery standpoint. Dewalt doesn't make cordless ratchets. Makita does, but it is only rated 35 ft/lbs.

Anyone ever wonder why the abbreviation for pounds is "lbs"??? Maybe our resident Englishman Eric might know...

Fighting with the Beast Steiner's mower's flange bearings on the ends of the roller. I had to use the fire wrench to get one side off. A 3 point puller got the 2nd side off. Steiner wants about $37 each for new ones. I've found them at the bigbearingstore website for $13.88/each.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Drew, our church has been opening back up in stages.
At Christmas, they had multiple times available, and encouraged families to sit together, with distance to the next family. Alternating pews were marked and closed to provide distance. We had hand sanitizer spray at the entries, and all were required to use it.

We have moved from requirements, to encouragements. And now the additional pews are open. And most are not wearing masks.

We did have a rash of Covid cases go through the church. My family got it in February, I believe the neighbor kids gave it to my son.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Looks like my ranger weighs 1360 empty. Some of the 7x10 single axles, no brakes only have 1100 capacity, but others have more. I bet a lot of people run overloaded.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

would sure love to visit it, thanks.

and on the topic of flowers, my landlady stopped over as she wanted to check out my tulips.
I thought that was nice of her and she was very complimentary, and then asked if I wanted to see the tulips
on her farm. Sure...

Oh my, Longwood Gardens it was. Garden after garden, thousands of linear feet of garden, showing decades of planting.
and yeah, my tulips looked a bit inadequate based on this.
But it explains why she is so delighted with my planting, she is clearly a flower person herself.

That takes a lot of work.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Drew, Bet you would have loved Keukenhof. We did

Welcome to Keukenhof

Discover Keukenhof, the most beautiful spring garden in the world! 🌸🌷🌼

keukenhof.nl

I might have been there, visited a place like that when I was on a trip in high school.

 

[JLH4]

Our United Methodist Church is open also and has been for a few weeks with 3 services last two weeks; SS starting today, social distancing and masks required. Only about 50% attendance so far but lots of watchers on streaming tv.
Joe

 

[LouNY]

Mounted those 48w LED work lights. Now I need to figure out how best to wire them to the fuse box. I'm not a real good electrician, but I'm thinking about splicing them in to the rear work lights harness. The rear work lights' harness is factory John Deere.
That way, I wouldn't have to run wiring to the aft end of the cab, down about 4 feet, then forward to the front end fuse box. Nor would I need another switch separate from the rear work light switch...any thoughts from you guys more tech savvy then me?

Drizzling now, so more outside work is halted...
Doing my laundry...and since I've been up since 0500, thinking about a nap...

They will only be pulling about 4 amps, should be fine.

 

[mpham]

Hope your wife adapting well to retirement Phil.

She is enjoying it more than we thought. She has decided to forget about the part time work she was looking at.
Hope you get well and out of the hospital quick Randy!

 

[rswyan]

Sun has finally come out ... but unfortunately the temp already has fallen to 48F ...

Critters all fed and back from trip to Menards for order pick up, even managed to remember to grab a small sanding drum and a 3/8" router bit, both for the barn owl box.

11% Rebate extended for another week ...

Not gonna unload the order though - I'd have to put the box blade and forks on (it's palletized) and it's getting a little chilly out there.

Besides that, I don't really have any place to put the pallet other than over in the pole barn and several items need to stay over here at the house to be put together anyways ... so just leave it in the van until tomorrow, when it's warmer and sunny.

Will go ahead and get the rebate form filled out and envelope addressed, stick the receipts in, and a stamp put on it though.

Grabbed some Mickey D's for dinner on the way home.

Got a call from The Woman a little bit ago wanting to know "Who does this song ?" (It was AC/DC - "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" ... )

She's on her way home now ... and will (hopefully) be bearing gifts of a Hot Fudge/Peanut Butter Malt from the local creamery when she arrives ...

 

[lostcreekranch]

LoL.
Mostly, very glad to hear about wifey.

Hooray! We got 3.3" of much needed rain. I'm burning a pile of mostly oak scraps. Got the HF engine going on the tiller. Too wet to till.
Son went fishing, but we had a river flowing into and out of the pond yesterday, so no luck. We have so much duckweed.

I miss Ron too. Hope he's doing well.

