Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

72 and drizzle going to 77 and flood warning.

Pop, sounds like your son has a cool plan. Our middle son is getting married tomorrow...proposed on a mountaintop. I polished my dress shoes yesterday...shoes I haven't worn in maybe 9 years...a little stiff when I tried walking in them...definitely a different feel than my hiking shoes and boots. My wife asked, are those still in style? I said black wing tips will never go out of style.

Did some backpack spraying for a while and then mowed and then watered the garden, tempting the rain, which never showed up until bedtime. Got about half an inch.

 

[txdon]

Ron, the next awning will have both rain and wind detectors. Sunsetter only offered us a wind detector but I don’t think it would be hard to wire in a rain sensor from a skylight, etc…
At $3600 a pop they should have Bluetooth and voice activation! LOL

Randy, the Tempest weather station sends an alert to your phone or Pad at the first drops of rain or if thunder is less than 30 miles away.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 77˚F heading to the mid 90s, partly cloudy.

They got me with the weather headlines yesterday when they said it would be the first 100˚ day this year. They were taking about heat index which was 100˚ but it only got up to 91˚.

I will cut out the tree roots that are growing under Mom's side walk today, before it gets really hot. I have the saw-saw with the 9" wood blade ready and batteries charged. She will also get a bag of my fresh organic garden potatoes.

On the FOK menu tonight is taco Mac and Cheese, that will be interesting.

Drew, I too am watching the cruise lines now that Texas has jumped with the Florida ship of no vaccine mandates. Houston's Methodist Hospital suspended 178 employees for 2 weeks for not being vaccinated. After the two weeks they will be fired if they still are not vaccinated.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, rain today, again...
Got Flail together and running. Took it out for a dry run.
Then took it back and change the skid shoe and roller height. Will need some more adjustment, but not too bad.
Getting the Backhoe off, undoing the shields and connecting up the 3pt took a long while, putting it all back together was quicker.

Randy-sorry about the awning. That much rain is the new norm it seems

Ron - our peonies are all pretty much done here , had a bumper crop of white, pink and mixed.

Rich - sorry about the unhappy customer-hope you can help them out

PopG- lots of news, hope friends bypass goes well, and hope the sons proposal gets accepted!

wngsprd - Wedding bells tomorrow, good to see some normalcy and congrats

stay safe and be well.

Here is the mess of compacted and tucked 3pt parts in order to get the backhoe to fit:

 

[toppop52]

Randy, the Tempest weather station sends an alert to your phone or Pad at the first drops of rain or if thunder is less than 30 miles away.

Thanks, might be handy.

 

[toppop52]

69 and humid, completely overcast, high only 71 they say. Saying heavy rain today and tonight.

I need to get pictures of the awning from outside do I can drain the water, it’s putting pressure on my vinyl railings and two chairs, might already be damaged.
Got to go to cardiologist today, BP was up at the kidney doc yesterday by that was after the awning incident.
I’m going to see what I can do.

I hope you all have a great Friday with no falling awnings!

 

[txdon]

HEB grocery stores dropped their face mask mandate Wednesday. The last store in the area to do so. Yesterday 90% of the customers did not wear mask. I'm staring to think I can take my face masks out of the vehicles at last.

Randy, have you thought about replacing the awning with a roof?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 56F @ 6:00AM. Sun and clouds mixed. High 83F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph.

Removing one bolt and a couple of clips on each 3PH lifting arm is all that's needed to remove them on the Kubota here, Ken. PITA to find space big enough to store them, though.

Contractor/neighbor finished up leveling the terrace yesterday, and spread gravel where the tank will go. I was busy raking where the delivery truck will go, hoping to improve traction for their truck. That meant replacing the Cat. 1 pins with larger Cat. 2 versions on the landscape rake, and of course the old ones were badly rusted. Nothing a two foot breaker bar and a piece of pipe couldn't handle though. The Pat's Quick Hitch came with the optional spreader attachment for the 3PH lifting arm, and two days ago I found the half that had disappeared a few weeks before. So I put that back on, only to find out that the locking screw that controls how far the arms are apart doesn't lock. Didn't have time to fool with it, so maybe later today it'll get some attention.

The safe distance marks were gone from all the stores I visited yesterday, and about half the employees wore no masks. All of them still had the plastic shields up, though. Masks and distancing requirements will be dropped June 15th statewide; I won't miss them.

Treated myself to a pastor burrito for lunch yesterday. Felt like a snake that just ate something too big for it and ended up skipping dinner.

TGIF gang!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Peony from my yard.

Buppies, have not heard from you for a few days.

Roy, hope you get lawn cut after work.

Randy, sorry to hear about awning.

Buckeye, hope you have good traffic on your way to and from work. When you start new project.

EVeryone stay safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

Our peonies now gone.

My neighbor mowed yesterday between rains, guess he’s going away this weekend. Since I got the ZT, I can mow everything except in woods across the creek, including field in 2 hrs. It used to take 2 hrs just to mow field with tractor. I can probably do around the house (the real yard) in 20 min.

Buppies MIA, I knew there were less people on recently but missed this. Hope all is ok.

