Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 53ºF for the start, showers in area, overcast, light breeze, 1.9 inches in rain gauge. Light to moderate wind, overcast all day, and high temp was 62ºF. Bike rid to start morning, light sprinkle from time to time, 55 miles. Lunch, nap, then help fish club with fall festival., then dinner
Roy sorry to hear still feeling yesterday's workload. Hope rest day works. Nice Sassy pic.
Drew hope you enjoyed your sunshine. Yes lot of rain, but a lot of it soaked in. Creeks just started running, would normally start in September. Tire do have nice tread, not sure if there is an "all season: tire". I am most season, will ride trainer in garage in freezing weather
Buppies sorry about the hills giving you sore legs. Sorry about bear back.
Doug good to hear gout and/or hands improving, hope you can fly soon. good news on dog departure.
Phil good to hear no cast or surgery from your wife's fall. Have fun with projects.
Bill cats think that regardless if it is cat day or not Have fun with piddly jobs.
Dennis your cat's expression says it all.
Thomas hope Kabooms not too close. Hope puttering went well.
Roy hope you got your haircut,and got some gas for mowing.
Fatjay Atwood's and Lowe's have had it in the past. Sometimes Home Depot has had it. Hope brakes went well.
Drew thanks for link to video.
Frits hope no one is trying to hunt on your land.
Don hope the weekend goes well, sounds like a lot of tractor driver I am sure Whipper will be glad to demonstrate, Scooter always took every opportunity to roll in anything he could find outside .
Roy not a good side effect.
Buppies sorry you need so many pills.
Ken good to hear you are feeling better. Hope you can get trees protected.
Ted glad wife happy with shelf and grow light. Glad you got advanced warning on tree platform. Glad you got that much rain in October. Hope you found your Mojo.
Roy good to hear got everything but mower gas.Sorry that Margeaux does not consider you an adequate sub.
David nice Starlink work. Sorry Guys got trounced at H&F. Trend worse for guy than gals before.
Dennis great pics
Kyle nice bass and smile hope you got trim into car. nice pic
Roy thanks for the link.
Thomas dinner sounds good. Glad leaf control efforts paying off.
Paul nice mods to the press.
Roy dog sitting can be fun.
Bill glad driveway better shape and filling garage shelves.
Dennis nice campfire. Love S'mores. Snagglepuss - Daddy's lap and fire, how nice!
Kyle we have not gotten much more rain here.
Dennis sorry about skunk.
Randy(wag) hope trip goes well with all the road issues. Hope it was fun mowing.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, Bird /aging issues, Roy /palpitations, /angina, /medical issues, /wife ankle,recover from getting sick, Ron /broken arm and heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, /wife's pain, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes and fall, Frits/ daughters hip replacement /veteran son with mental issues, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Lou / eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, /nerve and pain and gout, / wife headaches and heart eval, /sister shingles, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /wife not feeling well, /marriage not doing well, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis /retirement plans, neighbor issues, and land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend cancer diagnosis and recovery, Mike /spine injury and recovery,James /death of FIL, Scotty, /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Mark /wife colon surgery, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[Alien]

Dogs gone...
Gout pretty much gone.
Mosquitos now driving us nuts. Can't do any mowing as they have forward lines that attack you as soon as you go near the paddocks. Never ever seen them like this before. And they chase us on the scooters now matter how fast you go. About 50 followed me home. Luckily I had a spray can handy or I might not be here the evil little sods.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee just finished brewing. 32° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 62° with overcast skies in afternoon. Got painting done. Then got started on cutting back last of the garden plants and hauling to compost pile. Gave tractor a bath and loaded it on trailer. Taking it up to friends to rototill a garden for him today. Rest of day will be rest and watch some NASCAR.
Fall colors are still bright.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-10-30, 0552

29° right now...high in the mid-60's...pretty much a repeat of yesterday.

Wife and stepdaughter did their shopping and will be home all day (I think), so maybe I can complete my chores list...
I bought a DeWalt battery grease gun a while back...but I kept using the old fashioned hand pump gun. Time to
try out the DeWalt, even if it is overkill

 

[daugen]

good morning all
32 out now going up to 60, nice day

Roy, you will love the Dewalt grease gun

no plans for today, first have to wake up

RS, those gutter covers hopefully will save you a lot of time once installed. Always a crummy gooky job to clean out wet gutters.
Not for you any more.

Ron, have fun rototilling today, good seat time.