We got less than 1/4" Kyle. It all went .. both north and south of us.

Glad you did well.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. Sat weather: 54F for the start, windy, overcast, 2.8 inch in gauge. Wind slowed down during day, sky was overcast to mostly cloudy, and high temp was 64F. 60 mile bike ride in Muenster, went well, no mechanicals by group, nice day to ride. Sunday weather: 45F for the start, partly cloudy, breezy. Wind slowed more, Sky became clear, and high temp was 78F. Chapel to start, made wife's breakfast then we napped, rest of day was recovery and energy conservation. Carp removal tomorrow.
Covid update: Cooke 3158 confirmed cases, 5 active cases, Montague 1750 confirmed cases, 4 active cases, Grayson, 11230 confirmed cases, 32 active cases, local not updated.
Sundays post:
David I agree, good news
Roy hope aerating went well.
Billy sounds like a nice day Saturday.
Drew Garden looks nice
Buppies thank you for your prayers
Luther new avatar, like it, thanks for the encouragement, sounds like a nice day.
Thomas nice day plan for Saturday, thanks for encouragement
Bill hope you got your oil changes done
Drew that was quite the story. thanks for your prayers
RNG hope you good the wood bucked and mowing started sorry about the diminishing moisture. have fun with side shift
Eric having worked on hog farms some I can imagine what that smells like. Thanks for the encouragement
Ted good to hear you had help on the pavers, and thanks for the encouragement
RS good score on the grass clippings Thanks for the encouragement
David sorry mowing was a wash about.
Drew At least you will have a say in the reopen committee
Bill good hear you only have tractor left.
Thomas what is the matter with parking next to your truck?
Dennis hopefully greenhouse will slow cats down
Dennis yard and garden both look great.
RS nice pics, nice to get burn pile going during rain.
Don garden looks fantastic, glad pill bugs are MIA, hope whip enjoyrs her ealk
Ted nice work on greenhouse, looks bigger than pics of the foundation Glad you could work around incorrect dimensions
Roy glad yard work went well.
Paul sorry about the jack glad repair was easy, and glad trip was uneventful.
Kyle thanks for the encouragement and prayers. Nice pics, was the dog hiding from the cat?
Sundays posts:
Bill too bad about not wining the lottery
Roy nice find on the lights, who said procrastination does not pay!
Drew hope you can delay the electric upgrade, you do have a lot going on. nice pic
Billy glad you got oak down sorry about nesting birds, wonder if that will make splitter harder to start ? nice pic
RNG nice bit of wood you got to salvage. wish you would get some rain
Phil happy birthday to MIL
Drew chapel is open, communion and offering have changed to reduce contact with the plates.
Randy sorry to hear back in hospital, prayers sent
Roy good luck with wiring, hope you got a good nap.
RS hope the hawk does not get the mallards.
PJ hope you got some quality time in the studio. thanks for the encouragement.
Hopefully catch up tomorrow.
prayers for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter,Bird/aging issues, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Ron/return, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Dennis/older brother/son, Grev/wife's eye, Randy/recovery, Bill/DIL home care, Ted/knee recovery, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/uncle, Drew/tendon, David(sadamo)/Sophie's eye surgery, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Drew, Bet you would have loved Keukenhof. We did

Welcome to Keukenhof

Discover Keukenhof, the most beautiful spring garden in the world! 🌸🌷🌼

keukenhof.nl

I've been to the Keukenhof Gardens many times from the 70's onward. Patricia got to see them, first hand, three years ago. We were there in early Spring and you drive thru miles and miles of tulip fields to get there.

It's an easy drive SW from Amsterdam and near the village of Lisse.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Also Edofalltrades.

And .. Larro

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Wng, the Hatch pepper plants are already about 6" tall and about to flower already.... they are liking the warmer temps in the greenhouse! I'll get pics tomorrow.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Randy, sorry to hear you are back in the hospital. Prayers and well wishes sent...priority!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Spent most of the day planting 50 Austrian Pine seedlings in grow bags. They will spend full season in them, until at least next spring. I had to run out and get more potting mix....

I didn't get any pics today.... so tomorrow morning....

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Sure wish Ron would come back.... I / we truly enjoyed his posts and pics...

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-04-26, 0256

39 right now...high, about 50 today...

Randy...hope everything goes well...