I’m work on 3-4 projects, just starting to build a new batch of units on my major project, so it will be almost full time for awhile. This is one I wrote a bunch of python scripts for a year ago. I keep refining them as I go. I’ve got them running pretty much constantly for the last couple months, and I can monitor remotely. Since we are starting new units, this is hands on checking things out with other test equipment. The work from home will end for awhile. the customer is very pleased, but as they use it they discover more changes and features they want, so we are more than happy to do it. This is a product we designed and manufactured, both hardware and software.

63° and still raining. .9” since midnight. 1.27” since yesterday.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Drew, I too am watching the cruise lines now that Texas has jumped with the Florida ship of no vaccine mandates. Houston's Methodist Hospital suspended 178 employees for 2 weeks for not being vaccinated. After the two weeks they will be fired if they still are not vaccinated.

That will be an interesting court case.

 

[PJSprog]

70°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 95° today. Humidity has dropped to 66%.

The foster pup went back to the vet yesterday. He said it was a permanent tooth she damaged, so he had to extract it. Turned out the roots were fused together and mostly hollow, so it was weak anyway. She was her regular bouncy and obnoxious self when The Wife brought her home last night.
Wouldn't it be nice if we were all more like dogs ...

Glad you weren't hurt, Randy.

Sounds like a big day at the Gadget Compound, Paul. Hope everyone ends the day smiling.

Mexican food always sounds good, RNG. We haven't done that in awhile.

 

[daugen]

PJ, you and your wife are special folks to be taking in those foster dogs. I love to watch the pet videos on youtube.

congrats to Wingsprd and Popgadget's kids for good news in their lives.

about to start light rain most of day, much cooler out, headed out now to JD dealer about 45 minutes away to get standard blades for my loaner mower
and take off the mulcher. My lawn in the rear stays too damp from rain and weeds to use the mulcher, made a real mess. Should be fine with standard
blades. Friend will come over on Sunday afternoon and we will put the mower lift together and then change the blades.

 

[toppop52]

HEB grocery stores dropped their face mask mandate Wednesday. The last store in the area to do so. Yesterday 90% of the customers did not wear mask. I'm staring to think I can take my face masks out of the vehicles at last.

Randy, have you thought about replacing the awning with a roof?

I’ve actually considered making it a 4 season room.

 

[wngsprd]

Buppies MIA, I knew there were less people on recently but missed this. Hope all is ok.

I contacted him about a week ago...he's been very busy...

 

[two_bit_score]

Good morning! 77˚F heading to the mid 90s, partly cloudy.

Drew, I too am watching the cruise lines now that Texas has jumped with the Florida ship of no vaccine mandates. Houston's Methodist Hospital suspended 178 employees for 2 weeks for not being vaccinated. After the two weeks they will be fired if they still are not vaccinated.

Isn’t there a big lawsuit over that?

 

[daugen]

I'm sure quite a few law firms will find fertile billing grounds in the vaccination debate.

drove in rain all the way to JD dealer, waved at Popgadget as I went by.
Dealer was very reasonable, 35 bucks for a set of three blades.
And I'll be darned, I just realized he didn't charge me for the three new blade bolts. Not on the bill but
as he said with a smile all your stuff is in the box. Which it was, including the three shiny bolts.
That was nice of him, guess their inventory control is visual. Or the bolt was generic.
But now I realize from the smile on his face that he knew darn well I was getting a freebie, since
I was waiting for my new mower to come in from his place and they all knew the problems with backorders.
I bet he is waiting for parts too.

I brought the heavier rain home with me, coming down steadily but no wind, so everything is getting a good drink.
Wish I could send some of this water out West. Read a headline that among others Oregon was having real water problems.
As in no water. Certain parts of Texas have had way more than they wanted, that water should get pumped West, bet it would fetch
a good price. Would be a good use for some cancelled pipeline piping...

 

[rswyan]

75F and cloudy @ 13:00, headed up to a high of 79F. Chance of isolated thunderstorms.

Woke up @ 08:00, went back to bed for a couple of hours ... so slow start.

Looks like most of the rain activity is south of us at the moment ... if that holds up, I'll probably work on getting the next 10 bags of lime spread on the lawn after I finish my inside chores.

If I get that done, will probably see about snagging the motorcycle/atv jack from up in the shop and bringing it down to the house so I change out the blades and clean the deck on the Cub.

The Woman reports that the N. multifasciatus in the living room tank have spawned.

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

 

[buckeyefarmer]

4 hrs later, still 63° and still light rain. Now 1.17” for the day. Radar shows some heavier coming soon.

Well, that unfinished pipeline goes from Alberta to southern Nebraska. Maybe they can use it to move maple syrup, or fairy dust

Culpeper VA has gotten over 9” of rain.

 

[sodamo]

67°F and .22 inches rain, just enough, often enough light drizzle to keep everything too wet to mow.

Guys lost at H&F. That may have been good for the long run though.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Thomas]

Buppies MIA, I knew there were less people on recently but missed this. Hope all is ok.

Sent Buppies pvt. message and he's busy like chipmunk getting ready for winter.