M7040, what is the name for the style of mortar that your old buildings have, the really wide stuff?
My brother has some of that on his VA farm buildings. Was that just used for log buildings?

 

[Buppies]

45 high in low 60s

rode to Waynesboro yesterday nice trip up the valley wife really enjoyed the leaves. Shot gun gone lever action 357 Winchester 24 in barrel nice but barrel heavy price $2125 more than I want to pay for shooter. gun sales way up for them mostly cash. Came back down thru Charlottesville down 29 to Lynchburg thru Bedford. Beautiful ride

Nice setup for press PopG

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[Buppies]

Kyle nice to see smile on Sons face fish can do that

 

[mpham]

Morning all! 32 here going to 60ish.
Managed to put in another round of leaf duty even though I was going to wait. Neighbor did their yard so I figured I didn't want mine blowing over there.
Like Thomas I put all my winter markers in place that weren't installed the other day.
Started prep work on reinstalling the lattice work under our deck. Darn animals keep getting in there somehow and breaking it to get out. I will make it less penetrable and mount the panels so they pop out instead of breaking.
Worked on fixing up an old Sears drill press my dad bought in the 60's.
Found some vintage used parts on the web! Still waiting on one. Got it all clean up and working great!
Fixed a speaker cabinet for my cousin that needed a few mods while were down in the woodshop.
Bathroom job got pushed off till next weekend. Good thing as I was beat!
Nothing planned for today. Might go for a walk then chill.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

That is a nice fish.

 

[wngsprd]

32 going to 63, and pleasant.

Buppies, I guess I need to come to your place to see bears...I haven't seen any on the trail this year. Nice trip for you and your wife, both sides of the Blue Ridge. I was near Waynesboro yesterday, too, up on the mountain.

Ken, hope you protect your trees in time, a buck already rubbed my 2nd best Christmas tree.

LS, sorry you lost your motivation...no need to look here, none around.

Kyle, Verlander has a WS jinx. At least the Astros got the job done last night. Sorry about your drought. Your son has the touch on catching bass.

RS, your gutter job looks real professional.

Had my regular dermatologist appointment Friday...everything good. She set next appointment for 1 year, rather than 6 months....did same for my wife...said nothing expected to change in that time...but I wonder if they are just too busy to continue semi-annuals.

Then did some caulking and need to paint now.

 

[wngsprd]

On the trail yesterday near Waynesboro, colors still vivid. Seems like the longest period for trees to keep their Autumn colors in memory. Plus, it was neat to see the purple wildflowers blooming.

 

[wngsprd]

I hiked with a Southbound thru-hiker who had resupplied in Waynesboro, and stayed at a hostel. Trying to make it to Georgia, what a pace.

 

[daugen]

That's a very nice fish, and Phil how about a pic of the drill press?
Fixing up old machinery is great fun and satisfying.

A lot of you folks have really nice gun collections.
If you live on a big farm, or in the woods, seems like no one should complain over sounds of target practice.
Particularly if you are in the country. Or the mountains.
I for sure can't shoot off anything bigger than a bb gun in this protected neighborhood.
Bet I'd get a ticket or get arrested if I shot a gopher with a .22

Always a problem of what's behind you, or what can ricochet if rocks nearby.
Buppies, do you have a range at your home? I thought with that hill you are on, you could shoot into dirt.
Just wonder about neighbors.

I learned to shoot with target practice using a single shot .22 on cans and bottles in the dump in the woods on the farm.
Box after box of shorts, with unending woods in front of me. No houses at all, nothing for half a mile.
I still like to shoot a rifle for target practice. Cannot pick up a handgun.
But I was pondering this:
Byrna | Best Non Lethal Self-Defense Products
just not sure if it would just irritate a crazy person vs incapacitate him/her.

Have always believed in a good defense. Before someone pounds me on the neck with a hammer too.
Hope my large container of pepper spray works. Wonder if it will get back on me.

A big dog would help.
I think I'd rather get a fish tank.
They won't be much help.

 

[Thomas]

If you're writing about driveway markers...not yet, but within the next few weeks...

I spray paint orange certain spots to mark them for the Mrs.,like the corner of stack wood pile 2 BIG pine trees close to driveway also planter.

 

[Thomas]

30F clear sky low 60's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
2 honking large flocks geese heading SW.

Plans for today... No need to leaf blow today PM last riding mower so it can start hibernation,marker sticks for culvert in place,rope of entrance to side field with KEEP OUT sign later on do some bbq grilling,watch little football...going to be putter day for sure.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s 30 and will get to 60 today, another great fall day.

Yesterday was spent mostly with the press project, but I took the opportunity to sweep and clean up in the shop because I moved the press into the center bay with the tractor and forks, and left everything outside while I worked on it, leaving a lot of open space.

While pondering what today would bring, it dawned on me that I never cleaned out the fire box on the smoker. Then I remembered that I was out of charcoal. So a trip to HD to get some hardwood charcoal is probably first on the agenda, as I like to load the firebox up after I clean it out, so it’s ready to go.

I think that I ought to take the biplane out for a ride, and break my rule that the temperature has to be above my age to fly it. That rule is starting to create a pretty short season. It seemed to make sense 40 years ago…..

 

[Buppies]

Yes Drew 110 yards 14 acres beside me empty behind us 15 acres empty ours 30 acres more empty beside house but vacant presently divorce land to them almost straight up. Where we are always hear shots lots of hunters

wngsprd anytime you all are welcome. At top of Afton took 250 to 29 slow and easy except got in football traffic

 

[m7040]

Good morning, colder this morning with 36 at the moment going to 58 or so no rain.
Wood fire is going in the stove.
Drew, the chinking between the logs in the old days was made with a mix of mortar and horse hair. Today there are better products made for the purpose that are flexible and allow for movement of the logs.
It is always interesting to me when old tools are restored or updated to be more useful. Being retired I should have loads of time to get into more of this but reality is that getting a few hours here and there is all that I accomplish.
Also I am still nursing my shoulder injury and trying to limit the movement of the right shoulder. Using the left more to compensate.
Around here people target shoot all the time. Wondering about the backstops they are using but no hits on the house so far. When we lived in the Mohave desert we used to go target shooting at a graveyard for old cars.
Our dog is a Sheltie (Shetland Sheepdog) and he is super tuned into alerting to visitors or new sounds. It can be too much at times but it is also good to know someone is coming

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning! 52 now, high about 64 today. May get some rain tomorrow. Today is dry tho.

We really have ‘t started putting things away for winter, May make some progress on that today. Or not. See what I feel like.

Got a package from the UK, was scheduled for November 8 delivery. I ordered October 18, arrived yesterday. 6BA hell-coil set to repair threads on 4 inserts for tank badges on a BSA tank. Ordering from the UK was less than half the price from a US supplier. I have the correct screws, finding a metric or SAE screw that looks correct was proving difficult. So repairing the inserts to original thread was gonna be the way to go.

Looks like we are gonna get a new front door (frame and door) and upstairs bath room. Wife is heading up those projects. She thinks we can do both, but she feels a contractor can do both better and faster. I don’t disagree

Got asked again if I want to do some consulting work involving using specialized excavators in steel mill maintenance work. It is a very specialized application with very few people that actually know the equipment and application. I can count the number of people really knowledgeable on less than 2 hands. And none of us are young. I am likely one of the younger ones, president of a competitor in Germany is the youngest. I am thinking I may do it, put the money in a new truck fund….. Seems odd, but I do miss the steel mill business.

Moving slow today, we went to the brewery last night for dinner, band, and beers. Stayed up too late.

Hey Kyle……I am learning getting a good start on a J&M Kawasaki with 100 HP is a lot trickier than getting a good start on Trackmaster Triumph with 60 HP. I am still learning the secret hand shake.

Everyone stay safe out there!

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all 54 going up to 63 and sunny.
Dryer part they sent me was wrong one, but got felt lower and upper "bearing" slides in and they dryer is working well, even with the one slide holder in bad shape.
Took a lot longer as I removed the old bearing to find the new bearing would not fit, painful to get back in.
Working on a return.

That was most of my day ...

PopG - The press automation looks great.
L4N - like the understated - got my driveway regraded- bet that was a bit of work

Leafs blown up, in one field now have a 4' tall wall up against the woods, wonder how long that will take to break down.

Stakes and stuff around the two trees the rest will get treated during the week, they are closer to the house.

Today it's bill paying time.

Growing up we used to go to the local range with my dad's 8mm Mauser rifle.
That thing was a handfull.
I also used a loaned .22 target rifle, which was big $ even when I was a kid.
Biggest pistol I ever fired was a muzzle loader, thing threw a big flame when it went off.
I barely hit the target and the owner laughed and told me that was pretty good for the first time shoot.

Hmm, why did the new one on the bottom not fit....

So many trees (ash) down I can see the mountains easily now.